Hack/Slash Suicide Girls Annual (although not with the cover I want), Hack/Slash #14, Final Crisis #3, Patsy Walker: Hellcat #2, Grimm Fairy Tales #27, and Venom: Dark Origin #1

There was also quite a bit that showed up in the mail too.  I love eBay and their cheap prices on all things:

In that stack, aside from this and last week's comics are:  Spider-Man: Torment graphic novel, Hulk: Ground Zero graphic novel, WWE Magazine September 2008, Masters of American Comics, Hyper Police vol.1, and various handouts, flyers, and promos.

With next Wednesday fast approaching, and two pay per views plus a WWE house show before them, I need to attack the stack.  Stay tuned for more reviews.

Last week's quest for comics was a long one.  Up until this point I was content to read what I could get my hands on by various means.  I haven't had a pull box in years, and didn't feel lacking for one.  I bought Previews and Wizard every month though, just to stay fresh on a multitude of titles.  I travel to the comic store that is further away from my house, but usually has what I'm looking for.  While I'm more loyal to another store, I want what I wanted and I wanted it now.  I pick the cover of Wizard that I want, out of the three available...

I hate movie covers (well, unless its a sexy one - which the Wolverine one was not) and I don't know that I've ever read more than five issues of Witchblade/Darkness/etc in my life.  Not that I'm not willing to, I just don't care for the cover hyping something I'm not reading.

There's a lot of news that was "revealed" at SDCC in here.  Quick printing?  Or expertly timed release dates?  An Image reunion, and a Marvel Knights reunion in the same issue.  Late shipping jokes ahoy!  Seriously, I love his work, but why does Kevin Smith keep agreeing to do things when he never gets them done on time?  And if you've ever read his "Boring-Ass Life" blog, you would get the impression that he has plenty of time on his hands.

However, this was the only book I could find.  When I asked for Previews they were already sold out!  By Wednesday afternoon.  I know of stores that give them away to each customer who buys comics weekly.  This store received three.  I become even more frustrated when I try to see what new comics have been released, and I can't find anything from letters A to D.  At a loss, my eyes wander to areas that no logical person would search for comics.  But they must be here!  I look behind other books, on the floor, behind the desk, dangling from the ceiling...  Oh you've got to be kidding me.  For reasons I'll assume are related to space issues, comics starting with the letters A through D are on a shelf dangling from the ceiling.  And in front of that is another shelf with an extensive line of DC Direct action figures.  I'm 6 foot 1 and even I had trouble seeing anything up there.  "Excuse me, shop keep.  I would like to look at a copy of Batman R.I.P. - you know, a hot selling title - could you remove your Superman Red Son figure out of the way so I can purchase it?

Defeated, I walk to the other comic store in town.  Closer to my house, but very odd.  Afternoon hours only, piles upon piles of unsold merchandise - still priced at original cover.  Really.  If you want a Previews from 2000 for $4, its there.

But I wanted a copy of Previews from today.  And it was there.  When I told him (the shop owner) how defeated I was with the other store, he puts one copy of everything that came out that day on the counter and tells me to pick what I was looking for.  It was an off week, with little to interest me, but that one gesture sold me.  I bought a couple of books and started a new pull box.

Bought the new Previews (and Marvel supplement) as well, but that will take me a week or so to work my way through.  Yeah, it's just a catalog but it may be the best book for your money every month.

Single issues saw...

Skaar, Son of Hulk #2, Teen Titans #61, and Wolverine #67 (Old Man Logan Part 2).  Not a lot to be excited about, but it was a 5th week with the two big magazines as well.  I'll read them and post more thorough reviews later.  But the excitement of the day was the dollar bin...

Who's Who Update '88 #1 (to brush up on my DC Universe), Reload #1, Femforce Upclose #1, the Avengers #221, and Captain America Vol.3 #6 - with a Skrull!!!

Skrull Invasion issue from 1998!  Does this tie into anything going on with Secret Invasion?  I don't know yet, I haven't read it.

That's it for this week.  Reviews coming soon.  Tune in every week for the adventures at the comic shop.

Overall rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

My original plan for today was to provide a link to my review on WCBR, but seeing as how the editors haven’t published it yet (hopefully tomorrow!), I just summarize quickly by saying it was awesome! (What more do you expect from this runaway hit?) As a quick side note, I’m going out of town tomorrow afternoon, so if the review is up before then, I’ll provide a link, otherwise I’ll have to put it up when I get back on Monday. Either way, just check back here or at WCBR for the review.

And for now, here are some quick spoilers: Tony puts a tracking virus in components of his armor and then sells them to the black market, hoping Zeke will find them, and provide his location when he activates them. Pepper continues to recover, but wants the EM device out of her chest ASAP because she doesn’t want to be a “walking bomb.” Tony informs her that her device never contained weapon potential. Zeke plans to destroy Stark Industries' four most crucial buildings.

-LOTRKing

I haven't read through all of it, because I'm being very delicate with it. Transporting it home in carry-on luggage was bad enough, but I don't have anyplace decent enough to store it yet, or a good area of my house to fully absorb it in. It's big--roughly full tabloid size, give or take. It's about 12 inches wide by 14 inches high, which opens to a spread of about 24"x14"--a big book no matter what, and one that's filled with delicate and slowly aging comic book paper stock. It's actually in great shape, very good but not quite near mint. I paid eleven dollars for the thing, marked down on "Sunday" discount (heh!) from about fifteen, and apparently Mile High Comics charges just over $100 bucks for the thing. This is why it pays to buy comics at a convention.

However, last night I found this article by John Alexander which appeared in TwoMorrows' Jack Kirby Collector. It touches on a lot of the problematic aspects of Kirby's adaptation. The primary problem is that Kubrick's film doesn't lend itself to this type of adaptation--Arthur Clarke's book is a sort of parallel work, and Clarke was notoriously against tie-in fiction, so that work stands on its own merits.

In all three versions of 2001--Kubrick's film, Clarke's novel and Kirby's comic-- we have a primary auteur who approaches the same storyline and concepts in different ways. All three are known for being big thinkers, undoubtedly among the most respected artisans of their respective fields. In Clarke's case, the story is approached on scientific terms. Clarke preferred reasonable explanations, but his grasp of scientific knowledge was so enormous that this allowed him to have dreams that were at the same time big and plausible.

