“Come on, I never laid a hand on you.”
The Phantom #22
Moonstone (2008)
“Checkmate” part 2
WRITER: Mike Bullock
PENCILER: Silvestre Szilagyi
INKER: Tomas Coggiola
SELECTED COVER ART: Eric J. & Bob Pedroza
COLORIST: Bob Pedroza
LETTERER: Nate Pride
EDITOR: Joe Gentile
Venom as he appears in Spider-Man: The Animated Series. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I like the concept of Venom but I think Marvel went off the rails with it. So I’m not super-interested in the upcoming movie that takes it completely away from Spider-Man. However it does appear to be a good trailer and maybe Sony’s time working with Marvel has given them better insight into how to make a good Marvel hero movie. I mean I doubt it but it’s possible.
Yep, it’s that time again. This weekend is Free Comic Book Day, where comic stores spend money to give you free comics in the hopes that you will see the wide variety and scope of comic books and become a reader. It’s costing you nothing but a little time, so why not?
Just remember to BUY SOMETHING WHILE YOU’RE THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE TAKING A LOSS FOR YOUR BENEFIT! The comic companies still make money because the comic stores are still buying these comics. I have no money so I can’t buy anything. If you don’t have that problem BUY SOMETHING!!!!
I’m hoping to make it this year, but I haven’t driven much lately and the store has moved to a new location. I know where it is, I just have to get there. And I know when I do a lot of the good stuff will already be gone. However, I have gone over the list of available comics on their website and checked out the previews of what sounded interesting to me. So here’s the list of comics I hope they have when and if I get there.
You don’t want to see the centerfold model this issue.
Transformers Spotlight: Blurr
IDW Publishing (November, 2008)
WRITER: Shane McCarthy
ARTIST: Casey Coller
COLORIST: Joana Lafuente
(art team includes selected cover art)
LETTERER: Neil Uyetake
EDITOR: Denton J. Tipton
U.S. Navy personnel using a VR parachute trainer (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
It looks like I need to add another media format to my reviews. NBCUniversal is partnering with Google to create a bunch of shows utilizing VR technology. Like I said yesterday, we really are in the future…and the future is weird.
Well, since I did a morning article link about ABBA sort of reuniting why not discuss one of their songs?
Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. That’s where the name ABBA comes from, their first names. The male members were the primary songwriters while the female members were the main singers. The group was huge in the 1970s and would later inspire the play and movie Momma Mia. In the same way Taylor Swift and other singers inspired Glee…just by singing a popular song. Seriously, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band had more to do with the songs than that movie. And that had the BeeGees singing Beatles songs.
Probably their biggest hit is 1975’s “Fernando”…except it wasn’t really an ABBA song. It was actually created for Anni-Frid’s solo album, Frida Alone, but the rest of the band is on the song like usual, with Agnetha joining her in the singing and Bjorn and Benny having written it with the band’s manager, Stig Anderson. Personally it’s not my favorite song from the group. I’m partial to “SOS” myself but my tastes are weird. It is the only ABBA song I know of (granted I don’t know a lot of their discography) that has a story attached to it. But on this one the story in and behind the song isn’t as interesting as you’d think but it’s still interesting enough to cover.
Bet the Spartans weren’t ready for this.
Gargoyles #6
SLG Publishing (September, 2007)
WRITER/CREATOR: Greg Weisman
ARTIST: Gordon Purcell
COLORIST: Dustin Evans
ART DIRECTOR/COVER PENCILER: Greg Guler
COVER COLORIST: Stephanie Lostimolo
The Clutter Reports (my other site) Atop The Fourth Wall Crisis On Earth Prime Lean Into Artcast Bully Says “Comics Oughta Be Fun” Siskoid’s Blog of Geekery
Cartoon Hero’s Lair SF Debris Four Million Years Later
