Well if you ask Chris Sims, he’d probably say Jimmy Olsen.
The Adventures Of Superman #516
DC Comics (September, 1994)
“The Hero Of Metropolis”
WRITER: Karl Kesle
PENCILER: Peter Krause
INKER: Jackson Guise
COLORIST: Glenn Whitmore
LETTERER: Albert De Guzman
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Chris Duffy
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Frank Pittarese
EDITOR: Mike Carlin
No, the Superman guest appearances don’t count. it’s specifically for Supergirl.
I’ve been noticing it when I watch Supergirl and just yesterday I was watching the second DC Super Hero Girls on Cartoon Network’s “on demand”. In both cases the credit that should read “created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino” is missing. I understand the “based on characters created by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster” as well as the recent bit about the Shuster family arrangement, since Supergirl is based on Superman, but the way it’s written Binder and Plastino are not getting the credit they deserve and non-comic fans of the show will think the guys who created SuperMAN also created SuperGIRL, which isn’t the case. They’re getting robbed is what’s happening.
As for this week’s Clutter Report, I only had time for one of the smaller projects on the list from last week so I went through that paper pile and read things, checked out websites, and got that bit of cleaning done. I’m hoping for the phone review next week. And that’s really all I have to add, except maybe a new Masters Of The Universe storyline from the 2000s series and the first Wildstorm Thundercats comic, one of two anthology comics, comes up next week and hopefully the return of the graphic novel/trade paperback reviews on Saturday. Time will decide that.
Slayers The Motion Picture (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
It’s the only image I could get to come up.
I never really got into Slayers, the Japanese animated series about sorceress Lina Inverse and her penchant to burn all the things, mostly out of time than my usual disinterest in fantasy-type stories. However, longtime BW go-to TJOmega is a huge fan. So when Team Four Star had their abridged series contest, Tyler broke out an abridged parody of the first series. It did not win. Instead it was some take on Star Trek: The Animated Series that didn’t even look like what abridged series do since it didn’t look like it “adapted” an episode in proper sequence. Also the jokes failed so hard for me I couldn’t finish it.
Because I thought this was better, I thought I’d throw this up there. Getting together with his friends, including previous entry Vangelus and our old friend Matt Burkett, he produced something that DID make me laugh. Hopefully you like it, too. Just know there’s some serious innuendo and some s-bombs going on. Probably not for the kids, but neither is the source material.
The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I’m not into the Harry Potter franchise, but I know some of you are, and I had to go shopping today. With no Friday Night Fight as we prepare for the Prize Fight this seemed as good a posting as anything. The crew use a few different techniques, and even call in a friend to help, to create the Sword Of Gryffindor. Even if you aren’t into the kids from Hogwarts you might find this build interesting anyway.
You can catch more of this series, including the previous swordsmiths, on the AWE me YouTube channel.
“What’s that bird dropping?”
Mobile Police Patlabor #4
Viz Comics (1997)
originally published by Shogakukan, Inc
WRITER/ARTIST: Masami Yuki
ENGLISH ADAPTATION: Yuji Oniki & Annette Roman
TOUCH-UP ART/LETTERER: Wayne Truman
COVER DESIGN: Viz Graphics
EDITOR: Julie Davis
As BW readers know, I maintain a second website called The Clutter Reports, in which I’m trying to organize or remove the clutter in my living space. This weekend’s review will be of a smartphone that I received because my provider was dropping the old 2G service of my then current phone. So as part of that review I thought I’d record today’s Art Soundoff with the phone, or at least one of the cameras. And I took this opportunity to discuss clutter in the art space. You may want to boost the sound for this one.
I don’t want to know what TMZ is like in a superhero universe.
Troublemakers #17
Acclaim Comics/Valiant Heroes (March, 1998)
“Popularity Contest”
WRITER: Fabian Nicieza
PENCILER: Kevin West
INKER: Dan Davis
COLORIST: Atomic Paintbrush
LETTERERS: Dave Lanphear & Siobhan Hanna
EDITORS: Omar Banmally & Lynaire Thompson
“TROUBLEMAKERS” CREATORS: Fabian Nicieza & Kenny Martinez
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