Archive for November, 2008
The latest entry in my ebay commission Xmas fund drive: the Kirby monster called GOOM!
(Andy: I took a stab at a Jack Kirby portrait, and came up with a cross between Nixon and Rodney Dangerfield. Maybe I’ll try again later…)
Hey, I redid my web site recently, too!
And you can check me out on etsy now, too!
And you can find Downs on Webcomics Nation!
I’m sending out review copies and generally trying to get my ducks in a row. Next move: Get comics to the Ogre and other fine comic book shoppes.
(Addendum: I notice my site doesn’t look quite right on IE6, and the Downs section shits the bed in Firefox. I’m still getting the hang of CSS, kittens.)
Ok, we’re going to give the Tom Williams collection a rest and dig back into my back issue boxes for this week’s page:
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(previous weeks: 9/12/2005, 9/19/2005, 9/26/2005, 10/3/2005, 10/10/2005, 10/17/2005, 10/24/2005, 10/31/2005, 11/1/2005, 11/2/2005, 11/3/2005, 11/4/2005, 11/5/2005, 11/6/2005, 11/7/2005, 11/14/2005, 11/21/2005, 11/28/2005, 12/5/2005, 12/12/2005, 12/19/2005, 12/26/2005, 1/2/2006, 1/9/2006, 1/16/2006, 1/23/2006, 1/30/2006, 2/06/2006, 2/13/2006, 2/20/2006, 2/27/2006, 3/6/2006, 3/13/2006, 3/20/2006, 3/27/2006, 4/3/2006, 4/4/2006, 4/5/2006, 4/6/2006, 4/7/2006, 4/8/2006, 4/9/2006, 4/10/2006, 4/17/2006, 4/23/2006, 5/1/2006, 5/8/2006, 5/15/2006, 5/22/2006, 5/29/2006, 6/5/2006, 6/12/2006, 6/19/2006, 6/26/2006, 7/3/2006, 7/10/2006, 7/17/2006, 7/24/2006, 7/31/2006, 8/7/2006, 8/13/2006, 8/21/2006, 8/28/2006, 9/4/2006, 9/11/2006, 9/18/2006, 9/25/2006, 10/2/2006, 10/9/2006, 10/16/2006, 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006, 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007, 1/15/2007, 1/22/2007, 1/29/2007, 2/5/2007, 2/12/2007, 2/19/2007, 2/26/2007, 3/5/2007, 3/12/2007, 3/19/2007, 3/26/2007, 4/2/2007, 4/5/2007, 4/9/2007, 4/16/2007, 4/23/2007, 4/30/2007, 5/7/2007, 5/14/2007, 5/21/2007, 5/28/2007, 6/4/2007, 6/11/2007, 6/18/2007, 6/25/2007, 7/2/2007, 7/9/2007, 7/16/2007, 7/23/2007, 7/30/2007, 8/6/2007, 8/13/2007, 8/20/2007, 8/27/2007, 9/3/2007, 9/10/2007, 9/17/2007, 9/24/2007, 10/1/2007, 10/8/2007, 10/15/2007, 10/22/2007, 10/29/2007, 11/5/2007, 11/12/2007, 11/19/2007, 11/26/2007, 12/3/2007, 12/10/2007, 12/17/2007, 12/24/2007, 12/31/2007, 1/7/2008, 1/14/2008, 1/21/2008, 1/28/2008, 2/4/2008, 2/11/2008, 2/18/2008, 2/25/2008, 3/3/2008, 3/10/2008, 3/17/2008, 3/24/2008, 3/31/2008, 4/7/2008, 4/14/2008, 4/21/2008, 4/28/2008, 5/8/2008, 5/12/2008, 5/19/2008, 5/27/2008, 6/2/2008, 6/9/2008, 6/16/2008, 6/23/2008, 6/30/2008, 7/7/2008, 7/14/2008, 7/22/2008, 8/4/2008, 8/11/2008, 8/18/2008, 8/25/2008, 9/8/2008, 9/22/2008, 9/29/2008, 10/6/2008, 10/13/2008, 10/20/2008, 10/27/2008, 11/3/2008, 11/10/2008, 11/17/2008)
After using my comicspace page in place of an actual website for the past year or so, I’ve finally got The Ineffables site up and running again; strangely enough, it looks basically like the old one, but there’s a few new things there anyway. Check out the new digs at http://www.theineffables.com/.
