Harrison Ford visits the miniature effects studio.
Blade Runner movie adaptation #1
Marvel Comics (October, 1983)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Hampton Fancher & David Peoples DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott ADAPTATION: Archie Goodwin ARTISTS: Al Milgron & Carlos Garzon CO-INKERS: Dan Green & Ralph Reese COLORIST: Marie Severin LETTERER: Ed King EDITOR: Jim Salicrup
For reasons I can’t understand (and as of this writing they aren’t talking), Marvel has decided to pull their books from Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and possibly other bookstores that carry comics. There have been no reports of, say, Stop & Shop losing the periodicals and Bleeding Cool claims that this doesn’t include graphic novels. You would think that getting your product out to as many people as possible would be rather important as comic sales fall, but for whatever reason Marvel just wants to stick to comic stores. As much as I love my local comic store, that seems like a very stupid marketing plan. Perhaps there will be an update by the time this goes live?
Oddly, the yellow and red combo ISN’T his worst outfit.
Uncanny Origins #13
Marvel Comics (September, 1997)
This series was a retelling of various Marvel character’s origins that weren’t given to the audience every other issue, like Spider-Man’s was. I picked up most or all of them, but this is one that was in a different pile, which is why it’s being reviewed first.
“Origin Of Daredevil” WRITER: Bob Budiansky (although the cover seems to be pointing to Len Wein, Budiansky has the in-comic credit) PENCILER: M.C. Wyman INKER: Ralph Cabrera COLORIST: Bob Sharen LETTERER: John Costanza EDITOR: Joe AndreaniAnd so we bid farewell to Matt Smith, the Eleventh Doctor (War Doctor aside). Smith was probably my favorite of the New Who Doctors. He didn’t have all the burdens of his predecessors and he had some of the best Companions. Also, they got rid of that stupid coral motif and eventually dropped the “assembled from junkyard parts” look of the consoles. New Who hasn’t done well with console rooms, and that’s not just nostalgia talking. I kind of liked Paul McGann’s control room.
One of the questions we all had would be was this a proper sendoff for Matt Smith? Did Moffat give him a better send-off than David Tennant’s run ended with? “I don’t wanna go” was probably the worst final line in any regeneration. So how did this play out? Well, you shouldn’t need River Song to tell you there will be spoilers on this one. But I’m not calling you “sweetie”.
Rather large steam bath.
Bionicle #1: “The Rise Of The Toa Nuva”
Papercutz (2008)
originally published as 8 issues by DC Comics; 2000-2001)
WRITER: Greg Farshtey ARTISTS: Carlos D’Anda, Richard Bennett, & Randy Elliott COLORISTS: Alex Sinclair & Peter Pantazis LETTERER: Ken Lopez PRODUCTION: John McCarthy EDITOR IN CHIEF: Jim Salicrup
In the latest installment of Chris Sims’ “Ask Chris“, a question is answered about subtlety in comics and whether or not it’s a good thing. After all we grew up with some blatantly obvious names for characters that almost seemed to determine their hero/villain identity or an obvious chain of events, or being clobbered by a message. Sims examines when a lack of subtlety can be used well and make a story fun versus when it actually hurts the story, and how sometimes it boils down to personal taste.
Never even knows the other exists in the story until the final page.
Nightwing #4
DC Comics (January, 1997)
“Lady Be Deadly” WRITER: Chuck Dixon PENCILER: Scott McDaniel INKER: Karl Story COLORIST: Roberta Tewes SEPARATIONS: Jameson LETTERER: John Costanza ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Darren Vincenzo EDITOR: Scott Peterson
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
