Davedevil

Oh look, a Flashlight.

RIP

And as a followup to my post from 5 days ago, I did have a wonderful time in Japan. It was too short, but hey that leaves some stuff for next time, whenever that would be. First day was a guided tour of Tokyo, which was alright, got a good idea of the city. Second day was Tokyo Disneyland, didn't enjoy it too much because it was way too hot and crowded outside. PSA, if you're planning to go to a theme park, go when the elements aren't conspiring to destroy you. Oh and I got to ride Star Tours, which was really fun. Third day was just for shopping, and I got my cousins stuff that they wanted, like anime figures. I was happy to find sets of Heisei and Millennium-era Godzilla postcards. (They make excellent bookmarks or mini posters for the shelves) Several circumstances make it unlikely to actually happen, but I'd like to imagine myself living there, with a couple friends, relatives or whoever. Something about the place just speaks to me. Maybe it's vacation goggles. Maybe it's me being an introvert, and the culture seems to encourage that. Who knows. So yeah, thanks for indulging me for a bit there, people of the forums.

I might be biased but I love the current Batman and Detective logos.

Good, good.

Haven't had the time to listen to that particular episode yet, but this is the most excited I've been to listen to the show in a while.

They've done Year Two and Year Three. The former was part of the inspiration for Mask of the Phantasm. The latter involved Bruce adopting Dick Grayson. I wonder if the Batman Gotham Knight discs are gonna include the Batman Black and White motion comics, based on the actual book it's packaged with. They're only five or so minutes each. Glad to see Perez's Wonder Woman in hardcover.

So I'll be going to Japan for the first time (well, other than layovers during flights to and from the US) tomorrow. Bit nervous, but I'm hoping to have a great time.

Bit of a fanboy thing here, but I just can't process Constantine with superheroes. Would rather have had him showing up on iZombie. But whatever, I'm gonna be tuning in for that one. May have to finally watch Arrow from the beginning.

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Angela's Hunt: Miniseries by Gaiman and Capullo. I've only read one issue of Spawn before this. (Paul Jenkins' first) This was...eh. Overall plot was simple, there's only the occasional Gaimanism, and the writing style grates a bit. Capullo's not yet there as an artist, but it still looks pretty good. I got the book cheap and I'm glad for that. Batgirl 42 - It's fun. Still not sure how to regard Tarr's work, since she's only done one issue(?) doing full pencils by herself. Detective Comics 41 - Bullock continues to be really awesome. Art was surprisingly not disappointing, considering it's not Manapul drawing. Sensation Comics 12 - The Poison Ivy arc was kickass. The story with Batman left me a bit cold. ASM 19.1 - I'm liking Watanabe. The fight with the Circus of Crime was really fun. I'm disposed to love any action scene doing the multiple Spideys in a panel trick. Black Widow 20 - Left me wanting a bit more. Gonna miss the monthly dose of Noto art. Spider-Woman 9 - The road trip was enjoyable, the latter half was eh.

I'd agree but the mask undermines the menace a bit for me. If they were willing to go a certain distance with the horror of Doom, why not go full-on, sunken cheeks, angular face, etc? Minor quibble though.

If this was released any other time of the year, would it have had a chance? Both Ghost Rider movies did well with their February release dates. Clearly I am at the bargaining stage with this movie.

There's a few exciting scenes though. The origin sequence is really well-done. The final fight is too short but it's not bad. The movie's not that long anyway.

So yeah.

The Immortal Iron Fist vol 1 - My first Iron Fist story. Really engrossing. All the different art styles work well together, a feat considering there's about 4 different teams that handle different segments. I only really recognized Travel Foreman's work when I checked out the credits, I thought it was just Hollingsworth shifting his coloring style on Aja's work. Daredevil 17 - A twist or two's been added, but most of it's action. I'll see how it works out in the end, but right now I'm left thinking "That's all? Hmm." Darth Vader 6 - Not really sure of the point of the first half, but the second was pretty powerful.

Not really discussing spoilers but I don't think most of you can see it yet so I'll put them in the tags. Anyways, I don't think it's a disaster.

I'm seeing it today so I'll post some thoughts when I get back.

Godzilla in Hell #1 - Pretty fricking spectacular. The other creative teams have a tough act to follow but I'm hopeful. Wolverine Get Mystique - Fun action story. The stuff between Logan and Mystique was pretty predictable though. Great artwork by Garney as always.

Aliens Breakout - I dunno if I just didn't pay enough attention but this was hard to read. The fact that all the characters names were changed just adds to how incoherent I found it. Art was good though. Superior Spider-Man Team-Up vol 1 - Fun book with enough characterization to make me get why some people preferred this to the main book. Art was great. Paco Medina used the eyes being telescopic lenses to great effect, having them zoom in and out. I don't think any of the other artists used this at all, even though it expresses emotion the way classic Spidey's eyes changing sizes did. And Marco Checchetto's just a kickass artist, I've been a fan since his issues during the BND run. Top it all off with covers by Paolo Rivera, and you have a terrific looking book.

Paper Towns - The novel is one of my favorites and this was a good adaptation. Saw it with my best friends (one of whom also loves the book) since grade school and it was a fun time.

Happy birthday!

I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson - I only got to read the included short stories before I got separated from this book when I had to leave for college. Anyways, I recently finished the main story, and I dug it. First extended story by Matheson that I've read and he did a good job with the tension. I liked that the vampires were intelligent, and had a scientific aspect to their nature. The notion of crosses only working to Christians turned to vampires was pretty neat. The ending was great, for how grim it was.

Hasn't stopped them from putting out DVDs of the Fleischer Superman cartoons though.