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, January 8, 2014

THE BZZZT - PICKS OF THE WEEK FOR 01.08.2013

01.08.2014 - Our picks of the week, 1st issues, new series, one shots and jumping on points for your comic reading enjoyment.  Happy New Year everyone!


ALL NEW
MARVEL NOW POINT ONE #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W/A) Various (CA) Salvador Larroca
• Here we go again! It's your one-stop entry point to the world of ALL-NEW MARVEL NOW! Loki embarks on a mission for Asgard! The Silver Surfer and Dawn experience the cosmic rays of Nautikos! A Kree Pursuer and her Special Forces team prepare to invade the Earth! The Black Widow goes undercover in Russia! Who is the new Ms. Marvel? And can even the Indestructible Hulk survive the aid and assistance of fellow Avengers Cannonball and Sunspot?
•  Features completely new LOKI: AGENT OF ASGARD, SILVER SURFER, BLACK WIDOW, MS MARVEL, ALL-NEW INVADERS and AVENGERS WORLD lead-in stories!
  
 

AVENGERS WORLD #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jonathan Hickman, Nick Spencer (A) Stefano Caselli (CA) John Cassaday
 "TROUBLE MAP"
Earth's Mightiest Heroes have returned from the stars-- but on the world they left behind, new threats have emerged, and The Avengers will be tested like never before. In one cataclysmic day, the face of the Marvel Universe will change forever-- and the fight for Earth's future will begin. A globe-spanning epic of empires and armies, and the brave few who stand between them and us.
 

ALL NEW X-FACTOR #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Peter David (A) Carmine Di Giandomenico
(CA) Jared K. Fletcher, Kris Anka
"NOT BRAND X" Part 1
X-FACTOR IS BACK...LIKE NEVER BEFORE! Serval Industries, one of the world's most trusted names in electronics and leader in cutting-edge internet and weapons technology, has just unveiled their newest contribution to society...the All-New X-Factor. Led by mutant mistress of magnetism, Polaris, the team uses its corporate backing for the betterment of society. With her half-brother Quicksilver, notorious thief, Gambit, and more by her side, can Polaris trust that her corporate masters really have good intentions? 
 
 
 
BLACK WIDOW #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Nathan Edmondson (A/CA) Phil Noto
"The Finely Woven Thread"
You've seen Black Widow as an Avenger and even an Agent of Shield. But on her own time she searches for atonement for her past as a KGB assassin-in ways of which those teams just wouldn't approve. From the darkest corners of the Marvel Universe, Nathan Edmonson (Who is Jake Ellis?) and Phil Noto (Thunderbolts, X-23) bring you a new ongoing series as gorgeous and mysterious as Nastasha Romanov herself!
 
 
DETECTIVE COMICS #27
DC COMICS
(W) John Layman & Various (A) Jason Fabok & Various
(CA) Greg Capullo
DC Entertainment presents this mega-sized issue featuring an all-star roster of Batman creators past and present!
Don't miss a modern-day retelling of The Dark Knight's origin by the incredible team of writer Brad Meltzer and artist Bryan Hitch! Plus, all-new stories by Scott Snyder and Sean Murphy, Peter J. Tomasi and Guillem March, Paul Dini and Dustin Nguyen, Gregg Hurwitz and Neal Adams and more!
Also in this issue, John Layman and Jason Fabok kick off the new storyline "GOTHTOPIA"! It's a bright, shiny, happy place where dreams come true...as long as you don't look at things too closely.  
 
 
MINIMUM WAGE #1
IMAGE COMICS
(W/A/CA) Bob Fingerman
After a nearly 15-year hiatus, BOB FINGERMAN's edgy, critically-acclaimed title returns as a monthly. When last we left Rob and Sylvia they were exchanging vows at the altar. Three years later (in Rob's world), much has changed. Rob has a cell phone. He's 25. And oh yeah - spoiler alert - he's single again. Oops. Living again with his mom, it's get-back-on-the-horse time as the daunting prospect of dating looms large as a horny Kraken.  
 
 
REVOLUTIONARY WAR ALPHA #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Andy Lanning, Alan Cowsill (A) Richard Elson
(CA) Mark Brooks
Part 1 of "Revolutionary War"
•  Marvel UK's greatest heroes come together for the first time in 20 years to face a threat that could destroy the world.
•  Featuring Captain Britain, Pete Wisdom, Death's Head II, Motormouth and Killpower, the Warheads and a host of British heroes.
  
 
 
ALL NEW X-MEN TP VOL 01 YESTERDAY'S X-MEN
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Bendis (A) Immonen (CA) Immonen
It's a blast from the X-Men's past! Professor X's original five students - Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel and Beast - are plucked from the past and brought to the present. But what they find - the state of their future selves, and the state of Xavier's dream - is far from the future they dreamed of. How will these young, idealistic heroes react when faced with the crushing knowledge of what their future holds? And how will the embittered X-Men of the present deal with their past coming crashing forward? When the original team comes face to face with their counterparts, it isn't a peaceful meeting - and one of the X-Men will be forever changed. Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen blaze a new trail for the X-Men! Collecting ALL-NEW X-MEN #1-5.
 
 
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