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Brain Dump: On the Resurrection of Characters in "Blackest Night"
First, a little background for those of you who don't follow DC Comics at the moment:
You may be familiar with the Green Lanterns, a corp of interstellar policemen whose primary weapon is a power ring. That ring can channel a powerful green energy to do its wielder's bidding, limited only by the Green Lantern's imagination and, more importantly, ( Read more... ) -
My new favorite cartoon....
Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
Warning - comics geekery.
Aside from riffing off the main theme for The Tick for the main theme for this show, it really satisfies in terms of being a fan of DC Comics. They're using a lot of characters that aren't as well-known to the casual comic reader - Red Tornado, Plastic Man, Etrigan, Guy Gardiner, B'Wana ( Read more... ) -
Hurm
The Watchmen trailer is up....
Looks very slick, and is basically a collection of iconic images from the comic designed to make every fanboy squee their pants. I can only hope the movie is undistilled awesome.
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The China Quake in Comic Form....
The 5.12 Earthquake Strips
Short stories of events surrounding the recent earthquake in China, illustrated by Chinese illustrator Coco Wang. Absolutely heartbreaking... -
Faster than a speeding subpoena....
Siegel's Heirs Granted Superman RightsNearly 70 years after the debut of Superman, the heirs of Joe Siegel gain - or regain, really - the copyright to the material published in Action Comics #1, the one that started it all. Copyright law being what it is - heartbreakingly confusing - the full ramifications of this are not yet known. The Siegels ( Read more... )
