March 8th, 2010 11:58pm
by fourcolors
According to dictionary.com, ‘that which cannot be brought back” is one of the definitions of the word “Irredeemable.” It is also an accurate description of one of comics’ newest characters, The Plutonian.
We live in a society where we revel in being able to put cracks in perfection. Too many years of our leaders failing us has created this deep seated desire to watch the good people fall to ruin and …
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CATEGORY Comic Books, Creators
December 4th, 2009 12:59am
by fourcolors
Just a quick post for this one, since I’ve already posted one thing today.
It started out with just trying to find out what was going on with the current Dr. Fate, the last character to be written by the late, great Steve Gerber. But, as always, Wikipedia has a way of taking over the flow of the mind. One link leads to several and I was led to an article …
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CATEGORY Creators, Events and Such, Links A Go-Go, Maintream, Uncategorized
September 16th, 2009 09:18pm
by fourcolors
There is something great about doing a comic book blog. More so than movies and television, in which timeliness is a necessity, I have the ability to talk about older stuff. I can bring up what is coming up, what is coming out, but I can also head back in time and talk about some of my favorite books from times past. Case in point, a book I just put …
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CATEGORY Comic Books, Creators
August 17th, 2009 04:48pm
by fourcolors
Well, I did just post to the blog, but I really think that this is something that should also be posted. A well known, but little discussed fact about comic books is the continually improving treatment of comic book writers and artists. I say contiunally improving because up until the 70s/80s/90s (depending on who you ask), the rights given to the creators of the books was next to nothing. They …
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CATEGORY Creators, Links A Go-Go
July 31st, 2009 03:57pm
by fourcolors
Comic-Con was this past weekend and I sadly was unable to attend. For those unaware, if comics were a religion, Comic-Con would be Mecca. It is by and large, the biggest comic book convention in the entire world and it just celebrated its 40th year. It is where comic book publishers reveal what is in store for the characters in the coming year. It is where writers and artists can …
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CATEGORY CHaracters, Comic Books, Creators, Movies
July 22nd, 2009 01:49pm
by fourcolors
Forget Harry Potter. As the rest of the world is focusing on the boy who lived, I spent my Sunday focused on another Brit, comic book legend Neil Gaiman, who made a special appearance at Comix Experience in San Francisco.
I had been at my comic book store, The Comic Book Box in Rohnert Park, when all of a sudden, the owner, Kathy Bottarini, very nonchalantly informed me that Neil Gaiman …
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CATEGORY Creators, Uncategorized
Little is known about Trevor Reece. Possibly sent to Earth by his father Jor-El before his home planet of Krypton was destroyed, barely anything is truly fact. The only that is certain is that for the past 10 years, Trevor has been an avid reader of comic books and anything related to them, including books on the history, the criticisms, and critiques of the medium and the recent slew of films that have come out in the past decade. And please forget about that whole thing about Krypton. That was a joke. Trevor isn’t Superman, that’d be ridiculous. Almost as ridiculous as Clark Kent being Superman. Wouldn’t it be hilarious if it turned out THAT guy was Superman?