Category Archives: Comics

Burning into our Retinas

Posted on Saturday, January 21, 2012 by Robert Hood

Is it just me, or has Nicholas Cage rarely looked so good? That was irony, by the way. The above recently released stills are, of course, from Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (US-2012; dir. Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor), which I’m … Continue reading →

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Gigante vs King Komodo, and The Big Eight

Posted on Saturday, November 26, 2011 by Robert Hood

Artist Todd Tennant, whose news regarding his upcoming comic series, American Kaiju, recently appeared on Undead Backbrain, contacted the Backbrain the other day so we could catch up with his progress.  Commissioned by Bluewater Productions to produce the four-issue series, … Continue reading →

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Terrific Godzilla Gag

Posted on Friday, October 28, 2011 by Robert Hood

This strip is by Doug Paszkiewicz. I couldn’t resist. Check out Paszkiewicz’s darkly subversion website, Arsenic Lullaby.

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Zombies vs Robots: From Comic to Book to Film

Posted on Thursday, September 8, 2011 by Robert Hood

Zombies and robots. Zombies mobbing robots. Robots blowing zombies to bits. It’s a combination to thrill the heart of geeks everywhere. IDW and creators Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood have certainly had a major success in pitting these two not-actually-living … Continue reading →

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Sketches of Kong

Posted on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 by Robert Hood

I can’t say the phenomenon is something I’m particularly familiar with, but the images Undead Backbrain has been given of the 5Finity Productions Premium Sketch Card set based on Joe DeVito’s Kong, King of Skull Island look pretty cool. As … Continue reading →

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American Kaiju: Aligon Attacks!

Posted on Monday, June 27, 2011 by Robert Hood

Hot on the heels of his announcement that Bluewater Productions has contracted him to produce a series of American Kaiju comics, Todd Tennant has provided the Backbrain with a pic of another of his feature monsters — this time, Aligon … Continue reading →

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American Kaiju: The Comic Series

Posted on Monday, June 6, 2011 by Robert Hood

Kaiju artist extraordinaire, Todd Tennant — whose work has featured on Undead Backbrain many times (and even appears in the blog’s current header image) — has just told me what has to be the news of the month. “I have … Continue reading →

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The Domestication of Gorgo

Posted on Friday, June 3, 2011 by Robert Hood

It happens to all the Big Ones. They start out fierce and dangerous, and end up getting domesticated. Once some sort of franchise kicks in, they’re doomed; the monsters gradually go from being an outright menace, to being a familiar, … Continue reading →

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Blobs, Swamp Muck and Amorphous Things That Go Splat! in the Night

Posted on Sunday, April 10, 2011 by Robert Hood

An Essay on a Globular Sub-genre by Robert Hood Given that violation of physical norms (being giant-sized, three-headed, lizard-scaled, part-snake/bat/bear/lion/dragon/Bobo-the-Clown, you name it) is one of the defining attributes of a monster, it’s not surprising that some of the most … Continue reading →

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Green Light in the Blackest Night

Posted on Sunday, April 3, 2011 by Robert Hood

Okay, now I’m definitely interested. This is suddenly looking so close to spot-on, it has completely overturned my skepticism (exacerbated by the earlier, rather indifferent trailer) that they could effectively transform the epic DC comicbook franchise into a decent movie, … Continue reading →

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