Monday, September 30, 2019

I Reads You Juniors September 2019 - Update #94

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DC CINEMA - From YahooMoviesUK:  Director James Gunn starts production on "The Suicide Squad" with a message to both Marvel and DC Comics fans.

From DigitalArtsOnline:  The late musician Prince was the star of two DC Comics titles.  Now, this "lost comic book past" has been animated.

From WausauDailyHerald:  Acclaimed comic book creator, Craig Thompson ("Blankets"), talks about his new comic book, "Ginseng Roots."

From Newsarama:  The late Stan Lee's daughter, Joan Celia "J.C." Lee, has filed a lawsuit against the company her father cofounded, POW! Entertainemnt.

MARVEL TV - From Newsarama:  The future of live-action at Marvel Television in doubt...

DC CINEMA - From Variety:  At Saturday night's Hollywood premiere (Aug. 28th) of "Joker," Warner Bros will only allow photographers at the red carpet.  The interview print and broadcast press has been uninvited.

From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics had to stop the presses in order to remove Mark Waid's Captain America essay from the throughly mediocre "Marvel Comics #1000."

DC TV - From Newsarama:  HBO's "Watchmen" cast-to-characters revealed in Tweet.

SONY'S MARVEL U - From Collider:  Sony Pictures is reportedly developing a solo movie featuring Spider-Man character, "Madame Web."

From Newsarama:  Seven new comics creators have been inducted in the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame.  They are Mike Mignola (Hellboy) and Alison Bechdel (Fun Home), and five of Harvey Kurtzman’s core 1950s MAD collaborators:  Will Elder, Jack Davis, John Severin, Marie Severin, and Ben Oda (all of whom will be posthumously inducted).

DC CINEMA - From WABCRadio:  From the first paragraph of the article "The FBI has issued a warning regarding the potential for violence at theaters showing the upcoming movie “Joker,’ coming years after a mass shooting during a “Batman” movie in Colorado in 2012. According to multiple sources, authorities are concerned about the film’s plot inspiring someone to commit a mass shooting."

MARVEL TV - From Deadline:  Due to creative differences, Hulu has decided not to go forward wth its live-action "Ghost Rider." series.

From Newsarama:  IDW Publishing has closed Shelley Bond's "Black Crown" imprint.

DC CINEMA - From Variety:  Family members and friends of the victims of a 2012 mass shooting at a screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Aurora, Colo., have penned a letter to Warner Bros. concerning the upcoming film, "Joker" (Oct. 4th).  They are expressing concerns because this comic book adaptation has provoked controversy for its violent subject matter.

DC CINEMA - From Variety:  Warner Bros. responds to the letter from friends and family of the victims of the 2012 Aurora, Colorado mass shooting.

From TheNewYorker:  Is fandom become as toxic as politics? "The New Yorker" explores in the article, "Superfans: A Love Story."

DC CINEMA - From Variety:  Two-time Oscar nominee Jonah Hill is reportedly in talks for a secret role in Matt Reeves' "The Batman" film.

DC CINEMA - From THR:  Emmy-winning actor Jeffrey Wright is in talks to play "Commissioner Gordon" in Matt Reeves' "The Batman."

From THR:  Two-time Oscar-nominee, Dean DeBlois ("How to Train Your Dragon"), will write and direct a reboot of the "Micronauts" toyline, which some fans also know as a long-running Marvel Comics title.

From ICv2:  Seven Seas Entertainment announces five new "yuri" (girls' love/lesbian romance) manga titles and SuBLime Manga announces three new "boys' love" titles .

BATMAN DAY 2019 - From THR:  Writer James Tynion IV and artist Tony S. Daniel are the new creative team on the comic book, "Batman."

BATMAN DAY 2019 - From BleedingCool:  Today, Sat. Sept. 21st is "Batman Day 2019," DC Comics will announce the name of the new "Batman" writer.  Rumors say it will be James Tynion IV.

BATMAN DAY 2019 - From BleedingCool:  James Tynion isn't saying anything about getting the Batman gig, but he is taking the congratulations.

