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, April 2, 2013

TOP 10 - COVERS FROM MARCH 2013

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

10.  ANIMAL MAN #18
DC COMICS - COVER BY JAE LEE
 
09.  AVENGERS #8
MARVEL COMICS - COVER BY DUSTIN WEAVER 
 
08.  X-O MANOWAR #11
 VALIANT COMICS - COVER BY CLAYTON CRAIN
 
07.  AGE OF ULTRON #1 OF 10
 MARVEL COMICS - COVER BY BRYAN HITCH
 
06.  GREEN ARROW #18
 DC COMICS - COVER BY ANDREA SORRENTINO
 
05.  SAGA #11
IMAGE COMICS - COVER BY FIONA STAPLES 
 
04.  SWAMP THING #18
DC COMICS - COVER BY YANICK PAQUETTE 
 
03.  THE MASSIVE #10
DARK HORSE COMICS - COVER BY J.P LEON
 
02.  NEW AVENGERS #4
 MARVEL COMICS - COVER BY JOCK 
 
01.  STAR WARS #3
DARK HORSE COMICS - COVER BY ALEX ROSS
 
 
UNTIL NEXT MONTH.  LIVE IT LIKE YOU LOVE IT!
 
D&J COMICS
 
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