McDuffie is no longer writing Justice League

According to a post on his website  he is no longer writing JLA.   I always felt he was given a gun with no bullets.   They took away the big three, they limited his choices for the roster and they interrupted his arcs with events.    That being said I know he has several other irons in the fire, but I really hope Marvel scoops him up for a book.    I would love for him get a hold of the Black Panther  or  the Fantastic Four, his brief run from a few years back was brilliant.   

Nope, it was my own doing. I was fired when “Lying in the Gutters” ran a compilation of two years or so of my answers to fans’ questions on the DC Comics discussion boards. I’m told my removal had nothing to with either the quality of my work or the level of sales, rather with my revelation of behind-the-scenes creative discussions.

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This post was written by Lobo on May 29, 2009

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

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Bobba Fett:  Thumbs up.  There is no cooler bounty hunter in all of fiction

Obama Themed Comics:  Thumbs up.  First black president.  ‘Nuff said.

Seaquest:  Thumbs up.  Great original sci fi series.  Something that hadn’t been done before or since.  The true last frontier on the planet.  The Oceans.
Knight Rider:  Thumbs Up for the original.  The stories were pretty good and KITT was more like a person and not a computer. 

thumbs-downThumbs Down for the New version of  Knight Rider.  The show was an extended car commercial. 

World of Warcraft:  Thumbs Down.  Geeks sitting around on the computer all day in their underwear eating chips and drinking diet coke.  I’ll pass.

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This post was written by Lobo on May 28, 2009

This week in tights: Battle for the Cowl #3, New comics

So we finally know who will replace Batman the orginal Robin – Dick Grayson.   Was this a surprise to anyone ?  I didn’t think so I will say that Tony Daniel did a great job with art and the writing.    His  story wasn’t necessarily a Batman it was a story about a great man and the burden that it places on his sons.    While reading this I  kept thinking about the TV show Dallas and the battles between JR and Bobby over their fathers oil company Ewing Oil.     Tim, Dick and Jason have all have their issue with dealing with Bruce’s loss.   Tim wants it but he’s not ready , Jason isn’t emotionally stable enough to do the  job the way it needs to be done.   That leaves Dick as the only choice for job, despite Bruce’s request that he not don the mantle of the bat.    

So here’s the new status quo of the Bat family:

Dick Grayson aka Nightwing is now Batman 

Damien Wayne is now Robin  (Damien is Batman’s son if your confused read Batman and Son)

Tim Drake is now Red Robin

Jason Todd is dead (as if falling into a river can kill you in comic book)

 DC Comics » Green Lantern #41 Preview
 DC Comics » Green Lantern #41 Variant Preview
 DC Comics » Green Lantern #38 2nd Ptg
 DC Comics » Green Lantern #39 2nd Ptg
 DC Comics » Green Lantern #40 2nd Ptg
 DC Comics » The Spirit #28 Preview
 DC Comics » Superman #688 Preview
 DC Comics » Teen Titans #71 Preview
 DC Comics » Trinity #52 Preview
 DC Comics » Wonder Woman #32 Preview

GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

 DC Comics » Robin: The Teen Wonder TP
 DC Comics » Trinity Vol. 1 TP

COMICS

 Marvel » Amazing Spider-Man #595 Preview
 Marvel » Ghost Rider #35 Preview
 Marvel » Immortal Iron Fist #26 Preview
 Marvel » Incredible Hercules #129 Preview
 Marvel » Moon Knight #30 Preview
 Marvel » Ms. Marvel #39
 Marvel » New Avengers #53 Preview
 Marvel » Nova #25 Preview
 Marvel » Runaways 3 #10 Preview

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This post was written by Lobo on May 27, 2009

“Bayou” a definite must read by Jeremy Love.

I have heard about “Bayou” for quite a while but I have always been to busy with other things to check it out.   After it won Glyph awards for Story of the Year, Best Writer and Best Artist for creator Jeremy Love,  I decided that it was time to go to the  Zuda website.  It was worth it.   It the best thing I have read in quite a while.    Bayou started as webcomic which can still be found on Zuda.  If your not into webcomics then check out the print version .

