The nominees for the 2008 Harvey Awards are: BEST WRITER: Ed Brubaker, Captain America, Marvel Comics (2007 winner, Daredevil) Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amulet Books Grant Morrison, All Star Superman, DC Comics (2007 nominee, same) William Van Horn, Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories, Gemstone (2007 nominee, same) Brian K. Vaughan, Y: The…
As reported by Newsarama.com, Carlos Pacheco is joining J.G. Jones on Final Crisis art duties starting with issue #4. Newsarama quotes Dan DiDio as saying Pacheco is being added to keep the book on schedule. This reminds me of a situation back in August 2006 when Marvel announced they would delay Civil War in order…
The pages of Booster Gold #10 included a look at an all-new Rip Hunter blackboard as first seen in 52. The good folks at Newsarama break down the clues: Board: Gotham isn’t safe – MIDNIGHT HAS THE HEARTS! Meaning: That’s pretty clearly a reference to the new Batman: Gotham After Midnight series. If you read…
DC shipped the final issues of both Gotham Underground and Salvation Run last Wednesday. While I had actually been enjoying these series up until this point, both of these endings sucked. It certainly didn’t help that these issues shipped after Final Crisis #1, which they were supposedly leading up to. For that matter, it didn’t…
Which is a cooler response to the phrase, “Go with God,” or, “God be with you, Frank?” Is it a) “God’s gonna sit this one out,” or b) “Sometimes, I’d like to get my hands on God?” If you answered B, I guess you should watch this trailer. I answered A, because I loved Tom…
This week’s dip into the Secret Invasion involved several short stories that fill in a few gaps and create several more. Part 1: Captain Marvel Chapter 1 explains the actions leading up to Captain Marvel’s decision to attack Thunderbolts mountain in Secret Invasion #1. The rationale is a bit convoluted, so it makes me wonder…
In the lead: A gradually expanding solar system appears in Metropolis, but Superman grabs the sun and flings it into outer space, dragging the planets with it. Gotham City is transformed into…something different, and Batman turns it back by refusing to believe it’s real. Wonder Woman gets attacked by three giant robots and beats them…
I don’t remember. This week, DC put the latest ad for Final Crisis in all of its funny books, asking the question of where we all were when the Martian Manhunter died. It’s supposed to evoke this weight or gravity to the situation that just simply wasn’t there, not since the villains, “changed the rules,”…
By Adam Slutsky and Joseph Phillip Illidge (W)and Shawn Martinbrough (A) Published by BDG Entertainment, 2008; 96 pages; $19.95 There’s an issue of the Grant Morrison / J.G. Jones “Marvel Boy” miniseries in which Marvel Boy battles with Hexus, a living corporation. It establishes Brand Hex — a company that dabbles in a little bit…
This clip’s got me all jazzed up for what has been, up until this point, a movie that really hasn’t interested me all that much. CGI still looks fake, but who cares?