Archive for the ‘Marvel Comics’ Category
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Funny as it sounds, comics have rarely been about the pictures for me. Other than aiding and abetting my lazy imagination by filling a story's visual blanks[1], I've never been much for labeling a comic's artwork as good, bad, or ugly (or even "artwork"). I haven't found a bad story ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
I'm sure by now you've seen the sure-to-be-temporary Alex Ross redesign of Captain America debuting in January. It's not a bad design, I think, if a bit overdone with Ross' fondness for metallic materials; I actually like the callback to Cap's original shield in the ...
Posted in DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Tuesday 10 | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
2nd in a series:
Here's a panel from Nextwave #12, in which we meet Baby M.O.D.O.K. (M.O.T.O.T.?). Monica Rambeau's a little skeptical of the deadly nippper's lineage, but gets the birds, bees, flowers, trees, microchips and motherboards talk she's been begging for since she dropped the "Photon" moniker...
I tried to tell ...
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Friday, September 28th, 2007
First off, if you're one of the dozens who kept tabs on our ramblings, even after we began our experimental "silent, invisible, and untitled" phase, thanks for sticking around. More traditional posts to follow from here on out.Second... SUCKA PUNCH! Like Luke Cage, Bahlactus is an equal opportunity ...
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Friday, September 7th, 2007
Norman, you had it coming. After all, Mr. Cage did ask you nicely......and this is what he got for his trouble:Need some unbreakable pants, Luke Cage? Let Bahlactus know. I bet his heralds get whatever they need.__________________________________________From The Pulse #5, by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley, and Scott Hanna ...
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Ding!The Vision wastes no time, does he? Before his fellow Avengers even get into their heroic cover poses, Vision's already knocked one of Skrully's speakers out of his helmet.Joe Quesada, feel free to bust out a cover just like this one during next year's Who Do You Trust? event.And who ...
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Death in comic books means nothing. We all know that. Beyond the fact that "death" rarely sticks (even the "characters what never ever came back!" are starting to come back now), c'mon... let's not forget that these are fictional characters, most ...
Posted in DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Tuesday 10 | 4 Comments »
Friday, August 17th, 2007
No?
Guess that was the only word the Sphinx had left in his mouth--Big G smacked out the rest.
Galactus for Bahlactus.
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Fantastic Four #213, by Marv Wolfman, John Byrne and Joe Sinnott (Marvel Comics 1979)
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Monday, August 13th, 2007
Mike Wieringo has passed away at age 44. By all accounts, the friendly, welcoming nature of his artwork paled in comparison to the gracious and kind nature of the man.Thank the internet and curse it at the same time; Wieringo's availability to us all through bulletin boards and the like ...
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Friday, August 10th, 2007
Uh, oh... What's this dumb-ass thinking?The Purple Man will now discover three things:1. Whores get paid; they do not provide a free service. He has whores confused with sluts, or tramps.2. Right now, he's the whore. 3. Jessica Jones only has her car keys and a large dose of PAIN ...
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