So that’s how the Calico crew got Godzilla. Slave auction.
Godzilla #6
Marvel Comics (January, 1978)
“A Monster Enslaved!” WRITER: Doug Moench ARTIST: Herbe Trimpe COLORIST: Phil Rachelson (still black and white reprint) LETTERER: Bruce Patterson EDITOR: Archie Goodwin
So far Captain Kirk is off to a rough start on his first day as captain of the Enterprise. He can’t get the first officer he wants, his medical officer hasn’t arrived, the command staff already thinks the worst of him for not being their old captain, his helmsman doesn’t want to be here…and something is in his shuttlecraft bay. It’s not going to get better from here, folks.
I see Saki got all the looks in the Oroko family.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics Vol. 2 #7
IDW Publishing (May, 2014)
originally published by Mirage Studios in black & white (May, 1989)
“Return To New York” part 3 WRITERS/CREATORS: Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird PENCILER: Jim Lawson INKER: Kevin Eastman LETTERER: Steve Lavigne IDW COLOR: Scorpion Studios IDW EDITOR: Tom Waltz
The California Raisins (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
For years we’ve marveled at the work of Will Vinton. He could turn clay into living being in our hart, even if they weren’t human. However, Priceonomics contributor Zachary Crockett brings us the rise and fall of Will Vinton after his studio was taken from him and turned into something lacking his innovation and soul while he got the shaft. But he’s not giving up his dream yet.
“Look, I found Kryptonite!”
Iron Man Vol. 2 #7
Marvel Comics (May, 1997)
“Look Back In Anger” PLOT: Scott Lobdell & Jim Lee SCRIPT: Jeph Loeb PENCILER: Wilce Portacio & Ryan Benjamin INKERS: JD, Scott Williams, Saleem Crawford, Sandra Hope, & Peter Guzman COLORISTS: Joe Chiodo & Martin Jimenez COMPUTER COLORS: Wildstorm FX LETTERER: Albert Deschesne EDITOR: Mike Heisler
I really don’t understand what’s going through the heads of people at DC Entertainment/Warner Brothers. I’m not surprised the latter doesn’t care but former doesn’t either. Comics and video games seem to be ignoring their roots to try to match the movies, and while it leads to good stories in video games, it means the comic creators seem to hate making comics. Or maybe they just hate superheroes? DC Creative Director Geoff John is on record stating he thinks supervillains are more interesting that superheroes, leading to Forever Evil. Then you have Christopher Nolan as director of the Batman movies and producer of “Superman”, who has said he doesn’t want to do a comic book movie…just movies with comic book characters so I’m confused.
Now we have Bruno Heller working on Gotham, a show that is less Gotham Central and more Smallville with Batman. Or without Batman. In fact, Heller sits down with Entertainment Weekly contributor James Hibberd and talks about how he really doesn’t want to make a Batman story but a pre-Batman story. That’s fine and if that was all we had I’d tweet the link and discuss something else. At best there could be a Jake & Leon gag in there. However, Heller goes into why he doesn’t want to make a superhero story (despite courting DC into making a production) and his reasoning is so baffling I had to comment.
A lot of the previous show’s fans run from this one.
Scooby-Doo Team-Up #4
DC Comics (July, 2014)
“Teen Titans–Ghost” WRITER: Sholly Fisch ART: Dario Brizuela COLORIST: Franco Riesco LETTERER: Saida Temofonte ASSISTANT EDITOR: Jessica Chen EDITOR: Kristy Quinn
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
