There’ll be Sun.
March 16th, 2010 Posted by Esther Inglis-ArkellOkay, this is technically today with spoilers, so I’ll cut it.
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March 15th, 2010 Posted by Esther Inglis-ArkellFirst Wave is exactly what I need right now. No tragedy porn, no endless continuity, no terrible life-altering baggage; there’s just Doc Savage’s disregard for keeping his nipples covered and Batman’s Fearsome Bat-hug.
I also love that the victim looks about ten times as horrified at Batman saving her than she did when she was being threatened by a man with a rusty knife and poor dental work.
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From Brooklyn to Tokyo
March 11th, 2010 Posted by david brothers
Ron Wimberly’s been in Japan for the past few weeks, making me mad jealous. I’ve only been once, in the fall of ‘08 for a work trip. All expenses paid was nice, but staying only a week was too short. But them’s the breaks! I did buy about five hundred bucks worth of clothes, though!
Ron’s been busy, drawing comics and making connects. He’s got a big deal coming up, so I’ll let him (and Benetton) tell it:
On Saturday, March 13th, Benetton Japan will be hosting a live paint show by an American artist, Ronald Wimberly, to celebrate Benetton Mega Store Shinjuku’s renewal opening. During the event, which takes place from 3pm to 9pm, the artist will be painting on a big screen in the window, which will be reported live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/benettonpress.
So, details:
Where: Benetton Mega Store Shinjuku’s official Ustream channel
When: If you’re EST (where Brooklyn at), 0100-0300 Saturday morning. For those of us in PST (From Oakland to Sac-town, the Bay Area and back down), you can check it out from 2200-0000 on Friday evening. For those inbetween… do the math.
Who: Ron Wimberly, aka dπ
What: Live painting
Tune in, you might see something cool. In the meantime, check out the kid’s site, revisit his Black Future Month interview, or get familiar with GratNin. You can also read the press release.
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Ill-Considered
March 2nd, 2010 Posted by Esther Inglis-ArkellSome of you have been following the Nick Simmons controversy. Long story short, Nick Simmons, son of Gene Simmons, drew a manga titled Incarnate for Radical Publishing. Three issues in, people began noticing that some panels and characters bore a striking resemblance to art in other comics. Comics like Sandman, Bleach, and even some amateur stuff on Deviantart.
And by ’striking resemblance,’ I mean, ’someone owns a lightbox.’
Internet drama ensued, until yesterday Mister Simmons ended it with an apology on Comics Worth Reading.
This was simply meant as an homage to artists I respect, and I definitely want to apologize to any Manga fans or fellow Manga artists who feel I went too far. My inspirations reflect the fact that certain fundamental imagery is common to all Manga. This is the nature of the medium.
I am a big fan of Bleach, as well as other Manga titles. And I am certainly sorry if anyone was offended or upset by what they perceive to be the similarity between my work and the work of artists that I admire and who inspire me.
Well, that settles it, doesn’t it? Nothing appeases a group of fans like a guy telling them that he’s sorry about how totally wrong they are.
I won’t echo the Comics Worth Reading sentiment about this. I’ll only note that the guy released the statement ‘through a representative’. I’m not sure what kind of representative doesn’t realize that this will make things worse. Maybe Simmons insisted. It would have been better if he had just hunkered down and waited for people to forget about all of this.
Well, better for some. I often enjoy a good internet pile-on, and if he keeps issuing statements like this, the fight could last for a while.
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When Amateurs Should Turn Pro
February 23rd, 2010 Posted by Esther Inglis-ArkellI couldn’t think of what to write for this entry. First I scanned links on When Fangirls Attack, and Scans Daily, and various news sites, but I couldn’t think of anything I really wanted to write about, so I just clicked random links and googled random things for an hour, until I found myself, once again, reading the-blackcat’s Batman and Sons series.
