Zadzooks on Batman's Red Hood and The Losers

Zadzooks: Batman: Under the Red Hood, The Losers, Clash of the Titans
Blue over Batman's 'Red Hood'
By Joseph Szadkowski - The Washington Times July 28, 2010

Greg's recommendations popped up this week too -

Bennett's Best: G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero and Welcome to Tranquility
By Greg Bennett, Special to Zadzooks
Monday, July 26, 2010

Otakon 2010 in Baltimore this weekend

Their website has all the information. Including a pretty complex schedule.

And here's how they describe it:

About Otakon

Otakon is the convention of the otaku generation: by fans, for fans; and we're back for our 17th year in 2010!

Join thousands of your fellow fans as we descend on Baltimore to celebrate all anime, manga, and all facets of Asian pop culture!

Ever since 1999, we've taken over a sizable chunk of Baltimore's Inner Harbor for a 3-day festival celebrating the pop culture that's brought us everything from Astroboy to Yu-Gi-Oh, from the Seven Samurai to Spirited Away.

PR: TOKYOPOP Tour @ Otakon

TOKYOPOP at Otakon this Weekend! July 28, 2010 Visit the TOKYOPOP Tour Bus at Otakon! Our colorful tour bus will be parked out front at Otakon so be sure to stop by! We're handing out all kinds of free stuff! On Saturday, start your day off with some laughs at our Van Von Hunter screening. See this Fantasia film festival official selection at 9am, Video Room 1. See you at Otakon this weekend!    Get more information on the TOKYOPOP Tour and our search for America's Greatest Otaku at TOKYOPOPtour.com Get TPOP News Live! Follow Stu Levy on Twitter! Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter!   The TOKYOPOP Tour bus is traveling the country this summer! See if we're coming to your town here. Get cool Tour swag, including iPhone skins, at our Facebook Store here.

Carla Speed McNeil panel at Comic-Con

CCI: Spotlight On Carla Speed McNeil
by Pam Auditore
Tue, July 27th, 2010

Xavier Xerses on Ken Dahl

Somehow I missed buying this from him at HeroesCon even though I was recommending his Monsters book - Welcome to the Dahlhouse by Ken Dahl.

Weldon on Scott Pilgrim movie and Comic-Con

A Fan's Notes: Being A Non-Spoilery Nonreview Of The 'Scott Pilgrim' Movie
by Glen Weldon
July 27, 2010

The 2nd Annual Monkey See Comic-Con Post-Mortem
by Glen Weldon
July 28, 2010

Weingarten on Callahan

Fearless John Callahan pushed boundaries of taste and humor with his art

By Gene Weingarten
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 28, 2010; C01

 

I'm a big fan of Callahan's work. A quadraplegic cartoonist - amazing.

Comic Riffs interviews Breen, memorializes Callahan

WORKING IN OILS: Pulitzer winner STEVE BREEN visits Gulf to create 'spill' cartoons out of BP's own crude
By Michael Cavna | July 27, 2010


A CARTOONIST'S TRIBUTE: Let us not forget the unflinching wit of John Callahan
By Michael Cavna | July 27, 2010

Speed Racer animation voice obituary in Post

Today's print Post ran this obituary from the Times -

 

Peter Fernandez dies at 83; helped bring Japanese animation to American audiences

Fernandez voiced the main character of 'Speed Racer' and adapted the concept from the Japanese anime children's series in the 1960s.

By Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times

July 25, 2010

That darn Beeler

From readers: Outrage felt over cartoon
Washington Examiner July 27, 2010

Re: "The Prophet Palin," cartoon, July 23

I did not expect such an expression of treason-like appeasement in your newspaper. According to this cartoon, we should agree to erect a monument for murderers in the place of their crime at our own home.

Why not build an O.J. Simpson statue in the front yard of Nicole Simpson's house, or a statue of Timothy McVeigh in Oklahoma City? Or Hitler's statue in Auschwitz?

It is not Sarah Palin who is a "religious intolerance bomb," but those Islamic jihadists who murdered Americans by the thousands. Now they want to have their temple at the scene of the crime as a symbol of their coming conquest and rule. It's horrific.

Margaret Young

 

 

Bennett's Best on Zadzooks

Bennett's Best: Strange Science Fantasy and Widow Warriors
By Greg Bennett, Special to Zadzooks
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

True Blood comic mention in Post

There's a brief wire story in the Post today saying that the True Blood books and tv show will have a comic book based on them. There's actually a long tradition of this in comics, with some series lasting beyond the show.

