Archie Loves Veronica
As if there was ever any doubt.
Now it’s official. Archie will ask Veronica to marry him. That’s coming from CNN no less! The Archie comics and I go way back. I took them to family summer camp. I would go back and forth between Betty and Veronica, a lot like Archie did. Though I never understood why the two girls would fight over him when, hello? REGGIE!!!
Reading Over Shoulders
omgomgomgomgomgomg VORTEX 2!!!!!
I seriously need some Stylish surgical masks by Yoriko Yoshida.
Kate Dacey at Manga Critic offers up a quick couple of reviews and notes that things come out too fast to cover it all – preach it.
Chris Mautner decides that League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1910 is better than Black Dossier – which isn’t saying much. Based on his review, I’ll probably give it a shot but not have my hopes up.
Here’s what the critics are saying about X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
I normally don’t even bother with a comic until it’s collected but I love the concept of this giant cowl battle so much that I may have to get single issues. Read About Comics reviews Battle of the Cowl: The Underground.
Elliot Stabler is the Green Lantern!
The New Green Initiative | Graphic Novel Reporter - New Green Lantern cartoon movie coming to DVD!
The above article includes an interview with Chris Meloni, or as I like to call him angry Elliot Stabler. You may also recognize his name from Harold and Kumar go to White Castle - yes, that was him!!
He sounds all excited about the prospect of voicing a superhero, “You become a kid again. I’m doing what my five-year-old son does in his bedroom. Only I get paid for it. That makes it even more fun.”
I think Meloni is a great choice. He’s got a strong voice but it isn’t too deep (think Batman) or too unsure (think Superman) or too high (think Spiderman).
Green Lantern is certainly getting a lot of attention. I read the beautifully illustrated and mythos heavy Sinestro Corps War. I was confused, it’s true, but enjoyed it none the less.
Saturday Morning Cartoons make better Comics
So what Saturday morning cartoons did you watch?
I loved He-Man but never She-Ra.
Voltron but never Thundercats.
Snorks but never, ever the whiny Smurfs.
Later I would wonder what drew me to those particular cartoons. He-Man is obvious – why would I watch some lady run around when I could watch a shirtless man and his cat friend? I mean, DUH.
Voltron had better animation and I liked the pink chick. Thundercats had too much action and the weird combination of people merged with cat characteristics really freaked me out.
The Snorks were just more, I don’t know, edgy. They constantly faced certain death when their little snorkel gill things got plugged up or tied in a knot. The Smurfs just bickered and I guessed face some kind of danger by that wizard Gargamel – even though he sucked at magic.
Now, had I known the Smurfs were a comic? I may have had more love for them.
The Savage Critic takes a look at a certain smurf storyline, King Smurf. You gotta love any post that starts out – “This is the story of the day the Smurfs became terrorists.”
