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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #13
Marvel/Paramount Comics (January, 1998)
“Telepathy War” part 3: “Day Of Honor”
WRITERS: Michael Martin & Andy Mangles
PENCILER: Tom Morgan
INKER: Keith Williams
COLORIST: Chi Wang
LETTERER: Chris Eliopulos
EDITOR: Tim Tuohy
Sony has opted to merge some of their anime services by moving the Funimation, VRV, and French anime streamer Wakanim over to Crunchyroll. I don’t know if this includes the handful of anime movies on Crackle, their other streaming service. Crunchyroll has a FAQ page about this new move but what I’m not hearing is if this includes Robotech, which I can’t currently compare to the comic adaptations from Comico because they’re behind Funimation’s paywall, which will be going away along with Funimation as a hosting service. (It should continue as a dubbing studio.) It would be nice to be able to compare the episodes if they’re the original TV version and not the remasters. I would still have to find the Japanese shows but it would make my reviews easier.
Hollywood has…issues when it comes to animation. The West has treated cartoons as just something for kids for the longest time even when evidence to the contrary existed…like early Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies. There are other problems as well, like how celebrities treat animation, which we’ll get into in due course. This isn’t just about animated films being relegated to animation awards and thus putting them out of the running for best picture, but how it affects the roles that regular voice actors are allowed to play between TV and movies.
The Cartoon Cypher was inspired by the recent ragefest that went on after Chris Pratt was announced as the voice of Mario in the upcoming animated Super Mario Bros. movie, but it’s a discussion that’s gone on for the past few decades specifically. Do we need live-action celebrities voicing animated movies and does it hurt the chances for actual voice actors to get dream roles? For that matter is it fair to voice actors that the studios just want a famous face even he or she isn’t shown in the movie…except for the times characters are designed to resemble the famous actor? Below is Cartoon Cypher’s perspective, and then I’ll chime in a few thoughts of my own.
That’s not supposed to be Rumi, is it?
Spider-Man: The Manga #3
Marvel Comics (January, 1998)
WRITER/ARTIST: Ryochi Ikegami
TRANSLATION: Mutsumi Masuda & C.B. Cebulski
RETOUCH/PRODUCTION: Dan Natrosis
EDITOR: Tom Brevoort
image source: Three Men In A Tub
I didn’t think they were running out of comic books because knowing the storytelling pecking order in the entertainment industry I wouldn’t think webcomics would even been on the radar. And yet the Keenspot-hosted comic Grubbs is getting an animated series. Not that this article fills me with hope. Just on a base level Marry Me, another Keenspot comic mentioned in the article, got an adaptation in name only. One of the writers of the show worked with Sarah Silverman and the girls division at Mattel so based on today’s Hollywood I wonder how she’ll handle a little boy as the lead (and couldn’t Variety find a better picture?) while I don’t trust the modern entertainment industry to make a proper adaptation of anything. They saw something inspired by Calvin & Hobbes, knew they couldn’t get a show about that comic due to Bill Waterson’s history, and decided to do what they do with ideas that are more about marketing than storytelling.
I hope to be proven wrong but history has shown this may no end up that good. Not that I can see what the comic originally was since there doesn’t seem to be a home for the comic anymore. You can only get it by buying books so it’s not even a “webcomic” anymore, it’s a physical comic book series. The only site I could find apparently sends red flags to my internet provider and they won’t let me use it. The sample image came from another website. So what started out to be a celebration turned into my trust issues when it comes to the modern day (alleged) entertainment industry getting worse.
The previous chapter was all backstory for anyone who missed the end of the Masters saga and the original takes from the previous novels. This time I’m hoping for some actual advancement. We only have 17 chapters to go and the action doesn’t start until Col. Wolf shows up with the SDF Plot Device.
I’m not sure why but I don’t have a lot to say going into this. I guess having already reviewed Robotech comics around this period I already said plenty there. Also I don’t have any expectations when it comes to the story. I mean, I always expect a good story and more often than not that’s delivered on. However I mean I have no expectations about the story outside of wondering how all five factions (still counting Dana as her own faction) are going to play into this story. I guess we’ll just start the review and see what turns up.
I don’t care personally, but this anti-pineapple pizza stuff is getting out of hand now.
Robotech: The New Generation #7
Comico The Comic Company (April 1986)
“Paper Hero”
ADAPTATION: Jack Herman
PENCILER: Reggie Byers
INKER: Tom Poston
COLORIST: Kurt Mausert
LETTERER: Bob Pinaha
EDITOR: Diana Schutz
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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