Catching up on some linkblogging for the last few weeks…

Flash Collectibles

• Blackest Night Flash Halloween Costume at The Fastst Fan Alive. Three letters: W. T. F.
• Mini-Mates Flash (TFFA)
• Flash in Action League at That F’ing Monkey
• Flash and the Big Bang Theory – That F’ing Monkey
• The Flash x Mimoco Mimobot Flash Drive Pictures at The Fastest Fan Alive
• Eaglemoss Mirror Master – That F’ing Monkey

Flash Art

• The travels of Funko Flash (by Frankie Gatdula)
• Ouch! Speed Farce by ~JoeEngland on deviantART
• The Secret Origin of the Flash…Revealed! by Francis Manapul. I’d always wondered what chemicals were on that shelf.

Flash Commentary

• Superman v. Flash – not the way you think, though — Barry Allen’s Comics and more
• The Flash makes Newsarama’s list of the Best DC NEW 52 Series So Far
• DC’s approach to Wally West and how he can (or can’t) fit into the New 52 (A Wild Crisis Appears!)
• Beyond the Panels: Why I love The Flash
• Culture of Craig: Flashback, Looking back on years as a Flash fan
• Where’s Wally?: A Fangirl’s Search for The Missing Flash – Noise Shark Media
• Flash’s Rogues vs.Captain America’s Rogues Gallery
• Comic book job evaluations: Barry Allen, forensic scientist

• Who influenced DC Comics more: Wolfman/Perez or Moore? – Grumpy Old Fan (Robot 6)
• DC Comics Month-to-Month Sales: April 2012 — The Beat. “Given high-ticket writer Geoff Johns’ absence, this is probably one of the surprise hits among the bunch”
• Long-term impact of the New 52 on DC sales – comiks debris
• Kotaku: The Lego Batman 2 Video Game Might Know What Kids Want Out of Comics Better Than Comics Do
• When Words Collide: D&D and the Myth of the Rational Reader
• This WSJ article on Leaping Tall Buildings takes some cheap shots at current mainstream comics creators, but has some good points too.
• Before Watchmen arrives; trade-waiters are bored – Collected Editions
• Update: Ty Templeton steps into the ring with Before Bun Toons

Sorry I missed the usual weekend linkblogging post. The time I would have spent on it, I used to build a pinhole camera to watch Sunday’s solar eclipse. In case you’re interested, I’ve put together a photo essay of the eclipse and the impromptu viewing party that sprung up when dozens of people went to the same park with everything from holes punched in cards to welding masks and telescopes.

Flashy Links

• Fastest Fan Alive: Contest Results
• Random Flash round-up from That F'ing Monkey Random Flash Round Up and Flash Cereal from That F’ing Monkey
• Superhero Origins: The Flash at WatchMojo
• Q&A: What do The Flash’s earpiece emblems do? – StackExchange
• Be sure to check out Fastest Fan Alive and The Rogues Kick Ass for collectibles & Rogues posts.

Writer/Artist Catch-Up

• Mark Waid’s free digital comic “Insufferable” is up to three installments at Thrillbent.
• Bleeding Cool interviews Brian Augustyn, Mark Waid’s editor and later co-writer on The Flash.
• CBR TV: Jay Faerber On "Near Death," Creator-Owned Comics plus Ringer and that infamous Titans run.
• The Very End of Empire – PopMatters interviews “The Shade’s” James Robinson
• Geoff Johns & Jim Lee spotlight guests at NYCC
• Brian Buccellato’s Foster Anthology, a one-shot collection of short stories set in the same world as his creator-owned horror/crime comic, met its funding goal and then some.

More comics

• Marvel’s “Avengers” Success: What Can DC Comics Learn From It? – MTV
• Five Years Later: The Oral History of Countdown to Final Crisis – Funnybook Babylon pieces together the background of the series from old interviews. (via The Beat)
• Hotels for San Diego / Comic-Con have opened up again now that the deadline has passed for cancellation with full refund. (via The Beat)

Weekend linkblogging…

Flashy links

• Francis Manapul’s Flash Annual cover process
• IGN reviews The Flash #8
• Comics And Movie Reviews: Flash #8
• Truxillogical rants about the current state of the Flash
• Origin of the Flash’s earpieces at StackExchange
• Francis Manapul shares a Mother’s Day story

Digital Comics

• A new chapter of long-term Flash writer Mark Waid’s digital comic “Insufferable” is up at Thrillbent.
• Indie creators to launch digital comics imprint at Heroes Con: Artist Alley Comics features Michael May, Jason Copland, Rich Woodall, Craig Rousseau (Impulse), and Kelly Yates.

Creators’ Rights

• Stan Lee on comic creators’ rights. The Beat excerpts the relevant quotes, but if you have time, the full interview and article at Grantland is fascinating.
• Interesting: an episode of the TV show Fairly Legal tackles comic creator’s rights – Comics Worth Reading

More comics links

• CSBG considers: What should we call this age of comics?
• The Beat reviews (almost) all of Free Comic Book Day 2012
• Robot 6 rounds up New 52 Wave 2 reviews
• Fan art mash-up: Super-powers switcheroo at CSBG