Thursday, October 23, 2008

Mycomicshop.com weekly promotions

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5% off pre-1981 issues

10% off modern-era issues in the following groups:
Bongo Titles
DC Comics A to L Titles
Horror/Supernatural Titles
X-Men Titles

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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Mycomicshop.com weekly promotions

This week's promotion over at Mycomicshop.com are:

5% off pre-1981 issues

10% off modern-era issues in the following groups:
Batman Titles
Dark Horse Titles
Justice League/Society Titles
Marvel M to Z Titles

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How do you know your kid is “creative”?

I’ve heard this question a lot from young parents… They always wonder if their kid is creative or not. I’m not an expert, but I’ve always been thinking that you could consider your kid “creative” if he/she started doing “unconventional” things.

What do I mean by “unconventional”? Let’s say that if, one day, your child draws/paints the sea in pink instead of blue, you shouldn’t explain to him the sea should be blue but instead ask him the reason why he wanted it to be pink… And I’m pretty sure he/she will have an answer that makes perfect sense such as “One fish had a big nose bleed”. I think if his/her mind can make up something like this, it’s a good hint that he/she is somehow creative.

So where am I going with all this? I want to talk about a book of course… and about Sam, its main character, who happens to be a really creative kid. Is he talking about chronicle nose bleeds among fishes as well? No, he’s on another level…

As a kid, have you ever written a letter to Santa Claus when Christmas was approaching? Maybe you’ve had your kid write one too… Well Sam doesn’t. He decides he’d rather write a letter to Dracula on Halloween… There you go, I don’t have to say more to get you curious about this book.

If it tickles you as it tickles me, take a look at Dear Dracula, a new all-ages graphic novel by writer Josh Williamson and artist Vicente Navarrete. You can also follow this link to the CBR article to know the story behind the book itself and check out some samples. It looks really promising.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Weapon X: First Class

I wrote something yesterday about Wolverine: Origin and this morning I tumbled over some piece of news that's quite worth mentionning.

Marvel is planning the release of Weapon X: First Class... Yes, one more story for you Wolverine content hungry readers who want to know more about "Weapon X", the program that turned Logan into the Wolverine he is now. It's apparently going to be a trilogy and the first issue will be available in stores on November, 5th 2008 for USD3.99

If you would like to read the whole article and check out some pictures of that new book, you can follow that link to the CBR website.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Wolverine: Origin

In a previous post I wrote about which book to pick up if you wanted to start reading about Wolverine, I advised to get Best of Wolverine Vol.1. I still think it is a great book and everybody who intends to know about Wolverine should read it… However, I would like to go back on one of the statements I made in that particular post.

At the time, I mentioned it was a “must read” as it contained Weapon X and it was the beginning of it all… Well, it’s actually not. It is if you consider Wolverine wouldn’t be Wolverine without his adamantium skeleton, and it’s not if you want to have a full picture on Logan’s own life.

I recently read Wolverine: Origin, which is actually counting how Logan discovered he was a mutant. I loved the story itself as well as the art and colouring that made the book look like it was a collection of paintings.

It was quite a bold move to want to unveil Logan’s origin as it’s been unknown since the character was created. I have to admit I was a bit skeptical at the beginning as I thought it would potentially ruin the character as his “unknown roots” were a big part of his success. Some people will tell you it did destroy Wolverine forever but I’d have to disagree with them as I was quite pleased with the content.

To sum up: Good story + great art = deserves your money

As a side note, the sequel to this book titled Wolverine: The End somehow received very mixed reviews and seems to be very disappointing… So I didn’t feel like spending the money and time on it but may purchase it later out of curiosity.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

What’s up with Ironman?

Ironman, just like Batman, has always been one of my favorite comic characters. But when I compare them, I can’t help but still prefer Batman… And by far.