Kubrick of course isn't interested in science, but rather in doing what I think great filmmakers do--understanding and crafting good drama in order to create an aesthetic visual experience. When Kubrick avoided discussing the meaningfulness in the very confounding ending to 2001, I'm inclined to believe that it was in some part for the reason that Kubrick didn't really have explanations for the jarring things that happen in the film. That's not because Kubrick hadn't thought things through, of course, but that having realistic interpretive answers for what happens isn't something that is necessary to provide as an artist.

Kirby, of course, was somewhat as realistic as Clarke, but not as inclined towards science. Nor was he as committed to the artistic ambiguity that Kubrick offered in the film. Instead, Kirby is both concrete and pragmatic in his approach to adapting 2001. Kirby's use of captions moderately mutes the visual impact that could have been achieved along the lines of Kubrick's film, and offers straightforward interpretations of the material that could arguably be wrong. Kirby interprets the creation of the film's "Star-Child" (referred to in the Marvel Treasury adaptation as "New One," and in the series as "The New Seed") in almost dreadful, comic-booky literalness, as if he had to formulate exactly what was happening on the fly, to answer for Kubrick's jarringly ambiguous contrast of dying old man to fetal human life.

Moreover, as Alexander points out, Kirby's telescoping of the plot areas centering on the crew of the Discovery leading up to the breakdown of HAL-9000 destroy the careful plotting that Kubrick creates in leading up to the film's climax. Kubrick wanted us to visually absorb the tedium of life aboard a long-term spaceflight, and we are almost never informed of the normal state of affairs that makes the breakdown of HAL so particularly shocking.

There are numerous other problems to be found in Kirby's work here, the least of which include:

• Repeatedly drawing spacecraft incorrectly, such as drawing the NASA Space Shuttle in as a surrogate for the sophisticated Pan-Am spaceliner in the second act of the film, or drawing the Discovery off-model in some other areas. This can be excused for the fact that there is little source material to go by for referencing, but it's still frustrating to see.
• Botching plot points, such as Bowman's helmet-less crossing of space into the Discovery's emergency airlock, which Kirby illustrates with a helmeted (and presumably entirely safe) Dave Bowman. Or, for another example, the death of Frank Poole: in the film, the HAL-controlled space pod severs Poole's air line, and Bowman attempts a rescue mission, only to discover that Poole is dead. In Kirby's version, Poole is killed by being crushed in the pod's claws, and Bowman is never able to retrieve Poole's body.

Otherwise, I generally think that this book is a lot more successful than Alexander gives it credit, although I think a lot of Alexander's points of contention are something I agree with. Alexander criticizes Kirby for not drawing the actual actors' images in the roles they play, but I've never seen Kirby characters with recognizable (human, unmasked) faces. The art appears tight enough for me at the given format, as well, and I don't think the nearly one-to-one ratio compromises the appearance of the work. In fact, this book is chock full of Kirby at some his best art of the 1970s. Even despite the book's problems, it's a fun read by a big thinker, and well worth a look.

Dans l'un de mes précédents articles, j'avais affirmé que l'évènement "Civil War" allait avoir des conséquences catastrophiques chez "Marvel". C'est une chose faite. En effet, c'est dans le numéro "Civil War: épilogue" que nous apprenons la mort fracassante, du plus "vieux" et respecté des "Vengeurs". Un vrai héros, mais aussi, le plus grand patriote de tout les temps. Cet homme est mort... Captain America est mort...

C'est dans le "Marvel Icons#30" aussi appelé "La mort de Captain America", qu'Ed Brubaker nous livre de manière "déchirante", cette fin inédite mais au combien attendue par certains. Car si les héros portent le symbole de légende, ce n'est pas pour autant qu'ils doivent porter celui d'immortel. C'est ce que nous démontre "Marvel" tout au long de ce numéro, et par sa série en trois volumes, "Civil War: extra". Pour un tel évènement et je peux affirmer qu'il a fait du bruit, Marvel décide de se séparer (enfin) de son plus grand héros. Un héros qui n'est toujours pas sorti de la deuxième guerre mondiale et de ses principes héroïques. Des principes que toutes personnes devraient avoir, mais que tout le monde a oublié. Ainsi, Captain America signe la fin d'une génération de héros, la fin d'une idéologie, la fin du rêve américain. Il laisse place à une nouvelle génération. Une génération qui ne connait plus les valeurs d'antan. Les héros d'aujourd'hui ont accepté l'évolution naturelle des choses et celle de leur place dans ce monde. Le recensement de leur identité, et le titre de "chien à la botte de l'état". Voilà ce que cette mort signifie. Une mort qui ne l'est pas en soi, mais qui est un message, un symbole. Une mort qui signifie la fin et le début d'une ère nouvelle...

Ainsi, c'est dans ce numéro que Brubaker nous ré-explique l'histoire de Captain America (brièvement). En effet, c'est au cours de la guerre 40-45, qu'un jeune homme aussi gringalet qu'apeuré, décide de rejoindre l'armé. Aussi robuste qu'un grand-père, "Steve Rogers" est incompris. Cependant, Le docteur "Erskine" a foi en lui et décide de lui proposer d'être son "cobaye". "L'Opération Renaissance" commence... Vous imaginez la suite, Rogers est le premier "Super-Soldat" à naître. Erskine est cependant assassiné sans avoir eu le temps de modifier génétiquement d'autres personnes. Steve Rogers qui deviendra plus tard, Captain America, et le premier Super-Soldat des Etats-Unis. Alors coup de théâtre (ou pas), le but de l'Opération Renaissance avait été échafaudée par le gouvernement américain, pour contrôler la race mutante, les super-héros en somme. Captain America est l'Arme "I"...

Si vous avez lu le "crossover" Civil War, nous apprenons que le groupe de rebelles non-recensés, soulevé par Captain America a été dissout. En effet, aveuglé par son passé et ses convictions révolues, Captain America ne se battait plus pour les citoyens mais pour des droits de super-héros qui n'ont jamais existés. Conscient de son égarement plus pathétique que tardif, notre patriote se remet aux autorités sans broncher. Dans une ultime discussion, les deux leaders respectifs, Iron Man et Cap' sont dans le déni le plus total. Rejetant la faute sur l'autre, les sacrifices, les ravages, les morts et leurs déchirures... Voici une question que tout citoyen avait le droit de se poser... Est-ce que ça en valait la peine? La raison d'être du super-héros a été changée à jamais. La population n'a jamais connu une crise aussi catastrophique. C'est en effet une crise que personne n'a comprise et ne comprendra jamais... Iron Man pensait prévoir les choses en voulant jouer le rôle de Dieu, ironiquement, on ne peut qu'attiser les flemmes de l'enfer. Ainsi, soit en meurt en héros, soit on vit assez longtemps pour devenir le méchant. Captain America vivra cette seconde destinée...

