Well another E3 goes down in the history books as one of the more exciting shows in a few years. Both Microsoft and Sony showed off their new consoles and Nintendo showed off a number of franchise games. So here are some of the photos that I took on Wednesday of the insanity that is E3.

So I would say that Sony with their announcement of the PS4 being $100 less than the XboxOne was the real surprise at the show. This was of course after Microsoft’s major misstep of their handling of the DRM of lent or used games. Sony not only addressed the issue they put up an instructional video on how to do it.

Sony had the biggest booth of the show and had tons of PS3, PS Vita and of course PS4 game to play.

Surely one of the … Read More »

Pop Culture Maven will be at E3 Wednesday June 12th to cover the craziness that is E3. This year is shaping up to be a game changer with both Microsoft and Sony coming out with their new consoles and Nintendo with their current WiiU. Watch this post for photos and thoughts from the floor.

The 1 hour+ line for the Disney Infinity free tshirt

So I’m back again to bang out some newer comic book reviews and to see if some of the new books out there are worth your time and money.

Adventure of Superman #1 (DC Comics)

Now 100% Orson Scott Card free (if you do not know the train wreck history of this book go here and here to read the story) So with that issue out of the way and the much delayed issue is now available was it worth the wait and controversy. I say  yes it is. This book is a done in one with three self-contained stories that is trying to get new readers who have seen Man of Steel and stumble into a comic store after the movie. The good news for comic fans is that the talent behind the three stories is fantastic. The first story by … Read More »

Sorry for the delay in getting some new comic book reviews up on the site.. So without further ado…

Five Ghost #3 (Image Comics)

This book I am just loving and it just keeps getting better. We left off with a mysterious airship that has saved Fabian and is taken to the Forgotten City of Shangri-La. We find out that the myserious man is Zang Guo is the guardian of dreams who is trying to help Fabian control the spirits by having him use the Spring of Purity to heal him. But before he can finish the city is under attack from the evil. Frank J. Barbiere is moving the story along quite nicely and Chris Moonneyham’s art is still top-notch for the story. This book is just dripping with so much pulp that is a real rarity now days. Many have … Read More »

Long Beach Comic Con has become a nice local L.A. show with a full convention in the fall and a one day expo in May. The expo’s are much more casual and instead of big crowds all day people tend to come and go throughout the day. You could easily do the show in a few hours but could also stay a full day also. There  is a great turnout of local talent and surprisingly a lot of gold and silver age comics along with current books. Here are some of the highlights for me at the show.

Angus Oblong

The creator of the Oblongs animated show always has tons of his artwork, books and t-shirts.

New for this show was real coroner toe tags with artwork.

He was also selling some of his toy collection off and for each item you got this … Read More »