“Hey, I found a good picnic spot for later!”
Robotech II: The Sentinels book 3 #14
Academy Comics, Ltd (February, 1995)
“None But The Brave!”
WRITER/ARTIST: Jason Waltrip
LETTERING: Alphabet Soup
This doesn’t look like my kind of show. It probably isn’t hentai but it’s at least what they call ecchi, right? Maybe that’s why a certain line change in a recent dubbed episode of To Love-Ru has gotten fans convinced it was done for sociopolitical reasons rather than dub necessities? This is the kind of drama I don’t usually go into but given so many discussions and postings on my part this year about the sub versus dub debate this is one I find rather interesting.
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Okay, I’m exaggerated a little. The hands shouldn’t be segmented.
I wasn’t planning to use Jake & Leon as an opener twice in a row but there you go.
With Dan Didio no longer a publisher at DC Comics fans rejoiced. I however wait to see the results because at this point even when creators and publishers talk like they know what they’re doing the results prove otherwise. At any rate this leaves former co-publisher Jim Lee the sole publisher of DC Comics and the question is whether or not he’s up to the task or will fix the direction the DC Universe has gone as of late. Lee joined the DC family after taking his WildStorm studio out of Image comics, considered working with Marvel, but ultimately signing up with DC Comics. Since the New 52 the WildStorm brand has been mostly dormant. A new WildStorm continuity was announced and may even be running by now. I never really followed WildStorm. Meanwhile, the WildCATS and Stormwatch teams (as well as Helspont, the WildCATS main enemy) have shown up in the DC Universe, and done little if anything since. It’s not all that promising, but maybe recent comments will fix that.
Somehow in the midst of the overblown fear of the coronavirus C2E2 happened in Chicago. (I’m not saying don’t be concerned by the outbreak but remember when SARS and the avian flu were supposed to wipe out humanity? I’m surprised there weren’t comics and movies made around that premise. I guess they figured we’d all be to dead to read or watch it by the time it was done?) While the publisher panel was canceled due to Didio’s departure Jim Lee did have a personal panel scheduled so he took some time out of that to address the rumors and discuss some of his intentions since it’s too early to talk about a lot of stuff in production. I have the highlights from a few different sites because only Newsarama had the full “real-time” comments and that site loads a ton of crap besides ads and it’s a pain to load. (I wish my host would stop that white bar thing that seems to be the new hotness for site ads and it’s not because I don’t see a penny of it. It’s because it’s annoying when you try to read an article. At least they don’t have that annoying browser-slowing video that follows you even though you scrolled past it FOR A @#$@#%$ REASON, WEBMASTER!) So we at least know what plans Lee has announced.
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I think a lot of us had the same reaction as Worf to Okana being in this story.
Star Trek: The Next Generation #25
DC Comics (November, 1991)
“Wayward Son”
WRITER: Michael Jan Friedman
PENCILER: Peter Krause
INKER: Pablo Marcos
COLORIST: Julianna Ferriter
LETTERER: Bob Pinaha
EDITOR: Robert Greenberger
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Super Grover’s been…BATMANED!
I made this joke once because I was getting tired of seeing the dark and gritty remakes of stuff I enjoyed as a child, essentially ruining childhood favorites. I’m not against darker elements in my stories, even in an update, but sometimes they go a bit far in trying to turn something for kids into something for adults (sometimes pretending it’s still for kids when it’s really for them).
Kids stories have a stigma about them because certain parent groups think kids can’t handle mature subject matter like death and illness. However, while it needs to be handled with (pardon the expression) “kids gloves” you can discuss heavier subjects that kids run into in a way that doesn’t emotionally damage them for life. Filmation was good at this and so was Sesame Street. Yes, the show that taught preschoolers and kindergartners letters and numbers at times took on darker themes to help children get through tragedies they may not otherwise understand. You just have to know how to do it.
In this video by PhantomStrider he and guest presenter BlameitonJorge tackle six episodes in which the Muppets of Sesame Street deals with hospitals, the loss of a loved one, bullies, disasters, and even prison.
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“Well, time to start my new window washing career.”
Iron Man volume 3 #65
Marvel Comics (April, 2003)
“Manhunt” part 1
PLOT: Mike Grell
SCRIPT: Mike Grell & Robin Laws
PENCILER: Michael Ryan
INKER: Sean Parsons
COLORIST: Arsia Rozegar
LETTERER: Randy Gentile
ASSISTANT EDITORS: Marc Sumerak & Andy Scmidt
EDITOR: Tom Brevoort
