#I went looking for the first idw(Collection) comic at a book store

[alliumbunny]

I need like a, manual for the tmnt idw comics

I'm so stupid when it comes to comics

also I bought The Last Ronin book! comic! uh.. yippeee!!!

[sege-h]

Yall im so overjoyed rn

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For years, I’d occasionally search up ‘Sonic’ on my local book store’s site-- especially once the art book came out because I’d have the faintest hope something would come up

And for years I’d get 0 results-- save for a couple Doctor Who books bc of the Sonic screwdriver

Last year-- at the same time the comic store got IDW Sonic comics for the first time, the book store also got the IDW Sonic comics! (hilariously the comic store got a set of volumes, and the book store got a DIFFERENT set of volumes. It was like they were sending me on a quest to collect them all)

And for a while, when I’d look up Sonic on the comic book site I’d still get those same 2 volumes

Yesterday I look up Sonic-- and I end up with a full page of results! They got Tangle & Whisper in, AND the 30th anniversary classic Sonic issue-- which I’d hoped would arrive here because that means I can finally achieve my dream of owning a comic that has Bean and Bark in it (with the added bonus of THIS one having Bark’s correct body type!)

Today I searched it up again-- I’m getting paid soon and I was getting antsy about them still being in stock. And as I scrolled to the bottom of the page I realized

It’s not one page of Sonic results

Its three

WE WENT FROM ALWAYS HAVING 0 SONIC COMICS

TO THAT BOOKSTORE HAVING A COUPLE AND NOW THEY HAVE 3 PAGES OF RESULTS

(AND the comic store now regularly caries Sonic comics! Whenever they publish a post about new arrivals that include Sonic comics and I show up they’re like ‘we were expecting you as soon as we published that post’)

[egg-emperor]

Merry Eggsmas, I hope everyone is having a good day/night! I'm going to show off the Eggman/Sonic stuff I gifted myself as a reward for getting through the year. I'm sure you can guess what most of it consists of heheh

I got:

The 25th anniversary Tomy classic and new Jakks Pacific modern plushies! 💖💕💜

I almost got the Tomy plush in 2016 but I didn't have money on me, he was sold out the next time I visited the store, and he became pricy on eBay. But I finally found him for a good price! He’s one of Tomy’s better quality Sonic products and I love the shiny look to it. The Jakks Pacific modern plush is beautiful too! He's small and simple but still an adorable and worthy addition to the collection! The material of his coat is nice and soft.

I already bought the bigger Jakks Pacific Eggman figure a few months ago, so I now have the mini one too.

The paint is slightly off on mine, especially on his nose but I’ll touch it up when I can. It looks great for a smaller figure! The size comparison is funny. I love them both! 💜

This unofficial Eggman Lego mini figure and official Nanoblocks figure!

The Lego has such impressive detail and paint for a bootleg! I wish there was an official figure for the beautifully round Eggman in Lego Dimensions though, because he was supposed to be a big figure rather than a mini one. But I still love this! As for the Nanoblocks, it was a pain in the ass to build because it's so small and complicated but it looks cool!

I have Tubbz Ducktor Roquacknik at last!

It’s easily the best looking of the set because it was really weird how Sonic, Tails and Knuckles had noses and hands on top of beaks and wings. The mustache on the beak for Eggman works perfectly!

This neat mug with Sonic Mania Adventures art! It’s my second Eggman mug since I got one of Eggman’s head last year lol

It's been a while since I've brought any kind of physical comic or book so I decided to get this Universe #75 variant cover and a sticker activity book!

I don't need physcial copies of Archie or IDW since I own them all digitally. But I had extra cash, so I bought one of my favorite variant covers of Eggman demanding the spotlight he deserves! I'm slightly disappointed that they reduced the amount he’s spitting in the final version but I still love it. XD The sticker and activity book doesn't have as much Eggman as I hoped for but it's pretty good! I might show the contents sometime.

I also got some stocking fillers like a face mask, pins, keychain, dangler, magnet and gloves. If you couldn’t tell already by the very small Eggman socks I have in my collection, I don’t care if the items fit me or not. I just want to grab literally any Eggman merch I can!

A couple of days ago, I finally went into a store for the first time since like February or March and found Metal and Knuckles in store. The Eggman trap spring is my favorite accessory yet because you can actually push it in!

I finally decided to get the Cable Guys Tails, since they still haven't made an Eggman. When there’s only team Sonic merch available, I always go for Tails. I would trust him the most out of them to take care of my devices.

On a Sonic Official stream they said they weren't sure if they could make a Cable Guy Eggman work because of his big belly. But his arms are long enough to put out in front of him to hold things! Especially if it was modern because they’re longer, but I’m sure classic could work too! Plus, I think his belly would be great for devices and controllers to lean against. So that's no excuse! XD

That's all the stuff that arrived in time for Eggsmas! There's still something that hasn't arrived yet, but I'm happy that most of it was here today. I'm pleased with the amount of modern and classic Eggman because they're always what I want most! I hope there's more new merch for the two best designs for the anniversary next year. :D

I'm eager to see how all of this will look on my Eggman shrine once I'm done rearranging it. I'll make a new up to date post to replace my current pinned when it's done!

[dagmartoons]

There is not a doubt in my mind that I would not be where I am now without Sonic the Hedgehog.

This year marks not only 30 years of Sonic, but also 10 years since I first got into Sonic. I started with the Archie comics and the Sonic Classic Collection DS compilation, then I got a DVD of Sonic X, then I played Sonic Colors and just went down the hole from there.

I started watching videos of Sonic in the Videos section of the Sonic fandom wiki, which led me to YouTube, which led me to Game Grumps, which led me to start posting art and animations online. I got that History of Sonic the Hedgehog book that was made for the 20th anniversary which led me to discovering Hatsune Miku and becoming obsessed with anime.

