The Name of the Game (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
With word that 70s hit group ABBA might be reforming to make two new songs there was talk of a tour. It’s not going to be the tour you think as the group will be sending holograms in their place. It worked for Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, The Gorillaz, and Japan’s vocaloid craze. I want to hear these new songs though. Yes, and I kind of want to see the holoconcert too. We really are living in the future, aren’t we?
Teaser poster for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Finally get a day where I can write whatever I want…and I get writer’s block! What is even…
Lucky for me YouTube suggested this commentary by The Disney Brain, who seems to be Power Rangers reviewer even though Disney no longer owns the franchise since Saban created a new company and took the show back. However, it’s a video that emphasizes a mistake among kids show critics, that it’s just a kids show so it doesn’t have to be competent. It’s a stupid way to think and this video gets most of the reason why. I do have a few thoughts of my own.
“This isn’t necessary guys. We have plenty of egg rolls for everyone!”
Avengers vol. 3 #7
Marvel Comics (August, 1998)
“Live Kree Or Die” finale: “The Court Martial Of Carol Danvers”
WRITER: Kurt Busiek
PENCILER: George Perez
FINISHER: Al Vey
COLORIST: Tom Smith
LETTERING: The Usual Suspects
EDITOR: Tom Brevoort
English: Mike Hanbery is a professional speaker and writer on marketing and social media for business. He has nothing directly to do with this article. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Let’s have a little fun for this morning’s article (“morning depending on what time it is when you read this of course). Apparently a bunch of celebrities decided they wanted a social media hashtag all to themselves and chose #Oldheadshotday, where they showed off some of their older headshots. They were have a laugh at their own expense but some of them aren’t bad for the time.
In our last chapter the Justice League (roll call: Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Fire, Ice, Guy Gardner, Bloodwynd, and Maxima) were heading out to face some mysterious creature. It’s not much of a spoiler who it is at this point. Bloodwynd I really don’t know at all and Maxima I only know from a couple of comics and Superman: The Animated Series. I can imagine the less knowledgeable you are about the characters the less involved you’ll be when their butt-kicking happens. Whether or not it’s this chapter I don’t know, but they do all survive this. I think. I know Ice died at some point but I’m not sure it’s here.
That’s kind of a hard job ahead of Stern. If you read the comics regularly you know who they are, but this novel was probably targeted at casual Superman fans, so they aren’t up on their DC Universe lore. So Stern has to give them enough to care without bogging them down with backstory and continuity. It’s quite the balancing act and too many comic writers today just give up on the whole thing and blame it on continuity rather than not wanting to work around it, like the best or even good writers can. But the fighting isn’t starting here and there are two more characters we need to be aware of. That’s not what I originally wrote since I thought the fighting did start here but I’m not into clickbaiting and this is still interesting.
My money’s on Mighty Mouse.
JLA #3
DC Comics (March, 1997)
“War Of The Worlds”
WRITER: Grant Morrison
PENCILER: Howard Porter
INKER: John Dell
COLORIST: Pat Garrahy
SEPARATIONS: Heroic Age
LETTERER: Ken Lopez
EDITOR: Ruben Diaz
Reference to the Mule on the 1960s paperback cover of Second Foundation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Isaac Asimov is one of the most famous science fiction writers of the 20th century, and deservedly so. But did you know that he also has a Ph.D, and the fake chemical he made up for a parody story that helped him get there? I found this old IO9 article that tells the story.
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
