De eerste character pics van Watchmen The Movie zijn beschikbaar juist één jaar voor de release. Ik blijf bang afwachten .... Even goed als de Graphic Novel kan gewoon niet. Al die verborgen items zijn gewoon onmogelijk om allemaal in de film te verwerken. Maar ...Watchmen is zo'n supersterk verhaal, al toon je niet alles, toch kan je er iets mooi van maken. It gets the benefit of the doubt !!
een dertigtal geinteresseerden stuurden me een email in verband met het filmpje
op YouTube van Jan Bosschaert die even een drolletje draaide op de Antwerpse
boekenbeurs. In het toilet, wel te verstaan. Het hilarische filmpje is echter
(een dag na mijn laatste bericht) van YouTube gegooid. Een paar gelukkigen waren
er rap bij en een van hen trok in twijfel of het wel degelijk over Jan Bosschaert
ging, of ging het over een gewezen Bosschaertfan die hiermee wraak wilde nemen
op Vlaanderens beste tekenaar?
Beste stripvrienden, jullie aller Modest heeft het filmpje ook gezien. Vijftien
keer zelfs. De man zijn gezicht is inderdaad niet te zien op het filmpje. Zijn
kont wel. Dus dat maakt het al moeilijk. Het viel ook wel op dat het over een
enigszins pokdalige kont ging, die je eerder aan Herman Brusselmans zou toeschrijven
dan aan Jan Bosschaert....Ik vrees dat het een geheim zal blijven wie de eigenaar
is geweest van het zich ontlastende achterwerk op YouTube. Tenzij jijzelf, beste
stripfan, aan Jan vraagt om even zijn achterste te ontbloten in jouw bijzijn
. Maar het is niet uitgesloten dat hij dit weigert. Beetje flauw natuurlijk.
Maar je kent de Vlaamse striptekenaars... Als hij zijn hele kont niet wil tonen,
vraag dan misschien om een stukje.De rechterbil. Die was het pokdaligst. Modest
blijft graag op de hoogte hoe dit verder gaat....
En nu wat verplichte literatuur:
Van 'Alim, de leerlooier' zijn ondertussen
reeds drie delen verschenen bij Silvester. Ik moet zeggen, op het eerste
zicht sprak de reeks me niet aan...Een stripreeks over een leerlooier!!!!
Maar er wordt gelukkig erg weinig leer gelooid in deze uiterst spannende
en hartverwarmende fantasyreeks. Vlotte lectuur, geen moeilijkdoenerij,
eindelijk nog een gekartonneerde strip die zijn duur kartonnen jasje waard
is!
Bij Tokyopop verscheen een tijdje geleden het eerste deel van 'Poison
Candy'. Flauwe tekeningen maar een zeer boeiend verhaal, geschreven
door David Hine, die ook al verantwoordelijk was voor 'District X'.
'I shall destroy all the civilized planets!'(Fantagraphics) is
een herdruk van strips uit de jaren veertig, geschreven en getekend door
ene Fletcher Hanks. Enorm gedateerde Superheldenverhaaltjes die zodanig
idioot zijn dat ze weer grappig worden. Met oneliners als: 'We'll take
over the whole world!' 'This monstrous outrage must be stopped!' En wat
te denken van hetvolgende: Onze held, Stardust, heeft het hoofd van een
crimineel in handen: 'You tried to destroy the heads of a great nation,
so your own head shall be destroyed!' Vervolgens gooit hij het hoofd naar
een reus zonder hoofd. Het hoofd van de crimineel landt op de juiste plaats,
maar helaas verdwijnt het hoofd langzaam in de torso van de reus... Waanzin
ten top.
Afrader van de week:
Nylon Man van Hermann. Op de achterzijde wordt de humor van
dit album vergeleken met de humor van Monty Python. Helaas, niets is
minder waar.Saaie Flauwekul. Wat de tekeningen betreft is dit ook een
niemandalletje, haastwerk.
Naoki Urasawa doet het weer. Na 'Monster
en '20th century boys' verrast de auteur ons met 'Pluto'. Waar
zijn vorige reeksen op het einde toch wat langdradig werden, blijft 'Pluto'
verrassen. Een ijzersterke SFstrip met een merkwaardige voorgeschiedenis.
