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The Wests in…Crisis on Castoff Earth (Fan Art)

Crisis on Castoff Earth by Xum Yukinori, featuring Wally West, Donna Troy, Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown and more

Crisis on Castoff Earth by Xum Yukinori, from this week’s The Line It Is Drawn feature at Comics Should Be Good. You may recall his Flash of Two Worlds homage from a previous installment featuring the Earth-1 and New 52 versions of Barry Allen.

This week’s topic: post-apocalyptic versions of comic book characters. rodtownsend suggested: “Wally West, Donna Troy, Stephanie Brown (and anyone similarly deNUded) hanging out at the end of the world.”

Click through to see a larger version of the image, plus some other great ones including: Optimus Prime, Road Warrior…Scott Pilgrim vs. the End of the World…Squirrel/Tank Girl and more.

Plush Rogue dolls

seven_plushie_rogues__wish_you_a_merry_christmas__by_furrychaos-d5p7vrz Jen has made a name for herself in Rogues fandom with her adorable homemade plush dolls. She’s also made Deadpool, but the majority of her dolls have been Rogues! I asked her some questions, and she’s generously answered with tips and hints about how she makes them and how other people might make their own.

She has more pictures of her dolls and personal photography at her DeviantArt account, which you can find here. Check it out!

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Flash/Impulse This Week: Supergirl Guest Spot, Smallville, Flashbacks to Riddler & Flash #101

Supergirl #16

The Flash guest-stars in Supergirl #16, part of the “H’el on Earth” crossover in the Superman titles.

  • The assault on the Fortress of Solitude rages on!
  • Supergirl finds herself having to defend H’El from Superman, Superboy and the Justice League!

Written by: Mike Johnson
Art by: Mahmud Asrar
Cover by: Mahmud Asrar

PopMatters has a preview of the issue.

Also this week: the next digital-first chapter of “Haunted” in Smallville Season 11, guest-starring Impulse. Bart has come to Clark for help with the monster than pursues him whenever he reaches top speed. Together, can Superman and Impulse handle the Black Flash?

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Gerry Conway Long Video Interview on DVD (Kickstarter)

Bronze age comics legend Gerry Conway recently sat down for an extensive career retrospective interview. Conway is known for co-creating the Punisher, Firestorm and Power Girl (amongst others), writing the death of Gwen Stacy and many, many more comics before moving into screenwriting in the 1980s.

Topics covered in the 3 1/2 hours include:

  • How he got started writing comics
  • Killing Gwen Stacy and Green Goblin
  • Creating the Punisher
  • Becoming editor in chief of Marvel comics
  • DC/Marvel crossovers
  • Creating new characters
  • Justice League Detroit
  • Some incredible Stan Lee stories
  • And much more

Interviewer Roger Priebe is running a Kickstarter campaign to edit and print DVDs. You can pre-order a copy of the DVD for $20 or a signed copy for $30, or you can contribute anywhere from $1 on up to fund the project.

With 12 days to go until February 4, the campaign is currently at $1,300 of its $2,000 goal.

Flash #293 - Firestorm and Atomic Skull