Comics non-stop es la locura de imágenes que hay un poco más abajo en forma de Slideshow (entre la primera aparición completa de MJ y el trailer prohibido de Spider-Man)...una presentación con un denominador común: héroes y villanos!!!
Disfrutadla!
Sam
Monday, November 19, 2007
Como dibujar superheroes, por Stan lee y John Buscema
Para todos los lectores de comics que se preguntan si pueden imitar (o al menos parecerse) a los grandes artistas del medio, como Big John Buscema, sus sueños pueden hacerse realidad...mirad que sencillo!!!
Al loro el video!
Sam
Al loro el video!
Sam
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Mary Jane y su "figurita"
Dicen que hoy los comics y todos los productos relacionados con ellos atraen a un lector adulto, y no a uno joven, como antiguamente. Esto ha hecho que muchos dibujantes aprovechen la oportunidad para resaltar ciertos atributos en las damas que pueblan los comics, hasta el punto de hacer que Ms. Marvel se vea entorpecida a la hora de luchar por el tamaño de sus...o de su...en fin, que ciertas voces se han hecho eco de esta moda, y criticado que un medio de expresion se vuelva sexista simplemente para calentar la sangre de ciertos lectores/editores/guionistas/dibujantes...
Hasta que vino la figurita de Mary Jane, el personaje secundario casi tan famoso como su heroico marido, Peter "el trepamuros" Parker.
Aunque pueda parecer exagerado, esta figurita de coleccionista en la que MJ parece "descubrir los trapos sucios" de Petey, o asi proclamaba su autor, ha hecho que un movimiento feminista se levante, en queja por lo que asumen es un acto sexista que deja a MJ en un lugar estereotipado, donde aparte de lavar la ropa y hacer la colada, es dibujada como una supermodelo (algo que casualmente ha sido en los comics debido a que siempre, desde Stan Lee, ha representado a la chica sexy, liberada, inalcanzable, alma de la fiesta).
Veamos otras "tomas":
Sin embargo, la historia no acaba con esto, ya que hace un tiempo vi una imagen que supone la "contrapartida", o la otra cara de la moneda, para aquellos que se quejaron y demandaron un trato similar a hombres y mujeres en los comics...ahi va:
Pobre Peter...
Samy
Hasta que vino la figurita de Mary Jane, el personaje secundario casi tan famoso como su heroico marido, Peter "el trepamuros" Parker.
Aunque pueda parecer exagerado, esta figurita de coleccionista en la que MJ parece "descubrir los trapos sucios" de Petey, o asi proclamaba su autor, ha hecho que un movimiento feminista se levante, en queja por lo que asumen es un acto sexista que deja a MJ en un lugar estereotipado, donde aparte de lavar la ropa y hacer la colada, es dibujada como una supermodelo (algo que casualmente ha sido en los comics debido a que siempre, desde Stan Lee, ha representado a la chica sexy, liberada, inalcanzable, alma de la fiesta).
Veamos otras "tomas":
Sin embargo, la historia no acaba con esto, ya que hace un tiempo vi una imagen que supone la "contrapartida", o la otra cara de la moneda, para aquellos que se quejaron y demandaron un trato similar a hombres y mujeres en los comics...ahi va:
Pobre Peter...
Samy
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Actualizado!
He actualizado el post de la mitica frase de Mary Jane a Peter, añadiendo la verdadera imagen que dio origen a dicha (mas que celebre) frase, y que se vio en Amazing Spider-Man hace ya muuucho tiempo.
Sam
Sam
Monday, October 29, 2007
Los Avengers, por el auténtico George Pérez
Bueno, aquí van algunos dibujos de los Avengers que no fueron publicados, realizados por George Pérez tras su primera etapa en la colección, hace más de 30 años(allá por 1975). Demuestran uno de los rasgos de identidad del dibujante:
¡Cuantos más personajes en un mismo dibujo, mejor!
Increíble...en medio de tanto avenger, con Hulk saltando por encima de todos, George tiene tiempo de poner a un Jarvis sonriente e impasible...
Ahora una en color:
Pronto más...
Sam
¡Cuantos más personajes en un mismo dibujo, mejor!
Increíble...en medio de tanto avenger, con Hulk saltando por encima de todos, George tiene tiempo de poner a un Jarvis sonriente e impasible...
Ahora una en color:
Pronto más...
Sam
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Famous comic-book quotes! part 2
More Comics' classic quotes!! This one I think everybody might have heard, at least once, even if they have never read an Amazing Spider-Man comic!
It first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15, on August 1962, where Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created some high-school student that became a super-hero, Peter Parker a.k.a. Spider-Man! The quote appears on the very last panel of the issue, as a heart-broken Spider-Man walks through the streets at night:
With great power comes great responsibility
Sometimes Stan Lee was a genius, yes...