Also in the Style section is a strange Cul de Sac comic on evolution.

PR: Sun, Aug 1-Capicons Comic Con in Tysons

Capicons Comic Book & Pop Culture Con
Sunday, August 1, 2010
10 am - 3 pm

Admission: $2--Kids FREE!
$1 of each paid admission
...will be donated to The Hero Initiative

Open to the public from 10 am - 3 pm. Buy, sell & trade: Gold, Silver,
Bronze Age comics; Indie & Modern comics, Publishers & Creators, TV &
Movie Collectibles. Non-sport cards; Videos & DVDs; Horror/Sci-Fi;
figures, toys; Star Wars & Star Trek memorabilia; original artwork,
posters and other comic-related collectibles.

Special Guest Artist: Josh C. Lyman!

Also Featuring:
• Cover Artist and Inker Tim Dzon (Marvel Comics Presents, Avengers West
Coast, Hawkeye, etc.)
• Artist Tom Arvis, Sureshot Comics
• Fabulous Door Prizes!
• 50+ Dealer Tables!

More Artists TBA--stay tuned!
.................
2010 Capicons Shows

Sunday, Oct. 3 - With Special Guest Carolyn Belefski
BOOK NOW! info@capicons.com

Sunday, Dec. 5

****** Coming Soon--2011 Capicons Dates! *******

See you there!
Jeff, Laura & Ed at Capicons
www.capicons.com

Animation voice interview on Comic Riffs

COMIC-CON 2010: 'Cleveland Show's' KEVIN MICHAEL RICHARDSON voices his fandom of Macfarlane, McGruder and The Batman
By Michael Cavna | July 24, 2010;

Harvey Pekar reminiscence by a long-time coworker

This is a nice letter from one of his co-workers at the VA hospital:

A day in the working life of VA file clerk and 'American Splendor' creator Harvey Pekar
Friday, July 23, 2010

At some point I'll try to list all of the interviews that popped up after Harvey's death, but hadn't been included in Harvey Pekar: Conversations.

Washington Post on Comics-Con

An article in print today -

Comic-Con in San Diego makes a heroic effort to party hearty
By Jen Chaney
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 24, 2010; C05

and five more stories on their Comic Riffs blog

COMIC-CON 2010: Legend STAN LEE talks 'geek power,' new movies -- & why he was embarrassed to be a comic-book writer
By Michael Cavna | July 23, 2010

COMIC-CON 2010: 'iCarly's' JERRY TRAINOR goes 'b-i-g' to voice the new cartoon 'T.U.F.F. Puppy'
By Michael Cavna | July 24, 2010

COMIC-CON 2010 Interviews: MAD magazine artists 'excited' about TV show for a new generation
By Michael Cavna | July 24, 2010

COMIC-CON 2010: 'Opus's' BERKELEY BREATHED talks pigs, penguins & the thrill of adapting 'Pete & Pickles' for animation
By Michael Cavna | July 23, 2010


COMIC-CON 2010: Rising OLIVIA MUNN has already inherited the geeks. Will she now inherit the Earth?
By Michael Cavna | July 23, 2010

Comics on the Rack, Quick Picks for Comics Due 07-28-10

COMICS ON THE RACK

Quick Picks for Comics Due 07-28-10

By John Judy

 

ABE SAPIEN: ABYSSAL PLAIN #2 of 2 by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi and Peter Snejbjerg.  "We're all dead in a commie submarine, a commie submarine, a commie submarine!"  Recommended.

 

ACTION COMICS #891 by Paul Cornell and Pete Woods.  Lex Luthor has taken over as the star of this book and is up to some insanely depraved stuff even for him.  Can Lex regain his Orange Lantern juice?  And who's gonna be dumb enough to get in his way?  Highly recommended.

 

AMERICAN VAMPIRE #5 by Stephen King, Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque.  Wrapping up the first arc with some fang-tastic payback!  Recommended. Not for kids.

 

BATMAN: THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE #4 of 6 by Grant Morrison and Cameron Stewart.  Bruce just hopped the DeLorean into the wild, wild west!  Will the Time-Masters catch up with him before he actually makes it back?  Or will he???  Recommended.

