Selkie

(good one, Rogan).

 

Electropolis

Nobody.

Besides, how funny is it the other Lanterns are vulnerable to yellow? Anyone with half a brain could kick their ass with some spray paint.

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Has any writer used that as an excuse for a yellow costumed villain yet?

 

I'm so proud of the fact I had never heard about the GL rings being vulnerable to wood or yellow or any of that stuff. Ignorance truly was bliss. Now I have taken one more step toward a dark and lonely place, thanks to you guys. :icon_cry:

Ouch. I may not share the plumbing in question, but even so that sounds dreadfully uncomfortable. Kick back, relax, read some comics, and heal!

I have been thinking of picking up the trades. The descriptions I have read sound very interesting.

What are some of your thoughts? You guys have done right by me so far.

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For as much as I joke about Strangehaven Syndrome - the killing of interest in a publication due to an erratic publishing schedule - this series is top notch. The inevitable comparison is to The Prisoner, and it's an apt one. I classify it as a "strange little town" story, albeit not as strange as, say, Stephen King would handle it.

 

Good stuff.

sethos, it's a little late to be making April Fool's jokes. There can't possibly be another Strangehaven TPB coming out. It's only been, what, four years since the last one?

 

Nice try, but I'm not biting.

If Ghost: Black October is still homeless, I'd like to give it a place on a bookshelf to call its own.

While I agree that Dave Sim's achievements are award-worthy, I think giving him an awrd for lettering on the basis of anything but his lettering would be a mistake. By all means, give him a lifetime achievement award for all those acomplishments you set forth, but I would hope the judges would restrict their focus to the achievements in the category at hand. Why risk a better letterer losing his/her chance at receiving a deserved award because Dave Sim has done more things?

 

Speaking of which, anyone know what the comics industry's favorite lunatic misogynist is up to these days?

Krix, I'm sorry you had to go through that and relieved you're better. Hang in there and stay safe, k?

I'm sure web sites that track movie grosses are a dime a dozen on the web, but The Numbers has a handy twist that's useful for comic fans - database sorts for:

 

All Movies Based on Comics

 

Movies Based on D.C. Comics

 

Movies Based on Dark Horse Comics

 

Movies Based on Marvel Comics

 

Movies Based on Independent/Other Comics

 

Movies Based on Comic Strips

 

Super Hero Movies

 

Data for older movies is often missing or incomplete - and they don't seem inclined to add older movies to the database - but the searches provide interesting glimpses into what the moviegoing public does and doesn't want from its comic-based movies. The site owners have been remarkably open to suggestions on fleshing out entries already in their database, and quick to update information based on visitor input. Not that I would know from personal experience or anything ....

Millions: Danny Boyle does a moving story about the power of religious faith!

 

Or ... is it a movie about a child coming to terms with the death of his mother?

 

Or ... is it a movie about an "outsider" learning to stand up for what he believes in regarless of what people around him think?

 

Or ... is it a movie about learning that money doesn't solve problems, it only creates them?

 

Or .... is it a movie about (fill in the blank).

 

The answer is, all of the above and none of the above, and that's the problem. I think there's the germ of a good movie lurking inside here somwhre. In fact, there are the germs of several good movies. The problem is that no one of them is sufficiently fleshed out to say the movie is about anything at all. I wouldn't be remotely surprised to find out that the film was scripted one way, shot another, and edited a third, because no matter which theme you pick from the list above, there are at least two key scenes missing. Individually, the scenes work fine, but viewed as a whole work there are irritating gaps.

 

I must therefore disagree with a consensus of critics and say this isn't a particularly good film, especially for those people allergic to glurge. I've seen worse, but couldn't help but ruminate on the wasted potential even while I was watching it.

 

If you must see a movie in theaters this weekend and you've already seen Sin City, I must - against all better instincts - recommend Sahara. It's a big dumb action movie with a contrived plot and less than convicing acting, but the National Treasure-meets-James Bond-via-Indiana-Jones vibe makes up for a lot of sins, and it doesn't ask us to take it seriously.

jaynova, you were thisclose: "With great power, there must also come great responsibility."

 

Thanks for the pointer that enabled me to find it.

This article's an older one, but still chilling. Apologies if I've posted it here before; I don't think I have, but the brain cells are frying at an alarming right.

 

The Depressive and the Psychopath

 

If nothing else, it's a handy article to have any time a discussion of "Shoot" comes up.

