Well, not exactly. (I have heard there’s a dog-less porno but I’m not investigating that.) However, Screen Rant’s Bradley Harding saw Shriek of the Mutilated, a slasher movie he’s convinced was inspired by the human members of Mystery, Incorporated. Again, no Great Danes in sight. Kind of misses the point I think.
Arguably the most iconic cover in Transformers comics ever.
This whole pandemic shutdown, whether you agree with it or not or fall somewhere in-between, has hit the entertainment industry hard. In most cases the celebrities and creators will be fine, but the guys running the cameras or adjusting the lights or catering the studio are in trouble. With “non-essential workers” being told to stay home or outright being forced to have no income, and some businesses are so hard hit by no customers that they may never open again. This includes comics, an industry that’s already been hurting due to really bad decisions by the publishers, a few key creators I won’t go into here, and near-monopoly distributor Diamond. The stores are hurting and while some states are starting to slowly reopen to see what the health impact is it may take some time for comics to be profitable again.
However as I said, the industry has been going down due to bad decisions. Stores were closing even before Covid-19 was a household name. This forced “pencils down” action on the part of publishers (due in part to not having a distributor for physical comics right now, though DC has been trying to work around them…a discussion for another time) has also hurt creators but many fans and sellers see this as a good opportunity to course correct some of the many mistakes the publishers and Diamond have been making. In a recent article for Bleeding Fool, comic podcaster Chris Braly decided to grab some people from other comics podcasts and get their view on the future of comics post-cornoavirus. They seemed to agree on two big issues: comic stores are being the hardest hit and the longer people don’t have new comics to read the harder it will be for them to return to the habit. As someone who has been reading through his years-long collection of comics and been out of work since 2013 I’m still no expert but I’m not convinced on that last part, but the comic stores are taking a pounding.
You can read the full breakdown here, but my focus is going to be on the parts where the podcasters discuss what they want to see in comics on the other side of the quarantine. There are comments I actually agree with but with this being a versus article (still need to make a logo just for that) then you know I also have some disagreements.
I’d make a Voltron/MegaZord joke, but that’s what actually happens in the story.
Robotech II: The Sentinels book 3 #18
Academy Comics Ltd (June, 1995)
“Garudans In The Mist”
WRITER/ARTIST: Jason Waltrip
LETTERING: Mike DeLepine
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It’s like I’ve said, you don’t have to kill Superman to defeat him.
It’s rare when the internet lets me down. “Midnight” by the Monkees was one of those times. Oh I can find “Midnight Train” rather easily but “Midnight” seems to have disappeared with the subject of the song. I can’t even find a lyric video on this song so I’ll be posting the official YouTube video from Rhino and a transcript of the lyrics. It’s the only option I have, but first let’s get into what little I do know about this song. It isn’t much but when even the Monkees fan wiki doesn’t seem to act like the song exists what option do I have?
“Midnight” comes off 1987’s Pool It!, the first Monkees album the band did together since MTV brought them back into prominence by bringing in reruns of their show back when they still tried to maintain their “Music Television” identity but wanted to do more than music videos. The song was written by John David, but his Wikipedia page doesn’t even mention it. My guess is the album didn’t do well, which is too bad. There are some really good songs, and this is one of them. Listen as Mickey Dolenz weaves a tale of a man who seems to have gotten into the wrong line of work.
In the future you still have to shovel your driveway.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Annual #2
DC Comics (1991)
“Thin Ice”
WRITER: Michael Jan Friendman
PENCILER: Matt Haley
INKER: Carlos Guzmon
COLORIST: Julianna Frerriter
LETTERER: Bob Pinaha
EDITOR: Robert Greenberger
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