'Pluto' is namelijk gebaseerd op een verhaaltje van 'Astro Boy ' van Osamu
Tezuka. Dit verhaaltje is ook in het Nederlands verschenen. (De grootste
robot ter wereld', Astro Boy deel 3, Standaard.) Nu is 'Pluto' wel , wat
de grote lijnen betreft, gebaseerd op deze strip, maar daar houdt het
op. Astro Boy zelf speelt slechts een bijrol in 'Pluto' en de vraag rijst
al vlug: waarom heeft Urasawa de erfgenamen van Tezuka hierbij betrokken?
Mits een paar aanpassingen had deze reeks niets meer te maken met het
verhaal van Tezuka. Een absolute aanrader, het blijft echter wachten op
een vertaling, want momenteel is de reeks enkel verkrijgbaar in Japan.
Of in het Engels, heel makkelijk illegaal te downloaden via een of andere
obscure site.
Maar daar doet Modest niet aan mee!
Meestal.
Dat was het weer,
waarde stripvrienden,
bij leven en welzijn,
tot binnenkort,
de u zeer toegenegen
De BLAM! pulp-parade presenteert zombies,
ruimteslakken, de man van je dromen en nog andere kortverhalen;
met een stevige dosis testosterone geïnjecteerd. De
inkt vliegt van de pagina's en de verhalen zijn als
een kort salvo titanium kogels. Zelfs de meest geharde
Kiekeboe-fan zal de macho-man in zich terugvinden in
deze breed uiteenlopende waaier van onderwerpen. Maar
allemaal pulp, allemaal kort en allemaal vlijmscherp
entertainment.
In the mid 1970s a comics magazine was
published containing some of the most exciting epic
fantasy tales the world has ever known-The Savage Sword
of Conan. Based off of the work of renowned author Robert
E. Howard, each issue offered multiple thrilling tales
of the legendary barbarian. The magazine was also a
showcase of comics talent, headed up by Conan aficionado
Roy Thomas. Now for the first time ever, these stories
are being collected in a series of omnibus-style books,
with over five hundred pages of classic sword and sorcery-for
the complete Conan collector! Included in this volume
are tales featuring the stunning art of such comics
luminaries as Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Alfredo
Alcala, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Pablo Marcos, Walter
Simonson, and many more.
Written by MARK MILLAR Pencils & Cover
by JOHN ROMITA JR. Variant Cover by TBA Sketch Variant
by JOHN ROMITA JR. The greatest super hero comic of
all-time is finally here. WOLVERINE: ENEMY OF THE STATE's
team of MARK MILLAR (CIVIL WAR) and JOHN ROMITA JR.
(WORLD WAR HULK) reunite for the best new book of the
21st century. Have you ever wanted to be a super hero?
Dreamed of donning a mask and just heading outside to
some kick-ass? Well, this is the book for you--the comic
that starts where other super hero books draw the line.
KICK-ASS is realistic super heroes taken to the next
level.
Jeff Smith, the visionary writer and artist
behind the epic fantasy Bone and Shazam: Monster Society
of Evil, unveils his newest series, the stark sci-fi
series, Rasl! Meet Rasl, an art thief searching for
his next big score - and trying to escape his past!
Where other thieves plan their heists with breathtaking
precision, Rasl has an ace up his sleeve - he can travel
through the light between dimensions, affording him
access to museums that no ordinary thief could access!
In this issue Rasl faces an assassin's bullet and stumbles
across a mystery that not only threatens to expose his
own illicit activities, but could also uncover one of
the world's most dangerous and sought after secrets.
Smith's first major independent work since the critically
acclaimed and award-winning Bone will be 32 pages long.
Silent Hill: Sinner's Reward #1
Review by Dave Baxter, 2008.
After a movie and several comic book mini-series, all of
which replayed the sensibilities and general intent of their
source material (well, except for the movie, which was perhaps
too much of its own beast), Silent Hill at last gets a spin-off
thats strong enough to stand on its own two feet and yet
embody all that makes the games the bloody horror-filled goodness
they are, and yet its also a story that works as a story.
...
