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COMICLIST: picture COMICS new RELEASES FOR 05/22/2019

Posted on December 29, 2022 by giqwp

ComicList: picture Comics new Releases for Wednesday, may 22, 2019, by Charles LePage.

Ascender #1 (Dustin Nguyen 2nd printing Variant Cover), $3.99Assassin nation #3, $3.99Black Magick The very first book Of shadows HC, $34.99Cyber force #10, $3.99Die!Die!Die! #6 (Chris Burnham 2nd printing Variant Cover), $3.99Die!Die!Die! #8 (Chris Burnham 2nd printing Variant Cover), $3.99East Of West volume 9 TP, $16.99Gasolina #18, $3.99Matador volume 1 TP, $19.99Middlewest #7, $3.99Middlewest volume 1 TP, $9.99Monstress #22, $3.99Redlands volume 2 Water On The terminate TP, $16.99Redneck #20, $3.99Rumble #12 (Cover A David Rubin), $3.99Rumble #12 (Cover B Arvell M. Jones/Kevin Nowlan/Dave Stewart), $3.99Savage Dragon #244, $3.99Warning #7, $3.99Wayward volume 3 HC, $39.99MerchandiseBlack Magick Hawthorne The feline tee shirts LG, ARBlack Magick Hawthorne The feline tee shirts MED, ARBlack Magick Hawthorne The feline tee shirts SM, ARBlack Magick Hawthorne The feline tee shirts XL, AR

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COMICLIST PREVIEWS: total THE killer TP

Posted on December 23, 2022 by giqwp

artist Luc Jacamon as well as writer Matz (The Black Dahlia) provide the conclusive collection of the Eisner Award-nominated criminal offense saga, The Killer, a hardboiled, noir series complying with a gunman lost in a world without a moral compass.
Get inside the mind of a expert assassin, a guy of few scruples, nerves of steel, as well as a stable set off finger. A guy whose crimes may be catching up with him. A guy on the verge of cracking…

After misadventures in central as well as South America as well as having earned sufficient money to retire comfortably, the killer retires to Mexico, however his colleagues are still in requirement of his irreplaceable skills… as well as before long he’s drawn back into the excellent geopolitical game between Cuba, Venezuela, as well as the United States.

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Publisher: Archaia, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
Writer: Matz
Artist: Luc Jacamon
Cover Artist: Luc Jacamon
Translated By: Edward Gauvin as well as Matz
Letterers: Deron Bennet, Marshall Dillon
Price: $39.99

Toronto Comicon 2022 – Independent Comic book Creators spotlight

Posted on December 21, 2022 by giqwp

As spring arrives in North America, so does the return of in-person events. Namely, in-person conventions such as Toronto Comicon at fan Expo. It’s the start of convention season, starting with the Toronto Comicon which acts as a precursor to one of the bigger events in Canada, fan Expo. Such events are not only fun for film studios and celebrities concerning promote their content, but also essential for independent comic book creators. It’s events such as these where self-published or indie creators get exposure and build up a fan base. I had the opportunity to speak to some of the Toronto Comicon 2022 comic creators to talk about why these events are so important. check out what these independent comic book creators had to say and be sure to support their work.

Toronto Comicon 2022 Comic Creators Came Out In Droves

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As the first in-person convention for the season in Canada, Toronto Comicon at fan Expo was surprisingly busy. The typical hordes of cosplayers and celebrity guests made the event special and fun for the whole family. but for independent comic book creators, events such as these are a way to network and promote their work to the masses. It’s a company event, in numerous ways for a lot of the creators I spoke with. To find out what this event was like from a fan perspective, check out the return to in-person conventions piece that my colleague and comic con partner in crime, Meghan Hale wrote. To find out what the convention is like for indie creators, read on.

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A lot of the Toronto Comicon 2022 comic creators agreed that in-person conventions are a great way to raise awareness of their projects. but it’s also their bread and butter. Keith Grachow has been a writer and comic developer in the industry for the past 10 years. Grachow focuses on kids stories, but also numerous other types of illustrations and books. He comments on just how the Pandemic affected him as a developer and someone who does this for a living. Keith also looks at the bright side that being locked down provided him.

“Thankfully, the last 2 years I had work prior to the pandemic, so I could keep working throughout, which was a Godsend. For sure, not having shows or book signings affected our lives a bit. … It’s really great to actually be back at shows. and to see people in person and to show them all the new work I’ve created in those 2 years.” — Kieth Grachow. Toronto Comicon 2022; Comic Years

Independent Comic book Creators rely on In-Person Events

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One of the much more interesting comic books at Toronto Comicon at fan Expo this year was Calico. The book is all about a violent vigilante to brings animal abusers to justice. The comic book itself has remarkable artwork by Javier Orabich and the story from developer H. H. German has a bit of a social justice warrior angle to it as well. While the comic book is pretty graphic, the point seems to be to convey the true horrors of animal abuse. The publisher, Sigma Comics, founded by German, uses the comic book to raise awareness of animal abuse, and get readers to support foundations against it. It’s a very worthy cause. When I talked to German, his comments about how essential in-person conventions like Toronto Comicon at fan Expo are to him, were very passionate.

