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Comment on MARC ALAN FISHMAN: The First Comic That Mattered… To Me by Russ Rogers

Russ Rogers — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 07:15:35 +0000

For me, my comics reading came in 4 distinct epoch’s. The first was in Elementary School, when I would buy 100 Page Superman Family books for a quarter. There was a broad mix of stories in those.

Then, when I had a paper route in Junior High, I would bike to the 7-11 to pick up comics for 20 cents, then 30 cents and when they went to 35 cents (and I couldn’t even get three for a dollar?), I stopped buying them.

In college, a friend gave me a stack of about 25 comics. These included several from publishers I had not heard of before, Eclipse and First and other smaller publishers. This sparked the biggest purchasing phase. And I guess the books that caught my attention were GrimJack with the Munden’s Bar back up. I liked how Cynosure (the locale of GrimJack and Munden’s Bar) was the perfect place to do a cross-over story. I liked the Gritty Noir Mystery up front with the generally silly, slapstick story in the back. I have TONS of First Comics.

But after I got married, and especially after the birth of my first daughter, I couldn’t afford the regular investment in comics. My new comics generally game as gifts at birthdays or Christmas. The Absolute Sandman’s. That kind of thing.

My most recent phase with comics came with the discovery of ComicMix and online comics several years ago. Here were many of my favorite comics creators pumping out new comics and reposting comics I had never read before. Seriously, I became a little obsessed with reading and commenting on each comic as it was published. But I got to read a lot of fine comics. And, as a BIG bonus, I became reacquainted with the work of many writers and artists that I had admired for decades, several new writers and artists, and the big capper, they got to know ME!

Chatting back and forth with the creators at ComicMix can be like a continuous virtual Comics Convention. Fans and Artist get to mingle and interact. It’s fun, it’s cool. And it truly reinvigorates my love for comics!

Comment on MICHAEL DAVIS: Spanish Harlem – The New Spider-Man, Part 2 by Michael Davis

Michael Davis — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:27:31 +0000

Nah-no Eddie, Chris or Cheech. The spider’s voice has to be Rush Limpdick.

Comment on MARC ALAN FISHMAN: The First Comic That Mattered… To Me by Walt

Walt — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 13:43:56 +0000

The four that started it for me were Batman 439, Detective 604, Superman 31, and Adventures of Superman 453; back in Spring 1989.

Superman was (self imposed) exiled in space, Batman facing Clayfaces, Robin apparently had died, but here was a new kid (Tim Drake) about to become the new Robin.

Comment on MARC ALAN FISHMAN: The First Comic That Mattered… To Me by Jarrod Buttery

Jarrod Buttery — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:54:52 +0000

Avengers #159. Graviton. How cool that he was the big bad in the animated series!

Comment on JOHN OSTRANDER: Brave-ish New Worlds by Neil Ottenstein

Neil Ottenstein — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:44:19 +0000

The price point is the big obstacle in digital comics. It also would be nice to have some mechanism for people who buy the physical copy to have access to the digital version either for free or for a really low cost.

There are some people who have accumulated “vast amounts of stuff” who might want to start getting their comics in a digital version instead of the physical one just so they don’t have to store it anywhere in their dwelling. There is lots of ponder on this subject and so far I don’t think the industry as a whole has yet come up with the correct solution.

Comment on Where’s WALL*E? by Raphael Sutton

Raphael Sutton — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:59:33 +0000

Two of the ones I first thought of (Astro Boy and Data) were already mentioned, but others would be:
1) The Iron Giant
2) Frankenstein Junior
3) The Robot Devil
4) The Robonic Stooges
5) Norm (from Phineas and Ferb)

There are a few more I could name, but why spoil everyone else’s fun?

Raphy

Comment on Where’s WALL*E? by mike weber

mike weber — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:29:49 +0000

I see Wall-E. That’s almost cheating.

Comment on MARC ALAN FISHMAN: The First Comic That Mattered… To Me by mike weber

mike weber — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:26:06 +0000

Fantastic Four #3.

Yes. I am old.

