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At first, Zeck was just mixed in with other cover artists. Right from the get go, though, his
covers were extremely dynamic with interesting angles and layouts.
Then. however, Zeck began his most famous stretch of covers, drawing the covers for issues
#37-57, with only one John Byrne cover (for #50) mixed in.
As you can see, almost all his covers are striking in either one of two ways - either they are
dynamic action shots or they are dramatic looking cool poses.
There are a few slight duds mixed in there, of course (the cover for #50 stands out, I believe,
in a negative sense - it does not seem all that dramatic for a 50th issue), but for the most
part, he was on top of things every month.
During this time, he even helped launch a new G.I. Joe title - G.I. Joe Special Missions, where
his action covers were definitely warranted…
Some of the later Special Missions covers seem a bit on the rough side, but still, very cool
covers.
Zeck also did the cover for one of the G.I. Joe Yearbooks…
Zeck actually stayed on the covers of the main book for nine issues past #57, but man, the change
in the book’s direction did not suit Zeck’s style at ALL.
An armored Cobra Commander? A guy in a Hawkman get-up? Some pirate guy on a hovercraft? Zeck did
what he could, but this was no longer his wheelhouse…
The exception, of course, is this three-parter where Zeck got to draw what he drew best - dynamic
military action scenes…
#61, in particular, is one of the best covers he did on the book.
But then it was back to the sillier plots…
When Zeck is drawing stuff in outer space - you know you’ve gone too far.
He got one last cool cover and he was done with the book, after forty-four awesome covers!
...Well, America the World a bunch of comic book geeks voted, and the results are in. The Curse of
the Zebra Batman is the winner of the quot;what Silver Age crack should I postquot; contest...
nbsp; nbsp; ...what is going on with Robin's face here? Oh well -- surely it can't be as weird as
the story... nbsp; nbsp; Eight full-sized images, followed by a quot;bonusquot; cover. nbsp; nbsp;
Hat tip to bear and his a href='http://linkfilter.net/?s=jjid=26078'zebra comics/a. nbsp; nbsp;
[cc: strangely funny; blogs zines]
Here’s the latest installment of a weekly reader interactive segment on the blog, where I
answer reader-submitted e-mails to bcronin@comicbookresources.com (and other e-mails that
don’t require responses).
Enjoy!
Mailbag entries were a bit slim this week - it was almost as if people were spending the
Thanksgiving holiday with their families rather than sending me mailbag entries - how dare they!!
Friendly publicist David got me hip to a cool new thing NBM is doing - a blog for all NBM’s
comic creators! And since NBM has such awesome people as Rick Geary, Neil Kleid, Ted Rall and
Lewis Trondheim, that’s a pretty sweet sounding blog!
Check it out here.
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Some new podcast called the Handsome Genius Club sent me a link to their podcast site. Here it is!
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ed!=Awesome! took issue with the #1 fight on the Top 25 Comic Book Battles, and sent me a link
from his website where he explains why Batman could never defeat Superman. Here is the link. I think he
seemed to believe that I picked the results myself - I did not - they were voted on by you, the
readers!
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Our favorite young comic book hopeful, Chris Jones, wrote in to show some pages from the comic he
is shopping around:
I talk a lot about the comic I’m working on, and I’d figure you might want to know
what it WAS, and make sure that I wasn’t just pissing into the wind with flights of fancy.
Well, here are the first couple of scripts, and some art for the second issue, drawn by the
wonderful Serena Guerra. If you think it’s worth showing off on the blog or in the letters
section, you can do that, or don’t if you think it’s garbage, or simply choose to
ignore the whole thing. Enjoy!
It’s not like I have a lot of other letters here, Chris, so sure, let’s show everyone
your comic!
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Comic book blog Destructo Co. is doing a holiday scavenger hunt to benefit Hero Initiative!
Here’s what they’re doing:
Here’s how ComiXmas works: On Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 12:00 pm (CST) Destructo Co.
will post our Xmas Wish List containing a combination of 12 Hidden Items and Trivia Questions
online. You have 24 hours to collect as many of the hidden items and answer as many of the trivia
questions as you can. One of the items participants must supply is proof of their donation to The
Hero Initiative in the amount of at least $1. The first participant to submit the most correct
items and answers to comixmas@destructoco.com (email must contain “ComiXmas List” in
the subject line) before 12:00 pm (CST) on December 14, 2008 wins a grand prize of 12 FREE COMIC
BOOK SUBSCRIPTIONS from Marvel, DC or a combination of both. All proceeds from the event will go
to benefit The Hero Initiative. Contact Destructo Co. at ComiXmas@destructoco.com with any
questions. See the Official Rules for complete details before participating.
