Time once again to see what new comics or trades Image has coming out to take up our spending cash. First up is Self-Obsessed which is coming out 30 Sept. It’s by author Sina Grace and I’m pretty excited about this offering. He’s the writer behind Lil’ Depressed Boy and Penny Dora (in addition to runs on Burn the Orphanage). After a very tough 2014, he’s releasing a biographical comic that sounds like it’s going to be pretty heavy: ...
Thanks to a college student complaining about reading Y: The Last Man and Perseopolis when he thought he’d be reading innocent comics like Batman, people have been collecting inappropriate Batman panels - mostly from the Golden and Silver Ages. So, here’s a weekly feature that’ll go from now until I run out of images. Joker’s Boner
As I was reviewing the people I was able to connect with at last year’s Baltimore Comic-Con, I remembered how much I loved reading Kata Kane’s Altar Girl. We seemed to hit it off in a great, short interview just minutes after meeting for the first time. I remembered that she had a Kickstarter for book 1 at the time (first three chapters), so I inquired about whether she was going to have a Kickstarter for book 2. She was and everything aligned, schedule-wise, for us to have this great author interview. ...
We don’t often consider single issues here at Comic POW! We prefer to look at story arcs and completed series to get a better feel for what the author and artist were trying to accomplish. However, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at some comics’ first issues to predict where we think it might be going and see how that compares with where the series actually goes. This series is called “At the Beginning” and it’ll usually be for series right as they are starting up. ...
Stan Lee introduces us to one of Spidey’s most challenging foes, indeed the one who ultimately defeats him and ends the run of The Amazing Spider-Man Vol 2: Doctor Octopus! https://youtu.be/VKu6CkpCGe0 ASM 3 - Cover ASM 3 - Doc Ock Explosion ASM 3 - Mind is Damaged ASM 3 - Spidey Punches Out Doc Ock ASM 3 - Spidey-Signal ASM 3 - The End of Spider-Man ASM 3 - Torch at School Assembly ASM 3 - Wishing for Harder Villains If the above video isn’t streaming, watch it on Youtube: ...
Thanks to a college student complaining about reading Y: The Last Man and Perseopolis when he thought he’d be reading innocent comics like Batman, people have been collecting inappropriate Batman panels - mostly from the Golden and Silver Ages. So, here’s a weekly feature that’ll go from now until I run out of images. What Has Batman’s Touch done to Robin?
I read Scott Pilgrim in its original manga-sized, black and white form when it first came out. With the final volume of the color version coming out this year, I thought it would be a great time to revisit the story as well as looking at how the addition of color changes things. I’ll be exploring the story and themes volume by volume. This time, volume 4. As far as their extended adolescence goes, this volume represents a major shift for a lot of the characters. This volume is when we realize that we’re seeing the end of something that’s been going on almost since high school when it comes to friendships and patterns. Perhaps at least partially from getting caught by Scott Pilgrim in the middle of an intimate moment, Wallace suggests it’s time for Scott to find his own apartment - or at least stop sleeping on the floor, sharing a sleeping bag with a gay man (which whom he is not involved). Stephen Stills has a complicated journey in this volume as he outwardly seems transfixed on getting Sex Bob-omb’s album recorded by Joseph. However, he stops holding band practice and has been turning away gigs, perhaps because recording the album has made him realize the futility of his band ever getting anywhere, and wanting to move on. There’s also the reveal about why he’s gotten so close with Joseph which will either happen in the next volume or the last one. Kim finally moves out of the apartment she shares with women she hates and at the very least this represents her refusal to remain in a crappy situation.
Even in the second issue of his brand new series, Spider-Man gains enemies that are still around today. https://youtu.be/2nFlhxpUWhg I forgot to mention in the video, it’s interesting that Parker is a teenager in high school and both his villains in this issue are very old men. 129728-29757-supreme-intelligence 812651-shiar1 890813-super\_skrull\_00 ASM 2 - Little Green Men ASM 2 - Peter Pays the REnt ASM 2 - Quiet Flying ASM 2 - Spidey Schaudenfreude ASM 2 - Spidey Taking Photos ASM 2 - Spying through Radios ASM 2 - Tinkerer Mask ASM 2 - Vulture Note ASM 2 - Wordy First Page ASM 2 - Working with Electronics Expert ASM 688 - Less Wordy Riddler\_02
Thanks to a college student complaining about reading Y: The Last Man and Perseopolis when he thought he’d be reading innocent comics like Batman, people have been collecting inappropriate Batman panels - mostly from the Golden and Silver Ages. So, here’s a weekly feature that’ll go from now until I run out of images. Should we join in?
I can now confirm that, barring any family emergencies, I’ll be covering Baltimore Comic-Con 2015! Just like last year, my intention is to do a combination of live-blogging and posts during and after the show. There will be some video this year as well, but I’m still trying to go through the logistics of what form that will take this year. Well, onto the official announcements! Jeremy Bastian will be here. I’ve never heard of him, but I think I might be missing out because he’s working on a book called Cursed Pirate Girl over on BOOM! You might know him from Guild: Tink from Dark Horse Comics, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard from BOOM! Studios/Archaia Comics, Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream from Locust Moon Press, and Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom from Simon and Schuster. ...