MMA Weekly Web-Up, 01-11-15

Marvel kicked off the new year with their official trailer for a highly “ant”icipated movie. The preview aired during the debut of Marvel’s latest prime time television show and another series received an official release date. Also in the first Web-Up of 2015 is confirmation of Fox’s new mutant movie, as well as a new comic series highlighting Marvel’s Inhuman/Mutant…

Episode 44 – Keeping the Fantasy League Tight

The Mixed Marvel Arts Podcast ends the year with a tight race in the Fantasy Comic League. Brian, Johnny and Shaun tally the score for the month of November, and discuss the finer points of character development once again. Iron Man’s new Extremis suit serves as the catalyst for the latest debate. The trio also dissects the Battleworld…

MMA Weekly Web-Up, 11-30-14

All’s quiet on the Marvel front over this Thanksgiving holiday, but not for their Disney-owned brethren, Star Wars. Few headline news items came out, apart from a specific teaser trailer, leading up to one of the biggest shopping days of the year. A day when consumers could buy Disney Infinity: Marvel Heroes figures on the cheap.…

Episode 42 – The Year of the Spider

The Mixed Marvel Arts Podcast webs together the news from the New York Comic Con. Brian and Shaun hypothesize what the 2015 Secret Wars mega-event could mean for the upcoming comic year, and what a potential Civil War could look like in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The duo also touches upon the latest television shows and…

MMA Weekly Web-Up, New York Comic Con 2014

New York Comic Con broke records this year, and Marvel made sure to put the emphasis back on “comics.” Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye persona received the wax treatment and represented the bit of Marvel-related movie news. Hawkeye is the latest addition to Madame Tussaud’s Marvel Superheroes exhibit. And before we wade through the deluge of new comic book announcements,…

MMA Weekly Web-Up, 10-05-14

Marvel’s series of prose novels continues to grow by adapting popular comic story lines, such as “Civil War” and “Gifted,” the first act of Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men run. This week Marvel released Neil Kleid’s take on the popular story “Kraven’s Last Hunt,” and comicbookresources.com has an interview with the author. Netflix also revealed the…

MMA Weekly Web-Up, 09-21-14

Fox delighted a large portion of the X-fan base by announcing that they are moving forward with the highly-coveted Deadpool movie. Fresh on the heels of the well-received animated test footage, and Ryan Reynolds speaking positively about the project, Fox set a release date of February 12, 2016, with Reynolds considered likely to play the role of Wade Wilson once…

MMA Weekly Web-Up, 09-14-14

Marvel Studios had a positive week highlighted by the Blu-ray and DVD release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, as well as the first season of Agent’s of S.H.I.E.L.D. Meanwhile, the star of Amazing Spider-Man 2 is blaming the studio for problems with the movie. Netflix has set a month for the premier of their Daredevil series and there are…

Mixed Marvel Arts Weekly Web-Up

Our first revamped Mixed Marvel Arts Weekly Web-Up (which Shaun will inevitably still try to claim as the Martinews), couldn’t have started at a better time. This past week was chock full of movie and television news, highlighted by the first official set photos of Ant-Man. The Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand with casting announcements for the second season of…

Episode 34 – Ant-Sized Speculation

The Mixed Marvel Arts Podcast tallies up the latest scores for the Amazing Fantasy Comic Book League. Shaun weasels out another victory with some questionable points and Brian is displeased with the results once again. In addition to the coverage of May comics, the duo also discusses the casting of Netflix’s Matt Murdock/Daredevil, and disagree…