Due to the noise and lack of an external microphone I was unable to get further back allowing you to see more of their costumes. I do have a picture of them but as I am pretending to be working right now I'll have to tide you over with this pic I found at io9.com.
Monday, July 30, 2012
The Comic-Con 2012 Interviews Clark Kent and Lois Lane.
And last but never least my favourite coplayers of the con, this charming couple dressed as the Fleischer era Lois Lane and Clark Kent. They have a wonderful story but I'll leave that to them...
The Comic-Con 2012 Interviews Supergirl and Nightwing
Here are a couple dressed as Supergirl and Nightwing from DC Comics. She is one of the best Supergirls I've seen.
Due to the noise and lack of an external microphone I was unable to get further back allowing you to see more of their costumes. And since we where in a crowded area it would have been a bad idea to take a picture. luckily I found this pic of Supergirl by David Ngo sadly I haven't found anything of Nightwing.
Photo by David Ngo http://www.dtjaaaam.com/
Photo by David Ngo http://www.dtjaaaam.com/
The Comic-Con 2012 Interviews Hernando from Abstract Studios.
As we continue My cousin and I's series of Comic-Con interviews, we talk to Hernando, booth guy from Terry Moore's Abstract Studios. As we where constantly visiting this booth we decided to interview Hernando about what it's like working a Huge con like San Diego. He had some interesting answers.
Abstract Studios website is http://terrymooreart.com/ if your not reading Mr Moore's comics What's wrong with you. Start!
Friday, July 27, 2012
Jamal Igle Talks about Molly Danger.
While at Comic-Con 2012, I got to meet one of my favourite Comics artists Jamal Igle, loved his Supergirl, but that's another post. And we got to talking about his new creator owned series Molly Danger. Then remembering that I had this Flip thingy I asked him to say a few words about the series. So enough of my talking here's Mr Igle
Anyone who's been reading my blog knows that I believe Superhero comics are in trouble unless some change, especially in the area of kid friendliness, occurs. And it warms my heart that great talented professionals like Mr. Igle are stepping up to make a difference.
For more information on Molly Danger check out the production blog
For More info on Mr Igle's work, check out his site
There will also be a Kickstarter Campaign, beginning Aug 1, So if you like what you can contribute at www.MollyDanger.com
Anyone who's been reading my blog knows that I believe Superhero comics are in trouble unless some change, especially in the area of kid friendliness, occurs. And it warms my heart that great talented professionals like Mr. Igle are stepping up to make a difference.
For more information on Molly Danger check out the production blog
For More info on Mr Igle's work, check out his site
There will also be a Kickstarter Campaign, beginning Aug 1, So if you like what you can contribute at www.MollyDanger.com
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The inevitable Comic-con post.
Well I'm back, had my dehydrated sleep deprived first day, and now life is back to normal. I of course went to the Comic-con International in San Diego. And it was a blast. It's funny I've been going to this show since 2001 and with all of the changes and the ever expanding crowds I'm always waiting for the other shoe t to drop, when I'll come home having had a terrible experience but that's still never happened. Maybe if I hadn't grown up with the con that would be different.
So what did I do? well I went to my first TV panel, for the MythBusters on Saturday night, that was quite fun. I really admired how Adam, Kari and Tory actually did their own handouts when people where in line. I'd experienced lines before at Comic-con, sometimes to no avail, but this was the first LINE I ever was in, we had actually given up but after meeting Kari Byron and realising that it was only twenty minutes to panel we figured "what else are we doing" It was a fun panel and we got to learn things like what's the most embarrassing question (who' Kari with) what was their favourite explosion (the water heater) and what myths would they like to do but the insurance won't let them (nuking the fridge).
I also went to see the thirtieth anniversary panel for Love and Rockets. The Hernandez Bros comic series has been a favourite of mine for some time, and it was great to see a talk by all three brothers. The panel included a belated awarding of the inkpot award to forgotten Hernandez bro Mario.
As well as the few panels I went to, I also took part in the Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog Singalong which is always fun, took in a performance of the nerdcore band Kirby Krackle. And was in the audience for a recording of a Kevin Smith Podcast Fatman on the Batman, in which he interviewed Batman: the Animated series producer and designer Bruce Timm.
