Monday, 25 July 2011

All-Time Top Comic Book Movies

Movies based on comics properties, ranked by Worldwide box office gross:
  1. The Dark Knight ($1001.9)
  2. Spider-Man 3 ($885.4)
  3. Spider-Man ($806.7)
  4. Spider-Man 2 ($783.6)
  5. Iron Man 2 ($616.8)
  6. Men in Black ($587.2)
  7. Iron Man ($571.8)
  8. 300 ($456.6)
  9. Thor ($445.1) *
  10. Men in Black II ($425.6)
  11. Batman ($413.2)
  12. X2 ($406.4)
  13. Superman Returns ($389.6)
  14. X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($374.9)
  15. Batman Begins ($352.0)
  16. X-Men: First Class ($346.0) *
  17. Wanted ($338.8)
  18. Batman Forever ($335.0)
  19. Over the Hedge ($329.6)
  20. Fantastic Four ($329.3)
  21. The Mask ($320.9)
  22. X-Men ($294.1)
  23. Superman ($289.4)
  24. Batman Returns ($282.8)
  25. Casper ($282.3)
  26. Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer ($277.5)
  27. The Incredible Hulk ($254.2)
  28. Hulk ($241.7)
  29. Batman & Robin ($237.2)
  30. Constantine ($229.5)
  31. Ghost Rider ($219.7)

Box office grosses given in millions. Source: IMDb.

(Marvel: 17. DC: 9. Dark Horse: 2. Image: 1. United Media: 1. Harvey: 1.)

Sunday, 24 July 2011

Monkey Covers

Sunday is Monkey Covers day here at YACB. Because there's nothing better than a comic with a monkey on the cover!

The Gorilla battles mobsters on the cover of Fantastic Adventures #15 (1964) by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito.

(Standard disclaimer about mobster-hating gorillas not really being monkeys applies).

Image courtesy of the GCD. Click on the image for a larger version.

Saturday, 23 July 2011

'68 #2 (of 4)

'68 #2 (of 4)
CBR | May 25 2011 | 30 Pages | 20.19 MB
An anti-war activist actress on a propaganda tour, a deep cover CIA agent with a secret agenda and a young, Chinese-American grunt facing a screeching, drooling undead thing made up of dozens of Viet-Cong dead…these stories and more intertwine as the Vietnam-Zombie epic continues.
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Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat

Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat
English | 358 pages | CBZ | 120MB
Collected for the first time, here are the twelve extraordinary illustrated volumes that form the graphic novel of THE VAMPIRE LESTAT. Evocative full-color paintings and an artful abridgment of the original text capture the inimitable spirit and atmosphere of this passionate, complex, and thrilling tale. The story begins in our own time with Lestat, tall, blond, and handsome, a world-renowned rock star. His gifts are timeless, his youth never withers. But he was not always the powerful and famous child of darkness. Before his long earth-encrusted sleep, he was an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-Revolutionary France. It was then that he came face-to-face with the incarnation of evil and the temptations of love that he has ravenously pursued through time. Where it has led him and what he has become is the heart of the tale that has captured millions of readers.
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The Cry of the Vampire

The Cry of the Vampire
2001 | CBR | 52 Pages | B&W | 50.7 MB
Here's a gem, a sensual take with a distinct European flavor on the vampire mythos by the late Argentinean writer Carlos Trillo and Spanish artist Jordi Bernet. It is about a stunning young vampire, Ludmila, who searches for her long lost maker, by enlisting a photographer to help her take pictures of people matching his description. The story first appeared as "Ivanpiire" in Splatter magazine published in Spain in 1989; this version is the black-and-white reprint "Le Cri du Vampire" and is a scanlation (scan + translation) by relieta and data9724. Mature Readers.
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Famous Monsters Presents: Imagi-Movies 2011 Annual

Famous Monsters Presents: Imagi-Movies 2011 Annual
CBR | Movieland Classics LLC | Released Jul 6 2011 | 64 Pages (c2c) | 48.49 MB
Own a piece of history. The first annual Famous Monsters Imagi-Movie Film Festival celebrates the best in horror and independent filmmaking. Featuring such guests as Roger Corman, the cast and crew of Repo! The Genetic Opera, and celebrating the 80th anniversary of Universal's Dracula, as well as the film adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King, this magazine is your ticket behind-the-scenes of this landmark event!
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B1n4ry #0-4

B1n4ry #0-4
2004 | CBR | English | 5 Issues | 70.6 MB
B1N4RY by Richard Emms, Jim Sutherns, & Len O'Grady? a digital hero for a digital age! Joseph Burrows is your average type of guy ? whose life is tuned upside down when he is witness to a murder ? a digital murder. A visit from a virtual "ghost" reveals that life is not what we expect it to be. Could it be one big lie... or is it the start to unraveling the secret to the world we live in? Written by Richard Emms (Monster Club) with art from new talent, Jim Sutherns with the glorious colors of Len O'Grady (Bazooka Jules, Cla$$war).
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