Um.. hi...
Jul. 25th, 2013 08:41 pmSo I haven't updated this journal since May. Sorry about that! I'd love to say I've been insanely busy but really I just seem to never getting around to updating things. Since that last occasion, I've made the trek down to Richmond with ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
likeadeuce and friends for the Free Comic Book Day caravan. For once, I found most of the things on my pressing want list, including a missing volume of "Journey into Mystery". I completed the run today with the last trade, so I may gear up for a read-a-thon of sorts. I've seen both "Iron Man 3" and "Man of Steel"; I both liked and disliked each for different reasons. I guess I'm consistent in that respect. I still infinitely prefer Marvel's live action movies and DC's animation, although DC is starting to adapt the nu52 stories I dislike, so that may change fast. I just feel each is stronger in those mediums. As someone said, Marvel has found a way to infuse their live action movies with warmth and heart and humanity, whereas DC is mired in the grimdark. I do think Man of Steel was very well cast overall though, just the story/mood didn't quite work for me as a Superman movie. But I'm far more excited about Captain America 2 (BUCKY! NATASHA! Hopefully in scenes together!) than anything DC teases me with.
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likeadeuce and friends for the Free Comic Book Day caravan. For once, I found most of the things on my pressing want list, including a missing volume of "Journey into Mystery". I completed the run today with the last trade, so I may gear up for a read-a-thon of sorts. I've seen both "Iron Man 3" and "Man of Steel"; I both liked and disliked each for different reasons. I guess I'm consistent in that respect. I still infinitely prefer Marvel's live action movies and DC's animation, although DC is starting to adapt the nu52 stories I dislike, so that may change fast. I just feel each is stronger in those mediums. As someone said, Marvel has found a way to infuse their live action movies with warmth and heart and humanity, whereas DC is mired in the grimdark. I do think Man of Steel was very well cast overall though, just the story/mood didn't quite work for me as a Superman movie. But I'm far more excited about Captain America 2 (BUCKY! NATASHA! Hopefully in scenes together!) than anything DC teases me with. ( What I'm watching )
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Greetings from sunny and warm Florida. I've been down here for the holidays. Computer access has been spotty at best, so I haven't had time to delve into the Yuletide offerings. I'll be home in a few days.
Yesterday I had the annual trip to the local comics store. I wound up with two missing issues of Marvel's "Journey into Mystery" (aka Loki's Magical Mystery Tour) and the first volume of Atomic Robo. I've been sorta reading Mighty Thor/Journey into Mystery after a) Thor: Mighty Avenger ended b) the Thor movie. I haven't been reading as closely as I should be -- that will prove to be a whoops later.
"Journey into Mystery" was the original Thor title before it changed titles several times over. When "Fear Itself" was going on, it was promoted as deaged!Loki's side of the story. It was far more entertaining than the actual storyline, heavily skewing on the fantasy side of the Marvel. The only problem I have is sometimes the Asgardian fonts are a little hard to read.
I picked up two issues #630 and #632. ( Volstagg, Heimdall, and Yule mild spoilers )
I've wanted to grab a trade of Atomic Robo since I picked up this year's FCBD issue. Atomic Robo is a robot built by Nikola Tesla. He fights monsters and mad scientists using a group of "action scientists". They even argue about scientific theories. The dialogue made me giggle aloud a few times. There are five trades of Atomic Robo available either in print format or as digital collections on ComiXology's digital site. The collections are very cheap only $3.99 or so. You can get all of Atomic Robo on Comixology for nearly the price of a HC collection. I really wish DC/Marvel would try more collections like those online.
Yesterday I had the annual trip to the local comics store. I wound up with two missing issues of Marvel's "Journey into Mystery" (aka Loki's Magical Mystery Tour) and the first volume of Atomic Robo. I've been sorta reading Mighty Thor/Journey into Mystery after a) Thor: Mighty Avenger ended b) the Thor movie. I haven't been reading as closely as I should be -- that will prove to be a whoops later.
"Journey into Mystery" was the original Thor title before it changed titles several times over. When "Fear Itself" was going on, it was promoted as deaged!Loki's side of the story. It was far more entertaining than the actual storyline, heavily skewing on the fantasy side of the Marvel. The only problem I have is sometimes the Asgardian fonts are a little hard to read.
