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New York Comic-Con
Ethan Smith
Origin name: Beart4toArlington, VARegistered User regular
Origin name: Beart4toArlington, VARegistered User regular
I'm going to NYC on Friday, because I'm a librarian, and my boss loves the comics. I'm planning on staying close to the DC and DH areas, does anyone want to meet up?
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Why wouldn't you venture around? There's so much more than just those two at events like this.
I already have my tickets for Saturday, and I just noticed...
1:00pm, MARVEL: Stephen King’s Dark Tower – The Gunslinger Born, Special Events Hall, Ticket Required
The most eagerly anticipated comic series ever has arrived: Dark Tower is here! Join the Master of Horror (and NYCC Guest of Honor) himself, STEPHEN KING, who will be on hand, along with Joe Quesada, Robin Furth, Peter David, Jae Lee and Ralph Macchio, the Dark Tower creative team, to answer your questions and provide a sneak peek at upcoming issues. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime panel. NOTE: This is a ticketed event
Now, what do they mean by ticketed? Are they saying you can't check it out unless you buy a second set of tickets specifically for this panel? I'm going through the web site, but haven't found the answer yet.
Situation excellent. I am attacking.
- General Ferdinand Foch
This is how they did it last year, so I'm assuming it's going to be the same
Thanks for the heads up regardless.
Situation excellent. I am attacking.
- General Ferdinand Foch
DC Nation 07!
Man, it's always funny when other DC folks make fun of that title.
I guess theres some Marvel stuff as well, but Im lazy.
PSN: OrneryRooster
Hope they give him some cool shit to draw, because Norton's work has been ace lately.
Nah, he's black. Can't kill black guys.
It's true. Bring on Black Superman!
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck, Martian Manhunter looked like ass when I was still reading it. Though that could have been the weird, muddy colors. Really though, if they have Norton on exclusive, this would be the perfect book for him.
I love the idea of Didio being like, "Hey who do you want to come back!" "Ted Kord!" "Oh. Well, uh, we've got that shrinky guy with the crazy wife. --cough cough-- moving on.."
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Awesome!
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Note-There was only one librarian in our group. She was our queen, a matriarch if you will. We were allowed in only through the beautificious lies she concocted.
Enough Tycho-speak, here's the low-down of what happened.
Before the ask, no, not many people cosplayed. However, someone from our group was Rinoa.
If you're into stuff like that.
Anyways, there was tons of free stuff, and I got a friend of mine like 5 star trek books. I also got the Dark Tower comic. I haven't read it.
I never will.
Also, I got Johnny the Homicidal maniac, which wasn't as good as I thought, and Penny Arcade vol 3, which was a quabillion times better than anything ever. I also got Blade of the Immortal, which, though the cover looks badass, I haven't read yet. In a borders on the way home, getting tired of Jack Kerouac, I bought 'THE RONIN', which is about the most hardcore asshole in medieval Japan.
I also got a Flash T-shirt.
I am wearing it now.
(note-Odly, this put me 150$ in the hole. I don't know how, because even at my best estimates, I should have only spent 100$)
(DAMN ME for not getting Sin City, or a Sin City T-shirt)
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Other big news. An Annihilation Sequel called Annihilation: Conquest*, Bendis and Maleev on Halo Ongoing, Mystic Arcana, a series of 4 one-shots about magic in the Marvel U (featuring Black Knight, Magik, Scarlet Witch, and Nico Minoru) written by Weezie Simonson, Roy Thomas, and CB Cebulski.
July 5, 2007 - New Avengers/Transformers. Stuart Moore and Talent Caldwell. Ties in with the current IDW T-Formers continuity. Everybody basically came in their pants when this was announced. Like, seriously, the whole room. I have a recording of the panel, and I think I went deaf when listening to the playback of that. Um...Marko Djurkevic and Arthur Suydam are now exclusive with Marvel. Saw some of Q's One More Day pages, which look pretty nice. Announcement-wise, that's really it.
Karma, I have a sideshow collectibles gift certificate for a 'mystery amount'. You shop there a lot, right? Let me know.
Munch, I met Dan Didio and talked to him and Joan Hilty for a few minutes. I hate to break your heart, but he was super nice. I'm not the sort to go bother the VIPs when they're on the floor, but I was browsing a booth right next to him, and he noticed that I recognized who he was and waved and said hi.
Ethan Van Sciver is committed to a new Plastic Man project. Either Ethan or Mark Waid will be writing. SCOOP!
*Conquest is following the same format as Annhilation, a prologue (Abnett/Lanning), four minis - Quasar (Gage), Starlord (Giffen), Wraith (Grillo-Marxuach or whatever, the guy who wrote Super Skrull, which was awesome). Wraith is a brand new cosmic character created by Bill Rosemann and Javier Grillo-Marxuach and designed by Marko Djurkevic.
You know, for those of who don't read newsarama. I just got home not too long ago.
You forgot THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN CARROT!
Also, Bendis on HALO is just weird
New Avengers/Transformers? I'm a whore, I'll get it
I bet that was the only way MARVEL got Halo
Bungie/MS looked at MARVEls sales and saw Bendis as the top selling writer and would only let MARVEL have it if Bendis was on it
He says that Thor, while still speaking anachronistically, won't be using thee and thou, etc. because, "I never understood why a Norse god spoke Middle English."
Because it's awesome
These comic book people never understand anything.
DAMN STRAIGHT!
The way he speaks is part of his charecter. If JMS can't understand that he doesn't need to be writing him.
The voice of every major comic book character has been subject to revision at one point or another. I don't see why Thor should be exempt, or why a change in his voice should be seen as much worse.
And frankly, I'm sure many people view the Middle English as an obstacle to their enjoyment of the character.
You saw but one of his many faces. Like the Devil himself he can change his guise on a whim to best suit his needs. Tell me, did you notice a forked tongue and possibly some fangs? Did he spit acid at you?
Really though, I've heard that he is a nice guy, with a very dry, witty sense of humor. I've also heard secondhand that Booster Gold is one of his favorite characters. Still, it's fun to mock him when he comes across as kind of a dick in interviews, but it's all in fun.
There was something in Wizard a few months back that had a sketch of Plas by him. I thought it was stated that he'd be appearing in Superman/Batman drawn by Van Sciver, and given a darker edge. As I recall the sketch had Plas stretching him arm while holding a gun, and wearing a zoot suit.
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He doesn't look like the type to fit a Plastic Man book. But I haven't really seen much of his art, so I can't say yes or no.
I hope it was a joke
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Uh oh Keith, ya got me.
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who was this
tell me so I can kill him
Man, if you kill him, that frees up his hot wife.
I also got a few exclusive comics, which was nice. I dont really buy a lot of things at conventions but I love the experience. And this time I went with my friends, so it was hilarious to see them trying to impress Hayden Penittiere (Claire from Heroes).
Yes. I too can verify that he seems like a nice guy when you meet him; very laid back.
Also, Joe Q verified that there are extensive follow up plans for the Annihilation story line, which put a big smile on my face.
And I got to shake Kevin Smith's hand, which was cool.
( ...actually it was a bit damp. )
Situation excellent. I am attacking.
- General Ferdinand Foch
Were you able to palm his bald spot?
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Unfortunately, no. For a short stocky man, he moves surprisingly fast.
Situation excellent. I am attacking.
- General Ferdinand Foch