Archive for the ‘Crucial Blog’ Category
Making it in Comics the @NateCosboom way!
July 19th, 2010 by Riff
Ikea make some great furniture, but it can be a bitch to nail together even when it’s going right. Add into that mix some bad beer and even worse food from the game and we’ve been really fortunate to have @NateCosboom on twitter – better known as Nathan Cosby, Marvel Editor – share some pearls [...]
Tags: colourists, comic artists, Good advice!, Ikea, Making it in comics, Marvel, Nathan Cosby, Twitter, writers
Posted in Comics News, Crucial Blog, Reviews | Comments (0)
Hulktastic!
July 15th, 2010 by Riff
Marvel fans are almost certainly aware of the rash of upcoming Marvel movies geared towards launching the Avengers on the silver screen. We’ve already had 2 Iron Man films, and we’re awaiting Captain America, Thor and the Avengers. And we’ve had two movies featuring our favourite green-skinned hooligan, the Hulk. Initially there was Ang Lee’s [...]
Tags: Ang Lee, Bruce Banner, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, Ed Norton, Eric Bana, Fantastic Four, Hulk, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Jack Kirby, Marvel, Marvel Movies, Rick Jones, Sam Elliot, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Thing, William Hurt
Posted in Comicbook Movies, Crucial Blog, Reviews, Riff | Comments (0)
The Ultimate Superhero Game?
July 1st, 2010 by Riff
So… you love comicbooks and if you’re like me it’s because it’s the Superhero genre that really grabbed you. That’s definitely how it worked for me. Having been an RPer (what a horrid expression) for many years, I found that MMOs didn’t’t actually quite do it for me. Don’t misunderstand me, I’ve played a few [...]
Tags: fun, Games, MMOs, Role Play, RPGs, superheroes
Posted in Crucial Blog | Comments (0)
Comic or literature?
June 29th, 2010 by Riff
So today I happened across Google. I know, I’m the only person to use Google today, it’s one of those “microsites” we hear so little of. But it’s actually a search engine. Check it out if you get time. I noticed they’d got a different logo today and so I checked it to discover “Le [...]
Posted in Comics News, Crucial Blog | Comments (1)
Marvel Shorts?
June 21st, 2010 by Riff
Here’s some potentially exciting news, courtesy of Slashfilm.com the gist of which is that Marvel seem to be considering a short movie to play alongside their main features. Why’s that so good? Well as the article states, it allows non-comic fans to get a taste of Marvel’s less well known properties, and to see why [...]
Tags: Disney, Hulk, Iron Man, Marvel, movies, Sin City, The Thing, Tron
Posted in Comicbook Movies, Crucial Blog, Riff | Comments (0)
Great Superhero Art
June 18th, 2010 by Riff
I stumbled across this today as I was just surfing. Sadly I can tell you nothing about the artist or their inspiration, but I figured I’d share with you anyhow – it’s a very different take on many of our favourite comic characters. Enjoy it here!
Tags: art, original takes, superhero
Posted in Crucial Blog | Comments (0)
How to do Comics – the Jim Shooter way!
June 15th, 2010 by Riff
Ok I wasn’t planning this and I’ve got a helluva lot of other stuff happening right now, so appologies, dearest reader, for its brevity and lack of otherwise unenlightening commentary. However this is an interview with “shouty shouty” Jim Shooter, former EiC of Marvel, and often comic writer. He was the man in charge when [...]
Tags: CBR, comics, creation, DC, Jim Shooter, Marvel
Posted in Comics News, Crucial Blog, Reviews | Comments (1)
Back in Action!
June 14th, 2010 by Riff
We’re back! Just when you thought it was all over… CCB returns, larger than life and twice as ugly! Our enforced hiatus is over (for now at least) and we hope to be rejigging some things around here a bit – but more of that to come later. For now, just be glad/sad/terrified/amazed/surprised/blase/unaware* that Crucial [...]
Tags: CCB, news
Posted in Crucial Blog | Comments (0)
“The Man”
March 11th, 2010 by Riff
I had occasion to be reading a bit of Daredevil the other day, just a page or two mind you, but a random thought struck me. It was from the “old school” DD, pre-Frank Miller, and so it was pretty insane and far more “happy go lucky” than anything post-Miller – but I digress. The [...]
Tags: Avengers, Batman, Bullpen, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Frank Miller, Gene Colan, Iron Man, Jack Kirby, Marvel, Roy Orbison, Spider-Man, Stan "The Man" Lee, Superman, X-Men
Posted in Crucial Blog, Riff | Comments (1)
Every Hero needs a sidekick!
March 3rd, 2010 by Riff
Meet Buddy. Buddy is my new best friend and he arrived this morning at approx 10.30 am, which probably explains the slightly bewildered expression on his face. It’s been a big week for him. Buddy used to race, but he is past his fastest now and so was pensioned off at the age of around [...]
Posted in Crucial Blog, Riff | Comments (1)