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http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/01/05/dc-comics-makes-legal-move-over-mark-millars-nemesis/

This doesn't sound like good news. Is DC going to start cock blocking every creator that mentions the name Superman, or Batman in a sentence? What about Marvel? How far will this censorship go?

I mean I don't want to come out with a creator owned title, and say it's Batman inspired only for DC to crush me like a grape. It's an abuse of power.

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http://mle4.wordpress.com/

I'll be posting my very own HULK series on this wordpress blog. I might even post some other projects. My other works I'll keep on fanfiction.net

Take a look, comment, and enjoy!

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SHERLOCK HOLMES – CONSULTING DETECTIVE Vol. Two.

THE GREAT DETECTIVE IS BOX-OFFICE GOLD!

Following the overwhelming success of Sherlock Holmes-Consulting Detective Vol.One, Airship 27 Productions and Cornerstone Book Publishers are thrilled to offer mystery fans this brand new anthology of mystery adventures. Once again, Holmes and Watson challenge the criminal forces that threaten Victorian England at every turn.

Arriving in the midst of the media phenomenon that is the new record breaking movie, “Sherlock Holmes”, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, this new collection is the perfect treasure for movie-goers eager to get their hands on more Holmes and Watson adventures. As this iconic character’s exploits again take hold of the public’s imagination, new and old fans alike will be pleased to find this volume of all new stories.

A twisted scientist plots to alter the course of human evolution while another dreams of creating the world’s first mechanical thinking machine. A body is found in a secured bank vault and modern day pirates have begun harassing Her Majesty’s Royal Navy. Here are five new mysteries that will test the Great Detective’s uncanny talents of observation and the courage of his loyal companion.

Writers Bernadette Johnson, Joshua Reynolds, I.A. Watson and Andrew Salmon have delivered another compilation of fast paced, old fashioned tales guaranteed to warm the blood of the most ardent Holmes enthusiast. Sit back, dim the lights, and prepare yourself for the chase. Once more, the game is afoot!

This new volume features a stunning cover by artist Ingrid Hardy and black and white interior illustrations by the book’s designer, artist Rob Davis. Edited by Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor, Ron Fortier. Sherlock Holmes – Consulting Detective Vol.Two is another quality addition to the company’s list of action/adventure pulp titles.
Airship 27Productions; Pulp Fiction for a New Generation!

ISBN: 1-934935-64-6
ISBN 13: 978- 1-934935-64-4
Produced by Airship 27
Published by Cornerstone Book Publishers

Release date: 01/08/2010
Retail Price: $21.95

Current Location: Brooklyn, NY
Current Mood: aggravated
Current Music: Jay-Z: "D.O.A."

In a recent interview on his PBS show, Charlie Rose called Jeff Bridges "The Most Underappreciated Actor In America" Now, I'm not disagreeing with him at all but I'd say that Dennis Quaid and Kurt Russell could also lay claim to that title.

Current Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Current Music: Fabolous f/The Dream: "Throw It In The Bag"

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I've posted my Nightwing issues up to date, and divided them up into their separate arcs.

Enjoy :)

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'Perfect' is a word I don't like to sling around, especially when it comes to movies. But RONIN comes close to being a perfect action espionage thriller.

Judging from the lack of chatter I take it no one was particularly impressed by Syfy's recent ALICE?

Just found out that my recent breathing problems is a result of a severe iron deficiency (which is doctor-ese for plain ol' anemia) which is a relief, believe it or not since I was fearing it was dat pesky ol' embolism actin' up again.

I liked Jolene Blalock more in the two hours of STARSHIP TROOPERS 3 than I did in the whole five years of ENTERPRISE.

I’ve been having some weird dreams lately. In one of them I co-starred in a 70’s style cop show with Colin Farrell and D.M.C. of Run-D.M.C. where we worked undercover in Hell’s Kitchen. And if that wasn’t bizarre enough, Nicole Sullivan was our boss. In the other dream, Patricia was mad at me about something and to get her to talk to me I got my neighbors to sing “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” on our street. Pretty elaborate dream that one, with costumes and everything.

Who’s the better actor: Nicholas Cage or Val Kilmer?

