Once upon a time, James Robinson was one of my favorite comic book writers. His Ultraverse series Firearm, about a Private Investigator involved in superhero related crimes, was amazing and his DC series, Starman
Books (and games) I’m looking forward to
This is promising to be a great (and expensive) summer/fall for new books and video games. So, I thought I’d go over some of the things I’m excitedly waiting for. Feel free to add in the comments anything else I should be excitedly looking for:
Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi
I enjoy reading John Scalzi. I loved his Old Man’s War
Yarn by Jon Armstrong non-review review
After somewhat enjoying Jon Armstrong’s Grey
I’ll definitely give a new book by Armstrong a chance, but this one was a swing and a miss to me.
Mid-Life by Joe Ollmann
There is a reason why Harvey Pekar was celebrated. It isn’t easy to do biographical comics without looking like a complete loser. Pekar had the ability to make you care about the minutiae of everyday life and show us the small successes that keep people moving on. But others didn’t know how to do it that well. It seemed for awhile that every biographical comic read like a bad parody of Peter Bagge
To the Heart of the Storm by Will Eisner
I haven’t reviewed much Will Eisner here even though I love his work. The main reason for this is that Eisner’s work is more of an atmosphere than a story. Yes there are characters and they do things, but those are usually secondary to the atmosphere. His stories don’t make you feel like you are reading a story, they make you feel as if you are living them. To the Heart of the Storm
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Elfquest online
Almost missed this one. All 6500+ pages of Elfquest has been digitized and brought online:
Every known EQ tale to date is here, well over 6500 pages! So if you’re new to the Elfquest universe, or want a refresher course, look here first. Then check out a comprehensive guide to all the different Elfquest print publications. (Some print volumes are still available too.) Spoiler Alert here!
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ABC’s Once Upon a Time
Once upon a time, ABC optioned Bill Willingham’s Fables and were looking to make a pilot. Then, a few months ago, it was announced that the producers of Lost
Now, I have many concerns and questions about this show. Mainly about how it will compare to Fables and whether ABC would have been better off using Fables as a starting point, rather than create a whole new story. I most likely will be tuning in for the pilot, but how long I keep watching will be dependent on how well they can run the show. And I’ll be curious, since it will be leading into Desperate Housewives
It’s a Bird by Steven T Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen
What comic book writer wouldn’t want to take on Superman? He’s the original superhero and one of the archetypes that drive the whole superhero genre. That is the launching point for Steven Seagle’s It’s a Bird
BBC’s Sherlock Series Two
BBC America has information about the second series of Sherlock:
Sherlock, which once again stars Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role and Martin Freeman as the loyal Doctor John Watson, will begin shooting in Cardiff and London very soon, and will once again appear as a series of three 90-minute films.