Speaking of Real Life, how weird is it that I just watched the episode referenced in the latest comic last week?????
Tag: Comics
Sometimes it really is worth springing for something a bit more expensive!
Hah! Sometimes it really is worth springing for something a bit more expensive!
https://social.tinyview.com/HumeaPM2IHb
Apparently a recent-ish issue of The Flash made a reference to the “Flush Man” name that the comic was published under in Arg…
Apparently a recent-ish issue of The Flash made a reference to the “Flush Man” name that the comic was published under in Argentina back in the 1980s
https://screenrant.com/flash-nickname-flushman-argentina-dc-comics/
I should look for the collection of cover scans that an Argentine Flash fan sent me ages ago!
“Nothing to worry about” https://social.tinyview.com/UVGBKqGTcGb #animals #comics
Harley’s Lament
TIL that Arleen Sorkin used to prepare for voice acting sessions as Harley Quinn by singing “Adelaide’s Lament” in the car.
Please help #comics #writer and #artist William Messner-Loebs and his wife stay in their home. …
Please help #comics #writer and #artist William Messner-Loebs and his wife stay in their home. Illness and injuries have left them in dire financial straits, and they're facing eviction.
His run on #TheFlash is one of my favorites. The character work on #WallyWest from when he started to when he finished was amazing, and he made me think about a lot of social issues as a teenager that I might not have encountered until later.
“Fine, I *guess*”
Fowl Language: Sad Hulk#comics #depression #tooReal
Fowl Language: Sad Hulk
This should be awesome: official (and “ineffable”) #GoodOmens graphic novel adaptation by #ColleenDoran, based on …
This should be awesome: official (and “ineffable”) #GoodOmens graphic novel adaptation by #ColleenDoran, based on the original #TerryPratchett / #NeilGaiman novel!
I've been a fan of Doran's art for years, and of course the book is a classic!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dunmanifestin/good-omens
#books #comics
Flash TV finale
I haven’t watched it, but apparently the big villain in the 4-parter is…
Cobalt Blue.
CBR describes him as a “classic Flash villain” and “iconic.”
https://www.cbr.com/the-flash-cobalt-blue-set-photos/
I’ve been out of the fandom for a while, but back in the late 90s early 2000s there was a large contingent of Flash fans (specifically Barry Allen fans) who HATED the character. Mostly because in the comics he was Barry’s separated-at-birth twin.
I find this hilarious. Even if it’s just the fact that we’re still in the 1990s phase of the nostalgia cycle, the idea that Cobalt Blue is worth using for a TV series finale? Never would have occurred to people back in the day.
And TBH I kind of feel vindicated for the blog post I wrote back in 2008 arguing that if the character had been introduced back in the Silver Age, he *would* have been a classic.
I guess now he is!?
Kind of wish I hadn’t deleted that CobaltBluePrime handle on Twitter back in November. It would’ve been perfect to bring it back and post “AT LAST MY TIME HAS COME” or something like that.
(I set it up for a 2011 April Fools’ joke where the blog was rebranded as Cobalt Blue Online for the day and we posted a bunch of Cobalt Blue-themed articles)
Though I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. I mean, this is the show that successfully transformed Vibe into a beloved character!
This Sarah's Scribbles comic is so true
This Sarah's Scribbles comic is so true
#email #spam #comics #funny #SarahsScribbles
Saga AND Arrowsmith are back?I need to get back to the comic store.#comics
Saga AND Arrowsmith are back?
I need to get back to the comic store.
I don’t think I’ve been there since summer or fall 2020. I was down to one series at the point that publishing shut down for 2 months, and it was a limited series. I went in during a lull in cases to pick up the last few issues.
At least they managed to hang on. I drive past the place occasionally on my way somewhere else, and they’re still open.
People complaining about a non-binary actor being cast as Desire in Sandman. Did they even read the comics?
People complaining about a non-binary actor being cast as Desire in Sandman. Did they even read the comics?
Don’t like the ‘woke’ casting of Netflix’s ‘Sandman’ series? Neil Gaiman doesn’t care
The comic was a genre-busting, gender-bending horror-ish fantasia that simply didn’t care about convention. So when self-proclaimed fans objected to the show casting nonbinary and Black actors, how did they think Gaiman would react?
And not surprisingly they’re also complaining about Black actors, both in roles where the race isn’t a key characteristic and in roles where the character doesn’t technically *have* a race (ex. any of the Endless, who aren’t even human, they just appear in a form familiar to whoever is seeing them – I mean, we’ve seen some of them as cats and Martians).
And the idea that Gaiman is somehow capitulating to “wokeness” or progressiveness…again, did they even read the source material that they claim is being sullied?
Sandman was about stories and change. Dream’s main character arc is realizing that he needs to change, but can’t.
And it was groundbreaking in who it included and what stories it told in the medium…30 years ago.
Freezing the form of the story would be kind of weirdly metatextual, but not nearly as awesome as making something that’s groundbreaking *today* could be.
#TheFlash vs. the atomic banana peel.Apparently from Justice League of America #154, May 1978. …
#TheFlash vs. the atomic banana peel.
Apparently from Justice League of America #154, May 1978. Sometimes it’s easy to forget that bronze-age #comics could be as goofy as the silver-age ones.
2020: Seems about right.
The online naturalist
Realized #Flashpoint is a cosmic-level version of the trolley problem for time travelers.#comics
Realized #Flashpoint is a cosmic-level version of the trolley problem for time travelers.
#comics
While looking at this preview of Far Sector, an upcoming Green Lantern comic by N….
While looking at this preview of Far Sector, an upcoming Green Lantern comic by N.K. Jemisin & Jamal Campbell, I had an odd realization.
For years, the DC Universe was a draw for me. By comparison, Marvel felt unfamiliar. And I would read DC comics across the line, and Marvel comics that were off in some corner like Alias (now Jessica Jones).
Since the New 52, I’ve felt less & less connected to the DCU…and now I’m reading DC the way I used to read Marvel.
Green Arrow, Azirophale and Crowley from Good Omens, Wonder Woman and Captain America again, and Anger from Inside Out
A few more #cosplay highlights from earlier today at #LongBeachComicCon. #GreenArrow, #Azirophale and #Crowley from #GoodOmens, #WonderWoman and #CaptainAmerica again, and Anger from #InsideOut.
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Wonder Woman and Captain America, Gwenpool, Katana, and Ramona Flowers
Some highlights from the #cosplay I saw today at #LongBeachComicCon: #WonderWoman and #CaptainAmerica, #Gwenpool, #Katana, and #RamonaFlowers.
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#DCComics #MarvelComics #ScottPilgrim #Comics #LBCC #LBCC2019 #ComicCon