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."

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

THE BZZZT - 10.03.2012

This weekly column will now be dedicated to 5 comics and 2 graphic novels that are MUST reads for that given week.  If you haven't ordered these titles run to your local comic shop as fast as you can!

ANIMAL MAN #13
WRITTEN BY JEFF LEMIRE WITH ART AND COVER BY STEVE PUGH - It’s the story you’ve been waiting for: “ROTWORLD: THE RED KINGDOM”!  Part one of a four-part epic in which the Earth has fallen to the Rot!  Guest-starring Justice League Dark, Beast Boy and many other heroes and villains from the DC Universe!
 
SWAMP THING #13
WRITTEN BY SCOTT SNYDER WITH ART AND COVER BY YANICK PAQUETTE - “ROTWORLD: THE GREEN KINGDOM” begins!  Swamp Thing learns the truth of how the Earth fell to the Rot as seen in this month’s issues of ANIMAL MAN and FRANKENSTEIN: AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E.  Guest-starring Poison Ivy, Deadman and The Parliament of Trees!
 
DETECTIVE COMICS #13
WRITTEN BY JOHN LAYMEN WITH ART AND COVER BY JASON FABOK -All kneel before Emperor Penguin!  There’s a hit out on Bruce Wayne!  This new story from writer John Layman (Chew) gueststars Nightwing!
 
AVENGERS VS X-MEN #12 OF 12
WRITTEN BY JASON AARON WITH ART AND COVER BY ANDY KUBERT -Extra-sized final issue! * It’s all come down to this! The final battle—as the world burns! 
 
DAREDEVIL END OF DAYS #1
WRITTEN BY BRIAN BENDIS AND DAVID MACK; WITH ART AND COVER BY KLAUS JANSON AND BILL SIENKIEWICZ - An all-star team of "Daredevil" creators examine the final days of the Man Without Fear in "Daredevil: End of Days."
 
DEATH DELUXE HC
Now in DC’s acclaimed deluxe format, this new hardcover collects all things Death, including DEATH: THE HIGH COST OF LIVING #1-3, DEATH: THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE #1-3, plus extras including “Death Talks about Life” AIDS pamphlet, stories from VERTIGO: WINTER’S EDGE #2 and THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS, the short story “The Wheel” from the 9-11 tribute book, SANDMAN #8 and #20, and art from the DEATH GALLERY!
 
I VAMPIRE TP VOL. 01 TAINTED LOVE
 WRITTEN BY JOSHUA HALE FIALKOV, ILLUSTRATED BY ANDREA SORRENTINO AND COVER BY JENNY FRISON - For centuries, vampire Andrew Bennett kept mankind safe from the supernatural world thanks to a truce he made with his ex-lover Mary, the Queen of Blood. But that truce has reached a bloody end, and Andrew must stop Mary and her forces from going on a killing spree!  Collecting I, VAMPIRE #1-6!
 
LIVE IT LIVE YOU LOVE IT!
 
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