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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Comic Book Reviews Comic review: Secret Warriors No. 6
Posted By Carlton Hargro on Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Secret Warriors No. 6
Published by Marvel Comics. Plot by Jonathan Hickman and Brian Michael Bendis. Script by Jonathan Hickman. Art by Stefano Caselli.
The Deal: It's the latest issue of Marvel's lone espionage comic, starring the long-running spy Nick Fury (former director of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and his band of superhuman secret agents.
The Good: I've been loving this book and acting as an evangelist for it since the first issue. Five more issues in, the comic is still great. So great, in fact, it's hard to even remember that, not too long ago, Nick Fury was one of those Dr. Strange-type characters — good for a cameo appearance, but not interesting enough to hold down his own book. Well, those days seem done. This version of Nick Fury works by shrinking the cast of characters to a manageable size and throwing a healthy dose of superheroics on top of the spy stuff. So, instead of faceless agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. fighting faceless hordes of Hydra, we've got a small, fleshed-out group of superpowered "secret warriors" fighting big-time bad guys like Gorgon (from that cool Wolverine story arc). Add a splash of great dialogue and several really cool-as-shit character moments (like when Dum Dum Dugan says to Nick Fury, "You give me a month and I'll deliver the baddest bunch of evil bastards this world has ever seen."), and you've got one hell of a comic book.
The Bad: I got no complaints. It took me a moment to get into the art, but now I'm lovin' it.
The Verdict: Buy it dammit.
Comic News Comic headlines: Wizard's in trouble, Google gets comic-fied and more
Posted By Carlton Hargro on Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 10:49 AM
The latest news from the world of comics:
• Marvelman: Joe Quesada talks about Marvel Comics' newest acquisition. Hey, some folks are jaded but I'm excited.
• Gareb Shamus talks Wizard magazine: The once must-read mag is now in trouble and Shamus blabs about it. I used to read it a lot more — before the Web became the central source for comic book news.
• iGoogle Comic Themes: Some of comics biggest talents have teamed up to make Google prettier.
• Comics creators who are also performers: That crazy muthafucker Warren Ellis gives you the details.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Comic News Work for Iron Man
Posted By Carlton Hargro on Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Just saw this via Twitter ... the Stark Industries Web site is up. And apparently they're hiring (check the employment page).
Comic News Comic headlines: Jennifer Love-Hewitt as Wonder Woman (?), news on the new Batman movie (maybe) and more
Posted By Carlton Hargro on Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 1:07 PM
Here are some of the freshest headlines ripped from the world comics:
• An eight-page preview of Cry For Justice No. 2. It looks good. And the dialogue — which many fans complained about — reads better.
• What's happening with the Doctor Who movie? Read right here to find out.
• Gary Oldman apparently released some info about the next Batman film at Comic-Con — then recently back-peddled a bit.
• Jennifer Love-Hewitt is ... the new Wonder Woman?
• Manga goes mobile in a big way.
