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Except where elsewhere noted, The Comic Book Net Electronic Magazine is Copyright 2004 by David L. LeBlanc. You may freely distribute or retransmit this file intact without alteration for noncommercial purposes only. Except for personal archiving, permission must be obtained from the individual authors to reproduce, retransmit, or publish any part of this magazine. Opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Editor. _____________________________________________________________________ _ --------------------------------------------------------------------- - [A] E-Mag Info: Submissions, Back Issues, Web Page SUBMISSIONS ----------- To submit an article, review, column, etc. to our Emag, simply Email it to the editor at: ComicBkNet@aol.com You must include your REAL name and a valid Email address in order to be published in this Emag. Sorry, we do not accept anonymous columns. 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Advanced copies of comic books will not be returned but any comic books sent to us *will* be reviewed in the ComicBook Net Emag in the column MY VIEW. Send material to be reviewed to: David L. LeBlanc 84 Heather Circle Jefferson, MA 01522-1419 Material is generally reviewed in the order received and be advised that we work a few weeks in advance so your review may not be in the magazine immediately. Advanced copies are therefore encouraged so the review will occur prior to your product hitting the stores. THE Comic Book Net WEB PAGE http://members.aol.com/ComicBkNet ---------------- If you have access to the World Wide Web, please stop by and visit our web page! On our web page, you can find the latest issue of our E-Mag, as well as all back issues and an annotated index. You'll also find important information and other neat features like links to the HTML version of the current issue of this magazine at DIGITAL WEBBING, [http://www.digitalwebbing.com/cbem], some of the comic companies and creators' web pages and many other Comic Book related links! You can also find some of our back issues at America Online, by going to Keyword: COMICS, then choose the menu item _Comic Book Forum_ and then going to the _Comics Library_ from there. These are non-zipped text files. AOL search/keyword: aol://4400:3990 _____________________________________________________________________ _ --------------------------------------------------------------------- - [1] On the Net David LeBlanc ComicBkNet@aol.com Let a "divisible by 25" issue get by last week without any recognition. As it should be. Everyone knows that is not such a big deal anymore. What is more important is variant covers again, for no particular reason other than to make more money - keep the count per issue high! Oy! Some of you might find the rest of this column too politically motivated, which it is not but that never stopped some before. So here are the recommended comics this week, after which you can tune out if you so wish. Don't write to me telling me this has no place in an emag about comics! Just don't read it. Do read these fine comics out this week: CARTOON BOOKS Bone #55, $2.95 <----------------Pick of the Week! (LAST ISSUE) DC COMICS Aquaman #19, $2.50 Fables #26, $2.50 Fallen Angel #12, $2.95 Global Frequency #12 (Of 12), $2.95 Green Arrow #39, $2.50 Hero #17, $2.50 Identity Crisis #1 (Of 7), $3.95 Worlds Best Comics The Silver Age DC Archives Sampler, $0.99 DIGITAL WEBBING Digital Webbing Presents #15, $2.95 IMAGE COMICS PVP #7, $2.95 MARVEL COMICS Identity Disc #1 (Of 5), $2.99 Ultimate X-Men #47, $2.25 RORSCHACH ENTERTAINMENT Lucifer Fawkes Orcus Ex Machina, $3.50 There is something of graver concern that will not go away soon. Some think that a fixed date for transition or a change of administrations or some other seminal event will lesson the threat to ourselves and free thinking people through out the world. It won't. Those to aspire to power have all the answers, until they get there. But war is a plague that we loosed on ourselves by our very nature and sadly will not go away in our lifetime. Something got me thinking of a poem I heard back in the seventies and after some research I managed to find it. It was presented, at least to the majority of Americans, on the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour at a time when the country was just about to start trying to heal the wounds of the Vietnam War. The sources on the net are in conflict as to