Creator sighting!
Rob Schwager, colorist for Young X-Men (among others) stopped by and left a comment on column #78. He simply said "Oooff... The Dissector strikes again!", so I assume he took my dissecting in good humor... well, he didn't color Superman's hair blond or something like that, and it's only the first time he appears in the column.
Thanks for dropping by Rob; and everyone, go check his blog for some really cool art, including great rockabilly/hot rod themed stuff. Betcha didn't know colorists did other things than paint the funnybooks you read,huh? Thanks again Rob!
Saturday, July 26, 2008
The Dissector #78.
DISCLAIMER (angry creators, please read)
[[WARNING! THIS COLUMN MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS!]]
"My giant-sized teammate is fighting a mechanized version herself on the streets of downtown Tokyo... I've been preparing for this day my entire life!" Andrew Wells, Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Eight #15.
Yet another column? My, I'm really serious about this catching-up business, ain't I? Here I am with the column for comics published on the week of 06/04. Last column's DT! was solved by Lt. Cmdr. Snakebyte, who correctly spotted that Fever was referring to "Vundabar", but the speech balloon said "Vandabarr", Badge for you, and you're three badges away from being full Commander. Dissector's Picks Of The Week! Best Book Of The Week was Amazing Spider-Man V1 #561; again, the art is not my favorite, but it had a good hero-villain fight, and the MJ/Spidey team-up was golden. Worst Book Of The Week was Supergirl V5 #30, not only the art is full of inconsistencies, but I can't take any more "boohoo, I'm an alien, cousin Kal doesn't understand me" stories about Supergirl.
On another note, I just came from seeing The Dark Knight. Good movie? Yes. Great movie? No, not by a long shot. It's fun, and it has a great Joker portrayal (except for that thing with his mouth he does all the time, like a senior citizen playing with his denture); the Joker is not only great because of Ledger's acting, but because how well the script portrays the kind of madness and anarchy the character causes, how he uses people as mere pawns in his chaos-spreading schemes. Then there's the excellent fight scenes, and superb references to comics like its namesake and The Killing Joke. However, not only it's overly long (the Hong Kong scene is fun, but unnecessary), and most important at all (to me): it falls short in "wowing" me.
There's also the little things that bug me, most of them stemming from Nolan's over eagerness to be realistic; this is a superhero film, so you can keep verisimilitude while still going a bit over the top. For example, even if I can stand a make-up wearing Joker (and just barely), a burn victim Two-Face that looks like an undead, it just breaks my suspension of disbelief... I mean, he's disfigured, but it's too lifelike to feel like it belongs in Batman. I'll give the movie a 3 out of 5 (or possibly 3.5), I liked Batman Begins a lot more. Also, what the hell is up with Batman riding a motorbike with his cape flying behind him and touching the wheel? DANGER!!! Anyhoo, on with the dissections.
<-------------------------------->
"I WON'T BUDGE."
TITLE: Astonishing X-Men Sketchbook Special (Marvel).
ISSUE: One-shot.
CULPRIT: Simone Bianchi (penciller).
DISSECTION: Until they show, in story, or tell, in continuity, how Beast mutated again, I will keep on considering drawing him with ape feet WRONG.
DISSECT-O-METER: 10 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"HEART TO HEART."
TITLE: Astonishing X-Men Sketchbook Special (Marvel).
ISSUE: One-shot.
CULPRIT: Simone Bianchi (penciller).
DISSECTION: A sketch of Cyclops new costume shows an X emblem over the right side of his chest, and a notation that the "X on his heart..." Uhm, Simone, the human heart is to the left of your chest.
DISSECT-O-METER: 10 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"DISSECTION FROM THE FUTURE."
TITLE: Cable V2 (Marvel).
ISSUE: 04.
CULPRIT: Duane Swierczynski (writer).
DISSECTION: Come on, this one is easy.
DISSECT-O-METER: 7 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"HAIR RIDDLES."
TITLE: Detective Comics (DC).
ISSUE: 845.
CULPRIT: John Kalisz (colorist).
DISSECTION: The Riddler's hair is colored brown, when it should be black... and even then, he's usually depicted as balding, lately, and not with a lush head of hair like here.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"SEVEN OF NINE."
TITLE: The Dissector (Studio Robota).
ISSUE: 72.
CULPRIT: MaGnUs (writer).
DISSECTION: In that column, I dubbed issue 02 of 05 of Star Trek: New Frontier as 04 of 04.
DISSECT-O-METER: 5 Bazzars, double, of course. In column #68 I also dubbed issue 01 of 05 as just "01", which goes against my own numbering conventions, even if it's technically correct.
