After a stellar Season 3, The Walking Dead is headed to San Diego Comic-Con as the highest rated show on cable and even had more viewers in the coveted 18-49 demographic than most shows on broadcast television. The new issue of Entertainment Weekly has devoted three covers to the massive hit and gives some news about the upcoming fourth season.
Andrew Lincoln, Chandler Riggs and Norman Reedus have the honor of being the cover boys this year and I can already hear the swoons of women everywhere (my girlfriend included) at the Reedus cover, but really can you blame them? I would hit it if I was a female…or maybe really super drunk.
Let’s just all take a moment and behold the beauty that is Dave McKean’s variant cover to Sandman: Overture. The cover artist is still able to captivate after all these years.
Entertainment Weekly revealed the cover and the first page of the comic (which you can see below) drawn by J.H. Williams III today. Neil Gaiman will have a panel at San Diego Comic-Con this Sunday, July 21st from 3PM-4PM to discuss The Sandman’s 25th anniversary.
You are either here for Jennifer Lawrence in a spandex suit of you are a huge fan of [amazon_link id=”B0084IG7KC” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Hunger Games[/amazon_link]. Don’t worry, we don’t judge.
For you Hunger Games fans keep scrolling down to see all of the character posters for the Quarter Quell that will take place in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire where previous winners will have to make their way back into the game of survival.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire releases on November 22nd.
While we all sit and ponder on exactly how Agent Coulson is being brought back from the dead, let’s rejoice knowing that the music will be in very good hands.
Bear McCreary, who composes music for The Walking Dead and Defiance as well as the iconic music for Battlestar Galactica, will be handling the music side of Marvel’s TV venture. Here is hoping he can create a theme as memorable and set the tone for the show like he did for BSG and The Walking Dead.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will air Tuesday nights at 7PM CST this fall on ABC.
The fine people over at Comic Book Resources have broke the news that everone’s favorite psychopathic girlfriend, Harley Quinn, will be getting her own series beginning this fall in DC’s New 52. The title will be written by Jimmy Palmiotti with art by Amanda Conner.
In the interview, Palmiotti spoke about how their Harley plays along with the New 52:
“We took a good long look at the New 52 version and then applied it to what we were going to do in the series. Harley is a complex character and we are going to build on her background, motivations and her home and supporting cast. Sort of what we did with Power Girl but with a mix of a bit more homicidal maniac added in.”
Conner was asked about her inspiration for Harley’s new costume for the series:
“I am trying to incorporate my favorite things about her latest look and her early costume. I was also inspired by some roller derby girls that I met a short time ago. I think that look totally works for Harley. Another thing I try to keep in mind is what would work really well for costumers and cosplayers, and what would be fun for them to create. One of my favorite things at a comic convention is seeing people dressed up in something that just started out as a thought in my head. Lastly, I always put the character in something that I wish I could run around in all the time”
All Xbox Live Gold members can download Assassin’s Creed 2 today for free with their Games With Gold program. While not anywhere near the value Sony gives you with Playstation Plus, a free game is a free game and you could do a lot worse than Assassin’s Creed 2.
As if getting The Ultimate Warrior to be in WWE 2K14 wasn’t enough, the guys at 2K actually got the man, the myth, the (not dead) legend to actually come to the 2K offices and unleash the power of the Warrior on their employees. Is he incredibly racist? Yep. Homophobic? God yes. Still one of the most batsh** crazy performers to ever lace up a pair of boots? No doubt.
But dammit, I love The Ultimate Warrior.
[amazon_link id=”B00CMC6HCY” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]WWE 2K14[/amazon_link] releases on October 29th.
This week is one of the biggest of the nerd calendar year. Tens of thousand of comic fans, movie buffs, cosplayers and more will flock to San Diego for the biggest Comic-Con of the year. Every year the event grows larger and larger and this year is no exception. Now there is way too much going on this week for everyone to see everything (if you are one of the lucky bastards going), so we will list the bigger events for the week. For the full rundown go visit the SDCC webpage.
Let’s go!
Thursday, July 18th
-The Walking Dead 10th Anniversary Panel- 4:15PM-5:15PM (Room 6A)
Mad Max was one of the pleasant surprises from E3 this year. Avalanche Studios is bringing the Aussie post-apocalyptic hero to next-gen in 2014 and today they released the first gameplay trailer which, as you can guess, involves car combat, sawed-off shotguns and a lot of broken bones.
I, for one, am excited as hell that we are getting a game based on Mad Max. Just be sure and keep anyone resembling Tina Turner far, far away.