From WeGotThisCovered:  The site is reporting that Robert Pattison will play Batman in Warner Bros.' reboot of its "Justice League" film franchise.  Pattison is Batman in director Matt Reeves' "The Batman."

From BleedingCool:  There may be issues between IDW Publishing and its imprint, "Black Crown," run by former DC Comics/Vertigo boss, Shelly Bond.

From Newsarama:  DC Comics has informed comic book stores that its long-running "Specialty Retailer Co-Op Advertising Program" will be "discontinued" at the end of 2019.

From Newsarama:   Tony S. Daniel will produce his first artwork for Marvel Comics in over 20 years - the covers for "The Amazing Spider-Man #35 and #36."

MEMORIAM - From TCJ:  The author Bill Schelly died Thursday, September 12, 2019 at the age of 67.  Schelly was a biographer of noted figures in both Hollywood and American comic books.  As a lifelong comic book fan, Schelly was also a chronicler of comics fandom.

From THR:  First "Birds of Prey" poster releases.

From Newsarama:  Mark Millar is teasing a secret project released from Christmas, which will be a sequel to one of his beloved "Millarworld" comic books series.

From Deadline:  Aaron McGruder's beloved comic strip, "The Boondocks," become a wildly popular Cartoon Network animated series, "The Boondocks."  Now, McGruder and Sony Pictures Animation is rebooting the series for WarnerMedia's streaming service, HBO Max.

From ComicBook:  Kodansha is working on new "Ghost in the Shell" manga.  "Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm" is due this week in Japan.

From ANN:  Noted manga creator, Inio Asano ("Goodnight Punpun") has published a collection of essays on the subject of manga and himself.  "Introduction to a Manga Creator" is available in Japan.

From ComicBook:  Citing unspecified sources, the site is reporting that the current Iron Man series, "Tony Stark: Iron Man" is being cancelled.

From THR:  Matt Mair Lowery and Cassie Anderson have created a short story that has been released in conjuction with the second volume in their graphic novel series, "Lifeformed."  "Lifeformed Vol. 2: Hearts and Minds" is out in comic book shops and is due in bookstores soon.

CROWDFUND - From Kickstarter:  The vampire indie comic book, SUCKER, has a Kickstarter crowfunding campagin.

From JoeShusterAwards:  Canada's "Joe Shuster Awards" for 2019 have been announced.  Chip Zdarsky was named "Outstanding Writers" and Karl Kerschl was named "Outstanding Artist" for his work on "Isola."

From BleedingCool:  In June 2020, DC Comics will begin reprinting its 1970s, "Super Friends," comic book, with the first hardcover volume reprinting "Super Friends #1-26."

DC CINEMA - From BatmanNews:  Todd Phillips, director of "Joker," sets the record straight about comics influencing his film, which stars Joaquin Phoenix in the title role.

From CBR:  Gary Larson's classic newspaper comic, "The Far Side," is apparently returning.  "The Far Side" website says, "Uncommon, unreal, and (soon-to-be) unfrozen. A new online era of The Far Side is coming!"  Readers await more details.

From Newsarama:  The late Joe Kubert's family has sold the school for comic book artists, "The Kubert School," to writer-artist Anthony Marques.

From Variety:  Steven S. DeKnight has quite as the showrunner for Netflix's upcoming "Jupiter's Legacy" series based on the Mark Millar-Frank Quitely comic book.

From Ebony:  The magazines examines the evolution and the impact of the black superhero.

From ComicBook:  Even presidential candidate, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, has something to say about X-Men movie casting rumors.

From CBR:  The late TV and film actor, Sam Gillman (1915 to 1985), drew art for Marvel Comics #1 (October 1939) and appeared in an episode of the original "Star Trek" ("Spectre of the Gun") in which he played Doc Holliday.

From Syfy:  Oni Press' upcoming "The Black Mage" is compared to "Harry Potter."

From CBR:  Five great shojo manga that have been published and five that have not.

