A-KON is the longest-running convention devoted towards anime and Japanese Culture in North America. Continuously held in Dallas for the past 25 years, A-KON has grown to encompass multiple fandoms. Our own Matt Morrison was wandering the halls and generously allowed … Continue reading The Best Cosplay of A-KON 25
Here at Kaboooooom we live and breathe comic books, but if you’re new to the game or just don’t frequent the local comic shop it can be hard to know where to start. For that, we’re here to help. Every week we’ll share with you our recommendations for what you should checking out and what you need to know before you crack that cover – it’s Kabooooom’s Pull List! Marcus Hammond, Writer Pull List: Ghost #4, Futures End #5, Original Sin #3, Magneto #5 This Week’s Must Read: The Wake #9 I can’t say enough about the suspenseful story or … Continue reading The Kabooooom! Pull List, 6.4.14
It’s a peaceful afternoon at stately Wayne Manor, where billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne is tending to the education of his young ward, Dick Grayson. A collection of rare dinosaur bones is about to be shipped from the Gotham Museum of … Continue reading Comic Review: BATMAN ’66 MEETS THE GREEN HORNET #1
This review has been cross-posted with permission from NerdBastards.com. The recent string of live-action fairy tales – usually twists on classic stories in an attempt to provide extra depth – hasn’t been all that critically successful. Films like Alice in … Continue reading Movie Review: MALEFICENT
Here at Kaboooooom we live and breathe comic books, but if you’re new to the game or just don’t frequent the local comic shop it can be hard to know where to start. For that, we’re here to help. Every week we’ll share with you our recommendations for what you should checking out and what you need to know before you crack that cover – it’s Kabooooom’s Pull List! Sarah Moran, Comics Editor Pull List: Rebel Heist #2, Tomb Raider #4, Aquaman #31, Batman Eternal #8, C.O.W.L. #1, Ms. Marvel #4 This Week’s Must Read: Batman #31 What Scott Snyder … Continue reading The Kabooooom! Pull List, 5.28.14
C.O.W.L. #1/ Written by KYLE HIGGINS & ALEC SIEGEL/ Art by ROD REIS/ Published by IMAGE COMICS In a world full of dangerous vigilantes who do just as much damage as the evils they claim to protect against, only one … Continue reading Comic Review: C.O.W.L. #1
The Kabooooom staff may all love pop culture, but we all have different tastes. In Kabooooom! Hangouts, a new ongoing discussion feature, we bring together our different points of view and talk about the today’s hottest comics, television shows and … Continue reading Kabooooom! Hangout: X-Men: Days of Future Past
After Disney purchased Marvel Entertainment, it was only a matter of waiting until the animation powerhouse would begin adapting Marvel characters and stories for their latest animated blockbusters. Enter Big Hero 6. Set in San Fransokyo, young robotics genius Hiro Hamada, his brother, Tadashi, and their friends: adrenaline junkie Go Go Tamago, neatnik Wasabi, chemistry whiz Honey Lemon, and fanboy Fred, must team up in order to battle a mysterious threat armed with whatever high-tech gadgets Hiro thinks up. This first trailer for Big Hero 6 focuses solely on Hiro and his robot buddy Baymax, who he’s try to trick … Continue reading WATCH: First Trailer for Disney’s and Marvel’s Big Hero 6
1986. After cutting a path of destruction across the American Midwest while running at super-speed, the world’s first superhuman disappears just as quickly as he appeared. When he is taken into custody by the local sheriff’s office – just before … Continue reading Comic Review: MPH #1
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