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----------------------------------------------------------------- THE COMIC BOOK NETWORK ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE Issue Number 572 4/21/2006 Edited by: David LeBlanc - ComicBkNet@aol.com Winner of the 2001 EAGLE AWARD as FAVORITE COMICS E-ZINE! FREE VIA EMAIL SINCE FEBRUARY 1995 _________________________________________________________________ C O N T E N T S ----------------------------------------------------------------- COMICS OBSCURA - (Various Places) ....... Mike Curtis [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:Marlin Shoop, Pat Quinn, Craig Boldman, Rex Lindsey, Rich Koslowski, Bobby Nash, Stephen Antczak ............ Richard Vasseur [6] Interviews: Nick Defina, Jemir Johnson .. Paul Dale Roberts [7] The Nitpicker's Column .................. Martin A. Perez [8] Suspended Animation ..................... Michael Vance & Mark Allen [9] ComiX-FAN Reviews........................ Eric J. Moreels [10] M.O.E. Reviews .......................... Paul Dale Roberts [11] New Comic Book Releases List ............ Charles LePage [12] 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 2006 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. The weekly deadline is 7:00 PM Eastern Time on Thursday - NO EXCEPTIONS! Late submissions are held over for the following week. Final edit is reserved by the editor, not the submitter! 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 Right, another harried week. For those who actually read this part of the Emag, you will be the first to know there will be no issue next week. I leave on Sunday for the home office in Beautiful downtown Wabash. I will be occupied day and night with work related stuff and socializing. There is no way to try and maintain a full issue so It will wait until the following week. I hope you all understand and take the time to do some research of your own at the sites listed in our LINKS section. I'll be reading some of these comics on the flights to and from Indiana. DC COMICS Ex Machina Special #1 (Of 2), $2.99 JLA Classified #20, $2.99 JSA Classified #11, $2.50 Justice #5 (Of 12), $3.50 Testament #5, $2.99 IMAGE COMICS Rising Stars Untouchable #3 (Of 5), $2.99 MARVEL COMICS Nextwave Agents Of Hate #4, $2.99<------Pick of the Week! Squadron Supreme #2, $2.99 NETCOMICS 0/6 Vol 1 GN (Of 5), $9.99 Boy Princess Vol 1 GN (Of 9), $9.99 Land Of Silver Rain Vol 1 GN (Of 7), $9.99 Let Dai Vol 1 GN (Of 15), $9.99 Madtown Hospital Vol 1 GN (Of 4), $9.99 Pine Kiss Vol 1 GN (Of 8), $9.99 Reviews have backed up as well, no MY VIEW this week. I hope to at least get through most of the comp copies in the spare time I have this coming week. See you for the FREE COMIC BOOK DAY issue on May fifth. 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. +++++ From: "Angelo Furlan" catfish-comics@rogers.com To: ComicBknet@aol.com Subject: Re: Review: SINNAMON Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 11:50:51 -0400 Hello David! Thanks for the review of Sinnamon! I'd just like to make a few comments. >David's favorite motivational phrase is: BEHOLD THE TURTLE, HE >ONLY MAKES PROGRESS WHEN HE STICKS HIS NECK OUT! Indeed. This phrase has become an inspiration for me too. Stick out that neck, and keep on trying! >Where to begin? I have followed the adventures of SINNAMON from >the start in 1994 and have waited five years for Angelo and M. >Gerald to get back to her. [snip snip] >I did a Google of the word SINNAMON and among other >things found, er, an adult entertainer shall we say. Just a >coincidence. I remember a time when Googling "Sinnamon" resulted in a pile of hits to Catfish Comics. Like you mention, things have changed. This particular entertainer has done a remarkable job of self-promotion on-line. I don't know how long she's been in the "business", but our heroine is not named after her. Just thought I'd mention it. >Much to her parents consternation she hooks up with a rock bank >and even writes their songs: >"I feel messed up. My life's in a rut! >Don't cross me. I'll kick your butt!" >Heh, heh! Glad you liked it. We're not done with Cindy's aborted musical career yet. It's just too much fun to let pass. Details to follow. >I am just glad to see an old favorite back >in action. It has my stamp of approval. Thank you, David! We're glad to be back! Angelo Furlan +++++ From: "Mike