I think we all wanted to ride a dinosaur like a horse at least one in our lives.
Transformers: Maximum Dinobots #4
IDW Publishing (March, 2009)
WRITER: Simon Furman
ARTISTS: Nick Roche (including selected cover) and James Raiz
COLORIST: Joana Lafuente (including selected cover)
LETTERER: Chris Mowry
EDITORS: Denton J. Tipton & Andy Schmidt
I have a lot of problems with Captain Planet & The Planeteers, but I also need an article link. Most superheroes end up with an “opposite number” at some point. Some last and become popular like Venom, Black Adam, or Bizarro. But then you have the ones nobody remembers, like the Owlman that isn’t from Watchmen. The “evil twin” was a trope even Captain Planet couldn’t escape. Dinosaur Dracula chronicles the brief and surprisingly dark life and death of Captain Pollution.
This time we’re so close to when the comic came out that I’m not really going to spoil much of anything, or try not to. I know did with the MASK and Robotech comics, but if I was going to explain my problem with them as nostalgic properties(or rather not-stalgic in MASK‘s case, at least Robotech got that part right…more or less, the less being why I lost interest) I kind of had to. This comic has continued for 83 plus + issues (including crossovers and spin-off mini and ongoing series) so at this point it’s solidifies its own continuity. Plus it’s the same writing team as it had when I stopped being able to get these on my own, so I already know the work is good.
When we last left our shell-backed shadow warriors they had traveled to another dimension hoping to figure out what the Rat King was planning, while we readers knew just what he was doing…preparing to drown the orphaned children of New York, some of whom lost their parents after anthropomorphic alien triceratops (I’m not sure what the plural of that is) invaded the planet. It’s nice to see comics that are still weird but fun are hitting store shelves considering the current state of things.
Someone just heard about the live-action Dumbo remake and he doesn’t look happy about it.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #83
IDW Publishing (June, 2018)
STORY: Kevin Eastman, Bobby Curnow, & Tom Waltz
WRITER: Tom Waltz
ARTIST: Dave Wachter
COLORIST: Ronda Pattison
SELECTED COVER ART: Dave Wachter
LETTERER: Shawn Lee
EDITOR: Bobby Curnow
“You’re the only one who really understands me, giant me.”
Mega Morphs #3
Marvel Comics (November, 2005)
“Red Rampage”
WRITER: Sean McKeever
PENCILER: Logan Lubera
LAYOUTS: Lou Kang
INKER: Craig Yeung
COLORING: HiFi
COVER ART: Lou Kang, Pat Davidson, & Ramil Sunga
LETTERER: Dave Sharpe
EDITOR: John Barber
In our last story we met Princess Benura of the Northern Isles. The comic strips were pretty good as introducing someone in one strip and having them be important in the next one, or introducing a situation that would be part of a future storyline. This story finds our heroes traveling to the Northern Isles to help with a crisis situation, but will lead to another adventure…and a question being popped.
For those of us looking down the barrel of Summer’s rifle we might be wanting a bit of colder weather, but this is going to be way too much.
America’s Got Talent is vicious this year.
Thunderbolts #20
Marvel Comics (November, 1998)
“Decisions” part 1: “Turning Point”
WRITER: Kurt Busiek
PENCILER: Mark Bagley
INKER: Jon Holdredge
COLORIST: Joe Rosas
LETTERING: Liz Agraphiotis
EDITOR: Tom Brevoort
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
BW’s Morning Article Link: The Problem With Rose Tico
Look, I don’t want to come off as picking on The Last Jedi or Rose Tico. I liked the movie when I watched it and the character had potential. Sadly she never actually reached that potential as the writer of this commentary points out. Of all the female characters who belong part of the Forces Of Destiny project she is not one of them.
It could have been worse though. She could have been Rose Tyler.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on June 27, 2018 in Movie Spotlight and tagged commentary, Rose Tico, Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
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