August 2011
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The REAL Adirondack Comic Book Show
Please be aware that a rumoured “Adirondack ComicFest” is bad news, and Google its “organizer” Rick Olney for all the details on why. I live in the foothills of the Adirondack region, and as a resident it really grinds my gears to see Olney trying to ply his toxic wares in my backyard (literally; I can see the Adirondacks from my backyard). Tony Isabella often reminds...
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TWC News with ADD [081711]
* Tony Isabella takes a hard look at the state of freelancer contracts in comics these days, and lays out a basic template for what should actually be included in such legal documents. Interesting for process junkies, essential for pros, both aspiring and current. Be sure to subscribe to this new, even bloggier version of Tony’s Bloggy Thing. * I know it’s difficult, but imagine for a...
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Asterix and the Black Gold
Writer/Artist – Albert Uderzo
1981.
This is my first exposure to the venerable series about the shrewd little Gaulish warrior and his dimwitted oaf buddy, Obelix. I understand it’s the second album (#26 in the series) to be both written and drawn by Uderzo after the death of co-creator/writer Rene Goscinny. I also understand that many prefer the ones where Goscinny was writing.
In this one, the...
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ADD's Best Comics of All Time
I recently took part in The Hooded Utilitarian’s International Best Comics Poll (my list is here). “Best of” lists are something some critics enjoy, while others (notably Roger Ebert) more or less despise them. I’m kind of in the middle — it’s seemingly difficult to come up with a definitive list of anything relating to something as subjective as art, but the...
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The Comics Journal #301 (Part 1)
Another issue (volume?) of TCJ apparently means another opportunity to screw with Tom Crippen’s head, as three editors and eight interns couldn’t spell his name correctly in the Table of Contents. Ah, well. Those who pick up the book will see that it’s gone through another format change, this time close to the dimensions and paper used in Dash Shaw’s Bottomless Belly Button, a brick of newsprint...
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TWC's Trouble With Marvel Comics
I recently reviewed Marvel’s Thor Omnibus here on Trouble With Comics. That’s likely the last time you’ll find on this blog a review of a Marvel Comics product that stems from the original work created by Jack Kirby, unless Marvel Comics changes its corporate policies enough to do the right thing for the heirs of Kirby’s legacy. I’ve discussed this with my colleague...
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The Mighty Thor Omnibus
Writers - Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Robert Bernstein
Pencilers - Jack Kirby, Al Hartley, Joe Sinnott, Don Heck
Inkers - Joe Sinnott, Dick Ayers, Al Hartley, George Roussos, Paul Reinman, Chic STone, Vince Colletta, Frank Giacoia
Publisher - Marvel Comics. $99.99 USD
It’s appropriate that Thor finally gets the Omnibus treatment, as this book weighs as much as a sledgehammer. The...
