Archive for March, 2009
You’ve heard of Wonder Woman, Wonder Man, and several different Wonder Girls, but you’ve never heard of Wonder Boy. That’s because he kind of sucks.
This story comes to us from “Jerry Iger’s Famous Features,” a collection of strips from the old Iger shop, reprinted in 1984. Toonopedia says he has some kind of super-strength, but he displays no powers here. This story doesn’t reveal much about Wonder Boy, other than he hangs out with a scientist and his daughter and he has the worst costume this side of Looker.
Here he is using an attempted murder to take the scientist’s daughter for a romantic boat ride:
In this scene, a hood throws a bomb, and Wonder Boy decides not to try to defuse it. Or rescue the target of the bomb. He just kind of saves his own skin.
Here he is defusing dynamite, but not bothering to chase the crook who threw it. It takes how long to defuse dynamite? Five seconds? This boy has a lot of quit in him.
And now we see him winning a fight by pretending to be defeated. Ri-i-ight. “Pretending.”
That costume is killing me. Did he get it at Fashion Bug, or what?
It’s the return of Batman to MMGtA:
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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, 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008, 12/22/2008, 12/29/2008, 1/5/2009, 1/12/2009, 1/19/2009, 1/26/2009, 2/2/2009, 2/9/2009, 2/16/2009, 2/23/2009, 3/2/2009, 3/9/2009, 3/16/2009, 3/23/2009)
Read Asaf and Tomer Hanuka’s “The Dirties” free online.
Those Hanuka brothers sure know how to use colors to give their artwork that distinctive look.
(This story originally appeared in the anthology Meathaus S.O.S.)
I don’t know why, but I keep finding myself going back to the Odis Merritt blog every so often, trying to make some sort of sense out of it. For the life of me, I still can’t figure if it’s the world’s most underrated parody, the first ever blogging-via-online-translation, or some sort of way-over-my-head performance art. But I’m simply fascinated! And not just by the incomprihensible, broken English, but by the seemingly random, unrelated topics posted:
Odis Merritt on the geopolitical complexities of the Middle East:
“Persia, Zion, and a futurity battle – It is only a affair of clip before the tinderbox that is named the Mideast explodes, and when it makes hap. The existence will see a warfare unlike any other.”
Odis Merritt on the benefits of health insurance and home equity loans:
” My Mum Wont to Say, ‘Prevention Is Better Than Remedy ‘ – Because many Americans make n’t hold wellness insurance, utilise equity loans in the event of an sickness or hurt is a great mode to avoid debt.”
Odis Merritt on the post-9/11 existential angst:
“Belike the last clip was 9/11 but people justly spoke about braveness as something we hold and cowardice as something they holded.”
And then there are the “related links” at the bottom of most posts. For example, the post about “Courageousness and Cowardliness” offers the related links “Zac Efron sexy pictures” and “College Park Georgia real estate”.
Lovely, surreal stuff. This is why the Internets was invented!
Ok, I know posting anything from Rob Liefeld is like shooting fish in a barrel, but you knew at least one of these weekend crossover posts would have to involve him. Submitted for your disdain, Violator vs. Badrock:
Apparently featuring Purple Electric Tape Lady (TM), she of the world’s smallest waist and hands and largest helium balloon boobs.
But you know the best part of this book? It was written by…wait for it…
Alan Moore.
Yes, that Alan Moore. Alan-effin’-Watchmen-Moore.
God I hated the 90s.
One last time to vent:
Sure, any fan-voted top 10 or 50 or 70 list is going to be entirely subjective, but I can’t stop shaking my head at the dungheap presented by Marvel’s latest poll as the best of their best. My own list may be as relative as anyone else’s, but I wanted to throw out for consideration a list of books that didn’t appear anywhere on Marvel’s ranking. According to the present-day fans to whom the company panders, none of the books pictured– landmark issues or groundbreaking series’ which were completely overlooked– are as good as Ultimate Hulk vs. Wolverine, three issues of Civil War, two issues of Secret Invasion, or the January 2009 issue of Dark Avengers #1.
Hitting the shelves this week is the 3rd issue of my Terminator Salvation movie prequel series:
“In the African country of Niger, Bem’s plan to take out the uranium mine depends on the outcome of his face-off against a lone T-600. In Detroit, Michigan, Resistance leader Elena Maric’s forces launch their all-out assault on the Terminator factories. But Skynet is not without its resources, and even the mysterious package airdropped in the middle of the desert may not be enough to turn the tide of operation Sand in the Gears in favor of the humans.”
You can catch a 5-page preview here.
Well, ok, we’re a day late, so it’s more like Character Thursday. So sue us.
Tony Goins, he of Leave Geo-Force Alone! fame, picked this week’s character. Yes, it’s Geo-Force. Surprise, surprise. Says Tony: “I decided to go a little Project Rooftop on him. For some reason, I’ve always thought his costume should be lederhosen-inspired.”
Enjoy!
Tony Goins:
Tom Williams:
Craig Bogart:
Brent Bowman:
Anybody try this out? The software is crazy affordable ($50-$300 for EX 3) and is designed purely for creating comics. Includes various greytones, and creates word balloons which is a selling point for me alone. I might like lettering on the computer more if I had an easier way than drawing all the word balloons out in Illustrator.
The site has a demo with Dave Gibbons.
I love *Borders but the news has become progressively grim. The cd/dvd section contracting. Now rumors of nonpayment on orders. This saddens me. Granted I could never afford what they’ve always charged for dvd’s and cd’s. The day the store on Kenny & Henderson closes will really bum me out. Don’t know what it is about Barnes & Noble but Borders always appeared to have more selection across the board.
* Borders is one of the bigger buyers of graphic novels and manga. More so than Barnes & Noble from what folks have told me. Eeeep.
Referring back to Marvel’s top 70 issues countdown, I was astonished at some of the selections that rank higher than #24, Fantastic Four #1 by Lee/Kirby. That was before discovering that this book is so good it appears twice on their top 70 countdown– as #24 and #9. This book is so good it gets two mentions? That’s right, I guess.
What doesn’t make sense is any Liefeld book appearing, but this one in particular I have problems with. The “Heroes Reborn” Avengers reboot, quite possibly the worst comic in my personal experience, appears at #18. As I’ve said: Rob Liefeld is one of today’s most influential artists, to my everlasting regret.
I gotta say, this was an incredible find for me. Not one of the books in my collection, but…wow! 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, 11/17/2008, 11/24/2008, 12/1/2008, 12/8/2008, 12/15/2008, 12/22/2008, 12/29/2008, 1/5/2009, 1/12/2009, 1/19/2009, 1/26/2009, 2/2/2009, 2/9/2009, 2/16/2009, 2/23/2009, 3/2/2009, 3/9/2009, 3/16/2009)