30 days of scans day 25: Favourite other media

[zechs80]

Oh I maybe behind on the 30 Days, but I am not missing this day. Because this would classify under other media, yeeeeeessssssss.
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Jim Shooter and the human race

[superboyprime]

One of the most fascinating things about Jim Shooter's writing is how, if you read a large chunk of it, you start seeing the message that the human race is really kind of crap. It's an undercurrent that runs through his body of work. All his characters, from the most noble superheroes on down, will display these startling moments of petty or pathetic behavior. They might be noble and good as much as 95% of the time, depending on what character you look at, but in that other 5% they become these nasty little weasels.

This shouldn't be confused with grim 'n' gritty or shades of grey, though it overlaps with those trends (see: Hank Pym's breakdown). Generally, it's less about moral compromise and more about behavior that's just incredibly small or petty.

Shooter was recently hired to re-revamp the old superhero property Dr. Solar: Man of the Atom. "Re-revamp" because this is the second time he's done it; the first was during his days as editor-in-chief of Acclaim Comics, where he re-imagined the character for the modern day. Now he's done it a second time, this time for Dark Horse and the 21st century. Issue #1 came out two months ago, and as you can see, the aforementioned tendency in his writing is still in full force.



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*Main Post* 30 Days of Scans! Day 29: Favourite Non-Canon Romance

[benicio127]

I think this is going to be the post where S_D'ers really shine.

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30 Days of Scans: my Non-Canon OTP

[perletwo]

I love love love pre-megalomadman, Superbuddies-era Max Lord and Sue Dibny together. Let me show you why!

( I'd expect this sort of thing from your husband, but not from you! )

So there you have it, my never-gonna-happen fantasy OTP. Then DC hadda go ruin everything by making Max all Evil!Psycho!Villain!, and we won't even discuss what they did to Sue *shudder* But ah well, we'll always have Superbuddies!

Read or Dream - How Anita Met Hisa, part 1

[kamino_neko]

Prologue here. Anita and Hisa's relationship is one of my favourite parts of Read or Dream, from the moment they met, to the moment they had to (temporarily) part. I've posted the later parts elsewhere, so, how did they meet?

( OK, I still have no idea what to say before the cut any more... Anita: 'You're not even trying!' )

Tune in tomorrow for part 2...

~8 pages from 24.

Dr. Morlo's Chemical Palace

[inexpediency]

From Impulse 31. I love comic book websites.

30 Days of Scans! Day 29: Favourite Non-Canon Romance

[zechs80]

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Adventure Comics #518

[superfangirl1]

( Who will die? )

Lulu Awards 2010 voting opens, plus something from the 2003 anthology

[keeva]

Friends of Lulu is a non-profit organization dedicated to getting women and girls into comics at all levels -- as readers, as fans, as writers, as creators, as retailers, as publishers, and so on -- and the annual Lulu Awards from FoL were set up to recognize those people and projects which further the organization's goals.

As announced on FoL president Valerie D'Orazio's blog:

I am happy to announce the nominees for the 2010 Lulu Awards. The Lulu Awards recognizes the people and projects that helped to open eyes and minds to the amazing comic and cartooning work by and/or about women.

Voting is open to the public: simply click on this link! ( thanks to Kynn for the awesome voting set-up)
One vote per person, per email address. VOTES ARE DUE SEPT 27th!
The Lulu Awards will be held October 29th at Long Beach Comic Con.

For the list of last year's winners, click here!
For further information on past Lulu Awards winners, click here!
For more information on Leah Adezio, please click here,
If you have questions about the Lulu Awards, Email me.

And now without further ado, here are the nominees:
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Other projects of Friends of Lulu include publishing anthology titles in 2003 and 2007; so for legality's sake, here's 1 1/2 pages out of 5 from Vanessa Satone's "Illegal Alien!!!" comic which appeared in 2003's "Broad Appeal" anthology:
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30 Days of Scans--Favorite Writer/Artist, Favorite character who is both male and female...

[skjam]

Yeah, I know that she has her faults, but when Rumiko Takahashi is on top of her game, she can put out some lovely art and extremely funny stories. And since it's come up during my cleaning efforts, let's look at her introduction of Nodoka Saotome.

This is from the Viz edition; back in 1992 they still printed manga in floppies, and flipped so they read left to right. (Though they'd eased up a bit on "no Japanese words we can possibly avoid.") "Ranma 1/2" Volume Ten, #7, 10 pages of 31.



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creator: Rumiko Takahashi
medium: manga
publisher: Viz Comics
series: 30 days of scans
title: Ranma 1/2

30 Days of Scans! Day 29: Favourite Non-Canon Romance

[goggle_kid]

I present to you the hot new non-canon romantic couple of 2010!

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