Nerds in Babeland have recently teamed up with nerdbastards in our quest to promote comic book/graphic novel reading of all ways/shapes/forms/whathaveyou. I’ll be writing a weekly list of the top monthlies/graphic novels of the week every Wednesday and then sharing a small portion of that here (with a link, of course, to lead you back THERE). Special thanks to Curate.Us for the ability to show a lil image of the page on this site that will ultimately lead you to THAT site (complicated terminology here).
This week brought some big news from both Marvel & DC. First off, DC announced that JMS (J. Michael Straczynski) will be ending his run on “Superman” and “Wonder Woman” halfway through his current arcs on both series. This brought a lot of complaints from fans, in particular a lot of comments on JMS’s apparent stand on graphic novels versus monthlies. CBR posted an interview with Straczynski shortly after the announcement where he tries to explain where he is coming from. What upsets me personally about this whole thing is that this was suppose to be the “reboot” of sorts for Wonder Woman, a DC character that seems to keep getting the short end of the stick. You can find an excellent write-up about her situation (and a possible) solution at DC Women Kicking Ass here.
On the other side of the aisle (so to speak) we have the announcement from Marvel that there would be no more “Thor: The Mighty Avenger.” Kind of depressing given there is that major hopeful-blockbuster movie coming out soon that I imagine could have helped the comic series but, whatever. Not a whole lot has been said yet but Joe Quesada did tweet (yes, I’m quoting a tweet): “Sorry about the TMA cancellation folks. For the record, I don’t make those decisions. That said, it’s a great and maybe back again someday.” Well then. It was a great book and will be severely missed after issue #8 is released in January. (Check out the rest by clicking below)
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