Flash #12

• The Flash #12 review at ScienceFiction.com
• The Flash #12 at Weekly Comic Book Review
• The Flash #12 review at Population GO
• The Flash #12 at The Culture Cast with Zack and Nick
• Flash #12 review by Comic Book and Movie Reviews
• Flash #12 and more at Weekly Crisis

Flash Annual #1

• Flash Annual #1 Review at Comic book movie
• The Flash Annual #1 review at ScienceFiction.com
• Flash Annual #1 review at The Culture Cast
• Comics Pick of the Week: The Flash Annual #1 at Entropic Worlds

Other

• Flash: Crossfire review by W.L. Swarts

Catching up on linkblogging!

Flashy links

• The Weekly Crisis Moments of the Day: Flash Stops on a Dime and Super Speed and Baseball
• That F’ing Monkey: Cosmic Treadmill, Shark Week and Superhero Sexy Time
• Jesse Quick cosplay
• Mirror Master at FFA
• Captain Cold makes Angelus’ list of DC Comics’ Greatest Villains at Comic Book Movie
• Cast of LOST in Flash #12
• Agent of S.T.Y.L.E. – FLASH Fashion Facts at Newsarama

And be sure to follow The Rogues Kick Ass and The Fastest Fan Alive!

Flash Reviews

• The Culture Cast reviews The Flash #11
• Martin Gray reviews DCU Presents #12: Kid Flash
• Murtha reviews DCU Presents #12
• Barry Allen’s Comics reviews DC Universe Presents #12
• Collected Editions reviews Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told
• CBR reviews The Flash #12
• My Humble Review: Flash #12
• Barry Alen’s Comics reviews Flash #12
• DC Signature Series The Flash (Jay Garrick) Figure Review

Art

• Jay Garrick Flash Commission by Andrew J Harmon on deviantART
• The Line it is Drawn: Tribute to Joe Kubert
• Superhero 101 fan art at The Line it is Drawn (CSBG)
• Patterns: Joe Kubert “false sense of security” covers
• Impulse- Bart Allen Cross Stitch
• Flash (Wally West) Custom Action Figure

More DC comics

• Who's Who: The Definitive Podcast of the DC Universe, Vol 3 – Firestorm Fan
• Grumpy Old Fan: Used universes
• Justice League Customizable Photo Frame found by Firestorm Fan
• A Bunch of Vehicles Talk Smack About Wonder Woman’s Robot Plane (CSBG)
• How the New 52 saved comics – The Beat
• The webcomic “Little League” is now called JL8 due to trademark issues

Comics History

• CBLDF has a fascinating set before-and-after comparisons showing of pre-Comics Code stories that were reprinted after the Code went into effect, and what had to be changed to appease it.
• Comic book styles from around the world – How do comics reflect the countries they were created in?
• Taking comics seriously at Colgate Connect includes the history of American comics in 6 panels (via The Beat)

More Comics and Fandom

• Comic Relief interviews Mark Waid on Joe Kubert, Daredevil, cynicism, BOOM!, Superman and more.
• Why Comic-to-Screen Translation is So Difficult – Comic Book Movie
• Mark Waid’s 4 Panels That Never Work – The Gutters
• A Comics Crusader Takes On The Digital Future – NPR interviews Mark Waid
• Olympians: Superhero Bodies and What Real Athletes Look Like – ComicsAlliance
• Coming back to your LCS and keeping up the relationship with comics (IFanboy and Robot 6)
• KC Column on moving comics at Westfield. I only have 25-30 years’ worth, and my last move convinced me to cut them down severely. They have a lot more! (via Comics Worth Reading)
• Taking the Comic Out of the Comic Con – The Culture Cast with Zack and Nick talks Wizard World Chicago

Catching up on linkblogging…

Flashy Links

• Losing Weight The Barry Allen Way! at Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!!
• DCU Club Infinite Earth 2013 Pictures [dead link] of including Wally West, Elongated Man, Larfleeze and more.
• That F’ing Monkey: Aw Yeah Comics

And of course there’s always new stuff at The Rogues Kick Ass and The Fastest Fan Alive.

Art

• Great fan art mashups for CSBG’s The Line it is Drawn #100 including Magneto vs the Borg and a lot more
• Justice League of the Wild West by Denis Medri
• DC steampunk by J.L. Straw at Ladies Making Comics
• Get Your Own Parody Comic Book Portrait! – Once Upon a Geek
• Art: MFA Superhero Typographic Classifications on the Behance Network – Superheroes drawn using letters and symbols from different styles of fonts.
• Davis Willis (Shortpacked!, Dumbing of Age) is working on a COIE homage poster featuring the Walkyverse and DoA versions of his characters. [Edit: linked to a post further along in the process.]
• A Compendium of Cool Comics Cosplay: August 3rd

Cons

• Fixing the cons of Comic-Con – UTSanDiego
• With SDCC over, SoCal comics fans can plan for fall events like Long Beach Comic and Horror Con and Stan Lee’s Comikaze. Here’s my Long Beach 2011 writeup and photos

