Speed Reading: State of the DCU & Comics Industry

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Some more linkblogging.

Around the DC Universe:

Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, Gotham Central and the New 52 at Grumpy Old Fan
LEGO Batman 2 gameplay demo video from E3 – IGN
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day (Wally west Edition): Which legacy hero should be in the big leagues?
The ORIGINAL Zero Month, remembered at Westfield Comics (via Comics Worth Reading)
5 things the DCU can learn from Young Justice – Blue Yonder

State of the Comics Industry…

Who benefits from DRM? (Not the consumer) – 4thletter
Batwoman #0 and the ridiculousness of comics numbering Eye on Comics
The Beat asks: Whatever happened to the superstar artist?
Publisher’s Weekly interviews Mark Waid about Thrillbent and digital comics
Interesting breakdown of comic book movies at Nat’s TV or Not TV: Those based on comics created before 1982 are mostly based on publisher-owned concepts. Those based on comics created after 1982 are mostly based on creator-owned concepts. (via The Beat)
ComiCON-versation #8 Programming the comicon experience. – The Beat

And some more general comics links…

Breaking the Wednesday habit – 4thLetter. (I had a similar experience when I started a job too far away to get to my regular comic shop during the week, and had to switch to the weekend crowd. I’m back to Wednesdays, but far too often I don’t have time to read until the weekend anyway.)
10 Most Iconic Comic Book Covers Of All Time – Brian Cronin
The 6 Most Half-Assed Superhero Origins of All Time — Cracked.com
A letter from Sheldon Mayer (cartoonist and editor of the Golden-Age Flash) at The Comics Journal

Speed Reading: Flashy Links & Art

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Some weekend linkblogging.

First the Flashy stuff…

Mark Waid reveals the Secret First Appearance of the Flash at Blastoff Comics
Moment of the Day – Flash vs. Black Racer at The Weekly Crisis
Flash drive pun fail at Failbook
5 inch Flash at That F’ing Monkey
Adobe has announced that they’re shutting down mobile Flash for Android 4.1. Some of the articles in the tech press have taken a punny approach, like VentureBeat and Techcitement. I actually would have gone with the second issue of “Emergency Stop,” but I think Techcitement’s choice of “You’ll never run again” is better, because of the double meaning of “run” when it comes to software.

Some art…

What if Pixar made a Justice League movie? at Kotaku
If comic characters had been created by VERY different artists – CSBG
You’re reading Little League, the fan webcomic about the Justice League as elementary school children, right?
Interview with Dustin Koetsch, artist of DC Minimalist Posters, at Firestorm Fan
Tons of new Flash & Rogues scans & fan art at The Rogues Kick Ass

Top 4 Favorite Flash Memories – Contest Results!

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Thanks to everyone who participated in our Favorite Flash Memory contest celebrating four years of Speed Force! 45 of you shared your stories of the Flash and Flash fandom, and 142 of you voted for the top four.

And now, the results are in!*

#1 with 36 votes: Wally East

My favorite memory of The Flash is him helping me through the end of a particularly bad training run. The run was just one of those sucky runs happens now and then. Toward the end, I started remembering how in a story I had just read (I can’t remember what story at the moment) had pushed harder and harder even though he wanted to stop. He didn’t let the pain stop him. He hit the wall and kept running hard. I thought about how Wally is just a regular guy with superspeed. If he could hang in, so could I since I’m a regular guy, too, just with regular-guy speed 🙂

Wally East wins our grand prize: a 1st Appearance Jay Garrick action figure, a Flash: Rebirth #4 variant cover signed by Geoff Johns, and a Flash: Rebirth poster! Congratulations, Wally!

Jay Garrick 1st Appearance action figure, Flash Rebirth #4 variant signed by Geoff Johns, Flash: Rebirth poster

Read on for the rest of the winners! Continue reading →

DC Signature Collection Mirror Master

Flash Secret Files and Origins

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A group of character-focused comics blogs have gotten together for a crossover event featuring DC Comics’ Secret Files and Origins books:

Aquaman @ The Aquaman Shrine
The Atom @ Power of the Atom
Doctor Fate @ Tower of Fate
Firestorm @ Firestorm Fan
Green Lantern @ The Indigo Tribe
Hawkman @ Being Carter Hall
Martian Manhunter @ The Idol-Head of Diabolu
Renee Montoya @ Who is the Question?
Phantom Stranger @ I Am The Phantom Stranger
Steel @ DC Bloodlines
Suicide Squad @ Subject: Task Force X
Supergirl @ Supergirl Comic Box Commentary
Wonder Woman @ Diana Prince
Zatanna @ Justice League Detroit

Today’s event was organized by Diabolu Frank and Anj. We here at Speed Force missed this one (unless you count posting this cover at the last minute), but we’ve participated in a number of past crossovers with the same group, including the original Crisis on Earth-Blog highlighting the George Perez/Alex Ross cover for the collected Crisis on Infinite Earths, celebrating the Super-Powers 25th Anniversary, posing a piece of the DC Challenge, plugging lesser-known comics with Read This Too!, Mayfairstivus’ look back at the DC Heroes RPG, and most recently Animated Anthem Day.

This Week: Flash #10 (with Preview), Digital Flashback #31-33

Out this week:
Flash #10

THE FLASH vs. THE WEATHER WIZARD!
The Flash may survive…but will BARRY ALLEN?

Written by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato
Cover by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato
Art by Marcus To and Ray McCarthy
Preview at Complex.

Marcus To and Ray McCarthy are handling interior art for issues #10-11 to give Manapul & Buccellato a bit of a breather before they take over again with #12.

Digital back-issues on ComiXology:

Flash (1987-2009) #31-33
Written by William Messner-Loebs
Art by Greg LaRocque and Larry Mahlstedt

Some real transitional issues. Flash #31, “Comfort of a Stranger,” re-introduces the Pied Piper as a member of the supporting cast and introduces Linda Park. (She appeared briefly in #28 in her role as a TV news reporter.) In Flash #32, Wally West leaves New York for Keystone City and finds super-villains already waiting for him. Flash #33 guest-stars the Joker…or does it?

» Flash v.2 on ComiXology