 

These make me cry every time:

 

Myths Over Miami

 

An indifference to life

 

Can you tell I've picked today to wallow in misery?

I know the stock "With great power comes great responsibility" Spider-man quote is partially incorrect. I seem to recall the correct quote is closer to "With great power should come great responsibility", but for a discussion on another board it's essential I have the wording absolutely correct. (The correct citation wouldn't hurt either.)

 

Help!

Ex Machina, so far, because it hasn't had the chance to descend into a meandering travelogue with moments of stone-cold brilliance interspersed by whole issues of tedium. But both have their merits.

 

I agree Ex Machina's currently the better book. I thought Y was brilliant at the beginning, but by the time we hit that godawful "sucide intervention" issue, it lost me.

 

My comics reading is sadly mainstream-centric, most of the time (I know, I ought to be ashamed - I may well be using this list as a guide when next I go browsing for stuff away from the beaten path, mind).

 

By comparison to this list, I come off as mainstream-centric too.

 

If you do decide to use the list as a guide, I heartily recommend checking out Age of Bronze, Courrney Crumrin.Persepolis 2 and Blacksad (I prefer the first Blacksad to the second, but they're both great reads).

God Was With Them

 

The Verdict

Looks like other people have real problems (my condolences all around) so I'll keep this short:

 

The charity claims not to have Bear. The driver claims not to have taken him. Supposedly some other guy must have taken him in the ten minutes I was away from the house. Uh huh. We're calling the police so we can file a claim against our homeowner's insurance.

Best Short Story

"Eve O' Twins," by Craig Thompson, in Rosetta 2 (Alternative)

"Glenn Ganges: Jeepers Jacobs," by Kevin Huizenga, in Kramer's Ergot 5

(Gingko Press)

"God" (story on wrap-around dust jacket) by Chris Ware, in McSweeney's

Quarterly #13 (McSweeney's)

"The Price," by Neil Gaiman and Michael Zulli, in Creatures of the Night

(Dark Horse Books)

"Unfamiliar," by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson, in The Dark Horse Book of

Witchcraft (Dark Horse Books)

"Where Monsters Dine," by Troy Hickman, Angel Medina, and Jon Holdredge, in

Common Grounds #5 (Top Cow/Image)

 

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)

Demo #7: "One Shot, Don't Miss," by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan (AiT/Planet

Lar)

Eightball #23: "The Death Ray," by Dan Clowes (Fantagraphics)

Ex Machina #1: "The Pilot," by Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris, and Tom

Feister (WildStorm/DC)

Global Frequency #12: "Harpoon," by Warren Ellis and Gene Ha (WildStorm/DC)

The Goon #6: "Ilagarto Hombre!," by Eric Powell (Dark Horse)

 

Best Serialized Story

Astonishing X-Men #1-6: "Gifted," by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday (Marvel)

Ex Machina #2-5: "State of Emergency," by Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris, and

Tom Feister (WildStorm/DC)

Fables #19-27: "March of the Wooden Soldiers," by Bill Willingham, Mark

Buckingham, and Steve Leialoha (Vertigo/DC)

Planetary #19-20: "Mystery in Space/Rendezvous," by Warren Ellis and John

Cassaday (WildStorm/DC)

Y: The Last Man #18-20: "Safeword," by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and

José Marzan Jr. (Vertigo/DC)

 

Best Continuing Series

Astonishing X-Men, by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday (Marvel)

Ex Machina, by Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris, and Tom Fesiter (WildStorm/DC)

The Goon, by Eric Powell (Dark Horse)

Stray Bullets, by David Lapham (El Capitan)

Y: The Last Man, by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, and José Marzan Jr.

