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#IReadsYou Movie Review: MORBIUS
Morbius (2022)
Running time: 104 minutes (1 hour, 44 minutes)
MPAA – PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, some frightening images, and brief strong language
DIRECTOR: Daniel Espinosa
WRITERS: Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless; from a story by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless (based on the Marvel Comics)
PRODUCERS: Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, and Lucas Foster
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Oliver Wood
EDITOR: Pietro Scalia
COMPOSER: Joe Ekstrand
SUPERHERO/FANTASY/HORROR/ACTION
Starring: Jared Leto, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris, Matt Smith, Al Madrigal, Charlie Shotwell, Joseph Esson, and Tyrese Harris and Michael Keaton
Morbius is a 2022 superhero fantasy-horror and action film directed by Daniel Espinosa. The movie is based on the Marvel Comics character, “Morbius, the Living Vampire”/Dr. Michael Morbius, which was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #101 (cover dated: October 1971). This is also the third film in “Sony's Spider-Man Universe” (SSU) series. Morbius the film focuses on a scientist who tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease but instead turns himself into a new kind of vampire.
Morbius introduces Dr. Michael Morbius (Jared Leto). He is a genius, a scientist, and has a talent for fabricating technology. He is also suffering from a rare blood disease and has spent his adult life looking for a cure to that disease which often kills those afflicted with it at a young age. Michael is 35-years-old, and he recently refused a Nobel Prize.
Michael is currently engaged in illegal experiments involving vampire bats that he stole from a cave in Costa Rica. Although she is critical of him for these experiments, Martine Bancroft (Adria Arjona), Michael's fellow scientist and girlfriend, works with him. Once he believes that he has finally created the cure for his rare blood disease, Michael injects himself with the formula. Michael's body is transformed into that of an Olympic-level athlete, but the cure also turns him into a vampire – one with a powerful blood lust. Now, the bodies of people with the blood drained from their bodies are being found all over the city. Is Morbius the killer … or is Morbius responsible?
Morbius is about Morbius. The only other character that this film allows any traction is Martine Bancroft. It isn't that the screenplay is shallow; I find that it attempts a serious contemplation of both Dr. Michael Morbius' character and Morbius the vampire's dilemma. I wish the film's story had taken more time with the two FBI agents hunting Morbius, comic relief Alberto “Al” Rodriguez (Al Madrigal) and the really serious Black man, Simon Stroud (Tyrese Gibson).
Morbius may be Jared Leto's best performance in a film in years. I prefer Leto's Dr. Michael Morbius to “Rayon,” the drug addicted, HIV-positive trans woman he played in the 2013 film, Dallas Buyers Club. Leto won a “Best Supporting Actor” Oscar for playing Rayon, a character I found shallow. In Morbius, Leto's good looks, his vanity, his obvious acting talent, and his imaginative approach to fashioning characters and performances serve both him and film, quite well. I found both Dr. Michael Morbius and Morbius the vampire to be endlessly fascinating characters and not at all shallow.
It feels weird for me to recommend this film for Jared Leto's performance, but I am. Morbius is officially part of a superhero film universe. Adrian Toomes/Vulture (Michael Keaton) from the 2017 film, Spider-Man: Homecoming, even makes an appearance in Morbius in order to solidify some connections between Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). That connection thrills the fanboy in me. I like Morbius, and I am giving it a higher grade than I probably would. And that is because of Jared Leto's outstanding work in Morbius
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Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Review: SPIRITS OF VENGEANCE #1
MARVEL COMICS – @Marvel
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Victor Gischler
ART: David Baldeon
COLORS: Andres Mossa
LETTERS: VC's Cory Petit
COVER: Dan Mora with David Curiel
VARIANT COVERS: John Tyler Christopher; Ken Lashley with David Curiel; Mike McKone with Rachelle Rosenberg; Chip Zdarsky; Mark Texeira; Lenticular Variant based on Giant-Size X-Men #1 by Gil Kane and Dave Cockrum
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (December 2017)
Rated T+
War at the Gates of Hell Part 1
Johnny Blaze – the second Ghost Rider. Eric Brooks – Blade the vampire hunter. Damian Hellstrom – a.k.a. Son of Satan a.k.a. “Hellstorm.” Satana – Damian's sister and the daughter of Satan. They are the stars of a new five-issue miniseries from Marvel Comics, entitled Spirits of Vengeance.