Steven Grant reviews the Chemistry Set anthology No Formula in this week’s column. Our own PANEListas Tony and Tom get some love and the MVP award (though he mistakenly named Tony as another Tom)
“Tom Goins and Tom Williams start off the book with the most effective story, a brisk satire of society run for maximum consumer appeal…”
Right on, guys!
Last week during my Wednesday visit to the comic shop, I bumped into Rich Watson. Wrapping up an interview he did with the Columbus Dispatch. He’s got a new webcomic out. Seems like yesterday I was tabling next to him at the Mid Ohio Con. Read his webcomic on WCN.
Friend of the Ferret and small press comics mainstay, who recently moved from New York to our humble little Cap City, is featured in a Columbus Dispatch article here.
“After traveling to central Ohio several times for Mid-Ohio-Con and the Small Press and Alternative Comics Expo, he chose to settle in Columbus for its comics scene.“I made a lot of good friends,” he said. “The art community is wonderful.”
Took him eight years, but he finally got something right.
Another gem from the collection of PANELista Tom Williams. Guess away:
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(previous weeks: 9/12/2005, 9/19/2005, 9/26/2005, 10/3/2005, 10/10/2005, 10/17/2005, 10/24/2005, 10/31/2005, 11/1/2005, 11/2/2005, 11/3/2005, 11/4/2005, 11/5/2005, 11/6/2005, 11/7/2005, 11/14/2005, 11/21/2005, 11/28/2005, 12/5/2005, 12/12/2005, 12/19/2005, 12/26/2005, 1/2/2006, 1/9/2006, 1/16/2006, 1/23/2006, 1/30/2006, 2/06/2006, 2/13/2006, 2/20/2006, 2/27/2006, 3/6/2006, 3/13/2006, 3/20/2006, 3/27/2006, 4/3/2006, 4/4/2006, 4/5/2006, 4/6/2006, 4/7/2006, 4/8/2006, 4/9/2006, 4/10/2006, 4/17/2006, 4/23/2006, 5/1/2006, 5/8/2006, 5/15/2006, 5/22/2006, 5/29/2006, 6/5/2006, 6/12/2006, 6/19/2006, 6/26/2006, 7/3/2006, 7/10/2006, 7/17/2006, 7/24/2006, 7/31/2006, 8/7/2006, 8/13/2006, 8/21/2006, 8/28/2006, 9/4/2006, 9/11/2006, 9/18/2006, 9/25/2006, 10/2/2006, 10/9/2006, 10/16/2006, 10/23/2006, 10/30/2006, 11/6/2006, 11/13/2006, 11/20/2006, 11/27/2006, 12/4/2006, 12/11/2006, 12/18/2006, 12/25/2006, 1/1/2007, 1/8/2007, 1/15/2007, 1/22/2007, 1/29/2007, 2/5/2007, 2/12/2007, 2/19/2007, 2/26/2007, 3/5/2007, 3/12/2007, 3/19/2007, 3/26/2007, 4/2/2007, 4/5/2007, 4/9/2007, 4/16/2007, 4/23/2007, 4/30/2007, 5/7/2007, 5/14/2007, 5/21/2007, 5/28/2007, 6/4/2007, 6/11/2007, 6/18/2007, 6/25/2007, 7/2/2007, 7/9/2007, 7/16/2007, 7/23/2007, 7/30/2007, 8/6/2007, 8/13/2007, 8/20/2007, 8/27/2007, 9/3/2007, 9/10/2007, 9/17/2007, 9/24/2007, 10/1/2007, 10/8/2007, 10/15/2007, 10/22/2007, 10/29/2007, 11/5/2007, 11/12/2007, 11/19/2007, 11/26/2007, 12/3/2007, 12/10/2007, 12/17/2007, 12/24/2007, 12/31/2007, 1/7/2008, 1/14/2008, 1/21/2008, 1/28/2008, 2/4/2008, 2/11/2008, 2/18/2008, 2/25/2008, 3/3/2008, 3/10/2008, 3/17/2008, 3/24/2008, 3/31/2008, 4/7/2008, 4/14/2008, 4/21/2008, 4/28/2008, 5/8/2008, 5/12/2008, 5/19/2008, 5/27/2008, 6/2/2008, 6/9/2008, 6/16/2008, 6/23/2008, 6/30/2008, 7/7/2008, 7/14/2008, 7/22/2008, 8/4/2008, 8/11/2008, 8/18/2008, 8/25/2008, 9/8/2008, 9/22/2008, 9/29/2008, 10/6/2008, 10/13/2008, 10/20/2008, 10/27/2008, 11/3/2008, 11/10/2008)
