tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10642513008356704752023-11-24T02:31:44.111-08:00Comically GraphicContains my personal ramblings and thoughts, comic book reviews/news, and everything comics related, with the occasional nonsense, nerdery & geek-asm.Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.comBlogger407125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-67967840740414110492012-03-12T06:18:00.000-07:002012-03-12T06:18:58.455-07:00Panel Of The Week - 03.12.2012 - "Dr. Von Hurrrm..."After Watchmen?<br />
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No.<br />
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Rorschach?<br />
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Not either.<br />
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But this panel surely cracked me up. From Winter Soldier #3 by Ed Brubaker and Butch Guice.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rorschach reference FTW.<br />
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</tbody></table>Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-39403604910644883892012-03-05T08:36:00.000-08:002012-03-05T08:36:07.906-08:00Shazam!Big Red Cheeze no more. And looks more like...<a href="http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Ezio_Auditore_da_Firenze"> <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ezio Auditore</span></b></a>?<br />
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Just kidding. I like the new style and the idea of this guy's powers rooted more into sorcery and magic. Fits him very well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Nothing is true... Everything is permitted. *KRAKOOM!"<br />
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It would be interesting as to how Geoff Johns will solve the "introductory problems" when the time has come for him to let the Justice League know his name.<br />
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Captain Mar... er, Shazam will "debut" in Justice League #7 to be released on March 21.<br />
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Full interview transcript can be read via the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/shazam_electrifies_again_puMbHg6BYwirdrl3U9BYwL"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NEW YORK POST.</span></a>Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-58525689477505376772012-03-05T06:40:00.002-08:002012-03-05T06:40:58.335-08:00Panel Of The Week - 03.05.2012 - "Its a Bird! Its a Plane!"<div style="text-align: justify;">There are so many great panels this week, but I'm biased on this one just because I frickin' love Supes no matter how sucky his recent books have been (except for Action), and also due to the fact that Superman felt like Superman this time around in this marvelous double page spread from JL # 6: </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Turn on the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELNh23yRiJc&feature=fvst"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">John Williams' Superman theme</span></b></a> for full effect. </div><br />
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</div>You may very well heard about the<a href="http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/"> <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Earth 2</span></b></a> initiative by DC now and whether you like it or not, its gonna happen folks. I'm not here to talk about that though (but it does pose a very interesting argument), but instead, i'm here to talk about this Earth 2 Supes design by DC Co-Publisher Jim Lee:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Holy smokes, this is looks a LOT better than the collared and uber-piped Supes costume in the DCnU. It pays homage to the old suit, the All-Star Superman suit, its got a nice yellow thingy with the belt which is nice, and finally Lee's twist to the iconic logo is superb here. Wonder why he didn't thought of this before. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">But wait there's one more thing! Its those annoying pointy boot designs. He's not Batman, and those pointy stuff doesn't fit the bill. I suggest go for the traditional boots or anything and completely avoid the ugly boot logos. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">By the way, even though i think that the Earth 2 concept contradicts DC's new 52 goal - I'm pretty excited for the Earth 2 and World's Finest books coming out in May - just because maybe they can cook up some good Superman stories with that setup. DcNU Supes kind of sucks, especially the current on going. Its a shame. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span id="goog_517100232"></span><span id="goog_517100233"></span></div>Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-4004028373194351202012-03-01T12:53:00.000-08:002012-03-01T12:53:54.899-08:00Latest Comic Book Reviews - 03.01.2012<div style="text-align: justify;">Haven't posted in a long long time, i know. Been busy with work making moolahs (we all have to, don't we?), but I still read comics every week just to a little bit of entertainment and take a break from the exhausting work and stress.</div><br />
So here are some books that I read recently:<br />
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by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee<br />
Published by DC Comics<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">We have been given some less-than impressive issues since this whole thing started, but this issue kind of gave everything fans wanted to see: the Justice League finally kicking Darkseid's ass and establishing their description as the "World's Greatest Superheroes". They didn't kill Darkseid, but they managed to bring him back to the hell hole he came from courtesy of Cyborg and the team's collective effort. JL #6 also introduces new readers to those "boom tubes", "mother boxes" and Darkseid's henchmen. Oh, and Jim Lee's ever so-90s art is present too with his ridiculously detailed action double-spreads.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also introduced is that mysterious lady that appeared in all the DC New 52 books and the enigmatic Phantom Stranger. Interestingly yummy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And with that, I give this issue a rating of....</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4 out of 5 Mother Boxes!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
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<b></b>by Mark Waid and Paolo Rivera<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">When will Mark Waid's DD brillance stop? I don't know, but we're lucky to have him writing this awesome series. And the latest issue continues Matt Murdock's mission on solving the mystery of the missing and stolen coffins - which apparently includes his dad's. Its a simple story but yet Waid manages to mix in thrill, excitement, action, scary moloids, and even show the dynamic in Black Cat and DD's relationship after that one night stand they had last issue. And yes, the whole thing still revolves around that mysterious Reed Richards hardrive, but somehow Waid managed to make me forget about that for a bit. And when he did remind me that the hard drive is still the main focus (this time involving Black Cat), it hit me with a bang. Now things just became a bit more complicated for DD.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">No need to review Rivera's pencils, because if you have been reading this book you know that its sooooo good. There's so much going on in every panel that it's hard to take you eyes off of it. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And with that DD gets...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><b>5 out of 5 Reed Richards data drives!!!</b><br />
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by Ron Marz and Sami Basri<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Okay... after that reveal last issue, this Voodoo thing just got crazier. And i mean crazy in a bad way because we still don't know who Voodoo is, and now we learn that she was a clone of the real Priscilla Kitaen and we do not who how the hell did that happen. Issue #6 doesn't answer those questions either as it spends more time giving us what we already know and gives emphasis to neck-slashing and Voodoo killing off Daemonites. And Agent Fallon is almost non-existent in this issue by the way, and that's a turn off for me. The meeting with the "Council" (whoever these guys are) at the end is good though and gives me hope that we're finally going to get some answers come issue 7. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But still, the writing on this book is starting to get boring for me and the only thing that keeps me tuned is Sami Basri's ever-clean pencils. But that has to improve too as I have seen no additions to his game asides from better facial expressions. Backgrounds are still too simple and he still relies too much on close-ups. That can only take you too far. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So for that, Voodoo receives...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>2 out of 5 Daemonite heads</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84iyLYwEUlquigOUPgh6rN1CmGd85604GPLs3J4zZFMhxt3L-YDZLYlKowD56Zq_NUegLOA2c2b-8Jfv17c2V42fLSpz6cjZY9Fv5v9b5Il_Nkp6Y7_mno1DYXJRc1udhoX4Jv3nA6nbm/s1600/THE-FLASH-6-COVER.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84iyLYwEUlquigOUPgh6rN1CmGd85604GPLs3J4zZFMhxt3L-YDZLYlKowD56Zq_NUegLOA2c2b-8Jfv17c2V42fLSpz6cjZY9Fv5v9b5Il_Nkp6Y7_mno1DYXJRc1udhoX4Jv3nA6nbm/s320/THE-FLASH-6-COVER.