“Darn graffiti artists.”
Batman: The Adventures Continue #1
DC Comics (August, 2020, via comiXology)
“Hardware”
WRITERS: Alan Burnett and Paul Dini
ARTIST: Ty Templeton
COLORIST: Monica Kubina
SELECTED COVER ART: I’m not sure. I think comiXology went with the Dan Mora cover but the Grand Comics Database shows all the print version’s variant covers. Variant covers are annoying.
LETTERER: Josh Reed
EDITOR: Edward Marino
I don’t do a lot with Twitter these days. On rare occasions I’ll post something there but usually it’s just site promotion and updates with the occasional thought on something going on not worthy of an article here. Every now and then a trending topic does catch my attention, and while at times I wonder if Twitter is pushing a topic on their own outside of sponsored promotion for whatever reason I still check to see what people are saying. Usually they’re saying stupid things. For example….
As part of the current restructuring of HBO Max by the new Warner Brothers Discovery, who seem to be very good at getting in the news as of late, shows and episodes are coming off of the streaming service. This really isn’t anything new and why there are still those of us who promote physical media to a cloud run by someone else. Licenses change, things that don’t get a lot of views aren’t renewed, and the shows and movies go away. This isn’t new, folks. And yet in the most recent announcement a list of shows including Infinity Train and Sesame Street have everyone in a panic. Well, the former is disappointing, but to hear some on Twitter tell it Sesame Street is going away entirely. Do not panic. Sesame Street isn’t going away. Just part of it is.
More action than you’ll see inside.
Space Ghost #2
DC Comics (February, 2005)
“Purge”
WRITER: Joe Kelly
ARTIST: Ariel Olivetti
LETTERER: Richard Starkings
EDITOR: Joey Cavalieri
I don’t think this is going to get me on Project Rooftop. At least I hope not.
Soooooooooo…..you know how the CW has been targeting young people with things like the Arrowverse, the re-imagined Archie characters into a teen drama, whatever it was they did to The Tomorrow People (bonus link to old BW article), and all their other attempts to target the advertiser beloved 18-49 age group? You know, the ones who still buy stuff they don’t need or don’t have anything yet when moving into their first home. Wellllllll….turns out that wasn’t working. Yeah, it seems they actually are hitting people in the high 50s. Heck, Fox is skewing younger and they’re only a year earlier.
Why is this? Well, the Variety article I just linked to does note that younger people are going with streaming services. Meanwhile the older group are the ones who grew up on the DC heroes and Riverdale characters and probably want to see what’s happening to their beloved characters while the CW also has shows like Who’s Line Is It Anyway? and the show where magicians try to fool Penn & Teller for bragging rights. WarnerMedia ditched CW Seed for the regular CW website and then shoved everything else on HBO Max in their increasing push to make that service work. Anything else the 18-49 crowd are watching online through smart TVs, streaming boxes, computers, tablets, and cell phones. Does this mean new primary network owners Nexstar will change course? Time will tell.
They’re using the Geoff Johns reimagining as the core of their Shazam movies and even he got that right.
Yes, I know this is was last week’s Jake & Leon but a recent interview by Johnson in Vanity Fair just came to my attention that made it even more fitting now. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson seems to hate Billy Batson after reading this interview. It’s not about accuracy, it’s about ego and fighting the “big name”. I suppose that shouldn’t be a big surprise seeing as he comes from the world of professional wrestling, where fighting the top name in the organization gets you the most attention by fans and by the bookers looking to see who should be the current champion.
Then again, I doubt he knows who Billy Batson is, since I’d be surprised if he read a comic book. He certainly didn’t read Shazam! or any of the previous Fawcett comics. He wants Superman, he wants to be an antihero if not outright evil, and he doesn’t care what the comics are doing. This is another example of how celebrities see storytelling versus the fans who want to see the characters they love continue on in a different media format to see what that format can do with him. Art Of Storytelling, the article series here at BW, has gone over what each type of media can do that others can’t. (I’ve run out of those so the series will be shifting focus next time I do one.) It’s why I also enjoy Star Trek comics, audio dramas, games, and novels. I want to see what they can do but I want to feel like it’s the same franchise. As we see in the interview with Johnson it’s all about ego…like most Hollywood celebs.
Not sure who’s more better off here.
Sonic X #22
Archie Comics (September, 2007)
“Decoe and Bocoe’s Not-So-Excellent Misadventure”
WRITER: Joe Edkin
PENCILER: James Fry, assisted by Ian Thompson
INKER: Terry Austin
COLORIST: Josh Ray
COVER ART: Patrick “Spaz” Spaziante
LETTERER: John Workman
EDITOR: Mike Pellerito
Hey, NASA’s finally going back to the moon after a few decades. But they’re sending a mannequin named after a recently deceased member of the space program. For our purposes he and the other “moonikins” are getting their own online comic. Sure, why not?
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