From Newsarama:  It was 28 years ago, Sept 13, 1991 that Rob Liefeld's Levi's "501 jeans" television ad debuted.  It was directed by Spike Lee.

From Newsarama:  Two months before its first issue debuts, Image Comics' series, "Undiscovered Country," has had its screen rights sold.

DC CINEMA - From BleedingCool:  James Gunn officially announces the cast of his upcoming film, "The Suicide Squad."

From Newsarama:  Frank Miller will return to the world of his "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" with a one-shot comic book, "The Golden Child," which will be drawn by Rafael Grampa.

From THR:  The "Harbinger" film, based on the Valiant Comics title, is moving from Sony Pictures to Paramount Pictures for development.

From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics will be adapting more of Robert E. Howard's characters to comics, including Solomon Kane, a character that previously appeared in Marvel titles.

From BleedingCool:  The Wachowskis are bringing "The Matrix" comics back, following a recent announcement of a reboot of the film franchise.  "Doc Frankenstein" comics are also being reprinted.

From Collider:  Margot Robbie's "Tank Girl" reboot film reportedly has a director, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte.

DC TV - From TVInsider:  John Wesley Shipp played Flash/Barry Allen in the 1990-91 CBS TV series, "The Flash."  He also appeared on The CW's "The Flash."  Now, word is that Shipp will appear in The CW's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover event later this year.

From Newsarama:  Peter Porker/Spider-Ham will be the star of a five-issue miniseries, "Spider-Ham."

DC CINEMA - From Variety:  Todd Phillips is not interested in a crossover of his film "Joker" with Joaquin Phoenix as Joker and "The Batman" with Robert Pattinson.

From WeGotThisCovered:  Vladimir Medinsky, Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, said "But for an adult to read comics is to admit that ‘I’m a moron, I read comics.'"

From Newsarama:  "Tank Girl" co-creator, writer Alan Martin, says that he has heard that actress Margot Robbie has optioned the rights to make a "Tank Girl" from MGM.

From BleedingCool:  See cover art and interior from the sure-to-be delectable David Bowie graphic novel memoir, "Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns, & Moonage Daydreams" by Steve Horton, Michael Allred and Laura Allred.

From CNN:  The mayor of Rio de Janeiro has been chasing after a Spanish edition of Marvel's trade paperback, "Avengers: The Children's Crusade," because of the depiction of a "gay kiss" between two male characters.  That made the comic book sell out at Rio's biennial box fair.

From ComicBook:  Marvel and Japanese publisher Shueisha are uniting to create six new manga series based on Marvel Comics characters.  The manga will appear in Shonen Jump in Japan.

From BleedingCool:  Writer Nunzio DeFilippis says that he and his wife, writer Christina Weir, have been notified by Marvel that they will get a "character payment" for the film, "X-Men: Dark Phoenix."  Apparently, a minor character they created, Match, appeared in the film.

From BleedingCool:  Apparently, "Doctor Strange: Surgeon Supreme" is coming soon.

From Variety:  WarnerMedia's Crunchyroll, an anime streaming service, is now majority owner of VIZ Media Europe.

From BleedingCool:  Terrific Productions LLC announces "Youngblood Unchained."  No release date or creative team announced.

From Newsarama:  Marvel Entertainment announces its plans for 2019 New York Comic-Con (Thurs., Oct. 3rd to Sun., Oct 6th, 2019).

From Newsarama:  There is a "leaked" teaser for Warner Bros./DC Comics' "Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)."

From Newsarama:  Marvel Entertainment and Scholastic have signed a multi-year deal to produce prose novels based on Marvel characters.  The first two publications will be middle-grade books feature Black Panther's "Shuri" and the Avengers.

From ComicBook:  Todd McFarlane has announced that he is developing two animated series based on his long-running comic book series, "Spawn."  One will be adult-oriented and the other will be aimed at kids.

From TheBeat:  Dark Horse Comics has cut ties with writer Brian Wood in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations.

From TheWrap:   Sunday, Oct. 20th is the debut date for HBO's "Watchmen" adaptation.

