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Category Archives: Comic Books
DC This Week – A Teen Titans Rebound
Teen Titans Together! First, the launch of yet another Teen Titans book, then Titans #3, and this week also included the new Wally West in The Flash, Rose (Ravager) Wilson in Deathstroke (everyone should be reading this book), and Jaime Reyes back in his own title as the Blue Beetle. Read More
‘Leave it to Chance’ 20th Anniversary Slips By Unnoticed
Before there was a Harry Potter, there was Chance Falconer. Smart, fearless, resourceful, Chance is exactly the girl hero that young readers and their parents are eagerly seeking today, and yet very few people know she exists. How Scholastic hasn’t snapped up ‘Leave it to Chance’ is a mystery to me, but now that the 20th anniversary of the series’ debut is upon us, it’s long past time to sing her praises and see if anyone notices. Read More
Happy 10th Birthday, ‘American Born Chinese’!
10 years ago, a new publishing company known as First Second Books published a comic book called ‘American Born Chinese’ by Gene Luen Yang. Since then, First Second and Yang have both continued to create amazing comics and rack up a lot of achievements. Read More
Love and Loathing in Long Beach Comic Con
Voice actor Eli Schiff was kind enough to attend and report on Long Beach Comic Con 2016. Come see why LA’s fastest growing convention is GeekDad approved! Read More
DC This Week – The Monster Men Are Here!
Quite a week for DC. The new title, Trinity, featuring Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman premieres, Teen Titan’s Raven has a new solo book that looks promising, and Steve (Midnighter) Orlando begins a crossover featuring Monster Men in the Bat-books. Read More
The Excited for Geek Girl Con 2016 Post
Geek Girl Con 2016 is just a couple of weeks away, and I can’t wait because this will be my daughter’s first con! Read More
‘Claws and Effect’: Learn About Dinosaurs and the 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition
The second book in the Secret Smithsonian Adventures comic series, ‘Claws and Effect’ takes four middle school kids through time to solve problem with the time stream. This time the adventure revolves around the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and dinosaurs! Read More
Custom Prop Build: Making the ‘Preacher’ Coffee Can
Follow along as I do a custom prop build of the coffee can that once contained Genesis on AMC’s ‘Preacher.’ Read More
Exclusive Cover Reveal for ‘Science Comics: Plagues’
Check out this exclusive cover reveal for ‘Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield’ from Falynn Koch and First Second Books. Read More
Raina Telgemeier Is Back and She Brought ‘Ghosts’ With Her
Raina Telgemeier is back with her fourth original graphic novel, and we’re all the richer for it. This week marks the release of ‘Ghosts,’ and in it she explores the nature of family and friendship against a backdrop of self-discovery and the Mexican Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) holiday. Read More
Kickstarter Alert: Women Vs Cosplay 2017 Calendar
Anabel Martinez is at it again with another great page-a-day calendar for 2017–Women vs Cosplay. Read More
‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’
Gabriel Bá and Fabio Moon have created some truly great artwork, as this comic will show you. Read More
DC This Week – Doom Patrol Delivers the Strange
So worried was DC that spoilers would leak out about Tim (Red Robin) Drake’s fate in this week’s issue of Batman: Detective Comics that they sent it to me late Tuesday, in a separate shipment. Want to know how the Red Robin vs. Drone Army fight went? Check out the review below. Read More
DC Comics This Week – Cyborg 2.0 and the New Supergirl Debut
This week in DC, Supergirl gives the Maid of Steel a strong start, Cyborg #1 is a good place to start for new readers, and there are strong issues of Nightwing and Batman. Read More
OId and New Nintendo Manga Coming From Viz Media
This October, Viz Media is bringing back Super Mario Adventures! The book will reintroduce us to long-out-of-print comics from ‘Nintendo Power’ in a stunning, full-color graphic novel. Read More
DC Comics Celebrating Sizzling Summer with Day-Long Livestream
DC Comics wraps up a summer of sales success and subscribers with an all-day livestream of DC-licensed videogames this Friday, September 2. Read More
5 Questions With ‘Future Quest’ Writer Jeff Parker
Jeff Parker, writer of DC’s ‘Future Quest,’ sat down with us to talk about this cool look at the classic Hanna-Barbera Saturday Morning characters. Read More
DC This Week – Best Wonder Woman Origin Ever!
This week in DC: The Legend of Wonder Woman sticks the landing, Gotham Academy is back, and John Ostrander has a new Suicide Squad story. Read More
The Best Way to Read Your Digital Comics
Our free time is suddenly much more precious, so tablets are a great way of bringing our comics, graphic novels and manga everywhere you go. What’s the best hardware and software to use? GeekDad has your guide. Read More
Stack Overflow: Comics Extravaganza
This week: more comics! I’ve got a mix of comics for kids and adults—most of these are out now, but a couple will be released in September so you should be on the lookout for them. Read More
DC This Week – Back to Basics for ‘Blue Beetle’
Harley Quinn takes on Hitler, Deathstroke’s excellent revival continues, Superman outsmarts Doomsday and Blue Beetle back! All this and more in our reviews of this week’s DC Comics. Read More
Prepare for War With the ‘Heroes of Skyrealm’ Comic
Get ready to set sail with the upcoming release of “Heroes of Skyrealm” by checking out the prequel comic from Mechanist Games and Dynamic Comics. Read More
DC This Week – Supergirl Takes Flight Again
I counted over 10 big fight sequences this week in DC but only a few of them are really good. What is good? Supergirl makes a magnificent return to comics, Gotham Girl gets an origin, and Green Arrow gets blown up. Read More
‘Preacher’ Season One Ends With a Bang
For anybody who loves the comic and isn’t watching the show, you need to get on it. Preacher is my favorite comic to screen adaptation. Read More
DC This Week – Deathstroke Hits the Target
The Rebirth of Deathstroke shines under Christopher Priest’s pen, ‘All-Star Batman’ by Scott Snyder debuts and Lois Lane finally gets superpowers. That, plus more Wonder Woman Year One and the satire of modern life continues in the ‘Flintstones.’ Read More
Hasbro Transformers SDCC Exclusives Available Online!
A couple of weeks ago, Hasbro unveiled a handful of ‘Transformers’ exclusives for San Diego Comic Con. Now, they are available online at HasbroToyshop.com. Read More
SDCC 2016 Recap
San Diego Comic Con 2016 was my first SDCC in over ten years. And while it was certainly a crazy whirl wind, it actually wasn’t quite as insane as I’d expected it to be. Read More
The Possibilities for Season 2 of ‘Wynonna Earp’
Just how dark will Waverly go in season two of Wynonna Earp? The actress playing the title character’s younger sister can’t wait to find out. Read More
Win Exclusive Merchandise in ‘Suicide Squad’ Giveaway from Shop DC Entertainment
Are you ready for this Friday’s release of ‘Suicide Squad’? Shop DC Entertainment wants to help get you ready with a prize pack of exclusive merchandise. Read More
DC This Week – All Harley, All the Time!
Harley Quinn is everywhere! Fighting zombies! Working for the government! Hanging out with Ivy! Oh, and new issues of Batman, Superman, Nightwing, Aquamn, JLA, Green Lantern and Green Arrow too. Read More
GeekDad Q&A with ‘Lunarbaboon’ Creator Chris Grady
GeekDad Q&A with ‘Lunarbaboon’ webcomic creator Chris Grady about the strip, his creative process behind it, and just how autobiographical it is. Read More