“Getting the book out to the people in person is very essential especially if you an indie . … We don’t have the multi-billion dollar budgets that the big 3 have. Marvel, DC and Image. You may think people know about your comic, but they don’t. Come to the comic cons. Shake some hands. tell the stories. and little by little you’r’e gonna have much more and much more people learning about your comic. It’s the best way, in my opinion. — H. H. German, Toronto Comicon 2022; Comic Years

Toronto Comicon At fan Expo Is just one of numerous Events

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While the casual con-goer may think of larger comic book conventions such as San Diego Comic-Con as the place for the big comic book film trailer reveals. Or the big Hall H panels with the entire marvel Cinematic universe cast being cute with one another. but the original spirit of conventions like Toronto Comicon 2022, are as an exhibition for up and coming artists, creators, writers and other creatives to showcase their work. To raise awareness of their small creative company to get much more support and reach audiences and demographic that they may not be able to form their drafting room or art desk.

For myself, it was a treat talking to independent comic book creators who are passionate about their work and in numerous ways are telling new and original stories. and in really unexpected ways. For example, George Todorovski from elsewhere Media is a self-published writer and artist. Todorovski’s works include a new graphic novel, Zero point and The Book. What’s distinct about Todorovski, is that in The Book, which is an anthology of stories, he uses different art styles for each story. So while one could be a Frank Miller-esque gritty realism style, another is a polished digital painting art-scape. I was really impressed, with his latest, Zero point giving me George Perez vibes.

Check out all these remarkable Toronto Comicon 2022 comic creators at the links throughout this article.

Are you an aspiring comic book creator, writer, artist? Do you find in-person conventions to be a viable source of promoting your work? let us know your experience with comic book conventions in the comments below.

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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: DARK HORSE’S FLAMING CARROT COMICS OMNIBUS VOL. 1

Posted on December 20, 2022 by giqwp

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by Robert Greenberger

The birth of independent comics was stretched throughout the 1970s, probably beginning with Jack Katz’s very first Kingdom as well as ending with the arrival of Flaming Carrot in 1979, just before independent comics publishers took off. While interest has been justly paid to Katz, Richard as well as Wendy Pini, as well as Dave Sim, Bob concern has a tendency to be overlooked.

Burden may have been born in Buffalo, new York, however is carefully associated with Atlanta because 1976. With a degree in Journalism, he has always thought about himself very first as well as foremost a writer. That he likewise illustrates many of his work is thought about incidental.

Flaming Carrot #25. The Carrot meets the Turtles

He created his titular character, the Flaming Carrot, as one-off story for Visions, a publication from the 1979 Atlanta fantasy Fair, a forerunner to the much better understood DragonCon. The story struck a chord so he continued producing stories for the con, with 1987. At the exact same time, he set up his own Killian Barracks press as well as released the oversized Flaming Carrot Comics. ever since, Burden’s character has appeared in rather a few locations before settling in at Dark equine Comics. He’s even crossed over with the teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in addition to making cameos in a lots or much more other titles.

Flaming Carrot Comics Omnibus Vol. 1

Most of this material has been out of print for ages, making the Carrot an practically forgotten character. That gets rectified in October when Dark equine releases Flaming Carrot Comics Omnibus Vol. 1, collecting Flaming Carrot #1-2, 4-11, 25-27.

Burden is a excellent conversationalist as well as I miss our annual laid-back meetups at different conventions. He’s friendly as well as funny as well as just awfully interesting. exactly how else can you discuss that expense Everett’s golden Age hero the Fin was the character’s inspiration?

Flaming Carrot #2

In 1985, the character’s origin was explained this way: “having checked out 5,000 comics in a single sitting to win a bet, this bad guy experienced brain damage as well as appeared directly thereafter as—the Flaming Carrot!” much as Don Quixote/Alonso Quijano checked out as well numerous charming experience stories; concern utilized this poke at fanboys to produce a surrealistic hero that works as a meta commentary at fandom though the years.

His verbal calling card is “Ut!” which concern explained was something George Harrison shouted during a Beatles performance at Shea Stadium. The word stuck with him for over a decade before he might discover a appropriate house for it.

The whimsical, satiric stories are set in the Palookaville section of Iron City where oddities occur with remarkable regularity. There are dangers all over you turn, such as a toxic waste pit (where the Carrot when died – yes, he got better) so you have to be careful.

This bad wretch crafted his own outfit total with the huge carrot head piece with the button-down white shirt, red pants as well as flippers. His version of a utility belt comes total with oddities including Silly Putty, rubber bands, random playing cards, as well as sneezing powder. concern always finds an imaginative utilize for these as the Carrot stops alien invasions, Communist incursions, flying dead dogs, the guy in the Moon, as well as Death.

Flaming Carrot #7

The headpiece is a technological marvel, with its eternal flame at the top as well as resilient sufficient to store a nuclear-powered pogo stick. Both head piece as well as stick were crafted by Dr. Heller of Iron City’s secret guy (who you may vaguely recall was a film starring William H. Macy as well as others; the Carrot was not in the film).

