Sundry Sunday Linkblogging
More updates to
Friday's
Rob Liefeld Captain America entry. I'm still waiting for the
English language edition of
ADLO's
analysis of Rob's Cap, but in the meantime, Elena has a
nice
summary of the whole lost-in-translation spectacle so far.
CrossGen
files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. (
Comic
World News originally broke the story, but their site's been down
all morning.)
Matt
Maxwell (not a permalink) covers covers. And while he may
just be kidding about wanting to know what's going on with the cover to
IRON FIST #1, I'm being completely sincere when I say that
I'm
looking forward to finding out why Iron Man and Iron Fist got into
a fight with each other. Perhaps Tony Stark felt a hero with the
name "Iron Fist" would weaken the strength of his own superheroic brand?
Johanna,
responding to
Carl
Henderson's complaints, explains why she digs manga and why she
thinks detractors are missing the point.
Johanna also
reviews
the new manga version of Sabrina. (I
pre-ordered this and am looking forward to reading it before I pass it
along to my niece.)
Speaking of Archie comics, I find
this
interesting because (for me at least) it demonstrates how a creator's
later work (or the work you're most familiar with) can forever color
your perceptions of his other work. I simply can't look at these
earlier
girlie pin-ups by Dan DeCarlo without thinking of Betty, Veronica,
or any of the other "wholesome" gals from Riverdale. Which
results in a weird case of cognitive dissonance for me, since I'm a fan
of vintage pin-up art, but I'm creeped out by what my brain perceives
as "dirty Archie comics."
I know this is an old one, but I just got around to reading it
finally: Jason Kimble provides
an interesting
analysis
of the divide between the extraordinary and the gentlemanly in
League
of Extraordinary Gentleman. His thesis inspires thoughtful
responses from
Marc
Singer and
Jess
Nevins.
Finally, don't forget to enter the
Street
Angel Squid Contest, which ends Friday, June 25th!