Cependant, Cap' devra répondre de ses actes. Meurtris, certes, la têtes haute, non, mais trahi, oui. Oui, trahi comme lorsqu'un enfant découvre que le Père Noël n'existe pas. Il affronte les dures réalités d'un monde qui a bien changé et qu'il n'a pas vu évoluer. Il est coincé dans son propre passé. En tant que lecteur, nous le trouvons plus pitoyable que jamais. Mais lors de sa descente, Cap' sauve un policier et se prend lui-même la balle. Il est achevé par sa propre fiancé sur son lit d'hôpital ... Trahi par un monde qu'il ne comprend plus, il est aussi trahi par la femme qu'il a aimé. C'est avec cette pensée que Captain America est mort...

Ainsi donc, "Marvel" fait enfin un pas en avant, et accepte que les super-héros ne sont pas éternels. La disparition de Captain est le genre de choses qu'on voudrait voir plus souvent... Nous ne voulons plus de banales comics comme dans les années 90. Mais bien des revues dramatiques, ponctuées de sacrifices intelligents et non pas des décisions prises pour tourner en rond (cf:Spider-man#100, retour au noir). Même si cette critique est élogieuse au premier abord, elle n'est qu'une interprétation du déni de Cap' drainée par mes connaissances en la matière. D'un point de vu purement objectif, l'épisode: "Le rêve est mort" est un échec! En effet, par une telle fin, par une telle annonce, sa mort en 32 pages est bien présomptueuse. Les dialogues sont plats, il n'y a aucune révélation, et on n'arrive pas à plonger dans cette tragédie. L'esprit des "néophytes" ne sera pas marquée et les planches n'y aideront pas. Un volume consacré à cet évènement aurait pu être la catastrophe de Marvel. On sait que ça n'arrivera plus jamais...

En définitif, seuls les lecteurs connaissant un minimum Cap', peuvent ressentir ce qu'il a compris. Il incarne l'archétype d'une personne prisonnière de son passé et de ses idées. La lecture de Civil War et son Extra seront un bon prologue pour la digestion et la compréhension de cette mort... Aussi difficile de prendre place entre un néophyte et le lecteur de Cap', j'adresserai cet avis...

ps: Pour vous décrire l'ampleur de cette décision, le "New York Times" en à même fait un article. Une bibliographie de "The Captain" est lié à ce numéro.

"Le rêve américain n'existe plus et n'existera plus jamais".

Soulanubis le trouve moyen.

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With the success of both Iron Man and Dark Knight, Hollywood is desperate for the next big thing. Growing up as a comic fan I was a fan of Batman but Daredevil was where it was at. While playboy Bruce Wayne fought madmen and monsters Matt Murdock attempted to juggle a normal life as he battled the mobsters and assassins of Hell's Kitchen. Dead girlfriends and a painfully sensitive hearing affliction made Daredevil's life a never-ending drama. The super villains just added a bit of spice.

Like many comic fans I was overjoyed at the news of a Daredevil feature film. Imagine my disappointment when I saw the finished product. The best of intentions went into the movie but in the end it was a mess. Lately I've found myself re-watching Daredevil in a kind of strange fascination... but I fast-forward through almost half of it. The action is quite interesting and the story (in the Director's Cut) is a decent one... but the entire production is marred by bad casting. From Ben Affleck in the title role to scenery-munching Colin Farrel as Bullseye the whole movie is a disaster of bad acting.

Soon after the film's release (a $45,033,454 opening weekend made it Marvel's fifth hit film in a row), stories started about the inevitable sequel... but star Affleck referred to his own performance as an embarrassment.

At this year's San Diego Comic Con, the rumor mill started turning again. Frank Miller and John Statham announced that they would like to work on a Daredevil flick. First Daredevil film director Mark Steven Johnson mentioned that he had deep interest in a sequel featuring Mr. Fear or even an adaption of the classic story 'Born Again.' I'm still doubtful of a Frank Miller production after seeing the Spirit trailer, but Statham certainly has the action chops.

The suspected direction of the hypothetical sequel would fit with the general design of Incredible Hulk which instead of following the events of the first movie attempted to blot out its memory. But Daredevil (say what you will about it) was a blockbuster... should it be forgotten?

While I think there is the possibility of a very good Daredevil movie in the universe I have to ask, does it need to be made?

Homem-Aranha 80

Eddie Brock, o antigo Venom, decide que, para se vingar do Homem-Aranha, deve matar a indefesa May Parker. A estranha e misteriosa Ero faz sua desesperada investida final contra o herói e seus amigos mais próximos. E ainda, a questão da qual o Aranha não tem como fugir: o que um Peter Parker fugitivo e sem recursos precisará fazer para salvar a vida de sua amada tia?
(Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man 22; Sensational Spider-Man 39; Amazing Spider-Man 543; Spider-Man Family 4)

Revista mensal, formato americano, 100 páginas, papel Pisa-brite, R$ 6,90, distribuição nacional

Um dos momentos mais aguardados pelos x-fãs nos últimos tempos: Tempestade está de volta aos X-Men! Mas, enquanto isso, algo de muito sinistro está acontecendo nos antigos túneis dos Morlocks, onde antigos adversários e aliados tramam seus planos nas sombras. Em Novos X-Men, uma estranha aliança pode ser a única esperança dos jovens saírem vivos do Limbo. E ainda: a busca de Hank McCoy o leva até o Alto Evolucionário!
(X-Men 201-202; Uncanny X-Men 487-488; New X-Men 40; X-Factor 21)

A arte de Neal Adams levou o Batman de volta às suas raízes, o crime urbano, colocando-o outra vez nas sombras e reabilitando sua imagem para uma nova geração de fãs.

Agora, pela primeira vez, todo o trabalho de Neal Adams com o Batman – capas e histórias – é reunido cronologicamente. Este primeiro volume, apresentando as contribuições de Adams de 1967 a 1969, mostra o processo de introdução, adaptação e inovação que o jovem artista trouxe para esse lendário combatente do crime.

