Author: Rob
review: TMNT Color Classics Leonardo
TMNT color classics Leonardo
By Robert “Rob Base” Greenwood
So what are the color classics you ask? The color classics are taking Eastman and Laird’s classic comics and making them in living color. Does it hinder or does it help the comic? Personally I think it helps bring a new dimension to the comic and the colors aren’t done like its 2013,it just seems to fit nicely. As for the story, it is set on Christmas Eve and stars Leonardo who is out fighting for his life in the middle of a NYC snow storm, while the rest of the turtles are getting Christmas ready with April. It is a great contrast from the mundane silliness and the very real violence of the foot and shredder.This comic is perfectly done (of course it’s about 20 + years old already) reading these color classics makes me remember what it was like reading these comics when they first came out.
If you are a TMNT fan or a vintage comic collector this one shot is a must buy 4/5. I hope that parents who have children who enjoy the new TMNT cartoon will hopefully seek out some comics for their kids to read and this should be on the list.
Living Dead Dolls Presents Universal Monsters: Dracula
Living Dead Dolls Presents Universal Monsters: Dracula
The children of the night…such music they make!- Dracula
Dracula; one of the first Universal Monsters, and hands down the most famous vampire of all time. The king of the vampires is the latest addition to the Living Dead Dolls line.
Damien Glonek, one of the trio who created the Living Dead Dolls says “Universal Monsters are the true foundation of the horror genre. Each has become a recognized character to people of all ages from all over the world and still seem as popular today as when their movies first came out. They have started out as Monsters and have become icons. When the opportunity arose to work on the Universal Monsters I was very excited to give back to the genre that I love so much.”
From his widow’s peak to the hem of his cape, every detail of Dracula has been captured. The Count wears one of the most regal outfits ever produced for a Living Dead Doll; he comes complete with full evening dress, his trademark cape, his famous medallion, his red Carnelian stone ring, and even his watch chain, have been carefully recreated. Special attention has been paid to his hypnotic eyes; they seem to stare into your very soul as one eyebrow arches upwards, beckoning you to your doom.
Living Dead Dolls Count Dracula comes complete in a collector friendly window box featuring art from the famous film. He is available for pre-order online and will be in stores in October 2013.
About Mezco Toyz
Mezco Toyz LLC, specializes in the design, manufacture, and marketing of toys and collectables for all ages. A design-driven company that continuously thinks outside the box, Mezco is a leader in collectable action figures, doll manufacturing and marketing. Creators of brands such as Living Dead Dolls, Hoods, Creepy Cuddlers, Mez-Itz and more, Mezco also produces many of today’s most popular collector-friendly licensed products including: South Park, Hellboy, Popeye, Family Guy, Scarface, DC Universe, Little Big Planet and Thundercats to name a few. With a consumer outreach that is comprised of wholesale, distribution and direct to consumer networks; Mezco’s product placement abilities span worldwide. The award-winning company has offices in the United States as well as in Hong Kong, overseeing all aspects of design, marketing and manufacturing.
Mezco to Create Figures Based on the Batman Classic TV Series
Mezco to Create Figures Based on the Batman Classic TV Series
Mezco Toys is proud to partner with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, on behalf of DC Entertainment, to produce toys and vehicles based on the classic 1960’s Batman Classic TV Series.
The Mez-Itz line will feature the likeness of the actors from the series such as Adam West and Burt Ward, famed for their iconic portrayals as the dynamic duo, Batman and Robin.
Mezco’s Mez-Itz line will also debut the Batman Classic TV Series toys, including the Batmobile. While the Batmobile had appeared throughout the Batman comic books, the iteration designed by George Barris for the classic TV series was radically different and quickly became a fan favorite. Batman and Robin both fit in the Mez-Itz Batmobile, as do most other Mez-Itz figures.
“Making figures and vehicles from the classic series is a dream I’ve had for more than 40 years,” says Mezco’s director of Special Projects, Mike Drake. “To finally be able to make that dream a reality is beyond amazing. Mezco is full of Batman fans. We’ll see to it that every classic Batman item we make is filled with as much Zap! Bam! and Pow! as possible.”
Mezco will be producing Mez-Itz not only of Batman and Robin, but also of the Rogues Gallery as well: The Penguin, The Joker, Catwoman and The Riddler. Every Super-Villain needs henchman, so naturally Mezco will also produce The Riddler’s Thug, inspired by the one seen on the original show.
Mezco’s first wave of Batman Classic TV Series products will hit stores in July 2013.
About Mezco Toyz
Mezco Toyz LLC, specializes in the design, manufacture, and marketing of toys and collectables for all ages. A design-driven company that continuously thinks outside the box, Mezco is a leader in collectable action figures, doll manufacturing and marketing. Creators of brands such as Living Dead Dolls, Hoods, Creepy Cuddlers, Mez-Itz and more, Mezco also produces many of today’s most popular collector-friendly licensed products including: South Park, Hellboy, Popeye, Family Guy, Scarface, DC Universe, Little Big Planet and Thundercats to name a few. With a consumer outreach that is comprised of wholesale, distribution and direct to consumer networks; Mezco’s product placement abilities span worldwide. The award-winning company has offices in the United States as well as in Hong Kong, overseeing all aspects of design, marketing and manufacturing.
About Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Warner Bros. Consumer Products, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is one of the leading licensing and retail merchandising organizations in the world.
About DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating its content across Warner Bros. Entertainment and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment and interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world. In January 2012, DC Entertainment, in collaboration with Warner Bros. and Time Warner divisions, launched We Can Be Heroes-a giving campaign featuring the iconic Justice League super heroes-to raise awareness and funds to fight the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa.
BATMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics.
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Review: Miss Fury #1
Miss Fury
By Robert “Rob Base” Greenwood
Screaming into action is the first lady of High end crime and fashion. Miss Fury #1 takes place in 1943 and what you will soon find out much more recent times. It has elements of Catwoman and then nothing like you have seen before.
Is she a hero or is she evil?
These questions help curve the reader from page to page; the daughter of affluence and high society meets costumed vigilante/criminal. The story jumps from place to place but never letting you lose track of the plot.
As for its first outing Miss Fury delivers fast pace action and an update of 1940’s female crime fighters.
I hope the upcoming issues grip the reader by the neck and never let go. I am giving this 3/5 as it is a strong start it does loose some speed in the middle. I think this book is right for the picking and should be something to watch out for!
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‘GODFATHER OF SOUL’ GOES DIGITAL
SHOUT! FACTORY COLLABORATES WITH JAMES BROWN ESTATE TO CREATE OFFICIAL JAMES BROWN DIGITAL DESTINATIONS
WEBSITE AND YOUTUBE CHANNEL LAUNCH ON
45TH ANNIVERSARY OF HISTORIC BOSTON CONCERT FOLLOWING
ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
APRIL 5, 2013
LOS ANGELES – April 5, 2013 – Marking the 45th anniversary of James Brown’s historic Boston concert following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., multi-Grammy® Award winning artist James Brown, best known for his smoldering singing and revolutionary rhythmic style, makes his official YouTube channel and online debut today at youtube.com/jamesbrownofficial and shoutfactory.com/jamesbrown. Viewers and fans will be able to immerse in a rich selection of rarely seen live concert footage as well as interviews and clips addressing Brown’s involvement in some of the most seminal events of our time.
The announcement was made by Shout! Factory in collaboration with the James Brown Estate.
“Building upon a successful relationship formed for Shout!’s highly popular home entertainment product lines I Got The Feelin’: James Brown in the ‘60s, we’re thrilled to be working closely with the James Brown Estate to create official digital destinations, “ stated Shout! Factory’s founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos. “This is an integral part of our commitment to leverage a variety of digital entertainment platforms to celebrate the very best of pop culture.”
“We launched these YouTube, online and mobile experiences today as the 45th anniversary of the Boston concert is a major milestone we all wanted to commemorate,” said Jeffrey Thompson, vice president of digital strategy and business development. “These digital destinations will continue to evolve as we program content specific to key events as well as discover and add new video assets, leveraging Shout! Factory’s unique content curation capabilities.”
With today’s launch of the official channel youtube.com/jamesbrownofficial and online destination shoutfactory.com/jamesbrown, viewers will be immersed in unique entertainment experience that brings James Brown to life across digital platforms.
About Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory, LLC is a diversified multi-platform media company devoted to producing, uncovering, preserving and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos have spent their entire careers sharing their music, television and film favorites with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory’s DVD and Blu-Ray™ offerings serve up feature films, classic and contemporary TV series, animation, live music and comedy specials in lavish packages crammed with extras. Shout’s audio division boasts GRAMMY®-nominated box sets, Broadway cast albums, new releases from storied artists, lovingly assembled album reissues and indispensable “best of” compilations. In addition, Shout! Factory maintains a vast digital distribution network which delivers video and audio content to all the leading digital service providers in North America. Shout! Factory also owns and operates Timeless Media Group, Biograph Records, Majordomo Records, HighTone Records and Video Time Machine. These riches are the result of a creative acquisition mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. Shout! Factory is based in Santa Monica, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit shoutfactory.com
Mezco Toyz Unleashes 15 inch Mega Scale Chucky
New York- “We’re friends to the end!” Of course, with Chucky as your friend, the end comes much sooner than you ever expected. Chucky, the homicidal doll that contains the spirit of Charles Lee Ray, a serial killer better known as “The Lakeshore Strangler,” is the latest perturbed plaything to be produced by Mezco Toyz.
“Although our Chucky can certainly be played with and posed, he is more than just a collectible toy” says Mezco’s Mike Drake, “Our design team has spent countless hours examining reference material; from photos, to stills from the films, to the surviving Chucky dolls. Mezco’s 15 inch Mega Chucky is ostensibly a screen accurate prop replica. You just have to add your own evil and you are set!”
