I learned last week that Tony DeZuniga, co-creator of the DC Comics character,...
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Farewell to Tony DeZuniga
I learned last week that Tony DeZuniga, co-creator of the DC Comics character, Jonah Hex, passed away last week. Mr. DeZuniga penciled many books for DC and Marvel from the 1970s on, including Batman, Detective Comics, Phantom Stranger, Vigilante, Iron Man, X-Men, Thor and countless others. His most famous work, however was on Jonah Hex. [...]
The Shadow Knows
I have a confession, I’m not a big fan of Garth Ennis. His work, while well respected, has tended to represent the things that I don’t like about comics. Even so, I was willing to give his new series, THE SHADOW, a chance because out of fondness for the character. I read the DC series [...]
Little Bit Of This, Little Bit Of That
I’m on a personal quest to discover which comics are still relevant to me today. I’ve loved the form my entire life–particularly the super-hero genre. Over the years, I’ve fallen away from the super-heroes; barbarian phase, independent phase, Vertigo phase, adult phase, and back around to super-heroes again. DC’s New 52 pulled me strongly back [...]
Danger Club Review
Danger Club #1 just came out from Image last week, and I have to say that even though the book was recommended to me, I purchased it with a little trepidation. Here was yet another sort of reality take on the super hero world AND it was all about children being super heroes to boot. [...]
Top 5 Properties In Need of a Comic Book Revamp
It was announced this week that James Robinson will be writing a new He-Man and the Masters of the Universe revamp for DC Comics. Generally speaking, I try to avoid revamps at the movies, but I’ve often enjoyed them as comics. Revamped movies almost always stink because they lose the thing that made a particular [...]
The John Carters I have known…
Love it or hate it, the new John Carter movie has spawned a lot of contemporary conversation about the books, comics, illustrations, fanzines–everyone has an opinion! My first exposure to Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Martian tales was in the third or fourth grade. My parents got me one of the editions with the wicked cool Michael [...]
the Avengers Keep on Assembling
I like the Avengers, I like Brian Michael Bendis (usually) what I don’t like is the fact that Marvel has decided to continue to saturate their title list with yet another Avengers book, Avengers Assemble. It is not a terrible book, but it is a book that doesn’t bring anything new that we haven’t already [...]
Too Many Words?
Hi there kind readers. Let me start today’s post out with a few questions. What do you expect to find on TV? Television programs! And commercials, of course. Good. Good. Now, what do you expect to find on the radio? OK, this one is tougher. I will accept either songs (music) or talk shows. And, [...]
The Pitch
Pamela Mullin, editor at Vertigo, posted Paul Cornell’s pitch for SAUCER COUNTRY on the Vertigo blog the other day. As a writer and a writing teacher, I have to admit that I love stuff like this. It gives us insight into the mind of the creator, and also reveals a pitch that was actually accepted [...]
Who Watches The Watchmen?
Last month, DC Comics announced a series of controversial prequels to, possibly, the most influential comic mini-series of all time: The Watchmen. The prequels are: RORSCHACH (4 issues) – Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: Lee Bermejo MINUTEMEN (6 issues) – Writer/Artist: Darwyn Cooke COMEDIAN (6 issues) – Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: J.G. Jones DR. MANHATTAN (4 [...]
