The Commissioner

On 5/29/2024 at 9:24 AM, Bosco685 said:

I’m so happy that we’ll finally be able to see Tom Bombadil on screen. 

It’s still Charlie Vickers as Sauron, they just altered his look. 
 

https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-season-2-teaser-charlie-vickers-sauron-1235004197/

On 5/14/2024 at 8:47 AM, Bosco685 said:

Sauron

I love that they altered his appearance from season 1 to reflect his ability to shape shift. 

YES YES YES YES YES

On 3/20/2024 at 6:33 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

I grew up watching the series and I recently picked up the DBZ manga. I don't know why I didn't read this earlier, it's a great story. 

Akira Toriyama, Dragon Ball manga author, dies at 68 https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1237072321/akira-toriyama-dragon-ball-creator-dies-manga-anime

On 3/6/2024 at 6:48 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

I can never unsee this.

https://planetcomicon.com/

March 8 - 10, 2024

Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas City, MO

Fri: 1PM - 8PM, Sat: 10AM - 7PM, Sun: 10AM - 5PM

New issue being released this week! 

Batman vol. 3 #145

Description:

A THRILLING NEW ARC IS HERE...
"DARK PRISONS" BEGINS!

Following The Joker: Year One’s stunning reveals, Batman must engineer an escape from Zur’s prison...but what dark secret does Zur now hold that's a game changer for the Dark Knight and the entire DC Universe?!

On 3/3/2024 at 5:41 PM, OtherEric said:

So, as promised, I went to the Oni Press panel at ECCC today, and did ask a couple questions. 

They're serious about presenting these as EC books, the issues won't even have an Oni logo on them.  They're consciously trying to position themselves as "what sort of comics would EC be doing in 2024 if they hadn't disappeared", which is part of why they're doing new titles rather than just revivals of old ones.  They weren't quite ready to announce the third title, but they did say it's in a genre that classic EC never exactly did, but it's adjacent.  They are planning to do books that aren't anthologies as they go on.  They said the books were going to be definitely R rated, which I didn't consider totally reassuring- more because saying something is R rated can mean too many different things, not all of them good.  The elaborated by saying they felt current comics were too often playing it safe, looking for how can this become a movie or TV show or something else other than a comic, and that they wanted to feel a bit dangerous.  I can get behind that idea a lot more.  They are going to be using a font based directly on the Leroy Lettering, which is good... although I did tell them to make sure to switch to something else if they did wind up doing a war comic.

Overall, I came away feeling like the project is being run by people who have a clear idea of what they want to do and a strong urge to be true to the spirit of the EC's, while not doing a simple homage.  I'm not sure if they'll succeed, or even if success is possible 70 years later, but I do have the impression that they're coming at the project from a good angle, rather than just relying on people recognizing the names of the books.

That is reassuring! Thanks for sharing!

On 2/29/2024 at 8:21 PM, OtherEric said:

Grabbed at ECCC today.  The first time I've gotten one of the pre-renumbering issues of the SF titles:

What a great looking book! I love EC's science-fiction.

Looking forward to it! 

On 2/21/2024 at 8:53 PM, Gambold Vintage said:

the "big six" (the three horrors, two sci-fis, and MAD).

I know E.C. published a lot of horror. Which of those are considered the three titles in the "big six"?

The story also didn't explain the Joker's connection with Zur-En-Arrh. The end of Batman 141 made it sound like the Joker's origin story would revolve around that.

On 2/22/2024 at 8:22 AM, workingdog said:

Yes, I read issue 144 (part 3 of 3) last night.  I agree with your assessment.  The ending was kind of anti-climactic.

And to honest, I think the Gotham City infections do take place in the future but I can't say that with 99% certainly. 

I am glad to see we're getting Jorge Jimenez back next issue

I came to the same conclusion. The infections were happening in the future, the joker was dead, and was haunting Batman as he went through Gotham. 

Anyone reading Joker Year 1? Personally, I think the story is just okay. 

And is the side story where people are becoming infected in Gotham City happening in the future? I was a little lost on that.

On 2/20/2024 at 2:40 PM, shadroch said:

As we can find common ground on the minor issues, the major ones become less complex.  Work on issues that unite, not ones that divide. 

I completely respect your opinion, as erroneous as it might be.

I edited my previous post as I thought more about the question.