2013's First All Things Fun! New Comics Vidcast

The All Things Fun! New Comics Vidcast features co-hosts Ed (The Discard Pile) Evans, Allison (Fully Caffeinated) Eckel, and Glenn (From Suck to Cool) Walker, as they discuss the new comics out this week! You can see the show here, or check it out below.

Discussion featured in this week's Special Inedible Cheese Stolen Books Pick On Glenn Episode includes: Stolen books, Teen Titans #15, Red Lanterns #15, Superman #15, broken rules and Bat-books, Bat-sperm repellent, All-Star Western #15, The Flash #15, from suck to cool, Batman Beyond Unlimited #11, Arrow #2, New Avengers #1, All-New X-Men #5, Morbius #1, Iron Man #5, Venom and Liberty Belle, Invincible #99, the discard pile, Ed's indies, hot girls with guns, Mars Attacks Popeye, Allison's kids comics, and Ed's indies.

Be sure to check out the All Things Fun! website, and the All Things Fun! Blogs, written by Allison and Glenn, featuring The Vidcast Drinking Game so you can play along at home, and watch ATF! on YouTube (don't forget to subscribe to the channel while you're there, and leave a comment or two on the Vidcast as well!).

And be back here every Wednesday (or Tuesdays at midnight) to watch the new broadcast, and thereafter throughout the week!

The All Things Fun! New Comics Vidcast is shot live every week at All Things Fun! - the South Jersey/Philadelphia area's best comics, toys and gaming store, located in West Berlin, NJ. Don't forget to visit us at Facebook!

Siege #4 Reviewed at Avengers Forever

"Loki the Avenger" - my comic book review of Siege #4, by Brian Michael Bendis and Olivier Coipel, is now online at Avengers Forever.

As the Sentry transforms into the demonic Void in the ruins of Asgard, it turns out Hank Pym was right about Loki, and then it’s the Avengers vs. the Angel of Death, with a far too tidy ending - all this and more - check out my review here:

http://www.avengersforever.org/reviews/default.asp?RID=648

Enjoy!

If you want to discuss this review, this issue or anything Avengers, please check out the Avengers Forever Forum.

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Mighty Avengers #34 Review and Chat

"Undone" - my comic book review of Mighty Avengers #34, by Dan Slott and Neil Edwards, is now online at Avengers Forever.

Thor vs. Quicksilver, the Mighty Avengers vs. Loki, the Wasp starts to lose it, everything begins to fall apart, and the deadly Ultron is waiting in the wings - all this and more - check out my review here:

http://www.avengersforever.org/reviews/default.asp?RID=639

Enjoy!

If you want to discuss this review, this issue or anything Avengers, please check out the Avengers Forever Forum.

And don’t forget – Friday evening, March 12th, at 8 PM EST – chat live with other Avengers fans about this issue, this review, New Avengers #62, the Heroic Age, Siege, or anything Avengers-related.

Come to the Avengers Forever Chatroom and check it out!

Siege #1 Reviewed

"War in Comics" - my comic book review of Siege #1, by Brian Michael Bendis and Olivier Coipel, is now online at Avengers Forever.

Volstagg gets fried, Ares gets stupid, Thor gets thumped, Loki gets what he wants, Norman Osborn attacks Asgard, and why war in superhero comics just doesn’t work - all this and more - check out my review here:

http://www.avengersforever.org/reviews/default.asp?RID=637

Enjoy!

If you want to discuss this review, this issue or anything Avengers, please check out the Avengers Forever Forum.

Avengers Forever Holiday Chat Schedule 2009

From the Avengers Forever website:

The Avengers Forever Chatroom is open for the holidays! Some of us are lucky enough to have a bunch o' time off from work and or school for the holidays so we thought it might be a good time to dust off the chat room and have at it!

That said below is a tentative schedule that includes chat room dates, times and topics. Please feel free to stop on by for some great conversation over the holidays!