This franchise has inspired me so much; the world, the characters, the music, the stories, everything, and I can't wait to see what the next 30 years have in store for it. The IDW comics are great (the 30th anniversary special was SO CUTE), that concept art for Sonic Prime looks interesting (am I the only one who likes the shoes?) and I'm looking forward to seeing what the new games have to offer.

All in all, I love Sonic, I've loved Sonic for a while, and I'm probably gonna keep loving Sonic for a while yet! So Happy 30th Anniversary, Sonic!

[rangercommand]

NEWS - The POWER RANGERS: UNLIMITED POWER Era Begins with MIGHTY MORPHIN #1 in November 2020

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A new Mighty Morphin team has assembled to take on the deadliest threats to Earth – but who is the All New Green Ranger by their side?

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Currently, Power Rangers is celebrating 27 continuous years on the air, making it one of the longest running kids’ live-action series in television history with nearly 900 episodes aired to date. Created by Haim Saban and launched in 1993 with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the franchise celebrates its 27th season, “Power Rangers Beast Morphers” currently airing on Saturdays at 8 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon in the U.S.

The hit comic book series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers launched in 2016 at BOOM! Studios, outselling nearly every other comic book in its month of release. The series went on to launch numerous hit spin off series like Go Go Power Rangers and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The series concludes in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #55, on-sale in October, which also features the first appearance of the All New Green Ranger.

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NEWS – The POWER RANGERS: UNLIMITED POWER Era Begins with MIGHTY MORPHIN #1 in November 2020 was originally published on Ranger Command Power Hour

[thewadapan]

I rewrote an obscure Transformers comic from the 1980s.

Creator’s Commentary

It’s 1984. Marvel’s four-issue Transformers miniseries has been a smash hit, and they’re already expanding it into a full monthly ongoing. Marvel’s UK branch is looking to import the book, but they have a problem - the newsagents want weekly issues, and there simply isn’t enough comic to fill those pages.

To meet demand, they bring on Simon Furman to write extra comics weaving into the US material. Because he’s the only one with any idea what's going on, he continues to churn out Transformers stories for almost ten years - with only occasional contributions from other authors.

“Peace” is one such interloper.

Written by letterer/editor Richard Starkings under his “Richard Alan” pseudonym for the 1989 Transformers Annual (which was actually published in 1988), it presents one of Cybertron’s alternate futures. Its exact placement in continuity was contentious - even within the comics’ own letters pages, where the editors (writing in-character as Transformers) gave several contradictory answers to questions regarding its canonicity.

The comic opens when the final Decepticon is killed by the Wreckers - an elite group of Autobot shock-troopers. With the war over, the very-very-tired Autobot leader Rodimus Prime announces that he’s going to step down - letting the Wreckers’ leader, Springer, take his place.

Unbeknownst to the Autobots, not all of the Decepticons are dead after all - the double agent Triton still hides amongst their ranks. In an attempt to incite conflict, Triton suggests that Ultra Magnus would make a better leader. The Technobot combiner team agrees, and an argument breaks out between them and the Wreckers. Whirl argues with Triton, Triton punches Whirl, Roadbuster pulls a gun on Triton, Scattorshot shoots Roadbuster, Sandstorm shoots Triton, and the war begins again.

It’s a grimly interesting story, one forever doomed to remain a footnote in Transformers history. Fittingly for a bot of subterfuge, Triton’s alternate mode was a submarine - at least according to Dreadwind in the letters pages. Marvel UK fanboy-turned-creator Nick Roche much later reinvented him as a member of Squadron X - sworn enemies of the Wreckers in IDW Publishing’s Transformers continuity.

In its most recent reprint as part of the twenty-second volume of The Definitive G1 Collection, “Peace” was left stranded as an afterthought alongside Regeneration One - with the rest of the UK strips being collected across the first twenty volumes alongside their contemporary US material. That partwork was curated by Simon Furman, who still writes Transformers stories to this day - despite pleas from some corners of the fandom for him to just call it quits already.

Richard Starkings, meanwhile, went on to found Comicraft - bringing lettering into the 21st century by pioneering the use of digital fonts in comic books.

I wasn’t alive when most of that happened. My first brush with Transformers - at least, as far as I remember - came when I saw Transformers: Armada’s Land Military Mini-Con Team on the shelves of my local Woolworths (a much-loved now-defunct chain of British department stores). I didn’t get it at the time, but when our birthdays rolled around (or maybe Christmas? I was young; I barely remember any of this and neither do my parents) my brother and I got a bunch of Mini-Cons. Our first brush with Generation 1 would come much later, when we found a knackered Strafe at a car boot sale.

For a long time, my only experience with Transformers fiction came in the form of the cartoons - they didn’t show Armada on Freeview so I missed most of that, but Energon and Cybertron both aired in their entirety on CITV. I had the pack-in comics, and the Armada and Energon annuals - which basically just collected random Dreamwave comics without context. All of which is to say that, at the time, I felt pretty starved for good Transformers stories.

Finding the 1989 Annual in a secondhand bookshop, then, was like finding the holy grail.

I won’t lie. I had basically no idea who any of these characters were, or what was going on. But damn if I didn’t pore over every inch of those pages trying to work it out. And I sure as hell was gonna sign the thing, lest those abominable Firecons paid me a visit to finally incinerate what was presumably the only Annual they’d missed back in 1988.

Years passed. Some movies came out. I drifted away from Transformers for a while after my parents said “aren’t you a little too old for these” one time too many. Well, it was either that or the hordes of overpriced Bumblebees clogging the shelves at the time.

Eventually, though, I was drawn back to the franchise. A Humble Bundle of IDW’s comics and Thrilling 30 Sandstorm was all it took.