I picked up two issues #630 and #632. ( Volstagg, Heimdall, and Yule mild spoilers )
I've wanted to grab a trade of Atomic Robo since I picked up this year's FCBD issue. Atomic Robo is a robot built by Nikola Tesla. He fights monsters and mad scientists using a group of "action scientists". They even argue about scientific theories. The dialogue made me giggle aloud a few times. There are five trades of Atomic Robo available either in print format or as digital collections on ComiXology's digital site. The collections are very cheap only $3.99 or so. You can get all of Atomic Robo on Comixology for nearly the price of a HC collection. I really wish DC/Marvel would try more collections like those online.
So Saturday I woke up insanely early to catch a train for my second Free Comic Book Day caravan in Richmond, Virginia. With all the stress in my life, I was grateful to get away. Union Station was gearing up for National Train Day, but mostly it was all quiet. Appropriately enough I sat next to a woman that had never taken the train before. The trip went by quickly enough and soon I was meeting up with our merry band. We went to four different stores of varying kinds. We'd visited all of them last year. One had changed its location and one had changed its layout slightly.
I'll be honest. FCBD was having an off year for me personally. Some years I'd see a bunch of titles I'd be interested in. This year I was barely coming up with five. I'd ordered the ones I was really interested in from Discount Comic Book Service, knowing I could find most of the others. What I hadn't expected was the regular shopping to be equally dire. I tried to be all smart and make a list of my pressing needs (missing trade of Captain America being the prime example), but sometimes I struggled to find anything. I expected to do the most damage at Velocity with its indie books, but their new location and layout confounded me a bit. I did find the new "Finder" volume, although I was hoping to find the library collecting the earlier volumes. I utterly blanked on the new publisher, which makes a difference in shops where they file things that way. I wound up doing the most damage at our final stop at Richmond Comix, mostly by way of their bargain trade boxes. Sometimes it was more entertaining hearing our reactions to what turned up in the boxes. I now have one volume of Artesia and the Wonder Woman: Amazonia elseworld. I also clearly have a thing for the Crime Syndicate, since I found JLA-Earth-2/Syndicate Rules trades. I couldn't find the Crisis on Multiple Earths with their initial appearances for completeness sake. I'm dipping my toes into the Thor world as well with a few singles (and my much missed "Thor: Mighty Avenger") so far.
Whatever my issues with it, Free Comic Book Day seemed to be a decent success. People were scooping up the free issues and buying stuff, even young girls I was pleased to see. The last two retailers were kept pretty busy; Nostalgia reminds me unfortunately of my old Falls Church store in the "cool store, bad attitude" combination. My mother attended FCBD in her corner of Florida. That always amuses me no end. She's sending me her acquisitions so we'll see what dupes I wind up with.
After finishing our shopping, it was time for Thor. I'll review that seperately for the spoilerphobes, but I'll just say good time was had by all, a nice change from the time I saw "Wolverine" for FCBD (sorry![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jordannamorgan, I know you liked that one.)
Since the movie was going to run later than the trains home, I askedlikeadeuce if she minded me crashing for the night at her place. We watched Dr Who and briefly kibbitzed the horrible wannabe Thor movie on Syfy before heading for bed. I was grateful to find a comfy seat in the "quiet car" on the train ride home. I wasn't feeling terribly social at that point. Ironically the noisiest people in the quiet car were the train attendant loudly announcing there was no talking or cell phone usage allowed in the car. Oh the irony.
Nice to get away for a day and see friends, but alas work (and more decluttering) awaited me.
I'll be honest. FCBD was having an off year for me personally. Some years I'd see a bunch of titles I'd be interested in. This year I was barely coming up with five. I'd ordered the ones I was really interested in from Discount Comic Book Service, knowing I could find most of the others. What I hadn't expected was the regular shopping to be equally dire. I tried to be all smart and make a list of my pressing needs (missing trade of Captain America being the prime example), but sometimes I struggled to find anything. I expected to do the most damage at Velocity with its indie books, but their new location and layout confounded me a bit. I did find the new "Finder" volume, although I was hoping to find the library collecting the earlier volumes. I utterly blanked on the new publisher, which makes a difference in shops where they file things that way. I wound up doing the most damage at our final stop at Richmond Comix, mostly by way of their bargain trade boxes. Sometimes it was more entertaining hearing our reactions to what turned up in the boxes. I now have one volume of Artesia and the Wonder Woman: Amazonia elseworld. I also clearly have a thing for the Crime Syndicate, since I found JLA-Earth-2/Syndicate Rules trades. I couldn't find the Crisis on Multiple Earths with their initial appearances for completeness sake. I'm dipping my toes into the Thor world as well with a few singles (and my much missed "Thor: Mighty Avenger") so far.
