Extra Sequential Podcast Episode Seventeen

Because WE demanded it! Two podcast episodes in one week! Actually, we’re just changing the day on which we record our show, so we can have more time to properly digest new comics.

49 mins. After our sweet sixteenth episode, comes our sour seventeenth episode. It’s not that sour really, but we do run the gamut of topics as usual. Apart from comics, films and manga news and reviews, we also discuss Mladen’s dodgy pronunciation of “news,” the Back to the Future game and unfunny Ricky Gervais films.

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2:25 NEWS

Pretty boy actor Matthew Goode as a possible Clark Kent/CGI Superman, the Locke and Key TV series based on the hugely popular horror comic, San Diego Comic-Con online registration crashes again and the film based on Daniel Clowes’ Wilson.

11:40 WHAT WE’VE BEEN READING

Manga Ooku by Viz Media set in feudal Japan, Call of Duty: Black Ops,  Star Trek II and III, El Borbah by Charles Burns, the fun, time travelling Rift Raiders OGN, Dynamite’s relaunch of Vampirella and Firebreather Vol.3 #1 from Image Comics.

45:38 CONCLUSION



November 27, 2010
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Marvel And Mattel 1980s Thanksgiving

Oh, what joys YouTube has the power to unearth, and thanks to all those people that never throw out old VHS tapes. Comics Alliance has a great post, with 4 videos from the mid to late ’80s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. See He-Man and She-Ra fail synchronised movement! Gasp as Captain America plays hide and seek with some bad guys! Wonder why the Back to the Future theme music is played! Dance along with Doctor Doom to a Bonnie Tyler song! Yep, they’re definitely worth watching and are equal parts hilarious and cringe worthy. I feel sorry for the badly dressed actors under the lycra too, but I know if I was a kid watching such a spectacle, I would’ve screamed with excitement. At least we know that next year’s Batman stage show and Spider-Man musical will be better than this.

See all 4 videos here.

November 26, 2010
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Andy Schmidt Interview

Editor, writer Andy Schmidt and I had a virtual discussion about his intriguing new series for IDW Publishing, G.I. Joe: Future Noir. It’s a bold take on the characters and the first issue (of 2) of the black and white tale is out right now. Check out the interview at Broken Frontier here.

November 25, 2010
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Great Film Posters By Tomasz Opasinski

Ah, the simplicity of design. Polish artist Tomasz Opasinski works for a few advertising agencies in America. Below are some great examples of non-commercial posters he’s created that just use one quote and one design element to capture the tone of the subject. See more of his great work here.

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November 24, 2010
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New Marvel vs Capcom 3 Promos

From the fine artists at Udon, comes these two nifty looking pieces of art to promote the upcoming Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds game. The newer one at the top is from Alvin Lee and Saejin Oh, and the one underneath it is from Joe Ng and Espen Grundetjern. Both are, obviously awesome.

November 24, 2010
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Uncanny X-Men #531 Preview

Thanks to Marvel, below is a text-free preview of next month’s Uncanny X-Men.

Your First Look at UNCANNY X-MEN #531

Marvel is pleased to present your first look at Uncanny X-Men #531 featuring the debut of rising star Kieron Gillen as co-writer with Eisner Award – winning writer Matt Fraction, as they team with superstar artist Greg Land! The X-Men have fought tooth and claw to defend Utopia from invaders and now they’d do anything to get off it! An unexplained illness has broken out, depowering every mutant it infects and riddling them with horrific side effects. Wolverine? Dying of adamantium poisoning. Rockslide?  Soon to be rubble. But with quarantine now in full effect, will the X-Club be able to discover the cause without help from the mainland? And just who was the harbinger of this mysterious malady? Beware because, this December, mutantkind becomes all the more endangered, only in Uncanny X-Men #531!

UNCANNY X-MEN #531 (OCT100659)

Written by MATT FRACTION & KIERON GILLEN

Pencils & Cover by GREG LAND

Rated T+ …$3.99

FOC – 11/26/10, On-Sale – 12/22/10

November 24, 2010
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Graphic Gaffe: The Flash #6

Last week’s issue of The Flash, starring the resurrected speedster Barry Allen battling accusations of murder from future Rogues, had the following error on one of its last pages. It seems someone missed the double up of Barry’s dialogue, or something. Great cover though.