The star of five CHILD’S PLAY films, Chucky stands 15″ tall and features real cloth Good Guys clothing, 11 points of articulation and his trademark orange hair. Chucky features realistic glass-like eyes, and a knife that he is sure to use for no good.
“Mezco’s new Chucky is sure to be a hit with fans” said sneaker enthusiast Pierre Kalanzaga, “I first saw Child’s Play 2 in the theatre when I was in my early teens and it scared the c**p out of me. When I saw Mezco’s version in person it had the same effect. I’d say they really captured the soul of Chucky, but capturing souls is what started him killing in the first place.”
Each Chucky comes packaged in his own collector friendly window box and will be on store shelves in September 2013. He is available for pre-order at finer online retailers now. For more information visit:
http://www.mezcotoyz.com/15-
About Mezco Toyz:
Mezco Toyz LLC, specializes in the design, manufacture, and marketing of toys and collectables for all ages. A design-driven company that continuously thinks outside the box, Mezco is a leader in collectable action figures, doll manufacturing and marketing. Creators of brands such as Living Dead Dolls, Hoods, Creepy Cuddlers, Mez-Itz and more, Mezco also produces many of today’s most popular collector-friendly licensed products including: South Park, Hellboy, Popeye, Family Guy, Scarface, DC Universe, Little Big Planet and Thundercats to name a few. With a consumer outreach that is comprised of wholesale, distribution and direct to consumer networks; Mezco’s product placement abilities span worldwide. The award-winning company has offices in the United States as well as in Hong Kong, overseeing all aspects of design, marketing and manufacturing.
The Living Dead Dolls Series 25 Banner
New York- As the cold nights of winter grip their icy fingers around the grey days of 2013, the longest ongoing horror themed collectible doll line in history continues with Living dead Dolls series 25. Gretchen, Asa, Sospirare, Luna, and Cracked Jack want you to come play with them tonight…will you?
This limited edition banner (edition TBD) is printed on durable 10 oz. vinyl, measures approximately 18″ x 36″ and is only available at Mezco Direct.
Banners ship in April and are perfect for signing if you meet Mez, Ed, or Damien at a show!
For more information visit: http://www.mezcotoyz.com/
About Mezco Toyz:
>Mezco Toyz LLC, specializes in the design, manufacture, and marketing of toys and collectables for all ages. A design-driven company that continuously thinks outside the box, Mezco is a leader in collectable action figures, doll manufacturing and marketing. Creators of brands such as Living Dead Dolls, Hoods, Creepy Cuddlers, Mez-Itz and more, Mezco also produces many of today’s most popular collector-friendly licensed products including: South Park, Hellboy, Popeye, Family Guy, Scarface, DC Universe, Little Big Planet and Thundercats to name a few. With a consumer outreach that is comprised of wholesale, distribution and direct to consumer networks; Mezco’s product placement abilities span worldwide. The award-winning company has offices in the United States as well as in Hong Kong, overseeing all aspects of design, marketing and manufacturing.
Jamal Igle Interview at Asbury Park Comic Con!
by Chuck Suffel
Asbury Park Comic Con was a blast! we spoke to a ton of people and saw some really great stuff. I’ve got a bunch of reviews pending from the con, just waiting on art! But here’s something you can check out right now!
My buddy (and occasional contributor to whatchareading.com) Juan Pineda sat down with Jamal Igle, the creator/writer/artist of the soon to be released Molly Danger!
Molly’s first issue will premier on Free Comic Book Day (May 4th) and we sat down and got the skinny from the man himself,
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MiniMates Ironman 3 final release image s
With the movie’s release date only a month away, Diamond Select has finally unveiled the remaining three figures from their assortment of “Iron Man 3” Minimates, and all three are new armors from Tony Stark’s vast armory! These three figures will be exclusive to Toys “R” Us when they hit stores later this month, and will round out a full assortment that will be shared with comic shops, specialty stores and toysrus.com.
The three new Minimates include:
– Iron Man Mark 17 – Artillery Level RT Suit (“Heartbreaker” Armor)
– Iron Man Mark 33 – Enhanced Energy Suit (“Silver Centurion” Armor)
– Iron Man Mark 41 – Skeleton Suit (“Bones” Armor)
The Silver Centurion Armor and Bones Armor will come in one two-pack, while the Heartbreaker Armor will come with a figure of a partially armored Tony Stark. Each armor has a removable helmet with Tony Stark’s face underneath, and comes with an interchangeable hair piece; all four figures will be exclusively available at Toys “R” Us.
Toys “R” Us will share two additional 2-packs – Iron Man Mark 42 with the Mandarin and Iron Patriot with the Extremis Soldier – with the specialty market, while War Machine with Maya Hansen and Aldrich Killian with Cowboy Disguise Tony Stark will only be available in comic shops and specialty stores as part of Marvel Minimates Series 49.
Minimates are 2-inch mini-figures, each with various interchangeable parts and accessories, and the Iron Man 3 assortments will be out in late April. To pre-order the specialty assortment, contact your local comic shop (http://www.comicshoplocator.com) or visit your favorite online toy retailer!
