“Whatever we do, we must keep the Tangent heroes from finding their backgrounds.”
Captain America #9
Marvel Comics (October, 2005)
“The Winter Soldier” part 2
WRITER: Ed Brubaker
ARTIST: Michael Lark
COLORIST: Frank G. D’armata
LETTERER: Randy Gentile
ASSISTANT EDITORS: Andy Schmidt, Molly Lazer, & Aubrey Sitterson
EDITOR: Tom Brevoort
recorded March 29, 2023; some swearing in the video
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Unless the new guard gets Marvel Comics back to the more traditional Marvel universe and Marvel Studios back to proper adaptations everything they’re doing wrong is going to continue. They’re going to have to convince me this is going to be a benefit to anyone but Disney. Plus given Hollywood’s treatment of comics I’ll be surprised if it remains anything other than an IP generator if not shut down and the characters just treated as Disney properties before too long.
Also, me being me, anyone else notice that in the variant covers Perch is using there isn’t even consistency? Yes, they’re official variant covers. Goofy is Hulk and Iron Man or maybe Mickey’s Iron Man when he’s not Mr. Fantastic or Captain America. Guys, even within the Mickey branch of Disney characters you have enough to choose from that everybody could have been one character.
The last chapter was an introduction to Batman, a look inside his head as well as that of Commissioner Gordon’s and how he views their partnership. If I had known chapter two was only a couple pages I would have reviewed it with chapter one. It appears to be a look at Bruce Wayne’s life, with chapter 3 introducing us to Bane, a character created for this storyline. I’m going to have to pay better attention to this in the future. It makes more sense reviewing chapter 2 with chapter 1 than chapter 3 as the first two go together better thematically. If chapter 2 wasn’t literally 3½ pages I’d probably still review it on its own but this is a long book and I don’t want to take forever reviewing it. We’ve only covered a small portion of my book library in the Chapter By Chapter series and over at The Clutter Reports. I want to finish this before either the site or I pass on.
Bane is an interesting villain. He’s not the only villain to stand as a physical challenge to Batman. Clayfaces can alter form and there have been different interpretations, but for brute force Batman has faced the zombie gangster Solomon Grundy and the muscular Blockbuster just in Gotham City. Throw in guys he’s dealt with as part of the Justice League or the Outsiders and there’s probably a much longer list. Bane is not just some musclehead in a Mexican wrestler mask, as we’ll see. He’s also clever and comes up with plans to disrupt Batman personally, to weaken him mentally and emotionally to give himself an edge. Maybe he’s a coward for not confronting Batman directly or maybe he’s not so ego-driven that he thinks taking on Batman directly is the only honorable way to fight him. Bane exists for one reason: to break the Batman. That’s his role in the story and what sets Bruce on his character arc throughout the Knightfall storyline. So let’s meet the big boy after we learn a bit about the other side of Bruce Wayne’s life.
“Lady, that’s not a Cabbage Patch Kid”.
The Tandy Computer Whiz Kids “#2”
Archie Comics/Radio Shack (1986)
“News By Computer Foils Kidnappers!”
WRITER/EDITORIAL DIRECTOR: William Palmer
ARTISTS: Carmine Infantino & Chic Stone
Usually it’s Jake or Leon living elements of my life, but Bill seemed liked the better choice.
Yeah, it’s been quite the weekend in what’s been quite the week. I didn’t even get anything for The Clutter Reports this week, and long story short we don’t have a house phone line at the moment and it’s making switching back to our previous provider a problem. So I don’t know what’s about to happen this week. This and all the tired and sleep issues meant I didn’t have a feature article for Friday, or a comic review for Saturday either.
I’m hoping to at least have as many comic reviews as possible, the next chapter of Batman: Knightfall, and whatever else comes my way. I’m not sure if this week is going to be March part two or not but with luck and the grace of God we’ll get something out. Have a great week, everyone!
Okay, how I have had a website this long and not expose you to this? And what good timing as it’s April Fool’s Day? I didn’t even plan that.
After the success of the original Star Wars the doors of science fiction were once again open. Some were ripoffs, some were parodies, and some actually said “this is a revitalized genre, so let’s actually build on it”. From the parody side came a short film by director Ernie Fosselius. Hardware Wars follows the parody versions of the original characters in a parody version of the original story, with intentionally or acceptibly bad props and special effects being part of the joke.
Tonight we have a double-ish feature. I not only bring you the original version, but the Special Edition released on home video to coincide with the Star Wars Special Edition of “A New Hope”. This showed off how home brewed editing programs had advanced, though still not on today’s level where someone on YouTube could redo this whole thing and make it look almost like a modern movie. Compare the two as you enjoy.
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
BW Media Spotlight 
BW’s Daily Video> Mother’s Basement VS. Corridor’s AI Rotoscoped “Anime”
My reaction isn’t as strong but Geoff Thew does raise some good points. There isn’t enough here for me to build an article off of but I do agree with a lot of Thew’s points. Note that some swearing takes place.
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See my full thoughts on “Anime Rock Paper Scissors” in this article.
Admittedly I didn’t think of as many negatives as Geoff did but it does make me understand a bit more the current battle between AI art and people-made art that I am not well versed enough yet to do a full article on. Maybe when the nonsense clears and I can look into this a bit more I’ll be able to make a full-on commentary on it.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on April 3, 2023 in Animation Spotlight, Internet Spotlight and tagged AI rotoscoping, animation, commentary, Corridor Digital, Mother's Basement.
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