All in all, Sinners Reward is an excellent horror book, and
for once, its a book enhanced for being a franchise-related
thing rather than a pure stand alone. Waltz utilizes the legendary
status of Hill to superb effect, and when coupled with Stambs
pages, the actual comic becomes something rare to find. So
take advantage and enjoy this. We wont, likely, get another
like it anytime soon.
Old
Classics in a New Style William Gatevackes - 2008
The big news for tomorrow is that Alex Ross, Jim Krueger
and Carlos Paul take over Daredevil. I know what you might
be saying. The Marvel solicitations say that tomorrows issue
wraps up the Without Fear arc or No, youre confused.
Greg Rucka is joining Ed Brubaker for a future Daredevil arc,
not Alex Ross!
You would be right. But I am right also. Ross and company
arent taking over the red-suited, tendency for dead girlfriends,
Marvel hero. He is taking over comicdoms first Daredevil,
the one created almost 68 years ago.
...
The story revolves around Fighting Yank, now an old man.
Back in the waning days of World War II, he imprisoned his
fellow superheroes in an urn called Pandoras Box. He believed
that it was the only way to get rid of evil in the world.
He was wrong because evil has a stronger hold on the world
than ever before. Now, he must find a way to free the heroes,
before it is too late.
Marvel Zombies 2 #5.
Column by William Gatevackes, 2008.
Some people, and I was one of them, didnt think that it
was possible for the first Marvel Zombie series to have a
sequel. After all, most of the Earth was already devoured
by the Iron Man and the rest of his Zombie crew. And the few
survivors left wouldnt last an issue, let alone five. But
the zombie popularity craze that has infected the world meant
that a sequel was inevitable.
Credit goes to Robert Kirkman for making the sequel so enjoyable.
He plays on concepts and ideas established in the first series,
and took them in fresh and unexpected directions, all the
while poking just a little bit of fun at Marvels Civil War
series in the process. Pundits say the zombie trend is on
its way out. Will this be the last sequel? Well have to see.
Upon entering the magic world of Star wars, visitors are immediately immersed into the Star Wars
universe as huge landscape images are projected to recreate the
atmosphere of a particular world. Different exhibition zones walk you
through the worlds of Tatooine, Naboo, Endor, Hoth, Coruscant, Kamino,
Geonosis, Kashyyyk, Utapau and Mustafar.
In addition, visitors will find a projection room featuring a documentary on 30 Years of Visual Effects,
which reveals just how far this art has come. Optical illusions,
picture overlays, pyrotechnics, stunt tricks, and other visual and
special effects are also explained in relation to the Star Wars films.
STAR WARS: THE EXHIBITION gives visitors, movie lovers
and Star Wars fans a unique opportunity to learn and discover some of
the secrets behind the making of this epic Saga.
And meet The Rebel Legion(a.k.a. the Legion) a Star Wars fan club
celebrating the movies using costumes and props, in particular those of
the hero or good guy characters but also The 501st Legion ("Vader's Fist") a fan-based organization for
people who own and proudly wear the costumes of the Stormtroopers (and
other Imperial characters) from the Star Wars movies.
Shout it Out is een super vet nummer!! Gegarandeerd een hit !! En in het bejaardentehuis waar Rafke werkt. Al die bomma's lekker headbangen op hun dagelijkse legale XTC's. Kan het me al voorstellen !! Awel voilà, zei Vanthilt. Deze gasten zijn gewoon geweldig. Dit is het echt. Finaleplaats? Why the fuck not.
Alle sinds voor alle rockers wiens liefje verkikkert is op Eurozwans. Of ze winnen ginderachter of niet, het doet er niet toe. België kicks @ss at least, you Europussy's.
Nu nog even wachten of ze mogen gaan.
Trouwens een leuk gastoptreden van Kinky the Bear !! Heddem gezien ... ???
By:
Says: Kinky is vandaag weer mee naar Brussel
om de Paranoiacs die kutshow te helpen winnen.
Ik kreeg een leuk mailtje / pic in m'n mailbox en plots wist ik wat ik vanavond ga lezen. Hij heeft al te lang verwaarloosd gelegen op mijn te lezen stapeltje. Thx Bart 4 the reminder !! Voor diegene die het nog niet gelezen hebben, slecht 1 zin: "Wat wil je nog meer dan Grant Morrison & Frank Quitley working on Superwuzz ?"
