Published on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 by BigIV Recently attention has been placed on American film compaines partnering with Chinese firms. This partnership give American films a fighting chance in the Chinese market. Recently, Iron Man 3 was able to premiere with an opening weekend in China and America on the same weekend. Now, Transformers appears to be finding Chinese partners in Beijing Pangu Investment. (more...

Published on Monday, June 17, 2013 by BigIV While I have many books in the back issue bins only a handful make annual visits and revisits on the reading list. Tom DeFalco's MC2 world and its flagship title Spider-Girl make that cut. Most of the titles in the MC2 were shortlived, but one that was oddly missing was an X-People title. MC2 Background MC2 was a brilliant addition to the Marvel comics lineup. Sure,...

Published on Monday, June 17, 2013 by BigIV Long time fan picking up the series after a buying hiatus jumps back in at Invincible #103. Is this a good jumping in point? (more…)...

Published on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 by BigIV Big Dog Ink announces the hottest release of the Summer: Shahrazad!  (more…)...

Published on Monday, June 10, 2013 by BigIV I'm the first to decry Wal-Mart for running small locally owned businesses into the ground. Fairplay, I should mention when they do something right. On a recent trip to Wal-Mart I spotted a Scholastic Book display in front of the electronics. The display--seperate from the usual small book and magazine aisle--promoted summer reading. Summer Reading is a fond memory of...

Published on Monday, June 3, 2013 by BigIV Sure, nostalgia ain't what it used to be, but that is not keeping the powers that be from reviving SOME of the properties from our youth. G.I. Joe, Transformers, and other nostalgic throwbacks often take center stage here on TheComixVerse. But what properties should be revived? (more…)...

Published on Thursday, May 30, 2013 by BigIV Playboy, long a commentator on society, culture, and booty, has a great article you may have missed on the propogandic nature of comic books. They have their points, or a pair of nice points, but as usual they do miss abit of the comic point. (more…)...

Published on Saturday, May 25, 2013 by BigIV In case you are a superhero comic fan that is not subscribing to the AARP magazine, I wanted to highlight a recent one page article by Betsy Towner (more…)...

Published on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 by BigIV Adding Stan Lee's name power to an Arnold Schwarzenegger bio-comic may not make it a success. If it even materializies at all, this book sounds more like Bluewater than Marvel. (more…)...

Published on Monday, May 6, 2013 by BigIV Still confused about why a production company would reboot the Spider-Man franchise post-Raimi without tying it into the Avengers? Product licensing can become complicated. I know different companies are in charge of various and apparently seperate Marvel movie franchises but I still can't figure out why the companies aren't teaming up to share the wealth. Still makes...