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REVIEW: Supergirl #35
Secret origins for everyone! Written by Sterling Gates Art by Jamal Ingle Another issue of Supergirl is good. It’s like hell has frozen over. This issue had the particularly arduous task of cleaning up every of Supergirl’s conflicting origins (most pressingly the OMGDADDYSENTMETOKILLSUPEY one) and massive personality shifts. And it actually managed to tug it off spectacularly. A logical [...]
21 Nov 2008, 9:41 pm | click here for more
Nerd girls keep on truckin'
Now and then I think, "If they'd but lived long enough for Dr. Taylor's Catarrh Cure in 1867, many of the ancient Ponante relatives would not have expired from Gleet." This occurred to me when I saw a bunch of porn stars at a comic book store last night. If women not disinclined to like sex also liked comics thirty years ago, imagine how sane R. Crumb's family might be. But we shouldn't dwell on it. Think, instead, about Justine Joli frolicing across Melrose Avenue, Dana DeArmond cradling lit
21 Nov 2008, 9:39 pm | click here for more
In Which I Reveal What a Big Geek I am.
First of every, it was revealed recently that Barack Obama has a collection of Spider Man and Conan comics. Do you hear that? OUR FUTURE PRESIDENT READS MARVEL!!1! Bush strikes me as a Superman guy. (Green Party types read Vertigo and Maus and maybe adore and Rockets) So when Madeleine Brand (who I adore!) of NPR’s Day to Day did a short piece covering this, she treats comic book collecting like an embarassing disease, like a case of the nerd scabies or something. The comic book store owner she
21 Nov 2008, 8:30 pm | click here for more
Toys in the attic
Ahhh, toys. Who doesn't (didn't) adore toys? (And I'm not even referring to adult toys, which is another subject for another time.) Shit, I still have superhero toys every over the fucking place. Although I don't actually play with them. I came across a story about the most recent items inducted into the Strong National Museum of Play's National Toy Hall of Fame: the ubiquitous stick, the Baby Doll and the skateboard. A hall of fame for toys, who knew. A big fan of toys to this day I though
21 Nov 2008, 8:24 pm | click here for more
Astro Boy Teaser Online
At last! There's more to look of Imagi's Astro Boy feature! Unfortunately, the designs look pretty watered down. I realize that Tezuka's designs are challenging for CG, but I wish that more of the original manga's graphic appeal had been retained. Oh, well... ultimately, it'll every pivot on the story anyway. I'm probably just envious... I'd adore to direct an Astro Boy movie!
21 Nov 2008, 8:20 pm | click here for more
Featured Picniker - Robert Kruyskamp
Our ninth Featured Picniker was discovered in our Flickr group, where his vivid, lavishly textured photos of road scenes in some unknown European capital quickly caught our eye. It turned out he’s Robert Kruyskamp, in Den Haag (The Hague), seat of the government of the Netherlands, home of the Dutch monarch, location of the International Criminal Court, middle for every foreign embassies and government industries in the country, Europol, and the Escher Museum. Not a bad place to have a camera i
21 Nov 2008, 8:14 pm | click here for more
Manga nominated for 2009 Angouleme
Manga nominated for 2009 Angouleme November 21, 2008 in Manga Minutiae, Potpourri | No comments Just a few other things that happened during the revelation of Broccoli’s closing… +++ Ouch… animation legend Hayao Miyazaki lambasted Japanese “Otaku” Prime Minister Taro Aso for, among other things, making his manga hobby too prominent a part of his public persona. Miyazaki has been critical of “otaku” culture in the past, having once gone so far as to say he feels embarrassment from the inte
21 Nov 2008, 8:06 pm | click here for more
Friday Podcast: Book Writing Tips From Daniel M Clark
I met Daniel M Clark AKA HecticDMC on the ABestWeb affiliate marketing forum earlier this year. Besides being the author of two books, "Success with Cafepress" and the recent "Big Book of Spam", Daniel is also a work-at-home dad and affiliate marketer. During our discussion on the Friday Podcast, we talked about: How Daniel got started and involved with internet marketing Whether you should create a brand for a series of books or brand yourself as an author Self-publishing options for authors Wr
21 Nov 2008, 8:04 pm | click here for more
See if this makes any sense…
The Marvel Comics solicitations came out this week. Let’s compare three Secret Invasion trade paperbacks: CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 VOL. 1: SECRET INVASION TPB Collecting CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI13 #1-4, 96 PGS, $16.99 Four comics…for $17? SECRET INVASION: BLACK PANTHER TPB Collecting BLACK PANTHER #39-41, plus extras, 96 PGS, $12.99 Same page count…$4 cheaper. SECRET INVASION: INCREDIBLE HERCULES TPB Collecting INCREDIBLE HERCULES #116-120, 128 PGS, $14.99 A 5-issue trade that costs les
21 Nov 2008, 8:01 pm | click here for more
Some Graphic Links
Parenthetical.net has a few more posts up on Cybils nominess in the graphic novel category: Little Vampire by Joann Sfar Oops. Dans Anglais Johnny Boo by James Kochalka From Burlington! I adore Seven Days! Knights of the Lunch Table by James Cammuso. below the covers has a post up on How to Write Comics, which both Bibliovore and I think ought to have some relation to writing graphic novels. And, finally, Oz and Ends writes about Sons of Liberty , a historical fiction graphic novel.
