Mark Millar's Superior

Here is the first 'ad' in a series of 4.
Promoting Mark Millar and Leinil Yu's Superior. 
I don't know how long these have been around. I just stumbled upon them today.
What do you think?
I like 'em.

DC Lowers Prices on $3.99 Books

Over on the Source Blog today DC Comics issued a press release of a surprising kind in the day of rising comics prices. This time a lot of books will be dropping in price from $3.99 to $2.99 with a decrease in the number of story pages to 20 pages starting in January. As a result of this pricing strategy more than 80% of DC's titles will be at the $2.99 price point.

In comments, Co-Publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee had the following to say:

“As Co-Publishers, we listened to our fans and to our partners in the retail community who told us that a $3.99 price point for 32 pages was too expensive. Fans were becoming increasingly reluctant to sample new titles and long term fans were beginning to abandon titles and characters that they’d collected for years.” said Dan DiDio, DC Comics Co-Publisher. “We needed a progressive pricing strategy that supports our existing business model and, more importantly, allows this creative industry to thrive for years to come. With the exceptions of oversized comic books, like annuals and specials, we are committed to a $2.99 price point.”

Books affected by the price change / page decrease are:

Action Comics;

Adventure Comics;
American Vampire;

Batman: The Dark Knight;
Batman: Streets of Gotham;
Batman Incorporated;
Detective Comics;

Doc Savage;
Gears of War;

God of War;
Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors;
JSA All-Stars;
Justice League of America;
Kane & Lynch;

Legion of Super-Heroes;
Ratchet & Clank;
The Spirit.

Richard Stark's Parker The Outfit

In honor of 'The Outfit' releasing tomorrow, here is a pretty good site about all things Parker.
http://violentworldofparker.com/

blogsout.net news

So, well, Chris has been on a roll lately.

Beating me up for doing a crappy job of posting the video box size of the Autolux video.
(It looked fine on my computer)

Well.
I'll let him beat me up.
Because google/blogger now updated it's "stats" function.
Allowing the administrators to look at a number of data.

The man who destroyed Watchmen is at it again.

Zack Snyder has just been chosen by Christopher Nolan to direct the next Superman film that will be out in 2012. And that's just about all I have to say on the matter; as anything else that I'd like to say would be edited out by Jared Aiosa.

Edit Jared Edit!

This man can't edit his own pictures and video

Loser.

also...

I'd totally hit that

Supertoys from Autolux

NO one likes it when I post music videos on blogsout.net.
.....so, hey Autolux is back after a long wait.
Here they are performing live in glorious high definition

Wiebe back on top

(CANVAS STAFF REPORTS) - For the third time this year there's a new world record for the classic video game Donkey Kong.

Former champion Steve Wiebe regained the title from Hank Chien with a score of 1,064,500, as verified by video game scorekeeping organization Twin Galaxies .Wiebe, a teacher from Washington, last held the title in spring 2007. He lost to rival Billy Mitchell of Florida a few months later. Both Kongsters were featured in the documentary "King of Kong."

The Birds of Prey think Aquaman has a little fish...

Show: Batman: The Brave & the Bold
Setup: Batman gets amnesia and believes he is a mobster, grows a stache & starts wearing a pimp cape. Catwoman, Black Canary & Huntress going to stop him by singing. Oh the song was written by Gail Simone and you definitely can see some of her Secret Six style humor in it.

Thank to Topless Robot for pointing this out.

DC continues to murder and feed on itself

First they killed Zuda..

Then they shut down Wildstorm...

And now THIS:
20% of DC’s staff expected to be cut — UPDATED

Note to Vertigo: RUN!!

Kodiak One-Shot

When I first purchased Kodiak, I was overwhelmingly excited for two reasons. First off, it was by author Joe Hill and his work on Locke and Key is some of the best work I have ever laid my eyes on. Secondly, the story is about a bear, and bears are awesome.

Going into the book I knew that story was about man vs. beast and how man survives against one of the deadliest creatures on earth. But after reading the first page I knew that the book was about more than that.

X-23 #1

For some time I have known that X23 was going to be getting her own series, not only because it was announced awhile ago, but also because her rising popularity over the last 4 years or so made it apparent that Marvel would soon try to start her with her own series.

I cannot say that I was hopeful for this comic. Instead of condemning this book from the start I decided that I would at least read it and give it a shot.

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero Review

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is a strange beast. This Xbox 360 prelude, to the upcoming game Dead Rising 2, introduces you to extreme sport athlete Chuck Green and his daughter Katey. They end stranded in a little town of Still Creek as there is a massive zombie out break.  Added to Chuck's frustration is that Katey is infected and needs medication (Zombrex) to keep her from joining the undead.

Morning Glories #1

When picking up Morning Glories I noticed that I had never read anything by the author Nick Spencer, or the artist Joe Eisma. I really had nothing to base my decision off of when picking up this book, aside from hearing it was an interesting new original series.

The series centers on a group of kids who are accepted into Morning Glory Prep, a very prestigious school that attracts students from all over the world.

Veronica #202

To most people this issue of Veronica from Archie Comics just looks like another run of the mill issue, but to comic readers all around the country, it was a milestone issue that many had been waiting for.

This was my first time reading an Archie comic, I always knew that they were these fun, easy to relate to kinds of stories that have been loved by fans for years. Even though I am familiar with the cast of characters in Archie comics, I was afraid that jumping into the franchise on this issue would cause me to feel a little lost, but that was not the case. When I opened up the issue and started reading I felt as though I had been reading these characters stories my whole life. Well, except for the character Kevin Keller, the character that this issue was all about.

What is so special about Kevin Keller one may ask? Well for months it has been known that Archie was going to be introducing the first gay character to ever come to Riverdale, and that character is Kevin Keller.

When I opened the issue I was wondering when, where and how the comic was going to reveal that he is gay and to my surprise, it only took 6 pages! I thought the way they introduced Kevin was really unique, tactful, and comfortable. It is a fun, funny story that kept me interested the whole time. The issue was written in a way that used easy to read words and keeping the sentence structure simple so that a large age group could enjoy it. Also, I really like how Archie Comics have kept the old art style alive, not really deterring from the original style, keeping it simple and classic.

What I really like about this issue is that it reads like a one-shot and if anyone wanted to read this comic they could with relative ease and enjoy the story. I feel as though that Kevin will fit right in with the Archie Universe and will be a popular addition. I am looking forward to how his character will be developed. This is a great read, and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone.

10 out of 10

Originally Posted on the Official Chris' Comics Website