For some reason, at some point I decided to start a meme page. I don’t know why. Please don’t look at it. I don’t want to talk about it. Most of the edits I made were atrocious, although I’ll admit there’s a few I still find pretty funny. I actually referenced Transformers a bunch of times. There was this whole thing where I tried to work in a plot, so really the whole thing was much closer to a terrible webcomic than an actual meme page.

Perhaps the most involved reference to the franchise came in the form of a relettering of “The Night the Transformers Saved Christmas”, a 4-page comic originally published in a 1985 issue of Women’s Day. Why did I make that thing? I don’t know. Maybe a little more context would help.

Y’see, waaay back when the first Armada toys hit shelves, fans weren’t too impressed - to say the least. They’d seen pictures of highly-articulated prototypes, only to find that articulation completely absent in the finalised figures. To make matters worse, the first pack-in comic was pretty lacklustre - thanks to the trilingual dialogue squeezed into its speech bubbles.

One enterprising fan (Yartek, now better known as Blueshift) expressed their dissatisfaction by completely rewriting that pack-in comic’s dialogue - reimagining Hot Shot as a deranged, jam-obsessed cannibal. It was an idle joke, but one that tapped into the collective consciousness of the fandom at the time. Its popularity grew to the point where it was even referenced on the license plate of a later Hot Shot figure.

By Blueshift’s own admission, the comic isn’t all that great. Nowadays, the atmosphere surrounding Armada’s launch is but a hazy memory for most of the fandom - leaving the comic’s depiction of Hot Shot looking more like an uncomfortably ableist caricature than anything approximating a real parody.

But I digress. I was barely aware of Transformers when all of this happened. My point is that JaAm was like an abridged series, only presented as a comic, and I thought that was a neat idea. I was looking to make a post that was a little bit different for Christmas Day, and remembered the existence of that old Women’s Day comic. Thus was born “its christmas... so what??”

My process for that one was pretty straightforward. After reading the comic once to get a broad sense of its plot, I went through it again panel-by-panel - blocking out each narration box with an autoshape and adding my own text. Mustard features pretty heavily in it... I guess as a reference to jam? Honestly, I was writing this thing entirely by the seat of my pants and - with the exception of the choice panels I’m including here - it’s pretty unfunny as a result. I’m not proud of it. Even at the time, I felt like I could’ve done better. So, half a year later, I did.

When the mood eventually took me, there was only one option in my head - Richard Starkings’ “Peace”. This time, I took a moment to plan the whole thing out in my head before diving in.

I think my idea for the plot came about simply as a result of Rodimus�� body language and expressions on the second page. I reckon I looked at them and thought, “man, he looks like he’s just caught a whiff of something pretty nasty.” From there, my mind jumped to Triton... the culprit, naturally.

When you go back and read some of the early Marvel stuff, there’s a bit of dissonance between the Furman-esque galaxy-spanning conflicts and the more offbeat “the Transformers crash a wrestling match / concert / car wash” stories written by US author Bob Budiansky. At times, the Transformers could be figures of real gravitas - and at others, they were almost like children.

For both “its christmas” and “PASS” I tried to lean into the latter interpretation as much as possible. As a reflection of that, the dialogue and narration - both written in Times New Roman - are completely devoid of punctuation, capital letters, or special formatting. Well, mostly...

There’s a few instances in “its christmas” where capital letters are used for emphasis.

Roadbuster’s dialogue gets to keep its punctuation, and is written in (I think) Arial, because he’s supposed to be more mature than the rest.

Each comic had one panel which retained some of its original dialogue - the fourth on the first page of “its christmas”, and the fourth on the fourth page of “PASS”.

There’s a couple of instances in the comic where characters use swear words, only the wrong letter’s censored - “sh*t” became “*hit”, “f*ck” became “*uck”. That’s simply an artefact of the comic’s origins in my old meme page, where that was a running joke.

In addition to changing the text, I also made a few visual edits...

I changed the comic’s title from “PEACE” to “PASS” (as in, to pass gas) by chopping up and rotating bits of it.

I changed the credits for “RICHARD ALAN” (writer) and “GLIB” (letterer) to “ME” and “ME AGAIN”.

On the fifth page, I rotated Springer’s, Ultra Magnus’ and Sandstorm’s mouths by 180 degrees - changing them from horrified grimaces to jaunty smirks. That’s why they’re kind of lopsided relative to the rest of their expressions! Honestly, the original version looks pretty strange to me now.

I likewise modified Sandstorm’s and Ultra Magnus’ expressions in the first panel of the final page, and Nosecone’s in the second panel.

I scribbled out the question mark in the little “THE END?” box on the final page. This is the definitely the end; no need to beat around the bush.

The idea to make Roadbuster a butt monkey stemmed from the fact that he was the only non-triple-changer to appear on the first page. I saw that panel with the four of them together and thought “one of these guys is not like the others.” And of course, I knew that he’d be dead in a few more pages.

Once I’d established Springer as a bully, I started to get a sense for what life was like amongst the Autobots - but there were still things I wanted to leave open to interpretation...

Why does Roadbuster hang around with the other Autobots so persistently, when all he receives is abuse?

Is Triton’s fixation on “cred” overblown, or is it the only reason he’s survived as long as he has?

Is Rodimus really past his Prime?

Who’s really the coolest Autobot?

Are the Autobots inherently bad people, or simply products of their environment?

If they’re the latter, does that excuse their actions?

If these are the Autobots... then what were the Decepticons like?

Here’s some other miscellaneous notes...

There’s a single speech bubble on the fourth page where the speaker’s off-panel. In the original comic it belonged to Triton, shouting “HEY!” Here, I like to think it’s Whirl speaking.

