A decade after the first issue was released upon an unsuspecting populace, Little Gloomy/The Super Scary Monster Show is coming back in a new form : "Timoon Animation and director Chris Columbus’ 1492 Pictures have teamed up to produce the $7 million animated series Scary Larry, Variety reports." Any long time readers will note that there are some structural and visual differences between the show and the comic. The majority (but certainly not all) of these were implemented by Eric and myself when re-imagining Gloomy for the world of television. Gloomy as a comic character was always in a state of redevelopment. Much of what can be seen in this teaser preview represents what might have been a third comic series, had we had the time and inclination to publish a third series. For any non-long time readers, here's some examples of the evolution of Gloomy: Originally designed for a anthology comic series edited by Scott Morse that never materialized, Gloomy and friend...
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Here's a preview of the final issue of the "Truth and Consequences" arc of the Incredibles. It's basically 22 pages of a giant monkey beating up a giant robot. The book will be out in stores this Wednesday.
Greg Burgas at CBR reviews the new (and our last) issue of Batman: the Brave and the Bold: "I don’t wish to alarm you, but this issue might just be the best single issue of the year when it’s all said and done. I wish I were a tool like those thieves at scans_daily, because then I would just scan every single page of this issue and let you read it yourself. I will say this – not one page goes by without at least two awesome things happening on it." Read the rest of the review here :
Today is my wife's birthday. But I didn't get to see her. Instead it was kind of a general bad news day. But the nice thing about hitting bottom is that things can only go up. On that note: It's time for a donut waterfall. This drawing is really the fault of Sterling Gates, who made an off hand comment on Twitter and then Eric Jones ran with it and drew the thing. And yes, that is me drowning on the torrent of donuts.
At the end of the new issue of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, there's a quick bit of dialog between Batman and Green Lantern (Hal) where I inadvertently swiped a bit of Peter David 's from the Hulk. I wish I had caught it sooner (much, much sooner). But that's how it goes sometimes. Anyway, it's not a part that is important to the story, just a clever throwaway device that helps explain a potential logical gap. But it was Peter's cleverness, not mine. For anyone wondering, the original scene in question transpired in (I think) The Hulk #375 . Please check it out. I'm just glad I caught it before anyone else did and pointed it out. Because then I would feel doubly foolish.
Chad Nevett at CBR reviews the newest issue of The Incredibles: "The Incredibles" is, quite simply, one of the best superhero books on the stands. Is it a cliché and a little lazy to say that sort of thing? Perhaps, but it doesn’t make it any less true. Each issue is full of energy, excitement, fun, and the sort of superhero stories that any fan of the genre will love. This week’s issue is no exception, featuring the beginning of the payoff to long-running subplot surrounding the Incredibles’ villains, more giant robots than you’d expect, and some funny rants by the Underminer. Read the rest of the review here :
Apparently, I have two new comics out today. My last issue of Batman: The Brave and the Bold (#21) and issue 14 of The Incredibles. This issue of Batman was actually one of the earliest I wrote, and was originally supposed to come out in January. But it was bumped back repeatedly for a variety of reasons. It's not really the issue I would have chosen to exit on, as I had a loose pattern to story type I was following. Some issues were meant to be sillier than others, and this one is certainly a bit silly. I'm still very happy with it, but just not my first choice to exit on. That said, it introduces some new villains. Mostly, Eric and I stuck to using existing characters. This one we decided to create some of our own. This issue comes out a almost exactly a year to the day from when the first issue I wrote came out. I kind of like that. Anyway, here's the covers for the two new books: I love it when I have two books out on the same day.