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Showing posts with label Gyuss Baltarr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gyuss Baltarr. Show all posts

Monday, January 14, 2008

Comics Not So Cool So Far

I wanted to post earlier but Saturday I was able to play something like eight hours of HeroClix in the Cave of Gyuss Baaltar, so I was pretty wiped for awhile. And then some of the books I read this week have really hurt my head.

Like this one. It was written by Bob Haney, for gods' sakes. Nevermind the Space Beatles vs. Primal Hippies, the Wonder Girl presented in this is one of the worst examples of sexism I have ever seen. It's kind of jarring, what with Donna falling for some warrior and wanting to marry him and fighting against the Titans for him.

In Punisher War Journal, I was kind of able to accept the new, inexplicably crazy Aloysius Kraven, even though he has a brother who was already following in the original Kraven's footsteps. But in the interlude with G.W. Bridge assembling a new Six Pack, Matt Fraction gives us a Silver Sable who's now a second rate Black Cat. Inexplicably! The series up to this point has been awesome, but it's these weird touches to jam characters into the storyarc that leave me bleh.

Hulk #1. Now, I'll pretty much enjoy anything drawn by Ed McGuinness. Bulky physiques and all, the man knows how to draw an action sequence. Now anything written by Jeph Loeb, that's a toss up, thrown a little too far to the left. Leonard Samson starting a fight with Russian superheroes because of jurisdiction issues and this splash page make me think Loeb has lost whatever it was that made his name memorable.

Monday, September 3, 2007

Bugle's Planet Daily & Big Monkey Podcast


Last week, the other site I write for, Bugle's Planet Daily, posted the winners of their open call for news articles. The runner-up was frequent commenter Gyuss Baaltar and I thought I would just take this chance to congratulate Gyuss* and invite everyone reading this to check out Bugle's Planet Daily and you can submit your own articles to BPD@buglesplanet.com, to see if you, too, can be a part of the fun.


Also, the new Big Monkey Podcast is up and I thought I would take this time to ask for questions for the group. You can send them to Thosewednesdays@gmail.com. Also, we are looking for a new theme song and you can send them along to Ben, as well.






*Sorry for taking so long to congratulate.