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With Guardians Of The Galaxy kicking space butt at the box office some of you may be wondering who this “Peter Quill” guy is. Comics Alliance sought out the services of Let’s Be Friends Again cartoonist Chris Haley and colorist Jordan Gibson to delve into the current retcon of the history of the man known as Star-Lord in the latest installment of “Comics, Everybody“.
“That’s my house down there. Thanks for the lift.
Amazing Fantasy #15 (Marvel Milestone Edition)
Marvel Comics (August, 1962/March, 1992)
WRITER: Stan Lee ARTIST: Steve DitkoFor some reason the final issue of Amazing Adult Fantasy (which was not a porno comic, as you’d expect the title to be used today) dropped the “Adult” for the final issue. Darned if I know why. Of course, this comic is only known for the debut of the character that would become their mascot, Spider-Man. However, this reprint, which actually features the classic ads as well, includes the other three tales that was printed in the comic and thus will be reviewed as well. Hey, when I did the DC reprints I was looking at seven or more comics by different writing and art teams. This is four stories by the same two guys. This shouldn’t be a problem.
In light of tomorrow’s discussion I wanted to get into the concept of “fridging” and what it means before answering a question brought up by what little we know of the in-production Ant Man movie. It’s also a trope term that pops up a lot in story discussions, which is what Trope Shark was designed to address. Fridging (or “stuffed into the fridge”) is one of those tropes nobody wants to see because it basically ruins a perfectly good character for less than perfect reasons. It’s also one that is at least at risk of being misused in the future if it isn’t already.
I didn’t get to the comic store over the weekend. I’m hoping to make the trip on Monday due to other things I need to do but we’ll see what happens.
Also, the only issue.
Robotix #1
Marvel (February, 1986)
“A World In Chaos” WRITER/ARTIST: Herb Trimpe COLORIST: Nel Yomtov LETTERER: Janice Chiang EDITOR: Bob Harras
With Battleship having a movie out and the Ouija board and Candy Land about to get them you’re probably wondering what’s going through Hasbro’s head when it comes to choosing which of their properties gets a movie. Business Insider writer Kirsten Acuna takes a look at the toy company’s strategy for licensing properties to storytelling media, even the ones that don’t make sense.
Guess she found out about Doreen.
Fury Of Firestorm Vol. 2 #17
DC Comics (October, 1983)
“On Wings Of Fire!” WRITER/EDITOR: Gerry Conway ARTIST: Pat Broderick, George Tuska, and Rodin Rodriguez COLORIST: Carl Gafford LETTERER: Adam Kubert
Maybe it’s just a really low chair?
I don’t know if you’ve seen Uncle Yo’s web series, Dungeon Crawlers, but while I could critique his puppeteer skills it’s still a fun show I watch when a new episode posts. He brought Thrak, the yellow cyclops, with him to ConnectiCon 2014 and that’s where the joke comes in.
As for ComiCONN this year, despite all of the great guests going to the expanded event I won’t be able to make it this year due to my financial situation. This disappoints me greatly but at least I have time to get caught up with the rest of last year’s footage as well as ConnectiCon and Brass City this year. So there’s the silver lining I guess.
By the way, I have a Patreon thank you page up and you can see my first (and currently only) patron up there. She does her own stuff, too so check her show out. Setting that up is why there was no article yesterday. That and I was tired and there was no video to upload. Hoping that changes this weekend because I have a lot of ground to cover.
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
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