But when you really look into it, their stories are quite similar. They’re both rich industrialists/playboys who lost their parents when they were kids. Then they somehow decide to do the good around them, and use their wealth to design and build top-notch technological tools that will help them do so. Their stories start off so similarly I’ve always thought Ironman was Marvel’s answer to Batman… And as Stan Lee mentioned it before, he always wanted Ironman to shine and be able to stand next to the ones of the likes of Spiderman, but Tony Stark never quite made it there.

So I’m wondering… What made them SO different in the eyes of comic books readers when they’re actually so alike? In a “rich orphan” kind of way…

First, I thought Ironman’s popularity could have been much higher if Tony Stark actually was the only one who could wear his armor… Maybe they should have designed the magnetic breastplate, which was keeping the shrapnel bits from entering his heart, in a way that could have allowed it. Like someone without this “feature” would not be able to power up the suit or something like that. But later on, Marvel heals Tony Stark via heart implant which makes the breastplate useless… Bad call, I’d say…

Why? Because that would have made him unique… He would have been the one and only Ironman. Take Wolverine as an example: the original idea was Logan was a beefy kinda guy wearing gloves equipped with retractable claws, and that was it. This character never really took off before they actually made the claws parts of Logan’s own skeleton! Then a whole new story appeared and it got people sucked in…

But again… Batman is not the only one who can wear his crime fighting tights… Alfred could appear as Batman too for as far as I know, so it’s not uniqueness that gives him the edge over Ironman… So it could be anything from his badass costume to his detective skills. Maybe it’s just that more talented/creative writers and artists worked on Batman? Maybe readers prefer the noirish atmosphere in those stories? Or maybe the marketing team over at DC comics was better? Personally, I’ve always laughed at Ironman’s aliases (The Golden Avenger, Shellhead) and I’d rather be called The Dark Knight or The Caped Crusader, so yeah, maybe it was really marketing that did the trick.

Mycomicshop.com weekly promotions

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5% off pre-1981 issues

10% off modern-era issues in the following groups:
Daredevil Titles
DC comics M to Z Titles
Disney Ducks & Mice Titles
Spider-Man Titles

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Monday, October 6, 2008

300... The return?

Director Zack Snyder announced that Frank Miller is writing the graphic novel that the movie's sequel will be based on. Events will take place between the Battle of Thermopylae and the Battle of Plataea, the battle that narrator Dilios (David Wenham) is at the end of "300." There's a whole year between the two battles and plenty of room for more story.

Friday, October 3, 2008

Brian Wood

In one of my previous posts, I advised you to pick up the Local trade paperback, which I didn’t know much about at the time. I took some time to look around for other details on this Brian Wood dude… Here’s what I found: before being the comic books writer/illustrator that he is now, he was actually designing video games… And not the crap ones you’ve never heard of as he worked on titles such as Grand Theft Auto and Max Payne. He even worked on short films for Nike! I suddenly realize why they managed to get so much money from me…

Anyway, as I really like his work on Local, I’ve checked other books he’d worked on and here’s what I found:

Channel Zero
Channel Zero Jennie One
Couscous Express
Pounded
The Couriers
Demo
The Tourist
Supermarket
DMZ (still working on the series. Planned ending in 2009)
Fight for tomorrow
The New York Four
Northlanders (still working on that one too. Planned ending in 2009 as well)

So I’m not saying they’re ALL going to be good books, but considering Brian Wood’s track record, I believe they’re worth a good look.
And if you like what he does and want to stay up to date with what’s going on with him, I suggest you visit his website
or his blog or both!

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Mycomicshop.com weekly promotions

This week's promotion over at Mycomicshop.com are:

5% off pre-1981 issues

10% off modern-era issues in the following groups:
1980's back issue comics
Horror/Supernatural titles
Marvel's Ultimate titles
Star Wars titles

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As I am part of their affiliate program, clicking on one of the above links will help me out raising some credits for my future purchases... Mycomicshop.com will credit 15% of your first order (yes, your first order only, not the following ones) on my account. As a way to thank you, I offer the weekly password so you can enjoy a 10% rebate... So we both win something in the end! Thanks for you support!

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