Saturday, August 27, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
One Year Later!
So one year ago I uploaded a video. My very first video. So, in honor of that momentous occasion, and the fact I had nothing better prepared, here is a commentary on my first review, featuring Marvel's Runaways:
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http://blip.tv/comicsareawesome/caa-runaways-commentary-5473883
I'm not embedding this video onto the blog just so that no one confuses it with a regular episode.
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http://blip.tv/comicsareawesome/caa-runaways-commentary-5473883
I'm not embedding this video onto the blog just so that no one confuses it with a regular episode.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
The DC Reboot.
So I just recorded a vlog about the DC Universe reboot, sat down to upload the video onto my PC and... saw more news about the reboot. And everytime I decide to tackle a blog entry I come across more news about it all, much of which is frustrating to me.
I was originally pretty laissez-faire towards the whole thing. DC has done this sort of thing before. Crisis on Infinite Earths, Zero Hour, Infinite Crisis to a lesser extent. DC has messed with its own timeline and continuity whenever it saw fit. And the occasional shakeup is not a bad thing. I like continuity, I like it when they reference it, it seems like a reward to fans and I think it's less of a barrier to new fans as some make it out to be. That said, this kind of sucks.
As more news leaks, the less this seems as a shakeup, and more as DC giving the loyal fans the bird. Great titles like Batgirl by Bryan Q. Miller being replaced with the return of Barbara Gordon to the role, written by Gail Simone. Now I like Gail. She's a fantastic writer and seems like one of the nicest people in comics, but I have no desire to see Barbara become Batgirl again. She's far more interesting as Oracle, the wheelchair-bound computer goddess to the superhero community. Also Miller has state that he's not been asked to write any of the 52 new titles coming out this September. The man is a fantastic writer and I fully intend to do a Stephanie Brown Batgirl CAA at some point. DC, if you're not taking advantage of him then you're wasting his potential.
I dunno. this coupled with 52 titles flooding the market place seems like an invitation for retailers to either not carry certain titles or carrying less of each meaning that if you go to your local store and they didn't order any copies of Mr. Terrific or sold out of JLA than you have to go somewhere else. Luckily DC is offering same-day digital delivery. Now I'm all for digital distribution, those of you who saw my Digital Comics editorial will know that, but the cynical side of me sees DC taking out the knees of the retail market, and I think if they're not careful, taking out the brick and mortar stores before the digital readership is firmly established might do serious damage to the industry.
I dunno folks. This might work. There are some books I'm curious to see and maybe DC has some further surprises for us in store, but either way I think we've hit a pivotal point in comic book history, one that will alter the playing field forever.
I was originally pretty laissez-faire towards the whole thing. DC has done this sort of thing before. Crisis on Infinite Earths, Zero Hour, Infinite Crisis to a lesser extent. DC has messed with its own timeline and continuity whenever it saw fit. And the occasional shakeup is not a bad thing. I like continuity, I like it when they reference it, it seems like a reward to fans and I think it's less of a barrier to new fans as some make it out to be. That said, this kind of sucks.
As more news leaks, the less this seems as a shakeup, and more as DC giving the loyal fans the bird. Great titles like Batgirl by Bryan Q. Miller being replaced with the return of Barbara Gordon to the role, written by Gail Simone. Now I like Gail. She's a fantastic writer and seems like one of the nicest people in comics, but I have no desire to see Barbara become Batgirl again. She's far more interesting as Oracle, the wheelchair-bound computer goddess to the superhero community. Also Miller has state that he's not been asked to write any of the 52 new titles coming out this September. The man is a fantastic writer and I fully intend to do a Stephanie Brown Batgirl CAA at some point. DC, if you're not taking advantage of him then you're wasting his potential.
I dunno. this coupled with 52 titles flooding the market place seems like an invitation for retailers to either not carry certain titles or carrying less of each meaning that if you go to your local store and they didn't order any copies of Mr. Terrific or sold out of JLA than you have to go somewhere else. Luckily DC is offering same-day digital delivery. Now I'm all for digital distribution, those of you who saw my Digital Comics editorial will know that, but the cynical side of me sees DC taking out the knees of the retail market, and I think if they're not careful, taking out the brick and mortar stores before the digital readership is firmly established might do serious damage to the industry.
I dunno folks. This might work. There are some books I'm curious to see and maybe DC has some further surprises for us in store, but either way I think we've hit a pivotal point in comic book history, one that will alter the playing field forever.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Comics Are Awesome - All Star Superman
Sorry for the delay on this one folks! Let me know what you think!
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
CAA - Awesome Off The Presses: Venom #1
Awesome Off the Presses, a new feature of Comics Are Awesome, is going to be a way for me to look solely at stuff that has been released more recently. Leave a comment and let me know what you guys think!
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Gallifrey One - Catch 22 The Live Footage
I'll have a vlog up later on, but I can bore you with that later. Instead enjoy this little video I made with some of the footage I got at the con.
Please feel free to comment!
Please feel free to comment!
Monday, February 21, 2011
*whew* Back from Gallifrey
This is just a short post to say I'm back from Gallifrey. I took a lot of video, both filming what was going on and vlogs. So I'll update that soon.
I did want to update something real quick in that I met a really nice lady from Seattle who co-runs a comic and gaming store with her husband. She was my line buddy for the Maskerade and unfortunately never got any contact information for her, and I'm absolutely awful with names, but I did bring up my website and she did write it down. So if you are that person and you're reading this please get a hold of me, you seemed very cool and I want to keep in touch, if nothing else so that we can arrange time to hang out next year.
You can e-mail me at comicsareawesome@gmail.com
I did want to update something real quick in that I met a really nice lady from Seattle who co-runs a comic and gaming store with her husband. She was my line buddy for the Maskerade and unfortunately never got any contact information for her, and I'm absolutely awful with names, but I did bring up my website and she did write it down. So if you are that person and you're reading this please get a hold of me, you seemed very cool and I want to keep in touch, if nothing else so that we can arrange time to hang out next year.
You can e-mail me at comicsareawesome@gmail.com
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