We've hit the big 5-0!
What my original plan for this post was to post it on the 1 year anniversary of this blog. One slight hiccup in that plan: I had check on my first entry like a month or so ago & I thought it that I had made that post on August 9th. But, I looked at it yesterday & I made my first entry on the 7th, not the 9th. So, I've missed the date by 2 days. I guess I sort of celebrated it, the 3 dollar theater not far from my house (I referenced it in Entry 8) they have the IRON MAN currently playing so for 3 bucks I went to the movie with my dad. I enjoyed it a 2 time & my dad said it was a good movie. One of the better comic book movies he'd seen.
So, it's been a year (& 2 days) on this here Blog. I'd like to thank Scott Bryan, Ryler32, K.J., Joseph Gould, Jay Boaz, Stephen Crippen, Plotter & Kirk Boxleitner. Who are these people? They are the people who posted a reply. Well, Kirk didn't but he blog about this blog on his blog to which I blog about here (see Entry 18). I think this year I should attempt to get 10 people to reply!
Well, let's Stay Jazzy for another year shall we? Ok!
-Brian
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Friday, August 8, 2008
This is Entry 49: Blank Entry #2
This Entry has been intentionally left blank for your protection & so that next post made here on MyBlog/Stuff by Brian may be Entry 50. Entry 50 has been reserved by the Management to be made on August 9th.
To find out why, come back then & find out. Please do not post any comments to this entry, Entry 49, for it may invalidate this Blog and/or your existence.
Thank you & as always: Stay Jazzy!
-The Management (i.e. Brian).
This is Entry 48: Troubles with the Internet!
I was going to have stuff to show you from the kick ass new comic King-SizeSpider-Man Summer Special with some nice art by Colleen Coover with some humorous accompanying text by Paul Tobin but NO! Photobucket, the site that host all my pics' is being a troublesome & they won't allow me to upload anything. I doubt it is a copyright thing but I don't know. All photocrapbucket tells is "upload failed". No other info, nothing to possibly help me in making the load not fail so I can't show you want I wanted to show you all because of stupid Photobucket! I tried to sidestep them by using another site but they didn't seem to allow me link things, it just allows me to direct people to an album which I didn't want! Screw you, Flickr!
I may be back later & be able to show you the stuff. hopefully.
Well, Stay Jazzy.
-Brian
I may be back later & be able to show you the stuff. hopefully.
Well, Stay Jazzy.
-Brian
Saturday, August 2, 2008
This is Entry 47: Comics!
Ok, so I lied. I wasn't back "in a few days" to blog about the books I've picked up. I now have a mondo pile of comics so this post may be a bit shorter on the ramblings on each comic just so I can get through them all.
DC
- There are 3 things that are coming out this summer that I am/have been looking forward to: Ambush Bug: Year None mini-series, Justice Society of America Annual #1, Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worldsmini-series. Issue of AB came out & it's awesome!I heartily look forward to the next issue! The other book that came is the JSA annual & it too was awesome. I love a soft spot in my geeky soul for Earth 2 & it's great to see it back. I wouldn't mind seeing a mini-series about Earth 2 just to see where it's been since 1985 (This goes for Earth 3, too.) Sidenote about the JSA annual, having Jerry Ordway doing the art for the book was a perfect choice.
- I picked up the latest issue of Booster Gold but see Entry 46 for my thoughts on that book.
- I picked up the latest issue of DC Super Friends (issue 5) & the Friends are turned into Monkeys'! It was actually thought out which monkey they all turned into. There was a joke about President Bush in there was a thought as odd for a kid's comic. Also there was a "cameo" by Bobo (Detective Chimp) & Sam Simeon (of Angel & Ape fame) which I thought was funny, It probably would go over most kids heads (much like a Bush joke).