(Vertigo/DC)

 

Best Limited Series

DC: The New Frontier, by Darwyn Cooke (DC)

Demo, by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan (AiT/Planet Lar)

30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow, by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith (IDW)

WE3, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (Vertigo/DC)

Wanted, by Mark Millar and J. G. Jones (Top Cow/Image)

 

Best New Series

Astonishing X-Men, by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday (Marvel)

Doc Frankenstein, by the Wachowski Brothers and Steve Scroce (Burlyman)

Ex Machina, by Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris, and Tom Fesiter (WildStorm/DC)

The Shaolin Cowboy, by Geof Darrow (Burlyman)

 

Best Publication for a Younger Audience

Amelia Rules!, (Renaissance Press) and Amelia Rules! What Makes You Happy

(iBooks) by Jimmy Gownley

Courtney Crumrin in the Twilight Kingdom, by Ted Naifeh (Oni)

Owly, by Andy Runton (Top Shelf)

Plastic Man, by Kyle Baker and Scott Morse (DC)

Tommysaurus Rex, by Doug TenNapel (Image)

 

Best Humor Publication

Angry Youth Comix, by Johnny Ryan (Fantagraphics)

Birth of a Nation, by Aaron McGruder, Reginald Hudlin, and Kyle Baker

(Crown)

The Goon, by Eric Powell (Dark Horse)

Kyle Baker, Cartoonist, by Kyle Baker (Kyle Baker Publishing)

Plastic Man, by Kyle Baker and Scott Morse (DC)

 

Best Anthology

Common Grounds, by Troy Hickman and others, edited by Jim McLauchlin (Top

Cow/Image)

The Dark Horse Book of Witchcraft, edited by Scott Allie (Dark Horse Books)

The Matrix Comics, vol. 2, edited by Spencer Lamm (Burlyman)

McSweeney's Quarterly #13, edited by Chris Ware (McSweeney's)

Michael Chabon Presents The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist, edited by

Diana Schutz and David Land (Dark Horse)

 

Best Digital Comic

Athena Voltaire, by Steve Bryant www.athenavoltaire.com

Bento & Starchky, by zer0 (Peter Branting)

http://www.noapologiespress.com/zer0comics/bento.htm

Copper, by Kazu www.boltcity.com/copper_home.htm

Jonny Crossbones, by Les McClaine

www.evilspacerobot.com/comics/jonnycrossbones/index.htm

Mom's Cancer, by Brian Fies www.momscancer.com/eisner.htm

ojingogo, by matt forsythe www.comingupforair.net/comics/ojingogo.html

 

Best Graphic Album-New

Blacksad Book 2: Arctic Nation, by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido

(iBooks)

It's a Bird . . ., by Steven T. Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen (Vertigo/DC)

The Originals, by Dave Gibbons (Vertigo/DC)

Suspended in Language, by Jim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis (GT Labs)

Tommysaurus Rex, by Doug TenNapel (Image)

 

Best Graphic Album-Reprint

Age of Bronze: Sacrifice, by Eric Shanower (Image)

Bone One Volume Edition, by Jeff Smith (Cartoon Books)

The Book of Ballads, by Charles Vess and others (Tor)

Clyde Fans, by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)

In the Shadow of No Towers, by art spiegelman (Pantheon)

Locas, by Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics)

 

Best Archival Collection/Project

The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker, edited by Robert Mankoff (Black Dog

& Leventhal)

The Complete Peanuts, edited by Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)

DC Comics Rarities Archives, vol. 1, edited by Dale Crain (DC)

Krazy and Ignatz, edited by Bill Blackbeard and Derya Ataker (Fantagraphics)

Russ Manning's Magnus, Robot Fighter, vol. 1, edited by Katie Moody, Mike

Carriglitto, and David Land (Dark Horse Books)

 

Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material

Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima, vols. 1-2, by Keiji Nahazawa

(Last Gasp)

Blacksad Book 2: Arctic Nation, by Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido

(iBooks)

Buddha, vols. 3-4 by Osamu Tezuka (Vertical)

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return, by Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon)

Tokyo Tribes, by Santa Inoue (TOKYOPOP)

 

Best Writer

Steve Niles, 30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow; 30Days of Night:

Bloodsucker Tales; Aleister Arcane (IDW); Freaks of the Heartland; Last

Train to Deadsville (Dark Horse)

Greg Rucka, Queen & Country (Oni); Gotham Central (DC)

Brian K. Vaughan, Y: The Last Man (Vertigo/DC); Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC);

Runaways (Marvel)

Joss Whedon, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel)

Bill Willingham, Fables (Vertigo/DC)

 

Best Writer/Artist

Paul Chadwick, Concrete: The Human Dilemma (Dark Horse)

Dan Clowes, Eightball #23 (Fantagraphics)

David Lapham, Stray Bullets (El Capitan)

Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse)

Adrian Tomine, Optic Nerve #9 (Drawn & Quarterly)

 