who recited it. Some say John Denver, some say Steve Martin. As I recall it was one of the writers and frequent performer, Mason Williams. It matters not. The message is clear and needs to be passed to each generation. It is not about Vietnam or any war in particular. We can sometimes agree that some wars are necessary for the greater good. Sometimes we enter war to stop evil. And sometimes, mostly, they begin over who will own what. We can all agree, as General Sherman put it, "War is Hell." So here is a poem about the nature of war, how it came to be and how we can hope to stop it forever. THE BOX by Kendrew Lascelles Once upon a time in the land of hush-a-bye, around about the wondrous days of yore, They came across a sort of box Bound up with chains and locked with locks And labeled, 'Kindly do not touch, it's war.' A decree was issued 'round about - All with a flourish and a shout And a gaily colored mascot Tripping lightly on before - 'Don't fiddle with that deadly box or break the chains or pick the locks And please don't ever mess about with war.' Well the children understood, Children happen to be good And were just as good around the time of yore. They didn't try to pick the locks Or break into that deadly box And never tried to play about with war. Mommies didn't either Sisters, Aunts nor Grannies neither 'Cos they were quiet and sweet and pretty In those wondrous days of yore, Well very much the same as now And not the ones to blame somehow For opening up that deadly box of war, But someone did... Someone battered in the lid And spilled the insides out across the floor, A sort of bouncy bumpy ball made up of flags and guns and all The tears and the horror and the death That goes with war. It bounced right out And went bashing all about And bumping into everything in store And what is sad and most unfair was that it didn't really seem to care Much who it bumped, or why, Or what, or for. It bumped the children mainly And I'll tell you this quite plainly, It bumps them everyday and more and more And leaves them dead and burned and dying Thousands of them sick and crying, 'Cos when it bumps it's very, very sore. There is a way to stop the ball, It isn't very hard at all, All it takes is wisdom And I'm absolutely sure We could get it back into the box And bind the chains and lock the locks But no one seems to want to save the children anymore. Well that's the way it all appears 'Cos it's been bouncing around for years and years In spite of all the wisdom wizzed Since those wondrous days of yore, And the time they came across that box Bound up with chains and locked with locks And labeled, 'Kindly do not touch, it's war.' ***** Everyone, pray for peace. Godspeed Ray Charles, and thanks for the tunes. And my final thoughts this week are of the man who saw mutual assured destruction as insane and worked his plan to end the cold war. What a different world it would be now if he had not lived. Your final battle is over Mr. President, rest in peace. David LeBlanc - ComicBkNet@aol.com Editor The Comic Book Net Electronic Magazine _____________________________________________________________________ _ --------------------------------------------------------------------- - [2] Letters to the Editor If you want to comment on this or any previous issue, want to offer something for us to publish, or just want to shamelessly suck up to the editor to try and get your name in print send Email to: ComicBkNet@aol.com Note: Letters of comment, including those sent to the columnists, may be used in future issues of CBEM unless you specifically request us NOT to use them. Your Email address and/or name will be withheld upon request. +++++ Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 20:14:21 -0700 (PDT) From: JOHN RANDY BARRETT jrbarrett101@yahoo.com Subject: Comics writers at LAW & ORDER To: ComicBkNet@aol.com David, To answer your question there's at least one former comics writer, the one and only Gerry Conway, who's on the writing staff for both Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. So I'm sure that the in-jokes probably come from him. Randy Barrett [Next time I am going to check the credits. - D.L.] +++++ Subj: Thank you for the praise! Date: 6/10/2004 12:30:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: fanzing@fanzing.com To: ComicBkNet@aol.com David, Thank you so much for your recent praise of our story "Melvin and Marvin Middler, Time Meddlers." I've been anxious to hear some feedback, and