Will Read Comic Books

herochan:

Jack Kirby’s work space.

Absolutely my favorite and most inspiring image I’ve seen in a while.

I love how unpretentious and no-b*llsh*t it is. It’s a plain desk, with a plain chair and a plain side chair, all of which are beat up from use and covered in ink. It faces a corner, one that’s covered in unorganized comics. It’s inspiring to see the desk that held the home of creation for countless characters was so practical. Nothing fancy about it. Just a place to sit down, shut up and do the work.

Via joekeatinge

gailsimone:

Lois Lane:

Everyday I write the book. The book of what it’s like to be married to him. The kindness. The strength. The sense of decency that radiates off him so intensely, it’s almost visible. I want the world to know about him — how he looks when he’s sleeping, how he loves blueberry pancakes, but only if the berries are fresh, not frozen..and how, sometimes, in my heart of hearts, how even I still find new mysteries in him.

Because life with Superman isn’t all blueberries and light suppers on the moon.

Sometimes it’s alien invasions and mad scientists and Kryptonite poisoning. Sometimes it’s having honest-to-gosh demons and wizards on you enemies list. And yet the only thing that really scares him, the only thing that ever slows him down is the thought of the people he loves getting hurt. And that’s the kind of heroism people should know about.

People should understand his example. The super-speed kisses goodbye, the snap of his capes as he takes to the air. People should know. And every day I write the book. Be a bestseller…never leave the charts, probably. But to be honest, and more than a little selfish, I share my beautiful husband with the world enough. And these things, these small things I cherish, and these huge fears I endure — these I’m keeping for myself for awhile.

So everyday I write the book…and every night I tear it up again.

~Action Comics #830

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I wrote the above…writing Lois and Clark together, how they needed each other, two titans in love, was absolutely my favorite part of writing that book.

That is great monologue about what may be Comic’s greatest love. The great Gail Simone everybody.

philnoto:

Big Barda - done for this week’s cosmic theme at the WhatNot Blog -http://whatnotisms.blogspot.com/

dcu:

Happy Holidays from DC Comics!

And Merry Christmas from me too!

dennisculver:

172 The Demon

Merry Christmas!

(via dcu)

A First Look at the Ray - aka another comic to buy

Here is the first look at The Ray 4-issue mini starting in December. I do believe I’ll be adding this to the heap.

DC Women Kicking Ass: Solict and cover for Wonder Woman #6

dcwomenkickingass:

I’m very nervous. This is another issue without Chiang on art. His work, I think, has been hugely important to this book’s success. I hope there is not a team change on this book coming (which could explain why there is a delay on the trade announcement.)

WONDER WOMAN #6
Written by BRIAN…

Sue, you’re scaring the hell out of me with this conjecture!

dcu:

Ladies and Gentleman:

DARKSEID

Hrm…..I don’t know what to think about this…

So up to this point, I think I’ve been fairly clear about how I feel about Lemire and Foreman’s Animal Man. It happens to be probably my favourite of the New52, along with Wonder Woman and Swamp Thing. Well, for #3, Lemire and Foreman brought their game faces. And by faces, I mean creepy things with no faces at all.

<SPOILERS—Sorry, but the reveal in this issue is crucial, so if you care, stop reading>

What I’m referring to are the Totems, the former avatars of the Red - many without faces -through whom Buddy actually got his powers (slight retcon) and that Maxine, not Buddy, is the true next Avatar of the Red. Up until this issue, everyone had a basic consensus that Animal and Red equaled Swamp Thing and the Green; to see that put on its head is just fantastic. 

And aside from the reveal, I feel like so much more happened in general. While Maxine and Buddy are in the Red, two of the Three Hunters go after them there, and Buddy seems to get an extra power set of looking similar to whatever animal he takes the powers of—whether this is because they are in the Red or not is left to be seen. Back on the home front, Cliff and Ellen are similarly attacked and are now on the run. This looks like a set up for multiple parallel storylines between the two parts of the Baker family for a little while, giving Lemire some extra leg-room for a more literary approach, perhaps. 

Now, no review of this issue should go without mentioning the level of creepy that is elevating with every issue. While Animal Man is certainly earning its place as part of the ‘Dark’ family of DC books, it certainly isn’t the creepiest book that came out that week. With only one fairly calm death and almost comical body-snatching (re: ala Egger from Men in Black), its creepy factor is coming from Foreman’s fantastically surreal art. And intestine tentacles.

As for Travel Foreman, I have no idea how this guy is going to top himself. The sheer amount of non-violent viscera in this book is staggering, to the point that it is abstract in its portrayal - in truth, it’s some weird shit. Couple that with great Hunter and Totem models, and you have the space for some eventually-iconic interpretations of things in the DCU. And the lovely colourist, Lovern Kindzierski, gives the ability for the human brain to even begin to comprehend what Foreman is putting down. I mean that in the nicest, most effusive way possible.

TL;DR

Friggin amazing, as usual. 

WK

Well I gave it my best shot.

I think I’m going to keep my review of Action Comics #3 short, mainly because I don’t want to waste any more time on this book. 

Plot-wise, Sneak Peak at Astro City on Krypton (with scary Krypto), Clark gets the shake-down by the cops, his landlord thinks he might be Superman, Metropolis doesn’t like Superman saving cats from tree, talking machines, Luther talking to (most-likely) Brainiac, Metallo. I still feel like I’m reading Spiderman, but with more aliens and inter-planetary socialites.

Art-wise, Morales makes a cool Krypton, but dumpy clark is driving me nuts. I can say that he is a trained, competent artist. I just hate almost anything he wants to put to paper.

+UPDATE+ Apparently Gene Ha did the Krypton Scenes. I’m officially cutting this and never picking up a Rags Morales book again.

Frankly, I’m disappointed. Morrison’s All-Star Superman (which I picked up just three weeks ago—forshame on me) is just amazing. It appeals to everything I love about Superman and his archetypal good-guy nature. Angst should be had over not being able to save the world, not about whether or not people like him or his inability to stop greedy politicians from doing bad—but not super villain bad—things to their constituents. 

I have a Messiah Complex to live out vicariously through Superman and Morrison is not allowing me that anymore. Now he’s gotta be really ‘down to his socialist roots’.

Whatever, I’m done.

TL;DR 

I’m dropping Action Comics because its boring and I don’t like Morrison’s Superman. I also hate Rags Morales’ art.

WK