Comment on DENNIS O’NEIL: Green Lantern’s Unused Potential by Marc Alan Fishman

Marc Alan Fishman — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 21:54:39 +0000

Ahem. Kyle Rayner used his ring to create sentient beings. Take that, Hal.

Comment on Who Knows What Evil Lurks? Dynamite Knows As It Picks Up “The Shadow” by Cyberstrike Christopher Back

Cyberstrike Christopher Back — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:59:29 +0000

I liked the 1994 movie, but I’ve yet to read a really good comic book based on The Shadow.

Comment on The Parent/Child Divide in Films by Cyberstrike Christopher Back

Cyberstrike Christopher Back — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:49:44 +0000

I can’t think of any dramas that I’ve seen deal with this subject.

Comment on MARC ALAN FISHMAN: The First Comic That Mattered… To Me by Cyberstrike Christopher Back

Cyberstrike Christopher Back — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:57:26 +0000

Marvel's The Transformers #6 was the first comic I remember getting. The Ghost Rider vol. 2 #1 was the first super-hero comic I remember buying and liking.

Comment on Where’s WALL*E? by Neil Robertson

Neil Robertson — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 05:47:15 +0000

Missing: I can name at least six just by saying “The Metal Men”.

Comment on Where’s WALL*E? by Brian Smith

Brian Smith — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 05:41:58 +0000

Looks like the mouse bot is in the lower right hand corner, above and to the right of the question mark. Otherwise, I’m loving any robot collection that remembers Mr. Butlertron, Larry 3000 and the robot from “Benji, Zax and the Alien Prince.”
The only other missing robots I can think of, and I’m probably pushing it on all of them:
1. V.I.C.I. (Small Wonder)
2. Pimpbot 5000 (Late Night with Conan O’Brien)
3. Man-E-Faces in robot mode
4. “The Solid Tin Coyote”
5. Golden Army soldier

Comment on Where’s WALL*E? by Brad A.

Brad A. — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 01:58:28 +0000

Missing “bots”:
1. AstroBoy
2. MegaMan
3. Lt. Cmdr. Data
4. Helper (Venture Bros.)
5. Mouse bot

And as for “do they count?”
Ro-Bear-Bill (Thundercats)
Inspector Gadget

Comment on Where’s WALL*E? by Dan Keller

Dan Keller — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 22:41:43 +0000

Missing:
1. Crow T. Robot
2. Gypsy
3. Rusty (Big Guy’s partner)
4. Robot (from the 1st Tom Baker Dr. Who story of the same name)
5. Dyno-Mutt

Comment on DENNIS O’NEIL: Enough with the Superhero Movies? by Rick S.

Rick S. — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:15:48 +0000

While the summer super-hero movie spectacular has been a diversion from the news of the day, my head’s still spinning like I’ve spent too much time on the Tilt-A-Whirl. Phew! And I really (at this point) have no interest in Dark Knight’s or Spidey’s or Superman in his new costume, made of kryptonian basketball remnants.

I am however, ready for Mad Men, Pan Am, Masterpiece Theatre and the NFL.

Comment on Who Knows What Evil Lurks? Dynamite Knows As It Picks Up “The Shadow” by Brandon Barrows

Brandon Barrows — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:08:20 +0000

I’ll check this out. I love the Shadow pulps.

Comment on Who Knows What Evil Lurks? Dynamite Knows As It Picks Up “The Shadow” by mike weber

mike weber — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:03:53 +0000

I’ve never been that happy with the Shadow as a comic character; somewhat more so as a movie, rather more than that as a radio play, but most of all in text form… because of the ease (or lack thereof) of showing/conveying what’s happening.

Easiest in text, hardest-to-sometimes impossible in comics.

Comment on MARTHA THOMASES: The DC (And NY And LA) Implosion by Mindy Newell

Mindy Newell — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:02:05 +0000

I totally agree with you, Martha. I can’t get behind digital comics…or digital books for that matter…except when I’m traveling. But even when I’m reading digital, I miss my actual BOOK.