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Comic Book Legends Revealed #214

Welcome to the two-hundred and fourteenth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of the previous two hundred and thirteen.

Comic Book Legends Revealed is now part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds of entertainment and sports, which you can check out here, at legendsrevealed.com. I’d especially recommend last week’s Movie Legends, for a piece about Waldo (of Where’s Waldo fame) popping up in Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto!

I presume Shelly did not like last week, and I don’t think she will be too pleased about this week, either!

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  • Posted on July 2, 2009 @ 11:50 PM

Week of NBM Reviews – Mijeong

This week’s look at NBM comics continues with Byun Byung-Jun’s collection of short stories, Mijeong.

The work is an interesting collection, because the stories do not really seem to have much of an underlying theme, seeing as how they’re from different times in Byun’s life and from different original sources. I suppose you could not that a number of them feature pretty sad characters, but not all of them. The impressive artwork of Byun, though, I suppose works pretty well in making them at least visually consistent.

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  • Posted on July 2, 2009 @ 11:49 PM

Month of Art Stars: Artist’s Choice – Edvin Biukovic

Every day in June I featured the work of a great artist, only instead of me picking the artist to feature, they were picked by their peers, fellow professional comic book artists who are picking out artists (from the past and present) who they think deserve special attention. Do note that most artists I asked about this gave me multiple answers and I picked out one choice out of a number of suggestions, so these are not definitive answers, like “Artist X likes Artist Y and he thinks all other Artists are terrible!” Here is an archive of the artists featured so far!

I ended up with more suggestions than there were days in the month, so enjoy a few BONUS installments!

The second bonus installment is the pick of Goran Sudzuka, who I featured in a previous Month of Art Stars (here). He’s a great artist. You can check out his website here.

Goran’s pick is Edvin Biukovic.
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  • Posted on July 2, 2009 @ 11:05 PM

Captain America: Reborn #1 Review

While I would have preferred that Captain America: Reborn #1 be part of the regular Captain America series (especially the odd few months while it will be running concurrently with the regular Captain America book), that’s an extremely minor complaint. Captain America: Reborn #1 is a good comic book, and that’s the most important thing.

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  • Posted on July 2, 2009 @ 09:30 PM

Box of Comics: June 2009

And lo, the first round of cuts to my pull list hits, as I try to wean myself off single issues and into trade paperbacks. What did I decide to keep buying in singles? Join me under the jump for the stuff I bought that’s worth typing about: robots, space horses, vampires, more vampires, and Batman. What’s most surprising, dear reader? My favorite comic this month wasn’t written by Grant Morrison. (Gasp!) Continue Reading »


Is This Theoretical Silver Surfer Video Game A Conspiracy To Injure Nerds?

Kotaku passes along comments from the developers of the new Tony Hawk skateboard game*, which will come with a skateboard shaped motion control. In it, he mentions two possible Marvel games the board could be compatible with. Only one makes a lick of sense to me. I’ll let you guess which by reading the quote**:

Tsui mentioned that there are plenty of no-brainers, like surfing and snowboarding, but that there are also opportunities for Silver Surfer and Hobgoblin games in the future

So, really, what are the injury projections if either of those get made? That said, a good Silver Surfer game of any kind is not something I’d turn down.

*As opposed to the Tony Hawk civic planning game. Which, knowing Activision, may be in the works.

**Screw subtlty, I’m gonna come out and say it; a Hobgoblin game? Seriously?

What I bought – 1 July 2009

Man, I love the new blog format! Although I guess only Brad and I are MAN enough to use the tags. Come on, my fellow bloggers, tag it up!
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Batman and Robin #2 Review

I liked the first issue of Batman and Robin a lot, but the second issue is even better, on both the writing and the art side of things, which makes for a great comic book.

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  • Posted on July 2, 2009 @ 01:12 PM

A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 183

Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here’s the archive of the moments posted so far!

Today is the mid-point of the calendar year, so to celebrate the occasion, I’ve chosen a particularly classic scene from Batman: The Dark Knight that I’m surprised that I have not featured yet! It’s a chilling example of how twisted the Joker is.

Enjoy!
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  • Posted on July 2, 2009 @ 11:19 AM

Month of Art Stars: Artist’s Choice – Rudy Nebres

Every day in June I featured the work of a great artist, only instead of me picking the artist to feature, they were picked by their peers, fellow professional comic book artists who are picking out artists (from the past and present) who they think deserve special attention. Do note that most artists I asked about this gave me multiple answers and I picked out one choice out of a number of suggestions, so these are not definitive answers, like “Artist X likes Artist Y and he thinks all other Artists are terrible!” Here is an archive of the artists featured so far!

I ended up with more suggestions than there were days in the month, so enjoy a few BONUS installments!

The first bonus installment is the pick of Mike Deodato, who draws the most popular ongoing comic book title right now, Dark Avengers. Here’s Mike’s Deviant Art page.

Mike’s pick is Rudy Nebres.
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  • Posted on July 1, 2009 @ 11:52 PM

Week of NBM Reviews – Dungeon: Zenith Vol. 3

My week-long look at NBM titles continues with the latest English translation of the popular Dungeon (in French, Donjon) series of titles.

Dungeon is the expansive Dungeons and Dragons satire that French comic creators Joann Sfar and Lewis Trondheim started in 1998. Similar to George Lucas’ idea of having Star Wars stories set in the “past,” the “present” and the “future,” the Dungeon series of comics takes place at different points in the history of the land Terra Amata.

Sfar and Trondheim manage to create such an elaborate universe (I think there have been almost thirty albums in the last eleven years) by only co-writing most of the albums – Trondheim originally drew the first few albums of the “Zenith” series, which tells the tale of the, well, zenith point of the land of Terra Amata. But artist Boulet took over with albums 5 and 6, which were reprinted in English by NBM as Dungeon: Zenith Vol. 3: Back in Style.

It’s a great little work from two brilliant comic book creators and a great (slightly) newer artist.
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  • Posted on July 1, 2009 @ 11:24 PM

A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 182

Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here’s the archive of the moments posted so far!

Today we look at a neat Batman moment from Grant Morrison that was a bit of a precursor to his more recent Batman run.

Enjoy!
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  • Posted on July 1, 2009 @ 10:43 PM

A Fortnight’s Worth Of Reviews

Two weeks worth of comics that are better than what Megan Fox reads. I think I’ll go to San Diego and shove them in her face whilst laughing at her inferior taste, making her cry in a pile of money and rich guys as a result.

Oh yeah, I should probably tease the reviews. I’m sticking with grouping everything in categories, and I’m starting with some Batman comics you may not have heard of. If you are new to comic book blogs, at least. Continue Reading »

I Was Going To Write The Ultimate Flame Bait Post

tying Michael Jackson, Jeph Loeb, and homosexuality in comics together, but I just couldn’t find a way to string it all together. So I’m just going to write about one of those hot button topics. Find out which one after the jump! Continue Reading »

Comic Critics #76!

Here is the latest installment of the Comic Critics strip, courtesy of Sean Whitmore (writer) and Brandon Hanvey (artist)! You can check out the first seventy-five strips at the archive here and you can read more about Sean and Brandon at the Comic Critics blog.

Enjoy!

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  • Posted on July 1, 2009 @ 03:15 PM
 

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