“How do you like m new wallpaper? I got a discount.”
Dodekain #4
Antarctic Press (February, 1995)
While no credits are given (except for the writer/artist on the cover) I’m just going to assume it’s the same people again.
WRITER/ARTIST: Masayuki Fujihara TRANSLATION: Kuni Kimura COPY EDITOR: Elin Winkler COVER COLORIST: ARNie TOUCH-UP ART: Pat Kelley LETTERER: Shon HowellGavin Aung Than puts the power of his popular webcomic Zen Pencils to bring news of yet another cartoonist jailed for daring to speak out. Here in the United States (and hopefully in your country if your not in the US) you can say, write, or draw anything critical of our government that you want. In Iran that is not the case, as Atena Farghadani is sadly learning right now. This one isn’t another shot at radical Islam but the Iranian government, but the punishment is still wrong and shows how few rights, especially if you’re a woman, you have in Iran. Than also mentions a movement among creators to draw awareness to Farghadani’s plight.
Takuma’s not too good at picking out picnic spots.
Dodekain #3
Antarctic Press (January, 1995)
WRITER/ARTIST: Masayuki Fujihara TRANSLATION: Kuni Kimura COPY EDITOR: Elin Winkler COVER COLORIST: ARNie TOUCH-UP ART: Pat Kelley LETTERER: Shon HowellAfter all of this time having an article series called “My Favorite Intros” I at long last have a logo. You may have seen me trying to work on it during the failed livestream telethon until the technical issues kicked in. Here is the finished version.
And for the flipside, I gave it a little something, too.
But to celebrate I’m going all favorites…weeeellllll, one of them doesn’t quite make the charts but there are reasons I give it a break.
Superman is my favorite superhero and cartoons are one of the reasons. The live-action Superman TV shows never lived up to what the cartoons could do thanks to the limits of special effects at the time. Even the Christopher Reeves movies, while having good effects for the time, never truly caught up. The cartoons, however, didn’t have the special effects limitations and thus allowed Superman to be as super as he should be, while animation is easier to suspend the disbelief of due to not looking like the real world.
There have been four animated Superman series on television as well as a series of theatrical shorts. We’re going to look at all of them tonight and see which ones really pull it off, and which one is my favorite. The answer may surprise you. And to those of you on slower connection, this installment is going to be very video heavy.
Okay, okay, no more pizza jokes this week!
Transformers Armada #5
Dreamwave (December, 2002)
WRITER: Chris Sarracini PENCILER: James Raiz INKERS: Rob Armstrong, Erik Sander, & Ferd Poblete BACKGROUNDS: Edwin Garcia COLORISTS: Shaun Curtis, Alan Wang, Ramil Sunga, Rob Ruffolo, David Cheung, Chris Walker, & Elliot Krauchik GRAPHIC DESIGN: Paul Villafuerte & Kevin Lee LETTERING: Dreamer Design ASSISTANT EDITOR: Matt Moylan
While I gave Adam Beechan all the heck he deserved for his Batman Beyond comics run, his show work is much better. Transformers: Robots In Disguise (version 2), is one of the best Transformers series to air on television. In an interview with Spinoff Online‘s Kiel Phegley, Beechan discusses what it’s like to work on the show and teases some upcoming events for Team Bumblebee.
“No, doctor, I don’t think it’s just heartburn!”
Transformers: The War Within #4
Dreamwave (January, 2003)
WRITER: Simon Furman PENCILER: Don Figueroa INKER: Elaine To COLORIST: Rob Ruffolo COLOR ASSISTS: Alan Wang LETTERING: Dreamer Design GRAPHIC DESIGN: Kevin Lee ASSISTANT EDITOR: Matt Moylan
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
