October 5, 2018

Star Trek: The Next Story Bible–Starship Life

This is going to be shorter than I thought it would be. The “Community & Family Life” and Holodecks sections are on the same page, and it’s followed up by full character profiles so I don’t want to combine them into the same section. And given how full my personal life was this week something short may be of benefit to me.

This is the last bit of external world building, unless you count the terminology at the end of the guide. After this we’re looking at the lives of the individual characters. But this section is so short I can probably post the whole thing. Which is good because I can’t even add anything to the introduction, so let’s just dive in and see what life is like aboard a Galaxy-Class Starship.

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October 5, 2018

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Robotech: Return To Macross #24

A panty shot on the cover. Keeping it classy I see, Return To Macross.

Robotech: Return To Macross #24

Academy Comics, Ltd. (August, 1995)

“War Of The Believers” part 3: “Capturing The Flag”

WRITER: Bil Spangler

ARTIST: Wes Abbott

LETTERER: Mike DeLepine

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October 5, 2018

BW’s Morning Article Link: Jon Favreau’s Star Wars Series Revealed

Variety is reporting on Jon Favreau’s series for streaming (probably one of Disney’s upcoming services) set in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian sounds kind of westerny, which doesn’t surprise me since he directed the adaptation of Cowboys & Aliens.

UPDATE: I just fixed the article’s title, which said Star TREK by mistake. I can’t change it in the URL but I’m sorry I messed that up.

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October 4, 2018

BW Pilot Review: The Neighborhood

There have been sitcoms about a white family in which an episode involved a black family moving into the neighborhood. Rarely is this a full series when it does happen. All In The Family had the Jeffersons (one of the many spin-offs from this show) and Family Ties had an episode where Steven’s friend at the PBS station wanted to move his family into the house next door. It’s usually intended to showcase the racial divide that still exists because people are stupid and think a variation of melanin affects your personality or something. I’m no scientist and even I know that’s stupid.

(And no, I will not be using the word “African-American” in this review. Unless you have dual citizenship you’re either African or American. Although one of these actors may be Canadian or something. I don’t know. You never hear of “African-Canadians”. What do you call black people in Africa? African-Africans? And what about Haitians? Right, back on topic.)

The Neighborhood, created by Jim Reynolds,  decides to flip this scenario over and showcase a white family moving into a black neighborhood. I may make comparisons to All In The Family but this show doesn’t just follow one family with the other showing up now and then. It’s focused on the Butlers and the Johnsons, one black and the other white. However, this neighborhood is made of middle-class black people and that’s the hook. But does it reel in a hit?

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October 4, 2018

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Transformers: Saga Of The All-Spark #1

“I’m bored with faces. I’m going for spleens now.”

Transformers: Saga Of The All-Spark #1

IDW Publishing (July, 2008)

originally published by Titan Magazine (UK)

WRITER: Simon Furman

LETTERER: Jimmy Betancourt

IDW SELECTED COVER ART: Nick Roche

IDW SELECTED COVER COLORIST: Josh Burcham

“Optimus Prime”

ARTIST: Geoff Senior

COLORIST: Robin Smith

“Megatron”

ARTIST: Nick Roche

COLORIST: Liam Shalloo

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October 4, 2018

BW’s Morning Video Link: Moarte Reviews Doctor Who’s Dogs Of Doom

Normally I wouldn’t bother but since it’s so close to my recent reviews of the “Dogs Of Doom” storyline from the Doctor Who Weekly reprints I thought it would be interesting to post this here. Every October Lewis Lovhaug does a video series of short reviews focusing on horror and horror-themed comic stories. Instead of Linkara we have Moarte (a name suggested by one of my former Reviewers Unknown colleagues Arthur Knowledge if memory serves), a host in the “vein” of late-night horror hosts like Elvira or Svengoolie. (Although MeTV moved Svengoolie to prime time but he was late night.) The show is called Longbox Of The Damned and in yesterday’s episode he looked at the Marvel US reprint of this storyline.

If you want to recall what I thought of the IDW reprint here’s those two issues. I think the Marvel colors are better suited for the story.

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October 3, 2018

Free Comic Inside: She-Ra’s Blue Diamond Adventure

It’s time again to visit everyone’s favorite Girly-Girl Murder Machine, She-Ra! Well, She-Ra of the minicomics, where she turns her enemies into butterflies or stone walls. And this isn’t even the version fighting a civil war against an evil army. This is the She-Ra that in past installments we’ve seen play dress-up and fight Catra over jewelry and boys (namely Bow). Okay, Catra took over Bright Moon once but I’m not convinced it was for any reason other than being jealous She-Ra has the Crystal Castle and wanted a dream house of her own. Most of these stories feel more like they’re in high school and Catra’s just the mean girl, yet this She-Ra has the higher body count than the one actually fighting a war in the cartoons.

This is the last of the “series one” Princess Of Power minicomics, so who know? Maybe this time we’ll finally get a real case of our mighty heroine working to save the world from imminent danger…okay, I just saw the title, and they’re fighting over jewelry again. Girls, you were not getting the good stuff compared to your brothers. I’m sorry. Well, maybe something amazing will still come out of it. Or maybe She-Ra will butterfly another creature for being ugly. I really hope the new cartoon is only looking to the old one for inspiration. I mean, I doubt it given what I’ve heard so far but at least it isn’t the minicomics.

And not a single one of them has a winter coat. Bow doesn’t even own a shirt.

Princess Of Power series 1 #5

FINAL ISSUE

Mattel (1986)

“Adventure Of The Blue Diamond”

as usual no credits given

PACKAGED WITH: Double Trouble & Frosta

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