<-------------------------------->
"LIGHTNING ALWAYS FALLS IN THE SAME PLACE."
TITLE: Justice Society Of America V3 (DC).
ISSUE: 16.
CULPRIT: Dale Eaglesham (penciller).
DISSECTION: Will Eaglesham ever learn that Jay Garrick changed his chest emblem decades ago?
DISSECT-O-METER: 7 Bazzars. Also, his boots are wrong.
<-------------------------------->
"PINK IS MY NEW OBSESSION, PINK IS LIKE RED BUT NOT QUITE..."
TITLE: Star Trek: New Frontier (IDW).
ISSUE: 03 of 05.
CULPRIT: Leonard O'Grady & John Hunt (colorists).
DISSECTION: Once more Kallinda Cwan's skin is pink, instead of red, as Thallonian skin is.
DISSECT-O-METER: 8 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"KRYPTONIAN STRANGERS."
TITLE: Supergirl V5 (DC).
ISSUE: 30.
CULPRIT: Ron Randall (artist).
DISSECTION: Randall completely redesigns the way Supergirl's parents look like; just because, apparently.
DISSECT-O-METER: 7 Bazzars. Also, for some reason, colorist Shannon Blanchard makes baby Kal-El's hair blonde.
<-------------------------------->
"IT'S AN OFFICER, HE'S BETTER FED."
TITLE: The War That Time Forgot (DC).
ISSUE: 02 of 12.
CULPRIT: Al Barrionuevo (penciller).
DISSECTION: A captured soldier is referred to one of his captors as an officer because of his "decorations", when there's none in his uniform.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"NO, NOT ALL SCOTS HAVE RED HAIR."
TITLE: Young X-Men (Marvel).
ISSUE: 03.
CULPRIT: Rob Schwager (colorist).
DISSECTION: Moira MacTaggert's hair is red, actually orange, when her hair is brown. At least writer Marc Guggenheim remembered Nightcrawler has medical knowledge.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
This column had thirteen dissections, and an average of 6.8 Bazzars... and that's really all I have to say about it. To finish, we have the Moments Of The Week, which have been few in number lately, mostly because I'm doing outdated columns, and what wowed me two months ago, doesn't necessarily have the same punch now. First up this week is Nick Fury and his new Howling Commandos!
Did he have to use a Liefeld gun? Next, one of the best 1-2 katana slicings I've seen in a long time:
Now THAT is Kick Ass. And last, torture in Starfleet?
Oh, no, not torture! I just love Zak Kebron, his my favorite New Frontier character. That's it for now, until next week, I'll be on the outlook for more dissections, because (almost) nothing escapes...
THE DISSECTOR!
DISCLAIMER (angry creators, please read)
[[WARNING! THIS COLUMN MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS!]]
"My giant-sized teammate is fighting a mechanized version herself on the streets of downtown Tokyo... I've been preparing for this day my entire life!" Andrew Wells, Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Eight #15.
Yet another column? My, I'm really serious about this catching-up business, ain't I? Here I am with the column for comics published on the week of 06/04. Last column's DT! was solved by Lt. Cmdr. Snakebyte, who correctly spotted that Fever was referring to "Vundabar", but the speech balloon said "Vandabarr", Badge for you, and you're three badges away from being full Commander. Dissector's Picks Of The Week! Best Book Of The Week was Amazing Spider-Man V1 #561; again, the art is not my favorite, but it had a good hero-villain fight, and the MJ/Spidey team-up was golden. Worst Book Of The Week was Supergirl V5 #30, not only the art is full of inconsistencies, but I can't take any more "boohoo, I'm an alien, cousin Kal doesn't understand me" stories about Supergirl.
On another note, I just came from seeing The Dark Knight. Good movie? Yes. Great movie? No, not by a long shot. It's fun, and it has a great Joker portrayal (except for that thing with his mouth he does all the time, like a senior citizen playing with his denture); the Joker is not only great because of Ledger's acting, but because how well the script portrays the kind of madness and anarchy the character causes, how he uses people as mere pawns in his chaos-spreading schemes. Then there's the excellent fight scenes, and superb references to comics like its namesake and The Killing Joke. However, not only it's overly long (the Hong Kong scene is fun, but unnecessary), and most important at all (to me): it falls short in "wowing" me.
There's also the little things that bug me, most of them stemming from Nolan's over eagerness to be realistic; this is a superhero film, so you can keep verisimilitude while still going a bit over the top. For example, even if I can stand a make-up wearing Joker (and just barely), a burn victim Two-Face that looks like an undead, it just breaks my suspension of disbelief... I mean, he's disfigured, but it's too lifelike to feel like it belongs in Batman. I'll give the movie a 3 out of 5 (or possibly 3.5), I liked Batman Begins a lot more. Also, what the hell is up with Batman riding a motorbike with his cape flying behind him and touching the wheel? DANGER!!! Anyhoo, on with the dissections.
