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05/15/2008 - 12:00 pm - Episode 992: Extra Dimensions For Extra Flavor |
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Posted by Brian!
If you are in New Hampshire this Sunday, you should attend Granitecon. Scott Wegener, artist and co-creator of Eisner Award nominated Atomic Robo (still feels good to say that) will be there and the first 100 attendees get a free limited edition Atomic Robo print. You can't go wrong with that.
I'll be signing at Bad Apple Comics here in Orlando for the release of our first trade paperback, but that's not until mid-June, so you've got some time to plan ahead for that one. They're saying it'll be an evening affair, 6 - 8pm, and pretty informal. No lines, just a lot of signing and talking. Sounds like a good time.
In much nerdier news, I found myself reading summaries of the New World of Darkness products and settings the other day. Seems like the different, uh, "teams" are more balanced with respect to one another, but did you really have to butcher Mage? Let me tell you something you folks might not know about Mage: Sons of Ether or GTFO. End of story.
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05/15/2008 - 1:44 pm - Superman: Red or Blue? |
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Posted by Sosa!
 This.
This is finally the worst idea.
Many ideas have come before this, but this is it.
This is the worst one.
This.
The paintings that they found in Minoan Crete of wrestling bulls bare-handed showed better ideas than this.
As I read this interview, I came across some interesting subtext. The whole thing seemed to be Didio saying "We weren't happy at the level of debate the mind-wipes caused. Please debate this now." Additionally, it could be seen as DC launching a johnny-come-lately version of Marvel's Civil War. The difference being that Marvel's politics were pretend politics. Pretend politics are fun to argue. No one really cares what Spider-Man or Iron Man think about made up laws. The minute you give Superman a political platform you piss someone off.
Superman is Pro-Choice. Batman is Liberal. The Atom is against gay marriage. Someone out there just got a little irate. "How dare you besmirch the good name of my favorite character!" they (or you) said. And you're well within your right to do so. Comic books are escapist fantasy. We see ourselves in the people we read about. The minute you start defining too many characteristics, you start taking away from our ability to enjoy these stories.
COLUMN UPDATE
I'm taking forever with this column because I keep getting distracted. Sorry gang, I'll try to have it done and in Brian's hands by this evening. Blame GTA4 (which disappointed me) and Bully (Which is better than GTA4).
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