The colors are new but the comic is a reprint so I’m going with it. Last week I reviewed Donatello’s team-up with Jack Kirby (or a simulation) so tonight let’s see them in action. Actually, most of the comic is one huge fight so I’m just going to show my favorite moment from the fight.
Krang continues his windsock collection.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #20
IDW Publishing (March, 2013)
STORY: Kevin Eastman & Tom Waltz SCRIPT: Tom Waltz ARTIST: Ben Gates COLORIST: Ronda Pattison LETTERER: Shawn Lee EDITOR: Bobby Curnow
So Douglas Quaid’s in hiding after just learning his life is not his own. His world is falling apart…and things aren’t going to get better but maybe he’ll get a couple of answers…while we will soon have more questions.
“*yaaaaaaawn*”
Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron
IDW Publishing (March, 2013)
WRITER: John Barber ARTIST: Dherraj Verma COLORISTS: Sanjay Kharwar (also cover) & Priscilla Tramontano LETTERER: Chris Mowry EDITOR: Carlos GuzmanStupid story ideas aside.
Well, it’s not a secret anymore. Otto Octavius is the “Superior” Spider-Man…if you consider a guy who murders his enemies superior. While we sit around waiting for Peter to resume control of his body somehow his reputation is going to be seriously damaged. But while we try to figure out why Slott would pull this story–especially with movies and cartoons bringing the wall-crawler back into the public eye, beyond another attempt to get their names in the newspaper–one of my associates in the reviewing community is asking why Doctor Octopus?
Chris “CFerra” Ferraiolo is the creator of the sprite comic Starbolts, proof that you can do a spite comic with original characters. He also started his own review show, having worked on other peoples shows and being a former contributor to the official Channel Awesome wiki. Comic Showcase focuses on Marvel’s work and in his latest episode he focused on Amazing Spider-Man #700, the final issue because heaven forbid a comic ever hits #1000. But that’s a rant for another time. After the review, CFerra goes over his disagreement with using Otto and wonders why they didn’t go with Norman Osborn, Peter’s archest nemesis. Watch the video below and then I’ll try to answer the question.
“Say good night, Gracie/”
Sonic Universe #50
Archie Comics (May, 2013)
WRITER: Ian Flynn PENCILER: Tracey Yardley INKER: Jim Amash COLORIST: Matt Herms LETTERER: Jack Morelli COVER: Patrick “Spaz” Spaziante & Matt Herms ASSISTANT EDITOR: Vincent Lovallo EDITOR: Paul Kaminski
Speaking of impractical outfits….
Superheroine outfits don’t always make sense. In fact they sometimes make less sense, as any of you dropping in from Hawkeye Initiative articles know. (Seriously, the Spotlight’s been getting a lot of traffic from this and this site. If you’re from there, hi.) But we’re not talking about sexist fashion but how impractical that sexist fashion is. Cracked.com contributor Jacopo della Quercia didn’t just go it alone but went the extra step of going to professional cosplayer Ruby Rocket to bring us The 5 Most Impractical Aspects of Superhero Costumes, although most of the entries are about superheroines. Things like spandex versus leather verses latex comes up, but even the masks are showing how female outfits themselves are as sexist as the poses they’re put into. Plus it turns out we were all right about fighting in high heels.
Personally I would have asked people in the “real life superhero” community since they actually run around the city dealing with crime or talking to kids but a cosplayer should have some interesting insights, too.
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