#Comic Books
Buy These Flippin Comics!!! (9.11.13) Die-Hard With A Vengeance
One of the great things about comics is the medium’s penchant for reinterpretation and reinvention. An endless catalogue of characters, fictitious and real, lie dormant in old books and film, waiting for another chance to tell their story. Hit the jump and let’s discuss a few of those appearing in comics this week, and I PROMISE I won’t make another crappy Die Hard reference!
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KELLY SUE DECONNICK and WARREN ELLIS co-writing ‘AVENGERS ASSEMBLE.’
Hey! Who needs new Doktor Sleepless when Ellis can churn out yet another fucking Avengers title, am I rite? Eh, who am I kidding. Bitterness aside, I’m sure I’ll enjoy this little ditty.
MATT KINDT helming Marvel’s ‘INHUMANITY: THE AWAKENING.’ Eccellente!
I’ll give Marvel this. If they’re going to attempt to manufacture viable movie franchises out of their lesser known titles due tp necessity since they don’t own the film rights to half their properties, they’re doing it well. I mean, stacking indie glory Matt Kindt on an Inhumans title? Fuck yes.
MARVEL announces “ALL-NEW MARVEL NOW’, falls into RIDICULOUS SELF PARODY
What do you do when you don’t own the movie rights to half of your properties? If you’re Marvel, you begin pushing other, lesser kown titles. Not a knock against these new titles, but yeah. What do you do when need to perpetually hype your company? You fall into ruinous marketing stupidity like taking a dumb name “Marvel NOW”, making it more dumb “All-New Marvel NOW”, then generally fuck with numbering.
FROWN: DC’S DAN DIDIO says Heroes Shouldn’t Have Happy Lives.
Blegh. If Dan DiDio wasn’t already coming off poorly due to the whole Batwoman fiasco last week, now he’s pretty much nailed it. You see, according to DiDio, heroes shouldn’t have happy personal lives. None of them.
‘BATWOMAN’ CREATIVE TEAM LEAVES over DC’S CONTINUAL EDITORIAL F**KERY.
The hot topic in the comic book world today. The Batwoman creative team of J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman have exited the title, citing continual DC fuckery regarding the trajectory of their story lines. The most prominent complaint of theirs is that DC refused to allow Kate Kane to marry her fiancee Maggie Sawyer.
BUY THESE FLIPPIN COMICS!!! (9/4/13) SPACE JAMZ & OTHER NONSENSE
So you might be wondering why the hell a nearly 20-year-old film about cartoons and basketball is headlining this column about weekly comic books. You might then also wonder how the hell 20 years have gone by so fast. And why hasn’t there been a sequel…ya know, with Lebron and Jason Sudeikis in the lead roles? This would lead you to then ask yourself if you could write the script. Concluding that it is either you or no one else, you then set out to do so. You hit up tumblr for some reference material on Looney Tunes. You quickly spiral down the rabbit hole of ALL OF THE BUTTS WONDERLAND, emerging days later, pants around ankles, achy, groggy. Your unfinished (unstarted) script gives you the stinkeye with its ever-blinking cursor. You realize where the 20 years have gone.
Hit the jump and let’s pass the time between tumblr sessions, talk funnybooks, bond as humans.
‘SAGA’ takes home 2013 HUGO AWARD. This is dope.
Hell to the Robot Fucking Yes. This past weekend Saga Vol. 1 won the Hugo award for Best Graphic Story. Vaughan and Staples have continually delivered my favorite title of the month every time it drops, and it is delicious to see them getting rewarded for their excellence. I’m not saying it is the ideal way for them to get rewarded, though. In my mind, they come over to my house. I’m wearing nothing but a bikini made out of Jell-O. I serve them dinner (pasta and meat balls, obviously) while complimenting them on their wonderful title. After dinner we play Jenga, pausing briefly for neck messages that I dole out with extreme aplomb. They leave, really knowing that they’re appreciated.
But this is nice too.
‘SUPER MARIO BROS.’ MOVIE gets a COMIC BOOK SEQUEL. It rules.
…no seriously. I love the Super Mario Bros. movie as a sort of relic of stupidity. But there has been a comic sequel done up, with the movie’s writer involved as well. And? It’s fucking hot.
JEFF LEMIRE is helming the ‘JUSTICE LEAGUE OF CANADA.’ So rad.
Jeff Lemire is one of the premiere talents in the game right now, son. Right now! And I am scientifically certain that 99% of his talents are derived from sucking in the clean, deliciously melodious bursts of Canadian air. The aforementioned Lemire will be bringing his Canadian-powered prowess to the Justice League game next year. And he’s doing it right, by bringing the team up north with him.
