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House of Mystery #1 Vertigo Comics - Matthew Stures & Bill Willingham (writers) - Luca Rossi & Ross Campbell (pencils)
In the modern era of decompressed storytelling, the first victim wasn’t a reader’s pocketbook. (Although that was the bloodiest victim). It was that mainstay of the spinner racks from the 1950s - 1970s; the Anthology Comic. Comics like Tales of Suspense, True War Stories, and my personal favorite, House of Mystery.
Thankfully, the talented crew at Vertigo, arguably the most successful comic book line of all time, resurrect the anthology comic with an all new House of Mystery!
It is everything you remember and nothing familiar!MORE >>
>> RANTS > FATBOY'S SHINY AWESOMENESS
The G is for Goofball – or –
Why Movies based on Toy Lines Only need 2 Dimensions
Just like Darth Dylan, once you get Fatboy started, you can’t shut him up. Still, this one is gold! –AD
A veritable crate-ful of new images from Stephen Sommers’ GI Joe movie was air-dropped into the eager, empty, crumb-scattered lap of a geek populace this morning, and unlike the rash of photos from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull that have been slowly rolling like a paper mache boulder down dolly track, the reaction to the Joe photos has been interesting. That is to say, there’s at least been a reaction. Indy’s generating about as much heat as a snowflake outside a bar in Tibet.
You got Marlon Wayans loaded for bear, Sienna Miller just flat-out loaded, Christopher Eccleston looking snazzy as Destro, and Darth Maul getting his ginsu-guns on as Snake Eyes. The reactions have run the gamut: “That looks PERFECT!” “Everyone’s just wearing black.” “It’s like they taped an 80’s laptop to his chest.” “THAT’S Doctor Who?” “Wow. I’m getting Mortal Kombat flashbacks.”
It’s that last one I wanna pay attention to...MORE >>
>> COMICS > COMIC SOCIETY
The Cancer of Continuity Please join me in welcoming the newest sucker writer to Geek in the City. The one and only Fatboy Roberts of the Mighty Cort and Fatboy Show. Not one to shy from Geek controvery, Fatboy jumps head first into what he believes the greatest threat to the comic industry. Enjoy! - AD
Eventually, everything in Comics gets killed off. Robin. Superman. Your Innocence. John Byrne's legitimacy. But, comics being the superpowered soap opera for men that it's become; unless you're Uncle Ben, you’re getting brought back to life. Norman Osborn. Superman. Crises on Earths. And stringing all this dying/living/changing/mutating nonsense together is the spine of superhero storytelling: Continuity.
And if Continuity is the comic book's spine, Comics has scoliosis. And missing vertebrae. Continuity has comics paralyzed and stuck in a motorized chair, chin resting on the lever. The wheels are spinning as fast as the tinker-toy motor will push it, but the crippled industry atrophying in the worn leather seat isn’t moving anywhere. The continuity won't let it.
Let me be Benny Hinn for a second. Let me lay hands upon Comics weary forehead and utter a few words of thin wisdom, praise hallelujah. Some will mock and deride, but when Comics gets up out of that chair, back straight, and strides with purpose towards a heyday it hasn’t known since the late 80’s, just remember where to send the donations.
Kill Continuity...MORE >>
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