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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, June 4, 2013

TOP 10 - COMIC COVERS FROM MAY 2013

The TOP 10 comic book covers for the month of May 2013. Unfortunately, not a lot of covers blowing the industry away this month. So, we'll keep it simple and look at straight ahead super hero comic covers, plus a special cover from Mike Allred whom I am rapidly becoming an admirer off through his recent work on FF. Simple, fun and we'll start with Superman and Jack Kirby New God Orion punching each other in the face. Do all super-heroes have the power to regenerate their teeth? Or do they all just have a hockey fetish? Enjoy!

10. SUPERMAN #20

COVER BY KUDER & QUINTANA