Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Is that Spring around the corner?

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:March 13, 2006
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Yikes, I can't believe it's been a month since I last blogged! Here, at least.Lots of things happening but I haven't really had the time or desire to blog about them. The kids are doing well; Salomé and I are once again in full-angst mode over our living and working situations; and I've reached a little bit louder-levels of busy with the comic book stuff.The weather's finally improving and I can sense the winter blahs starting to fade a bit. Been a rough few months and the feeling that spring was taking forever to come was like a dark cloud…

LINK: Project Rooftop

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:March 11, 2006
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PROJECT ROOFTOPProject Rooftop is where cartoonists and illustrators bring their costume design skills to task in tribute to the superheroes and villains we’ve grown up with. This site is intended to promote positive costume design as well as foster continued interest for these amazing characters.This site was inspired by a lot of different things, including the recent Batgirl Meme, and AdHouse Books‘ Project: Superior, the television program Project Runway, the videogame tribute site Lifemeter, the introduction of the superhero fashion designer Edna Mode in The Incredibles, and the growing number of indie comics artists, especially on LiveJournal, where superhero redesigns…

LINK: Why Batman Annual #25 Sucked

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:March 10, 2006
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Don't take my word for it, since I've hated the Jason Todd returns angle from the very beginning and was extremely biased going into this issue, which I read in the store and then put right back on the shelf, eyes completely glazed over and, for the first time ever, looking forward to reading a Grant Morrison story.Instead, take One Guy's (no relation) word for it, as posted on Four Color Meat & Fish:Is This the End of Zombie Jason?I had been against the idea of Jason Todd’s return from the start... But Judd [Winick] went and did something that…

LINK: Skyscrapers of the Midwest #3 First Look

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:March 10, 2006
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The Isotope, San Francisco's ultra-hip comics retailer, has an exclusive First Look at Skyscrapers of the Midwest #3, Joshua Cotter's award-winning series published by AdHouse Books: "Without a doubt, Josh Cotter is one of those comic creators whose work the Isotope looks forward to the most. Sure, we've got a special place in our heart for the guy as we were first introduced to him when he won our Isotope Award for Excellence in Mini-Comics back in 2004. But even if we'd discovered his books through Diamond or Cold Cut, we'd still just love Cotter's comics!" Skyscrapers of the Midwest…

PROPS: Gingko Press

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:March 9, 2006
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I've still not gotten around to doing a New York Comic-Con wrapup, here or at PopCultureShock -- my week-late Establishing Shots column may get written in time for next week, if I'm lucky -- as there's several comics I picked up that I want to read first, but I wanted to give props to one book in particular:Alphabet City: Out on the Streets, by Michael De Feo. It's an ABC board book with a twist, as De Feo opts for presenting a mix of typical and offbeat words in unusual locations. ie: "F" is represented by a simple, hand-drawn flower…

COMMENT: Riddick Comics?

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:March 9, 2006
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from Comingsoon.net (x-posted to Buzz Blog):"It took me five years to make 'The Chronicles of Riddick,'" says Vin Diesel, "and [I'm] very precious about it. It went through many, many, many writers. Hopefully it won't take five years for the next one. But when I was in the process of creating this mythology for 'Chronicles of Riddick,' the idea was to create a story, a trilogy, that would start at the end of 'Pitch Black' in the same way that 'Lord of the Rings' is a trilogy that starts at the end, essentially, of 'The Hobbit.' So I wanted 'The…

LINK: Elsewhere, in the Comics Blogiverse

Post author:Guy LeCharles Gonzalez
Post published:March 8, 2006
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Traffic's been up in these parts over the past couple of months, making me feel the need to post something relatively substantial every day, but the 9-to-5 hasn't been letting up and I've been attempting to get to bed before midnight on a regular basis, especially since the Con. Started on a post about making friends and enemies in comics that quickly devolved into snark and sarcasm, so I saved it to revisit with a clearer head at a later date, if at all. Instead, I'll spread some love...The blog links in the left column have been pruned and updated,…