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Oct. 16th, 2009
The Thrawn Trilogy: Heir to the Empire
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joysweeper.insanejournal.com"It was just after four o'clock on November 6, 1989, and I was three days into writing my first novel for my new publisher, Bantam Books, when the phone rang. It was my agent. "Tim," he said after the usual pleasantries, "we have a very interesting offer here."" - Zahn
This is the honorary Episodes Seven, Eight, and Nine. This is what kickstarted the Star Wars Expanded Universe as we know it. Marvel Star Wars was there first, true, and so were Han Solo's and Lando Calrissian's short trilogies, and Splinter in the Mind's Eye, and assorted minor comics and kidlit. They didn't usually stray far from the movies, though, and they weren't epic. Not like this. Well, actually, this is just the comic book adaptation of that trilogy. And it's not as good, but I can't find too much fault with that. I love the Thrawn Trilogy, Zahn's writing, and his characters. I really do.
The art for Heir to the Empire really isn't all that good. Stick around, though. Other books get better. I think two posts per book, meaning three issues per post, should do. There are twenty eight pages in the first issue, twenty six in the second, and twenty four in the third.
This is the honorary Episodes Seven, Eight, and Nine. This is what kickstarted the Star Wars Expanded Universe as we know it. Marvel Star Wars was there first, true, and so were Han Solo's and Lando Calrissian's short trilogies, and Splinter in the Mind's Eye, and assorted minor comics and kidlit. They didn't usually stray far from the movies, though, and they weren't epic. Not like this. Well, actually, this is just the comic book adaptation of that trilogy. And it's not as good, but I can't find too much fault with that. I love the Thrawn Trilogy, Zahn's writing, and his characters. I really do.
The art for Heir to the Empire really isn't all that good. Stick around, though. Other books get better. I think two posts per book, meaning three issues per post, should do. There are twenty eight pages in the first issue, twenty six in the second, and twenty four in the third.
Shadows of the Empire Part II
Oct. 16th, 2009 01:40 amzechs27.insanejournal.com
#4-6 of the Shadows of the Empire Mini. With bonus awesome the Brothers Hildebrant art from the card series.
Dial Uppers Beware!!
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Neko Rahmen
Oct. 16th, 2009 04:15 amgargoylekitty.insanejournal.comWhile you might not want to take recipe advice from this, I figured a manga about a ramen shop run by a cat who is pretty bad at making ramen was both cracky enough for s_d and good enough for food week. Even if it's a little late for the latter.
Blackest Night: January Previews
Oct. 16th, 2009 12:10 pmsherkahn.insanejournal.comThe big war continues and the tide of battle turns. Follow the link to DC's Blackest Night covers and solicitations over at IGN.
**BONUS**
One of the tie in's has a current S_D favorite that will get a chance to shine against the Black Lanterns.
**BONUS**
One of the tie in's has a current S_D favorite that will get a chance to shine against the Black Lanterns.
blake_reitz.insanejournal.comA friend send me this short online comic ages and ages ago, and I now I totally know where it's from.
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Also, Blake Sims , for fun, redrew eight pages from this classic Lee/Ditko Dr. Strange joint. Go read! (He also did this for a few pages of The Atom a while back)
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Also, Blake Sims , for fun, redrew eight pages from this classic Lee/Ditko Dr. Strange joint. Go read! (He also did this for a few pages of The Atom a while back)
sherkahn.insanejournal.comIf you are still following the What If' like reimagining kind of stories in Marvel, then you know what's coming. Newsarama has wordless art for Clone Saga #3 (the reimagining).
Siege Solicitations for January
Oct. 16th, 2009 05:37 pmtrueredorion.insanejournal.comIGN has posted the covers and solicitations for Marvel's next event. 3 solicits and a link under the cut.
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The Hammer of Hell vs. the Hangman !
Oct. 16th, 2009 06:05 pmvolksjager.insanejournal.comIt is a cold blustery day here with lots of dark puffy clouds. This can mean only one thing...time for another Enemy Ace post ...
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But just how DOES a wirepoon work?