21 Nov 2008, 7:51 pm | click here for more
James Turner T-shirts
I know I said I'd be writing about T-shirts this week, but I got hit with an old complaint: my neck problem. Mmm. It makes it tough for me to hold up my head, so I'm sorry that I'm only giving you links here. James Turner is best known to comics readers as the creator of Rex Libris, but he's also a great graphic designer and illustrator, and we have serveral shirts designed by him, many of them inspired by his oft-overlooked graphic novel Nil. Optimists are the foe of the Nihilists in Nil, a
21 Nov 2008, 7:33 pm | click here for more
Confirmed: Will Smith and Steven Spielberg teaming up for “Oldboy” official!!!
As reported earlier, Will Smith and Steven Spielberg, two movie giants were in talks of teaming up to remake “Oldboy”. MTV Movies Blog confirmed the news that it is now official that they are teaming up. It is actually going to happen. Will Smith doing his first film with the legendary Spielberg. One thing though, that Will Smith himself points out that Spielberg’s version is NOT a remake of the 2003 Korean version. Spielberg’s version will be strictly adapted from the original comics. MTV Movie
21 Nov 2008, 7:07 pm | click here for more
• Second Anniversary Gala & Beasts Show
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Celebrates 2nd Anniversary on December 13 with a Spectacular Party and BEASTS Art Exhibition! Over the course of two years, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery has become woven into the region’s cultural fabric and drawn attention to an impressive array of local, national and international narrative cartoonists, illustrators, graphic designers, and fine artists while providing a showcase for Seattle-based publisher Fantagraphics Books. To celebrate th
21 Nov 2008, 6:54 pm | click here for more
World’s Funkiest
You may have noticed that I haven’t been writing too much in the past week or so. After Ultimatum Edit, I needed to take a little breather, which I’ve been using to play the hell out of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe and lay down my lines for my next iRiffs project. My iRiff for Japoteurs isn’t doing too bad and was at a point listed as the top short on the site. For those of you who bought it, I thank you. For those of you who don’t, c’moooooon! (vote 5 too) So, earlier today Esther Inglis-
21 Nov 2008, 6:34 pm | click here for more
Hurd Engages Gearhead
Graphic novel “Gearhead” film rights have been bought by Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Motion Pictures (The Incredible Hulk). Hurd is set to produce Gearhead, which was created by Dennis Hopeless and Kevin Mellon and published as a four-issue series by Arcana Comics. The graphic story pivots around a young lady who ditches the drag strip to join forces with a group of rebels to battle the crooked superheroes who govern the U.S. Related PostsToday on Screenhead.comSparks is Lucky in Film Deals
21 Nov 2008, 6:33 pm | click here for more
Amber Atoms Landing At Image This February
February is looking to be jam-packed with goodies from Image Comics. Following a slew of other releases, we just got word that Kelly Yates’ Amber Atoms will be joining good company February of 2009. Yates has lent his artistic talent to many properties in the past, including Tellos, Doctor Who, Green Arrow and JLA/JSA titles. Now, [...]
21 Nov 2008, 6:28 pm | click here for more
Otaku + Salaryman = Otaryman
[Example comic: Otaryman is concerned about invasions of his desk space.] The Washington Post has profiled Makoto Yoshitani, a system engineer who has created a series of comics about a young salaryman with no social skills: Yoshitani’s comic-book series is called “Otaryman.” The title joins “salaryman,” the internationally known word for a loyal, hardworking company employee, with “otaku,” a word often used to describe a socially inept young man obsessed with comics, computers or anime.
21 Nov 2008, 6:26 pm | click here for more