Mouse Guard, Vol. 3
The Black Axe
Hardcover
Written and Illustrated by David Petersen
Archaia Entertainment
Release Date: July 23, 2013
Cover Price: $24.95

The legend lives on! Mouse Guard, Vol. 3: The Black Axe, the prequel chapter in David Petersen‘s epic saga has arrived. Join me as I recount my quest through the pages of this valiant tale.

It is Spring, 1115, 37 years before the events of the Fall and Winter of 1152. The Guard mouse by the name of Celanawe is recruited by his only living relative, an elderly mouse named Em, to venture out in search of the long-lost mythic Black Axe. Accompanied by a bitter, rugged ex-ship captain called Conrad — looking to reclaim his title and good fortune — the two set forth on a grand adventure that pits them against a group of vicious weasel hunters, deep sea creatures, thieving, murderous mice, and a giant fox. As Celanawe and Em embark on their journey, much is revealed about the legend of The Black Axe and what’s in store for the future of its next wielder.

What would it sound like if instead of James Earl Jones, Arnold Schwarzenegger were chosen to voice Darth Vader in Star Wars? We’ll never know! It’s safe to assume that we’d have much different opinions of the character.

But sometimes it’s fun to pretend we’re surrounded by parallel universes where things are much different than they are here in our own universe. So continue below now, rip open one such universe, and see what it might have been like if Schwarzenegger voiced Vader. Semi-NSFW warning for naughty words.

Blade of the Immortal, Vol. 27
Mist on the Spider’s Web
Trade Paperback
Written and Art by Hiroaki Samura
Translation by Kumar Sivasubramanian
Lettered by Tomoko Saito
Cover by Hiroaki Samura
Dark Horse Comics
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Cover Price: $19.99

This volume of the translated long-running manga series Blade of the Immortal follows the cursed fallen samurai Manji continuing on his quest to end his immortality by killing a thousand evil men. Picking up after a bloody battle that left Anotsu’s Ittō-ryÅ« exhausted and injured, they are on the run from the Rokki-Dan who are hunting them down.

Beautifully drawn, the detailing in Blade of the Immortal, Vol. 27 is exquisite. Incredibly realistic, Samura’s styles allows the reader to feel the environment through the art. The faces are so expressively drawn that it allows the emotions the characters are feeling to come through.

One movie that’s gotten a lot of attention over the months is titled Escape From Tomorrow. The movie has gotten this attention because it was secretly filmed at both Disney World and Disneyland, but is also a horror flick that’s not at all Disney friendly.

A trippy new trailer has been released for the movie, and as you’ll see, the mixture of horror and places so often associated with happiness is strange and intriguing. Escape From Tomorrow is looking at an October 11th release in select cities theatrically and also on demand, and you can check out the trailer and a poster below.

Few have been able to accomplish what the Harry Potter franchise has done. While Twilight and The Hunger Games have found the same success as Harry Potter has, films like The Mortal Instruments, Percy Jackson, I Am Number Four,, and a handful others couldn’t even come close. So instead of trying to find the next potentially big YA adaptation, WB has sealed a deal with Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling for a new series of films set in the Harry Potter universe.

According to Deadline, Rowling will make her screenwriting debut with Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, which will be the start of a new film series. The film will be an original story based on the Hogwarts textbook that appears on a required reading list for new students in the first Potter novel, Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone (known in the U.S. as The Sorcerer’s Stone), as well as the adventures of the fictitious author of the textbook, Newt Scamander.