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Flash #6 </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Published by DC Comics</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now that the Mob Rule arc is finished, its time to get some Captain Cold goodness and we saw that last issue when he was introduced with a not-so-surprising hoodie get up (you know, hoodies and collars are hip in the DC universe these days). Now in this issue, Captain Cold's background is explored a bit and it involves drama of course, but the most interesting part is his reinvention of his power set. Gone are the freeze guns and it looks like Cold's powers are innate and are within his body, thus he has more control over it, making him a more serious villian. Credit the writers for making this happen. Bye Bye Mr. Freeze references. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nothing special happens as the story centers a good old-fashioned matchup between The Scarlet Speedster and Captain Cold while throwing in some Speed Force trivia, little bit of the Wally-Patty Spivot romance, and a new Flash gadget along the way... but what really sells this issue though is the amazing art which has become the staple of this Flash reboot right from day 1. From the clever play on the title introductions almost hidden in the icy tower backgrounds, to the full double page spread of a boat cracking in half, to the Flash using his powers to save the day... is just <b>pure creativity at its highest level. </b> Sequencial art being honed to its full potential by Manapul and Buccellato. Incredible.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Obviously, I'm all praise for this title so this gets...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>5 out of 5 Flash Treadmills!!! (the superb art really trumps the "just okay" story) </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">SPOILERS AHEAD!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Our favorite vampire Skinner Sweet is back. And I'm not so sure though if this was intended to be a surprise because right from the end of Death Race part 1, I already knew that this vamp our beloved Travis is hunting is Skinner. There's couldn't by anybody else than him. Now that we got that out of the way, let's continue.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This picks up immediately where we left off with AV #23 and Snyder does his magic once again by interweaving Sweet and Travis' pasts, connecting Travis to the Vassals of the Morning Star and simply creating a believable universe within these two characters . He breathes life into them, making us readers feel the horror, the sweat, the suspense, the high stakes of the race, and even the dark and dry setting of the desert. Skinner is unrelenting. Travis is losing his cool. This is about survival. About consequences. And Snyder gets all of these across with justification and clarity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And let me also give a big hand of applause to Alberquerque for staying on top of his game and giving more and more effort into this book each and every time. Though its Snyder who gives the character's life, its Alberquerque who makes them move, run, scream, and feel pain - he gives his art an authentic feel to it thus making a huge emotional impact on its readers and more importantly, brings genuine magic when combined with Snyder's masterful wordplay. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">One more issue remains for this Death Race arc, and I'm feeling that we're gonna get a pretty sad goodbye to one of AV's memorable characters. I think I'm gonna cry if that's the case. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Still one of Vertigo's best on-going, this gets...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>5 out of 5 Molotov Cocktails</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This collection was a four issue comic book limited series based on the popular cult franchise - Highlander and stars Connor McLeod in a story where he simply searches to retrieve his sword (well, his mentor Ramirez' sword) when he lost it to long time nemesis The Kurgan by accident eons ago.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yes that's the whole story in a nutshell, but along the way you get a lot of the trademark Highlander pieces that made it a cult favorite in the 90s. You get awesome sword fighting, gore, lots of blood, heads flying everywhere, and orgasmic Quickening. You get to travel in different time periods as well, which to be honest, gets a bit confusing when the setting suddenly changes from 1966 to 845 AD for example. And as with McLeods, there's the one night stand turning into romance which then turns into sad tragedy. Oh Immortals. They're like "the walking dead". </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In any case, I have to say JT Krul's writing here is great. I really enjoyed it. Never too cheesy, over-the-top angry or depressing, with the just right amount of tone appropriate for every situation and he does takes it up a notch in the ending with a nice send off narration. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This book is cool especially for fans of the franchise and its packed with great art from Rafael too. Sword choreography is great, he doesn't hold back on depicting over the top violence, and he's pretty good with facial expressions too. You really see the anger and despair in the characters and feel them. His Christopher Lambert version is good too as well as his backgrounds, so that's a plus. Only downside is that he draws his anatomy too muscular especially for women, but other than that, his art is solid.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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The best panel from this week goes to...<br />
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You have been warned. And yep, that's a <i>fucking lung </i>coming out of the doc's mouth.Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-29802773461520437742011-11-02T05:48:00.000-07:002011-11-02T05:48:37.784-07:00Alan Moore is Rorschach [Video]<div style="text-align: justify;">This clip is from<b> "The Mindscape of Alan Moore"</b> where he talks about magnum opus - <i><b>Watchmen </b>- </i>and how he and artist <b>Dave Gibbons</b> thought of the issues that they raised through out the book. Its good stuff especially coming the mastermind of the greatest comic book of all time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But arguably the best part of this clip is down the 3 minute mark, where Moore himself reads some of Rorschach's lines, and damn.... its eerily creepy and awesome at the same time. No disrespect to <b>Jackie Earle Haley</b>, but fuck - <i>Alan Moore IS Rorschach. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-57569221165473709942011-10-27T14:09:00.000-07:002011-10-27T14:22:40.254-07:00The Weekend Recap - 10.23.2011: The Crow DVD Review and more Walking Dead goodness beginsThis is a late post because its freaking Friday here already in the Philippines, but its better late than never right?<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">First off, let me say that the hype and legend surrounding this movie was very well deserved. I thought it was one of those stink 90s movies, but damn, Alex Proyas and the late Brandon Lee pulled it off and delivered a classic that will forever be remembered. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sure, Lee's death may have had a melancholic / nostalgic effect on viewers, but the movie itself - its quality, execution, fast paced action, and uber-dark setting - is something to behold and is a masterful work of cinematic art and rightly deserves its as one of the top 20 comic book movies/adaptations of all time, despite its very simple story and lack of character depth. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lee was perfectly cast as Eric Draven - brutally murdered with his girlfriend Shelley Webster on Devil's Night - who then eventually becomes the angel of vengeance aided by a mysterious crow that somehow manages to bring him back from the grave, but this time, with god-like abilities that enables him to exact his own personal brand of dark, bloody, and violent justice. And all the critics were right. Lee - if he was alive today - would have been a superstar after this film because his true acting abilities showed here which surpasses of his dad, the legendary Bruce Lee. Hell, even this whole film was better than the movies Bruce has done in his lifetime. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Really enjoyed this film. Lee's presence is such a powerful one that you get sucked in his performance and will make you wish that the man was alive today. One of the best action movies ever. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Favorite moments: </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Brandon Lee's MTV-esque transformation to the Crow (all with The Cure's "Burn" soundtrack in the background) is one of the greatest moments in cinematic history. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And.... the final scene. Its a heartstring-tugger (at least for me). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pretty slow build up story wise, but I can't complain because this drama series is just too damn good. Production quality, the script, writing, the tension buildup, and characterization is still phenomenal and never missed a beat. