Dr.Finger
06-24-2008, 08:58 PM
It's summer. It's hot, it's humid. There's nothing on TV, and while it hasn't been the wasteland we've seen previous years, it's still a bit of a dead time for video games. Good thing there are comics by the truckload this week. Click here (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55506) to join the discussion, and for a look at what you'll see in stores, check out Diamond's new release lists (http://www.previewsworld.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=6&s=430&ai=71705).
This week, on the immaculate Johnny Gigawatt & the Tiger Men from Mars (http://johnnygigawatt.com): we return from a two week absence with lots to discuss. Hulks smashing. DiDio on the hot seat after a very bad week at DC. Heroes Con News. And our thoughts on the man who would be Hex.
Picks of the Week
Runaways #30 - Ah, memories. It seems like only last month that we were getting the final, long delayed issue of Joss Whedon's run with one of Marvel's most popular super teams. Oh, right it was last month, oh well. This is the final issue of Whedon's story on Runaways, and as of now the team is stuck a hundred years in the past. I haven't loved Whedon's story so far, partly because of the sheer number of new characters he's thrown at us in such a short time, and partly because the tone of the book is so different than during Brian K. Vaughn's run.
Thunderbolts #121 - Another big name creator leaves a team book at Marvel. Unlike Runaways I thought Thunderbolts, as written by Ellis and drawn by Deodato, has been fabulous. The team is made up of awful and vile people, but you just can't look away.
Immortal Iron Fist #16 - Why not highlight another book that's losing it's high profile creators? This is the last issue of Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction's run which pretty much did the impossible - turn Iron Fist into a complex and compelling character. In the process they gave Marvel something they didin't really have before: a true legacy hero.
Question of the week - What would you say is the most successful comic-to-movie translation so far? Considering the heavyweight contenders out there, my choice is a little odd: Blade. A little over a decade ago he was a little known leftover from Marvel's pop-cinema infatuation of the late 1970s whose biggest exposure was a guest shot on the Spider-Man cartoon. But New Line Cinema (ironically a subsidiary of DC parent company Warner Bros) took a shot and made Blade into a movie star, and in hindsight you can see how. He's a character that was unfettered by a ton of existing continuity, so he still had a lot of untapped potential. He had a cool visual, but not one that required a lot of expensive effects. Marvel and New Line managed to squeeze three Blade movies and a TV show out of a character that likely would have never been able to carry his own title previously. So, this week's question: Which character (or team) can be the next 'Blade' - a minor, relatively unknown character that can make it big on the silver screen?
This week, on the immaculate Johnny Gigawatt & the Tiger Men from Mars (http://johnnygigawatt.com): we return from a two week absence with lots to discuss. Hulks smashing. DiDio on the hot seat after a very bad week at DC. Heroes Con News. And our thoughts on the man who would be Hex.
Picks of the Week
Runaways #30 - Ah, memories. It seems like only last month that we were getting the final, long delayed issue of Joss Whedon's run with one of Marvel's most popular super teams. Oh, right it was last month, oh well. This is the final issue of Whedon's story on Runaways, and as of now the team is stuck a hundred years in the past. I haven't loved Whedon's story so far, partly because of the sheer number of new characters he's thrown at us in such a short time, and partly because the tone of the book is so different than during Brian K. Vaughn's run.
Thunderbolts #121 - Another big name creator leaves a team book at Marvel. Unlike Runaways I thought Thunderbolts, as written by Ellis and drawn by Deodato, has been fabulous. The team is made up of awful and vile people, but you just can't look away.
Immortal Iron Fist #16 - Why not highlight another book that's losing it's high profile creators? This is the last issue of Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction's run which pretty much did the impossible - turn Iron Fist into a complex and compelling character. In the process they gave Marvel something they didin't really have before: a true legacy hero.
Question of the week - What would you say is the most successful comic-to-movie translation so far? Considering the heavyweight contenders out there, my choice is a little odd: Blade. A little over a decade ago he was a little known leftover from Marvel's pop-cinema infatuation of the late 1970s whose biggest exposure was a guest shot on the Spider-Man cartoon. But New Line Cinema (ironically a subsidiary of DC parent company Warner Bros) took a shot and made Blade into a movie star, and in hindsight you can see how. He's a character that was unfettered by a ton of existing continuity, so he still had a lot of untapped potential. He had a cool visual, but not one that required a lot of expensive effects. Marvel and New Line managed to squeeze three Blade movies and a TV show out of a character that likely would have never been able to carry his own title previously. So, this week's question: Which character (or team) can be the next 'Blade' - a minor, relatively unknown character that can make it big on the silver screen?