New Avengers Chat
Saturday, December 26 @ 8:00 PM (EST)

Mighty Avengers Chat
Sunday, December 27 @ 8:00 PM (EST)

Dark Avengers Chat
Monday, December 28 @ 8:00 PM (EST)

Avengers Volume Three Chat
Tuesday, December 29 @ 8:00 PM (EST)

West Coast Avengers Chat
Wednesday, December 30 @ 8:00 PM (EST)

Enter the Chatroom here!

Hope to see you soon! Happy Holidays! And Avengers Assemble!

Avengers Forever Chat

Sunday night at Avengers Forever we’ll be chatting about Mighty Avengers #31 and Dark Avengers #11...

Sunday, November 29th at 8:00 PM EST
Not sure what time that is where you are? Click here for times elsewhere…

Click here to chat: http://www.avengersforever.org/chat/

Come on out and talk with other Avenger-philes about what’s happening with Marvel Comics’ coolest superhero franchise – The Avengers!

Mighty Avengers #31 Review

"Past Imperfect" - my comic book review of Mighty Avengers #31, by Dan Slott, Christos Gage and Sean Chen, is now online at Avengers Forever.

An army of superheroes, including members of the Mighty Avengers, New Avengers and Young Avengers take on the renegade ex-king of the Inhumans, and we get what we may or may not want - all this and more - check out my review here:

http://www.avengersforever.org/reviews/default.asp?RID=632

Enjoy!

If you want to discuss this review, this issue or anything Avengers, please check out the Avengers Forever Forum.

Catching Up with the New Avengers

"More Answers" - my comic book review of New Avengers #43, by Brian Michael Bendis and Billy Tan, is now online at Avengers Forever.

Spider-Man, Ka-Zar and Shanna the She-Devil battle Skrulls in the Savage Land - all this and more - check out my review here:

http://www.avengersforever.org/reviews/default.asp?RID=616

...and...

"Loose" - my comic book review of New Avengers #48, by Brian Michael Bendis and Billy Tan, is also now online at Avengers Forever.

In the aftermath of the Secret Invasion, the new Captain America tries to reform what’s left of the New Avengers - all this and more - check out my review here:

http://www.avengersforever.org/reviews/default.asp?RID=618

...but that’s not all...

"The Fall of Luke Cage" - my comic book review of New Avengers #49, by Brian Michael Bendis and Billy Tan, is, yes, you guessed it, now online as well at Avengers Forever.

As Dark Reign begins, Luke Cage makes a deal with the devil and the New Avengers get their first look at the Dark Avengers - all this and more - check out my review here:

http://www.avengersforever.org/reviews/default.asp?RID=619

Enjoy!

If you want to discuss these reviews, these issues or anything Avengers, please check out the Avengers Forever Forum.

Spider-Woman on Top

Yesterday Marvel Comics debuted its first original motion comic on iTunes: Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D. Today, it was the number one seller on the television and animation charts. And it could very well be the death knell for print comics.

The series involves Jessica Drew alias Spider-Woman bouncing back from the traumatic events of Secret Invasion and New Avengers and finding her way in a treacherous new world. Adding to the excitement is the creative team – writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Alex Maleev – famous for their Eisner Awards and their NYT bestselling Daredevil run. It’s also worth noting that it was Bendis who brought Spider-Woman from a minor forgotten character to the forefront of the Marvel Universe.

While the stories featured in this iTunes exclusive will at some point next month be available in a traditional print format, the presentation is key here. While previous motion comics have been merely already existing comics retooled for the motion comic format – essentially comic images moving across the screen via flash animation - Spider-Woman is something new.

Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D. is created specifically for the motion comic format, and just by that virtue, it is different, and amazing. With a complete voice cast, a soundtrack and a notable lack of confining comic panels, this episode has a widescreen cinematic style that is something rarely seen in the comic book medium.

This new visual style at $1.99 per ten-minute episode vs. $3.99 per twenty-two page issue of a comic book may just give credence to the phrase “Print is dead.” While I sincerely hope not, I am still very excited by this event, and you should be too. Definitely check it out.

Avengers Forever

Are you a fan of Marvel Comics’ Avengers? Then we need you at AVENGERS FOREVER! Avengers Forever is the website dedicated to all things Avengers and Avengers related.

