Links to the Outside World!
If you have time to kill, you'd do very well to waste a few hours scouring over these following links!
First off, I've received confirmation that Harvey Dent WILL be in the Batman: Year One animated movie (presumably in the "Batman hiding under the desk" scene?), and that the film itself is damn good on top of all that. Very encouraging all around! I still judge the anime style over using Mazzucchelli's art, but whatever.
In other news, my beloved Henchgirl dr_von_fangirl has FINALLY started to review every single issue of Catwoman, the 90's purple-suit Jim Balent series. If you're like me, that may not sound like an intriguing prospect in of itself, but don't worry, Henchgirl's way ahead of you. By editing it down to key scans and accompanying it with her own signature wit and critical insight, she's making these stories far more interesting than they were in the original run.
You can read her first two posts here and here. And if you're interested, you can also read her epic tear-down of the DCnU Judd Winick Catwoman #1 over several posts and counting, starting with all the reasons you're wrong for liking it, just in case you did.
Over here, you can see scans of every single Batman-related Who's Who entry from 1985-86, right at the end of the Pre-Crisis era, featuring art by Brian Bolland, Marshall Rogers, Bill Sienkiewicz, and more. If you're like me, Who's Who profiles are pure candy, with pin-ups and portraits alongside biographies and stats.
And while you're there, be sure to browse around the entire Grantbridge Street site, one of the best goddamn comic scan sites around. You'll find all sorts of gems there, including a little-seen adaptation of Alien by Walt Simonson that ran in HEAVY METAL and this delightfully, gloriously meta Twilight Zone style comic by Jim Aparo for Charleston Comics.
Another great site for classic comics scans is Diversions of the Groovy Kind, dedicated to comics of the late 60's and 70's. There's lot of great, obscure, and never-been-reprinted Batman stuff here, including "A Monster Walks Wayne Manor," which features a pretty great twist as to the monster's identity, and "Warrior in a Wheel-Chair!", another Haney/Aparo classic from The Brave and the Bold. Great stuff all-around!
Springfield Punx is a great site which does expertly-rendered Simpsonized images of characters from pop culture, but as you can imagine, I'm especially fond of his takes on Batman characters from comics, TV, animation, and the movies. I've obviously picked out my favorites here, but do check out the others for general awesomeness and some neat surprises!
Finally, I'd like to end on a more serious note. Some of you may already be aware of the sickening IRL case of the cheerleader who was kicked off the cheerleading squad for refusing to cheer her own rapist. When she tried to take the school to court, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case, and the fucking school made HER family pay $45,000 in legal fees. The above link is a site which accepted donations to help them cover the costs, although donations are now closed after she won one of her appeals. Hopefully, some semblance of justice might actually be served here, and they won't have to reopen the donations.
What's this have to do with comics? Well, Jason Ho--comic artist, editor for Bongo Comics, and all-around swell guy--offered to accept commissions for snazzy portraits, the proceeds of which went entirely to the cheerleader's fund. You can see the finished portraits over at his blog, including my own commission. See if you can possibly guess with one is mine!
The actual drawing should be arriving at my house any day now. I'll definitely be getting it framed. I only wish I'd thought to ask for a Hugo Strange drawing too, because damn, who the hell else would have done that?
First off, I've received confirmation that Harvey Dent WILL be in the Batman: Year One animated movie (presumably in the "Batman hiding under the desk" scene?), and that the film itself is damn good on top of all that. Very encouraging all around! I still judge the anime style over using Mazzucchelli's art, but whatever.
In other news, my beloved Henchgirl dr_von_fangirl has FINALLY started to review every single issue of Catwoman, the 90's purple-suit Jim Balent series. If you're like me, that may not sound like an intriguing prospect in of itself, but don't worry, Henchgirl's way ahead of you. By editing it down to key scans and accompanying it with her own signature wit and critical insight, she's making these stories far more interesting than they were in the original run.
You can read her first two posts here and here. And if you're interested, you can also read her epic tear-down of the DCnU Judd Winick Catwoman #1 over several posts and counting, starting with all the reasons you're wrong for liking it, just in case you did.
Over here, you can see scans of every single Batman-related Who's Who entry from 1985-86, right at the end of the Pre-Crisis era, featuring art by Brian Bolland, Marshall Rogers, Bill Sienkiewicz, and more. If you're like me, Who's Who profiles are pure candy, with pin-ups and portraits alongside biographies and stats.
And while you're there, be sure to browse around the entire Grantbridge Street site, one of the best goddamn comic scan sites around. You'll find all sorts of gems there, including a little-seen adaptation of Alien by Walt Simonson that ran in HEAVY METAL and this delightfully, gloriously meta Twilight Zone style comic by Jim Aparo for Charleston Comics.
Another great site for classic comics scans is Diversions of the Groovy Kind, dedicated to comics of the late 60's and 70's. There's lot of great, obscure, and never-been-reprinted Batman stuff here, including "A Monster Walks Wayne Manor," which features a pretty great twist as to the monster's identity, and "Warrior in a Wheel-Chair!", another Haney/Aparo classic from The Brave and the Bold. Great stuff all-around!
Springfield Punx is a great site which does expertly-rendered Simpsonized images of characters from pop culture, but as you can imagine, I'm especially fond of his takes on Batman characters from comics, TV, animation, and the movies. I've obviously picked out my favorites here, but do check out the others for general awesomeness and some neat surprises!
Finally, I'd like to end on a more serious note. Some of you may already be aware of the sickening IRL case of the cheerleader who was kicked off the cheerleading squad for refusing to cheer her own rapist. When she tried to take the school to court, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case, and the fucking school made HER family pay $45,000 in legal fees. The above link is a site which accepted donations to help them cover the costs, although donations are now closed after she won one of her appeals. Hopefully, some semblance of justice might actually be served here, and they won't have to reopen the donations.
What's this have to do with comics? Well, Jason Ho--comic artist, editor for Bongo Comics, and all-around swell guy--offered to accept commissions for snazzy portraits, the proceeds of which went entirely to the cheerleader's fund. You can see the finished portraits over at his blog, including my own commission. See if you can possibly guess with one is mine!
The actual drawing should be arriving at my house any day now. I'll definitely be getting it framed. I only wish I'd thought to ask for a Hugo Strange drawing too, because damn, who the hell else would have done that?