This comic book is written by Victor Gischler; drawn by David Baldeón; colored by Andres Mossa; and lettered by Cory Petit. The series follows a mission to keep the balance the power in an ancient war from tipping to one side.
Spirits of Vengeance #1 finds Johnny Blaze, the second Ghost Rider and the first supernatural and first superhero Ghost Rider, stopped at a bar on Route 66. Nursing a beer, Blaze gets a fiery visit from a winged being. Left with an item wanted by dark forces, Blaze turns to Damian Hellstrom for help and information. A dead angel, a silver bullet; and a kept promise – Blaze and Hellstrom will find themselves caught in a war between Heaven and Hell. They will need some help.
Writer Victor Gischler is good with dark and edgy action, but he is also an imaginative writer, as seen in his miniseries, Sally of the Wasteland (Titan Comics, 2014). Spirits of Vengeance #1 offers the dark and the inventive, and it is a shame that what was supposed to be a regular series is only a miniseries. Gischler could have done something good with this, and I feel safe saying that after reading only the first issue of this series.
Of course, Gischler has an excellent collaborator and storyteller in artist David Baldeón. The Spanish artist reminds me of artist Joe Madureira. Here, Baldeón presents elastic and supple figure drawings that give the characters life and also give them distinct personalities – even the characters who are not around for long. This is dynamic graphical storytelling, with an excellent sense of the dark and the supernatural. And Baldeón simply makes Spirits of Vengeance look different from other Marvel titles.
Well, I'll enjoy this comic book while I can.
A
8 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
The text is copyright © 2017 Leroy Douresseaux. All Rights Reserved. Contact this blog for reprint and syndication rights and fees.
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Monday, April 24, 2017
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Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Review: TALES OF THE BATMAN:Carmine Infantino
DC COMICS – @DCComics
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITERS: Gardner Fox, John Broome, Cary Bates, Gerry Conway, Don Kraar, Mike Barr, Geoff Johns
FEATURED ARTIST: Carmine Infantino
INKERS: Joe Giella, Murphy Anderson, Sid Greene, Bob Smith, Steve Mitchell, Mike DeCarlo, Sal Trapani, Mike Esposito, Neal Adams
COVER: Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson
ADDITIONAL ART: Jim Aparo, Adam Hughes, Bob Kane, Gil Kane, Charles Paris
ISBN: 978-1-4012-4755-3; hardcover (June 3, 2014)
520pp, Color, $49.99 U.S., $58.00 CAN
Batman created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger
Carmine Infantino (1925 – 2013) was an American comic book creator who worked as an artist and as an editor. He began working in comic books in 1942 and was best known for his association with DC Comics, where he was a comic book cover artist, interior story artist, character designer, and editor.
Infantino was a major force during what is known as the “Silver Age” of American comics book. In 1956, Infantino joined writer Robert Kanigher in DC Comics' first attempt at reviving a superhero from the “Golden Age” of comic books. Kanigher and Infantino created an updated version of The Flash that would appear in Showcase #4 (cover dated: October 1956). Infantino designed the Flash's now-classic red uniform with yellow detail and fashioned a new visual language to depict the Flash's speed, with both vertical and horizontal motion lines to make the Flash's figure a red and yellow blur.
In 1964, Infantino began his second DC Comics reclamation protect, when he was tasked with reviving the faded Batman line of comic book titles. Infantino and writer John Broome introduced the “New Look” Batman and Robin in Detective Comics #327 (cover dated: May 1964). Broome and Infantino abandoned the sillier aspects and fanciful characters that had crept into the Batman comics over the better part of two decades (such as Bat-Mite in 1959).
