Greg Burgas called this on his What I Bought post last week, and I really can’t disagree. It makes me chuckle.
Puppets! Monkeys! Awesome!
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Tags: comics!, Panel Of The Week
Not that wildly impressed with the covers to anything I bought this week, but the cover to Batman Detective Comics is pretty sweet. I like the nice balance of darks and lights, the stylized figures, off-center action/composition and the use of graffiti, which is surprisingly under used in comics as a visual device, all make a pretty nice looking picture.
Tags: comic covers, Cover Of The Week, things made of awesome
Our second ever Cover of the Week – and no surprise that it’s going to the sublime Cliff Chiang and this fantastic stylized Batman. Covers like this are what comics are all about to me…and perhaps most importantly, I haven’t been reading Justice League Generation Lost, but Chiang’s last two covers (see #9 at the bottom) convinced me to pick it up this week…of course there’s a huge disconnect between the exterior and interior art…but it’s almost always going to be a let down if you’ve got a Chiang cover and non-Chiang interior art.
Fantastic cover. I wish more comics could be like this.
Cliff Chiang's Justice League: Generation Lost #10
Tags: comic covers, Cover Of The Week
I cheated this week and picked a couple…but I have really good reasons, I swear.
First of all, this…from Batman & Robin #14:
And am I wrong? No, I’m not. It’s crazy f’ed up panels like this that make The Joker one of the greatest villains of all time. Also, look at Damian all trussed up and painted like a clown…hilarious and also horrifying. Awesome stuff.
And this, also from Batman & Robin #14:
It’s panels like this that make Batman the single greatest superhero of all time. Look at the that silhouette! A-MAZING. And I don’t deny that Bats is my favorite and thus I’m totally biased…but aren’t all we comics geeks unreasonably crazy for certain characters?
But this, from Batgirl #14, which is a double (triple?) cheat, because it’s a page, not a panel, also deserves mention. I’m a fairly vocal non-fan of Stephanie Brown as Batgirl, and I don’t love the book, but I continue buying it because I think it’s an important book to have out there for girls and women – and in the hopes that I will manage to fall in love…eventually. I also think Bryan Q. Miller IS actually doing a pretty great job finding Steph’s voice. Case in point, this page, which is executed perfectly. I’m not always crazy for Garbett’s art but I think he nails Steph in panel 3.
Tags: Panel Of The Week
Sometimes belated birthday presents are even better than on time ones…especially when they are adorable plushie Batmans! Thanks Adam!
Tags: cute superheroes
I mean I’m torn…do I want Diana out of her super impractical strapless swimsuit bustier? Of course I do. Do I want her to be in some cheesy garish 90’s jacket/pants/bustier combo that has no lasting iconic imagery? No…no I do not. I’m all for having Diana a bit more covered up and practical…but this is a swing and a miss for me.
Read more and get fan reactions on CSBG. And the original DC Source Blog Post.
I wish DC would have pitched this to Project Runway. They already did some great Wonder Woman designs when it was just for fun, imagine the response they would have gotten if DC was genuinely looking for a re-design.
http://www.tencentticker.com/projectrooftop/2007/11/26/wonder-woman-wardrobe-war-winners/
Also…Corey Walker probably could have done this in his sleep. He’s done about 154 Supergirl designs over the last year or so and most of them are fantastic.
http://corenthal.blogspot.com/search/label/supergirl
I mean…from an iconic standpoint how does it compare to something like Batman…? Wonder Woman deserves more. I’m bummed out. In fairness, I think DC is trying…I just think this is a failure that should have been left on the drawing room floor. I don’t suppose this means the new #600 JMS reboot (which releases Wednesday) is doomed…but it certainly doesn’t bode well for me at least and I was pretty hesitant to begin with. Le sigh. Another day in comics.
I know what I want for my birthday this year. Are you ready? Are you listening? Is this thing on?!
BATMAN!!!!!!!
Here is where you can buy it for me…since I’m sure that is your next question. That is all. Please return to your lives.
Check out my latest CSBG column on She Has No Head! – a review of the Detective Comics/Batwoman arc this far. The post is called, “The Superhero Comic I’ve Been Waiting For”…you think maybe I like it? 
Batgirl #2. Brian Q. Miller. Comics/Graphic Novels.
So in all honesty I was feeling all “blah” about this before I even picked it up to read. And I previously said I was not going to read anymore once it was revealed that Stephanie Brown was the new Batgirl, but I picked it up anyway, I’m not sure why…half out of being bored…half out of curiosity I guess.
But here’s the problem, even if the issue was brilliant -which it isn’t – the issue itself is not particularly well written, it seems heavy handed, a bit whiny, and just incredibly dull. This is the story arc for issue number two of a major relaunch? YAWN.
However, the real problem is, I just don’t like Stephanie Brown.
I find her whiny and annoying, and really really blonde and really really white (which judging by this, DC has got WAY too much of going on right now). I also find her to be just totally unexceptional, which, when we come to The Bat Family, is something I expect…not only expect…but NEED in order to buy the suspension of disbelief that Bruce would sign off on letting teens and pre-teens suit up and fight crime beside him. You need to be exceptional in order to do that. The only thing exceptional about Stephanie to me is her unwillingness to go away, which unfortunately comes off to me as obnoxiousness rather than something endearing.
Also, the fact that Dick and Barbara are allowing this to go on (Barbara may be giving her a hard time, but that’s hardly stopping her) is disrespectful to Bruce. Bruce didn’t want her in that uniform. He shut it down. Have some respect for the man and Shut. It. Down.
Stephanie has no respect for the costume, for the symbol. Or for those who wore it before her (Cass possibly excepted since they were friends). Though she desperately wants to be part of the crowd, her wants are selfish and childish. She gets a high off of fighting crime and she does it almost casually. She’s not tormented by anything driving her to it, she’s just a really attractive blonde white girl going to college and putting on a costume at night for fun.
There is nothing interesting to me in this. That was my last issue.
I miss Cass 
Well, they revealed Batgirl’s identity in the first issue, which is good. And I have to take back my bitching and moaning about the idea of trying to drag it out. Officially, thank you DC for not dragging it out. Unfortunately…
SPOILER