The 6 Flattest Characters in Comics
In the grand world of comic book superheroes, one of my favorite super-powers is the ability to turn 2-dimensionally flat. I’ll explain why in a minute. It’s just such a weird, interesting power. Sometimes stretching is involved, sometimes its not. Mostly it’s just about getting totally flat.
Kind of like this!
Some heroes can lift 100 tons! Some can run faster than the speed of sound! Some are really, really good with a bow and arrow! But who cares about all of those fancy, famous superheroes? It’s far more interesting to explore the weird and obscure heroes, those with the power to become flatter than a pancake.
One has to assume it’s a more useful power than it appears.
Power Man and Iron Fist to Get New Comic in the New Year!
Just in time for their respective Netflix shows (or maybe a little early, actually), the Power Man and Iron Fist comic will relaunch next year. Luke Cage and Danny Rand will once again take to the streets as butt kickers, courtesy of writer David F. Walker and artist Sanford Greene. Fast Company got the scoop from Marvel.
Maybe we can hire them
Both writer and artist are black, and both jumped at the chance to work on Power Man and Iron Fist, according to the article. This is a great step forward for diversity behind the scenes in the comic book industry, something I whole-heartedly support. The article has a few more bits of artwork to show off. Greene has a pretty wild style, it seems, but that might be a good thing. There’s not much to say yet about the focus of the series, but it looks like they’ll be taking things back to basics. Sounds good to me!
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LEGO Doctor Who Set Revealed!
We all knew this was coming, and the time is finally here! The Doctor Who LEGO set has been revealed! It’s going to hit stores before Christmas – wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
The stuff dreams are made of
The set comes with both the 12th and 11th Doctors, as well as Clara Oswald, a Weeping Angel and two Daleks. It has both the TARDIS and the controlled room of the TARDIS. I think there’s also a fez in there somewhere. It looks pretty darn solid! Though I don’t necessarily think they got Peter Capaldi right. He doesn’t wear a bright purple jacket. They nailed Matt Smith perfectly, but Capaldi doesn’t sit right with me. He looks more like the 1st Doctor.
He’s definitely the 12th, though. It says so on the box. Check out more pictures Here.
But ah well, I’m not going to complain! The model looks great! It’s definitely going to join the Ghostbuster’s Ecto-1 LEGO set as things I must own someday.
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Cinema Sins Tries Really Hard to Ding WALL-E
WALL-E is probably one of the most perfect movies ever made – or not, I dunno, I’m not a film scholar. But it’s darn good. And the folks at Cinema Sins have their work cut out for them trying to pick it apart. They don’t succeed…but they get a few good zingers in.
There were one or two good points in there, but overall, swing and a miss. WALL-E is just too good, folks. Cinema Sins tried to acknowledge this, but then they went and tried to nit-pick it anyway. Reminds me that I should watch WALL-E again someday.
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 10/3/15
Oof! It’s another light week of comics for some reason. It’s a Fifth Wednesday, which means a lot of companies don’t really put out much to begin with. But Marvel is still mired in Secret Wars to make things even worse!
I picked up two Annuals from DC Comics, but they’re both mildly entertaining efforts that don’t really have anything to do with the ongoing stories. Fortunately, the light week gave me a chance to jump back into Kaijumax, which wins Comic Book of the Week for its fascinatingly twisted look into monster prison!
Contraband is something special
I’ll try not to hold it against Oni Press that they didn’t want either of my comic submissions.
Comic Reviews: Batman Annual #4, The Cavalry #1, Grayson Annual #2, and Kaijumax #6.
