Somebody tell me what the homage is here because I know there is one.
Mega Man #26
Archie Comics (August, 2013)
“When Worlds Collide” part 7: “Evening The Odds” WRITER: Ian Flynn PENCILER: Tracy Yardley INKER: Terry Austin COLORIST: Tomas Mason SELECTED COVER ART: Patrick “Spaz” Spaziante LETTERER: R.R. Fiegel ASSISTANT EDITOR: Vincent Lovallo EDITOR: Paul Kaminski
We all know that Hollywood screws up modern technology. Of course two people on a keyboard makes them type faster. Sure the computer interface has all three-dimensional imaging without any serious programming. These are done to heighten tension for people who know nothing about computers. Cracked.com contributor Luis Prada, however, has four 4 Commonplace Technologies That Every Movie Still Gets Wrong and does something different for those lists…explains why they had to be done.
Why don’t characters in movies and shows Google things? Why are their cell phone displays so huge? Why is it, unless they can convince CNN to let them use their studios and graphics, newscasts in fiction look like a room with some dressing? And why can’t we do that when WE play a video game? These questions will be answered. Now explain that 3D hologram thing.
And you thought Tony was only popular with the ladies.
Iron Man #258.3
Marvel Comics (July, 2013)
“Hammered!” PLOT: David Michelinie & Bob Layton WRITER: David Michelinie BREAKDOWNS: Dave Ross FINISHES: Bob Layton COLORIST: Chris Sotomayor COVER ART: Dave Ross, Tom Palmer, and Chris Sotomayor LETTERER: Dave Lanphear ASSISTANT EDITORS: Michael Cristatos & A.J. Fierro ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Tom Brennan EDITOR: Justin Gabrie
Marvel recently announced a series of original graphic novels, and USA Today got a line on the first one. Spider-Man: Family Business is a story thankfully set before the stupidity of Doc-Ock: body snatcher, featuring Peter Parker on the run with his sister. What, you didn’t know Peter Parker had a sister? Neither did anyone else until now.
“Wait, it’s just a closet.”
Astro City #1
Vertigo (August, 2013)
“Through Open Doors” part 1 WRITER/CREATOR: Kurt Busiek ARTIST: Brent Eric Anderson COLORIST: Alex Sinclair COVER ART: Alex Ross LETTERERS/DESIGN: John G. Roshell & Jimmy Betancourt ASSISTANT EDITOR: Jessica Chen EDITOR: Kristy Quinn
I swear, every picture I took of this guy came out this way!
While I never saw the movies or read the original manga I really enjoyed the two seasons of Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex. So I was happy to hear that a new series is coming out. Ghost In The Shell: Arise is a prequel to the series and will show how the Major joined Section 9. What I’m assuming is BanDai’s official YouTube channel for Ghost In The Shell has released the first 8 minutes of the first episode.Remember to turn on the captions for English subtitles.
Where do you even GET a chain that big?
Adventures Of Superman #1
DC Comics (July, 2013)
This print comic collects the digital first anthology where different writer/artist teams can tell their Superman story. I wonder if they take pitches from nobodys? It might be my only chance to write a Superman story without all the reasons I can’t bring myself to work on the official title.
COVER: Brian Hitch & David Baron (at least I think so, they’re listed all three comics but not having followed the digital version it’s guess work that this is one of those covers) LETTERER: Wes Abbot EDITOR: Alex Antone “SUPERMAN” CREATORS: Jerry Seigel & Joe Shuster “Violent Minds” WRITER: Jeff Parker ARTIST: Chris Samnee COLORIST: Matthew Wilson “Fortress” WRITER/ARTIST/CO-COLORIST: Jeff Lemire CO-COLORIST: Jose Villarrubia “Bizzaro’s Worst Day” WRITER: Justin Jordan ARTIST: Riley Rossmo
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