E, no caminho, Adams também dá a sua interpretação de muitos outros heróis da DC, incluindo Superman, Flash, Aquaman e a Turma Titã, assim como seu personagem e marca registrada, o Desafiador.

No início de sua carreira, o Cavaleiro das Trevas persegue um assassino serial que ataca apenas em feriados. Muitos são os suspeitos, mafiosos intocáveis, vilões fantasiados e pessoas próximas ao herói.

A obra-prima de Jeph Loeb e Tim Sale é agora reunida num único e gigantesco volume de 400 páginas, incluindo entrevistas com os autores da minissérie original, um papo com Christopher Nolan e David Goyer, o diretor e o roteirista do filme Batman: O Cavaleiro das Trevas , um trecho da proposta original de Jeph Loeb para a história, entre outros.

Prepare a sua estante para essa edição muito mais que especial!
Extraído da abertura:
"Para mim, o legado do Batman tem três grandes influências. Batman: Ano Um, o material de Neal Adams e O Longo Dia das Bruxas. Quando Batman: O Cavaleiro das Trevas entrar em cartaz, ficará mais aparente que o O Longo Dia das Bruxas é a nossa maior influência nos dois filmes."
- Christopher Nolan

O Doutor Destino é, sem nenhuma dúvida, o maior de todos os vilões da Marvel Comics. Desde sua criação em 1962 pelas mãos da dupla Stan Lee e Jack Kirby, o temido Victor Von Doom vem aterrorizando e tirando noites de sono dos maiores heróis do planeta – o que não deve ser uma tarefa nada fácil!

Agora você vai conhecer o que levou este singular personagem a trilhar seu caminho rumo à perdição em Universo Marvel Anual 2: Os Livros do Destino. O premiado roteirista Ed Brubaker (Demolidor, Capitão América) e o desenhista Pablo Raimondi (X-Factor) traçam a história do vilão desde seu nascimento entre os ciganos até a conquista de seu reino, a Latvéria. Testemunhe as tragédias, triunfos e fracassos que transformaram uma simples criança no homem mais temido do mundo nessa minissérie repleta de sofrimento, loucura e opressão.

Edição especial, formato americano, 148 páginas, papel Pisa-brite, R$ 14,90, distribuição setorizada.

Bernardo Santana
Assistente Editorial Marvel

Já está nas bancas mais um número de Grandes Astros: Batman e Robin, o Menino-Prodígio, da dupla Jim “não chinês, coreano!” Lee e Frank “maldito Batman” Miller. O nono capítulo da história (que promete ter 12 partes) traz um encontro que os fãs da série estavam esperando: Batman e Lanterna Verde, e sem deixar que o Menino-Prodígio fique só no título. Os últimos embates do Cavaleiro das Trevas com outros super-heróis também não foram lá muito amigáveis… o que podemos esperar deste?

Há quem ame, há quem odeie, mas uma coisa não dá pra negar: a linha Grandes Astros merece uma olhada!

Minissérie, formato americano, 28 páginas, papel LWC, R$ 3,90, distribuição nacional.

Em uma realidade distorcida, na qual os mutantes dominaram praticamente todo o planeta, os heróis que conhecemos viveram suas vidas de maneira muito diferente…

A Panini Comics traz a você agora um pouco mais sobre o perturbador mundo criado durante um dos maiores eventos mutante dos últimos tempos: Dinastia M. Acompanhe o despertar dos Vingadores deste mundo e os sacrifícios exigidos destes humanos que lutam por um mundo que os teme e odeia.

Marvel Especial 8 tem 124 páginas e custa R$ 14,90

A volta da líder das amazonas e mãe da Mulher-Maravilha, Hipólita, é o mote do maior conflito que Washington já enfrentou! Em O Ataque das Amazonas, o exército das companheiras da Mulher-Maravilha atacam o Mundo do Patriarcado dispostas a só saírem de lá com a vitória nas mãos! O evento mudará o status dessas guerreiras no Universo DC e contará com a participação dos principais personagens da editora.

A minissérie será publicada em três edições e também irá relacionar-se com as histórias da Mulher-Maravilha, Supergirl, Novos Titãs e Mulher-Gato. O escritor Will Pfeifer (Mulher-Gato) comanda os roteiros, enquanto o artista Pete Woods (Superman) é o responsável pela arte da minissérie.

O assassinato de Maxwell Lord, bem como as artimanhas da vilã Circe e o desaparecimento de Themyscira, ocorrido no final de Crise Infinita, servem como suporte para a dramática história da guerra das amazonas contra o mundo dos homens. Depois dessa história, Washington nunca mais será a mesma!
Minissérie, formato americano, 52 páginas, papel Pisa-brite, R$ 5,50, distribuição nacional.

Wizmania - Quadrinhos e Entretenimento

A melhor revista sobre quadrinhos do Brasil traz até você os roteiristas responsáveis por uma das maiores sagas da DC: Contagem Regressiva. O time de escritores revela algumas das surpresas desta maxissérie que prepara o terreno para Crise Final.

Também entrevistamos Ángel de la Calle, o autor da sensacional biografia Modotti – Uma Mulher do Século XX.

Nesta edição, a segunda e última parte do Dossiê Homem-Aranha Millennium, com os comentários de Brian Bendis e Mark Bagley, os responsáveis por uma das séries de maior sucesso da linha Millennium.

E trazemos uma matéria especial sobre Groo, o Errante, o personagem criado por Sergio Aragonés que completou recentemente 25 anos desde sua criação.

Como não poderia deixar de ser, o quadrinho nacional também é destaque, com um artigo sobre a ótima O Cabeleira.

E se você acha que isso é pouco, ainda temos um preview da sensacional e sanguinária minissérie Barracuda – que começará a ser publicada em Marvel Max 61 –, trazendo um dos personagens mais bacanas que já surgiu nas aventuras do Justiceiro.

E ainda tem uma excelente matéria sobre a mini que trará o inusitado encontro entre Ash (o astro da cinessérie Uma Noite Alucinante) e os mortos-vivos de Zumbis Marvel!

Revista mensal, formato americano, 84 páginas, papel Pisa-brite, R$ 7,90, distribuição nacional.