On the website you will find:

Character Profiles - All the info and details you could ever want about every Avenger and Avengers-related character, literally Earth’s Mightiest Database.

Reviews of Current and Older Avengers Titles - The AF Staff reviews the comics as they are released and also looks back on issues of the past. One of the most comprehensive review sites on the ‘net.

Interviews - The AF Staff interviews the creative folks responsible for bringing us the Avengers today and the last four decades.

Fan Fiction - Earth’s Mightiest Fans continue the unofficial adventures of the Avengers in prose, in some of the best fan fiction on the ‘net.

Desktop Wallpaper and other free downloads like Avengers membership cards and computer icons and cursors.

Back Issue Database - Ever wonder what happened in Avengers #106? Find out here!

Articles Database - written by some of the Earth’s Mightiest Fans.

Even a Chatroom - talk live with Avengers fans from all over the world, as well as creators and other special guests.

...and most importantly, the Avengers Forever Forum. Not just a message board, but a unified community of lovers of the comic book artform and especially Marvel Comics’ Avengers. This worldwide community discusses the characters, stories and history of the team in a friendly and civil manner, all true fans and all united in their love for the Avengers. There are even polls, trivia, contests and much much more. What are you waiting for? Join the discussion today!

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!


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Avengers Forever Chat Tonight

WHAT

Webchat on this weeks New Avengers #52, Mighty Avengers #24 and Avengers: the Initiative #23

WHERE:

Avengers Forever Chat Room
http://www.avengersforever.org/chat/

WHEN:


Monday, 27th April, 2009

US Eastern Standard Time: 9:00 PM
US Central Standard Time: 8:00 PM
US Mountain Standard Time: 7:00 PM
US Pacific Standard Time: 6:00 PM

HOW:

By any means possible - just be there!
(And bring your own cowbell)

Avengers Forever Holiday Chat Schedule

From the Avengers Forever website:

The Avengers Forever Chatroom is open for the holidays! Some of us are lucky enough to have a bunch o' time off from work and or school for the holidays so we thought it might be a good time to dust off the chat room and have at it! That said below is a tentative schedule that includes chat room dates, times and topics. Please feel free to stop on by for some great conversation over the holidays.

Dark Avengers
Friday, December 26 @ 9:00 PM (EST)

Ultimate Avengers
Saturday, December 27 @ 9:00 PM (EST)

New Avengers: The Reunion
Sunday, December 28 @ 9:00 PM (EST)

Avengers Classic Chat - Focus on Volume III
Monday, December 29 @ 9:00 PM (EST)

Mighty Avengers
Tuesday, December 30 @ 9:00 PM (EST)

Enter the Chatroom here!

Hope to see you soon! Happy Holidays! And Avengers Assemble!

Avengers Assemble!

Are you a fan of Marvel Comics’ Avengers? Then we need you at AVENGERS FOREVER! Avengers Forever is the website dedicated to all things Avengers and Avengers related.

On the website you will find:

Character Profiles - All the info and details you could ever want about every Avenger and Avengers-related character, literally Earth’s Mightiest Database.

Reviews of Current and Older Avengers Titles - The AF Staff reviews the comics as they are released and also looks back on issues of the past. One of the most comprehensive review sites on the ‘net.

Interviews - The AF Staff interviews the creative folks responsible for bringing us the Avengers today and the last four decades.

Fan Fiction - Earth’s Mightiest Fans continue the unofficial adventures of the Avengers in prose, in some of the best fan fiction on the ‘net.

Desktop Wallpaper and other free downloads like Avengers membership cards and computer icons and cursors.

Back Issue Database - Ever wonder what happened in Avengers #106? Find out here!

Articles Database - written by some of the Earth’s Mightiest Fans.

Even a Chatroom - talk live with Avengers fans from all over the world, as well as creators and other special guests.

...and most importantly, the Avengers Forever Forum. Not just a message board, but a unified community of lovers of the comic book artform and especially Marvel Comics’ Avengers. This worldwide community discusses the characters, stories and history of the team in a friendly and civil manner, all true fans and all united in their love for the Avengers. There are even polls, trivia, contests and much much more. What are you waiting for? Join the discussion today!

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!