Sam
It first appeared in Amazing Fantasy #15, on August 1962, where Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created some high-school student that became a super-hero, Peter Parker a.k.a. Spider-Man! The quote appears on the very last panel of the issue, as a heart-broken Spider-Man walks through the streets at night:
With great power comes great responsibility
Sometimes Stan Lee was a genius, yes...
Sam
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
A Marvel Heroes mix!
Come on, find Wally...or the hero you like the most!
Click on the image to see a larger version.
Sam
Click on the image to see a larger version.
Sam
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Espías en Estoril
Mi novia y yo en el Casino de Estoril (Portugal), posando al más puro estilo James Bond. Ganamos tanto dinero que ya ni me acuerdo!!!
Te quiero, Natalia.
Samy
Te quiero, Natalia.
Samy
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Nice Avengers' shot
The Avengers from the second half of the 90's: a "modern-day" look for Earth's mightiest.
Yes, yes, Cap is still up front...some things never change (well, though now that the man is suposedly dead, that will be a bit more difficult!).
Sam
Yes, yes, Cap is still up front...some things never change (well, though now that the man is suposedly dead, that will be a bit more difficult!).
Sam
Friday, September 28, 2007
Thor vs. Silver Surfer: an instant classic
The asgardian god versus the sky-rider of the spaceways, the former herald of the devourer of worlds, Galactus. Thor vs. Silver Surfer. This is one cover worth looking at every day (the story inside isn't bad at all, either):
I love this (John Buscema) one. And you?
Sam
I love this (John Buscema) one. And you?
Sam
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Orkey's stuff, part 2: Johnny Storm: the human...torch?
You know Stan created the Fantastic Four to compete with DC's growing superhero line. You know he wanted a mixture of realism with golden age archetypes. Thus, he gave us the genius stretchy father figure, the invisible mother figure, the super strong monstrous older brother and the hotheaded not-a-teen-sidekick younger brother.
Aye, history was made when the first issue put the spin in the spinner racks.
But I wasn't there then. Wasn't even born. For me, the Human Torch was Johnny Storm in cartoon form. Yep, the 60's FF cartoon lead me to reading comics and finally years later collecting them. My first FF book had Medusa replacing Sue and Johnny wearing an orange to me costume.
This red costume was Johnny's way to pay homage to the original Human Torch. The who? I didn't know until I bought a King-Sized FF book that reprinted "The Torch That Was". It seems there was an android Torch before there was a human Torch. This hero fell in the Nevada desert and the Mad Thinker got his hands on him and remade him into a foe of our Fantastic Four.
This good Stan and Jack tale concluded with the first Torch dying and the FF placing him on a lab table as his final resting place. A sad ending.
Comics being comics, this was not the android's end. He came back. First, as an Avenger's time travelling foe and later as an Invader. When he was in the pages of the Avengers, Marvel made an error and left the android, Jim Hammond in the present time. Marvel would clear the air later in the letter pages by informing the readers that Jim had returned to his proper time off-panel.
But it was too late. I had high hopes that the original Torch was back in modern Marvel. Why not have two Torches around? Just change Jim's name to the Torch or even Toro, to pay homage to his fallen friend. I then wondered why Stan gave Johnny the powers of another Marvel/Timely hero in the first place?
He could had given Johnny powers swiped from another Golden Age company like he did with Plastic Man for Mr. Fantastic. Here comes the fun. What powers would you give Johnny?
Me? I have a few ideas.
Thanks to Stan's "Origin of Marvel Comics", I knew he like having flying heroes. But these fliers had to have a good reason for flight. Stan did not like how Superman flew. He wanted a reason like how the Human Torch flew because of his lighter than air flames. Later, Thor would fly because of his hammer and Spider-man "flies" due to his webbing. The reason did not have to be scientifically sound- just more realistic than "up, up and away".
So, how about Stan giving Johnny a big set of wings like Hawkman's? Not attached wings, but like the Wasp's. Johnny could cry "Wings on!" and these large wings seem to grow out of his back. Think a combo of Wasp and the Angel.
The youngest member of the Fantastic Four..meet the Angel! Nope. Not right. I think Stan would had wanted a more dramatic power for his first comic than just having wings (we had a simple Invisible Girl; don't need a Hawkman, too). Since we are now treading on mutant ground, what about giving Johnny the powers of Iceman? Fire's frozen opposite is ice. It is dramatic to see Iceman on his ice bridges "flying" across town as he hurls his assortment of ice blasts, ice 'balls' and many other shapes.
Bobby Drake could have had super speed or something for his debut.
Johnny Iceman doesn't work for you? How about Johnny the Human Nova, instead? Let's take a flying man and give him super speed. Perhaps John could hurl energy blasts err..cosmic ray blasts! Must give him a Stan Lee flaw to make him a Marvel hero!. Got it! The Human Nova cannot always fly. He, like our cars and jets, has limited "fuel" in his gas tank, so to speak. Thus, Johnny has to wear a parachute at all times. He never knows when he has exhausted his "fuel".