In the narration of the second panel, I refer to the Transformers as “car robots” - a nod to the Japanese name of the Transformers: Robots in Disguise series.

Rodimus’ “light their darkest hour” line is, of course, a quote from the 1986 animated Transformers movie. Yes, I’m as tired of those references as you are, but no, I couldn’t resist.

I can’t remember if it was deliberate, but I’m pretty sure “if you catch my drift” was a nod to The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye - where original character Drift stars as Rodimus’ third-in-command.

Speaking of More than Meets the Eye - when it was relaunched as Lost Light, Rodimus got a brand new purple colour scheme. In “Pass”, Rodimus agonises over whether or not to get that same paint job.

“Mucho cred” is kind of a memetic phrase amongst readers of the superhero web serial Worm. I feel like “cred” is one of those inherently funny words (along with “cahoots”), so that was enough to justify its inclusion here. If you’ve somehow made it this far into this post, trust me when I say that Worm is a rabbit hole well worth tumbling down.

“Peace” has a very strong atmosphere. It’s about a group of individuals - who’ve known nothing but conflict for thousands of years - suddenly finding themselves with nobody to point their guns at. That exact same scenario played out decades later in IDW Publishing’s Transformers continuity, where it was explored in much greater depth - but in just six standalone pages, “Peace” presents its broad themes with impressive clarity.

I think we’re very much invited to root for Triton - he’s a real worm, but he’s also an underdog. When characters are created whole cloth in Transformers stories, they’re marked for death.

“Pass”, on the other hand, is about a group of kids who’ve lost all sense of perspective. The most important thing to each of the group’s members is how they are perceived by the rest. They’ve been living under ever-increasing social pressure, and things are finally reaching a boiling point - and people die as a result.

And I say “kids”, but the truth is that I still see these dynamics amongst grown adults today - admittedly without the death. For any given subculture, you’re going to find ingroups, outgroups, and the awkward middle ground between them. If I thought there was a clear-cut solution, I would’ve put it in the comic. But oftentimes - like I said in the closing panels - there isn’t really anyone at fault.

If you fart in public, don’t stress about it too much. Nobody really minds. Just own up. And whatever you do, don’t try to pass the blame - or else...

As one final nod to Marvel UK’s Transformers comics... here are some short AtoZ profiles for the entire cast!

You can follow me on twitter if you want to see more of my Transformers ramblings. The rest of my writing can be found right here on this blog - I recommend starting with Everything Is Red Now, a dumb comic about Spider-Man.

[mondofunnybooks]

USING A SUPER POPULAR FRANCHISE IN THE HASHTAGS TO TRY AND GET THE LIKES AND SHARES UP!' DEPT. (OR THE MARVEL MUSIC ONE, TAKING THE SCENIC ROUTE.)

 "I was talking with their marketing people, and they were like, 'You know, we just can't really sell Elvis or Bob Marley.' And I was like, 'What? There are companies that sell Elvis tampons, and you can't sell an Elvis comic book? What? People love Elvis, people love comics!' - Mort Todd (Marvel Music Head Editor.)

So, as many of you may have heard, Dark Horse will be publishing a 'Stranger Things' comic in September. It's a smart move and as long as the book is in keeping with the aesthetic and quality of the Netflix show, then it ought to be the evergreen cashcow Dark Horse have been desperately searching for since losing the Star Wars license to Marvel a few years back.

Ought to be.

There's a documented history of the comics industry managing to drop the ball with franchises that are proven money in other media, though. Sometimes it's the fault of the publishers being lazy and arrogant with the properties they're handling. Assuming that the books will sell purely on the back of the name alone and letting the actual creative work to be done by...Not Ready For Prime Time Players, we said diplomatically. Leading to low-quality comics that tend to leave punters less than satisfied. And with the reasonable impression that if that's how shoddy the big license stuff is, then there's no point coming back to check out the rest.

The state of the comics is part of the problem, although publishers like IDW have certainly done their best to improve the general reputation of films and other media to comics (We'd highly recommend their Mars Attacks, Suicide Girls, Garbage Pail Kids and Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas comics, off the top of our heads.) but there is also more that the shops could be doing to push the books. There's an unfortunate tendency for some comics retailers to order these sort of books as if they were just rank and file Wednesday stock that will hopefully last until Saturday and sell out with a few copies put aside for eBay if it's a hot book.

So, something like 'The Prisoner' is filed between 'Pitt' and 'Punisher', probably only visible by a third of the actual cover on the shelf. It fails to sell because no one can see it, it's regarded by both stores and publishers as a failure and customers don't hear about it until maybe issue 3 is out by which time the shop is down to ordering for standing orders. By which time it's too late for anything except buying 2nd hand off eBay, doing nothing for the sales figures of said comic.

Which brings us to a concept we were taught while in the gainful employ of West End Shop Legend, Comics Showcase. The notion of the evergreen comic.

The middle table of Showcase, older readers may remember, was filled with work off the mainstream of the industry but placed close enough to the counter that casual browsers could see titles that might appeal to them. Books like Love And Rockets, Cerebus. Jay And Silent Bob, R. Crumb, Eightball, The Bradleys/Hate, From Hell (the book AND the single issues, which tells you how long ago that was.) Naughty Bits, Bacchus. A whole bunch of comics that may not have found their audience in the first week of release but were believed in enough both in terms of quality and long-term selling power to be worth investing in.

It wasn't unusual to see someone go from randomly picking up a copy of Cerebus 0 for a couple of quid to getting a copy of the first collection a week later, and then carrying on with the subsequent volumes in rapid succession. As a new comic, Cerebus didn't sell very well. As a series of 15 odd trades with only the taste of the stories in that teaser book to hook them in, it did very well. The same was true for Hate, From Hell, Love And Rockets, Naughty Bits, etc.

