“Yesterday’s” Comic> Transformers: Official Movie Adaptation #4

There really is a lot of debris in space.

Transformers: Official Movie Adaptation #4

FINAL ISSUE

IDW Publishing (June, 2007)

STORY: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, & John Rogers

SCREENPLAY: Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman

ADAPTATION: Kris Oprisko

ARTIST: Alex Milne

COLORIST: Josh Perez, aided by Zac Atkinson, Josh Burcham, Andrew Elder, Kieran Oats, & Rob Ruffolo

FLATTING ASSIST: Mark Bristow & Lisa Moore

Seriously? It’s an average comic size with average panel size for 2007 and you not only needed five colorists to aid the main one, you needed two other people to assist with the flats? (That’s the base colors before the shading or sometimes just marking the spaces to be colored.) That’s eight people total to color 22 pages and some cover art. That seems a bit excessive to me.

LETTERER: Chris Mowry

EDITOR: Chris Ryall

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The He-Man Newspaper Comics: He-Man In Wonderland

It’s time again to delve into the old Masters Of The Universe newspaper comic strips. Last time we met Kartan the Terrible, who turned out to not be so terrible. We learned that the only way the Sword Of Power can be destroyed is if the power of Grayskull is used to perform a “dishonorable deed”, and that the royal family has always maintained the power of Grayskull…which makes me wonder if it skipped a generation with Randor. None of this information comes into play in tonight’s tale.

Instead we have another of those obligatory tales, this time the one where a hero travels into a fictional world, and one of the biggest cliché story choices. If you can’t guess which one, just read the title. It’s really kind of obvious. I’m just padding for the homepage at this point. No Sunday strips in color and two pages are missing from the story but the information is filled in so I still know what’s going on. So let’s get this over with and hope it’s better than the cliché would imply.

He-Man In Wonderland

WRITER: Chris Weber | ARTIST/ORIGINAL LETTERER: Gerald Forton | Editor: Karen Willson

As I said, the only color here is the weekday strip I colored myself, so whatever Connie Schurr contributed is lost to the Dark Horse collection. Sorry, Ms. Schurr.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Doctor Who #12 (Marvel US)

“Sorry, pal, the Girl Scouts are on the other side of the campus.”

Doctor Who #12

Marvel Comics Group (September, 1985)

US COVER ARTIST: Dave Gibbons

US COVER COLORIST: George Roussos

US COMIC COLORIST: Andy Yanchus

US EDITOR: Jim Salicrup

The Fourth Doctor: “End Of The Line” part 2 & “The Freefall Warriors”

WRITER: Steve Parkhouse

ARTIST: Dave Gibbons

“END OF THE LINE” EDITOR: Alan McKenzie

Star Tigers finale (originally presented in Doctor Who Monthly #46)

WRITER: Steve Moore

ARTIST: Steve Dillon

EDITOR: Dez Skinn

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BW’s Art Soundoff 2018 #13: It All Goes Wrong

The Threat Of Article 13

There is something wrong on the internet. And the cause is in the European Union. Remember how annoying it was when every website you ever visited suddenly pop up a warning about cookies even though you were fully aware of it? That was the EU. Now they’ve decided to jump 10 spaces ahead and further control how things are posted on the internet not just in their area like some of the more power-mad countries, but rules that will affect every creative, especially video and music creators, around the world in the worst way possible.

Article 13, as currently written, allegedly is supposed to protect creators rights, but it will only protect the big companies. And the method they’re employing will essentially kill smaller and independent creators on YouTube and anywhere else on the internet. I’m posting a video from the YouTube channel The Closer Look that fully explains the problem and how the EU is locking far too many creators out of the internet. And even if you’re not a creator it will affect your entertainment choices as well.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Iron Man vol. 3 #18

Tony turns to building dioramas in his spare time.

Iron Man volume 3 #18

Marvel Comics (July, 1999)

“Machinery Of War” part 1: “Sunset Intrigues”

CO-PLOTTERS: Kurt Busiek & Roger Stern

SCRIPT: Roger Stern

PENCILER: Sean Chen

INKERS: Larry Stucker & Eric Cannon

COLORIST: Steve Oliff

LETTERING: Comicraft

EDITOR: Bobbie Chase

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BW’s Art Soundoff 2018 #12: Motivation