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Pretty good. I wrote a similar but less in depth paper when I was in college on the same thing, siting modern mythology. Are you mentioning how both myth and comics change over time, as the people who tell the story change?

It's kind of a slick marketing tool, hyping the damn PPV.

The Raven figure eerily reminds me of Disco Inferno for some reason.

It's starting to grow on me. Lyrics are better than some of the more recent Weezer stuff, but the music is awful.

I think it would be best with one for each round.

Snyder wound up fighting with Stackhouse after the Jazz/Mavs game. Finally someone showing some toughness in Utah!

Hahaha. That would be funny if it was revealed that Max was indeed just trying to cripple him. But fucked up.

Thats pretty cool for Mastodon. Although I have no clue where they get the black metal influence in Lamb of God.

That is totally fucked up but would be kinda ironic at the same time.

Although I'd like to see him hang around for another year, he really seems content on retiring this season regardless what happens. Spurs just signed Glenn Robinson. They have just doomed themselves.

I'd reccommend it. It's not like it's the greatest Bats story ever, but Lee's art is great as usual and Loeb's story reads like a summer blockbluster movie...lots of characters and mayhem. He does a good job at getting everyone involved in the story.

Fear not about the All-Star/DCU crossovers. It allows for Hypertime, say if someone writes a really good All-Star story for it to be tansported over to the main character.

The Kingdom, not Kingdom Come, and it was the moron Waid's idea. Now why would you say Waid is a moron? Kingdom Come was great. His run on Fantastic Four was propably the best in ages. Hypertime may cause some headaches, but its how they fixed all the Hawkman problems of the past. And it really helps characterization, post-Crisis. Technically, there is no reason Green Arrow and Green Lantern should be friends. But via hypertime, the classic O'Neil/Adams run is still valid. They still went cross country together and Speedy still became a junkie. In short, all hypertime does is allows writers to allude to old events in DC history. I really don't have a problem with that.

The corresponding Velocity for those shows was just a recap.

Spectre is kind of now floating around, but weaker/dumber. That's why Eclipso convinces it to team up with him in the magic/spirit related miniseries (I can't remember it's name for the life of me).

It would make sense, but it so doesn't fit his character.

Hmmm...that makes ense. The big plans for Beetle could be gaining powers, via the scarab or the Spectre (where it is in canon that it has to be attatched to a human soul/host).

I don't think Tim is going to become Blue Beetle. I think he's not necessarily done yet, as they really went out of there way to develop his character. The Scarab that was last sean with Shazam or Booster will have to do something with his return.

I will say that Countdown was the best written Blue Beetle story in propably the last ten years. I do agree that they must all hate Giffen/JMD.

Could you put up a moveset for Mikey Whipwreck? Thanks

I'm not sure if I'm going to buy the individual issues or wait for the trades. DC doesn't reprint TPBs as quickly as Marvel, which kind of sucks. I'm definitely picking up the issues of the OMAC series, as I'm a fan of Rucka. The others I'll definitely wait for the TPBs. I'll propably wind up picking up the individual issues of Infinite Crisis once it starts. Regardless what format you wind up reading the story in, just pick up a copy of Countdown...80 pages for $1. You can't beat that.

With all this hype for the preview, and the 4-5 things to follow, I really can't wait for Infinite Crisis. I haven't been this amped for a story in a long time.

I'll definitely be checking out both of those Sixers games. Houston/SA should be fun.

from newsarama.com Announced at today’s “Beyond the DC Universe” panel at WizardWorld LA was the next addition to DC’s very successful “Absolute” line this fall: Absolute Watchmen. The new edition of the classic Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons story is currently being adapted to the larger, “Absolute” format and recolored by original colorist John Higgins. The edition is being produced with the blessing of Alan Moore. The edition will run 464 pages (and will also double as a blunt object if need be), and will be a complete reprinting not of the original series as published by DC, but of the Graphitti edition, a collection published by Graphitti in the late ‘80s that included 48 pages of extra material. Speaking of the artist, we spoke with Gibbons briefly about the forthcoming collection. As many already confess to be, Gibbons is also a fan of the publisher’s “Absolute” format, and was thrilled when he learned that DC wanted top present Watchmen in this manner. “As an artist, I love the Absolute books,” Gibbons said. “The pages have much more impact at the large size and the production values are first rate. In fact, many of the foreign editions of Watchmen were done at this larger, album size, so I have a really good idea of how it will look already. “The Absolute volume also gives us the chance to digitally remaster the coloring and correct a few mistakes that have always bugged us. We're not going to redraw or change the look of the book in any way; we'll just bring it closer to what we had in mind all those years ago. ”The coloring is being exactly reproduced from the regular edition, then original colorist John Higgins is tweaking the digital files before sending them to me for final approval. Back in the day, John lived a few miles away from me and would bring color guides over to discuss with me. Today, he lives a few miles from DC and is in close contact with them on technical matters, whilst thanks to the wonders of technology; I get daily pages for approval. ”Everything is looking really good, crisper and more vibrant than ever and it's great to be working with John again.” Gibbons won’t be adding any new material for the upcoming edition, but he will be designing the package, giving it an authentic feel. “The material that has only so far appeared in the Graphitti hardcover edition will include many sketches, designs, the original pitch, script pages and an ‘outro’ by Alan and I. Most of the readers won't have seen this before.” As the 2004 Bookscan numbers attested (and agreed with years before), despite closing in on twenty years old, the collected edition of the 12-issue series continues to be a best seller for DC, and to the continual surprise of Gibbons. “All we ever set out to do was a comic book we'd like to read,” the artist said. “It's gratifying to see that others continue to do so. “I think it's become one of those books that are recommended reading for people just getting in to comics. The fact that it's self-contained is a bonus, since no previous knowledge of continuity is required and it has a clear resolution.” And of course, as part of that, Watchmen, to this day, continues generating revenue for its creators. Or, as Gibbons puts it: “It keeps selling, so we keep getting checks!” For the foreseeable future, Absolute Watchmen will be Gibbons’ only involvement with the property, as he has nothing to do with the currently in-production film based on the comic. “I have no involvement, although it's being made close by in England. I'd be interested to see what they're doing but I don't know that they'd want me hanging around making suggestions any more than I'd have the time to do so!” -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I think this is freaking awesome. I don't actually own a copy of it, but I'll definitely check out this edition. Although I do fear the recoloring. Sometimes when they do it, it doesn't turn out right. Someone on Newsarama's board mentioned the DC Neal Adams Batman book, and that is a perfect example of why you shouldn't.

And AK-47 just broke his hand in two places after a collision with Kwame Brown. I just felt a little piece inside of me die.