Whatever my issues with it, Free Comic Book Day seemed to be a decent success. People were scooping up the free issues and buying stuff, even young girls I was pleased to see. The last two retailers were kept pretty busy; Nostalgia reminds me unfortunately of my old Falls Church store in the "cool store, bad attitude" combination. My mother attended FCBD in her corner of Florida. That always amuses me no end. She's sending me her acquisitions so we'll see what dupes I wind up with.
After finishing our shopping, it was time for Thor. I'll review that seperately for the spoilerphobes, but I'll just say good time was had by all, a nice change from the time I saw "Wolverine" for FCBD (sorry
jordannamorgan, I know you liked that one.)Since the movie was going to run later than the trains home, I asked
likeadeuce if she minded me crashing for the night at her place. We watched Dr Who and briefly kibbitzed the horrible wannabe Thor movie on Syfy before heading for bed. I was grateful to find a comfy seat in the "quiet car" on the train ride home. I wasn't feeling terribly social at that point. Ironically the noisiest people in the quiet car were the train attendant loudly announcing there was no talking or cell phone usage allowed in the car. Oh the irony. Nice to get away for a day and see friends, but alas work (and more decluttering) awaited me.
So Saturday I woke up insanely early to catch a train for my second Free Comic Book Day caravan in Richmond, Virginia. With all the stress in my life, I was grateful to get away. Union Station was gearing up for National Train Day, but mostly it was all quiet. Appropriately enough I sat next to a woman that had never taken the train before. The trip went by quickly enough and soon I was meeting up with our merry band. We went to four different stores of varying kinds. We'd visited all of them last year. One had changed its location and one had changed its layout slightly.
I'll be honest. FCBD was having an off year for me personally. Some years I'd see a bunch of titles I'd be interested in. This year I was barely coming up with five. I'd ordered the ones I was really interested in from Discount Comic Book Service, knowing I could find most of the others. What I hadn't expected was the regular shopping to be equally dire. I tried to be all smart and make a list of my pressing needs (missing trade of Captain America being the prime example), but sometimes I struggled to find anything. I expected to do the most damage at Velocity with its indie books, but their new location and layout confounded me a bit. I did find the new "Finder" volume, although I was hoping to find the library collecting the earlier volumes. I utterly blanked on the new publisher, which makes a difference in shops where they file things that way. I wound up doing the most damage at our final stop at Richmond Comix, mostly by way of their bargain trade boxes. Sometimes it was more entertaining hearing our reactions to what turned up in the boxes. I now have one volume of Artesia and the Wonder Woman: Amazonia elseworld. I also clearly have a thing for the Crime Syndicate, since I found JLA-Earth-2/Syndicate Rules trades. I couldn't find the Crisis on Multiple Earths with their initial appearances for completeness sake. I'm dipping my toes into the Thor world as well with a few singles (and my much missed "Thor: Mighty Avenger") so far.
Whatever my issues with it, Free Comic Book Day seemed to be a decent success. People were scooping up the free issues and buying stuff, even young girls I was pleased to see. The last two retailers were kept pretty busy; Nostalgia reminds me unfortunately of my old Falls Church store in the "cool store, bad attitude" combination. My mother attended FCBD in her corner of Florida. That always amuses me no end. She's sending me her acquisitions so we'll see what dupes I wind up with.
After finishing our shopping, it was time for Thor. I'll review that seperately for the spoilerphobes, but I'll just say good time was had by all, a nice change from the time I saw "Wolverine" for FCBD (sorryjordannamorgan, I know you liked that one.)
Since the movie was going to run later than the trains home, I askedlikeadeuce if she minded me crashing for the night at her place. We watched Dr Who and briefly kibbitzed the horrible wannabe Thor movie on Syfy before heading for bed. I was grateful to find a comfy seat in the "quiet car" on the train ride home. I wasn't feeling terribly social at that point. Ironically the noisiest people in the quiet car were the train attendant loudly announcing there was no talking or cell phone usage allowed in the car. Oh the irony.
Nice to get away for a day and see friends, but alas work (and more decluttering) awaited me.
I'll be honest. FCBD was having an off year for me personally. Some years I'd see a bunch of titles I'd be interested in. This year I was barely coming up with five. I'd ordered the ones I was really interested in from Discount Comic Book Service, knowing I could find most of the others. What I hadn't expected was the regular shopping to be equally dire. I tried to be all smart and make a list of my pressing needs (missing trade of Captain America being the prime example), but sometimes I struggled to find anything. I expected to do the most damage at Velocity with its indie books, but their new location and layout confounded me a bit. I did find the new "Finder" volume, although I was hoping to find the library collecting the earlier volumes. I utterly blanked on the new publisher, which makes a difference in shops where they file things that way. I wound up doing the most damage at our final stop at Richmond Comix, mostly by way of their bargain trade boxes. Sometimes it was more entertaining hearing our reactions to what turned up in the boxes. I now have one volume of Artesia and the Wonder Woman: Amazonia elseworld. I also clearly have a thing for the Crime Syndicate, since I found JLA-Earth-2/Syndicate Rules trades. I couldn't find the Crisis on Multiple Earths with their initial appearances for completeness sake. I'm dipping my toes into the Thor world as well with a few singles (and my much missed "Thor: Mighty Avenger") so far.
