Stuff, nonsense, and still more stuff from a husband, dad, nerd, library padawan, and one-time would-be boy detective.
This Supergirl drawing by Faith Erin Hicks is might be my favorite Supergirl drawing in a long, long time. And I say that as someone who really likes Supergirl drawings. It’s flight, it’s hopeful, it’s refreshingly demure, modern and yet classic. The Supergirl drawing to beat all Supergirl drawings.
The Resident Evil guy is good, too, but I’ve never played an RE game and have no feeling one way or the other about him or any of the characters. I’ma prefer the Supergirl drawing.
And, apparently, typing out “Supergirl drawing.” Supergirl drawing, Supergirl drawing, Supergirl drawing.
Two scraps I found on my harddrive while digging around for other stuff. A Supergirl commission from DCAF a while back, and a doodle of Leon from Resident Evil 4 looking unimpressed by getting splattered with zombie blood. omg i love you Leon call meeeeee!
I’m going to try a little Super Best Friends Forever experiment here. Warner Bros. have put out some fantastic shorts during their DC Nation programming block on Cartoon Network. They are evolving one of those into a series - Teen Titans Go! It’s almost a continuation of the old Teen Titans animated series but either way, sounds like fun. I know a lot of folks were hoping SBFF would also move on to a half hour series as well but from what I’ve been hearing, it’s not likely and my question is - why?
Warner Bros. don’t believe a “girls” show has the same selling power as a “boys” show and I’d like to prove them wrong. I’d point them to the huge successes that were Lauren Faust’s Power Puff Girls (EDIT for clarity, I know Craig McCracken created PPG, Faust also worked on the franchise. Sorry if I confused anyone!) and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic were, I’d tell them women make almost all the purchasing decisions for their household (specifically entertainment), that they are seriously underestimating how much parents spend on their daughters, and that children aren’t the only consumers of animated TV shows and their related products. I could do that but what I’d like to see right now is all of YOU do that.
Reblog or like this post if you’d not only watch a Super Best Friends Forever television show but buy products based on it. (Money talks, remember?) Add your own commentary or not but let’s see what the numbers say.
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Five in honor of Mike Wieringo, who passed away five years ago today. One of my all-time favorites, and I hate that I never got to meet him at a con or something to tell him that in person.
There is nothing about this that I don’t love. This needs to be a print, Terry!
Quick sketch of Supergirl surfing a meteor and drinking a coke. Teenagers.
What I Bought, Week of 6/20/12- As I mentioned the other day, I downloaded Ame-Comi II: Batgirl #1 through Comixology and enjoyed the hell out of that, so if you haven’t checked that out, do so (someone give me money to buy Sanford Greene artwork, please and thank you). But at the LCS today, I picked up Avengers vs. X-Men #6 (which continues to be the first comics event book I’ve been excited about in forever, even if I’ve lost interest in the Vs. spin-off and don’t read any of the tie-ins), Daredevil #14 (which I’ve already read, and man, those Latverians can dole out the sort of “gotcha!” punishments that would make the Crypt-Keeper jealous), Snarked! #9 (sad to see this nearing its end, but excited to see how it’s going to get there, and no doubt it will continue to be laugh-out-loud funny), and Supergirl #10 (this book is *the* underappreciated gem of the New 52).
Comics! I read them. So should you. And what, pray tell, are you reading this week?
What I Bought 4/18/12 - Batman has been great since issue 1, but it’s going to have to be flawlessly perfect pretty consistently to keep me buying at $3.99, even with my LCS discount.
Pretty excited about this issue Supergirl, though - art by George Perez, and the re-introduction of Silver Banshee, one of my favorite Superman Family villains of the post-Crisis on Infinite Earths era. This is largely because she fought Superman in Superman (1986 series) #17, which if not the the first post-COIE DC comic I read, was certainly the first Byrne reboot Superman I read (the mid-80s were the heyday of my Marvel Zombie period). I’m sentimental like that.
What I Bought 3/21/12 - Batman has been so good from the start, I hope it stays so through the upcoming crossover, especially since I intend to buy only this title. It better stay readable even without all of the many excess chapters, or it’s dropped. Justice League I bought only for the beginning of The Curse of Shazam, which really didn’t inspire much hope in me, though I admit it’s still too soon (and there’s as yet too little actual story) to tell. Supergirl has quickly won me over and I may stick around for the long haul. And, of course, I had to see Tiny Titans off. I didn’t read it consistently, but I always enjoyed it when I did. Looking forward to see what Art & Franco do with Superman Family Adventures.
What I Bought, 3/15/12 -The combined creative pedigrees on both Saga and Saucer Country earned those a look. Demon Knights has been a great read from the first issue, if maybe paced a little too slowly (ready for a new storyline, or at least a locale other than that same village). Supergirl has gotten great word of mouth and my LCS still had the first 2 issues on the stands, so I figured I’d give it a shot. And I love, love, love 60s Dan DeCarlo artwork, particularly on those pre-Pussycats Josie issues.
The Magic of Shazam by Evan “Doc” Shaner. Wonder Woman by Nathan Fox. Batgirl/Supergirl by Mike Maihack. Impulse by Tracie Mauk. Angel and the Ape by Scott Faulkner.
I would be buying so many more comic books if DC’s New 52 were actually the DC Fifty-TOO! line-up.
