Wreckin’ the desert With the power of a bomb, Ain’t no monster clown Who is such a phenom. As ever-lovin’ Hulk! To be honest, true believer, I couldn’t help myself this week. I was all set to knock out the column you see before you and write with great enthusiasm about the premier issue of Strange Tales Vol. 2. But then I opened up a very special issue that grabbed my attention.
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LOVE, EXCITING & NEW … COME ABOARD, WE’RE SMASHING YOU (or It’s a Nice Day for a Green Wedding) Weddings are happy, celebratory affairs which bring two people – as well as their friends and family – together in flamboyant ceremonies with traditions that vary in outlandish, gleeful ways. In the realm of super-hero comic books, the occasion of a wedding often involves the invasion of deadly enemies who want to ruin the party or take out the lovebirds, all without an invitation for either themselves or their plus-one.
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IN SPACE, NO ONE HEARS YOU SCREAM (But your blaster still goes “Shrak!”) Every so often, your author comes across a comic book which presents such a dynamic story and bountiful beauty that it leaves me virtually speechless. This is one of those times, dear reader, and it is glorious. Most readers of modern comics are familiar with the Guardians of the Galaxy, particularly their enigmatic leader, Star-Lord.
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Are you ready for an all new episode of Did You Catch All That? You know, that little video we do once a month with such features as We have Issues,Comics on Film,On Shelves Now,Events and so much more.Not only did we change up a few things but we also added new features for you such as One on One, where Simon talks about his love of Archangel, and Sheldon gives us The Rundown where he talks to us about one of his favorite artists of all time, the one and only Gabriel Hardman. We also break down the best cover of the month on The Breakdown, plus joining us for the season 2 opening of Did You Catch All That? We are joined by David Accampo, a Los Angeles based creator who talks to us about Sparrow & Crowe: The Demoniac of Los Angeles which debuts this July! In Pro’s and Con’s we talk about Phoenix Comicon 2012 and what to do to prepare for San Diego Comic Con!
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Welcome to Part 2 of Sequential Sunday’s look at the highly varied and completely mind-blowing work of 3-D processing master Ray Zone! In part 1 we saw numerous examples of depth-defying art from early issues of Zone’s self-published title The 3-D Zone. Though this series constitutes a sizable chunk of his 1980’s output, Zone applied his skills to the comics of numerous other publishers from the decade of the independent publishing boom as well, including Eclipse Comics.
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