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."

Monday, February 24, 2014

THE BZZZT - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT IS RELEASED THIS WEEK 02.26.2014

FOR RELEASE 02.26.2014 - What you need to know about what stands out in new releases this week. 


 
BATMAN SUEPRMAN #8
DC COMICS
(W) Greg Pak (A/CA) Kenneth Rocafort
The Worlds' Finest teams of two worlds meet at last in chapter 1 of "First Contact"! With Power Girl's abilities on the fritz, see what happens when her long-lost cousin Superman approaches her! And a major threat returns in a way you won't believe! Continues in this month's WORLDS' FINEST #8.
 
 
FANTASTIC FOUR #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) James Robinson (A/CA) Leonard Kirk

"THE FALL OF THE FANTASTIC FOUR" PART 1
The world's greatest comics magazine begins anew with Marvel's First Family, the Fantastic Four! But as the brilliant MR. FANTASTIC, the compassionate INVISIBLE WOMAN, the ever lovin' THING & the hot-headed HUMAN TORCH embark on a strange mission, they aren't met with new beginnings, but an untimely end! As the family of cosmic explorers head towards their darkest hour, who could possibly be behind their downfall? And how is one of their oldest enemies, the sadistic dragon known as Fing-Fang-Foom involved? Prepare for the fantastic!
  
 
TOMB RAIDER #1
DARK HORSE COMICS
(W) Gail Simone (A) Nicolas Daniel Selma, Juan Gedeon (CA) Daniel Dos Santos

Superstar writer Gail Simone picks up Lara Croft's story where the smash hit Tomb Raider game left off-in a new ongoing comics series!  Following the game acclaimed for its bold and sophisticated new vision, this series launches Lara Croft on the formative adventures that will change her life forever!  The official continuation of Lara Croft's story!

WAKE #6 OF 10
DC COMICS
(W) Scott Snyder (A) Sean Murphy
(CA) Andrew Robinson

 "My name is Leeward, and this is where my story begins..."
Our story jumps two hundred years into a flooded future where nothing is the same. The second half of THE WAKE starts here!
 
 
UNTIL NEXT WEEK, LIVE IT LIKE YOU LOVE IT!
 

 
 
 
 
 




 

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