Rapidinhas
>>> Fique por dentro do mundo dos quadrinhos no blog da Wizmania: http://web.hotsitepanini.com.br/wizmania/

>>> Mad Especial 2 já está nas bancas! Aproveite e compre duas. Uma pra você, outra pra poder jogar no lixo.

>>> Você já assistiu ao filme do Batman? Corra para o cinema!

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A maior aventura do Universo DC ainda está para se iniciar. Acompanhe Jimmy Olsen, Mary Marvel, Adão Negro, Trapaceiro, Flautista e muitos outros, enquanto Darkseid parece tramar planos que podem culminar com a destruição de tudo e todos. Ao mesmo tempo, seres misteriosos que alegam ser os mantenedores da ordem no multiverso caçam impiedosamente aqueles que eles consideram como anomalias. Foi iniciada a contagem regressiva... para a Crise Final! Edição superespecial com capa tripla! Apresentando também os primeiros capítulos da história do Multiverso! Revista mensal, formato americano, 100 páginas, papel Pisa-brite, R$ 6,90, distribuição nacional.

Marvel Action 19

Enquanto o Demolidor sai para investigar o que levou Melvin Potter a perder o controle, Milla encontra Lily Lucca e tem um ataque de ciúmes que pode arruinar sua vida. O Justiceiro se infiltra no covil dos nazistas e recebe uma inesperada ajuda. E ainda: O Cavaleiro da Lua numa ousada ação para se registrar como super-humano e ainda assim continuar agindo por conta própria. (Daredevil 99; Moon Knight 13; Punisher: War Journal 9-10) Revista mensal, formato americano, 100 páginas, papel Pisa-brite, R$ 6,90, distribuição nacional

Thor venceu a morte e voltou a Midgard, chegou a hora de criar uma nova Asgard! Os Novos Vingadores têm uma viagem repleta de turbulências na volta para Nova York e são vítimas de uma traição anunciada! Capitão América: o resgate de Ossos Cruzados! Miss Marvel tenta se acertar com Aracne! (Thor 2; New Avengers 32; Captain América 29; Ms. Marvel 14) Revista mensal, formato americano, 100 páginas, papel Pisa-brite, R$ 6,90, distribuição nacional.

O Gavião Negro e a Mulher-Gavião terão de enfrentar um grande desafio quando um assassino serial começa a deixar uma pilha de mortos em St. Roch. Carter torna-se o principal suspeito e a dupla alada precisará descobrir a identidade do assassino, mesmo que para isso tenha que burlar as leis... E ainda: Gavião Negro e Eléktron contra uma invasão alienígena! São 148 páginas explosivas pelas mãos de Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Ryan Soon, Joe Bennett, Andy Smith, Mick Gray e Ruy Jose. (Hawkman 28 a 33) Revista especial, formato americano, 100 páginas, papel Pisa-brite, R$ 15,90, distribuição setorizada

Quando o alienígena Abin Sur viu-se às portas da morte iminente em nosso planeta, não teve escolha a não ser ordenar à bateria de seu superpoderoso anel que buscasse um ser sem medo e honrado para substituí-lo como... o Lanterna Verde! E foi assim que se iniciou a saga do mais conhecido portador do anel energético até hoje: o destemido Hal Jordan. No entanto, a saga do anel começou um pouco antes destes eventos históricos. Mais precisamente no ano de 1940, quando dois lendários profissionais da Era de Ouro dos quadrinhos, Martin Nodell (assinando como Mart Dellon à época) e Bill Finger deram forma ao primeiro Lanterna, Alan Scott. Aquela edição da revista All-American Comics, a de número 16, mostrava um herói com características um pouco diferentes do mito mais tarde conhecido mundialmente. Este Lanterna Verde tinha seus poderes graças à magia de sua bateria energética e sua fraqueza não era a cor amarela, e sim qualquer coisa moldada em madeira. Conheça a origem e muitas outras aventuras deste personagem clássico na edição que já se encontra nas bancas. Saiba mais sobre o lançamento em nosso hotsite: http://web.hotsitepanini.com.br/dc70anos/ E prepare-se: a DC vai mudar.

A Sony Pictures pagou para a Marvel Studios um adiantamento de 5 milhões de dólares, relativo à produção de Homem-Aranha 4, filme que tem estréia prevista para maio de 2011.

É possível que a data de estréia do Homem-Aranha 4 conflite com o lançamento de The First Avenger: Captain America, anunciado para 6 de maio de 2011.

Como são filmes em desenvolvimento, o eventual conflito de interesses da Marvel é neste momento hipotético. Maisel comentou o problema, mas disse que o estúdio tem muitas alternativas para mudar a data da película do Capitão América, se necessário.

A Sony está produzindo um filme solo de Venom, também sem nenhuma participação direta da Marvel Studios.

Maisel confirmou que o estúdio está trabalhando intensamente para produzir quatro filmes: Iron Man 2, com distribuição da Paramount Pictures e previsto para 30 de abril de 2010; Thor, anunciado para 4 de junho de 2010; Captain America; e The Avengers, com data de estréia programada para julho de 2011.

In Spidey Super Stories #29 we meet up with Parker and Ms.Marvel taking photographs and reports from the game  on a Baseball field until..

( He is up to no good! )

Peter quickly tells Carol he's going to get popcorn and changed into his Spidey costume and delivers a pun!

( Badum-Pshh! )

Kingpin has some evil masterplan planned out for our good ol' spidey. He has a very Special Ball and he is going to throw it onto the field and make everyone asleep and steel their belongings!

( Come'on you just love saying that! )

But luckily spidey catches it.

(BEAM.BALL )

Carol sees Spidey needs some help and changes in to Wonderwoman and aids spidey with his fight.

Okay here comes the weird part, ready?

Wonder woman beats up Fisk , which tries to escape onto his zeppelin which is like 100 feet in the air , and when Wonder woman grabs him by the collar he cries he's afraid of heights! , not so tough after all.