Whatever my issues with it, Free Comic Book Day seemed to be a decent success. People were scooping up the free issues and buying stuff, even young girls I was pleased to see. The last two retailers were kept pretty busy; Nostalgia reminds me unfortunately of my old Falls Church store in the "cool store, bad attitude" combination. My mother attended FCBD in her corner of Florida. That always amuses me no end. She's sending me her acquisitions so we'll see what dupes I wind up with.
After finishing our shopping, it was time for Thor. I'll review that seperately for the spoilerphobes, but I'll just say good time was had by all, a nice change from the time I saw "Wolverine" for FCBD (sorry
jordannamorgan, I know you liked that one.)Since the movie was going to run later than the trains home, I asked
likeadeuce if she minded me crashing for the night at her place. We watched Dr Who and briefly kibbitzed the horrible wannabe Thor movie on Syfy before heading for bed. I was grateful to find a comfy seat in the "quiet car" on the train ride home. I wasn't feeling terribly social at that point. Ironically the noisiest people in the quiet car were the train attendant loudly announcing there was no talking or cell phone usage allowed in the car. Oh the irony. Nice to get away for a day and see friends, but alas work (and more decluttering) awaited me.
State of me (or close enough)
May. 25th, 2010 08:11 pmSo ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
comicsbigbang is done and posted. I'm still astounded I made it through the whole process without defaulting. I'm overall pleased with the results, especially after I struggled so much with the structure and the tone and the editing.
That begs a new question -- what's next? Short answer, I'm not exactly sure. Heroes Con is in two weeks; I definitely anticipate some of the fannish juices being recharged there. Interestingly, my interest in ballroom from Dancing with the Stars is fueling two separate Bucky/Natasha stories -- one for an Argentine tango and one for a smoldering rhumba. If I can find the nerve to write either...
Honestly the DCU muses are sputtering. I don't know if it's my general malaise towards the Brightest Day stuff or what. I'm hoping getting my comics this/next week will help that along. And my non-comics muses are pretty dead. I'm not sure why even.
I've watched Castle, Dancing with the Stars, and Glee pretty regularly. I have the last four episodes of "V" still on Hulu and not sure whether I'll watch them or not. Otherwise I'm trying to get some reading done and listen to some of my unopened cds. Someone on twitter is doing a "listen to all your albums on itunes" thing and it's tempting, maybe on a different blog?
comicsbigbang is done and posted. I'm still astounded I made it through the whole process without defaulting. I'm overall pleased with the results, especially after I struggled so much with the structure and the tone and the editing.That begs a new question -- what's next? Short answer, I'm not exactly sure. Heroes Con is in two weeks; I definitely anticipate some of the fannish juices being recharged there. Interestingly, my interest in ballroom from Dancing with the Stars is fueling two separate Bucky/Natasha stories -- one for an Argentine tango and one for a smoldering rhumba. If I can find the nerve to write either...
Honestly the DCU muses are sputtering. I don't know if it's my general malaise towards the Brightest Day stuff or what. I'm hoping getting my comics this/next week will help that along. And my non-comics muses are pretty dead. I'm not sure why even.
I've watched Castle, Dancing with the Stars, and Glee pretty regularly. I have the last four episodes of "V" still on Hulu and not sure whether I'll watch them or not. Otherwise I'm trying to get some reading done and listen to some of my unopened cds. Someone on twitter is doing a "listen to all your albums on itunes" thing and it's tempting, maybe on a different blog?
State of me (or close enough)
May. 24th, 2010 09:21 pmSo comicsbigbang is done and posted. I'm still astounded I made it through the whole process without defaulting. I'm overall pleased with the results, especially after I struggled so much with the structure and the tone and the editing.
That begs a new question -- what's next? Short answer, I'm not exactly sure. Heroes Con is in two weeks; I definitely anticipate some of the fannish juices being recharged there. Interestingly, my interest in ballroom from Dancing with the Stars is fueling two separate Bucky/Natasha stories -- one for an Argentine tango and one for a smoldering rhumba. If I can find the nerve to write either...
