Archive for the ‘Comics’ Category
The Dark Knight Trailer
Really good trailer here - it’s a pretty big one which is always cool. Still not sure that it can be better than the Jack Nicholson Joker tho…
Shooting War trailer
I’ve talked about this book before, but it’s out to buy now and theirs a pretty sweet trailer out with it too:
Socks and Barney..
Is a new webcomic by Steve Conley. It’s pretty new so there’s not a tremendous amount of strips up yet but here’s a sample of a few.. Very good given the current ‘attitude’ in America that suggests that cartoons ‘can’t’ be political
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Alan Moore, Art Spiegelman and Daniel Clowes on the Simpsons
I wonder how long until this video gets taken down? Still, some of it is pretty funny, especially the ‘Watchmen babies’ bit…
ComicMix and Grimjack
Never heard of this ComicMix site before but there is a good few comics online to read there and it’s pretty good stuff. I’m really enjoying this (apparently previously unseen) Grimjack comic.
Just two random golden age ‘Fantomah’ comics to brighten your day:
The giant spiders in this strip give me the creeps which this following Fantomah strip is just… odd, got to love that old-age sexism! Enjoy!
Pryde of the X-Men
Apparently a first attempt to get the X-Men on tv in animated form. Not that bad surprisingly. ‘Love’ the terrible Aussie accent on Wolverine and the awful theme music though!
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A very interesting summary of the Gordon Lee case:
To any comics fan this case has been an interesting, if horribly long-running one. Very good/interesting interview here detailing many of the facts. This passage here deals with the idea as to why the case is necessary and why Lee should definitely not plea-bargain:
The only person who can decide to take a plea is Gordon, were one offered that he would find acceptable. The Fund doesn’t support cases where the defendant opts to plea from the outset, because we don’t support the establishment of bad precedent that could harm other members of our profession. That said, we’ve never taken any measures against a client who said, “I can’t take this anymore,” and plead out. Pleas are not something we pursue or support, but if the client believes its in his best interest we respect that.
A plea may be the most expedient way to close a case, but that doesn’t make it the right thing to do, and here’s why: a plead conviction is still a conviction. It still reflects as an admission of guilt, and can still create harmful precedent. Nobody should feel the need to plead guilty to a crime they didn’t commit in the interest of expediency.
I’ve seen people who are torn up on a personal level because they took a plea to end a case, and then had to live with the black mark of a conviction on their life. And on a business level, it can be a very real problem for a businessman in a small community to show a conviction on a matter that could harm their enterprise, especially if it’s a conviction for something they didn’t do.
We believe, and we believe we can prove, that Gordon is not guilty of the crime he is accused of committing. The prosecution has yet to show any evidence that Gordon actually distributed Alternative Comics #2 to either of the minors in question, and we do not believe they can prove that the material in that comic, taken as a whole, meets the standard necessary to be legally harmful to minors. We also do not believe they can prove that he knowingly distributed that material. So, if there isn’t any evidence that he committed a crime, why should he take the rap for doing so? Because it would be cheaper? Because it would be easier than standing up for his rights, and his innocence? Where is the justice in that?
Black Lagoon Comix
Well, I think it’s one of the lads brothers, but sure what the hell… Some of these comics are quite good!