When Nemo jumps into bed, he overdoes it.
Little Nemo: Return To Slumberland #1
IDW Publishing (August, 2014, as posted to comiXology)
WRITER: Eric Shanower
ARTIST: Gabriel Rodriguez
COLORIST: Nelson Daniel
LETTERER: Robbie Robbins
EDITORS: Chris Ryall & Scott Dunbier
based on the works of Winsor McCay
My high school English teacher had a very narrow view of what qualified as worthy of being read, and my love of science fiction didn’t make the charts. Except for that time I got her to let me read Planet Of The Apes, and if you came in from the movies…stick to the movies. The book is not very interesting. High intellectual French stuff. So basically she tricked me with my own request.
When you take the fun out of reading and declare only a certain kind of book should be read regardless of the student’s personal taste, you ruin their love of reading. Lucky I’m stubborn and my mom encouraged reading in general. I’m not against having a wide variety. I have Robin Hood, Batman, Captain Kirk, and Tom Sawyer all in my library. However, Christina M contributed an article to Cracked going over all the ways high school teachers drain all the enjoyment out of their students’ reading experience. #2 is that teacher in a nutshell.
This looks so much cooler than it does in the comic.
Tails #3
FINAL ISSUE
Archie Comics Publications (February, 1996)
“Southern Crossover” part 3
WRITER/”TAILS TO ASTONISH” PENCILS: Mike Gallagher
PENCILER: Dave Manak
INKER: Harvo
COLORIST: Barry Grossman
COVER ART: Pat Spaziante & Harvo
COVER COLORING: Heroic Age
LETTERER: Mindy Eisman
EDITOR: Scott Fulop
The comic industry doesn’t seem to want to admit they aren’t doing well, despite many fans seeing the flaws. It’s not political (as the creators like to claim) because liberals and conservatives alike are seeing the trends that hurting comics and have been even before the current social climate started affecting the four color paper products we all know and love. That’s why I bring up politics so rarely, because they’re only a symptom of the current failings in modern comics.
CBR contributor Ashley Land recently posted a list article of “10 Worst Trends In Modern Comics“, a list so on the nose that one of their major detractors, Eric July of the Rippaverse did a video going over everything they got right…which was most of the list. Here’s that video if you’re curious, because this article is about MY interpretation of the list. Like both Land and Ashley I do agree with this list and have done numerous articles over the years on these mistakes. These aren’t even all recent trends, just problems that were allowed to get worse before being controlled or even stopped before they got this bad. So let’s dissect these problems and really see what happened. Grab a comfy seat, folks, because this is going to be a long one.
“Execute the death sentence? So…execute the execution? Does that mean stop…” “Just kill them already!”
Avengers #94
Marvel Comics (December, 1971; as featured in the comiXology version of the “Kree/Skrull War” trade)
“More Than Inhuman”
WRITER: Roy Thomas
ARTIST: Neal Adams (chapter 2 penciled by John Buscema)
INKER: Tom Palmer
LETTERER: Sam Rosen
EDITOR: Stan Lee
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
Hollywood “Auteurs” Versus Geek Media
Francis Ford Coppola once tried to get George Lucas to not make his “silly sci-fi” movie and direct one of his movies. I think Apocalypse Now, but Lucas decided to make Star Wars even after the failure of THX-1138. Well, Lucas’ movie turned out to be a big hit…but Coppola apparently still thinks it was a mistake. This is not surprising as the Hollywood movie and TV machine has the cliquish nature of your average high school stereotype.
In a world where The Big Bang Theory was considered good geek representation you can imagine what the “cool kids” think of the current superhero trend, pushed by the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the questionable attempt at bringing back Star Trek while the CEO of the company who holds the rights hated the Star Trek franchise. Once again the pecking order comes into play. Action sci-fi is always looked down upon, and that’s if you can push anything science fiction past the elite of Hollywood. Fantasy has struggled since movies existed, with studios only wanting to copy Harry Potter and Middle Earth because someone managed to push those movies through and they worked. It’s recent comments that James Cameron of all people made that inspired this article but he’s not the only one I want to point fingers at.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on January 4, 2023 in Movie Spotlight and tagged commentary, geek culture, Hollywood, James Cameron, James Cameron's Avatar, Joker, movies, Quentin Tarantino, Todd Philips.
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