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And its unpredictability is off the charts. That's saying a lot because you see, I'm a big fan of the comic book (which is still on going right now) and I know pretty much what's going to happen. Or at least that's what I thought previously last season. There are those familiar scenes that harkens to the comic books, but then it quickly zig-zags and diverts into another scene that I have never seen/read before, and that's fucking awesome. Keep long time fans guessing and tell them: "you think you know what's next huh? well, fuck - you're dead wrong." Add to that two AMC original characters that adds new dynamics to this series and everything is set for another compelling season. <br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Can't spoil anything about the first episode of S2 but it picks up where it left off last season, but this time there are more zombies, we see more character interaction, somebody gets lost, and the Rick-Shane-Lori dilemma is slowly unfolding just like Dale's (or Shane?) and Andrea's relationship. Finally, this episode's cliffhanger is one that would blow your mind and shock you - comic book style.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And yes, there's a lot of hiding under the cars going on in this episode. [via kitchensofa.files.wordpress.com]</td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sorry, can't tell you even the slightest clue about it. That's why you gotta watch it and tune in to it every week 8:55 pm every Saturday (if you're in the Philippines).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(Hmm... Me thinks I have to review every episode I catch. We'll see). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-73159396709048288172011-10-26T10:56:00.000-07:002011-10-26T13:07:24.244-07:00Comic Book Ratings - 10.27.11; Current Reading ; Keep Calm and Assemble Tee Rocks<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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It's been a busy week my friends so no comic reviews because I just don't have that much time to review so many titles every single week they come out of the shelves. But here's a rundown of last week's titles that I have read and my own personal ratings / recommendations as to whether or not you should buy them (maybe I would do this more often than my more "elaborate" reviews just because I'm too lazy). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span id="goog_1752429582"></span><span id="goog_1752429583"></span>Wonder Woman #2 - </b>5 out of 5 Zeus Lightning Bolts. MUST BUY.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Batman # 2 - </b>5 out 5 Batbikes. MUST BUY.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Supergirl #2</b> - 4 out of 5 Karas. Buy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Justice League #2 - </b>4.5 out of 5 Mother Boxes. Buy. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Catwoman #2 </b>- 2.5 out of 5 Stolen Portraits. Read only.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Birds of Prey #2</b> - 3 out of 5 Katanas. Read only.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Red Hood and the Outlaws </b> #2<b> - </b>3.5 out of 5 Red Helmets. Buy. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Nightwing #2</b> - 4 out of 5 Dick Grayson Jackets. Buy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Batwoman #2</b> - 5 out of 5 Missing Children. MUST BUY.<br />
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<b>Green Lantern #2</b> - 4 out of 5 GL Rings. Buy. <br />
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<b>Batgirl #2 - </b>2.5 out of 5 Mirrors. Read only.<br />
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<b>Punisher #4</b> - 5 out of 5 Vulture Claws. MUST BUY.<br />
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<b>Fear Itself #7</b> - 2.5 out of 5 Asgardian Weapons. Read only. <br />
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<b>Ultimate Comics X-Men #2</b> - 4 out of 5 Nimrods. Buy.<br />
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<b>Ultimate Spider-Man #3</b> - 5 out of 5 Gankes. MUST BUY.<br />
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<b>Superior #5</b> - 5 out of 5 Ormons. MUST BUY. <br />
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Currently reading Grant Morrison's comics history journal, part superhero genre analysis mixed with pop culture and divine allusions, part self-indulging, and part (boring) autobiography - <b>Supergods</b>:<b><i> "What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human"</i></b>.<br />
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Though every comic book fanboy pretty much knows what he's going to say here in terms of comics history, <i><u>Supergods </u></i>still its a fun read, despite being frustratingly lengthy mainly because of some unnecessary personal stories featuring the occult, and some ill-researched factoids (e.g. Ultraman - which he describes as a "faceless-robot" was Japan's Superman clone).<br />
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Still, give it a try. Recommended for comic book newbies, GM haters and GM fanboys alike.<br />
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And I <i>still </i>can't get over the usage of the awesome 3 panel opening sequence (minus the desperate scientists part) from Morrison and Frank Quitley's classic <i>All Star Superman</i> as this book's cover.<br />
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Finally a shirt worthy of your money. <br />
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This is a damn cool shirt. More of these and other superhero memes on shirts from <a href="http://www.facebook/com/welovefine" style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Mighty Fine</b></a>. <br />
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[via <a href="http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/10/26/mighty-fine-marvel-shirts-memes/" style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>Comics Alliance</b></a>]<br />
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</div>Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-90173450852937115232011-10-25T07:42:00.000-07:002011-10-25T07:42:36.965-07:00The number one reason why I love comics.<div style="text-align: justify;">It is this magnificent scene and dialog from <i>Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons</i>' highly touted <b>Watchmen</b> (1986) - known by many as arguably the greatest comic book of all time and the only graphic novel that was included in <b><a href="http://entertainment.time.com/2005/10/16/all-time-100-novels/slide/watchmen-1986-by-alan-moore-dave-gibbons/" style="color: #3d85c6;">TIME Magazine's Top 100 Novels</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">(Click on the images to enlarge.) </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUDO4BUOmW6EaIuT-12Faxrs8wMroZqHq85k2H2Wz6swCiXbmK4r5EiYHzeVvGbiDOvHha_TEAX-QfBBjxB439YWNUXgbR1x2VRCI65uigxsQJvahzlwocoQx7Dm6YdKC3eXAtOE50kwT/s1600/watchmen-manhattan-laurie-mars2.JPG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYUDO4BUOmW6EaIuT-12Faxrs8wMroZqHq85k2H2Wz6swCiXbmK4r5EiYHzeVvGbiDOvHha_TEAX-QfBBjxB439YWNUXgbR1x2VRCI65uigxsQJvahzlwocoQx7Dm6YdKC3eXAtOE50kwT/s320/watchmen-manhattan-laurie-mars2.JPG" width="195" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfmuEiNpKFWVJ9SDdsZkKWQgqnmSw0mLCHIa1R_p8c34PvR-nyMbYQzXzZIvxUNQuS86F4XK9EgSrCHxQ3jESi3I3oJ-j2SDkY4IWlY3RwSiwj8Ly15IK22ha3S3zgH10k4ufXjGfUOPr/s1600/watchmen-manhattan-laurie-mars1.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfmuEiNpKFWVJ9SDdsZkKWQgqnmSw0mLCHIa1R_p8c34PvR-nyMbYQzXzZIvxUNQuS86F4XK9EgSrCHxQ3jESi3I3oJ-j2SDkY4IWlY3RwSiwj8Ly15IK22ha3S3zgH10k4ufXjGfUOPr/s320/watchmen-manhattan-laurie-mars1.JPG" width="202" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfmuEiNpKFWVJ9SDdsZkKWQgqnmSw0mLCHIa1R_p8c34PvR-nyMbYQzXzZIvxUNQuS86F4XK9EgSrCHxQ3jESi3I3oJ-j2SDkY4IWlY3RwSiwj8Ly15IK22ha3S3zgH10k4ufXjGfUOPr/s1600/watchmen-manhattan-laurie-mars1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Beautiful prose, amazing artwork, and a whole lot of meaning than any other title in the medium packed in just 10 panels. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And this is not even the whole 12-issue book itself. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you haven't read Watchmen yet, please do pick it up and read it before you die. Its one of the greatest stories mankind will ever have and one of the rare books that gets better and better after every re-read. Its just that damn good. </div><br />
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</div>Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-44285846952352491852011-10-14T10:30:00.000-07:002011-10-14T12:20:38.946-07:00Threesome Art - 10.14.2011<div style="text-align: justify;">Here's a couple of awesomeness I found today. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starship Troopers tribute by <b><a href="http://mrhipp.tumblr.com/" style="color: #3d85c6;">Dan Hipp</a></b></td></tr>
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I love Starship Troopers (and its alien bugs) even more. 'Nuff said.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rejected cover for Uncanny X-Force by <b><a href="http://rafaelalbuquerqueart.deviantart.com/art/Wolverine-XForce-263254089" style="color: #3d85c6;">Rafael Alberquerque</a></b></td></tr>
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Yes the same guy who is doing the covers and interiors for American Vampire did this Wolvie. Rejected? Seriously? <br />
