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Post by MDG on Dec 19, 2023 9:01:47 GMT -5
{Bonus! Kurtzman's rough for this cover!}
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Post by MDG on Dec 18, 2023 16:19:02 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Dec 18, 2023 16:16:15 GMT -5
It's pure entitlement to think the studio owed the public that movie. I wholeheartedly disagree. Whether it is within WB's legal rights and whether or not it is right are two very different questions. The movie industry of today has made the building of anticipation for fans the core of their marketing strategy. They teased fans, built up the anticipation, and then pulled the plug against the wishes of literally everyone involved in the production. That's legal, but it's not right, and calling fans entitled for wanting to see what they were effectively promised isn't helpful in the slightest. The filmmakers wanted to to show fans the film, and fans wanted to see the film, but those holding the money bags decided to serve themselves. I personally had no desire to see the film. I think it looked disappointing. But anyone who bought into Warner's hype was done wrong, IMO. You're still mad about Sonic Disruptors, aren't you?
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Post by MDG on Dec 18, 2023 10:53:12 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Dec 18, 2023 10:46:35 GMT -5
A few days ago, I read JLA #111, where Ivy is a member of the Injustice Gang. It’s her fifth appearance. I think that in the Pre-Crisis universe Ivy had many untold adventures, because otherwise it is not clear why within the stories she is treated as a first-class villain and not as a thief with a strange fetish for plants that Batman has encountered a handful (even less) of times. I think a big part of it is that at the time DC wanted at least some female representation in things like the Injustice Gang but didn't have a big bench of female villains. And since the injustice Gang seemed to be (purposefully?) a bunch of B-listers, Julie may not have wanted to put Catwoman or Star Sapphire in there.
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Post by MDG on Dec 17, 2023 11:35:40 GMT -5
(...) Barks' and Rosa's Scrooge stories are as much adventure comics as they are humor comics. As adventure comics, their plots are more engaging and complex than your usual superhero slugfests; as humor comics, a single installment is more genuinely laugh-provoking than the entire collection of, say, the Atlas-era "funny" comics. (...) I haven't read enough by Rosa to make an assessment either way, but I have to emphatically agree with this characterization of Barks' stories, and its not just the Scrooge stories, as the same applies to many of his Donald Duck stories as well. Exactly--whether a short humor story or a longer adventure, they are entertaining, funny, suspenseful (when appropriate) and page-for-page a much more satisfying reading experience than most superhero stories. Often with richer characterization.
Same for Stanley's Little Lulu.
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Post by MDG on Dec 17, 2023 11:20:07 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Dec 17, 2023 8:29:01 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Dec 16, 2023 11:57:25 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Dec 15, 2023 13:21:39 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Dec 15, 2023 8:57:53 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Dec 14, 2023 21:56:58 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Dec 14, 2023 15:54:16 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Dec 14, 2023 13:19:30 GMT -5
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Post by MDG on Dec 14, 2023 11:17:46 GMT -5
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