The amazing creative team of writer Grant Morrison
(BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM) and artist Frank Quitely (WE3) join forces to
take Superman back to basics and create a new vision of the World's
First Super-Hero! This hardcover collection features the first six
issues of the acclaimed series! Witness the Man of Steel in exciting
new adventures featuring Lex Luthor, Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Bizarro,
and more!
Een echt meesterwerk uitgegeven door Vertigo. Ten tijde van populaire lynchpartijen op de zwarten, durfden sommige dappere journalisten de strijd aan gaan tegen deze wanpratijken. Zo ook onze hoofdrolspeler Zane Pinchback, wiens broer onschuldig (?) in de gevangenis beland en klaargestoomd wordt voor verhanging. Meer inhoudelijk schrijven dan wat de uitgever opgeeft, is eigenlijk niet nodig.
Written by Mat Johnson Art by Warren Pleece Cover by Stephen John
Philips
Writer Mat Johnson (HELLBLAZER: PAPA MIDNITE), winner of the
prestigious Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for fiction, constructs a
fearless graphic novel that is both a page-turning mystery and a
disturbing exploration of race and self-image in America, masterfully
illustrated with rich period detail by Wareen Pleece (THE INVISIBLES,
HELLBLAZER).
In the early 20th Century, when lynchings were commonplace
throughout the American South, a few courageous reporters from the
North risked their lives to expose these atrocities. They were
African-American men who, due to their light skin color, could 'pass'
among the white folks. They called this dangerous assignment going
'incognegro.' Zane Pinchback, a reporter for the New York-based New
Holland Herald barely escapes with his life after his latest
'incognegro' story goes bad. But when he returns to the sanctuary of
Harlem, he's sent to investigate the arrest of his own brother, charged
with the brutal murder of a white woman in Mississippi. With a lynch
mob already swarming, Zane must stay 'incognegro' long enough to
uncover the truth behind the murder in order to save his brother - and
himself. He finds that the answers are buried beneath layers of
shifting identities, forbidden passions and secrets that run far deeper
than skin color.
Het leuke aan het verhaal is dat ze niet komen aandraven met moraliserende zever (ja, weten hoe erg en verwerpelijk dat allemaal was). Het verveelde je géén enkel momenten en er zitten daar een paar knappe plotwendingen in, zeker voor de toen heersende tijdsgeest. De tekening zijn tevens van een hoog niveau, alhoewel ik me bleef fixeren dat David Lapham hier beter werk voor had kunnen leveren. (Je bent nu éénmaal fan of niet.)
Kort: Een prachtig en boeiend Graphic Novel die zeker niet mag ontbreken in je collectie.
Written by
Alan Moore
Art and Cover by Kevin O'Neill
THE BLACK DOSSIER is an elaborately designed, cutting-edge
volume that includes a "Tijuana Bible" insert and a
3-D section complete with custom glasses, as well as
additional text pieces, maps, and a stunning cutaway
double-page spread of Captain Nemo's Nautilus submarine
by Kevin O'Neill. Don't miss what's sure to be one of
the most talked-about books of the year!
Couldn't miss this one !! Still not convinced, surf
on the web and discover why !!
Written by
Steve Niles
Art and Cover by
Bernie Wrightson
Stosh Bludowski is a killer, born with
the capacity for no apparent human emotion other than
rage. Killing comes easy for Blud, and he makes a good
living doing what's easy-until the day he meets two
jobs in an alley who just won't die, and a grotesque
mystery unfolds right in front of him. Soon, the remorseless
killer is confronted by a reality he could never imagine,
and he will be invited to make a decision once and for
all . . . is he human, or is he Other?
Both writer and artist are true masters
of Horror. Nuff said.
Indiana Jones is back in this massive
volume recounting three of the most important discoveries
in the career of the twentieth century's most adventurous
archaeologist! Containing the long-out-of-print stories,
'Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis,' 'Thunder in
the Orient,' and 'Indiana Jones and the Arms of Gold,'
this substantial tome follows the intrepid Dr. Jones
as he travels from Africa to Asia and nearly everywhere
in between in a race against the Nazis for the world's
greatest treasures. From lost cities, to ancient temples,
to artifacts of legendary power, Indy will stop at nothing
to preserve these prizes from the grasp of Adolf Hitler's
evil minions.