<-------------------------------->
"I WON'T BUDGE."
TITLE: Astonishing X-Men Sketchbook Special (Marvel).
ISSUE: One-shot.
CULPRIT: Simone Bianchi (penciller).
DISSECTION: Until they show, in story, or tell, in continuity, how Beast mutated again, I will keep on considering drawing him with ape feet WRONG.
DISSECT-O-METER: 10 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"HEART TO HEART."
TITLE: Astonishing X-Men Sketchbook Special (Marvel).
ISSUE: One-shot.
CULPRIT: Simone Bianchi (penciller).
DISSECTION: A sketch of Cyclops new costume shows an X emblem over the right side of his chest, and a notation that the "X on his heart..." Uhm, Simone, the human heart is to the left of your chest.
DISSECT-O-METER: 10 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"DISSECTION FROM THE FUTURE."
TITLE: Cable V2 (Marvel).
ISSUE: 04.
CULPRIT: Duane Swierczynski (writer).
DISSECTION: Come on, this one is easy.
DISSECT-O-METER: 7 Bazzars.<-------------------------------->
"HAIR RIDDLES."
TITLE: Detective Comics (DC).
ISSUE: 845.
CULPRIT: John Kalisz (colorist).
DISSECTION: The Riddler's hair is colored brown, when it should be black... and even then, he's usually depicted as balding, lately, and not with a lush head of hair like here.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"SEVEN OF NINE."
TITLE: The Dissector (Studio Robota).
ISSUE: 72.
CULPRIT: MaGnUs (writer).
DISSECTION: In that column, I dubbed issue 02 of 05 of Star Trek: New Frontier as 04 of 04.
DISSECT-O-METER: 5 Bazzars, double, of course. In column #68 I also dubbed issue 01 of 05 as just "01", which goes against my own numbering conventions, even if it's technically correct.
<-------------------------------->
"LIGHTNING ALWAYS FALLS IN THE SAME PLACE."
TITLE: Justice Society Of America V3 (DC).
ISSUE: 16.
CULPRIT: Dale Eaglesham (penciller).
DISSECTION: Will Eaglesham ever learn that Jay Garrick changed his chest emblem decades ago?
DISSECT-O-METER: 7 Bazzars. Also, his boots are wrong.
<-------------------------------->
"PINK IS MY NEW OBSESSION, PINK IS LIKE RED BUT NOT QUITE..."
TITLE: Star Trek: New Frontier (IDW).
ISSUE: 03 of 05.
CULPRIT: Leonard O'Grady & John Hunt (colorists).
DISSECTION: Once more Kallinda Cwan's skin is pink, instead of red, as Thallonian skin is.
DISSECT-O-METER: 8 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"KRYPTONIAN STRANGERS."
TITLE: Supergirl V5 (DC).
ISSUE: 30.
CULPRIT: Ron Randall (artist).
DISSECTION: Randall completely redesigns the way Supergirl's parents look like; just because, apparently.
DISSECT-O-METER: 7 Bazzars. Also, for some reason, colorist Shannon Blanchard makes baby Kal-El's hair blonde.
<-------------------------------->
"IT'S AN OFFICER, HE'S BETTER FED."
TITLE: The War That Time Forgot (DC).
ISSUE: 02 of 12.
CULPRIT: Al Barrionuevo (penciller).
DISSECTION: A captured soldier is referred to one of his captors as an officer because of his "decorations", when there's none in his uniform.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"NO, NOT ALL SCOTS HAVE RED HAIR."
TITLE: Young X-Men (Marvel).
ISSUE: 03.
CULPRIT: Rob Schwager (colorist).
DISSECTION: Moira MacTaggert's hair is red, actually orange, when her hair is brown. At least writer Marc Guggenheim remembered Nightcrawler has medical knowledge.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
This column had thirteen dissections, and an average of 6.8 Bazzars... and that's really all I have to say about it. To finish, we have the Moments Of The Week, which have been few in number lately, mostly because I'm doing outdated columns, and what wowed me two months ago, doesn't necessarily have the same punch now. First up this week is Nick Fury and his new Howling Commandos!
Did he have to use a Liefeld gun? Next, one of the best 1-2 katana slicings I've seen in a long time:
Now THAT is Kick Ass. And last, torture in Starfleet?
Oh, no, not torture! I just love Zak Kebron, his my favorite New Frontier character. That's it for now, until next week, I'll be on the outlook for more dissections, because (almost) nothing escapes...THE DISSECTOR!
