An Elephant’s Life.
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FBBP #138 – Daredevil Discourse with David Brothers
Big Talk about Ann Nocenti and John Romita Jr’s Daredevil run with Jamaal and special guest David Brothers!
come listen to my sexy voice talk about some comic books
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Magnus, Robot Fighter (No.1 Feb 1963)
No wonder the dude’s always fighting robots. Robots are jerrrrks.
Best thing I’ve seen all day.
pezdro asked: Why did Judas grab the Romans while Jesus slept?
we got a comedian here ladies and gents
give us a round of applause for pedro “the rock” tejeda
Anonymous asked: Why is the Sky Blue?
Why is water wet?
Why did Judas rat the Romans while Jesus slept?
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jjthejetplane013 asked: What's your opinion on the state of manga? I read an article of the downfall in publication and sales of manga in the U.S. starting with a steady decline since 2004.
I hadn’t really thought about the state of manga before this question. I have some quibbles (Kodansha’s digital manga is vapor, I have issues with Yen Press’s approach, Viz Signature needs to be available digitally), and some stuff I love (Vertical Inc in general, a lot of dumb shonen from Viz, and a bunch of Viz Signature books).
I’m too fond of a small slice of the manga pie to really get anything about worrying about the entire pie. Manga for me is like… One Piece, books where people get shot while smoking cigarettes, and the odd series Vertical picks up.
The publishers closing and turning to Kickstarter to get books done is pretty sad, though.
irritatingarchery asked: As someone who really loves when people experiment with the medium (Mike Allred's Madman being my favorite example recently) What are some of your favorite books from the past couple years that took advantage of the idea that you really can do just about anything with the comics form?
Hmm… I really liked that Ganges I read. That guy can draw his butt off. Asterios Polyp was pretty good. We3 has some of my favorite storytelling in comics.
You know, this isn’t quite what you mean, but I think Vagabond may be my favorite example of doing anything. The art’s great, excellent even, but what really stunned me about that series, more than everything else that stunned me about that series, was that Inoue got a 500-some page fight scene into the series and it doesn’t drag at all. It’s positively absurd—I bought the Vizbig volumes of Vagabond, 3 in 1 jobs, and the fight’s all in one volume. You start off with a fight and then some drama for the first 50-100 pages, and then Musashi walks down off a mountain and into a war and we’re off. The pacing, storytelling, art, all of that worked in concert so that Inoue could pull that off. That’s just crazy to me. I love it.
Sorry I couldn’t answer your question more directly, but I think this still sorta counts. I love Krazy Kat for its inventiveness, and it’s pushing 100 years old. I love Jack Kirby’s ’70s output for that same reason, and I love a lot of modern comics that same way. People keep finding new things to do, and I think that’s what I love, rather than any specific new thing.
bigredrobot asked: Top 5 Heroes?
Real life or comics?
Real life, no particular order: Muhammad Ali, Richard Pryor, Malcolm X, my mother, and probably the RZA. Honorable mentions: El-P, Tupac Shakur, Marcus Garvey, Curtis Mayfield.
Comics (in order) 1. Spider-Man 2. The Flash (generally Wally West, but I’m open to being convinced for Barry Allen) 3. Static 4. Gambit 5. Variable
If we’re being honest, Gambit varies sometimes, too. There’s a pool of a lot of dudes (Gambit, Black Panther, Hawkeye, certain versions of Wolverine, Tommy Monaghan, and others) who switch in and out of 4 and 5.
If this list was supposed to be for the gender neutral “heroes,” add Elektra into my top 5, bumping Gambit, and add Jubilee, Black Widow, Rocket, and… I’m blanking, maybe Black Cat onto the bench.
Typhoid Mary & Green Goblin (Harry) are my favorite villains, tied for #1. Hypno Hustler is #2.
whoops, forgot my writing heroes, no order again: Kool G Rap, the GZA, Robert Frost, John Keats, and James Ellroy.
Anonymous asked: Have you've seen Red Tails yet?
I haven’t. I saw the Viral Factor (good) with a friend and then spent the rest of the weekend inside. Tentatively planning to catch it Saturday morning.
listeninmono asked: do you have any Books that you would recommend based around hip hop and youth?
I don’t, I’m sorry. I don’t even really have any bloggers who would be good reading. That’s a subject I should probably read about.
Anonymous asked: I know you were working on some fiction writings, what happened with them?
Still ongoing! I took a brief break to get back into the swing of comics writing, but later this week I think I’ll have something new. The old stuff is here, though it’s more creative writing than fiction, strictly. Couple of real ones in there.
I’m hoping to do one or two a week, maybe a little more often schedule depending, until I get to a point where I’m as generally happy with them as I am with my comics writing. Posting it in (semi-?)public helps with that, forcing me to do or don’t, so now I just need to get back to committing the time to do it.
Anonymous asked: wait, who are you again?
I’m the type of dude that sends your baby’s mama out for food.