The Black Cat, posting on deviantart and on livejournal (as the_dark_cat) did a series about Bruce, Dick, Jason, Tim, and baby Terry living together as a family and the wacky domestic adventures they get into. It’s syrupy and ridiculous. It runs completely counter to the Batman tone and almost everything that is happening in comics right now, and it is one of my favorite things to read.
I cannot believe how much I love this series and everything in it. It’s not just the silly adventures – it’s the artist themself.
This is an example of someone how knows their comics so well that they have clearly gone nuts with it.
That’s a scene at Chris Kent’s birthday party. Yes, that’s the Creeper handing out balloons to Jade and some kid I don’t recognize because I don’t know comics as well as this person does.
Later Terry gets into a scuffle with the youngest Arrow kid, not only because in the limited number of strips that The Black Cat has created he has been established as a kind of pushy baby, but there has also been established a feud between the Bats and the Arrows, with the Supers acting as peacekeepers.
Let me put this bluntly: This is a person who should be hired. To do this. Because this is freakin’ fantastic.
There are in-jokes, there are sharply delineated characters, there are visual gags, there is a sense of timing and flow to the panels, and every strip tells a story. Some stories are poignant, and some are sweet, and some are mean, and most are funny. I recognize that this is not everyone’s kind of story, and that it has to lean on the Grim Bat Mythos to stand. Still, this artist has it all, and is giving it to us in these strips. I wish they could get paid for it. And I wish that I could pay for an issue every month.
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What’s Under the Hood
February 17th, 2010 Posted by Esther Inglis-ArkellJudd Winick’s Jason Todd resurrection story, Under the Hood, is coming out in straight-to-dvd animated movie form this fall. So far, they’ve released few details. There’s talk about how the story will be dark. And there is a model of Nightwing.
This angular style seems to be the new trend in animation.
Batman from the The Batman Strikes.
Martian Manhunter from Crisis on Two Earths.
Seriously, every superhero’s head seems to be modeled on Tahmoh Penikett’s skull.
There is also a quote from Judd Winick.
“What I loved best about it is that it had a really amazing beginning and a really strong ending, which pretty much most movies ride on.”
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It Just Keeps Coming
February 9th, 2010 Posted by Esther Inglis-Arkell
I’m not even reading the Lantern Saga
January 28th, 2010 Posted by Esther Inglis-Arkell“Every time he come around your city…”
January 22nd, 2010 Posted by david brothersMarvel recently released the Deadpool variant cover to Siege #3, the one that’s tied to their promotion involving Blackest Night covers. Here it is:
Never change, Marvel.
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Everything’s Going My Way!
January 13th, 2010 Posted by Esther Inglis-ArkellWhat had me singing “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning,” today? Sure, my week brightens around Wednesdays. And sure, I was still riding high on the leftover Batmanderthal vapors. But this is what really kick-started my morning:
The Birds of Prey are back! And they’re being written by Gail Simone!
Of course scans_daily is all over this, including the mysterious blacked-out figures in the background. Creote is the front-runner, as far as speculation goes, for the big figure.
There are more contenders for the flying figure. They include
1. Misfit – Charlie Gage-Radcliffe (Yeah, yeah. “Dark Vengeance.” Not my favorite.)
2. Batwoman – Kate Kane (I’d think she’d be up front in the picture, though.)
3. Batgirl – Bette Kane (That could be interesting. And I’m pretty sure she’d be pissed to see how many people have stolen her moniker.)
4. Manhunter – Kate Spencer (Very unlikely.)
5. Spoiler/Robin/Batgirl – Stephanie Brown (I don’t think Gail Simone has ever written her before. That could be cool.)
Simone states that the two new characters are a pair, which cuts down on a lot of possibilities. I suppose they could be Creote and a very interestingly posed/surgically altered Savant. The ruling theory, though, is that they are Hawk and Dove in some new iteration of the pair. We’ll know in spring. Until then, I’m humming the rest of Oklahoma!, and keeping hope alive.