If those comics were put out the way licensed comics are today, they'd have died on the vine, probably not even publishing enough issues to actually warrant that first trade.

So, when we were handed the reigns of Raygun East, we employed much the same trick and we even had it much, much easier than the Showcase days. By this time, both Image and Marvel had started doing their $1 teaser books. Using some of our more, er, interesting resources, we loaded up the shelf next to the counter with cheap copies of Sex Criminals*, Marvel Zombies, Criminal, Hip Hop Family Tree, Archie, the Goon. We talked up the books using our patented two sentence synopsis technique. People bought the samples. Then they came back for the Volume 1, Volume 2, etc.

We were especially proud of shifting a Boom Tube's worth of Occupy Comics, figuring it a comic that was well worthy of people's attention but just hadn't yet found it's audience since most places didn't feature it face out, thus obscuring the globally recognised 'OCCUPY' logo, which had penetrated much more of the public's psyche than 'The Outsiders' or whatever.

Some publishers recognise the value of keeping their titles in print, and some shops are smart enough to see that you can't just chuck everything on the same shelf and hope.

And with a double album length intro under our belts, we have an insight to what went wrong with the Marvel Music line.

Marvel, like all comic publishers of note, had tried their hand at music-related comics before. It's common and a bit lazy to write off all those attempts as awful by citing the K.I.S.S and Alice Cooper books as a fair representation of the entire effort, but really, how much can you do with KISS in the first place? We're quite fond of the George Perez pencilled Beatles comic (Marvel Comics Super Special 4, in case you were wondering.) and tie-in to Rock Musical Movie 'Rock And Rule', which featured Iggy and Jagger on the soundtrack and what appears to be animation cels as artwork that look beautiful. As well as all this, there are pictures of Debbie Harry, which would improve any comic ever published.

There's also 1991's Nightcat which is a piece all by itself and depends on us finding a copy of the eponymous record one day. We have a copy of the comic already. Filed next to our copy of Stripperella.

As 1994 rolled around and Marvel were in a state of flux, slinging almost anything at a wall and hoping it would stick. Which can be the only reason why then Marvel President Terry Stewart would look at an outfit like Revolutionary (who specialized in cheap hack biographies of pop music and were constantly being sued for unauthorized usage of band logos.) and say 'That. Let's try that.' To be fair, Stewart also became President Of The Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame.

Obviously, the two major differences Marvel made to the process were paying for some decent artists to write and draw the actual books and working with the musicians involved so a more mutually agreeable idea would be published. On paper, the proposed line up isn't bad at all, from a merch point of view.

Even in 2018, any Camden T-shirt stand is going to do alright with The Rolling Stones, Woodstock, Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, Bob Marley, with Onyx, KRS One and a rumoured White Zombie on your roster. Much as we might be hard pushed to think of him as anything other than 'Miley's Dad.', Billy Ray Cyrus sold over 20 million copies of 'Some Gave It All' (which spawned the single 'Achy Breaky Heart.). Imagine if a tenth of that fanbase bought copies of his comic at shows or signings. (That's copies sold from publisher to customer. Not publisher to retailer.) and Image Comics would have been sick to the stomach.

So. 1994. Comics aren't selling in stupid amounts anymore because the speculators have realized it's a bad investment but the numbers aren't awful. Marvel Music isn't being tarnished with the same brush as the rest of their output as it's recognized to be a separate imprint and nobody knows about Marvel Mart yet (More on THAT another time.) There's a respectable set up for these books which feature the work of top-end talent like Kyle Baker, Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli, Dan Barry and Dave McKean. While the Billy Ray Cyrus comic is at best ludicrous, but no worse than the later Eminem/Punisher, both 'Voodoo Lounge' and 'The Last Temptation' are timed to be released in conjunction with their counterpart albums. There's no way this could fail, right?

Well....

First off, Todd did not have the support of Marvel staff when pushing this project. Music tie-ins had been given such a sleazy reputation thanks to the actions of Revolutionary (who would go onto to become Bluewater and if you fancy a laugh, look up their biographies and you'll see the artistic standards we're talking about here.) that few in-house wanted the work enough to potentially run foul of Suge Knight and given Todd Loren (Head of Revolutionary) had been stabbed to death in a still unresolved murder a couple of years previously, it was probably considered not worth the page rate.

Marvel had to cede creative control to the musicians, not something they were used to doing and certainly not for the amount of money at stake here. 'The Last Temptation Of Alice' reads like a fill-in issue of Sandman. 'Break The Chain' is a visual accompaniment to the song bundled with the comic. The Onyx, Woodstock and Billy Ray Cyrus comics are...what they are. In most instances, it appeared to be a case of handing over lots of money for licensing, creator payment, 'other' and hoping what came back was publishable at best.

Although that alone shouldn't have been a factor. At the risk of continuing to abuse KISS fans, they are the apex of the concept that you can flog a devotee any old rubbish as long as it has the correct logo on it. Within 30 seconds of looking up proof of our theory, we were confronted with the existence of a KISS Waffle Maker. It's a waffle maker with Gene Simmons's Demon face on it. It costs $40. We are not making this up. If people were willing to buy that, then even the worst comic ever published would sell to a potential audience if it featured Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Aerosmith and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, right?

Pre-orders on the Marvel Music books were low. Relative to the hype, license fees and other expenses (At one point Mort Todd flew to Jamiaca to conduct research on the Bob Marley title.) the comics were making no money, with the highest ordered being Neil Gaiman's Alice Cooper book. To be honest, that was probably on the back of Neil's heat circa 1994 rather than anything to do with Cooper.