Comics Industry Commentary

• Interesting thoughts: Vertigo Comics – A Decline of an Empire at The Weekly Crisis
• Thought-provoking article at The Beat: Why DC and Marvel will never truly target female readers. Don’t miss responses: Even Glaciers Melt at DC Women Kicking Ass and It Ain’t Over at Comic Book Grrrl.
• Grumpy Old Fan: Consequences, consistency and idea-making in a shared universe.
• Cartoonist Battles Frivolous Lawsuits with Comedic Protest – CBLDF on the Oatmeal/Funnyjunk/Carreon case
• The Hobbit being stretched into 3 movies reminds me of last year’s post, What If…Lord of the Rings had been an “Event” Comic?
• Interesting question & responses at Newsarama: Is Continuity Really A Draw For Superhero Universes?
• DC sales analysis for June at The Beat

More Comics

• Read Comics in Public Day is coming up on August 28 (via The Beat)
• Dark Knight Rises: Bane as the Cumulative Villain – 4thletter
• It’s been nearly 5 years since Flash artist Mike Wieringo’s death. Honor his memory with a donation to The Hero Initiative on M-Day – Mark Gruenwald/Mike Wieringo Memorial (August 12)
• It turns out there’s a Tamaran Building in Pasadena, California.
• Wild Blue Yonder, a 5-issue miniseries by Zach Howard Mike Raicht Austin Harrison, looks like it could be cool. “In a post-apocalyptic society in the sky, Cola, a teenaged girl fighter pilot fights to protect The Dawn, her flying fortress and home.” They’ve been working on it off and on for a few years and are raising funds on Kickstarter to focus on the project, due for release next year.

• Comic Vine reviews The Flash #11
• Barry Allen’s Comics reviews Flash #11
• The Flash #11 Review – IGN
• The Flash 11 review at Retcon Punch
• REVIEW: The Flash #11 – Major Spoilers
• The Flash #11 review at Population GO
• The Flash #11 at Weekly Comic Book Review
• The Culture Cast reviews Flash #11 [New]

Flashy Links

• Villain Spotlight: Double Down and Funko Pop Returns at That F’ing Monkey.
• Student creates the world’s fastest shoe with a printer (Geek.com)
• The Culture Cast reviews Flash #10
• Show us your . . . Flash museum at Chicago Reader
• The Weekly Crisis Moment of the Day: Why Fly When You Can Run?

Comic-Con Follow-Up

• Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo is ramping up publicity for September’s show in Los Angeles. Read about my experience & photos from last year
• Committed: The Altered State of Comic-Con (CSBG) considers what Comic-Con, trade shows and big festivals like Burning Man have in common.

Comics & Movies

• Comics Alliance asks: Why Don’t Hit Superhero Movies Lead to More Comics Sales?
• The Culture Cast on IMAX and 3D movies
• Scott Mendelson: Who Needs Origins? 8 Comic Book Films That Just Dove Right In (Huffington Post)

More Comics & Stuff

• Collected Editions reviews Static Shock: Supercharged and examines how creative conflicts damaged the resulting work.
• Weird: Official Fake Justice League Minifigures in Japan designed to look like knock-offs. (Comics Alliance)
• The Naive Project: Brain aneurysm survivor Siike Donnelly is seeking artists for a “jam” style comic to raise funds for the Brain Aneurysm Foundation (Comics Cure)
• The Gold Standard talks character rollbacks at Comics Nexus/Inside Pulse
• Comics Not Just For Kids Anymore, Reports 85,000th Mainstream News Story. It’s true. The Onion only had to make up the numbers.
• Economically Healthy ‘Daily Planet’ Now Most Unrealistic Part Of Superman Universe – another good Onion story
• Fan art: Era-Displaced Comic Book Characters in the latest “The Line It Is Drawn” at CSBG

Some weekend linkblogging…

Flashy Links

• So this is where Wally West has been hanging out. Holy Hangover, Batman
• Eaglemoss New 52 Kid Flash figurine plus custom Linda Park and custom Max Mercury by Ciro Di Lella – Fastest Fan Alive
• That F’ing Monkey spotlights the Flash in Little League
• Super-Team Family: The Lost Issues!: The Flash and the Invaders mash-up

Flash #10 Reviews

• IGN
• Weekly Comic Book Review
• ScienceFiction.com
• CBR
• Population GO

Other DC

• Who’s Who: The Definitive Podcast of the DC Universe, Vol II – Firestorm Fan
• The Not So New DCU – Girls Gone Geek
• Review: Batman: Earth One at Collected Editions
• Comics Nexus looks at Flash, Superman, Savage Hawkman & All Star Western in the DC Relaunch: 52 Weeks Later Part 4

More Comics

• Brian Buccellato’s Foster #4 and Foster Anthology are now available in the Dog Year store.
• Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely at Glasgow Comic Con
• Podcasters hold weight loss challenge/fundraiser to benefit the Hero Initiative: Becoming Less of a Man for your Heroes
• MonkeyBrain Comics Launches Early
• Insufferable takes another swerve this week at Thrillbent
• Superhero Economics: Bruce Wayne vs. Peter Parker [INFOGRAPHIC] at Block Talk
• The Shackles of Taste – sampling new comics vs. reading what you like (via Robot 6)
• Oliver Nome (Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost, Fathom: Kiana) is recovering from brain tumor surgery. The campaign to help him cover his costs is $2,059 from its goal.