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<title><![CDATA[Reload de Warren Ellis]]></title>
<link>http://quienmemandaria.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/reload-de-warren-ellis/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eugenio</dc:creator>
<guid>http://quienmemandaria.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/reload-de-warren-ellis/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Una obra rapidita de Ellis, leer y olvidar al mismo tiempo. Reload Formato prestigio 17&#215;26cms, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Una obra rapidita de Ellis, leer y olvidar al mismo tiempo.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2511/4045880639_bd51d98a57.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="385" /><em><strong>Reload</strong></em></p>
<p>Formato prestigio 17&#215;26cms, tapa blanda, lomo, 72 páginas a color</p>
<p>Guión: Warren Ellis<br />
Dibujo: Paul Gulacy<br />
Entintado: Jimmy Palmiotti<br />
Color: Guy Major</p>
<p>Correspondencia Original: Reload 1, 2, 3,</p>
<p>El guión de Reload es obra de Warren Ellis, guionista británico que destaca por sus intentos de revitalizar la &#8220;crisis&#8221; del cómic aportando guiones frescos y nuevos planteamientos. Su trabajo en Planetary, Stormwatch o Wolverine son sólo una muestra de sus más de treinta novelas gráficas.<br />
En cuanto al dibujo de Reload, es obra de Paul Gulacy, un dibujante que lleva desde los años 70 en el mundo de la historieta.<br />
A veces, una sola persona, con el entrenamiento adecuado, puede causar más daños que todo un ejército. Ese es el caso de la agente Kiva Reed, una de las armas más mortíferas del gobierno de los Estados Unidos que ha vuelto para atacar a quienes lo crearon, y su primer objetivo es asesinar al Presidente.</p>
<p>Precio: 6.95 €</p>
<p><em>Reload</em>: Chris Royal es un agente del Servicio Secreto que está a dos días de retirarse del servicio activo y en cuya vigilancia el Presidente de los USA es asesinado. Chris consigue tomar una foto de la asesina pero cuando comienza a investigar su identidad sus superiores le dicen que abandone su investigación y que ya han capturado a la asesina. Chris sigue la investigación por su cuenta y esta le lleva hasta una agente de Acción Directa/ ASI, Kiva Reed, que le dice que el gobierno está controlado por la Mafia y le pregunta si quiere ayudarle a deshacerse de los corruptos…<br />
Tiene un buen dibujo y el guión es entretenido… pero tampoco se le puede pedir más. Se deja leer, es entretenido, tiene un buen dibujo y nada más.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu Black &amp; White One Shot - Review]]></title>
<link>http://weeklycomicbookreview.com/2009/10/06/shang-chi-master-of-kung-fu-black-white-one-shot-review/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tonyrak</dc:creator>
<guid>http://weeklycomicbookreview.com/2009/10/06/shang-chi-master-of-kung-fu-black-white-one-shot-review/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[By Jonathan Hickman (writer), Kody Chamberlin (artist), Mike Benson (writer), Tomm Coker &amp; C.P. ]]></description>
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<p><em>By Jonathan Hickman (writer), Kody Chamberlin (artist), Mike Benson (writer), Tomm Coker &#38; C.P. Smith (artists), Charlie Huston (writer), Enrique Romero (artist), Robin Furth (writer), Paul Gulacy (artist)</em></p>
<p><strong>The Story: </strong>The good ol&#8217; days of Marvel&#8217;s mighty, black and white grindhouse megazines are given a loving homage in this anthology starring the Master of Kung-Fu.</p>
<p><strong>The Good: </strong>Being a shameless fan of grindhouse, kung-fu, and nostalgia, I found it hard not to enjoy this comic.  The design of everything from the expertly lettered cover, black and white pages, and hilarious faux advertisement on the back cover were all wonderful choices that really gave this the look and feel of those oversized magazines Marvel used to publish in the 70s. It’s also very refreshing to come across a comic that is so shamelessly committed to having a good time. Of the four stories comprising this retro-themed anthology, Hickman’s story “The Annual Race to Benefit Various And Sundry Evil Organizations And Also The Homeless. Now With Beer And Hot Dogs” (and yes, I swear to God that is the name of the story) is by far the most ridiculously entertaining one.  Granted, Shang-Chi plays second fiddle to none other than Deadpool, but what the hell, when Hickman includes a fully functional gameboard within his plot I&#8217;m willing to overlook paltry details like the absence of the main freaking character.  The other stories here were much more conventional, but every bit as satisfying.  Of those, I thought the story by Huston and Romero best captured the look and feel of the old Gulacy Shang-Chi stories, and the prose story by Furth and Gulacy was an unexpected delight.  This was a vastly different book than anything Marvel&#8217;s currently doing, and I was very pleased with the finished product.</p>
<p><strong>The Not So Good: </strong>Although I quite enjoyed the retro design of this book, I can&#8217;t say that it&#8217;s going to appeal to everyone.  This comic utterly lacks the melodrama, spandex, and face-punching antics of the typical superhero comic, and that alone is bound to drive away tons of readers.  Benson&#8217;s story was an admirable effort, but didn&#8217;t quite resonate with me in the way I wanted it to.  The use of Chinese(?) characters in the dialogue balloons become quickly tiresome, and for me anyway didn&#8217;t add anything to the overall reading experience.  However, that being said, if Marvel should ever choose to do more Shang-Chi stories, I hope they&#8217;ll bring Tomm Coker on board, as his gritty, Sienkiewicz-styled art perfectly complimented this kind of story.</p>
<p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>I was honestly surprised with how much I liked this book, and would love to see Marvel use this format more often to dust off some of their forgotten heroes.  Can&#8217;t go wrong with 48 pages of kung-fu goodness.</p>
<p><strong>Grade:  B</strong></p>
<p>-Tony Rakittke</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Jonah Hex vai ao cinema]]></title>
<link>http://planetamongo.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/jonah-hex-vai-ao-cinema/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Francisco</dc:creator>
<guid>http://planetamongo.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/jonah-hex-vai-ao-cinema/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Uma das coisas que mais me deixaram apreensivo quando soube que Jonah Hex seria adaptado para o cine]]></description>
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Uma das coisas que mais me deixaram apreensivo quando soube que Jonah Hex seria adaptado para o cinema é que o diretor escolhido nunca realizou um filme com pessoas de carne-e-osso sequer&#8230; <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  O único filme que ele havia dirigido é a animação <em>Horton e o Mundo dos Quem</em> (<em>Dr. Seuss&#8217; Horton Hears a Who</em>) e, cá entre nós (por favor, não espalhem isso em Hollywood), isso é muito pouco num currículo de alguém que pretende dirigir um filme de faroeste com um personagem tão bom quanto este da DC Comics!<br />
<a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3596344869_6feb03bbfd_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone" style="border:0;margin:5px 0;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3596344869_347f30f7de_m.jpg" alt="Josh Brolin como Jonah Hex - CLIQUE AQUI PARA AMPLIAR ESTA FOTO" width="196" height="240" /></a>  <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3597151834_73521fbb08_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone" style="border:0;margin:5px 0;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3597151834_2b32c7517a_m.jpg" alt="Megan Fox é Leila em Jonah Hex - CLIQUE AQUI PARA AMPLIAR ESTA FOTO" width="157" height="240" /></a><br />
