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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $ THE COMIC BOOK NETWORK ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE Issue Number 512 $ $ 2/25/2004 $ $ $ $ Edited by: David LeBlanc - ComicBkNet@aol.com $ $ $ $ Winner of the 2001 EAGLE AWARD as FAVORITE COMICS E-ZINE! $ $ $ $ FREE VIA EMAIL SINCE FEBRUARY 1995 $ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ^ TEN YEARS ^ \ / Awesome Expensive Anniversary Cover! _________________________________________________________________ C O N T E N T S ----------------------------------------------------------------- [A] Submissions, mailing address, web page [1] On the Net .............................. David LeBlanc [2] Letters to the Editor ................... Your Page! [3] TRIVIA CONTEST .......................... Win *real* prizes! [4] Network Buzz ............................ News/gossip/rumors [5] Interviews: Ryan Scott Ottney ........... Richard Vasseur [6] Thoughts From the Land of Frost ......... Alex Ness [7] Suspended Animation ..................... Michael Vance & Mark Allen [8] Silva Shado Reviews ..................... Sarah Haslett [9] O'Shea's Offhand Opinions ............... Tim O'Shea [10] ComiX-FAN Reviews........................ Eric J. Moreels [11] Rich's Reviews .......................... Richard Vasseur [12] M.O.E. Reviews .......................... Paul Dale Roberts [13] My View:EVENFALL, JONAS: TALES OF AN IRONSTAR, MUSICOMICS ................... David LeBlanc [14] Top 100 Comics for January .............. Diamond [15] New Comic Book Releases List ............ Charles LePage [16] HYPE! & LINKS Section ................... Various _________________________________________________________________ World Wide Web Home Page-->> http://members.aol.com/ComicBkNet Archived and mailed by Yahoo!: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ComicBookNetworkEmag ----------------------------------------------------------------- o \o/ _ o _| \ / |_ o_ \o/ o /|\ | /\ _\o \o | o/ O/_ /\ | /|\ / \ / \ |\ /) | ( \ /o\ / ) | (\ / | / \ / \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- The ComicBook Network started by Ed Dukeshire and Mike Imboden ----------------------------------------------------------------- If you wish to receive each issue automatically through your Email account, FREE, please send a message FROM that account TO: ComicBookNetworkEmag-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To UNSUBSCRIBE send a message FROM the account to be dropped TO: ComicBookNetworkEmag-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com See section [A] for the address to mail material to be reviewed. _________________________________________________________________ All text contained within is copyrighted to the originating author(s) and is used with permission. Except where elsewhere noted, The Comic Book Net Electronic Magazine is Copyright 2005 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 theindividual 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. The weekly deadline is 7:00 PM Eastern Time on Thursday - NO EXCEPTIONS! Late submissions are held over for the following week. Reviews of mainstream books are welcome and we encourage reviews of indies and self published material as we feel that material deserves more exposure to the general public. If you write intelligent, coherent, and timely reviews of any comic book it will almost always be printed, so give us a shot. Commentary on the state of the industry, and personal observations and reflections related to comics are *most* likely to be included in our publication. PLEASE, no material on gaming, non-comic derived media, role playing, collectible card games, Anime or other hobbies or collectibles other than comic books. That also includes plugs for web comics and web pages UNLESS they are concerned with print comic books. We do not promote web comics per se, only the printed media. SEND US YOUR WORK ----------------- We also accept product for review purposes. 