“How do you crash a boat this far from shore?”
Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters #7
IDW Publishing (November, 2013)
STORY: Mike Johnson & Mairghread Scott WRITER: Mike Johnson ARTIST: Agustin Padilla COVER ART: Ken Christensen COLORIST: Priscilla Tramontano LETTERER: Tom B. Long EDITOR: Carlos Guzman
I’m one of the last people to defend child abuse, especially sexual abuse. NAMBLA are horrible human beings and pedophiles need serious mental health. I’m also not one in favor of revenge fantasies. It’s why I have never watched Michael Douglas’ Falling Down, nor to I plan to, and why I’m not a fan of the Punisher or even the Spectre.
While I don’t mind a story where a hero, say Batman or Man-Bat, brings one of these guys to justice, when you make the hero act like a villain you’ve made a huge mistake. In this three part takedown of “Man-Bat Out Of Hell” from Batman: Black And White #2, written by Dan DiDio, Colin Smith of Too Busy Thinking About My Comics takes the DC publisher/writer’s worst nightmare/questionable writer to task for turning Man-Bat into a homicidal monster beyond being Man-Bat when a pedophile targets Curt Langstrom’s kids while Batman lets it happen by staying out of the way. (part 1|part 2|part 3) This is the kind of thing you expect out of Spawn, not Batman!
“Why am I feeling a draft?”
Fanboy #5
DC Comics (July, 1999)
WRITER: Mark Evanier ARTIST: Sergio Aragonés “FINSTER’S FANTASIES” ARTISTS: Dick Sprang, Jim Mooney, Joe Gigella, Neal Adams, Frank Miller, and Bruce Timm COLORIST: Tom Luth LETTERER: Todd Klein EDITOR: Tony Bedard
With the 50th Anniversary, and a new regeneration, coming up this Saturday, the Doctor (with a little help from How It Should Have Ended drops by the cafe to hang out with Superman and Batman.
Donatello has a very strict no-smoking policy.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics
Vol.2 #1
IDW Publishing (November, 2012)
originally published as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #12 (Mirage: September, 1987)
WRITER/ARTIST: Peter Laird LETTERER: Steve Lavigne IDW COLORS: Scorpion Studios IDW EDITOR: Tom Waltz
I’m mostly posting this so I can find and finish it. It’s a long post but there’s some good information here. If you’re a fan you can try and find storyboards of your favorite shows and movies. See if you recognize anything. For cartoonists, however, this is a two-pronged attack. First it demonstrates that getting into drawing storyboards may be a way to go, but also how to use dynamic storyboarding in your comic art. It’s worth checking out, but it’s a long read.
A quick hat tip to Krishna Sadasivam of PC Weenies and Uncubed The Comic. He also has a neat Tumblr called Draw Me A Robot, where the interviews comic artists about their work setup and then has them draw a robot.
“Don’t tell me Marvel’s doing another ‘swimsuit issue'”.
Fanboy #4
DC Comics (June, 1999)
WRITER: Mark Evanier ARTIST: Sergio Aragonés ‘FINSTER’S FANTASIES” ARTISTS: Jordi Bernet, Marie Severin, and Russ Heath COVER ART: Joe Kubert & Sergio Aragonés COLORIST: Tom Luth LETTERER: Todd Klein EDITOR: Tony Bedard
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