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Then there's <a href="http://philnoto.tumblr.com/" style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Phil Noto</b></a> and his Avengers Press Day photo that defies Father Time and all explanation. I'll let the picture and captions tell you <i>why.</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>From the Hank Pym Photo Archives- <i>Avengers Press Day </i>“Tony thought it would be a good idea to invite some of the press over to Stark Mansion to highlight some of the work we were doing as the <b>Avengers</b>. I took this photo during an interview with a team from <b>The Daily-something-or-other</b>. I do remember the reporter asking us what we thought about other heroes’ roles in the country’s affairs. Apparently their city had, as the <b>woman reporter</b> put it, <b>‘A one-man Avengers team.’</b> “</i></td></tr>
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I didn't notice the uber-awesomeness of Noto's photo at first until I read captions. And then it hit me.<br />
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</div>Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-47545040483087929702011-10-13T08:09:00.000-07:002011-10-13T08:09:14.171-07:00Designer Ashley Hay As "Ame-Comi Mera"<div style="text-align: justify;">Apparently Ashley isn't just designing logos and <a href="http://comicallygraphic.blogspot.com/2011/02/facebook-superhero-anonymous-by-ashley.html" style="color: #3d85c6;">anonymous facebook superhero avatars</a>. Here's Ashley herself looking fabulous as <b>Arthur Curry's (Aquaman)</b> one and only love, <b>Mera</b>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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I love it when cosplayers are putting their 100% effort on being creative. <br />
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[via <a href="https://plus.google.com/photos/103286746401026456454/albums/5629371402279695457?hl=en" style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Ashley Hay's Google+</b> <b>cosplay album</b></a>]</div>Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-19919518782091920432011-10-11T09:02:00.000-07:002011-10-11T14:35:00.393-07:00The First Official "Avengers" Trailer [Video]I'm not kidding folks. This is our first glimpse of the bad-ass superhero movie. Yeah I'm putting it down already: THIS. MOVIE. IS. BAD-ASS.<br />
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Especially Tony Stark's last line. <br />
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Couple of notes about the trailer and what could be expected in the film:<br />
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- there will be a lot of butting-heads early in the movie (naturally)<br />
- Captain America is reminding us that he is not only a gymnastic-shield throwing artist, but also a military man trained to kill using fucking machineguns.<br />
- Nick Fury finally gets something to shoot at.<br />
- There will be SKRULLS invading earth and then there's Loki creating the fiasco.<br />
- Black Widow is still bad-ass just like she was in Iron Man 2.<br />
- Thor vs Cap? Nah. That Captain America is a Skrull posing as Cap. <br />
- Wow, HULK is actually there!<br />
- Hawkeye flinching his bow. Pfft. Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) > Clint Barton (Hawkeye) any day of the week.<br />
- Finally... and as always... Robert Downey Jr is gonna carry this film.<br />
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Now time to watch it again. <br />
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[via <b><a href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=34841" style="color: #3d85c6;">CBR</a></b>]<br />
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Directed by Josh Whedon.Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-63444229009866590022011-10-10T10:33:00.000-07:002011-10-10T10:33:42.357-07:00Latest Comic Book Reviews - 10.10.2011Its been a busy week and a lot of fantastic comic books hit the shelves this week and the last. Here are some quick reviews from the ones that I've read so far: <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Marcus To's pencils are good overall, but he's got a habit of illustrating movements that are impossible for a woman or a human being could do. On the upside, he was able to make Helena both sexy and kick-ass without showing panties and titties and leaves everything for the reader's imagination. Overall, this book is good and is something worth picking up especially for those who want to read more of DC's top-tier super heroines. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>More reviews after the cut... </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i></i></div><a name='more'></a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Written to perfection by Gregg Hurwitz, this version of the Penguin is not sympathetic... but more of a cold-blooded human being who doesn't give a single damn about anybody else but himself. Kudranski's fantastic art is on display and makes this a great reading experience. His illustrations are filled with emotion and he captures the gritty world of Gotham just right. The colors and lighting is a sight to behold, and it gives off the exact feel necessary in every scene and Oswald's life. If you are the type who wants to move away from the ongoing DC reboot titles, then pick this up. You'll be surprised. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Rating: 5 out of 5</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kubert's art is as powerful as ever and he keeps up with the level of violence required by Millar and he does it in the most bloody way possible. Now that this is starting to get good again, let's hope that Millar will be able to work on schedule and give us more kick-ass right on time. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rags Morales' art is the same just like the first issue and he's still having troubles with specific facial definitions like noses, jaws etc and thus the same characters look like a different person every panel. Other than that his art is cool and he was able to illustrate the action and brutality in good fashion. Now its time to release the jellyfish and pit it against Supes. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As usual, Maleev continues his beautiful sketchy art style that mixes the lines of superhero fantasy and photorealism. I really like his style and even though there's not much action going on here, his ability to draw subtle facial twitches is fantastic and tells the whole story by itself. Solid issue overall and if you're not giving his series a shot, please do because its awesome. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The art in this book is as cool as ever courtesy of Leinil Yu, who actually included a tribute to his inker Gerry Alanguilan and his graphic novel "Elmer" in one of the panels. That's classy stuff. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, one more issue remains and we will see what will happen to Simon when he faces a fricking giant robot without powers. Or at least that's what the next cover teases. I'm still hoping that Mark Millar will end this in a happy note. Anything less will be frustrating. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But more than the vampires involved in this, Snyder shows that even before Sweet became a fanged being, that he is already a reckless person, filled with rage and impulsiveness and somebody who embraces chaos. Right from his childhood up to the point where he and James are working for the army, the manifestations of a cruel man is evident and its great character examination. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The art I didn't like so much because its a bit cartoony and old-school, but Bernett shows that he can tell his own story and more importantly, re-create the aura and classic feel of America's rich Wild West history. American Vampire has always been about exploring America's early history and culture asides from the vampire lore, and this series continues to use that formula that has made it one of the best comic book series in the stands today. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Rating: 4.5 out of 5</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-50094545885157728922011-10-05T14:13:00.000-07:002011-10-05T14:19:09.039-07:00How Mark Millar would've done DC's New 52<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCiQ9wRqu40jfB8aU-1-y_zbSNJR0ArsUeTFBDHKbhMlpHTnBfEH0L1CItu6eo0dQqQ5cxvKWNs4Lp4Z8Rhy4C1F8L-8aXkmIZw1GvBLnU7JG-hLRhfemKQ_o4dj_q4gdHL9ewzJrq-34b/s1600/mark-millar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCiQ9wRqu40jfB8aU-1-y_zbSNJR0ArsUeTFBDHKbhMlpHTnBfEH0L1CItu6eo0dQqQ5cxvKWNs4Lp4Z8Rhy4C1F8L-8aXkmIZw1GvBLnU7JG-hLRhfemKQ_o4dj_q4gdHL9ewzJrq-34b/s200/mark-millar.jpg" width="143" /></a></div>This is what the acclaimed writer of such titles like <i>Wanted, Ultimates, Kick Ass 1 and 2, and Superior</i> has to say:<br />
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<blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_m_contentLBL">"Congrats to Johnny DC for getting good numbers and plenty of returns on their investment on the DC reboot. But how would yours have been different? I'm taking today off to arse around, but before I go I'm curious: Who would you have nabbed for the books? </span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_m_contentLBL">I love playing this game. My friends and I were chatting about it just this morning. DC would need to pony up serious cash (as <nobr class="itxtrst itxtrstnobr itxthooknobr" id="itxthook1w0nobr" style="color: #2b65b0;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxthookspan" id="itxthook1w0" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Marvel's</span><img class="itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon" id="itxthook1icon" src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif" /></nobr> biggest creators [are] generally paid WAY more), but imagine you've got access to the WB vault and you can literally buy anyone. Even Image guys who were making a million an issue in the 90s. You've got access to EVERYBODY. How would your DC 52 differ? Mine, for starters, would be about 25-30 books :) </span><br />
