Comics: The Meaning

com-ics (kom'iks)n. plural in form, used with a singular verb. 1. Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or to produce an aesthetic response in the viewer.

"If Comics' spectacularly varied past is any indication, comics' future will be virtually impossible to predict using the standards of the present.... Those of you who make comics for a living - or would like to someday, probably know that keeping up with all the advances in today's comics is a full-time job. However much we may try to understand the world of comics around us, a part of that world will always lie in shadow - a mystery.... As it is, it should be kept in mind at all times that this world is only one of many possible worlds!
Our attempts to define comics are an on-going process which won't end anytime soon. A new generation will no doubt reject whatever this one finally decides to accept and try once more to reinvent comics. And so they should. Here's to the great debate."

Excerpts and paraphrased from the amazing Scott McCloud's "Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art."

Thursday, July 19, 2012

THE BZZZT - 07.18.2012

A quick look at this week's (07.18.2012) new graphic novels, new #1s and crossovers. Plus, my pick of the week!


PICK OF THE WEEK

DAREDEVIL #15
DAREDEVIL 15
WAID/SAMNEE/RODRIGUEZ - Daredevil suffers his greatest loss ever – and that's just the start of the story!  Alone and helpless, Daredevil is hunted in Latveria!  Meanwhile the law firm of Nelson & Murdock undergoes a drastic change!
 
 
NEW #1s
 
CAPTAIN MARVEL #1
CAPTAIN MARVEL 1
DECONNICK/SOY/MCGUINNESS - SHE’S BACK! The “Mightiest” of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes! • Ace pilot. Legendary Avenger. 100% pure bad-a$$. • Carol Danvers has a new name, a new mission …and all the power she needs to make her life a living hell. • Guest starring Captain America.
 
 
CROSSOVERS
 
AVENGERS ACADEMY #33 AVX
AVENGERS ACADEMY 33 (AVX)
GAGE/GREEN/HUET/SOTOMAYER - When the X-Men come for the school's Sentinel, who will take a stand?
 
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #8 OF 12
AVENGERS VS. X-MEN 8 DAVIS VARIANT (1 FOR 25, WITH DIGITAL CODE)
BENDIS/KUBERT/DAVIS - Last stand in Wakanda as an out-of-control Namor invades this sovereign nation in pursuit of the Avengers!  And a shocking truth stands revealed that may cause fractures in the X-Men's alliance!
 
 
NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS
 
BATWING TP VOL. 01 THE LOST KINGDOM
WINICK/OLIVER/WINN - The first collection starring BATWING, the African-born hero introduced in the pages of BATMAN, INCORPORATED! • What can a soldier in service of Batman Incorporated do when he’s met his match in the murderous MASSACRE? • The past looms large as Batwing’s early days as a crime fighter come to light, gaining the attention of BATMAN. • Collects BATWING #1-6!
 
 
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY TP
LIFE OF BUCK BARNES
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY: THE LIFE STORY OF BUCKY BARNES TPB
BRUBAKER/ANDREYKO/MCGUINESS/SAMNEE - Orphan. Troublemaker. Mascot. James "Bucky" Barnes spent his youth trying to find a place where he could belong — and he finally found it in a world ripped apart by war. The scrappy mascot of Fort Lehigh, Bucky could never have known the future that was just around the corner for him. Destined to become Captain America's sidekick and staunch ally, Bucky combined the fighting techniques that made him a notorious schoolyard brawler with intensive black-ops training to become one of America's greatest heroes of World War II. But behind the propaganda and tales of wartime feats lies the truth: Some heroes are born great; others are made great. But a select few must go through hell before they discover what kind of hero they truly are. Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #620-624.
 
FF BY JONATHAN HICKMAN TP VOL. 02
FF BY JONATHAN HICKMAN VOL. 2 TPB
HICKMAN/ACUNA/TOCCHINI/EPTING/KITSON -  It's a new era for the FF in every way imaginable! Black Bolt has returned from seeming death; Dr. Doom, the Wizard, the Mad Thinker and Diablo have joined the Future Foundation; and four alternate-reality Reed Richards are scheming to ignite war among the fabled Four Cities. But all that could be moot because the Kree Supreme Intelligence has designs on Earth's destruction — the resolution of a power play 300,000 years in the making. And if all this weren't enough, Attilan, realm of the Inhumans, has appeared above the planet — a harbinger not only of its ruler's return, but also of an epic conflagration with the High Evolutionary! Collecting FF #6-11.


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