He can likewise location himself into a state of “Zen Stupidity” to much better prepare him for his quixotic war on crime.

If you try as well as take this stuff seriously, it will simply hurt your head. The pr for this collection explains this kind of meta-hero precedes Deadpool as well as has a twisted view of truth long before we very first went to twin Peaks.

There’s a reason the series won the 2007 Eisner for finest humor publication (after being nominated in this classification in 1992 in addition to that year’s finest continuing Series). His efforts have been acknowledged with the years with the Inkpot Award, the ACE Award, the Ignatz award as well as a number of Kirby award nominations.

MARKLEY’S FEVERED BRAIN: repairing A HOLE…

Posted on December 18, 2022 by giqwp

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by Wayne Markley

OK, I am not going to truly repair a hole, however I am going to talk about some random problems in the comic book world that bother me as well as evaluation as well as suggest some recent releases I truly delighted in as well as I believe you ought to take the time to look at also. (And for those of you who are still confused, repairing a hole is a recommendation to a Beatles song). As a guideline of thumb, I try not to be as well unfavorable in this blog, even though at times I do admit my pessimism slips in. I have extremely mixed feelings about the present comic market as I do not see a bright future, for the conventional comic store at least. however on the other hand, it is one of the biggest times to checked out comics or gather them. There are some outstanding present titles, in addition to a seemingly new discovery of the rich history of comics. Plus, so much of this history is being reprinted for the very first time enabling us to see material that we would have otherwise never been conscious of.

First off, I worry that comics are going the method of many print media. book as well as magazine have both been hit with remarkable drops in sales of printed copies as well as are being replaced by digital download. books have made a relatively smooth shift over to digital with e-book sales growing at a stable pace. however as quick as the digital market grows, the print sales fall. magazines are hit harder since because the beginning of time magazines have depended on ad sales as well as subscriptions to preserve profitability, as well as with digital magazines it is far harder to get people to subscribe for any type of genuine money or to offer ads. In addition, what is assisting to kill magazines is practically any type of info you might at one time only discover in a magazine, you can practically always discover for totally free on the web. Over the last six months both marvel as well as DC have been pushing digital comics hard. They are far less expensive than printing comic books, as well as to be honest, on an IPad or an Amazon Kindle Fire, comics look amazing. The colors are spectacular as well as the art truly stands out. personally I still like the printed page, however I worry over time there will be fewer as well as fewer printed comics. This in turn will result in less as well as less printed titles till there are only a few superhero titles left. I suspect there will always be a little hardcore group that will still want the floppies, however like vinyl records, I worry we are going to a little however devoted group.

Steve Canyon Vol. 1

On the positive side, IDW just released the very first volume of the total Steve Canyon. What a gorgeous book. It covers the very first two years of this remarkable strip as well as it shows what a master as well as brilliant Milton Caniff was. By the time Caniff moved over to Steve Canyon he had already ended up being a polished master of art as well as storytelling. While Terry as well as the Pirates was great, Steve Canyon is miles ahead of it. This is experience storytelling at its best. One thing I truly like about this collection is IDW has reprinted both the everyday strips as well as likewise the Sunday strips, which are provided in color. as well as the reproduction is stunning. This is at least the fourth attempt to gather the total Steve Canyon as well as I personally hope IDW gets it done where the others have failed. Editor Dean Mullaney is worthy of a ton of credit rating for the work he puts into these comic strip collections. They are preserving a lost element of the field of comics.

Over the last few weeks, mainly among the DC new 52 books, I have discovered a pattern that truly bothers me. That is the utilize of sprinkle pages. I am for a sprinkle page to make a point, or perhaps a double page spread for something truly cosmic as well as huge, like Jack Kirby utilized to do. however in at least five different books over a two week period there were at least two sprinkle pages in a 22 page story. the worst being Justice league #4 which had 5 sprinkle pages. I will be the very first to admit that Jim Lee is a great artist, as well as a extremely good guy, however when you are paying $3.99 for a 22 page story as well as 5 of those pages are sprinkle pages, I feel ripped off. This goes towards my bigger problem of the pricing of comics, they are as well expensive, as well as the value you get for your money is going down all the time. I can see charging $3.99 for JL because you are getting one of the very best artists available with Jim Lee, however he is taking short cuts to make a deadline, as well as he is the very first one to miss the 52 guarantee of shipping on schedule (JL #5 shipped a week late). Jim is not even drawing Justice league issues# 6-8. I completely comprehend that he has a great deal on his plate as co-publisher as well as his art style is time intensive, however provided that he ought to not be on a monthly book. You are sucked into the story with the spectacular art as well as then they modification artists soon into the run. By this time around you are already collecting the book now at a higher cost as well as not numerous are going to stop purchasing it with Jim being gone (after all we are creatures of habit). even if he does return, I still think about this practically akin to bait as well as switch, which I understand technically it isn’t, however it feels that method to me. let Jim do special jobs than can be arranged when he is done, as well as not utilize him as a gimmick to increase sales in the short term. as well as yes, marvel is guilty of this also.