The whole imprint was hard to find within it's native home of comic shops who treated them like any other Marvel comics shipped that week, rather than thinking long-term that while Electric Blue Smurf Supermen and Purple Hoodie Spideys will come and go, there'll always be a Stones fan who has to have everything and will give you money if they see a rare item next to the till. Anyone who'd buy 'She's The Boss' on purpose deserves to be segregated from their money anyway.

'Onyx: Fight' would be Marvel Music's final output before the line was quietly cancelled in 1995. With the exception of the Gaiman/Cooper book, which was reprinted as a single volume by Dark Horse in 2005, the whole line remains out of print and are an utter nightmare to find due to the exceptionally low print runs.

We're experienced hunters of rare and ludicrious tat and in our twenty years have only seen 1 copy of Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge and 2 of 'KRS-ONE:Break The Chain', which we would happily call the very peak of the line. The saddest part of all this was that Dave Bowie was blown away by the Gaiman/Cooper thing and was looking to do a similar work for his upcoming '1.Outside ' album.

Thanks very much to those of you who voted and sitting through all this. We're dedicating this column to Charles Shaar Murray, one of the most rock n roll/funnybook fans we've been happy to meet and also cos it's his birthday and that.

See You In The FunnyPages!

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BOOM! Studios, under license by Hasbro, Inc., announced today that the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers will make their official return after the events of Shattered Grid in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #40, arriving in stores June 2019.

The new series creative team of writer Ryan Parrott (Go Go Power Rangers) and artist Daniele Di Nicuolo (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) begin a bold new era as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are back in Angel Grove…with the White Ranger as their leader! But what happened to the team after they defeated Lord Drakkon? And what does the White Ranger’s first appearance mean for the future of the team? Those answers – and more – arrive in the first chapter of Power Rangers: Absolute Power, as shocking secrets are revealed!

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #40 features a main cover by Jamal Campbell (Naomi), with variant covers by Goñi Montes (Sandman Universe) and Kris Anka (Runaways).

New York Times Bestselling author Ryan Parrott is a writer in multiple mediums. A graduate of Chapman University, Parrott has written on television series NBC’s Revolution and Hulu’s Chance. In comics, Ryan was a co-writer on DC’s Batman: Gates of Gotham, several of IDW’s Star Trek titles, including Starfleet Academy, Boldly Go and Manifest Destiny, as well as the NBC series finale Revolution: Endgame. Parrott was one of the key architects of the landmark Power Rangers: Shattered Grid comic book event and currently writes Saban’s Go Go Power Rangers at BOOM! Studios, along with creator-owned projects Volition and Oberon for Aftershock Comics, and lives in Los Angeles with his wife.

“I’m writing Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The reality of that statement hasn’t quite sunk in yet but I’m sure when it does, I’ll feel a mixture of exhilaration, disbelief and sheer panic,” said writer Ryan Parrott. “Working on the franchise for the last two years has been one of the most creatively rewarding experiences of my life, not only because of the incredibly talented people I get to collaborate with behind the scenes but also because of all the amazing fans I’ve encountered along the way. I’m not going to lie. Kyle Higgins set the bar unapologetically high with his work on the series so far, not to mention the biggest Power Ranger comic book event ever in Shattered Grid, but I’m looking forward to digging deep into these characters we all love and building off the stage that’s been set. May the power protect me.”

Born and raised in Milano, Daniele Di Nicuolo made his American comics debut with Mirror’s Edge at Dark Horse. He has since worked with numerous publishers like IDW Publishing on The Infinite Loop Vol. 2, distinguishing himself at BOOM! Studios on top-selling series including Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink and as the main artist on Mighty Morphn Power Rangers during the record-breaking Shattered Grid event celebrating the franchise’s 25th anniversary.

“If with Shattered Grid we went big, now we’re going deep, straight to the core of what means to be Power Rangers and, most of all, what consequences come from choices made for a greater good,” said artist Daniele Di Nicuolo. “I couldn’t be happier to reunite with BOOM! Studios and the Rangers again. I’m super excited to explore the fallout of the adventures that we started with Kyle and honored to face this new journey with a great writer like Ryan, my pal Walter Baiamonte and so much of the crew from Shattered Grid. It’s Morphin time again!”

Currently, Power Rangers is celebrating over 25 continuous years on the air, making it one of the longest running kids live-action series in television history with nearly 900 episodes aired to date. Created by Haim Saban and launched in 1993 with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the franchise celebrates its milestone anniversary year with the 25th season, Power Rangers: Super Ninja Steel currently airing on Saturdays at 12 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon in the U.S.

“The first appearance of the White Ranger is only one of the big revelations in Absolute Power, as we learn just what happened after the Mighty Morphin team disappeared after the events of Shattered Grid,” said Dafna Pleban, Senior Editor, BOOM! Studios. “Ryan and Daniele, along with our partners at Hasbro, have crafted a Power Rangers epic with surprises around every turn and an ending that changes everything!”

Print copies of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #40  will be available on June 26th, at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the one nearest you), or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers like comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and the BOOM! Studios app.

Softcover collections of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Go Go Power Rangers and other Power Rangers releases from BOOM! Studios are available now, everywhere books are sold.

For continuing news on the MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS series and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

For more on Saban’s Power Rangers, please visit www.powerrangers.com and follow Power Rangers on http://rangernation.com/, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Return…with The White Ranger! BOOM! Studios, under license by Hasbro, Inc., announced today that the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers will make their official return after the events of…

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Comic-con retrospective

Hello one and all!

So, now that a week has passed, the dust and swag from a just a week ago has settled and we have placed another New York Comic Con behind us. But that doesn’t mean things are over here on the net. I for one, now that I have had time to get things sorted, edited, and safely stored in portfolios and frames; now want to bring my experiences to the screen.