 

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You can also listen to a interview with the the author at Comixology

South of the Mason-Dixon Line, lies a strange land of gods and monsters. Born from centuries of slavery, civil war, innocent bloodshed, hate and strife lurks a world parallel to our own. LEE WAGSTAFF is the daughter of a poor, sharecropper in a depression-era, Mississippi Delta town, called Charon. She’s an introspective, brave child and hard labor in the fields has made her sturdy and strong. One day, Lee and her father help the sheriff retrieve the body of a boy who’d been lynched and thrown into the river. Lee dives into the depths to tie a rope around the boy. While under water, she catches a glimpse of a strange world. Ever since that day, Lee hears voices in the trees and rivers. When Lee’s playmate, Lily, is snatched by BOG, an evil inhabitant of that place she saw, Lee’s father is accused of kidnapping. The worst thing a black man could do in the 30’s was harm a white child. Lee must pursue Bog into his world in order to save her friend before her father is lynched. Lee enlists the help of a benevolent, blues-singing, swamp monster called BAYOU and together they trek across a Southern Neverland in search of Lee’s friend. Along the way, they meet several colorful characters, like BR’ER RABBIT. Lee soon realizes that Bog has some sort of hold on all the inhabitants in this world and feeds off of hatred and strife in our world. As the racial tensions grow, Bog grows more powerful, so not only are Lee’s friends and father in peril, but all of Charon.

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This post was written by Lobo on May 27, 2009

Interview with Arvid Nelson on ‘Thulsa Doom’

OK,  You may not recognize the name,  but he made his fist appearance in Kull short story written by Robert E. Howard published in 1967.     Still not ringing a bell he was the antagonist in  Conan the Movie and was played by James Earl Jones.     Thulsa Doom is apparently hot for reason.   He has a new comic and has a film in development starring Djimon Hounson.   Here’s some excerpts from a interview with the writer of the new Thulsa Doom comic by Dynamite0 Entertainment.    (That Alex Ross cover makes him look like a real bad ass)

Source: Newsarama

NRAMA: Okay then, broad view, who is Thulsa Doom? Most are probably familiar with him via the Conan movie as you mentioned earlier, but is that transferrable here in Dynamite’s version?

AN: Our story takes place thousands of years before Conan’s time. Thulsa isn’t necessarily evil… yet. But he has irresistible charisma, that “cult of personality” the very best and the very worst people seem to have. He hasn’t decided how he’s going to use that power yet. He doesn’t know whether he wants to be Mussolini or Gandhi.

 

NRAMA: Somewhat in that vein, when looking at “epic” villains such as Thulsa Doom, the concept of destiny is interwoven, sometimes to the point that the villain has very little choice in his destiny. How much is that the case with Thulsa?

AN: There’s no definitive answer to that question, is there? That tension between fate and free will is one of the things we’ll deal with in the series. Thulsa is always a mystery, not just to other people, but to himself.

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This post was written by Lobo on May 27, 2009

Interview with New Black Panther Penciler Will Conrad

Source: Comicbook Resources

Here’s a few excerpts:

“The Black Panther was one of the characters I loved to read as a teenager, but after I started working in comics, I kind of lost track of the character. He’s always interested me though. I like the visuals and the fact that he’s African,” Conrad told CBR News. “I know they made the Panther more serious and political oriented in recent years and I like the chance to work with characters that are more than just action. I believe there’s going to be a lot of politics and drama in these stories and I think that’s going to be great to work with.”

“Black Panther” is a series starring a costumed hero, but the unique nature of the Panther as ruler and spiritual protector of an entire country means the book can go anywhere and tackle almost any genre. It’s that quality that makes the series especially compelling for Conrad. “It’s challenging and I always like to be challenged. I think the only way we can improve is to try and get challenges, where you have to improve and go farther,” Conrad said. “So I think working on this series is great because I have the chance to do a lot of stuff; some of it I’m very used to and some of it is new to me. That’s going to allow me to keep improving and challenging myself.”

