I’m already expecting so many primate puns that anything I wrote here would be overkill.
Scooby-Doo Team-Up #42
DC Comics (November, 2018; as seen in volume 7’s digital trade)
“Gorilla Warfare”
WRITER: Sholly Fisch
ARTIST: Dario Brizuela
COLORIST: Franco Riesco
LETTERER: Saida Temofonte
EDITOR: Kristy Quinn
This installment won’t be going beyond overview because I already have a full article series that goes into songs that tell a story. Going into more detail here would be redundant. Instead, while I will discuss music as narrative there’s another use for music in storytelling I’ll be going over.
Ahh, music. The universal language. I’m playing some music as I write this. When it comes to music in storytelling, as I just noted, there are two ways to go about it. There’s a song on it’s own, which is what Sing Me A Story is about, and there’s background music. Both have their place in storytelling and both can actually do the same job as the other. That will make more sense once I stop having to pad out this intro for the front page and get into what I’m talking about. Oh, look, there it is. Thank you, banner, for extending the post on the home page because I really don’t know what else to say without getting into the actual discussion. Frankly I’ll be spending more time looking for samples than writing the article itself, and that’s if I even have room for it.
“I don’t care what that arachnid guy did, I’m NOT giving up my hot redhead wife!”
Space Ace #5
Arcana Comics (2009)
PLOT: Robert Kirkman & Ryan Foley
SCRIPT: Ryan Foley
ARTIST: Maria Cristina Francisco
COLORS: Arcana Studio
LETTERER: Shawn Depasquale
This is a repost of the original review from when this comic came out, with some additional thoughts and an expanded summary. As with the usual “Yesterday’s” Comic it’s a bit more spoilery than the old review.
He was calling her “pretty lady” a little while earlier. I wonder if Marlena ever told Adam about the movie Star Wars?
Well, I said I’d bust out the next part if I was in need of a larger post, and here it is. I won’t be able to give my next article idea proper time if I want the post up on time, so let’s go back to the retrospective of the Masters Of The Universe toy and cartoon franchise by the folks at Midnight’s Edge.
In part one host Andre Einherjar went over the early years of the Masters Of The Universe toyline, the early Conan influences, the DC influences, and eventually how Filmation formed the iconic version of Eternia, Castle Grayskull, and all that surround it. Part two focuses on the new addition to the family, quite literally since we’re talking about She-Ra, Adam’s sister.
No matter what the new show makers want to claim, She-Ra is as tied to Masters Of The Universe as Wonder Woman is to the DC universe. The original show is considered part of the franchise, despite being the “girls” line. It exists because the strong female characters in He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe spoke to the little or big sisters forced to watch their brother’s show. Granted, on Eternia, aka “planet deathtrap”, you kind of have to be strong to the point that the only time I’ve see a girl who wasn’t strong was in a story about her becoming stronger by the end. Not necessarily physically but emotionally as well, an inner strength you don’t need power from ancient secrets in order to obtain.
And yet outside of the Filmation series something has been…off about how Mattel promoted this series. It’s something I’ve brought up when reviewing the Princess Of Power minicomics during Free Comic Inside. In this installment of the Masters Of The Universe retrospective Andre may have answered some of my questions…but not all of them.
“Can’t he just send flowers?”
Sonic X #12
Archie Comics (November, 2006)
“Attack From Area 99!”
WRITER: Joe Edkin
PENCILER: Tim Smith 3
INKER: Jim Amash
COLORIST: Ben Hunzeker
LETTERER: John Workman
COVER ART: Patrick “Spaz” Spaziante
EDITOR: Mike Pellerito
Yes, the guy who watches Paw Patrol and Spidey & His Amazing Friends watches Bluey. If you’re surprised, you’re new here. Anyway, in the episode “Camping” Bluey makes a friend from another family camping nearby. His name is Jean-Luc and in the episode he only learns English by their next meeting. He only speaks French for the majority of this visit though, as the episode is about how despite the language barrier Bluey and Jean-Luc find a way to communicate and play together in the brief time they have to play together. Here’s a sample from the official YouTube channel.
This Australian series about a six year old cattle dog and her family in a world where dogs are the people is distributed all over the world, and in multiple languages…including French. So how does the French dub use the French character? They make him speak English. From the official FRENCH YouTube channel.
Am I hearing things or does this Jean-Luc have an Australian accent? Anyway I thought this was neat. So if you find the full episode in both English and French you can teach your kids a bit of Frances.
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