To make sure I cover everything but to not bore everyone with walls of text I will be attempting to split this this into several articles!

But where to begin, after all, comic con is one huge nexus of culture, art, and costumes! One that, even with four days to experience, you still feel like you didn’t see and do everything that it has to offer.  Even after I go year after year I still feel like there is more to see and do than I ever have time for. 

I have found though even with everything to see and do I still have an amazing time, especially since I have become the con pollster.

Now I know some people have come here for their pictures and may be wondering “ What does he mean by Con Pollster?” Allow me to explain.

Several years ago I had an idea to bring a wipe board with me to a convention, PAX East to be specific, to post random quotes or things on throughout the day because I thought it would be fun and/or funny depending on what I wrote. During the weekend I had put a poll on the board and the response to it was INSANE! People loved to pick a side and bring their friends over to vote as well or rag on the one friend who didn’t pick what everyone else did in good nature. It went to show me people do enjoy sharing an opinion and a new way to have fun at a con and interact with a ton of people I would have just walked by otherwise!

Fast forward to this year at NYCC I have tried to make this the real beginning of my Con Pollster experience. I had polls planned out, business cards, and a better idea of how to get things going. I will write more on the history of this this later because right now its time to talk about NYCC 2017.

I think the first thing I have to mention is how impressed I was at the speed security and staff got people through the gates this year. After all its the first thing everyone experiences when they come though comic-con.

More often than not when I have to go through security at a con it is a chore. Its an unorganized choke point that leads to a negative first impression that gets people upset at the start of everything. This year though at comic con they had everything down pat and aside from a long walk down and around a block the long way to get into the Javits they had people through in maybe five minutes, ten max. A huge thumbs up for that.

I have to admit, with NYCC in not much of a panels person or a signing person. I spend all of my time with the show floor and artist alley. Partially because its how I find the most exposure for Con Pollster related things, but also inpart because its how my interests lie. But how we spend our time at con is what can make a con so great! There is never one “correct” way of doing things. There are so many ways to experience con and make it your own. Mine happens to lie walking around talking to people about polls and meandering down the lanes of artist alley, picking up prints and talking to some incredibly talented people.

I think one of the first things I want to talk about is the crowd at comic-con and holy crap can it get crowded there in the Javits. 

If anyone ever tells you its easy to get through a crowd at a con…..they are a bloody liar. It can be a royal pain in the butt to get through the mass of people at comic-con at any given moment. From momentary chokes for cosplay photos to just people crowding a booth with some kick ass collectables or artwork. It becomes an artwork learning how to navigate the sea of bodies. I honestly can say though that I was surprised Sunday was the worst day for movement versus any other day I was there at con this year. Granted NYCC this year did daily passes only rather than 3 and 4 day group passes which could lead to people picking up Sundays rather than any of the other days available but still! Usually Sunday is a quieter day due to the last day and people partying themselves out on Saturday.

As tedious as wading through the crowd can be though, its the crowd itself that makes con so fun. Not only for all the cool costumes or clothing you can run into, but for me its the fact each and every person is someone to interact with and let them enjoy one of my polls.

Every day thousands of people come through the show floor, panel halls, artist alley, and the outside satellite events. Its really awesome to think that so many people come together for four days to celebrate their favorite fandom and characters.

I saw so many different people, styles, families, and groups wandering by I could probably devote an entire article to the diversity of the con! But I think I’m going to just stick to my reflections for now.

The show floor though…holy cow was that an experience this year!

So many different booths and things to see around the floor. Comics, collectables, art, jewelry, new video games, and televisions shows all crammed into two giant hall rooms!

I think one of the most fun booths was the welovefine booth and their giant inflatable pug they had hovering overhead.

But flying pugs aside they had some really awesome shirts and stuff for sale. I always like picking something up from them whenever I see them at a show. This year however they had something really special at their booth, Stanley “artgerm” Lau!

A sample of his amazing artwork. Photo taken from artgerms twitter here

Instead of a booth on the alley he was on the main floor selling his prints, art books, and the shirts that his art was printed on in collaboration with the company which was awesome! I own one of the spider gwen shirts and not only is it nice to look at but its comfortable as well.

There was a booth that really caught my eye selling a ton of cool patches that were comic and gaming themed. They had everything from Destiny, Shield, and Warhammer 40k, to Harry Potter and Alf themed ones!

Their card and some samples of their wares in the background

I had a fun time checking out a lot of the different comic companies boothes. Dark Horse, IDW, Marvel, DC, and independent companies or people as well. Everyone put on a great booth with great titles to pick up there and in the future at a local comic store.

My personal favorite was zenescope out of all the major comic booths. Yes yes I know many people will call me out for liking them just for the sexy cover girls and artwork they have but in all honesty their work is more than pin-up cover deep. Great writers and story lines have kept the company and their comics going for years. You don’t get to keep making comics year after year if all you have is great cover art talent. Granted they do have great cover artists like Mike Debalfo, Dawn McTeague, Sabine Rich, Elias Chatzoudis, Billy Tucci, , and many others. But I will talk more about artists later down the line in my artist alley article. My personal favorites from them have been the Robyn Hood series and the recent 5 part saga called The Courier. If you have never checked out a Zenescope title go find a starting issue and try it out. I can guarantee there is one for anyone to enjoy with good writing and artwork inside the already awesome cover art.

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NEWS - Power Rangers UNLIMITED POWER Era Begins with POWER RANGERS #1 in November 2020

The POWER RANGERS: UNLIMITED POWER Era Begins with POWER RANGERS #1 From BOOM! Studios Two New Series. Two New Teams. A New Beginning For All Power Rangers Is Here!

