Comics I just read and recommended: Blankets, The Annotated Mantooth, Atomic Robo.
If you haven't read Atomic Robo, you should. It's great fun and is full of science jokes.
Damn it! You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt monkey!
Xander ,'Lessons'
Other Media 2: It's Astounishing!
Discussion of comics, graphic novels, and more. Except for capes. No capes!
Please use spoiler font for new releases until after the weekend following release.
Polter-Cow - Nov 30, 2010 10:13:21 pm PST #3245 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Polter-Cow - Dec 01, 2010 7:57:39 am PST #3246 of 5059
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
This month's Marvel calendar match-up:
SPIDER-MAN
vs.
HULK
Fight!
Tom Scola - Dec 01, 2010 8:14:06 am PST #3247 of 5059
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Next month: Galactus vs Squirrel Girl! Fight!
Strega - Dec 09, 2010 8:03:51 pm PST #3248 of 5059
So I got the ridiculously gigantic Walking Dead compendium because it was on sale, and I'd read the first few issues, and what the hell. It was on my doorstep when I got home.
...And I'm halfway through it now and am stopping for the night because whirr. It is a shame how shitty the TV show is, because the comic basically goes "ohshitohshit, awwwwheartwarmingmoment, oh FUCK." And the page-turning craziness makes it much easier to overlook the flaws.
DavidS - Dec 14, 2010 7:12:08 am PST #3249 of 5059
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Today is Jack Cole's birthday. I wrote a piece on him for Hilobrow.
DavidS - Dec 14, 2010 7:20:12 am PST #3250 of 5059
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Relatedly, here's a fantastic blog on Jack Cole's work that has dozens of rare scans.
Steph L. - Dec 21, 2010 6:55:08 pm PST #3251 of 5059
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oh, god DAMN. DC's solicits for Justice League: Generation Lost are teasing that Blue Beetle is going to be killed: [link] >[link]
I could list all the reasons why I don't think it'll happen (DC wouldn't kill off another minority/DC wouldn't kill off another teen hero in a brutal fashion/DC wouldn't have Max Lord shoot ANOTHER Blue Beetle), but really, my reaction is just -- god DAMN.
Or it could be a Jossverse thing akin to S5 of Angel (and how Connor was handwaved into a different life), where Max Lord's ability to alter reality (or perception, or whatever it is he does) will mean that Beetle DOES die, but then it's un-done. Which is exactly the kind of cheap plot move I would expect from DC.
My love for the Jamie Reyes iteration of Blue Beetle is massive, and irrational. I really think if DC kills him off, I'm going to have to break up with comics. Seriously.
§ ita § - Dec 21, 2010 7:15:40 pm PST #3252 of 5059
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wonder how John Rogers feels about that.
Steph L. - Dec 21, 2010 7:22:22 pm PST #3253 of 5059
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I've been making flappy hands and aggrieved noises about it for the last 45 minutes. Gah.
Tom Scola - Dec 22, 2010 12:06:01 am PST #3254 of 5059
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.