Most of my time I spent in the exhibit hall where I met some of my favourite Comics artists (some of them for he manyith time) and admired cosplayers. Amongst the artists I met where Terry Moore whose Rachel Rising is a current favourite, Jaime Hernandez, Jamal Igle (of whom you'll be seeing a video interview soon), Bernard Chiang, Adam Warren, Bruce Timm, Frank Cho, J. Scott Campbell, and some of my favourite guy's Reed Gunther's Shane and Chris Houghton.
Oh and I nearly puked in my mouth when i saw the line for commission pickup for Rob Liefeild.
I can't say I really had any complaints about the con this year. But I do have to praise one thing. Comic-Con got rid of the unfriendly and useless Elite Event Services. I had grown quite displeased with the staff over the last couple of years and it was good to see them go. In their place was not one but two staffs one for the exhibit hall and one for the rest of the center. I found that plus a staff of friendly volunteers efficient and as pleasant as a group of people looking after a large crowd can be.
Overall I really enjoyed Comic-Con 2012, and if the new pre reg system works out in my favour I hope to keep enjoying the con for the first time in years I don't feel like that shoe will drop any time soon.
So what did I do? well I went to my first TV panel, for the MythBusters on Saturday night, that was quite fun. I really admired how Adam, Kari and Tory actually did their own handouts when people where in line. I'd experienced lines before at Comic-con, sometimes to no avail, but this was the first LINE I ever was in, we had actually given up but after meeting Kari Byron and realising that it was only twenty minutes to panel we figured "what else are we doing" It was a fun panel and we got to learn things like what's the most embarrassing question (who' Kari with) what was their favourite explosion (the water heater) and what myths would they like to do but the insurance won't let them (nuking the fridge).
I also went to see the thirtieth anniversary panel for Love and Rockets. The Hernandez Bros comic series has been a favourite of mine for some time, and it was great to see a talk by all three brothers. The panel included a belated awarding of the inkpot award to forgotten Hernandez bro Mario.
As well as the few panels I went to, I also took part in the Dr Horrible's Sing Along Blog Singalong which is always fun, took in a performance of the nerdcore band Kirby Krackle. And was in the audience for a recording of a Kevin Smith Podcast Fatman on the Batman, in which he interviewed Batman: the Animated series producer and designer Bruce Timm.
Most of my time I spent in the exhibit hall where I met some of my favourite Comics artists (some of them for he manyith time) and admired cosplayers. Amongst the artists I met where Terry Moore whose Rachel Rising is a current favourite, Jaime Hernandez, Jamal Igle (of whom you'll be seeing a video interview soon), Bernard Chiang, Adam Warren, Bruce Timm, Frank Cho, J. Scott Campbell, and some of my favourite guy's Reed Gunther's Shane and Chris Houghton.
Oh and I nearly puked in my mouth when i saw the line for commission pickup for Rob Liefeild.
I can't say I really had any complaints about the con this year. But I do have to praise one thing. Comic-Con got rid of the unfriendly and useless Elite Event Services. I had grown quite displeased with the staff over the last couple of years and it was good to see them go. In their place was not one but two staffs one for the exhibit hall and one for the rest of the center. I found that plus a staff of friendly volunteers efficient and as pleasant as a group of people looking after a large crowd can be.
Overall I really enjoyed Comic-Con 2012, and if the new pre reg system works out in my favour I hope to keep enjoying the con for the first time in years I don't feel like that shoe will drop any time soon.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Marvel NOW.
Well the other shoe has dropped, DC having done "well"* with their new 52. Marvel wants a bit of the Reboot action as well. So they will be launching the "it's not a reboot really" Relaunch of many of their big titles called Marvel NOW. Launching "new and daring" new versions of some of their popular titles. But call it a reboot and Marvel will kick your ass. Marvel is very touchy about this whole reboot business, trying much of the last year to re craft their universe without a continuity shift, which lets be honest Marvel's pretty broken and could use one.
