Forbidden Planet Blog |
Aug 19, 2008 05:26PM
“The human whose name is written in this note shall die…” No manga series has truly hit the big time until it’s got at least a TV adaptation, whether live-action or anime (or sometimes both), and preferably also drama CDs, character song CDs, light novels, visual novels, video games, and miscellaneous “character goods”. But it’s relatively rare for a manga series to be adapted to a live-action feature film, especially for manga with supernatural elements. This makes the DVD release of [...]
The Legion Omnicom |
Aug 19, 2008 04:27PM
Here's the last part of my pre-L3W annotations, this one focusing on the villains. I was surprised when looking through some of the online resources at how many villains the Pre-ZH Legion had compared to the other versions, but when you think about all those stories from Adventure up through Superboy and even LSHv3 that had super-powered bad guys, which tapered off with LSHv4 and into the Post-ZH reboot. After that, stories were more arc-oriented with the Legion fighting groups.This table [...]
The Hurting |
Aug 19, 2008 04:26PM
My Life With the Skrull Kill KrewLet's talk, briefly, about the 90s. Dick asked whether or not there were any good superhero comics in the 1990s. He gave a thorough drubbing to a few of the usual suspects here. Tom answered with a partial list of his own. Looking back through my archives, I've addressed this topic more than once, so I thought I'd pluck out a couple interesting pieces that might be of note if you've never seen them before. [...]
Strange Planet Stories |
Aug 19, 2008 03:27PM
This has 'epic' and 'kick ass' stamped all over it:
Journalista |
Aug 19, 2008 02:47PM
Update, one day later: Nope, not gonna happen. I can’t concentrate on anything for more than ten minutes at a time, and I’m too cowardly to give up the major pain medication just yet. Hopefully I’ll see you Monday morning. I had something of a minor health emergency yesterday morning. Before you ask: I’m fine, or at least I will be in a few days. Without getting into the gory details, put it this way: Imagine being told that tomorrow you’d [...]
Journalista |
Aug 19, 2008 02:47PM
“No one knew what to do with the returned teenage cousin of Superman. She was brought back to pacify older fans, who wanted the ‘real’ one, but there was no future-looking purpose for her, only a nostalgic one.” - Johanna Draper Carlson on Supergirl Thanks to everybody who’s written over the past four days. It’s a bit embarrassing insofar as I’m not used to such an outpouring — I feel like I should stub my toe in the dirt [...]
Journalista |
Aug 19, 2008 02:47PM
“Why should we trust our Elvis Presleys? After all, they all seem to want to be Colonel Parkers.” - Rich Johnston Slow news day, it seems. Here’s what I found… Above the Fold [Top Story] Publishers Weekly reports that bookstore sales fell by 7.1% in June, breaking a five-month growth streak. [Publishing] Franklin Harris looks at the history of EC Comics. [Consumer News] Joe McCulloch and Matthew Brady look at the best-sounding books scheduled to hit [...]
Fortress Of Fortitude |
Aug 19, 2008 02:33PM
Sometimes it seems like your friendly neighborhood Fortress Keeper is the only individual in blog-land banging the drum for Don Heck. We realize many judge the man by his super-hero work from the 1970s, when his eyesight was failing and he often had the misfortune of being inked by Vince Colletta. But anyone who has seen Heck’s ’60s work on Iron Man or (especially) his Golden Age efforts for Comic Media would realize that his work was a lot grittier [...]
The Legion Omnicom |
Aug 19, 2008 02:33PM
Newsarama's got part 2 of their "Legion at 50" series, this one talking with Jim Shooter.JS: I also discovered how really wonderful the idea of the Legion is. It’s set in a non-dystopian future, which is refreshing these days, with limitless possibilities. The heroes are young men and women who are ordinary on their own worlds who become heroes because they want to be. They’re off on a magnificently noble, naïve quest to make a difference in the universe. Throw in [...]
Comic By Comic |
Aug 19, 2008 02:32PM
ViaMike Wieringo passed away a little over a year ago now, and I suspect that the Hero Initiative variant above - for Marvel Apes #1 - will probably be the last 'new' work of his published.Anyone who was hanging around his blog in April and May 2006 may recognize it as one of the sketches he did which Apeified existing characters - J Jonah Jameson, Invincible and the Flash were amongst the many others that turned up there.There's worse ways to [...]
Comic By Comic |
Aug 19, 2008 02:32PM
Okay.Since David Uzumeri of Funnybook Babylon took me to task a little yesterday for my Fantastic Four post regarding the absence of Alicia Masters, and because I was a little snippy in my reply (sorry, David - caught me at a bad time), I decided to reread the first six issues of the Millar/Hitch run last night......and it actually wasn't as bad as I remembered.Don't get me wrong, my two main criticisms of the run in general - the tried and [...]
MangaBlog |
Aug 19, 2008 02:32PM
Over at Japanator, God Len posts this week’s new anime and manga releases. Deb Aoki has exciting news, but not for me: Japanese Shonen Jump is posting the first chapter of Bakuman, the new manga by Death Note creators Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba, at their Jumpland site. It’s in English, as well as German, Japanese, and French, and it’s free until August 31. The bad news is that in order to read it you have to download their comics browser, [...]
MangaBlog |
Aug 19, 2008 02:32PM
ICv2 has posted its graphic novel chart for July, reflecting actual sales through Diamond (i.e. mostly in comics shops, which biases the sample quite a bit). Here’s the list of manga, with the rank on the overall GN chart in parentheses after the manga rank, and total sales in parentheses after the title. It’s a short list this month: 1. (3) Naruto, vol. 30 (5,819) 2. (5) Fruits Basket, vol. 20 (5,328) 3. (20) Berserk, vol. 24 (3,675) 4. (37) Path [...]
