Now on sale, from Chicago-based comic publisher Devil’s Due and written by Nerd City favorite, Larry Hama, behold Barack:The Barbarian.

Get it @ Chicago Comics.

Erik Larsen is the man. A founding father of Image Comics and the writer and artist of the long-running Savage Dragon, Larsen is one of, if not the most, influential comic creators of the last twenty years. As his book approaches yet another milestone, Larsen spoke with Nerd City’s Max about his work, his achievements, [...]

From Shawnimals:
Check out the all-new Pocket Plush addition: Pocket Scrub! He’s a plush soap, except he doesn’t actually clean you.
Look for it Wednesday July 1st at 10am CDT direct from the Shawnimals online shop.
Limited to 300 pieces, with a numbered box. Each Pocket Scrub comes with a unique name, so you [...]

Nerd City is over the hill but trudging ahead, valiantly.  This episode, Max and Ben welcome video gaming guru Eric Bee as he brings them up to speed on all things E3.  If you don’t listen to this episode, you will no longer be cool.
Pics and links after the jump…

On a whim, I recently picked up Volume 2 of the phone book-sized collections of The Savage Sword of Conan that Dark Horse has been putting out over the last few years.   I’ve got to say that I’m really glad that I did!  The black and white art by John Buscema, Barry Windsor-Smith and Alfredo [...]

Welcome to the first installment of what I’m hoping will become a weekly edition here at Nerd City.  I’m planning on reviewing a couple App Store downloads per week that have either caught my eye or have been recommended to me.  I’ve had my iPhone 3GS (notice no more space between the G and the [...]

From NECAonline.com:

Thighs To Die For

Chun-Li, Akuma and Guile SF4 figures ready for battle!

06/23/2009

The new Street Fighter 4 Series 2 figures are NECA’s best yet! Series one brought you legends Ken, Ryu and Crimson Viper, and in July we debut the next wave of warriors. These 7″ figures of Akuma, Guile and a massively-thighed Chun-Li are [...]

Tom Scioli is my favorite comic book artist.  He takes the style of Jack Kirby and cranks the psychedelia meter to the proverbial eleven.  Tom’s art is dynamically stylish, unapologetically bold, and completely contrary to the bland trends of the status quo of modern mainstream comics.  Nerd City was lucky enough to have a quick [...]

Great news for us wrasslin fans as the Mexico based promotion AAA (Asistencia Asesoría y Administración) will be releasing a video game for the PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, Wii, PSP and DS. Now, you may not recognize a lot of these wrestlers but a few have made appearances for TNA wrestling throughout the years [...]

A newly released video for TMNT: Smash-Up introduces us to a few new characters such as Casey Jones and what appears to be Krang. I know this game is being developed by the guys who made the fantastic Super Smash Bros Brawl, but I’m still a little leery on how it will play. [...]