DC/Vertigo comics has announced that they are planning to release a comic adaptation of Stieg Larsson‘s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, along with the other two books in Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy.

Starting in 2012, readers will be able to pick up the adaptation of Dragon Tattoo, with The Girl Who Played with Fire launching in 2013, and finally The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest dropping in 2014. Details such as the creative team or pricing is not yet available, but DC did announce that each book would be split into two graphic novels and that they would see release in both print and digital forms. This is pretty big news and is an exciting announcement for DC [...]

Farscape fans with a Blu-ray player should be very happy to know that the entire series will be released in a fancy new Blu-ray box set that will be out just in time for Christmas.

Set to release on November 15, 2011, Farscape: The Complete Series Blu-ray box set will retail for a price of $199.95 (currently available for pre-order through Amazon for $125.99). The series will also be available in four separate season sets, for $69.95 each; available for pre-order for $45.99 through Amazon).

- Farscape: The Complete Season One [Blu-ray]
- Farscape: The Complete Season Two [Blu-ray]
- Farscape: The Complete Season Three [Blu-ray]
- Farscape: The Complete Season Four [Blu-ray] [...]

Kull: The Cat and the Skull #1
Written by David Lapham
Art by Gabriel Guzman
Colors by Dan Jackson
Letters by Richard Starkings & Comicraft’s Jimmy Betancourt
Covers by Jo Chen, Stephanie Hans
Dark Horse Comics
Release Date: October 12, 2011
Cover Price: $3.50

I have to admit, while I love the sword and sorcery genre, I’ve never been a huge Kull fan. I’m way more of a Conan guy. I know, a lot of people argue that they’re just two versions of the same character, but after reading Kull: The Cat and the Skull #1, I find that they’re really NOT all that similar. While Conan is, after all, a barbarian, Kull is much more civilized while still being able to let his savage side emerge when necessary [...]

Marvel has released the trailer for their highly anticipated film, The Avengers.

Watch the trailer right here below.

The Avengers comes to theaters May 4, 2012. Directed by Joss Whedon, the film stars Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, and Samuel L. Jackson [...]

Marvel sent out an ad with some preview panels from Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #3, which goes on sale October 12, 2011. In a way you could call them pretty spoilery because the images combined with the single line from the comic seem to reveal what’s probably the core of the story for that issue. So, if you don’t want to be possibly spoiled you may want to click away PDQ! Otherwise, check out the preview here below [...]

Last week, comiXology announced a 3-day sale that had the first 12 issues of Nick Spencer and Joe Eisma‘s Morning Glories for half off, meaning that each issue was only 99 cents. Unfortunately, that sale ended…but then it was extended to last until October 13! [...]

The Gold Box spotlight deal of the day over at Amazon today is Twin Peaks: The Complete Series DVD box set for only $35.99 (that’s 60% off the list price of $89.98).

Note, this deal is only for today, Tuesday, October 11, 2011, until 11:59pm PST while supplies last. Check out the DVD bonus features below.

This Definitive Gold Box Edition DVD box set contains the complete series — that’s all 29 hour-long episodes plus the original pilot — on 10 discs. Twin Peaks aired for two seasons from 1990 to 1991. The show starred Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Madchen Amick, Lara Flynn Boyle, and Sherilyn Fenn, as well as David Duchovny as a cross-dressing DEA agent [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is a Jurassic Park-themed shirt called “Grant Paleontology” by artist Pixhunter.

The shirt went on sale at RIPT today, Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 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 [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at TeeFury today is a Total Recall-themed shirt called “Mars Terraforming” by artist Captain RibMan.

The sale began at Teefury today, Tuesday, October 11, 2011, at midnight EST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore [...]

DC Comics announced on Monday that Wonder Woman, one of their top characters, was getting an all new origin. Aw yeah, origins!

People love big deals. And one of the biggest deals in comics over the past few years is the DC Relaunch. And rightly so. I mean, it’s one of the biggest comic book companies in the industry sort of erasing their entire history to start over. I say sort of because they didn’t make a real cut, they picked and chose what to relaunch and what to keep. But still, it’s a safe way to appeal to any new reader that the products could appeal. Except for Legion Lost and Legion of Super Heroes, because their number one issues certainly weren’t good places to start [...]

Last month Netflix decided to offer up an explanation for the massive price increases that have resulted in the loss of around one million subscribers to the movie rental service. Ever since the announcement that they would be raising their prices, the company has been battling some of the most ferocious criticisms ever seen, and desperately trying to figure out how they can calm the waters.

Some of their plans to accomplish this involved promising that they were all done with raising their prices, promising plenty of new content, and separating their instant streaming service from their DVD/Blu–ray–by–mail service, which would now be called Qwikster and require you to manage your movie rental queues on two different websites. But that last decision didn’t go over quite as they expected it would, and customers were again outraged.

And so, after all of this madness, Netflix has decided to vacate their plans to create Qwikster and just leave everything on the Netflix website as it’s always been. Surely people would have rather they remedied the price hikes, but this will have to do for now. [...]

Relativity Media is jumping on the sudden tide of fairy tale-inspired films and television series so wonderfully started by the “classics” Beastly and Red Riding Hood with their upcoming film Untitled Snow White. Yes, you read that correctly, the film is called Untitled Snow White. Let’s hope the powers that be change that before the film releases, but for now that’s the title in the press release.

This reimagining of the classic story features Julia Roberts, Lilly Collins (The Blind Side), Arnie Hammer (The Social Network), Sean Bean (Game of Thrones), and Nathan Lane (The Bird Cage) [...]

It’s that time again: the Geeks Of Doom Giveaway!

