The Four Color Media Monitor

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142744222012-01-30T21:16:58.245-08:00The Four Color Media MonitorBecause if we're going to try and stop the misuse of our favorite comics and their protagonists by the companies that write and publish them, we've got to see what both the printed and online comics news is doing wrong. This blog focuses on both the good and the bad, the newspaper media and the online websites. Unabashedly. Unapologetically. Scanning the media for what's being done right and what's being done wrong.Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.comBlogger18911100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-82988885128666062722012-01-30T06:36:00.000-08:002012-01-30T07:51:11.892-08:00Billy Batson was once known as Fawcett/DC's Capt. Marvel...

But now, in a new rendition by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, they're throwing out that very name and just calling him "Shazam" now, because of possible legal problems. I can guess what's happening on that front: Marvel, which kept DC from officially using the name Captain Marvel for many years because they used it on the books they published with Mar-Vell of the Kree, is clearly leading to this out

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-12699848460873486842012-01-28T05:52:00.000-08:002012-01-28T08:21:42.951-08:00What if new Green Arrow TV series becomes a liberal propaganda vent?

After I heard of the plans for a new Green Arrow TV series, I was wondering if there was any chance the series planned for the CW network could end up spouting the kind of ultra-leftist propaganda that Smallville ended up doing in the latter half of its run. Now, the TV Addict website's offered a clue that any worries may not be far off, and in this case, it looks like Black Canary might end up

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-71551897215707532372012-01-27T02:02:00.001-08:002012-01-27T04:27:22.543-08:00Marvel and DC develop obsession with severed arms

Here's some pictorial examples of the gory madness that's been devouring both DC and Marvel of recent. For example, from Brightest Day 19, we had Black Manta slicing off Aquaman's right hand, as though it weren't enough that earlier, his left hand had been severed. And to make everything worse, Geoff Johns, who wrote the issue nearly 2 years ago, even has the gall to have Manta tell Aquaman, "you

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-49276133183386023142012-01-25T06:38:00.001-08:002012-01-27T04:26:42.922-08:00Stan Lee on his 70 years in comics

IGN's Comics section did an interview with Stan Lee about his career spanning back 70s years, including a recent documentary about his life.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-23386476749227856982012-01-23T08:35:00.000-08:002012-01-23T08:40:01.852-08:00The past works of Joe Simon

TG Daily has an article about the late Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's past works in history, including a hero called Blue Bolt, some of which Titan Books is going to be publishing in archives.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-74177287846448729792012-01-21T09:00:00.000-08:002012-01-21T11:58:28.974-08:00Fox affiliate doesn't handle DC's degeneration the right way

A writer for MyFoxDC spoke about how DC is using vulgar violence and sex to sell their comics. But here's the sad part: they do it almost entirely from a "comics-are-only-for-kids" perception, and that even includes their clumsy take on Starfire:The female characters are more sexualized. One of the most noticeable transformations is Starfire. The character goes from a kids Cartoon Network

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-12179932531607405082012-01-21T08:52:00.000-08:002012-01-21T09:05:19.243-08:00More on how liberalism is ruining comics

Hube of Colossus of Rhodey has written a special post on Newsbusters about more of the recent history of extreme liberalism that's been wrecking today's mainstream comics, including some of Mark Millar's worst examples of ultra-leftism.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-54633914465837849762012-01-20T03:45:00.000-08:002012-01-20T04:03:55.903-08:00Making Kaine into a hero doesn't sound like it'll be done right

USA Today wrote about a new series Marvel is planning for Kaine, one of the villains who'd appeared in the dreaded Clone Saga. But I don't think they're going to get very far with this kind of promotion:"Kaine is a guy who was a murderer and did horrible things many times he couldn't control himself from doing, and how he wants to be a better person. There is just something universal in that

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-42545566920013777642012-01-19T06:45:00.000-08:002012-01-19T07:09:45.025-08:00Dan Buckley claims creativity will be part of 2012, but it's unlikely

Marvel's Dan Buckley told the AP that creativity will be driving this new year, but despite what he says, it's clear for years now that good storytelling, the very stem of creativity, isn't going to be. He says:The industry, which reported modest increases during the recent recession, is still growing, though the level has tapered off, Buckley said. But it still remains vibrant because of the

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-81909756134911772542012-01-18T07:02:00.000-08:002012-01-18T08:46:11.055-08:00V for Vendetta's David Lloyd whitewashed Che Guevara

Alan Moore recently continued his own dismaying descent into mindlessness when he attended an Occupy gathering in London, which the Wash. Post seems to talk about pretty favorably. But while looking over the same topic, I also came across something even more disturbing, which was what Moore's artist on V for Vendetta, David Lloyd, had to say about the Occupy movement's use of the Guy Fawkes mask:

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-26735136812275967432012-01-16T07:14:00.000-08:002012-01-16T07:31:28.601-08:00Why DC's marketing strategy is only bound to fail

Comics Should Be Good wrote an entry about how, with at least 52 different ongoing books being published, DC is asking a lot of consumers, especially if the price for some of them is 4 dollars. And another problem:DC is reshuffling everything based on… what? Internet gossip? Retailer grumbles? Blogger reviews? Can’t be. There’s no way you look at the internet and conclude, “From what fans and

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-64569833773882656582012-01-14T09:43:00.000-08:002012-01-14T10:12:49.717-08:00DC still not letting go of Liefeld, who'll get 3 more books to wreck

