The comic strip in the age of Newspapermageddon: The New York Times offers an article on how comic strip cartoonists—even the successful ones—must deal with the tensions between the traditional print newspaper and electronic formats. Stephan Pastis, who draws Pearls Before Swine, functions as the articles throughline narrative for the story.
Speaking of the liberal media and modern comic strips…: NPR’s David Kushner on Penny Arcade
“But he is weary of lurking in dark, down-town Los Angeles after dark”: The Sunday Times checks in on the emerging trend of “Reals,” real-life superheroes who dress up and fight crime. It turns out that the life of a crimefighter actually sounds kind of boring without a script-writer involved.
I would have owed someone some money: As I would have quite confidently bet money upon the fact that J. Michael Stracyznski would be taking over Justice Society of America when I first heard that Geoff Johns was out. JMS was a big-name recently signed DC exclusive whose only announced project, while cool, seemed a bit below of his profile, and he has an obvious affection for Golden Age heroes (The Twelve, his reintroduction of the Archie/Red Circle Characters). It all seemed to fit so perfectly! But he’s not taking over; these guys are. Best of luck, gentlemen.
T-Rex for Hank Paulson’s job: An economic policy based on knowledge about Batman is one I could really get behind.
That J. Bone sure is a crafty one: We all know that J. Bone is a great comic book artist. But did you also know that he’s a genius when it comes to crocheting as well? It’s true! Check out Bone’s Skein and Bones blog to see his crocheted Doom Patrol, Doop, Namor, Doctor Doom and more. [Link stolen from Rachelle Goguen, who got some of Canada's best Christmas presents this year]
December 29th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Love the first article…how I missed it I’m not sure. But it was definitely what I was getting at in my last couple of posts.
December 29th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
When did JMS sign DC exclusive? Last i heard he was just freelance
December 29th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
I’m a huge fan of the ‘Reals’.
The Golden Angler is a personal favorite of mine.
December 29th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I just had the geekiest reaction to one aspect of the “Reals” story. When they mention that the reals must avoid violating DC or Marvel copyright, this is real proof that there are no “real” superheroes (at least the powered type). I mean, if someone suddenly had real powers, what would stop them from just saying “f**k you, I’m calling myself Superman” as they fly off laughing at the process server?
Hey maybe that could be a new reason for the government to clamp down on them in one of those “what if superheroes were really real?” stories rather than the “they’re too dangerous” reason that’s been used for years.