June 2012
3 posts
“No matter how cool and stylish you think your art is, it’s going to be sucky and...”
– RADIOMARU: Questions & answers: art process edition (via twiststreet)
May 2012
48 posts
“In Amazing Spider-Man #685, Dan Slott presented us with a scene in which...”
– Too Busy Thinking About My Comics: Why I Loathe And Despise Spider-Man, That Torturing Piece Of Slime
You should read this.
“The first issues of “Before Watchmen” will be published next month....”
– Book Review: Leaping Tall Buildings - WSJ.com
“[F]ormer He-Man scripter J. Michael Straczynski…”
Siiiiiick burn, bro.
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Me & Comics
I wrote this a while back when I was going to do Guttersniper as a Wordpress blog, but it’s sort of my origin story. Oh, and this was written before the NuDC launch, back when we were all so young and full of promise. Read on.
Like a lot of people my age, I read comics growing up. They were cheap and accessible (available for 75¢ at any 7-11 within bike-riding distance) and enough unlike...
“Bluntly: Kurtz’ argument here is so dense that it’s hard to imagine anybody...”
– Mightygodking.com /// Scott Kurtz is still Scott Kurtz.
You guys all read Mighty God King’s response to Scott Kurtz’s dunderheaded Kirby piece, right? Cuz if not, you should.
As usual with the comics internet, don’t read the comments. Unless, you know, you enjoy wanting to murder...
My Marvel Essentials redesign got picked up by... →
Thanks to Jason for the heads up.
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“But I love Comics. I love comics because their heroes inspire people and help...”
– MTV Geek – The Case For “Before Watchmen”: First Impressions On The Controversial Comic Event
doc manhattan bringing the nudist nerd community together… creepy ron paulites and ayn randers taking to the streets in rorshach masks and chanting “HURM”… washed up old men with paunches throwing on...
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“A real cost of Before Watchmen to companies like DC is that it puts into modern...”
– Tom Spurgeon discussing this interview with Chris Roberson.
“JS: Very mixed. It’s nice to see my work recognized as being worth something...”
– ‘Avengers’ spoiler special: Mystery villain’s creator speaks out | Hero Complex – movies, comics, fanboy fare – latimes.com (via iamdavidbrothers)
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“Comics fans are protective and nostalgic and prone to overidentification with...”
– The surprisingly complicated legacy of Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee - Grantland
Go read this article.
“It’s sad that things like The Avengers and Iron Man are now IP’s, so...”
– The Big Joe Casey Interview, Part One | Comics Bulletin
Hero Initiative Sees Approximately $1100 Thus Far... →
Come on, comics. Really?
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“It ought to be remembered that the purpose of the “collaboration” is to maximize...”
– Robert Fiore, taking part in a roundtable on Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby, by Charles Hatfield, over at The Comics Journal.
Pretty sure I need this book in my life.
“Do you know how all this changes? This all changes with volume. When many...”
– The iFanboy Letter Column – 05.04.2012
So, let me see if I follow the logic: comics companies are pricing their digital comics at a premium because not enough people purchase them, but people aren’t purchasing them because they’re too expensive, but they’d be less expensive if...
