“Let’s start making comics for kids again!”: So exclaimed Eisner nominee and Stinky creator Eleanor Davis in this School Library Journal article spotlighting newcomers to comics who received nominations this year.
Roger Ebert tells Bill O’Reilly that the Nancy comic strip was more popular than his column in the Chicago Sun-Times, and tells a joke involving a boner: And really, how often do you hear Roger Ebert tell Bill O’Reilly that he’s less popular than Nancy among Chicago Sun-Times readers, and tell a joke involving a boner? Not often enough.
The funny name isn’t the only problem after all: Christopher Butcher explains why the New York Times “graphic books” bestseller list doesn’t quite work like readers might expect it to (Hint: It has to do with the fact that the direct market and traditional booksellers have vastly different models of sales and distribution).
Seriously DC, you have to hire James Kochalka for an Aquaman book!: Another example why, provided in Kochalka’s American Elf online diary strip.
Comic book Spidey may be a Satanist, but movie Spidey is a saint: Or at least saint-like, according to Scottish Catholic Stephen Callaghan, who calls the Sam Raimi-directed Spider-Man trilogy “among the most prominent spiritual films of our time.” Check out this article headlined “St Peter Parker holds key to faith” for his rationale.
Obama kneels before Zod: Pssht. Some son of Jor-El he turned out to be…
April 13th, 2009 at 10:44 am
Sam Raimi directed the Spider-Man movies. Ted Raimi is his actor brother best known for playing Joxur on the XENA television series. Sam Raimi actually acted in a film once in the movie INDIAN SUMMER where he plays a laconic Canadian groundskeeper at a defunct summer camp. He underplays the part nicely and is amusing.
April 13th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Wait, Ted directed Spider-Man? Good for Joxer. Does Sam know?
April 13th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Eh, did I miss the joke on the Aquaman link?
April 13th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Hopefully Zod has a plan for the economy.
April 13th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
While it’s sometimes very funny, Kochalka doesn’t do a joke strip; American Elf is a daily diary comic.
April 13th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
“The link between Spider-Man and spirituality is strengthened by the fact that the films were based on graphic novels penned by Mark Millar.”
Research!
April 13th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
@ johnnyzito: Seems to me the “son of Jor-El” does have a plan, and it’s certainly better than that oh-so-great plan for the economy that the *previous* president had… You remember, the one who inherited a country coming off of eight years of peace, prosperity, a balanced budget, and a trade surplus and in another eight years managed to shoot all of that to Hell?
I think we can give the current prez a little more time to fix the mess he was handed… It will take a Superman to fix it.
April 13th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
On a marginally related topic… Roger Ebert is a national treasure and one of the most underrated writers alive. I always enjoy reading his movie reviews, even when I don’t agree with them (though I often do agree), but I find that I enjoy his non-film writings even more.
April 14th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
“Let’s start making comics for kids again!”
How about, let’s start directing people to the comics we already make for kids?