BACK ISSUES
- I picked up 2 issues of The Adventures of Superman (Issues 558 & 560), there are an early part of Dominus storyline from '98. These 2 issues have Superman & his cast of characters in done ina Silver Age style (it reminded me of Curt Swan's art). 558 is like a story from the old Jimmy Olsen comic. 560 is one of those old standbys of Lois dating Batman just to make Superman jealous. I already had issue 559 where everyone in Metropolis got super powers due to the involvement of Mr. Mxyzptlk.
The covers for 558, 559 & 560 all went together:
And i just noticed that Jerry Ordway also did the art for these books, too! The silver age themed stories continued also in the other Superman books of the time which might search out.
- Superman #404 is from 1985 & one of those "imaginary stories" where Clark Kent never becomes Superman, he was Superboy but looses his powers. He goes on to lead a normal life, marries Lana Lang, they have a son. Clark is the head of chain of Supermarkets. The main part of the story is Lex Luthor has been released from prison & back to fight Superboy one last time. How Clark does the fight sans powers is bit in genius. A nice story.
- Detective Comics starring Batman #566 is from 1986 & is an issue where Batman & Robin go over their Rogue's Gallery. Most of them I knew but there were few that have gone by the wayside. (Night-Slayer? Nortuna?)
- Brave and the Bold #184, it's from 1982 & it's a team up that could have only happened pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths since it's Batman with The Huntress, the one from Earth 2. It's Christmas time & Helena Wayne (That's Huntress' real name, if you didn't know) is lonely so she crosses Earths to spent it with it her Father. No, It's not her father just his counterpart. They have an adventure to try & clear Bruce's parents good names (there is a possible mod connection brought up). A good issue.
Marvel
- I picked up Marvel Adventures: The Hulk #13 because it was The Hulk fighting off mummified versions of other Marvel heroes. They come off more like Zombies then Mummies. I was half expecting one to say: "Brains... Must eat Hulk Brains!" but that never happened. The story comes off as a kiddie version of the "Marvel Zombie" mini-series.
- I picked 2 books by Jeff Parker: Marvel Adventures: The Avengers #26 (The Avengers play a game of Baseball with Galactus & Silver Surfer over the fate off an alien world) & X-Men First Class #14 (The Team & Machine Man fight off Lava Men). I have an announcement concerning Parker: His really cool mini-series "Agents of Atlas" is becoming an ongoing series!
- Have have a lot of Marvel books (Mighty Avengers #16, New Avengers #43, Avengers The Initiative #15, Captain Britian and MI13 #3, New Warriors #14, Guardians of the Galaxy #3, The Invincible Iron Man #3, Captain America #40, American Dream #5, GeNext #3) that I'm glazing over. I will say this about those books:
1. I'm thinking of dropping New Warriors.
2. ATI has a cool cover.
3. TIIM harkens back to the Movie a bit.
4. CA the new Cap fights an old one.
- Part 2 of the Old Man Logan story line (Wolverine #67) came & it's awesome! I like me some post apocalyptic futures & this one is done right! I think I might be sad when this story line is over. Also, I think this is the only time I've actually looked forward to the Wolverine book coming out.
- A new issue of New Exiles came out & I'm still not sure I like the book. There hasn't been anything that had truly swayed me to a love of the book like the old Exiles book did.
- My Sister is cool! For many reasons but one is that she part of the armed forces, that's cool in & off it's self but she all gets free comics. Comics made for the the armed forces, books that you can't get anywhere else. So she gets them she gives them to me. Now they have all been Marvel books, either DC doesn't make Comics for the Army or my sister just hasn't gotten any. One thing that might be a bit nit picky: Is I'm not sure where this Avengers book fits into continuity. Iron Man &Spider-Man are arguing. They way they talk makes me think it's current or at least from the past few years, definitely Post-Civil War.
BACK ISSUES
- Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #90 the book is from 1984 which means it's out during The Secret War. I picked up the book because the cover has Black Cat on it & I like her. It's good story. Also, this story has one of the, maybe, first appearances of the Black Costume.
- Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #97, From 1984 & the cover is misleading:
No where in this issue does this scene happen. Sure, the stuff on either side of The Hermit happen but the main image doesn't. Spider-Man doesn't really ever fight The Hermit, he's not even called that in the book. He's Timothy Quail who as the books says "has the natural gift to solve problems" which is exploited by a few mobsters. So, Spidey's fights them not Quail. It's a good issue. I know I'm not doing it just but go check it out.
- Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #99, it's also from '84 & Spidey fights The Spot!
- Spider-Man #25, it's from 1992, guest stars Excalibur. The Spider-Phoenix makes maybe it's only appearance. The Villain of the issue is Arcade. This story is a semi-sequel to the Marvel Team-Up #65-66 where Captain Britain & Spider-Man first meet where they also fight Arcade.
- speaking of Marvel Team-Up, I picked up issue 96 where Spidey teams up with Howard the Duck.
- What The.. ? #8, it's the return of Forbrush Man, the hero from Marvel other Humor magazine Not Brand Echh!
- The book I'll talk about is Marvel Two-in-One Annual #7 where The Thing and a few other heroes (Sasquatch, Colossus, Thor, Namor, The Hulk & Wonder Man to name a few) all face off, one by one, against The Champion.
I think that's enough. Until next Time: Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
DC
- There are 3 things that are coming out this summer that I am/have been looking forward to: Ambush Bug: Year None mini-series, Justice Society of America Annual #1, Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worldsmini-series. Issue of AB came out & it's awesome!I heartily look forward to the next issue! The other book that came is the JSA annual & it too was awesome. I love a soft spot in my geeky soul for Earth 2 & it's great to see it back. I wouldn't mind seeing a mini-series about Earth 2 just to see where it's been since 1985 (This goes for Earth 3, too.) Sidenote about the JSA annual, having Jerry Ordway doing the art for the book was a perfect choice.
- I picked up the latest issue of Booster Gold but see Entry 46 for my thoughts on that book.
- I picked up the latest issue of DC Super Friends (issue 5) & the Friends are turned into Monkeys'! It was actually thought out which monkey they all turned into. There was a joke about President Bush in there was a thought as odd for a kid's comic. Also there was a "cameo" by Bobo (Detective Chimp) & Sam Simeon (of Angel & Ape fame) which I thought was funny, It probably would go over most kids heads (much like a Bush joke).
BACK ISSUES
- I picked up 2 issues of The Adventures of Superman (Issues 558 & 560), there are an early part of Dominus storyline from '98. These 2 issues have Superman & his cast of characters in done ina Silver Age style (it reminded me of Curt Swan's art). 558 is like a story from the old Jimmy Olsen comic. 560 is one of those old standbys of Lois dating Batman just to make Superman jealous. I already had issue 559 where everyone in Metropolis got super powers due to the involvement of Mr. Mxyzptlk.
The covers for 558, 559 & 560 all went together:
And i just noticed that Jerry Ordway also did the art for these books, too! The silver age themed stories continued also in the other Superman books of the time which might search out.
- Superman #404 is from 1985 & one of those "imaginary stories" where Clark Kent never becomes Superman, he was Superboy but looses his powers. He goes on to lead a normal life, marries Lana Lang, they have a son. Clark is the head of chain of Supermarkets. The main part of the story is Lex Luthor has been released from prison & back to fight Superboy one last time. How Clark does the fight sans powers is bit in genius. A nice story.
- Detective Comics starring Batman #566 is from 1986 & is an issue where Batman & Robin go over their Rogue's Gallery. Most of them I knew but there were few that have gone by the wayside. (Night-Slayer? Nortuna?)
- Brave and the Bold #184, it's from 1982 & it's a team up that could have only happened pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths since it's Batman with The Huntress, the one from Earth 2. It's Christmas time & Helena Wayne (That's Huntress' real name, if you didn't know) is lonely so she crosses Earths to spent it with it her Father. No, It's not her father just his counterpart. They have an adventure to try & clear Bruce's parents good names (there is a possible mod connection brought up). A good issue.