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, in both a text and a zipped version for fast downloading as well as back issues and an annotated index. You'll also find important links to some of the comic companies and creators' web pages and many other Comic Book related links! _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- [1] On the Net David LeBlanc ComicBkNet@aol.com THIS IS OUR TENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION! WELCOME TO THE PARTY! It all began on February 27, 1995. Exactly nine years ago this week Ed Dukeshire and Mike Imboden saw an idea become reality. They lead a bunch of other comic book enthusiast, willingly, to put together the latest news, and opinions on the latest comics and the state of the industry into a forum they could share electronically across the US and the world. It was designed to foster interest in the fledgling "Comic Book Network", a Bulletin Board System network dedicated to comics and things related. Lots of things have changed since then - with the network, with the Emag, with comics and the industry. We have been here to chronicle it all and get opinions from fans and pros alike on every aspect of comic books. We have had many highs, and a few real low points in those several years. In fact the Emag nearly disappeared just before its first anniversary. Many other similar E-zines are no longer being circulated. It took the determination of the few of us to keep it going. Over the years it took molding and shaping and bending, a little bit of coercion, a lot of work by dozens of contributors, and a little help from the guy upstairs. Some of you have been here since the beginning while others came in along the way and still more are brand new this year. To the latter, I suggest you browse our archives on the AOL web page. You will find a lot worth looking through if you are interested in the turmoil in the comic industry which had its beginnings roughly the same time we began publication. Indeed, a few students have used our back issues for research material. As we have in the past, we now present for you some of the highlights of our publishing history: 2/27/95 - 1st issue of "COMIC BOOK EMAG" edited by Ed Dukeshire, includes reviews by David LeBlanc and Chris Oarr. 3/2/95 - 3rd issue; we advertise our first internet Email address for feedback -> ComicBkNet@aol.com 5/15/95 - Issue #9 - we advertise for Email subscriptions. Emag being posted to files sections on BBS networks, AOL, Genie and Compuserve. 8/7/95 - Issue#21 - 1st web page set up at www.chris.com 8/13/95 - Issue 22 - Ryan Brewster becomes new Editor 8/20/95 - Bobb Waller begins column of "new comics shipping." 1/21/96 - Issue #45 - Ryan's last issue, begins his own Emag 2/19/96 - Issue #46 - after nearly a month hiatus, the Emag becomes THE COMIC BOOK NET ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE with David LeBlanc as the new editor. Subscribers number about 200. Web page moves to its current home at http://members.aol.com/ComicBkNet 2/24/96 - Issue #47 - 1st anniversary, 3/1/97 - First Trivia contest in memory of Seaborn Adamson - now the longest running feature of the Emag 3/22/96 - Issue #51 - RECOMMENDED READING column begins written by Joe Torres (COPYBOOK TALES, SIREN) 4/1/96 - First SPECIAL EDITION - April Fools issue. 