Soon there will be high quality cardboard versions of Jessica Alba and Wesley Snipes to flip on our kitchen tables. I kid you not.
We have breaking news.
Upper Deck will release the Marvel Superstars TCG, a new game based on the Marvel Universe as envisioned by the movies, in February. This will be the first time [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Comic Books’
August 10, 2009
Check. This. Out.
July 28, 2009
Wrecking Crews, Taking Names.
While talking about the upcoming Marvel Superstars game with the worldwide flock of friends on CBR, we received a strange request for a large image of the Wrecker masterpiece by Arthur Suydam. Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? Mission accomplished.
I can’t wait to see the art for the new game. Vs. System [...]
July 26, 2009
It Is Called “Marvel Superstars”.
It is the news we have all been waiting for, and it is official. Upper Deck will continue to produce the highest quality trading card games in the world using the most spectacular characters in the universe. The first new product will be called Marvel Superstars, and it will debut at GenCon Indianapolis on [...]
July 26, 2009
Joe Quesada Wants Squirrel Girl To End Dark Reign.
Comic-Con 2009 has just gone transcendent. It happened during the Marvel Comics panel discussing their massive ongoing inter-title event known as Dark Reign.
Dark Reign is one of those messy affairs that threatens to destroy the very fabric of the Marvel Universe. Norman Osborn, that guy who throws little pumpkin bombs, is the main mastermind threatening [...]
July 25, 2009
Comic-Con 2009: Cosplay Costumed Caption Contest and Character Identification Treasure Hunt.
Here’s the deal. We have selected our 12 favorite cosplay costumed characters from Comic-Con 2009. Now it’s up to you. Identify all twelve. Tell us what they are thinking. Win prizes. In exactly 14 days we will choose a winner, and that lucky fool will recieve a custom hand-painted tee shirt glorifying their brilliance. That’s [...]
July 24, 2009
Loeb Confirms Red She-Hulk.
Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness are the madmen at Marvel Comics responsible for the consciousness-altering reality of the Red Hulk. Today at Comic-Con 2009 they admitted that the redness is spreading.
It seems that Domino and X-Force will soon be involved in unraveling the secret of the Red Hulk. Jennifer Walters goes lobster in the process.
Loeb said this [...]
July 24, 2009
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2: New Screenshots from Comic-Con.
Wow. On the day that Activision announced the inclusion of Jean Grey and Gambit in the upcoming Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 video game, they also released screenshots of the most amazing looking Iron Fist and Deadpool that a joystick has ever controlled.
Simply gorgeous.
July 23, 2009
SDCC 2009 Is On, Comic-Con Craziness Ensues.
There was a major scuffle at the front of the line. The middle-aged women who had been waiting all night to demand that Edward produce a REAL birth certificate and prove that he was an American citizen… wait. Wrong wackos.
Seriously, get this. As security guards were trying to keep order amongst the faithful who had given [...]
July 22, 2009
Source Material: X-Babies Attack.
I was surfing around to see if anyone had leaked the zombie variant cover of X-Babies #1 this morning, and I found a treasure. That is the full Adam Kubert art from the variant cover of Uncanny X-Men #461. Why so special? Let me explain.
I had been working for Upper Deck nearly three years before [...]
July 21, 2009
X-Babies Go Zombie, Wolverine Appreciates Art, and Maybe More Squirrel Girl.
That little bag of treats will be available from Marvel Comics in October. X-Babies in the flesh. And, in case that is not sweet enough for you, there will also be a Zombie Babies variant cover. Image not available, artist to be announced, thrill already engaged.
Remember the Wolverine fine artist riffs? October sees them all [...]