Curtis" <shandafa@cyberback.com> To: <ComicBknet@aol.com> Subject: Just an opinion (letter to the Editor) Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 12:53:10 -0500 Like most other folks, I've been reading IDENTITY CRISIS and like many others, hoping for the return of Earth 2 or some variant thereof. I have no idea what DC will decide, but since no one will be listening anyway, I'd like to throw out an idea or perhaps a theory. I call it the "basement concept." You're in the front room of your house, facing the wall, and you want to go to that same spot in the basement. The most direct route is to tear a hole in the floor, causing structural damage to the house and drop through. MOST people would go to wherever the door to the basement stairs are, and walk down a flight of stairs to the basement, then proceed to that spot in the basement. Now let's say the ground floor is the current DC universe. The basement is the Justice Society universe. To get to that spot, you're going down and backwards. As a comparison, you're not only going through SPACE but also TIME, because the easier way is through that particular portal. Nowadays JLA could meet the young vital JSA around 1947 if that's how the portal led. Plus, in many of the 1940's DC comics, they travel to the future and it sure isn't like what we see around here. For instance, TOMMY TOMORROW was originally set in the 1960's with rocket ships for everyone. Hey, if it's a different universe, it doesn't HAVE to follow our timeline. Maybe in the JSA universe, rockets for everyone are commonplace in 2006, and maybe the Legion of Super Heroes is just around the corner, maybe with Superman's grandson as Superboy. There's no assassinations in the 1960's, and civil rights came easy, rather than with battles. Maybe in the JSA universe, they travel to their 1990 and meet Kyle Rayner, a new Green Lantern. It opens so many doors, it's not funny. Plus, since it doesn't HAVE to follow our history, a series set in 1947 or later could let creators play with these original exciting characters. JUST IMAGINE The Justice Society in the 1950's. Admitting new heroes like Robotman, the Martian Manhunter, or members of the League of Heroes. Or a mature Robin. Maybe the BATMAN II stories written by Alfred actually happen. Or some heroes might retire at different times, take on new and unseen assistants. Lord, what a playground for writers and artists. Of course, it's just an idea. And we writers do love ideas. Mike Curtis [Thanks for writing Mike. You bring up some interesting ideas. As for Infinite Crisis, many will probably be disappointed by the end, I have a feeling people do want Earth 2 back and I have a feeling that is not what is planned. For example, in the latest issue we saw the birth of New Earth. - D.L.] _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- [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: What super hero lives in Halcyon, PA? Well I stumped the readers. The answer is THE BRUISER. I guess no one went to the Catfish Website for possible clues. Well, if it is ok with Angelo we will carry over the prize to this week's contest. Remember it is a SINNAMON t-shirt so you will need to give your size if you win. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ THIS WEEK'S TRIVIA QUESTION: For the SINNAMON t-shirt: In what comic did Element Girl first appear? 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! _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- COMICS OBSCURA Mike Curtis shandafa@cyberback.com [COMICS OBSCURA are facts Mike Curtis has dug out during his 30 years of collecting Superman and writing about comics. His website for his comic imprint is www.shandafantasyarts.net ] This week we'll focus on THINGS THAT NEVER CAME TO PASS. ------------------------------------------- MAYBE THIS IS WHERE TOM CRUISE GOT THE IDEA In his book BACK TO THE BATCAVE, hero ADAM WEST mentions that a SECOND live action BATMAN feature film was discussed, to be filmed between the second and third seasons of the TV series. According to West, this film would have featured THE JOKER teaming up with a band of aliens and introduced a real BATPLANE to the list of vehicles for the series. _________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------- [4] Network Buzz News, gossip and rumors from the industry Subject: MCBA News Date: 4/16/2006 11:11:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time