Some weekend linkblogging…

Art

• Super-heroes mashed up with famous paintings (CSBG) – Wonder Woman Mona Lisa, Jubilee/Wolverine American Gothic & more.
• Dark Knight Latte (DCWKA)
• The Illegal Aliens: Flash Rebirth
• Flashfacts! behind the scenes at Heroes!

Flashy Links

• Comic Geek: Barry Allen vs the Flash
• Flash Fact: I outnerded the internet with comic book knowledge – Aaron Poehler

Flashpoint

• Flashpoint / DC Who’s Who at Comics Alliance
• Whats up with DC Comics’ dystopian reality series Flashpoint? Geoff Johns gives us hints (IO9)
• Page-by-page with Flashpoint #1 (CSBG)
• 5 Wishes for DC’s Rumored Post-FLASHPOINT Plans (Newsarama) – I find myself agreeing with all of them.
• DC’s Post-FLASHPOINT Silence Raises Questions, Promotes Rumors

Other Comics Stuff

• Continuity is a two-edged sword. It keeps current fans reading, but I see a lot of this sort of question on Reddit: As a non-reader, I find superhero comics daunting. Where do you even start?
• The Myth of the Sell Out Announcement (iFanboy)
• Mark Waid interview at Sotocolor

More linkblogging for the weekend…

Flashy Links

• Showcase #4 sells for $100,000 (first appearance of Barry Allen) – Bleeding Cool.
• Five Goofiest Moments in The Flash (v1) #175-180 at Comics Should Be Good
• The Best Flash Comics of the Decade – UGO on next week’s Flash by Geoff Johns Omnibus
• The Shade by Gene Ha – The Rogues kick ass.
• How to Survive Using the Power of SuperSpeed – Part 1 – All About the Flash
• Review: Journey Into Mystery 623 And Flash 12 – Bleeding Cool
• Flash Friday: Monkey Trials – That F’ing Monkey
• The Number 1 item in Devin “The Flash” Johnson’s Flash collection – The Fastest Fan Alive
• Remake & Reboot: The Flash Movie – iFanboy
• Flash video game full cast by Roger Robinson for the canceled Flash Video Game (via TRKA)

Other Comics

• Smallville/DC Comics Character Comparison
• Young Justice coming to DVD in July
• ComicsAlliance asks: Are Angry Comic Book Fans Better for Sales?

Some weekend linkblogging as we race toward Flashpoint.

Flash Art.

• Flash sketch by Mike Bowden, artist of DC RetroActive: The Flash – 90s
• Francis Manapul draws Kid Flash, XS and Captain Boomerang, Jr.. I agree: This needs to happen in Flashpoint!
• I remember readers talking about the “Flashcredibles” a few years back. I don’t think this Incredibles Flash is what they had in mind.

Flash and Flashpoint.

• That F’ing Monkey: Captain Cold, Television Star
• Comics Nexus spots a stealth Flashpoint tie-in starring XS in Adventure Comics #526. They also have several pages from the FCBD Flashpoint Preview.
• Speed Force contributor Devin “The Flash” Johnson has been posting his top 10 Flash collectibles at Fastest Fan Alive
• USA Today: “Flashpoint”: Not the DC heroes you know
• Grumpy Old Fan considers the possible long-term implications of Flashpoint, asking, Who’s got room for Professor Zoom?

Other comics stuff.

• The Beat: Does anyone care if there are comics at a comic-con?
• Young Justice vol.1 is available digitally through DC Comics/Comixology. (via @TheFlashReborn)

Linkblogging: reviews of the latest issue of The Flash.

• CBR
• IGN
• Weekly Comic Book Review
• True Believer Reviews
• Inside Pulse
• iFanboy
• Heretical Jargon
• Speed Force (but you’ve seen this one already, right?)

The linkblogging’s a bit light this week.

• Flash Friday – McDonald’s Again? – That F’ing Monkey
• Cover art process for Flashpoint: Reverse Flash at The Source
• TINY TITANS Up for 2nd Eisner As Flashpoint Issue Approaches – Newsarama
• Oh, heck yeah! Why Everyone Should (Legally) Download Chase drawn by J.H. Williams III – ComicsAlliance
• DEXSTAR licence plate (via Reddit)
• My article on the Flash artist switch got picked up by Bleeding Cool.

And my favorite blogspam of the week: “you know it’s time for a haircut when you can make yourself look like sonic the hedgehog this easily.” I forget what the link was for — the usual fake watches or something.