 

BATMAN: THE WIDENING GYRE #6 of 6 by Kevin Smith and Walter Flanagan.  Ha! I knew there was a Smith title that hadn't come out in a while! I knew it!  Issue #5 was out in March!  BTW, did you know there's going to be a second volume to this story?  Supposedly it will run from July through December 2010 "after a six-month hiatus."  Thank-you, Kevin Smith!  My world feels normal once again.

 

BUZZARD #2 of 3 written and drawn by Eric Powell with a back-up feature drawn by Kyle Hotz.  A solo adventure of your favorite mystery man from THE GOON. Highly recommended.

 

FANTASTIC FOUR #581 by Jonathan Hickman and Neil Edwards.  Reed's dad shows up during his son's college years to press Reed, Ben and young Doc Doom into service.  It's a retcon road trip!

 

FLASH #4 by Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul.  Captain Boomerang is back from the dead and ready to make you stop laughing at his name!  Flash-fact!

 

GREEN LANTERN #56 by Geoff Johns and Doug Mahnke.  Hector Hammond and his huge head get back in the game.  Creepy cover.

 

INCORRUPTIBLE #8 by Mark Waid and Horacio Domingues.  Reformed super-creep Max Damage has to keep two sidekicks above ground. A difficult task considering some non-reformed creep just let some daylight through ol' Max.  Recommended.

 

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #47 by James Robinson and Mark Bagley.  The latest JLA/JSA cross-over continues!  Original Green Lantern Alan Scott has gone nuts and it's gonna take both teams to chill him out!  Big fights and lots of 'em!

 

LIFE WITH ARCHIE: MARRIED LIFE #1 by Michael Uslan and a Team of Fine Artists.  A continuation of the popular stories in which Archie married both Betty and Veronica.  Who knew Archie was a Mormon?

 

NORTHLANDERS #30 by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli.  Bonnie and Clyde in the time of the Vikings!  Highly recommended!

 

PREVIEWS by Marvel and Diamond Comics.  Imagine yourself reading these comics outside on a cool Fall day three months from now…  Nice.

 

PUNISHERMAX #9 by Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon.  Bullseye finally goes too far.  Think about that one for a minute.

 

RASL #8 written and drawn by Jeff Smith.  His back to the wall, science-punk Rasl lashes out.  Highly recommended.

 

SECRET AVENGERS #3 by Ed Brubaker and Mike Deodato.  Nova's gone nuts and now the gang's gotta duke it out on Mars. Big fight!

 

THOR #612 by Kieron Gillen and Doug Braithwaite.  Thor goes to Hell.  But enough about the post-Kirby years…

 

ULTIMATE COMICS MYSTERY #1 of 4 by Brian Michael Bendis and Rafa Sandoval.  "Umm, why is Marvel still doing this line of books?"  Wait! No!  It's the sequel to ULTIMATE COMICS ENEMY!  Y'know, the one where they never told you who the bad guy was even after you bought all four issues!  Not to worry, they'll clue us in at the end of the next four-issue mini-series after this one fer sure!  Excelsior!

 

UNCANNY X-MEN #526 by Matt Fraction, Alan Heinberg, Olivier Coipel and Whilce Portacio.  Five new mutants have popped up.  That requires an extra creative team in my book. "Five Lights" no waiting.

 

WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #15 by Jason Aaron and Ron Garney.  The final chapter in the Deathlok story.  For now… Recommended.

 

WONDER WOMAN #601 by J. Michael Straczynski, Don Kramer and Michael Babinski.  Love him or hate him, JMS doesn't go half-way on an idea.  Here he completely revamps the Amazon Princess.  Will it work?  Time will tell…  Gotta look.

 

X-MEN LEGACY #238 by Mike Carey and Clay Mann.  This is set in India.  Apparently there's a new mutant whose power is answering the phone.

 

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Comic Riffs interviews Keith Knight and Dan DiDio

COMIC-CON 2010: Keith Knight talks new books, Nappy Hours & why he won't be on an Angry Black Panel
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog July 22, 2010


COMIC-CON 2010: DC's DAN DiDIO talks Superman, Wonder Woman & why he loves fan interaction
By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog July 22, 2010

'South Park' would-be censorer arrested

Man arrested in terrorist case was 'South Park' protester
By Lisa de Moraes
Washington Post July 22, 2010

Disneyland inspired local golf course

Disney-inspired Woody's Golf Range in Herndon celebrates 30 years
By Gregg MacDonald
Fairfax County Times
Thursday, July 22, 2010; VA17