To: ComicBknet Dear Friend, The Midwest Comic Book Association, an all volunteer not-for- profit organization is pleased to announce MicroCon 2006. MicroCon is an old fashioned celebration of a truly American art form...the comic book. MicroCon features comic book artists, writers, inkers and publishers and gives them the opportunity to interact with and speak directly to their fans as well as those who would make comics a career choice(over 65 will be in attendance).. In addition, there will be specialty retailers buying, selling and trading over half a million comic books of all types (golden & silver age, collectors, reading copies, etc.), original comic book art, trade paperbacks & graphic novels and a huge variety of other comic book related material. Given the proud long standing tradition Minnesota and the upper midwest has producing world class comic book creators (Curt Swan, Charles Schultz, CC Beck, Dan Jurgens, Doug Mahnke, etc) and an exceptional love for comic books it is expected that once again fans from all over the midwest will flock to the MCBA MicroCon one day wonder! Please consider this communication a formal request to have our event listed in your community/convention calendar section (Please see details below) If you have any questions, comments or concerns, I am at your disposal. Thank you for your valuable time and thoughtful considerations! Respectfully, Midwest Comic Book Association PO Box 131475 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55113 MNCBA@aol.com www.SOURCECANDG.com 612-237-1801 Event Name: MCBA MICROCON COMIC BOOK CONVENTION Date/Time: Sunday, April 30, 2006 - 10AM to 4PM Location: Minnesota State Fairgrounds - Progress Center 1621 Randall Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108 Admission: $6.00 per adult. Get $1.00 with a canned food shelf donation. Children 9 & under are free. Notes: - Free grab bags to the 1st 500 attendees. - Free creator autographs. - Tons of door prizes. - Free parking. More Info: MNCBA@aol.com www.MNCBA.com Don't forget the MCBA FallCon Comic Book Convention October 7 & 8, 2006 +++++ Look -- Up in the Sky! Product Placement! By BRIAN STEINBERG April 18, 2006; Page B1 Superheroes like Superman and Spider-Man can save mankind from natural disasters, space aliens and evil mutants. But there's one thing they are powerless to stop: Advertisers shilling products within the pages of the comic books they call home. In July, Time Warner Inc.'s DC Comics, home to characters such as Batman and Aquaman, is launching "Rush City," a six-part miniseries that boasts visible promotional support from General Motors Corp.'s Pontiac. As part of the series, a new hero known as "The Rush" will be prominently featured driving a Pontiac Solstice in the comic book. "The car will be as essential to the character as the Aston Martin was to James Bond," says David McKillips, vice president of advertising and custom publishing for DC Comics. Over the past few months, Marvel Entertainment Inc. has begun putting the "swoosh" logo from Nike Inc. in the scenes of some of its titles, such as "New X-Men." So far, the emblem has appeared on a car door and on a character's T-shirt. "We are always looking for new and interesting ways of connecting with our consumers," says Nate Tobecksen, a Nike spokesman. "This is certainly one of them." Last week, DaimlerChrysler AG's Dodge finalized an ad pact that will include product placements in Marvel comics. Marvel, home of Spider-Man, Captain America and Sub-Mariner, may feature Dodge's new car, the Caliber, in the books' cityscapes, including on billboards, T-shirts or signs over the next four to eight months, Joe Maimone, Marvel's advertising director, says. Both Pontiac and Dodge are getting the product placements deals as part of larger ad buys. The two car companies are purchasing print ads as well -- the first time either auto maker has taken out an ad in a comic book. Product placement has become commonplace in movies and TV shows. Now it's coming to comic books -- in part because the industry's two giants, DC and Marvel, are promoting some of their titles as places to reach one of Madison Avenue's most elusive audiences: guys in their 20s. Notoriously hard to reach, young adult males are known to be wary of traditional sales pitches, especially ones that get in the way of their entertainment. "It's the kind of audience that is harder and harder