( So.., what is the primary function of your suit, carol? )

]]> http://therhythmthief.wordpress.com/?p=398 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:57:11 +0000 Magnus http://therhythmthief.wordpress.com/?p=398 Var på bio ikväll. The Dark Knight, en av de mest hypade filmerna på flera år. För ovanlighetens skull kan man inte skylla på ultranördarna, vars pengar spenderas på amerikanska utgåvor av serietidningarna (Batman finns väl inte ens kvar som serietidning i Sverige*?), och vars fritid ägnas åt att samla på små figurer kallade Heroclix (man måste ha alla!). Nej, det är inte de som hypat filmen så mycket som den blivit hypad, även om många ultranördar givetvis ger filmerna högt betyg. Det är de som hypat filmen mest, är de som kanske inte är riktigt lika intresserade av, eller insatta i, DCs universum. De som kanske mest ser superhjältefilmer som ett tidsfördriv (medans andra ser det som sitt kall). De som låter känslorna styra för mycket. Känslor är bra, men kan man inte skilja saker åt, är det bara tragiskt. (Jag hoppas att jag inte råkade trampa någon på tårna nu, för det är inte vad jag försöker göra. Ber om ursäkt om någon tagit illa upp, eller kommer att ta illa upp, av det som står skrivet i denna bloggning.)

Jag hänger mycket på filmtipset, och IMDB för den delen. Och på forum. Flera gånger har jag stött på folk som kommenterat filmen med en fras snarlik nedstående fras:

"Egentligen är filmen ingen femma, men den får det ändå, bara för att Ledger är så jävla bra."

Sen när höjer man en films betyg på grund av att en skådespelare gör sitt livs roll? Visst, skådespel är viktigt, men det är inte allt. Är filmen en fyra, så är den en fyra, och ingen femma, oavsett om en skådis gör sitt livs roll, eller inte.

Filmen hade stora potential att bli riktigt jävla bra riktigt många gånger, och riktigt länge. Men av någon orsak, jag vet inte vilken, nådde den inte ända fram. Vad i hela friden står, sitter, jag och säger? Filmen var för fasen en fyra! Och det är ett bra betyg, även om det inte är någon femma. En femma är ett mästerverk, i vilken man berörs, fångas med i handlingen och karaktärernas öden, och som väcker känslor som är svåra att förklara i ord. Den mörka riddaren är inte en sån film, och jag kan ärligt talat inte förstå hur så många människor kan anse att filmen är ett mästerverk**. Kan det kanske vara så enkelt som så många människor berörts av Ledgers för tidiga död (må han vila i frid), att de helt enkelt förblindas av det faktum att han gör en mästerlig tolkning av missfostret*** Jokern? För död upprör, och skapar känslor.

Jag tror på den teorin, och det har visat sig stämma någotsånärt förr. Ett kärt exempel jag gillar att ta, är Lennons sista album, som släpptes bara veckorna innan han dog. Som jag förstått det (jag var inte med då, har bara läst det, och fått det berättat för mig), sålde plattan inte vidare bra i början, och den togs inte emot med speciellt öppna armar av media. Men, när han mördades, hände något. Plötsligt sålde skivan hur bra som helst, på bara någon vecka hade den sålt enorma mängder. Även hans gamla verk återkom på listorna, något jag tror beror på att han var en stor konstnär vars konst inte nått ut överallt,

Ej sagt att jag är något större fan av Batman - för det är jag inte. DCs karaktärer har överhuvudtaget aldrig intresserat mig desto mer, även om både Stålmannen och Läderlappen och Gröna Lampan har gjort en del för att underhålla mig under mina dagar på denna planet. Av de tre karaktärer jag nämnt, är Stålmannen den som berör mig mest. Inte för att han är osårbar (för det är han inte, det finns inga skydd mot brustna hjärtan), inte för att han kommer från en annan planet... utan helt enkelt för att han döljer sitt rätta jag genom att låtsas vara en klumpig och töntig journalist vid namn Clark Kent.

Ojoj, så mycket tjat det belv om det där då. Vad tyckte jag om filmen då, annat än att den var en fyra? Well, den var spännande och tät, tätare än många samtida actionfilmer (men inte så mycket tätare än samtida superhjältefilmer, och då tänker jag främst på imse vimse spindel (dock borde de gjort ett annat val när de sökte någon som kunde spela MJ)). Two-Face var precis lika kall och galen som jag hade förväntat mig att han skulle vara, även om han var av raka motsatsen i början (som jag också förväntat mig)... men ni vet förmodligen vad han sa i filmen, att man antingen dör en heroisk död, eller själv blir skurk. Jokern var... helt fantastisk, ett skarpt intellekt i en sjuk hjärna. Ledgers tolkning av honom var mästerlig, han hade precis den där rätta fingertoppskänslan som behövdes. Inte underdriven, inte överdriven. (Överdriven är banne mig värst, står inte ut med alla skådisar som jämt ska spela över att de blir lika trovärdiga som Bushadministrationens lögner****!)

Faktum kvarstår dock, det är världshistoriens mest hypade film. 207000 tyckare på IMDB vittnar om det. Av dessa 207000, sätter 137000 högsta betyg.

Vidare vill jag be om ursäkt ännu en gång, det här blev rätt så rörigt, men ibland bara blir det så. Rörigt. Många tankar i huvudet. Många tankar som rör många ämnen, svårt att vara riktigt organiserad då.

Som slutkläm vill jag göra en topp-5, över skurkar jag vill se i nästa Batman:

1. Riddler (Johnny Depp?)
2. Catwoman (problemet är att de då inte får använda sig av Halle Berry - denna roll ska innehas av en smoking hot babe, som dessutom kan skådespela ordentligt, Berry är för opålitlig som skådis, och inte heller tillräckligt smokin' hot för rollen.)
3. The Mad Hatter (Michael Emerson?)
4. Mr. Freeze (Sean Penn, någon...?)
5. Poison Ivy (Angelina Jolie?)

*) Om ni inte fått förklaring till denna symbol än, ber jag er att läsa igen

**) Se ovan

***) Jag talar inte om hans ärr och hans färg, jag talar om hans personlighet

****) Som en del uppenbarligen tror på

O único possível concorrente do X-Men Origins - Wolverine será um filme da Disney que estará nos cinemas dia 21 de maio de 2009, a animação G-Force.

No novo filme do X-men será explorado o lado violento e ao mesmo tempo romântico do passado de Wolverine, e sua difícil relação com Victor Greed e o programa Arma X, como não poderia faltar seu encontro com muitos outros mutantes. As filmagens começam em novembro pela Austrália e Nova Zelândia, sendo finalizadas em Nova Orleans nos EUA.

