After a bit of a hiatus I'm back and just in time. As of this writing I am going to be seeing Shazam in Theatres (I'll do a review of that too) and what better way to celebrate than Reviewing the newest issue of the comic book of the same name! After the crazy ending of the prior issue, the Shazam family are split up accross some of the different magiclands. At the same time we are re-introduced to a proper version of Talkin Tawny as well. What happens here? Are things progressing beyond a snails pass? Eeehhh...yes and no. Is it still a fun read? HELL YEAH! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IimuTd47QF0
Let's Try this again!
Well here's something very special! I received a review copy of Mike Miller's Lonestar: Heart of the Hero #1! And it is pretty damn good! I have so much to say about this! It is PACKED! So come check out one of the big names in Comicsgate's first Indiegogo release and find out if it was worth the backing...Spoilers IT WAS!
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An Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez comic....WTF?!? SERIOUSLY I MEAN...Just watch the video I can't even do a summary about this!
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On Today's Lesson of Pro Teaches n00bs, @ComicsLeague joins me as we go over the Lex Luthor Man of Steel mini, the book that changed a lot of people's views of Superman's arch-enemy. Is Lex a good man? Well he thinks so but...is he really?
Superman has been called many things, from the defender of truth, justice and the American way to the Big Blue Boy Scout. In LEX LUTHOR: MAN OF STEEL, he is called something he has never been called before: a threat to all humanity. Brian Azzarello and artist Lee Bermejo--the acclaimed team who brought you the best-selling JOKER--deliver a bold story in which readers get a glimpse into the mind of Superman's longtime foe. MAN OF STEEL reveals why Luthor chooses to be the proverbial thorn in the Man of Steel's side: to save humanity from an untrustworthy alien being.
#dccomics #superman #lexluthor
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With the recent "Controversy" about Easy Mode in video games, my friend Ingrid had her own special take on all of this. Being a study of UI/UX programming, as well as a recent fan to Bloodborne, she has her own opinion she wants to speak out about. Oh and I chime in too but this is all her! Enjoy what she has to say
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukzlbyb3gWE
Continuing my new batch of Crowdfunded related videos I'm talking about Ya Boi Zack's newest release, a follow up to his first, Iron Sights! And...it was lukewarm...a bit of a disappointment. I didn't hate it but...well...it felt like Zack didn't have a full on plan here. Let me explain.
It's been two years since the events of the first Iron Sights and Ramadi, the main surviving character from that book, has been working as an enforcer for Esme (the lady he threw his life away to save) and...Esme comes off as a completely different character but we only get just as many appearances with her here as we did in the first book...aka Not that much! And Ramadi is starting to crack and is becoming useless to her.
Then we're introduced to Harm, a deep cover operative recruited by Woods, from the first book, and has been stuck undercover due to Woods's death. He will become our main character for this book. He also has a history with Ramadi and is apparently the reason he had such issues in the first book.
We have a couple Ernie and Griselda who end up on the run after Ernie uploads an expose on the Mexican cartel and it immediately gets them in hot water.
We have Diego, another one of Esme's enforcers who...I guess is questioning his life and is depressed? We don't get much about him despite what he does later.
We get Mel, a tourist who suffers from Schizophrenia, and yet he knows Ramadi very well.
We also get some feds and...you see the problem here? So many characters thrown in at us and things just go all over the map. With the first book, we had Ramadi, Woods, Conway, Ramadi's sister, and a few others. But things were kept very clear who they were, how they connected, and we could follow them from point to point.
Not only that but a lot of plot points are very much glossed over, again different from the first book where, while there were still lingering questions, what we had was satisfying. Character motivations aren't made clear and...well..
Spoiler alert...
Ramadi gets killed off in a VERY Undignified, out of nowhere way and is completely forgotten about the rest of the book. It felt like Rich didn't know what to do with him or a lot of the other plots he set up so he decided to introduce Harm and throw things into the air and figure things out from there. Because, like I said, this book was all over the place, borderline on a mess.
That's NOT to say, as I said before, it was all bad! I'd give it a 6 out of 10 if I had to rate it, and I don't regret getting it...but it was not what I expected...and what I expected was better. If he does another book I'll still back it but I hope he learns from his mistakes.
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On the new lesson of Pro Teaches n00bs, Bianca joins me as we go over DC's 2017 celebration of what would have been Jack Kirby's 100th birthday with the Kamandi Challenge! Various creative teams (two on the first and last issues) were to work together on telling a big story with one of Jack's great creations, Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth.
The requirement? Each issue had to end on a Cliffhanger that was possible to resolve (And trust me some push that to the limit) for the next creative team to utilize. Also there had to be consistancy between the artwork (Which explains why it took two years to prepare for this)
This has an all star line up of creators! Paul Levitz, Gail Simone, Rob Williams, Greg Pak, Tom King, Keith Giffen, Marguerite Bennett, Steve Orlando, Bill Willingham, James Tynion IV, Jimmy Palmiotti, Peter J. Tomasi, Dan Didio, Dan Abnett, Philip Tan, Ivan Reis, Carlos D'Anda, Amanda Conner, Neal Adams, Dale Eaglesham, Keith Giffen, Various, Freddie E Williams II, José Luis García-López, Ryan Sook, Walter Simonson, Shane Davis, Kevin Eastman, Steve Rude, Dan Jurgens!
The saddest part is this ended up also being a dedication to Len Wein, who passed away around the same time. He was supposed to wrap things up (Since he had such close ties to Kirby) but in the end, Paul Levitz would wrap things up.
This was an amazing project and an entertaining read! Enjoy it all
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On Today's Lesson of Pro Teaches n00bs, @nerdygirlcreates655 joins me as we continue our Venom coverage with Separation Anxiety! The 5 Life Foundation Symbiotes return! They want Eddie's help...but will he give it? & What about his symbiote?
Venom is beaten. Eddie Brock is a captive, with no hope of ever reuniting with his precious symbiote. But little does he know that people are already planning to help him escape – but when Eddie finds out who it is, will he even want to?
#marvel #venom #spiderman
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