New comics Sept. 15, 2009: Indiana Jones! Spirit! Batman! Brave and the Bold! Warlord! Spidey! Nancy!
New releases of note this week. Click the links to order discounted items from Amazon.
INDIANA JONES ADVENTURES VOL 2 A new, 88-page Indy adventure scripted by Mark Evanier and art by Ethen Beavers.
WILL EISNER'S SPIRIT ARCHIVES: NEW ADVENTURES Collecting Dark Horse Comics' Spirit anthology stories with work by Allen Moore, Neil Gaimin and others. The release continues the numbering and cover design of DC Comics' Spirit Archives series, making this volume 27.
BATMAN AND ROBIN #4
BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #4 The two flagship Batbooks land on the same week (likely due to delays on Batman and Robin #4, I think). So far, I think the Dini-scripted Streets of Gotham is the stronger of the two. Grant Morrison's first storyline (issues 1-3 of Batman and Robin) just didn't go anywhere, wheres I'm intrigued to see what happens next with Dini's storyline.
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #27 More Batman! Writer J. Michael Straczynski takes the reins of this team-up book (shouldn't they reboot the numbering?) The first entry hooks up Batman and Dial H for Hero. Could be fun. The old Haney/Aparo B&B was one of my favorite books.
SHOWCASE PRESENTS WARLORD VOL 1 Good fantasy stuff with story and art by Mike Grell. I used to love this title. Collects 1ST ISSUE SPECIAL #8 and WARLORD #1-28.
WEDNESDAY COMICS #11 The penultimate issue of DC's experiment in a weekly tabloid comics section.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #605 I'm still enjoying my weekly Spidey fix. If you're a lapsed Marvelite, you might enjoy this.
JOHN STANLEY LIBRARY NANCY VOL 1 Comic enthusiasts say this is good stuff. Before my time, but it looks good.
INDIANA JONES ADVENTURES VOL 2 A new, 88-page Indy adventure scripted by Mark Evanier and art by Ethen Beavers.
WILL EISNER'S SPIRIT ARCHIVES: NEW ADVENTURES Collecting Dark Horse Comics' Spirit anthology stories with work by Allen Moore, Neil Gaimin and others. The release continues the numbering and cover design of DC Comics' Spirit Archives series, making this volume 27.
BATMAN AND ROBIN #4
BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #4 The two flagship Batbooks land on the same week (likely due to delays on Batman and Robin #4, I think). So far, I think the Dini-scripted Streets of Gotham is the stronger of the two. Grant Morrison's first storyline (issues 1-3 of Batman and Robin) just didn't go anywhere, wheres I'm intrigued to see what happens next with Dini's storyline.
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #27 More Batman! Writer J. Michael Straczynski takes the reins of this team-up book (shouldn't they reboot the numbering?) The first entry hooks up Batman and Dial H for Hero. Could be fun. The old Haney/Aparo B&B was one of my favorite books.
SHOWCASE PRESENTS WARLORD VOL 1 Good fantasy stuff with story and art by Mike Grell. I used to love this title. Collects 1ST ISSUE SPECIAL #8 and WARLORD #1-28.
WEDNESDAY COMICS #11 The penultimate issue of DC's experiment in a weekly tabloid comics section.
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #605 I'm still enjoying my weekly Spidey fix. If you're a lapsed Marvelite, you might enjoy this.
JOHN STANLEY LIBRARY NANCY VOL 1 Comic enthusiasts say this is good stuff. Before my time, but it looks good.
Next DC animated film is "Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths"
The next straight-to-DVD DC Comics animated film is "Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths." From the press release:
An original story from award-winning animation/comics writer Dwayne
McDuffie (Justice League) rooted in DC Comics’ popular canon of
“Crisis” stories.
Bruce Timm (Superman Doomsday, Green Lantern) is executive producer.
Lauren Montgomery (Wonder Woman, Green Lantern) and Sam Liu
(Superman/Batman: Public Enemies) are co-directors.
In Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, a “good” Lex Luthor arrives
from an alternate universe to recruit the Justice League to help save
his Earth from the Crime Syndicate, a gang of villainous characters
with virtually identical super powers to the Justice League. What
ensues is the ultimate battle of good versus evil in a war that
threatens both planets and, through a diabolical plan launched by
Owlman, puts the balance of all existence in peril.
All-star voice cast led by Mark Harmon (NCIS) as Superman, James Woods
(Ghosts of Mississippi) as Owlman, Chris Noth (Sex and the City, Law &
Order) as Lex Luthor, William Baldwin (Dirty Sexy Money) as Batman,
Gina Torres (Serenity, Firefly) as Super Woman and Bruce Davison
(X-Men) as the President.
An original story from award-winning animation/comics writer Dwayne
McDuffie (Justice League) rooted in DC Comics’ popular canon of
“Crisis” stories.
Bruce Timm (Superman Doomsday, Green Lantern) is executive producer.
Lauren Montgomery (Wonder Woman, Green Lantern) and Sam Liu
(Superman/Batman: Public Enemies) are co-directors.
In Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, a “good” Lex Luthor arrives
from an alternate universe to recruit the Justice League to help save
his Earth from the Crime Syndicate, a gang of villainous characters
with virtually identical super powers to the Justice League. What
ensues is the ultimate battle of good versus evil in a war that
threatens both planets and, through a diabolical plan launched by
Owlman, puts the balance of all existence in peril.
All-star voice cast led by Mark Harmon (NCIS) as Superman, James Woods
(Ghosts of Mississippi) as Owlman, Chris Noth (Sex and the City, Law &
Order) as Lex Luthor, William Baldwin (Dirty Sexy Money) as Batman,
Gina Torres (Serenity, Firefly) as Super Woman and Bruce Davison
(X-Men) as the President.
Pop links: TARDIS saved! More Doctor Who! TV Bat trio reunites! Bat Cycle! Buscema!
An endangered police call box, similar to Doctor Who's TARDIS time-traveling machine, has taken on a new life as a city information booth in Sheffield, the BBC reports.
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The inaugural Anaheim Comic Con, April 16-18, 2010 will feature guest appearances by Batman TV show guests Adam West, Burt Ward and Julie Newmar. More info.
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Coming from Mattel, a 1/12 version of the TV Bat Cycle.
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A Spanish gallery is hosting an exhibit of works by the great Marvel Comics artist John Buscema.
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The inaugural Anaheim Comic Con, April 16-18, 2010 will feature guest appearances by Batman TV show guests Adam West, Burt Ward and Julie Newmar. More info.
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Coming from Mattel, a 1/12 version of the TV Bat Cycle.
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A Spanish gallery is hosting an exhibit of works by the great Marvel Comics artist John Buscema.
CD new releases Sept. 15, 2009
New CD releases of interest this week. Click the links to order discounted titles from Amazon.
Get Lucky by Mark Knopfler
Keep An Eye On The Sky by Big Star
Get Lucky by Mark Knopfler
Keep An Eye On The Sky by Big Star
DVD new releases Sept. 15, 2009
New DVDs of note this week. Click on the links to order discounted titles from Amazon.
Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fifth Season
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008 Christmas Special)
X-Men, Volume Three (Marvel Collection)
X-Men, Volume Four (Marvel Collection)
Army of Darkness (Screwhead Edition) [Blu-ray]
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Clone Commandos (TV Series Season 1, Vol. 2)
Directed by John Ford
Soundstage: Ringo Starr and the Roundheads - Live
Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fifth Season
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor (2008 Christmas Special)
X-Men, Volume Three (Marvel Collection)
X-Men, Volume Four (Marvel Collection)
Army of Darkness (Screwhead Edition) [Blu-ray]
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Clone Commandos (TV Series Season 1, Vol. 2)
Directed by John Ford
Soundstage: Ringo Starr and the Roundheads - Live
Pop links: RIP comic book covers; trailer for Disney's Christmas Carol; Jimmy Thompson's Robot Man; remembering Jim Carroll; Hembeck, more!
Bully takes a look at a favorite comic book cover convention: RIP covers. I posted my own batch a while back here.
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Watch a trailer for Disney's "A Christmas Carol."
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A great, overlooked talent of comics' Golden Age? Cartoon Snap makes the case for Robotman artist Jimmy Thompson.
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"Punk poet" and author of "The Basketball Diaries" Jim Carroll has died at age 60, The New York Times reports.
As a teenage basketball star in the 1960s at Trinity, an elite private school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Mr. Carroll led a chaotic life that combined sports, drugs and poetry. This highly unusual combination lent a lurid appeal to “The Basketball Diaries,” the journal he kept during high school and published in 1978, by which time his poetry had already won him a cult reputation as the new Bob Dylan.
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Kanye West must be stopped.
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Time to check out a great new batch of Fred Hembeck 'toons!
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Watch a trailer for Disney's "A Christmas Carol."
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A great, overlooked talent of comics' Golden Age? Cartoon Snap makes the case for Robotman artist Jimmy Thompson.
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"Punk poet" and author of "The Basketball Diaries" Jim Carroll has died at age 60, The New York Times reports.
As a teenage basketball star in the 1960s at Trinity, an elite private school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Mr. Carroll led a chaotic life that combined sports, drugs and poetry. This highly unusual combination lent a lurid appeal to “The Basketball Diaries,” the journal he kept during high school and published in 1978, by which time his poetry had already won him a cult reputation as the new Bob Dylan.
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Kanye West must be stopped.
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Time to check out a great new batch of Fred Hembeck 'toons!
Pop links: Joe Sinnott! White Out reviewed! Ditko! Lucky Luke movie!
Pappy presents a swell, Joe Sinnott-illustrated horror tale from 1952.
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The New York Times doesn't seem overly impressed with the film adaptation of "White Out."
