Happy Birthday, Buffy Summers!

The Fanboy Scoop - Stop The Presses!

Written by Administrator Wednesday, 18 January 2012 23:55

January 19

The Staff of Fanboy Comics would like to wish our favorite blonde vampire slayer, Buffy Summers, a Happy Birthday!  Even though her birthdays tend to end in disaster (boyfriend loses his soul, loss of super powers, etc.), we thought it was only appropriate to be there for the Chosen One on her special day and to help her blow out the candles... or decapitate demons - whatever it takes!  Happy Birthday, Ms. Summers, and thanks for saving the world! A lot!
 
Are you a fan of the Buffster? Do you consider yourself a rouge demon hunter? Well, make sure to check out FBC’s Buffy-inspired podcast, The Scoobies and the Newbie, as well as FBC President Bryant Dillon’s regular Buffy comic reviews available at Whedonopolis!
 

Join FBC at the LA Comic Book and Sci-Fi Convention on Sunday!

The Fanboy Scoop - Stop The Presses!

Written by Administrator Wednesday, 11 January 2012 06:48

Contacting all Los Angeles-based geeks!!!

We invite one and all to stop by the Fanboy Comics table this Sunday during the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention at the Shrine Auditorium this Sunday!

This will be the perfect opportunity to purchase a copy of Something Animal and have it signed by writers Sam Rhodes and Bryant Dillon, artist Robert Burrows, and editor Barbra Dillon, who will all be in attendance! We will also be handing out killer new postcards for FBC’s next upcoming graphic novel, Identity Thief, with artist Meaghan O’Keefe! There will be a few other goodies up for grabs, so be sure to stop by the booth and show your Fanboy pride!

Here are the details:


Where:
Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention

Shrine Auditorium
700 West 32nd Street
Los Angeles, CA

When:
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Admission price:
Only $8.00!!! (Kids 5 years old and younger get in for FREE)

Official website:
www.comicbookscifi.com/index.html

Inglorius Basterds Review: A Letter of Concern

Blogs - Barbra Dillon

Written by Barbra Dillon, Fanboy Comics Managing Editor Tuesday, 04 August 2009 00:00

Dear Mr. Tarantino:

On behalf of fan-boys (and fan-girls) everywhere, thank you for the many films that cultivated our adolescence.  Our teenage years were laid to a soundtrack of K-Billy’s Super Sounds of the '70s, as we mimicked some of the coolest, most bad-ass characters that we had ever witnessed, the likes of which had not been portrayed since Boba Fett.  The wit of your dialogue and the ingenuity of your storylines captivated us and spawned a generation of Tarantino groupies.

Having viewed the faux-trailers in the midst of Grindhouse and, most recently, Inglourious Basterds, I must beg of you:  please choose your friends and business partners more wisely.  It seems as though you have fallen into the wrong crowd, Mr. Tarantino, and by the wrong crowd, I mean Eli Roth.  While your films were once intelligent and violent with an artistic flair, they have become so over-the-top with the gore and camp that characterizes Roth’s films that I shudder in disbelief when your name rolls through the credits.  You are quickly falling off the pedestal on which your fans had placed you, and I would hate for movies like True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, and Pulp Fiction to be tainted by association.

The Walking Dead Review: Worth The Hype?

Blogs - Barbra Dillon

Written by Barbra Dillon, Fanboy Comics Managing Editor Monday, 20 December 2010 00:00

SPOILERS

“I hope to show you reflections of your friends, your neighbors, your families, and yourselves, and what their reactions are to the extreme situations on this book.”  
- Robert Kirkman


Over the past seven years, writer Robert Kirkman (Battle Pope, Invincible) has found quite a literary and theatrical phenomenon with his series, The Walking Dead.  The story follows a band of unlikely heroes in their daily trials and tribulations, given their extraordinary circumstances in a world devastated by a zombie apocalypse.  Initiated as a graphic novel series in 2003, the books were met with rave reviews from critics and fans alike, most notably with its receipt of the Eisner Award in 2010 for Best Continuing Series.  In 2010, AMC released The Walking Dead as a television series, which garnered such a positive response that the network ordered an extended, 13-episode second season.