Here's what I'll be grabbing from my LCS today. You should too!
Green Lantern #43: while there has been smatterings of the impending Blackest Night event, this issue is the official kick off, which results in six issues a month for the next eight months. Thankfully the creators on these projects are good.
Superman: World of New Krypton #4: the Superman stuff has been great of late, with this being the strongest, IMO.
Wednesday Comics #1: the new DC weekly series. This time, it's only for the summer (12 issues) and in the style of the Sunday comics. It looks beautiful and this will be one of the few things I may double dip on if it gets a snazzy hardcover edition.
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #36: kinda odd placement as the American Son storyline isn't over yet and this is a prelude to issue #600, the wedding between Aunt May and J Jonah Jameson Sr.
War of Kings: Warriors #1: I'm shameless. I've come around on the Marvel space stuff and since this ties into the big War of Kings event, it gets added to the pile.
Crossed #6: speaking of piles. I filled in my gaps on this series at the Philly Wizard con and is still waiting to be read in full behind the last few weeks stuff.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Near Twilight
From my understanding, Twilight is the hottest thing since sliced bread. Personally, vampires that *SPARKLE* in sunlight as opposed to, you know, BURSTING INTO FLAMES, like every vampire story ever just don't do it for me.
My cousin (the target demo, female and under 18) loves this book and movie. So I tried to get her to check out other vampire/relationship movies around this time. I shouldn't be surprised she didn't like Let the Right One In, probably one of the best movies of 2008.
Looking over the DVD releases today, I noticed Near Dark on the list. I've seen this film and it is a great film. However, it was the new re-issue cover that threw me for a loop:
And now, here's the original theatrical poster:
I only wish I was good at photoshop so I can fix some DVD releases to make them more appealing to the younger set. I need to trick a teeny bopper into seeing Love at First Bite.
My cousin (the target demo, female and under 18) loves this book and movie. So I tried to get her to check out other vampire/relationship movies around this time. I shouldn't be surprised she didn't like Let the Right One In, probably one of the best movies of 2008.
Looking over the DVD releases today, I noticed Near Dark on the list. I've seen this film and it is a great film. However, it was the new re-issue cover that threw me for a loop:
And now, here's the original theatrical poster:
I only wish I was good at photoshop so I can fix some DVD releases to make them more appealing to the younger set. I need to trick a teeny bopper into seeing Love at First Bite.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Deadpool
This week saw the release of the ongoing series Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth. The pitch for this series is the Deadpool from our Marvel Universe teams up with the head of Zombie Deadpool (from the Marvel Zombies Universe) who he finds in the Savage Land.
To you, this may not be a big deal, but to a long time Deadpool fan, this is HUGE! If the book was Deadpool reading from the phone book from 22 pages, I'd still probably pick it up, however, this now puts THREE Deadpool books shipping monthly from Marvel (two ongoing series and one limited series). Outside of Spider-Man or Wolverine, there aren't many other Marvel heroes STARRING in that many books. That's pretty good company to keep. Now, how did this debatable 2nd tier character get this treatment.
I would assume it stems from the recent X-Men Origins: Wolverine film. Now, I saw this film by legal means, I assure you, and it wasn't very good. The opening montage of Logan and Victor's adventures through time was cool, but overall, a very poor action flick.
The rumors before the movie was released pegged Ryan Reynolds to be playing Deadpool in the film. Apparently, this Ryan Reynolds is hot stuff in Hollywood. Personally, I think he's not only a horrible actor, but also painfully unfunny. BUT Hollywood and the general populous feel he is the next Bill Murray thanks to turns in such films as Waiting (also starring Reynolds doppelganger Dane Cook) and the Amityville Horror remake. This makes him somewhat of a bankable star and thus if his name being attached to Deadpool gives the character more heat, that's the price I pay.
As I mentioned above, I've been a Deadpool fan for a long time. I don't say this to mean "I was there first" but more so to say his comic book portrayal has been pretty clear cut from his first beginning, as wafer thin as it may be. He's Spider-Man who kills people essentially. A concept that shouldn't work, but writers such as Joe Kelly have written him as a sympathetic, likeable character. To stray from this is silly to me.
Where am I going with this? I don't know, I'm rambling at this point.
To you, this may not be a big deal, but to a long time Deadpool fan, this is HUGE! If the book was Deadpool reading from the phone book from 22 pages, I'd still probably pick it up, however, this now puts THREE Deadpool books shipping monthly from Marvel (two ongoing series and one limited series). Outside of Spider-Man or Wolverine, there aren't many other Marvel heroes STARRING in that many books. That's pretty good company to keep. Now, how did this debatable 2nd tier character get this treatment.
I would assume it stems from the recent X-Men Origins: Wolverine film. Now, I saw this film by legal means, I assure you, and it wasn't very good. The opening montage of Logan and Victor's adventures through time was cool, but overall, a very poor action flick.
