Archive for September, 2009
This just in: Massachusetts appoints Paul Kirk, Manhunter, as a temporary replacement for Teddy Kennedy:
In other news, Glenn Beck accuses universal health care of being a plot by The Council.
The 14th volume of our praised small press anthology will debut at Mid-Ohio-Con this weekend. Check the blog every day for a sneak peek at the stories contained within the ghastly pages of PANEL of Horror.
Today: Brent Bowman’s “Uncle Panel” welcomes you…
Two new books from hot rising superstar artists making their debut at MidOhio Con in just a few short days:
Allied Powers #2
Written by myself, art by Battlin’ Brent Bowman. Operation: Dynamo, armored Nazi goons, and superhero male bonding, all packed into 17 furious pages.
The Ineffables: Order of Succession.
Big changes come to Mystery City.
One of the best of the new breed of “good girl” artists, Dave Stevens is best known for his creation The Rocketeer, which Disney made into a movie back in 1991. His fascination with Bettie Page was evident in the design of the character Jenny Blake, as well as the many Page-related comics he did.
Sadly, Dave passed away in 2008 at the age of 52, from complications related to his leukemia. Here are 7 of his comic book covers that a variety of different projects.
How about a 2-fer this weekend? In the grand tradition of crossovers and superhero slugfests, it doesn’t get much bigger than the entire intellectual properties of one corporation duking it out with the entire catalog of licensable products of another. I’m talking about Marvel vs. DC…and DC vs. Marvel.
May the best corporate giant win.
You thought the nipple Batman costume was bad. Check out that. Shiny.
No, Nick is going to hit the club at the Axis. This is Cage in a test shot for the Tim Burton Superman movie that never was. I don’t know what could be worse: this or the dead-beat dad from Superman Returns.
For more go here.
…wheel, that is.
So, speaking of goth kids and Segways (in the comments section of this recent post), looks like Honda is experimenting with a “Segway-style unicycle” called the U3-X. You know, because the Segway has too many wheels! Check it out.
Honda President Takanobu Ito. From L to R:
“Of course it’s comfortable, why do you ask?”
“Raise the roof”
“Why yes, my slacks do drape quite well across my crotch. Thanks for noticing.”
From a pure techie/geeky point of view, it’s an awesome invention. Straight out of manga and anime future tech designs. But I’m not quite sold on the need for them. And if they’re planning on marketing them here in America, they’d better redesign those things with a more powerful engine, heavy-duty shocks, and a mega-size XXL seat. I think you know what I’m saying.
Personally, I’d rather ride this bad boy:
Saw this on the woot.com blog. It’s from about a month ago.
Marvel/Disney Crossovers We’re Looking Forward To
My favorite:
“Esmerelda vs MODOK: Can a hideous creature designed only for killing discover the beauty in himself through the love of a gypsy girl designed only for compassion?”
KA: And, it’s left a legacy where it seems like almost all heroes follow the model you created with Marvelman and Watchmen. Instead of a “straight ahead” approach to heroism like you’d find in the Silver Age, all the heroes are psychologically damaged. They all have drinking problems and sexual dysfunctions and broken marriages. And, it’s almost become a new status quo in and of itself.
AM: “Yes, it has. And, can I just say I’m sorry? That was never my intention for every book to be like that. The reason I wanted to do them like that was because nothing else was like that… “
“…I think, ultimately, that approach that I brought in—taking previously existing characters and reinterpreting them—has probably led to very grim and very un-enjoyable comic books. I didn’t want everyone else to copy what we were doing. And especially, if they were going to, I’d have preferred it if they’d copied the freshness and originality of the ideas—and, if they had managed to express a bit of the joy that we expressed, even in Watchmen, in Marvelman, and Swamp Thing. Yes, there were some very grim passages in all those books, but there were also passages of great joy. And, it seemed to me that people basically took from it what they were able to take from it—mostly a slightly depressing atmosphere and the idea that everybody had to be a grim, ruthless psychopath…”
“…That completely robbed comics of a lot of the charm that, for me at least, they once had. Again, it was never intended as a blanket approach for all comic books. It was just an experiment that I was trying, and it worked better in some cases than it did in others.”
Well, it’s been a while since we first talked about Covered, the blog where any artist can submit their cover version of a published comic book…er, cover. They’ve built up quite a nice little collection. Worth a click and a perusal.
Nexus #13 original cover by Steve Rude, covered by Paco Afromonkey:
Birdland #1 original cover by Gilbert Hernandez, covered by Anthony Vukojevich:
PANELista Craig Bogart provides this edition of 7 covers, commenting: “no real theme, just some favorites from the early 80′s”