Right on time for a new movie !! Pure
nostalgia !!
Written by
PETER DAVID Penciled by
PABLO RAIMONDI Cover by
GLENN FABRY
A DIVIDED WE STAND tie-in! Following the events of MESSIAH
COMPLEX, X-Factor Investigations is in shambles. Jamie
is a basketcase from his trip to a nightmarish future,
Layla's fate is completely in the air, and Wolfsbane
has to leave the team to join X-FORCE, though none of
her friends can know about it. What will Wolfsbane tell
the X-Factor team? What are they going to do about Layla?
How is Jamie coping with his guilt? Get onboard here
for X-Factor's brand-new direction!
Certainly the best X-serie in the last
years !!
Go Peter go !!
The comic industry can be very fickle and unpredictable.
It can often be difficult to get fans to buy a new book and
then hold their interest in the title. So it is certainly
an accomplishment when a creator owned book, without super
heroes in it last for 60 issues. That is exactly what Y: The
Last Man creators Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra have done.
Y: The Last man fits nicely next to other significant Vertigo
works such as Sandman, Preacher and Transmetropolitan.
...
I am going to miss this book terribly. Even though there were
points in the run where things got a bit slow, it was a consistently
good read and always found its way to the top of my weekly
stack. My Y: The Last Man trades are still my most often lent
trades, giving them to people who are already into comics,
and to those who have never walked into a comic shop. I grew
to love Yorick and his ilk, and as Vaughan told CNN, "It'll
be a drag not to get to spend more time with these characters."
Hats of to Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra.
Springing from the pages of the Messiah CompleX comes a brand
new X-Force series. But this one isnt your fathers (well,
actually, older brothers) X-Force. This team is even grimmer
and grittier than ever before.
Cyclops has decided that there are some threats that must
be dealt withpermanently. So he gathers the best trackers
the X-Men have to offerWarpath, Wolverine, X-23, and Wolfsbaneand
forms his own dark ops group. They do the dirty jobs no one
else can do, and the ones no one else can know about.
The tactic of putting the X into exterminate is sure to be
a controversial change to the X-Men mythos. Only question
I have is how long it will take before Kyle and Yost build
up the same body count they had in New X-Men.
Four Plus Two.
Column by William Gatevackes, 2008.
This week, Marvel is starting a new era on the title that
could very well bring the Fantastic Four back into the limelight.
This is the week when superstar creators Mark Millar and Bryan
Hitch take over the series.
When it came time for Marvel to do a version of the Avengers
for their burgeoning Ultimates line, they tapped the team
of Hitch and Millar. Im sure the creators work on two separate
arcs of Wildstorms The Authority had something to do with
it. Perhaps Marvel thought that Hitchs panoramic, widescreen
style from the first twelve issues of that series would mix
well with the bombastic, over-the-top style of Millars writing
on issue 13 and on.
The duo combined to make The Ultimates the comic book equivalent
of a summer blockbuster. The book was an action-packed extravaganza
with just a hint of subversive and shocking content which
captured the fans fancy. It quickly became the one of the
lines best selling books.
Ik hou wel van zo van die rare boekjes ... ' ' ALBERT & THE OTHERS is zo een lekker tussendoortje. Een luchtige snack, zoals een stukje brood tussen het wijnproeven door of voor spannende momenten in het kleinste kamertje. Met momenten echt superleuk, maar met momenten toch wat veel van hetzelfde.
Op RAW stond het in ieder geval bij de aanraders van deze maand, moet toch wel iets zeggen ... ? Samen met de site van Paul Gravet is RAW (trouwens een tip van Spiff) mijn referentie voor "Rare Boekskes".
Alvast een previewke om zelf een oordeel te vellen.
Jongens jongens, Dat ik dit nu al via mijn mailbox moet ontdekken ... Of is dit nu al door iedereen geweten en loop ik hard achter ... ??? Anyway,
Enjoy !!