Unbelievable. Even after the disaster of the latest Hawk & Dove series, DC is intent on keeping Liefeld on and giving him at least 3 more books to draw, and even write:Rob Liefeld will have more of a presence in DC's "The New 52" than ever, joining the creative team of three ongoing series in May.Liefeld will be plotting both The Savage Hawkman and Grifter, as well as writing and illustrating

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-1639162186878530282012-01-13T05:01:00.000-08:002012-01-13T05:17:50.038-08:00Hawk & Dove among the first DCnU series cancelled

With people like Rob Liefeld credited as artist and even writer, this shouldn't be surprising. The new take on Mr. Terrific and Blackhawks were also among the series reported cancelled. Of all the series that were selling badly, H&D was one of the lowest on the charts.What it tells is that Liefeld's name has since come to guarantee pure disaster, and nobody interested in quality books wants to

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-78544731007764500362012-01-13T02:00:00.000-08:002012-01-13T02:50:10.745-08:00Do Detective Comics and Batgirl actually depict Occupy metaphors negatively?

Two of the Batbooks seem to offer some of the very few things we could possibly expect from a company that's no different from any other leftist-dominated business today, though I could be mistaken. First, there's the 5th issue of the relaunched Detective Comics (via Gotham Spoilers), which features a pro-Joker demonstration that some readers assume is an attack on the Occupy Wall Street movement

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-70716924237950021582012-01-11T07:21:00.000-08:002012-01-11T07:26:50.241-08:00DC's sales continue their decline in December

The December sales charts were published on ICV2, and only 4 titles sold higher than 100,000 yet lower than 150,000. Sales as seen here are declining back to the lower numbers they were at before DCnU began. Nor did it help Marvel's sales much either.So what was that sales boom the pretentious executives reigning over DC were blathering about again?

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-22973725299775169312012-01-09T07:42:00.000-08:002012-01-09T07:50:59.330-08:00Again, some DC titles are going up to 4 dollars

This Newsarama article begins by telling that DC's execs "clarify" their sales figures, but I can't seem to find any actual numbers of how many copies they sold.However, what it does have to say is that, unsurprisingly, a couple of their books are once again going to go up to 4 dollars, and even 5:- This year will see higher price points and page counts for Batman and Detective Comics. The comics

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-62843990554199425772012-01-08T13:50:00.000-08:002012-01-08T13:57:46.594-08:00Actor in upcoming Avengers movie politicizes it

Big Hollywood reported that one of the cast members in the new Avengers movie, Mark Ruffalo, who plays the Hulk in the film, is trying to alienate potential audiences on the right. He told the WSJ:“You have all these disparate egos, superheroes in this and that, and they refuse to give up some of their positions in order to make a more perfect union and to join the team,” Ruffalo says.“That’s

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-82291012873733380902012-01-08T13:01:00.000-08:002012-01-08T13:48:08.713-08:00Too much liberalism harming comics

Bleeding Cool offers one of very few conservative opinions on their site arguing how leftism is only leading to the collapse of comic books. One of the most alarming examples presented is how Hank Hall of the Hawk & Dove duo is turned into a maniac:You pick up another comic book featuring a superhero team you used to really enjoy and there’s a member on the team who shares a lot of the same

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-35642955840382266682012-01-07T09:19:00.001-08:002012-01-07T09:28:24.042-08:00A comics store closes in Toronto

In another sad sign of how less customers are going to shop for comics, a store in Toronto called Dragon Lady Comics is closing next month.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-38147064062353634692012-01-05T08:57:00.000-08:002012-01-05T22:37:44.417-08:00Chris Claremont goes easy on DC reboot, but does admit what went wrong with marketing

CBR ran an interview with Chris Claremont where he says one thing disappointing but another that's willing to acknowledge how the industry went downhill in marketing. First, he says:As far as the industry is concerned, it’s clearly in a period of evolution. I think that DC’s revamping of their entire line conceptually has brought them a measure of strong success this year. I think Marvel is

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-91855601852404349092012-01-04T07:40:00.000-08:002012-01-04T07:45:01.714-08:00Bandai Ent. stopping its manga and anime publications

Following Tokyopop's closure last year, now another manga/anime publisher, Bandai, is discontinuing its own publications, in another sign of how the manga industry is facing troubles of its own financially.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-86013672195540620472012-01-02T06:58:00.000-08:002012-01-02T07:20:13.500-08:00Nashua Telegraph sugarcoats DC relaunch

In this Nashua Telegraph article, they fawn over DC's relaunch, calling it the story of the year:As we look back on 2011, there is little doubt what comic-book story was #1: DC’s re-launch of its entire superhero universe in September.Even in retrospect it’s hard to believe they did it. Never before has any publisher – perhaps any business – canceled its major product line and started it over

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-55066488045171468992012-01-01T11:31:00.000-08:002012-01-01T11:42:51.679-08:00Morrison is unkind to Krypto

Just a few issues into the relaunched Action Comics and in the 5th issue, it turns out that Krypto the Superdog is either being thrown out of the picture cavalierly, or, he becomes a phantom pooch in the rebooted Phantom Zone. Gee, I thought Grant Morrison was one of those writers who liked the Silver Age only so much, and here he's putting on a pretty disrespectful show for some of that era's

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-58646840289398831932012-01-01T11:25:00.000-08:002012-01-01T11:28:24.547-08:00Differences between Miller and Moore's politics

