“No, not another bridge!”
Spider-Man: The Manga #14
Marvel Comics (July, 1998)
WRITER/ARTIST: Ryoichi Ikegami
TRANSLATION: Mutsumi Masuda
RETOUCH/PRODUCTION: Dan Nakrosis
EDITOR: Glenn Greenberg
I had scheduled this for Wednesday but since I somehow screwed up the scheduling and TWO daily quickposts came out yesterday, it’s here now…and messing up my layout plans even more than had already been. Thanks a lot, Sunday me!
I can understand wanting to get the latest news to draw in more readers. “Hey, look at the news story I broke!” Being a review and commentary site I don’t have to worry about those things, but what if the story is a leak of something that hasn’t been announced yet? Gundam Naoyuki Onda recent asked sites to stop doing this, even foreign sites, because it’s causing some serious workplace and trust issues. Will they listen? Probably not; they’re just in it for the ad revenue and subscription count. However, Onda makes a good cause that they’re hurting the industry they’re reporting on.
My question is: is it only anime that’s suffering from this, or is this a bigger problem in the entertainment industry (and possibly a few others–I’ve seen leaks of new toys in collector circles before the company is ready to reveal it too) overall than we realize?
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He-Man later bought her an ice cream.
I know this is usually Chapter By Chapter day but I went shopping today and I’m a bit too tired to review today. I’m hoping to get enough mental energy for the comic review, so the book review comes tomorrow. Sorry for the delay but it’s less than an hour to post time as I write this paragraph. As it is this article is going to be going up after deadline.
It’s part three of Midnight’s Edge’s look at the rise and fall of the Masters Of The Universe franchise (I’m hoping they get to part 5 before I get to part 4) and this one is a bit more of a commentary piece than the first and second parts. While those were just collecting information on the origins of the toyline and cartoons for Masters Of The Universe and Princess Of Power this one has host Andre Einherjar giving his opinion as to why the franchise went from one of the most popular toys on 80s store shelves to the end of the line. I do have a few thoughts of my own and I think I can bring enough brain power up to go over them.
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Yellow Dancer’s new singing partner didn’t work out so well.
Robotech: The New Generation #22
Comico The Comic Company (March, 1988)
“The Big Apple”
ADAPTATION: Markalan Joplin
PENCILER: Thomas A. Tenney
INKER: Rich Rankin
COLORIST: Kurt Mausert
LETTERER: Bob Pinaha
EDITOR: Maggie Brenner
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I grew up in the age of TV superheroes. From Superman to Space Ghost, whether they came from comics or were original creations (remember those?), my day was filled with super adventures. (Literally, considering one of those shows was Hanna-Barbera’s World Of Super Adventure, a collection of superhero show reruns because I had Saturday morning AND syndication!) However, jazz musician Stephen Harvey (not to be confused with the comedian and game show host) grew up with the TV heroes of the 1990s, and it’s from that perspective he’s produced a tribute album with this jazz orchestra. I like superheroes. I like jazz. I like this combination.
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Well, there is movie Gwen being a science person like Peter, which Spectacular Spider-Man did the same error for, the fact that Peter didn’t meet his larger cast, including Harry Osborn, Gwen Stacey, and Mary Jane Watson, until college (just Flash and the Daily Bugle staff), and if they’re going to make his eyes emote (an odd feature for Tony to add to the costume but whatever) does he really need to remove the mask so often?
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Not new stuff, mind you. I don’t see the DC universe I grew up with and loved there. However, during Free Comic Book Day I did pick up a few extra comics because it’s only right that the store make money off of this somehow. I’ve already done some of them but the DC universe stories I picked up, holes I wanted to fill in my collection and the occasional curiosity, will be in the usual “Yesterday’s” Comic slot where I just completed Space Ace. Meanwhile the Chapter By Chapter review of Robotech: Before The Invid Storm is coming and the last of the banked Finally Watched reviews is coming as well.
As to why there’s no comic this week, it’s for the same reason this week’s Clutter Report is a video of someone else cleaning their art space, which would have been a minor tweaking project for me, as part of Operation: A Place For Everything. I just couldn’t get to sleep Friday night so Saturday I was tired all day long. It didn’t help that I didn’t come up with a Jake & Leon story until oddly enough Saturday but if I was awake I could have started it yesterday and finished it today. As it is I have one panel done and I don’t want to do some rush job and call it good. So I have two strips thought up, meaning I won’t have this problem the next two weeks so long as I find time to make them.
Well, that’s it from me. Have a good week, everyone! Get some sleep tonight. Or if you work nights…whenever it is you go to sleep.