Mas, tudo bem&#8230; vamos confiar em Jimmy Hayward e torcer para que ele faça o dever de casa direitinho. Algumas fotos da produção já correram a internet. Selecionei duas delas (<em>acima</em>), que podem ser baixadas com melhor resolução e qualidade. Uma aparece o ator Josh Brolin, que tem a responsabilidade de encarnar o pistoleiro, numa cena do filme (as outras duas fotos divulgadas são uma seqüência desta). A outra foto é uma imagem dos bastidores do filme com a atriz e gata Megan Fox (que também agita a franquia cinematográfica <em><a href="http://planetamongo.wordpress.com/category/cinema-filmes/transformers/" target="_blank">Transformers</a></em>, vocês sabem&#8230;) com trajes prá lá de agradáveis (Aliás, circulam rumores que mocinha está sendo cotada para viver a nova Buffy, a caçadora de vampiros).<br />
<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3356/3601106506_eda2c8f091_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone" style="border:0;margin:5px 0;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3356/3601106506_741b50774c_m.jpg" alt="All-Star Western#10 - CLIQUE AQUI PARA AMPLIAR ESTA IMAGEM" width="162" height="240" /></a>  <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3586/3597157979_ca9fe83bcc_b.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone" style="border:0;margin:5px 2px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3586/3597157979_ca9fe83bcc_m.jpg" alt="Quadrinho da história Bem Vindo ao Paraíso, desenhada por Tony de Zuñiga - CLIQUE AQUI PARA AMPLIAR ESTA IMAGEM EM ÓTIMA RESOLUÇÃO" width="183" height="240" /></a><br />
O pistoleiro <em>Jonah Hex</em>, que tem o rosto desfigurado por uma profunda cicatriz, foi criado pelo escritor John Albano e pelo excelente desenhista filipino Tony de Zuñiga em 1972 para a <a href="http://quadrinhos.wordpress.com/category/comics-quadrinhos/dc-comics-quadrinhos/" target="_blank">DC Comics</a> que tentava revitalizar o gênero com um punhado de novos personagens de faroeste (e algumas reprises). Sua estréia aconteceu na revista <em>All-Star Western</em> n°10 (de fevereiro/março), que já publicava as histórias de <em>El Diablo</em>, <em>Renegado</em> (<em>Outlaw</em>), <em>Billy the Kid e</em> <em>Bat Lash</em>.<br />
<a href="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg147/planetamongo/Quadrinhos/jnhhex/jonahhex21p20.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone" style="border:0;margin:5px 0;" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg147/planetamongo/Quadrinhos/jnhhex/jonahhex21p20th.jpg" alt="Jonah Hex#21, Fevereiro de 1979 - desenho na página 20 - CLIQUE AQUI PARA AMPLIAR ESTA FOTO EM ÓTIMA RESOLUÇÃO" width="414" height="216" /></a><br />
No Brasil, a estréia do personagem aconteceu na revista <em><a href="http://quadrinhos.wordpress.com/category/comics-quadrinhos/a-lendaria-ebal/reis-do-faroeste/" target="_blank">Reis do Faroeste</a> em Cores</em> nº9, lançada pela <a href="http://quadrinhos.wordpress.com/category/comics-quadrinhos/a-lendaria-ebal/" target="_blank">Ebal</a> em Maio-Junho de 1973. Essa revista republicava o material da <em>All-Star Western</em>. Enquanto nos Estados Unidos a revista tinha 52 páginas, a versão brasileira tinha apenas 36 páginas, mas era impresso em papel de melhor qualidade e capa plastificada. A partir do número 12 a revista da DC Comics muda de nome para <em>Weird Western Tales</em> e Jonah Hex passa a ter mais relevância no título, e na edição seguinte o número de páginas cai de 52 para 36. No nº18, de julho/agosto de 1973, o logotipo &#8220;Jonah Hex&#8221; passa a ter mais destaque na capa, ocupando o lugar do nome da revista (<em>Weird Western Tales</em> diminui de tamanho e fica numa tarja no topo). Finalmente em março/abril de 1977, <em>Jonah Hex</em> passa a ter um título próprio e a <em>Weird Western Tales </em>recebe um novo personagem em suas páginas: <em>Scalphunter</em> (no Brasil: <em>O Escalpador</em>). Jonah Hex seria publicado até agosto de 1985, chegando ao número 92, quando a DC Comics, tomando uma decisão pra lá de imbecil, decide transportar o personagem para um futuro apocalíptico. É claro que essa idéia de jerico não deu certo e essa experiência deve ser totalmente esquecida.<br />
<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3602/3597159353_08a58f13dd_b.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone" style="border:0;margin:5px 0;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3602/3597159353_08a58f13dd_m.jpg" alt="Jonah Hex #19, Dezembro de 1978 - Desenho de Luis Dominguez - CLIQUE AQUI PARA AMPLIAR ESTA IMAGEM EM ÓTIMA RESOLUÇÃO" width="156" height="240" /></a>  <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2472/3600295555_c0d22ed031_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone" style="border:0;margin:5px 3px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2472/3600295555_a4e7878e59_m.jpg" alt="Jonah Hex #42 - Nova série - Junho de 2009 - Desenho de Jordi Bernet - CLIQUE AQUI PARA AMPLIAR ESTA IMAGEM EM ÓTIMA RESOLUÇÃO" width="155" height="240" /></a><br />
Em 2006 a DC Comics decide relançar o título de <em>Jonah Hex</em> numa nova série de aventuras desenhadas novamente por grandes artistas, como Tony de Zuñiga, Paul Gulacy (<em>desenho abaixo</em>), David Michael Beck, Jordi Bernet e o brasileiro Luke Ross, que ilustrou as primeiras edições da revista.<br />
<a href="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg147/planetamongo/Quadrinhos/jnhhex/jonahhex43jul09.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone" style="border:0;margin:5px 0;" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg147/planetamongo/Quadrinhos/jnhhex/jonahhex43jul09th.jpg" alt="Paul Gulacy desenha Jonah Hex - CLIQUE AQUI PARA AMPLIAR ESTA IMAGEM EM BOA RESOLUÇÃO" width="414" height="461" /></a><br />
Infelizmente, no Brasil, Jonah Hex não teve ainda um tratamento digno do personagem, apesar de suas cinco primeiras histórias terem sido publicadas pela Ebal num formato adequado nos últimas quatro números da revista <em>Reis do Faroeste em Cores</em> (esta série só durou 12 edições). Logo depois <em>Jonah Hex</em> ganhou um título próprio ainda pela Ebal, mas foi lançado no abominavel &#8220;formatinho&#8221;, que desvaloriza o trabalho do desenhista. Mas em 2006, a Opera Gráfica fez um lançamento digno de elogios. Foi o boxe<em> <a href="http://www.comix.com.br/product_info.php?products_id=4010" target="_blank">Jonah Hex Showcase</a></em> que republicou as 22 primeiras histórias do personagem em dois livros que somam mais de 500 páginas! Agora a Panini deverá pensar seriamente em lançar a nova série de histórias do pistoleiro, pois o filme está programado para estrear no dia 6 de agosto de 2010.<br />
<a href="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg147/planetamongo/Quadrinhos/jnhhex/jonahhex20p1pb.jpg" target="_blank"><img style="border:0;margin:8px 0;" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg147/planetamongo/Quadrinhos/jnhhex/jonahhex20p1pbth.jpg" alt="Página sem as cores - CLIQUE AQUI PARA AMPLIAR ESTA FOTO EM ÓTIMA RESOLUÇÃO" width="414" height="540" /></a><br />
Todas as imagens que ilustram este texto podem ser ampliadas. Esta de cima é uma versão que fiz utilizando apenas o traço preto do desenho que está no topo desta postagem, que é a página de abertura do número 20 da revista <em>Jonah Hex</em>, da DC Comics.<br />
<a href="http://quadrinhos.wordpress.com/category/comics-quadrinhos/dc-comics-quadrinhos/jonah-hex/" target="_blank"><img class="alignnone" style="border:0;margin:0;" src="http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg147/planetamongo/cliqueaqui.jpg" alt="" width="77" height="12" /></a> <strong><span style="color:#800000;">para baixar papéis de parede de <em>Jonah Hex</em>.</span></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[PUNISHER: BLOODY VALENTINE BY PAUL GULACY &amp; JIMMY PALMIOTTI]]></title>
