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, September 2, 2014

THE BZZZT - OUR PICKS OF THE WEEK RELEASED ON 09.03.2014

09.02.2014 - This is what we have our eyes on for release this Wed. 09.03.2014.  Cannot wait for the DC Future's End 3d motion covers.  Tying directly into the "Future's End"  weekly series, these one shots will catch you up to your favourite DC characters 5 years in the future.  Love what DC has to offer every Sept.  A little like Xmas for DC fans in Sept.  Some really good Marvel titles this week to.  Sept is off to a running start.  So awesome!



ACTION COMICS #1
FUTURE'S END 3D MOTION COVER


AQUAMAN #1
FUTURE'S END 3D MOTION COVER


BATWING #1
FUTURE'S END 3D MOTION COVER


BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS #1
FUTURE'S END 3D MOTION COVER


EARTH 2 #1
FUTURE'S END 3D MOTION COVER


GRAYSON #1
FUTURE'S END 3D MOTION COVER


GREEN ARROW #1
FUTURE'S END 3D MOTION COVER


GREEN LANTERN #1
FUTURE'S END 3D MOTION COVER


SWAMP THING #1
FUTURE'S END 3D MOTION COVER


TRINITY OF SIN:  PHANTOM STRANGER #1
FUTURE'S END 3D MOTION COVER


DEATH OF WOLVERINE #1 OF 4
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Charles Soule (A) Steve McNiven, Steve McNiven
IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE END - 3 MONTHS TO DIE ENDS HERE!
•  The beginning of the end is now here ... THE DEATH OF WOLVERINE!
•  THREE MONTHS TO DIE, the loss of Wolverine's healing factor--all led to this, the single most important X-Men event of the decade.
•  Logan has spent over a century being the best there is at what he does...but even the best fade away eventually.
•  Over the years, Logan has been a warrior, a hero, a renegade, a samurai, a teacher-and so much more. But now, the greatest X-Men hero will play a role he's never played before in this special weekly event brought to you by industry superstars Charles Soule and Steve McNiven.


MOON KNIGHT #7
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Brian Wood (A) Greg Smallwood (CA) Declan Shalvey
• Season 2 of MOON KNIGHT begins with a new creative team and a black-out!
•  When the entire city is thrust into darkness by a threat, Moon Knight's must use all of his weapons (and personalities) to defeat a new foe!
•  Brian Wood (X-MEN, DMZ) takes the writing reins picking up from where Ellis left off pushing questions from MOON KNIGHT #1 back to the fore and amplifies them 100-fold!


ORIGINAL SIN #8 OF 8
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jason Aaron (A) Mike Deodato (CA) Julian Totino Tedesco
The Final Judgment!


INFINITY TP
MARVEL COMICS
(W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Various (CA) Adam Kubert
To save the world from ever-greater dangers, the Avengers got bigger. Yet when the oldest race in the universe marks Earth for destruction, it's time for Captain America to think grander still. As the most powerful Avengers team ever assembled heads into space to join an intergalactic alliance against the ancient Builders, an old enemy deems their home unprotected. Thanos, the Mad Titan, unleashes his forces on Earth in the latest chapter of his endless quest for death. But even a world without Avengers has its defenders. Among them, the secret cabal of history-shapers known as the Illuminati - a group riven with internal conflict already confronting another planet-ending crisis. As Earth's Mightiest Heroes wage war on multiple fronts, their battle for Infinity threatens to descend into Inhumanity. Collecting INFINITY #1-6, NEW AVENGERS (2013) #7-12 and AVENGERS (2012) #14-23.


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