“Yesterday’s” Comic> Isaac Asimov’s I-Bots #5

Isaac Asimov's I-Bots #5

“How much did I drink last night?”

Isaac Asimov’s I-Bots #5

Tekno Comix (March, 1996)

“Shot By Both Sides!”
WRITER: Steven Grant
PENCILER: George Pérez
FINISHED PENCILS: Brian Kong
INKERS: Josef Rubinstein
COLORING: Prismacolor
LETTERING: Richard Starkings & Comicraft
EDITOR: James Chambers
CONCEPT: Isaac Asimov
DEVELOPER: Howard Chaykin

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Chapter By Chapter: The Black Stallion’s Ghost ch. 16

Chapter by Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.

Chapter By Chapter Black Stallion's Ghost

So Alec and the Black are back together and all is right with the world…except they still have to find the Captain. He’s a jerk but not necessarily evil, and he’s scared to death of a horse god that may or may not exist. And we may or may not find out if he does this chapter.

Chapter 16: Kovi Strikes

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Transformers Armada #11

Transformers Armada #11

This is why Megatron hates raves.

Transformers Armada #11

Dreamwave (May, 2003)

WRITER: Simon Furman
PENCILER: Guido Guidi
INKER: Elaine To
COLORISTS: David Cheung, Shaun Curtis, & Rob Ruffolo
FLATS: Sigmund Torre & Kenny Li
LETTERER: Paul Villafuerte
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Matt Moylan

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Morning Article Link: Little Golden Star Wars

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Remember the Little Golden books? They were the best “early reader” books, filled with fun and the occasional action tale. Well, they’re ramping up the action now, as Entertainment Weekly reports Star Wars (the current six movies at least) will be adapted by Little Golden books. Since EW’s site has an annoying banner ad that blocks you from seeing the entire image (at least it did for me, to promote some Chris Tucker special on Netflix) I’m linking to the Comics Alliance posting so you can see the covers. They have a link to EW’s article if you want to see that, too.

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Transformers: The War Within – The Dark Ages #4

Transformers TWW - The Dark Ages #4

“I should be charging tickets to this.”

Transformers: The War Within – The Dark Ages #4

Dreamwave (January, 2004)

WRITER: Simon Furman
PENCILER: Andrew Wildman
INKERS: Erik Sander & Rob Armstrong
COLORISTS: Espen Grundetjern, Alan Wang, & Rob Ruffolo
LETTERER: Ben Lee

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Blip Purges…Itself


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Some of my reviewer colleagues have been expecting this for some time, over the last few months even more so. Well, the day finally happened. Blip has sent out emails to people who haven’t been purged from the video hosting service that they will soon be going offline as of August 20th, 2015, in other words next month. The few reviewers still on Blip have been not so much surprised by the move as, I would think, when. That means they have one month to find a new host, post all of their videos to that host (and the more content they have the longer that will be), and change the embed codes on either their site or whatever collective they are a part of.

Of course it’s not just reviewers on Blip. While I have never heard if the fictional or documentary producers were hit with the two purgings from Blip.tv, they will certainly be affected now. Sci-fi westerns, LGBT teen dramas, auto showcases–they’re all going away unless they find a new host. And while that sounds easy…it really isn’t. But people did see this coming.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire – Evolution #2

Star Wars Shadows Of The Empire Evolutions #2

“Geez, lady, it wasn’t that bad a pick-up line.”

Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire – Evolution #2

Dark Horse (March, 1998)

“The Journey Of A Thousand Light-years”
WRITER: Steve Perry
PENCILER: Ron Randall
INKER: Tom Simmons
COLORIST: Dave Nestelle
COVER ART: Duncan Fegredo
LETTERER: Steve Dutro
BOOK DESIGN: Scott Tice
EDITOR: Bob Cooper

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