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Sunday August 07th 2011, 7:46 pmWell, things have been moving along on Batwoman. Which is good since its right around the corner for its release next month. Art on it has been some tough going, but worth it, and I think we’ll have most of the fifth issue of the first arc wrapped by launch date, or pretty close to that. Been working on various scripts, Batwoman, and another unrelated thing. Starting work on scripting for issue 10 in the next couple weeks.
Reading lately has been some random things, a little old school comics stuff, and a newish Image book…
Dark Shadows-Hermes Press (a collection of the old comics from around the time the TV Show was on way back a few decades). Some fun wacky stuff, vampires, witches, werwolves, ghosts, and even time travel. Enjoyed it a lot. I’ll have to pick up the rest of the volumes.
The Atomic Knights- DC (another collection of old school comics). Impeccably illustrated by Murphy Anderson. This has some really bizarre stuff going in here, men (and one woman) in old medieval suits of armor, running around in a 1986-2000 post apocalyptic world, driving hotrods, shooting ray-guns, fighting monsters of all sorts, and fascists. Hell, there is even telepathic waking plants to be seen!! It reads a bit stiffly like a lot of the old comics do but I couldn’t help find it charming, in its willingness to go to some far out imaginative ideas. Whence you immerse yourself into the kookier mentality of it all, the old school style of writing, actually compliments the feel of it all.
Fractured Fables-Image Comics (a new collection of some very fine short stories). It has a plethora of very talented people working in a wide variety genres and styles centered around old and new fable ideas. So it has a nice fresh and playful quality to the whole thing. Very enjoyable.
On The Tube…
Been watching on BBC America a show called Outcasts. It’s a slow burn type show, with lots of character building. It essentially is about the last vestiges of humanity having colonized an Earth like planet, that of course has some mysteries to it, but you have to be patient on the speed of the reveals. It seems to be leading to a revelation of some kind. I like it enough to stick with it, slow burn shows can really pay off if you have the patience to see where they’re headed.
Breaking Bad this season has been a slow burn as well, but still as gripping as ever. The first episode of the new season is pretty damn disturbing. This show remains one of the most brilliant things on TV.
Recent Music…
Prick
David J
Daniel Ash
The Black Belles
Bauhaus
Adele
David Bowie
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Paul Weller
Faith and The Muse
Deirdre
Monster Magnet
Drive By Truckers
Placebo
Morphine
Explosions In The Sky
LCD Soundsystem
Marissa Nadler
Wanda Jackson
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Hey there Nicholas
Yes, we did have to alter a couple things, but very minor tweaks. So nothing that affects the direction of where we wanted to take the stories.
adele+explosions in the sky and LCD Soundsystem. nice. i love your taste in music. i would check out blalocks indie rock playlist for an incredible and incredibly long, free playlist every month. best stuff to listen to while drawing
Comment by spencer 08.12.11 @ 12:20 amLeave a Comment
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I’m curious; have you had to change/tweak anything in your story thus far due to any of the DCnU revamps?
Comment by Nicholas 08.08.11 @ 9:57 am