Comments on: 7/27 – Curious Cat Asks…

By: danjack

danjack — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:47:23 +0000

Wow! It took almost to the end to mention that Astro City is going monthly?
The MarvelMan announcement was the biggest news at the Con, but for me, monthly Astro City is the best news and the most exciting. i’ve read all the MM issues, including most of the specials, and it will be nice to be able to see them again [if indeed it works out]. However, my favorite comic book ever is Astro City, and its irregular schedule has been really frustrating.
To know that it is scheduled monthly is by far the best comic news i have heard in many, many months! i am so excited for this to actually happen!
DFTBA

By: Rob Schmidt

Rob Schmidt — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:46:42 +0000

If you’re going to Comic-Con for news, I’d say you’re going for the wrong reason. The best reason to go is to immerse yourself in the alternate universe of fandom. To see the world through the eyes of pop-culture geeks and nerds.

P.S. Here are my pix of the Comic-Con experience:

http://www.bluecorncomics.com/2009/07/pix-of-comic-con-2009.html

By: Grant

Grant — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:44:31 +0000

I forgot to mention Monthly Astro City. About time.

By: Grant

Grant — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:53:17 +0000

Oh I missed the CBR win. Congrats. This is easily the best comic site on the net.

By: amused

amused — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:10:47 +0000

Man, when Quesada officially confirms that they are reprinting the Moore and Gaiman stories, what are you guys going to have to cynically assume is wrong with *that* announcement?

I would love to hear what people think Marvel bought these rights for if not to get the rights to the Moore & Gaiman stories.

Y’all have been on the Internet too long.

By: Greg Hatcher

Greg Hatcher — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:33:23 +0000

Julie was in orbit over the Eisner. It went like this:

“You guys won! Jonah won!”

“Huh? For, what, online journalism?”

“Just journalism! It doesn’t say online!”

“No way. That can’t be right. That’s The Comics Journal.”

“No, it’s you guys! Seriously! Come look!”

So I did. And I admit I was kind of pleased too; although there’s no WAY we do journalism here at CBR better than Spurgeon or the Journal, that’s like Mary Hart beating Edward R. Murrow. But it’s still cool.

Also quite liked the look of the new Black Beauty that was on display, though I still have huge reservations about the Green Hornet movie.

By: Raskal66

Raskal66 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:54:12 +0000

Existence 3.0 sounded cool. 2.0 is a major fun read so far.

If the Gaiman and Moore Marvelmen get reprinted, that would be cool too. Not really interested in a new writer taking it at $3.99 though.

By: Grant

Grant — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:36:42 +0000

Dan Clowes new book, more Bone from Smith, Image United, the new Gerard Way book from Dark Horse, Scott Pilgrim game (is it an internet game?) not sure what else. It’s all sort of stuff I was interested in already.

By: Julian

Julian — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:35:17 +0000

Weekly World News comic has me interested. Furry Water looks good. Nancy is definitely cool but after MoCCA it’s not that big. Marvel Man will be nice but I don’t have my hopes set too high.

By: FunkyGreenJerusalem

FunkyGreenJerusalem — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:42:30 +0000

Nothing particularly exciting – the Miracle Man thing was a big let down.
They would have announced the Moore and Gaiman issues getting reprinted if that’s what they had – they obviously don’t have it yet, or aren’t sure about it or they would have announced it.
I think they are either reprinting these one’s to dip their toes in the water and see who bites, OR, just to get sales on them based on the latter works done with he character, from people who feel that it’s necessary to have the lot (or assume that the Moore/Gaiman issues are right around the corner).

Scott Pilgrim game could be fun, but that’s not really comics news.

I’d say Bob Schreck going to IDW is the biggest news.
With him and Scott Dunbier on board they are going to get some great projects happening.
(Not that they haven’t slowly but surely built up a massive base already! Mostly by ignoring everything the big two do, and doing their own things).

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:33:14 +0000

Not that excited about anything; I don’t really feel anything was announced.DC announced part of Robinson’s JLA line up, and Marvel revealed that may do something vague with a character who has not seen publication in my lifetime. I’ll have to dig deeper in the coming days to see if some smaller announcements that slipped through the cracks gets me excited.

By: hangmanjury

hangmanjury — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:16:39 +0000

More BONE. I’m pretty much covered for what I’m giving my nephew for his birthday and Christmas for two years!

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:45:17 +0000

Marvelman was definitely the news of the con. Nothing big really happened this year. Oh well.
But I seem to be a bit more optimistic at the chance of Moore and Gaiman reprints seeing as how Gaiman made that Marvels and Miracles company to make this happen with help from Marvel, and I’ve heard somewhere that Moore said he would love for them to be reprinted if profits went to Anglo. So, yes I’m optimistic.

By: Wes Mantooth

Wes Mantooth — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:36:49 +0000

I’m as excited as anyone could possibly be about Marvel purchasing Miracleman….On the other hand I’m also paralyzed with fear.

While this could present a great character to thousands of new readers and finally see the completion of Gaiman’s Silver Age and Dark Age stories (super awesome), it could also present the possibility of the horror of Jeph Loeb/Greg Land Miracleman story in the future (horrifically depressing).

I’m not saying it’s gonna happen, i’m just saying we should be careful what we wish for.

By: Jbird

Jbird — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:34:09 +0000

Ha ha, no one is excited about Miracleman at all, only that it might mean that the Miracleman they’ve already read will be reprinted, which might still never happen

By: Bald Steve

Bald Steve — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:23:45 +0000

Miracle Man being re-printed. Oh, fuck yes.

By: Lex

Lex — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:15:59 +0000

New Bone stories.

Krypto vs. Dex-Star!

And I’m looking forward to Sterling Gates on a Kid Flash series.

Personally, I have no interest in Marvelman though it’s great that Marvelman fans are getting something cool.

By: T.

T. — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:03:17 +0000

My big fear with Scott Pilgrim is that they base it on the movie and not the comic. Because Michael Cera is incredibly miscast as Scott.

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:37:17 +0000

Was the Dan Clowes Drawn and Quarterly book a San Diego announcement?

If so, s’between that and Bone.

By: Si__

Si__ — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:33:32 +0000

None…