Perhaps it’s just me, but I have a hard time letting go of my skepticism regarding some issues when I’m reading a comic book. The whole secret identity thing is getting a bit impossible to believe. It used to be that the only people snapping Superman’s picture were Jimmy Olsen and the ubiquitous Japanese tourist, …
Category Archive: DC Comics
Jun 08
Deadlines indeed!
DC Comics has warned all of their freelance creators that they must have three issues ready of the newly relaunched titles by August 31st. Comicsbeat has more, including talkback comments by Cully Hammer and Kurt Busiek! Prediction: by issue #3, artists may be taking a cue from Keith Giffen and get some in-family assistance in …
Jun 05
The Keeper Box: Detective Comics #526
Amongst my collection of some 30 boxes of comic books, I have one long box of precious comics that I won’t sell. Now, at long last, I reveal…what is inside…THE KEEPER BOX! Detective Comics #526 Writer Gerry Conway Artist Don Newton Inker Alfredo Alcala Colorist Adrienne Roy Letterer Ben Oda Cover Artist Don Newton, Dick …
Jun 04
Reactions to the whole DC “New #1s” thing
Here are some reactions by comic pros and fans to DC’s announcement that their entire line of comic books would be starting over with new #1 issues. I’ll have a few thoughts of my own as well at the end. Lore Sjoberg tweeted what is probably the most concise summary of how comic book reboots …
Jun 01
DC Comics unleashes a new universe of superhero titles
DC Comics unleashes a new universe of superhero titles Everyone I know has been buzzing about this astounding new reboot that DC is doing. I hate to break this to everyone: There’s no reboot. And it’s not like I couldn’t go for one. Considering how every few years all of the stories I cared about …
Apr 03
Green Lantern Extended trailer
A four minute trailer for “Green Lantern” was recently shown at WonderCon. Enjoy! I’m torn. They went CGI on a lot of stuff that they didn’t have to, and that affects the overall quality of the film. The way the Green Energy, aliens and landscapes look is just too video-gamey. When you compare it to …
Feb 23
Dwayne McDuffie is dead
Milestone Creator Dwayne McDuffie has Died – Comic Book Resources. His work was inspirational. His orginal creations were awesome. More later.
Feb 04
did anyone really know that Bane wasn’t a white guy?
Why Chris Nolan’s BATMAN Isn’t Racist | Obsessed With Film.
Jan 18
nearly complete Batmobile history
Admittedly a lot of this was redundant information in my case. Now stop to take in this nearly 166-inch-long timeline at CarInsurance.org — created using information and images culled from BatmobileHistory.com — charts the 70-year evolution of the Batmobile… Perhaps just as interesting is the inclusion, when applicable, of the actual cars on which the …
Dec 08
Which do you think are the most significant Super-Heroes and are the number of the most important only seven?
Adherents has had a website dedicated to exploring the respective religions of various fictional characters for some time now and whenever I wander over there (which is very rarely) I find it fascinating. One of their side pages is The Significant Seven: History’s Most Important Superheroes. It is, for the most part, an excerpt from …
Aug 23
Emil Hamilton is ruined, all right (Spoilers for old Superman book)
Spoilers, I guess, if anyone cares. As I buy old trade paperbacks from Scott Beatty, it has allowed me to catch up on some comic books I wasn’t buying even when I bought comic books. (I haven’t been to a comic shop since Blackest Night ended.) So, I read this TPB that was all about …
Aug 02
Biggest educational time-waster ever
TV Tropes. You get linked there to learn about a literary trope in television, movies, comic books, etc. For instance, I’m writing about a female barbarian character, and in researching costuming I ended up reading about Chain Mail Bikinis. This leads to what the Most Common Superpower is, and how this often involves a Victoria’s …
Jul 31
I used to love comic books. Then Batman peed his pants.
Topless Robot’s blog gives the details: Batman Peed His Pants. (Language warning for the blog’s content.) Kevin Smith takes one of the most awesome scenes in Frank Miller’s “Batman: Year One” and has Batman recap it. For the effect, Batman wired up some explosives. One of them went off too hot and it caused Batman …
May 12
comic book super-heroes tv themes
This was rescued from the ancient vintage ComicBookResources’ Apr 20, 1999 TV Themes website. Incredibly a lot of the sound-files are now on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine servers and are not just dead links so they are available for download.
Apr 13
What are the concepts that don’t “work right” in a unified DCU?
I’ve come to the conclusion that as much as I like seeing the Shazam characters in the DCU, they really need to be their own universe. Captain Marvel needs to be in a world where Superman doesn’t exist, 11-year-olds have broadcasting careers and talking animals being a part of your circle are unquestioned. Where Mr. …
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