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."

Thursday, February 13, 2014

THE BZZZT - THE COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FOR 02.12.2014

02.13.2014 - The absolute must have comics and graphic novels released this week on 02.12.2014.  Huge week for some terrific starting points on graphic novel releases .  These titles will put you on the ground floor of MARVEL NOW and the DC NEW 52.  Cheers!

 
AVENGERS TP VOL 01
AVENGERS WORLD
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Jerome Opena, Adam Kubert (CA) Dustin Weaver
 
The greatest heroes in comics, together as one unbeatable team! The Avengers "go large," expanding their roster and sphere of influence to a global and even interplanetary level. When Captain America puts out his call, who will respond? The answers will surprise you! The Avengers' first mission takes them to Mars, but the secrets of the Garden lead right back to Earth's Savage Land! And when the Shi'ar Imperial Guard are broken on a dead moon, the Avengers travel across the galaxy to battle an invading force. It all leads up to the secret origin of the universe itself, as Captain Universe races to decipher the code hidden in the Avengers' recent adventures! Jonathan Hickman takes Earth's Mightiest Heroes to the next level with big threats, big ideas and big idealism. These are the Avengers NOW! Collecting AVENGERS (2012) #1-6.
 
 
CAPTAIN AMERICA TP VOL 01
CASTAWAY IN DIMENSION Z BOOK 1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Rick Remender (A/CA) John Romita

Thrust into a bizarre, inhospitable world far from home, the all-new, high-adventure, mind-melting, tough-as-nails, sci-fi, pulp-fantasy era of Captain America starts NOW! Arnim Zola's ambitions leave Captain America stranded in the upside-down territory known as Dimension Z. With no country and no allies, what's left for the Sentinel of Liberty to protect? Just the one thing his foe values most: Zola's son! Steve has saved the boy's life, but can he keep him alive against the savage barbarians of Phrox - with the fate of a world hinging on his victory? And when Zola's terrible experiments on the indigenous creatures give birth to a terrible new foe, the Odd War of Dimension Z begins! Collecting CAPTAIN AMERICA (2012) #1-5.  

 
 
CONSTANTINE TP VOL 01
SPARK & THE FLAME N52
DC COMICS
(W) Jeff Lemire, Ray Fawkes (A) Renato Guedes, Fabiano Neves
(CA) Ivan Reis, Joe Prado

This first CONSTANTINE collection includes issues #1-6 of The New 52 series, including a quest to find the last piece of a powerful mystic artifact and Constantine's run-in with the power of Shazam!  
 
 
INVISIBLES HC BOOK 1
DELUXE EDITION
DC COMICS
(W) Grant Morrison (A) Steve Yeowell & Various (CA) Brian Bolland

These stories from THE INVISIBLES #1-12 introduce the team's latest recruit: a teenage lout from the streets of London. Can Dane survive a mind-altering training course?  
 
 
LEGION OF SUPERHEROES
GREAT DARKNESS SAGA TP NEW ED
DC COMICS
(W) Paul Levitz (A) Pat Broderick & Various (CA) Keith Giffen, Al Milgrom

In this new edition collecting LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #284-296 and ANNUAL #1, Darkseid unveils an ingenious plot to conquer the universe! But the Legion has its own plan to assemble an army of Legionnaires to stand against the Dark Lord and his invincible soldiers!


ROYALS MASTERS OF WAR
#1 OF 6
DC COMICS
(W) Rob Williams (A/CA) Simon Coleby

The year is 1940. As the Blitz destroys London and kills thousands, the Royal Family looks on. But in this world, the only people with special abilities are Royalty, and the purer the bloodline, the greater their abilities. So why don't they stop the carnage with their powers? A truce between the Earth's nobles has kept them out of our wars-until now. When England's Prince Henry can take no more and intervenes, will it stop the planet's suffering or take it to another level?
Writer Rob Williams (Judge Dredd: Trifecta, Low Life, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN and Daken) and artist Simon Coleby (The Authority, Judge Dredd: Year One and Trifecta) team up to bring you this epic of World War proportions. History will be transformed in a way you've never seen before.


SHE-HULK #1 ANMN
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Charles Soule (A) Javier Pulido (CA) Kevin Wada

 JENNIFER WALTERS IS...THE SHE-HULK! A stalwart Avenger, valued member of the FF, savior of the world on more than one occasion, she's also a killer attorney with a pile of degrees and professional respect. A 7-foot-tall drink of cool, emerald water, she's tough enough to knock out Galactus with one punch (possibly?) and has a heart bigger than the moon. But juggling cases and kicking bad guy butt is starting to be a little more complicated than she anticipated. With a new practice, a new paralegal and a mounting number of super villains she's racking up as personal enemies, She Hulk might have bitten off a little more than she can chew...but she just calls that that Tuesday.
 
 
WINTER SOLDIER BITTER MARCH
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Rick Remender (A) Roland Boschi (CA) Andrew Robinson

 1966: With Nick Fury missing, and presumed dead, global espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. sends secret agent Ran Shen to collect two Nazi scientists with the key to defining who wins the Cold War. But the Americans are not the only ones who want the high value scientists. The Soviets have opened the Red Room, releasing their most dangerous operative --The Winter Soldier, who unbeknownst to the world, is the presumed-dead partner of Captain America-Bucky Barnes! The brainwashed soldier's mission: to acquire the scientists by any means or to kill them should they fall into American hands. This classic 60's style, high-octane, spy pulp told at Cold War's peak follows Ran Shen and his terrified scientists as they creep out of the shadow of East Berlin. Intrigue, adventure, romance and murder abound with ramifications that will shatter relationships in the modern-day Marvel Universe-including one with the Star Spangled Avenger himself!
 
 
 
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