That’s about it, but in case you were wondering, you don’t have to participate in the
scavenger hunt to donate. Every little bit helps. Good luck and thanks for your support!
Happy Holidays! - The Destructo Co. Staff
Check out their site here for more details.
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Good ol’ Bright-Raven is having a holiday sale at his DeviantArt website! Some pretty darn
cheap prices there! Check it out here.
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The nice publicist Margaret wrote in to remind folks about IDW’s big Customer Appreciation
sale!
DECEMBER 6, 10 AM - 3 PM. The sale will be held in IDW’s parking lot, 5080 Santa Fe St, San
Diego, CA 92109.
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Another nice publicist, Margot, showed me this neat Wanted game.
If you do, be sure to send me an e-mail to bcronin@comicbookresources.com with the subject
heading “Mailbag” if you want to be included in next week’s mailbag!
The biggest film of 2008 arrives on Blu-ray and DVD this December 9th, and Cinematical is
here to share our initial impressions, likes and dislikes, as well as let you know whether this
monster piece of home entertainment is worth the purchase. Perhaps time will tell if The Dark
Knight is the best comic book movie ever made, but in the meantime it's fairly
easy to declare it the best comic book movie of 2008. Director Christopher Nolan and his team of
Bat-freaks brought out the bigger guns for this sequel, adding more explosions, more depth, more
darkness and more Gotham. The result is an action-packed psychological salad full of delicious
performances and fantastic visuals.
In fact, that's exactly why you'll want to own this thing -- it just looks ... so ... good. On the
Blu-ray disc, for example, the film alternates between aspect ratios, showing the IMAX-filmed
scenes in 1.78:1, and the rest in 2.40:1. Sure, it's a bit different than watching it on a
seven-story screen, but the IMAX sequences (in particular the opening bank heist) will no doubt
take your television hostage and seduce every inch of your geek-obsessed body. Is it somewhat
annoying to dance between two aspect ratios during the film? Not really, except that you'll wish
the entire saga was shot with IMAX cameras. If you haven't yet watched a flick on Blu-ray, do
yourself a favor and pop your HD cherry on The Dark Knight.
Holiday humor proved to be what the public was looking for over Thanksgiving weekend as Four
Christmases led the pack. Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman's historical epic Australia
took fifth, while last week's third newbie Transporter 3 finished way down in seventh
place. Here's the top five:
1. Four
Christmases: $31 million
2. Bolt: $26.5 million
3. Twilight: $26.3
million
4. Quantum of
Solace: $18.8 million
5. Australia: $14.8
million
We've got three new releases this week:
Cadillac
Records
What's It All About: Set in the 1950s, Cadillac Records follows the lives of
several music legends including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter and Howlin' Wolf and
Elvis Presley. Why It Might Do Well: A 60% fresh rating at Rottentomatoes.com. Why It Might Not Do Well: The relatively small release will keep it out of the top
five.
Number of Theaters: 600
Prediction: $5 million
Punisher:
War Zone
What's It All About:Ray Stevenson takes over the
title role of the skull-wearing, gun-toting anti-hero and this time he's taking on a mobster called
Jigsaw. Why It Might Do Well: Who doesn't like to watch things blow up?
Why It Might Not Do Well: The Punisher is kind of the ugly stepchild of Marvel
Superheroes. Despite two previous films he's not particularly well known outside of comic book
circles and this film lacks the star power of Iron Man and The Incredible
Hulk. Number of Theaters: 2,400 Prediction: $9 million
The page on the left is from a 1978 book called Nate the Great Goes Undercover, by Marc Simont. The
poster of Emily the Strange on the right is from 1991. From "We Thought You Wouldn't Notice," a
blog that points out art swipes: If you’ve ever walked into a Hot Topic, you are somewhat
familiar with Emily, but on the off-chance that you haven’t, you can get aquainted with her
at her big fat website. She was designed in 1991, according to creator Rob Reger, as an image for
use on skateboarding merchandise. Since then, she has morphed into a kind of goth pop icon. At
first she was just a mouthpiece for typical Hot Topic tee slogans (”I WANT YOU to go
away,” “Problem Child,” etc. etc.) but since has moved to full-fledged
characterdom, with her own comic book series and a film slated for 2010. Google searching for any
information on this rip has yielded a tiny handful of bemused observers (this one offering the most
analysis), but as far as I can tell no real action has been taken. I doubt that neither Marjorie
Weinman Sharmat nor Marc Simont (the author and illustrator of the Nate the Great books,
respectively) is aware of the appropriation of their character. I plan to send a letter to each c/o
of their publishers as soon as possible. I really do think something should be done. This stolen
character has already made millions for its “creator” and the fact that she will have
her own film is clear testament of how big she’s gotten. I wonder if Reger is giving Simont a
percentage of the sales from Emily merchandise? Emily the Strange is a rip off of a 1978 book
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This is one of the baddest-ass gift ideas I've seen yet this holiday season. So, you may recall an
earlier Boing Boing blog post about the Periodic Table rendered in lenticular 3D photographs....
