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The Crossover that could have been.
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sherkahnWell, thanks DCnU.
Just one more potential coulda-been that we will not experience... at least not in this universe.
Courtesy of BleedingCool.com
( Justice League... ROLL OUT. )
Just one more potential coulda-been that we will not experience... at least not in this universe.
Courtesy of BleedingCool.com
( Justice League... ROLL OUT. )
arbre_rieur
Last issue, at the guidance of a bottle imp, Ali Baba found Briar Rose and gave her true love's kiss.
Fortunately, this means she's now awake again.
( *Un*fortunately... )
I hate to use the term "Art Haul", so let's call this my "Convention Compilation"
Feb. 27th, 2012 06:51 pmicon_ukThe London Super Comics Convention was the first comic convention I've attended in many, many years, and aside from the Stan Lee panel appearance (Where he proved he can still work a room like few others, even if the less than ideal acoustics meant that every question had to be repeated to him by the chap sitting next to him) Artists Alley was the place I'd be found.
( Not exclusively Robin but.... )
( Not exclusively Robin but.... )
Team Titans #1 Terra!
Dec. 31st, 2011 11:41 ampyrotwilightWith New Year's approaching let's see how the Team Titans celebrated the coming of 2001.
Plus, how did the Team Titans meet Terra?
6 pages from an 18 page story
( Terra Rocks! )
Plus, how did the Team Titans meet Terra?
6 pages from an 18 page story
( Terra Rocks! )
icon_ukIt has been noted that since Cypher's return, certain artists have drawn our favourite little mutant linguist as looking a little emaciated, approaching the cadaverous at times.
This is partly to rectify this, and partly to remind us that there are nice people in the world.
( Looking GOOD there Dougie boy! )
And for legality, I'm indebted to alphaflightcollector's blogspot for a delightfully naughty little reveal about Mr Douglas "Potty Mouth" Ramsey...
( When he says he speaks EVERY language, that does include 'bad' I suppose )
This is partly to rectify this, and partly to remind us that there are nice people in the world.
( Looking GOOD there Dougie boy! )
And for legality, I'm indebted to alphaflightcollector's blogspot for a delightfully naughty little reveal about Mr Douglas "Potty Mouth" Ramsey...
( When he says he speaks EVERY language, that does include 'bad' I suppose )
Another time the Titans said goodbye.
Aug. 28th, 2011 11:08 amicon_ukWith the end of the current Titans run, this seems an apt moment to showcase one of my favourite Titans moments in a long time, it's from the JLA/Titans crossover "The Technis Imperative" and I just happened to have obtained the original art for the page in question.
( Saying goodbye... Going away.... (Oh great, now I'LL be bawling) )
And after that tear-jerking little moment, an announcement to make UK based fans go SQUEEEE! Though they'll need to squeee patiently
( A new convention which sounds like fun )
STOP PRESS - Those missing their Secret Six/Teen Titans art fix, The Cn have exciting news about Nicola Scott's next project, which answers another question about the new DCU
( News from Fan Expo Canada )
( Saying goodbye... Going away.... (Oh great, now I'LL be bawling) )
And after that tear-jerking little moment, an announcement to make UK based fans go SQUEEEE! Though they'll need to squeee patiently
( A new convention which sounds like fun )
STOP PRESS - Those missing their Secret Six/Teen Titans art fix, The Cn have exciting news about Nicola Scott's next project, which answers another question about the new DCU
( News from Fan Expo Canada )
Tags:
icon_ukMy LCS didn't have this in stock, so a couple of pages, courtesy of CBR from their preview as Phil Jimenez.
As it's a new comic this week, I'll stick to the two page rule, it seems only fair,
But since covers don't count... That remains an awesome outfit for Dragonwing...
Also note in the bottom left box is the Legion's resident medic Dr Gym'll (He makes Bones McCoy look like little Miss Mary Sunshine, but he's a great character) with Variable Lad.
( Now THAT'S sci-fi looking! )
Mr Jimenez does seriously kick arse work on this title
And this is also from CBR, a cover variant for New Mutants #25 (New creative team, new direction, etc etc) just because I think it's pretty!
( The gangs all here... and then some! )
As it's a new comic this week, I'll stick to the two page rule, it seems only fair,
But since covers don't count... That remains an awesome outfit for Dragonwing...
Also note in the bottom left box is the Legion's resident medic Dr Gym'll (He makes Bones McCoy look like little Miss Mary Sunshine, but he's a great character) with Variable Lad.
( Now THAT'S sci-fi looking! )
Mr Jimenez does seriously kick arse work on this title
And this is also from CBR, a cover variant for New Mutants #25 (New creative team, new direction, etc etc) just because I think it's pretty!