I slutet av Messiah Complex sköts Professor Xavier till döds. I X-men: Legacy 208-210 återuppstod han genom att Exodus återskapade Xaviers hjärna. Dock med konsekvensen att professorn drabbades av minnesförlust och glömt bort hela sitt förflutna. X-men: Legacy handlar om hur Xavier reser runt och letar efter pusselbitarna som ska hjälpa honom att få tillbaka sina minnen.
I Sin of the Father får vi dels se en del ur Charles Xaviers barndom. Xaviers far Brian Xavier och en viss Nathan Milbury, även känd som Mr Sinister utför massa tester på lille Charles. Sinster har varit förutseende placerat en genetisk kod i Xavier som gör att Sinster kan ta över kroppen i händelse av att han dör. Och även Sinster dör ju som bekant i slutet av Messiah Complex. Ok, ni fattar galoppen eller hur? I kampen mot Sinister får professorn hjälp från den gamle x-mannen Gambit, men även från ett rätt oväntat håll — den gamle fienden Sebastian Shaw från Hellfire Club.

X-men: Legacy har gått i 7 nummer nu och jag tycker att titeln känns rätt intressant. Tydligen ska denna tidning användas framöver för att förklara en hel del av alla de märkliga intriger och plotter som passerat genom åren i olika mutanttitlar. Ska bli spännande att vad det barkar.

Read more HERE.

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Ad ogni modo il buon Mike O'Hearn ha dichiarato di aver fatto un provino per Cap e uno per Conan della lionsgate, a sto punto voglio Triple H in Thor

Overall rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Sorry for being so late in getting this up for review (I only got it in the mail last Friday, when I also got Iron Man 4 which comes out this week. So I got a week late issue and a week early issue on the same day. Go figure. :-| )

Anyway, this wasn’t exactly a spectacular issue, so I didn’t mind waiting. We get a rather quick resolution to Captain America randomly showing up at the end of NA41 as some Savage Land mutates take him out with tranquilizer darts. These reveal this Captain America to be a Skrull (big surprise) and follows up with the back story of how he ended up here.

This story would have seemed more relevant had it explained all the heroes’ doppelgangers on the Skrull ship, but it only tells the story of “Captain America.” Seeing as how it is not really a “replacement story” (Steve Rogers was never switched out for a Skrull), it really isn’t that interesting. We get a lot more of the same scenes with “Skrull-Cap” giving his monologue (“the blood of a human, the blood of a male…” etc) as he gets a bloody towel placed over his head (where did the Skrulls get the blood of Rogers anyway?)

The only thing of merit we learn in this issue is that the Skrulls can indeed implant memories into the imposter’s heads. “Skrull-Cap” believed himself to be the real Steve Rogers. This still doesn’t explain who, if any, of the other “Skrull-ship heroes” are real. I think at least some of them are truly abducted heroes. I’m guessing probably Mockingbird (how else would she have known the information she shared with Clint?) and either Luke Cage or Jessica Jones.

Personally, I think it would make for a good story if the very anti-Skrull Luke Cage turns out to be a Skrull and doesn’t even know it. Anyway, a fairly run-of-the-mill Secret Invasion tie-in, this really isn’t a necessary purchase unless you want your collection to be complete. Here’s hoping that next week’s Secret Invasion 5 will be much better!

-LOTRKing

Las figuras no tienen los mejores esculpidos que haya visto, pero aun asi logran convencerme un poco mas que los Marvel Showdown, tomando en cuenta que siempre, la mejor forma de saber que tan buena es una figura es tenerla frente a ti.

Espero que esto incite a Hasbro, tanto a mejorar la calidad de las figuras, como a bajar los precios de estas, ya que tampoco lo ayuda que esten cobrando mucho dinero por algo de tan baja calidad.

Veamos las fotos de las figuras y emitamos el primer veredicto:

Mantenganse Informados!!

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Le marché américain se compose de pas mal de petits éditeurs indépendants gravitant autour des big 2 que sont DC Comics et Marvel qui s'octroyent la très large majorité du marché du comic book. Ces petites maisons d'édtion ont très peu de séries à leur actif et misent principalement sur des mini séries. Ils ont généralement un ou deux personnages connus par une fan base assez dévouée. On peut citer par exemple la maison Chaos Comics qui édite Evil Ernie et Lady Death. On peut aussi citer Aspen MLT du regretté Michael Turner qui a pour fer de lance la série Fathom et ses dérivées. On a également Oni Press qui édite Queen and Country de greg Rucka ou Jingle Bell de Paul Dini.
La plupart du temps, ces éditeurs cherchent à passer des accords de partenariats avec de plus grosses maisons d'édition pour s'offrir de la publicité et de la visibilité. Ainsi, Aspen MLT a coréalisé plusieurs histoires avec DC Comics comme Superman Godfall ou Superman/Batman : Supergirl. Sans compter un grand nombre de couvertures DC réalisées par des artistes Aspen MLT.
Légèrement au dessus de ces éditeurs indépendants, on trouve Dark Horse. Cette maison d’édition s’est spécialisée dans le domaine des adaptations comics de séries ou films et possède ainsi la licence Buffy, Aliens ou encore Star Wars. Ils publient en comic book de l’inédit dans ces deux univers. Ils ont développé sacrément la license Star Wars avec pas loin d’une dizaine de séries avant ou après les 6 films et même pendant ces films sur d’autres planètes ou tournant autour de personnages faisant de la figuration dans les films. Mais Dark Horse a vu également sa popularité augmenter avec les adaptations cinéma de trois de ces creator owned que sont Hellboy de Mike Mignola, Sin City de Frank Miller et 300 de Frank Miller encore.
On peut également citer dans le plus ancien The mask (adapté en film avec Jim Carrey et Cameron Diaz), Barbwire (avec le film inoubliable de Pamela Anderson qui l’adapte), Ghost (pas le film qui n’a rien à voir) ou encore Grendel.