A writer for Big Hollywood discusses the differences between Frank Miller and Alan Moore in their views of the Occupy Wall Street gang, and a few of the differences in their graphic novels.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-27530920554869168422011-12-30T03:20:00.001-08:002011-12-30T03:22:29.902-08:00Stan Lee's 89th birthday

It's another year and Marvel legend Stan Lee has just celebrated his 89th birthday, and is still working in various comics related projects.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-23463552159192331052011-12-29T06:18:00.000-08:002011-12-29T06:55:54.137-08:00Nashua Telegraph fawns over Grant Morrison's new book

The Nashua Telegraph has written a fawning take on overrated Grant Morrison's new personal vanity book called "Supergods":If you’re still looking for the perfect gift for the geek in your life, here’s our third and last round of suggestions:“Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human” by Grant Morrison (Spiegel & Grau, $28)

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-30793185227807239142011-12-27T20:53:00.000-08:002011-12-27T21:15:28.595-08:00USA Today fawns over crossovers and even Matt Fraction

USA Today has written a sugarcoated take on this soon to be past year's products, and it includes a gushy claim that Flashpoint was a great crossover:Best event:Flashpoint. Comic-book companies have flirted with different realities, dimensions and the like, but writer Geoff Johns and artist Andy Kubert did it right, sending the Flash into a place where a war between Aquaman and Wonder Woman is

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-50764598002719795132011-12-25T11:40:00.000-08:002011-12-25T11:51:14.852-08:00Matt Fraction appears to have politicized the raid on bin Laden's hideout

Matt Fraction put together a webcomic for Gentleman's Quarterly about Team 6's raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout. Unfotunately, Fraction's leftist side seems to have gotten the better of him, if the description of bin Laden as an "old man" is any suggestion, and the writing runs the gauntlet of depicting the terrorist monster as near-sympathetic. And the use of "for God and Country" at the end

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-19808041981718023092011-12-23T01:22:00.000-08:002011-12-23T01:25:10.683-08:00Kyoto's manga museum exhibits American-drawn books

An article on Crunchyroll about an exhibition the Kyoto manga museum is holding next month for American talents in the art.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-40126127967082625082011-12-21T09:04:00.000-08:002011-12-21T09:24:50.659-08:00Just as we might've thought: DC is still going to swamp themselves with crossovers

Even after the relaunch of the DCU, they're still intent on flooding the market with more tiresome crossovers, which include:The Green Lantern mini-event through the four Green Lantern family books (Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Green Lantern: New Guardians, and Red Lanterns);The two-parter in O.M.A.C. and Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E.;The Young Justice titles cross-over involving at

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-62937259762000741252011-12-19T07:09:00.000-08:002011-12-19T07:31:01.017-08:00Marvel keeps up the confusion surrounding Cable

USA Today reports on another tie-in with the coming Avengers vs. X-Men crossover, called "X-Sanction" and it sure doesn't sound like they've cleared up any of the massive poor writing that developed around Cable over the past 2 decades. They begin by telling that:Cable has had plenty of roles over the years in Marvel Comics: a soldier, a mercenary, a father, a straight man and a terrorist.And the

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-44502021858966936112011-12-18T04:21:00.000-08:002011-12-18T11:35:49.168-08:00DC cutting back on their digital offerings

In this Word Balloon podcast, DC Comics' marketing manager John Rood told them they wouldn't be doing much more digital installments of their output:I think you’ll see us still experimenting, but I don’t think that any time soon digital first will expand greatly as a tool in our toolbox, you know? It’s something we’re experimenting with, but it’s not something that’s going to take a greater share

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-63440603976682747712011-12-16T01:05:00.000-08:002011-12-17T07:38:58.716-08:00Eduardo Barreto dies at 57

Another talented artist besides Joe Simon who's also passed away is Eduardo Barreto at 57 years of age, who'd worked as artist on New Teen Titans, Superman, and even comic strips like Judge Parker. Another good artist who's sadly gone.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-39338764869508214682011-12-15T10:37:00.001-08:002011-12-15T10:55:24.892-08:00RIP Joe Simon

Captain America's co-creator along with Jack Kirby has passed away at 98 years of age.I think what I appreciated most about Simon besides creating one of the most famous superheroes for Marvel was that he understood the menaces we're still facing long after 9-11 back in 2001 (I think he supported the war in Iraq) and, as he told in this interview written just 2 months ago:SIMON: Stan Lee, bless

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-40778376363503455362011-12-14T07:20:00.000-08:002011-12-14T07:24:07.997-08:00Manga on Japanese plane flights

An article on Jaunted about how Japan Airlines is going to offer manga for reading on electronic screens on their flights, possibly the first time the idea's been thought of.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-18093055986796700442011-12-12T00:58:00.000-08:002011-12-12T07:59:30.772-08:00Marvel is dredging up the Phoenix for the umpteenth time

As part of their next overbearing "event", Avengers vs. X-Men, which predictably is an excuse for yet more quarrels between teams:Avengers vs. X-Men is Marvel's major event series next year, running 12 biweekly issues and featuring five of the industry's most influential writers: Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Ed Brubaker, Jonathan Hickman and Matt Fraction."It's one of those legendary ideas:

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-4812526744466832912011-12-10T12:48:00.000-08:002011-12-10T13:13:23.588-08:00Captain Cold's powers are pointlessly internalized

