Hollywood is a copycat little village. When one film does well, you can expect a bunch of different movie studios trying to replicate the success with their own version of basically the same thing. It happened when there were 10 asteroid/end of the world movies a decade ago and it happened when comic book adaptations started taking over the world. It looks like the comic explosion is hitting the small screen now, too. Read the rest of this entry »
Normally, comic books would be David D’s domain. However, I decided to pick up the baton since he was still in elementary school when a few of the referenced album covers were on store racks. Very dope interpretative mash-ups by creator Kenny Keil. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s Wednesday. For the rest of the world, this means the middle of the week, the day when the memories of a great weekend disappear and the promises of ever having fun again start to dissipate. For me, it’s the greatest day of the week because Wednesday is New Comic Day! Just like every Tuesday is the date for new music to ship, Wednesday is when comic book stores get flooded with the week’s new material. I’ve enjoyed this weekly bundle of joy since I was a little David D. Throughout all of these years, I’ve come across a ton of comics I know my friends and significant others would really enjoy if they approached the books with an open mind. Still, my recommendations tend to fall on deaf ears. But you guys trust my suggestions, right? Read the rest of this entry »
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“Who Will Watch The Watchers?”
I will.
The only contention now is whether to hit the neighborhood spot tonight, or to wait for the IMAX experience. I’ll probably do both. Read the rest of this entry »
I read Daredevil Omnibus for two particular reasons:
1) I have every issue collected here, but it’d be nice to have them all in one hardcover to read instead of digging out 30 comics.
2) Whenever people scoff at the fact I read comics, I can point them in the direction of the Daredevil Omnibus and dare them stop reading after a couple of issues. Read the rest of this entry »
We all know about Ghostface and his fascination/connection with the Iron Man franchise. However, there’s another Wu member who’s just as much of a comic book aficionado. Method Man has made it no secret that he’s a huge comic fan with a collection of over 25,000 comics. Meth has parlayed this enthusiasm into the creation of his own comic book, Method Man. Method plays Peerless Poe, a detective who’s out to rid the world of some Biblical bad-folk in what is a fun and energetic read.
Our own David D. was able to chop it up fanboy style with Method Man as he discusses his book, favorite comics, which of the summer adaptations were the most faithful – and of course, The Wire.
Sit back and witness how Tical makes it cool to like comics again.
Method Man: Wattup
TSS: What’s up man, what you got going on right now?
Method Man: On my way to San Diego for the Comic-Con.
TSS: Is this your first Comic-Con?
Method Man: Yeah, its my first time.
TSS: I know you’re a big comic collector. You excited about it?
Method Man: Yeah, I wanna see what it’s about. If it’s anything like the E3 I’m gonna have a blast.
TSS: So what’s the word with this comic book you got coming out?
Method Man: Huh?
TSS: What’s the word with this comic book you got coming out?
Method Man: (Laughs) It’s funny getting asked that, that’s why I wanted to hear you say that again. It’s called Method Man of course, named after me. Except for Method Man is in a gang of murderers who are descendants of the first murderer, Cain. My character doesn’t want anything to do with that lifestyle anymore nut that’s the only life he knows. So, in the outside world, he becomes a private investigator. He just takes the cases nobody else will because basically they don’t think the cases are real because they deal with paranormal and occult things.
TSS: So what was your role in the book? Did you just do the concept? The writing?
Method Man: The concept. David Atchinson took the writing over and Sanford Greene did the artwork.
TSS: What made you want to do this comic book?
Method Man: I never really thought about it. But when the opportunity presented itself, I jumped at it because I’m a big comic book fan.
TSS: Yeah, I remember the Wu-Tang had a comic book a few years ago. I collect too and—
Method Man: Wack. That shit was wack. I ain’t understand that bullshit.
TSS: Who’s idea was it? Read the rest of this entry »
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