Honestly the DCU muses are sputtering. I don't know if it's my general malaise towards the Brightest Day stuff or what. I'm hoping getting my comics this/next week will help that along. And my non-comics muses are pretty dead. I'm not sure why even.
I've watched Castle, Dancing with the Stars, and Glee pretty regularly. I have the last four episodes of "V" still on Hulu and not sure whether I'll watch them or not. Otherwise I'm trying to get some reading done and listen to some of my unopened cds. Someone on twitter is doing a "listen to all your albums on itunes" thing and it's tempting, maybe on a different blog?
comicsbigbang is done and posted. I'm still astounded I made it through the whole process without defaulting. I'm overall pleased with the results, especially after I struggled so much with the structure and the tone and the editing. That begs a new question -- what's next? Short answer, I'm not exactly sure. Heroes Con is in two weeks; I definitely anticipate some of the fannish juices being recharged there. Interestingly, my interest in ballroom from Dancing with the Stars is fueling two separate Bucky/Natasha stories -- one for an Argentine tango and one for a smoldering rhumba. If I can find the nerve to write either...
Honestly the DCU muses are sputtering. I don't know if it's my general malaise towards the Brightest Day stuff or what. I'm hoping getting my comics this/next week will help that along. And my non-comics muses are pretty dead. I'm not sure why even.
I've watched Castle, Dancing with the Stars, and Glee pretty regularly. I have the last four episodes of "V" still on Hulu and not sure whether I'll watch them or not. Otherwise I'm trying to get some reading done and listen to some of my unopened cds. Someone on twitter is doing a "listen to all your albums on itunes" thing and it's tempting, maybe on a different blog?
Marvel on Amazon sale
Mar. 7th, 2010 12:00 pmAmazon is having a massive blowout sale on Marvel hardcovers and collections, including some of the massive omnibus editions. I grabbed the "Death of Captain America" omnibus. I was tempted to get the "Criminal" deluxe and the Golden Age Marvel book, but I can't go too crazy here, especially since I was buying other things.
You want pulps?
Dec. 2nd, 2009 09:31 pmAnd my fandom_stocking is here.
My DCBS box showed up today, complete with Blue Lantern ring, so I can have hope. *grins* Along with my usual suspects, I finally received the Whisperer reprint I'd preordered. Someone obviously saw I was in a pulp mood. I admit I ordered it out of a morbid curiosity about the title character. Although the banner headline "Revealed -- the secret life of Police Commissioner James Gordon" sounds like it should be on the cover of True Detectives or something. To add additional irony, Gordon's nickname is Wildcat.
The new scans_daily gave me sorta an early Christmas present courtesy of the Brian Bendis & the Dark Avengers (which sounds like a very cover band)-- Welcome back. Or if that disappears, page all the way down. The release schedule is really messed up, but y'know, I don't care.
fandom_stocking is here.My DCBS box showed up today, complete with Blue Lantern ring, so I can have hope. *grins* Along with my usual suspects, I finally received the Whisperer reprint I'd preordered. Someone obviously saw I was in a pulp mood. I admit I ordered it out of a morbid curiosity about the title character. Although the banner headline "Revealed -- the secret life of Police Commissioner James Gordon" sounds like it should be on the cover of True Detectives or something. To add additional irony, Gordon's nickname is Wildcat.
The new scans_daily gave me sorta an early Christmas present courtesy of the Brian Bendis & the Dark Avengers (which sounds like a very cover band)-- Welcome back. Or if that disappears, page all the way down. The release schedule is really messed up, but y'know, I don't care.
Writing and motion comics
Nov. 8th, 2009 12:17 amSo I've lost my mind and signed up for yuletide this year. I've offered up a bunch of fandoms, some obvious, some not-so obvious unless you've peeked at my book collection. I'm nervous with anticipation over my assignment.
mini_nanowrimo is going well. It's good to be writing again. I've done two fanfic stories and the rest of the days have been filled with original fic. One was inspired by the hidden object game I was playing at the time. Don't question the inspiration, just run with it. The game's Hidden Magic and it's a weird cross between hidden object/puzzles and Magic the Gathering. You have to find the objects to cast the particular spells, prompting much panic when you can't find something. (I even incorporated that into the story. There was an early bug in the system so there was no acorn shown even though your spell needed an acorn.)
