That’s some funny fucking shit, motherfucker.
|
||||||
|
|
Dynamite has a solution for you! To celebrate their five year anniversary and the release of The Boys Limited edition hardcover, Dynamite gave Rich Johnston an online version of the first issue, remastered, to share with the public. Head on over and check it out, but be warned that this is a Garth Ennis book and thus, by definition, over the top with its violence and general offensiveness. I love this book, you may not. Look, I’m just going to level with you. I haven’t read a comic in months, and I don’t know if I’ll ever get back to my previous level of reading. With my life basically falling apart these last few months (which is a long story that I know you’re not interested in), most of my time these days spent rebuilding that life and spending time with my family, and the lack of anything truly capturing my interest in comics these days, comics just are not a priority. My first instinct is to just shut down this blog, to let the url registration expire and stop paying the hosting fees and just let For The Love of Comics die a quiet death. But I don’t really want to say goodbye to this thing and feel like I just might have some things left to say. So I will continue updating when I have something to say, but that could leave some huge gaps between updates Which is where you come in. I’m going to pretty much throw the doors open for contributors. Do you have something to say about what’s going on in comics today? Is there a comic that you think everyone just HAS to read? Is that comic yours? Send me an e-mail with your story idea or, even better, the story itself. Do you see yourself wanting to contribute on a regular basis? Drop me an e-mail and I’ll set you up with your own writer account here so that you don’t have to go through me every time. In short, I’d love to hear any ideas from anyone. You’ve let me stand on a soapbox long enough; it’s time I shared. ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=3b5cb5e8-4496-4dac-9b65-df4d2ac6c35a "Help Resuscitate For The Love Of Comics")
The (sorta) Bad: I’m sure Titan would have liked me to review the issue before it hit stands, but it only arrived from England this weekend. Sorry guys! Back when I was a kiddie goth and into independent comics, I was always more of a Jonny The Homicidal Maniac guy; Lenore was more my sister’s style. Since then, I’ve moved away from my goth tendencies and seeing Lenore stuff prominently featured whenever I walk by a Hot Topic left me somewhat skeptical before I even received the comic.
In this first issue of Lenore and Dirge’s return, we learn her (apparently secret until now) origin story when she wakes up on a mortician’s embalming table. As you may expect, hilarity ensues. It’s hard for me to really give an opinion on this. Will I be reading any more of this series? Almost certainly not. Should you? If you enjoyed the original Lenore series, JTHM, The original Ren & Stimpy, current cartoons Flapjack, Fairly Oddparents, and things along those lines, definitely. If not? I’d give it a skip. ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=f7940e90-7460-437c-8509-959d04fa4e22 "For The Love of Reviews Lenore, Vol. 2, Issue 1") So I thought the biggest news (for me) today would be that I’m not thirty years old, but Disney had to outdo me by buying frickin’ Marvel! Here thar be press release:
The deal still has to be approved by Marvel shareholders and get antitrust approval, but I seriously doubt either will be a problem. Really, this could either be a huge benefit to both companies or could drag them both down (see the AOL/Time Warner merger). My bet is on it being a good thing, though. Disney has a history of letting its acquisitions keep doing what they do best. Once Marvel’s distribution deals with Sony and Paramount end and Disney’s comic deals with other companies expire, they’re looking at some streamlined, profitable processes. Besides, you know you’re dying to see a Muppets-as-X-men parody just as much as I am. Animal is the best there is at what he does! That Sorcerer’s Supreme Apprentice idea, while a joke, would also be pretty awesome. ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=c565e4ab-834c-4334-b4bb-a2f19cefe7fc "Disney Buys Marvel, Plans Sorcer Supreme's Apprentice Limited Series") In the process of trying to catch up on pretty much everything, I found this video from the “I’m a Marvel, I’m a DC guy” featuring Green Lantern and Deadpool arguing over who Ryan Reynolds will play first, if at all. Just for the record, my vote is for Deadpool, since I can’t even picture Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan. First, here thar be spoilers. If you have somehow not read Blackest Night #1 in the past month and still plan on reading, you may want to skip this post. I’ll be spoiling what I feel is the moment of the issue. The first issue of Blackest Night came out almost a month ago, but I haven’t stopped thinking about it. It starts out pedestrian enough with heroes and loved ones remembering their fallen. Then it gets a little weird when Alfred finds Bruce Wayne’s grave desecrated, not the least because I’m not sure how there’s even a body in that grave with Bruce stuck back in the stone ages, but whatever.
