Aug 08 2025
J1-Con, the award-winning animation and gaming expo, that started in Philadelphia (2012), and is noted as being the longest running black-owned anime convention in the world, is combining with J1 Studios LLC… Some people don’t know that J1-Con is short for J1 Studios Convention and that the convention is a part of the overall company. …
Jul 10 2025
Marvel’s Ironheart has come to an end, closing out Phase Five of the MCU. It’s a curious series to end the phase on—especially with The Fantastic Four: First Steps just around the corner kicking off Phase Six and the final chapter of The Multiverse Saga. The first three episodes of Ironheart were difficult to consistently …
Jul 01 2025
After being shelved for over a year, Marvel finally released the first three episodes of their Disney+ series, Ironheart. The timing feels odd, premiering almost two months after Thunderbolts* and about a month before The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Its placement in the MCU schedule feels like an afterthought, almost like Marvel and Disney just …
Jun 27 2025
“Careful Who You Assemble,” the poster warned, almost as if Marvel themselves were cautious about which characters to bring together for a new superhero team that fans would be interested in seeing again. At the time of this movie’s release, six years have passed since the last official Avengers movie, and fans will have to …
Jun 14 2025
Captain America: Brave New World has finally landed on Disney+, and it might just be the most divisive MCU movie to date. Audiences seem to either love it or hate it. While it’s not a terrible superhero movie, it’s undeniably a far cry from the original Captain America trilogy. SPOILERS BELOW!!! At the end of …
Jun 05 2025
Arc System Works told everyone to hold their beer when they beat Marvel vs. Capcom with Dragonball FighterZ. Now they saying take out keg as they beat Capcom at their own game again with one of their own! Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls allows 4-on-4 matches featuring some of your favorite Marvel characters in a crossover …
May 15 2025
What’s happening, J1sters! Well, we finally got ourselves a trailer for the upcoming series Ironheart. It sees MIT student Riri Williams return home to Chicago, following the events of the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), where she discovers secrets that pit technology against magic. Dominique Thorne reprises her role as Riri Williams / Ironheart …
May 14 2025
J1sters, look to the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a dang good trailer for the new “Superman” movie! James Gunn is taking a crack at telling the story of the “Last Son of Krypton” after bidding a fond farewell to the Guardians of the Galaxy and Marvel. Visually, the trailer looks amazing …
Apr 16 2025
1. Who were your biggest inspirations as a creator? Far too many to list them all, but from an indie press perspective it’s anyone who built their own success off of DIY principles. When I was younger I really loved the band Bomb the Music Industry! because of how much they both created and relied …
Feb 14 2025
“While the year is different, the times are the same.” That quote is from the afterword of the graphic novel The Black Panther Party written by writer David F. Walker. The book was written in 2020, the same year George Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, Ahmaud Arbery was killed by three …
