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."

Friday, March 28, 2014

TOP 5 - COVERS OF THE WEEK 03.26.2014

03.28.2014 - What we thought were the 5 best covers this week had to offer.  Agree or disagree with what we chose, but this week had some pretty sweet cover art.


05.  DEADLY CLASS #3
COVER ART BY WESLEY CRAIG
 


04.  THE MASSIVE #21
COVER ART BY JOHN PAUL LEON
DARK HORSE COMICS
(W) Brian Wood (A) Garry Brown (CA) John Paul Leon
In a cathedral in Prague, Cal prepares for a final showdown with his nemesis Arkady, but what will fell him first: his cancer, the bullet from the Russian's SIG Sauer, or the
realization that nothing-nothing-of the past decade was what it seemed? The
conclusion of "Bloc," the most groundbreaking arc of The Massive to date, takes us into the final year of the series with a stunning reveal.
"Brian Wood's The Massive proves that there's room for political comics."-
Complex


03.  SILVER SURFER #1
COVER ART BY MICHAEL ALLRED
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



02.  SANDMAN OVERTURE #2 CVR A
COVER ART BY J.H. WILLIAMS III
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.


01.  SANDMAN OVERTURE #2 CVR B
COVER ART BY DAVE MCKEAN
DC COMICS
(W) Neil Gaiman (A) J. H. Williams (CA) Dave McKean
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.
 
 
LIVE IT LIKE YOU LOVE IT!
 
 
 
 


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