<link>http://turboblanco.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/punisher-bloody-valentine-by-paul-gulacy-jimmy-palmiotti/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>turboblanco</dc:creator>
<guid>http://turboblanco.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/punisher-bloody-valentine-by-paul-gulacy-jimmy-palmiotti/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Inks by JIMMY PALMIOTTI, Cover by GULACY &amp; PALMIOTTI. Don’t look now, something just sparked the]]></description>
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<p>Inks by JIMMY PALMIOTTI, Cover by GULACY &#38; PALMIOTTI. Don’t look now, something just sparked the little black pit in Frank Castle’s chest &#8212; the one that used to be a heart ! The last time the Punisher saw the lovely and lethal assassin Suspiria, he was dropping her headfirst off a skyscraper. Now she’s back and it appears that she wants to kiss and make up. You see, the murderous pair have got a mutual enemy &#8212; an arch-villain whose pursuit will take them to Suspiria’s home turf of Rome. Can Frank withstand his partner’s charms? Does he want to?</p>
<p>You can order this issue <a href="http://store.comicfusion.net/mr0342.html">here.</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Penitencia - Dolor sin fin]]></title>
<link>http://quienmemandaria.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/penitencia-dolor-sin-fin/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eugenio</dc:creator>
<guid>http://quienmemandaria.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/penitencia-dolor-sin-fin/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Penitencia – Dolor sin fin Guión: Paul Jenkins Dibujo: Paul Gulacy Color: Rain Beredo Correspondenci]]></description>
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<p>Guión: Paul Jenkins<br />
Dibujo: Paul Gulacy<br />
Color: Rain Beredo</p>
<p>Correspondencia Original: Penance: Relentless 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,</p>
<p>Tomo 17&#215;26cms, tapa blanda 120 páginas a color</p>
<p>Paul Jenkins, el guionista que convirtió al alegre Speedball en el más desquiciado personaje del Universo Marvel regresa junto a la leyenda del cómic, Paul Gulacy, para narrar la historia definitiva del hombre más odiado de América. Robbie Baldwin ha iniciado un lento pero seguro camino hacia la locura. Culpado de El Desastre de Stamford, torturado por las visiones de todos los que murieron y obsesionado con extraños números sin sentido, se dispone ahora a emprender la más dolorosa búsqueda…</p>
<p>Precio: 8.60 €</p>
<p><em>Penitencia – Dolor sin fin</em>: miniserie centrada en el único New Warrior que sobrevivió a la tragedia de Stanford… y cuyo contenido choca frontalmente con lo que se muestra en la serie de los Thunderbolts…<br />
Todas las mañanas Robbie Baldwin se dirige a la misma cafetería para desayunar y apunta una serie de números en un papel. Cuando regresa a la base Thunderbolt, Norman Osborn y unos psiquiatras le preguntan por su significado. Durante una misión de los Thunderbolts, Robbie deja escapar a un terrorista para que le envíe un mensaje al Dr. Muerte, si no entrega a Nitro a la custodia de los USA, lanzará misiles nucleares en su contra. La situación empeora cuando Robbie escapa de la custodia de los agentes que le vigilaban en sus visitas a la cafetería. Agentes de SHIELD liderados por Tony Stark comienzan la persecución de Robbie para recuperar los códigos de lanzamientos de los misiles… mientras Robbie intenta… capturar a Nitro de cualquier forma posible. Para ello tendrá que superar a los grupos de La Iniciativa y a Lobezno que quiere evitar que cometa un error que lamentará toda su vida. Después de explicarle lo que quiere hacer, Lobezno ayuda a Robbie a engañar a los Thunderbolts para robarles la nave e ir a Latveria… Una vez allí se enfrenta al Dr. Muerte y consigue que este le entregue a Nitro para el que tiene un castigo preparado…</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3531/3224029986_e273cd654e_m.jpg" alt="" width="157" height="240" /></p>
<p>La verdad es que es una lectura entretenida. No me interesa especialmente lo que le pudiese pasar a Robbie, pero bueno… es una historia que está bastante bien contada y que cuenta con un dibujo pasable. Lo que no me resulta especialmente creíble es que dejen ir a Robbie todos los días a tomarse un café como si no hubiese pasado nada y bueno… tiene bastante culpa de lo sucedido en Stanford, vale que quieran limpiarlo un poco en Marvel, pero… seguro que Jim Shooter no hubiese permitido esto. Pues eso, como lectura es entretenida, pero… no imprescindible.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Transmetropolitan: Tales of Human Waste]]></title>
<link>http://sequentialstudy.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/transmetropolitan-tales-of-human-waste/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Corey Blake</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sequentialstudy.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/transmetropolitan-tales-of-human-waste/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Transmetropolitan: Tales of Human Waste By Warren Ellis (writer), Darick Robertson and Rodney Ramos ]]></description>
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By Warren Ellis (writer), Darick Robertson and Rodney Ramos with John Cassaday, James Romberger, Gary Erskine, Phil Jimenez, Lea Hernandez, Dave Johnson, J.H. Williams III &#38; Mick Gray, John Higgins, Marcelo Frusin, D&#8217;Israeli, Cliff Chiang, Frank Teran, Amanda Conner, Cully Hamner, Tony Harris &#38; Jim Royal, Eduardo Risso, Glenn Fabry, Steve Dillon, Bryan Talbot, Dave Taylor, Tim Bradstreet, Danijel Zezelj, David Mack, Paul Gulacy, Igor Kordey, Brian Wood, Colleen Doran, Javier Pulido, Jamie Tolagson, Jimmy Palmiotti, John McCrea, Matt Howarth, Michael Avon Oeming, Jacen Burrows, Phil Winslade, Steve Lieber, Jill Thompson, Brian Michael Bendis, Carla Speed McNeil, Eric Shanower, J. Scott Campbell &#38; Richard Friend, Bill Sienkiewicz, Alex Maleev, Klaus Janson, Guy Davis, Brandon Graham, Chris Weston, Cameron Stewart, Steve Pugh, Mark Buckingham, Paul Pope, Judd Winick, Kevin Maguire, Chris Sprouse, David Lloyd, Liam Sharpe, Michael William Kaluta, Justiniano, Yanick Paquette &#38; Prentis Rollins, and Garry Leach (artists)<br />
Published by DC Comics/Vertigo<br />
Originally released October 2004</p>
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Cover price: $14.99<br />
Format: Soft cover, color, standard-size<br />
ISBN 1401202179<strong></strong><strong></strong></p>
<p><span>Synopsis from publisher:<br />
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<p>TALES OF HUMAN WASTE completes the TRANSMETROPOLITAN library, collecting the two Prestige-format one-shots TRANSMETROPOLITAN: I HATE IT HERE and TRANSMETROPOLITAN: FILTH OF THE CITY, as well as the 8-page Christmas story from VERTIGO: WINTER&#8217;S EDGE 2. Written by Warren Ellis, this collection features a host of one and two-page pieces from comics&#8217; finest artists illustrating excerpts from the Word columns of crazed outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem.</p>
<p>Notes:</p>
<p>This publication is the eleventh and final in a series reprinting the comic book series Transmetropolitan and various spin-offs. All material in this publication was written by Warren Ellis.</p>
<p>Transmetropolitan: I Hate It Here features illustrations by John Cassaday, James Romberger, Gary Erskine, Phil Jimenez, Lea Hernandez, Dave Johnson, J.H. Williams III &#38; Mick Gray, John Higgins, Marcelo Frusin, D&#8217;Israeli, Cliff Chiang, Rodney Ramos, Frank Teran, Amanda Conner, Cully Hamner, Tony Harris &#38; Jim Royal, Eduardo Risso, Glenn Fabry, Steve Dillon, Bryan Talbot, Dave Taylor, Tim Bradstreet, Danijel Zezelj, David Mack, Paul Gulacy, Igor Kordey, Brian Wood, Colleen Doran, Javier Pulido, Jamie Tolagson, Jimmy Palmiotti, and John McCrea.</p>
