Funnybooks And Such.
The Glyph Awards are coming up, recognizing the "Best Comic" showing black characters in a featured role. Here's a list of the nominees:
Thankfully, alternate choices not listed on the official ballot can be e-mailed to rich.watson@gmail.com.
Edit: Commentor Joe notes:
(In last year's case, it was the first Black Panther collection, something I'd call a crying shame and proof that my elitist attitude in regards to "Fan" awards serves a purpose.)
In this week's Previews, there's a new book from David Yurkovich, wherein he reworks some of his older material. I think his Seinfeld-meets-superheroes Less Than Heroes is an overlooked gem and this looks to have the same amount of zip and pluck:
So, Sterling was going on a bit too long about the second print of Captain America #25 and whether or not it's going to sell. I'd say there's at least some interest still there. I stopped by Comicazi for a bit yesterday afternoon and there were two phone calls and a drop-in looking for the book in the span of 30 minutes, so that must mean something. Of course, these were people that were inducted into "the scene" already, but I'd say that the overall interest is still there, at least for a bit longer. Me, I've not even read it because (and I've mentioned this before) I think Brubaker's doing a fine, fine job writing a Captain America story I'm not at all interested in reading. High quality, but Grim Captain America is not my thing at all.
Chris Butcher's latest post on breaking a young girl's heart and yaoi fan culture is a fantastic piece of writing.
Douglas Wolk's interview with Dan Vado is a bit brief for my tastes, but it manages to go into depth in an area that our own Bully has discussed recently, the Book Market:
Wow, I didn't mean for this to turn into a linkpost, but with such glorious treats awaiting your clickage, how could I resist?
Oh, and in case you're wondering: no Nitroglycerin today. Things didn't quite gel for us on that front, but next week, it'll be back in full effect with the promotional hijinks and wackiness you've come to expect from Birdie and myself.
Finally, I encourage you, the intelligent (and frequently very sexy) readers of this blog to check out my new forum. It's been growing nicely, everybody's been damned polite, and it gives you a place to post your intelligent thoughts about this week's comics if you don't blog yourself. Isn't that a Good Thing?
- Black Panther: The Bride by Reginald Hudlin, Scot Eaton & Klaus Janson
- Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre, Will Pfeifer & Cliff Chiang
- Firestorm the Nuclear Man #28-32 by Stuart Moore, Jamal Igle & Keith Champagne
- New Avengers #22 by Brian Michael Bendis & Leinil Francis Yu
- Storm by Eric Jerome Dickey, David Yardin & Lan Medina and Jay Leisten & Sean Parsons
Thankfully, alternate choices not listed on the official ballot can be e-mailed to rich.watson@gmail.com.
Edit: Commentor Joe notes:
Nat Turner won the Glyph Award for Story of the Year in 2006 (and Kyle Baker won best artist, and the cover to Nat Turner #1 won Best Cover).Maybe the concluding volume missed the cutoff for the Glyph awards, but it's still a bit like an Almodovar movie getting nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography while Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer get to walk away with the Best Picture (as voted by the fans,) innit?
(In last year's case, it was the first Black Panther collection, something I'd call a crying shame and proof that my elitist attitude in regards to "Fan" awards serves a purpose.)
In this week's Previews, there's a new book from David Yurkovich, wherein he reworks some of his older material. I think his Seinfeld-meets-superheroes Less Than Heroes is an overlooked gem and this looks to have the same amount of zip and pluck:
Agent Swete -- an unlikely hero comprised of organic chocolate and a member of the FBI's Food Crimes Division -- and his sharp-tongued partner, Anderson, investigate a series of bizarre, food-inspired crimes. Along they way they encounter a variety of characters including an extraterrestrial canine named Geoffrey, writer Ernest Hemingway, an organized crime lord intent upon finding the life-enabling 'eternity pasta,' and an eerie, all-devouring trio known as The Metabolators. This collection includes the Xeric-grant awarded origin tale of Agent Swete, a never-before published Death By Chocolate tale, and an essay by Yurkovich on the creation of the series. Every page has been reworked by Yurkovich, making Redux the definitive edition of these stories.Sounds fun and maybe a bit Rex Libris, which can't be a bad thing at all.
So, Sterling was going on a bit too long about the second print of Captain America #25 and whether or not it's going to sell. I'd say there's at least some interest still there. I stopped by Comicazi for a bit yesterday afternoon and there were two phone calls and a drop-in looking for the book in the span of 30 minutes, so that must mean something. Of course, these were people that were inducted into "the scene" already, but I'd say that the overall interest is still there, at least for a bit longer. Me, I've not even read it because (and I've mentioned this before) I think Brubaker's doing a fine, fine job writing a Captain America story I'm not at all interested in reading. High quality, but Grim Captain America is not my thing at all.
Chris Butcher's latest post on breaking a young girl's heart and yaoi fan culture is a fantastic piece of writing.
I’ve posted about fangirl entitlement before. Mostly it comes up in relation to yaoi, and the fans therof. Straight girls and women deciding to boldy stake a claim on homosexual sex, logic or cultural appropriation be damned. But I invite all of my non-manga readers to really spend a day visiting anime and manga fandom: It’s fucking monstrous. You’ll find many of the most reprehensible children imaginable, running wild across forae that encourage their stupidity and encouraging a sort of fake-drama-based high school clique system that rules every facet of their lives. I hate to say this, but the Newsarama commenters, as atrocious as they are, don’t hold a candle to some of the bullshit I’ve seen.
Douglas Wolk's interview with Dan Vado is a bit brief for my tastes, but it manages to go into depth in an area that our own Bully has discussed recently, the Book Market:
Vado:There have been books we've published where, interestingly enough, the [sales] numbers weren't that great to begin with in the book market, but a lot of them came back. With something like Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, where there's a consistent flow and people know what to order and what to sell, and they can count on it, the returns are kind of minimal. But there are a couple of things where we've sold probably less than 300 copies into the book market, and out of those 300 copies over half of them will have come back. You become grateful that they didn't order 3,000 of them
Wow, I didn't mean for this to turn into a linkpost, but with such glorious treats awaiting your clickage, how could I resist?
Oh, and in case you're wondering: no Nitroglycerin today. Things didn't quite gel for us on that front, but next week, it'll be back in full effect with the promotional hijinks and wackiness you've come to expect from Birdie and myself.
Finally, I encourage you, the intelligent (and frequently very sexy) readers of this blog to check out my new forum. It's been growing nicely, everybody's been damned polite, and it gives you a place to post your intelligent thoughts about this week's comics if you don't blog yourself. Isn't that a Good Thing?
