Congratulations you’ve made it to another new episode of New This Week with Sheldon,Simon & Antonio. Sheldon had the Pick this week and he went with the spectacular Secret Avengers #4 from Marvel Comics written by Nick Spencer and drawn my Luke Ross!!! Don’t dig on that? Hey, thats understandable which is why we also talk about Thor,Batman and Redhood,Avengers Assemble Age of Ultron,Buffy The Vampire Slayer,The Walking Dead,Avengers & Harbinger. See plenty of GREAT books and TONS of Avengers books to hold you over! So join us next week and EVERY WEEK for more great comic conversation from the guys over at Comic Impact!
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Hey Comic Impact! Welcome to another episode of Pick of the Week for May 1st, 2013. Antonio has the pick this week and he has gone with the penultimate issue of Winter Soldier by Jason Latour and Nic Klein. This week he is joined by Simon and Sheldon as they talk about a bunch of Marvel books like Age of Ultron, Iron Man, Hulk and Red She Hulk as well as Swamp Thing and Valiant books Harbinger Wars and Shadowman. Also an exclusive interview with Vincent Van Goat from Valiant’s new comic series Quantum and Woody that launches in July!
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Hey Comic Impact! Join Simon, Sheldon, and Antonio as they talk about the first summer movie blockbuster of the year and the first film from Marvel Studios Phase Two, Iron Man 3. This is going to be a spoiler heavy episode, so you are warned. Also we warn you a few times before we actually discuss the film’s plot before we go into spoiler territory. Remember that you were warned, now, if you’ve seen the movie listen to us talk about Iron Man 3, future of Marvel Studios and the rest of Phase 2 and what we might be looking forward to in Phase 3. I AM IRON MAN!!!!!
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The Sweet Seduction of Interchangeable Parts (and The Choking Hazards of Rocket Cannon Projectiles) Long has the tradition flourished, this strategically synergized system of comics and children’s toys locked in a hypnotic dance of capitalistic ecstasy. Working its way along numerous franchises, these licensed properties have helped He-Man, Voltron, G.I. Joe, The Transformers and many others to sell more toys, which promote the comics, which once again promote the toys. One of the pioneers of this delirium-inducing pirouette of marketing brilliance was Mego (mee-go) Corporation’s Micronauts. The origins of how this line of children’s toys became a Marvel Comics monthly publication are laid out in an earlier edition of Comics ‘n Coffee
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Join Simon and Antonio as they talk about the comics for the last week of April 2013! It was hard for Simon to find a pick because of all the amazing comics that came out but he went with Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #22 by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli. Antonio mentioned something really touching and beautiful in FF by Matt Fraction and Joe Quinones. Not a marvel fan well, guess what? The boys discuss Independent comics. They have a talk about East of West by the amazing Jonathan Hickman. Simon gets over excited about who did the artwork on last week’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue and Antonio tells you where this is the perfect time you should be reading Angel and Faith from Dark Horse.
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Hey Comic Impact! If you take away anything from this column this week is that Jonathan Hickman is one of the best writers working today and that you need to pick up his creator owned books.
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HOLD ME CLOSER, SPYING DANCER Marvel Preview was among some of Marvel’s extensive line of magazine comics from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, which were somewhat akin to miniature graphic novels, not to be confused with the actual graphic novels published around the same time. In addition to this publication, there were other variety books on the market such as Epic Illustrated, Savage Tales and Marvel Movie Premier, along with magazine-style titles focused on singular characters, including Kull and the Barbarians and Rampaging Hulk. For $1.25, you got a heckuva lot of story, usually in stunning black-and-white pencils and inks, and got to meet a variety of fascinating characters without having to follow an ongoing plot.
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What’s up Comic Impact!!! You just haphazardly stumbled into the Pic of The Week here at Comic Impact! This week Sheldon and Antonio talk the best comics of April 17th 2013 and because Sheldon had the pick he went with Daredevil #25 by Mark Waid and art by Chris Samnee! Don’t fear though if you aren’t into comics staring guys in red spandex then you have at least a one out of five chance of liking the other books;P I kid, I kid the other books that will lick your sweet ear drums are Age of Ultron,Captain America, Night Wing, XO and Daredevil End of Days! Not bad right? Like how we bookended it?So keep it right here and you might catch some other did bits of knowledge passed down by these keepers of comic wisdom.