<p>Transmetropolitan: Filth of the City features illustrations by Matt Howarth, Michael Avon Oeming, Jacen Burrows, Phil Winslade, Steve Lieber, Jill Thompson, Brian Michael Bendis, Carla Speed McNeil, Eric Shanower, J. Scott Campbell &#38; Richard Friend, Rodney Ramos, Bill Sienkiewicz, Alex Maleev, Klaus Janson, Guy Davis, Brandon Graham, Darick Robertson, Chris Weston, Cameron Stewart, Steve Pugh, Mark Buckingham, Paul Pope, Judd Winick, Kevin Maguire, Chris Sprouse &#38; Prentis Rollins, David Lloyd, Liam Sharpe, Michael William Kaluta, Justiniano, Yanick Paquette &#38; Prentis Rollins, and Garry Leach.</p>
<p>The 8-page story from Vertigo: Winter&#8217;s Edge #2, illustrated by Darick Robertson and Rodney Ramos, was previously collected in Transmetropolitan Vol. 3: Year of the Bastard.</p>
<p>Reprints:</p>
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<li>Transmetropolitan: I Hate It Here (2000)</li>
<li>Transmetropolitan: Filth of the City (2001)</li>
<li>Vertigo: Winter&#8217;s Edge #2 (1999) [Transmetropolitan story only]</li>
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<title><![CDATA[Batman vs. Depredador]]></title>
<link>http://quienmemandaria.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/batman-vs-depredador/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eugenio</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Batman Vs. Depredador Edición original: Batman vs Predator, Batman vs Predator II: Bloodmatch, Batma]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Edición original: Batman vs Predator, Batman vs Predator II: Bloodmatch, Batman vs Predator III: Blood Ties USA</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Guión: Chuck Dixon, Dave Gibbons, Doug Moench<br />
Dibujo: Adam Kubert, Andy Kubert, Paul Gulacy, Rodolfo Damaggio<br />
Tinta: Andy Kubert, Adam Kubert, Paul Gulacy<br />
Color: Adam Kubert<br />
Formato: Libro cartoné, 400 págs.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Batman se ha enfrentado a lo peor que puede ofrecerle Gotham City y siempre ha salido con buen pie. Ha vencido a la mafia y todos los villanos estrambóticos como Joker, Acertijo, Hiedra Venenosa y compañía. Sin embargo, cuando la nueva amenaza para la ciudad no llegue desde el Asilo Arkham, sino desde lo más profundo del espacio, el Caballero Oscuro se encontrará al borde de la muerte. Eso es lo que ocurre cuando la ciudad se ve asediada por un asesino alienígena con capacidad de camuflaje llamado Depredador. Este volumen recopila los tres enfrentamientos que ha habido a lo largo de la historia entre Batman y Depredador, por autores como Dave Gibbons, Adam y Andy Kubert, Doug Moench, Paul Gulacy, Chuck Dixon y Rodolfo Damaggio. Este título abre la veda de los crossovers con los monstruos de cine publicados por Dark Horse, puesto que a partir del mes que viene llegarán más cruces entre Depredadores, Superman y Aliens.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Precio: 30 €</p>
<p><em>Batman vs. Depredador</em>: Planeta ha publicado las tres miniseries que enfrentaban a Batman contra los Depredadores en un único tomo en tapa dura (y con un precio elevado) para celebrar el Salón del Manga&#8230; Reconozco que no estaba entre mis posibles compras para el Salón, pero es que Planeta lo ha puesto tan, pero tan fácil como para comprar otras cosas que no estuviesen previstas que claro&#8230; Hay que reconocer que las series van de más a menos, si la primera serie es aceptable la tercera es una de las cosas más lamentables que jamás se han hecho. Pero voy a ir una por una&#8230;</p>
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<li><em>Batman vs Predator</em>: la primera serie y, con muchísima diferencia, la mejor de todas. Nos encontramos a Dave Gibbons en el guión – que realiza una historia lo suficientemente entretenida y con guiños tanto a la mitología de Batman como a la de Depredador para contentar a los seguidores de ambas franquicias y no dejarles con mal sabor de boca – y a Andy y Adam Kubert encargados del apartado gráfico – no estaban en su mejor momento, aún no habían llegado a eso, pero realizan un papel más que digno con algunas viñetas más que espectaculares -. Curiosamente recordaba esta miniserie como si fuese un calco de la segunda película de Depredador (la de Danny Glover), por suerte no era, para nada, lo mismo. Aceptable.</li>
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<li><em>Batman vs Predator II – Combate sangruiento</em>: (no, no es una errata, fijáos en lo que pone en el tomo de Planeta&#8230; XD) Para la segunda miniserie, cambiaron a guionista y dibujantes y, por desgracia, el cambio no fue para mejor, fue para peor, para mucho peor. Si en la primera Batman se tenía que enfrentar a un único Depredador – y bien que le llegaba – en esta ocasión se tiene que enfrentar a un Depredador y a siete asesinos contratados por un jefe mafioso para acabar con él&#8230; Como no parecía muy justo, decidieron incluir a Huntress para mejorar las posibilidades de Batman&#8230; Sí, es tan malo (e incluso peor) de lo que suena. ¿Quiénes perpetran este cómic? Doug Moench al guión y Paul Gulacy al dibujo con tintas de Terry Austin.</li>
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<li><em>Batman vs Predator III – Lazos de sangre</em>: eyyy, el amigo Chuck! Dixon se encarga del guión y un tal Rodolfo Damaggio del dibujo&#8230; ¿Recordáis que la anterior era peor que la primera? Pues esta supera a las otras dos&#8230; en mala me refiero. En esta Batman y Robin – al que Batman no le cuenta nada para no ponerle en peligro – se tienen que enfrentar a DOS depredadores&#8230; un padre e hijo que van a Gotham para&#8230; y yo qué sé para qué narices van a Gotham. A martirizarnos, me temo. Qué cosa más lamentable.</li>
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<p>Una idea que comenzó correctamente se fue diluyendo hasta que se convirtió en algo&#8230; lamentable y creado sólo para conseguir dinero. Joer, qué fácilmente se venden algunos.</p>
<p>(Si queréis ver el vídeo en el que Batman se enfrenta a Depredador&#8230; pulsad <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOZVp9NFhQE" target="_blank">aquí</a> )</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Be A Real Nowhere Man Contest]]></title>
<link>http://virgincomics.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/be-a-real-nowhere-man-contest/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Virgin Comics</dc:creator>
<guid>http://virgincomics.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/be-a-real-nowhere-man-contest/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[To celebrate the release of this fall&#8217;s new sci-fi/action series Nowhere Man, we&#8217;re laun]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif';color:black;">To  celebrate the release of this fall&#8217;s new sci-fi/action series <em>Nowhere  Man</em>, we&#8217;re launching our <strong>Be A Real Nowhere Man Contest</strong> where we&#8217;re giving  five lucky winners the chance to be a real Nowhere Man and get drawn into an  issue!!  Not only will you get yourself immortalized in comic book history, but  creators Hugh Jackman, Marc Guggenheim and Paul Gulacy will sign the issue in  which you appear.  Ten runners-up will receive a copy of <em>Nowhere Man</em> #1  signed by Hugh Jackman. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Tahoma','sans-serif';color:black;">Will you be a government agent? A bad-ass assassin? You&#8217;ll have to <a title="Be a Real NoWhere Man Contest" href="http://virgincomics.com/nowhereman/" target="_blank">enter</a> to find out!<br />
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<title><![CDATA[SWIPING OR NOT: When Famous People Land In Comics]]></title>
