This is what happens when you confuse him with Jason Momoa. He’s getting tired of it.
Justice League Adventures #14
DC Comics (February, 2003)
“An Angry Tide”
WRITER: Matthew K. Manning
PENCILER: John Delaney
INKER: John K. Snyder
COLORIST: John Kalisz
SEPARATIONS: Heroic Age
LETTERER: Kurt Hathaway
EDITOR: Stephen Wacker
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I’m bringing you a cliffhanger for Christmas!
Part of my update this week is in v-log form.
Over at The Clutter Reports I just posted this and a few stills of the Transformers around the Christmas tree. Here they are if you want to see them.
Otherwise this week…more Christmas stuff and more comic reviews.
The Family Circus is a one-panel comic strip focusing on four kids and their parents, all loosely based on creator Bil Keane’s actually family. His son Jeff now makes the comic. Keane’s oldest son Glenn, the inspiration for Billy, is a Disney animator. Keane would take his humorous inspirations from the typical childhood antics of his kids and later his grandkids, presumable Jeff following the same path. It’s not really meant to be fall-down hilarious so much as a cute and charming comic. It’s actually quite good.
With comics like Peanuts and Garfield making Christmas specials, which led the way to other specials and later a full series, other newspaper comics have made the same attempt, but not with the same success. A Family Circus Christmas is such an example. The 1979 special, the second of three (preceded by a Valentines Day special a year earlier and an Easter special in 1982), isn’t a bad special. It just didn’t catch on as a full series. In the special second youngest child Jeffy (based on Jeff) wants his grandpa to visit his father for Christmas after the tree topper he made disappears. However, Bil’s father had died years ago, and he can’t seem to grasp the concept. It isn’t helped when he sees an invisible Santa watching what they do. (This is actually based on a theme of the comics, as a passed family member’s spirit is shown watching over them in this way, as well as “Not Me”, the embodiment of the kids not admitting to be responsible for something breaking.) Enjoy.
Why yes, there are comics in my comiXology library that aren’t Batman.
Pac-Man was hungry today.
Bone #1
Cartoon Books (July, 1991; comiXology posting July, 2011)
WRITER/ARTIST: Jeff Smith
COLORIST: Steve Hamaker
So the American creators of Transformers Prime screwed over the whole Aligned continuity plan the show was supposed to be a flagship for, as we discussed last week. What resulted was still a pretty darn good show, with intros that highlighted the tone of the show and its cinematic feel. So on its own it was a good show. So what happened when Japan got their hands on it.
“Ruin” may be a harsh word given that I haven’t watched it and don’t know Japanese anyway. I’m going by the Transformers wiki on this and according to them the tone intended was tossed out. Again Yoshikazu Iwanami decided to mess with things, with fourth wall breaking humor, boosting the comedy in one of the darkest Transformers series to date, and…having Airrachnid pursuing Jake romantically Pepe Le Pew style? Seriously? Additionally, the “Beast Hunters” season was dropped, the final episode of season two altered into a less cliffhanger style ending, and instead gave us the show I’ll be reviewing the intro for next time. They also added a few features we’ll talk about later. First let’s look at the intros because that’s a mistake I can actually discuss.
Come on, Shaggy, this is how ALL your vacations go.
Scooby-Doo #2
Archie Comics (November, 1995)
“When Scooby Comes Marching Home” and “The Abominable Skiman!”
The only credits given are “Kirschenbaum – Morison – Alcala”
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
