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The Assembly Line Victory by Wheeler
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The Waiting Game by Gunnar
Posted: December 11, 2016 in Comics, Robots vs. Princesses, Uncategorized
Mapping the Assembly Line by Wheeler
Posted: December 11, 2016 in Comics, Robots vs. Princesses, UncategorizedThe Dance of the Cobra and Scorpion by Artelia
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The Bird Weave Song by Clarisse
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The Ballad of Dragons by Zara
Posted: December 11, 2016 in Comics, Robots vs. Princesses, Uncategorized
CrossGen Chronicles: Talking with Tony Bedard
Posted: October 5, 2016 in Comics, Commentary, CrossGen Comics, DC Comics, Fantasy, Horror, Interviews, Lost Comics History, Making Comics, Marvel Comics, Science Fiction, TransformersTags: Barbara Kesel, Bart Sears, Brandon Peterson, Brath, Butch Guice, Chuck Dixon, Conan, CrossGen Comics, DC Comics, Disney, Fantasy, George Perez, Greg Land, Jim Cheung, Mark Alessi, Mark Waid, Marvel Comics, Meridian, Negation, Negation War, Paul Pelletier, Ron Marz, Science Fiction, Scion, Scot Eaton, Sherlock Holmes, Sigil, Sigilverse, Sojourn, Steve Epting, Steve McNiven, Tony Bedard, Valiant Comics, Vertigo, Way of the Rat
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In 2000, CrossGen Comics launched. Founded by millionaire Mark Alessi, CrossGen sought to expand the comics industry by forgoing super-hero titles and focusing on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Victorian Mystery, and Sword and Sorcery genres. Each of CrossGen’s titles stood on their own but was tied to a greater mythology thanks to a Sigil, which was the source of many characters powers.
The “sigil bearers” were supposed to join forces against a cosmic threat called the Negation in the mini-series, NEGATION WAR that would cap off four years of stories. Unfortunately, CrossGen went out of business after the second issue shipped? So what would’ve happened? Only NEGATION WAR writer Tony Bedard knew, until now…
I reached out to Tony to find out his plans for NEGATION WAR. Who’d live? Who’d die? How would the series end? Click to find out. (more…)
Why I love Transformers: The Movie
Posted: August 8, 2016 in Animation, Anime, Cartoons, Comics, Commentary, Entertainment, Heavy Metal, Movies, TransformersTags: Animation, Autobots, Decepticons, Judd Nelson, Megatron, Optimus Prime, Orson Welles, Transformers, Transformers: The Movie
On August 8th 1986, a movie debuted that would forever change the course of my childhood. Click below to read about why Transformers: The Movie is a classic that has gone onto inspire a generation of storytellers. (more…)
Interview: GI Joe’s Buzz Dixon on the Most Dangerous Man in the World
Posted: August 5, 2016 in Animation, Cartoons, Comics, Interviews, Transformers, TV, UncategorizedTags: Animation, Buzz Dixon, cobra commander, Don Johnson, duke, gi joe, Serpentor
What if Serpentor never happened?
In 1986 GI JOE fans got a surprise. Cobra got an emperor in Serpentor. (a clone of the ancient world’s greatest military minds.) Serpentor’s creation would lead to the revelation that Cobra was a front for an ancient society of snake people. But, what if things were different
Before the Serpentor mandate, GI JOE Story-Editor Buzz Dixon was working on a status quo shattering episode called “The Most Dangerous Man in the World.” The episode would reveal the origin of Cobra and the man whose philosophy drove them. For obvious reasons, Buzz’s episode was passed aside and vanished into the realm of “What-if.” Until now!
After 30 years of sitting on the shelf, Buzz Dixon has turned “The Most Dangerous Man in the World” into a novel to be released this Fall. I talked to Buzz about what we can expect to see in his novelization.
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Give Captain Planet a Make Over
Posted: July 20, 2016 in Animation, Cartoons, Comics, DC Comics, Fantasy, Humor, Science Fiction, UncategorizedTags: Captain Planet, DC Comics, Dick Dasterdly, Earth Crisis, Hanna Barbera, Herculoids, Humor, Johnny Quest, Mutley, Revivals, Scooby Apocalypse, Scooby Doo, Space Ghost, The Flintstones, Wacky Races
When I go swimming I think about things. Today, I was thinking about how DC Comics has been reviving old Hanna-Barbera cartoons and giving them a “mature” makeover. The Flintstones is now social commentary, Wacky Races in an post-apocalyptic wasteland, the Hanna-Barbera action heroes getting a shared universe, and of course Scooby Apocalypse. I thought about who else could use a “mature makeover” and it hit me: Captain Planet! (more…)
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