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<b><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_m_contentLBL">But go for it. I'd love Leinil Yu on Batman, McNiven drawing Justice League, Kirschl drawing Teen Titans, Brendan McCarthy on The Flash. Kev O'Neill (does the best aliens) on Green Lantern (with Pat Mills on scripts) and Frank Miller doing anything he wants."</span></b></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_m_contentLBL">That's pretty insightful. Leinil Yu illustrating the goddamned Batman? Awesome.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_m_contentLBL"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_m_contentLBL">How about Ed Brubaker and Steve McNiven's Batman? Damn, that would be uber-awesome. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_m_contentLBL"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_m_contentLBL">And nice to see somebody who still believes in Frank Miller. He is not the best artist, but he's an awesome writer/artist who can take an idea and turn it into something epic. </span><br />
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<span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_m_contentLBL">But I wish Millar wasn't such an egotistical prick. Saying that Marvel pays way more than DC is uncalled for, even if it is true. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_m_contentLBL"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_m_contentLBL">[via <a href="http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/GraphicCity/news/?a=47607" style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>ComicBookMovie</b></a>]</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div>Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-64246397419921774122011-10-05T13:34:00.000-07:002011-10-05T13:34:56.273-07:00I am Maximus Deridius Meridius... no more.<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Russell Crowe</b> people. Former gladiator with a beautiful mind... now the father of a Kryptonian alien who eventually becomes the greatest hero the world has ever known. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">That. costume. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Man of Steel has never looked this good until I saw this picture. Agree?<br />
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</div>Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-38640568988828240662011-10-05T13:12:00.000-07:002011-10-05T14:48:03.390-07:00DC New 52 Picks - Week Four ReviewsAlright, this is the final wave. I haven't read everything last week, but I'm going to review some of those that I picked up.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigS9VDQPKAhbi0na-_t9CHKrxgV-hHYYD7bIstNsDJZfKBnlcPjfdHDJNMjJGchS1ZNAzYeCDeoLwyhNod5TGpgUEOH5dWFWUa_0HxuNDjPx_XjdMQ3F9pqmX5lvbJxLu9BTxixhDEGFo9/s1600/sueprman1-cove.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigS9VDQPKAhbi0na-_t9CHKrxgV-hHYYD7bIstNsDJZfKBnlcPjfdHDJNMjJGchS1ZNAzYeCDeoLwyhNod5TGpgUEOH5dWFWUa_0HxuNDjPx_XjdMQ3F9pqmX5lvbJxLu9BTxixhDEGFo9/s320/sueprman1-cove.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Superman #1</b> <i>by George Perez and Jesus Merino </i>- this is by far the most disappointing book that I read in the new 52. It wasn't that bad in every stretch of the imagination... it's just that I expected more from George Perez story and dialogue-wise. Having a young Superman / Clark Kent deal with the demolishing of the old Daily Planet and seeing the new office building and its new management is nice, but there was nothing new here. I mean, reporters, the Daily Planet, and Superman saving the day from a flaming alien is all the same to me - except that Supes here is a little brash and quips lines like Green Arrow. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The final pages showing Clark sucking it up and being a loser once again didn't help either, just like Perez' shallow storytelling that made me think that he was having a hard time finding the right words to describe all the action. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Merino's art wasn't that impressive but it was nice, with that old-school vibe to it as influenced by Perez' layouts, but I wish they could get somebody else better to draw Supes. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Still, I'm going to read the 2nd issue just to see if they could bounce back. But right now, this is almost forgettable to me. Thank God we still have <i>Action. </i> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I mean let's face it - nobody likes Aquaman because he's a guy who only has powers when he is in the water and because we have this belief that HE FUCKING TALKS TO FISH. Who wants to have that kind of hero? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But damn, Geoff Johns' nails it by poking fun at Aquaman himself, using all the jokes that undermined the character all over the years. He gives Aquaman an almost Superman calm attitude with an almost cold demeanor, and this makes the character a sympathetic one at that. Right from the opening scene where Aquaman saves the day by taking down some robbers in a truck, we immediately see Aquaman making that i-dont-know-anything-about-that face when asked by the police if he needs water - which is illustrated right on the spot by Ivan Reis - sets up the whole tone of the story. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Johns' continues his funny jokes even when Aquaman enters a seafood restaurant and gets backhanded compliments from people, and in the process, Aquaman becomes more of just a laughingstock - but a real superhero who knows exactly what people outside of his kingdom think of him and thinks that he deserves more than what people is crediting him for. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Flashbacks showing a young Aquaman with his father sitting on a nearby shore together and introducing his beautiful wife Mera gives us the more sentimental and softer side of this hero, and the ending with those ugly looking water monsters gives me more reasons to read the next issue. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ivan Reis gives us his trademark detailed illustrations that trudges beautifully through all the action, horror, and the more serene moments. Very well done by my favorite Green Lantern artist. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">To sum it up: Geoff Johns just made me a true believer . And that's that. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Rating: 4.5 out of 5</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We get Batman's internal monologue talking about fear this and fear like that which sounded too crappy for me, then we have that familiar Arkham Asylum breakout which happened twice in the other two Batman comics (Detective and Batman by Snyder), and finally a bunny as a villain and a shot of Harvey Two-Face in all of his roided glory. I mean, what's up with that? I have seen better with Batman: Arkham Asylum comic book series. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Clearly, this is a big Bat-FAIL from Jenkins, but David Finch saves the remains of this comic book with his nice looking 90's-esque art that for some reason reminded me of Jim Lee. Its pretty looking art, especially with that full page of Batman on top of the police car, but nothing spectacular especially when it comes to facial expressions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Utterly forgettable issue overall, and after seeing that bunny? Nah, you can throw getting issue #2 into the trash can. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Truth be told, this was not an easy read at all and is quite confusing for new readers because the monologue doesn't really match with the art that is being shown on many of the panels (maybe its some kind of a flashback technique?), but the idea behind the story is so good that it makes for a very interesting read. There's clearly a lot of back story that needs to be told in order to fully grasp the story, and I hope that will be addressed next. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Andrea Sorrentino adds a lot of goth and horror with her dark, moody pencils that gives off that classic Stoker feel, and her use of thin lines, lighting and shadows works well for this book. She should let us see her characters faces next time though. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Good first issue and if both writer and artist elevates their work as this series goes on, we might be seeing another DC classic right before our eyes. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Rating: 3.5 out of 5</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> </i> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgIghPC0GRHyfl7SIilKk0PLBLsl0pYeXU1VNTxyfbzFm75FzQkpvfZTlUN2qW9cOXD5FTu2fWQVWnHHetJHz1ON83OOyogNpjzmmufULjggWTe4yVzgwILkhIsWJdbTc3NVkaOBOILOX/s1600/flash1-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgIghPC0GRHyfl7SIilKk0PLBLsl0pYeXU1VNTxyfbzFm75FzQkpvfZTlUN2qW9cOXD5FTu2fWQVWnHHetJHz1ON83OOyogNpjzmmufULjggWTe4yVzgwILkhIsWJdbTc3NVkaOBOILOX/s320/flash1-cover.