Kino tries to do her best Liefeld art impersonation. Still better than the real thing.
Kino’s Journey: The Beautiful World
Vertical Comics (2019)
originally published by Kodansha Ltd (2017)
“Three Men Along The Tracks On The Rails”
WRITER: Keiichi Sigsawa
CHARACTER DESIGN: Kouhaku Kuroboshi
I don’t know much about this series so I don’t know where Iruka Shiomiya comes into play.
TRANSLATION: Jenny McKeon
PRODUCTION: Grace Lu & Anthony Quintessenza
I need to get to those Scooby-Doo comics I own but haven’t reviewed yet, if only to build out the image library.
Scooby-Doo Where Are You was one of Hanna-Barbera’s biggest successes, if not THE biggest. A mystery series for kids that showed you can do a detective story without murder (good luck finding one for adults–it’s all murders there), it’s a simple formula that only fails when it isn’t used. Four kids and their “talking dog” (although later characters, even in Scooby’s own family, would make it seem like he has a speech impediment) find mysteries all over their town, and later around the world (even Jessica Fletcher eventually had to get out of Cabot Cove), all involving villains trying to scare people with elaborate fake hauntings, monsters, and aliens. As long as they stay with the mystery formula everything is fine. Yes, even when they introduced Scrappy. It was only when they abandoned mysteries during the Scrappy years, or shows like The 13 Ghosts Of Scooby-Doo or Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue, where they started getting it wrong. Sure, I enjoy some of the movies where Scooby, Shaggy, and Scrappy met actual paranormal creatures, but it only really works when tied to a mystery like the early direct-to-video movies. I could frankly do a multi-part article about each of the series but maybe I’ll save that for when Scoob! hits theaters.
While the Variety article I’m using for this commentary doesn’t give a release date, Scoob! is what the other theatrical Scooby films should have been…an animated movie that seems to at least be trying to be faithful to the original while trying something new. I have no problem with this if they do it right. The announcement came during an animated film and television festival in Annecy, France. It will be in CG rather than traditionally 2D animated because computer-generated is the new hotness and apparently they want to turn everything computer animated, even the live action. (For example the Lion King remake.) Speaking for Warner Animation Group were director Tony Cervone, executive VP Allison Abbate, and production designer Michael Kurinsky along with Reel FX’s Bill Haller, the animation supervisor. Reading the article I have mixed feelings about whether or not this movie will qualify, but they’re doing better than most of the remakes out there right now, and I’m hoping it’s a step in the right direction.
In this issue Sam leaps into my drawing mannequin.
Quantum Leap #1
Innovative Corp (Innovation; September, 1991)
“First There Was A Mountain, Then There Was No Mountain, Then There Was”
WRITER: George Broderick, Jr.
ARTIST: Mark Jones
COLORIST: Scott Rockwell
LETTERER: Vickie Williams
EDITORS: David Campiti & George Broderick, JR.
SERIES CREATOR: Donald Bellisario
Comic prices are getting higher and higher, and it’s already priced out a kid’s allowance, but it’s also pricing out adults. The solution sounds simple: lower the price of comics. However, Bleeding Fool contributor Comics Perch explains why the current messed up business model makes that difficult, if not improbable.
Earlier this year YouTube dropped their annotations entirely. This allowed creators to add or correct information, insert links to other things, and I used them to do things like credit cosplayers who pointed themselves out in convention walk around videos. While they had their faults, most of them came from misuse at the hands of people who just wanted to make things pop up on-screen for whatever reason.
You may be wondering why a website devoted to storytelling is discussing a technical feature that was obsolete and didn’t work on apps anyway. Well, they were used for storytelling at times as well, and used correctly enhanced the media you were watching. I’ve been sitting on this video from Quinton Reviews a bit too long so today just feels like the day to break it out. In the video he goes over the history of YouTube’s annotation system, why is was done away with, and the way it was used to enhance the story or lead people to new stuff.
Continued from the last cover, Rick goes after the Zentraedi agent.
Robotech: The Macross Saga #9
Comico The Comic Company (February, 1986)
“Miss Macross”
ADAPTATION: Jack Herman
PENCILER: Reggie Byers
INKER: Tom Poston
COLORIST: Rick Taylor
LETTERER: L. Lois Buhalis
EDITOR: Diana Schutz
Halloween ComicFest is pretty much a Halloween edition of Free Comic Book Day where you can also get minicomics to give away for trick or treat. They’ve announced their list of titles for this year’s event, which I may go over in more detail when we get closer to the event. Honestly, not being a Halloween person means I’m not all that interested in most of the spooky titles being offered.
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
