“Can we go back to fighting Jem’Hadar?”
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy #13
Marvel/Paramount Comics (December, 1997)
“Parents’ Day”
WRITER: Chris Cooper
PENCILER: John Royle
INKER: Tom Wegrzyn
LETTERER: Jim Novak
They forgot to list a colorist. Comics.org points to Kevin Somers but the gag credits seem to be reserved for editorial credits, so why credit the colorist with one when none of the other creators had one?
EDITOR: Bobbie Chase
Look, if they’re not going to try I can’t do anything.
Spider-Man: The Manga #7
Marvel Comics (March, 1998)
WRITER/ARTIST: Ryoichi Ikegami
TRANSLATION: Mutsumi Masuda & C.B. Cebulski
RETOUCHING/PRODUCTION: Dan Natrosis
COVER DESIGN: Jeffery Huang (so I have him to blame)
EDITOR: Tom Brevoort
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Normally I don’t bother with this stuff. I’d rather look at a good or bad story and go over why it’s good or bad. However, I think there’s something here that isn’t bring brought up, so we’ll talk about in tonight’s feature article.
In the last chapter of Robotech: Dana and Louie met with Dana’s old friend Terry Weston, and the trio tried to convince the Shimada family to aid in the defense of the coming Invid invasion, but they opted to do something stupid instead and try to befriend them. Of all the aliens who have invaded Earth in this franchise the Invid are probably the least likely to work out a deal so clearly this gambit would end in failure even you haven’t seen the show prior to this.
Now our heroes must find a new way to protect the Earth. With the Zentraedi returning there may be a chance to stop the Invid before the invasion begins. Let’s see more of the events leading to when they failed.
“How do you wear mascara better than I do?”
Robotech: The New Generation #11
Comico The Comic Company (October, 1985)
“The Secret Route”
WRITER: Jack Herman
PENCILER: Reggie Byers
INKER: Tom Poston
COLORIST: Kurt MAusert
LETTERER: Steve Haynie
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
My Attempt To Make Sense Of The G4 2022 Debacle
I don’t usually bother with the backstage drama. BW Media Spotlight is about looking at the end product, the story itself in whatever format I’m reviewing. I could have put this over at The Tronix Tumblr, if I ever used the darn thing and I probably should find an actual use for that besides promoting BW and Clutter Report posts and occasional reblogging. However, this was a topic I wanted to get the wider view on not because I want to join the throng defending or condemning the people in question. It’s more about getting past the anger and get to the heart of why this is troubling, because while the lady in question made a few good points she also got a whole lot wrong, and I want to cull the good from the bad and try to bring some discussion to this “debate” rather than something built solely on emotion. Also I wanted to point out some parts of G4 history everyone on both sides seems to have forgotten. This isn’t going to be another Frosk hit piece, but it’s not quite a defense either. Instead I want to put this discussion into perspective from a relatively unbiased view.
Now I wasn’t there for the Tech TV days or the merger. I’m not some G4 historian so if a fact or two is wrong understand I barely remember what I had for breakfast yesterday. I’m also not going to be doing a deep dive into what happened with G4 host Indiana “Froskurinn” Black (aka “Frosk”). If you aren’t aware of the situation to this point I posted a video by Midnight’s Edge earlier today that goes over all of that. Once you’re caught up with the rest of us, let’s go over by G4’s and Frosk’s actions were a bit overboard and how their recent “course correct” totally missed the point and just brought back Spike TV lite memories. Remember that period?
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on March 29, 2022 in Streaming Spotlight, Television Spotlight and tagged commentary, G4TV.
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