The first thing Kate Beckinsale does in “Whiteout” is take a shower. This may be because her character, a United States marshal named Carrie Stetko, needs to rinse off the grime of Antarctica, where she is stationed. Or, as seems more likely, it may be because the filmmakers, realizing that she would be spending most of the movie swaddled in thick parkas and layers of thermal protection, felt that some audience members might enjoy seeing Ms. Beckinsale in her underwear and then out of it behind a strategically fogged glass door.
Which is not to imply that the shower scene, interrupted by a knock at the door — “I’m in the shower,” Carrie cleverly replies — is more contrived or absurd than anything else that happens in this studiously mediocre little thriller
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For all you Ayn Rand fanatics: Golden Age Comic Books showcases Steve Ditko's Mr. A.
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Check out some clips from an upcoming live-action adaptation of Lucky Luke.
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The New York Times doesn't seem overly impressed with the film adaptation of "White Out."
The first thing Kate Beckinsale does in “Whiteout” is take a shower. This may be because her character, a United States marshal named Carrie Stetko, needs to rinse off the grime of Antarctica, where she is stationed. Or, as seems more likely, it may be because the filmmakers, realizing that she would be spending most of the movie swaddled in thick parkas and layers of thermal protection, felt that some audience members might enjoy seeing Ms. Beckinsale in her underwear and then out of it behind a strategically fogged glass door.
Which is not to imply that the shower scene, interrupted by a knock at the door — “I’m in the shower,” Carrie cleverly replies — is more contrived or absurd than anything else that happens in this studiously mediocre little thriller
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For all you Ayn Rand fanatics: Golden Age Comic Books showcases Steve Ditko's Mr. A.
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Check out some clips from an upcoming live-action adaptation of Lucky Luke.
Pop links: Wally Wood! Neal Adams! DC Comics shake up! Barbie is an astronaut!
From Golden Age Comic Books: Check out the stage of art behind this Wally Wood illustration for the 1979 Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide.
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Big Glee presents some Neal Adams Batman artwork.
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Newsarama takes a look at the big management/structural shakeup at DC Comics, now called DC Entertainment and what it might mean for fans.
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Coming from Mattel: Vintage Career Barbies. Apparently, back in the 1950s and 60s, a woman's career options were limited to secretary, nurse or, of course, astronaut.
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Big Glee presents some Neal Adams Batman artwork.
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Newsarama takes a look at the big management/structural shakeup at DC Comics, now called DC Entertainment and what it might mean for fans.
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Coming from Mattel: Vintage Career Barbies. Apparently, back in the 1950s and 60s, a woman's career options were limited to secretary, nurse or, of course, astronaut.
New comics Sept. 10, 2009: Tarzan! Wednesday Comics! Lost Fantastic Four!
Items of interest this week.
TARZAN THE JESSE MARSH YEARS VOL 3 Classic Apeman stories illustrated by the great artist.
WEDNESDAY COMICS #10 DC's weekly tabloid enters its final few weeks. I guess I'm not a good weekly reader. Presumably, you're supposed to buy these things each week, read 'em right away and wait with baited breath for the next installment. Me? I've got a big stack of 'em waiting to be read. Might as well wait for the trade!
FANTASTIC FOUR LOST ADVENTURES A "reconstruction" of the FF's lost 103rd isssue--the one Jack Kirby plotted and partially penciled before leaving Marvel for DC in the early 70s.
TARZAN THE JESSE MARSH YEARS VOL 3 Classic Apeman stories illustrated by the great artist.
WEDNESDAY COMICS #10 DC's weekly tabloid enters its final few weeks. I guess I'm not a good weekly reader. Presumably, you're supposed to buy these things each week, read 'em right away and wait with baited breath for the next installment. Me? I've got a big stack of 'em waiting to be read. Might as well wait for the trade!
FANTASTIC FOUR LOST ADVENTURES A "reconstruction" of the FF's lost 103rd isssue--the one Jack Kirby plotted and partially penciled before leaving Marvel for DC in the early 70s.
Pop links: Thunderbirds voice actor dies; early Jack Davis art
British actor Ray Barrett, who voiced some of the puppets on the Thunderbirds and Stingray, has died at age 82, the BBC reports.
Barrett was born in Brisbane, Queensland and moved to England in the late 1950s to star in the long-running British TV series The Troubleshooters.
He also appeared in Doctor Who, The Saint and Dixon of Dock Green, and voiced John Tracy in puppet adventure show Thunderbirds.
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Take a look at some early Jack Davis art.
Barrett was born in Brisbane, Queensland and moved to England in the late 1950s to star in the long-running British TV series The Troubleshooters.
He also appeared in Doctor Who, The Saint and Dixon of Dock Green, and voiced John Tracy in puppet adventure show Thunderbirds.
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Take a look at some early Jack Davis art.
Beatles remasters box sets now back in stock
Amazon is again listing the Beatles in Stereo and limited edition Beatles in Mono box sets of remasters as back in stock. Order fast!
Much more on the Beatles remasters at our spin-off site Beatles Blog Daily!
Much more on the Beatles remasters at our spin-off site Beatles Blog Daily!
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