Best Writer/Artist-Humor

Kyle Baker, Plastic Man (DC); Kyle Baker, Cartoonist (Kyle Baker Publishing)

Phil Foglio, Girl Genius (Airship Entertainment)

Scott Kurtz, PvP (Image)

Eric Powell, The Goon (Dark Horse)

Johnny Ryan, Angry Youth Comix (Fantagraphics)

 

Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team

Charles Adlard, The Walking Dead (Image)

John Cassaday, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Planetary (WildStorm/DC); I Am

Legion: The Dancing Faun (Humanoids/DC)

Geof Darrow, Shaolin Cowboy (Burlyman)

Cary Nord/Thomas Yeates, Conan (Dark Horse)

Frank Quitely, WE3 (Vertigo/DC)

 

Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (interior art)

Juanjo Guarnido, Blacksad, Book 2: Arctic Nation (iBooks)

Teddy Kristiansen, It's a Bird . . . (Vertigo/DC)

David Mack, Kabuki (Marvel)

Ben Templesmith, 30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow (IDW)

Michael Zulli, Creatures of the Night (Dark Horse Books)

 

Best Coloring

Peter Doherty, Shaolin Cowboy (Burlyman)

Steven Griffen, Hawaiian Dick: The Last Resort (Image)

Laura Martin, Astonishing X-Men (Marvel); Ministry of Space (Image);

Planetary (WildStorm/DC); I Am Legion: The Dancing Faun (Humanoids/DC)

J. D. Mettler, Ex Machina (WildStorm/DC)

Dave Stewart, Daredevil, Ultimate X-Men, Ultimate Six, Captain America

(Marvel); Conan, BPRD (Dark Horse)l DC: The New Frontier (DC)

 

Best Lettering

Todd Klein, Promethea; Tom Strong; Tom Strong's Terrific Tales (ABC); Wonder

Woman (DC); Books of Magick: Life During Wartime; Fables; WE3 (Vertigo/DC);

Creatures of the Night (Dark Horse)

Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse)

Dave Sim, Cerebus (Aardvark Vanaheim)

Craig Thompson, Carnet de Voyage (Top Shelf); "Eve O' Twins" in Rosetta 2

(Alternative)

 

Best Cover Artist

Kieron Dwyer, Remains (IDW)

James Jean, Fables (Vertigo/DC); Green Arrow, Batgirl (DC)

Tony Moore, The Walking Dead (Image)

Frank Quitely, Bite Club; WE3 (Vertigo/DC)

Michael Turner, Identity Crisis (DC)

 

Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition

Frank Cammuso (Max Hamm, Fairy Tale Detective)

Bosch Fawstin (Table for One)

Matt Kindt (Two Sisters; Pistolwhip)

Sean McKeever (A Waiting Place; Mary Jane; Inhumans; Sentinels)

Raina Telgemeier ("Smile," Takeout)

 

Best Comics-Related Periodical

Comic Art, edited by M. Todd Hignite (Comic Art)

Comic Book Artist, edited by Jon B. Cooke (Top Shelf)

Draw!, edited by Mike Manley (TwoMorrows)

Indy Magazine online ( www.indyworld.com), edited by Bill Kartalopoulos

(Alternative)

 

Best Comics-Related Book

The Art of Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai (Dark Horse Books)

Chris Ware, by Daniel Raeburn (Monographics/Yale University Press)

Give Our Regards to the Atom Smashers, edited by Sean Howe (Pantheon)

Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book, by

Gerard Jones (Basic Books)

Strangers in Paradise Treasury Edition, by Terry Moore (HarperCollins

Perennial)

 

Best Publication Design

The Art of Usagi Yojimbo, designed by Cary Grazzini (Dark Horse Books)

Clyde's Fans, designed by Seth (Drawn & Quarterly)

The Complete Peanuts, designed by Seth (Fantagraphics)

In the Shadow of No Towers, designed by art spiegelman (Pantheon)

McSweeney's Quarterly #13, designed by Chris Ware (McSweeney's)

 

Hall of Fame

Judges' Choices: Lou Fine; René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo

 

Four will be selected from:

 

Matt Baker

Wayne Boring

Nick Cardy

Yves Chaland

Gene Colan

Johnny Craig

Reed Crandall

Floyd Gottfredson

Frank Hampson

Graham Ingels

Robert Kanigher

William Moulton Marston

Hugo Pratt

Frank Robbins

I loved "Leave it to Chance".  At least, I loved the first story arc.

