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The Curious League of Comic Book Geeks (http://thecuriousleagueofcbgeeks.blogspot.com/)
Hey all. LoL, I know many of you are not into comic books, but my friend Josh and I have created a podcast called The Curious League of Comic Book Geeks, which will be a weekly podcast dedicated to comic book reviews, spotlights on certain series, and other various comic book related stuff. Feel free to give a listen if you want. I hope everyone who listens to it enjoys it. 8)
P.S. - Also we, the Curious League of Comic Book Geeks apologize for the length of this first episode. LoL, due to background info on our favorite comics, as well as what got us into comics, it ran a bit longer than normal! 8D
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I'm currently listening to it and aside from some minor recording issues and the fact that it just cut out at the talk of Batman: Year One (shortly after the Watchmen discussion), I enjoyed it. Dunno why it ended there, though.
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Episode 2 is now up! (http://thecuriousleagueofcbgeeks.blogspot.com/) Hopefully my voice will sound better next podcast, as I will be getting my mic back or just recording from Josh's place.
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Yay! The episode played all the way through to the end! I'll be sure to tune in for the reviews, see if there's any new comics I should grab when I hit the stores.
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I seriously recommend Irredeemable. It's [tornado fang]ing awesome.
Posted on: February 08, 2011, 04:11:53 AM
Episode 3 - I Wanna Take You For A Ride (http://thecuriousleagueofcbgeeks.blogspot.com/) is now available for your viewing/listening pleasure. My sexcellent voice sounds a whole lot better now.
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Indeed. Those Logitech Rock Band mics are great.
Be aware, though, folks, there may be some spoilers abound. I enjoyed the episode, though.
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I think you'd really like our Series Spotlight this week, Quickie. The Unwritten is a really awesome and unique story.
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I'll be sure to check it out next time finances allow.
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Just wanted to chime in on how the show's coming along. I like it, you guys certainly have a good setup for the show. Certainly feels like you guys have more of a direction now that all the introductory stuff is out of the way.
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Ooh, an informative podcast thing.
Not truly my thing, but I'll try to give it a listen sometime.
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Just wanted to chime in on how the show's coming along. I like it, you guys certainly have a good setup for the show. Certainly feels like you guys have more of a direction now that all the introductory stuff is out of the way.
Thanks. Yeah, the intro thing was just to give some info about ourselves, but the format is much better now, as well as my mic now that I have my Logitech Rock Band mic back.
Ooh, an informative podcast thing.
Not truly my thing, but I'll try to give it a listen sometime.
Thanks. Hope you enjoy it. If not, I totally understand. XD
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And speaking of the podcast...
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And speaking of the podcast...
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Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet! Thanks Quickie! 0v0
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Also, this:
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Also, this:
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<3 <3 <3
I love it. I love it sooooooo much.
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Oh, purge your cache. Both logos had been retouched to remove some jaggies.
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I gave Episode 3 a listen. It was informative, succinct and very little hiccups inbetween you two, from what I heard, at least. And it actually made me want to read Knight And Squire. Though this really isn't my thing (My thing being drunk gaems journalists making funny wisecracks while keeping a friendly feel and a beefy length.)
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I gave Episode 3 a listen. It was informative, succinct and very little hiccups inbetween you two, from what I heard, at least. And it actually made me want to read Knight And Squire. Though this really isn't my thing (My thing being drunk gaems journalists making funny wisecracks while keeping a friendly feel and a beefy length.)
Hey cool. Thanks for giving us a listen. As for Knight & Squire, it's really awesome, but you should wait till they make it a Hardcover or Trade Paperback, since it's only a 6 issue miniseries.
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Clear your cache, the logos have been tweaked.
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They look wonderful! XD XD
Posted on: February 16, 2011, 05:26:58 PM
Episode 4 of The Curious League of Comic Book Geeks (http://thecuriousleagueofcbgeeks.blogspot.com/) is now available for your viewing pleasure!
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Yay! Currently listening, but I will say one thing...
