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Comment on Kirkman takes over the universe by jason

jason — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:46:20 +0000

Wonderful! I’m so glad that they got so much use. Speaking of them being library books…..

Comment on Kirkman takes over the universe by florence

florence — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:32:21 +0000

These library books have gotten a lot of use! Over Thanksgiving weekend, our nephew Jake and cousin Patrick read them, not to mention myself & Marty.

I liked Capes, but I was totally hooked on Wolf-man. I can’t say that I have any literary praise for it, but I could not put it down, and the cliffhanger at the end trapped me. Must find more!

Comment on Abadazad Book 3: the Puppet the professer and the prophet by Susie

Susie — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:58:04 +0000

I can lend you the books, but only if you can deal with no possible conclusion.

Off the top of my head all the magic land tales I can think of:
the Oz series (i have only read the first two)
The Alice series
the Narnia series
Peter Pan
the Labyrinth
Coraline
Mirrormask
Stardust
Neverwhere (I guess Neil likes the magic land tale too)
Never Ending Story
A Wrinkle in Time
Many Waters
Pan’s Labyrinth (sorta)
And if you allow scifi then also Farscape and the Hitchhikers trilogy

I really am drawn to this genre. I am sure there are a lot more

Comment on Abadazad Book 3: the Puppet the professer and the prophet by Martin

Martin — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:31:56 +0000

Huh. This does sound interesting. Especially the aspect where it’s paying homage to the other magic land books that came before it. I feel as though I’ve sort of grown out of the magic land genre, but I definitely went through a period in my life where I too would read anything that seemed to be in the vein. Alice in Wonderland came immediately to mind, but Florence pointed out The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is also solidly of that genre, and I’ve read that series more than any other over the years. (At least I think that is still true.)

Oz is obviously another great example. I’ve never actually read the books, but I’ve had them on my “list” for years. Another favorite is The Neverending Story, in both movie and book form, and I’ll bet the movie The Labyrinth fits nicely in the genre also. Wow, so many childhood favorites with such a similar basic premise. Did we really just want to escape that much when we were young? I suppose the same is true now, we just escape to different places…

Comment on Book Club - Buffy Season 8 #1-18 by Martin

Martin — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:55:24 +0000

Hi Chad,

Unfortunately, we didn’t get your questions until after we’d already done the podcast, but this was a great idea! We’d love to have a list of commenter questions like this before a podcast.

Looking back at them, I think we did answer some of them, but maybe not as directly as we could have. I’ll answer some here:

1) The two of us who hadn’t seen much of the show both were still able to get into the comic, but maybe not as much as those who had seen the show. I also know that we both (mike and I) would probably not have read all these if it hadn’t been for the book club. But having said that, we were both glad that we did. (I know this, because we discussed it. I just can’t remember if it was in the podcast.)
2) We definitely didn’t answer this directly, but since I’m one of those who didn’t watch the show, I can’t really say.
3) This is a fun question that Florence and I had totally discussed on our own, but didn’t come up last night during the podcast! We definitely think they are taking advantage of things that they couldn’t do on TV because they’d be too expensive. Dawn as a giant is a good example, but Florence cited having bases in tons of countries and changing locale for every other issue or so as being a prime example.
4) We didn’t really discuss previous Buffy comics other than Frey, which is definitely part of the continuity of Season 8, since the last arc is a crossover!
5) We definitely discussed Angel and Spike comics at length. I didn’t know anything about them, so I can’t really speak to that.

Thanks for writing, and don’t hesitate to do it again!

Comment on Book Club - Buffy Season 8 #1-18 by Chad

Chad — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:02:50 +0000

Hi everyone,
I am a long time listener first time pod commenter.

I did not make it all the way though to issue 18 (I was able to get 1-10 and 12 but only had time to read though issue 6) but thought I would see if you could answer some questions during your pod cast.
1. I know Florence was a Buffy fan and probably saw all the seasons of the show but for everyone who did not watch the series was it easy to get involved into Season Eight?
2. I was also wondering if now that the comic is out do you find the comic more entertaining or the tv show?
3. Do you think that not being restricted by a tv show budget has affected the type of story or scope of the story being told?
4. Do previous Buffy comics fit into the continuity of the tv show or with this comic or are they all stand alones.
5. What about Angel and Spike comics from other publishers? Even though cross overs are probably not likely do the events that happen in Angel or Spike comic still happen in the Buffy (I thought that Joss had been involved with if not written an Angel from IDW?) like Sunnyville being blown up. Is it also an event at least acknowledged in the other books.

Thanks, I will take my question off the air.

Talk to everyone later.
bye now.
Chad

Comment on Kirkman takes over the universe by Martin

Martin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:12:59 +0000

You’ll have to bring over Capes and The Astounding Wolf-Man on Saturday when you come over for the Book Club. I really want to read both of those.

Pretty please!

Comment on Obama is One of Us by Michael

Michael — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:11:21 +0000

It’s nice to see that the D&D and comic book lobby is finally getting some clout!

Comment on Kermit Bale by Ferd

Ferd — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:14:42 +0000

Hey there– I stumbled across your post linking my silly little LJ post about Kermit Bale and I thought I would answer your Bat Kermit question. It’s from a Muppet Parody calendar from several years back. Glad you enjoyed the pics and comparisons.

Comment on Editorial - 20 things wrong with comics by Michael

Michael — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:34:57 +0000

Edited to add an image. Just to make Marty happy. And cuz Charlie Brown reminds me of him. And cuz nothing exemplifies angst quite like Charlie Brown.