8/30/96 - Issue #74 - The NCRL becomes a regular feature making Chuck Lepage the longest continuous contributor to the Emag to date beside the editor. 1/10/97 - Issue # 93 - TIPS OF THE TRADE self-publishing column begins by Larry Underwood (VOLUNTEER COMICS) 1/31/97 - Issue #96 - The Comics Newswire by Mike Doran begins 2/28/97 - 100TH Issue - 2nd Anniversary, Newswire changes its name to NEWSARAMA. 3/21/97 - Issue #103 - Robert Beerbohm writes in about the `73 Berkley Convention. 4/4/97 - Issue #105 - Beerbohm begins his COMICS REALITY series 7/4/97 - Issue #118 - NEWSARAMA moves to exclusive deal on MANIA.com 9/19/97 - Issue #129 - Interview with Chuck Rozanski on his bid to buy Marvel. 11/28/97 - Issue #139 - QUOTE OF THE WEEK contest begins sponsored by ACCLAIM reps Lou Novacheck and Jess McCann 1/2/98 - Issue #144 - Online interactive HTML version begins on DIGITAL WEBBING 2/13/98 - 150TH ISSUE - Interview with former CBEM contributor Chris Oarr, new head of Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. 4/16/99 - INNOCENT BYSTANDER (CBEM's Gary Sassaman) joins 3 GEEKS in new anthology comic. 4/23/99 - Interview with the Editor - David LeBlanc, John Broome dies 5/7/99 - Comic Book Museum closes doors, FIRST female CBEM columnist Jennifer M. Contino (THE PULSE) begins "Stranger in a Strange Land" 9/03/99 - SPAWN animated wins second Emmy, Siegel heirs reclaim their half of SUPERMAN rights! 9/17/99 - Wizard comic line announced 12/10/99 - Joe Simon sues for CAPTAIN AMERICA rights 12/24/99 - CROSSGEN COMICS announces lineup 12/31/99 - Tony Isabella's last column for CBEM 1/7/2000 - MAD's Don Martin dies 1/14/00 - AOL buys TIME WARNER/DC 2/14/00 - Gil Kane dies 2/18/00 - CBEM nominated for EAGLE AWARD 2/25/00 - Fifth Anniversary Issue, Gary Sassaman gets Comic-Con International post 4/14/00 - Stan Lee plans to re-invent DC Universe, Frank Miller to do DARK KNIGHT sequel 5/12/00 - Dick Sprang dies at 85, DARK HORSE PRESENTS to stop at #157 5/19/00 - ARCHIE fires 43-year veteran Dan DeCarlo 6/16/00 - CBEM online edition adds DR. CYBORG, MOON ON THE WATER gets Pulitzer nomination, Lex Luthor to run for President 7/21/00 - X-MEN movie sets records 8/11/00 - Tobey Maguire signs to play SPIDER-MAN in movie 8/25/00 - Waid signs with CrossGen, Carl Barks dies 9/1/00 - Joe Quesada named EIC at Marvel 11/10/00 - Luthor wins presidency, Diamond antitrust investigation dropped, founder of Dragoncon indicted 12/15/00 - AL Milgrom's contract revoked, Jack Liebowitz dies at 100, Chris Oarr leaves CBLDF for DC 12/22/00 - Stan Lee Media halts production, Perez goes to CrossGen 1/12/01 - Ang Lee to direct HULK movie 1/19/01 - 300th issue! PEDRO & ME nominated for Pulitzer 1/26/01 - JLA cartoon, SMALLVILLE set for TV 2/09/01 - DeCarlo suit vs. HARVEY dismissed 2/23/01 - Sixth Anniversary, Stan Lee Media files for bankruptcy 3/02/01 - JLA/AVENGERS given green light - Busiek & Perez 4/13/01 - FOX sues Marvel to stop MUTANT-X TV show 4/20/01 - KAVALIER & CLAY wins Pulitzer 5/18/01 - Marvel to drop Comic Code stamp 6/15/01 - Chris Oarr goes to CrossGen, FUTURE Comics formed 7/20/01 - Digital Webbing to publish comics 8/31/01 - Marlan Harris (CBEM columnist) wins THOR writing shot 9/14/01 - CBEM receives 2nd Eagle nomination; FAITH: A FABLE wins 1st DAY PRIZE, EXPO 2001 and BIG APPLE CON cancelled in wake of 9/11 attack on US - benefit projects announced 10/19/01 - SMALLVILLE debuts to high ratings 10/26/01 - FROM HELL tops box office in opening 11/23/01 - JUSTICE LEAGUE sets rating record for Cartoon Network 12/14/01 - DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN sets 5-year record, SEPTEMBER 11 volumes rush solicited 12/21/01 - Dan DeCarlo dies at 82 01/11/02 - John Buscema dead at 74, Jemas becomes Marvel COO 01/25/02 - Neil Gaiman sues Todd McFarlane in Federal Court 02/08/02 - Levitz named Pres. & Publisher of DC Comics 02/15/02 - GHOST WORLD nominated for Script OSCAR **03/22/02 - CBEM WINS EAGLE AWARD! FAVORITE COMICS E-ZINE!