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• Comic Review: Eldritch! #5
• ‘A Clockwork Orange’ Celebrates 50 Years
• Bradley Cooper Sports A Crazy New Look In The Comedy ‘Hit And Run’
• Book Review: Batman: Super-Villains Strike: Choose-Your-Fate Adventure Book
• Two Amazing Posters For ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’
• Comic Review: Winter City
• Watch Now: First Full Trailer For ‘True Blood’ Season 5 Released
• Comic Review: Skullkickers #14
• Video Game Deal: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Video Game Art Book Bundle
• Comic Review: Conan the Barbarian #4
• Doom Digest: Ghostbusters, Star Trek, Back To The Future, A Clockwork Orange
• Watch Now: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ 4-Minute Preview
• Geek Gear: Muppets/A Clockwork Orange ‘Fozzie Droog’ Shirt

Comic Review: Eldritch! #5 Posted: 15 May 2012 07:36 PM PDT Eldritch! #5 Created by Aaron Alexovich and Drew Rausch Written by Aaron Alexovich Art by Drew Rausch Heart Shaped Skull Release Date: May 8, 2012 Digital Price: $0.99 A writing shortcut to grab my attention is to pack a story full of 80's pop culture references, quirky dialogue, tentacles, and insane violence. Add a pinch of well-placed cursing and Eldritch! delivers in all these aspects and sneaks in a surprisingly intricate horror-comedy storyline to boot. This winner of the final Zuda webcomic competition completely hooked me. This digital comic is the fifth issue in a 6-part series. Anya and Owen Sobczek are siblings locked in an oh-so-common rivalry. Anya is a college student who is a staunch follower of science and reason. The series begins with her showing off a rad Darwin tattoo that encompasses her left arm. Owen, her little brother, is all into mysticism and magic. Owen and his buddy, Chaston Willoughby, created a small cult by inventing their own pantheon of gods and erecting a makeshift church out of a pool house. Anya and Owen couldn't be more opposite. Their underlying conflict between science and religion drives the series [...]

‘A Clockwork Orange’ Celebrates 50 Years Posted: 15 May 2012 05:21 PM PDT A Clockwork Orange, the novel penned by the late English author Anthony Burgess, celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year. The book, which was rated 65th by the Modern Library on their 100 best English Language novels of the 20th century, deals with a youth experiencing growing pains living in a not too futuristic dystopian society. The protagonist and antagonist, Alex DeLarge, is a youth gone wild, a madman in the making caught directly in the eye of a world gone anarchistic, where a government and society has splintered moral well-being which is negatively manifested by Alex's gang, a bunch of rogues who are all disenchanted with their current world and ultimately satisfy their dissensions by their random acts of extreme sex and violence. After he is arrested for a murder, said government uses Alex as their guinea pig for an experiment they are undertaking, which tries to brainwash him to resist his urges for the darkness of his ways. Releasing him back into the world, they realize that it is not so much Alex who needed changing, but the disenfranchised, destroyed society that exists in the world of Burgess' novel [...]

Bradley Cooper Sports A Crazy New Look In The Comedy ‘Hit And Run’ Posted: 15 May 2012 04:24 PM PDT Bradley Cooper started his big film career in comedy, but recent entries in his filmography have shown him flexing his drama muscles. But the actor hasn't forgotten his comedic roots and you will be able to see him strut in Dax Shepard and David Palmer's comedy Hit and Run. And just to see what Cooper is capable of comedically, a new trailer has appeared online - watch it here below. The film stars Shepard as Charlie Bronson, a former get-a-way driver who is now in witness protection who's left a bad impression with his former employer (Cooper) on a job that didn't go as originally planned. And when he goes to find Bronson and take back what is rightfully his, Bronson and his girlfriend (Shepard's real-life fiancee, actress Kristen Bell) go on the run. Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Chenoweth, Beau Bridges, and Tom Arnold also star [...]

Book Review: Batman: Super-Villains Strike: Choose-Your-Fate Adventure Book Posted: 15 May 2012 03:28 PM PDT Batman: Super-Villains Strike Choose-Your-Fate Adventure Book By Michael Teitlebaum Tor/Starscape Release Date: April 24, 2012 Price: $5.99 If it's not obvious by the title and description, Batman: Super-Villains Strike is a children's book, but that doesn't mean that it's not completely and utterly awesome. I mean, any book that starts off with the phrase, "You are Batman," is a book that has already won my heart. Batman: Super-Villains Strike is a choose-your-own adventure book, which if you don't know what that is, it's a story that varies based on the decisions you make at the end of each chapter, which can result in success, stalemate, or death traps. The story in this book specifically kicks off when Batman (you - still awesome) find traces of Catwoman stealing some very expensive items. When you start to track her down, however, you realize that there is no way it could actually be Catwoman because you locked her up in Arkham Asylum previously. This theme starts moving along (as long you make the right choices) to reveal the same scenarios with Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, and The Riddler, as well [...]

Two Amazing Posters For ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Posted: 15 May 2012 02:00 PM PDT Following the release of The Amazing Spider-Man four-minute super preview, Sony has released two more posters that continue to emphasize that Marc Webb's Spider-Man is not like Sam Raimi's Spider-Man. You can check out these two new incredible posters below. The first poster uses the POV style shot that was seen in the first trailer that was released. The poster puts a lot of emphasis on Spidey's signature tool, the webshooter. Also if you look more closely, you will see the New York lights form the Spider emblem. The next poster just has Spider-Man's back facing onlookers with the tagline "The Untold Story Beings." [...]