The rumors before the movie was released pegged Ryan Reynolds to be playing Deadpool in the film. Apparently, this Ryan Reynolds is hot stuff in Hollywood. Personally, I think he's not only a horrible actor, but also painfully unfunny. BUT Hollywood and the general populous feel he is the next Bill Murray thanks to turns in such films as Waiting (also starring Reynolds doppelganger Dane Cook) and the Amityville Horror remake. This makes him somewhat of a bankable star and thus if his name being attached to Deadpool gives the character more heat, that's the price I pay.
As I mentioned above, I've been a Deadpool fan for a long time. I don't say this to mean "I was there first" but more so to say his comic book portrayal has been pretty clear cut from his first beginning, as wafer thin as it may be. He's Spider-Man who kills people essentially. A concept that shouldn't work, but writers such as Joe Kelly have written him as a sympathetic, likeable character. To stray from this is silly to me.
Where am I going with this? I don't know, I'm rambling at this point.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Bad Summer Movies
For a majority of my entertainment (comic books, TV, video games, wrestling) I am under the belief that I look for anything that is either REALLY good or REALLY bad. I'm not a fan of middle of the road.
A sitcom or movie that simply panders to a specific audience with the same tired premise? Don't bother me.
A (potentially) great movie like Up or the new Star Trek film are a credit to not only other equally great movies but help shin a light on the crap, as mentioned above.
However, a truly bad film makes my mind spin and my mouth water. I saw such garbage as Freddy Got Fingered, the Rollerball remake and Gigli in the theaters. I go out of my way to watch the Sci-Fi originals and am upset that Hobgoblins 2 is on a very long wait on NetFlix.
The summer movie season is always ripe with either the best and the worst Hollywood has to offer. As the announcements were made, I was apathetic about two major films culled from my childhood: GI Joe and Transformers 2.
I saw the first Transformers film two years ago and was bored. An action movie where robots beat the snot out of each other and I fell asleep. I'm sure I wasn't the only one.
Then, the trailer for GI Joe that aired during the Super Bowl looked bland. It looked like a generic actioner with some big CGI effects and the Hasbro franchise taped to it.
I felt safe in the fact these movies would come and go without me seeing them and my life would be better for it.
Then, I hear on the dirty Intranet that both films are supposed to be horrible. Which makes me want to see them more than anything else.
Maybe I'm just a glutton for punishment.
A sitcom or movie that simply panders to a specific audience with the same tired premise? Don't bother me.
A (potentially) great movie like Up or the new Star Trek film are a credit to not only other equally great movies but help shin a light on the crap, as mentioned above.
However, a truly bad film makes my mind spin and my mouth water. I saw such garbage as Freddy Got Fingered, the Rollerball remake and Gigli in the theaters. I go out of my way to watch the Sci-Fi originals and am upset that Hobgoblins 2 is on a very long wait on NetFlix.
The summer movie season is always ripe with either the best and the worst Hollywood has to offer. As the announcements were made, I was apathetic about two major films culled from my childhood: GI Joe and Transformers 2.
I saw the first Transformers film two years ago and was bored. An action movie where robots beat the snot out of each other and I fell asleep. I'm sure I wasn't the only one.
Then, the trailer for GI Joe that aired during the Super Bowl looked bland. It looked like a generic actioner with some big CGI effects and the Hasbro franchise taped to it.
I felt safe in the fact these movies would come and go without me seeing them and my life would be better for it.
Then, I hear on the dirty Intranet that both films are supposed to be horrible. Which makes me want to see them more than anything else.
Maybe I'm just a glutton for punishment.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Two Comic Cons this Weekend?
You would never know. This weekend is my fourth consecutive trip to Philly for Wizard World East. I can never get used to calling it "WWE." Being a wrestling fan, these letters have a different meaning for me.
The last few years, the Wizard Philly con has been lacking when comes to cool guests or goings. I know it will never compare to NY or San Diego, two years ago, when we had Hayden Panettiere (the cheerleader from Heroes), Chicago had Christopher Nolan and assorted cast members from the forthcoming Dark Knight movie.
Mentioning Heroes, also this weekend is Heroes Con in Charlotte which is the only con getting any sort of play online or anywhere for that matter. By booking TWO cons on the East Coast so close to each other (to me, 10 hours is close) forces many publishers to make hard choices.
And from the looks of things, Charlotte is the winner. When comparing the two talent line ups, Philly looks more like a gathering of improv troops, sci-fi TV stars and wrestlers from the 80s than a comic convention.
But, Philly still has a bunch of cool comic industry guests (Dan Didio, Art Baltazar, Garth Ennis, Shane Davis, Joe Kelly, Jeff Katz, Kevin Maguire, etc.) but all the talk is about Charlotte.
I look forward to Wizard World Philly every year and with rumors of it being the last, I plan on making the most of it and having the best time ever.
I just wish people knew it was going on...
