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, March 25, 2014

THE BZZZT - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN THE WORLD OF COMICS THIS WEEK! 03.26.2014

FOR RELEASE 03.26.2014 - Our picks of the week and other gems from the world of comics this week.


 
ALL NEW GHOST RIDER #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Felipe Smith (A/CA) Tradd Moore
"ENGINES OF VENGEANCE" PART 1
A street race leads a young man on the FAST and FURIOUS road of destiny. Amid an East Los Angeles neighborhood running wild with gang violence and drug trafficking, a war brews in the criminal underworld! With four on the floor, Marvel's newest GHOST RIDER puts vengeance in overdrive!!!

 
 
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #13
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A/CA) Sara Pichelli
The conclusion of THE TRIAL OF JEAN GREY leaves two teams devastated!
 
 
 
IRON PATRIOT #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Ales Kot (A/CA) Garry Brown
"UNBREAKABLE" PART 1
Jim Rhodes has quit the SECRET AVENGERS!!! As the IRON PATRIOT, he's bringing his fight against the bad guys to the home front. But a new villain emerges with a brutal plan that could turn Iron Patriot into America's most wanted!!!
 
 
REAL HEROES #1
IMAGE COMICS
(W/A/CA) Bryan Hitch
They are the six most famous actors in the world and together they play The Olympians, the biggest superhero movie franchise in history. Would you ask them to save the world? They may be our only hope...
 
 
SANDMAN OVERTURE #2 OF 6
DC COMICS
(W) Neil Gaiman (A/CA) J. H. Williams
The Sandman's epic origin story continues in the second issue of the new miniseries by the superstar team of writer Neil Gaiman and artist J.H. Williams III!
In which Daniel enters Mad Hettie's dream and Morpheus discovers why he has been summoned and what he has been summoned to do.
 
 
SILVER SURFER #1
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Dan Slott (A) Michael Allred, Michael Allred
"NEW DAWN"
The universe is big. Bigger than you could ever imagine. And the SILVER SURFER, the lone sentinel of the skyways, is about to discover that the best way to see it... is with someone else.
Meet the Earth Girl who's challenged the Surfer to go beyond the boundaries of the known Marvel U-- into the strange, the new, and the utterly fantastic!
Anywhere and Everywhere... Hang On! THE SILVER SURFER
 
 
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