In this CBR interview with Francis Manapul and Brian Buchalleto, they tell that Leonard Snart, alias Capt. Cold, is getting built-in powers:"A lot of it was very logical stuff. It was trying to stay true to the original," Manapul said of the rogue's revamp. "With him having internal powers, it actually made the most sense for him not to even have a coat or a hood. We really struggled with that

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-80123547777290505682011-12-09T02:10:00.001-08:002011-12-09T02:11:51.767-08:00Jerry Robinson dies at 89

Jerry Robinson, the Golden Age artist who co-created the Joker as well as a few other characters for Batman, is now dead at 89 years old. There's another famous figure who's sadly gone.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-76607005955202085552011-12-09T01:23:00.000-08:002011-12-09T05:35:39.178-08:00Tom DeFalco won't admit doing a bad job on the FF in the 90s

USA Today wrote about the Fantastic Four's history, and Tom DeFalco, as one of the interviewees for the article, said something really bothersome:Tom DeFalco jumped from Thor to take over writing chores for Fantastic Four in 1991, when he was also Marvel's editor in chief. Calling it "the greatest roller coaster in comics," DeFalco says he brought a sense of "crazy melodrama" to the series to

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-44814126847912040292011-12-07T08:10:00.001-08:002011-12-07T12:04:53.432-08:00Bendis finally leaving Avengers, though not soon enough

In this CBR article, it's revealed towards the end that next year will be Brian Bendis' last for misusing the Earth's Mightiest Heroes:And not only will 2012 will be a particularly big year for Marvel's top-billed super team, it will also mark Bendis' last year working on the Avengers titles. The writer began crafting the adventures of Earth's Mightiest Heroes in 2004, and after eight years, he's

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-2828050165004446402011-12-07T01:42:00.000-08:002012-01-02T22:33:23.800-08:00Alan Moore stumbles and turns against Frank Miller

Well, it looks like even Alan Moore, whom I'd thought to be one of the more reasonable of leftist writers from the UK until now, has stumbled. In this interview with Honest Publishing, he attacks Frank Miller's work - which he himself once wrote at least one forward for in Dark Knight Returns - and whitewashes the Occupy movement, which has been attacking the very concept that helped even Moore

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-86490874991432236932011-12-05T09:48:00.000-08:002011-12-05T09:50:25.288-08:00Al Jaffee's world

CNN has a whole article about the life of MAD magazine's Al Jaffee, one of the few contributors to the famous parody 'zine who's still around today.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-85398820208616405252011-12-05T07:16:00.000-08:002011-12-05T07:18:15.159-08:00North Carolina's Aniwave convention

A short article on NBC's WECT6-TV site about the Aniwave manga and anime convention they hold in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-39994963519213719982011-12-03T08:03:00.000-08:002011-12-03T08:10:17.636-08:00With an unappealing title like that, no wonder this Supergirl TPB was cancelled

Comic List tells of at least 2 planned trades that were canned by DC:DC Comics has cancelled orders for the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. AGENTS CHRONICLES VOL. 1 TP (OCT110242). This title will not be resolicited.DC Comics has cancelled orders for SUPERGIRL: GOOD LOOKING CORPSE TP (SEP110193). This title will not be resolicited.I don't know about the former, but with a title like what the latter's got, I

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-34709676593980897482011-12-01T05:26:00.001-08:002011-12-01T05:27:50.103-08:00Scientific manga

An article on MSNBC about manga books dedicated to teaching science and other forms of education, some of which are now being translated into English.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-70896850440747878522011-11-30T07:16:00.000-08:002011-11-30T09:00:49.969-08:00New take on Blackhawks doesn't sound very impressive

USA Today wrote about the DCnU redo of the Blackhawks, another victim of outrageously trendy updating:Gone are the individual propeller planes, funny hats and — in Lady Blackhawk's case — miniskirts. Instead, the Blackhawks are a super-secret organization of do-gooders that, like many characters in DC's "New 52" relaunch, are made to be more accessible to readers and "to show them that comics

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-50801153604162817472011-11-28T11:17:00.000-08:002011-11-28T11:21:58.768-08:00Golden Age Capt. America artist Allen Bellman is still around

The Miami Herald has an article about Allen Bellman, who was an artist on Captain America way back in the Golden Age, and at 87 now lives in Florida. He's been rediscovered by fans in recent years.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-67585668808299754242011-11-27T10:14:00.000-08:002011-11-28T07:11:53.391-08:00Nashua Telegraph says nothing about the BND tactics involved in relaunch of the Flash

The Nashua Telegraph writes a biased article about Francis Manapul and Brian Bucalleto's relaunch of the Flash for the DCnU, not telling about the cheats involved. First, here's what they say about Geoff Johns' own retconning from 3 years before:Now, the knock against Barry Allen – and why he was “dead” for 22 years – has always been that he’s so perfectly heroic that he’s perfectly boring. But

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-74587914361187312772011-11-25T01:54:00.000-08:002011-11-25T01:58:09.118-08:00NY Post interview with Stan Lee

Here's a recent interview the NY Post did with Stan Lee about his past career and how he got started, and also mentions a new book he wrote on how to write comics.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-14790948244032145362011-11-24T06:13:00.001-08:002011-11-24T06:50:05.974-08:00As expected: Johnny Storm comes back from the afterlife

And where? In Fantastic Four #600 as Marvel restores the original numbering, proving that even the restoration of the original series' numbering is only being done as a publicity stunt. Tom Brevoort tells the AP that:[...] the new issue, which marks the title’s return since No. 588 was published, makes it clear that Storm wasn’t just hibernating or being held in a comatose state.“Yes, he did die.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-63869625395966839332011-11-22T13:13:00.000-08:002011-11-22T13:26:04.560-08:00Sun Tzu's Art of War becomes a graphic novel