Current Location: Brooklyn, NY
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I'm at a counter at logan airport trying to go to Minneapolis. The computer believes that British Airways gave me a paper ticket when I went from London to Boston last week. Just missed my flight home, and I may have to buy a new ticket. And I am blogging this because there is nothing else I can do, while a helpful lady works hard to try to get me home in the face of a ticket that now exists only in theory. It's my nightmare of paperless ticketing finally come true. Ah well. The ladies are funny and helpful and have Boston accents, and the worst that will happen is I buy a new ticket, get home too late to watch Dr Who with Maddy, and spend the rest of my life convinced that FlyBe and British Airways should not be allowed to run anything as difficult as an actual airline with tickets and people and planes.

Finished with Captain America #7, and so ends my involvement with Marvel Anthology.

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I have been asked, re-asked, and even confronted on why I read Brian Bendis and Frank Miller's work? They say their work is dark, oppressive, and crushes the joyous memories of their youth. That -- in a single stroke, they sucked the fun out of comics.

My answer is always the same. I didn't follow the books faithfully like other readers did, as I could never afford to. And at the time I was consumed by the darkness of depression, and the brief enjoyments I ever had were brought by Nintendo, Super Nintendo, PlayStation, N64, PlayStation 2. And the movies like the Lethal Weapons, etc. Oh, I liked the characters sure enough, but I just could never get into the stories. Not at that age.

It wasn't until my experience with Alt-marvel that flipped the switch that got me to go back, and do intense research on the characters, explore runs to get an insight on what runs/creators defined them. Ultimately leading me to pick out Chris Claremont and John Byrne for Uncanny X-Men, but I grew more drawn to Byrne's work. His sense of invoking mood through single expressions, and making a show of everything. Then, I become intensely involved in Frank Miller's work for his psycho-analytical focus on Matt Murdock's reasons for being Daredevil -- how his tragedies defined him, and his relationships. How he tends to be too optimistic in a world of grey highlights, of dark, rat infested streets.

I followed Miller to Batman Year One where he filled in the original origin, and added nuance, and defined Batman's mission as one not of vengeance, but of guilt. Of creating a world that doesn't need a Batman. Where no child would have to suffer the same fate as Bruce Wayne did.

Reading their works, and then Bendis' work which explored the moments often skipped by a majority of comic writers; the quieter, character moments. I realized had not only found inspiration for my writings, but idols with whom I could could aspire to be like.

A long answer for a short question, I know.

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Episode Seventy-Two: TRANSPORTING MR. ROMERO


It started out as a simple episode examining the career of George Romero by looking at some non-zombie movies in his canon. But before it's done, the Boys Outta Brooklyn will find themselves engaging in the first--and maybe last--edition of Better In The Dark Fight Night, featuring a selection of action movie stars...and Tom Savini. Plus Derrick tells us why Wes Craven deserves a daily kick in the ass, Tom has fun with public domain blaxploitation films, and gratuitous Kristen Bell (It wouldn't be an episode without gratuitous Kristen Bell, right?). This is one of the weirdest--and maybe funniest--episodes in the podcast's history, so get to clicking!


BETTER IN THE DARK
Two Guys Outta Brooklyn Talk Movies

DJ COMICS CAVALCADE
Silver Age Comics Through Modern Eyes

Join us now at www.earth-2.net!

And don't forget to join Tom and Michael Bailey as they provide play-by-play commentary of BLACKEST NIGHT every month in Views From Sector 666 at http://fortressofbaileytude.com/viewsfromthelongbox/

Given how bad ASM has been since BND has started, I imagine the event will involve Norman leading Spidey's enemies out to kill his loved ones (an often repeated plot), and as MJ is getting married to her new lover, the enemies attack, and MJ bites it ala Gwen.

Insert badly orchestrated melodrama, and a lame ending. Then it's off for more swinger action as Spider-Loser scores more bi-polar chicks who are only interested in adrenaline thrills, and not a relationship.

Makes you miss the days when Spider-Man was full of good stories about the conflict of his personal life, and his activities as a vigilante.

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http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2010/01/statuesque.html

Hello all,

Well, as I type this update 'Holiday Hell' is officially over with the changing of the year and decade. Welcome to 2010, as JLU: 2001 continues its own Odyssey through the pages of DC Comicbook Fanfiction!

Read on...

First...

