It was an odd year for comics, especially superhero comics, as the way the stories were read became almost more important than the stories themselves. That’s because “pages” became much more of a concept than a reality as DC Comics, Marvel, IDW, and Dark Horse all announced a move to ...

In a widely publicized move, Marvel Comics killed off Spider-Man earlier this year and replaced him a mixed-race teenager, Miles Morales, who’s now starring in the title. Before anyone is too up in arms about killing Peter Parker, this all took place in Marvel’s Ultimate Universe. Parker is still very much ...

Superhero video games seem to run the gamut from the utterly inspired (like the recent Batman Arkham titles) to the laughably unplayable (Superman for the N64). Sadly, it seems as though most licensed comic book titles fall into the latter category. I originally had high hopes for Activision/Silicon Knights’ X-Men: Destiny, ...

Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad. Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website.

Read all the Dork Towers that have run on GeekDad. Find the Dork Tower webcomic archives, DT printed collections, more cool comics, awesome games and a whole lot more at the Dork Tower Website.

You may not be aware of it, but Mark Hamill is a huge comic book geek. Yes, the man who played Luke Skywalker and whose second career as a voice actor is second to none gets just as excited by comic books as most of the folks who hang on ...

Finally, the first real trailer for Marvel’s The Avengers, set to hit theaters May 4, 2012, is here! It looks just as awesome as you’d hope it would, and the bits of dialogue in it are such that, even if you didn’t know Joss Whedon had written them, you’d probably ...

The Avengers movie doesn't come out until 2012, but much like the political process the hype is starting early. Unlike the political process, this looks promising: Are you geeked? Fun fact: When I was covering the D23 Expo (think Comic-Con,...

Between the premiere of season four of Castle and the upcoming release of Deadly Storm, based on the not-real book series starring Derrick Storm written by the fictional writer Richard Castle, played by Nathan Fillion in the television show, it seems like Castle is becoming something of an industry, especially ...

1. What’s it all about? It’s the latest in the build-up to next summer’s The Avengers! The mighty warrior Thor (Chris Hemsworth, or “Kirk’s Dad” as many fans have delighted in pointing out) is banished to Earth from Asgard for reigniting an ancient war, and must protect our world and his ...