Justice league worldwide #7

On a positive note I am truly delighted to see some fun returning to comics. Admittedly it is difficult to discover at times, however there are a number of fun books available that are not dark as well as fierce as well as truly remind me of when comics were fun to read. two of the very best of this group is Daredevil as well as Justice league International. I have raved about Daredevil over as well as over in this blog so I am not going to go one any type of much more about it, except to state purchase it! Justice league worldwide is a fun book in a method DC utilized to be. It is not as goofy as the DeMatteis, Giffen, as well as Maguire problems were, however there is a lighthearted feel to the stories. When compared to the rest of the 52 titles, this book practically reads like Dan DeCarlo’s Archie.

Near Death

Also, there are a number of truly great books available that are getting no attention, such as activity as well as Near Death, both from picture Comics. Both of these comics are extremely great reads as well as have absolutely nothing to finish with superheroes. There is Boom’s world of the Apes comics. These are really truly good, especially the miniseries, as well as they get next to no attention. There are likewise some bestselling books that are outstanding as well as worth your time to look at, such as Batman, Aquaman as well as Wolverine as well as the X-Men (which is something I never believed I would write).

Archie: the very best of Dan DeCarlo

In closing I would like to suggest a no brainer, the Archie: the very best of Dan DeCarlo Vol. 3. This is a gorgeous hardcover book with top notch production values as well as it had me smiling from ear to ear with every page. as well as frequently I was chuckling out loud. These are from the very best period of Archie Comics as well as the stories may only be five pages however they entertain me far much more than many of the present 22 page comics do. If you have never checked out an Archie, try one of IDW’s Archie: finest Of collections. I would suggest Dan DeCarlo as well as Harry Lucey collections personally, however all of them are excellent. now that I have cleared out my brain, next time I mean to compose about great artists gone bad. (Subject to change, mind you.)

As always, these are just my thoughts as well as do not show the opinions or thoughts of Westfield Comics or their employees. In truth I understand of a few colleagues who would strongly disagree with a few of my opinions here. any type of comments, complaints or thoughts are welcome to be sent to MFBWAY@AOL.COM.

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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: DC’S THE PHANTOM stranger

Posted on December 3, 2022 by giqwp

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The Phantom stranger was one of the few characters introduced directly in his own series during the 1950s, long lasting just a handful of issues before being resurrected in the late 1960s. Today he’s one of the long-running supporting players in the DC Universe, periodically receiving solo tales or titles, but always on call when needed.

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During the 1980s he had a particularly interesting run of stories that are being collected at long last in The Phantom Stranger, collecting The Phantom Stranger #1-4, Action Comics Weekly #610, 613-614, 617, 623, 631-634, 636, 641, Secret Origins #10, and DC Comics Presents #72.

DC Comics presents #72

The last title came first, as Superman and the Stranger, who had partnered before, in addition to, of all people, the Joker. This unlikely trio confronted Maaldor the Darklord, a character writer Paul Kupperberg had created previously. given the magical nature of the foe, it made ideal sense to use mystical help. Alex Saviuk and Dennis Jensen illustrated the oddball story.

“I was a long-time fan of the Phantom Stranger. I first saw him in his showcase #80 appearance, around 1968, which featured a new story, a framing sequence by Mike Friedrich and the great, great Jerry Grandenetti and bill Draut, wrapped around a story from the 1950s Phantom stranger #2 and a Dr. Thirteen story from Star-Spangled Comics. The book also had a kick ass Neal Adams cover,” Kupperberg told Iamthephantomstranger.blogspot.com.

Secret Origins #10

In 1986, DC was searching for ways to tie its Legends miniseries to other titles around the line and Paul Levitz suggested a distinct idea: four different teams tackle the Phantom Stranger’s arrival for an issue of secret Origins. As the series editor, I jumped at the chance and found four diverse teams that included: Dan Mishkin & Gary Cohn with Ernie Colon, Mike W. Barr and Jim Aparo (naturally), Alan Moore and Joe Orlando (who asked to work with the British writer), and Levitz paired with Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Under the M.C. Escher-inspired Aparo cover (sketched by Ed Hannigan), the four tales went from the Wandering Jew to the outer space and shown a critical success.

A few years later, Kupperberg was able to successfully pitch a stranger miniseries to editor Denny O’Neil, who quickly turned the approved series over to newly arrived editor Mike Carlin. In turn, Carlin partnered the writer with rising artist Mike Mignola. The four issue miniseries arrived in 1988 and clearly recognized the character as a formidable player in the post-Crisis universe.

The Phantom stranger #4

“I wanted to ground this story in a much more human place,” Kupperberg recalled. “The story I originally pitched…was essentially Phantom stranger as Jesus. The Lords of purchase say it’s over, the stranger is left to wonder why he has been forsaken, and left to the tender mercies of mankind to judge him. I’ll admit; I certainly played off of Denny’s Irish Catholic upbringing when I pitched him that one!

