“Yesterday’s” Comic> Transformers: The Animated Movie #2

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“Megatron….digivolve to….Galvatron!”

Transformers: The Animated Movie #2

IDW Publishing (November, 2006)

“To the Death–And Beyond!”

WRITER: Bob Budiansky

ARTIST: Don Figueroa

COLORIST: Josh Burcham

LETTERER: Robbie Robbins

DESIGNER: Neil Uyetake

EDITOR: Chris Ryall

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BW’s Morning Article Link: Blockbusters Aren’t Just For Summer Anymore

Blockbusters (US game show)

Blockbusters (US game show because I didn’t know what movie to go with…so many) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

When we think of blockbuster movies, we usually equate them with Summer; the “Summer Blockbuster” is a season of larger than life, high action or high drama pictures. Recently however, the studios have been hunting for prime real estate in the Winter and Spring seasons, hoping to create an opening that their blockbuster might get more attention. ScreenCrush‘s Matt Singer examines this new “Spring Blockbuster” situation.

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Transformers: Beast Wars – The Ascending #2

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“Oh Primus, we forgot our parachutes!”

Transformers: Beast Wars – The Ascending #2

IDW Publishing (September, 2007)

WRITER: Simon Furman

ARTIST: Don Figueroa

COLORIST: Mark Bristow (assisted by Andrew Elder & Jeong Joo Park

COVER COLORIST: Josh Burcham

LETTERER: Neil Uyetake

EDITOR: Dan Taylor

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A Brief History Of Will Eisner

Will Eisner, who established the term sequenti...

Will Eisner, who established the term sequential art and is considered to have popularized the graphic novel. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

You may have heard of the Eisner Award, an award given to comic book and comic strip creators. (I don’t know if they’re starting to include webcomics.) You may have heard of the man it’s named after, Will Eisner. Eisner is a legend in the comics world despite no longer being among us. But unless you’re a die-hard comic fan you may not really know a lot about him. Comics Alliance has posted a video with a short history of the man, and since BW doesn’t just cater to the die-hards, I thought someone out there who might not otherwise think to look for this information should still see it.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Thundercats: Dogs Of War #1

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Everyone wanted to be a Liefeld Cylon in the 90s I guess.

Thundercats: Dogs Of War#1

WildStorm (August, 2003)

“Bone Of Contention” and please tell me these aren’t all going to be dog pun titles

WRITER/LETTERER: John Layman

PENCILER: Brett Booth

INKER: Al Vey

COLORING: WildStorm FX

ASSISTANT EDITOR: Kristy Quinn

EDITOR: Alex Sinclair

THUNDERCATS CREATOR: Ted Wolf

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BW’s Morning Article Link: Star Trek Delays Their “Discovery”

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ICv2 is reporting that Star Trek: Discovery, a new official Star Trek series CBS is using to get subscribers to their “All Access” service I don’t have the money to spend on, will be delayed due to post-production taking longer than planned.

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Masters Of The Universe v3 #5

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“Why can’t I get these pancakes to cook right? I’m following the recipe!”

Masters Of The Universe vol 3 #5

MV Creations (July, 2004)

STORY: Emiliano Santalucia & Val Staples

WRITER: Lori Ann Scott

ARTIST: Emiliano Santalucia & Enza Fontana

COLORIST: James Offredi (assisted by Diedre Vance)

SELECTED COVER ART: Enza Fontana & Jeremy Roberts

LETTERER: Ed Dukeshire

EDITORS: Monica Lopez, Vicki Jaeger, Ian Richter, & Geoff Walker

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