ComicBitsOnline |
Aug 19, 2008 02:32PM
PRESS RELEASE - FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ENDORSES BARACK OBAMA! Former Presidential candidate Savage Dragon puts in his endorsement for the Democratic nominee! 18 August 2008 (Berkeley, CA) - As reported in the New York Times, a former presidential candidate will give his endorsement for this years’ race in SAVAGE DRAGON #137, as the titular character supports Democratic nominee, Barack Obama! “Four years ago the Dragon was a reluctant presidential candidate,” SAVAGE DRAGON creator Erik Larsen said. “Fans have [...]
ComicBitsOnline |
Aug 19, 2008 02:32PM
If you are interested in attending a comic book & nostalgia show where there are dealers tables with ONLY pre 1980 items; comics, pulps, books, magazines, movie posters, dime novels, and etc for sale, then consider attending our upcoming convention in Oklahoma City, October 3 and 4th. Details at http://oafcon2008. blogspot. com Bart Bush
ComicBitsOnline |
Aug 19, 2008 02:32PM
Hi there, My first graphic novel, titled “Li’l Kids,” is now in print and available. This is a collection of three interlocked short stories, in comics format, that focus on elements from a young girl’s life. We see how Marie, the main character in each story, develops and grows; from meeting a new friend to her burgeoning awareness of both her family’s poverty and her mom’s mental illness. This later theme is more fully explored in my upcoming graphic novel [...]
Zarjaz Journal |
Aug 19, 2008 02:32PM
I laugh from time to time about wanting to drug myself into a 48-hour coma, but there are periods like the present where that joke isn't funny anymore. I can't seem to sleep for more than four hours at a stretch, and I'm constantly tired. It'll pass soon, it always does, but I really don't enjoy this weariness.When I'm blah like this, I really don't feel all that communicative, despite how much I'm enjoying this or that. On Sunday, I watched [...]
downthetubes.net |
Aug 19, 2008 02:31PM
by John FreemanUnder the Eagle, a satirical play by comics writer and Torchwood script writer Andrew Cartmel, is to have another run in London.LS1 Productions will be staging the much-praised show at the White Bear on Kennington Road from Tuesday 26th August — Sunday 31st August.Under the Eagle is a darkly humorous satirical drama exploring the nature of Britain's 'special relationship' with the United States. When stand-up comic Vi Hooper becomes the reluctant guest of the Prime Minister’s wife, she encounters [...]
downthetubes.net |
Aug 19, 2008 02:31PM
by John FreemanITV has announced a new one off zombie drama, Renaissance, which will star Kelly Brook (School for Seduction, Smallville) and Alan Dale (Ugly Betty, The OC, 24). The show is integrally linked to the second season of behind the scenes of TV production dramedy Moving Wallpaper, which returns this autumn - without its first 'linked' show, Echo Beach.Renaissance opens in London, in the present day with John Priest (Alan Dale) and his children flying home after a well deserved [...]
The Daily Cross Hatch |
Aug 19, 2008 02:31PM
The final story in the latest issue of Lucky stands quietly aside from the rest of the book. “When I Was Eleven” follows the story of a young Gabrielle Bell so enamored with her experiences in summer camp the year before that she steals away from the day to day grinds that come with being an 11-year-old, opting to live out her days at the camp in the off-season. It’s quiet, reflective, and arguably the most powerful piece in the [...]
The Daily Cross Hatch |
Aug 19, 2008 02:31PM
[Above, Doctorow poses as the XKCD version of himself, as found on Flickr.] Three months after originally scheduled, Cory Doctorow will finally be landing in New York City this week, to hold court at a benefit for those tireless champions of First Amendment rights in the sequential art world, The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. The reason for the delay wasn’t Doctorow’s fault, of course—or anyone’s, really, but rather the sort of last minute misfortune that’s capable of derailing even [...]
Forbidden Planet Blog |
Aug 19, 2008 02:31PM
The continuing fall-out from the Danish Muhammad cartoons has rumbled on and on around the world in a variety of ways, from the predictable (outraged flag burners, threats to cartoonists) to the unexpected (a fair old ding dong in Canada over human rights laws and freedom of expression). But now its had a more unusual consequence - Danish stand-up comic Omar Marzouk has written and will appear in a new sitcom entitled The Terror Cell for Danish TV. The show, which [...]
Forbidden Planet Blog |
Aug 19, 2008 02:31PM
Tom Cruise and Sam Raimi are currently developing Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ DC series Sleeper for a movie and potentially even a film franchise. Cruise is involved in developing the film with Raimi but he may also star in it as well. Sleeper saw Criminal creators Brubaker and Phillips abandon their hard-edged drama for slapstick in this loving comics adaptation of the 1970s Woody Allen comedy film. Oh, okay, it didn;t really - actually it was about special operative Holden [...]
Forbidden Planet Blog |
Aug 19, 2008 02:31PM
I’ve posted on here a number of times about enjoying the mixed-media graphic novel The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore, an online comic which uses the multimedia abilities of the web to incorporate archive footage, live action, music and photography along with comics panels as it depicts Jonas Moore (Bond actor Colin Salmon and his svelte voice), a sentient programme in a vast online gaming system which keeps the populace of a world where the British Empire never fell quite and [...]
Little Bird House |
Aug 19, 2008 02:31PM
^since my website is becoming somewhat dated, i have decided to archive my work and photo references on flickr. it's organized by collections and sets, etc. if you're looking for a specific thing, it might be quicker to browse my Flickr site than to sift through the entries here on the blog. i'll be keeping the blog too, cos it's kinda nice.my stage name is flyawhile, baby!click on the title of this post to link directly to my flickr page***weekly art [...]
