Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Noted
• At this past weekend’s MorrisonCon, writer Grant Morrison revealed more details of his Multiversity project for DC. Scheduled for later in 2013, the project comprises six one-shots and a pair of bookend issues, plus a guidebook to the whole thing. Each one-shot will feature an alternate Earth, one with the Charlton heroes, another where World War II never ended, and yet another with a version of the original Captain Marvel. Those descriptions sound like the pre-Crisis Earths 4, X, and S, respectively.
Yesterday’s Panel Quiz Answer
Zatanna’s first line in comics was, “I a Zat daugh o Zat ! I mu b p toge wi …” She (well, half of her), said them in Hawkman #4 (Nov 64).
Today’s Panel Quiz
Whose first line in comics was “It’s time we tackled the mail I got from being on the Carson show, Larry.”?
Born Today
Alex Raymond (1909), cartoonist
Peanuts (1950), comic strip
Mark Borax (1954), comics writer and editor
Randy Zimmerman (1959), comics writer and artist
Barbara Randall Kesel (1960), comics editor and writer
John Talbot Marshall (1964), comics artist
Birthdays 2 Weeks from Now
George Khoury, comics historian
Larry Young, comics writer and publisher
Ripley’s Believe It or Not (1919), comics panel
Joe Sinnott (1926), comics artist
Bob Hall (1944), comics writer
Mark Badger (1958), comics artist
Pete Janes (1966), comics editor
Today’s Flashbacks
5 yrs Oct 2, 2007 Archie Comics president and co-publisher Richard Goldwater dies at age 71.
Every Wednesday and Saturday. California: City of Industry. Comic Book & Collectible Show.
Oct 6 Minnesota: St. Paul. MCBA Fallcon Comic Book Party.
Oct 7 Iowa: Bettendorf. Comics show.
Do you have a show coming up? Let us know! You can e-mail the information to showscalendar@krause.com or mail it to Show Calendars, Comics Buyer’s Guide, 700 E. State St., Iola, WI 54945. If you have a creator appearance scheduled, let us know by e-mail to brent.frankenhoff@fwmedia.com.
Comics-related media
• Dark Shadows is available on home video today.
• Disney home video has released a three-disc Blu-ray edition of Cinderella.
• Resident Evil 6 is available for Xbox 360 today as well.
The Magazine
Today in Tony Isabella’s Bloggy Thing…
To celebrate my 40th anniversary in comics, I recall my first day at Marvel and announce a special offer:
http://tonyisabella.blogspot.com/2012/10/40-years-and-mule.html
Tony