I dunno who invented Diet Vanilla Coke, but I really want to kiss that man / woman / alien being on the mouth for an hour or so.
THUNDER Agents Archives came out and it's fantastic stuff. Here's the deal - Wally Wood was leaving Marvel in the mid 60s after helping to launch Daredevil and was offered the opportunity to create his own comics line at Tower, who had previously published paperback books. Boy, did he do a good job. Luminaries like Reed Crandall, Dan Adkins, Gil Kane, and Mike Sekowsky all contributed to make the lean, minimally dialogued stories fun.
Oh, Superman and Daredevil have cheap issues this week - 10 and 25 cents respectively. Not that Superman is impressive in the least - Steven Seagle chaffs me like burlap bike shorts and the art was uuuuugly. Daredevil suffered from its usual "this feels like a chapter in a big book instead of its own story and why the fuck am I buying the single issues still?" on top of "Cheap movie cash in attempt." Not that the movie looks any good. Birds Of Prey looked more convincing that what I've seen so far.
Of course, I will go see it. I love Daredevil, the character. Done properly, he's one of the most compelling comics icons out there. Frank Miller seemed to get him best, especially in The Man Without Fear and Born Again, but the movie seems to, from the trailers, be all about Look At Our Bad Fight Scenes and Man, We Miscasted Elektra Horribly. I'm more excited about The Incredible Hulk, as it doesn't look like a TV movie, the script reads well, and the toys are top-notch. Especially the Hulk gloves that give you giant green "bopping" fists that make noises.
THUNDER Agents Archives came out and it's fantastic stuff. Here's the deal - Wally Wood was leaving Marvel in the mid 60s after helping to launch Daredevil and was offered the opportunity to create his own comics line at Tower, who had previously published paperback books. Boy, did he do a good job. Luminaries like Reed Crandall, Dan Adkins, Gil Kane, and Mike Sekowsky all contributed to make the lean, minimally dialogued stories fun.
Oh, Superman and Daredevil have cheap issues this week - 10 and 25 cents respectively. Not that Superman is impressive in the least - Steven Seagle chaffs me like burlap bike shorts and the art was uuuuugly. Daredevil suffered from its usual "this feels like a chapter in a big book instead of its own story and why the fuck am I buying the single issues still?" on top of "Cheap movie cash in attempt." Not that the movie looks any good. Birds Of Prey looked more convincing that what I've seen so far.
Of course, I will go see it. I love Daredevil, the character. Done properly, he's one of the most compelling comics icons out there. Frank Miller seemed to get him best, especially in The Man Without Fear and Born Again, but the movie seems to, from the trailers, be all about Look At Our Bad Fight Scenes and Man, We Miscasted Elektra Horribly. I'm more excited about The Incredible Hulk, as it doesn't look like a TV movie, the script reads well, and the toys are top-notch. Especially the Hulk gloves that give you giant green "bopping" fists that make noises.
