This is one of those times when you see the news and think to yourself, Wait, they just got that? Comixology—the biggest digital comics distribution platform and the service that powers the official apps of Marvel, DC, Image, and other publishers—finally has subscriptions. It also got the digital version of graphic novels, finally, for good measure.
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The title already spoils it, but you have to see this to believe it. Sprite Stitch forum member Cross Stitch Ninja backs up his or her moniker with this jaw-dropping cross stitch piece. If you think cross-stitch is only good for pixel art, think again. Prepare to have your mind blown brain eaten.
I guess the letters kind of give it away, but other than that if I saw the image above with the unstitched borders cropped out I would’ve thought it was a ballpoint pen drawing.
Even Tony Moore, the artist who drew the original panel, was thoroughly impressed by what Cross Stitch Ninja did. You can see a higher resolution version of the piece as well as in progress shots on Cross Stitch Ninja’s Flickr page.
[via Sprite Stitch via io9 via Boing Boing]
There’s really only one reason to see the new Superman movie: to watch people with superhuman powers pounding the crap out of each other, flying into each other and burninating each other with heat vision. Luckily, The Man of Steel more than delivers on the super-punching front, even as it muddles through in other ways.
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Most comic book lovers handle their comics with care. Some of them even buy multiples of one issue or book just to have a perfectly mint copy in hand. But not Amy Watkins. She believes that if you love someone – or something – you have to cut them to pieces and turn them into another art form. KAPOW!
Watkins turns her old comics into collages that highlight comic book sound effects, from Nightcrawler’s teleportation sound to the oldie but goodie pows and blams.
You can see images of Watkins’ other collages on Design Taxi, but if I were you I’d snap up the four collages I featured on this post. Watkins is selling them on her Etsy shop PopUpCollage for just $35-$45 (USD). Those are criminally low prices for such unique and wonderful pieces. She also accepts custom orders for $50, where you get to pick the colors and sound effect to be featured.
[via Design Taxi via Archie McPhee]
David Gonzalez is a construction worker and home remodeler. He’s also one lucky guy. He was fixing up his newest home and found an issue of the extremely rare and valuable Action Comics #1 inside a wall. This was Superman’s first appearance, so it is worth big money.
He bought the house for just $10,100, so he’s going to make a pretty decent profit on the whole deal thanks to this comic, once it sells at auction. However, there is a twist to this tale. When he went to show the comic to his aunt, she grabbed it and they fought over it briefly, the comic was torn on the back page.
That tear changed the quality rating from a 3.0 to a 1.5. That took the value down an estimated $75,000(USD). Still, it is currently listed at $137,000(USD). So he’s still doing pretty good. Great find.
[via Laughing Squid via Nerd Approved]
Hot on the heels of pointing out everything wrong with the original Iron Man film, the folks at CinemaSins have passed their fine toothed combs over the sequel, finding a mountain of errors that even a robotic supersuit can’t fix. More »
It’s hard not to be won over by the charms of the original 2008 Iron Man movie. But it’s possible—just possible—that you were so busy appreciating Marvel’s whizzbang treatment and Robert Downey Jr.’s roguish charms that you missed these GIANT GLARING PROBLEMS. More »
I’m huge fan of Superman. I grew up watching Superman cartoons Saturday mornings with my brother – and as a child of the 80s, I love all of the Superman movies from that period. For me, Christopher Reeve will always be Superman to me. The most recent Superman film wasn’t good, but I have high hopes for Man of Steel set to hit theaters this summer. And in case you didn’t know it, Superman is currently celebrating his 75th birthday.
Image Credit: LA Times
I never read comic books growing up, so I had no idea that the first time Superman appeared was back in the 1930s. The original Superman turned up in Action Comics issue number one in June of 1938. That puts it exactly 75 years back from the June release of Man of Steel.
Also I find it interesting that when Superman debuted in 1938, he was the only superhero around. The first time Superman hit the big screen came in a serial that was shown in movie theaters starting in 1948. The early big-screen Superman was played by Kirk Alyn. The iconic TV series from the 50s featured George Reeves a Superman. Superman will be played by Henry Cavill in Man of Steel when the film launches on June 14.
Who do you think is the best Superman?
[via LA Times]
It must be insanely hard to come up with an original superhero these days, what with the hundreds – or perhaps thousands – of already existing ones. Is there any superpower that hasn’t been taken yet? Just looking at the graphic in Pop Chart Lab’s t-shirt must be enough to make a budding writer sweat bullets. Then prompt him to create Bullet Sweater, the ultimate worrier.
The intimidating chart collates 384 super-powered characters, from Superman to Silent Majority. As mind-boggling as that may be, even a casual comic geek like me knows that this is by no means comprehensive. Bullet Sweater isn’t here, for one thing.
You can order The Giant Omnibus of Superpowers t-shirt from Pop Chart Lab for just $20 (USD). As of this writing I didn’t see the graphic being offered as a print, but you can check out a large image of the chart here.
[via Nerdcore]
Hey, look, free stuff! Marvel is taking another shot at giving away more than 700 #1 issues of its comics through its digital service. That’s thousands of dollars of comics, for free. More »
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