The Week In Comics: 1-6-2008
Something For The Kids
This week, Marvel Comics launched a new website named MarvelAdventures.com, which provides great extras for kids, including an excellent series of “Advervideos” featuring heroes like Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Captain America. The site in updated weekly and gives great information for parents on Marvel Comics and new releases for their kids.
This site is actually really impressive. The “advervideo”, this time featuring Iron Man and Spider-Man, was great. Almost like virtually viewing a Marvel Adventures title, which by the way I'm a huge fan of.
JMS on OMD
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=141756
In an interview done with Newsarama.com, writer J. Michael Straczynski discussed the creative process on Spider-Man One More Day, and explained the ending and the expectations that Marvel had for the story.
In my honest opinion, I’m disappointed. Marvel had been on a role the last couple of years with events like Secret War, House of M, and Civil War; all stories that advanced characters and moved the universe forward into an era of bold new story telling. One More Day feels like I've been brought back into the 80’s with almost two decades of the Spider-Man story retconned by some sort of phony “magic”. But I am willing to give Brand New Day a chance, but Spider-Man and Marvel, have one heck of a hill to climb.
Five DC Titles Make The A-List
The Washington Post’s 2007 A-List, a list compiling the best in entertainment from the past year, announced that 5 DC titles made the list. Those titles are as follows in no particular order:
ARMY@LOVE, VOL. 1 By Rick Veitch and Gary Erskine, Vertigo/DC Comics, $2.99
THE OTHER SIDE By Jason Aaron and Cameron Stewart, Vertigo, $12.99
THE PLAIN JANES By Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg, Minx/DC Comics, $9.99
SENTENCES: THE LIFE OF M.F. GRIMM By Percy Carey and Ronald Wimberly, Vertigo/DC Comics, $19.99
SILVERFISH By David Lapham, Vertigo/DC Comics, $24.99
All excellent books, and all are available at Fantom Comics.