<link>http://wtfentertainment.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/swiping-or-not-when-famous-people-land-in-comics/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 06:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>wtfentertainment</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Folks like Rich Johnson over at CBR&#8217;s Lying in the Gutters take delight in pointing out when c]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Folks like Rich Johnson over at CBR&#8217;s <em>Lying in the Gutters</em> take delight in pointing out when comics artists swipe (or ape) another artists or a photograph&#8217;s image. Sometimes it&#8217;s pretty funny, as in the constant ribbing of Greg Land. However, sometimes it&#8217;s fairly scarry, (and this is not Rich&#8217;s fault) as when it looks like David Mack&#8217;s entire style is nothing but swipes. (Sometimes augmented with collage)</p>
<p>What&#8217;s funny is that at some point we crossed a line. We went from familiar faces showing up in Neal Adams&#8217; or Paul Gulacy&#8217;s art to swipes as an art style. I see the reason and the differences here. One is the proliferation of the Internet and digital technology. Adams and Gulacy didn&#8217;t have it. They truly drew a character into their stories. By that I mean that they did sketches and finished portraits. They memorized the physical aspects of a face and body in their minds and through their hands.</p>
<p>Adams got his start doing a <em>Ben Casey</em> newspaper strip. He was used to dealing with actors as characters in his art from the beginning. From there he moved into advertising art along with his comic work. He could portray anyone in order to lampoon them or to further along a straight story. He wasn&#8217;t held back by the lack of a specific facial expression or pose. He had mastered them by the time he put their image on a page. He made them do whatever he wanted and it was so fluid you bought right into it. (I don&#8217;t care if it was fellow comics professionals for a Batman story, Spiro Agnew for Green Lantern,  or the many that came up in Superman vs. Muhammad Ali, to name a few.)</p>
<p>Gulacy didn&#8217;t have Adams&#8217; background, but you could tell how he gravitated towards certain actors. You knew he had done his work off of the page before he started a story. Again, it was pure drawing and he integrated the images into characters that served a story. (Whether it was Lee, Connery, Brando, Niven and Marx for MOKF, or the porn actresses that showed up as female leads in solo stories, or Coburn for some of his Warren work.)</p>
<p>Now images show up and they are barely changed from the source material. They have a tendency to take you right out of a story because they are not integrated into it. Instead it&#8217;s a little technical showcase. A game of &#8220;guess where this is from&#8221;? The story comes to a standstill, and if it&#8217;s an ongoing character in the story, he suddenly looks very different. (Or are you to infer that the rest of the panels should look like Brad Pitt just because one close up does?)</p>
<p>I know it&#8217;s not everybody&#8217;s cup of tea, but I enjoyed the old stories when these things happened. It was the cherry on the top of my favorite artist sundae. Now, I miss the consistency. I realize it&#8217;s an easy thing to do with Google image search and freeze frame DVD along with Photoshop. But, what&#8217;s the point? Did you really service the story with that?</p>
<p>I know that it&#8217;s tough to produce the books and that any short cut or advantage is being embraced, but it was just as tough back then. They made it work because they did the work. Now, I don&#8217;t think the effort is worth it to trick out a couple of panels.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[RANDOM THOUGHTS]]></title>
<link>http://wtfentertainment.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/random-thoughts/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>wtfentertainment</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wtfentertainment.wordpress.com/2007/11/14/random-thoughts/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bits on Bits&#8230; I know that there&#8217;s a lot of views about getting comics via bit torrent. S]]></description>
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<p>I know that there&#8217;s a lot of views about getting comics via bit torrent. Some justify it by saying that they&#8217;re using it to sample things and expand their horizons on what they will (eventually) end up buying. Others just call it stealing not matter what.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not here to judge, but one thing seems apparent: <strong>There&#8217;s still people that just want to read comics</strong>. These people are not interested in investment speculation or obsessive collecting. They want to read a good story and/or look at great illustration.</p>
<p>That seems to be what&#8217;s driving the cheap B&#38;W reprint collections both DC &#38; Marvel put out. They&#8217;re good deals for those who just want to read. However, there are some titles that will never be printed in those, or any other collected editions.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m talking about licensed titles that both companies have put out. Characters like Master of Kung Fu (featuring Fu Manchu and supporting players created by Sax Rohmer), Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, Pellucidar, Carson of Venus, The Shadow and Doc Savage all surfaced in the 70&#8217;s. Now, some of the DC <em>Tarzan</em> run has been put in collected editions by Dark Horse (who currently have the license) as well as Marvel&#8217;s run on <em>Conan</em> (ditto). And, as much as I enjoyed Joe Kubert&#8217;s take on Tarzan, the things I really remember from the ERB invasion of DC is appearance of the other characters. <em>John Carter of Mars</em> started as a back-up in Tarzan with great art by Murphy Anderson (with one chapter done by the fantastic and overlooked Gray Morrow). <em>Pellucidar</em> and <em>Carson of Venus</em> had art by Alan Weiss and Michael Kaluta respectively, and were back-ups originally in DC&#8217;s run of <em>Korak, Son of Tarzan</em>. Most of these graduated to a shared title called <em>ERB&#8217;s Weird Worlds</em>. </p>
<p><em>The Shadow</em> had a couple of fantastic runs (and one not so fantastic called <em>The Shadow Strikes</em>!) also at DC. The first run in the 70&#8217;s featured the definitive comic version of the pulp hero with Denny O&#8217;Neil writing and Michael Kaluta producing great artwork (again!). (As a matter of fact, Issue 4 has Berni Wrightson helping Kaluta out by inking what could be one of the great unsung single issues of the time period.) The second run of <em>The Shadow</em> began with a reinterpretation from Howard Chaykin, that displaced the pulp of the title and tried to make it fit in with the beginning of the deconstuctionist hero/SOB/dark-gritty period of the 80&#8217;s. The character was updated and it was somewhat interesting, more visually than anything else. (Chaykin was coming off of the heat of <em>American Flagg</em> and probably took the project on as more of a money maker than any real underlying attraction to the material.) It isn&#8217;t until Chaykin leaves and Andy Helfer with Kyle Baker on art come in that the title really picks up steam. Under this creative team the book is kind of the sister to the lunacy of the <em>Justice League</em> of the time. It&#8217;s a truly hysterical run, but no doubt the equivalent to the anti-christ to real hardcore fans of the character.</p>
<p>Over at Marvel, <em>Doc Savage</em> did double duty (as many others did in their heyday) as both a 4-color book and a B&#38;W magazine. They were very effective at capturing the feel of the pulp adventures with the early issues of the comic sporting covers by Steranko and interiors by Mike Espisito and Tom Palmer. Meanwhile, hopping onto the Kung-Fu craze late, Marvel&#8217;s <em>Master of Kung-Fu</em> got off to an OK start, but nobody seemed to have a concrete direction to take the title in. That is, until Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy came in to give it a great big injection of Bond-like spy action melded with Bruce Lee in his prime performing in <em>Enter the Dragon</em>. This is must-have stuff, and you can trace how the stories and art have enventually effected Marvel style to this day. (Gulacy picked up the gauntlet left by Steranko innovative layouts and hyperreal-styled action, while Moench&#8217;s gritty spy plots go directly into writers like Bendis, Brubaker and Rucka.)</p>