Of all things that are now becoming comics in their own way, even Sun Tzu's own work has been turned into one by a company called Smarter Comics.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-7557654912961527712011-11-20T10:30:00.001-08:002011-11-20T11:25:31.218-08:00Spider-Woman ends up naked in one of Bendis' latest monstrosities

In Avengers 12.1, Brian Bendis continues to be the bad omen the Earth's Mightiest Heroes has been burdened with ever since Joe Quesada gave him nearly free reign 7 years ago, and demonstrates how truly, he doesn't care one single bit about the characters who've been enslaved under his writing. As seen in this panel from the issue, via Too Busy Thinking About My Comics, Bendis and artist Brian

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-73431243203881007792011-11-18T02:38:00.001-08:002011-11-18T03:28:23.613-08:00Would-be dissenter with DC suddenly softens

If there's any allegedly conservative news writer purporting to be a comics fan I've often found a turnoff, it would be Jonathan V. Last of the Weekly Standard. I was simply full of disgust when I once found out he actually embraced Identity Crisis and would not recognize any of the one-sided depiction of the female cast, nor how it was basically a subtle blame-America metaphor, and he still

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-29732778805665243332011-11-16T08:48:00.000-08:002011-11-16T08:59:42.181-08:00Bill Mantlo in sad state of health today

Life Health Pro has a 9-page article about Bill Mantlo, once one of Marvel's leading writers on series like ROM: Spaceknight and the Incredible Hulk, who's now in a hospital suffering from a badly damaged body. It begins by telling:Bill Mantlo was a legendary writer for Marvel Comics in the 1970s and 1980s. But today, he inhabits a broken body abandoned by both the health insurance industry and

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-48203310578375768112011-11-16T07:57:00.000-08:002011-11-16T08:45:53.194-08:00Mark Millar actually comes to Frank Miller's defense

The leftist backlash against Frank Miller for slamming the Occupy movement's offensive actions, completely oblivious to how there's evidence to support his misgivings, wasn't too surprising. In the industry itself, people like Erik Larsen, Gail Simone, Joe Hill, Cully Hamner, to name but some, went out of their way to make negative statements against him, and CBR's Robot 6 blog subtly called it a

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-55060628643211570232011-11-14T06:53:00.000-08:002011-11-14T07:53:38.168-08:00The New 52 is little more than New Violence times 52

The Comics Journal wrote a whole article on what DCnU is like, and it turns out they're using the same approach as in the past decade. It's not just the Green Lantern series where bloodshed is taking place:Still, it’s not like it isn’t present in other titles as well, from the sexually adventurous badass female character in Blackhawks to the scantily clad Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad to the

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-35569724948653510252011-11-12T20:21:00.000-08:002011-11-12T21:24:25.261-08:00Frank Miller slams the Occupy movement

Newsbusters (via Colossus of Rhodey) reports that Frank Miller's done another good deed by criticizing the horrific Occupy Wall Street movement. Before that, the leftist UK Guardian wrote an exploitive speculation that Batman would make an ideal hero for the Occupy movement, and cites at least one of Miller's Batman works, Year One. I'm sure they'd be quite stunned if they realize that far from

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-66472843811452779592011-11-12T08:03:00.001-08:002011-11-12T08:08:19.168-08:00Another possible death in a Marvel book that should be avoided

In Uncanny X-Force #18, they tease/mock the reader with the possibility that Psylocke will be killed again, a decade after they first did this shameless act in X-Treme X-Men. I can't help but wonder if the quote on one of those covers featured, "You are a grave disappointment" is directed at the character whom they might terminate. Why don't they have a good look at themselves for a change?The

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-21831870482325492652011-11-12T06:03:00.000-08:002011-11-12T07:54:11.402-08:00Miniseries becoming fewer

Tom Brevoort has said on his Formspring page that Marvel's going to focus far less on miniseries (or limited series, as they initially called them when the idea became serious during the 1980s):We’ve been saying for months now that we’re going to be putting out fewer limited series, and instead focusing on our core monthly titles in response to where the marketplace seems to be right now. That’s

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-39882547980280955882011-11-10T21:51:00.000-08:002011-11-10T21:53:48.192-08:00Stan Lee winning Vanguard Award

Among the various prizes that legendary Stan Lee is now adding to his list, there's the Producers Guild of America award for 2012.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-73898999477184425122011-11-10T06:58:00.000-08:002011-11-10T07:04:04.482-08:00Family Circus' Bill Keane dead at 89

The creator of the Family Circus comic strip has passed away at 89 years old from congestive heart disease. I used to read and enjoy his strip just as often as Peanuts and Garfield in my childhood, and it's sad to see him go.Here's an extra article from Reuters (via Big Hollywood).

