Comic Book Herald

Love or hate, shows like Smallville and The Walking Dead have opened the door for live-action comic book adaptations on television.

With Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D we’ll finally have the real test for comic book tv: Can a show set within a comic book universe, loosely embedded in comic book continuity, successfully please critics and long-time fans alike?

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You probably know the feeling.

You’re trying to get into a major Marvel event after the fact. The hype around Avengers Vs. X-Men has come and gone, and now you’re left with a 12 issue event that alludes to countless tie-ins. Couldn’t Marvel just sell a stinking book that included all of the tie-ins at once?

It would seem our longstanding trade collection nightmare has passed. (more…)

Two awesome moves in the world of digital comics yesterday: 1) Marvel announced the release of their Marvel Unlimited Android app & 2) Dark Horse let fans know they are giving away their free comic book day issues digitally.

When pressed for comment, DC Comics merely replied: “Digital? What, like a camera?” (more…)

Since X-Men and Spider-Man launched the millennium of superheroes, there’s been an unspoken cap that all movies conclude in a trilogy.

Hot off an invincible opening weekend for Iron Man 3, a new installment in the Iron Man series might be the first to challenge the rule of 3.

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This may seem over-dramatic, but Marvel Now! has a serious, festering, irredeemable dud on their hands with the first two issues of Thanos Rising.

Is this series the worst Thanos comic the universe has known? I haven’t read every Thanos story ever told, but I’m leaning towards a resounding YES. (more…)

Ok, fine, I might be overselling the impact of my – now legendary – Marvel Unlimited App review.

Nonetheless, update version 1.1 includes a bunch of the features I thought would improve the overall experience. Here’s a look at the notable upgrades and how they should help: (more…)

I won’t sit here and pretend I always get tweets from @Audi, but when I do I drink Dos Equis. Wait… wrong marketing campaign.

What I meant to say was when Audi tweets me a weirdly personal link with little to no description, I darn well click through.

Glad I did here, as it led me to their Iron Man 3 promotion, Steer the Story, a surprisingly interesting development in crowd-sourced digital comics. (more…)

When someone talks about digital comics now, they are very likely talking about digital comics as read through one specific reader: Comixology.

While it’s through Comixology that you’ll find the latest and greatest from Image, Marvel, and DC, there are plenty of instances where the app just won’t have what you’re looking for.

This is how I found Kobo. (more…)

Fresh off the heels of Marvel’s 700 free #1 issues, Dark Horse is getting in on the digital giveaway bonanza. For their 2 year anniversary, the alt-comic book publisher is giving away 50 free #1 issues from their digital store.

Don’t worry – Dark Horse planned ahead enough to prevent their giveaway from crashing the internet. In fact, they may have perfected the digital giveaway for everyone. (more…)