The 80s Flash Gordon movie may have a bunch of adaptation errors compared to Alex Raymond’s classic newspaper comic strip but on its own it’s a very entertaining and fun movie with a huge cult following. Tales From The Neon Beach takes a brief look at a documentary highlighting where some of the actors from the movie are now.
As I discussed in this week’s Clutter Report the week kind of got away from me and I didn’t get this week’s Jake & Leon even started. I could have tried to get a comic done since speed is one of the advantages of the comic’s style but lately I seem to do that a lot, so the Chapter By Chapter review doesn’t happen until the next day. I’ve been trying to get articles done the day before in case I ever restart the Patreon (I would love suggestions for improving the rewards. Link’s in the sidebar.) I really want to upgrade my gear and finally have income for more review material…not to mention not being a burden on my dad any more. Early access of a few hours isn’t as interesting as at least a day’s early access. So to get my schedule back on track and get everything done on time I decided to not force that this week and just go with an update.
I did find a new webcomic for an Internet Spotlight this week. (I haven’t done one of those articles in a long time.) We’re taking a huge jump in the Friday Scooby-Doo comics and one of the Sentinel tie-in comics for Robotech Thursday, while on Marvel Tuesday it’s part one of the three comic crossover “Standoff”, the one that features Thor, Iron Man, and Captain America. I don’t have any actual plans otherwise outside of the next installment of the new Art Of Storytelling series. I usually come up with something though, so hopefully you’ll find something to enjoy this week. Have a good one!
I’ve been wanting to take a look at this one for a long time now. What I ended up with is another dark take on Masters Of The Universe but I have to admire the work put into it as a fan piece. They even went the extra mile and created a preview comic showcasing the events leading up to the movie that couldn’t be done on a crowdfunding budget. I recommend reading it first. The art is really good and the story fills in a few details but doesn’t spoil the movie. Note that both the comic and the movie has some rather violent deaths. Don’t watch while eating. I made that mistake.
However, Fall Of Grayskull is a short fan film by Daniel Benedict and you can tell that he’s a fan of the franchise even with the body count. It’s another story where Skeletor has taken over and is about to achieve his destiny. However, he both sought the help of and betrayed Shadow Weaver, captured He-Man, gotten hold of an amulet of great power, and now only Teela and Shadow Weaver stand to oppose him. Unless you watch the mid-credit scene that’s all the rage these days. I do have some nitpicks, like Evil-Lyn’s costume and why Tri-Klops only seems to have one eye, plus yet another redesign of the Power Sword, but otherwise the costumes are rather good for the budget and the mostly virtual sets also look good for a fan film budget. Then even got Alan Oppenheimer to do the narration. I hope you like it.
That Steve Rogers has to be first at everything, doesn’t he?
Captain America: The First Avenger #1: First Vengeance
(that’s how comiXology lists it)
Marvel Comics (posted to comiXology, February, 2011)
WRITER: Fred Van Lente
ARTIST: Luke Ross
IT DOESN’T SAY: Richard Isanove
There are no credits in the comic itself, just what shows up in the store listing. I think this was a digital-first comic, released in time with Captain America’s debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
You sit around the campfire telling spooky stories. You tell your children about the exciting life their grandfather had. You tell someone how your day was or about your vacation. Congratulations, you’re not just a storyteller but you’ve done it through probably the oldest for of storytelling…mostly because nobody was around to see when cavemen started speaking versus the invention of cave drawings. Can we find the drawings Abel made of his brother before that whole incident with the rock?
The spoken word may be the oldest form of storytelling, but it has both evolved with the times and stayed the same. You will find in this series that sometimes things overlap. The campfire tale still exists, both traditionally and a sort of “round robin” style. Also, we have audiobooks and audio diaries. The audio drama is an extension of spoken stories as well as theater and other sources, but theater itself started from sitting around telling stories. Cave drawings and campfire tales may well be the origin of storytelling, but while cave drawings evolved into other forms of media, the spoken word has managed to remain as it began.
The Art Of Storytelling does not rank media format, or genres. Despite what certain enthusiasts may tell you no media is greater than the other. Instead I want to examine the strengths and weaknesses of each form of storytelling. Note that my “college education” is limited to “mostly obsolete web design courses” so if you think I’m not allowed to have an opinion then feel free to put in your own two cents on the topics in this series. A conversation about storytelling would be really nice. Here’s are a series of observations from someone who just really likes storytelling.
I’m curious how he even fits in this.
Scooby-Doo #2
DC Comics (September, 1997)
COLORIST: Patricia Mulhill
EDITOR: Bronwyn Taggart
“The Roswell Riddle”
WRITER: Terrance Grief
ARTIST: Ernie Colon
LETTERER: P. Felix
“Stubble Trouble”
WRITER: Chris Duffy
ARTIST/LETTERER: Tim Harkins
A few days after a supposedly leaked image of the new costume for Matt Reeve’s The Batman was proved to be fake Reeve released test footage of Robert Pattinson in the actual costume. Personally I find it a bit lacking. Another padded suit, though the cowl’s okay. However we don’t get to see the cape and that symbol looks like two separate pieces made to resemble batwings was shoved into the chest of the suit without the center piece that has the ears. I kind of wish the faked image was the actual costume.
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
