Comic Alliance Returns

Comics Alliance logo

After a couple of teasers I saw the following in my Twitter feed yesterday.

Sure enough Comics Alliance is back in business. As I mentioned in my “eulogy” posting CA is a great resource for comics fans as well as a good source of entertainment thanks to the humorous writers. According to the comic linked to in the tweet and in this article I just looked up, a Connecticut-based company called Townsquare Media acquired the site or sought to help it or something. As of this writing the AOL toolbar still hangs atop the site so either they haven’t fixed it yet or AOL is still involved somehow. (Official Press Release) Townsquare Media also bought up the music service AOL was closing down. So I guess that means CA is now headquartered in my home state. Hey,  neighbors!

So why are you still reading this? Comics Alliance is back! Get over there!

Today’s Comic> Godzilla #12

Godzilla #12

“You ruined my souffle!”

Godzilla #12

IDW Publishing (April, 2013)

“This Time He’s Fighting For His Life”
WRITER: Duane Swierczynski
ARTIST: Simon Gane
COLORIST: Ronda Pattison
SELECTED COVER ARTIST: Bob Eggleton
LETTERER/CREATIVE CONSULTANT: Chris Mowry
EDITOR: Bobby Curnow

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Chapter By Chapter: Total Recall adaptation Ch.15

Chapter by Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were a reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.

Chapter by Chapter - Total Recall logo

In our last reading session, everybody got their butts to Mars, with Quaid using a high-tech fat suit and no, I don’t know who spent time coming up with that. The things spy labs come up with when their bored.

Chapter 10: Spaceport

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Today’s Comic> Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time #5

Doctor Who Prisoners of Time #5

Peter Davidson will end you.

Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time #5

IDW Publishing (May, 2013)

WRITERS: Scott & David Tipton
ARTIST: Phillip Bond
COLORIST: Charlie Kirchoff
SELECTED COVER ART: Francesco Francavilla
LETTERER: Tom B. Long
EDITOR: Denton J. Tipton

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Jake & Leon #162: Hey, New Watch

Last...time. I swear.

Last…time. I swear.

I could have kept this gag going, if only as a recurring feature but I felt it best to move on. So here’s a little closure for the duo. Next week, no Finn & Jake I promise. Just Jake & Leon. Our regular Jake, not the other one.

  • The Clutter Reports: That Godzilla Vs. Biollante review is finally up. See what happens when the King of the Monsters finds out his daughter is a giant flower. Seriously, there could be so many metaphors and rather “blue” comments that wouldn’t be right here, much less at The Clutter Reports.
  • Reviewers Unknown: Well, the worst of it is over. Liefeld’s Galactica ends the torment that is Journey’s End. I hear Linkara plans to make his audience suffer the first issue without the context of the previous mini-series. I don’t thin they’re going to fully understand why Liefeld’s run failed so miserably. You know, beyond Rob Liefeld’s involvement.

Speaking of Reviewers Unknown we have our first non-review contributors. Spazzmaster already had his skit show, Call It What You Like, but that was skits performed by other reviewers. Battle Geek Plus on the other hand aren’t reviewers as far as I know. They’re the first of what Ozzie hopes is a section of non-reviews which might attract some new visitors to RU. I’ve seen the first RU posting and I found it amusing. They also have their own site if you don’t want to wait for us to catch up. So welcome to the team, guys.

Best Scene of This Week’s Reviews

Fury Of Firestorm #20

It was tough to find ONE moment for Firestorm, so here's a reminder that Jurgens should be put back on Superman if they're stupidly cancelling Firestorm.

It was tough to find ONE moment for Firestorm, so here’s a reminder that Jurgens should be put back on Superman if they’re stupidly cancelling Firestorm.

And again, we’re done with Adventure Time. Finished. Complete. Unless I come up with something else in the future.

Today’s Comic> Transformers: Robots In Disguise #17

Transformers RID #17

Shockwave collects the freakiest things.

Transformers: Robots In Disguise #17

IDW Publishing (May, 2013)

“Dark Cybertron” prelude “Shockwaves”
WRITER: John Barber
ARTIST: Livio Ramondelli
SELECTED COVER ART: Casey W. Coller (artist) and Joana LaFuente (colorist)
LETTERER: Tom B. Long
EDITOR: Carlos Guzman

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Friday Night Fights: Love & Martial Arts Don’t Mix

I’m not really a “fighting game” enthusiast but I do like Virtua Fighter, in part because the first one the only fighting game on the PC that I can still play on Vista and one of a handful of fighting games I own (there a few on the NES including wrestling games). I even like the anime, although it takes some liberties with how you’d think the characters would be presented. A little closer to the source material is the 1995 comic book from Malibu, a one-shot that never became a full series. And yet Mortal Kombat had a full series and a bunch of one-shots. Stupid Outworlders.

Friday Night Fights clean logo“Mosquito” round 4

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