“What’s this ‘drive-in movie’ thing you’re leading us to?”
Battlestar Galactica #3
Realm Press (March, 1998)
“Prison Of Souls” part 1 PLOT: Chris Scalf WRITER: James Kuhorix ARTISTS: Chris Scalf & Robert Scott LETTERER/PRODUCTION: Tanja Scalf PUBLISHER: Steve Atwell “BATTLESTAR GALACTICA” CREATOR: Glen Larson
I need to do an Internet Spotlight on Zen Pencils someday. Cartoonist Gavin Aung Than takes memorable quotes of inspiration and makes a comic out of it, and while I don’t always agree with some of the quotes he’s chosen based on my own perspectives, most of them are really good, and you many have seen the Calvin & Hobbs tribute he did recently that was a buzz on the net for awhile. (I retweeted it on Twitter myself.)
One of his comics, a rendition of a quote by comedian and podcaster Marc Maron recently got the attention of one of his fans, who went all out and produced a video based on it. The topic is how social media is affecting how social we actually are with the real world. It’s really quite good, but there is one moment that isn’t going to be good for the kiddies–and yet it’s important to the point Maron and Than were making.
“I don’t know what this “Comi-con” thing is but it looks dangerous!”
Battlestar Galactica #2
Realm Press (January, 1998)
“The Law Of Volahd” part 2 SCRIPT: James Kuhoric STORY/ART: Chris Scalf LETTERER: Tanja Scalf BACK COVER ART: Robert Scott PUBLISHER: Steve Atwell PRODUCTION: Tom Coxen
From the “DC Continues To Confuse Me” department we have Diane Nelson, president of DC Entertainment realizing what Dan Didio seems to have learned: say something stupid enough and people will talk about you. Remember, DC’s position is any talk is good talk even if it’s to complain about how poorly you treat the franchise you’ve been handed. Nelson tries to give a reason that Wonder Woman doesn’t have a movie in the works and the not-named-after-her TV show Amazon has gone into delayed production mode. It boils down to Wonder Woman being too “iconic” (there’s that word again) and that they want to get her right.
Twitch Film contributor Matt Brown takes the continuing idea that a Wonder Woman production is impossible and demonstrates why they’re wrong as well as calling out their continued addiction to Batman. On every level DC Entertainment seems to have forgotten what made DC so great and why there are so many fans. Are they really that afraid of icons?
Oooh, i just came up with a commentary topic……
“Frak, I just remembered I left the BBQ grill on!”
Battlestar Galactica #1
Realm Press (December, 1997)
“The Law Of Volahd” part 1 WRITER/ARTIST: Chris Scalf LETTERER: Tanja Scalf PUBLISHER: Steve Atwell PRODUCTION: Tom Coxen “BATTLESTAR GALACTICA” CREATOR: Glen A Larsen includes scenes from the episode “The Hand Of God”, written by Donald Bellisario
I’ve never seen a movie so afraid to promote itself.
Honestly, what are they thinking at Legendary Pictures? None of the SDCC trailers have been released and any time someone posts a poster or finds an actual trailer it gets taken down hours later, if that late. It’s not just lack of promotion, it’s outright hostility to promotion. How does that work? Like Matt Burkett said, there’s a lot going against this second attempt at doing an American version of Godzilla. You’d think they’d want to actually promote this thing.
Battlestar Galactica returns to “Yesterday’s” Comics this week as I being looking through the Realm Press run. Having already reviewed the early Dynamite comics when they came out and still being unemployed this should be the last of the BSG comics for awhile so enjoy them while you can.
“They want WHO to play me in the movie?”
Guardians Of The Galaxy #14
Marvel Comics (July, 1991)
“Hallowed Be Thy Name” WRITER/PENCILER: Jim Valentino INKER: Steve Montano COLORIST: Evelyn Stein LETTERER: Brad K. Joyce EDITOR: Craig Anderson
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
