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Film Trailers Here's another li'l trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 2 - which I've already seen!
(Dudes it's good - both hilarious and heart-breaking dammit!!!!)
OK, the thing that made nerd-dom collectively lose its sh** this week was the first teaser trailer for Thor: Ragnarok!
(And once again, proof that Chris Hemsworth needs to be in more comedy - his timing dudes, his timing.)
I really need to watch the first Guardians of the Galaxy film, because this new trailer for #2 has confirmed that me and Rocket Raccoon are well-matched personality-wise.
(Which is quite worrying, when you think about it...)
Another trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2!
(I really need to watch #1 - plus, I'm beginning to worry about how much my personality may or may not be like Rocket Raccoon's.)
WARNING: flashing images
Other Stuff
The Screen Junkies people who make Honest Trailers did one for Doctor Strange!
Now, I really did like Doctor Strange (whitewashing is inexcusable though,) but this pretty much hits the nail on the head!
Drug references, so be careful if playing this in public guys. Oh, and there are SPOILERS.
WARNING: flashing images everywhere.
And here's this week's comics-related links I tripped across while frolicking around the Internet:
Renaldo Matadeen @ Comic Book Resources gave us 15 reasons Suicide Squad didn't suck (which is totally legit - because I really enjoyed that film dammit!)
Film Trailers Another li'l teaser trailer for you, from Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 2!
Other Stuff
First look at Avengers: Infinity War!!!!
Granted, this featurette feels a little pompous, and there's a lot of milking-it, (did she just dare to say that?! Yes, she did. #DealWithIt,) but still - as long as they don't let the hype out-do the film, it should be awesome!
Do you guys remember the Team Thor vid that was released a few months back?
It was basically a hilarious mockumentary of where Thor and Bruce Banner were during Captain America: Civil War (UK - US).
Well there's now a part 2 - which once again is just awesome.
I love Chris Hemsworth - he needs to be in more comedies; like, really badly!
'Yay! It's settled. We're getting a servant!"
That's all for this week my nerdlets - more comics and superheroes next Thursday, as usual!
So that Superbowl thingummy happened in the US, and somehow that means we get new comic book movie trailers so I'm not complaining!
First up is a new trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
(Note to self: watch the first film. (Look, even I can't be up-to-date with all the superhero movies, ok? There's just so many of them!))
I love the nerdiness of giving it a volume label instead of just a number :)
And there are new Logan trailers! I love how awesome this film looks!!!!!!!!
And this ad feature thingy for Lego Batman...
...I really don't know wtf they fed the writers on this film, but it's clearly got some interesting ingredients (I'm thinking lots of caffeine and sugar!)
Webcomics
And, just like last week, I've got a little protest art via embedded tweets to show you! (Woo!)
(This post contains a gif with flashing images which may be a problem to those with photosensitive health conditions such as epilepsy or migraines.)
Film Trailers There's an awesome new trailer for Logan!
In case you're not aware, Logan is about Wolverine as an old man, in an X-men universe slightly adjacent to the one we've been somewhat dealing with (damn you multiple timelines!)
As with all things in comics, sometimes it's best to just go with it.
And, in this new trailer, we get more of the awesome X-23, the cute kid/little violent trained killer that Wolverine has to look after.
Since Comics Wrap-Up took a break over Christmas, this week's edition is a catch-up of my comics reading and all related stuff in the last couple of weeks :)
Film Trailers Here's an extended Batman TV spot for you all :)
(This film looks hilarious!)
Single Issues I read a butt-load of short and preview comics to help prop up my Goodreads challenge total, so I'll just give you my three top picks.
(Trust me, these three are the ones worth mentioning!)
Heart of a Corpse: An Undead Engagement #1 (UK - US) and Bloody Dreadful #1 (UK - US) are two comics by creator Justin Sane.
Both are fairly interesting, creepily executed, tales of Victorian Gothic horror. Heart of a Corpse actually plays out like a silent movie in silhouette - and was really moody and cool. :)
I enjoyed both, and they def. came as a pleasant surprise.
Loki: Agent of Asgard #1 (UK - US) is the start of the whole Loki-as-a-teen series.
(Fangirling note:
Loki is one of the most difficult Marvel characters to define because s/he spends periods of time as a child, a teenager, a woman, a man, and two people. In honesty, I've probably missed something out.
Just trust me. In this period of time, Loki = reincarnated teenager. Thor = adult. That's as basic as it's gonna get, so let's leave it there.
You can't sweat the small stuff in comics. Your brain will explode. #TrueStory.)
This is the first part of Loki: Agent of Asgard Vol 1 (UK - US) and is pretty awesome. I really want to read the full volume soon for more sassy Loki awesomeness!
Webcomics
Over Christmas, I also read webcomic Princess Princess by Kay O'Neill
This is about two princesses who are faffing around a magical kingdom, challenging gender norms, and falling in love with each other.
One of the princesses is black - so there's a strong person of colour (PoC) lead too 😄
Princess Princess: Ever After (to give it it's fancy in-print title) is also available in printed format (UK - US.)
For anyone who doesn't know, 'Women in Refrigerators' or 'fridging' is a phrase that was invented by comics artist Gail Simone for unnecessary acts of violence against women in comic books - often used as a plot device to motivate the male hero.
The origin of the phrase was an infamous storyline where the Green Lantern finds his girlfriend murdered and stuffed in his fridge by a super-villain - apparently just to make him angry.
Valente's book plans to give a voice to fridged women - and it looks incredibly poignant, and undoubtedly awesome.
I loved the Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer! Looks like soooo much fun!
He's such a dork (and the dorkiness is awesome!)
I'm totally looking into getting one of those unlimited card-thingies for my local cinema, because even though they seem like a large amount of money as outlay, the price of cinema tickets just keeps going up - and I can't afford an average of £10.00 per trip.