REVIEW: Dark Shadows Year One #1

What darkness entered the life of Barnabas Collins to transform him from loving fiancé, son, brother and friend into the conflicted night stalker who feasts on the blood of the innocent. Dynamite seeks to tell that tale with “Dark Shadows Year One,” the origin story of the Collins family’s curse. More After the Jump >>

MOVIE: Lead vampire found for Lincoln flick

When a trailer for Seth Grahame-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter hit the Intardwebz, it seemed like a great way to promote a book.  Little did we know the book would get turned into a movie with Benjamin Walker playing the emancipating, vampire slaying, leader of the free world.

Here’s the book trailer from last year

This morning we learn that Rufas Sewell has landed the role of Adam, the lead vampire in the movie being released by 20th Century Fox.  According to Variety, Vampire Hunter is scheduled to be a June 22, 2012 tent-pole event that will presented in glorious 3-D.

via Variety

ADVANCE REVIEW: Undying Love #1

Love can bring two people together from beyond great distances, even death! When the gun totting former American soldier, John Sargent, falls deeply in love with a gorgeous Chinese woman named Mei, all seemed right in the world. Except for the fact, that she is a Vampire. Will their love last? Or will it burst into flames at first light?

Note: This comic doesn’t arrive in stores until March 30th , 2011 so SPOILERS AHEAD!

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Marvel unleashes Vampire variants on the world

With advanced solicitations we get a glimpse of what is to come three months in the future. October means Halloween, and Halloween means Vampires. Vampires are all the rage at Marvel right now, and the company released a peek at the Vampire variant covers spilling across the company titles in October.

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Radical Publishing increases page count

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Radical Publishing has announced a brand new campaign it is calling Bigger Books! Bigger Value!  The aim is to increase the number of pages of its books, while keeping the price at $4.99.  Series like Incarnate by Nick Simmons will get a 56-page jump, Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency by David Hine, will get 64-pages, and Earp: Saints and Sinners from Matt Cirulnick and M. Zachary Sherman will jump to 72-pages.

The $4.99 campaign kicks off in August.

via Radical Publishing

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While monster hunter Madison Shepherd approaches mid-life, Montague and Campbell approach mid-death, transformed into the very monsters they once burned at the stake. But after saving Madison’s daughter Carla from certain un-death, the overweight vampire and balding werewolf race to save their former friend from monsters and mid-life crisis alike.

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Major Spoilers Poll of the Week: Werewolves, Vampires, and Zombies – Oh My!

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There have been a plethora of comic book titles that have featured some of our favorite monsters.  You can’t throw a goth without hitting a werewolf, vampire, or zombie comic in your local comic shop.  Are there too many?  Has the glut lead to monster burn out?

Who has worn out their welcome?

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Review: Return Of The Son Of The Bride Of Rapid-Fire Reviews Part Eight – The Final Chapter

Or – “I Think We Can Be Certain It’s Not Really Final…”

I started to try and write a big clever open, but y’know what? 

RACCOON WITH A HEAVY MACHINE GUN!!!!!

How am I s’pose to top that?

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