I've watched the five episodes of the "Spider-woman: Agent of Sword" motion comic off Hulu. (You do need to register on Hulu if you want to watch them because they've been tagged with an MA rating, mostly because of the blood and violence. It didn't strike me as really horrific, but if it'd been live action?) I really wasn't familiar with the character before I watched it, which was fine. The story filled me in most of the backstory. ( Spider-woman: Agent of Sword )
yuletide this year. I've offered up a bunch of fandoms, some obvious, some not-so obvious unless you've peeked at my book collection. I'm nervous with anticipation over my assignment. mini_nanowrimo is going well. It's good to be writing again. I've done two fanfic stories and the rest of the days have been filled with original fic. One was inspired by the hidden object game I was playing at the time. Don't question the inspiration, just run with it. The game's Hidden Magic and it's a weird cross between hidden object/puzzles and Magic the Gathering. You have to find the objects to cast the particular spells, prompting much panic when you can't find something. (I even incorporated that into the story. There was an early bug in the system so there was no acorn shown even though your spell needed an acorn.) I've watched the five episodes of the "Spider-woman: Agent of Sword" motion comic off Hulu. (You do need to register on Hulu if you want to watch them because they've been tagged with an MA rating, mostly because of the blood and violence. It didn't strike me as really horrific, but if it'd been live action?) I really wasn't familiar with the character before I watched it, which was fine. The story filled me in most of the backstory. ( Spider-woman: Agent of Sword )
Small Press Expo
Sep. 27th, 2009 05:43 pmSo yesterday I spent part of the day at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland. It was good to see likeadeuce and neotoma again and finally meet harmonyangel.
( Small Press Expo )
likeadeuce and neotoma again and finally meet harmonyangel. ( Small Press Expo )
The future is waiting...
Sep. 9th, 2009 01:57 pmThis is certainly the year for massive changes in the comics industry. First the Disney/Marvel merger and now DC Comics has changed gears. I'm still not sure whether the changes are for the better yet. Whenever the discussion is all business-speak with maximizing and prioritizing as major words and describing brands/characters and other media, I get very nervous. It feels like the focus is shifting away from the comics and more about the movies and etc. Not that this is a bad thing, if they could duplicate any of Marvel's success on that front.
Paul Levitz is stepping down as a President & Publisher of DC Comics. On the bright side, he's returning to the 30th century to be the new Adventure Comics writer. I'm so unbelievably torn on this. And wish Francis Manapul was doing an arc with him, because that Norman Rockwell-style with an older style writer? *sighs*
Alas Francis Manapul and Geoff Johns are moving on to the new Flash ongoing. My loyal Flash friends can start getting nervous: the first arc is entitled "The Dastardly Death of the Rogues". So Barry went and picked a fight?
Paul Levitz is stepping down as a President & Publisher of DC Comics. On the bright side, he's returning to the 30th century to be the new Adventure Comics writer. I'm so unbelievably torn on this. And wish Francis Manapul was doing an arc with him, because that Norman Rockwell-style with an older style writer? *sighs*
Alas Francis Manapul and Geoff Johns are moving on to the new Flash ongoing. My loyal Flash friends can start getting nervous: the first arc is entitled "The Dastardly Death of the Rogues". So Barry went and picked a fight?
Still more Disney/Marvel
Sep. 2nd, 2009 03:57 pmUm, I may have offered up a couple of prompts. And none of them involved the X-men. I'm a little scared now.
Fantastic Fangirls offered up the two best responses to the Disney/Marvel thing: Two Fairy Tale Characters Walk into a Diner and asked the obvious question Which Disney character would you like to see in the Marvel universe? I learned far too much about the history/background/social commentary of the "Parent Trap" movies than I ever expected. I also discovered my answer was: villainesses. With all the Doctor Dooms and Norman Osbournes of the Marvel Universe, I'd love them to meet Maleficent and Ursula and the Queen of Hearts and the Snow White's Queen. I know Marvel has its share of female villains, but in the world-conquering style, the Disney ladies are quite spectacular. It'd just be... fun. And dragons. You can't have enough dragons apparently.
New old couple or is that old new couple?
Aug. 18th, 2009 11:19 pmAs I mentioned in an older entry, I've been reading the first omnibus from Ed Brubaker's Captain America run. I anticipate buying yet more of his run for my birthday next week, because I've discovered a slight problem. While I love Steve and his rugged blonde good looks, I appear to have developed a bit of a crush on the older James Buchanan "Bucky" "Winter Soldier" "Captain America" Barnes. I still have issues with the younger version, but I think it's a kid sidekick issue more than Bucky's portrayal. I do love that he really hasn't changed in some ways. He's still a little cocky and he still gets accused of cheating at cards.