LOS ANGELES, CA (July 14, 2020) – BOOM! Studios, under license by Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), today announced a brand new series, POWER RANGERS from superstar writer Ryan Parrott (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and acclaimed artist Francesco Mortarino (Firefly: The Sting), launching in conjunction with the brand new Mighty Morphin series. Two New Series. Two New Teams. The Era of UNLIMITED POWER begins HERE — and only Lord Drakkon, their greatest enemy, can save the Power Rangers!

POWER RANGERS #1 reveals a new cosmic threat that only the original Power Rangers, now known as the Omega Rangers – Jason, Trini and Zack – can hope to defeat! But their secret weapon is… the villainous Lord Drakkon?! Zordon forbids the Omega Rangers from contacting Drakkon, so if they want to save the universe then they’ll have to go rogue – and go up against their Mighty Morphin allies.

New York Times bestselling author Ryan Parrott is a comic book and screenwriter based out of Los Angeles. A graduate of Chapman University, Parrott has written for television series NBC’s Revolution and Hulu’s Chance. Parrott is also known for his work on DC Comics’ Batman: Gates of Gotham, IDW’s Star Trek comic book series, including Starfleet Academy, Boldly Go, and Manifest Destiny, Dynamite’s Death to the Army of Darkness, and his creator-owned projects Volition, Oberon, and Dead Day with Aftershock Comics. He is currently the writer for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with BOOM! Studios.

“We’ve spent several years building out the Power Rangers comic book universe and continuing the adventures of the Omega Rangers gives us a chance to fully explore it beyond the confines of the show. Not only can we add more heroes and villains but we can also bring in elements from future seasons viewed through the lens of familiar characters,” said Parrott. “It’s very exciting to explore new corners of the Power Rangers universe that fans have always imagined – and also never expected!”

Francesco Mortarino is an Italian cartoonist who graduated from the Comics School of Milano. He started working at Sergio Bonelli Editore on the comic series Nathan Never and made his US comics debut on Jupiter’s Circle for Image Comics, soon working on other projects like Dungeon & Dragons: Evil at Baldur’s Gate for IDW. Mortarino has worked on high profile BOOM! Studios series including Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Firefly: Bad Company.

“A year and a half ago, I helped illustrate Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers #33, and now I’m drawing the first issue of the new POWER RANGERS series! I’m very proud to be a part of this new era with Ryan and BOOM! Studios,” said Mortarino. “I know that many readers are waiting to see where the new team’s adventures will take them. As a fan myself, I can’t wait to show everyone exactly what I’ve been working on. It’ll blow your minds!”

Currently, Power Rangers is celebrating 27 continuous years on the air, making it one of the longest running kids’ live-action series in television history with nearly 900 episodes aired to date. Created by Haim Saban and launched in 1993 with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the franchise celebrates its 27th season, “Power Rangers Beast Morphers” currently airing on Saturdays at 8 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon in the U.S.

The hit comic book series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers launched in 2016 at BOOM! Studios, outselling nearly every other comic book in its month of release. The series went on to launch numerous hit spin off series like Go Go Power Rangers and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The series concludes in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #55, on-sale in October, which also features the first appearance of the All New Green Ranger.

“Lord Drakkon is back but will he save the Power Rangers…or does he have a darker plan in mind?” said Dafna Pleban, Senior Editor, BOOM! Studios. “Introducing the Omega Rangers allowed us to reveal a huge piece of Power Rangers history – and POWER RANGERS #1 answer questions you never thought to ask!”

Fans who attend the BOOM! Studios Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Future is Now Panel on July 25, 2020 at 1:00 pm PT on the Comic-Con@Home website will get a very special preview of never-before-seen art as well as behind-the-scenes information about the series and what’s in store for readers! More details at www.comic-con.org/.

Print copies of POWER RANGERS #1 are scheduled to be available in November 2020 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one), or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers like comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Madefire.

Softcover collections of MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS, and other Power Rangers releases from BOOM! Studios are available now, everywhere books are sold

For continuing news on the MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS series and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

For more on Power Rangers, please visit www.powerrangers.com and follow Power Rangers on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About Hasbro Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) is a global play and entertainment company committed to Creating the World’s Best Play and Entertainment Experiences. From toys, games and consumer products to television, movies, digital gaming, live action, music, and virtual reality experiences, Hasbro connects to global audiences by bringing to life great innovations, stories and brands across established and inventive platforms. Hasbro’s iconic brands include NERF, MAGIC: THE GATHERING, MY LITTLE PONY, TRANSFORMERS, PLAY-DOH, MONOPOLY, BABY ALIVE, POWER RANGERS, PEPPA PIG and PJ MASKS, as well as premier partner brands. Through its global entertainment studio, eOne, Hasbro is building its brands globally through great storytelling and content on all screens. Hasbro is committed to making the world a better place for all children and all families through corporate social responsibility and philanthropy. Hasbro ranked among the 2020 100 Best Corporate Citizens by 3BL Media and has been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere Institute for the past nine years. We routinely share important business and brand updates on our Investor Relations website, Newsroom and social channels. Learn more at www.hasbro.com, and follow us on Twitter (@Hasbro) and Instagram (@Hasbro).

About BOOM! Studios BOOM! Studios was founded by Ross Richie in 2005 with the singular focus of creating world-class comic book and graphic novel storytelling for all audiences. Through the development of four distinct imprints—BOOM! Studios, BOOM! Box, KaBOOM!, and Archaia—BOOM! has produced award-winning original work, including Lumberjanes, Once & Future, Something is Killing The Children, Giant Days, and Mouse Guard, while also breaking new ground with established licenses such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Firefly, WWE, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Cartoon Network, and The Jim Henson Company properties. BOOM! will also bring their original series to life through unique first-look relationships with 20th Century for film and with Netflix for TV. Please visit www.boom-studios.com for more information.

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