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The Umbrella Academy is now one of Netflix's most popular series and needs no formal introduction. Season 2 recently released on 31 July 2020 and once again, it's praised by both critics and viewers alike. However, it suffered from a meandering plotline and departing too much from the comics (you can check out my full review here). Still, the endi...
The first season of The Umbrella Academy was refreshing and unique in a sea of comic book adaptations, successfully translating some of the zaniness and sheer insanity of Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's comics of the same name. A little more than one year later, the second season has arrived, but does it live up to the first season? Having read the co...
Comics writer/artist Erica Eng is now the second Malaysian to ever win an Eisner Award, the comics industry’s equivalent of the movie industry's Academy Award or the Oscars. The Eisner Awards is presented at the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) every year, and this year is no exception, despite taking place virtually (Comic-Con At Home). In a pos...
In July 2019, Netflix announced that they would be adapting the legendary The Sandman comic books by Neil Gaiman and Vertigo Comics into a TV series. It's been quiet on that front for a year now, but Gaiman himself has given an update on the upcoming series. Speaking with Digital Spy, Gaiman said that Netflix's The Sandman was supposed to start sh...
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Marvel postponed its massive annual crossover event for 2020, but now it's finally here. This year that crossover is Empyre;Â the first issue of the grand and epic cosmic event has arrived to give fans a taste of what to expect from the Marvel Universe in the near future. The best part of Empyre is that the F...
DC’s Stargirl has been renewed for a second season only halfway through its first season. The first season is currently airing every Wednesday, same day as the U.S. at 9.50pm on Warner TV (Astro Channel 712 HD / UnifiTV Channel 451). DC’s Stargirl follows high school sophomore Courtney Whitmore (Brec Bassinger) as she inspires an u...
Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics' Marvel's Avengers War Table live stream presentation took place earlier today, and it revealed a lot of exciting new details about the upcoming game. Marvel's Avengers Thor Gameplay The new Marvel's Avengers gameplay trailer focuses on one of the Hero Missions in the game, which puts the spotlight on specific her...
The gaming community was recently rocked by the news that CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed to 19 November 2020 (from its original release date of 17 September 2020). However, at least one Cyberpunk 2077-related tie-in product will be released as scheduled in September, and that's the Cyberpunk 2077 comic book spinoff series. Publis...
Warner Bros. might be revealing more than a single Batman game. We already know that the company will be showing off games at the upcoming DC Fandome digital event on 22 August 2020. ResetEra user DriftingOrbit has discovered several newly-registered domains that indicate the company is developing games based on the Suicide Squad and something call...
Last month, Zack Snyder shocked the world when he announced that his cut of the 2017's Justice League will finally be seeing the light of day on HBO Max in 2021. Now, the director behind 2009's Watchmen has unveiled our first look at his Justice League with a teaser that heralds the coming of none other than the Lord of Apokolips himself. That's...
All nine episodes of HBO’s Watchmen TV series' first season is free to watch and stream this weekend starting today from 19 June 2020 until 21 June 2020. In fact, you can already start watching it now, even if you live outside the United States (which is great, considering free stuff like this is sometimes limited to selected regions). Watch...
Malaysia is no stranger to being depicted in comics even from renowned American publishers like Marvel and Dark Horse Comics (Hellboy once visited Malaysia). It extends to more than just Malaysian characters though, as it looks like our food is so popular that comic book writers and artists are featuring them in their works. The latest mention a...
Last month, Netflix finally announced the release date for The Umbrella Academy Season 2, which will now be dropping on 31 July 2020. Today, the streaming giant has released even more preview first look images from the upcoming new season of the series based on Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's comic book of the same name. The synopsis for The Umbrella ...
Comic book legend and veteran writer/editor Dennis J. "Denny" O'Neil has died at the age of 81. His family confirmed the news (via GamesRadar); that he died at home due to natural causes several days ago on the night of 11 June 2020. O’Neil was best known for revitalizing two DC Comics characters; Batman and Green Arrow. After the campy and...
The Southeast Asian region doesn't lack great comic book talent and the SingaHeroes Kickstarter project is here to prove it. It aims to assemble the works of the best comic book artists and writers in Singapore in a single comic book anthology, featuring superheroes inspired by or based on the country. The SingaHeroes 100-page comic anthology will...
The COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing and are making event organizers for gaming, comics, and pop culture expos very antsy about hosting events in the latter half of the year. The next casualty? This year's San Diego Comic-Con. According to a recent press release, San Diego Comic-Con 2020 is cancelled for the first time in its half-century histor...
Years ago when I was still a kid living in Penang, I remember looking forward to reading the ‘Lao Fu Zi’ or Old Master Q comics during my trips to the barber. Despite not understanding the dialogue (since it was in Mandarin), the humour transcended the limitations of language and I still found the comics extremely funny. As reported b...
Almost everyone knows Marvel's Spider-Man or DC's Superman from the US, but Europe has their own iconic comics and graphic novels too, including the likes of Denmark's The Adventures Of Tin Tin and of course, the French comic Asterix. It has since spawned its own video games and animated adaptations over the years. Albert Uderzo, the French comic ...
Comic book artist Kris Anka has announced his involvement in the upcoming Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse sequel. However, he did not specify what role or how he will contribute to the highly-anticipated animated movie, which is slated to release on 8 April 2022. Kris Anka is best known for having drawn X-Men, Runaways, Captain Marvel, and more....
Marvel Entertainment originally announced that they were going to publish new Ultraman comics and graphic novels starting in 2020. The publisher recently revealed the story details and cover art of their very first Ultraman comic book at C2E2 2020. The Rise Of Ultraman #1 will revisit the original Ultra Warrior or Ultraman from the 1966 Tokusatsu ...
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