New Location

The International Beta Ray Blog Headquarters has officially relocated to Wyoming! I am now blogging to you live from a castle floating eight feet above the prairie. I am still getting settled in the western land of wide open spaces, so stay tuned for more updates in the near future. The move has caused me to miss out on Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter #3 for the moment, but that review will be upcoming, and much much more.

Gillen to write Thor!

BRB favorite Kieron Gillen announced that he will be taking over the writing duties for Thor starting with issue #604! He will be replacing J. Michael Straczynski after his sudden departure from the title. I am very excited about this change, as I have not only been immensely enjoying Gillen's work on Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter, but also enjoying the JMS story arc. I will be very interested to see how the story plays out under Gillen's pen.

Congratulations, sir, you deserve it!

News Bits

Iron Man 2:

Concept art of War Machine from Iron Man 2! So cool!

Confirmed on Kieron Gillen's own blog, he will be writing a S.W.O.R.D. ongoing for Marvel Comics, starring both Agent Brand and Beast. I thought this was a cool concept when it was established by Joss Whedon during his awesome run on Astonishing X-men. I also want to see more interaction between Brand and Beast. Should be pretty sweet, and being "the boundary between the two great spheres of the Marvel Universe," as Gillen puts it, maybe we'll get to see some special guest stars...(*cough* *cough* Beta Ray Bill *cough*) Fingers crossed!