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-44881683658878997302011-11-09T08:47:00.000-08:002011-11-09T08:48:52.366-08:00The rise and decline of manga sales

ICV2 ran an interview with Viz Media founder Seiji Horibuchi about how manga began to peak in sales at least a decade ago, and why it's suffering declines and/or setbacks now.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-78096634838075299432011-11-07T07:45:00.000-08:002011-11-07T08:05:31.405-08:00Brian Azzarello's unimpressive addition of a "motivation" for WW

LA Times' Hero Complex interviewed Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang about the retcon they've written for Wonder Woman, including turning Zeus into her father:CC: If you went to the average person on the street and showed them a picture of Wonder Woman they would recognize her immediately. Ask those people her origin story and some of them might know the clay story but many, many others would not

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-90267574239375489252011-11-05T10:03:00.000-07:002011-11-05T10:33:57.750-07:00A Doctor Doom miniseries canceled before it's even out

The news has come out that a miniseries about the Fantastic Four's archnemesis has been canceled without even seeing the light of day. It could be tied in with the layoffs they've been making recently, and is another sign that as a book publisher, they may not have a much longer life.As sad as it will be if Marvel goes under, that will be the result of years of their increasing contempt for and

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-17680601121477312132011-11-03T06:50:00.000-07:002011-11-03T07:07:26.711-07:00Why only now, at least according to the current Flash writers, are they taking a brighter approach?

IO9 interviewed Francis Manapul and Brian Bucellato about their take on the Scarlet Speedster, where they tell us that now, after all this time, they're suddenly taking a more optimistic approach:When you guys had the opportunity to write the Flash, what sort of narrative instincts did you want to bring to your run?Brian Buccellato: We definitely decided we wanted an optimistic, hopeful, and

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-8867772592144421002011-11-03T06:41:00.000-07:002011-11-03T06:44:18.776-07:00CBR and Wired blatantly promote exhibit of "superheroes" at Occupy Wall Street

This is disgusting, and CBR for one has definitely crossed the line in promoting a so-called superhero street theater at Occupy Wall Street, that whole movement that's already been proving itself most truly repellant by allowing creatures who commit rape crimes to dwell in their vicinity and even discourage the attendents from calling the police for help. And Wired's being just as bad. Just why

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-33908868292487277642011-11-01T23:29:00.000-07:002011-11-01T23:32:23.634-07:00London's British Museum in manga format

An article in New Scientist about the new manga book Professor Munakata's British Museum Adventure, which features the museum as a story setting.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-42785669487734551482011-10-31T14:00:00.000-07:002011-10-31T14:11:59.621-07:00Jason Aaron belittles Bruce Banner

USA Today spoke to Marvel's writer Jason Aaron about the way he's rendering the Hulk, in which he hints that Bruce Banner will become more monster than man, rather than his alter ego. But another thing that annoys me here is how he describes Bruce's career as a scientist:One of Banner's major hang-ups is that Hulk is the only significant thing he has ever accomplished in his life — and even that

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-65189343172875772072011-10-30T11:53:00.000-07:002011-10-30T12:12:31.242-07:00Red Lanterns' depiction is revolting

IO9 is running an interview with Peter Milligan about his work on the gross spinoff from Green Lantern Corps called Red Lanterns, which begins with the sensationalized headline of:Read an exclusive preview of Red Lanterns, starring the Green Lanterns’ blood-vomiting rivals!If the Green Lanterns are too goody two-shoe for your tastes, then their blood-spewing (and blood-spilling) nemeses the Red

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-69669219102537458562011-10-28T01:30:00.000-07:002011-10-28T01:53:07.719-07:00DCnU Hawkman's new armor looks ridiculous

In this Newsarama interview with artist Phillip Tan, it's revealed that Superman isn't the only getting an absurd armor-like suit foisted upon him. Even the relaunched Hawkman is:revealed to have a new organic-type armor, as well as a mysterious origin.One I'm sure we won't need to concern ourselves with either. And the armor looks so silly, like it were turned into a male variation on

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-91210821962841133872011-10-27T12:59:00.000-07:002011-10-27T13:02:22.035-07:00Manga about wine now translated in English

Here's an article in The Globe and Mail about the manga called The Drops of God, the manga book about wine-producing, which is now available in English language formats.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-75312627039784115322011-10-26T01:09:00.000-07:002011-10-26T08:18:34.003-07:00If DC were to try a Watchmen prequel, J. Michael Stracynski shouldn't be part of it

Crave Online wrote about the rumors that DC will publish some prequels to Alan Moore's Watchmen. Honestly, I don't think, after what the company has become today, that this could work out well and they should just leave Moore's original work alone. But what's really galling is the mention that J. Michael Stracynski could be involved.I'm hardly at all a fan of the Watchmen, but I can say that if

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-6041661574239019492011-10-24T23:06:00.001-07:002011-10-24T23:08:04.254-07:00Comics panel at Barrington Public Library

Here's a short article in the Barrington Patch about a comics and literacy conference they're going to hold in their main library on October 25.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-32052902987221532862011-10-23T12:45:00.000-07:002011-10-23T12:51:55.304-07:00Marvel is laying off some staff

In a sign that they're far from doing well in sales, Marvel's let go of 15-16 staff members, in efforts to cut costs. They've also canceled at least 3 series.It remains to be seen just how much longer it'll be before they may be shut down. I'm wishing that this'll lead to the publishing arm being bought out by a better ownership. But that's obviously a pipe dream that may never come to pass.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-53045829020972344222011-10-23T12:18:00.001-07:002011-10-26T08:19:41.930-07:00Lobdell won't take responsibility for his crummy rendition of Starfire

Newsarama interviewed Scott Lobdell about his new work on Red Hood and the Outlaws, including his terrible stunt depicting princess Koriand'r as a heartless quasi-amnesiac who engages in aimless sex. But he seems intent on laying the blame more at the feet of the readership than acknowledging he's a terrible writer who's laid waste to one of the New Teen Titans' most famous members:Nrama: Scott,

