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."

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

THE BZZZT - 08.08.2012

A quick look at this week's (08.08.2012) new #1s , graphic novels and crossovers/tie-ins. Plus, my pick of the week!

PICK OF THE WEEK

MASSIVE #3
BRIAN WOOD/KRISTIAN DONALDSON/DAVE STEWART - In a remote village in the Aleutian Islands, the crew of the Kapital, on the run from Siberian pirates, reconsiders their core mission as pacifists and conservationists. In this unpredictable and often violent world, should they be more? Narratives and story lines converge as the past catches up with the present, and in quiet, unassuming Unalaska, USA, a new mission is forged.


NEW #1s

GAMBIT #1
GAMBIT 1
AUSMUS/MANN/MANN/ROSENBERG - When Marvel’s premiere thief sets his sights on his biggest score yet, he may just end up over his head. It’s going to take more than just playing cards and southern charm to get out of this one!


GRAPHIC NOVELS

GRENDEL OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 HUNTER ROSE
Matt Wagner's masterpiece celebrates its thirtieth anniversary with the first-ever comprehensive collection of the complete Grendelsaga! The first of four volumes presenting the entire series and following the chronology of the stories, this edition introduces millionaire Hunter Rose and his alter ego, the criminal mastermind Grendel!
Volume 1 reprints Grendel: Devil by the Deed; the short story collections Grendel: Black, White, & Red and Grendel: Red, White, & Black, featuring a host of legendary guest artists; and the epic Grendel: Behold the Devil.  The complete series, collected for the first time!



CROSSOVERS & TIE-INS

BEFORE WATCHMEN OZYMANDIAS #2 OF 6
LEN WEIN/JAE LEE -“Why not just kill me now and be done with it?” And don’t miss the latest chapter of the CRIMSON CORSAIR backup epic from writer LEN WEIN and artist JOHN HIGGINS!

DAREDEVIL ANNUAL #1
 
DAVIS/FARMER/RODRIGUEZ - Continued from last month's Fantastic Four Annual.  The return of a menace from the past sets Daredevil, Doctor Strange and the ClanDestine on a collision course!  Continues in this month’s Wolverine Annual #1! 

MIGHTY THOR #18
THE MIGHTY THOR 18 (WITH DIGITAL CODE)
FRACTION/DAVIS/FARMER/RODRIGUEZ - The Aesir/Vanir War! The darkest time in Asgard’s past revealed! A history so dark it was seared from the pages! Prologue to EVERYTHING BURNS.  Continued in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #642 EVERYTHING BURNS PART 1.

LIVE IT LIKE YOU LOVE IT!

D&J COMICS
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