DC Comics

NYCC: Stephanie Brown Returns To The New 52

Put your waffles down folks, DC is finally bringing back Stephanie Brown.  That’s what I said. The announcement came down on Friday evening at New York Comic Con right before the Q&A portion for the DC Comics’ Batman panel officially began. A fan who was waiting at the mic was asked by DC marketing VP…

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Fox Gets A Jim Gordon Series

Some of you might have been distracted last night with the start of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD but Fox and DC dropped some news on us.  Following a bidding war between the major networks Fox has announced the arrival of a new show entitled ‘Gotham.’  To give you an idea the level of confidence Fox…

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First Look At Arrow Season 2

If you guys have listened to Stephen and I on any of the many podcasts we host you have probably heard just how much we love the CW show Arrow.  For me it was the surprise, breakout hit of last TV season.  The version of Oliver Queen in Arrow is an incredibly brutal opponent.  To…

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Jeff Lemire takes the JUSTICE LEAGE north for JUSTICE LEAGUE OF CANADA!

Fan favorite writer, and Toronto Native, Jeff Lemire will be taking over the full writing reigns (he’s been co-writing with Geoff Johns) on JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA in spring of 2014, but with one significant change. The JLA becomes the JLC as the team 9and title) moves to Canada. After the dust settles from the…

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Bachman’s Best – DC Deck-Building Game

The best thing I played last week was the DC Deck-Building Game by Cryptozoic studios.  After the stunning review this game got from Gonna Geek’s very own ATGN/Tabletop Bebop podcast I got the idea that this would be a really good game for me, the wife, and our friends. We got it, we played, a…

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Casting The Next Batman

With the huge announcement at Comic Con that Batman would be part of the Man of Steel sequel there is a lot of speculation as to just who will assume the cowl of the Dark Knight.  While Warner Bros and DC haven’t announced anything as to who will be the next Batman its fun to…

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Bachman’s Best – Man of Steel

(Slightly Spoilerific, Read With Care) In accordance with what ended up being a fairly small protest to support digital artists working on CGI heavy movies in Hollywood I waited until after the opening weekend to see the new DC offering. So, the best thing I saw last week was Man of Steel, the newest addition…

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Tabletop Tuesday: Mongols and Superheroes and Starships? Oh my!

Welcome to the very first edition of Tabletop Tuesday!  This humble corner of Gonna Geek will cover news highlights from the wide world of analog gaming every week.  In addition to covering all the latest news and gossip for board, card, miniatures and roleplaying games I’ll also be discussing some of the terminology commonly used…

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Wednesday’s Webcomic: JL8

I’m going to take a chance that you haven’t heard about this week’s webcomic today, because if you haven’t there is a HUGE gaping hole in your life. That hole is in the shape of JL8.  Often fans of mainstream comics will get a little burned out from the intensity and the grandiosity of their…

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Stop Spoiling My Comics

I have been a comic fan for many years and I generally try to avoid getting spoiled when it comes to major plot points.  But, its getting harder and harder to avoid spoilers in today’s world.  Its not always social media that is the source of these spoilers either.  More and more often, big publishers want to…

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