( The gangs all here... and then some! )
Adventure Comics 523
Mar. 16th, 2011 05:41 pmsuperboyprime
Some more of the Legion Academy's newest class of students, from last month's Adventure Comics...
( 1/3 of the issue )
Grant Morrison's villains
Aug. 15th, 2010 08:58 pmflint_markoThis was posted on /co/
"Morrison hates shades of gray. It's really that simple. You're either a hero or a villain in his book. And his villains tend to be either pure evil, pathetic manchilds/people that can't man up and deal with shit, or all of the above. There's very little room in his work for sympathetic bad guys or antagonists that actually kinda have a point."
Can anyone think of any "sympathetic bad guys or antagonists that actually kinda have a point" that Morrison has done?
( Magneto and Doom, behind the cut. )
"Morrison hates shades of gray. It's really that simple. You're either a hero or a villain in his book. And his villains tend to be either pure evil, pathetic manchilds/people that can't man up and deal with shit, or all of the above. There's very little room in his work for sympathetic bad guys or antagonists that actually kinda have a point."
Can anyone think of any "sympathetic bad guys or antagonists that actually kinda have a point" that Morrison has done?
( Magneto and Doom, behind the cut. )
More PRODIGAL-era Dick!Bat by request!
May. 3rd, 2010 12:04 amthehefnerI was thinking of fulfilling benicio127's request for more scans of Dick as Batman from PRODIGAL, but as I only bought the Two-Face-centric issues for my last post, there wasn't much that seemed worth posting.
For the most part, it's just Dick!Bat doing typical Batman vs. criminals stuff with little in the way of characterization to distinguish him from Bruce. He reads more like a young, less angry Bruce than Dick Grayson. I'd hoped to find the first issue with Croc for any notable moments, but I've lost the issue somewhere in my collection.
That said, I did find two which I hope will suffice for now. The first is from SHADOW OF THE BAT #33, while the other is the storyline's conclusion in ROBIN #13, wherein family matters are hashes out.
( Pointy shoulders and family angst behind the cut! )
Suggested tags:
char: batman/bruce wayne
char: batman/dick grayson
char: robin/red robin/tim drake
creator: chuck dixon
creator: alan grant
creator: phil jimenez
creator: bret blevins
For the most part, it's just Dick!Bat doing typical Batman vs. criminals stuff with little in the way of characterization to distinguish him from Bruce. He reads more like a young, less angry Bruce than Dick Grayson. I'd hoped to find the first issue with Croc for any notable moments, but I've lost the issue somewhere in my collection.
That said, I did find two which I hope will suffice for now. The first is from SHADOW OF THE BAT #33, while the other is the storyline's conclusion in ROBIN #13, wherein family matters are hashes out.
( Pointy shoulders and family angst behind the cut! )
Suggested tags:
char: batman/bruce wayne
char: batman/dick grayson
char: robin/red robin/tim drake
creator: chuck dixon
creator: alan grant
creator: phil jimenez
creator: bret blevins
Tags:
Two-Face Tuesday: Dick vs Harvey, Round 2! Plus, Harv to replace MANHUNTER in STREETS OF GOTHAM?!
Apr. 20th, 2010 12:09 amthehefnerFirst off, did anyone else notice in the DC Solicits that the MANHUNTER co-feature in STREETS OF GOTHAM is going to be replaced by a TWO-FACE co-feature? It's going to be written by Ivan Brandon, who wrote via Twitter, "I've made two-face's life decidedly worse."
This... could be very, very interesting. Particularly considering that I've been hating the use of Harv in MANHUNTER thus far. But it appears that I may have been too hasty. All in all, very interesting indeed!
Now, back to more Grayson-y goodness!
When Dick upgraded to Batman status like everybody bloody well knew he would in the wake of Bruce's "death," it felt strangely like both the writers and the fans had forgotten that this is actually the second time that he'd donned the cape and cowl. For instance, Winick's five-issue BATMAN run went out of its way to have Dick complain about how he'd never realized just how heavy Bruce's cape was.
The Continuity Cop in me was appalled. "What?! How could these people forget the 1994 multi-Bat-issue crossover storyline 'Prodigal?!'"
And then I actually reread "Prodigal," for the purposes of this post. It's... well, it's not bad, per se, it's just... so very of its era: the time of Chuck Dixon on DETECTIVE COMICS (and ROBIN), Doug Moench on BATMAN, and Alan Grant on SHADOW OF THE BAT. And even though I still consider Dixon the best of the trio, his Two-Face even back then was... well...
... with anger? (ten points if you get that reference)
Even though this came out eight years before ROBIN: YEAR ONE, consider 1994's "Prodigal" to be the official sequel, if that makes any sense. Oh, and the puns get a bit worse from here too (two? Just getting into the spirit of things).
