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Weekly Comics Review for April 16, 2014

Welcome to my spoiler filled corner of the internet where I review comics. I will be here every week with a few reviews for the (usually) newest books. My ratings are simple: I don’t use or really like number ratings. I go by Pass, Read, and Buy. See I told you it was simple. Now that we got that cleared up let’s get to reviewing some comics!

 

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All New Doop #1
Story by Peter Milligan | Art by David Lafuente

That’s right Doop is back! The camera toting, back-up brain in his butt, gibberish(?) talking, mighty as Thor, X-Man is here to show us what really happened in Battle of the Atom. The first thing to remember about this book is there is no understanding Doop; once you know that, you can truly enjoy reading it. This book feels a bit like Forrest Gump with everything going on and Doop just kind of being there for all of these events. The comic also pokes a lot of fun at the recent time traveling in the X-Men books, and has a really great moment of Doop breaking his way through all of the panels to get to where he needs to go. Overall the book was a lot of fun, but wasn’t as good as other Doop books. Part of the problem is it didn’t really feel like the other books. Doop normally feels a bit more put together and suave—almost like James Bond if you will. The art is the real star here. It is very well drawn with some great coloring, with a very ’90s style to it that I love. I’m not sure how they can turn this into an ongoing series, but I’m definitely interested.

My Recommendation: Read

 

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Skinned #1
Story by Tim Daniel, Jeremy Holt | Art by Joshua Gowdy

Skinned is set in a future where at birth everyone is given contacts that allow them to see the world as they wish. Environments, clothes, and even people change from each persons perspective. The idea is pretty cool. Imagine if you could see everything in the art style of Dragon Ball Z or Blade Runner. Unfortunately, this idea that perspectives are constantly changing from person to person doesn’t translate that well into a comic. From panel to panel the view changes and there were moments where I had to stop and figure out who was who. The plus side is that the art style is really great to look at, and seeing so many creatively different versions of characters and rooms is nice. However, the story is a bit dull; nothing that hasn’t been done before. Same with the characters. They’re mostly stereotypes of characters you’ve seen before: the poor rebel hacker and the defiant daughter of royalty. I’m going to check out issue two, but it really needs to pick up or they will loose me.

My Recommendation: Read

 

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D4VE #4
Story by Ryan Ferrier | Art by Valentin Ramon

D4VE is about a robot in a world of robots fighting off an alien invasion, while dealing with his own personal problems. This issue is full of action as our main character D4VE finally sets his master plan into action to save his world from destruction. Everything that happens in the story is pretty much a build up for the finale. I almost feel like this series was written by me in my teenage years. The jokes are very immature and the fights are completely ridiculous. There is definitely some cheesiness in the story, but it fits the tone of the books so far. I was very entertained, but I can see how some readers could be turned off by the humor. The characters are very much in a sci-fi / action movie genre—similar too Starship Troopers or the Ron Perlman moments of Pacific Rim.

My Recommendation: Buy

 

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Deadpool vs Carnage #2
Story by Cullen Bunn | Art by Salva Espin

With the two (arguably) craziest people in the Marvel Universe going head to head, this mini-series has been fantastic so far.  Honestly, as a Deadpool fan—besides getting more Cable & Deadpool—I couldn’t ask for anything better. This issue has a little something for everyone: creepy symbiotic romance, illegally downloaded dubstep music, and even extremely overweight Deadpool. Well actually, Deadpool doesn’t get fat, it’s a fan that’s not really a fan who is somehow Deadpool mentally or on the same wave length mentally as Deadpool and Carnage. Forget the explanation, it’s a comic, that’s why he’s fat. This book really nails the comedy of Deadpool as well. Unlike other books like Thunderbolts, this really is the “Merc with a Mouth.” This issue does hit on a peeve of mine though: I don’t like Deadpool comics where his mask is off a lot. I just find it kind of weird. I guess it humanizes him, and I don’t like to see that. Besides that, the comic looks fantastic. It’s always great when multiple color varied bubbles are all together in one issue.

My Recommendation: Buy

That’s it for this week. Come back next week for more comic book reviews and chimichangas.

 

 

Movies/TV

Superhero Film Fatigue

With so many superhero films coming out, one must wonder if audiences will get any “superhero fatigue.” Captain America: The Winter Soldier just hit the big screen on April 4, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is out May 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past on May 23, and Gaurdians of the Galaxy on August 1. That’s a lot of heroics in such a short span of time. According to POW! Entertainment,  in a recent interview with Bloomberg Television, Chairman and Chief Creative officer (and Comic Guru) Stan Lee believes we have nothing to worry about:

“Look at James Bond. I don’t know how long that’s been going on, and it’s still a big event when a new James Bond movie comes out. I think it will be the same thing with these Marvel superheroes.”

