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Matthew Price's Word Balloons has captured 22 years of explosive comics growth, from Oklahoma creators to Marvel and DC movies and tv shows taking off. → Read More
Fans of the 1970s and 1980s grew up recognizing Christopher Reeve’s Superman and Michael Keaton’s Batman. Comics will revisit those worlds in the series “Superman ‘78” and “Batman ‘89.” → Read More
In July, Dark Horse will release “Masters of the Universe: Revelation,” a four-issue prequel to the animated series from Netflix premiering this year. → Read More
Fans of the recently released “Godzilla vs. Kong” can find vintage and new comics about the legends to enjoy. → Read More
In the new comic-book series, readers meet Gabriel Cruz, who years ago nearly died in an Alien attack. Cruz hasn’t seen the end of his Alien encounters. → Read More
As Black History Month continues, some of the most prominent Black-owned characters are primed for a relaunch. Milestone Media, which began publishing in 1993 and was distributed by DC Comics, was the home for characters that included Icon, Static and Hardware. The Black-owned company created a monthly comics line from 1993-1997. The characters also have appeared in other DC Comics and on TV in… → Read More
The crowdfunding site Kickstarter keeps growing as a way for independent publishers to launch comics, including many in the Oklahoma community. In October, Kickstarter reported more than 10,000 comics projects have been successfully funded in the site’s history. It’s been a record year thus far in 2020, with more than $22 million pledged to comics projects. More than 74% of comics projects are… → Read More
Marvel recently released a synopsis and release date for its upcoming Disney Plus series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” which follows up on the events of "Avengers: Endgame." But if you can’t wait until August to see more adventures from Captain America’s former sidekicks, check out the comic store this week for “Falcon & Winter Soldier” #1, the first in a five-part miniseries. In the… → Read More
A team of tough female adventurers take center stage in “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn),” opening in theaters today. Set in the same DC Comics universe as “Suicide Squad,” “Birds of Prey” sees Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) split from the Joker and join up with Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from the crime lord known as Black… → Read More
JAN 31, 2020 - An innovative rock star’s life story is told in a new graphic novel illustrated by one of the medium’s most intriguing artists in “Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns and Moonage Daydreams,” which went on sale this month from Insight Comics. The original graphic novel tells the origin story of musical sensation David Bowie, and his transformation from a young performer named David Jones into… → Read More
From zombies to dinosaurs to professional wrestlers, Local Comic Shop Day offers a wide variety of offbeat characters as comic-book stores kick off the holiday shopping season. This year, more than 600 stores worldwide have signed up to be part of Local Comic Shop Day, set for Saturday. The 18 LCSD-specific items go on sale in participating local stores Saturday, and are not to be sold online… → Read More
AUG 5, 2016 - The acclaimed and controversial Batman graphic novel by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland has been made into an animated film. The Oklahoman’s Matthew Price gets reaction to the film from Chris Borthick, Anthony Brown and Matt Howlett. → Read More
AUG 1, 2016 - The film "Suicide Squad" opens in theaters this week, and we have an opportunity at Nerdage for you to win your own copy of the "Harley Quinn" book and mask set from DC Entertainment! → Read More
JUL 18, 2016 - Citizens Caring for Children will help about 600 school-age children in foster care in the Oklahoma City area with its "Back 2 School 2016" event. → Read More
JUL 13, 2016 - Released today (and at midnight last night at select locations), the new Marvel NOW! Previews Magazine outlines several titles that Marvel has planned for Marvel NOW! 2.0. → Read More
JUN 27, 2016 - SoonerCon has wrapped up its 25th show. Due to a break in the years the show was held, this 25th show was held on the 30th anniversary year of the first show, in 1986. The multi-genre convention has been held for the past few years at Reed Center in Midwest City. From what I'm told, attendance surpassed last year's entire weekend attendance at some point on Saturday, with Sunday… → Read More
JUN 24, 2016 - Interested in podcasting? The OKC Podcast Community will be on hand with a variety of activities at SoonerCon. SoonerCon will be held this weekend at the Reed Conference Center, 5800 Will Rogers Rd, in Midwest City. Memberships at the door are $25 for one day and $50 for three days. The show runs 10 a.m. to midnight June 24-25 and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. June 26. Check out the provided… → Read More
JUN 21, 2016 - Do you have great memories of barbecues, days on the lake or shooting fireworks? We'd like to hear about people's remembrances of Independence Day. Send your stories or photos to featuresdesk@oklahoman.com by June 28. Some stories or photos may be featured in a future article at NewsOK.com or in The Oklahoman. Please include your name and city of residence. → Read More
Ronnie Claire Edwards, the Oklahoma City-born actress known for her role as Corabeth Walton Godsey on “The Waltons” has died. The actress was 83. "Ronnie Claire passed peacefully in her sleep this evening," read a post on Edwards’ Facebook page. "Our beautiful and extraordinary friend has peacefully made her final curtain call. Thank you all for your wonderful caring and support." According to… → Read More
Adding a high-tech element to play-acting as a wizard, Immersive Play, or "Immplay," is running an indiegogo campaign for its Aremi: The Magic of Gaia augmented reality "magic cauldron." A free app allows users to "cast spells" and "create tablets," with the ultimate achievement of "conjur(ing) a dragon," all according to a news release. Immplay is using an Indiegogo campaign for the Aremi: The… → Read More