<p>So, you will not be seeing an affordable collection to any of these titles and, depending on your comic retailer of choice, may have an extensive search process with applicable back issue pricing to put up with in order to view them.</p>
<p>I put it to you that you have <u>little recourse</u>, if you&#8217;re just looking to read these gems, but to <u>bit torrent</u> them. You&#8217;re missing out on some fine work otherwise.</p>
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<p><strong><u>Ironies of Irony&#8230;</u></strong></p>
<p>So this week we learned in the wake of Captain America&#8217;s death and apparent replacement by former Bucky, that Batman (Bruce Wayne) is to be killed in time for next year&#8217;s film and replaced by a former Robin. (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/?column=13" title="Lying in the Gutters at CBR">Thanks to LiTG on CBR</a>)</p>
<p>Nevermind that Cap cribbed from Batman in bringing back a believed dead sidekick; so to right the wrong Bats does the same by performing the above-mentioned plot? Nevermind that Batman has already played the replacement card before. (And even that started from a recycled plot Doug Moench stole from himself, and <em>The Destroyer</em> paperback series, among others.)</p>
<p>What is it that editors and the major comic companies hope to achieve by these stunt plots? A momentary spike in sales? What does that do for the title in the long run?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been through enough of these things with enough characters that it just seems like another in a worn-out cycle of tricks that get trotted out. (Notice that multiple covers are all over the place again?) It never satisfies anyone. Speculators usually take it in the shorts. (Remember Death of Superman? Even the Cap death issue isn&#8217;t going for that much.) Long-time readers just want a good story and usually get pissed over this. They&#8217;re not getting any younger and sometimes this is the last straw to cause the title getting dropped from their purchase pile. On the off-chance that this actually attracts new readers; when the inevitable return of the one true character occurs then they get pissed and drop the book.</p>
<p>Why is it so difficult to do a decent story with established characters that editors and companies feel that they need to resort to this? It&#8217;s a form of <strong>creative bankruptcy</strong>. They just can&#8217;t finally give in and say that any major title just needs to go to a one title rotating creative team per story arc format. There is no continuity, just do whatever needs to be done to make a good story. The characters are all open to personal interpretation anyway, so if you don&#8217;t like the current storyline &#8211; check back in three or four issues and a new one will start with a new writer and artist. Use oversized anthology titles to include new and/or secondary characters. There isn&#8217;t enough really good talent going around to sustain a character supporting 2-3 titles anyway. This is the only way I see to prolong monthly books. Otherwise just give up the ghost and produce all the stories as trades and premium HC editions.</p>
<p>Witness the manga format. This is where the new readers are going to. They are different kind of stories/characters and they are not monthly. (Unless it&#8217;s already got a backlog of material from Japan just making its way over here.) Marvel and DC need to stop wasting time and money pretending that they&#8217;re doing anything that recruits new readers. The best reaction either of them has achieved is Marvel&#8217;s presentation of Stephen King characters in the <em>Dark Tower</em> prequel. That&#8217;s just plain <u>cross pollination</u> from an <u>established cash cow</u> and it could have easily have bypassed the monthly phase and went directly to a trade and HC edition.</p>
<p>What it comes down to is that there are core competencies that the major comic publishers have. Dark Horse, sometimes Image, and the indies is where you go for new/interesting characters and stories. Marvel and DC have their Superhero cash cows. The fact that these titles now power major Hollywood blockbusters guarantee that they will continue publishing them to maintain visibility to the public and entertainment producers. Just come out with good stories and everybody is happy. The public and Hollywood (judging by the way the storylines are liberally stolen for screenplay fodder).</p>
<p>Look at what can be done with characters (You&#8217;re telling me with all of the stuff happening in this country that you can&#8217;t make an interesting and relevant Captain America story??!!) and quit relying on cheap, lazy, worn out tricks. (Unless of course you intend to actually follow through on one by handing the character down to the next generation ala&#8217; <em>The Phantom</em>. But that means no backpeddling. Dead is dead.)</p>
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<p><strong><u>A Series of Unfortunate Events&#8230;</u></strong></p>
<p>The big two publishers continue to rely on universe impacting crossover events to pump up interest/sales in their lines. When they first began they were fun (even when they weren&#8217;t always the best stories). Later from epics, like DC&#8217;s original <strong>Crisis</strong>, the publishers went from rewarding fanboy dreams to <u>cashing in at the same time</u>. Something that changes an entire publisher&#8217;s universe, well you just have to buy that to keep up, right?</p>
<p>Well, those don&#8217;t always work out for the best either, but sometimes things can actually click, and Marvel especially doesn&#8217;t seem to be able to schedule accordingly to allow these things to have their proper impact. (Yes, I know, ironic considering the drawn out way books are written now. One Stan Lee or Roy Thomas scripted issue is drawn out through four in order to have a new trade to put out.)</p>
<p>Marvel ran into problems right away with the success of <em>Civil War</em>. Whether you loved it or hated it, you were buying it to see what would happen. At least until production problems caused the ending of the series to not show up until crossover titles had already shipped and given away plot points. Eventually, some of those books were delayed as well to keep from totally ruining things, but retailers and readers were not happy. (Neither was Marvel as some weeks were getting pretty light on product coming out.) Nevertheless, Marvel stuck by its guns to try to give everyone the package they had promised.</p>
<p>Now, they seem to have decided that the show must go on regardless. People barely caught their breath over the Civil War when Cap was killed. (Not bad really, and was always meant to be a coda to the whole thing as I understand it.) The restructuring of the MU was going on when <em>World War Hulk</em> hit. That&#8217;s not over with yet, but many books have already made allusions to its end. (Which is not good as they all seem to be the same, even though Marvel promises changes.) Now there&#8217;s a <em>Secret Invasion</em> happening (which has already started in the Avengers titles even though the <em>New Avengers</em> seem to be ahead of the <em>Mighty Avengers</em>, neither of which has referenced WWH) that seems to tie into most of the chaos that has recently happened.</p>
<p>This is the trouble with trying to run a tight universe that&#8217;s continuity heavy when your production is all over the place. It&#8217;s like watching three timelines running at differing speeds, with the added problem of retconning the fastest of the three when the events of the other two finally drop. (Yes, this is why Joey Q gets testy at those Con Q&#38;A sessions. People call him on it.)<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Batman: Presa]]></title>