From BleedingCool:  Hot gossip says that there will be a "black Batman," or black man will assume the identity of Batman.  But he won't be a new African-American version of Bruce Wayne.

From MentalFloss - The reason adults were never seen in the "Peanuts" comic strip is that creator Charles Schulz believed they were not needed.

DC CINEMA - From LATimes:  Comic book movies may never be the same after "Joker."

From DigitalArtsOnline:  This interview of book and graphic designer, Chip Kidd, talks about his association with Batman and about a Society of Illustrators exhibit for items from Kidd's private collection.

From Vulture:  Adult Swim/Toonami is apparently working on a four-part adaptation of Junji Ito's classic horror manga, "Uzumaki."

From Newsarama:  Artist June Brigman talks about her return to "Power Pack," the comic book she co-created in the 1980s.

DC CINEMA - From Variety:  Todd Phillips' "Joker," starring Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, got an eight-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival.

DC CINEMA - From DigitalSpy:   Todd Phillips, director of "Joker," said that comic book are like Shakespeare because of their continual re-imaginings, as the works of Shakespeare have continually been reworked and re-imagined.  Phillips' "Joker" is a re-imagining of the origin of the ultimate Batman villain, The Joker.


SEPTEMBER 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  September 2019 comics solicitations for 24 publishers on one page
From Newsarama:  AfterShock Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Ahoy Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Antarctic Press for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Archie Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Aspen Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  BOOM! Studios for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Dark Horse Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Drawn & Quarterly for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Dynamite Entertainment for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Fantagraphics Books for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Humanoids for September 2019
From Newsarama:  IDW Publishing for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Image Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Insight for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Lion Forge Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Mad Cave Studios for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Oni Press for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Titan Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Valiant Entertainment for September 2019
From Newsarama:  Vault Comics for September 2019
From Newsarama:  VIZ Media for September 2019

OCTOBER 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  AC Comics for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Ahoy Comics for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Albatross Funnybooks for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Antarctic Press for October 2019
From Newsarama:  BOOM! Studios for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Dark Horse Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Hero Tomorrow for October 2019
From Newsarama:  IDW Publishing for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for October 2019
From BleedingCool:  Keenspot Entertainment for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Lion Forge for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Mad Cave Studios for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Oni Press for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Titan Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Valiant Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Vault Comics for October 2019
From Newsarama:  VIZ Media for October 2019
From Newsarama:  A Wave Blue World for October 2019
From Newsarama:  Yen Press for October 2019

HALLOWEEN COMICFEST 2019:
From Newsarama:  28 comic book titles for the industry's fall event taking place Saturday, October 26, 2019 at participating comic shops worldwide.

DC's HILL HOUSE COMICS Debut Solicitations:
From Newsarama:  These are the solicitations for DC Comics' "Hill House Comics" group overseen by Joe Hill.  The line is scheduled to kick off October 30, 2019 with "Basketful of Heads #1."

NOVEMBER 2019 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From BleedingCool:  Ablaze for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Action Lab for Novmeber 2019
From BleedingCool:  Aftershock Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Ahoy Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Archie Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  BOOM Studios for November 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Dynamite Entertainment for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Fantagraphics Books for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Image Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Lion Forge for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Mad Cave Studios for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Source Point Press for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  Titan Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Valiant Entertainment for November 2019
From Newsarama:  Vault Comics for November 2019
From Newsarama:  VIZ Media for November 2019

NOVEMBER 2019 "ADVANCED" COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  DC Comics advanced solicitations for November 2019 (for acetate covers)
From Newsarama:  "Dawn of X" for November 2019
From BleedingCool:  DC Comics for 2019 with some guessing on the site's part


DECEMBER 2019 COMIC SOLICITATIONS:
From Newsarama:  Antarctic Press for December 2019
From Newsarama:  Archie Comics for December 2019
From Newsarama:  Dark Horse Comics for December 2019
From Newsarama:  DC Comics for December 2019
From Newsarama:  Image Comics for December 2019
From Newsarama:  Marvel Comics for December 2019
From BleedingCool:  Oni Press for December 2019
From Newsarama:  Scout Comics for December 2019
From BleedingCool:  Storm King Productions for December 2019
From Newsarama:  Valiant Entertainment for December 2019
From BleedingCool:  VIZ Media for December 2019