Au coté de Dark horse, on trouve Image Comics qui fait figure de numéro 3 du comic book us. C’est la maison d’édition fondée en 1992 par les artistes ayant fui DC et Marvel pour instaurer le système du creator owned. Chaque artiste a créé son propre studio au sein de Image avant que les années 200 fassent un peu exploser le système.
Dans les séries phares ayant lancées Image, on trouve Gen 13, Witchblade (toujours en cours, adaptée en série live et en anime), Savage Dragon, Wetworks, WildC.A.T.S., Youngblood, Cyberforce ou encore Supreme.
L’idée de créer cette maison d’édition a vite fait face à un énorme problème : les artistes prenaient leur aise et les délais mensuels étaient rarement tenus. De plus, ils devaient faire face à tout l’aspect de gestion qu’ils n’avaient pas à subir avant et ont vite vu les opportunités se multiplier avec les possibles adaptations ciné ou télé ou encore les gammes de jouets.
Les premiers problèmes sont arrivées avec le label Cliffhanger du studio Wildstorm (qui était un studio de Image. On lui doit des séries comme Gen 13). Les délais étaient vraiment catastrophiques pour deux des trois séries dont une qui n’a même pas été au bout (Battlechasers s’est arrêtée au bout de 6 ou 7 numéros. Steampunk a été jusqu’au bout de son premier arc. Danger Girl a difficilement achevé sa première histoire avant d’enchainer deux ou trois mini séries et de s’arrêter. Seules Crimson et Outhere de Ramos sont sorties en temps et en heure tous les mois.). Jim Lee, patron de Wildstorm décide alors de revendre son studio à DC Comics. Les artistes peuvent alors se recentrer sur l’artistique pendant que DC se charge de toute la gestion à coté (comme la distribution, les négociations avec les imprimeurs, …)
Cela a marqué le glas de la période dorée de Image qui a vu plusieurs studios s’échapper comme Michael Turner qui est parti fonder Aspen MLT et est donc parti (tout comme Wildstorm) avec ces personnages sous le bras puisqu’il en est le propriétaire.
Aujourd’hui, Image reste tout de même important mais n’a quasiment plus aucune série régulière à part Savage Dragon de Erik Larsen, Witchblade du studio Top Cow et Spawn chez Todd McFarlane Productions.
Image se spécialise aujourd’hui dans les comics de superhéros différents. Les séries connues du moment sont The Walking Dead, Invincible, Girls (récemment terminée), Freshmen (de Seth Green, Oz de Buffy), Shrugged, Hunter Killers, Powers (de Brian Michael Bendis), Witchblade et Spawn.

Et au dessus de tout cela se trouvent les Big Two que sont Marvel et DC Comics. Ils dominent sans partage le marché us s’octroyant l’essentiel du marché. Leur principale branche est composée des célèbres héros connus de tous et qui appartiennent à la maison d’édition et non à leur créateur (aujourd’hui, un scénariste qui crée un nouvel X Men n’aura aucun droit sur lui). Mais pour satisfaire les lecteurs et les artistes, ces deux maisons d’édition ont développé des labels pour permettre des creator owned (c’est un moyen de garder une star de l’écriture ou du dessin en exclusivité si on lui offre la possiblité de réaliser son propre comics en creator owned) ou des comics bien adulte et mature. On a ainsi la ligne Vertigo chez DC et la ligne Max chez Marvel pour satisfaire à cela. Chez Vertigo, on retrouve Sandman, Preacher, V pour Vendetta, Transmetropolitan, Y le dernier homme, 100 bullets, Constantine ou encore We3
Chez Max, on trouve Alias (sans rapport avec la série éponyme), Punisher:Max, Blade, Supreme Power, ou encore The Hood.

A coté de cela, on a les lignes mainstream avec un tour d’horizon de qui est où.

DC Comics :
- Superman et son univers : Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Supergirl, Superboy, Doomsday, Darkseid, …
- Batman et son univers : Batgirl, Oracle, Robin, Nightwing, Huntress, Catwoman, le joker, le pinguin, Bane, Killer Croc, Alfred le majordome, le commissaire Gordon, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, …
- Wonder Woman et son univers : Wonder Girl, Donna Troy, Cheetah, les amazones, Giganta, …
- Green Lantern et son univers : les 4 green lantern terrestres, le corps des green lantern, Sinestro, Star Sapphire, Carol Ferris, …
- Le reste de la JLA (Justice League of America) et la JSA (Justice Society of America) : Martian Manhunter, Green Arrow, Aquaman, Powergirl, Vixen, Black Canary, Red Tornado, Flash, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, …
- Le reste des Teen Titans et des outsiders : Cyborg, Starfire, Beast Boy, Raven, Kid Devil, Ravager, Miss Martian, …

Marvel Comics :
- Les vengeurs : Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, la guèpe, Ant Man/Giant Man/ Pourpoint jaune, Hulk, Miss Marvel, la Veuve Noire, œil de faucon, l’initiative … et leurs ennemis : Ultron, Kang, …
- Les X Men : Cyclope, Tornade, Jean Grey, Wolverine, le fauve, Malicia, Gambit, Emma Frost, Charles Xavier, Angel, Iceberg, … et leurs ennemis : Magneto, Apocalypse, Mystique, Dents de sabre, les sentinelles, …
- Les héros indépendants : Spiderman, Daredevil, Blade, le punisher, … et leurs ennemis/famille : le bouffon vert, le caïd, Venom, Elektra, la chatte noire, …
- Les héros galactiques : les 4 fantastiques, Nova, Captain Marvel, le surfeur d’argent … et leurs ennemis/famille : Galactus, les skrulls, les Kree, …

Les évènements faisant se croiser des héros de maisons d’édition sont rares et généralement hors continuité. Deux grands évènements ont fait s rencontrer les deux univers DC et Marvel en 40 ans : Amalgam (un héros de chaque univers était fusionné avec son équivalent dans l’autre) et le grand crossover vengeurs/JLA. Des crossovers entre une des big two et une maison indépendante sont plus courants.

En France, la situation est beaucoup plus simple : Panini comics domine le marché et l’écrase en publiant en vf Marvel et DC. Ce qui laisse quelques miettes à d’autres éditeurs comme Delcourt qui acquièrent des licences au goutte à goutte chez Dark Horse et Image principalement. Des petits éditeurs tentent de se faire une place avec des séries coup de cœur plus que connues comme Wetta par exemple. Hormis Panini qui sort les comics en kiosque et en librairie, tous les autres éditeurs se contentent d’une sortie librairie uniquement (à part Delcourt avec Spawn qui est la seule tentative ayant survécu après les échecs des magazines consacrés à Top Cow et Aspen.)

Voilà, j’espère avoir été assez complet concis pour ce tour d’horizon et sur le pourquoi on ne voit jamais Superman coller une rouste à Spiderman. C’est un peu comme si France 2 allait diffuser Navarro produit par TF1. C’est impossible, c’est l’ennemi :)