** 04/19/02 - JUST A PILGRIM wins Horror Guild Award 05/10/02 - 1st FREE COMIC BOOK Day success, SPIDER-MAN sets all time box-office record $144.8M, class-action suit against Marvel for late shipments, Robert Kanigher dies at 87 06/14/02 - Call goes out to help Bill Loebs, SHONEN JUMP comes to US 08/23/02 - Chaos! goes bankrupt 10/04/02 - Gaiman wins suit against McFarlane, TEEN TITANS toon set 10/18/02 - Nicholas Cage sells comics for $1.6 million 11/15/02 - Mike "NEWSARAMA" Doran new Marketing Communications Mgr. at Marvel, Stan Lee sues Marvel for $20 Million+ 01/17/03 - Supreme Court allows copyright extensions 01/31/03 - AMERICAN SPLENDOR wins top prize at Sundance Film Festival 02/28/03 - 8th Anniversary Issue - biggest-to-date! FUTURE Comics office vandalized; ELEKTRA movie set with Garner in lead; FUTURE makes comics 100% returnable 03/07/03 - Marvel announces new Terms of Sale to dealers; Marvel and Fox settle Mutant X lawsuit; DC acquires all publishing of ELFQUEST 03/21/03 - Diamond drops pre-order chart goes to actual sales Top 300 03/28/03 - Marvel announces EPIC imprint launch 06/13/03 - GREEN LANTERN gets second GLAAD Award; HARVEYs move to MoCCA; Turner sues Top Cow sues Turner; Bob Weinberg wins Bram Stoker Award; CATWOMAN wins PRISM 06/27/03 - HULK opening sets June record; Princess Diana in X- STATIX draws Palace ire 07/04/03 - DORK TOWER wins multiple Origins Awards & Kovalic inducted into Hall of Fame 07/18/03 - Wizard announces March 2004 convention in Long Beach 08/08/03 - FUTURE Comics switching to all trade paperback format; Digital Webbing announces new imprint 09/12/03 - Fantagraphics Books to publish complete PEANUTS strips; Christian Bale to be next movie Batman 9/26/03 - CROSSGEN cuts back staff, reduces pay - many decide to leave 10/03/03 - Marvel settles with Joe Simon over rights to Captain America; SANDMAN:ENDLESS NIGHTS debuts on NY Times bestseller list #20 10/10/03 - Marvel stock hits 8-year high on 3rd QTR results 10/17/03 - Marvel names Dan Buckley as Publisher - moves Jemas 10/24/03 - CrossGen ending 9 series - announces employees leaving; Rosemann promoted to Senior V.P. 11/21/03 - Ian Feller leaves CrossGen; Megacon sold 11/28/03 - McFarlane case appealed to Supreme Court 12/19/03 - Marvel raises newsstand comics from $2.25 to $2.99 1/02/04 - FF movie set for July 2005; HULK colorist Hermes Tadeu Murdered 1/09/04 - AMERICAN SPLENDOR wins LA Film Critics award 1/16/04 - Dave Cockrum hospitalized; Grendel optioned for movies 2/13/04 - Julius Schwartz dies at 88 2/20/04 - EPIC ANTHOLOGY is cancelled after one issue; Kevin Smith to write & direct GREEN HORNET; Larsen takes over from Valentino as Image Publisher 2/27/04 - AMERICAN SPLENDOR wins Writers Guild Award; Gaiman wins copyright interest in Angela, Medieval Spawn and Cagliostro; Robert Rodriguez to direct Sin City movie 3/19/04 - Cockrum gets compensation from Marvel 3/26/04 - Eulogy for Julius Schwartz; Tarantino on SIN CITY movie 4/09/04 - HELLBOY tops box office 4/16/04 - Marvel launches ICON imprint for KABUKI and POWERS 4/23/04 - Comic Buyers