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-23319220312511111312011-10-21T03:59:00.000-07:002011-10-21T04:02:44.751-07:00Stan Lee winning Visual Effects Society award

Among the awards Marvel's legend Stan Lee is now gaining, there's the Visual Effects Society's award, which will be given to him at their 10th annual gathering in Beverly Hills.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-58905184500883008032011-10-20T22:05:00.001-07:002011-10-20T22:18:07.364-07:0090 percent of Titans continuity wiped out

As expected, there is no good news about the Teen Titans, as the report from the NYCC panel tells that much of the previous Titans continuity was erased, and not only that, it's clearer than ever that Wally West has been obscured:One fan asked if Tim Drake was still an orphan, Chase said she wouldn’t answer, but said he was still part of the Bat-family, something that would be reflected upon soon

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-2425061787498308042011-10-19T00:47:00.000-07:002011-10-19T00:57:14.162-07:00Bluewater and Simon & Shuster publishing another comic about the hunt for bin Laden

The Ottawa Citizen reports that Bluewater and Simon & Shuster are teaming together to publish another graphic novel about the US military's trackdown of Osama bin Laden, this one titled "Killing Geronimo: The Hunt for Osama bin Laden", which will be the second non-fiction graphic novel focused on the subject following IDW's Codeword Geronimo a few months earlier.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-53514325675870663082011-10-17T09:17:00.000-07:002011-10-17T09:20:31.799-07:00Kodansha's new manga iPad app

Publisher's Weekly writes about the new iPad app Kodansha USA and Random House developed for manga and introduced at the NYCC.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-80323857923083928832011-10-16T02:00:00.000-07:002011-10-16T03:01:07.217-07:00Mark Sable admits he found The Big Lie horrific

The Comics Reporter ran an interview with Mark Sable, the writer of comics like Grounded, and among the subjects brought up was Rick Veitch's 9-11 truther screed The Big Lie, which, amazingly for someone whose own politics seem to skew to the left, he found disturbing:SPURGEON: In other interviews you mentioned you have a special sensitivity to 9/11 and issues of terrorism and violence of that

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-69955771688192443572011-10-14T00:49:00.000-07:002011-10-14T00:52:38.573-07:00Joe Simon's 98th birthday

Cinema Spy reports that this is the week of Captain America co-creator Joe Simon's 98th birthday. He's definitely lucky to have come such a long way.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-1996610688442078612011-10-13T12:13:00.000-07:002011-10-13T12:25:17.012-07:00DC's fallout with bookstores

It looks like DC, whether deservedly or not, has caused itself some unnecessary problems with booksellers over their exclusive deal with Kindle Fire and Amazon for digital samples. First, Barnes & Noble pulled 100 of their books from the shelves (via Publishers Weekly). Now, Books-A-Million is following B&N and doing the same.Whether they deserve this or not, DC seem to have caused themselves

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-66373881245279129782011-10-12T01:00:00.000-07:002011-10-12T01:26:56.603-07:00The Olympians are being corrupted in WW

The New York Post has told that the changes being made in Wonder Woman are even worse than what the previous article suggested. First, we're told that Zeus is being retconned into Diana's father (!):The iconic character is getting something she's never had in her almost 70-year-old history -- a father."She's going to learn she's not who she was told she was," "Wonder Woman" writer Brian Azzarello

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-24115316247389885262011-10-10T01:12:00.000-07:002011-10-10T12:30:56.679-07:00More on the darkening of WW's relaunched series

The Nashua Telegraph fawned over Brian Azzarello's relaunch of Wonder Woman, with the writer and editor claiming it's not a horror story, yet there's plenty to indicate it's not exactly something a wide audience could warm to either:Early buzz labeled the new “Wonder Woman” as a horror book, but Azzarello disagreed with that assessment.“You need the good to define the bad,” he said. “And that’s

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-9506949906057321542011-10-09T12:38:00.000-07:002011-10-09T13:08:30.710-07:00Some leftists still exploiting Superman's new direction for attacking Rick Perry

The dismal leftist Death & Taxes site is continuing their ridiculous exploitation/hijack of the Man of Steel for attacking GOP candidate Rick Perry. They begin by asking if Perry and Superman have the same "swagger", and go on to say:Traced back to Shakespeare’s 1590 play Midsummer Night’s Dream, “swagger,” derived from a word meaning “to swing,” once meant “to move heavily or unsteadily.” Now

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-13670974166827771562011-10-09T12:35:00.000-07:002011-10-09T12:38:09.197-07:00Holy Terror tops the graphic novel charts

Digital Spy reports that Frank Miller's graphic novel Holy Terror has made it to the top of the GN charts. How about that, despite the efforts of many leftists to deride it, the GN still succeeded in making the highest rank for the month. That's excellent.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-60868569973965401862011-10-08T09:54:00.000-07:002011-10-08T10:10:10.897-07:00A comic bio of Steve Jobs

Bluewater is publishing a comic book biography of the life of the late Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Computers and brains behind a whole bundle of technological wonders.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-43452872103278811862011-10-06T08:12:00.000-07:002011-10-06T08:47:58.654-07:00Marvel doesn't need a relaunch, it needs a clean-up/clear-up

IGN's comics section is asking if Marvel needs to do a reboot/relaunch just like DC's been doing with much of their line. In the article they've published, the things they tell include:Marvel faces various problems when it comes to attracting new readers. There's an increasing perception that their books are hard to get into. With so many X-Men and Avengers titles on the stands, where is a newbie