yours really cheered me up on a day that had so far been pretty bad (rain has water damaged my comic collection and Brad Meltzer just killed off a character I've wanted to write for 20 years). I'm also going to point out the review to the artist, Phil Meadows; as he's finishing some artwork for our next story, I'm sure he could use the encouragement. By the way, our next story will be "Metro Med" and we're entering it in a contest. Similar to American Idol, it's called Small Press Idol and we need every vote we can get to win. You can see our entry below. -- Michael Hutchison, writer and editor Please vote for our new project to win Small Press Idol (the comic version of American Idol). We need YOUR vote! http://www.fanzing.com/metromed/ _____________________________________________________________________ _ --------------------------------------------------------------------- - [3] [TRIVIA CONTEST] Due to costs, customs regulations, and logistical difficulties: THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO RESIDENTS OF THE CONTIGUOUS 48 U.S. STATES! IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A U.S. ADDRESS DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WIN THE PRIZE. **THE FIRST PLACE TO FIND THE EMAG EACH WEEK IS ON OUR HOME PAGE!** IF YOU ARE DESPERATE TO WIN THE TRIVIA, GO THERE FIRST ON FRIDAY NIGHT http://members.aol.com/ComicBkNet QUESTION OF THE WEEK Prizes donated by Discount Comic Book Service at www.dcbservice.com where you can order most DC, Marvel, Image, and Dark Horse comics, statues and retail products for 35% off. +Submit your own trivia and win the CHEEZY PRIZE(tm) if you can stump+ +the readers! You MUST submit the correct answer with your question.+ LAST ISSUE'S QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Dick & Jason are to Batman as Chippy and Cody are to . . .? Well, it was poorly worded but those in the know got the gist. Robin was Batman's sidekick and Chippy aided the Midnight Mink in the Rich Vietch series BRAT PACK. Bob "Law is Ass" Ingersoll wins again and gets Essential Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 6 from Discount Comic Book Service. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION: In 1993 Juanita Jean and Ernie starred as vigilantes in their own mini-series called . . .? IMPORTANT RULES NOTICE Due to costs, customs regulations, and logistical difficulties: THIS CONTEST IS OPEN TO RESIDENTS OF THE CONTIGUOUS 48 U.S. STATES! IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A U.S. ADDRESS DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WIN THE PRIZE. Email your guess to ComicBkNet@aol.com or just REPLY to the message if you read the Emag in your mail. DO NOT quote the entire message! You MUST allow mail from ComicBkNet@aol.com to be notified if you win. The first correct answer to reach the editor wins the CHEEZY PRIZE(tm). The editor will be the sole judge as to which guess arrived first! Messages with more than one guess will be disqualified. Winners will forfeit their prize if the Email notification is not accepted from ComicBkNet@aol.com LIMIT: ONLY ONE PRIZE every 4 weeks PER PERSON! _____________________________________________________________________ _ --------------------------------------------------------------------- - [4] Network Buzz News, gossip and rumors from around the industry JLA/AVENGERS, FABLES TOP 2003 SQUIDDY WINNERS LIST Kurt Busiek and George Perez's epic crossover mini-series, JLA/AVENGERS (Marvel & DC), dominated the 2003 Rec.Arts.Comics Squiddy Awards, winning five awards, while Bill Willingham's FABLES (DC/Vertigo) won in two categories. Busiek and Perez's JLA/AVENGERS was voted Best Limited Series, and its creators (Kurt Busiek, George Perez, and Tom Smith) won Best Creative Team. On his own, George Perez won both the Best Penciller and Best Cover Artist honors. Squiddy voters also picked JLA/AVENGERS' Marvel- side editor, Tom Brevoort, as Best Editor. Bill Willingham, P. Craig Russell, and Craig Hamilton's FABLES: THE LAST CASTLE took the Best Comics Novella award, while Willingham and Mark Buckingham's FABLES: ANIMAL FARM won for Best Collected Edition. In the story categories, "Many Happy Returns," Peter David and Ed Benes' tragic end to David's SUPERGIRL series, won for Best Multi- Part Story. Ed Brubaker and Brian Hurtt's GOTHAM CENTRAL tale of the Gotham PD office temp who turns on the Bat-Signal, "Daydreams and Believers," was voted Best Comics Short Story. Warren