and harder to get to," says Dino Bernacchi, advertising manager for Pontiac. A casual reader might miss some of the new comic-book product placements, which are meant to be part of the artwork. "When Spider-Man flies through Times Square, you don't necessarily have to draw" the signs that are there in real life, says Marvel's Mr. Maimone. "We can pretty much put anything we want, as long as it's organic and not forced." DC's Mr. McKillips says Pontiac will not have direct editorial oversight of the comic and its main character. "We're not seeking their approval on everything, and they trust us," he says. A Pontiac spokesman says the company is not involved in the creative process. Comic books have long carried some print ads, and they typically had a youthful bent, with ads for toy soldiers, x-ray glasses and mail-order Sea Monkeys. More recent ads hawked acne medications, videogames and chewing gum. Lately, readers of comic books have gotten older. On Madison Avenue, "there is a large misunderstanding of who is reading these titles and what they are paying attention to," says Pontiac's Mr. Bernacchi. The genre suffered a slump beginning in the early 1990s that lasted until the first Spider-Man movie was released in 2002, says Gordon Hodge, who follows the business for Thomas Weisel Partners. In that time, fans who kept buying the books have grown older, now reaching into their 20s and 30s. A recent wave of hit films featuring comic-book heroes has gotten consumers, including older ones, interested in comic books again. Mr. Hodge estimates the comic-book market is worth about $400 million to $450 million, with Marvel controlling about 37% and DC capturing around 33%. DC and Marvel are both burnishing "networks" of titles that appeal to male readers between the ages of 18 and 34. Marvel's Mr. Maimone says the comics titles are competing with "laddie" magazines such as Emap PLC's FHM or Dennis Publishing's Maxim and Stuff. Comic books for the older set contain grittier storylines about superheroes with distinct character flaws. Batman these days exhibits paranoid tendencies, even going so far as to construct a satellite to keep tabs on his caped associates. Green Arrow, an archer in an emerald costume who once shot trick arrows with boxing gloves instead of sharp tips, recently used a real arrow to stab a villain in the eye. (To be fair, the criminal was already blind in that socket.) DC's Mr. McKillips says he hopes to bring in other advertisers seeking an older male. "You're going to see this year a lot more health and beauty care, shaving cream, razors, alongside the automotive," he says. Weaving products into comics is not entirely new. DC says in the 1960s it produced comic-book series based on toys such as Captain Action or Hot Wheels, in response to advertiser relationships. The new auto-maker ads will be less overt. Nonetheless, the product placements, which still aren't widely known, have some fans seeing red. Such ads "taint the experience," says Chuck Rozanski, founder of Mile High Comics, a Denver comics retailer. "The comic environment is designed to take you away from reality for a moment," he says. "Here we are thrusting offensive marketing products from our world into this fantasy world." The big concern among comics aficionados seems to be whether the drawings of the products will obscure the dialogue and pictures. Laverne Mann, a Ewing, N.J., librarian who has read comics for years, hopes the books won't look "like the comic is being bought by the product," with a logo or drawing of a soda can obscuring the art. Something that takes attention away from the story would be "like a pop-up ad," says Rebecca Sutherland Borah, an associate professor of English at the University of Cincinnati who has studied comics. "I want to see all the art and words I can get." Others see the placement as the lesser of two evils, still better than having big display ads inside the comic books. "Anything they can do to put it in front of the person in the mainline of reading is going to be a good thing," says Tommy King, who sells comics at Tales Resold in Raleigh, N.C. +++++ Thanks for subscribing to the Comic Book Network Electronic Magazine (CBEM) --------------------------->Disclaimer<--------------------------- This is an ANNOUNCE only mailing list, only the Editor can send messages to the list. 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