Posted in Books, Fig Art, tagged adobe, animal man, Art, Books, buddy baker, comic books, comics, DC Comics, Drawing, illustrator, justice league, manga studio, photoshop on February 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »
So I’m catching up on Animal Man and I’ve really begun to like Bernard “Buddy” Baker as Animal Man. I’ve been meaning to write an article about how amazingly different and utterly disturbing reading Animal Man has been, but I settled with this drawing for now.
Enjoy!
Posted in Books, Video Games, tagged Batman, Books, Comic book, comic books, comics, DC Comics, injustice gods among us, issues, justice league, Reviews, superman, trade paperbacks, vertigo, Video Game on December 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
There are many instances of where video game universes are continued as comic books. I’ve heard only good things from things like The Last of Us’s “American Dreams” and there are plenty of Halo, Assassin’s Creed, and Mass Effect ones that I know people enjoy. Today I’m giving a special shout out to Injustice: Gods Among Us. Here’s a comic book that’s based on a fighting video game that’s based on comic book characters who often fight each other. How weird was that?
This article isn’t as much about the video game itself (which is free for Playstation Plus members this December), but rather a comic book that acts as the prequel to the events of one of the game’s timelines. DC and comic books in general often operate in alternate realities and the basis of this comic book follows Superman’s descent into becoming the world’s dictator. The DC universe prides Superman as being incorruptible. But what happens when the Joker tricks him into murdering his own pregnant wife?
This is how the comic book starts out. The initial story is lightly treaded on in the video game itself, but the game jumps ahead FIVE years after this event. In the game all we learn is that Superman has established a dictatorship of the world under the guise of maintaining peace. There is an underground war against Batman and his thin alliance of other insurgents. But how did this happen? How did the heroes line up on each side? What happened to certain heroes and villains? The comic book promises to cover all of these and more, making an entertaining and shockingly dark romp.
I’ve picked up only Year 1: Vol. 1 of Injustice. I’m very excited to read Vol. 2 this January. Here’s a review.
Posted in Books, Movies, Television, tagged Arrow, Batman, constantine, dc, flash, gotham, izombie, justice league, news, superman, Warner Bros. on May 16, 2014| 2 Comments »
Boy has it been an incredible past couple of weeks for DC Comics in the mainstream. Of course, there are always news when it comes to what’s new in the comic book world, but for everyone else, television and movies are often the only outlets to some of the comic book properties. 2014-2015 television shows are being picked up and their initial trailers are being released and movie news for 2016 and beyond. Among these, it appeared that NBC, CW, Fox, and Warner Bros got together and said, “the month of May is when we’re gonna release all the awesome DC-related news”. Of course they didn’t actually do that, but damn it, it sure looked that way. In today’s post, we’re gonna take a look at all the related news that was released that are DC Comics related.
Posted in Books, Reviews, tagged aquaman, Batman, blood, comics, dc, guts, justice league, new 52, others, the trench, War, wonder woman on February 17, 2014| 2 Comments »
My first venture into DC comics was through some of the classics: The Killing Joke, The Long Halloween, The Dark Knight Returns, and Knightfall. Sooner or later, I continued to pick up other Batman titles like Hush, Death in the Family, and Arkham Asylum. I picked up everything that was considered Batman essential stories and sat proud of my collection of DC titles. I continued to pick up a few DC imprints like Vertigo comics such as Fables and Y: The Last Man, further cementing my status as a DC fanboy.
What I hadn’t considered in the past was exploring other main DC titles. For a while I was perfectly content with my collection. Then I stumbled upon a fan webcomic created by Yale Stewart known as JL8. This web comic series, based on the Justice League as if they were eight year old children, really compelled me to explore some of the other DC characters. As a result I purchased The New 52 Justice League, happily reveling in the adult version of JL8. But as I read Justice League, I slowly became interested in the individual members of the Justice League. After some research, I’ve found that although Superman is one of the most popular superheroes in the DC universe, his beginning New 52 wasn’t as highly acclaimed as some of his co-League members. Two heroes that have gotten a lot of acclaim were Wonder Woman and surprisingly Aquaman. So I picked up whatever current volumes existed for these two super heroes. I quickly learned that DC isn’t only ‘just Batman’.
The volumes covered in this article include:
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