<link>http://quienmemandaria.wordpress.com/2007/06/11/batman-presa/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:47:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eugenio</dc:creator>
<guid>http://quienmemandaria.wordpress.com/2007/06/11/batman-presa/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Batman: Presa Edición original: Legends of the Dark Knight Nº 11 a 15; Batman Terror TPB USA Guión: ]]></description>
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<p>Edición original: Legends of the Dark Knight Nº 11 a 15; Batman Terror TPB USA</p>
<p>Guión: Doug Moench<br />
Dibujo: Paul Gulacy<br />
Tinta: Jimmy Palmiotti, Terry Austin<br />
Color: James Sinclair, Steve Oliff</p>
<p>Formato: 256 págs.</p>
<p>Una de las historias más épicas del Caballero Oscuro regresa en una edición de lujo con un incentivo irresistible. La historia Batman: Presa, por Doug Moench y Paul Gulacy, trajo de nuevo a primera plana al villano Hugo Strange, un psiquiatra obsesionado con Batman hasta límites insospechados. Será capaz de todo con tal de demostrar sus alocadas teorías, al mismo tiempo que Catwoman participa como invitada de honor. Por si fuera poco, este recopilatorio incluye la saga Terror, del mismo equipo creativo.</p>
<p>Precio: 15,95 €</p>
<p>Según leía este cómic me iba poniendo de peor humor&#8230; Empiezo por el dibujo que es lo que considero menos malo del mismo&#8230; y tampoco puedo decir que sea bueno porque no lo es, Jackson Guice es lo que tiene&#8230; un dibujo que no me agrada nada, pero si eso es lo bueno&#8230; bufff.<br />
El guión&#8230; horrible. Entre que no me gusta el villano elegido como protagonista (hay que ser muy bueno para conseguir que alguien como Hugo Strange sea utilizado de una manera medio decente), los continuos &#8220;homenajes&#8221; a Año Uno &#8211; los textos de apoyo, las ¿reflexiones? de los personajes -, la aparición de personajes desconocidos a los que utilizar por falta de ideas y demás chorradas que se pueden ver en el guión&#8230; por ejemplo, esos interminables monólogos de Batman&#8230; buff&#8230;<br />
Y claro, cuando años después decidieron &#8211; quien quiera que fuese el que lo decidió &#8211; continuar la historia, vieron que el personaje de Strange era estúpido y lo cambiaron por el Espantapájaros y Catwoman&#8230; pero aún con eso, no mejora. No mejora lo más mínimo&#8230;</p>
<p>Retomando el post varios días después&#8230;</p>
<p>Así que&#8230; tenemos un guión chorras acompañado de un dibujo muy flojo&#8230; Con lo que podemos suponer que Planeta publicará lo que sea en tomo&#8230;<br />
(<em>Santa Madre del Amor Hermoso&#8230; y ahora el &#8220;Gran Hernando&#8221; también en Vértigo&#8230;</em>)<br />
Volviendo al tomo&#8230; si alguien tuviera o tuviese la más mínima duda, por mínima que fuera o fuese, sobre comprarlo o no&#8230; que no lo haga. Al final acabará agradeciendo el consejo.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Batman - Juegos de guerra: Tercer Acto]]></title>
<link>http://quienmemandaria.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/batman-juegos-de-guerra-tercer-acto/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 06:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eugenio</dc:creator>
<guid>http://quienmemandaria.wordpress.com/2007/03/23/batman-juegos-de-guerra-tercer-acto/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Batman- Juegos de guerra: Tercer Acto: Fin del juego Edición original: Batman: War Games Nº 3 USA Gu]]></description>
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<p>Edición original: Batman: War Games Nº 3 USA</p>
<p>Guión: Ed Brubaker, Andersen Gabrych, Devin Grayson, Dylan Horrocks, A.j. Lieberman, Bill Willingham<br />
Dibujo: Al Barrionuevo, Thomas Derenick, Paul Gulacy, Mike Huddleston, Kinsun, Sean Phillips, Brad Walker, Pete Woods<br />
Entintado: Robert Campanella, Adam Dekraker, Jesse Delperdang, Troy Nixey, Jimmy Palmiotti, Sean Phillips, Francis Portela, Rodney Ramos, Aaron Sowd, Cam Smith<br />
Color: Brad Anderson, Tony Avina, Laurie Kronenberg, Guy Major, Javier Rodriguez, Gregory Wright, Jason Wright</p>
<p>Formato: 224 págs.</p>
<p>Las grandes familias criminales de Gotham City acuden a una cita a la que han sido misteriosamente convocadas. El miedo, las sospechas y la paranoia acaban por echarlo todo a perder y el aire se llena de balas. Varios señores del crimen caen en la reyerta mientras una nueva ola de caos se apodera de la ciudad.<br />
Batman deberá recurrir a todos sus efectivos disponibles (Oráculo, Batgirl, Nightwing, Orfeo, Ónix y Tarántula) para salvar tantas vidas como pueda y minimizar los conflictos, al mismo tiempo que trata de averiguar quién maneja los hilos de la destrucción que se ha desencadenado.<br />
¡Si no lo descubre pronto, nadie estará a salvo!</p>
<p>Precio: 13,95 €</p>
<p>Final de la saga que cambiará el statu quo de Batman para siempre&#8230; Y en algunas cosas&#8230; puede que sea así.<br />
Batman, que era una leyenda urbana para la población de Gotham, tiene que salir a la luz pública; Batman, que era una ayuda inestimable para la policía, ha abusado de su confianza y se ve enfrentado a ellos; Batman, que a pesar de su actitud &#8211; y de ser un héroe solitario &#8211; siempre se apoyaba en sus compañeros, ha perdido la confianza de la gran mayoría de los mismos y ha visto como se alejaban de su lado&#8230;<br />
Esos podrían haber sido cambios importantes&#8230; siempre y cuando se hubiesen mantenido y se hubiesen tratado de una manera lógica y consecuente&#8230; Ya os adelanto &#8211; y no, no es por fastidiar &#8211; que no ha sido así &#8211; al menos no en todos los casos -, pero eso lo dejaremos para cuando se vea aquí&#8230;<br />
Centrémonos en el tomo.<br />
Finaliza Juegos de Guerra, hay cambios &#8220;importantes&#8221; en la situación de Batman y sus compañeros (los más interesantes, para mí, se verán en Nightwing y Aves de Presa &#8211; ya sabéis, esas dos series tan malas que no van a ser publicadas en España&#8230; por el momento o nunca -), muere uno de ellos &#8211; aunque la resolución de esto es ¿digna? de leerse, ya veréis lo que hacen, ya&#8230; &#8211; por supuesto muere el menos importante &#8211; ni figurita tenía, aunque todo se andará -, hay un nuevo &#8220;rey del crimen&#8221; en Gotham &#8211; probablemente sea Mickey Mouse&#8230; ;D &#8211; y&#8230; ya está. Ala, 14 euros que os he ahorrado. De nada.<br />
Además TODO, insisto, TODO el apartado gráfico &#8211; los dibujantes, vaya &#8211; es penoso, no se salva ninguno de ellos. Los guionistas&#8230; puff, fijaos si se dan cuenta de sus meteduras de pata que hasta hacen que Batman se pregunte por qué ha tardado tanto en darse cuenta de que todo lo que sucedía estaba siguiendo un plan que él había ideado&#8230; No dan ningún tipo de explicaciones a por qué sucede eso, pero oye&#8230; algo es algo.<br />
En fin, podría haber sido peor&#8230; no sé, podría haber sido la Civil War&#8230;</p>
<p>Y una cosilla&#8230; vamos a ver, Spoiler, hija mía, si llevas a cabo un plan que para su funcionamiento depende de la aparición de una única persona&#8230; ¿no es lo más lógico buscarla antes de poner en marcha ese plan? Si es que mereces que te pase lo que te pasa&#8230;<br />
Uyyyy, lo que he dicho&#8230;</p>
<p>Nada más.</p>
<p>Aaaaaaaadios</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Batman - Juegos de guerra: Segundo Acto]]></title>
<link>http://quienmemandaria.wordpress.com/2007/02/22/batman-juegos-de-guerra-segundo-acto/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:39:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eugenio</dc:creator>