Comic Review: Winter City Posted: 15 May 2012 01:00 PM PDT Winter City Written by Patrick Purcell and Carl Purcell Art and Color by Pablo Verdugo Munoz and David Aravena Riquelme Winter City Productions Release Date: May 16, 2012 Cover Price: $1.99 Winter City is the physical representation of the word "gritty." When comics like Spawn and Preacher were hitting shelves, they were always described as "dark," "violent," and of course "gritty." Winter City is a love letter to those comics that set the bar for the dark places comics could take us. For their time, Spawn and Preacher shocked readers with their darkness. Now in 2012, as readers, we have become desensitized to acts of violence carried out on comic panels. It takes completely atrocious brutality to provoke a reaction from Generation Y. Winter City's need to emulate classic "gritty" comics, is its biggest flaw. For a comic that clearly wants to be seen as hyper-violent and shocking, Winter City is surprisingly tame [...]

Watch Now: First Full Trailer For ‘True Blood’ Season 5 Released Posted: 15 May 2012 12:00 PM PDT The fifth season of the hit HBO Southern Gothic horror-fantasy series, True Blood, is ready to get going beginning on June 10th. Some previews have hit the web in anticipation of the new season, but now the first full trailer has been released. The fifth season hopes to rebound in a big way from the last couple of seasons, which, while not horrible, haven't been quite up to par with the first two seasons. [...]

Comic Review: Skullkickers #14 Posted: 15 May 2012 11:02 AM PDT Skullkickers #14 Written By Jim Zubkavich Art By Edwin Huang Color By Misty Coats Image Comics Release Date: May 9, 2012 Cover Price: $3.50 A portion of the official description of Skullkickers #14 reads, "Secrets revealed. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun. The gun…" and continues on 12 more times. It is no surprise to say that this issue of Skullkickers is about one thing and one thing only. The gun. There has been much hype surrounding issue 14 since the secrets of Baldy and his gun were teased at Image Comic Expo. Well, now it's here and rest assured Skullkickers fans, secrets are in fact revealed. Skullkickers #14 doesn't dance around the secrets either. Questions are answered as directly as a gunshot that will leave your mind blown [...]

Video Game Deal: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Video Game Art Book Bundle Posted: 15 May 2012 10:00 AM PDT Today sees the release of the Game Of Thrones video game, based on author George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire book series and the HBO show Game of Thrones. Right now, for the same price as the regular edition, you can get the Game Of Thrones Video Game Art Book Bundle for Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, which comes with a free 64-page hardbound concept art book titled Game of Thrones: Visuals From the RPG, for only $59.99! The free art book is a limited time offer, so grab this bundle now before it's gone! [...]

Comic Review: Conan the Barbarian #4 Posted: 15 May 2012 09:00 AM PDT Conan the Barbarian #4 Script by Brian Wood Art by James Harren Colors by Dave Steward Letters by Richard Starkings and Comicraft Cover by Massimo Carnevale Dark Horse Comics Release Date: May 16, 2012 Cover Price: $3.50 Conan the Barbarian #4 kicks off a brand new story arc, The Argos Deception. Conan is in a weird place in his young life. Used to the life of a barbarian, he now find himself young and in love and... a pirate. Can the barbarian be tamed? Has he found the love of his life? I have no clue, but right now, all signs point to "yes." Brian Wood's writing this issue is fantastic! The issue is a wonderful character study on Conan, and that was one thing that I never knew I wanted or needed, but after reading it, I'm sure glad that I got it [...]

Doom Digest: Ghostbusters, Star Trek, Back To The Future, A Clockwork Orange Posted: 15 May 2012 08:01 AM PDT Every day here at Doom HQ we receive tons of tips from our readers about really cool stuff from the world of geek, as well as promotional materials for new films, comic books, collectibles, and much more. While we do our best to bring you as much of it as possible, we don't always have enough geek manpower available to cover it all on a daily basis. But we hate the idea of all of this really cool stuff wasting away in our inbox. How could we NOT cover it? Hence why we've resurrected our long-defunct column Bits Of Doom, now rebranded and revamped as Doom Digest, a collection of easily digestible bits of news, videos, photos, and other goodies. Today: The novel A Clockwork Orange celebrates its 50th anniversary since publication, Brent Spiner of Star Trek fame plays Spock, a Ghostbusters tour of New York City, Biff from Back To The Future answers some common questions, and a supercut of 50 "Very Special" TV episodes, plus Bits Of Doom [...]

Watch Now: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ 4-Minute Preview Posted: 15 May 2012 07:00 AM PDT A week or so ago we got a little tease of the 4-minute super trailer for Sony and Columbia's The Amazing Spider-Man that would air during the premiere of America's Got Talent. Well, America's Got Talent has premiered and, as promised, the massive preview was shown. There's both good and bad that comes with a preview like this. The good is, of course, that you get to see a whole lot of goodies from the movie that you haven't seen yet. [...]

Geek Gear: Muppets/A Clockwork Orange ‘Fozzie Droog’ Shirt Posted: 15 May 2012 06:20 AM PDT The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is a mash-up of A Clockwork Orange and The Muppets called "Fozzie Droog" by Chris Wahl. The sale at RIPT began today, Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it's over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

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