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-30332867629550053832011-10-04T01:53:00.000-07:002011-10-04T02:01:12.032-07:00DiDio claiming DC is now devoid of Crises

The awful head of DC has claimed upon his Facebook page that since Flashpoint, no major events like crossovers have taken place in the DCnU. As though that's going to convince anyone that with people like him still around, they're literally worth buying again.And I've got a sad feeling that despite what he says, Identity Crisis could still be around there, certainly the crude, dismal direction it

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-72356725589364185252011-10-02T08:11:00.000-07:002011-10-02T08:44:01.236-07:00British museum publishing manga book

The Bookseller reports that the British Museum Press is going to publish a manga title of its own in cooperation with a Japanese manga writer.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-1485716953579342522011-10-01T10:14:00.000-07:002011-10-01T11:39:42.999-07:00Frank Miller's Holy Terror debuts, and some leftists detest it

Frank Miller's bold new venture focusing on jihadism has come out, and as expected, there are some on the left who more or less despise him for that. And if there's any leftist review I find that's really biased, it's this one at leftist AOL-owned Comics Alliance, which begins by making the mistake of using the headline, "A Propaganda Comic That Fights Faith Instead of Evil". And it doesn't get

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-68702953662032567742011-10-01T10:08:00.000-07:002011-10-01T10:10:05.031-07:00Asterix co-creator retires

The AFP reports that Asterix co-creator Albert Uderzo is retiring from drawing the comics at 84 years old, and reportedly has a successor to take over any further writing.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-25483118528092025342011-09-28T00:07:00.000-07:002011-09-28T00:08:34.239-07:00The history of Japan's manga and Doraemon museums

Here's an article in the Daily Yomiuri about the history of Japan's manga museums and libraries that have grown since the 1990s.And, here's another one about the Doraemon museum dedicated to Hiroshi Fujimoto's famous manga robo-cat.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-33444242460936264212011-09-26T07:21:00.000-07:002011-09-26T07:33:27.385-07:00Scott Lobdell and Judd Winick lower the bar on Starfire and Catwoman

The latest controversy DC's caused and are hoping to get away with, no doubt about that, is turning Starfire into a one-dimensional sex object (who can't or won't recall her fellow Titans) and Catwoman having sensationalized sex with Batman.Now, if this had been done under a more talented and respectable staff, with a contributor of Marv Wolfman's caliber, I'm sure all this could've worked out.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-68861056457017500832011-09-25T10:25:00.000-07:002011-09-25T10:29:00.462-07:004 dollars for just 20 pages

Marvel's still charging 4 dollars for a lot of their output, even after they've cut the page count down to just 20 pages, like DC. And that's another reason why their sales aren't likely to get any better.

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-33282596715322034782011-09-23T02:25:00.000-07:002011-09-23T02:39:28.295-07:00New Mr. Terrific premiere features Republicans as anti-science

This picture I found is from the first issue of the new Mr. Terrific series (where Michael Holt apparently now sports tattoos of his Fair Play motto), and seems to have an attack on Republicans featured, depicting them as anti-science.If that's their little game now at DC, then here's something for them to ponder: leftists can be anti-science too. Which is why they should stop trying to

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-3812185071406206162011-09-21T08:49:00.001-07:002011-09-21T09:08:03.520-07:00The abuse of Scarlet Witch continues in the "Children's Crusade"

USA Today talks about how Marvel has NOT abandoned the desecration of Scarlet Witch any more than DC has Sue Dibny and Jean Loring. More specifically, they also let know just who Wanda's been forced to hook up with now:Superpowered teens Wiccan and Speed found their mother, the Scarlet Witch (aka Wanda Maximoff), without powers or memory but with a new fiancé: Doctor Doom. Thanks to the

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-73090254376388290352011-09-19T07:55:00.000-07:002011-09-19T08:13:03.855-07:00DC should release clear numbers for sales, but is apparently too embarrassed

This entry on Comics Reporter makes a worthy point about how DC isn't making a good case by not releasing any actual numbers on their digital sales:As seen in this interview, it looks like DC won't be releasing its New 52 digital numbers but will feel confident in making claims on their behalf. It also looks like comics sites will then repeat this claim as news, perhaps qualified by source or as

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-40223902552459594932011-09-19T07:41:00.000-07:002011-09-19T08:30:13.932-07:00As DC becomes more "diverse", they become less kid-friendly

The cliches substituting for true storytelling continue as Scott Lobdell and artist Brett Booth introduce an openly gay character in Teen Titans, whose sexuality is going to be a leading part of his character. No surprise, really. Lobdell was the writer who penned the embarrassingly heavy-handed "outing" of Northstar in Alpha Flight in 1992, in what was apparently a desperate attempt to salvage

Avi Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18279593764770556442noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14274422.post-11671364598020586212011-09-18T11:12:00.000-07:002011-09-18T11:37:57.387-07:00What makes these leftists think this Fear Itself storyline is meant to appeal to the Tea Party?

The leftist website Death and Taxes (via Tea Party Patriots) has written a peculiar post where they seem to think that the part towards the end of Fear Itself where Capt. America forms a militia is meant to appeal to the Tea Party. They begin by asking:Is Captain America forming a militia to appease the Tea Party?What does the Tea Party truly have to do with militias and firearms? Of course there

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