My other series debuting in January ’09 is the prequel to the next Terminator movie, titled Terminator Salvation. The movie stars Christian Bale as the grown-up John Connor, and is set in the future year of 2018, where the remnants of humanity battle Skynet’s machines post Judgment Day. The 4-issue comic book series titled “Sand in the Gears” features a global cast of characters, some old Terminator favorites, and a few new models created specifically for the comic. Here’s a look at the two different covers, the first by Nick Runge, and the second by Klaus Scherwinski:
And here’s a peek at the first five pages, with art by Alan Robinson:
Like it? If yes, then here’s the Diamond order code: NOV08 4118. Make me rich!
In other news… family stuff may keep me away from PANEL meetings for the next several weeks, so I thought I’d throw some work-in-progress up here on the blog. Here’s (partially inked) pages 1 & 3 from The Second Part of the Secret History of the Ineffables, which picks up a couple months after the end of the previous chapter. The Ineffables are all dead save for Abe Lincoln, who has moved on to join Mystery City’s regular superhero team, the League of Protagonists– seen here as they confront their own Doctor Doom-style arch nemesis. Abe has trouble assimilating into the new team, however, because of his somewhat brutal methods…
I’ve become bored by Iron Fist, Hellboy, and Daredevil. My one remaining mainstream vice is still Morrison’s Batman. I think I’ve figured out what’s been lacking in Batman:RIP- the art. It’s been a progressive problem since Morrison took over Batman. While I’ve enjoyed the wacky writing of Morrison, the art has been terrible. Really bad. From the covers that don’t do anything for me (note the example above), right down to the sometimes indecipherable interiors by Tony Daniels. I’m in denial that it’s the script. It has to be the execution (sorry bad pun) by Daniels hand. Sequentially, I can’t follow it. It seems that the Ross covers aren’t going away either. He’s really hit or miss. The above piece looks like random cliche poses he slapped on a light table and painted over. What’s Neal Adams or Denys Cowan doing right now?
At last, a long-oppressed segment of society has seen the day when one of their own ascends to the highest office in the land; I am, of course, referring to us.
This article at the Huffington Post entitled “Barack Obama: The 50 Facts You Might Not Know” leads off with: he collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comic books.
He doesn’t just read, he collects, which is a distinction we can all appreciate. Never mind how cool it is that he likes Miles Davis & Bob Dylan & Pablo Picasso– just think, there’s likely to be a copy of a Thomas/Buscema Conan the Barbarian lying on a table next to a reading chair in the West Wing…
And in other news, the Onion AV Club runs the blog post I intended to write about the 1994 Shadow movie starring Alec Baldwin.
I just rewatched this movie a month ago, and I think this sums it up.
“The Shadow is all the more maddening for the way it gets so much right yet while missing the mark by a good margin.”
Here’s an example: In one scene, the Shadow wrestles with a horde of Mongol warriors. While grappling with one, he falls off the side of a skyscraper. OK, so far so good. He twists in midair so they land on a projecting gargoyle. Everything’s OK, pulp-wise.
Then he says, “Next time you get to be on top.”
Yeesh.
But wait there’s more: The post is a double-feature review of both The Shadow and 1996′s The Phantom.