"Amazing Power, Ooo, Iron Man!"

Posted on February 24, 2008 by drumsintheglobalvillage

Yet another reason I’ll be LIVING at the theater this summer. 🙂

Two Networks, A New Comicbook…….

Posted on February 9, 2008 by drumsintheglobalvillage

Can anything stop “Doctor Who” and its spinoffs “Torchwood” and “The Sarah Jane Adventures” other than them being worn out?🙂

Here’s the link to the new “Doctor Who” comicbook. And if you like cartoons, here.

P.S. If you liked the Peter Davison take on the character, you’ll like this. Then you can watch this—until it’s gone. 🙂

Hooray For Charlie Brown!

Posted on February 5, 2008 by drumsintheglobalvillage

Go!

Posted on December 17, 2007 by drumsintheglobalvillage

Woo-woo!

I’m first in line……….. 🙂

Damn, Washington Post……….

Posted on November 30, 2007 by drumsintheglobalvillage

…………..don’t you know a smear campaign when you see one?

Here, read your own political cartoon section.

What?!? No More Kids' WB!?!?

Posted on October 8, 2007 by drumsintheglobalvillage

And then, in 2008, there was none. Damn. Money really does talk, and talk well, huh? DAMN! What happened to subsidizing your BRANDS? Oh, that’s right; the network is the CW now. Boy, am I naive! LOL! 🙂

Clearly, after 16 years of geek bliss, it’s finally time to leave the house on Saturday mornings. 🙂 I will always have great memories of the Great Animated Superhero Cartoon Commercial Television Era of 1992 (the year “Batman: TAS” premiered on Fox Kids on weekday afternoons) to 2008. “X-Men,” “Spider-Man: TAS,” “Phantom 2040” , “Gargolyes” and “Superman: TAS” followed on Fox Kids, Kids WB! or in weekdaily or weekend first-run syndication (not counting UPN Kids, ’cause it just showed repeats of the other network shows), all to great acclaim from fanboys (read: me 🙂 ).

And on and on, “Fantastic Four: TAS,” “Iron Man: TAS,” “Silver Surfer: TAS” (my all-time favorite) “The Avengers: TAS,” and more, as the ’90s turned into ’00s. Up through “The Batman” (a show I only tolerated until it began to take itself seriously, writing-wise, at the start of its fourth season) and “Legion of Super Heroes.”

With Fox Kids and Kids’ WB! gone, at 39 I really can’t make the audience investment anymore, following the remaining cartoons to cable or wherever. *SIGH* At least there are now a lot of (direct–to-) DVD animated films from which to choose.

Time to take those Saturday art classes—sculpture? painting?— I keep claiming I want. And perhaps I should start pulling out my “How-To-Write-A-Screenplay” books and my African myth anthologies……..

Okay, I've Finally Seen……..

Posted on September 6, 2007 by drumsintheglobalvillage

……”Read A Book.”

Um……Damn. I don’t know whether I should congratulate it or attack it.

Here’s the story behind it.

VERY Quick Reviews Of Black Panther Nos. 24-29 and Fantastic Four 544-548

Posted on August 24, 2007 by drumsintheglobalvillage

The above—a Fantastic Four briefly led by T’Challa, with significant backup from Storm—was probably the only good thing to come out of Marvel Comics’ Civil War.

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BLACK PANTHER 24-29
WRITER: Reginald Hudlin
PENCILLERS: Marcus To and Koi Turbull (24); To (25); Francis Portela (26-27; pencils and inks on 28-29);
INKERS: Don Ho, Jeff de los Santos (24-25), Sal Regla and Nick Nix (24); Victor Olazaba (26-27)
PLOT: The Civil War continues in 24 and 25. In the aftermath, King T’Challa and Queen Storm find a special crib in which to crash, and an important task. Then a refurbished Foursome meet the Marvel Zombies…….

FANTASTIC FOUR 544-548
WRITER: Dwayne McDuffie
PENCILLER: Paul Pelletier
INKER: Rick Magyar
PLOT: The “new” Fantastic Four go up against The Silver Surfer and The Frightful Four.

VERDICTS: As far as Hudlin’s BLACK PANTHER goes, I eagerly await his NEXT storyline—which, hopefully, will be in Wakanda. The Civil War crossover issues try their best to solidify the Panther-Storm relationship, but nothing else happens, except a couple of sub-plots. Continuity again takes a walk, even from less than five years ago: Panther and Falcon talk about upgrading Falcon’s wings, when Panther ALREADY DID THAT in the pages of CAPTAIN AMERICA AND THE FALCON. The Marvel Zombie storyline is not even worth discussing.

McDuffie had me cheering through his episodes of “Justice League Unlimited,” so I’m happy to report that his Fantastic Four is quite solid, albeit surface-level. Add Pelletier’s lovely art, and you’ve got a more-than-decent read.

Fanboys pitched a fit when T’Challa—who, in McDuffie’s book, at least, was a little more like the character Priest envisioned—was able to arm-lock Ol’ Chrome Dome. I guess they forgot when Stan Lee had Spider-Man do pretty much the same thing back in the day. Meanwhile, I got a little tired of seeing Sue captured for the 400th time and watching The Frightful Four try to get it together yet AGAIN, but the stories were entertaining, and I guess that’s the (only) point in 2007, right?

AUGUST 29th UPDATE (BLACK PANTHER 30 and FANTASTIC FOUR 549): Hudlin’s dialogue is still uneven, 30 issues into his BP run. *SIGH*.

McDuffie putting in Sue’s mouth the words “I. AM NOT. A HOSTAGE,” and her subsequent taking DOWN of three of the Frightful Four/Five by her damn self, was worth the price of the mag alone. 🙂 Again, if the goal is fun, the brothers are trying their best.