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Flash #1</b> <i>by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato </i>- Artist handles the writing duties as well in this issue as Francis Manapul takes center stage with help from Brian Buccellato, and frankly, this team makes a good introduction for the best Scarlet Speedster of all time - Barry Allen without any hint of him remembering what happened in the old DCU or even <i>Flashpoint</i>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And that's a good thing. Its new, refreshing and is unhampered by previous continuity. His relationship with Iris never happened but she makes an appearance here which is nice, and the decision of not using any of the Flash's familiar rogues gallery just made it even more new-reader friendly. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The main story involving Barry's old friend and mysterious clones that popped out of nowhere is quite confusing, but it leaves readers interested, mainly because of that impressive cliffhanger. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Manapul's art is as energetic and creative as ever, and is very well on his way on being a definitive Flash artist. Flash is his favorite character, and his love for the Flash is evident with this patented whitewashed artwork that just keeps on getting better. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Want a book that you can give to a non-comics reader? Well, look no further. The Flash is the book for you.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Rating: 4 out of 5</i> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue was supposed to introduce us to DCU's magic world, and yes we do get a taste of how formidable magical villains are as shown when Superman - the man of fricking steel - is getting torn into ribbons (as Wonder Woman's dialogue says) by a whirlwind of decayed witch's teeth together with his Justice League mates Diana and Cyborg. Wrap your head around that. You can't. That's why its awesome.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But at the same time, trying to fit in all of these characters into the story made it too convoluted and confusing, starting with Madame Xanadu's mindless bumbling, to the replicated June Moones, and John Constantine suddenly showing up out of nowhere together with all the explanation of the weird arcane. The idea is not bad, but the way the script was written wasn't that effective. It didn't achieve what it was trying to aim, and worse, made the whole book very hard to read. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm not yet digging Mikel Janin's art, but he has a solid start here and I'm looking forward for him to improve his facial anatomy and start illustrating these characters less square-jawed. Other than that, he's got nice pencils. That's all I can say for now. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A little bit disappointed with JLD, but I'll come back for another round. Hopefully it rebounds by then. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I said this book is sexy. And it is. Ron Marz has this whole thing set up in a stripper bar and lets us get into the lives of the women who chose this as their way of earning money. And truth be told, Marz gives a clever dialog all through out the issue as to make this more of a "sexy comic book that actually packs a good story " instead of just pure "stripping, with lots of tits and ass shots". The pretty grotesque twist by end was nice and it tells the reader that the "hero" (if I could call her that) of this book is not somebody you want to fuck with. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Admittedly though, there are a lot of T&A scenes here right from the beginning. We see Priscilla Kitaen - the mysterious protagonist - stripping her way to please her customers up until the very end of the issue. Like I said, its very sexy, but I believe this is nothing compared to the scenes in Catwoman #1. Character-wise though, Priscilla is more of like dumb and I'm more curious to know more about the remaining female agent who looks more interesting than Voodoo, herself. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sami Basri's art is.. well... what can I say? Its awesome. I really dig his art. Since this guy took on Power Girl last year, I was looking forward to seeing more of his art and thank goodness he got a monthly comic book project now with Voodoo. His trademark anime/manga-influenced art style that is defined by clean sophisticated lines has never skipped a beat, and he has done his homework when it comes to giving his characters the right facial expressions. His frequent colorist Jessica Kholinne also contributed to improve the art, and her colors just made everything more vibrant and energized. Glad to see them working together again. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In summary, Voodoo #1 wasn't that great, but because of Sami Basri's art and because Ron Marz is writing - and he never makes a crap story - I will stick to this title. There is a lot of potential behind his mystery-horror-erotic hoopla you know. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Rating: 3.5 out of 5 </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">That's all for now. I know I missed a couple of books but don't worry, I will update this post as soon as I get to read them. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-29992590868876337342011-09-29T15:04:00.000-07:002011-09-29T15:04:45.064-07:00The Walking Dead Season 2 Full TrailerThe drama, suspense, and struggle for survival has never been this high.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">A little bit of overanalyzing here: judging from what I saw, it seems like this show is going on its own direction, and will not follow the path of the comic book storyline. I can't really say that I like that, but watching something that will actually surprise you is always good... so maybe, this will work for the TV adaptation. </div><br />
Either way, I'm excited as hell for this.Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-84985872533517206892011-09-29T13:30:00.000-07:002011-09-29T15:48:29.578-07:00Entertainment Weekly's "The Avengers" Set Photos Featuring Bobblehead ScarJo<div style="text-align: justify;">We are all excited for the ultimate superhero team up aren't we? Okay. Now, dig on these exclusive set photos from <b>Entertaintment Weekly</b> featuring EVERYBODY. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This looks great, but fuck - what is wrong with Thor's nose (bad photoshopping), Captain America looking awfully confused, ScarJo's bobblehead and Mark Ruffallo with that stare? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Okay, that's pretty cool stuff - everyone together in one room, Chris Evans in that perfect man-out-of-time civilian outfit, and finally Samuel L. Jackson gets to fire a weapon (it took him 4 feature films to do that, shit). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But the best part of this tease are these pictures of the oh so fine <b>Scarett Johansson</b> (whose nude photos were leaked for everybody to see a couple of weeks ago):</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Damn. Even the buildings can't resist. ScarJo's causing a lot of explosions all over the place by just standing there. Must be the <i>awesome </i>bum. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
[via <b><a href="http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/29/the-avengers-movie-images/">ComicsAlliance</a>, <a href="http://ifanboy.com/articles/first-look-the-avengers-cast-in-entertainment-weekly/">iFanboy</a></b>]</div>Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-42897629426462741402011-09-29T11:35:00.000-07:002011-09-29T11:35:55.619-07:00Kowabunga!!!<div style="text-align: justify;">I love the pizza + beer combo. That's by far my favorite food combination ever. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And I also love the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 90s cartoon show, and even LOVE the fact that they are back with IDW's new TMNT book that came out a couple of weeks ago (it was a good #1 for the Turtles). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But this? This.. this TMNT pizza, edible art... whatever you wanna call it, just made me CRAZY for more turtle-power and pizza. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">[via <a href="http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/09/29/these-edible-super-hero-logos-are-deliciously-iconic/" style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>ComicsAlliance</b></a>]</div>Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-21958539513450084882011-09-29T11:09:00.000-07:002011-09-29T14:47:42.533-07:00DC New 52 Picks - Week Three Reviews<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvpN6_G5VWCSWl97AahG6hKPrM_LDqvDo43Ku0R2qVRNtEzkSr5SQ8OMsl0sTw-PVvopnBHcjD_0h5SWMj_9rMTt4KYyInCZ7WgfdjtPmL7A6Pat6rTDalsCbBr_yzxvDSI_3OFiCu_k61/s1600/JUSTICE-LEAGUE-N325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvpN6_G5VWCSWl97AahG6hKPrM_LDqvDo43Ku0R2qVRNtEzkSr5SQ8OMsl0sTw-PVvopnBHcjD_0h5SWMj_9rMTt4KYyInCZ7WgfdjtPmL7A6Pat6rTDalsCbBr_yzxvDSI_3OFiCu_k61/s400/JUSTICE-LEAGUE-N325.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