“I needed “real” people to put together with the Stranger, not a lot of magical and super-powered characters.”

Carlin then enticed P. Craig Russell to ink the story creating the strongest visuals the stranger had had because Jim Aparo drew his adventures a decade earlier. In fact, Kupperberg first wanted Aparo as artist but shown unavailable. “But as fantastic an artist as Jim was, I think in the long run, Carlin’s instinct to choose Mignola, was the best course. Carlin knew from working together at marvel where he’d just come over from to take the DC job. It was so different from much of the look of DC books at the time, which made it really stand out.”

Despite the battle against Eclipso, the series featured some of the writer’s patented dark humor and ended on an optimistic note.

Action Comics weekly #631. Cover by Jim Starlin.

By this time, action Comics weekly was underway and fill-ins and space breathers were required so Editor Mike Gold asked Carlin, his assistant Rene Witterstatter, and Kupperberg for several Phantom stranger tales. Mignola managed one cover to tie things together, but the various stories were actually illustrated by Kyle Baker, Joe Orlando, Tom Grindberg, Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, Andy Kubert, and previous PS artist Fred Carrillo.

“I’d write a script, turn it in to Mike or Rene and they did a great job matching up an artist to the material,” Kupperberg explained. “The one Kyle drew, about a supernatural virus in a computer, was the first one I did for ACW. We called on Fred Carrillo, who’d been drawing PS when I was reading it as a fan, to do a four-parter that brought back Cassandra and the rest of the Stranger’s old cast of characters.”

As one of the most prolific, if not the most prolific chronicler of the Phantom Stranger’s adventures, it’s good to have all of Kupperberg’s stories in one place and a chance to revisit some of the finest artists working during that time period.

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SUNNY DAYS as well as MISTY KNIGHTS

Posted on November 25, 2022 by giqwp

Were you upset by Netflix just recently canceling essentially all the marvel series? I was. Each of the series had their high points, in addition to their low points, however as a whole they were quality, entertaining marvel deliverables. I believe we can all agree there was a ton of prospective just trashed. Why did marvel expend a heap of time as well as energy to hash out this corner of the marvel Cinematic world (MCU) just to provide up on it? We are likewise losing a few of the fantastic ancillary characters in the MCU as well as appealing storylines, as well. So, exactly how does marvel offer with this? Where do they go next?

We can all shed a tear for the Daredevils as well as Luke Cages of the MCU, however in the long term I don’t believe we ought to be concerned about losing those characters for good. My issues lie with the other interesting characters that assisted drive the primary characters thru their trials as well as tribulations. What occurs to Foggy Nelson as well as his legislation career? Or Colleen Wing who has had the most entertaining fight scenes in Iron Fist… I assumption those are gone. By far the very best story line was the showdown between Luke Cage as well as Misty Knight who were on a collision program trying to figure out what it implies to be a “good guy” in the MCU. Misty Knight has been a background essential in the comics for many years as well as had a fantastic character existence in the Netflix series. Misty Knight’s very first appearance was in marvel Premiere #21, from 1975, which is a unusual book in upper grades with only 15 copies graded in 9.8 as well as a fair Market value (FMV) of $650. I was thrilled to speculate about season 3 of Luke Cage as well as exactly how it was going to go… however I assumption we will never know…or will we?

I don’t believe we are going to see these characters wiped by the Thanos snap. I believe we are going to see a revamp of numerous of these characters complying with phase 4 for Marvel. believe of it like a relaunch utilizing the supreme marvel titles, as the comics did in the 2000’s. perhaps Misty Knight as well as Colleen Wing begin a new show as Daughters of the Dragon, in tandem with a Heroes for hire show that groups Luke care as well as Iron Fist, or even a new-age Defenders type of deal. All seems great…however, because of a stipulation between Netflix as well as Marvel, they cannot lawfully utilize the characters up until 2 years after the series is cancelled. By that time, marvel may have altered its mind on these characters as well as their significance to the MCU. even worse, there may be an “out of sight, out of mind” repercussion for benching these characters for 2 years as well as then trying to re-introduce them. Luke Cage may be an afterthought as marvel establishes extra characters. With season 2 of The Punisher just reveal on Netflix, it is truly murky what the path ahead will be for marvel outside of the flagship film offerings.

The primary takeaway has to be this: marvel is unpredictable as well as we ought to not guideline anything out. Dead characters return all the time…alternate realities, what ifs, as well as timelines are all possible. might marvel be persuaded that resetting whatever as well as going supreme marvel Cinematic world (UMCU…..I guess? I just made this up) may be the method ahead as well as what is finest for the brand?

How are you feeling about the cancellation of the Netflix marvel properties? Are you hoping Disney as well as marvel produce much more series based super-hero content? admit it, you are desperately waiting on a fantastic Lakes Avengers show. decrease you comments as well as join the conversation.

BEAUOLOGY 101: SO HIP IT HURTS

Posted on November 23, 2022 by giqwp

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by beau Smith

Tube socks, leisure suits, and platform shoes. All these items are dated. along with fashion, pop culture is the other area that is quickest to become dated. music and novels stand the test of time a little better than films, television, and comic books. You also have to be able to separate nostalgia and sentiment from the product. Nostalgia can skew your view a bit.

