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Monday, April 28, 2008
Comic books dominate this action-packed summer
Comic books dominate this action-packed summer
The Tartan has a list of this summers movies, and the important comic book based movies such as Iron Man, May 2 and The Dark Knight, July 18.
I left off Speed Racer, even though it has been a comic and looks really wild.
The full write up is here:
http://www.thetartan.org/2008/4/28/pillbox/summer_movies
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Monday, April 21, 2008
Comic books draw the serious to the seriously twisted
Comic books draw the serious to the seriously twisted
Sunday, April 20, 2008
BY ALLISON STEELE
Star-Ledger Staff
NEW YORK -- Some came for autographs, or to catch a glimpse of a legendary comic book artist. Others were there to browse the seemingly endless rows of tables piled with graphic novels and shelves filled with Japanese anime figurines. Plenty of fans flocked to the New York Comic Con in midtown Manhattan yesterday for a chance to dress up like Luke Skywalker or Obi-Wan Kenobi.
For Steve Vincent and Mike McLaughlin, owners of a Forked River, Ocean County, comic book company, this weekend's three-day convention was a chance to catch up with old friends and sell a few comics.
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1208666170124310.xml&coll=1
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Steve Gerber, Marshall Rogers, Dave Stevens
Steve Gerber, Marshall Rogers, Dave Stevens.
So far this year we've lost 3 greats. Although these names may not be as familiar to some as the writers and artists now, these men made a great impact on me, and the generation that grew up with their stories.
What I remember......
Steve Gerber, Howard the Duck (forget the movie, read the first few books in the series) , Man-Thing, Omega the Unknown, Foolkiller ( " You're a FOOL! BLAM!, Punisher fans take note.) , Tales of the Zombie ( the only comic that actually spooked me) , The Defenders ( misfit heroes, way before everyone was a mutant at Marvel) , and the Guardians of the Galaxy ( Starhawk, the first hero that I recall that had REAL identity issues.)
Gerber's writing was escape, that still had threads of the real world intertwined.
Marshall Rogers, Daughters of the Dragon ( A Black and white comic. Get your hands on them and just look at the artwork) Batman ( Bringing more realism to the art, while keeping the " Dark Knight" before Miller) and Manhunter ( I really LOVED the back up stories in Detective Comics, again the artwork was amazing)
Dave Stevens, His pin-up style and glamour art illustrations, especially Bettie Page. Wow. And The Rocketeer,(okay, you CAN see that movie, I loved it too)His art had this realistic look, while still maintaining fantasy.
I really hope these are all we lose. Because these 3 were too much.
So far this year we've lost 3 greats. Although these names may not be as familiar to some as the writers and artists now, these men made a great impact on me, and the generation that grew up with their stories.
What I remember......
Steve Gerber, Howard the Duck (forget the movie, read the first few books in the series) , Man-Thing, Omega the Unknown, Foolkiller ( " You're a FOOL! BLAM!, Punisher fans take note.) , Tales of the Zombie ( the only comic that actually spooked me) , The Defenders ( misfit heroes, way before everyone was a mutant at Marvel) , and the Guardians of the Galaxy ( Starhawk, the first hero that I recall that had REAL identity issues.)
Gerber's writing was escape, that still had threads of the real world intertwined.
Marshall Rogers, Daughters of the Dragon ( A Black and white comic. Get your hands on them and just look at the artwork) Batman ( Bringing more realism to the art, while keeping the " Dark Knight" before Miller) and Manhunter ( I really LOVED the back up stories in Detective Comics, again the artwork was amazing)
Dave Stevens, His pin-up style and glamour art illustrations, especially Bettie Page. Wow. And The Rocketeer,(okay, you CAN see that movie, I loved it too)His art had this realistic look, while still maintaining fantasy.
I really hope these are all we lose. Because these 3 were too much.
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