Guide changing to monthly magazine format; Bruce Willis to star in SIN CITY 4/30/04 - Carrie Nodell dies; DC gets rights to publish 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine in North America 6/04/04 - Carmine Infantino sues DC over The Flash rights 6/18/04 - Marvel emerges from debt 6/25/04 - CROSSGEN files for Chapter 11 protection 7/09/04 - SPIDER-MAN 2 smashes 1st week record 7/23/04 - Marvel sues Disney; Tony Twist wins $15M from TMP; Ross Rojek convicted; 7/30/04 - Darren Aronosky (Pi) will direct WATCHMEN 8/27/04 - Auction raises near $25K for Dave Cockrum 9/17/04 - Alan Fine named President and CEO of Marvel Publishing 10/01/04 - Infantino case against DC dismissed 10/08/04 - CROSSGEN assets sold for $1Million 10/15/04 - Christopher Reeve dies unexpectedly at age 52; Irv Novick dies 10/22/04 - Brandon Routh named as next movie SUPERMAN 10/29/04 - 40 years of SPIDER-MAN on one CD; Bill Liebowitz dies 11/12/04 - Marvel sues over "City of Heroes" RPG 11/19/04 - FLASH creator dies 12/10/04 - US seizes parody comics at customs; Bob Haney dies 12/17/04 - David Goyer to write, direct and produce FLASH movie 12/24/04 - McFarlane Productions files for Chapter 11 protection 1/07/05 - Will Eisner dead at 87; Wachowski Brothers to make V FOR VENDETTA - Natalie Portman to star; PAINKILLER JANE heading for Sci-Fi Channel series; Dreamwave closes; Frank Kelly Freas dies at 82 1/21/05 - Stan Lee wins suit for share of Marvel profits 1/28/05 - SPIDER- MAN 2 nominated for 3 Oscars; MAN-THING to premiere on Sci Fi Channel 2/04/05 - Marvel Super Heroes in Visa ad for Superbowl, Digital Webbing ceases online CBEM web edition. 2/18/05 - CONSTANTINE movie opens big in Asia - banned in Brunei 2/23/05 - these comics arrived at your local store: ABSTRACT STUDIOS Strangers In Paradise #71, $2.95 DC COMICS Legion Of Super Heroes #3, $2.95 Outsiders #21, $2.50 Seven Soldiers #0, $2.95 <-----------------Pick of the Week! Superman Batman Supergirl HC, $19.95 DORK STORM PRESS Dr Blink Superhero Shrink #1, $2.99 IDW PUBLISHING Grimjack Killer Instinct #2 (Of 6), $3.99 IMAGE COMICS Hunter Killer Campbell Cvr #1, $2.99 Hunter Killer Hairsine Cvr #1, $2.99 Hunter Killer Silvestri Cvr #1, $2.99 Ministry Of Space Ltd Ed HC, $24.95 Savage Dragon #120, $2.95 Witchblade #83, $2.99 MARVEL COMICS Marvel Previews #19 March 2005 Extras, AR Strange #4 (Of 6), $3.50 Ultimate Nightmare #5 (Of 5), $2.25 X-Men Phoenix Endsong #3 (Of 5), $2.99 NBM Boneyard #17, $2.95 magazine Previews Vol XV #3, AR 2/25/05 - ZORRO returns to comics and the big screen; BONE to be adapted to PC game; Marvel changes rating system; George Reeves bio-pic to star Ben Affleck Thanks to all who contributed their time, endorsements, prizes, columns, comics for review or supported us in any way. This issue is even more special as we have made it to ten years of continuous publication, almost entirely on a weekly schedule. Special thanks to all who continue to read the E-mag. We do it for all of you. ******** On with year number 11! And as always, we begin the new year with a very special trivia contest next week on the anniversary of it's inception. Be here next time when we suspend the rules and give everyone a shot at testing their "Valiant" trivia knowledge. This anniversary issue, as always, is dedicated to our founders, Ed Dukeshire & Mike Imboden. EXCELSIOR! David LeBlanc - ComicBkNet@aol.com Editor The Comic Book Net Electronic Magazine _________________________________________________________________ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? 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