[spoiler="Curious League of Spoilers"]Leonardo DaVinci versus Sir Isaac Newton. XD[/spoiler]
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Yay! Currently listening, but I will say one thing...
[spoiler="Curious League of Spoilers"]Leonardo DaVinci versus Sir Isaac Newton. XD[/spoiler]
Seriously, isn't that awesome? 8D
Posted on: February 22, 2011, 01:02:30 AM
Episode 5 of The Curious League of Comic Book Geeks (http://thecuriousleagueofcbgeeks.blogspot.com/2011/03/episode-5-past-future.html) is now available for your viewing pleasure!
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[spoiler="To the spoiler tab!"]
Kinda a bummer that the Larfleeze issue sucked. I was really tempted to pick it up. But, thankfully, I can save my money and spend it on something else. Like Super Sculpey.[/spoiler]
Oh, suggestion for a future review... Ashley picked up an issue of Lady Mechanika, and I haven't looked at it yet. But, if a new ish is out next time you two go out for comics, can you give that one a look-see? I'm debating on picking it up.
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Sure thing. Perhaps we can give it a gander! XD
Posted on: March 01, 2011, 10:55:41 PM
Episode 6 of The Curious League of Comic Book Geeks (http://thecuriousleagueofcbgeeks.blogspot.com/2011/03/episode-6-man-thing-issues.html) is now available for your listening pleasure. Listening, as for the time being I've decided to put the video of it on hold.
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...Now it suddenly demands I install QuickTime to view it. What happened to the embedded Flash player?
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Hmmmmmmm, that's weird. I mean, it is a QuickTime formet for Podcasting purposes, but I guess it can't convert straight audio versions to Flash.
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That's very odd.
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Well lemme try converting the original MOV file to a FLV file.
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That should do the trick. Hopefully.
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Okay, problem solved. Here is the new link to Episode 6 of The Curious League of Comic Book Geeks! (http://thecuriousleagueofcbgeeks.blogspot.com/2011/03/episode-6-man-thing-issues_09.html)
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Yay! Currently listening. And currently dreaming about the ultimate comic reboot that if it happened, I'd prolly cream.
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Episode 7 of The Curious League of Comic Book Geeks (http://thecuriousleagueofcbgeeks.blogspot.com/2011/03/episode-7-hodgepodge-of-crap.html) is now available for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
Posted on: March 21, 2011, 04:08:20 PM
Episode 8 of The Curious League of Comic Book Geeks (http://thecuriousleagueofcbgeeks.blogspot.com/2011/03/episode-8-wrong-is-right.html) is now available for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
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Y'know, since you're on the ninth episode, by next episode, I think you can safely nix the "new" from the "weekly comic review" portion of the intro.
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Yeah, that's true.
Oh yeah, Episode 9 of The Curious League of Comic Book Geeks (http://thecuriousleagueofcbgeeks.blogspot.com/2011/04/episode-9-rhythm-of-night.html) is now available for your listening pleasure! Enjoy!
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Maybe it's my Canadian-ness but you lost me on the baseball. =P
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Haha, I think that was only like 1-2 minutes, you Hockey junkie!
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Haha, I think that was only like 1-2 minutes, you Hockey junkie!
So what do you think of them Rangers? 8D
I finally got to listening to all of the podcast and I'm sort of disheartened that there was no love for Richard Donner's "Superman". But then again, I never took a warming to any of the Batman movies. While I appreciate both Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker (though no one can match Mark Hamill's voice, ever), neither Michael Keaton nor Christian Bale had any credibility as Batman to me. In fact, I remember telling my sister after walking out of Dark Knight, "I have no desire to see this movie again." Maybe my own fondness for the Man of Steel colors my vision a little too much. That's just my opinion though and to each their own.
Maybe as a suggestion for an upcoming podcast, I would like to know your top fives for comic book related TV shows (though I don't know if you guys would make a split between live action and animation.) Something tells me Batman: The Animated Series would be on top, and rightfully so. While I do not have not much love for the movies, I could gush over Kevin Conroy's performance and the quality of the stories. Especially how the producers made Mr. Freeze a sympathetic character. I do admit that I have show a slight preference for Superman: The Animated Series, it would not have been possible without Batman so I'm grateful in that regard.