Will EisnersTHE SPIRIT
Action/adventureFeb. 4th , 2009
Adapted from the legendary graphic novels, WILL EISNERS THE SPIRIT is a classic action-adventure-romance told by genre-twister FRANK MILLER (creator of 300 and SIN CITY).
It is the story of a former rookie cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as the SPIRIT (Gabriel Macht) to fight crime and shoadows of Central City. His arch-enemy, the OCTOPUS (Samuel L. Jackson) has a different mission: hes going to wipe out Spirits beloved city as he pursues his own version of immortality. The Spirit tracks this cold-hearted killer from Central Citys rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront all the while facing a bevy of beautiful woman who either want to seduce, love or kill our masked crusader.
Surrounding him at every turn are ELLEN DOLAN (Sarah Paulson), the whip-smart girl-next-door; SILKEN FLOSS (Scarlett Johansson), a punk secretary and frigid vixen, PLASTER OF PARIS (Paz Vega), a murderous French nightclub dancer; LORELEI (Jaime King), a phantom siren; and MORGENSTERN (Stana Katic), a sexy young cop.
Then of course, theres a SAND SAREF (Eva Mendes), the jewel thief with dangerous curves. Shes the love of his life turned bad. Will he save her or will she kill him ?
In the vein of BATMAN BEGINS and SIN CITY, THE SPIRIT takes us on a sinister, gut-wrenching ride with a hero who is born, murdered and born again.
Directed by:
Frank Miller
Cast:
Gabriel Macht
Samuel L. Jackson
Scarlet Johansson
Eva Mendes
Paz Vega
Sarah Paulson
Jaime King
Stana Katic
Mocht ik dit gelezen hebben alvorens te starten ...
Om al mijn concurrenten in spe alvast te ontmoedigen, alvast een voorproefje:
To all those
fanboys who have stayed awake in the dead of night, sweating,
wriggling, and giggling at the fanciful thought of owning a comic book
store, this essay is dedicated.
Considering only 99% of you would only harm yourselves and the
profession if you got your clammy mitts on a storefront, I hope this
proves to be a highly discouraging read. To that 1% who would bring
love and guts to the endeavor, I salute you, and I hope my own lessons
learned help you avoid many of my costly mistakes. ...
Firstly, there are two fundamental, cardinal rules one must follow if they are to retain their sanity and any kind of financial solvency:
Rule #1 - If you are responsible for a family, DO NOT open a comic book store. Now, that will disqualify many of you right off the bat, and believe you me, Im giving you one of the best pieces of advice youll ever receive. Why is that? Well, my answer to that query is best addressed by
Rule #2 -The comic book retail business is a brutal, merciless, unforgiving struggle for survival that demands absolute commitment, especially in the early years. If you have to divide your time between running a shop and tending to a family, you will fail utterly, and perhaps in both areas (the former one can get past; the latter will dog you for the rest of your life). In any new business, it often takes at least a few years to turn a regular profit, and this is especially the case in this industry (reasons why to be addressed shortly). In addition to running my storefront, I have a regular, full time job, and Im finally just beginning to catch up with debt. If you dont have the fanatical will and dedication necessary to endure the inevitable struggles and setbacks, then dont bother. Running a store well requires love, imagination, and a sense of fun; the comic book retail business is too hard to do it for any other reason. Yes, I firmly believe money can be made, but it takes years. Keep in mind that people dont need comics like they need food, clothes, transportation, shelter, etc. (although some of the more colorfully dysfunctional enthusiasts of the hobby may stir themselves from couch and console to disagree). Hence, you cant expect the kind of traffic flow youd see in a supermarket or a clothing store (unless were referring to one of the mega-sized city comic book stores, of which there are only a handful, and if youre reading this, then chances are you dont have the capital necessary for such a colossal venture). Loving the product, and letting that show in your stores appearance, displays, discounts, reading recommendations, and general attitude will carry you through (with a whole heap of luck to boot), but it will take time, with many ups and downs along the way. Stores short on that love, and long on sleaze, greed, and sterility are what give this field a bad image. There are still way too many of them out there.
Jawadde ... en zo gaat hij maar door. Een mens vraagt zich soms af.