Theodore Gray has been making the ultimate periodic table, a one-of-a-kind wooden table with real
samples that sits in his office. For the rest of us who don’t visit his office he has he has
created an incredible (and very tastefully designed) photographic poster "after four years of
collecting and photographing samples of all the chemical elements, months of struggling to select
the very best example of each one." Mr. Gray is producing those posters still, and they're vivid
and lovely. But he's also offering a custom banner service so you can print out a name (yours, that
of your loved one, or your beloved blog, whatever) in photographic elements. Ours is above. Also,
he's just begun offering a really cool puzzle with the same imagery, and a deck of index cards --
unlike other "elements" card decks, this one has perfectly square cards with all the info about
that element on the back. You can reassemble them to make the periodic table. I've seen all of this
stuff, it's sitting in the Boing Boing tv office right now, and it's beautifully printed, packaged,
and presented. I'm going to buy a bunch for holiday prezzies. Previously: Periodic table of
condiments - Boing Boing Periodic Table in haiku - Boing Boing The dinner table of the elements -
Boing Boing Periodic Table of Videos: elements as short YouTube episodes ... Periodic Table
Printmaking Project - Boing Boing Periodic table of comic book elements - Boing Boing Periodic
Coffee Table - Boing Boing Periodic table jewelry - Boing Boing Periodic table rendered in photos,
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NCsoft, a publisher and developer of
massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), has announced the next free update to its comic-book
inspired MMO, City of Heroes. The release of Issue 13: Power and Responsibility introduces
several new features to the MMO genre. Open beta testing for the new Mac version of...
The Official MovieSet Blog has revealed new details about the 'King of Fighters' move which is
based on the SNK Playmore fighting series and should be released in 2010. It also looks like the
King of Fighters movie will introduce a new science fiction spin into the setting established in
the games' universe by following the surviving members of three legendary fighting clans who are
continually whisked away to other dimensions by an evil power. As the fighters enter each new world
they battle that universe's native defenders, while the force that brought them seeks to find a way
to invade and infect our world. Pardon me while I show how much of a nerd I am but it kind of
sounds like a little bit of Highlander and Marvel's Exiles comic book series. Not that I'm
complaining, I'm just sayin'.
For this year’s fourth annual celebration of Fred Van Lente Day (December 6th, for those
ignorant to this magnificent holiday), we will be sharing the man, the myth, the legend, Fred Van
Lente himself with you good folks!
Fred will do a live online chat this Fred Van Lente Day starting at 3:30 pm Eastern time!
(Although I’m sure you already know) Fred is the co-writer of Incredible Hercules, writer
of Marvel Zombies 3, Wolverine First Class, Comic Book Comics, Action Philosophers, and a bunch
of other comics!
So stop by the blog at 3:25pm to get a link to the chat room!
From Rudolph Töpffer and Wilhelm Bush’s precursors to modern-day incarnations, comics
have been a large part of popular culture for generations. Growing over the ages through
contributions to the genre from Christophe Chabouté, Angelo Agostini and, of course, Richard
Outcault, this then-revolutionary new way for artists to create and deliver a narrative exploded
throughout the art world, leaving a lasting mark that would mature over the years, morphing into a
mainstream artistic medium. Today, with a more stylized focus on heroic tales and dark worlds
beyond the imagination, this genre continuously churns out amazing artwork from some extremely
talented artists. nbsp; nbsp; In this inspirational installment, we look at some of the wonderful
works over the years that have graced the covers of comics — art that
has delighted and dazzled fans and non-fans alike from shelves and displays across the globe, the
kind of works that tempt those not usually taken by this genre to give it another look or to pick
up a book for the first time. We feel these impressive feats that draw this kind of attention and
inspire this kind of adoration deserve a showcase, so we proudly present examples of brilliant
comic book cover art!
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NCsoft, a publisher and developer of
massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), has announced the next free update to its comic-book
inspired MMO, City of Heroes. The release of Issue 13: Power and Responsibility introduces
several new features to the MMO genre. Open beta testing for the new Mac version of...
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