I've also discovered that I love the interactions between him and Black Widow. They really shouldn't work together as a couple and yet they do. Somehow I have acquired a favorite non-X-men Marvel couple. How did this happen?
I've found one fic thus far: 20/20 byterra, a lovely back and forth of time and perspective.
I've also discovered that I love the interactions between him and Black Widow. They really shouldn't work together as a couple and yet they do. Somehow I have acquired a favorite non-X-men Marvel couple. How did this happen?
I've found one fic thus far: 20/20 by
terra, a lovely back and forth of time and perspective.Don't you forget about me...
Aug. 7th, 2009 07:32 pmSo John Hughes passed away yesterday. He was the director and producer of a bunch of teenage coming of age movies of 1980s. If you grew up then, you probably remember them: Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Some Kind of Wonderful, and Pretty in Pink. I remember being aware of the movies, but I think I was either too young or not interested in the "Brat Pack" crowd.
Comic book artist Cliff Chiang has done a wonderful tribute on his website featuring what are comics' version of the Brat Pack -- the Teen Titans. (Newsarama's blog even went so far as to say "Donna Troy really is the DC Universe’s Molly Ringwald." And yeah, it's mostly right. All the guys love her. And she's grown up from the fresh faced teenager to the older well respected heroine. Ringwald has a slightly less convoluted backstory, but well, nobody's perfect.)
Chiang has also done a couple of other Comics/80s music LP covers -- the Batgirl/Purple Rain mashup is now a second favorite behind the Titans one.
I was thinking about that mashup with reference to my misspent youth.pinkpolarity and I have often compared the difference between growing up in the early vs later 80s. But really while everyone was watching "Sixteen Candles" and falling in love with Molly, I was reading Wolfram-Perez "The New Teen Titans" and "Legion of Super Heroes". I was off having adventures and saving the world. Probably says something about how I turned out...
Comic book artist Cliff Chiang has done a wonderful tribute on his website featuring what are comics' version of the Brat Pack -- the Teen Titans. (Newsarama's blog even went so far as to say "Donna Troy really is the DC Universe’s Molly Ringwald." And yeah, it's mostly right. All the guys love her. And she's grown up from the fresh faced teenager to the older well respected heroine. Ringwald has a slightly less convoluted backstory, but well, nobody's perfect.)
Chiang has also done a couple of other Comics/80s music LP covers -- the Batgirl/Purple Rain mashup is now a second favorite behind the Titans one.
I was thinking about that mashup with reference to my misspent youth.
pinkpolarity and I have often compared the difference between growing up in the early vs later 80s. But really while everyone was watching "Sixteen Candles" and falling in love with Molly, I was reading Wolfram-Perez "The New Teen Titans" and "Legion of Super Heroes". I was off having adventures and saving the world. Probably says something about how I turned out...
Women make comics t-shirt
Jul. 20th, 2009 03:54 pmThe "Women make comics" Cafepress store is open for business. All the proceeds go to CBDLF, Friends of Lulu, and Cartoon Art Museum. Art is by Deb Aoki, manga blogger. She's interested in getting female artists to contribute artwork for later versions, too.
More reactions to Intelligence
Jul. 1st, 2009 04:44 pmHappy Canada Day to all those it applies to. For my part, I finished off the first season of "Intelligence". I was thinking that for a show that involves organized crime, it's fairly low on sex and violence. That changed somewhat by the middle of the season, although it was still mild. Haddock seems to feel "less is more" and what's implied is sometimes scarier than what is actually shown. I tend to think Canadian tv gets away with more than we do, certainly from a language standpoint. They really ended that season with a cliffhanger. Although for all my comments about Matt Frewer's amoral bastard of a character, he's the one suggesting calm and rational approach, which is an interesting twist. As much as he doesn't like Jimmy, Ted doesn't want him dead! And for some dumb reason, I want Mary's briefcase. I don't lust over Italian slingbacks, but show me a nice handbag and I'm there!
Also spotted a few more familiar faces and then discovered one by accident. Ona Grauer plays Katarina, the glamorous Russian madam and Mary's star informant. "If I can't get a man up to my hotel room, I'm in the wrong business." She was also Aiyana on Stargate SG-1 & the opening of the Atlantis pilot. I would not have recognized her at all.
( Intelligence is a living thing gentlemen )
I struck paydirt at the local library for trade paperbacks, nabbing five. They're all in the category of ones I was curious about but not enough to buy: Batman: Long Halloween, Batman: Dark Victory, JLA: Lightning Saga, Brave & Bold: Lords of Luck, and Torso. The latter is one of Brian Michael Bendis' early works, based on a true crime of the Cleveland Torso murders.