Thursday, July 24, 2008
The Dissector #77.
DISCLAIMER (angry creators, please read)
[[WARNING! THIS COLUMN MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS!]]
"You are ejected from the sliding chute like phlegm from and old sailor's nostril." B.A. Felton, Knights Of The Dinner Table #135.
Damn, I'm on a roll here!!!! This is the column for comics published on 05/29, but still, I have almost two more months to cover... Last column's DT! was spotted by Sully; who gains one more badge, and it was that Grace's midriff tattoos were missing. The Dissector's Picks Of The Week, short and sweet: Best Book Of The Week was New Avengers #41, just because how well Bendis is tying up the start of his New Avengers run with Secret Invasion. He has a plan... The Worst Book Of The Week was Batman: Gotham After Midnight #1, simply boring.
<-------------------------------->
"THIS IS TOO MUCH, I CAN'T CAPE WITH THIS."
TITLE: Batman: Gotham After Midnight (DC).
ISSUE: 01 of 04.
CULPRIT: Kelley Jones (artist).
DISSECTION: Well, I'm all for dramatic effects, artistic licenses, but some things go too far. Yes, we know Batman's cape is shortened or lengthened by artists for visual impact, but this is way too much:
DISSECT-O-METER: 8 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"SPACESHMECES!"
TITLE: Blue Beetle V7 (DC).
ISSUE: 27.
CULPRIT: Will Pfeifer (writer) and/or Travis Lanham (letterer).
DISSECTION: Look kids! No bad Spanish! However, there's two words ("averageloser") fused together for no apparent reason.
DISSECT-O-METER: 1 Bazzar.
<-------------------------------->
"HONORARY DISSECTOR SCREW-UP.".
TITLE: The Dissector (Studio Robota).
ISSUE: 75.
CULPRIT: MaGnUs (writer).
DISSECTION: Two columns ago, I said that Snakebyte had just reached Lt. in the HDSC, but he's been Lt. Cmdr. for a long time now.
DISSECT-O-METER: 1 Bazzar. Oh, column #76 had quite a few errors that I found out and corrected after publishing it, but before anyone noticed, and before this one was published. So, nacht!
<-------------------------------->
"HE'S GOT NINE LIVES, THAT'S WHY HE DOESN'T STOP DYING."
TITLE: JSA: Classified (DC).
ISSUE: 38.
CULPRIT: Allen Passalaqua (colorist).
DISSECTION: Ted Grant's hair is colored incorrectly.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"JUSTICE DISSECTION INTERNATIONAL."
TITLE: Justice League International (DC).
ISSUE: 14.
CULPRIT: Gene D'angelo (colorist).
DISSECTION: After discarding some dissections I had for this column (sometimes they don't pass my second check, I deem them not to be dissections at all), I realized I had just nine left, so I raided my vault, and found this JLI dissection... two of them, actually, since they're from the same book. In this case, Fire's hair is colored black, when it should be green' but later it's correct.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars. Also, Ted Kord's hair is definitely red in this issue, instead of brown.
<-------------------------------->
"TRAITOROUS PINKO BASTARD!"
TITLE: King-Size Hulk (Marvel)
ISSUE: 01.
CULPRIT: Jeph Loeb (writer, "The Death And Life Of The Abomination" story).
DISSECTION: General Ross writes about The Abomination "Emil Blonsky was a spy, a traitor to this country." Uh, Blonsky was a Yugoslavian spy for the KGB, he didn't betray the US.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"QUOTE ME QUOTE ME!"
TITLE: Knights Of The Dinner Table (Kenzer & Co.)
ISSUE: 135.
CULPRIT: Jolly Blackburn (editor, in this case) and Bev Shideler (typo slayer).
DISSECTION: A footnote quote is repeated two pages in a row. Not really from this week, a lot older than that, but I got it that week.
DISSECT-O-METER: 1 Bazzar.
<-------------------------------->
"SHRINKAGE ISSUES"
TITLE: The Legion of Super-Heroes V5 (DC).
ISSUE: 42.
CULPRIT: Jim Shooter (writer).
DISSECTION: For the Nth time Jim. Colossal Boy's powers in this version are not growing to giant size, he is a giant who shrinks!
DISSECT-O-METER: 4 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"THE U.S.UAL."
TITLE: Marvel Comics Presents V2 (Marvel).
ISSUE: 09.
CULPRIT: Rich Koslowski (writer).
DISSECTION: USAgent...
DISSECT-O-METER: 10 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"TITANS, AGAIN."
TITLE: Teen Titans V3 (DC).
ISSUE: 59.
CULPRIT: Sean McKeever (writer) and/or Travis Lanham (letterer).
