Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Comics
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Tom Russell over at Monitor Duty (the comic book and geek culture web site) details what he calls the The Arthur Effect. This is where an intellectual property, such as a fictional character, has its distinctive characteristics smoothed out under the (invisible) pressure to make it more accessible (and marketable). All the discussion of about…
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SHOOTER & WOHL ON SEVEN – NEWSARAMA have an article on a new comic book ‘Seven’ which connects the superhero genre with the spiritual themes from Kabbalistic literature. Another comic to add to the religion and spirituality in comics file.
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A movie promotion falls foul of the US Mint. See US MINT NOT HAPPY WITH SILVER SURFER QUARTERS – NEWSARAMA. I guess, they get the media presence they were after one way or the other.
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NEWSARAMA.COM: JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #6 PREVIEW has some sample pages from an upcoming issue of the Justice Society crossover with the Justice League and the Legion of Super Heroes. The first three sample pages refer to an old issue of the Legion of Super Heroes I owned when I was about 6 or 7.…
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Finally picked up a copy of Will Eisner’s A Contract With God today from the public library where I’ve been swotting for the thesis defence. Looking forward to reading it sometime next week, as it’s held as a classic in the history of comic books. (More at A Contract with God – Wikipedia, the free…
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Lore Sjöberg over at Wired investigates the plethora of toys designed to turn you into your ‘friendly neighborhood Spider-Man’ as the movie tie-ins ramp up their presence. Caught Up in an Ugly Web of Cheesy Spider-Man Marketing Still Caught in an Ugly Web of Spidey Marketing All the new Spidey stuff has taken up the…
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This re-release of the comic book that tells the story of Giuseppe Desa, a 17th century monk from Copertino in Italy, who could levitate and perform other miraculous acts, via the grace of God, looks like it would make an interesting addition to my small but growing collection of comic books with religious themes. See…
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Darren’s put together a study guide for youth groups based around the new Spider-Man movie over at planet telex » Spiderman 3 Discussion Guide. (We still await the forthcoming Serenity one)
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Links to a two-part post on the creation of immersive story worlds that span soaps, wrestling, and superhero comics. Interestingly, another post on the blog connects the worlds of soaps with comic books more explicitly using the example of DC’s recent 52 and Marvel’s Civil War. Not too surprising really, given that Star Trek and…
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If you’re a comics fanboy or fangirl then this is quite amusing. (Even if you’re a DC fan like me) Marvel, DC “I’m a Mac” Parody Fairly true, though I think (if we ignore the recent ‘The Batman’ animated series) that the DC/Warner animated Justice League, Batman and Superman series worked pretty well on the…