February 15, 200917 yr Volume 1 Issue 6 DOUBLE ISSUE ________________________ NEWS ------- Due to Nom and I having made no issue last week, I put it upon myself to put together two weeks worth of information. As you may have noticed over the past couple weeks (almost two months now), the format changes a lot. We here at The Authors Corner are trying to find a more enjoyable format for both of us. A couple weeks back, Nom wrote an issue, and thanks to him for filling my shoes while I was gone, he did a great issue. Also, he gave me the idea to buy "A Game of Thrones (pretty good so far, if you want to know). This week, we focus on comics. If anything, we will focus more on various forms of writing instead of just novels. There are quite a few jobs to do with writing, including journalism, comic writing, script writing for movie and TV, and critic. Comics such as Batman and Spider Man will be examined, as well as Japanese Manga's. Also, we will have a whole section based on web comics, and sprite comics. _______________________________________________________ DC COMICS ------------- DC comics started a large boom in the comic industry. In the late 30's they created Detective Comics (what the company's named for) and it would usually involve a couple short comics with various heroes and villains. Soon, Batman came out of it, one of the first "real" superheroes. Though he really isn't super. Before that, Superman was created, making him the basis for generic comic characters. Over the years, DC has brought out the Justice League and other huge comic icons. Including the Watchmen, which is considered the single best comic series ever. Combining psychological and real world situations to create the perfect imitation of what a super heroes life would really be like. The comic, in my opinion, is one of the most depressing pieces of fiction ever and it is ruthless in the telling of the story. ------------------- OPINION ----------------- Yes, I am giving my opinion. I like DC. Batman has always been a kickarse character. He needs no superpowers to fight crime, all he needs is gadgets and pure brute strength. Superman used to be my favorite. He was kind of neat, had a lot of power, and was an alien! But I got older and found it was too boring. The storylines never seem to change and I still do not understand how in the hell nobody can tell that Supes is actually Clark Kent. If I put on a pair of glasses, everyone would think I'm someone else? I love Watchmen and love Rorschach the most. He's awesome. Plain and simple. If the upcoming film adaption sucks, the people who made it should either kill themselves, or run into a cave somewhere no one would look, because the fans are murderous. ______________________________________________ MARVEL COMICS: ------------------- Marvel is the biggest comic book company, pumping out fifty something comics a month. They created such greats as the Incredible Hulk, Spider-man, The Fantastic Four, and (my favorite) The Punisher. Anyone who has ever read an older Marvel Comic might notice the amazing amount of story that went into most of the characters. All the bad guys had back stories and there was a huge amount of characters in the background. Also, they made a world where heroes fight and nearly always have fights between favorite heroes. While DC has had Batman and Supes fight thirty thousand times, the latest Marvel epic, Civil War, brought together all characters in a series that took up nearly every characters comic. The fights were great, and it was a nerd-out. They are also comedic. The Marvel Zombies were a hilarious look at the world of Stan Lee and others, and then the spin off Army of the Dead Vs. Marvel Zombies was awesome. It had Ash in it. Bruce Campbell. The single greatest actor alive. Anyone? ---------------------- OPINION ---------------------- I love Marvel. Though they did have endorsed Who Wants to Be a Superhero, the epitome of "This show is sooooo bad but I can't stop watching". The Punisher is cool I think. He was a character that could compete with Batman. He was a human with gadgets, and a bunch of guns. But, he was different from Bats because he was poor. He drove around in a beat up van and usually staked out in abandoned buildings. Also, as mentioned, they continued the epic Evil Dead series with the comics. Anyone who does that wins forty thousand brownie points in my book. _____________________________________ OVERALL: -------------- These companies have really gone down in quality lately. It does not reflect the original product, the original character. Pick up the latest issue of the Punisher for instance. Inside, there are tons of panels were all it is is a drawing, and no dialogue. And all of the dialogue usually has some kind of cussing in it. There are also tons of ads. But not the cool ones with clipouts for magic kits and all that stuff, but instead for other crappy comics. Remember when Spiderman had to explain why he was web swinging down the street after he explained he was chasing a bad guy? Remember when every panel contained everyones thoughts, forms of dialogue. Sure every once in a while there would be some fight and there would be no dialogue, but it still reflected that they cared. Also, the prices are rediculous. Four to five dollars for a 32 page comic that I'll read in ten minutes and then either throw away or put in a sleeve and let rot for twenty years till its worth its face price on Ebay? I've given up on comics to tell the truth. I have behind me about two hundred old 90's superman comics and maybe 500 other random early 90's DC comics. Those are probably the only comics that will be in that box until something groundbreaking comes out, or theres a comic book about Bruce Campbell's chin coming alive and killing the Marvel Universe. ______________________________________________ MANGA ------------ Shonen Jump and other make up the Japanese comic medium known as Manga. I got my first Shonen Jump magazine in July of 2004 at an airport. On the front was Shaman King, which I liked, and it also had Yu-Gi-Oh and Naruto (which would not be on air for another couple years). I bought it and was quickly obsessed with the magazine. I got every months. I loved it. But soon it got way too much into Naruto (which I think is way overhyped). So I gave up on it. I have not read manga in a while mostly because of how annoyingly bad its gotten. Everythings the same. Teenage