Kevin Feige is the madman/genius that made Marvel’s Cinematic Universe/Phase 1/Avengers franchise from the Marvel Comics to the theatrical screens. He provided his advice to Warner Bros regarding their efforts for a similar/parallel Justice League film series. “I’m sure they have smart people over there who have a plan and know what they’re doing. Man …
Category Archive: DC Comics
Mar 29
James Tucker replaces Bruce Timm as WB Animation Overlord
Comic Book Resources reports the story. It does not mention the cause. The article chronicles the start and finish of the DC Animated Universe, from Batman: The Animated Series to Justice League Unlimited. The article also does not fail to credit the other co-architects of that Batman cartoon. Timm’s last work in his former role …
Feb 03
Few look good in a Superman uniform
Let’s face it… few really have the right figure to pull off a Superman uniform properly. Certainly, most comic fans don’t. I’ve never dressed up as a superhero for a convention because I don’t know anyone who can make me a Bouncing Boy costume. Sigh. Now enjoy 25 Not So Super Supermen.
Aug 31
We all know why Green Lantern failed
I think it’s pretty clear to everyone that Green Lantern tried to do too much and pack in too much exposition. But just in case you haven’t heard it enough: Why Iron Man Succeeded Where Green Lantern Failed.
Aug 20
How massive can a Superman repository be?
The Comics Reporter has a page or exhibition for a newspaper strip collection for our Man of Steel: http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/go_look_massive_superman_newspaper_strip_repository/ I am unclear which as I have not read it yet.
Jul 01
Elongated Man Is All Wrong, Part 2
It is the Minnesota comic book convention that I will always remember, because I, the world’s biggest Elongated Man fan, got to meet Carmine Infantino. That prized issue of Flash that I owned, with the first appearance of Elongated Man? That guy there, in the front of the room taking questions from the audience, was …
Jun 28
Elongated Man Is All Wrong
You all know I like Elongated Man. “Like” being an understatement along the lines of “Chicago’s elections aren’t exactly spotless” or “Marilyn Monroe had some appeal.” I’ve written Elongated Man fan-fiction, ran “Dibny Dirt” until Identity Crisis came out, and still hope that someday Ralph and Sue Dibny will be restored somehow. Were I ever …
Jun 19
Skyping comic creators
Newsarama.com : The Flash | DCNu | Manapul & Buccellato Barry, Barry Happy to Be on DCnu FLASH. I wonder how much comic book creation gets done over the Internet? Actually, what I really wonder is how this was ever done without the Internet!
Jun 18
Green Lantern Review: More thoughts
I didn’t really say anything about Hector Hammond. Frankly, I feel he was totally wasted. The film’s attempt to make him some sort of avatar…nothing less than the Silver Surfer to Parallax’s big-ugly-planet-sized-cloud-that-we’ll-call-Galactus…really doesn’t work. Hector could have been a villain for the entire movie; as it is, we have this whole Daddy didn’t love …
Jun 17
“Green Lantern” movie review
I am, perhaps, not the person to write this review. I may be the world’s biggest Elongated Man fan, but of the big guys at DC Comics I was a Green Lantern fan going all the way back to his first appearances on Super Friends. Hal Jordan was my hero. He had determination and strong …
Jun 16
Hard to hear him over the Hallelujah Chorus in the background
Darwyn Cooke on what’s wrong with the industry:
Jun 15
More bad planning in the DC reboot universe
I really don’t like this new change to Superman’s origin. Not one bit.
Jun 14
For want of a five-year-old child, the industry was lost…
It’s one thing to think that the “new #1 issues” plan that DC Comics is launching is a bad idea. Reasonable people can disagree about the wisdom of redesigning classic costumes, or of purging some continuity. There may be regrets about casting aside original titles that were reaching extremely high numbers all for the sake …
Jun 13
Review: “Green Lantern: Emerald Knights”
Is Emerald Knights an amazing movie that I will watch many, many times? No. First off, I always remind myself that this is an amazing age that I live in, where more and more of the comic book characters I loved as a kid are being turned into movies and TV shows and cartoons than …
Jun 11
My Father’s Day Gifts to Myself
Amazon package arrived today. Guess what’s inside? The animated Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1-3, which is now packaged together for $17 instead of sold individually for $15 each. (I don’t know why they won’t do season sets anymore. Obviously, they want to shake us down for more cash per individual disk, but I’m not buying …
Jun 10
The Complete list of DC #1s
Okay, this is kind of a cheat on my part in order to hit my “post every day in June” vow. A list of the total rollout. An Updatable List Of The 52 DC Titles For September I’ll have more detailed reactions, but for now I’m holding my tongue. The world doesn’t need one more …
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