Thanos Imperative: Devestation
Westfield’s Roger Ash share three reasons why he’s cheereful about comic: Marvel’s Cosmic books, Dark Horse’s Usagi Yojimbo, and writer Jonathan Hickman (Marvel’s Fantastic Four, SHIELD, and more).
Beau Smith takes a look at the pluses and minuses of making comics relevant, from Steve Ditko’s Spider-Man in the 60s to borderline exploitation books like the Luke Cage: Hero for Hire in the 80s to Strange Tales #130 where the Human Torch and The Thing from The Fantastic Four “Meet The Beatles.”
by Josh Crawley
Before I get into things this week, I want to mention my friend Zack Kruse’s webcomic Mystery Solved. There’s an old guy with a twirly moustache and a pipe. There’s a new installment every Thursday! And there’re fairies!
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Over the weekend I grabbed a handful of graphic novels to read at home after work. The first of those was Gravity: Big City Super Hero by Sean McKeever & Mike Norton. I liked the book, but in all honesty, there wasn’t enough for me. I wanted more of the fresh-out-of-high school kid from Wisconsin! (Sheboygan, to be exact. It’s pretty up there.) Not that McKeever & Norton are to blame. Sales didn’t warrant any more than the five issues published.
Imagine my surprise when i start reading the next book in my stack, Fantastic Four: The New Fantastic Four by Dwayne McDuffie & Paul Pelletier, and Gravity shows up!
by KC Carlson
As mentioned briefly last month, we are now at that point in the calendar year where publishers begin showing off their special books for the coming holiday season. So, keep in mind that many of the items we’re talking about here may not actually ship until October or November. Also, with the high cover price of some of the items listed here, this might actually be more of a “Dear Santa…” idea list than anything else.
by Roger Ash
My love affair with comics fluctuates. I’ve loved comics since I started reading them in the mid-to-late 1970s, and that’s one of the big reasons I’ve been a part of the comics industry for the past 20 plus years. However, as in any relationship, there are times I like comics more than at other times. Currently, I’m on a big upswing. I’m enjoying reading comics now more than I have in a long time. I’ve recently written about how much I’m enjoying the Marvel cosmic books, currently represented by The Thanos Imperative, and Jonathan Hickman’s writing on Fantastic Four (and in extremely cool news, he’ll be joined by artist Steve Epting on FF #583). So, I thought I’d share with you a couple other books that I’m loving right now – Boom’s Muppet Show and DC’s DC Universe Legacies.
by Roger Ash
What sets the Fantastic Four apart from nearly any other super team is that they’re a family. That’s the template Stan Lee and Jack Kirby set for the characters. To forget the family aspect makes them just like the Avengers, JLA, X-Men, or almost any other super team you can think of. Since Stan and Jack left the book, the creator who perhaps combined the family and adventure elements best is John Byrne. I think that’s why his run on the book is so fondly remembered. Current FF writer Jonathan Hickman gets what makes the team special.
by KC Carlson
Though we may be inundated by it in current superhero comic books, long-form serialized storytelling is nothing new.
The idea of telling a long-form storyline as a series of chapters originally dates back to somewhere between the mid-8th and the mid-13th century. The work in question? One Thousand and One Nights, more colloquially known in English as the Arabian Nights. They are actually a series of independent stories gathered together with a framing device, but as originally told, each story was shared over a period of nights, including some kind of “cliffhanger” ending, which would be resolved the following night. Some of the more famous of the stories include “Aladdin’s Wonderful Lamp”, “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”, and “The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor”, all of which are probably much better known to several generations of American children as the basis for three very memorable (and historically important) Popeye the Sailor cartoons.
Best of Spider-Man Vol. 4
Sure, you’ve seen 50% off sales, but 60% off would be even better, right? But when would something crazy like that happen? The answer to that question is right now! Yes indeed, for a limited time only, select Marvel Comics collections, both softcovers and hardcovers, are on sale at Westfield Comics for the ridiculous discount of 60% off cover price. All your favorites are here including Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, and more. Click here to start saving money now!
Right now at WestfieldComics.com, you can find select Marvel softcovers for 50% off cover price. That’s right, your Marvel favorites such as Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Punisher, Spider-Man, the X-Men, and more can be yours at a great price! What are you waiting for? Prices like these won’t last forever!
by Roger Ash
I’ve been feeling nostalgic recently; nostalgic for a time when the world made sense and people weren’t at each other’s throats if they disagreed with each other. When I’m feeling nostalgic, certain things bring me comfort – Disney films, grilled cheese sandwiches and chocolate milkshakes, and comic books. I think the recent passing of Fess Parker exacerbated my nostalgia as his portrayal of Davy Crockett in the Disney films and Daniel Boone in the non-Disney TV show were a pleasant part of my childhood.
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