DC’S NEW POWER GIRL DITCHES THE BOOB WINDOW, LOOKS AMAZING (hitfix.com ( Read more... )

This may wind up being double posted, as the importer from Dreamwidth appears to be having Issues again.

media relations / 12 January 2012 / and the first shoe finally drops

DC COMICS IN 2012 - INTRODUCING THE “SECOND WAVE” OF DC COMICS-THE NEW 52Thursday, January 12th, 2012 ( Read more... )

Media Relations: oh, DC ... the stupid, it just keeps coming
First, they give us Darkseid as the new Justice League's first villain, in what's clearly going to be an unspeakably decompressed story arc (Wonder Woman isn't scheduled to show up until issue 3, and Victor is still unCyborged). And now this. [...] You know, it's not that I don't get it. ( Read more... )

Media Relations / 29 August 2011 / la robusta's final big notes

And, again, another all-DC, all the time entry, in which conclusions are discussed, and the conclusion of The Big One is noted, but not reviewed, because I don't read Action.

And, once again, please note: SPOILERS, SWEETIES!

Questions? Comments? Wonder thongs? Plant related chaos ( Read more... )

Media Relations / 23 August 2011 / really, dc? REALLY?

In which the villain of the first arc of next week's DCnU Justice League reboot is revealed and reviled.

-- Originally posted at http://iainpj.dreamwidth.org/40683.html, where there are
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Media Relations / 2011 August 17 / la robusta's next act, and a small encomium

In which three more DC titles wrap up, and what constitutes fun, anyway?

And please note, as before: SPOILERS, SWEETIES!

Forward into the Spoiler-filled fray!

Questions? Comments? A stray set of fishnets, perhaps? -- Originally posted at Read more... )

Media Relations / 2011 August 15 / in which La Robusta hits a few high notes ... and a few low ones

Pardon for the long break in reviews. I'd apologize and say it will never happen again, but we all know it will, so let's just move on, shall we? Let's shall ( Read more... )

The Histories of Bucky and Jason Todd Explained [Comic] ... honestly, I can't argue with that conclusion. Though it is arguable whether 'tis better to be a brainwashed assassin responsible for the deaths of many who gets shocked back to sanity and then knows what he's done and has to deal, or a seriously cheesed off "anti-hero" responsible for the ( Read more... )

I'll certainly have more to say about the whole DC ... thing -- at excessive length, belike -- but for now, all I'll say is: Occasionally, "The Gutters" really takes me by surprise.

-- Originally posted at http://iainpj.dreamwidth.org/36864.html, where there are
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In which DC begins its month of text-logo-free covers.

Reign of Doomsday: Steel #1 (one-shot; Steve Lyons/Ed Benes/Blond; DC)
Warning: this issue is about to be RELENTLESSLY SPOILED WITH SPOILEROUS SPOILERS EVERYWHERE. Not that there's that much to reveal, because there's just not much story ( Read more... )