#Comic Books
Check Out Becky Cloonan’s Gorgeous ‘Conan’ Artwork.
Thanks to the glories at Comics Alliance, there’s some sexy Conan artwork by Becky Cloonan to dig on prior to the son-a-bitch’s official release. It’s sexy, man. This Wood/Cloonan collab is going to be The Glory.
Hit the jump to check it out.
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DC Sells Over 5 Million Issues In 6 Weeks. Hype Wins.
All the buzz surrounding DC’s confusing, crappy, underwhelming and poorly reasoned relaunch has resulted in beaucoup sales for the published. Lots and lots of sales.
Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan Taking Over ‘Conan’. This Is Awesome.
Dark Horse teased a project a couple of weeks back that would reteam the glory super-combo of Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan, and now it hast been revealed. Motherfucking Conan.
OCTOBERFEAST – Watchmen
[OCTOBERFEAST is the greatest celebration of the year, a revelry dedicated to pop-culture’s most nutritious Halloween detritus. Plastic screams and artificial sweeteners have never been more bountiful. In the old country, villagers refer to the extended party as Satan’s Snacktime]
Watchmen is a lot of things. A deconstruction of the superhero archetype. An exploration of Cold War tensions. An actualization of the comics medium’s potential. One of the most meticulously-plotted, visually layered, and rewarding narrative experiences ever stuffed into paneled pages.
There’s no denyin’ that Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons created something special.
However, noticeably absent from discussions about Watchmen are any considerations as to why the creators placed the story within its given time-frame. Sure, everyone is quick to point out that this alternate history’s dark vision of 1985 conjures up all sorts of anxieties about mutually assured destruction and the necessity to avert nuclear holocaust. But the overlooked time-frame is the season in which the tale of middle-aged superheroics unfolds.
Again, it’s easy to remember that Watchmen is a lot of things – deconstruction/exploration/actualization/masterpiece – but let’s not forget that it is a metaphor for autumn itself.
Variant Covers: #OccupyGotham, Bruce Wayne Is A Corpo-Fascist.
Bruce Wayne is a corporate fascist. Imposing his will outside of the jurisdiction of the law, causing Socrates and good willed citizens of the world alike to shake their head. How many schools could Bruce Wayne build with the amount of money he’s spending to build his fascist rodent state?
Occupy Gotham.
Occupy Metropolis.
Occupy Emerald City.
(This is Variant Covers, your weekly guide to the comics I’m checking out this week. Your pull-list is encouraged to be shared.)
Rafael Grampa Does ‘Batman’, As Gorgeous As Expected.
This is a finding that’s bound to give Rendar a purple-headed priapism for at least a day. Rafael Grampa did himself a take on Mr. Wayne-Bat, and it’s goddamn glorious.
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Video: ‘The Avengers’ Trailer. Arousal Assemble!
Busy, but not too busy to prevent me from posting a venue for wanking off to/hating on the trailer for The Avengers. Me? It’s like every fantasy made (digital) celluloid.
Hit the jump to check it out.
Andy Kubert To Join ‘Action Comics’ In January.
Andy Kubert be jumping on the Action Comics train in January for a quick trip with Mr. Grant Morrison. Nice!
Barnes & Noble Pulls 100 DC Comics. Not The Best.
Barnes & Noble and the rest of the rotting tangible world couldn’t have been happy when DC announced that they were cozying up to Amazon and their new Kindle Fire. B&N wasn’t content to quietly seethe though, and they’ve decided to give DC the middle finger. Probably to their own detriment.