Couple of links:
Exdrawminate!: A Dalek art blog forpinkpolarity.
matrithon: Pan-Fandom Women over 40 Ficathon
Also spotted a few more familiar faces and then discovered one by accident. Ona Grauer plays Katarina, the glamorous Russian madam and Mary's star informant. "If I can't get a man up to my hotel room, I'm in the wrong business." She was also Aiyana on Stargate SG-1 & the opening of the Atlantis pilot. I would not have recognized her at all.
( Intelligence is a living thing gentlemen )
I struck paydirt at the local library for trade paperbacks, nabbing five. They're all in the category of ones I was curious about but not enough to buy: Batman: Long Halloween, Batman: Dark Victory, JLA: Lightning Saga, Brave & Bold: Lords of Luck, and Torso. The latter is one of Brian Michael Bendis' early works, based on a true crime of the Cleveland Torso murders.
Couple of links:
Exdrawminate!: A Dalek art blog for
pinkpolarity.matrithon: Pan-Fandom Women over 40 FicathonBlonds named Steve
Jun. 24th, 2009 01:18 amReal life interlude: For those who've heard, yes, there was horrific Metro train accident here in DC. It's the worst accident I can remember with Metro. I'm fine. A little shaky, but otherwise fine. I've heard from most of DC people I know and they're good too.
Anyway enough of that.
What is it with me and blonds named Steve?
I seem to be keeping quite a collection these days.
( Trevor, Rogers, and Canyon )
Anyway enough of that.
What is it with me and blonds named Steve?
I seem to be keeping quite a collection these days.
( Trevor, Rogers, and Canyon )
Blog posts
Jun. 23rd, 2009 09:29 pmI've slacked off on announcing blog posts. I've put up four of them:
Free Comic Book Day (Mostly a repeat of what I've posted here on FCBD)
Goodbye Shojo Beat, Hello Ikki (Wherein I say goodbye to my favorite magazine and grudgingly welcome a new player online)
A Change will do you good (My first month's experience w/ Discount Comic Book Service)
Girls Read Comics tshirt project (Wherein I rant about current events and how it inspired a new t-shirt for female comics fans)
Free Comic Book Day (Mostly a repeat of what I've posted here on FCBD)
Goodbye Shojo Beat, Hello Ikki (Wherein I say goodbye to my favorite magazine and grudgingly welcome a new player online)
A Change will do you good (My first month's experience w/ Discount Comic Book Service)
Girls Read Comics tshirt project (Wherein I rant about current events and how it inspired a new t-shirt for female comics fans)
Tuesday comics?
Jun. 2nd, 2009 06:15 pmMy first shipment from DCBS showed up today, so I finally can catch up on the month of comics. The store also included a batch of Free Comic Book Day titles, including Avengers, Wolverine and Shonen Jump. I actually liked the Wolverine one and I'd rather imagine that James "Mac" Hudson and Project H than the one we got in the Wolverine movie. *protective of the original Alpha Flight* I also splurged for the first Trinity trade. It strikes me as classic hammock reading material, if I still had access to one.
Couple of DC-metro area comics related news:
Crystal City regularly hosts an annual summer film festival. This year the film festival is dedicated to super-heroes. The first month showed the Spider-man movies and the Hulk, so I haven't missed much. June is the Superman movies, while July is the X-men movies. Someone clearly hates me because my August birthday is sandwiched around Batman Returns and Batman Forever. At least it's not Catwoman?
The other big news is that Fantom Comics is shutting down its Tenleytown store. But it's not all bad news. Instead, they're adding to their Union Station store and offering a nifty new "home delivery" service for those within a few choice zip codes. So there's finally a comics store close to a Metro station. I visited them on Monday after my short work day and they were unboxing all their stock from the other store. Maybe they won't run out of current issues so quickly.
Couple of DC-metro area comics related news:
Crystal City regularly hosts an annual summer film festival. This year the film festival is dedicated to super-heroes. The first month showed the Spider-man movies and the Hulk, so I haven't missed much. June is the Superman movies, while July is the X-men movies. Someone clearly hates me because my August birthday is sandwiched around Batman Returns and Batman Forever. At least it's not Catwoman?
The other big news is that Fantom Comics is shutting down its Tenleytown store. But it's not all bad news. Instead, they're adding to their Union Station store and offering a nifty new "home delivery" service for those within a few choice zip codes. So there's finally a comics store close to a Metro station. I visited them on Monday after my short work day and they were unboxing all their stock from the other store. Maybe they won't run out of current issues so quickly.