I continue to review some of the new titles that I came across a week ago, and I have to say, this is a pretty successful relaunch so far, with the third with of publishing being the STRONGEST in my estimation. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lots of good books, a few forgettable ones, and then some that caused some "controversy".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ready? Let us begin. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">From the opening page of the book, we immediately see the dark and dangerous Gotham city and it gets even better with Snyder showing us all of the popular inmates of Arkham Asylym (and I mean everybody) going toe to toe with the Batman. Then if that wasn't enough entertainment, Snyder throws in his ingenious plot twist, one that sees a familiar foe fight side by side with the Bat himself. And he does this marvelous opening sequence in just <i>7 freaking pages,</i> which Capullo illustrates masterfully, unlike anybody I have ever seen draw a Batman action scene. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And for those not keeping tabs at home, just a reminder: Bruce Wayne is back as Batman. So normally, former Batman Dick Grayson is back to being Nightwing, Bruce's son Damian Wayne is the current Robin, and finally, Tim Drake is Red Robin. The fun part is that Snyder uses a genius plot device that involves a newly developed face recognition gadget to introduce all of these four characters in one splash page. And speaking of gadgetry, we get to see Batman's good 'ol cave, complete with all his high tech toys... including the old school '89 Batmobile. All of this too looked great, because Capullo's great attention to detail. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The flawless execution of the story is what makes this all work, and Snyder does that by showing us both Bruce Wayne and Batman. He shows Bruce Wayne's plans for Gotham which immediately the notion that the man behind the mask is just as focused on saving the city he loves under just as he is hell bent on ridding Gotham City of evil when he wears the cowl at night. That's good stuff. Then he caps it off with some clever detective work with the GCPD, leading us to a cliffhanger that had me saying: <i>'the fuck!?'</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">When it comes to the art, I had nothing bad to say about Capullo here as you can see on the first two paragraphs. I just love how he draws Batman and his uncanny ability to illustrate exagerrated, but real facial expressions in his characters that brings a lot of emotion to each page. Case in point: Jim Gordon's splash page. <i> </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">All in all, this is the perfect Batman for the new generation. And with Snyder and Capullo teaming up for this, we can all say that the Bat-franchise is in good hands. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yes. The Gods are fucking crazy. Azzarello plants his seeds in this first issue by having Diana save a young lady named Zola from brute centaurs in bloody panels that I certainly liked. I mean, who doesn't like Wonder Woman acting like a <i>warrior princess</i> ala-Xena? Be it slashing and headbutting centaurs, I love this new version of Diana. Fierce, powerful, steady and... tall. And I mean, freaking tall. But at the same time, Azzarello shows us the soft side of this woman (with that scene where she checks on a bloodied Hermes), so its not like she's a blood-thirsty Red Lantern. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There's a lot of Greek mythology involved in here, and that's the stuff that I dig. Its interesting and it adds a whole new dimension to this Wonder Woman series. I don't want to spoil anything here plot-wise, but I'm going to tell you that Zola is involved BIG time with one of these gods (if you're reading or have read Greek myth, then you'll know what I'm talking about). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I enjoyed Cliff Chiang's art, and its phenomenal in this issue. His effective paneling portrays the intense action perfectly, and his sometimes rough pencils is awesome. He doesn't miss a beat until the end of the issue, and he does a great job making the sexy scenes work, meaning, he is able to make it look sexy without making it too gratuitous. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Great introduction for our new Wonder Woman. And seriously, I want more. And that's coming from somebody who hasn't read any Wonder Woman comic. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nothing so impressive with the writing, but Swierczynski (fuck, that name is hard to spell) manages to pull it off with some decent dialogue, a possible darker past for <b>Black Canary</b> (murder references in her speech bubbles, anybody?), and a new character - the tattooed and feisty <b>Starling </b>- who right now is by far the winner for my "Best New Character" award in this DC reboot, even though I don't know where the hell she came from. Being mysterious works doesn't it? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now let's take about Jesus Saiz' art. Its no doubt, the best part of this book, hands down. His rendition of the woman anatomy isn't perfect, but he managed to draw it realistically. There are a couple of T&A shots here and there, but Saiz made sure that it isn't the only thing that you're going to notice, mixing it with fluid action sequences (e.g Black Canary's first kick). Balance my friends is the name of the game, and Saiz captured that perfectly.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And let us not forget: Saiz illustrates the best car crash scenes EVER. Its forceful, in-your-face, and his level of detail when it comes to all these stuff and debris flying around is spectacular. That's probably my most favorite part in this book. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So with that said, BoP works, but I just wish that the next issue (see? I got tired writing his last name) will avoid that flashback-present-flashback formula because it gets too confusing and in my opinion, not the type of structure you would want your readers to encounter in a #1 issue. Otherwise, its a solid title, and its worth giving it a second shot.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Higgins tries his best here to come up with an interesting story for Dick, but his brooding and sad internal monologue just kills me. It was okay on the first few pages where he jumps off rooftops to kick some regular thug's ass - but then it continues on and on up until the end. It doesn't sound like the confident Dick that we have always known. as far as I'm concerned. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dick says in the beginning that being Batman honed his skills to perfection - which was a great tone to start off with - then Higgins downplays all of that when the masked villain shows up to kill Dick and then lets two cops get brutally killed just so he can change to his Nightwing costume. At first I didn't thought of it as a problem, but then thinking back now, yeah, its kind of contradicting. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If there's anything that saved this book from being below mediocre, that's Eddy Barrows' ability to illustrate Nightwing's acrobatic skills into absolute perfection. The athleticism and graceful movement that is Dick's bread and butter was masterfully done, and because of it, the book had great Dick Grayson moments, especially the heroic/dramatic ones. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Don't get me wrong, Nightwing isn't a very bad book at all, but it could have been better by using a more lively tone for Dick's voice. We got Batman doing the brooding stuff already, and we don't need Dick to be like that. So here's hoping that Higgins can turn this around because this is just the beginning and plus, there's plenty of time to work something out. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I seriously love the concept. I'm getting giddy every time I think about it. See, Deadman (before he was Deadman) was a guy named <b>Boston Brand </b>- a selfish, narcissistic trapeze artist who was shot to death by an unknown gunner. His soul was given a chance atone for his sins and redeem himself for his past misdeeds by the Hindu God Rama Kushna and is given a mission: help people fix their life problems. But the true beauty of his dilemma lies in the fact that he is confused/troubled as to where the hell he is really is gonna go after years of helping <i>different </i>kinds of people: whether its towards the good man he must become, or forever fall below into the dark abyss. Its interesting don't you think? A former prick-now-ghost trying to help living and breathing humans? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This my friends, is classic DC storytelling. And add to that the BEST cliffhanger in this whole reboot, lying in the last pages of this book. Its shocking, clever and utter genius of Paul Jenkins to come up with something like that. Totally out of the blue. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Chang's art was good, but I prefer a more dark, gritty and realistic approach. This is a book who has a ghost as its main character, and we're seeing real people with real problems here, so in my opinion, that could have been a more better choice, rather than the conventional superheroe-y style that Chang brought to the table. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(Ryan Sook's cover is BRILLIANT though. My best cover in that week. Could be the defining "Deadman image" for years to come.) </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But other than that small complaint, I'm good on following Deadman where ever he hell he is going.<br />
