Dr.Finger
07-15-2008, 08:15 PM
Yeah, I know it's E3. Well it's also Comic Day! Join the discussion here (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57806), or click here (http://www.previewsworld.com/public/default.asp?t=2&m=1&c=6&s=428) to see what will be in stores this week.
And this week, on the didactic Johnny Gigawatt & the Tiger Men from Mars (http://johnnygigawatt.com): we say goodbye to our Malacandran brother, ponder just how much green the Dark Knight will make it's first weekend and ask who will play Plastic Man on the big screen. Dare we say: Whoa?.
Picks of the Week
Batgirl #1 - I make this a Pick with some trepidation. Before Infinite Crisis Batgirl Cassandra Cain had become one of my favorite characters. Her story - raised from birth without any sort of language to force her to become the world's greatest fighter - was flat out appealing and she has some fun adventures. Then in short order her solo book was canceled, she turned into an evil and inexplicably chatty foil for Robin and she joined a team of evil Titans. Eventually they revealed that she'd been drugged into eviltude by Deathstroke, so she's back on the side of angels, for now. This direction was not a popular one with Cass' small but vocal fanbase, so DC is taking a stab at redeeming the character. However, this mini just happens to be written by Adam Beechen, the writer under whose pen most of the maligned changes were made, so it's not without some controversy within the halls of fandom. But I'm usually a sucker for a redemption story, and in this case we have two: the character and the writer.
Mighty Avengers #16 - The revelation that Elektra was a Skrull (hereafter known as Skrullectra) was the moment that kicked off the march to Secret Invasion. Here we get to see exactly when and how the switch was made.
Helm #1 - A new series from Dark Horse that both covers itself in stereotypes, and tries to play against them. The main character is
Matt Blurdy, a cliched slobbish nerd. He works a menial but not physical job, he's overweight, and lives in his mother's basement. But when a magical helmet calls to him at a garage sale...it quickly realizes that it made a mistake. But Matt wants the powers, even though the sentient helm wants no part of him. It looks like a fun parody of both D&D and the subculture that embraces it.
Question of the Week - DC and Warner Bros need some help. They've got all these wonderful properties sitting there, but for the life of them they can't seem to get any of them - with the exception of Flying Echolocating Rodent Man - to theaters any more. So, we're going to help them out. How would you bring some of DC's characters to the screen?
And this week, on the didactic Johnny Gigawatt & the Tiger Men from Mars (http://johnnygigawatt.com): we say goodbye to our Malacandran brother, ponder just how much green the Dark Knight will make it's first weekend and ask who will play Plastic Man on the big screen. Dare we say: Whoa?.
Picks of the Week
Batgirl #1 - I make this a Pick with some trepidation. Before Infinite Crisis Batgirl Cassandra Cain had become one of my favorite characters. Her story - raised from birth without any sort of language to force her to become the world's greatest fighter - was flat out appealing and she has some fun adventures. Then in short order her solo book was canceled, she turned into an evil and inexplicably chatty foil for Robin and she joined a team of evil Titans. Eventually they revealed that she'd been drugged into eviltude by Deathstroke, so she's back on the side of angels, for now. This direction was not a popular one with Cass' small but vocal fanbase, so DC is taking a stab at redeeming the character. However, this mini just happens to be written by Adam Beechen, the writer under whose pen most of the maligned changes were made, so it's not without some controversy within the halls of fandom. But I'm usually a sucker for a redemption story, and in this case we have two: the character and the writer.
Mighty Avengers #16 - The revelation that Elektra was a Skrull (hereafter known as Skrullectra) was the moment that kicked off the march to Secret Invasion. Here we get to see exactly when and how the switch was made.
Helm #1 - A new series from Dark Horse that both covers itself in stereotypes, and tries to play against them. The main character is
Matt Blurdy, a cliched slobbish nerd. He works a menial but not physical job, he's overweight, and lives in his mother's basement. But when a magical helmet calls to him at a garage sale...it quickly realizes that it made a mistake. But Matt wants the powers, even though the sentient helm wants no part of him. It looks like a fun parody of both D&D and the subculture that embraces it.
Question of the Week - DC and Warner Bros need some help. They've got all these wonderful properties sitting there, but for the life of them they can't seem to get any of them - with the exception of Flying Echolocating Rodent Man - to theaters any more. So, we're going to help them out. How would you bring some of DC's characters to the screen?