Now comes the first of three panels from last year’s Brass City Comic Convention. Alex Simmons is a comic author and instructor, among other talents, like running the Kids Comic Con. In his panel, Mr. Simmons discusses how science fact changed the way science fiction is written and how writers use science fact to create science fiction. You’ll also see a kid so much a part of this I was tempted to give him a panelist credit. Seriously, he’s one smart little boy.
“Do I get frequent flyer miles for this?” “Why? I never do.”
The Rocketeer & The Spirit #1
IDW Publishing (July, 2013)
(in cooperation with DC Entertainment, who currently holds the comic rights to The Spirit)
“Pulp Friction” WRITER: Mark Waid ARTIST: Paul Smith COLORIST: Jordie Bellaire LETTERER: Tom B. Long EDITOR: Scott Dunbier “THE ROCKETEER” CREATOR: Dave Stevens “THE SPIRIT” CREATOR: Will Eisner
You really wouldn’t think you could find the answers to your life in a…house of ill repute, and usually anyone that does is highly delusional. Or darn lucky, and Quaid is hoping to get lucky. I should rephrase that, especially after all the views we got into his mind at the beginning of this book.
Bird watching is always a different experience with the Doctor.
Doctor Who Volume 3 #11
IDW Publishing (July, 2013)
“Sky Jacks” part 3 WRITERs: Andy Diggle & Eddie Robson ARTIST: Andy Kuhn SELECTED COVER ARTIST: Mark Buckingham COLORIST: Charlie Kirchoff LETTERER: Shawn Lee EDITOR: Denton J. Tipton
Seems like an obvious question to me.
I didn’t go for the Muppet easter egg I could have, but there is one. Who can find it?
So I returned from the Brass City Comic Convention. It was a good show and it expanded OK, but sadly not enough people showed up. They cancelled the last panel which I was looking forward to because nobody was there and the dealers and some of the guests packed up early. I hope it comes back next year because I liked it. We also lost Classiconn and it’s a shame that Waterbury, Connecticut, a city that has strong roots in the history of comics books, has so much trouble getting to a comic convention. What’s wrong with you people! Ah, well. I’ll keep you posted.
Now THAT’S a splash page!
Are you really that surprised I went with that?
So things should be back to normal here at the Spotlight, at least until ComiConn next month. In the meantime I’ll be trying to catch up to convention footage from last year and this plus the usual commentaries and junk. Stay tuned, folks.
With no Friday Night Fight scheduled for tonight and having reviewed the last of the comics I picked up, We will instead focus on a comic I picked up at ConnectiCon, a printing of a comic that’s also available online.
In the past I’ve lamented the recent lack of fun in superhero stories. Everybody wants to deconstruct tropes that nobody uses anymore so what’s the point? Everything’s all serious and gritty and “realistic” (a term too often used by people who don’t know how to use it) and it’s just depressing. Exceptions like New Crusaders, Super Dinosaur, and It Girl & The Atomics exist but they’ve become the minority as everyone wants to play to a very tight demographic and mindset, as if nobody else has money or would enjoy a comic catered to, or at least accepting of, their tastes.
However, there are a growing number of such superhero comics to be found on the internet, comics like Lightbringer, Fusion, and tonight’s Spotlight: Star Power!
“Must…turn…channel…must turn…off…Glee…
Transformers: Regeneration One #92
IDW Publishing (June, 2013)
“Destiny” part 2 WRITER: Simon Furman PENCILER: Andrew Wildman INKER: Stephen Baskerville COLORIST: John-Paul Bove SELECTED COVER ART: Guido Guidi LETTERER: Chris Mowry EDITOR: John Barber
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
