SciFiandComics

Scarlett Johansson’s ‘Ghost in the Shell’

‘Ghost in the Shell’ is a Japanese science fiction manga series created by Masamune Shirow. It has been in publication since 1989, it is about a counter cyber-terrorist organisation called ‘Public Security Section 9’. The manga series has been adapted into an animated series and several animated movie as well. Now it has been adapted into a live action movie directed by Rupert Sanders starring…

‘Westworld’ TV Series

The science fiction TV series ‘Westworld’ has become a super-hit TV series. It is about a wild west styled theme park that goes horribly wrong. The park is populated by human like androids and paying visitors can do whatever they want. The series is based on the movie of the same name, which was written by the legendary science fiction story writer ‘Michael Crichton’. Westworld is similar to…

Valerian: The Empire of a Thousand Planets

Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mezieres created the science fiction comics characters of Valerian and Laureline in 1967. Since then they have been featured in many short stories published in comics format. The main theme of Valerian comics has been time travel and space opera. ‘Valerian: The Empire of a Thousand Planets’ was originally published in the form of short stories appearing in ‘Pilote’…

Chinese science fiction & Liu Cixin

Chinese science fiction has come a long way over the past one hundred years. Books and novels like Jules Verne’s ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth’ were translated by the Chinese over a century ago. Jules Verne and other notable western science fiction writers inspired the Chinese. It is this inspiration that allowed Chinese authors to write books for audiences in the west. Authors like Liu…

Sherlock: A Study in Pink

Sherlock Holmes was created by Arthur Conan Doyle more than a hundred years ago, he has turned out to be one of the most popular fictional characters ever. Due to the popularity of the character of Sherlock Holmes, there are many schools of thought regarding the genre of the character’s depictions. Some argue that the character lies in the realm of fantasy and science fiction short stories,…

Aquaman & Justice League

Aquaman is a science fiction and fantasy superhero created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger (aka Mortimer Weisinger). Paul and Mort created Aquaman in 1941 during the golden age of comics. Aquaman comics were first published by the publishing company that later became known as DC Comics. Aquaman is now part of the DC Extended Universe aka DCEU. Aquaman is also part of The Justice League of…

Happy Birthday ‘William Shatner’

The legendary actor William Shatner from ‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ has turned 86 years of age. He is well-known for his role in the science fiction TV show playing ‘Captain James T. Kirk’ of the USS Enterprise. He was born in Montreal, Canada on the 22nd of March 1931. He has won multiple awards during his illustrious career, including Emmy and Golden Globe awards. (Source: wikipedia)…

Swamp Thing’s Bernie Wrightson Dies

Bernie Wrightson aka Bernard Albert Wrightson is the illustrator and co-creator of ‘Swamp Thing’. He passed away on the 18 of March 2017, may his soul rest in peace. Bernie Wrightson (Image Attributed to Corey Bond, commons.wikimedia.org) Bernie was born on the 27th of October 1948, he is well-known for his illustrations and pencils of comicbook artwork. He was influenced by great artists like…

Star Wars Thrawn revealed

Grand Admiral Thrawn is an imperial military commander in the Imperial Navy before the Galactic Civil War. He is considered to be a master military strategist and his methods are considered ruthless by his enemies. The New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award winning author Timothy Zahn is writing a new novel about Thrawn. No novelist knows the character of Thrawn better than Zahn because he…

Gotham’s Jerome Valeska

Gotham has become a very popular TV series based on DC Comics’ Batman franchise. It has been developed by Bruno Heller for the Fox Network. The first episode aired on 22nd September 2014, the series is in its third season now. The series started with showing the early days of James Gordon in Gotham City Police Department. Later on Bruce Wayne also started appearing. The series focuses on crime…

Justice League Rebirth: The Extinction Machines

These are exciting times for all of us because DC has released the volume one collection of the graphic novel ‘Justice League Rebirth: The Extinction Machines’. ‘The Extinction Machines’ is the collection of Justice League #1-5 and Justice League: Rebirth. The graphic novel is authored by Bryan Hitch and illustrated by Tony S. Daniel. DC Universe Rebirth JLA (Source: DC Comics) Bryan Hitch is a…

200th episode of ‘Teen Titans Go’

The cast and crew of ‘Teen Titans Go’ are celebrating the 200th episode of the hit Cartoon Network TV series. The DCTV show covered the events celebrations. Teen Titans was originally published as a comic series starting in 1973. It gained wide-spread popularity in the 1980’s. (source: wikipedia) ‘Teen Titans Go’ is a remake of the…

Walter from ‘Alien: Covenant’

The science fiction franchise ‘Aliens’ is being reinvigorated by 20th Century Fox with the upcoming sequel to ‘Prometheus’ called ‘Alien: Covenant’. Alien Covenant (Source: Fox Movies) 20th Century Fox has released several ‘Alien: Covenant’ movie clips and teasers to date. The latest clip shows the android (human like robot) Walter (played by Michael Fassbender) being manufactured. Michael…

SciFi thriller movie ‘Geostorm’

A new science fiction thriller movie called ‘Geostorm’ is currently in production at Warner Brothers and Electric Entertainment. The movie is being directed by Dean Devlin of ‘Independence Day’ fame. Dean is well know in the science fiction world for working on SciFi movies like ‘Godzilla’ and ‘Stargate’. Dean was born in New York City in 1962. (source: wikipedia) Dean Devlin (Source:…

Star-Lord & ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’

Star-Lord is an american comic book superhero created by Steve Englehart and Steve Gan in 1976. He has appeared in numerous Marvel comic series. (source: wikipedia) Star Lord aka Peter Quill (Source: Marvel) Star-Lord is appearing in the upcoming movie ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol:2’. It is being directed and written by James Gunn. He is well known for his work on the ‘Scooby Doo’ movies. The…