New Avengers #39 Reviewed

"Echoes" - my comic book review of New Avengers #39, by Brian Michael Bendis and David Mack, is now online at Avengers Forever.

Echo vs. Echo, David Mack art and cover, Daredevil, Wolverine and the Secret Invasion begins! - all this and more - check out my review here:

http://www.avengersforever.org/reviews/default.asp?RID=596

Enjoy!

If you want to discuss this review, this issue or anything Avengers, please check out the Avengers Forever Forum.

And if you'd like to make a donation to help keep the Avengers Forever website as mighty as ever, click here.

Thanks!

New Avengers #38 Reviewed

"Love in the Age of Skrull" - my comic book review of the New Avengers #38, by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos, is now online at Avengers Forever.

The creative team from Alias return for this latest drastic change in the life of Jessica Jones as her marriage to Luke Cage reaches the breaking point, all that and a new headquarters for the New Avengers - check out my review here:

http://www.avengersforever.org/reviews/default.asp?RID=580

Enjoy!

If you want to discuss this review, this issue or anything Avengers, please check out the Avengers Forever Forum.

And if you'd like to make a donation to help keep the Avengers Forever website as mighty as ever, click here.

Thanks!

New Avengers Annual #2 Reviewed

"Wait, What?" - my comic book review of the New Avengers Annual #2, by Brian Michael Bendis and Carlo Pagulayam, is now online at Avengers Forever.

The final battle between the New Avengers and The Hood’s ersatz Masters of Evil... as always, never as good as it sounds - check out my review here: http://www.avengersforever.org/reviews/default.asp?RID=577.

Enjoy!

If you want to discuss this review, this issue or anything Avengers, please check out the Avengers Forever Forum.

New Avengers #37 Reviewed

"Old Habits" - my comic book review of New Avengers #37, by Brian Michael Bendis and Leinil Yu, is now online at Avengers Forever.

The New Avengers vs. The Hood’s new 'mini-masters of evil,' Doctor Strange vs. The Hood, all this and Spider-Man makes Wolverine laugh; it’s nowhere near as good as it sounds - check out my review here: http://www.avengersforever.org/reviews/default.asp?RID=557.

Enjoy!

If you want to discuss this review, this issue or anything Avengers, please check out the Avengers Forever Forum

And if you'd like to make a donation to help keep the Avengers Forever website as mighty as ever, click here. Thanks!

New Avengers #36 Reviewed

"Is Marvel Asking for It?" - my comic book review of New Avengers #36, by Brian Michael Bendis and Leinil Yu, is now online at Avengers Forever.

It’s raining Venom, New and Mighty teams together, Luke and Jessica share pillow talk, and Wolverine and Spider-Woman have an, ahem, encounter - check out my review here: http://www.avengersforever.org/reviews/default.asp?RID=546.

Enjoy!

And if you'd like to make a donation to help keep the Avengers Forever website as mighty as ever, click here. Thanks!

New Avengers: Illuminati #5 Reviewed

"Payoff" - my comic book review of New Avengers: Illuminati #5, by Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Reed and Jim Cheung, is now online at Avengers Forever.

The corpse of Skrull Elektra is revealed to the Illuminati who meet for the first time since Civil War and World War Hulk. The secret Skrull invasion has begun, and now no one can be trusted - check out my review here: http://www.avengersforever.org/reviews/default.asp?RID=545.

Enjoy!

And if you'd like to make a donation to help keep the Avengers Forever website as mighty as ever, click here. Thanks!

All Things Fun! Podcast - Episode Five

Episode 5: Ed vs. The Shape-Shifting Aliens

Ed Evans and his co-host Wes Hitchins, kick off this scary Horror themed show reading some listener feedback and presenting the new Listener Feedback Voicemail Number, then Glenn Walker, of ComicWidows.com fame returns and talks about Marvel Comics' shape-shifting Skrulls. Listeners get their first chance to enter the new ATF Match Game Contest. And finally Wes rolls out his favorite Halloween/Horror themed games.

Air Date: October 30, 2007
Runtime: 50 minutes

Check it out here: http://www.allthingsfun.libsyn.com/