Not to be the one to question “The Man,” but I don’t think you can really compare the two properties, except that they’ve both been around for so long and started in another form of media that translated quite perfectly to film. In the fifty-two years that Bond films have been made there has only been twenty-three. On the other hand, Marvel has been making films for seventy years; there have been forty-nine films based on Marvel comics up to and including Guardians of the Galaxy. That number may sound like it’s about the same as the Bond films, but when you break it down it’s really not. The first Marvel film, Captain America, came out in 1944. The next Marvel film wasn’t until 1978 with Dr. Strange, since then Marvel films have been consistently released. That means fans have seen forty-eight Marvel films in thirty-six years. That’s just over a film a year, while Bond has only shown up about once every two years. In fact, there was a four-year gap between the last two Bond films; that’s a lot of time to get excited for a sequel.

Besides the fact that we’re seeing at least one new Marvel movie a year, there’s still another obvious problem that may lead to fatigue: other companies. DC comics has its own brand of movies, which are made alongside plenty of indie comics that get big screen treatments. DC alone has made thirty-six films in the last sixty-three years. Its numbers are not that bad, but when you combine them with Marvels numbers that’s eighty-five superhero films in seventy years. Now sure Stan Lee was only referring to Marvel films, but the average non-comic-reading person doesn’t know that Spider-Man and Green Lantern are not made by the same people. To them, it’s just a bunch of superhero movies every year, and not all of them are very good, which could in turn put a sour taste in their mouths considering how much movie tickets cost today. Seeing two or three mediocre to bad superhero movies could ruin any future interests. Bond films are much less frequent and are usually good or great, so people are going to be understandably excited for them when they do come out.

Despite what I’ve said, as a comic book fan, I love that we can see so many different comics turn into films. It’s something I never really thought would happen, and now that it has I don’t really want it to stop; however, as with anything it will have its time in the spotlight and then slowly fade away. Superheroes and their movies will always be around, I just don’t think they will always be as prominent as they are now.
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Evans Dishes on New Torch

Is it me or does the only awesome news about the Fantastic Four reboot lie in Michael B. Jordan playing the Human Torch? At least on THAT point I got a heavy hitter in my corner.

It’s almost inevitable that a major comic book character will polarize fans when cast for the big screen, but Jordan brings an energy and confidence that is so perfect for this role it easily rivals the previous incarnation; at least according to said incarnation himself.

Chatting up the New York Daily News at the recent Winter Soldier junket, Evans gushed about the young actor stepping into the Storm-y shoes, saying:

I couldn’t even give that guy any advice if I wanted, that guy is so good. It’s exciting to see what he’s going to do, because I know he’s going to reinvent it in a way that I could never have imagined.

And when asked whether he feels proprietary or nostalgic toward the part:
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It’s so funny, you almost feel precious over the role that you don’t want someone else to do it, but when you hear someone phenomenal is doing it, it’s very exciting like you almost can’t wait . . . It’s almost like we’re sharing, the character is ours. I feel like I’m connected with him in a way, it’s a nice feeling.

Of course he’s not gonna call the guy an A-hole, but it must be nice to have Captain America geek out about you taking his place. Although both those guys like to geek out on one another, as witnessed by this bromantic snaphot posted on Michael B. Jordan’s instagram this week.

 

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Bubba Nosferatu Lives?

Cult indie director Don Coscarelli took his fandom by storm last week when a completely unexpected trailer for a fifth entry in his Phantasm franchise was unveiled, dubbed Ravager. Though the thing looks damn good and the surprise is high (the project went entirely under the radar) it did prompt at least one fan (hi!) to shout in despair WHAT ABOUT ELVIS?

If you’ve never heard of or seen Coscarelli’s Bubba Ho-Tep, you’ve missed out on one of last decade’s wackiest pieces of indie awesomeness. In a nutshell, it features Bruce Campbell as an elder Elvis, living his final days anonymously in a home he and his pal JFK must defend from a redneck mummy that sucks your soul through your . . . yeah, it’s awesome.

The movie was an instant cult classic, but nowhere near a financial smash (Campbell himself ran marketing by screening it at his book signings). The promised sequel, Bubba Nosferatu, will pair the King with his infamous manager, played by Paul Giamatti. Somehow, the two inevitably fall into limbo. Many false starts later, including Ron Perlman replacing Bruce because of those pesky “Artistic Differences,” the project is apparently still this close to happening.

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“Nothing to report right now on the sequel ‘Bubba Nosferatu,’ other than a couple months back I had an excellent dinner with both Bruce Campbell and Paul Giamatti. I can swear to you, they would make an awesome on screen team! Elvis is eternal, and his manager Col Tom Parker probably is too, so, with luck, the Gods of Graceland will help us find a path to get that movie to the silver screen.”

Forget the Gods Don, pray to your fans! With Bruce back on board, put that mother out to crowd funding and see how many fans will gladly pay for it. My guess: quite enough. If Veronica Mars can do it, it’s a walk in the park for Elvis Campbell. What say you Geeks?

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