Blackest Night 08 Cover revealed

The last issue of the huge DC event is coming closer and closer. With the edition of it being the final issue it will also have an additional 10 pages for no extra charge. Blackest Night 8 comes out in March and I can't wait to see what or who the White Lantern will be my guess it'll be someone different then in Blackest Night 07.

Francis Manapul's Flash

Francis Manapul is known for his work in Action comics and with the restart of Flash he looks to be putting his best work forward. He will be working on the Flash for the first year of the project. Francis Manapul's artwork brings a classic feel but newer design to well known villians and Heroes from Central city.

Read First Wave #01 with Jim Lee and Geoff Johns!

As a way to push interest with the new Brian Azzarello and Rags Morales comic. Jim lee and Geoff Johns will be reading the issue on twitter. First Wave is a noir style team up of Doc Savage, The Spirit, and The Batman.The reading begins at 3pm Wednesday which gives plenty of time to run out and get your copy of First Wave.  

First look at Siege: Fallen

Marvel released another teaser shot involving Siege. The picture involves very well known hands grabbing a man/ or very manly women who appears to be dying or passed out. Siege shows the downfall of Norman Osbourne but I also see this as the downfall of Sentry. He has just become to crazy. I can't see him being involved with the next guy in charge of everything (Steve Rogers?). Whatever the case may be it looks like somebody won't make it out of Siege. Siege: Fallen comes out in April.

Incarnate creator Nick Simmons reacts to plagiarism claims

Allegations of plagiarism sprang up after people noticed panels in Incarnate that seem very similar to Bleach panels. The artists left a formal statement on a popular website.

“Like most artists I am inspired by work I admire. There are certain similarities between some of my work and the work of others. This was simply meant as an homage to artists I respect, and I definitely want to apologize to any Manga fans or fellow Manga artists who feel I went too far. My inspirations reflect the fact that certain fundamental imagery is common to all Manga. This is the nature of the medium. I am a big fan of Bleach, as well as other Manga titles. And I am certainly sorry if anyone was offended or upset by what they perceive to be the similarity between my work and the work of artists that I admire and who inspire me.”

What I think is the most interesting part of all this is why of all manga would he copy Bleach. I know there are fans of the manga but the story is just non existent. I've read through many manga and I couldn't bring myself to get to the half way point of Bleach. This really isn't something new to the comic world or manga world though. One example was a panel to panel example of Dragon Ball and Narauto. I was suprised at first that Radical ( the publisher of the comic) suspended the printing until further review but the more I think about it. It was a good decision to listen to the fans and show they don't allow this amateurish behavior in their comics.Take a look at one of the panel comparison I think you'll see what everyone is talking about.

Preview for Siege: Loki

Loki gets his spot in the sun with this one-shot by writer Kieron Gillen and artist Jamie McKelvie. You might know them from Image's "Phonogram". In the One-shot the story of why Loki would go out of his way to let Norman Osbourne achieve his goals with Asgard is revealed. With Loki involved mischief must be a major factor that and the destruction of Asgard. Siege: Loki comes out in April which seems a bit late for Siege tie ins. I'm hoping with this One-shot the origin of Siege will be less foggy which is one of my major complaints with it so far. Oh and there isn't enough crazy long haired blonde guys in it. Nah I'm just kidding there's more than enough there for me.

4 Comic Books to look forward to

1. Avengers #1 from Bendis/Romita Jr. - After the epic war over Asgard is over and the dust is settled Marvel is launching it's Universe into a different direction. In the vein of the Golden Age of Marvel all the major super heroes will be together again. All the division created by Civil War has been mended. Not the entire team is revealed but Iron Man, Captain America (Bucky), and Hawkeye will be there. Avengers #01 will be out in May.

2. Brightest Day - After the Darkest night comes the Brightest Day. What a great promo line. Geoff Johns has really set the DC world on fire with his great main and side stories for Darkest Night. After reading Blackest Night 07 Sinestro's future is still up in the air but it's very interesting to see how the eighth one will turn out. Hopefully Hal Jordan doesn't still the limelight from Sinestro like he always does. Knowing who the white lantern is ( Don't worry I won't spoil it.) The promo shot is even more interesting. Brightest day will be a 26-issue bi-weekly, year-long event. Brightest Day will be coming out in April 2010.

3. X-Men: Second Coming - Second coming is the third part of a trilogy starting with Messiah Complex and continuing with Messiah War. Marvel seems to be marketing Second coming as a good starting point to jump into for new comers. I will be one of those new comers since I haven't been reading the new X-men titles. I have always been a huge fan and I'm really glad to see Marvel pushing a X-men Title this hard. X-men : Second Coming should be out in March 2010.

4. Invincible #71 - The Viltrumite War is finally here! The huge war that has been teased ever since Invincible's Dad beat the living hell out of him seems to be finally starting. With each issue getting bloodier and bloodier issue 71 will probably atleast have 5 severed heads. That's only a guess mind you. Invincible 71 hits the shelf in March keep an eye out for exploding lips and intense mustaches.

Now I know people are thinking " Why is it only four when everyone else has ten or atleast ten. Is he a loser?" I only have four because anything else that seems interesting is tied to one of these four some way or another. So why bore you with side comics when I can give you the main ones and with that spark your interest to look for the others? About being a loser that's really a matter of opinion and I couldn't agree with you more. With that being said Marvel and Dc look like they're going in the same direction with a more mainstream positive line of comics. Don't worry if you're still bloodthirsty there will always be smaller publishers ripe for the picking.