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Saturday, September 28, 2019

Book Review: MY HERO ACADEMIA: School Briefs Volume 2

MY HERO ACADEMIA: SCHOOL BRIEFS, VOL. 2
VIZ MEDIA – @VIZMedia

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

AUTHOR: Anri Yoshi
ORIGINAL STORY: Kohei Horikoshi
TRANSLATION: Caleb Cook
COVER: Kohei Horikoshi with Shawn Carrico
ISBN: 978-1-4215-8271-9; paperback (July 2, 2019)
238pp, B&W, $10.99 U.S., $14.99 CAN, £6.99 U.K.

Created by Kohei Horikoshi, My Hero Academia is a shonen manga.  It is set on an Earth where 80% of the human population has manifested superpowers called “Quirks.”  If someone wants to be a superhero, he or she enrolls in the Hero Academy.  What would a person do, however, if he were one of the 20% born Quirkless?  Middle school student Izuku Midoriya has no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes.  Then, Midoriya meets the greatest hero of them all, All Might, who gives him a chance to change his destiny…

My Hero Academia: School Briefs is a new series of light novels (Japan's version of a “young adult” or “YA” novel) set in the world of My Hero Academia.  The novels are written by Anri Yoshi, based on a stories by Kohei Horikoshi.  The first novel in the series debuted in Japan in 2016, and the series currently stands at four volumes (as of this writing).

VIZ Media, which publishes the My Hero Academia manga as a graphic novel series in North America, also publishes the light novel series.  VIZ recently released the second School Briefs novel in North America in early July 2019 under the title, My Hero Academia: School Briefs, Vol. 2 (subtitled Training Camp: The Inside Story).

My Hero Academia: School Briefs Volume 2– Training Camp: The Inside Story opens at the home of Izuku Midoriya.  All-Might's young protege is in a state of distress.  He is struggling with his math lessons ahead of final exams, and he has to pass.  Qualifying to attend the upcoming training camp is contingent on passing these final exams.  Midoriya isn't the only student stressed out by studies, so study groups abound.

Even if they make it to training camp, the students of U.A. High, “Class 1-A,” will have to share their training camp experiences with the students of “Class 1-B.”  If these aspiring heroes are lucky, they may have an opportunity to get to know each other and to cut loose.

Before I read the first volume of School Briefs this past May, it had been some time since I had last read a light novel.  I have had mixed results with light novels – some good, some mediocre.  Since my VIZ Media press representative started sending me copies of the My Hero Academia light novels, I have had a chance to enjoy even more of this franchise.

My Hero Academia: School Briefs Volume 2 offers a nice surprise.  I almost feel like I am spoiling it for you, dear readers, but, simply put, Vol. 2 is like a summer camp novel, in which readers get to know the students in a new setting.  Yes, this camp is about training and not about summer fun, but the setting allows for some of the youthful indiscretions that can occur at a summer camp.

Training Camp: The Inside Story gives readers the inside story on their favorite young superheroes-in-training.  Although this novel does tease about the trouble ahead, it treats readers to a look at the personalities of numerous characters from the My Hero Academia series, with the exception of Izuku Midoriya.  After all, we already know so much about him, as he is the franchise's star.

So as entries go, My Hero Academia: School Briefs, Vol. 2 is not just another entry.  It is a chance to expand readers' knowledge of the young characters that make up the world of My Hero Academia.  You, dear readers, will even get a chance to enter the home of a wealthy student (Momo Yaoyorozu) and to see a horn-dog boy (Minoru Mineta) in action.