November 24, 2010
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Extra Sequential Podcast Episode Sixteen

78 mins. During the increasing heat, Mladen and I yak about a plethora of awesome Batman comics, Ellen Degeneres, the lack of Parisian skyscrapers, how reading comics and novels differ and unusual eBay items.

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2:45: NEWS

Dennis Leary as Captain Stacy in the upcoming Spidey film, the Green Lantern film trailer, Ninja Turtle’s co-creator Kevin Eastman’s fire sale and the first photo of Karl Urban as Judge Dredd.

17:50: WHAT WE’VE BEEN READING

Batman Inc. #1, Batman: The Return, Batman #704, Superman/Batman #78. As for non-Bats titles, we discuss manga horror Parasyte, Assassin’s Creed, Dungeons and Dragons, Nikopol (videogame), and the huge collection Sundays with Walt & Skeezix.
36:05: FEATURE THEME: DETECTIVES

We talk about the different categories of detectives as seen in comics, including the private investigator, the supernatural detectives, and the quirky genius obsessive.
We mention Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics, Batman in Hush, The Long Halloween and Dark Victory, classic Dick Tracy, Hairbutt the Hippo / Elephantmen, Dylan Dog, Hellboy, Image Comics’ hit Chew, Death Note, Naoki Urasawa’s Monster, new Aussie series The Dark Detective: Sherlock Holmes, the gorgeous looking Blacksad and Max Allan Collins’ intelligently written female detective Ms Tree.

November 23, 2010
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Massive Preview Of Massive DC Book

Publishers Taschen who seem to focus on very well presented, artistic books are behind the new 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking. It’s a huge book, not only in size, but also in page count (over 700!) and is written by Paul Levitz (shown below with the mammoth tome) who knows the company better than most, seeing as he’s been a writer, editor, executive and until recently publisher for them over the last 38 years.

You can discover more about the book here and see a generous 100 page preview here. There’s over 2000 pics, fold-out timelines and some great art design by Josh Baker.

November 22, 2010
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Ewoks Are Nasty

This impressive diaroma from the artisans at Sideshow Collectibles should erase any doubts that Ewoks are just cute teddybears who can’t fight. Suitably titled Fall of the Empire – Ewoks vs Stormtrooper, it stands 16 inches high and weighs almost 4 kgs, and costs $250US. It’s available for pre-order now for shipping next year. Check out more photos here.

November 22, 2010
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Pivotal Batman Dates

Tony Brownfield at Newsarama has written an informative and concise timeline for Batman from his first appearance in 1939 until today, through comics, films and cartoons. Batfans will know most of it, but it’s definitely worth reading for newbies too, as it gives a rundown on Bruce Wayne’s rather hectic life.

November 21, 2010
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Wilson Film

Something that will make my podcast cohort Mladen happy is the recent news that Daniel Clowes’ indie comic Wilson is set for the big screen, as reported by Deadline. Clowes has had his stories Ghost World and Art School Confidential previously adapted into films, and will be writing the screenplay for the Wilson film with director Alexander Payne (Sideways, About Schmidt) attached as director. Seems like a great fit.

Go here to publisher Drawn and Quarterly’s site for a preview of the darkly humorous 80 pager about a lonely man’s quest for attachment and connection, and to get 30% off the purchase price in celebration of its cinematic journey.

 

November 20, 2010
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New Marvel Website

Marvel have always had a good website and have welcomed the digital domain much more than DC. Now they have revamped it and it looks good. Below is the official info.

Welcome to the all-new Marvel.com! And when we say new, we really mean new!

“It’s an utter and complete overhaul, we ripped it to its studs and rebuilt it,” says Seana Baruth, Marvel’s Vice President, Digital Product Management.

In addition to a new look specifically designed to better showcase Marvel’s rich artwork plus color-coded sections letting readers know where they are in the larger context of the site, the real changes have function in mind instead of form. For example, Search has been completely rebuilt to give more accurate results.

