“Okay everyone, group photo. Voltron, try to smile this time.”
Voltron: Defender Of The Universe vol. 2 #9
Devil’s Due (September, 2004)
“Warpath” part 4
WRITER: Dan Jolley
PENCILERS: Alitha Martinez & Clink Hilinski
COLORISTS: David Messina & Barbara Borgiggio
COVER ART: Ben Dunn, Sherard Jackson, & Guru EFH
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Mike Norton
LETTERING: Dreamer Design
EDITOR: Mark Powers
Nov. 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017
If your from my generation you knew him as the title character on Benson, a spinoff of the soap opera parody Soap when ABC saw his potential to head his own show, as well as co-starring in two made-for-TV movies with Gary Coleman. Later fans may know him as Robert Townsend’s father in The Meteor Man or the voice of Rafiki in the Lion King movies. Unfortunately, actor Robert Guillaume has passed away at 89-years-old. Despite a hard life and some personal missteps due to that life, he managed to break ground for black characters and leaves behind a good body of work. My condolences to his family and friends.
The Greatest American Hero was one of my favorite shows as a kid. My mom even made me a costume of Ralph’s supersuit. I’ve told that story before. What you might not know is that there was a webseries in the 1990s attempting to revive the show. This is where I usually post the video, but my fellow Reviewers Unknown refugee Rowdy C uses a video host that my host doesn’t jive with. (And if anyone at WordPress.com is reading this, please add Vid.Me to the list of approved video hosts. I’m sure there’s no security issues and many reviewers are moving their fair use videos over there because of YouTube’s messed up Content ID system.)
So instead here is a link to Rowdy’s site and the review. Enjoy, and feel free to comment in his comments. He uses WordPress’s off-site software so I am able to see replies over there since I made a comment. Some day maybe I’ll track it down for a Saturday Night Showcase, but for now check his review.
109 elements. Collect them all.
Thunderbolts #7
Marvel Comics (October, 1997)
“The Revolt Within”
CO-PLOTTER/SCRIPTER: Kurt Busiek
CO-PLOTTER: Roger Stern
PENCILER: Jeff Johnson
INKERS: Will Blyberg, Eric Cannon, Larry Mahlstadt, Greg Adams, & Keith Williams
COLORIST: Joe Rosas
LETTERER: Dave Lanphear
EDITOR: Tom Brevoort
Unseen 64 put out a video of a series of failed pitches to Nintendo. How many of these games would you have liked to have played?
After making through the torment that was our ninth review, it’s back to one article per chapter and one chapter a week. We return to the world of fiction for the tenth book in the Chapter By Chapter review format. Remember that each book is reviewed one chapter at a time, and I beg you not to spoil anything that happens further in the book since I haven’t read this one yet…although I have reviewed the movie this book is based on. Yes, it’s time for another novelization, the last one being Total Recall, our third book in this series. Originally this would have been the eight book until I learned it was an adaptation and not the source material, so I put it aside for Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire until I could see the actual movie because I know the comparison was unavoidable. Then 2016 and Seduction Of The Innocent happened until I lucked out and saw the movie on TV in time to make this the tenth book.
Novelizations are fascinating for fans of multiple media. They are usually based on an earlier draft of the script, and the writer has to fill out the book while giving information that was in the movie only through visuals. You get more into the heads of the characters and get events probably only showing up in the character bible if that which time didn’t allow to show. Showing unnecessary information bogs a story down, but having it informs the writer of potential scenes and the nuances of the characters. Remember the differences between the bible for Batman: The Animated Series versus what was in the actual show. Even that changes over time.
What makes this extra surprising is the author, a legend of science fiction on his own who doesn’t need to be doing adaptations, but still found this movie worth doing when he was approached. So without any further adieu let us reveal the tenth book to be reviewed in Chapter By Chapter….
Scanning covers from a trade isn’t easy.
The Adventures Of Superman #477
DC Comics (April, 1997)
“Time & Time Again!” phase 4: “Death Rekindled”
WRITER/PENCILER: Dan Jurgens
INKER: Brett Breeding
COLORIST: Glenn Whitmore
LETTERER: Albert DeGuzman
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Dan Thorsland
EDITOR: Mike Carlin
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