7.5 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Friday, September 27, 2019

Review: BUBBA HO-TEP and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers #2

BUBBA HO-TEP AND THE COSMIC BLOODSUCKERS No. 2
IDW PUBLISHING – @IDWPublishing

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

STORY: Joshua Jabcuga (based on the novel by Joe R. Lansdale) – @jabcuga @joelansdale
ART: Tadd Galusha – @TaddGalusha
COLORS: Ryan Hill
LETTERS: Tom B. Long
EDITOR: Joe Hughes
COVER: Baldemar Rivas
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Baldemar Rivas; Tadd Galusha
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (April 2018)

Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers is a current comic book miniseries adaptation of author Joe R. Lansdale's 2017 novel, Bubba and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers (Subterranean Press).  The novel is a prequel of sorts to Lansdale's 1994 alternative history and dark fantasy novella, “Bubba Ho-Tep.”

Lansdale is a prolific writer of novels and short stories and has also written numerous comic books, including three Jonah Hex miniseries for DC Comics and the graphic novel, Red Range.  SundanceTV's recent series, “Hap and Leonard,” is based on Lansdale's long-running “Hap (Collins) and Leonard (Pine)” series of novels, novellas, and short stories.

Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers the comic book is adapted by writer Joshua Jabcuga; drawn by Tadd Galusha; colored by Ryan Hill; and lettered by Tom B. Long, with covers drawn by Baldemar Rivas.  The comic book follows a fictional version of legendary rock 'n' roll singer and performer, Elvis Presley.  The King of Rock 'n' Roll works for a secret government organization, in which his manager, “The Colonel” (based on the real-world Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker), is his handler, as Presley and a team of operatives fight supernatural threats to the world

As Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers #2 opens, the blind seer, “Blind Man,” leads Elvis and company to an abandoned plantation manor.  He declares that it will be the base of operations from which The Colonel and Elvis and his four-man team will face a monstrous alien threat.  First, however, The Colonel and the Blind Man have a lot of information and mythology to share with the team.  Plus, Elvis learns that he has to pay “the price” and that the current circumstances are all his hip-swiveling and charismatic self's fault.

In my review of Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers #1, I wrote that although the first issue was only 20 pages long (in terms of actual comics), it read like a 32-page tale.  Issue #2 is also 20 pages long and it reads like one of those double-sized comic book annuals that Marvel and DC Comics used to do so well.  Reading this second issue felt like reading 40+ pages tense drama with a generous helping of riveting back story and kooky mythology.

The television series, “The X-Files,” has regular, monster-of-the-week episodes in which Agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder have to unravel the mystery of some monster, creature, or human with dangerous supernatural powers.  The series also offers mythology episodes which addresses or focus on the series' overall story arc concerning government conspiracies involving UFOs and the abduction of humans by beings from other worlds.

Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers #2 is the mythology issue of this miniseries.  I have not (yet) read the novel upon which this comic book is based, but I have read some of Lansdale's other stories.  Series writer Joshua Jabcuga and artist/illustrator take the essence of Lansdale's weird “Bubba” cosmology and distill it into a single comic book.  Now, readers know who, what, where (for the most part) and can prepare themselves for the battles ahead.  I call this a “bible” of Bubba-verse, and this chapter is layered and detailed, yet with simplicity manages to prod our superstitions and fears of things that want to eat and drink us.

It is not giving Jabcuga and Galusha too much credit to say that they have taken a previously published work from another medium and transformed it into something exceptional in a different medium.  Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers #2 convinces me that this series is a dark, nasty, evolved mutant child of classic scary comic books of the past.  This includes titles published by EC Comics and Warren Publications and the Joe Orlando-edited dark fantasy comic books of the late 1960s and 1970s.

Colorist Ryan Hill attacks Tadd Galusha's illustrations and graphical storytelling with angry, red hues.  I would rather believe that Hill painted this comic from a bucket of blood and offal rather than by using a digital palette.  Hill is definitely a co-storyteller along with Lansdale, Jabcuga, and Galusha.  And finally, veteran letterer Tom B. Long fills his word balloons and caption boxes with fonts and text that crawl towards the readers to deliver the gradually building sense of mystery, suspense, and dread of this truly fun to read second issue.

I highly recommend Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Bloodsuckers #2, as I did with the first issue.  Honestly, Baldemar Rivas' cover art for this issue alone is worth the cover price.

