Tuesday, June 07, 2016
Black As Black Manta's Soul
If there's anything more quintessentially Black Manta than the picture below, I don't want to know about it.
Costumed. Blowing things up. Running away from said thing he just blew up.
You know there's a smile going on under that helmet. You just know it.
Black Manta, starting sh*t...
This me looking forward to Aquaman: Rebirth #1 by writer Dan Abnett and artist Brad Walker.
Labels: AQUAMAN, Black Manta, Rebirth
Friday, May 27, 2016
My Thoughts On DC: Rebirth
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| Jose Luis Garcia Lopez would be proud. |
Well... DC: Rebirth, the comic I'd been waiting for nearly five years was read and you know what?
I didn't know just how much I missed these characters.
Just so much to take in but my greatest takeaway is that hope has returned to The DC Universe.
Legacy has returned. Heck, even the term, "DC Universe" is back in use again!
I smiled wide at the return of Ted Kord. I missed his stupid grin.
I laughed my ass off as writer Geoff Johns exploded his sensational character find of who-gives-a-crap, Pandora.
I was heartened by the vast numbers of youthful legacy characters gently easing themselves back into the fray.
The Batman dealing with the revelation that his greatest enemy may have pulled the greatest long con of all time. Explains a lot and a little bit of brilliance.
I gasped as Johnny Thunder is still causing trouble in this DC Universe.
I gasped as I saw Johnny Thunder in this DC Universe. There will be a Justice Society of America again.
In DC: Rebirth, we saw love return to DC Comics. Ray Palmer is still in love with a crazy person but the heart still wants what it wants. Black Canary and Green Arrow. It is a thing again and I'm looking forward to seeing them see each other again with new eyes.
Thank God, The Hawks were left out. They need a lot of fixing and Rebirth just ain't the place for that.
And Wally West. Yeah.
He's back. The Flash of a generation is back and I genuinely got a bit choked up as he accepted his fate in returning to limbo. I caught myself smiling when the one person he needed the most to remember him drew him back into being. Was just a very sweet, long-awaited moment.
New life and love he has to earn all over again. A fresh start worthy of a Scarlet Speedster.
All of this and nothing brought me more joy than the shorthand of showing a ring from the future and the hope it brings to the present.
And that ending... many will debate its merits but its the rare circumstance where you can point to one thing that changed so much. I'm looking forward to where The DC Universe is headed.
I haven't thought that, much less said that, in nearly five years.
Labels: Rebirth
Friday, April 15, 2016
My Latest Bleeding Cool Article: The DC Universe And The Rebirth Of Joy?
Got a chance to do a new article for Bleeding Cool and got out some hopeful yet wary thoughts on DC Comics' upcoming "Rebirth."
Labels: Bleeding Cool, Rebirth
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Watch This Space...
Taking a bit of a break from other things and firing up the engines again for DC Comics' reboot/not-a-reboot/not-a-DC-You/Nor-a-New-52 Rebirth!
A new initiative that promises legacy and the putting back of things where we old DC Comics fans left them.
I admit it, I am a bit excited. I want to be a DC Comics fan but in the past five years, DC hasn't given me much to crow about. Now, wouldn't it be great if DC actually acknowledged that "Fox and Crow" was a once thing?
Anyway, in those nearly five years, I have not followed one post-DC Universe title for any longer than six issues.
Not that I didn't want to. I just wasn't excited about a universe where you launch a Blackhawks title with, you know, no actual ties to The Blackhawks in it.
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| "She a lady hockey player?" (High fives and laughter at the DC conference table) |
At my peak, I was reading between 25-40 DC Comics a month and in the time it takes for the "Heroes" TV series to squander a ton of buzz and receive a second mercy killing, I was down to reading one lone DC Comic.
Prez. Since Prez, I've picked up Midnighter in trade and loved it. Just in time to see it cancelled. See, the weird thing is that DC actually was doing some fairly interesting books but in the rush to gain new readership from constant first issues and hype behind lenticular covers, they forgot that folks just want to enjoy the books they're reading.
Say what you will about the Harley Quinn series but the folks reading it are buying it and most important to sales, sharing that they're actually enjoying it.
More than anything, I just want to like DC Comics again.
I want to be excited about what Superman does. I want to see Dick Grayson standing next to Donna Troy and know that something works again. I want to feel a connection. I want to be excited to have a DC Comic in my hands again.
So, watch this space... I'm going to read some DC Comics again.
Labels: Rebirth