DISSECTION: This one is a little more tricky than the last one.
DISSECT-O-METER: 4 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
This time we had a very low average, 4.8 Bazzars, on eleven dissections, the lowest average since column #64's 4.1. Moments Of The Week, shall we? Just two this time, and from the same book, page, and scene! First up, the Legion gets new costumes... and everyone wants one!
Old school! The costumes are from Carmine's Custom Actionwear, when it should have been, IMHO, from Cockrum's Custom Actionwear. Second and last, something that applies to all metamorphs:
Yeah, Chameleon is nekkid! And damn, spell check found no typos in my column... weird... That's it for now, until next week, I'll be on the outlook for more dissections, because (almost) nothing escapes...
THE DISSECTOR!
DISCLAIMER (angry creators, please read)
[[WARNING! THIS COLUMN MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS!]]
"You are ejected from the sliding chute like phlegm from and old sailor's nostril." B.A. Felton, Knights Of The Dinner Table #135.
Damn, I'm on a roll here!!!! This is the column for comics published on 05/29, but still, I have almost two more months to cover... Last column's DT! was spotted by Sully; who gains one more badge, and it was that Grace's midriff tattoos were missing. The Dissector's Picks Of The Week, short and sweet: Best Book Of The Week was New Avengers #41, just because how well Bendis is tying up the start of his New Avengers run with Secret Invasion. He has a plan... The Worst Book Of The Week was Batman: Gotham After Midnight #1, simply boring.
<-------------------------------->
"THIS IS TOO MUCH, I CAN'T CAPE WITH THIS."
TITLE: Batman: Gotham After Midnight (DC).
ISSUE: 01 of 04.
CULPRIT: Kelley Jones (artist).
DISSECTION: Well, I'm all for dramatic effects, artistic licenses, but some things go too far. Yes, we know Batman's cape is shortened or lengthened by artists for visual impact, but this is way too much:
DISSECT-O-METER: 8 Bazzars.<-------------------------------->
"SPACESHMECES!"
TITLE: Blue Beetle V7 (DC).
ISSUE: 27.
CULPRIT: Will Pfeifer (writer) and/or Travis Lanham (letterer).
DISSECTION: Look kids! No bad Spanish! However, there's two words ("averageloser") fused together for no apparent reason.
DISSECT-O-METER: 1 Bazzar.
<-------------------------------->
"HONORARY DISSECTOR SCREW-UP.".
TITLE: The Dissector (Studio Robota).
ISSUE: 75.
CULPRIT: MaGnUs (writer).
DISSECTION: Two columns ago, I said that Snakebyte had just reached Lt. in the HDSC, but he's been Lt. Cmdr. for a long time now.
DISSECT-O-METER: 1 Bazzar. Oh, column #76 had quite a few errors that I found out and corrected after publishing it, but before anyone noticed, and before this one was published. So, nacht!
<-------------------------------->
"HE'S GOT NINE LIVES, THAT'S WHY HE DOESN'T STOP DYING."
TITLE: JSA: Classified (DC).
ISSUE: 38.
CULPRIT: Allen Passalaqua (colorist).
DISSECTION: Ted Grant's hair is colored incorrectly.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"JUSTICE DISSECTION INTERNATIONAL."
TITLE: Justice League International (DC).
ISSUE: 14.
CULPRIT: Gene D'angelo (colorist).
DISSECTION: After discarding some dissections I had for this column (sometimes they don't pass my second check, I deem them not to be dissections at all), I realized I had just nine left, so I raided my vault, and found this JLI dissection... two of them, actually, since they're from the same book. In this case, Fire's hair is colored black, when it should be green' but later it's correct.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars. Also, Ted Kord's hair is definitely red in this issue, instead of brown.
<-------------------------------->
"TRAITOROUS PINKO BASTARD!"
TITLE: King-Size Hulk (Marvel)
ISSUE: 01.
CULPRIT: Jeph Loeb (writer, "The Death And Life Of The Abomination" story).
DISSECTION: General Ross writes about The Abomination "Emil Blonsky was a spy, a traitor to this country." Uh, Blonsky was a Yugoslavian spy for the KGB, he didn't betray the US.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"QUOTE ME QUOTE ME!"
TITLE: Knights Of The Dinner Table (Kenzer & Co.)
ISSUE: 135.
CULPRIT: Jolly Blackburn (editor, in this case) and Bev Shideler (typo slayer).
DISSECTION: A footnote quote is repeated two pages in a row. Not really from this week, a lot older than that, but I got it that week.
DISSECT-O-METER: 1 Bazzar.
<-------------------------------->
"SHRINKAGE ISSUES"
TITLE: The Legion of Super-Heroes V5 (DC).
