Monthly Archives: August 2009

Quick Thoughts: Weekly Twitter for 2009-08-23

Some highlights from this week’s Twitter activity.

  • Interesting. DC is doing second printings of Wednesday Comics #1 and 2 next week.
  • Kaja and Phil Foglio’s acceptance speech for Girl Genius’ Hugo award…in comic-book form!
  • Retweeting @sterlinggates: Told you I met Kid Flash. [Hint: check his icon!]
  • Wonder how many comic shops will hold sales during the post-Xmas skip week to keep regulars coming in?
  • Please help identify these unknown cosplay characters!
  • Something different for #followfriday: Weird news @ThisIsTrue; Weird @AlYankovic; Funny spam subjects @lol_spam
  • I wonder how DC will collect the Blackest Night tie-in minis. 6 short trades? 2 or 3 longer BN Companion books w/several minis in each?

Humor

  • Trying to remember which issue this was (yes, it’s real) RT @karlkerschl: Grodd for Governor! The time is NOW!!! [Edit: @SpeedsterSite reminded me it was Flash v.1 #127, “Reign of the Super-Gorilla”]
  • I’ll just look at this one article on TV Tropes…
  • Archie dances the Mephisto Waltz.
  • RT @lol_spam: “Stylish cell phones that help you do more.” – I saw those in Transformers. Not sure I’d want one – they’re real nasty. #spam
  • Follow-up RT @lol_spam: “If your old watch is killing you, get a new one.” Why do people keep exposing their electronics to the All-Spark?
  • Hah! “the only advantage of living forever is having the time to read all of TV Tropes.”

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Speed Reading: Archenemies, SBP, CFJ, Smallville, Art, and More

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Some weekend linkblogging.

Commentary

The Speedster Site Forum wants to know: Who do you consider the Flash’s archenemy?

The Weekly Crisis posts thoughts on comics for November. Regarding Superboy Prime’s upcoming appearance in Adventure Comics #4 (a Blackest Night tie-in), Ryan says, “The only way this won’t make me even more annoyed with the end of Legion of Three Worlds is if the Superboy Prime scenes are actually just him ranting on message boards.”

ICv2’s Confessions of a Comic-Book Guy discusses two events in Justice League: Cry For Justice #2: one now infamous among comics discussion circles, the other the less-commented-on off-panel killing of Jay Garrick’s three dimwitted sidekicks.

Update: IO9 talks to Mark Waid about The Unknown, science, and death, and has the first issue online for free. The Unknown has been an excellent miniseries, and I’m really looking forward to the conclusion on Wednesday.

Art

Photon Torpedoes looks at the use of ghost images to show the Flash’s speed in Blackest Night.

Adventure Comics artist Francis Manapul has posted photos of several convention sketches he’s done this year, including the Flash and Kid Flash! Elfgrove posts a scan of another Francics Manapul Kid Flash. Update: Manapul has posted a follow-up with more sketches after asking fans to send in their scans.

Update: Former Impulse artist Craig Rousseau shares a sketch of Bart Allen.

Television

Geoff Johns drops a hint about his upcoming Smallville episode, “Society:”

The Justice Society will be heroes that come out of ‘retirement’ to see how the current generation operates. Can’t say much more than that right now. Sorry! 🙂

Superhero Shows spotlights the Flash’s TV appearances in cartoons and live-action, from the early Filmation cartoons of the 1960s through to recent appearances on Smallville and Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

Conventions

Long Beach Comic-Con (October 2-4) is running a “Why Long Beach?” series on life outside the convention. So far they’ve posted nearby attractions and a restaurant guide.

Please help identify these Unknown Cosplay Characters from various conventions! I’ve got a few of my own photos in there of people who had interesting costumes, but I still have no idea who they were dressed as!

Can the Flash Survive Another 6-Part Epic Relaunch?

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Flash: Rebirth #1 - Variant - thumbnailThe writers and artists have changed. The face under the Flash’s mask has changed. But there’s one thing that the three Flash relaunches we’ve seen since Infinite Crisis all share: pacing.

For some reason, every time DC has relaunched the Flash lately, they’ve done it with a slow burn.

Rising Action: Speedsters Slowing Down

Now, I have no problem with slow burns in general. I really did like most of Final Crisis, for instance (and that was almost all slow burn), and as frustrating as Flash: Ignition was at the time, I really like the story in retrospect — but as a break from the crazy pace of Run Riot and Blitz. Just about everything I’ve read or watched by JMS has used a slow build-up to something huge, from Babylon 5 to Squadron Supreme (some to better effect than others).

But I don’t think it’s the best structure to launch a character whose main claim to fame is speed…especially when it’s serialized.

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Creator Catch-Up: Johns on Shazam, EVS & Guice at C2E2, Remembering Ringo

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The Hollywood Reporter, well, reports that Geoff Johns will co-write a Shazam! movie with Billy Birch. So, what do you think? Is Geoff Johns cut out to write a super-hero with a red costume that has yellow and white trim and a lightning motif? featuring Captain Marvel (via CBR and )

Flash artists Ethan Van Sciver (Flash: Rebirth) and Jackson Guice (early Wally West solo issues) are among the guests of honor at C2E2 in Chicago next year.

Ain’t It Cool News talks with Geoff Johns about Blackest Night, Flash: Rebirth, and the Flash and Green Lantern movies.

More sites remember Mike Wieringo: Panels on Pages remembers the artist through Tellos. Pipeline reprints the original column with some updates on matters such as the ‘Ringo scholarship, the What If…? tribute book, and so forth.

One Week to Flash: Rebirth #4

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Flash: Rebirth #4 - real coloringIt’s been a long wait since issue 3, but Flash: Rebirth #4 is not only on DC’s schedule for August 26, it’s on Diamond’s upcoming releases list for comics shipping next week. It’s very rare for a book to slip once it’s made it to that list, though it does happen from time to time. (Hey, Dabel Bros.! Where’s Robert Jordan’s New Spring #7!) *ahem!*

Here’s the current schedule:

Issue Orig. Date Actual Date Gap Delay
Flash: Rebirth #1 April 1 April 1 3 months* On time
Flash: Rebirth #2 May 6 May 6 5 weeks On time
Flash: Rebirth #3 June 10 June 10 5 weeks On time
Flash: Rebirth #4 July 22 Aug. 26 11 weeks 5 weeks
Flash: Rebirth #5 Aug. 26 Oct. 14** 7 weeks 7 weeks
Flash: Rebirth #6 Sep. 30 Nov. 25** 6 weeks 8 weeks

*Since Flash v.2 #247

**Well, currently-scheduled date, anyway.