Internet, stop saying “everything is going according to keikaku”. Just say “plan” if you’re speaking English!
Sonic Universe #1
Archie Comic Publications (April, 2009)
“Living Weapons”
WRITER: Ian Flynn
PENCILER: Tracy Yardley
INKER: Jim Amash
COLORIST: Jason Jensen
LETTERER: Teresa Davidson
COVER: Patrick “Spaz” Spaziante
EDITOR/MANAGING EDITOR: Mike Pellerito
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Victor Gorelick
[See the original review here]
Here we go again, folks. I should state for the record that yes, I know it’s not out yet. Yes, the quality might be good. No, I haven’t seen other adaptations Netflix made for their Netflix Jr line, but given recent controversies their history still precedes them. However, trailers are supposed to get you excited for a new production, even if only to show it to your kids. I’m judging the promotion and what’s already out there about what is coming in November. That’s what a trailer does.
The trailer in question is Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches, an adaptation of one of the books from the 1961 children’s book The Sneetches And Other Stories. The book includes another story about a creature called The Zax, unrelated to the first story, but is still the length of a regular Dr. Seuss book together. We don’t know as of this writing if this special will be 30 minutes or a full-length story, but already there’s a padding issue. Then you watch the trailer and you find some adaptation errors, which could lead to worries that Netflix will treat it like so many other cartoon and anime adaptations in recent years. I wouldn’t put it past them.
I don’t have the information to say it’s “woke” or whatever. This isn’t some rage fest. It’s more that I have questions about unnecessary decisions already clearly made and concerns about what’s to come. Let’s see the trailer first.
In this issue: T-Bolt rethinks his life choices. Something ape.
Thunderbolt #52
Charlton Comics Group (June, 1966)
“Gore, The Man Ape”
CREATOR/WRITER/ARTIST: PAM
Closer and closer to being done.
Last time we lost a member of the cast. I hope this isn’t something that happens in every novel. It’s already difficult getting used to the regular Op-Center cast, though this book has presented them in better light…mostly because they’ve barely shown up outside of Paul, who was always good, and Mike, who is better in this novel than the original. All of the interesting cast tends to be outside the Center, the agents and soldiers in the field. I’d be okay with this but the book isn’t Tom Clancy’s Striker or Those Local Agents or something. The focus should be on the Center itself, and it only happens rarely. At least this time I’m not annoyed when it does, unlike the first novel, when I basically hated everyone beside Paul.
Two chapters today, both coming in at four pages, with an asterix for the one chapter that has three pages and four lines of text. So let’s see how everyone handles what happened in the previous chapter.
Ultraverse Origins
Malibu Comics/Ultraverse (January, 1994)
COVER ART: Quesada & Rubinstein | COVER COLORIST: Calleros according to the cover but George Cox according to the credits page
INTERIOR COLOR DESIGN: Robert Alvord, Moose Baumann, Keith Conroy, & Tim Divar
INTERIOR PAGE COLORIST: Albert Calleros, Scott Cattanach, George Cox, Tim Divar, Judy Hosobuchi, Tabitha Martin, Lydia Nomura, Dan Santiago, Dana Senit, Andy Walton, Ruth Yasharpour, & Chris Young
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Annie Chien, Jennifer Schellinger, & Jennel Cruz
EDITORS: Chris Ulm, Dan Danko, Hank Kanalz, & Roland Mann
This comic is a collection of recollections of the characters’ origins. I won’t be going over the origins themselves but the presentation. I’m going over origins in the books themselves.
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