“No! This is MY candy bar!”
Batman Beyond #16
DC Comics (February, 2001)
“Snake Food”
WRITER: Hilary Bader
PENCILER: Craig Rousseau
INKER: Rob Leigh
COLORIST: Lee Loughridge
LETTERER: Tim Harkins
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Frank Berrios
EDITOR: Bob Schreck
And yet if it was for the Nintendo DS they wouldn’t care.
I’m not well versed in this game series but all the complaints I saw were just upset about this being a mobile game. It’s an old DOS game series that doesn’t involve space marines blowing up demons. Do you really think it’s going to have a widespread audience without changing everything about the game? Look, I’m the guy always complaining about not-stalgia and mockstalgia and even I gave She-Ra & The Princesses Of Power more of a chance than the gamers I follow are giving this new Commander Keen.
In this week’s Clutter Report I go over my manga. Am I done sorting comics now? Probably not.
Speaking of Japanese media, that Molebeat company got my Clash Of The Bionoids review again. Apparently they like to wait two days before flagging me. I “fixed” the section they were complaining about only to have them complain about another earlier section. I don’t understand how this is working. Why did Victor Entertainment not complain about the end music earlier? What is wrong with Japan’s content ID claims and their ignoring fair use laws in countries outside of theirs? Well, I’m done trying to edit this thing. I’m not spending the rest of my life on one video. They’re allowing it to stay up and they aren’t trying to monetize it like Victor did (and I can’t monetize it anyway because I’m not popular enough) so the heck with it. And despite other anime I wanted to discuss I’m not discussing Japanese media in video form anymore. I’ve had it with this country. I’m not uploading the full movie. That I would see them having a problem with and that’s why they’re on the rampage to begin with, because so much of their work is illegally online. Heck, I can find the full version of Do You Remember Love on YouTube. Why not flag that? This is just a review, with encouragement to see their stuff. I guess they don’t want free promotion either. Anyway, no more anime video reviews folks.
As for this week I had other things to discuss and didn’t get a Finally Watched in. Maybe this week. Meanwhile I did the layouts for Captain PSA so I’m hoping to have one of those for you. What’s actually going to come out I seem to never know anymore, making updates hard lately, but hopefully you’ll enjoy it.
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If you’ve been here long enough you know that for the most part I really don’t care who would win in a fight between two heroes. I’d rather see heroes team-up against a villain, or have a hero fight a villain from another reality that is similar to them in power in ability. Ask me who would win between Superman and the Samaritan and I wouldn’t care, but ask me who would win between Superman and the Plutonian or Gladiator (who is only a “hero” depending on who is running the Shi’ar empire this month) and I’m a bit more interested. Tonight I chose an episode of Death Battle not for the fight itself but for the information it contains.
There have been numerous incarnations of Mega Man, from the former helper robot Rock to his brother X to humans who turn into Mega Man, across numerous games, cartoons, and comics. The current Mega Man (who was not around at the time this video was created) from Mega Man: Fully Charged, is back to being your typical power-copying hero and I’m not sure his presence would have changed the outcome of the fight. However, Wiz and Boomstick go over the various incarnations, choosing from the six most popular–the original and X, Volnut from Legends, .EXE from Mega Man Battle Network/NT Warrior (the latter is the anime/manga name, the former the Game Boy Games), and Star Force Mega Man. Who would win in a fight? I don’t care. I’m here for the character history and technical data.
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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
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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.
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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
