More brief thoughts about the various news items at the latest con…
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A lot of the news today seems to be floating around Bendis and what he’s doing. I don’t consider myself a fan of anything he’s done in the past few years– I hated what he’s done with the Avengers. Still, this time he seems [...]
Convention Notes: Part 2
Convention Notes…
A lot of news in the comics world, so I’ll just go for some short notes…
Firstly, there’s the sad passing of Michael Turner. Another great talent gone entirely too soon. But it’s an even greater loss to his family and those who knew him. He’ll be missed.
It’s hard to go through my folder full of [...]
Artistic License
To take a break from all the serious comic discussion, I thought I might introduce one of my recent interests to this blog.
One of my side hobbies is computer graphic design. I don’t consider myself any kind of artist, but it turns my thoughts away from writing if I’m busy, disinterested or blocked. Sometimes a [...]
Executive Decisions
The rumors of Dan Didio’s demise, according to Rich Johnston, would seem to be greatly exaggerated.
To be honest, if this is true, I consider it to be good news. Certainly, I’ve taken DC to task over their decisions during the past couple of weeks. I’m unhappy with the Dixon firing and the lack of editorial [...]
Q And Evade, Or Why Comics Need Journalistic Responsibility
Recently, I stumbled upon this interview with Joe Quesada:
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/entertainment&id=6178207
6abc.com: And Joe, I’m going to have ask you, about Spider-Man’s Brand New Day. There’s a lot of fan reaction and you can look at it as a negative or a positive and I believe you’ve been looking at it as a positive.
Joe Q: It absolutely is [...]
Flavor Of The Week: 6/20/08
This week’s reviews are a little late. Apologies for that. I haven’t been feeling too well this week. However, better late than never, as they say.
So on to this week’s commentary…
Batman & The Outsiders #8: Well, it was fun while it lasted. While I won’t pretend this issue is Chuck Dixon’s best work, [...]
Of Guardians And Continuity…
Before I go into reviews for this week, I think it fair to outline where I stand on continuity in comics.
In a broad sense, I am strongly pro-continuity. I consider research and keeping a story consistent with the larger mythos to be part of a writer’s job in a shared universe. I do not believe [...]
Round Robin…
A short update for now. The DC solicits are up on CBR, and it looks like we now know who’s on Robin for the immediate future:
ROBIN #178
Written by Fabian Nicieza
Art and cover by Freddie E. Williams II
The repercussions from “Batman R.I.P.” have shaken Robin to the core. With all his relationships fracturing and his place [...]
Dixon Rides Again…
Since there seems to be news on the Chuck Dixon flap, I’ll throw in a few more cents. In for a penny, as they say.
Now, I’m not in with DC Comics, and I don’t know anything behind the scenes there beyond what’s been circulated online. I’ve refrained from speculating too much about this [...]
Oops…
Turns out that when I linked to a CBR blog in my last post, it registered as a post in the blog. Surprised the heck out of me when I saw it.
It wasn’t intentional on my part at all. I generally keep my blog relatively private. I like to use this blog as a quiet [...]
