WWCAD?
Mar 07
I’m surprised the internet hasn’t yet burst into flames after CNN started reporting the news about Captain America (and hours before any of us could or would normally pickup up our comics… y’dicks), but I’m sure by the end of the day that the buzz will be heavy and the yelling maddening.
But for all the discussion about to take place, I just have one thing to say, though it would be better to bring up something Joe Quesada said in an interview with CNN.
As originally conceived by creators Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, Rogers was a man born before the Great Depression in a very different America. He disappeared after the war and reappeared only recently in the Marvel timeline. For a superhero many thought perfect, it was perhaps a fatal flaw for “Cap,” as he became known.
“He hasn’t been living in the modern world and the world does move,” says Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada.
Which is kind of creepy when you think about it. Where DC has Superman, Marvel’s Truth and Justice was the mantle worn by Captain America. Only, where Superman has died and come back fighting for it, Marvel’s march towards “the real” has resulted in Truth and Justice being killed by a bullet. Where Superman went down fighting to save the world, Captain America got double tapped while walking up some steps.
From here, it diverges into fanboyishness – The Punisher will take over. Bucky (you know, that other character from the depression, only this one kills) will take over. It’s a Nick Fury ruse, Cap will come back, God bless those Life Model Decoys*. But fuck that – I think it more important to take a look at what is the meaning of killing the man with the indestructable shield.
Civil War is over, the totalitarian side won, and Captain America is dead.
Doesn’t it all seem disturbingly dark to anyone else?
And I give it under 12 hours before Cory chimes in, and a 85% chance that he’ll be applauding it. Oh, who am I kidding – Doctrow doesn’t read Marvel comics.
*Nope. After picking up my comics and reading Captain America #25, Fury was up to something, but got beat to the punch.
(clearing of throat)
Mar 02Dear Mark Millar,
Re: Your answer to the last question.
That better be British humour.
Love,
The video game industry.
Oh shit! I'm totally fucked!
Feb 27So, Cory has a new comic he’d like to share. Rather, his comic shop recommended it to him and now he’s recommending it to all of us. DMZ, by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli – I’m very happy my buying them in singles helped so Cory could by it in TPB and declare it one of “a new kind of comic.”
But then I thought, “Holy shit! What if Cory reads an OLD kind of comic and likes it? Then he’ll tell everyone how much he likes it, and I’ll die of a heart attack!”
I DON’T WANT TO DIE OF A HEART ATTACK!
So please, for gods sake, don’t anyone tell Cory about all the Starman trades out there – or The Shade mini-series that went with it. Or the JSA: The Liberty File. Has he read Marvels, or Kingdom Come, does anyone know? Maybe I’ll be ok.
But, if he ever discovers Astro City, I’m a goner. Matt, Sarah, if that happens… I love you guys, and you can have my trade paperback collection.
Hodgman – free
Feb 23If you’ve enjoyed John Hodgman as the resident expert on The Daily Show (say, patiently explaining the tubes of the internet), on the comedy defying I’m A Mac ads (how can a comedy duo with two straight men work? And by straight, I mean, of course, not-gay. No, wait…), or my personal favorite, his quick cameo in the latest Wired, wherein he calls the European Hadron particle collider, the Massive Hardon Collider. And then corrects himself. “I meant to say, ‘Massive Erection Collider'”, then have I got something for you.
I just turned on iTunes (Canadian store – I don’t know if it’s the same at other stores, the US one in particular) and you can download the abridged version of Hodgman’s “The Areas of My Expertise.” Free. And you’re thinking, “Oh, well, abridged. So, it’s a sampler.”
It’s 7 hours long.
Go get it.
"Put that on your perv tape."
Feb 13If someone hasn’t sent this to Sarah by now, they probably should have. I’ll do it! In fact, if you haven’t seen it yet, watch soon, as I wonder how long it will take before it’s yanked prior to the season 3 DVD release. On the other hand, it’s so full of odds and ends that would normally require various permissions outside of a wrap party, that it may never make it to DVD. Which means all the more reason to watch it now.
Besides the excellent use of old footage of the vetran cast (watch for Colonol Tigh in 1978’s High Ballin’ – hoooly shit) there’s an insane amount of editting love put into this blooper reel. Like, heads and shoulders more than you usually find. Blooper footage and final takes are editted together to even greater effect. There are a handful of musical montages. And what I thought was going to be the BSG equivalent of The Farting Preacher turns into film evidence that the cast, particularly Edward James Olmos, have occasionally played havok with the air quality on a closed set. If you know what I mean.
Go. Watch. Now.
