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Ones I’d like to see him talk about are Stalker and, yes, Mad Stan. Also how Return Of The Joker showed us why Terry is different but unlike a lot of today’s replacements still Batman.
A few years ago Jerzy Drozd and Rob Stenzinger started the Art Soundoff Challenge. Creators would take maybe 15 minutes to record an audio or video blog, a “micropodcast” I think is the term, and share it with everyone using the #ArtSoundoff hashtag on Twitter. It was a good way to share comic creating perspectives, go over what creators are thinking about, and just interact without actually sharing a stream. It was and still is a good idea.
I decided to join in the fun, and it was a good experience. I learned, got to share my point of view as critic and writer plus my experiences trying to improve my limited drawing skills. I took part every year, including the year I was out of commission for most of the year. I even dragged Jake and Max into it with special Art Soundoff editions of Jake & Leon from the perspective of comic strip characters who also make their own comics and art. (Jake and Max are art buddies, and that’s how Max was introduced to the comic.)
Last year I was the only participant. Actually, I think colorist Owen Jollands did one, but otherwise just me. Even Jerzy and Rob didn’t do one that I recall seeing. On my final Art Soundoff of the year I was questioning if I would even do one this year. This article is my answer, and the fact that it is an article instead of a v-log may already hint at my answer.
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Enerjak spends time with his Chaotix Amiibos.
Knuckles #8
Archie Comics Publications (January, 1998)
“Dark Vengeance” part 2
WRITER: Ken Penders
PENCILER: Manny Galan
INKER: Andrew Pepoy
COLORIST: Barry Grossman
LETTERER: Vickie Williams
EDITOR: J. Freddy Gabrie
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There’s a two minute Raid: Shadow Legends ad after the intro.
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Tails is my favorite Sonicverse character.
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I’m on record as really liking the black costume on Spider-Man because it makes him look more like a spider, man. It’s also easier to draw because you don’t need to do all those webpatterns. Get the white spider symbol correct, give a blue tint to the outer part of the body so it doesn’t blend into anything black (including itself), and you have a really good costume. The problem is by the time fans warmed up to it the creators were already trying to get rid of it after fans complained. Also Todd McFarlane but I don’t care what he thinks.
Going from “costume responding to Peter’s thoughts” to ” brain-eating symbiote” is quite the journey, but the following video by Overly Sarcastic Productions is more of an overview of Venom and the black costume, and how his early appearances have become a part of multiversal continuity. Like or hate him (and Sam Rami hated him but was forced to use him anyway), the various versions of the black goo symbiote are part of Spider-Man’s history and backstory. While Red and Blue don’t go over the entire history of Venom specifically and the symbiotes in general, and I wish it had been a full symbiote retrospective in comics, TV, and video games (this came out because of Venom’s debut in the Sony Spider-Man 2 game) but it’s still an interesting brief history and way too long for a quickpost. Also, I have thoughts I want to add. The title of the video is “The Symbiote: Spider-Man’s Perfect Flaw”, as they go over why Venom, or more specifically Peter’s history with the black costume have become part of Peter Parker’s story.
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My money’s on King Arthur.
War Of Kings #1
Marvel Comics (May, 2009)
“Asunder”
WRITERS: Dan Abnett & Andy Landing
PENCILER: Paul Pelletier
INKER: Rick Maygar
COLORIST: Wil Quintana
LETTERER: Joe Caramagna
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Michael Horowitz
EDITOR: Bill Roseman
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It’s the Critical Drinker. There’s swearing by a drunk Scot.
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You mean a South Park special attacked both sides of the debate? I haven’t seen it because it’s exclusive to Paramount Plus and the show’s general humor style is not to my taste in comedy and even I’m not surprised.