Nightwing makes his move, returning to the fray. To save his secret identity, he must take on Dudley Soames and the corruption in Blüdhaven. But will his next step be his last?

Nightwing #25: 'Hostile Takeover' by Mick Edwards

http://www.carnaj.com/JLU2001/Nightwing/NW25.html

Next...

The fates of two universes hang in the balance as the BIG CRUNCH looms. On Earth 1, with the JLA scattered about Earth, Heaven and Hell, Oracle calls on the world's heroes to hold things together, while on Earth 2, Zard's Utopia is threatened by Infinity Inc. and the White Martians. And in the middle- Krona! Light thickens as Blackest Night continues...

JLA #53: 'Awakening to the Dark' by Mark Anderson & Curt Fernlund

http://www.carnaj.com/JLU2001/jla/JLA53.html

And then in WILDSTORM...

Tao and his Prodigals come ever closer to realizing the criminal mastermind's grand scheme. Just what that might be, Holden Carver keeps asking himself. How does the Sleeper fit into the puzzle?

Sleeper Epilogue: #03 'The Endless Cycle of Pain' by Jae Lizhini

http://www.carnaj.com/wildstorm/sleeper03.html

Then...

Gammora's a strange place. But not so strange that a loving father can't spend some quality time with his son. But just what does that have to do with Cole Cash and a lovely lady named Rocky?

Worldstorm #01: 'Backpocket Thalamus' by Matthew Pierce

http://www.carnaj.com/wildstorm/worldstorm01.html

Next...

Representing Majestic #1 as part of the Worldstorm! Majestic investigates a ship come to call on Earth. Just what will he find within? Will he be able to confront both truth and fiction , or will he simply contemplate the sun?

Worldstorm #02: 'Schrodinger's Superhero' by Ed Ainsworth

http://www.carnaj.com/wildstorm/worldstorm02.html

Finally...

Check out the great new site design of WILDSTORM as envisioned by Erik Fromme, new co-EIC of the branch. It looks Mahhhvelous!

http://www.carnaj.com/wildstorm/index.html


In an effort to support the Heroes Fanfic Community as a whole and to promote the many underrated DC Websites out there, which get sometimes overwhelmed in the flood of Mutants and Gamma-spawned monstrosities, JLU: 2001, DC Anthology, DCInfinity, DC Legends and Faux DC have banded together to offer an alternative. Check out all the great Fanfic set in a DC Universe! Links at Left...

Now...

Go! Read! Enjoy!

JLU: 2001, Vertigo: Subculture and Wildstorm are always taking proposals, so if you have a desire to come over to the other side send us your ideas.

And remember, if you like what you see, let us know. Our writers try really hard to give everyone some entertainment, so if you like a story- or even if you don't- drop 'em a line, write a review or just let them know that you read it...

And Happy Holidays from all of us here at JLU: 2001!

Thanks...

Curt F
EIC
JLU: 2001/
Wildstorm/
Vertigo: Subculture

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MISTER FANTASTIC: Reed Richards is the idealized science type, naive, intelligent beyond most of his peers, and quite adaptable. His most fatal flaw is his lack of common sense. Too many times he takes actions without looking, or thinking through the consequences. Something he scolds Johnny for. While he serves as the father figure, he is often a father figure who reflects aspects of the family. Like Ben, he enjoys the aspects of adventure. Like Johnny, he enjoys working with his hands, and like Sue, he likes to be in charge, and act as a paternal figure to his fellow teammates.

His rivalry with Doctor Doom is a facet of science versus nature, and as such he finds himself competing to prove that science is a cure all to any problem. Often he succeeds, but he also has his share of losses.

Doom's excellent grasp of sorcery and ability to blend it with science makes him a great contender for Reed's intellect, but Doom's narcissism, and ego can blot out his effectiveness in removing the elastic leader of the Fantastic Four from his goals. This rivalry is a classical archetype – ever lasting the genre.

As head of the family, Reed functions as the centerpiece giving the team a legitimacy to the term imaginauts and explorers.

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Working on a comic script I had set aside sometime ago. I had gotten 195 words done on Cap #7 yesterday before having to rush out the door. After I get some work done on the script, I might lie down for a bit to see if I have any lingering sleepiness to wring out.

Oh, and least I forget -- make sure to check out JLU's first of 2010 release when it is put up :D

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