Capcom has announced that they plan to go after videos, mods, and certain other content they find inappropriate. This (so far) may not include fan art or “dojinshi” (Japan has a lighter perspective on fan comics than Western publishers) but in the comments people are worried that this is coming next. Do you think it will? And what qualifies as “inappropriate”, racist, or porn? Already someone has had their video taken down from YouTube but not having seen it I don’t know what was in it.
I think we’re at the 1/3rd point of this book. Yes, we’re going to be awhile on this one. I just want to finish up the set-up and get to the promised spy story already. But maybe what Diana found last chapter will play into that. At the very least we’re told Diana is sure this will give Joanna what she’s been wanting…a chance to beat a certain jerk into the ground…possibly literally. The sad thing is I’ve run out of spoiler-free commentary to make into two paragraphs way too early in the book’s run. That doesn’t usually happen until closer to the end of the book but this is a 32 chapter book. At any rate let’s get into it and see what Diana’s learned.
“Man, I forgot the marshmallows!”
Steel: The Official Movie Adaptation
DC Comics (1997)
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Kenneth Johnson
ADAPTATION: Louise Simonson (character co-creator)
ARTISTS: Jon Bogdanove (character co-creator) & Dick Giordano
COLORIST: John Kalisz
SEPARATIONS: Graphic Color Words
LETTERER: Janice Chiang
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Maureen McTigue
EDITOR: Michael McAvennie
I’d say ignorance is bliss but that’s usually how they trick you. However, not watching the news has its benefits.
Over at The Clutter Reports I took down the decorations and I’m already planning what clutter-clearing projects to do next.
Here at BW this week I don’t really know what’s coming outside of the usual comic reviews and the next chapter (yes, it’s only one chapter this time) of BattleTech: I Am Jade Falcon. I do plan to do a Scooby rotation between the Scooby-Doo comic I’ve been reviewing, Scooby-Doo Where Are You, and all the Scooby-Doo Team-Up comics (I’ll have to do research to get the issue information right since the digital comics are half of the full-size print comics and thus the issue numbers are a bit wonky–which is why I took advantage of the free promotion at the time and grabbed the collections instead to keep my comiXology library under control) in the hopes of getting actual mysteries for the reader to solve and Saturday will leave comiXology behind since the rest of Doctor Who: The Forgotten comes from my physical comics.
I know what I’d like to do for features this week, or at least a few of them, but we know how I’ve had trouble with that based on current life events and I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up…especially mine…if I don’t get there. I can only promise I’ll do my best to bring you interesting commentary from myself and possibly others as we examine the art of storytelling. Hope everyone has a great week!
Bob Ross may be the most famous painter of the late 20th century. Host of PBS’s The Joy Of Painting, Ross has now become something of a celebrity on the internet. I have literally seen people cosplay as him at conventions. He has his own channel on Pluto TV and his own YouTube channel, both as of this writing, despite having passed away in 1995 at 52 years old. His is a strange phenomenon given his genre…unless you know his full story. The problem is the company that was built around Bob Ross doesn’t always tell you the whole story to hype up the brand. So what is the full history of the happy little painter? It’s more detailed than you’d think.
At least it is according to the research by Scott Niswander over at NerdSync, who brings us this documentary look at the history of man who did AMSR or however it’s spelled (it’s a YouTube genre I admittedly know little about) before it had a name. How did the man known for showing how much fun it is to paint and push the message that anyone can learn to paint pictures have a somewhat controversial start?
“You’d think they’d let me be in color in this modern comic, hmm?”
Doctor Who: The Forgotten #1
IDW Publishing (August, 2008; as posted to comiXology, no longer available)
“Amputation”
WRITER: Tony Lee
ARTIST: Pia Guerra
INK ASSISTS: Kent Archer & Shyanne Corbett
SELECTED COVER ART: Nick Roche (digital version also includes the variant photo cover)
COLORIST: Charlie Kirchoff
LETTERER: Neil Uyetake
EDITORS: Chris Ryall & Tom Waltz
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