The fantastic four by Jack Kirby

Comic books in general don’t age well. A decade passes and the next generation is quick to point out, and normally poke fun at, the slang, the pop culture references, and clothing that the characters in the comics use. As a child of the 1960s ,I can remember me and my comic book reading friends lovingly making fun of the way Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby drew the cast of Spider-Man and The fantastic four with their 1940s fashions and lingo. even though the adventures of these characters were happening in the present, Jack and Steve still drew them as they remembered things when they were young, that being the 1940s and 50s. even the cars and weapons were dated. I can remember wondering why Peter Parker (Spider-Man) dressed and talked like my grandfather and why all the men still wore fedoras. (That’s a hat, you snot nosed punks out there.)

In the late 1960s and 70s as the first generation of fans became the new writers and artists, I remembering seeing all of that change. Suddenly, the characters had longer hair, were talking about music, and referring to things that were current in the world like student protests and the war in Vietnam. I felt my favorite characters were becoming closer to me and I could relate to them a little better. Don’t get me wrong, the world of comic books was never really “at the moment cutting edge”, but being a few steps behind was better than being decades behind.

Luke Cage, Hero For Hire

As the 1980s and 90s came along, being “now” became a lot more crucial to the creators and publishers. In a lot of cases we began to see it become too much of a mission and we started to lose the compelling stories that had come before, even if they did dress and talk like a James Cagney movie. With cases like Luke Cage, Hero For Hire, the attempt to be ultra modern became comical. With his catch phrase of “Sweet Christmas!” and his metal headband, Luke Cage was like an exploitation motion picture taking itself too serious. It was a real tight wire act for publishers and creators to walk. I found this out after I broke into comics as a writer.

As a reader, you tend to forget that comic books are monthly and have deadlines. You forget that as a publisher, once the current issue is put to bed, you have to start on the next one. other than a reprint annual or trade paperback, there isn’t much financial value to last month’s issue to you as a publisher. You have to think in the now and not in the past when it pertains to advancing the stories and characters. You have to realize that what you wrote last year where you made reference to a One hit wonder song or current event is now history and may not have the impact that it once had. That’s the nature of the business. On the business/creative side, you have to deal with it and step on. If not, you lose sight of the goal to entertain NOW!

Here’s Ace!

I look back at some of the characters who appeared in the 1980s and see the Michael Jackson-like character, Ace, that editor Jim Owlsley/Priest/whatever name he goes by now, created. how dated is that? In the 1980s, you had all of these “gritty” anti-heroes wearing their standard leather duster coat, every female character had huge, jersey girl hair, and even Superman had a mullet. What I’m saying is that every decade of comics is going to seem a little funny once time passes. depend on me, today’s current relevant writers like mark Millar, Ed Brubaker, and Brian Bendis, ten years from now their stories are going to be dated and you’ll look at them with a shake of your head, a smile of nostalgia, and maybe even a “What were they thinking” expression on your face. Today’s Carlos Pacheco could be tomorrow’s Rob Liefeld. (Doubtful, but you know what I mean) If you aren’t feeling that, then the kid that’s ten years younger than you will. It happens.

As readers, we have to learn to accept this and learn to grow with our comics. look back at past issues the same way you look at your old family photos, with love. That way you will always be able to take pleasure in comics as a whole no matter what age you are. Unless you are doing a period piece, things change. We and our comics grow old. There’s nothing wrong with that.

Strange Tales #130

I thought about this recently when going through some of my childhood comics from the 1960s and found my copy of odd Tales #130 where the Human Torch and The thing from The fantastic four “Meet The Beatles.” The year was 1965 and this was as current as it got. This was a case where, as a kid, I thought this was so cool. As an adult checking out I still do, only now for a different reason. It reminds me of my youth and the passion I felt knowing that the folks at marvel Comics were “with it” because they knew what was happening ideal then and I related to that as a fourth grader. So for the length of time that it took me to reread that issue, I was once again a fourth grader with all that passion. That’s not a bad thing.

So when you’re at the comic shop, convention, or flipping through the Westfield Catalog and looking over all the current comic books that are so hip, keep in mind that as you and your comics grow older, you’ll continue to be hip as time passes. So hip it hurts. and yes, I’m talking about your hip that will need to be replaced.

Read comics and grow old with me!

Your amigo,

Beau Smith

The flying Fist Ranch

www.flyingfistranch.com

FIFTH DEGREE: C2E2 retailer summit

Posted on November 22, 2022 by giqwp

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Josh Crawley

by Josh Crawley

While many people may have heard about the new Chicago Comics as well as entertainment Expo (C2E2), many people didn’t understand there was a retailer summit beforehand. What is a retailer summit, you ask? direct Market retailers (basically non-newsstand comic book sellers) get together as well as listen to publishers as well as go to retailer workshops that ideally assist us to assist you better. They’re likewise a great deal much better when they coincide with a convention available to the public, however more on that later.