Oct. 16th, 2009 06:40 pmdr_hermes.insanejournal.com
I'm 90% sure that, before the 1989 movie, Batman did not use a launching device for his silken cord. Either he tied it to a batarang or threw a noose like a cowboy around any handy protrusion on a building. Then.. and here's the tricky part.. he often would swing up off the ground. What? How? Don't ask me. It never made any sense to me how someone standing on the street and holding a cord could swing up off the ground. The first Tim Burton movie introduced the idea that Batman would fire a line from a little pistol thingy which had a motor to reel him up like a hooked fish. And this has been featured prominently ever since.Yet Batman need not have waited fifty years to get hold of such a useful gizmo. His fellow Justice Society member the Sandman had been using a wirepoon since the early 1940s and it's exactly the same sort of device. Above is a panel from WORLD'S FINEST COMICS# 7, Fall 1942. Joe Simon and Jack Kirby helpfully provide a diagram of the wirepoon gun and (who knows?) if you were good in metal shop class, maybe you could make one for yourself.
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Food Week: Breadgasms
Oct. 16th, 2009 09:42 pmdejadrew.insanejournal.comCan't have a food week without scans from one of the most ridiculous food manga ever drawn, now can we? From Yakitate!! Japan, I give you: A GUY EATING BREAD.
Darker Than Black
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kingrockwellFor those Babs fans among us who picked up Batman annual #27 and/or Detective Comics annual #11, we got a pleasant little surprise in this backup story by Amanda McMurray and Kelley Jones.
Kelley Jones is a name well-known to Bat-fans. Aside from his run with Doug Moench from '95 to '98 (which has had various revivals these days), I've always known him best for his covers during the Knightfall era. My older brother had a number of the issues, and I'd never read any of the interiors, but the covers alone were enough to impress on me as a kid. Jones' expressionistic and moody style did a lot to shape the way I looked at Gotham for a long time.
Amanda McMurray's a relative newcomer to the industry. I can only find a few stories here and there credited to her. Some of you may recall her Huntress story from last year's DCU Holiday Special with Rafael Albuquerque, and she apparently did the Superman/Doctor Light segment in the recent JLA 80-Page Giant (anything good in that bit?). Either way, though I certainly liked the Huntress story on the whole better than this one, there are part of this I like, and for that, I wish McMurray luck on whatever the future may hold.
Kelley Jones is a name well-known to Bat-fans. Aside from his run with Doug Moench from '95 to '98 (which has had various revivals these days), I've always known him best for his covers during the Knightfall era. My older brother had a number of the issues, and I'd never read any of the interiors, but the covers alone were enough to impress on me as a kid. Jones' expressionistic and moody style did a lot to shape the way I looked at Gotham for a long time.
Amanda McMurray's a relative newcomer to the industry. I can only find a few stories here and there credited to her. Some of you may recall her Huntress story from last year's DCU Holiday Special with Rafael Albuquerque, and she apparently did the Superman/Doctor Light segment in the recent JLA 80-Page Giant (anything good in that bit?). Either way, though I certainly liked the Huntress story on the whole better than this one, there are part of this I like, and for that, I wish McMurray luck on whatever the future may hold.
parsimonia.insanejournal.comI'm here to tell you what I know about a certain Warner Educational Services book, published in 1978 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
We all know and love the Superdictionary, our beloved Cracktionary. But how much about it do we really know? In this post I attempt to gather some information on this delightful tome and its contents (though it will in no way be complete, as we all know it is mysterious and infinite in its crackiness).
Come and join me after the cut, and learn a bit about our favourite silly educational book!
[Warning: This post is very image-heavy. This post contains many images. There are so many pictures in this post, it may feel like heavy work for your dial-up connection to load them all. Load faster, dial-up!]
We all know and love the Superdictionary, our beloved Cracktionary. But how much about it do we really know? In this post I attempt to gather some information on this delightful tome and its contents (though it will in no way be complete, as we all know it is mysterious and infinite in its crackiness).
Come and join me after the cut, and learn a bit about our favourite silly educational book!
[Warning: This post is very image-heavy. This post contains many images. There are so many pictures in this post, it may feel like heavy work for your dial-up connection to load them all. Load faster, dial-up!]
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