“We’ve completely replaced our site search, so if you go to Marvel.com and type in ASTONISHING X-MEN #1, you’re immediately going to get results that are relevant to that query which is a far cry from the old site,” Baruth explains.

The new Comics Browse function allows for customizable searching through Marvel’s vast catalogue of titles with various filters to help find exactly what you’re looking for fast. For example, if you want to find every issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN written by Dan Slott in 2010, first browse the title, then filter by creator, get the results and filter once again by year—you’ll have a complete list of the comics you’re looking for!

Other brand new features include a section devoted to playing games on the site, Comic Events pages chronicling crossovers like Chaos War and Shadowland all in one place and the ability for readers to comment on more than just news stories.

So as you surf around the site, be sure to visit some of your old favorites, but don’t forget to try out the new stuff, too!

Here’s a list of things to do on the new Marvel.com to help you get started:

–Check out awesome art and pictures
–Read a FREE Digital Comic then Subscribe to Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited
–Create Your Own Comic
–Create Your Own Super Hero
–Join Your Universe, The Marvel Fan Community
–Contribute to the Marvel Universe Wiki
–Play a game right now
–Build a checklist of your Marvel Comics collection in “My Collection” (be sure to register for Marvel.com first!)

Thanks for making yours Marvel.com!

November 19, 2010
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Firebreather Film

You may have seen the ads for the upcoming Firebreather cartoon film based on the Image comics series, in some of this week’s new comics. Well, below is all the info you need to know.
DOUBLE DOSE OF FIREBREATHER

First issue of new FIREBREATHER miniseries gets variant cover from Cartoon Network movie
The FIREBREATHER movie debuts on Cartoon Network on November 24, 2010, and FIREBREATHER VOL. 3: HOLMGANG #1 is getting both a variant cover and an early release on the same day to celebrate!
Advance reviews for the movie version of the critically acclaimed Image Comics series have been stellar, and HOLMGANG #1 is a great place for new fans to jump onto the series. The variant cover features exclusive artwork from the TV movie and will be in stores November 24 alongside the regular cover.
Teenager Duncan Rosenblatt has a human mother and a giant, city-stomping, kaiju father. He also has all the worries of a normal high schooler, from bullies to girls to fitting in. Written by Phil Hester and drawn by Andy Kuhn, FIREBREATHER VOL. 3: HOLMGANG picks up where FIREBREATHER VOL. 2 left off: Duncan deals with not only losing his father but with keeping his father’s death a secret, even from his mother. But Duncan’s mysterious extended family may not let him keep that secret — or his life — much longer.
“We are super excited to have the first issue of our new Firebreather mini-series hit stores the same day the animated film debuts on Cartoon Network,” says Kuhn. “The film’s director Peter Chung really knocked it out of the park, and the Cartoon Network variant cover is a great looking piece of art that really gives you a vibe of what to expect in the movie. Please watch it, you won’t be disappointed, AND buy the comic, because it’s insanely awesome!
Hester adds, “I’m excited that people will get a glimpse of the gorgeous treatment Peter Chung and company have worked up for Duncan on this alternate cover. The 24th is a chance for fans new and old to get a double dose of classic and animated Firebreather. The best of both worlds!”
FIREBREATHER VOL. 3: HOLMGANG #1 (of 4) (OCT100443), a 32-page full-color comic book for $3.99, will be in stores November 24, 2010, with a cover by series artist Andy Kuhn and a variant cover featuring artwork from the Cartoon Network television movie. Catch up on Duncan’s adventures with FIREBREATHER VOL. 1: GROWING PAINS ($14.99, APR090360) and FIREBREATHER VOL. 2: ALL THE BEST HEROES ARE ORPHANS ($16.99, AUG082239), available now. Finally, don’t miss the FIREBREATHER movie, premiering on Cartoon Network on November 24, 2010!

November 19, 2010
Categories: Cartoons, Comics, Movies, New To Comics?, News . Tags: . Author: Kris Bather . Comments: Leave a comment

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