Ellis and Colleen Doran's ORBITER, won Best Original Graphic Novel. In all, DC and DC/Vertigo swept the story categories, pulling in seven and a half Squiddies (splitting JLA/AVENGERS with Marvel). J. Michael Straczynski and Gary Frank's gritty superhero saga, SUPREME POWER, was selected as Best New Series, and LUCIFER (by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Dean Ormston) was chosen as Best Ongoing Series. Darby Conley's GET FUZZY won Best Comic Strip, while Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS took the Best Anthology award. Continuing the Squiddy tradition of recognizing comics and comics- related content in the online world, Squiddy voters selected Scott Kurtz' popular PvP (www.pvponline.com) as Best Web Comic and picked Newsarama (www.newsarama.com) as Best General Comics Website for the third year running. Online comics reviewer and columnist Paul O'Brien won twice--first as Best Reviewer, and again when his X-Axis (www.thexaxis.com) was chosen as Best Focused Comics Website. Rich Johnston, writer of the "All the Rage" industry rumor column (for comicbookresouces.com) and the "Waiting for Tommy" series of interviews (for dynamicforces.com), once again won the Best Journalist award. In other awards, Kyle Baker (cartoonist of PLASTIC MAN and KING DAVID) scored the Best Cartoonist award; PROMETHEA's inker; Mick Gray, won for Best Inker, and Alex Ross--as usual--won Best Painter. Brian Michael Bendis, whose credits include POWERS and half of the Marvel line, was selected as Best Writer. Laura DePuy Martin won Best Colorist for the fifth year running, while Todd Klein repeated his 2002 win for Best Letterer. DC Comics was selected as Best Publisher/Imprint, and that publisher's "Batman" and "Justice Society of America" were picked as Best Character and Best Character Team, respectively. Finally, WIZARD magazine won its first ever Squiddy as Best Comics Publication. A complete list of the winners appears below. Detailed results are available on Usenet in all the rec.arts.comics.* newsgroups and on the web at www.recartscomics.org/winners.html Best Comics Short Story: "Daydreams and Believers" (Gotham Central #11) Best Comics Novella: Fables: The Last Castle Best Original Graphic Novel: Orbiter Best Multi-Part Story: "Many Happy Returns" (Supergirl #75-80) Best Ongoing Series: Lucifer Best New Series: Supreme Power Best Limited Series: JLA/Avengers Best Collected Edition: Fables: Animal Farm Best Comics Anthology: Sandman: Endless Nights Best Comic Strip: Get Fuzzy Best Web Comic: PvP (www.pvponline.com) Best Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Best Penciller: George Perez Best Cartoonist: Kyle Baker Best Inker: Mick Gray Best Painter: Alex Ross Best Letterer: Todd Klein Best Colorist: Laura DePuy Martin Best Creative Team: Busiek/Perez/Smith (JLA/Avengers) Best Cover Artist: George Perez Best Editor: Tom Brevoort Best Political Cartoonist: Garry Trudeau ("Doonesbury") Best Company/Imprint: DC Comics Best Character: Batman (Batman, Detective, etc.) Best Character Team: Justice Society of America Best Adaptation: X2:X-Men United (Movie) Best Comics-Related Merchandise: Hulk Hands Best Comics Publication: Wizard Best Focused Comics Website: The X-Axis (www.thexaxis.com) Best General Comics Website: Newsarama (www.newsarama.com) Best Comics Journalist: Rich Johnston Best Comics Reviewer: Paul O'Brien The rec.arts.comics Awards (Squiddies) are the annual comics industry awards given out by Usenet's rec.arts.comics community. As always, voting was open to all readers of the various rec.arts.comics newsgroups. Except for the Comic Buyers' Guide awards, no still- existing industry award is older. Known originally as "the Great Usenet Comics Poll", the Squiddies have been awarded every year since 1984. The Squiddies were named after Suicide Squid rec.arts.comics mascot--a mythical comic book character accidentally created in April 1991 when Mitsuhiro Sakai wanted to ask about developments in the series SUICIDE SQUAD, but typed "i" instead of "a". The 2003 Squiddies were administered by Carl Henderson and Johanna Draper Carlson. Squiddies.org is maintained by Todd VerBeek. Squiddy Awards and Squiddy Award Winner art is available for use with news stories or promotions. Color or B&W logo art can be downloaded from www.recartscomics.org/logos.html in GIF, JPEG, EPS, AI, and PDF, and GIF formats. +++++ CBEM 476 continues . . . 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