Thanks to our friends somewhere in Beaver Land we have 3 DVD copies of The Beaver to give away to our UK readers. Directed by Jodie Foster and starring Mel Gibson, The Beaver is a comedy drama about a depressed man who communicates through a foul-mouthed, Cockney-accented hand puppet in the shape of a wild beaver.

The UK release date is October 10, 2011 and to get your hands on a copy simply enter the contest below. No hand puppetry necessary.

Three (3) winners will receive:

– One (1) copy of The Beaver on DVD

TO ENTER: There’s just two simple steps:

(1) Make sure you’re subscribed to the Geeks of Doom email digest. If you’re not then click here and sign up. (If you’re already a subscriber, then go right to the next step.)

(2) Fill out the entry form here below and submit. (Form is here after the jump.)

Good luck! [...]

Halloween Man #3
vs. The Invisible Man, Part 3 of 4
Written by Drew Edwards
Art and Lettering by Sergio Calvet

Halloween Man is a straight up indie comic book. You probably won’t find it in your local comic shops, and you won’t see it on the racks at any chain bookstores, but you can find it online. Before today, I had heard about the character, but I’ve never read a single issue. And I’m glad that has been rectified. The comic is about a reanimated corpse that fights monsters alongside his caretaker/girlfriend. It deal with horror elements, and Halloween Man wears a jack-o-lantern t-shirt, which I have to say is a style that I envy.

In the current Halloween Man storyline, writer Drew Edwards is taking the title character through a very not-for-all-ages story, as the hero is trying to stop and kill an unknown monster who is murdering workers at a nearby fetish house. In the previous issue, we find out, however, that the killer is The Invisible Man, who has the opportunity to do and torture whoever he chooses because no one can see him commit his felonious acts of malice. This is the penultimate chapter in this storyline and it leaves me wanting more. […]

Fullmoon Stories
Story and Artwork by Johan Hoff
Dusk Comics
Release date August 29, 2011
Cover Price: $11.68

In today’s pop culture, when a story is branded as horror, one thinks of violent serial killers slashing people to bits or monsters chasing teenagers down by a creepy lake. While these elements certainly evoke terror, it is refreshing to see a more classic take on horror every once in a while. In Johan Hoff‘s Fullmoon Stories, the author has collected five short pieces of classically styled horror that have all the best elements of your favorite campfire fare.

In the first story, entitled “She Was Loved”, our mysterious narrator tells a tale of a love lost before it’s time, and the lengths a man would go to to see it restored. The masked narrator then takes us to the world of a lonely young woman who, after finding a companion in an odd place, finds herself doing something she never thought possible. An explorer gets more than he could have asked for in “Her Name Was Tragedy” after unrequited love for a member of his expedition is finally returned in a strange alternate reality. Through the narrator we also meet a projectionist who becomes obsessed with something he can’t explain, and the family of a young girl who has been keeping a terrible secret from her.

Ninjago, Vol. 1
The Challenge of Samukai
Written by Greg Farshtey
Art by Paulo Henrique
Colors by Laurie E. Smith
Papercutz
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Cover Price: $6.99

Ever since I was a kid I loved Legos, in fact to this day I still collect them and build them. When I found out that the Ninjago line from Lego was being made into a graphic novel I had to read it.

Ninjago centers around Sensei Wu and his four ninjas Kai, Cole, Zane and Jay who have been brought together to find the four golden weapons of Ninjago and defeat the evil Samukai and his partner Garmadon. Garmadon makes a bet with Samukai that if he cant defeat the four ninjas and Sensei Wu he has to leave the land of Ninjago forever. Can Samukai keep his throne of evil and can the ninjas save the day and find the weapons? […]

Ever read an interview with a comic book writer or artist and say to yourself, “Hey, I can ask a better question that!”? Do you have a question you have always wanted to ask a comic professional, but never had a chance to do so? Well have no fear, Geeks of Doom is here to help.

At this year’s New York Comic-Con this week, I will be roaming the show floor conducting interviews with various comic writers, artists, and editors. See below for the folks I will be interviewing throughout the week, so if you have any questions for these people, now’s the time to let me know:

- Brian Wood (Demo/Northlanders) and Becky Cloonan (East Coast Rising/Wolves)
- Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs (Angel and Faith)
- Katie Cook (Gronk)
- Ashley Eckstein (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
- Daniel Ketchum (Marvel Editor) [...]

Judging by the literal handful of people at the screening I attended, The Ides of March will disappear from theaters faster than Ryan Gosling’s last movie Drive. No doubt to make room for The Thing remake/prequel/whatever (I put gun to my head) or the WTeffingF Footloose remake (I pull trigger) due to infect theaters next week.

Too bad. Because The Ides of March asks the eternal question “To what benefit man inherit the Earth if he were to lose his…” yada, yada. Like you care.

See it because it has Ryan Gosling (again) and Paul Giamatti, along with Academy Award winners George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Marisa Tomei all at the top of their game. In that way it’s a lot like last month’s Contagion sporting its Oscar-studded cast, except this time the disease is… power. That was deep [...]

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel is the Star Wars-themed Jabba The Hutt shirt called “Pizza The Hut” by artist deepspacemonkey.

The sale at RIPT began today, Monday, October 10, 2011, 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 [...]

Hello everybody and welcome to this very special episode of Comics of Doom!

In this episode, Hunter (MK2Fac3) sits down with the two writers of the upcoming Key of Z, Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez and Chondra Echert to discuss the growth of the new series, upcoming projects including Kill Audio 2, as well as Coheed and Cambria’s appearance on the Batman: Arkham City soundtrack. They also talk about some of their favorite comics, movies, and their plans for the upcoming New York Comic-Con.

Make sure to give this a listen, because we’re going to have a contest based on what is said in this interview. So stay tuned to the site, and keep listening to Comics of Doom! [...]