In this issue: The Preacher returns, and The Bird turns out to be The Word. Jack called and he wants his stuff back, Muppets take flight, Zorro hooks up with a fox, and there’s some butt=kicking going on. Plus, who you gonna call? Sure as heck better not be these guys, the Major Spoilers Podcast is on the air!
[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/majorspoilers/majorspoilers_137.mp3[/podcast]Show Notes after the Jump!
NEWS
Jack Kirby estate wants its copyrights back from Marvel
Linkage
Major Spoilers Costume Contest
Linkage
Adriana Ferguson sends us one of her sketchbooks
“We Are Legion” sketch collection by Adriana Ferguson
This is a softcover, 7.5”x7.5” square, book 66pg collection of sketches and full color art pieces, with commentary, depicting the artist’s take on the Legion of Super-Heroes universe with a few other DC universe characters as well. Artwork is done in a variety of mediums ranging from pencil sketches, marker, and digital painting, with 80% of the artwork being exclusive to this collection.
There are 30 + different Legion of Superheroes depicted.
REVIEWS
Rodrigo
MUPPET PETER PAN #1
Writen by Grace Randolph
Drawn by Amy Mebberson
The timid Kermie Pan resides in the magical realm of Neverswamp, where the pushy fairy Piggytink tries to toughen him up! One night, while searching for his shadow, Kermie Pan and Piggytink encounter the Darling children, who run away to Neverswamp and encourage Kermie Pan to battle Captain Gonzo! Features A covers by Eisner-award winning MOUSE GUARD artist David Petersen!
Matthew
KICK-ASS #7
COVER BY: John Romita JR.
WRITER: Mark Millar
PENCILS: John Romita JR.
INKS: TOM PALMER
COLORED BY: DEAN WHITE
Dave Lizewski has had better days. When he first pulled on the Super Hero suit, it was the thrill of a lifetime. Since then, he’s been banged-up, beaten, broken, bludgeoned, and all sorts of other b-words. He’s met a 9-year-old assassin and been on a super hero team-up. He’s watched people die and seen himself become an internet celebrity. But all that means nothing—compared to tonight. MARK MILLAR and JOHN ROMITA JR.’s foul-mouthed super hero saga continues!
Stephen
ZORRO #16
Writer: MATT WAGNER
Penciller/Inker: FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Covers: MATT WAGNER (75%), JOHN K. SNYDER III (25%)
Colorist: FRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA
Artist Francesco Francavilla returns to the pages of Zorro! Under the skillful hand of Eisner nominated writer and cover artist Matt Wagner, Dynamite’s Zorro series continues with issue #16 and the explosive second chapter of our third story arc. This time, El Zorro faces a band of merciless pirates and the line continues to blur between the masked avenger and his alter-ego Diego! Covers by Wagner and Snyder!
MAJOR SPOILERS POLL OF THE WEEK
25 years ago, the silver screen exploded with the fluffy remains of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man. The Major Spoilers crew fell in love the Ghostbusters from the first time we saw them (some of us when the film originally debuted, one of us some time later when he was old enough). All of this has led to the discussion of which Ghostbuster was their favorite.
Dr. Peter Venkman
Dr. Egon Spengler
Dr. Raymond Stantz
Winston Zeddemore
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MAJOR SPOILERS DISCUSSION
Preacher Volume 2
The Reverend Jesse Custer continues on his outrageous mission in the second PREACHER collection. First Jesse heads south for a brutal confrontation with the demons from his past–a trio of white trash psychos, including Jesse’s monstrous grandmother. The Jesse and company go west, only to crash a party of Babylonian proportions.
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11 Comments
I love the pic this week!!!
Kudos to Dante. Cool pic as usual.
I came here to say the same thing! Nice work, Dante!
Love the Preacher talk. I need to talk them off the shelf and read them again. Only this time in the backyard with some cookies.
Stephen just so ya know Sony’s already given over the rights of Spider-man back over to Marvel.
Actually, they’ve only signed back over the rights the The Spectacular Spider-Man television series – NOT the movies.
Why I’m not CURRENTLY reading Preacher
by Bob
I got home from work one afternoon this past summer and my 8 year old son comes up to me and says “Dad, I just finished reading the 4th ‘Y: The Last Man’ book, but I don’t remember reading the 2nd. Did you ever get that one?â€
…yeah, the 4th TPB contained the Safeword storyline…
And THAT is why I’m not currently reading Preacher.
Did you guys came up with the poll after reading Blackest Night 3? I remember BL Firestorm referensing the first Ghostbusters movie.
If you follow the link to the poll, you’ll see exactly where the idea came from.
I totaly forgot about that, cool coincidence thou.
Rodrigo – The bunny in “Muppet Peter Pan” (which I must read now, thanks) is Bean Bunny. He was in “The Tale of the Bunny Picnic” (on HBO around the same time as “Fraggle Rock”) and the MuppeTelevision segments of “The Jim Henson Hour”. His whole schtick was that he was either wildly imaginative to the point of being distracted (in “Bunny Picnic”) or really, painfully, sickeningly cute (“Jim Henson Hour”). They more or less retired him because Steve Whitmire is too busy doing Kermit and because he wasn’t super popular. I’m one of the few people who liked him, especially his attempt to toughen his image in “Beanbo”. Just thought I’d fill you in, since I was surprised you didn’t know him.