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A resounding YES! The other two arcs grew on me when I re-read them. I love the Image oversized HCs for this series - really show off the art to its best advantage.

 

Christian, what LOTDK issues did Robinson write? I'd be interested in tracking those down.

 

Anyone read Robinson's Bluebeard GN? That was such a horrid POS I still refuse to believe the man responsible for Starman and Chance wrote it too.

 

Wolvy, as for the TPB vs. singles question - this is the one series I considered buying in singles (which is how I originally read it, via a friend's copies) but I wound up going with TPBs for all the usual reasons. I didn't buy the TPBs past issue 45, which is where I felt the series went into a steep decline, but those first 45 issues are golden. I vaguely remember hearing about a really truly final Starman TPB with all sorts of miscellaneous stuff in it - if so, that might contain The Shade's journals.

 

If you do decide to go the singles route, drop me a note. I have quite a few early issues that I'd be happy to sell inexpensively, and at least cut down on the numbers of boxes you'd have to pore through at SD.

well, that is too bad: means there won't be more englih language Incal or Metabaron comics.

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Thank you for finding the silver lining in the dark cloud of this announcement.

 

Wish I could say I was surprised by the news, but sadly, I'm not. Unless DC was counting on bookstores, I don't know why they thought pushing out a new European TPB a month with little publicity or fanfare was going to be a profitable venture in the long-term.

 

I was hoping for more White Lama. but can live without it. Was curious to see what the color edition of MISS: Better Living Through Crime looked like, but since I already have the black and white edition that I'm told is a better looking book, that was nothing more than idle curiosity.

 

Christian, which 2000 AD Alan Moore books did DC put out? I've been woefully behind on comcis news, and hope I haven't missed something worthwhile.

pooka, we couldn't find Bear's Halloween pictures but I'll upload copies if they turn up. He was attending the cauldron full of rubber snakes and amphibians this year.

 

So far, the prospects for Bear's return are looking dim. No word at the promised time from the organization, and mama 'rent is sniffling saying things like "I hope he gets a nice home."

Per Bad Signal:

 

Oh, and if anyone's interested, DC have just confirmed the immediate end of their co-publishing deals with Humanoids and the 2000AD group.

Thanks for all the well wishes on Bear's safe return. I did hear back from the charity, and they "think" they can recover him because I was able to provide detail down to the truck number. I'm supposed to hear more by the end of the day. :unsure:

 

Red, believe it or not we were indeed going through Halloween photos looking for pictures of him (he dressed up for the holiday) so we could fax a picture to the VVofA. How bizarre is that?!

I share the folowing story not because it's so terribly awful, but as an example of how utterly bizarre my life can be.

 

My mother decided to donate some clothes to a random Vietnam Veterans charity that called one night. She put the bag of clothes out in front of the house, with the appropriate tag for the charity on it. She leaned the bag against the three and a half foot tall wooden bear sculpture my father bought her for her anniversary a few years ago.

 

Understand, she loves Bear. So does most of the neighborhood. People buy hats for Bear. Bear is lovingly taken into the garage every winter to hibernate, and one of the real signs of spring is when Bear returns to his post.

 

She got very ill today, and after I returned from picking her up and bringing her back home, I commented that it was high time Bear was put out front. Uh oh. Bear was out front. Enter "Selkie, oh no! We need to find Bear!"

 

She didn't remember the exact name of the charity. She had erased the answering machine message with the phone number. Caller ID had registered the caller as "Blocked", so we couldn't retrieve the number that way. I searched the web for all the local Vietnam vets charities I could find (too many to try). Finally we turned up the receipt the charity left, and called the number on it. No answer.

 

As far as we can tell, my father was too tired when he got home to register that Bear was missing. He will go ballistic when he finds out, and their marriage is shakey enough as it is. (Yes, so shakey that the disappearance of a wooden bear will result in fireworks. Trust me on this). Bear's too expensive to buy a replacement, so that option is out. All we can do is hope the charity returns our phone call and finds Bear before he's sold.

 

My great mission in life now is to locate a missing wooden bear. Why me?

Defining a "Graphic novel" as "no more than two squarebound volumes":

 

Watchmen

V for Vendetta

Epileptic

Persepolis

Maus

Grendel: Devil Tales

Sandman: Brief Lives