 

Reginald Hudlin to leave Black Panther.

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This post was written by Lobo on May 26, 2009

Interview with Benson and Glass on “Luke Cage Noir”

Source: Newsarama

 

Here’s a few excerpts from the article

Newsarama: To begin, can you tell readers a little bit about ‘Moon Over Harlem’, Mike?

‘Moon Over Harlem’ is a classic film noir kind of story. You have a protagonist who finds himself trapped in a spider’s web of invisible forces that are out to get him, or manipulate him for their own ends. It’s a dark story; and Luke Cage is such a wonderfully hard boiled character. It’s great fun to watch him fight (and think) his way out of his predicament.

NRAMA: Fair enough. I sounds like there will be similarities, but how is this Luke Cage different from his contemporary counterpart?

MB: The modern Luke Cage was created in the ‘70s and is very much a creature of that era. He’s basically a Blaxploitation character…

AG: He’s been reinterpreted several times since then and kind of cut loose from his roots. But in our story, the Luke Cage Noir character is very grounded in the Prohibition Era of gangsters, speakeasies and segregation. And in a funny way he’s actually closer to the original ‘70s conception of the character.

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This post was written by Lobo on May 26, 2009

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Comics: Black Panther #4, Azrael: Death’s Dark Knight #3, New Comics 5-20-09

Last week I was really looking forward to Black Panther # 4 and I was a little disappointed.    The story seems to be dragging or at least be so predictable that I know whats going to happpen before it happens.    Overall I have like Hudlins run on the series (at times it was a little uneven) but I prefer his version of BP over Christopher Priests run from a few years back.   I just wish he would pick up the pace a little bit.

My reccomendation for week is  Azrael: Death’s Dark Knight #3.  Its nice to see some new blood in Gotham the Azrael an African American ex-cop named Michael Washington Lane. He is approached by the Order of Purity to reclaim the mantle of Azrael after the Order of Dumas’ new Azrael went mad and killed an undercover police officer. On his first night as Azrael he fought Talia Al Ghul, new team of mercenaries led by Merlyn and Dick Grayson. After convincing Nightwing that he was not responsible for the murdered police officer, Dick persuades Talia to allow Michael to keep the Suit of Sorrows. Michael Lane is currently active in Gotham City working on an “eye for an eye” style of justice.    The last page of the book reveals that this will be an ongoing series starting in the fall.   Hopefully they will keep Fabian Nicieza as the writer and  Frazier Irving doing the art.  

This weeks picks 

 DC Comics » Batman: Battle For the Cowl #3 (of 3) Preview

 Marvel » Captain America #50 Preview

 Marvel » Uncanny X-Men #510 Preview

 Marvel » Black Panther: Who Is Black Panther HC

 

This weeks comics below the break 

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This post was written by Lobo on May 20, 2009

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Sherlock Holmes Trailer

Source: IGN

With all the other movies scheduled to come out in the next month or two, is it too early to get hyped for Sherlock?

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This post was written by Bedlam on May 19, 2009

Djimon Hounsou and Hayden Hayden Christensen to star in Mandrake the Magican

Source: ComingSoon.net

Djimon Hounsou and Hayden Hayden Christensen are going to take the lead n the film adaptation of Lee Falk’s Mandrake comic strip.

Jackson Mandrake lives life on the edge. Working as an underground magician and escapologist, his act has grown increasingly dangerous. Following a daring escape from an SUV that has been dropped out of an plane at the Burning Man Festival, he is coerced by the CIA into breaking a deep-cover agent named Xi 

Shing Lung out of a maximum security jail. Hypnosis, contortion, distraction and technical wizardry all come into play as Mandrake breaks the agent out from the inside within a 24-hour deadline.

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This post was written by Lobo on May 19, 2009