But Why is Marvel so, so, so, resistant to calling everything that their doing what it is. A Reboot. probably because they created this whole continuity business to begin with. See no matter what the fanboys'll tell you. DC really doesn't have a proper continuity before 1986. Sure there was a consistency of story and occasionally, very occasionally, they would reference an old story. There was Earth 2, but that really wasn't to "preserve" the golden age continuity as many claim, but kind of a retirement home for the golden age characters. But in the late seventies and eighties DC started to get the continuity bug, which led to the first real reboot in comics history, Crisis on the Infinite Earths. But why this change, one guess is that across town Marvel Comics was killing them and DC was trying to be more like them, even luring Jack Kirby away. And Marvel had this thing called continuity.
DC is over 77 years old and their characters have changed greatly with the ebb and flow of the years. but Marvel on the other hand for all intents and purposes is only 51. And for the first ten years all of the Marvel comics where made by only a handful of men, notably Jack Kirby, and Editor writer Stan Lee. So what happened with marvel, is that for ten years and hundreds of issues, they produced mass market comics with an auteur sensibility. And this included a rich well maintained history which we comics fans call continuity. And it continued well after the founders of Marvel moved on. It's actually really neat to this sometime. Get a run of any marvel comic that started under Stan Lee + and read it until about what was published in the late 80s. It's really amazing how well it flows as one story even with more obtuse titles like X-men. This however started to fray in the 1990s when more titles and creative teams got involved. And into the first decade of the twenty first, Where a year is a long run for a creative team and two is forever. There have now been so many cooks in the kitchen, that it should be nos surprise Marvel is serving spoilt soup. Marvels continuity was a good run but fifty years is a long time to be telling one story, and a reboot isn't a bad idea if they want to keep these media properties fresh and exciting. But one has to understand Marvel's reluctance, the whole notion of continuity and timeline is what their company is built upon.
* It's not really clear how well the new 52 is doing, the initial sales where great but now the sales of DC are apparently back to pre New 52 levels, and their farce of a Nielsen survey is close to useless. Of course it's never been exactly clear what exactly DC wanted out of the reboot.
+I recommend the essentials collections for this exercise.
But Why is Marvel so, so, so, resistant to calling everything that their doing what it is. A Reboot. probably because they created this whole continuity business to begin with. See no matter what the fanboys'll tell you. DC really doesn't have a proper continuity before 1986. Sure there was a consistency of story and occasionally, very occasionally, they would reference an old story. There was Earth 2, but that really wasn't to "preserve" the golden age continuity as many claim, but kind of a retirement home for the golden age characters. But in the late seventies and eighties DC started to get the continuity bug, which led to the first real reboot in comics history, Crisis on the Infinite Earths. But why this change, one guess is that across town Marvel Comics was killing them and DC was trying to be more like them, even luring Jack Kirby away. And Marvel had this thing called continuity.
DC is over 77 years old and their characters have changed greatly with the ebb and flow of the years. but Marvel on the other hand for all intents and purposes is only 51. And for the first ten years all of the Marvel comics where made by only a handful of men, notably Jack Kirby, and Editor writer Stan Lee. So what happened with marvel, is that for ten years and hundreds of issues, they produced mass market comics with an auteur sensibility. And this included a rich well maintained history which we comics fans call continuity. And it continued well after the founders of Marvel moved on. It's actually really neat to this sometime. Get a run of any marvel comic that started under Stan Lee + and read it until about what was published in the late 80s. It's really amazing how well it flows as one story even with more obtuse titles like X-men. This however started to fray in the 1990s when more titles and creative teams got involved. And into the first decade of the twenty first, Where a year is a long run for a creative team and two is forever. There have now been so many cooks in the kitchen, that it should be nos surprise Marvel is serving spoilt soup. Marvels continuity was a good run but fifty years is a long time to be telling one story, and a reboot isn't a bad idea if they want to keep these media properties fresh and exciting. But one has to understand Marvel's reluctance, the whole notion of continuity and timeline is what their company is built upon.
* It's not really clear how well the new 52 is doing, the initial sales where great but now the sales of DC are apparently back to pre New 52 levels, and their farce of a Nielsen survey is close to useless. Of course it's never been exactly clear what exactly DC wanted out of the reboot.
+I recommend the essentials collections for this exercise.
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