Although he first appeared in “Whiz Comics”, he would later get a comic with his own name on the cover.
Sunday would have been the 104th birthday of C.C. Beck, the artist who co-created (along with writer Bill Parker) the original Captain Marvel. Comics Alliance posted this tribute to a sadly forgotten writer who should be listed among the best of his time.
Even Ultraman knows how cool the cape is.
Ultraman Classic: Battle Of The Ultra-Brothers #5
FINAL ISSUE
Viz Comics (1994)
(originally published by Shogakugkan, Inc)
COMIC ADAPTATION: Mamoru Uchiyama ENGLISH ADAPTATION: Toshifumi Yoshida & Trish Ledoux TOUCH-UP ART/LETTERER: Bill Spicer COVER DESIGN: Viz Graphics ASSISTANT EDITOR: Toshifumi Yoshida EDITOR: Trish Ledoux
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It won’t surprise you that the conservative doesn’t like unions, but I do agree with the idea. In theory unions ensure safe work environments and proper treatment by their bosses. In practice, however, unions will bully you into joining or bully businesses into accepting union influence. And more often than not unions aren’t always working in the best interest of their membership while donating to primarily liberal politicians. I’m not going to go further into my general issues with unions because this isn’t a political blog but if people really want to know I’ll write something for my personal Tumblr page with more detail.
I want to focus on one particular union, the American Federation Of Musicians, and their issues with the video game industry. Apparently the agreement the union leadership came up with was not favorable with video game companies and so AFM musicians are more or less barred from doing video game work since in the entertainment industry anything done outside of union-approved studios is met not with “fine, something goes wrong and you get screwed over there’s nothing we can do for you” but with “we’re going to fine you tons of money for doing work we don’t approve of”, which hurts any affiliated musician who wants to create scores for video games. (Music scores, not high scores. 😀 ) Well, one of those members has had enough of that and decided to strike back.
Austin Wintory has worked for games such as Journey and Leisure Suit Larry Reloaded as well as some movies I’ve never heard of. It was Wintory’s work for the Kickstarter game The Banner Saga that brought the AFM breathing down his neck, but instead of backing down he decided to speak out in this video.
I see someone’s been using the Foot’s cloning worm things from “Return To New York”.
Samurai Jack #8
IDW (May, 2014)
“Samurai Jack & The Caves Of Calamity” WRITERS: Jim Zub & Andy Suriano ARTIST: Andy Suriano EDITOR: Carlos Guzman “SAMURAI JACK” CREATOR: Genndy Tartakovsky
It doesn’t show up in the article but everything applies here, too.
It’s time to burst your “realistic” bubble again. Realism is boring, and nowhere is that more true than outer space. Cracked contributors Fernando Ramirez and Tim Howell shows that gravity, explosions, and flying around in space isn’t really as cool as it looks in the movies. And yet still cool in their own way.
I thought the comic was supposed to be giant-sized, not Starscream.
The Transformers #50
Marvel (March, 1989)
“The Underbase Saga” finale: “Dark Star” WRITER: Bob Budiansky PENCILER: José Delbo INKER: Dave Hunt COLORIST: Nel Yomtov LETTERER: Rick Parker EDITOR: Don Daley
Super Mario Brothers 1-1 Desktop (Photo credit: freshyill)
There are few gamers who haven’t at least heard of the original Super Mario Brothers. It’s a good game and most people know it. However, have you thought of the secrets of the design. The crew behind Extra Credits have been trying out new shows since going on their own and one of them is Design Club, a series for video game designers. That might seem boring but their look at the first world of Super Mario Brothers reveals a few things you as the gamer may not even have noticed.
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
