Cerebus back with Spawn

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24060

Okay, it's just a reprint of #10 but still it's good news for those that never read that issue.

What an awesome issue it was, a tale of the woes of the comic book industry back in the day. This was right after Image had formed and creator owned stuff was the new topic of the day and how "limiting" work for hire was.

I haven't read it in years, but I remember it as a great read.

Forever Marvel

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=24084

First X-Men: Forever had Claremont picking up where he left off and now Louise Simonson is picking up where she left off on X-Factor.


Marvel loves to beat things into the ground don't they?

They went overboard with the Noir line of stuff. I mean, what's next? Moon Knight Noir?

Now a 2nd Forever title? Yeah, it's a limited series but come on...

X-Men Forever is just bad. It really doesn't have any redeeming qualities. What is the point of making X-Factor forever?

And what's up with the new uniform designs? Know damn well that if Simonson had continued with #65 there wouldn't have been new designs and those are some pretty modern looking designs, not like what would have been created back then.

And ditching the kids? Yeah, convienant ability to write 'em out.

UGH!!


I do like that she's doing away with the Cable/Cyclop's Kid angle, since as a co-creator of Cable (technically) she never planned that angle to begin with.


Speaking of Cable... I loved the old X-Force stuff but something always bothered me... Cable's first appearance was in trying to get Rusty from the MLF. But over in X-Force he said that he had been coming back in time to watch over Cannonball who he thought was an External (love how that storyline just up and disappeared when Liefeld left Marvel). So if he had come back to watch over Cannonball, what was he doing going after Rusty? Shouldn't Rusty have been the External then?

JSA All-Stars #1 Review

So I recently just got caught up on DC's Justice Society series. Started with the Robinson/Goyer #1 and all the way up to when Willingham/Sturges took over. I love the JSA. Love the legacy and how it's about family and then became about "making better heroes".

I love Willingham's Fables and the only Sturges thing I had read as his novel, Midwinter (good read, I recommend it). So I went into this with an open mind.

My biggest complaint about the Geoff Johns run was the sheer number of characters in the book. I didn't think we got enough into the "minds" of characters like Cyclone, Judomaster, Citizen Steel, etc.. They were mostly background characters. We got bits and pieces but none of 'em got their moment to shine.

I loved that the art conveyed alot of the family and emotion of the team. How Hourman and Liberty Belle were always in contact with each other, even if it was just holding hands at a meeting, and how Citizen Steels cousins/neices/nephews were always showing up all over the place.

So I thought the introduction of a second book, splitting the cast, would be the way to go. Give 'em all more time to shine.

Now the book itself. The idea is that the the vets (Power Girl, Stargirl, Hourman and Magog... I'll get back to him in a sec) will take the "kids" and provide them training. Help them learn the ropes, learn to function as a "better hero".

That's a good idea. The problem is that alot of those that are the "rookies" have been around for awhile. Cyclone, Citizen Steel, Judomaster, Wildcat's son, etc.. they've dealt with Gog, the Black Marvel Family and other threats. They aren't rookies by any means.

And one of the leaders, Magog, he's the newest member of the JSA except for King Chimeara, the only true rookie on the team.

So the idea of training the rookies, makes sense to enable them to split the team, but it really is kind of flimsy. I think they should have gone with the approach Marvel did and just had teams on different coasts or something like that. Would have made a tad more sense.

Especially since two of the youngest members, Jakeem Thunder and Lightning (who is also a relative rookie compared to Cyclone, Citizen Steel and Wildcat) are on the "old" team. Mr. America is a relative rookie as well.

Oh well, I can live with that because the rest of the story is good. There's training, trying to form squads to handle different parts of a threat, some inter-team conflict. All the things needed for a good story are there.

And done pretty well. I enjoyed the read alot.

It was the art that made it hard for me to get into.

I don't like Freddie Williams at all. The art was detailed. But the figures were too angular for my tastes. I just couldnt' get into it.

He draws a horrible Cyclone in flight.

As a first issue, was enough to draw people in, even those that hadn't been fans of the JSA before. They do a good job explaining why there are two squads of JSA now and the cliffhanger ending is definately enough to make me want to come back for more.

Sturges does a good enough job to make up for the art and make me look past it.

My G.I. Joe Fanfic

Yeah, fan fiction. Yeah I hate it too. But I finally decided to start writing and found a way that works for me. Always before tried novels and just went off on thousands of tangents and could never continue. Well now I found a way to handle the tangents and keep the interest.

Short spurts, couple pages long, out of sequance, multiple things going on at once, all in one cohesive universe with fan nods to all the other things Joe.

Hopefully it works out and people like it.

http://www.hisstank.com/forum/g-i-joe-general-discussion/61938-troys-j-o-e-verse.html#

Ridley Scott's Robin Hood

First I've heard of this. Watched the trailer on Quicktime's site.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/robinhood/

Definately got me interested. I'm a big Ridley Scott (and Tony Scott) fan and Ridley was responsible for three of my all time favorite movies: Legend, Gladiator and Blackhawk Down.

Will definately be checking this one out.