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Hey Comic Impact! Sorry for the delay this week. I had gotten my comics read pretty fast last week but didn’t have time to write up anything about them because I spent the weekend visiting friends and family back in New York. I’m still a little tired but wanted to get this out to you guys as soon as I could. I’m not going to go into too much detail this week but make sure to listen to the Pick of the Week Podcast this week as Simon, Sheldon, and I go more in depth on last week’s comics.
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ALL GOOD ROBOTS GO TO HEAVEN (or How X-51 Got His 01100111 01110010 01101111 01101111 01110110 01100101 Back) We’ve seen it played out in many different ways: the concept of machines becoming sentient. We can’t help but imagine how things will be once our technology reaches human-like potential. If sentient, will we shackle machines as subservient tools or will we grant them the freedoms that we enjoy? If a machine possesses independent thought, can it dream? When a robot knows fear, love, hate and despair, does that mean that it has a soul? Such ideas have been explored in literature (I, Robot), television (Star Trek) and movies (The Terminator), but they have all centered on a singular notion: humanity. The question isn’t a matter of machines becoming human, for that day seems closer all the time … but what does it mean to BE human?
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This week, Brian Michael Bendis returns to talk all things X-Men! We go over both Uncanny X-Men and All-New X-Men, and his approach to writing the two mutant books. We talk some Age of Ultron, as well as the news regarding Neil Gaiman and Guardians of the Galaxy. We also cover Daredevil: End of Days and working with legends like Klaus Janson and Bill Sienkiewicz. Plus, some Ultimate Spider-Man talk, Powers, Scarlet, convention plans and so much more!
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Hey Comic Impact! Welcome to the first week of comics for the month of April. I’m not fooling anyone when it comes to the best of the week, so here they are and I hope you enjoyed your comics.
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EXCESSIVE TOUCHING MAY RESULT IN BURNS (Ask your doctor about Man-Thing™ Brand Soothing Cream) There was a time when not every hero had a perfect smile and wore flattering tight spandex. This was also the time when horror stories didn’t automatically mean zombies and supernatural tales weren’t confined to teenage vampires with over-inflated libidos and under-inflated acting skills. Imagine this pitch meeting at one of your modern comic book publishers: it’s a monthly story about an inhuman protagonist made of swamp muck who lives purely on instinct, not truth, justice and the American Way; someone who doesn’t wear a costume, never leaves the Florida Everglades and can’t even speak. Now imagine this character becomes so popular that it inspires more than one volume of headlined comics over three decades. I’m pretty sure that particular pitch would get laughed right out of the meeting room (“Security! Escort Mr. Hansen from the premises!”). My caffeinated friend, few people would understand how such a formula would work in today’s modern world of comics, but it’s a solid fit for the morning musings of this edition of Comics ‘n Coffee.
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1. East of West #1 by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta, and Frank Martin [Image] I feel like there is a God I need to pray and sacrifice a large animal to say thank you for being blessed with a brand new ongoing comic book from Jonathan Hickman. This comic has a lot of ideas that it has to get across to set up this alternate universe that it makes its setting. Though having read this book I don’t really know what it’s truly about yet, at least what the main story that follows the main character is. But let me paint and picture and try and figure out what the heck is going on. From the start of the issue we are shown the birth of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse on Earth with the exception of one. We don’t know who it is but we do find out by issues end, all we do end up knowing that the remainder of the horsemen are on a mission to kill the last horseman. Then we get a story of prophets and prophecies from after the Civil War and we jump into an alternative world, more specifically and alternative United […]
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Put Your Armor-round Yer Lady, Unless you Repulsor There are comics which make you excited, some you simply endure, and some which even make you tingle in that special way. Then, there are comics which make you think … where you ponder what super powers would mean to a world as complex as ours with all its hopes, dreams and variations of religion, politics and strife. When standard super hero fare becomes a lesson in morality and your humble author provides a rare spoiler, it must be another edition of Comics ‘n Coffee.
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Get Up, Hold Up…It’s The Pick of The Week. Yeah it is….so join Sheldon, Antonio and Simon as they go through books for the week of March 20th 2013! So grab your favorite headphones and listen as Sheldon throws the pick of Nova #2 written by Jeph Loeb with fantastic art by Ed McGuiness!It really is out of this world! The whole Marvel Galaxy thing not send you into orbit? Well that’s allright kiddies because the guys also talk about Nightwing #18,Star Wars Legacy #1,Cable and X-Force #6,Saga #11,Constantine #1 and more of course Simon can’t seem to keep it together long enough to tell the guys what actually happened in each of his books…….classic Simon.So keep listening and enjoying the sweet soothing sounds of Simon,Sheldon and Antonio only here at Comic Impact and only on The Pick Of The Week!!
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