October 8th, 2009 -- mini-url
Tags: amazing, Amazing Spider-Man, Astonishing X-Men, awesome, batman and robin, confused, dc, haunt, image, kill audio, marvel, robert kirkman, spider-man 1602, The Torch, todd mcfarlane, video review
October 6th, 2009 -- mini-url
Die Hard: Year One #1 cover
People always ask me, “Mike, why do you read those crappy indie comics?” or “There’s a comic book based off of that TV Show/Movie?” and every time, I give those people the middle finger. Mind you, I do realize these are my friends I’m flipping off but nevertheless, this comic is one of those ‘crappy indie comics’ that I read: Die Hard: Year One. But to my surprise, this comic is anything but crap; it’s fantastic.
With writer Howard Chaykin and artist Stephen Thompson, this comic surprised me at how well put together it was. I mean, when someone thinks of a prequel to a movie in a comic book form, all hope becomes lost for it because, in all seriousness, how many good comic books have been released that were in relation to a hit blockbuster series (here in the US that is)? I can’t say I know of any.
And here we have Die Hard: Year One #1. Let me explain why this comic was so great after the break. (pseudo-spoilers abound)
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Tags: cough, die hard, die hard: year one, Howard Chaykin, indie comics, john mcclane, Movie, Nextwave Agents Of H.A.T.E., pseudo spoilers, squadron supreme, stephen thompson, tv
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