Under the guiding hand of this new creative team, the Adventures of Batman and Robin in both Batman and in Detective Comics took a detective-oriented direction. Infantino's art for the “New Look” Batman and Robin was slick and streamlined. He went away from drawing Batman in a style that was some variation of the art of Bob Kane, Batman's creator. For the better part of three decades, most artists took their cue from Kane when drawing Batman comic books and newspaper comic strips, even if they already had their own distinctive style.
Carmine Infantino is the artist who visually and graphically and in terms of storytelling modernized Batman comic books. From 1964 to 1968, Infantino was the lead comic book artist for DC Comics' flagship Batman titles. Even when Infantino did not draw the interior art for Batman or Detective Comics, he usually provided the pencil art for the covers.
Infantino's work on the Batman titles over the four year period, from Detective Comics #327 to the cover of Batman #199 (cover dated: February 1968), for which he only provided the cover pencils, is collected in the hardcover comics collection, Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino. Originally released in 2014, this full-cover archival collection also reprints Infantino's 1980s Batman work in Detective Comics #500 (cover dated: March 1981) and in The Brave and the Bold (issues 172, 183, 190, and 194 – 1982 to 1983). There is also a story from DC Comics Presents: Batman #1 (cover dated: September 2004).
When I opened this book and saw the first page of Detective Comics #327, I was immediately struck by how different it looks. Even 50+ years later, Infantino's art stands out as unique. I have seen enough of the Batman comics that came before it to say this issue of Detective Comics represented a sort of evolutionary leap for Batman comic books. In fact, in something unusual for comic books, Detective Comics seems new and “now.” For a time, the relatively long lead time needed to produce comic books made them seem behind current events. This comic book matched the looks, styles, designs, and visuals of the time, with some of the art resembling the design style known as “mid-century modern”.
Infantino made the world of Batman hip, modern, and urbane. There is a James Bond quality to the graphical storytelling. John Broome introduces adversaries for the Dynamic Duo that range from spectacular, colorfully costumed supervillains to conniving ordinary hoods. Every one of them has fashioned some ingenious plan, wacky conspiracy, or over-thought murder plot that involves twists and turns and even secret agent-type gadgets. Infantino's slick compositions and sleek draftsmanship make the entirety of a story seem more cool and stylish even when it ought to look like what it is – silly.
Infantino's “new look” Batman apparently inspired the mid to late 1960s, ABC television series, “Batman,” which starred Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. I also see the influence of Carmine Infantino's art on the Batman comic book artists that would follow him; Jim Aparo and Don Newton are two that come to mind.
If I had to offer specific reasons why you should buy this pricey book, I could name a few. Well, this book reprints the first appearance of Barbara Gordon as Batgirl in the story, “The Million Dollar Debut of Batgirl!,” from Detective Comics #359 (cover dated: January 1967). The book also reprints Infantino's Batman and Detective Comics covers. Through his compositions for these covers, Infantino proves to be a master of motion, and these covers pulse with energy. Sometimes, the entire cover illustration seems as if it wants to leap off the page because two dimensions cannot contain its vigor.
So, yeah, Batman fans, buy Tales of the Batman: Carmine Infantino.
