Some recent comic book purchases… Star Trek: Mirror Images #1 IDW Publishing Written by Scott and David Tipton Art by David Messina A long time ago, when I was but a wee lad, I loved the classic Star Trek episode, “Mirror Mirror.” A transporter accident sent Kirk, McCoy, Uhura, and Scotty into a weird, twistedContinue reading “On Things I’ve Been Reading”
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On The Electric Ant Comics Adaptation
How did I miss this? Marvel Comics will be adapting Philip K. Dick’s fiction to comics, beginning with The Electric Ant. As the first original adaptation of our fathers work into this genre, we are thrilled with the creative team and the support of Marvel in the care they have taken to be true toContinue reading “On The Electric Ant Comics Adaptation”
On Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen
On a mailing list I subscribe to, discussion turned recently to Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen. The series were published in 1985 and 1986. Watchmen is credited with beginning the era of “realistic” superheroes, Dark Knight is credited with turning Batman “serious.” It was noted that theContinue reading “On Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen”
On the Watchmen Trailer
Sweet zombie Jesus. The Watchmen trailer. Holy shit. They fucking filmed Watchmen! ETA: The Smashing Pumpkins kicks the trailer up a notch, because “The Beginning is the End is the Beginning” was the one of the two songs the band wrote for Batman & Robin. Like the “Ozy-nipples” (Ozymandias’ costume shows nipples, as the BatsuitContinue reading “On the Watchmen Trailer”
On Things I’ve Been Reading
Well, okay, one thing. I’ve gotten behind on my comic book reading. You’d think, those little twenty-odd page pamphlets would be a breeze to just sit down, kick back, and go. Life doesn’t always happen like that, though. However, I did just pick up something, and I read it on the light rail this evening.Continue reading “On Things I’ve Been Reading”
On Comics Musings
I’ve never had any real interest in writing comics. Except for Hawkman. I don’t know what it is about Hawkman, but I just love Hawkman. In particular, I love what Tim Truman, John Ostrander, and Graham Nolan did on Hawkworld in the early 1990s, even though that’s the point where DC Comics took Hawkman continuityContinue reading “On Comics Musings”
On Things I’ve Been Reading
Recently, I’ve begun buying comic books again. I used to buy a lot of comics. In retrospect, it’s a bit embarrassing. And then, somewhere in the late ’90s, I stopped buying comics on any sort of regular basis. I’d visit comic shops occasionally if something was coming out that I was interested in — like,Continue reading “On Things I’ve Been Reading”
On the Justice League and the Justice Society
The on-again, off-again film based on DC Comics’ Justice League appears to be off again. Years of development heck wasted. The present Justice League project seemed cursed from the very beginning. From script issues (and the Writers Guild strike) to casting problems to location uncertainty (would be it Canada? would it be Australia?), Justice LeagueContinue reading “On the Justice League and the Justice Society”
On Enemy Ace
At the bookstore a few weeks ago I saw something on the graphic novel rack that made me stop and do a double take. Showcase Presents: Enemy Ace. I pulled it off the shelf. Glanced at the cover — a red Fokker triplane. Flipped through it. Five hundred pages of World War I aerial dogfightingContinue reading “On Enemy Ace”
On Warrior Nuns
I picked up a comic this week. The cover was intriguing — a nun, in her habit, with a big-ass sword, and a demon or somesuch behind her. A nun. With a sword. There seems to be a whole genre of comics based around the concept of warrior nuns. There’s Antarctic Press’ Warrior Nun Areala.Continue reading “On Warrior Nuns”