angsty peoples with giatn swords and wierd hair either with giant robots or fighting demons. http://www.onemanga.com Here you can read nearly any manga for free. It has some rough translations but is still a cheap way to read manga. I used to like the medium, but it, like our American comics, is begging for something different. The same series keep going on, everyone rips everyone else off, and the stories start cool but keep going to the point that you want to murder. Also, there is the (I swear if you don't pick up a copy I'm going to keep mentioning this) Vampire Hunter D series. They are books and a manga, though I would suggest the books. The translation can be rough and quite a few of the books follow the same formula (which does get boring), but its different and its the first time I have read any Japanese authors books. ________________________________________________ WEBCOMICS: --------------------- I've been reading a lot of these lately. There are a couple different sub categories, but I won't mention them all because I only read one kind of webcomic, the sprite comic. There is an exception with one I'll mention though. There are tons of sprite comics out there, and they litter nearly everything. Most are crap, and I can barely read past the first strip without giving up. Anyone can do it, which is one reason its hard to find a good one. Basically, finding a good webcomic is hard. You have to wade through the crap to find the gem that you were looking for. Here are a couple I like. http://www.bobandgeorge.com Bob and George is a comic making fun of megaman. I thought it was really funny and it is over, so you can read through and don't have to wait every day for a new strip. http://www.mgcomics.com/ A whole site dedicated to sprite comics. Here you can find Sonic ones and a couple odd balls. I would suggest Tony the Hedgehog (it starts slow and mediocre but I thought it got pretty good later), Digglet and Pals (makes fun of pokemon kind of, its pretty funny in the obvious sense). The others range from bad to alright. --------------------------- OTHER: http://www.hlcomic.com/index.php?date=2005-05-01 Makes fun of Half Life 2 and is one of my all time favorite web comics. It is over, so you will be able to read through it. Its relatively short for a web comic. As the saying goes "short and sweet". _________________________________________________________ BOOKS: ------------ THE CHRONICLES OF THOMAS COVENANT THE UNBELIEVER --------------------------------------------------------- Stephen R. Donaldson wrote the first book in 1977. It was a fairly in your face rip off of Lord of the Rings. The writing style was the same, it borrowed a lot of stuff (there is a ring involved, the bad guys are called ur-viles). But, after reading the first book "Lord Foul's Bane", I grew to like it and enjoy the adultier side of it. Its about a guy with leprosy who's wife leaves him, and he is basically an outcast in the town. One day he gets run into by a police car and is taken to a fantasy land where he is hailed as the reincarnation of an ancient hero, Berek Halfhand. Thomas has only three finger left, so that is how they get that. People also think he is a hero because his ring from his marriage is made of white gold, which is magical and powerful in the land. I won't go into much detail because the story is so short that if I told you anything else I would spoil everything. His style makes the book 500 pages, when a more simplistic style could tell it in maybe two hundred. So far, there are eight in the series with the ninth coming out next year and the tenth and final coming out in 2013 if wikipedia is to be believed. A very good series for all fantasy fans out there. __________________________________________________ QUESTION OF THE WEEK: Who's better, DC or Marvel? Why? ___________________________________________________ Next Week Volume 1 Issue 7 Something exciting __________________________________________________ HELP WANTED --------------- If you want to contribute to the Authors Corner, then send me a PM with your article (anything you want to talk about). Also, if you have art you want showcased here, we have space for you! ALSO, if you have any question, any random question you want answered, either post it/them down below or PM me. WE USE EVERYTHING! NO ARTICLE OR QUESTION OR ART PIECE WILL GO TO WASTE! WE SWEAR ON OUR PEN AND PAPER!
February 15, 200917 yr I am not a big fan of either DC or Marvel, I prefer manga. My favorite series is Hikaru No Go, which used to be serialized in Shonen Jump but is no longer, I think Death Note (which I also like) has replaced it, but I'm not sure. I do own the first five or six volumes of Hikaru No Go, and about 8 Shonen Jumps. There's also Shojo (idk how to spell it, I don't read it) Beat, basically manga aimed at girls... I also had an obessession for some time with Yu-Gi-Oh, particularly the Millenium World stage. I don't like it anymore with the advent of Yu-Gi-Oh GX, and I used to play the card game as well, but haven't bought any since GX came out. I also like Shaman King, and I'll pick up Naruto every once in a while. I don't think manga's gotten particularly bad recently, maybe there seems to be more of that stuff to you, but if you look you can definitely find something you like... A few good ones are Shaman King, Death Note, Hikaru No Go, the old Yu-Gi-Oh Duelist ones, Saint Sianya (I spelled it wrong), One Piece is okay, I don't know very many other manga but I'll look... http://www.shonenjump.com is their website I believe. Bleach is pretty awesome, also YuYu Hakasho (spelled wrong probably). sig by Soa.....tip.it times.....art & mediadeviantart/flickr/last.fm/steam/twitter/tumblr/youtube
February 15, 200917 yr Author I meant the newer manga Hawkxs. I think the Yu Yu Hakoshaw manga was awesome. That one du8de could flick his fingers and blow a dudes head up. BRUTAL VIOLNCE FTW! One Piece of Crap has gotten too repetitive (Like most anime/mangas) I used to play Yu-Gi-Oh and I believe I saw every episode of the anime. I remember waking up saturdays to watch it and go use my allowance to buy a new pack of cards. The millenium island was good, and the Marik saga was pretty good, but after that (what was after that?) I remember it started to suck. Also, theres a new Yugioh series "Yugioh 5D's". Its about playing duel monsters on motorcycles!
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