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The last time the Topps trading card company released a new set of Mars Attacks story cards, John F. Kennedy was in the White House. To celebrate the 50th (technically the 51st) anniversary of the originals -- which were reprinted in the '80s ... Read more

 

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]]>Earl NoremEarlNoremEd RepkaEdRepkaGlen OrbikGlenOrbikGregory StaplesGregoryStaplesJoe JuskoJoeJuskomars attacksMarsAttackstoppsMatt D. Wilson2013-04-15T16:30:00 00:00The Future Of The Past Is On Full Display In 'Frank R. Paul: The Dean Of Science Fiction Illustration'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/15/frank-r-paul-the-dean-of-science-fiction-idw-book-review/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/15/frank-r-paul-the-dean-of-science-fiction-idw-book-review/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/15/frank-r-paul-the-dean-of-science-fiction-idw-book-review/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


Legendary science fiction illustrator Frank R. Paul is probably not an instantly-recognizable name for every ComicsAlliance reader, but for generations of science fiction, fantasy and comic book enthusiasts, his work took the fantastic worlds ... Read more

 

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]]>Frank R PaulFrank R Paul The Dean of Science Fiction IllustrationFrank R. PaulFrank R. Paul The Dean of Science Fiction IllustrationFrankR.PaulFrankR.PaulTheDeanOfScienceFictionIllustrationFrankRPaulFrankRPaulTheDeanOfScienceFictionIllustrationIDWDylan Todd2013-04-15T14:00:00 00:00Sean Murphy's 'Punk Rock Jesus' Asks All The Right Questions [Review]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/02/punk-rock-jesus-review-sean-murphy-vertigo/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/02/punk-rock-jesus-review-sean-murphy-vertigo/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/02/punk-rock-jesus-review-sean-murphy-vertigo/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


They say two things you should never discuss in polite conversation are religion and politics. It used to be sex, religion, and politics, but we all have raging porn addictions now, so, realistically, that topic is no longer off limits. But in ... Read more

 

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]]>christianityjesusjesus christJesusChristpunkpunk rockpunk rock jesusPunkRockPunkRockJesusreligionsean murphySeanMurphyvertigovertigo comicsVertigoComicsJohn Parker2013-04-02T13:30:00 00:00Dark Horse Comics To Adapt 'The Star Wars' Original-Draft Screenplayhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/01/dark-horse-the-star-wars-draft-adaptation/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/01/dark-horse-the-star-wars-draft-adaptation/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/04/01/dark-horse-the-star-wars-draft-adaptation/#commentsFiled under: , ,


It's been a good year for fans of the original Star Wars trilogy and Dark Horse comics. There's the new Star Wars series by Brian Wood and Carlos D'Anda that takes place between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, (the first issue of which ... Read more

 

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]]>George LucasGeorgeLucasJ.W. RinzlerJ.w.RinzlerJW RinzlerJwRinzlerLucasfilmMike MayhewMikeMayhewStar WarsStarkillerStarWarsThe Star WarsTheStarWarsZiah Grace2013-04-01T15:30:00 00:00IDW Announces Ongoing 'The X-Files' Comic Creative Team, Release Datehttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/04/idw-x-files-season-1-chris-carter-joe-harris-michael-walsh-jordie-bellaire-june/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/04/idw-x-files-season-1-chris-carter-joe-harris-michael-walsh-jordie-bellaire-june/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/03/04/idw-x-files-season-1-chris-carter-joe-harris-michael-walsh-jordie-bellaire-june/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


While IDW was only able to tease its new The X-Files ongoing comic series back in January, the publisher was ready to reveal the full scope of the project this weekend at Emerald City Comicon. The truth, as it were, was out (there) in Seattle. ... Read more

 

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]]>Carlos ValenzuelaCarlosValenzuelaChris CarterChrisCarterDana ScullyDanaScullyDave JohnsonDaveJohnsonECCCECCC 2013Eccc2013Fox MulderFoxMulderIDWJoe CorroneyJoe HarrisJoeCorroneyJoeHarrisJordie BellaireJordieBellaireMichael WalshMichaelWalshMulderScullyThe X-FilesTheX-filesCaleb Goellner2013-03-04T11:00:00 00:00Hasbro Announces New 'Star Tours' Action Figure Setshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/21/star-wars-star-tours-action-figures-hasbro/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/21/star-wars-star-tours-action-figures-hasbro/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/21/star-wars-star-tours-action-figures-hasbro/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


If, like me, you count yourselves among the pitiable number of Star Wars fans who never rode the original Star Tours ride before Boba Fett blew it up and, sadder still, have yet to experience the upgraded Star Tours: The Adventures Continue ... Read more

 

