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Sunday Runaround – How Steve Jobs Ruined Comics

Sunday Runaround – How Steve Jobs Ruined ComicsTechWatch: How Steve Jobs ruined comics.

Sunday Runaround – How Steve Jobs Ruined ComicsBigLieWatch: Rick Veitch posts an early stab at The Big Lie, when the narrator would have been the demonic face in the dust cloud

BritWatch: Today, the Independent newspaper interviews Grant Morrison;

But his contentious reputation will only build now that his radical new take on Superman has been revealed: "My big thing was to do a Superman who was a bit more pro-active and a bit more socialist. Because that seemed, again, like a nice bomb to fire into the heart of Americana." Then again, Morrison insists that society is crying out for a superhero who is a champion of the poor and oppressed. "I thought it was a great chance to seize the reins, and take Superman away from being a patriotic figure, a representative of the American flag in some way, and instead do a Superman who's clearly for justice – but not necessarily for the law."

looks at modern British comics;

What really suggests a bounce-back for the industry is the launch next month of a brand new title: Strip. Its editor, John Freeman, says: "We're planning to be an all-ages comic, not just for thirtysomethings. The [Bosnian] publisher, Ivo Milicevic, grew up reading classic British strips such as Steel Claw and Black Archer, and that's the sort of adventure comic he wants to produce." And, to bring things neatly full circle, Strip will be reprinting one of the blood-thirstiest stories from the long-defunct Action comic – the monster-shark strip "Hook Jaw".

looking at the history of Harvey Comics.

Where EC could be thoughtful and artistic, Harvey was crass, lurid and hysterical. Hardly a page went by without someone being attacked or going mad. And by some weird accident, they sometimes caught the sense of graveyard-reeking insanity that the great Gothic Victorian writers sought.

reviewing Turf.

In one turn of the page, the scale of the story expands to intergalactic dimensions, as a spaceship screams across the sky, reminiscent of one son of Krypton falling to Earth. An unholy union of mobsters, creatures of the night and giant aliens sounds like a recipe for overblown disaster, and yet the various plot strands are neatly tied together without disrupting the pace. The cast may be varied but the theme is consistent: the connections between people, and the decisions we make under pressure, as to whether to give in to our baser immoral instincts or to rise up as champions of our time.

…and giving you a blagger's guide to Captain Britain.

Cornell says: "I think Alan's run was magnificent. Alan's issues are the first hints of the deconstruction of the superhero, which reached its apex in Watchmen, and unfortunately then continued."

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Sunday Runaround – How Steve Jobs Ruined ComicsThis is Computo the Comic Link Conqueror speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I will rule. Until that day, read on.

They say I am a work in progress. The fools.

Kent Williams Paris Exhibition

Daniel Maghen Galerie will be mounting a special exhibition of my past graphic novel originals, including work from The Fountain, Tell Me, Dark, Blood: A Tale and others; and a number of new works created especially for the exhibition.

Dark Knight Rises – Scene after truck crash – 9/24 – SPOILERS – YouTube

Leaked video from showing Batman and Catwoman in action following the chase and crashing of the HEMTT. Gordon *may* also appear in this shot. Batman walks to the HEMTT and hooks the winch from the batwing to something in the back of the smoking HEMTT while Catwoman watches, dunno how she got there in her stilettos. Batman and Catwoman hug before he gets back in the batwing and lifts off to fly away with whatever was in the back of Bane's truck. Hope I don't lose my job for sharing all these videos

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=993mRNGzfYg[/youtube]

Geoff Johns Was a Letter Writing Fanboy

Way back in April of 1996, a letter appeared in the back of Superboy #26 (vol. 3). You might recognize the name of the exuberant fan, and he might have gone on to be the prime creative force at DC Comics.

Sunday Runaround – How Steve Jobs Ruined Comics

Kirby at New York Con | Jack Kirby Comics Weblog

If you're a Kirby fan in the New York area, looks like the upcoming New York Comic Con is going to be a good one.  Joe Simon will be there, with a panel focusing on his recent auto-biography MY LIFE IN COMICS,  and his publisher Titan should also have on-hand copies of the upcoming SIMON & KIRBY LIBRARY: CRIME hardcover, which looks like a treat.


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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