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Panel Of The Week – 9/22/10

September 28, 2010 in comics, vertigo | 4 comments

Bit of a weak week in panels (at least for what I bought) but I liked this kind of badass but quiet panel from Fables #98 of the young (again) Frau Totenkinder matter of factly drinking her tea and making her plans to kill Mr. Dark.

All of this would be much more badass and interesting (and somewhat revolutionary for comics) if Totenkinder hadn’t made herself young again and she was still her awesome old self getting these things done, but it’s still some good stuff.  And thank the gods I have something good to say again about Fables which has been in a horrible lull for months as we waited for Rose Red to get over her depression (and getting over it was inevitable).  Note to Mr. Willingham:  Depression and mourning?  Not a page turner.

From Fables #98 by the always superior Mark Buckingham:

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Kitty Pryde

September 28, 2010 in art, artists, comics | 7 comments

And this was how I originally found the Baldus Wonder Woman from last week.  Originally I found this amazing Kitty Pryde illustration that I believe was for a benefit of some kind.  This image led me to Baldus’ website…and from there, all the other beautiful work he’s got up.

I never used to like Kitty Pryde, until Joss Whedon’s Astonishing X-Men run when I totally fell for her – but it’s images like this that remind you what a great character – and what fantastic and unique powers she has (especially for the time in which she was created).  Go Kitty.

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She Has No Head! – J.H. Williams III and Dan Curtis Johnson’s Chase

September 27, 2010 in comic reviews, comics, comics should be good, CSBG, she has no head! | Permalink

A new post, about J.H. Williams III and Dan Curtis Johnson’s short lived late 90’s CHASE series is up on She Has No Head!  Check it out.

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Cover Of The Week – 9/22/10

September 24, 2010 in batman!, comics, DC Comics | Permalink

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

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Wonder Woman

September 24, 2010 in art, artists, comics, wonder woman | 3 comments

I meant to include this Wonder Woman drawing I stumbled across a while ago by Zachary Flagg Baldus in the “Wonder Woman Compilation” on my Superheroine Fashion post for She Has No Head! on Monday…but missed it.  So here it is on its own, and totally worthy of standing alone by the way.  Stunning.

Zachary Flagg Baldus' Wonder Woman, which totally deserved inclusion in the compilation. Love it!

Wonder Woman Compilation From The 9/20/20 She Has No Head! Click to Englarge.

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Cover Of The Week – 9/15/10

September 22, 2010 in art, artists, comics | 2 comments

So I’ve been working on an exciting two part post for She Has No Head! over the last month, and in the process it had me thinking a lot about comics covers – which is saying a lot as I already think about comic covers quite a bit thanks to my monthly Cover Solicits In Three Sentences Or Less posts.  But int the spirit of “Panel Of The Week” and trying to be more positive and find more things I love about comics (ah, why does only the hate come so easy!?) I’ve decided to do a best cover of the week as well.  I’m basing this, like Panel Of The Week, solely on comics I buy…so it’s entirely possible that there will be another better cover (even in my eyes) for the week…but if that book didn’t rate a buy I’m not going to consider it eligible.  This may be a bit unfair…but hey, I make the rules…and there are so few instances in which I get to say that in life…that I’m just going to revel in it.  :)

So welcome to our first ever, Cover Of The Week on 1979 Semi-Finalist.

And right off the bat I’m going to set a terrible precedent and give cover of the week to two covers…

MORNING GLORIES #2

Morning Glories has been selling out like crazy and I have to say…it deserves it.  It’s a pretty good book so far.  It’s smart and has some nice unexpected twists and turns.  The characters are kind of designed to be stereotypes, but then twist nicely and subvert some of those ideas.  Additionally, while I love some long slow drawn out deconstructed comics…this is moving at a breakneck pace (but not too fast that they’re screwing it up) and it’s kind of refreshing.  A TON has happened already and both issues have ended on fairly awesome cliffhangers.  It would be great if the interior art was better and more consistent, but it’s good enough to not get in the way.  Also, this cover rocks.

DV8: GODS & MONSTERS #6.

Ironically, though all of Fiona Staples covers for DV8: Gods & Monsters have been outstanding, this is probably my least (or second least) favorite of the bunch and yet it’s still awesome enough to get cover of the week.  Fiona has been doing an amazing job and this excellent graphic representation, which nicely reflects what’s going on in the book (and has the lovely white space I so crave) is a home run.

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Woohoo! Toys!

September 21, 2010 in comics, mad men, the venture brothers, toys!, wonder woman | 5 comments

Despite my comic geekiness I’ve never really been into statues/figures – or really toys even – except for maybe the occasional awesome plush (so cute!).  I don’t know why…I mean, it’s a good thing because I have just about zero dollars extra cash lying around – and less than zero space for such things.  HOWEVER – you knew there was a however coming, right? – I recently bought some awesome Venture Bros. stuff for Adam from Entertainment Earth and in the process found myself getting drawn into some great stuff.

First, the Venture Bros. stuff I got was AWESOME (and these are just the bobble heads!)

From Left: Brock, Dr. Mrs. The Monarch, The Monarch. Not pictured: Dr. Orpheus - who is awesome, but had a broken finger, so had to be returned/replaced

Second, I did a mini-shopping spree for Wonder Woman gear, of which I’ve had none until now, including a Wonder Woman plush

to match the Batman plush I got for my birthday in June.  I also go a great mug, and a business card holder, which is awesome.

Third, I’ve never bought a figure or statue in my life – and usually – though they’re sometimes cool looking – don’t really get the appeal, that said, this Black Canary statue is the best statue I’ve ever seen.  And if I was ever to buy a statue this would be it.  It’s just a great representation that really FEELS like Dinah.  And unlike most statues of female superheroes she’s really not objectified here at all – the costume is zipped up, the boots are badass but flat, the posing is strong and cool rather than sexy and come hither.  It’s a home run as far as I’m concerned.

Another thing I really found myself wanting to buy but resisted?

Joan Holloway from Mad Men:

Very cool.  But I stood my ground.

Me vs. Things I Can’t Afford?

Me: 1

Things I Can’t Afford:  0

Woo!

Of course…I did buy those Wonder Woman things…hmm…let’s just move on!

She Has No Head! – Superhero Fashion Week Edition

September 20, 2010 in comics, comics should be good, CSBG, DC Comics, dean trippe, lists, marvel comics, rogue, she has no head! | 6 comments

If ever there was a She Has No Head! to check out, this is it, filled with dozens of stunning images by dozens of great artists of superheroine fashion.  Check it out!

A very fashion forward Rogue by Nuno Alves for Project Rooftop

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Panel Of The Week – 9/13/10

September 14, 2010 in batgirl, batman!, comics, DC Comics | 2 comments

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.

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DC Logo Ladies Version

September 14, 2010 in comics, DC Comics, wonder woman | 10 comments

I talked about this at length with DC Women Kicking Ass yesterday, and then came across this great ladies version of the DC 75th Anniversary logo today via Geektress.

I don’t know that I would have picked Black Canary – I think I’d go Wonder Woman, Batwoman, Supergirl, and perhaps…Catwoman.  Regardless the choice of using the tights (since Canary doesn’t have a logo) is pretty inspired from a “recognition” point of view as she’s instantly recognizable, but I have admit that I’m not wild about the idea that a character is recognizable via fishnets…that seems like a bit of a step backwards…but this is the reality we live in!

Anyway, I was going to do my own version…but I’m not sure I can do a better one than this (and who knows when it will shop up) but this has inspired me to at least try.  We’ll see!

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