The last few years, the Wizard Philly con has been lacking when comes to cool guests or goings. I know it will never compare to NY or San Diego, two years ago, when we had Hayden Panettiere (the cheerleader from Heroes), Chicago had Christopher Nolan and assorted cast members from the forthcoming Dark Knight movie.
Mentioning Heroes, also this weekend is Heroes Con in Charlotte which is the only con getting any sort of play online or anywhere for that matter. By booking TWO cons on the East Coast so close to each other (to me, 10 hours is close) forces many publishers to make hard choices.
And from the looks of things, Charlotte is the winner. When comparing the two talent line ups, Philly looks more like a gathering of improv troops, sci-fi TV stars and wrestlers from the 80s than a comic convention.
But, Philly still has a bunch of cool comic industry guests (Dan Didio, Art Baltazar, Garth Ennis, Shane Davis, Joe Kelly, Jeff Katz, Kevin Maguire, etc.) but all the talk is about Charlotte.
I look forward to Wizard World Philly every year and with rumors of it being the last, I plan on making the most of it and having the best time ever.
I just wish people knew it was going on...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Comics to Come - August 2009
The physical Previewas book isn't on the shelves for another two weeks, but the big two (DC and Marvel) and the medium two (Image and Dark Horse) already have their solicitations for the month of August online. Let's dive in shall we:
- Captain Britain & MI13 is cancelled (with no solict announcement) with LAST month's issue. Paul Cornell, the writer, posted on his blog about it today. Sad to see it go.
- Daredevil #500 finally out (with no book last month) as Brubaker's last issue bridging to Andy Diggle's run. I've been collecting Daredevil continuously since Karl Kesel was on the book in 1996/1997 and love that it gets such great writers.
- Marvel Spotlight: Summer Events. Why does this make the list you ask? Is it that the original Human Torch is back? Already on it. How about the new creative team on Fantastic Four? Dale Eaglesham drawing a regular book, scooped up! "the REAL Clone Saga laid bare!" with Scarlet Spider on the cover! Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!
- the Marvel Bromance trade. A collection of random stories of pairing of your Marvel favs! No forward by Brodie Jenner though...
- The Green Lantern Blackest Night train of six books a month from now until February 2010 rolls on. Not sure about the writer on BN: Titans, but I'm a completist.
- Another Kevin Smith Batman series with art by Walt Flanagan. I liked the first one, for what it's worth and was really surprised by Flanagan's art.
- The main Bat-universe books churn out another #1, Batgirl with an uknown quantity as writer and under the cowl. It's not Judd Winick, so I'll give it a read.
- Adventure Comics #1 spinning out of the long delayed Legion of 3 Worlds written by Geoff Johns and backups featuring Starman (no, not that one).
- Big, giant Superman crossover this month with annuals, Secret Files & another Jimmy Olsen Special. Great writers and my love of Superman will keep me involved.
- Doom Patrol! Written by Keith Giffen & JM DeMatties! Co-feature of the Metal Men! With art by Kevin Maguire! Exclamation points!
- Peter & Max: A Fables Novel. Ballsy move DC. That's quite the high price, but I'm used to buying funny books.
- Captain Britain & MI13 is cancelled (with no solict announcement) with LAST month's issue. Paul Cornell, the writer, posted on his blog about it today. Sad to see it go.
- Daredevil #500 finally out (with no book last month) as Brubaker's last issue bridging to Andy Diggle's run. I've been collecting Daredevil continuously since Karl Kesel was on the book in 1996/1997 and love that it gets such great writers.
- Marvel Spotlight: Summer Events. Why does this make the list you ask? Is it that the original Human Torch is back? Already on it. How about the new creative team on Fantastic Four? Dale Eaglesham drawing a regular book, scooped up! "the REAL Clone Saga laid bare!" with Scarlet Spider on the cover! Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!
- the Marvel Bromance trade. A collection of random stories of pairing of your Marvel favs! No forward by Brodie Jenner though...
- The Green Lantern Blackest Night train of six books a month from now until February 2010 rolls on. Not sure about the writer on BN: Titans, but I'm a completist.
- Another Kevin Smith Batman series with art by Walt Flanagan. I liked the first one, for what it's worth and was really surprised by Flanagan's art.
- The main Bat-universe books churn out another #1, Batgirl with an uknown quantity as writer and under the cowl. It's not Judd Winick, so I'll give it a read.
- Adventure Comics #1 spinning out of the long delayed Legion of 3 Worlds written by Geoff Johns and backups featuring Starman (no, not that one).
- Big, giant Superman crossover this month with annuals, Secret Files & another Jimmy Olsen Special. Great writers and my love of Superman will keep me involved.
- Doom Patrol! Written by Keith Giffen & JM DeMatties! Co-feature of the Metal Men! With art by Kevin Maguire! Exclamation points!
- Peter & Max: A Fables Novel. Ballsy move DC. That's quite the high price, but I'm used to buying funny books.
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