Comment on Editorial - 20 things wrong with comics by Jason

Jason — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:44:40 +0000

I look forward to your list of twenty things good about comics. I wonder how many of them will be the same as your bad things list.

Comment on Editorial - 20 things wrong with comics by Susie

Susie — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:34:06 +0000

I am so with you on the event comics. Sometimes there good, but they just happen so often!. I have event fatigue, and I have even read any for two years! And the ads, so invaisive!

Comment on Editorial - 20 things wrong with comics by florence

florence — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:20:04 +0000

Amen, brother!
Your post just made me laugh after a long, shifty day at work. So glad I have tomorrow off!

Comment on Editorial - 20 things wrong with comics by Martin

Martin — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:01:17 +0000

The main thing you missed — this post doesn’t have an image in it.

Seriously, I think there’s an interesting argument to be made that many of these problems with comics all stem from #15. Alternate Universes, for example, wouldn’t exist, if someone had written an entirely new character, instead of the 2nd iteration of superman. Likewise, it’s possible continuity wouldn’t be as much of an issue if there weren’t 15 versions of Superman to keep straight. If all those rock star writers (#9) could write their own stories instead of take up the mantle of some dumb ass comic that’s been going since the 60s, I know I’d be more apt to read them. Then again, I’m pretty biased against all the big name superhero titles. I just don’t think they’re very creative.

Comment on The John Philip Borger Comic Book Collection at the University of Minnesota Libraries by Christina Morgan

Christina Morgan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:51:52 +0000

You can view a slideshow of some of the comics that Borger donated at http://giving.umn.edu/extras/borger/index.html .

Comment on Flight by Michael

Michael — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:00:49 +0000

Gorgeous cover art. I’ll have to check them out.

Comment on Flight by Martin

Martin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:23:18 +0000

You know, I see these ALL THE TIME at the library, and though they have great covers, I’ve never actually sat down to read one. I’ll have to remedy that sometime.

Comment on ReadComics Podcast #022 by stevieDisme

stevieDisme — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:52:13 +0000

gigantic came out already?!? shit, i missed it! will have to make sure to get this one. it sounds great…a comic parody of reality shows but with giant robots! sweet!

Comment on November 4, 2008 - Presidents Illustrated by florence

florence — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:54:54 +0000

this makes me so happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment on Special, a superpowers movie by Sharyn

Sharyn — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:49:39 +0000

Ahhh, I blogged about that recently…because it brought to mind the time I dropped to my knees in front of Mr. Rapaport, downtown Minneapolis. I felt pretty special then.

Comment on Blotchmen and other Watchmen Parodies by clive

clive — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:29:50 +0000

I have somewhere a really awful b&w parody comic book called Watchcats, which came out before Watchmen had even been collected up as a trade paperback. It was of UK origin and I seem to recall it was screamingly unfunny.

Comment on My Name is Bruce by Sharyn

Sharyn — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:56:11 +0000

No! I haven’t got teevee, but I’ll have to find the clip online somewhere. Love that man. So much.

Comment on My Name is Bruce by florence

florence — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:58:45 +0000

Did you see Bruce on Best Week Ever this week?

Comment on My Name is Bruce by Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:52:48 +0000

I have so much love for Bruce Campbell– I can’t wait for the new movie, which I’ve been eagerly anticipating for about a year! Awesome!

And for some reason, I totally missed that he’s in Burn Notice. Shame on me!

Comment on Ant Man’s Big Christmas by Chad

Chad — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:27:11 +0000

Mike your review hilarious. This is the funniest review I have ever read.
Chad.

Comment on This Week’s Pull by Martin

Martin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:14:01 +0000

We did think of a good name for this the other night. This, and all future articles like it will henceforth be known as “Married with Comics”.

Comment on Final Crisis and Batman R.I.P. (and annotations) by Chad

Chad — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:30:27 +0000

Jason, you are right on the mark with Morrison’s Final Crisis. I was doing alright though issue one but issue two just started to become a jummbled mess. That is the point that I became furstrated enough to quit picking it up as it came out and wait till I could find the issues at half price books or in cheap bins. It disappoints me that this is supposed to be DC’s must read universe altering, chacter changing event and it ends up being so hideously disjointed that they may need another “Crisis” series to fix this “Crisis”.
I have been picking up Morrison’s back issues of Batman and it does seem as though he is more concentrated on storytelling in that (at least in the start of his run). Maybe it is the Editor’s work on the New X-Men and Batman that make those an enjoyable read.
Thanks for the review Jason.
Chad

Comment on Final Crisis and Batman R.I.P. (and annotations) by Gary Greenwood

Gary Greenwood — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:06:22 +0000

Thanks for the mention about my annotations website - might want to change the link in the article, though, as it points to my other blog which is more to do with my writing.

The annotations can be found at http://theannotatedfinalcrisis.googlepages.com/home

Cheers!

Comment on Final Crisis and Batman R.I.P. (and annotations) by Martin

Martin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:10:36 +0000

I listened to the DisinfoCon talk last night, (on youtube, but it was mostly open in another tab while I played a game on kongregate), and he’s got some interesting things to say. Clearly totally crazy, but interesting none the less.

Comment on Justice: Alex Ross by Martin

Martin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:32:48 +0000

Oh man, there’s just so much to read. For what it’s worth, I can’t seem to get enough of PS238 lately. Last time I looked at the source they had all but the fifth TPB. It’s probably the first B&W comic I’ve really been into. (With the second being the Walking Dead, also highly recommended.)