The second installment of the animated film version of Frank Miller’s famed graphic novel picks up right where we left off and hits the ground running. The media sensationalism continues to give the viewer a better sense of the world Batman is reemerging in. The animators have clearly kept it in the ‘80’s as Reagan is President, as he is the graphic novel. Superman’s role is incredibly similar to the way in which Nixon uses Dr. Manhattan in Watchmen. Funnily enough, both…

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  2008. Doesn’t seem that long ago, but in some ways, it feels like it has been quite some time. And for the movie making arms of Marvel and DC, the road to 2012 could not have been different.   First, there was Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. The first two salvos in Marvel Studios' pet project, of crafting a set of films that were interconnected and a shared universe, much in the same way comic books are.    Oh sure there were missteps along the way, Iron Man 2 was not the…

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  Kapow! Comic Con, which you may or may not have heard of before this week, is a small comic book convention (small by your American standards that is) which has recently seen it's second year here in England and there were a couple of announcements of note.   Saturday   The day started uncomfortably early for me but energy drink in hand, I managed to make it up to the convention in time and began queuing for DC's first panel as…

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DC Comics has always relied on its usual suspects of superheroes to keep its throng of readers happy. Yet, some of its lesser known titles have always found a readership among the hardcore Superman, Batman, and other fans. After all, a true comics reader has an insatiable appetite for all things in the world of comics. The Losers is one such series. Penned by Andy Diggle, and drawn by Jock, the same team that gave us Green Arrow: Year One. I’ve only read the first volume of the series, but even that was…

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