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The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

Directors René Goscinny, Henri Gruel & Albert Uderzo Starring Roger Carel & Jacques Morel (original) Starring Seán Barrett & Michael Kilgarriff (English Dub) Rated G Score 6/6 A group of indomitable Gauls are challenged by Roman Emperor Julius Caesar to accomplish twelve impossible tasks. Glorious, Stupid and selfaware, is probably the esaiest way to describe…

MDFF 2022 – Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

Directed by Jim Demonakos & Kevin Konrad Hanna Starring Neil Gaiman , Rebecca Sugar, Guillermo del Toro, Patton Oswalt Score 6/6 A feature length documentary about Mike Mignola and the creation of his comic book universe centered around Hellboy. Going into this I had no real clue who Mike Mignola was and yes, I have…

The Phantom #1 Sells for $20K at Auction

The Australian printed edition #1 of The Phantom sold at auction over the weekend for over $20,000 almost doubling its estimated expectations. Editions #2, #3, #4 and #5 also broke record prices individually for their editions with all comics selling for over $50K in a single auction. “Comics are just another form of a passion…

Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point Announced

The worlds of comic books and video games collide on April 20, 2021 as DC and Epic Games (“Epic”) have announced plans to publish Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point, a six-issue miniseries that combines the Dark Knight and other DC Superheroes with the global gaming phenomenon. Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point arrives in comic bookstores and on participating digital…