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]]>action figuresActionFiguresDisneyDisney WorldDisneylandDisneyWorldHasbroStar ToursStar WarsStarToursStarWarsWalt Disney WorldWaltDisneyWorldCaleb Goellner2013-02-21T17:00:00 00:00'Star Trek: Into Darkness' Gets Blocky In Upcoming KRE-O Building Setshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/09/star-trek-into-darkness-kre-o-hasbro-brick-sets/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/09/star-trek-into-darkness-kre-o-hasbro-brick-sets/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/09/star-trek-into-darkness-kre-o-hasbro-brick-sets/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Hasbro began teasing its Stark Trek: Into Darkness KRE-O line at San Diego Comic-Con International this past summer with an early build of its U.S.S. Enterprise set, but with Toy Fair kicking off tonight, there's now plenty more to see from the ... Read more

 

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]]>HasbroKRE OKRE-OKreOStar TrekStar Trek Into DarknessStarTrekStarTrekIntoDarknessToy Fair 2013ToyFair2013Caleb Goellner2013-02-09T18:00:00 00:00Beauty and Horror Mix for the 'Dead Space' Art Show [Art]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/05/dead-space-video-game-art-show/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/05/dead-space-video-game-art-show/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/02/05/dead-space-video-game-art-show/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


As a big survival horror fan, Dead Space is one of my favorite new video game franchises of recent years. Like any truly scary series, the games are loaded with memorable, haunting imagery that'll keep players awake at night. A lot of ... Read more

 

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]]>dead spaceDeadSpacevideo gamesVideoGamesMatt D. Wilson2013-02-05T13:00:00 00:00IDW Announces 'Star Trek' Movie Sequel Prologue Comic 'Countdown To Darkness'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/14/idw-star-trek-countdown-to-darkness-comic-movie-prologue/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/14/idw-star-trek-countdown-to-darkness-comic-movie-prologue/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/14/idw-star-trek-countdown-to-darkness-comic-movie-prologue/#commentsFiled under: , ,


If the sight of the Star Trek Into Darkness trailer has left you feeling as if you can't wait until May to find out more about the mysterious John Harrison and the threat he poses to the Federation, don't worry; the story actually gets started ... Read more

 

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]]>John HarrisonJohnHarrisonStar TrekStar Trek Countdown To DarknessStar Trek Into DarknessStar Trek: Countdown to DarknessStarTrekStarTrek:CountdownToDarknessStarTrekCountdownToDarknessStarTrekIntoDarknessGraeme McMillan2012-12-14T16:00:00 00:00Harlan Ellison Teams With 'Concrete' Creator Paul Chadwick For New DC Graphic Novelhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/07/harlan-ellison-paul-chadwick-dc-comics-sci-fi-graphic-novel/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/07/harlan-ellison-paul-chadwick-dc-comics-sci-fi-graphic-novel/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/12/07/harlan-ellison-paul-chadwick-dc-comics-sci-fi-graphic-novel/#commentsFiled under: ,


Science-fiction legend Harlan Ellison is returning to comics in the company of Concrete creator Paul Chadwick, with the two collaborating on a brand new graphic novel for DC Comics next year titled Harlan Ellison's 7 Against Chaos. ... Read more

 

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]]>ConcreteHarlan EllisonHarlan Ellisons 7 Against ChaosHarlanEllisonHarlanEllisons7AgainstChaosPaul ChadwickPaulChadwickGraeme McMillan2012-12-07T17:00:00 00:00Jeffrey Brown Draws Special 'Star Wars' Gift Tags To Promote 'Vader's Little Princess'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/23/vader-and-son-vaders-little-princess-holiday-gift-tags-jeffrey-brown-star-wars/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/23/vader-and-son-vaders-little-princess-holiday-gift-tags-jeffrey-brown-star-wars/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/23/vader-and-son-vaders-little-princess-holiday-gift-tags-jeffrey-brown-star-wars/#commentsFiled under: , ,


It's not all Episode VII in recent Star Wars news, you know; in celebration of the success of Jeffrey Brown's hit book Darth Vader and Son, and preparation for the sequel, Vader's Little Princess, Chronicle Books has released download-and-print ... Read more

 

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]]>Darth Vader And SonDarthVaderAndSonJeffrey BrownJeffreyBrownStar WarsStarWarsVaders Little PrincessVadersLittlePrincessGraeme McMillan2012-11-23T11:00:00 00:00Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso Create A Bleak And Plausible Future In 'Spaceman'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/08/brian-azzarello-and-eduardo-risso-create-a-bleak-and-plausible-f/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/08/brian-azzarello-and-eduardo-risso-create-a-bleak-and-plausible-f/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/11/08/brian-azzarello-and-eduardo-risso-create-a-bleak-and-plausible-f/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


The creative team of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso shouldn't just be well-known by now, it should be feared and respected. After first meeting on Vertigo's Jonny Double miniseries back in 1998, the pair have been regularly ... Read more

 

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]]>brian azzarelloBrianAzzarelloEduardo RissoEduardoRissoPatricia MulvihillPatriciaMulvihillSpacemanvertigoJohn Parker2012-11-08T13:00:00 00:00New 'Dredd' Movie Pics Surface Onlinehttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/05/10/dredd-movie-images/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/05/10/dredd-movie-images/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/05/10/dredd-movie-images/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Grud on a Greenie! New images from the upcoming Dredd movie adaptation of British sci-fi anti-hero Judge Dredd have hit the internet, showing several action-oriented images capturing just how well Karl Urban might fare as the man who "is the law" ... Read more