<guid>http://quienmemandaria.wordpress.com/2007/02/22/batman-juegos-de-guerra-segundo-acto/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Y&#8230; que mala memoria tiene Batman, ¿no? Vale, reconozco que está en tensión y tal, pero&#8230; ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Y&#8230; que mala memoria tiene Batman, ¿no? Vale, reconozco que está en tensión y tal, pero&#8230; con todo el tiempo que debió invertir en planearlo todo y oyes&#8230; lo que tarda el tío en darse cuenta de que él es el que ha ideado todo el plan.</p>
<p><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/5519/batmanjuegosdeguerra02qr5.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" align="left" /></a><em><strong>Batman: Juegos de guerra Nº 02 (de 3): Oleadas</strong></em></p>
<p>Guión: Ed Brubaker,  Bill Willingham , Devin Grayson,  Andersen Gabrych,  Dylan Horrocks,  A.J. Lieberman<br />
Dibujo: Mike Lilly,  Paul Gulacy,  Al Barrionuevo,  Mike Huddleston , Ramón Bachs,  Kinsun , Brad Walker,  Jon Proctor</p>
<p>Edición Original: Batman: War Games Vol. 2 USA</p>
<p>Formato: 192 págs.</p>
<p>Las calles ya no son seguras para nadie. Batman descubre, para su asombro, que la persona responsable de la guerra de bandas desatada por toda Gotham es culpa de alguien cercano a él, alguien que él tomaba por un socio en su lucha contra el crimen. Con Máscara Negra liderando la devastación y el cuerpo de policía cada vez más a sus ayudantes para hacer frente a esta crisi: Nightwing, Batgirl, Oráculo y Ónix hacen lo imposible por sacar a flote a una ciudad cuyo sufrimiento parece no tener fin.</p>
<p>Precio: 12,95 €</p>
<p>El contenido es bastante irregular, ya sabéis, es algo normal debido a que no lo realiza un mismo equipo creativo si no que van variando de colección en colección y claro&#8230; no tienen el mismo nivel unos que otros.<br />
La opinión pública ataca a Batman y sus colaboradores; Tim Drake vuelve a retomar su papel de Robin; Nightwing sigue con sus dudas; Oráculo se ve mangoneada por Batman; Spoiler recibe una paliza de Máscara Negra; y este último se carga a Orfeo&#8230;<br />
Y con ello, la Bat-familia se desintegra&#8230; mientras el &#8220;cabeza de familia&#8221; se ve incapaz de arreglar nada.<br />
Bueno, lo único que logra es poner en su contra tanto a la policía como a los medios de comunicación.<br />
¿Quién ha dicho que no es el hombre más inteligente del Planeta? (guiño, guiño)<br />
Por cierto&#8230; ¿Qué ha pasado con Nightwing y Blockbuster? ¿Alguien lo sabe? Por alguien me refiero a todas aquellas personas que no siguiesen Nightwing vía Previews durante la época en la que allí se publicó esto&#8230;<br />
Una cosilla más&#8230; ¿No tenéis la sensación de que faltan un par de páginas entre el final de la parte 4 y el principio de la parte 5? &#8211; Esto lo podría comprobar Emilio que tiene el tomo americano&#8230; en la página final de la parte 4 se ven unas gotas de sangre yendo hacia Spoiler y en la primera página de la parte 5 se ve a Spoiler y a Máscara Negra tirando de un bolso&#8230; -. A mí, como poco me ha parecido algo extraño&#8230; porque claro, ¿quién se carga a Orfeo? Podríamos suponer que lo hace Máscara Negra, pero&#8230; ¿alguien le ha visto hacerlo?.</p>
<blockquote><p>¿Qué dices?<br />
¿Que es culpa de DC?<br />
[<em>Mode South Park on</em>]<br />
Han vuelto a joder a Planeta. Hijos de p$%aaaaaaaaaaaaa<br />
[<em>Mode South Park off</em>]</p></blockquote>
<p>Nada más.</p>
<p>Aaaaaaaaaaadios</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Juegos de guerra - Primer acto: Estallido]]></title>
<link>http://quienmemandaria.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/juegos-de-guerra-primer-acto-estallido/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eugenio</dc:creator>
<guid>http://quienmemandaria.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/juegos-de-guerra-primer-acto-estallido/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Primera parte del crossover que cambiará el mundo de Batman para siempre&#8230; Otra vez. Batman: Ju]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Primera parte del crossover que cambiará el mundo de Batman para siempre&#8230; Otra vez.</p>
<p><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8493/batmanjuegosdeguerran01jr1.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" align="left" /></a><strong><em>Batman: Juegos de guerra &#8211; Primer acto: Estallido</em></strong></p>
<p>Edición original: Batman: War Games Vol. 1 Outbreak</p>
<p>Guión: Ed Brubaker, Bill Willingham, Devin Grayson, Andersen Gabrych, Dylan Horrocks, A.J. Lieberman<br />
Dibujo: Mike Lilly, Sean Phillips, Pete Woods, Paul Gulacy, Al Barrionuevo, Ramón Bachs, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Kinsun, Brad Walker<br />
Tinta: Raúl Fernández, Jimmy Palmiotti, Sean Phillips, Rodney Ramos, Nathan Massengill, Francis Portela, Troy Nixey, Andy Owens, Lorenzo Ruggiero, Aaron Swod<br />
Color: Gregory Wright, Steve Buccellato, Jason Wright, Brad Anderson, Guy Major, Tony Aviña, Javier Rodríguez, Laurie Kronenberg</p>
<p>Formato: 208 págs.</p>
<p>Las grandes familias criminales de Gotham City acuden a una cita a la que han sido misteriosamente convocadas. El miedo, las sospechas y la paranoia acaban por echarlo todo a perder y el aire se llena de balas. Varios señores del crimen caen en la reyerta mientras una nueva ola de caos se apodera de la ciudad.<br />
Batman deberá recurrir a todos sus efectivos disponibles (Oráculo, Batgirl, Nightwing, Orfeo, Ónix y Tarántula) para salvar tantas vidas como pueda y minimizar los conflictos, al mismo tiempo que trata de averiguar quién maneja los hilos de la destrucción que se ha desencadenado.<br />
¡Si no lo descubre pronto, nadie estará a salvo!</p>
<p>Empieza aquí una de las sagas más frenéticas en la vida del  Caballero Oscuro. Paralelamente a la publicación de la serie regular, Planeta DeAgostini ofrece tres tomos mensuales  donde se cubrirá toda esta aventura que ya ha tenido su  prólogo en Robin: Desenmascarado y que traerá consecuencias inimaginables a corto plazo dentro de la serie regular. Ahora sí: la vida de Batman no volverá a se la misma cuando una guerra de bandas se desate en toda Gotham, con víctimas en todos los bandos y giros de guión inimaginables.</p>
<p>Precio: 12,95 euros</p>
<p>Y es que si dejamos de lado cosas como:</p>
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<li>que el punto de partida es una soberana estupidez (y la tontería esa de que la culpa de todo la tenga Spoiler &#8211; Stephanie, no es que no lo quiera decir -&#8230; en fin.)</li>
<li>que los periodistas y (supuestamente) los habitantes de Gotham no creían en la existencia de Batman&#8230; ¿creerían en Urban Legend?</li>
<li>que el dibujo, al saltar de serie en serie, es bastante irregular&#8230; tirando a malo, ¿para qué negarlo?</li>
<li>que siendo un universo superheróico tan cohesionado, los demás héroes NUNCA acudan en ayuda de Batman cuando Gotham se va a pique (lo mismo vale para Contagio, Cataclismo y otras sagas)</li>
<li>que siendo un plan de Batman el culpable de que se produzca la guerra, al final del primer tomo&#8230; ¡¡todavía no se ha dado cuenta de que toda la culpa es suya!!</li>
<li>que los periodistas de Gotham son tan fiables como los españoles</li>
<li>que no entiendo la necesidad de Batman de salir a la luz en esas circunstancias (el propio Tim podría haber sacado a Darla del edificio)&#8230; ¡¡y después se enfade con sus compañeros por ir con él!! Pero tío, ¡¡con la Liga y los Outsiders ya habías estado en público!! Y Nightwing&#8230; ¡¡ni te cuento!!</li>
<li>que la contraportada (a pesar del retraso de casi un mes en su publicación) tenga errores&#8230; ¿qué quiere decir &#8220;con?ictos?</li>
<li>que sé que no mejora en los siguientes números&#8230;</li>
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<p>Pues&#8230; no sé. ¿Se pueden dejar todas esas cosas de lado? Lo único de lo que estoy seguro es de que me alegro (y mucho) de que sea una compra de mi primo&#8230; ;D</p>
<p>Nada más.</p>
<p>Aaaaaaaaaaaadios</p>
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