A+
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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Friday, January 22, 2016
Review: WHO'S WHO Volume 1
WHO'S WHO: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE OF THE DC UNIVERSE VOL. 1
DC COMICS – @DCComics
[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
WRITERS: Len Wein, Marv Wolfman
PENCILS: Joe Orlando, Craig Hamilton, Carmine Infantino, Don Heck, Alex Saviuk, Scott Shaw!, Jerry Ordway, Marshall Rogers, Mike Zeck, Keith Giffen, Ernie Colón, Gil Kane, José Delbo, Howie Post, Greg Theakston, George Pérez, Chuck Patton, Steve Bissette, Jan Duursema, Eduardo Barreto, Rick Hoberg, Murphy Anderson, Curt Swan, Tod Smith
INKERS: Joe Orlando, Dick Giordano, Frank McLaughlin, Murphy Anderson, Don Heck, Scott Shaw!, Jerry Ordway, Marshall Rogers, John Beatty, Bob Oksner, Ernie Colón, Gil Kane, Romeo Tanghal, Howie Post, Greg Theakston, George Pérez, John Totleben, Jan Duursema, Eduardo Barreto, Rick Magyar
COLORS: Helen Visik, Shelly Eiber, Tatjana Wood, Joe Orlando, Greg Theakston
LETTERS: Todd Klein (production)
EDITORIAL: Len Wein with Marv Wolfman and Robert Greenberger
COVER: George Perez
32pp, Color, $1.00 U.S., $1.35 CAN, 45p U.K. (March 1985)
Who's Who: The Definitive Guide to the DC Universe was an encyclopedia of the characters, places, and things of the DC Universe, but it was published in a comic book format. Created by Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, and Robert Greenberger, Who's Who began publication in 1984 one month before the release of Crisis on Infinite Earths, the 12-issue comic book series that changed the DC Universe of characters. Who's Who ran for 26 issues, but there were updates (in 1987 and 1988) and spinoffs (including one for DC Comic's 1980s “Star Trek” comic book series).
In Who's Who, each of the characters, places, and things (for the most part) has its own page and is depicted in an illustration, pin-up, or technical drawing created by a comic book artist or a penciller/inker team. Some of the artists are legendary comic book creators or are famous or are at least known for their association with DC Comics. Others are comic book artists who were active working professionals in American comic books, including in independent and alternative comics, at the time of the publication of the original Who's Who.
At the recent Louisiana Comic Con (October 17 and 18th, 2015 in Lafayette, LA), I found a copy of Who's Who: The Definitive Guide to the DC Universe #1. I once had several issues of this series, but I don't know what happened to them. Although I actually once read some of the text, I really bought Who's Who for the illustrations.
First of all, I love the wraparound cover art by George Perez, especially the detail with “Arak: Son of Thunder” sitting on a rock outcropping. Inside, there is also a lot to like. I think that it is just great that the first illustration of this first issue is by the late, great Joe Orlando, a depiction of House of Secrets star/victim, “Abel.” Seeing classic Flash artist, Carmine Infantino, draw “Abra Kadabra,” a character in Flash's “rogue gallery” is a treat. Fans of Jerry Ordway's 1980s work for DC Comics will be happy to see his double-page spread of the cast of All-Star Squadron.
I can never say no to “Ambush Bug” drawn by Keith Giffen. I can never say “No” to anything by legend Gil Kane, who offers a drawing of pre-Grant Morrison, “Animal-Man” and a drawing of his version of “Atom.” I like Ernie Colón, so I was happy to see a few drawings from him, including one of “Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld.” “Arcane” by the classic Swamp Thing art team of Steve Bissette and John Totleben is a highlight. Classic Golden and Silver Age DC Comics artist, Murphy Anderson, offers a drawing of one of his signature characters, “Atomic Knight.” Anderson also inked “The Atomic Skull” drawing by one of my all-time favorite artists, Curt Swan.
Greg Theakston did a good job with an “Apokolips” drawing, but I would have preferred that “Fourth World” creator, Jack Kirby, draw Apokolips for this series. Eduardo Barreto is a fine comic book artist, but I wish that Jose Luis Garcia Lopez had drawn the Atari Force double-spread.
In the nearly three decades since Who's Who: The Definitive Guide to the DC Universe was originally published, much of its text is no longer relevant. That is the result of DC Comics' numerous reboots and relaunches and “new directions.” Still, this series can be of use as a reference source for writers, comics historians, and archivists, and especially for fans of DC Comics' bygone days. Fans of classic and veteran comic book artists, of course, will want this series. I plan on hunting down more issues.
A-
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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