Episode 1618 Talkback - Previews
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If you say it three times it will appear - Previews, Previews, Previews! Time to go through the August catalog for items shipping to stores starting in October. (1:18:23)
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I just wanted to comment on the cover art of two characters purporting to be Adam Strange and Hawkman:
The white tights on Adam Strange? Not working. The helmet? Keep trying, guys. Total swing and a miss.
Hawkman remains a rudderless mess. His latest costume design is yet another in a long line of disappointing misfires. I'm not sure why his legs are caked with armor, yet he still remains shirtless. I know, I know...it's comics. But really, this character has become such a caricature, and I don't see that stopping anytime soon.
It looks like a design doodled on top of an already existing design...what we call in the design biz "gilding the lily".
"Therefore, to be possess’d with double pomp,
To guard a title that was rich before,
To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,
To throw a perfume on the violet,
To smooth the ice, or add another hue
Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish,
Is wasteful and ridiculous excess."
from Shakespeare's King John
So those three series are Deadpool spin-offs rather than wild shots in the dark.
And Wolfcop is indeed a movie:
However, for the sake of all things holy, DO NOT click on this link to see the DCBS price.
Also, some Muppet tumblers for a more reasonable price ($7.49/each)
I would think that's got to be the price for a case.
"...so affordably priced at $39.95..."
I am confounded at how I did not have this VHS in my home, as a kid. It was a steal.
Also wanted to tell @wildpigcomics that RASL was indeed completed. Either 14 or 15 issues total and I loved it. I got the oversized collections when they were published, and Jeff Smith's art, oversized, is lovely to look at. His precision is amazing. A completely different story from BONE, but just as enjoyable--more adult in its sensibility, but not without the adventure and drama from his magnum opus. (am I selling it too hard? No!) Highly recommended, especially if you enjoyed Smith's work on Bone or Shazam.
sidebar: In one of Paul Pope's oversized magazines that he self-published years ago, iirc, Pope discusses how he and Smith and Terry Moore all discussed how their next projects--after THB, Bone, and Strangers in Paradise, respectively--would all be some type of classical sci-fi story; it was almost, but not quite, a pact these three creators made. From that discussion we got Jeff Smith's RASL, Paul Pope's BATTLING BOY, and Terry Moore's ECHO. Not a bad set of books. end sidebar
Thanks again, Geeks, for all the work you do in getting this podcast to our ears. It is much appreciated.
-chris