Written by Brian Azzarello Art by Danijel
Zezelj Cover by Tim Sale Collecting the hard-hitting
Western miniseries by Eisner Award-winning writer Brian
Azzarello (100 BULLETS, LOVELESS) and artist Danijel
Zezelj (LOVLESS). Small-town sheriff Moses Stone is
running from his past, and from something even worse:
the legendary El Diablo, a relentless, violent gunman
who has unearthed the skeletons in Stone's closet. Is
El Diablo a man on a mission, or is he a spirit of atonement
avenging the ghosts of the past?
Written by Ed Brubaker Art by Doug Mahnke,
Patrick Zircher, Aaron Sowd and Steve Bird Cover by
Mahnke Witness Batman's first encounter with The Joker
in this hardcover volume collecting the graphic novel
BATMAN: THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, by Ed Brubaker and Doug
Mahnke! This collection also includes DETECTIVE COMICS
#784-786, a murder-mystery tale guest-starring Green
Lantern Alan Scott!
Written by Grant Morrison Art by Tony
Daniel & Jonathan Glapion Cover by Daniel In the wake
of Ra's al Ghul's recent resurrection, Batman's body
lies near death in a heart-stopped coma. Meanwhile,
his delirious mind travels back to a defining adventure
in the life of young Bruce Wayne the hunt for his parents'
killer! This special flashback tale also revisits Batman's
life-changing Thogal ritual in the caves of Nanda Parbat!
On sale January 30
Written by Ed Brubaker Penciled by Michael
Lark Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC Can Matt Murdock balance
the scales of justice and save his wife? Can Daredevil
bring peace to the streets of Hell's Kitchen, which
are caught in a super-powered gang war? And what is
the terrible secret Mr. Fear is hiding? By Brubaker
and Lark.
Legion of Super-Heroes #38
by Chris Tinkler, 2008.
Jim Shooters return continues to bring the magic back to
the Legion of Super-Heroes whatever that means.
Now, this is a comic book! Growing up a Marvel kid, Id only
heard stories about the Legion. Id never *gotten* the "magic"
that the Legion of Super-Heroes fans saw. The characters appeared
generic, and lacked any kind of personality that would normally
draw me into a series. Too many characters, not enough character.
A common complaint when it comes to larger team-oriented books,
to be sure... the Legion, especially, what with their interchangeable
roster and simple (in my opinion, at the time) character design.
Jim Shooters heralded return was what led me to giving the
Legion of Super-Heroes another chance, and Im sure glad I
did. Each page is packed with incredibly detailed characterization,
which is aided perfectly by Francis Manapuls beautiful pencils.
My introduction to Manapul was through Aspens Iron and the
Maiden, in which I felt that he was more interested in aping
Joe Madureira rather than using his own style (which, if his
work on Legion is any indication has more of a Pasqual Ferry-feel
to it).
Cap
Is Dead. Long Live Cap! William Gatevackes - 2008
Outrage does not begin to describe what I felt when I heard
that Marvel was going to kill off Captain America. Not only
do I think that death is too often used to for cheap shock
value, but Captain America is my second favorite Marvel character
(right behind The Beast). I have almost every comic he appeared
in since the late 1960s. And I am guilty of what most comic
fans are guilty ofbeing perhaps too personally attached to
their favorite characters.
I found out about the events of Captain America #25 like
most of the comics fans did, by reading the news that morning.
Blessed with a slow news day, Marvel received nationwide mainstream
attention for the story the day the comic hit the stands.
The contents of the issue were revealed before many comic
stores even opened for business.
Very Short Notes on the Industry.
Beth Davies-Stofka, 2008.
The Times Online published
a quick look at the recent trend to recruit bestselling
novelists to write comics. I was interested to read Ian Rankin's
comment that most of the work involves writing instructions
to the artist. I wonder why novelists couldn't leave more
of the visualization in the artist's hands. Are they instructed
by their editors to imitate Alan Moore, or are they just too
far away from the artists, or too disinclined to use the internet,
to engage in a deeper collaboration?
Time will tell if this trend leaves a mark on comics. Jodi
Picoult's run on Wonder Woman is as forgettable as every other
writer's to date on the 2007 relaunch, while Michael Chabon
has done wonderful things with The Escapist (his own character).
