It was a week of highly charged controversy at ComicsAlliance, as guest-columnist Mark Pellegrini explored some of the Christian objections to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that arose during the TMNT's 90s heyday (in the letter columns of their old Archie Comics series, of all places), Andrew Wheeler took at look at the myth of the sexy superman and the lack of equal opportunity ogling in super-comics and a local TV station channeled the spirit of Wertham with an alarmed story on the content of the months-old DC relaunch (which doesn't differ much from the pre-relaunch content). Also: Other stuff happened.
Reviews:
-Chris Sims recommended the free Adventure Time eBook
-Aaron Colter presented the Best Webcomics Ever (This Week)
-David Brothers dug into Darwyn Cooke's Parker adaptations
-Lauren Davis rounded up 17 diary-format webcomics
-CA critics dug the new directions of Rob Liefeld's old Awesome properties taken in Prophet and Glory
-Sims called Mark Waid and company's "The Devil and The Details" story, which crossed-over from Amazing Spider-Man into Daredevil, the first great comic of the year
-Lauren Davis caught up on Gisèle Lagacé's NSFW webcomic Ménage à 3
-Aaron Colter presented the Best Webcomics Ever (This Week)
-David Brothers dug into Darwyn Cooke's Parker adaptations
-Lauren Davis rounded up 17 diary-format webcomics
-CA critics dug the new directions of Rob Liefeld's old Awesome properties taken in Prophet and Glory
-Sims called Mark Waid and company's "The Devil and The Details" story, which crossed-over from Amazing Spider-Man into Daredevil, the first great comic of the year
-Lauren Davis caught up on Gisèle Lagacé's NSFW webcomic Ménage à 3
Previews:
-Chris Roberson and Rich Ellis' Memorial #2, complete with an exclusive pin-up by Ellis
-GTO: 14 Days in Shonan
-The cover of Wolverine and the X-Men #9, the Avengers Vs. X-Men tie-in, plus a mess of other AvX covers
-GTO: 14 Days in Shonan
-The cover of Wolverine and the X-Men #9, the Avengers Vs. X-Men tie-in, plus a mess of other AvX covers
Publishing:
-Dynamite Entertainment announced a new The Shadow series written by Garth Ennis, as well as a new Voltron: Year One series by Brandon Thomas and Craig Cermak
-DC's new logo continued to receive plenty of attention, including Sims' discovery of decades worth of CA comments criticizing DC's past logo updates, professional graphic designer Dylan Todd's analysis and DC's mid-week full reveal of the interactive component of the new design
-The new Valiant will relaunch with a new volume of X-O Manowar by Robert Vendittie and Cary Nord
-DC's new logo continued to receive plenty of attention, including Sims' discovery of decades worth of CA comments criticizing DC's past logo updates, professional graphic designer Dylan Todd's analysis and DC's mid-week full reveal of the interactive component of the new design
-The new Valiant will relaunch with a new volume of X-O Manowar by Robert Vendittie and Cary Nord
-The first "volume" of R Stevens' webcomic Diesel Sweeties has been made available as a free eBook
-IDW will launch a new Popeye comic by Roger Langridge and Bruce Ozella in April
ART:
-Riika Auvien (watercolors of cartoon, video game and comics characters)
-Loston Wallace (pin-ups of cartoon and comics characters)
-Entries in LA's Gallery 1988's Adult Swim-inspired show
-This week's Best Art Ever (This Week)
-Francesco Francavella's "Hellbrown" Peanuts/Hellboy mash-ups
-Mexican pulp cover art
-Yasmin Liang (superheroes, original characters)
-Loston Wallace (pin-ups of cartoon and comics characters)
-Entries in LA's Gallery 1988's Adult Swim-inspired show
-This week's Best Art Ever (This Week)
-Francesco Francavella's "Hellbrown" Peanuts/Hellboy mash-ups
-Mexican pulp cover art
-Yasmin Liang (superheroes, original characters)
TOYS:
-The "New 52" Batman will get an action figure from DC Direct
-Marvel's Fear Itself event/story will be commemorated in a line of Minimates
-Hasbro's Avengers toys from the upcoming movie will look like this
-Marvel's Fear Itself event/story will be commemorated in a line of Minimates
-Hasbro's Avengers toys from the upcoming movie will look like this
TELEVISION:
-FX passed on the Powers TV pilot as is, but they're considering ordering a rewrite and reshoots
-The CW is green-lighting work on a live-action Green Arrow pilot
INTERVIEW:
-Moviefone's Eric Larnick spoke with Boondocks creator and cartoonist Aaron McGruder in a wide-ranging piece occasioned by the release of the film Red Tails, which McGruder co-wrote
ORIGINAL COMICS:
-The guys from Let's Be Friends Again explain Donna Troy...or come as close as anyone can come to explaining Donna Troy (Warning: Strip includes images of Terry Long!)
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