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<i>Rating: 4 out of 5</i> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now that's not the only thing that Tomasi tackles here, and if you are a GL reader you know that GL is not about Oa, space and galaxies. We always go back to God's green Earth, where Tomasi shows two out of the three human GL's not-named-Hal Jordan (namely Guy Gardner and John Stewart) trying to keep in touch with their <i>normal</i> lives (and to some extent their humanity), but because of their designation as Green Lanterns (which Earthlings are aware of), it hinders them from achieving what they want. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Its depressing and at the same time beautiful for these characters because it gives them that emotional stress/problem that they would have to deal with as part of becoming a Lantern.: <i>its both a gift and a curse. </i>Also, seeing these two guys together was good and its evident that they have the chemistry needed for this book.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Add to that the discovery of the mysterious killer, prompting Guy and John to investigate a certain planet thousands of light years away. There Tomasi drops the bomb, turning this into space-horror genre type of story.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hanna and Pasarin did a great job of illustrating, utilizing beautiful coloring and the nice shading techniques to make the GL universe alive and capture that space-horror feel that I spoke about. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This GL book has a whole lot of potential, and I cannot wait what Tomasi has in store. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Clearly, this is a book<i> <b>that doesn't take itself seriously</b></i>. Its a buddy book that has 3 superheroes in it, doing their own thing and they answer to nobody but themselves. From the start, we see Red Hood save Arsenal from his abductors via a disguise that nobody saw coming: a pretty cool scene that like taken out from a not so serious Hollywood action movie, then Starfire comes in, shows off her destructive powers, and we got tanks getting blown to pieces. <br />
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From that point on, the book maintains its so-so but incredibly light and fun storytelling, all of it from RH and Arsenal's funny dialogue about Starfire (that will piss feminists), the nice T&A scenes of the orange alien, the chiseled musculature of Jason and Arsenal while sipping some juice on the beach, to the gun fighting and explosions - illustrated nicely by Rocafort. But his style of putting too much lines on the face together with the sketchy pencils makes his art annoying sometimes. He does know how to make cheesecake though. <br />
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And did any of you notice that thunderclap thighs red hood had in the first splash page? Yeah that's ugly.<br />
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To sum this up, its not a really awesome book by any stretch: the writing is not that impressive, but I liked its "let's have some good time, shall we" approach, and the fact that the writer doesn't care about what the reaction to his story will be - as long as he gets to convey his ideas and make a couple of people enjoy their precious reading time. And that is something that I respect. <br />
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Am I going to get the second issue? Hell yes. Red Hood is a take-no-prisoners guy and looks like DC's version of Punisher, and the idea of an <i>alien</i> teaming up (and sleeping) with Jason and Arsenal in this round-the-world-trip thing is not a bad idea at all. <br />
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Now what do I think of this book? I like it. Judd Winick has a good voice for Catwoman and Selina Kyle, and his idea of taking this to the extreme in terms of sexiness and brutality is a good move in my opinion. It brings out the distinct characteristics of Catwoman, and I believe his portrayal of a thief wearing a tight-fitting suit who will just do and <i>use</i> anything to her advantage in order to achieve her goals is spot on. Yes, everything - including her irresistible allure. For me, that's how you portray a <i>femme fatale </i>like Catwoman.<br />
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Winick isn't the best writer, but his story is good enough for me to follow it up until the end, and yes, admittedly, his sexual approach contributed to the books "pull" on me. There is nothing wrong with that. This is Catwoman, and she is supposed to be sexy - but that's not the only side of her that's shown. Catwoman's fierceness, cunning and her lighter-side was also included in this book - making her a rounded character - and that is something that many critics fail to appreciate and notice. <br />
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Then there's Guillem March. I don't know anything about this guy and this was the first time I saw his art, and I have to say he is damn good! Not only because he draws nice tits and ass shots and uber-sexy scenes that will rival anything I have read similar before, but because of his drawing technique, detailed backdrops, his ability to convey the right emotion for a scene, combining sexiness with fluid action and scary agressiveness (case in point: the part where Selina murders the Russian in the bathroom), and most especially - the way he draws... CATS. <br />
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You're damn right CATS. I'm going to go on a limb right here and say that Guillem March is one of the best artists to ever draw these animals only rivaled by Frank Quitely. When that full page of Catwoman holding her beloved cat-cage showed up, I immediately noticed these feline faces with different ranges of expressions and I can't help but smile and get cuddly because they're just too CUTE. And I can't even believe that I'm appreciating March's ability to illustrate cats. You know you're good if you can make something usually unnoticeable - noticeable 10x over. <br />
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Overall, Catwoman is a breezy fun book that could be too extreme for some people, and based on this, let it be known to you dear reader that this is a comic book NOT INTENDED FOR EVERYBODY. If you're conservative, then this might offend you a lot, but if you're somebody with an open mind - then I suggest you pick this up because its good entertainment.<br />
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Welcome back, Kara Zor-El!<br />
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This book gets Supergirl. The writer clearly knows what they are doing here and knows how to introduce Supergirl to the new generation. Supergirl is always a hero that's overshadowed by her more popular Kryptonian cousin, but Green & Johnson proves with this book that Kara is a superhero that can stand on her own and deserves more credit than what she's getting from people. <br />
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The choice of Kara's crash site is interesting but it makes a whole lot of sense, and Kara's internal monologue is fantastic. It immediately tells the reader this is a Supergirl as we have never seen her before: she's completely confused and she isn't used to the Earth's harsh and hostile realities. Kara also explains the reason why and how he got her Kryptonian suit, which pretty much explains Superman's new costume as well. Her dialogue isn't boring and it felt organic and very natural. Great job by the writers here. <br />
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Then fter the good exposition, the book quickly turns into a fast-paced action movie mode with Supergirl beating the hell out of some Gundam-like robots. <br />
<i> </i> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Enter Mahmud Asrar. His talent is on full display here with his dynamic action sequences, his incredible splash page of Supergirl ripping off robot arms and all, his rendition of Siberia and its cold world, and finally, his impeccable artistic storytelling. Just look at the scene where Kara first sees the Earth's sunrise and then just goes ballistic with fiery-eyes and tell me that's not one of the best comic panels you have seen in a while. Asrar - simply put - <i>killed</i> it.<br />
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Full of mystery and great art, Supergirl #1 is one of the best titles in this reboot and is the kind of book you want to give to anybody who wants to start reading comics. Superman's teenage cousin has never been <i>this super.</i><br />
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<i>Rating: 4 out of 5</i><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That's it for week three. Stay tuned for my week four reviews - the final week for this DC New 52 reboot.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<i>Next up: Tuna-man, vampires, Superman vs a kryptonian human torch, the weird world of Justice League Dark, and more!</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div>Geebeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10248352265681863507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1064251300835670475.post-32758008832707546552011-09-29T07:51:00.000-07:002011-09-29T07:53:28.717-07:00Wolverine gives Cyclops a big "EFF YOU!"<div style="text-align: justify;">We know what happens after <b>Schism</b> and the <b>Cyclops vs Wolverine</b> throwdown. Two separate X-teams, two different leaders. All of this is going to happen because of a certain redhead chick that has done more for this franchise dead than alive (and yes, it was NEVER about using young mutants as soldiers in issue #4 of Schism). </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">What's funny about all of this? Is that even before the big event ends, we already know what <b>Wolverine </b>is going to do after all is said and done: </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Give Cyclops a BIG middle finger. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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