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From Marvel to DC, Geeks explores the popular and independant comic titles in the geek universe.
Webcomics and Representation
Who does not want to be a hero? After hearing and seeing heroes go on epic adventures, save the day, and find true love in all kinds of stories, everyone would love to feel like the hero of a story. However, often times the hero gets played by one kind of person: the straight white manly guy who cannot spit out his feelings to the girl he likes. Just take a peek at movies and books on the whole and this kind of hero takes the lead more often than any woman, a person of color, or member of the LGBTIAQ+ community. However, there is one type of media that all kinds of heroes, a character for practically anyone who never saw themselves on the screen. Introducing the wide, wonderful world of webcomics.
By Kasey Szamatulski8 years ago in Geeks
Something Is Wrong With the Venom Symbiote
We're going to be jumping into Marvel's new Venom solo title. The two issues that have been released are fairly good, and they take Venom in a new direction. So what we are going to be focusing on today is a very brief history of Eddie Brock and the Venom Symbiote, and what has happened in the first two issues of this title so far. So a spoiler warning right here if you want to read it.
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
10 Strangest Offshoots of Humanity in the Marvel Universe
Marvel Comic’s universe is full of strange and even uncanny people, places, powers and cosmic beings. Over seventy years of history and innovation have made the world that started in the late 1930s a complicated place. Humanity, as the comics’ prime focus, is perhaps one of the stranger elements, ironically. According to the Marvel database, humans could evolve into super-powered gods and for that reason, alone aliens are wary of Planet Earth. Despite the idea that this will occur in the far future, there are already a large number of divergent superhuman groups that have evolved away from Homo Sapiens to become something else. I’d like to take you on a whistle-stop tour of these many and varied evolutionary offshoots and some of their inspirations. Join me now as I take you on a journey through Ten Strange Offshoots of Humanity in the Marvel Universe!
By Steve Cotterill8 years ago in Geeks
Bruce Banner Returns!
For those of you who don't know, the Hulk is one of my favorite characters, which is why I chose to write this as my next post. A couple of years ago, when the Captain America: Civil War movie was coming out, Marvel Comics wanted to capitalize on the movie, and launched a comic event called "Civil War II." That event was a bad story line, and I disliked it quite a bit. But the event did have some significant outcomes, but first let's go over what happened in "Civil War II."
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
The Importance of Time-Displacement
Everybody knows that comic book universes and timelines are very very confusing and likely deter people that want to read comics from actually reading them. Because of that, people complain a lot about the timelines. In response to that, comic companies launch reboots (events that are done to provide a dedicated jumping off point for new fans), but they tend to mess them up horribly, and comic fans get even more angry because of that. A fine example is DC's New 52 relaunch, where the timelines got confusing in the original DC Landscape, which unsurprisingly led to fans and people interested in comics complaining to DC. DC wiped the entire slate clean and started from scratch with New 52. They created new backstories for characters and even changed some key traits about them. But more importantly, at its introduction, the New 52 timeline was just as confusing as the pre-New 52 timeline even though it had just been introduced, and it only got worse. As a result, sales started to fall. DC Comics tends to do harder reboots, they'll wipe their entire slate clean and create new backstories for their characters, maybe even change the character completely. Marvel doesn't like doing that.
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
Hellboy!
Today the most popular comic companies are DC and Marvel, but Indie comics such as Dark Horse, also bring us dark, enticing, and powerful heroes that are underappreciated. FX attempted to shed some light on an indie hero and for the most part, it was successful. The Hellboy films captured Earth's supernatural evils instead of the normal hero formula which is invaders of the earth. Anung Un Rama is the Supernatural name for the red demon known as Hellboy and he is hated throughout his entire comic career. He is an Epic and dark character that deserves more attention than he has received.
By Michelle Tongue8 years ago in Geeks
Samurai Grandpa: An Independent Comic
I know I mostly post on articles on topics related to Marvel Comics and DC Comics, but there are independent comics out there that should really get more attention. So this won't be the last post I do on Independent Titles. A couple years ago I went to Toronto Fan-Expo, and met Shawn Daley, whose art I saw and loved. I'd bought a few prints from him and a copy of the first chapter of his book, Terraquill, which I also recommend you guys check out. But do you know how happy I was to see Shawn at Toronto Comic-con at his booth with awesome art and a brand new book he worked on? I was pretty dang happy.
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
Magneto's Origin Story
I'm not even going to get into the actual story I'm going to talk about because I want you to read it that badly without having anything spoiled. It is most definitely a story that is worth the time to read. I mean seriously it's a great story with great art. I mean look at the picture above, the core art isn't like that, but tons of time and effort were put into this story and that's what makes it good. This is probably one of my favorite storylines I have ever read. Anyways, lets get to the content.
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
Not Only Peter Parker Got Bit
Okay, so I said that I was thinking about doing a post that was not this. I was thinking about doing a post on Kamala Khan's Family or a new DC character named Sideways, but I'd thought I'd promote lesser known and more underrated characters that I thought should be brought to people's attention. And this character is called...Silk!
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
The Creepiest Batman Story
Okay, so this Batman story may just be one of my favorites. Not just for the writing, but for the art. It was written by Grant Morrison, who is a legend in the comic book industry. He's written epic stories like the Multiversity Event for DC comics, Batman & Robin (With Dick Grayson as Batman and Damian Wayne as Robin), All-Star Superman, and more. And that's just for DC Comics, he's written New X-Men for Marvel Comics and Spawn for Image Comics. He's also written his own fiction novels. Another interesting fact, this was his first Batman story, and after this story, he became a regular Batman writer.
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
Superman & Batman's Legacy Duo
If you are reading mainstream DC Comics that are under the DC Rebirth branding, then you probably know that Superman (Clark Kent) has a son named Jonathan Kent. And if you've been reading comics in the last decade or so, or even if you haven't, you probably know that Batman has a son named Damian Wayne, who is the current Robin.
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