 

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]]>2000ADDreddDredd movieDreddMovieJudge DreddJudgeDreddKarl UrbanKarlUrbanPlease Can We Pretend The Stallone Film Didnt HappenPleaseCanWePretendTheStalloneFilmDidntHappenGraeme McMillan2012-05-10T16:00:00 00:00'Lockout' Takes All the Action Movie Cliches and Shoots Them into Spacehttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/18/lockout-movie-review-space-jail/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/18/lockout-movie-review-space-jail/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/18/lockout-movie-review-space-jail/#commentsFiled under: ,


Most of the movies I end up seeing for my job here at ComicsAlliance are assigned to me. Transformers 3, Breaking Dawn, even the stuff like Hunger Games that I end up enjoying are handed down from on high as things that, like it or not, I have ... Read more

 

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]]>Action MoviesActionMoviesGuy PearceGuyPearceLockoutLuc BessonLucBessonSpace PrisonSpacePrisonChris Sims2012-04-18T12:00:00 00:00Jeffrey Brown Imagines a More Fatherly Sith Lord in 'Darth Vader and Son'http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/05/jeffrey-brown-darth-vader-and-son/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/05/jeffrey-brown-darth-vader-and-son/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/05/jeffrey-brown-darth-vader-and-son/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Prominent cartoonist Jeffrey Brown has chronicled his transition into fatherhood pretty extensively in his autobio comic Undeleted Scenes and other works. Now the creator is applying his paternal skills to an official Star Wars book, Darth Vader ... Read more

 

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]]>Darth Vader and SonDarthVaderAndSonJeffrey BrownJeffreyBrownStar WarsStarWarsCaleb Goellner2012-04-05T11:00:00 00:00Moleskine Announces 'Star Wars' Journals With Animated Paper Space Battle [Video]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/13/star-wars-moleskine-journals-video/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/13/star-wars-moleskine-journals-video/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/13/star-wars-moleskine-journals-video/#commentsFiled under: , ,


While the crossover contingent of Moleskine users and Star Wars fans is probably vast enough that simply announcing the existence of official crossover journals would be enough to move some serious designer notebooks, the company has gone the ... Read more

 

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]]>journalsMoleskinenotebooksStar WarsStarWarsstop motion animationStopMotionAnimationCaleb Goellner2011-09-13T14:00:00 00:00SyFy's Superpowered 'Alphas' TV Show Has Everything You've Seen Many Times Beforehttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/07/13/syfys-superpowered-alphas-tv-show-has-everything-youve-seen/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/07/13/syfys-superpowered-alphas-tv-show-has-everything-youve-seen/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/07/13/syfys-superpowered-alphas-tv-show-has-everything-youve-seen/#commentsFiled under: , ,


This week, the SyFy Channel -- fresh off the cinematic triumph that was Almighty Thor -- have once again thrown their hat in the grand ring of super-hero television. This time, they're going with Alphas, a new series created by Michael Karnow ... Read more

 

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]]>AlphasSyFyZak PennZakPennChris Sims2011-07-13T12:00:00 00:00New 'Doctor Who: Worlds in Time ' MMORPG Announcedhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/02/25/new-doctor-who-worlds-in-time-mmorpg-announced/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/02/25/new-doctor-who-worlds-in-time-mmorpg-announced/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/02/25/new-doctor-who-worlds-in-time-mmorpg-announced/#commentsFiled under: , ,


He's been dropped into most every gaming mechanic this side of shooters, but now The Doctor is getting a full-fledged Flash-based MMORPG courtesy The BBC and San Francisco indie game company Three Rings. Designed as a free-to-play title that ... Read more

 

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]]>Doctor WhoDoctor Who: Worlds in TimeDoctorWhoDoctorWho:WorldsInTimeCaleb Goellner2011-02-25T10:00:00 00:00Old French Dudes Engage in Epic Lightsaber Duel [Video]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/02/24/old-french-dudes-lightsaber-fight/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/02/24/old-french-dudes-lightsaber-fight/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/02/24/old-french-dudes-lightsaber-fight/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Stand-up comics (and drunk nerds at parties) often gripe about how the promise of common jetpack travel by the 21st century still hasn't been fulfilled. But I say any time period wherein a Star Wars fan can transpose lightsabers onto a video of ... Read more

 

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]]>duelslightsabersold menOldMenStar WarsStarWarsCaleb Goellner2011-02-24T17:30:00 00:00LEGOLAND Still Exists, To Introduce 'Star Wars' Minilandhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/01/13/legoland-star-wars/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/01/13/legoland-star-wars/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/01/13/legoland-star-wars/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


A recent LOGOLAND press conferences was interrupted by a Jedi Knight and Imperial Stormtroopers, signaling the coming of Star Wars to LEGO's California resort, which we were relieved to learn has not been bankrupted and relegated to supervillain ... Read more

 

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]]>LEGOLegolandStar WarsStarWarsAndy Khouri2011-01-13T11:30:00 00:00