#Comic Books
Matt Fraction and David Aja Reteaming for new MARVEL SERIES. Oh Hell Yes.
I first really began to take notice of Matt Fraction during his stint on Iron Fist with Ed Brubaker and David Aja, many moons ago. A lifetime of funny books since. Now the Fraction-Man and Aja are going to be reteaming it seems, and this has my balls aflutter.
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Mark Waid Drops Knowledge About INSANE COST Of Print Comics.
Mark Waid is beginning to win me over. I’ve opined that I can find the chap both insightful and infuriating, but I’m particularly enamored with his pulling back of the veil and exposing the insanity of trying to make the ducets through print comics.
‘Bulletproof Coffin’ Creators Cut Up ‘FANTASTIC FOUR #2’ With Scissors. For Art.
I can get behind this insanity from the creators of Bulletproof Coffin. They goddamn cut up a copy of Fantastic Four #2. You see, I don’t collect comic books. I read them. Sometimes I rip out pages and stick them on my wall in moments of inspiration. However, with an issue of this nature…I may show a little more reserve. So double-daps to them.
Hit the jump for pics and info.
Gender-Swapped MARVEL VILLAINS Gives The Ladies The Right To Conquer.
Priscilla Tramontano has taken some of the stalwart conquerors of the Marvel universe and dropped a second X-chromosome on them. The results? A Galactus I find myself hauntingly attracted to, and more.
Oni announces full-color version of ‘SCOTT PILGRIM’, dare you take the double-dip?
Perchance this is the sort of double-dipping that you may be into. Oni Press has announced that they’re going to release a full-color version of Scott Pilgrim in an “ultra swank” format.
James Stokoe’s ‘GODZILLA: HALF-CENTURY WAR’ Announced By IDW. I Can’t F**king Wait.
Here at OL we’re pretty, pretty, pretty fucking jazzed on James Stokoe. The dude’s comic Orc Stain is unadulterated talent ripping through the veins and capsules of the comic page. The level of energy and detail on every page literally makes my taint sing. I’m serious. My taint opens up, and it sings. This weekend IDW announced that Stokoe would be writing and drawing Godzilla: Half-Century War for them. That taint that sings? It wailed.
Details and previews after the jump.
Bid On The Check That BOUGHT SUPERMAN. For A Cool $37,000.
You can buy the check that bought the rights to Superman. Now in my world in the Multiverse where I rule supreme atop a throne of golden Diet Dew cans, with Jennifer Lawrence a-clutching my perfectly chiseled biceps and cooing at me, this would give you the rights to the actual comic character.
‘THE AVENGERS’ Gets Official LEGO Poster. Cross-Marketing Synergy.
Pow! The Avengers get their plastic on in this official LEGO riff on the poster for the flick. Why am I posting this? I don’t know. It’s Saturday and shit. Drink your coffee and enjoy it.
‘ROUTE 29 BATMAN’ Turns Out To Be Solid Dude. Duh, He’s The Bat.
We’ve all seen the pictures of that dude bombing about in Batman regalia. I figured he was something of an adorable sociopath, kicking lambs and goats and claiming they were infected by the Joker’s laughing virii. Much to my shock, he’s a pretty rad dude. No kicking.
Face of a Franchise: The Hulk!
[face of a franchise presents two individuals that’ve fulfilled the same role. your task — choose the better of the two and defend your choice in the rancor pit that is the comments section]
The Hulk is a pretty easy character to support. I mean, seriously, what’s not to love? Is it the fact that the dude is a research scientist hoping to improve the state of the world? Could it be the tremendous lengths he goes to while trying to win over the love of his life? Maybe it’s his incredible aversion to violence, the reticent willingness to engage in fisticuffs only as an absolute last resort?
Or perhaps it’s the fact that when the Hulk gets pissed off and push comes to shove, he fucking smashes.
Despite the general consensus about big green bastard’s appeal, a debate arises when discussing those depictions outside of the paneled page. Old school Banner-believers may cite the Bill Bixby/Lou Ferrigno tagteam from The Incredible Hulk series as being the definitive portrayal. On the other hand, the more rabid fanboy-augurs amongst us are already claiming that the best Hulk-performance will be found in Mark Ruffalo. There’s no denyin’ that all three of these actors deserve recognition for their contributions to the superheroic Jekyll & Hyde mythos.
But when it comes to live-action dramatizations of the triple threat match between Banner’s id, ego, and super-ego, two actors stand above the rest.
In 2003’s Hulk, Eric Bana used his supreme thespian skills to conjure up an image of a brutish, mentally-deficient being with enormous muscles. And that was just his take on Banner! Zing! Seriously though, the Aussie-actor guides the audience through a vision of the Hulk that must navigate his way through a whole mess of psychological pitfalls, including inferiority issues, Oedipal complexes, and the volatility of suppressed rage. Bana paints a portrait of the green goliath that uses both the broad strokes of intense violence as well as the subtle strokes of a shattered psyche.
Five years later, Edward Norton got the chance to bring the breaker of worlds to life in The Incredible Hulk. Somewhere in between a sequel and a reboot, this film tries to give fans exactly what they love about the character. Banner’s on the run, Betty Ross is lookin’ dope as hell, Thunderbolt Ross is bein’ a pain in the proverbial emerald ass, and there’s another monster for the Hulk to fight. Eddie Norton fit particularly well, as he looked the part of the scrawny science nerd but carried himself with the intensity of a man trying to iron out emotional wrinkles of the most brutal sort. Additionally, most fans agree that this second feature-length attempted was more successful than the first…but how much of that can be attributed to Norton?
This is a tricky one. Australia vs. America. Nero vs. The Narrator.
So who’s the best Hulk? Eric Bana or Edward Norton?