10 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Thursday, September 26, 2019

Review: FARMHAND #2

FARMHAND No. 2
IMAGE COMICS – @ImageComics

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

STORY: Rob Guillory – @Rob_guillory
ART: Rob Guillory
COLORS: Taylor Wells
LETTERS: Kody Chamberlain
MISC. ART: Burt Durand (“Farmhand Calendar” design)
32pp, Colors, 3.99 U.S.(August 2018)

Rated “M/ Mature”

Farmhand created by Rob Guillory

Chapter 2: “The Haunted Man”

Farmhand is a new comic book series from comic book creator, Rob Guillory.  Farmhand is written and illustrated by Guillory; colored by Taylor Wells; and lettered by Kody Chamberlain (who also designed the Farmhand logo).  Farmhand focuses on Ezekiel “Zeke” Jenkins, a husband, father, and graphic designer/illustrator.  He returns to the family farm, which now focuses not on “beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes,” but on the growth of human body parts.

Farmhand #2 finds Zeke struggling with troubling dreams which delve into his past troubles, and he is having a difficult time finding work in the old hometown of Freetown.  Meanwhile, at “Jenkins Family Farmaceutical Institute” (formerly known as “Jenkins Family Farm”), Jedidiah “Jed” Elias Jenkins (Pops) is introducing another patient to the wonders of farm-grown body parts.  Behind the scientific advancements and the hometown charm are dark reunions, unexpected acts of kindness, and the menace of plants that should not be menacing.

Farmhand has a darkly humorous sensibility, like some kind of sparkly black comedy.  Zeke Jenkins is our hapless hero, who does not realize that his misgivings barely scratch the surface of the dangerous topsoil that is his new life.  I wish I could yell out to him, “It's worse than you think!”  Guillory mines the most humor from his hero being over his head even when he thinks that he is ahead of the game.

On the other side, Farmhand's secrets are a menace society, a threat that belies Taylor Well's dazzling colors.  We sing about a circle of life and preach recycling, but do we realize that change, even recycling, is destructive... or at least transforming.  That is “The Twilight Zone” element of Farmhand; one's innocence, naivete, or ignorance does not protect one from the unexpected twist of fate or the macabre reality of nature revealed in the final minutes of a Twilight Zone denouement.

In a way, Rob Gullory's Farmhand is the true sequel and true heir to director Philip Kaufman and writer W.D. Richter's creepy, 1978, version of the classic Cold War-era film, Invasion of the Body Snatchers.  The similarity is not so much about plants; rather, it is in the frightening reality of how the catalyst (the plants) changes one person into something completely new and different.  Snatch a copy of Farmhand; read it in bed, but beware of falling asleep near that glass on your bedside.  There is a mint leaf floating in your tea.

9 out of 10

http://RobGuillory.com

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Review: THE GOON #1

THE GOON No. 1 (2019)
ALBATROSS FUNNYBOOKS

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

CARTOONIST: Eric Powell – @goonguy
COLORS: Rachael Cohen and Eric Powell
EDITOR: Tracy Marsh
COVER: Eric Powell
VARIANT COVER ARTIST: Kevin Nowlan
24pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (March 13, 2019)

“A Ragged Return to Lonely Street”

The Goon is a comic book character created by comic book writer-artist, Eric Powell.  The Goon is visually similar to a “heavy” or muscular-type villain from an old-timey Hollywood film or television series.  To me, The Goon looks like a blend of Golden Age Hollywood leading man, actor Sterling Hayden, and Hollywood B-movie cult icon, Rondo Hatton.  The Goon's adventures take place in a supernatural world in which he battles ghosts, ghouls, mutants, and various other monsters, as well as assorted undead/zombie types

The Goon is currently celebrating his twentieth anniversary.  He has been the star of his own comic book series, The Goon, beginning in 1999, with most of his comic book run spent at Dark Horse Comics.  Powell recently relaunched The Goon series via his own comic book publishing company, Albatross Funnybooks (formerly Albatross Exploding Funny Books).  The new series is written, drawn, and lettered by Powell and colored by Rachael Cohen and Powell.