Maybe it’s seeing the Dibny’s – who affected me on such a deep level when we saw how broken Ralph was after losing Sue and he wasn’t complete again until he was reunited with her in death – ripped from their peace and turned into what appears to be the total antithesis of who they were that disturbed and disgusted me so deeply. Regardless of the reason, I finished this issue more bothered than I have been by anything in years, and I read Garth Ennis books religiously. For a few minutes, I considered not finishing Blackest Night if this is what they were going to do to characters we loved so much. Then I realized that this must be exactly what Geoff Johns was going for. The horror of the Black Lanterns is that nothing is sacred anymore, nobody is safe, and the heroes of the DCU will probably have to face and fight some of the people they loved most in the world. That’s fucked up, but that’s also some good writing. ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=c8356e9d-aae0-4d39-81bd-e3f1f3057e92 "For The Love Of Reviews Blackest Night 1") First, here thar be spoilers. If you have somehow not read Blackest Night #1 in the past month and still plan on reading, you may want to skip this post. I’ll be spoiling what I feel is the moment of the issue. The first issue of Blackest Night came out almost a month ago, but I haven’t stopped thinking about it. It starts out pedestrian enough with heroes and loved ones remembering their fallen. Then it gets a little weird when Alfred finds Bruce Wayne’s grave desecrated, not the least because I’m not sure how there’s even a body in that grave with Bruce stuck back in the stone ages, but whatever.
Maybe it’s seeing the Dibny’s – who affected me on such a deep level when we saw how broken Ralph was after losing Sue and he wasn’t complete again until he was reunited with her in death – ripped from their peace and turned into what appears to be the total antithesis of who they were that disturbed and disgusted me so deeply. Regardless of the reason, I finished this issue more bothered than I have been by anything in years, and I read Garth Ennis books religiously. For a few minutes, I considered not finishing Blackest Night if this is what they were going to do to characters we loved so much. Then I realized that this must be exactly what Geoff Johns was going for. The horror of the Black Lanterns is that nothing is sacred anymore, nobody is safe, and the heroes of the DCU will probably have to face and fight some of the people they loved most in the world. That’s fucked up, but that’s also some good writing. DC’s The Source blog revealed a page from Green Lantern 43, which serves as a prologue to the big summer Blackest Night event.  Click to embiggen There are a couple of interesting ideas indicated in these panels, but maybe the most interesting (to me, at least) is the idea of Ralph and Sue Dibny being on the same “team” of the person who raped Sue – Dr. Light. The only thing I could think of that could be worse would be having the woman who killed Sue – Jean Loring – as a Black Lantern.
New York Daily News had the scoop.
The rest of the article is a basic rehash of what we already know. Cap died two and a half years ago, major uproar, Reborn will be five issues, yadda yadda yadda. You can read the article here. I’m sure this is good news for most fans, but I’m actually pretty disappointed. The death of Steve Rogers was such a major move that I think it needs to stick awhile longer. We’ve seen some great stories about what the loss of Steve meant to his friends and enemies, and there’s still alot of ground that could be covered. Not to mention that this does a huge disservice to Bucky, who had just seemingly gotten comfortable in his own skin and the Captain America uniform. The article doesn’t mention what will happen to Mr. Barnes, by the way. It doesn’t really matter what I think, though. Marvel’s going to do what they’re going to do. I just hope they can make the story of Steve Rogers’ return as good as the story of his death. ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=3dc4c64b-de5c-4246-9b5a-2df6fa57a3e8 "Steve Rogers Will Be Reborn") |
|||||
|
Copyright © 2010 For The Love of Comics - All Rights Reserved |
||||||
