Author Archives: John Carle

About John Carle

The Definition of “Geek Chic.” Comic books, sci-fi movies, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Lord of the Rings and more all rolled up in a Diesel wearing, club going socialite package. Having worked in both advertising and television, John is a lifetime writer always being a part of the creative process. John knows the television world between his experience on being involved with the production process of over two hundred episodes of prime time tv and being a self admitted media whore. Yes he has a weakness for trash tv, Michael Bay-esque action movies and the raunchy teen comedy as well. Never try to debate the Original Star Wars Trilogy versus Star Trek with him because the Holy Trilogy always comes out on top. Having partied with movie stars to Playboy centerfolds, John is somehow always able to find someone’s inner geek. The simplest rules that John lives by is to have fun and doing what makes him happy. There’s no shame in being a geek. Play Halo, read Spider-Man and proudly display the whole series of Neon Genesis: Evangelion on your DVD rack. And most importantly, make sure to read his weekly comic book pull list reviews at The Flickcast.

SDCC: THQ’s ‘Marvel Super Hero Squad’ Gameplay Footage

Posted on July 27, 2009 by John Carle

Since comic books have been around, there has always been a demand to tie the medium in for kids. While the original batch of kids have long grown up since picking up their first copy of Spider-Man or Detective Comics, … Continue reading →

Posted in Comic-Con, Games, Gear, Marvel, News, THQ, Video | Tagged Captain America, Iron Monger, Marvel Super Hero Squad, Mole Man, SDCC09, Wolverine | 2 Comments

SDCC EXCLUSIVE: New ‘Willow’ One-Shot Comic Written By Joss Whedon

Posted on July 25, 2009 by John Carle

On Thursday, I had the privilege of sitting down and speaking with Scott Allie, Senior Managing Editor of Dark Horse Comics. The full interview with details on Buffy, the Umbrella Academy and other Dark Horse comics will be up this … Continue reading →

Posted in Comic-Con, Comics, Dark Horse Comics, News, Whedon | Tagged Buffy Season Eight, Dark Horse, Joss Whedon, SDCC09, Willow | 1 Comment

The Pull List Comic Reviews: ‘Amazing Spider-Man’, ‘Incredible Hulk’, ‘Green Lantern’ and More

Posted on July 23, 2009 by John Carle

Pull of the Week: Amazing Spider-Man #600 – Marvel – $4.99 Score: 7.5 After reading the abysmal The Incredible Hulk #600, there was a little trepidation in jumping right in to Spider-Man’s 600th issue. There couldn’t possibly be two epic … Continue reading →

Posted in Comic Reviews, Comics, DC, Marvel, News, Pull List | Tagged Blackest Night, Captain Britain and MI13, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Peter Parker, Spider-Man, The Increadible Hulk | 2 Comments

Diablo Project Lead Placed in Charge of Marvel MMO

Posted on July 22, 2009 by John Carle

This week, Gazillion Entertainment announced that David Brevik would be placed as studio director at Gargantuan, the studio house developing the Marvel massive multiplayer online game. After originally being scrapped by Cryptic Studios in favor of Champions Online, Gazillion entertainment … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, DC, Marvel, Video Games | Tagged Champions Online, City Of Heroes / City of Villains, Cryptic, David Brevik, DC Universe Online, Diablo, Gargantuan, Gazillion, Marvel MMO, MMOs | 5 Comments

XBox and PS3 Get Sacked on July 23rd

Posted on July 21, 2009 by John Carle

Ever want to be a part of football history for free, even if it’s only for five minutes? Come July 23rd, anyone who pre-ordered Madden NFL 10 for XBox 360 or Playstation 3 from Gamestop will be given a download … Continue reading →

Posted in Microsoft, Sony, Video Games | Tagged Madden NFL 10, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox Live Gold | 2 Comments

Dante’s Inferno comes to DC Comics

Posted on July 21, 2009 by John Carle

Can video games actually be good mature comic properties? Very few have been able to in the past with World of Warcraft and the miniseries promoting Hellgate: London being the most notable exceptions. The sad truth about video game comics … Continue reading →

Posted in Comic-Con, Comics, DC, Video Games | Tagged Absolution, Christos Gage, Dante's Inferno, Diego Latorre, Increadible Hulk, World of Warcraft | 2 Comments

The Pull List Comic Reviews: ‘Blackest Night’, ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ and ‘Punisher’

Posted on July 16, 2009 by John Carle

A moderate week in terms of number of books shipped, mostly from the big two publishers, but definitely not moderate in terms of quality. With all the hype leading up to Blackest Night, it is no surprise it would be … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, DC, Marvel, Pull List, Reviews | Tagged Amazing Spider-Man, Blackest Night, DC, Geoff Johns, Green Lantern, Joe Kelly, Marvel, Pull List, Punisher, rick remender | Comments Off

The Pull List Comic Reviews: ‘Amazing Spider-Man Annual’, ‘Ms. Marvel’ and ‘The Stand: American Nightmares’

Posted on July 10, 2009 by John Carle

Go here for yesterday’s edition of The Pull List. —– Amazing Spider-Man Annual #36 – Marvel – #3.99 Score: 4.5 What are two things that don’t belong in a Spider-Man comic? One, forced Boston accents from all characters in dialogue … Continue reading →