There is a story making rounds that Joust is going to be made into both a movie and comic book. I loved this game, it suckered me into dropping so many quarters in the machine till M.A.M.E. came around. To tell the truth I never went to all the levels, I just loved the sounds the game made. Now […]
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow "Ain’t no man can avoid being born average, but there ain’t no man got to be common." — Satchel Paige Let them eat crow. James Strum once again dips into the baseball lore and belts a home-run with all the bases loaded. The Golem’s Mighty Swing was Sturm’s first tale […]
The term “Omnibus” finds its origins in Latin, where it signifies inclusivity, serving all and sundry. It’s intriguing to observe how some of the major comic book publishers are now delving into the release of various omnibus editions. A noteworthy example of this trend is Dark Horse, a publisher renowned for its vast collection of […]
FLATTENME, publisher of the most unique and magical personalized storybooks ever created for children, announced the launch of their new website, www.flattenme.com. The company offers a simple and affordable way for consumers to create personalized storybooks. By uploading a child’s headshot to the website, any child can be transformed into the body of a story’s […]
Howtoons: The Possibilities Are Endless! I am very excited about this book, it embraces comic art and is a real challenge for kids to create science projects. It will spike up creativity for kids and is easy to do with objects found in any house. Howtoons have a site so that you get a feel for the book and […]
Michael Avon Oeming is an exciting award winning artist who is working on a new series for Image Comics called The Mice Templar. Sure you might say it looks a lot like Mouse Guard or a bit reminiscent of Erin Hunter’s Warriors. No great disrespect to Mouse Guard’s David Petersen, who has amazing artwork but yet […]
Sandbox World favorite artist Art Baltazar is in the process of re-imagining the franchise Teen Titans from DC Comics . Tiny Titans is taking a cue from the cuteness factory such as Hello Kitty. Somebody at DC thought this would be the route to go to sell more books for them. Art Baltazar the one half creator […]
Cinderella A tale of two cities or should we say Cinderella. Disney Press is releasing a classic retelling of the story while Montreal born Michèle Marineau is a two-time Governor General’s Award winner and spins a new yarn with new elements added to the fairy-tale. Mary Blair painted the original concept art for Disney […]
Best of Rocky & Bullwinkle, Vol. 2 The long awaited Second Volume is here! The Kings of clever TV comedy, Rocky & Bullwinkle are back! Cartoon stars Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose have returned with three of their funniest adventures!
Fantastic Four: Franklin Richards Chris Eliopoulos and Marc Sumerak have hit the right chord with the all ages group with their run on Franklin Richards the young son of Fantastic Four couple Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman. The character was cemented years ago in 1968 by one of the longest running team of creators Stan Lee and Jack […]
The NFB is a hop and skip away from Sandbox World headquarters, I was very excited to hear about Jesse Rosensweet’s Paradise, NFB’s latest film with the voice of Canadian small fry actor Dave Foley. This stop-motion animated short is like cross between Robots and Toy Story without the CGI. The characters in the whole flick are […]
Pink Panther: A Pink Christmas You can think pink, but you better start thinking white because sooner than later Christmas will be around the corner. In November Pink Panther: A Pink Christmas will hit stores. As Christmas specials go, this is not exactly classic fare as compared to the Peanuts Christmas special. This special was […]