( Two-Face and Dick Grayson rematch behind the cut! )
This... could be very, very interesting. Particularly considering that I've been hating the use of Harv in MANHUNTER thus far. But it appears that I may have been too hasty. All in all, very interesting indeed!
Now, back to more Grayson-y goodness!
When Dick upgraded to Batman status like everybody bloody well knew he would in the wake of Bruce's "death," it felt strangely like both the writers and the fans had forgotten that this is actually the second time that he'd donned the cape and cowl. For instance, Winick's five-issue BATMAN run went out of its way to have Dick complain about how he'd never realized just how heavy Bruce's cape was.
The Continuity Cop in me was appalled. "What?! How could these people forget the 1994 multi-Bat-issue crossover storyline 'Prodigal?!'"
And then I actually reread "Prodigal," for the purposes of this post. It's... well, it's not bad, per se, it's just... so very of its era: the time of Chuck Dixon on DETECTIVE COMICS (and ROBIN), Doug Moench on BATMAN, and Alan Grant on SHADOW OF THE BAT. And even though I still consider Dixon the best of the trio, his Two-Face even back then was... well...
... with anger? (ten points if you get that reference)
Even though this came out eight years before ROBIN: YEAR ONE, consider 1994's "Prodigal" to be the official sequel, if that makes any sense. Oh, and the puns get a bit worse from here too (two? Just getting into the spirit of things).
( Two-Face and Dick Grayson rematch behind the cut! )
Tags:
- char: batman/dick grayson,
- char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson,
- char: robin/red robin/tim drake,
- char: two-face/harvey dent,
- creator: alan grant,
- creator: bret blevins,
- creator: chuck dixon,
- creator: doug moench,
- creator: graham nolan,
- creator: phil jimenez,
- publisher: dc comics,
- title: batman,
- title: detective comics,
- title: shadow of the bat
Sometimes it's tough to be a bird(boy)
Apr. 11th, 2010 08:39 pmicon_ukThis is from Robin #12, by Chuck Dixon and Phil Jimenez (Apologies if there are issues with the images loading, my livejournal scrapbook is acting very strange this afternoon)
This little teaser scene has nothing to do with the story I'm relating here, but it's kind of adorable. In the midst of the Prodigal storyline so Dick is Batman and Alfred is AWOL, and Tim is commenting to him on how complicated his life has been since he started seeing Ariana;
( Where the Batclan's "Secret" seriously cramps Tim's style )
char: robin/red robin/tim drake, char: batman/dick grayson, creator: chuck dixon, creator: phil jimenez, title: robin
This little teaser scene has nothing to do with the story I'm relating here, but it's kind of adorable. In the midst of the Prodigal storyline so Dick is Batman and Alfred is AWOL, and Tim is commenting to him on how complicated his life has been since he started seeing Ariana;
( Where the Batclan's "Secret" seriously cramps Tim's style )
char: robin/red robin/tim drake, char: batman/dick grayson, creator: chuck dixon, creator: phil jimenez, title: robin
A little rebutt-al. Yup, more Grayson bootie! (and others, I can be magnanimous)
Mar. 10th, 2010 12:49 amicon_ukA couple of scans I meant to include in my last post, featuring the work of Phil Jimenez
Starting with this shot from Infinite Crisis, where Brother Eye's orbiting camera's clearly share a certain empathy with it's creator's habits...
Click below for the most wonderfully gratuitous shot of them all....
( Gratuitous is a VERY relative term, thankfully! )
( And some fanart I'll probably regret in the morning )
tags: char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson, char: flamebird/bette kane, char: flash/kid flash/wally west, char: orion, creator: phil jimenez, creator: curt swan, creator: george perez, series: gratuitous butt-shot week, title: world's finest, title: jla/the titans, group: star sapphires
Starting with this shot from Infinite Crisis, where Brother Eye's orbiting camera's clearly share a certain empathy with it's creator's habits...
Click below for the most wonderfully gratuitous shot of them all....
( Gratuitous is a VERY relative term, thankfully! )
( And some fanart I'll probably regret in the morning )
tags: char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson, char: flamebird/bette kane, char: flash/kid flash/wally west, char: orion, creator: phil jimenez, creator: curt swan, creator: george perez, series: gratuitous butt-shot week, title: world's finest, title: jla/the titans, group: star sapphires
Tags:
- char: batgirl/flamebird/bette kane,
- char: kid flash/flash/wally west,
- char: orion,
- char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson,
- creator: curt swan,
- creator: george perez,
- creator: phil jimenez,
- group: star sapphires,
- publisher: dc comics,
- series: gratuitous butt shot week,
- title: jla/the titans,
- title: world's finest