Marvel
- I picked up Marvel Adventures: The Hulk #13 because it was The Hulk fighting off mummified versions of other Marvel heroes. They come off more like Zombies then Mummies. I was half expecting one to say: "Brains... Must eat Hulk Brains!" but that never happened. The story comes off as a kiddie version of the "Marvel Zombie" mini-series.
- I picked 2 books by Jeff Parker: Marvel Adventures: The Avengers #26 (The Avengers play a game of Baseball with Galactus & Silver Surfer over the fate off an alien world) & X-Men First Class #14 (The Team & Machine Man fight off Lava Men). I have an announcement concerning Parker: His really cool mini-series "Agents of Atlas" is becoming an ongoing series!
- Have have a lot of Marvel books (Mighty Avengers #16, New Avengers #43, Avengers The Initiative #15, Captain Britian and MI13 #3, New Warriors #14, Guardians of the Galaxy #3, The Invincible Iron Man #3, Captain America #40, American Dream #5, GeNext #3) that I'm glazing over. I will say this about those books:
1. I'm thinking of dropping New Warriors.
2. ATI has a cool cover.
3. TIIM harkens back to the Movie a bit.
4. CA the new Cap fights an old one.
- Part 2 of the Old Man Logan story line (Wolverine #67) came & it's awesome! I like me some post apocalyptic futures & this one is done right! I think I might be sad when this story line is over. Also, I think this is the only time I've actually looked forward to the Wolverine book coming out.
- A new issue of New Exiles came out & I'm still not sure I like the book. There hasn't been anything that had truly swayed me to a love of the book like the old Exiles book did.
- My Sister is cool! For many reasons but one is that she part of the armed forces, that's cool in & off it's self but she all gets free comics. Comics made for the the armed forces, books that you can't get anywhere else. So she gets them she gives them to me. Now they have all been Marvel books, either DC doesn't make Comics for the Army or my sister just hasn't gotten any. One thing that might be a bit nit picky: Is I'm not sure where this Avengers book fits into continuity. Iron Man &Spider-Man are arguing. They way they talk makes me think it's current or at least from the past few years, definitely Post-Civil War.
BACK ISSUES
- Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #90 the book is from 1984 which means it's out during The Secret War. I picked up the book because the cover has Black Cat on it & I like her. It's good story. Also, this story has one of the, maybe, first appearances of the Black Costume.
- Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #97, From 1984 & the cover is misleading:
No where in this issue does this scene happen. Sure, the stuff on either side of The Hermit happen but the main image doesn't. Spider-Man doesn't really ever fight The Hermit, he's not even called that in the book. He's Timothy Quail who as the books says "has the natural gift to solve problems" which is exploited by a few mobsters. So, Spidey's fights them not Quail. It's a good issue. I know I'm not doing it just but go check it out.
- Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #99, it's also from '84 & Spidey fights The Spot!
- Spider-Man #25, it's from 1992, guest stars Excalibur. The Spider-Phoenix makes maybe it's only appearance. The Villain of the issue is Arcade. This story is a semi-sequel to the Marvel Team-Up #65-66 where Captain Britain & Spider-Man first meet where they also fight Arcade.
- speaking of Marvel Team-Up, I picked up issue 96 where Spidey teams up with Howard the Duck.
- What The.. ? #8, it's the return of Forbrush Man, the hero from Marvel other Humor magazine Not Brand Echh!
- The book I'll talk about is Marvel Two-in-One Annual #7 where The Thing and a few other heroes (Sasquatch, Colossus, Thor, Namor, The Hulk & Wonder Man to name a few) all face off, one by one, against The Champion.
I think that's enough. Until next Time: Stay Jazzy!
-Brian
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