The Goon #1 (“A Ragged Return to Lonely Street”) finds The Goon and his pals, Franky and Rosco, returning to “the town with no name” after a time spent abroad serving with a mysterious organization (a tale for another publication).  The Goon expects the town to be changed, since he cleaned the place up of supernatural baddies before he left... but even the zombies are back.

Now, needing a place to stay, The Goon and Franky must deal with a shady character, Horace Sinckelits (“Realtor of the Damned”).  Plus, there is the issue of “Baby Galahad the East-Side Ghoul,” one of several unsavory types who have stepped in to fill the void The Goon left behind.

I am not a big fan of The Goon, but I enjoy reading it from time to time.  My eyes, however, are always hoping to take in more of Eric Powell's beautiful art and illustrations.  The Goon is truly an oddball creation.  I think of it this way:  if you took the tone and spirit of the horror comic books published by Marvel, DC Comics, and Warren Publications (to name a few) and blended them with the sensibilities of MAD Magazine; next, added a sprinkle of the more humorous episodes of Will Eisner's The Spirit; then, placed it in a Film-Noir big city setting, you would have The Goon.

The Goon also has more than one great character.  First, there is the title character, and secondly, there is the irascible Franky, whose dialogue sounds like a low-level criminal-hood type from a Hollywood gangster movie.  Powell makes Franky funny practically one-hundred percent of the time, and so, Franky makes The Goon twice as good.  Honestly, I really can't get enough of a character; I guess I'm a Franky fanboy slash homer.

Now, that I think about.  I liked The Goon #1 (2019) so much that I don't want to read it from time to time.  I want to read it every issue.

http://www.thegoon.com/albatross.html

8.5 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Review: HEROES IN CRISIS #1

HEROES IN CRISIS No. 1 (OF 9)
DC COMICS – @DCComics

[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]

STORY: Tom King
ART: Clay Mann
COLORS: Tomeu Morey
LETTERS: Clayton Cowles
EDITOR: Jamie S. Rich
COVER: Clay Mann with Tomeu Morey
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: J.G. Jones with Paul Mounts; Francesco Mattina; Mark Brooks; Ryan Sook
32pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (November 2018)

Rated “T+” for “Teen Plus”

Part 1: “I'm Just Warming Up”

Heroes in Crisis is a recently launched nine-issue event miniseries from DC Comics.  It is written by Tom King and drawn by Clay Mann, and finds the heroes of the DC Universe facing a crisis in the one place that they can find healing.  Colorist Tomeu Morey and letterer Clayton Cowles complete the Heroes in Crisis creative team.

Heroes in Crisis #1 (“I'm Just Warming Up”) opens at a small diner in rural Gordon, Nebraska.  Here, Booster Gold and Harley Quinn will engage in a bloody fight.  Meanwhile, the Trinity:  Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are racing to Sanctuary, an ultra-secret hospital for superheroes who have been traumatized by crime-fighting and cosmic combat.  Patients are winding up dead, and Gold and Quinn could be the reason.

Classic DC Comics prestige miniseries like Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen had killer first issues that had most readers coming back for more, some of them even chomping at the bits for the second issue.  Heroes in Crisis #1 is not a killer first issue, but readers will come back for more because that is the thing to do.

Sometimes, it seems as if comic book readers must read event comic books simply because they will be something different, if not better, than the status quo of the monthly and regularly published comic book series.  After all this is an event miniseries, and that is what many comic book readers do – come back for the second issue of the event.  If Heroes in Crisis does not live up to the hype fewer readers will come back for each succeeding issue, but many will see the series through to the end.

I can say that the art team of illustrator Clay Mann and colorist Tomeu Morey are delivering some absolutely beautiful art.  It's like eye candy!  This may also be Clay Mann's best work to date; at least, I think so.

I will read the second issue, but if you choose to ignore Heroes in Crisis...  Well, it won't be like missing out on Batman: The Dark Knight Returns or Watchmen.

5.5 out of 10

Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"


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