I just think the Human Torch was Marvel Comic's first cover boy and it was too bad when mentioning him, we have to say "original" or "Jim Hammond". I dislike DC comics for this very reason. The need to specify which Flash, Green Lantern, Robin or Atom I am talking about becomes annoying at times.
What- there are two Hawkeyes now? Check please!
Aye, history was made when the first issue put the spin in the spinner racks.
But I wasn't there then. Wasn't even born. For me, the Human Torch was Johnny Storm in cartoon form. Yep, the 60's FF cartoon lead me to reading comics and finally years later collecting them. My first FF book had Medusa replacing Sue and Johnny wearing an orange to me costume.
This red costume was Johnny's way to pay homage to the original Human Torch. The who? I didn't know until I bought a King-Sized FF book that reprinted "The Torch That Was". It seems there was an android Torch before there was a human Torch. This hero fell in the Nevada desert and the Mad Thinker got his hands on him and remade him into a foe of our Fantastic Four.
This good Stan and Jack tale concluded with the first Torch dying and the FF placing him on a lab table as his final resting place. A sad ending.
Comics being comics, this was not the android's end. He came back. First, as an Avenger's time travelling foe and later as an Invader. When he was in the pages of the Avengers, Marvel made an error and left the android, Jim Hammond in the present time. Marvel would clear the air later in the letter pages by informing the readers that Jim had returned to his proper time off-panel.
But it was too late. I had high hopes that the original Torch was back in modern Marvel. Why not have two Torches around? Just change Jim's name to the Torch or even Toro, to pay homage to his fallen friend. I then wondered why Stan gave Johnny the powers of another Marvel/Timely hero in the first place?
He could had given Johnny powers swiped from another Golden Age company like he did with Plastic Man for Mr. Fantastic. Here comes the fun. What powers would you give Johnny?
Me? I have a few ideas.
Thanks to Stan's "Origin of Marvel Comics", I knew he like having flying heroes. But these fliers had to have a good reason for flight. Stan did not like how Superman flew. He wanted a reason like how the Human Torch flew because of his lighter than air flames. Later, Thor would fly because of his hammer and Spider-man "flies" due to his webbing. The reason did not have to be scientifically sound- just more realistic than "up, up and away".
So, how about Stan giving Johnny a big set of wings like Hawkman's? Not attached wings, but like the Wasp's. Johnny could cry "Wings on!" and these large wings seem to grow out of his back. Think a combo of Wasp and the Angel.
The youngest member of the Fantastic Four..meet the Angel! Nope. Not right. I think Stan would had wanted a more dramatic power for his first comic than just having wings (we had a simple Invisible Girl; don't need a Hawkman, too). Since we are now treading on mutant ground, what about giving Johnny the powers of Iceman? Fire's frozen opposite is ice. It is dramatic to see Iceman on his ice bridges "flying" across town as he hurls his assortment of ice blasts, ice 'balls' and many other shapes.
Bobby Drake could have had super speed or something for his debut.
Johnny Iceman doesn't work for you? How about Johnny the Human Nova, instead? Let's take a flying man and give him super speed. Perhaps John could hurl energy blasts err..cosmic ray blasts! Must give him a Stan Lee flaw to make him a Marvel hero!. Got it! The Human Nova cannot always fly. He, like our cars and jets, has limited "fuel" in his gas tank, so to speak. Thus, Johnny has to wear a parachute at all times. He never knows when he has exhausted his "fuel".
I just think the Human Torch was Marvel Comic's first cover boy and it was too bad when mentioning him, we have to say "original" or "Jim Hammond". I dislike DC comics for this very reason. The need to specify which Flash, Green Lantern, Robin or Atom I am talking about becomes annoying at times.
What- there are two Hawkeyes now? Check please!
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Famous comic-book quotes!
In this new section we'll see some of what I think are the most famous comic-book quotes of all history. The first one, today, is by none other than Mary Jane Watson, from the first time she met Peter Parker, and the first time readers got to see her face, after many issues of seeing part of his body only...that was Stan Lee with his classic humor. Finally, Aunt May's efforts to date Peter with a girl were rewarded!
As an "amazed" Peter Parker stared at her, with his eyes and mouth wide open, MJ said:
Face it, tiger, you just hit the jackpot!
And though the original scene was drawn by none other than John Romita, this piece of art sums the feeling Peter got pretty well...
If you want to see the original, you just have to read Amazing Spider-Man #42 (1966), by Stan Lee and John Romita, where the first full Mary Jane appearance was shown.
See you, tigers!
Sam
As an "amazed" Peter Parker stared at her, with his eyes and mouth wide open, MJ said:
Face it, tiger, you just hit the jackpot!
And though the original scene was drawn by none other than John Romita, this piece of art sums the feeling Peter got pretty well...
If you want to see the original, you just have to read Amazing Spider-Man #42 (1966), by Stan Lee and John Romita, where the first full Mary Jane appearance was shown.
See you, tigers!
Sam
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