ISSUE: 42.
CULPRIT: Jim Shooter (writer).
DISSECTION: For the Nth time Jim. Colossal Boy's powers in this version are not growing to giant size, he is a giant who shrinks!
DISSECT-O-METER: 4 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"THE U.S.UAL."
TITLE: Marvel Comics Presents V2 (Marvel).
ISSUE: 09.
CULPRIT: Rich Koslowski (writer).
DISSECTION: USAgent...
DISSECT-O-METER: 10 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"TITANS, AGAIN."
TITLE: Teen Titans V3 (DC).
ISSUE: 59.
CULPRIT: Sean McKeever (writer) and/or Travis Lanham (letterer).
DISSECTION: This one is a little more tricky than the last one.
DISSECT-O-METER: 4 Bazzars.<-------------------------------->
This time we had a very low average, 4.8 Bazzars, on eleven dissections, the lowest average since column #64's 4.1. Moments Of The Week, shall we? Just two this time, and from the same book, page, and scene! First up, the Legion gets new costumes... and everyone wants one!
Old school! The costumes are from Carmine's Custom Actionwear, when it should have been, IMHO, from Cockrum's Custom Actionwear. Second and last, something that applies to all metamorphs:
Yeah, Chameleon is nekkid! And damn, spell check found no typos in my column... weird... That's it for now, until next week, I'll be on the outlook for more dissections, because (almost) nothing escapes...THE DISSECTOR!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The Dissector #76.
DISCLAIMER (angry creators, please read)
[[WARNING! THIS COLUMN MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS!]]
"*cough*wifebeater." Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore), on Hank Pym, Avengers: The Initiative #13.
One step closer to being up to date, although there's some stuff in my future work plate that I know will make me fall behind again... unless I can write a column a day... Well, last column's Dissect This! was not found by my readers (granted, I didn't give them much time), but it's the fact that Beast Boy is morphed into some sort of demonic goat with a cape... and he's not a metamorph, just a zoomorph. Not much to say, except to launch the Dissector's Picks Of The Week (this is week 05/21, by the way):
Best Book Of The Week was Amazing Spider-Man V1 #560; just a nice story, even though the art is not my cup of tea. Plus, Mary Jane! Worst Book Of The Week was Checkmate V2 #26, not particularly bad, but unoriginal and boring. Now, go on to them dissections, please.
<-------------------------------->
"CUT PART A AND FOLD INTO PART B."
TITLE: Amazing Spider-Man V1 (Marvel).
ISSUE: 560.
CULPRIT: Marcos Martin (artist) and/or Dan Slott (writer).
DISSECTION: I know Paperdoll's victims end up as paper thin corpses, but everything said in the book confirms that they don't change composition, they don't actually turn into paper, but end up compressed (sort of as Flatman), which makes completely unlikely that a forensic investigator would use a non-medical pair of scissors and a box cutter to do the autopsy.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"BATMAN AND THE DISSECTORS!"
TITLE: Batman And The Outsiders V2 (DC).
ISSUE: 07.
CULPRIT: Carlos Rodríguez (penciller).
DISSECTION: Check this out, it's a hard one this time around:
DISSECT-O-METER: 9 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"BALCK PANTHER."
TITLE: Black Panther V4 (Marvel).
ISSUE: 36.
CULPRIT: Reginald Hudlin (writer) and/or VC's Cory Petit (letterer).
DISSECTION: The word "missile" is spelled as "missle". One of these days I'm going to find out if letterers copy/paste text or retype it...
DISSECT-O-METER: 1 Bazzar.
<-------------------------------->
"HE MOVES SO FAST, WE CAN NEVER GET A GOOD A GOOD PICTURE OF HIM."
TITLE: The Brave And The Bold V3 (DC).
ISSUE: 13.
CULPRIT: Jerry Ordway (penciller).
DISSECTION: Jay Garrick's chest emblem, as usual, is drawn incorrectly.
DISSECT-O-METER: 7 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"CECKMATE."
TITLE: Checkmate V2 (DC).
ISSUE: 26.
CULPRIT: Bruce Jones (writer).
DISSECTION: A Venezuelan man yells "JESUCHRISTO!", when it's "Jesucristo".
DISSECT-O-METER: 8 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"PSIBORG."
TITLE: DC Special: Cyborg (DC).
ISSUE: 06 of 06.
CULPRIT: Mark Sable (writer) and/or Steve Wands (letterer).
DISSECTION: The surname "Pérez" (my own, by the way) is spelled "Peréz", which is, of course, incorrect.
DISSECT-O-METER: 8 Bazzars. Also, Cyborg's friend, Ron, has brown eyes... then in one page he's got blue eyes.
