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, September 18, 2012

THE BZZZT - 09.19.2012

This weekly column will now be dedicated to 5 comics and 2 graphic novels you must read for that given week.  Thank you to everyone who is supporting my blog through ad support and page views.  Cheers!

GHOST #0 
 Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, art by Phil Noto and cover by Jenny Frison
 
Former journalist Vaughn Barnes has been reduced to moonlighting as cameraman for the shoddy paranormal-investigation cable TV show Phantom Finders. But when a curious device summons the specter of a beautiful, translucent woman, Vaughn is plunged into a mystery of criminal intrigue that spans two worlds! Kelly Sue DeConnick and Phil Noto launch their exciting new take on one of Dark Horse’s most popular characters ever!
 
 
JUSTICE LEAGUE #0
Written by Geoff Johns, art and cover by Gary Frank.
 
Billy Batson takes center stage in this issue as he unleashes the awesome power of Shazam in a special origin story!  Also featuring the not-to-be-missed origin of Pandora and the next seeds of TRINITY WAR!
 
BEFORE WATCHMEN:  NITE OWL #3
 Written by J. Michael Straczynski, back-up story written by Len Wein, art and cover by Andy and Joe Kubert.  *THE LAST ISSUE JOE KUBERT WOULD EVER WORK ON!*
 
“A man like you loves a mystery.” Plus: The latest chapter in the CRIMSON CORSAIR backup adventure from writer and artist JOHN HIGGINS!
 
DAREDEVIL #18
 Written by Mark Waid, art by Chris Samnee and cover by Paolo Rivera.
 
One of Daredevil's biggest challenges begins with the debut of a new menace in New York – the killer called Coyote! And just how sane IS Matt Murdock?
 
MIGHTY THOR #20 EVERYTHING BURNS, PART 5
 Written by Matt Fraction, art and cover by Alan Davis.
 
Surtur’s forces reach Asgardia itself!  Thor -- trapped in the underworld!  The truth about Loki -- finally revealed!
 
PENGUIN PAIN AND PREJUDICE TP
 Written by Greg Hurwitz, art and cover by Syzmon Kudranski.
 
Learn how young Oswald Cobblepot went from being the apple of his mother’s eye to the leader of underworld gangs and adversary of The Caped Crusader!
 
 X-FACTOR TP VOL 15 THEY KEEP KILLING MADROX
 X-Factor has suffered its greatest casualty yet: Madrox, the man of many multiples who's led the team since its inception, is gone. It wasn't supposed to be this way, but only Layla Miller knows why - and the secret she's keeping goes to the heart of her powers and purpose with X-Factor. With their fearless leader dead, and the schism between Wolverine and Cyclops ripping the mutant world apart, X-Factor's future is uncertain. That's why Wolverine has paid the team a visit, offering a shocking new option for the world's only mutant detective agency. It's two for the price of one as Havok and Polaris return from exile to take charge of X-Factor Investigations! But is Madrox really dead? Even Jamie isn't sure! Collecting X-FACTOR (1986) #229-232.
 
 
LIVE IT LIKE YOU LOVE IT!
 
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