“Darn kids, get off my lawn!” “Technically you’re invading our lawn.”
Robotech: The New Generation #24
Comico The Comic Company (June, 1988_
“Dark Finale!”
ADAPTATION: Markālan Joplin
PENCILER: Thomas A. Tenney
INKER: Rich Rankin
COLORIST: Kurt Mausert
LETTERER: Gregory Shaw
EDITOR: Maggie Brenner
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There’s also this note for this year’s Memorial Day if you’re a musician.
Learn more about Taps Across America on the event’s website.
I hear the guy in the cutting room did the same.
No, I didn’t have a particular movie in mind. You can fill that blank in yourself. I’m sure there are too many contenders.
Over at The Clutter Reports this week I cleaned out under my art desk. Exciting, isn’t it?
Here at the Spotlight this week we have the next installment in our Chapter By Chapter review of Robotech: Before The Invid Storm as well as the third G.I. Joe miniseries in this week’s Saturday Night Showcase. What else happens depends on life, my mood, and whatever nonsense comes out this week. Have a good week and a safe Memorial Day.
I guess the first miniseries must have done well for them, because Hasbro partnered with Sunbow and Marvel Productions to create a second miniseries, G.I. Joe: The Revenge Of Cobra. Introducing some new characters on both sides of the battle (many of whom would become regular characters in the series), this five-parter contains the episodes “In The Cobra’s Pit”, “The Vines Of Evil”, “The Palace Of Doom”, “Battle On The Roof Of The World”, and “Amusement Park Of Terror”. That last one is frankly odd, but they all explain what happened. You can watch the five episodes individually or just watch the movie edit below in tonight’s Showcase.
Cobra has a new weapon, the Weather Dominator, that can cause meteorological havoc. With Duke captured (again, but this time he has Snake Eyes for company), new second in command Flint out of action, and a whole host of snakes, can the Joes save the world again? Let’s watch!
“Forget the pigeon; like stop this plane!”
Scooby-Doo Team-Up #44
DC Comics (January, 2019 as collected in the virtual trade “It’s Scooby Time”)
“Just Plane Scared”
WRITER: Sholly Fisch
ARTIST: Scott Jeralds
COLORIST: Silvana Brys
LETTERER: Saida Temofonte
EDITOR: Kristy Quinn
I know the internet so before you start on me we are not talking about the quality of a work that hasn’t hit Disney+. Of course I haven’t seen it, and I also don’t plan to in the near future. I am talking about comments made by an actor and a decision made by a studio, one of which I actually kind of understand, and how it relates to the continuing discussion on superhero comic adaptation and comics’ status in the media pecking order. I am also not slamming the actress who made said comments but it does highlight what I’ve said about actors versus fans when it comes to adaptation.
So…Ms. Marvel.
The character’s creator admits part of her goal was to put Muslims in a more positive light while at the same time creating a superhero fan girl getting to live her dream versus her strict family customs. This is explicitly stated and that’s not up for debate. Some people will be happy with that and some won’t, that’s not my problem. No, the big controversy comes the changes in origin and powers for Kamala Khan. This isn’t the character’s first trip outside of comics, having appeared in a couple of animated works, which is only slightly higher on the pecking order than comics. It is however the first time her powers have changed, replacing her usual morphic powers with some kind of energy powers, creating an energy form of her fists or something like that. In an article Kevin Feige defended the change while actress Iman Vellani doesn’t care about the change. This is what we’re talking about, and while the change actually is understandable, the lack of concern shows how little the comic adapters care about the comics.
“We just have to convince him there’s a better solution than…beating up heroes. Yeah, our usual strategy’s toast.”
Super Friends #3
DC Comics (February, 1977)
“The Cosmic Hit Man?”
WRITER: E. Nelson Bridwell
ARTISTS: Ramona Fradon & Bob Smith
EDITOR: Denny O’Neil
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
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