<-------------------------------->
"FASTER THAN HIS OWN BOOTS!"
TITLE: The Flash V2 (DC).
ISSUE: 240.
CULPRIT: Freddie E. Williams II (artist).
DISSECTION: Jay Garrick's boots are drawn incorrectly, without the wings, and too high.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"NOT EVEN IN HIS OWN TEAM BOOK..."
TITLE: Justice Society Of America V3 (DC).
ISSUE: 15.
CULPRIT: Dale Eaglesham (penciller).
DISSECTION: Jay's emblem, as usual.
DISSECT-O-METER: 7 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"CANARY FASHION."
TITLE: Tangent: Superman's Reign (DC).
ISSUE: 03 of 12.
CULPRIT: Jamal Igle (penciller).
DISSECTION: Black Canary's boots are drawn incorrectly. At least they started calling New Earth by its correct name.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"BUZZ OFF."
TITLE: X-Factor V4 (Marvel).
ISSUE: 31.
CULPRIT: Peter David (writer) and/or VC's Cory Petit (letterer).
DISSECTION: Rictor calls Arcade a "zañgano", a word that doesn't exist, it's supposed to be "zangano" (as in a drone, in bees). Plus, the "Ñ" is smaller than the rest of the letters to account for the tilde, which is incorrect, it should be the same size.
DISSECT-O-METER: 8 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"FUZZY MEMORIES."
TITLE: X-Men: Divided We Stand (Marvel).
ISSUE: 02 of 02.
CULPRIT: David Lafuente (artist, "The Sun Also Sets" story).
DISSECTION: Lafuente depicts Surge's memories of the Messiah Complex events, and draws her costume (and hairstyle) different from what she wore back then.
DISSECT-O-METER: 7 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
A week with a regular average of 6.4 Bazzars, in thirteen dissections total. Moments Of The Week! Wait... someone else is doing Moments Of The Week, and that's Kirk Warren over at Weekly Crisis. He's been doing them since September 12, 2007, while I started doing Moments Of The Week in December that year... but September 1st, 2007, marks the first time I had the "WTF?/DAYAMN!" moments of the week, which ended up being basically the same thing. So we've been doing this almost for the same amount of time, and some of our MOTs match (including on his first MOT, Black Adam bungee jumping with Yeti entrails), so my hat's off to Kirk.
What's my first MOT this week? Reed Richard's anniversary gift to his wife:
Really Reed? A micro-galaxy with actual, living, sentient beings inside of it? Isn't that a little bit callous? Next, one of my favorite ultimizations of a Marvel character:
Va-va-boom!!!! Agatha Harkness has never looked so good! Now, a mystery revealed:
Batman is not THAT much of a dick... And last... despite the artist making her look like Amy Winehouse, this is a good moment:
"It's magic"? "let me explain to ya"? And she's reading Faust?!?!? That's rich, Dan Slott, very rich. That's it for now, until next week, I'll be on the outlook for more dissections, because (almost) nothing escapes...
THE DISSECTOR!
DISCLAIMER (angry creators, please read)
[[WARNING! THIS COLUMN MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS!]]
"*cough*wifebeater." Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore), on Hank Pym, Avengers: The Initiative #13.
One step closer to being up to date, although there's some stuff in my future work plate that I know will make me fall behind again... unless I can write a column a day... Well, last column's Dissect This! was not found by my readers (granted, I didn't give them much time), but it's the fact that Beast Boy is morphed into some sort of demonic goat with a cape... and he's not a metamorph, just a zoomorph. Not much to say, except to launch the Dissector's Picks Of The Week (this is week 05/21, by the way):
Best Book Of The Week was Amazing Spider-Man V1 #560; just a nice story, even though the art is not my cup of tea. Plus, Mary Jane! Worst Book Of The Week was Checkmate V2 #26, not particularly bad, but unoriginal and boring. Now, go on to them dissections, please.
<-------------------------------->
"CUT PART A AND FOLD INTO PART B."
TITLE: Amazing Spider-Man V1 (Marvel).
ISSUE: 560.
CULPRIT: Marcos Martin (artist) and/or Dan Slott (writer).
DISSECTION: I know Paperdoll's victims end up as paper thin corpses, but everything said in the book confirms that they don't change composition, they don't actually turn into paper, but end up compressed (sort of as Flatman), which makes completely unlikely that a forensic investigator would use a non-medical pair of scissors and a box cutter to do the autopsy.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"BATMAN AND THE DISSECTORS!"
TITLE: Batman And The Outsiders V2 (DC).
ISSUE: 07.
CULPRIT: Carlos Rodríguez (penciller).