Wednesday evening after work I went down to Chicago (Brook drove me down because of my cars and truck having some problems that makes it not-too suitable for long travel). The retailer summit was being held primarily at the Sheraton Towers in downtown Chicago, so that’s where I got my room. The events kicked off with beer & wine paid for by Dark equine at a satisfy & greet with publisher Mike Richardson as well as the notorious Jim Shooter. I didn’t really satisfy nor greet either of them, however after paying $11.99 (yes, really!) for a gin & tonic (since I didn’t understand about the free drinks) I satisfied up with my pal Zack. I satisfied Zack back in August at Wizard world provides Chicago Comic Con. He composes some excellent comics (check out !) as well as works for a retailer out of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Zack then introduced me to his bosses, other half & other half superduo Cameron as well as Christina. After completing our drinks, we were all welcome to view a preview of the new Kick-Ass movie. That quite much put the cap on Wednesday night, since Thursday was chock-full of stuff-to-do!

And in general rebellious fashion, I did not inspect my new phone at the theater. I can turn it off, thank-you-very-much.

Thursday was a day full of listening to publishers plans, eating, a workshop (I went to the one aimed at making stores more youngster friendly), as well as numerous focus groups with publishers that were usually question-and-answer sessions, though sometimes publishing plans as well as Q&A had to be dropped for time. One publisher’s focus group was aimed just at retailers who don’t have websites, nor gain access to to the distributor’s website, it seemed. It would have been more productive buying an over-priced drink instead of wasting that time, however I didn’t feel like buying an over-priced drink. having went to all the groups as well as meals, I’d spent 8 a.m. up until 9 p.m. working. After that, I rode with my good friends (Ben Tiede had shown up by then, in addition to a couple other people whose names I forgot; sorry!) to a celebration at Challengers Comics + Conversation. It was excellent being able to walk into a comic book store, walk to the far side of the store, as well as pull an ice-cold Miller Lite out of a giant cooler as well as hang out with excellent good friends like will Pfeifer. Chris Neseman had desired us to go drink a few more places, however as occurs sometimes, plans didn’t pan out.

After heading back to the hotel, I bumped into Christopher Shy, as well as he introduced me to Leah (who I share some other shared good friends with). I had organized on drinking a bit bit more, however ended up heading back to my space as well as not being able to discover anything great on the hotel space cable.

When I woke up the next morning, I inspected out, got my breakfast, as well as took the shuttle to the McCormick convention center. one of the advantages of these summits is that we usually get free entrance to the “adjoining” convention. likewise nice is that we got to get in for the three expert hours preceding the shows opening to the general public. I took the time to assist my good friends set up their tables in artist alley (Steve Bryant, Jim & Mike Heffron), as well as I likewise grabbed a few minutes to satisfy Phil Hester face-to-face after months of emails as well as tweets back as well as forth. He was sharing a table with his often-times inker Ande Parks, who’s likewise a truly great guy, too. I’d like to drink with Ande sometime (I seem to recall Phil stating he doesn’t drink; I might be wrong).

I missed some signing times I wished to make with people on Friday during the second retailer workshop I went to, as well as that would be my one complaint: don’t hold workshops during the convention. It kills networking time. Anyway, after that workshop, I ultimately made it back to the top Cow booth for about the third time, where I got to satisfy Ron Marz face-to-face after months of tweets back as well as forth. I likewise got to satisfy Nelson Blake II, who’s likewise truly great. We chatted for a bit, as well as sadly, I wasn’t able to hang out with them afterward as I had to head back to Madison promptly after the con floor closed Friday evening. In all fairness, it wasfor some friends’ wedding event on Saturday, so it wasn’t as unfortunate as I may have made it seem.

(Oh, as well as right before making my method to the top Cow booth, I stopped by Tim Seeley as well as Daniel Leister‘s artist alley table. I got a Zartan sketch from Tim for my roommate.)

And that’s about the degree of a retailer summit. For the rest of the C2E2 convention, I kept inspecting my Twitter account for announcements as well as general tomfoolery.

While most people can’t go to a retailer summit, the C2E2 show was a excellent Chicago convention in Chicago you can go to, as well as I look ahead to costs more time with good friends new as well as old next year (and perhaps I’ll see you there), particularly since I understand a few of them owe me some drinks!

Josh Crawley is the tenured Master of catastrophe of Westfield Comics, not to be confused with Josh Crawley, the keyboardist for Everclear.

josh@westfieldcomics.com

Westfield Comics

ATTN: JOSH

7475 Mineral point Rd STE 22

Madison WI 53717

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: DC’S question GIRL: ADVENTURES OF A teen TITAN

Posted on November 17, 2022 by giqwp

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Robert Greenberger

by Robert Greenberger

There are fewer characters with a lot more messed up backstories than question woman considering that she wasn’t meant to exist at all.

