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."

Friday, March 1, 2013

TOP 10 - COMIC BOOK COVERS FEBRUARY 2013

The TOP 10 comic book covers for the month of February 2013.  Enjoy!

1.  STAR WARS #2
DARK HORSE COMICS - COVER BY ALEX ROSS
 
 
2.  BEFORE WATCHMEN 
DR. MANHATTAN #4
 DC COMICS - COVER BY ADAM HUGHES
 
 
3.  HAWKEYE #8
 MARVEL COMICS - COVER BY DAVID AJA
 
 
4.  FATALE #12
IMAGE COMICS - COVER BY SEAN PHILLIPS
 
 
5.  BATWOMAN #17
 DC COMICS - COVER BY J.H. WILLIAMS III
 
 
6.  BATMAN INC. #8
 DC COMICS - COVER BY CHRIS BURNHAM
 
 
7.  BATMAN #17
 DC COMICS - COVER BY SCOTT CAPULLO
 
 
8.  GREEN ARROW #17
DC COMICS - COVER BY ANDREA SORRENTINO 
 
 
9.  HELLBLAZER #300
 VERTIGO COMICS - COVER BY SIMON BISLEY
 
 
10.  DAREDEVIL #23
 MARVEL COMICS - COVER BY CHRIS SAMNEE
 
 
LIVE IT LIKE YOU LOVE IT!
D&J COMICS
 
 
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