DISSECTION: Check this out, it's a hard one this time around:
DISSECT-O-METER: 9 Bazzars.<-------------------------------->
"BALCK PANTHER."
TITLE: Black Panther V4 (Marvel).
ISSUE: 36.
CULPRIT: Reginald Hudlin (writer) and/or VC's Cory Petit (letterer).
DISSECTION: The word "missile" is spelled as "missle". One of these days I'm going to find out if letterers copy/paste text or retype it...
DISSECT-O-METER: 1 Bazzar.
<-------------------------------->
"HE MOVES SO FAST, WE CAN NEVER GET A GOOD A GOOD PICTURE OF HIM."
TITLE: The Brave And The Bold V3 (DC).
ISSUE: 13.
CULPRIT: Jerry Ordway (penciller).
DISSECTION: Jay Garrick's chest emblem, as usual, is drawn incorrectly.
DISSECT-O-METER: 7 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"CECKMATE."
TITLE: Checkmate V2 (DC).
ISSUE: 26.
CULPRIT: Bruce Jones (writer).
DISSECTION: A Venezuelan man yells "JESUCHRISTO!", when it's "Jesucristo".
DISSECT-O-METER: 8 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"PSIBORG."
TITLE: DC Special: Cyborg (DC).
ISSUE: 06 of 06.
CULPRIT: Mark Sable (writer) and/or Steve Wands (letterer).
DISSECTION: The surname "Pérez" (my own, by the way) is spelled "Peréz", which is, of course, incorrect.
DISSECT-O-METER: 8 Bazzars. Also, Cyborg's friend, Ron, has brown eyes... then in one page he's got blue eyes.
<-------------------------------->
"FASTER THAN HIS OWN BOOTS!"
TITLE: The Flash V2 (DC).
ISSUE: 240.
CULPRIT: Freddie E. Williams II (artist).
DISSECTION: Jay Garrick's boots are drawn incorrectly, without the wings, and too high.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"NOT EVEN IN HIS OWN TEAM BOOK..."
TITLE: Justice Society Of America V3 (DC).
ISSUE: 15.
CULPRIT: Dale Eaglesham (penciller).
DISSECTION: Jay's emblem, as usual.
DISSECT-O-METER: 7 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"CANARY FASHION."
TITLE: Tangent: Superman's Reign (DC).
ISSUE: 03 of 12.
CULPRIT: Jamal Igle (penciller).
DISSECTION: Black Canary's boots are drawn incorrectly. At least they started calling New Earth by its correct name.
DISSECT-O-METER: 6 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"BUZZ OFF."
TITLE: X-Factor V4 (Marvel).
ISSUE: 31.
CULPRIT: Peter David (writer) and/or VC's Cory Petit (letterer).
DISSECTION: Rictor calls Arcade a "zañgano", a word that doesn't exist, it's supposed to be "zangano" (as in a drone, in bees). Plus, the "Ñ" is smaller than the rest of the letters to account for the tilde, which is incorrect, it should be the same size.
DISSECT-O-METER: 8 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
"FUZZY MEMORIES."
TITLE: X-Men: Divided We Stand (Marvel).
ISSUE: 02 of 02.
CULPRIT: David Lafuente (artist, "The Sun Also Sets" story).
DISSECTION: Lafuente depicts Surge's memories of the Messiah Complex events, and draws her costume (and hairstyle) different from what she wore back then.
DISSECT-O-METER: 7 Bazzars.
<-------------------------------->
A week with a regular average of 6.4 Bazzars, in thirteen dissections total. Moments Of The Week! Wait... someone else is doing Moments Of The Week, and that's Kirk Warren over at Weekly Crisis. He's been doing them since September 12, 2007, while I started doing Moments Of The Week in December that year... but September 1st, 2007, marks the first time I had the "WTF?/DAYAMN!" moments of the week, which ended up being basically the same thing. So we've been doing this almost for the same amount of time, and some of our MOTs match (including on his first MOT, Black Adam bungee jumping with Yeti entrails), so my hat's off to Kirk.
What's my first MOT this week? Reed Richard's anniversary gift to his wife:
Really Reed? A micro-galaxy with actual, living, sentient beings inside of it? Isn't that a little bit callous? Next, one of my favorite ultimizations of a Marvel character:
Va-va-boom!!!! Agatha Harkness has never looked so good! Now, a mystery revealed:
Batman is not THAT much of a dick... And last... despite the artist making her look like Amy Winehouse, this is a good moment:
"It's magic"? "let me explain to ya"? And she's reading Faust?!?!? That's rich, Dan Slott, very rich. That's it for now, until next week, I'll be on the outlook for more dissections, because (almost) nothing escapes...THE DISSECTOR!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)