Wonder Girl: Adventures of a teen Titan

In an attempt to freshen question lady in the late 1950s, writer/editor Robert Kanigher retold her origin, omitting the developed from clay aspect, as well as fleshed out her upbringing. WW #105, thought about by some as Diana’s very first Silver Age appearance, showed her early days as a child as well as teen. When sales ticked up, Kanigher kept returning to tell stories of question lady as a tot as well as a teen, going so far as to tell impossible Tales where all three incarnations might team up. The whimsical tales were all illustrated with appeal by Ross Andru as well as Mike Esposito.

A few years later, a laid-back team-up of Robin, youngster Flash, as well as Aqualad in The take on as well as the strong #54 offered well sufficient that the editors saw potential. So, they formalized the group in problem #60 however felt the teen Titans needed a young teen heroine. Editor George Kashdan as well as writer Bob Haney looked with the line as well as after Mort Weisinger likely growled about overexposing Supergirl, Haney found question woman on the cover of question Woman.

Without reading the stories or asking Kanigher for details, he made her a genuine new character as well as so a legend was born.

The fascinating thing is that with the years, question woman ended up being one of DC’s a lot of prominent heroines in spite of her contradictory backstories as well as has stayed a fixture not only in comics however television as well as animation. With all things Wonder-ful now in vogue thanks to the Patty Jenkins-directed question lady coming next month, DC is providing up question Girl: Adventures of a teen Titan, a veritable potpourri of adventures with the years.

The take on as well as the strong #60

The collection includes stories from question lady #105 (April 1958), The take on as well as the strong #60 (July 1965), teen Titans #22 (July-August 1969), experience Comics #461 (Jan.-Feb. 1979), question lady #105 (Jan. 1996) as well as #113 (Sept. 1996), question Woman: Donna Troy (1998), as well as question woman #1 (Nov. 2007).

A teen Diana was nothing new in 1958 considering that her creator, William Moulton Marston, featured her in question lady #23 (May/June 1947). However, the Titan was her own person without trick identity, unless you count calling her “Wonder Chick” as an change ego. Marv Wolfman, comics fan turned expert writer, wished to address the conundrum and, with Gil Kane, provided her a past in teen Titans #22. now we understand she is Donna Troy, an orphan rescued from a terminate by question lady as well as increased on Paradise Island. Wolfman would revisit this origin in the now traditional “Who is Donna Troy?” story in new teen Titans #38, oddly not included in the collection. Heck, her wedding event from NTT #50 must be here.

Donna Troy was the heart as well as spirit of the team, everyone’s friend, as well as maybe the well-adjusted member in spite of her chaotic as well as contradictory backstory, which was continuously changed, modified, as well as changed with the years.

Adventure Comics #461

Interestingly, question lady as well as question woman didn’t team up as well commonly so one unusual story is pulled from Diana’s function in experience Comics #461. The tale from Jack C. Harris as well as Jack Abel has them handle the old foe, Headmaster Mind.

In time, Donna grew up, married, lost her baby, her identity as well as other things, briefly operating as Troia, before being an adventurer named Donna Tory. It is during this period that writer/penciller Phil Jimenez used visitors a great sense of her self in the one-shot question Woman: Donna Troy, a part of 1998’s Girlfrenzy event.

Wonder lady #113

When Donna was operating as Troia, there was a wish for a new question woman so writer/artist John Byrne made a decision to turn Cassie Sandsmark, child of Dr. Helena Sandsmark, into the second question Girl. We very first satisfy her in the story from question lady #105 as well as then see her don a geeky black wig as well as ended up being question woman in the story from WW #113. It is this plucky heroine who joins young Justice as well as later the revived teen Titans as well as becomes Conner (Superboy) Kent’s enthusiast before his death.

Cassie likewise ultimately learns she is a demigod with Zeus having bedded Dr. Sandsmark. As a result, she is provided a lightning-emitting lasso that expels Zeus’s lightning. later she loses that as well as gains a different set of powers from Ares when she agrees to ended up being his champion.

Wonder woman #1

After truth was tinkered with by means of new 52 as well as Rebirth, Cassie is a thief with super-powered bracelets. In time, we discover the teen Titan is question Woman’s niece as well as Zeus’s granddaughter. Her daddy turns out to be Lennox Sandsmark, Diana’s half-brother, one more kid of Zeus. It is this incarnation of the character that earned her own miniseries in 2007, handling the aftermath of Amazons Attack. We get only the very first chapter here, where she adopts the identity of Drusilla (more on that in a moment) as well as goes after some leftover mystical beasts in a story from J. Torres as well as Sanford Green.

Missing from the collection is a tale featuring Drusilla, produced by writer/artist Mike Sekowsky as well as seen only in question lady #182 to #184 (1969). She was tasked by Hippolyta to traverse the dimensions to alert the then-depowered Diana that Ares had discovered the relocated Paradise Island as well as was endangering all unless the queen exposed the trick of transdimensional travel. This character was customized by ABC to turn her into question woman for the TV series as well as provided Debra Winger a job.

As with any type of such collection, there are stories visitors may suggest belong however overall, this must provide people a great feel for question Girl’s development with a few of comics’ finest as well as brightest talents doing the heavy lifting.

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