ON THE WEB: Spider-Man
This is by far the best edition of On the Web. Below you’ll find the first episode of the Japanese live action Spider-Man TV show. The opening credits are incredibly good. In fact it’s hilarious! I have two favorite parts during the show open. The first being the amazing use of freeze frames, and the
LINK: Alan Davis Lays it Down
Via this week’s Lying in the Gutters: Alan Davis presented either a cynical or realistic interpretation of the industry, where writers, needing to increase their salary after royalty payments disappeared as the norm, stretched their story ideas into multiple issue arcs, a five issue arc taking less time to write that [sic] five separate stories,
On the Shelves: 5/17/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 5/17/06. The full shipping is list available at ComicList. [NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it. If not,
Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda
Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda By J. P. Stassen, translated by Alexis Siegel ($16.95; First Second) First Second, the latest mainstream publisher’s attempt to push the graphic novel format into the mainstream, made its much-anticipated debut this month with six graphic novels that have been welcomed with the kind of almost-uniformly positive buzz that illustrates
COMMENT: A Lesson for Comics?
The current issue of Time magazine has an interesting article about the upcoming Nintendo Wii that makes a few good points that I think can also be applied to the comics industry. A Game For All AgesBy LEV GROSSMAN/KYOTO Video games are an unusual medium in that they carry a heavy stigma among nongamers. Not
LINK: Hellboy Vs. Gotham Knights?
HELLBOY JOINS UPPER DECK’S “VS” GAMING SYSTEM CARLSBAD, Ca. — May 10, 2006 — The comic industry’s “Greatest Paranormal Investigator” makes his trading card game debut as Upper Deck Entertainment (UDE) — in association with Dark Horse Comics — today announces plans to add Hellboy to UDE’s Vs. System superhero portfolio. Based on Mike Mignola’s
LINK: Civil War Banners
Damn you, Fossen! Both for the link to the MillarWorld thread and for your choosing to side with the forces of evil. 😉 My favorites are… Colin SS (Author unknown.) Nick Thompson Mindy Owens And my own contribution…
On the Shelves: 5/10/06
Support GOOD Comics! Try something new EVERY month. My weekly look at select comic books being released Wednesday, 5/10/06. The full shipping is list available at ComicList. [NOTE: Not all of these titles will actually arrive in all stores. If your LCBS offers a pre-ordering service, be sure to take advantage of it. If not,
LINK: It’s Good to Have Influential Friends
When the wagons start circling, they don’t waste any time in firing up the Howitzer, do they? Heidi MacDonald, a highly respected blogger who’s known Charles Brownstein since he was 15 years old, has now set her sights on Buzzscope and me: The buzz on BUZZSCOPE Folks, I think it’s time to cut Buzzscope loose.
COMMENT: Infinite Endings, Civil Beginnings
It’s been a little while since I couldn’t wait until I got home to read a specific comic book, just HAVING to read it on the train ride back to work from Midtown Comics. Today, I read two: Infinite Crisis #7 and Civil War #1. I actually started reading the former while waiting on the