May 042011
Marvel Comics Mondo Mix shown with Punisher: War Zone
Marvel Comics Mondo Mix – 8:00pm Co-presented by Stussy First up is the Mondo Marvel Mashup, featuring the web-slingingest, shield-flingingest, ankle-wingingest clips from all of Earth’s Mightiest Mortals’ film and television appearances. We’re going deep into the back-issue bins for this one. It’s going to be the most claw-popping, hammer-throwing gamma-rave of friendly-neighborhood favorites and Rom-level rarities ever Assembled. Excelsior!
Punisher: War Zone – 9:30pm-ish Dir. Lexi Alexander, 2008, 35mm, 103 min.
Watch the trailer for “Punisher: War Zone”!
May We Have the Envelope, Please? Here are the Nominees for the 2010 Meltdown Comic Awards!
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Feb 252011
Awards season is coming to a close with the grand finale of the Oscars this Sunday. But not to be outdone, we present last, but certainly not least, the esteemed nominees for the 2010 Meltdown Comic Awards!
It’s been an amazing year for our favorite genre and choosing the best of the best was no easy task. This year’s Golden Melty list was comprised from multiple “Best of” lists, sell-through numbers, reviews, Publisher’s Weekly lists and combing through dozens of message boards to hear what true comic fans are saying. So, without further ado, the nominees are:
Best Indie Comic Series
- Green Hornet (Dynamite)
- The Walking Dead (Image)
- Scarlet (Icon)
- Chew (Image)
- Stumptown (Oni)
Best Superhero Comic Series
- Invincible Iron Man (Marvel)
- Batman and Robin (DC)
- Thor: The Mighty Avenger (Marvel)
- Irredeemable (Boom!)
Best Non-Superhero Comic Series
- Daytripper (Vertigo)
- American Vampire (Vertigo)
- Kill Shakespeare (IDW)
- The Unwritten (Vertigo)
Hero of the Year
- Captain America/Steve Rogers (Marvel)
- Scott Pilgrim (Oni)
- Kick Ass (Icon)
- Zack Overkill – “Incognito” (Icon)
Villain of the Year
- Nemesis (Icon)
- Skinner Sweet – American Vampire (Vertigo)
- Red Skull – Captain America (Marvel)
- Norman Osborn (Marvel)
Most Horrific Death
- Ares – “Seige #2″
- Nightcrawler – “X-Force #26″
- Bras – “Daytripper” (all issues)
- Cable – “X-Force #28″
- Multiple robots – “Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers”
Best Return from the Dead
- Aquaman, Hawkman, Firestorm, Martian Manhunter, etc. – ”Blackest Night #8″
- Batman – ”Batman and Robin #8″
- Dracula – “X-Men #3″
Best New Series
- Northlanders: Plague Widow (Vertigo)
- Black Widow (Marvel)
- Green Hornet (Kevin Smith, Dynamite)
- Secret Avengers (Marvel)
Best Graphic Novel
- Dark Tower: Fall of Gilead
- Absolute Justice
- Batwoman: Elegy
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8
Best Writer
- Ed Brubaker – Captain America (Marvel)
- Mark Millar – Nemesis (Icon)
- Jason Aaron – Scalped (Vertigo)
- Geoff Johns – Brightest Day (DC)
- Mark Waid – Irredeemable (Boom!)
- Grant Morrison – Batman and Robin (DC)
Best Artist
- J.H. Williams – Detective Comics (DC)
- Steve McNiven – Nemesis (Icon)
- Fiona Staples – North 40 (Wildstorm)
- Naoki Urasawa – Pluto : Urasawa X
Best Celebrity-Written Title
- Green Hornet – Kevin Smith
- The Guild – Felicia Day
- Frenemy of the State – Rashida Jones
- Pantheon – Michael Chiklis
Best Event of the Year
- Artifacts (Top Cow)
- Heroic Age (Marvel)
- Brightest Day (DC)
- Second Coming (Marvel)
Best WTF Moment
- DC issues go back to 2.99
- Nick Simmons accused of plagiarizing “Bleach”
- Lady Gaga gets her own comic
- The ending of Greek Street
- Sony Pictures making “Green Hornet” with that script instead of Kevin Smith’s
- Tron – ’nuff said
Best Cover of the Year
- Spiderman #641 ”One Moment in Time”
- Batwoman #0
- The Avengers #1 – Variant 7
- I Zombie #1
- Superman #702
- We Will Bury You #1
Were your favorites nominated? Who gets your vote this year for the best of the best in comics? To find out who will take home the Golden Melty, check back here next week for the winners of the 2010 Meltdown Comic Awards!
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Dec. 15th from 6pm-8pm
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