Meanwhile, the growing bond between comics and the Hollywood
entertainment complex has left some analysts alarmed, but
I'm puzzled by the concern. Isn't the search for new markets
on page one of the capitalist's handbook?
PATH GN (COM.X EDITION) by Gregory S. Baldwin
The first release from Com.x in three-and-a-half years! In a harsh,
desolate landscape, Doppler, a lone rabbit, narrowly escapes his
imminent demise when near-sighted elephant Dodge falls from his foiled
cliff-side climb onto Doppler's assailants. Dodge and Doppler agree to
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Writing partners Geoff Johns and Jeff
Katz have proven with this series that you really can
breathe new life into an old series without destroying
what has come before. Building on the character Booster
Gold they have crafted a series that embraces the past
and explores the future and after all, isnt that what
a comic book about a time traveling hero should do?
Thus Marjane Satrapis animated film
on a childhood growing up in Revolutionary Iran and
then in exile is in competition once again after making
headlines for its critically acclaimed Cannes Jury Prize
Film that received a rare 20 minutes Standing Ovation
during its first screening at Cannes. It may also represent
France in several categories including best animation
in the upcoming 80th annual Oscars ceremony that will
take place in 2008.
"This title just keeps improving. The
big ideas just keep coming, issue after issue and the
pencil work of Norm Breyfogle make the visual feast
complete. Top notch."
The Young Adult Library Services Association
(YALSA), the fastest-growing division of the American
Library Association, has just announced the winners
of the 2008 Alex Awards, ten adult books with specific
teen appeal. The awards, sponsored by Booklist, were
just announced at the 2008 ALA Midwinter Meeting in
Philadelphia, and Jeff Lemire's ESSEX COUNTY (VOL 1):
TALES FROM THE FARM was one of the ten winners! And
to put this in perspective, the last graphic novel to
make this list was Persepolis, and that was five years
ago.
D2Comics Digital Comics Digitally Debut
by Dave Baxter, 2008.
D2Comics claims their new product digital video comics
to be the evolution of comics. And they just might be,
though as we all know, evolution is a long, loooooong process.
What precisely are digital video comics? The first things
the phrase brings to mind are preview trailers for upcoming
comics, those videos that populate the Big Two webspaces and
the more universal sites like YouTube and Vimeo. These tend
to be intriguing little ditties, though little else besides.
They splice together static images, panels and promotional
pin-ups that scroll and shake and zoom about, accompanied
by music tracks and folied-in sound SFX. Personally (being
a touch dated, like balsamic vinaigrette), I thought of Crossgens
2003 DVD compilations: discs that offered six or seven issues
of their then-current titles, which, in CGs own words, brought
comic books to life with amazing voice-overs and colorful
images!
One of the most popular avenues for story telling lies in
the idea that the world is secretly controlled by shadowy
cabals of powerful men and women. This idea served as inspiration
for tales from The DaVinci Code to New Avengers: Illuminatti.
Comics once again tap this well spring with this miniseries.
The plot revolves around The Lonely Ones, a group of people
on a mission to seek the truth to lifes mysteries and use
it to awaken the citizens of the Earth to reach their true
potential for greatness and move away from a path of self-destruction.
Will they succeed? They must, because the survival of the
world depends on it.
Gustavo Higuera (W), Giuseppe De Luca (A), Image Comics, $3.50.
Ongoing Series.
Ambrosia Publishing and BF have teamed up to offer the first
half of Smuggling Spirits: Book One as a free download, including
bonus material. The PDF file can be retrieved here.
SMUGGLING SPIRITS: BOOK ONE
For fans of HELLBOY and THE WALKING DEAD comes SMUGGLING
SPIRITS: BOOK ONE! Set in an alternate vision of the Prohibition-era,
SMUGGLING SPIRITS: BOOK ONE introduces Al Stone, a bootlegger
who himself on the run from an unrelenting horde of creatures
that believes he holds the key to their destruction.
Writer: Ben Fisher Artist: Mike Henderson Retail Price: $6.95
Dimensions: 6 x 9 Page Count: 80 black and white pages including
20 bonus material pages
Available for pre-order in the December PREVIEWS catalog
for March delivery. Diamond order code: DEC073357. Just send
us an e-mail.
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