Anyway, awesome job and I look forward to the next podcast!
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So what do you think of them Rangers? 8D
I finally got to listening to all of the podcast and I'm sort of disheartened that there was no love for Richard Donner's "Superman". But then again, I never took a warming to any of the Batman movies. While I appreciate both Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker (though no one can match Mark Hamill's voice, ever), neither Michael Keaton nor Christian Bale had any credibility as Batman to me. In fact, I remember telling my sister after walking out of Dark Knight, "I have no desire to see this movie again." Maybe my own fondness for the Man of Steel colors my vision a little too much. That's just my opinion though and to each their own.
Maybe as a suggestion for an upcoming podcast, I would like to know your top fives for comic book related TV shows (though I don't know if you guys would make a split between live action and animation.) Something tells me Batman: The Animated Series would be on top, and rightfully so. While I do not have not much love for the movies, I could gush over Kevin Conroy's performance and the quality of the stories. Especially how the producers made Mr. Freeze a sympathetic character. I do admit that I have show a slight preference for Superman: The Animated Series, it would not have been possible without Batman so I'm grateful in that regard.
Anyway, awesome job and I look forward to the next podcast!
Heh, not losing any sleep over the Rangers, as I'm not the hugest Hockey fan. But, since they're out I'll root for the Sabres.
As for the lack of love for the Superman movies, it's because they are not good movies to begin with. Mind you, Christopher Reeves was 100% perfect as Superman, but the rest of the cast is not that great, the stories are lackluster, and overall the movies themselves are not good, the 1st one being better than the 2nd (and we won't even get into 3 & 4). Meanwhile, the 1989 movie as well as Nolan's two flicks are very well made movies all around. Keaton would not have been my first choice for Batman, but he was decent behind the cowl (and not that great as Bruce Wayne, but still decent) and I like Bale as Batman even with his gruffy voice. But yeah, to each their own.
I'll bring up the Top 5 Comic Related shows/cartoons idea to Josh this week. It's not a bad idea.
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Well, I thought it'd be a given. :P
As for your movie choices, I did like the both your top fives though I admit that a couple of them are not my cup of tea and that reminds me that I need to rent "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" when my exams are done. Since you addressed "Green Lantern" and "Amazing Spider-Man" in the podcast, what are your expectations and impressions for the upcoming Thor/Captain America/Avengers movies?
For some reason, I'm excepting Odin to hungrily look at Jane Foster if you get my drift. ;) Thor is pretty important to me because of my part-Norwegian heritage so my hopes are a bit high.
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From everything I've seen so far, Thor looks like it's going to be fantastic. The early reviews for it say that it's the best Marvel movie thus far. Out of all the Marvel movies coming out this year, I think it looks the most promising. Cap looks pretty good too though, but we'll see with that.
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Your brief analysis of Richard Donner's Superman movie gave me something to contemplate over for the past few days and I had to (painfully) admit: the film wasn't "good" from a storytelling perspective. Well, I believe that the scenes involving Krypton and Smallville were well-executed but lacking. The third act is where it came apart because of the conflict between Superman and Luthor. Luthor simply had no motivation for hating Superman, nor did his plan to sink California make any sense whatsoever but then I have to remind myself that the movie was produced in the 1970s, so it took plot cues from Superman's Silver Age when Lex would create some weird gizmo to menace the Man of Steel despite the sheer implausibility of the premise. I suppose I'm more forgiving of that because I grew up reading my mothers Superman/Action/Adventure Comics from the sixties (which explains my love for the Legion of Super-Heroes.) But ye gads, I do hate Otis and Ms. Teschmacher with a passion.
I do still disagree with your assessment being not that great. However, most of them were inconsequential like Glenn Ford's Pa Kent and Jackie Cooper's Perry White. Margot Kidder on the other hand, I thought she made a fantastic Lois Lane (at least the pre-CoIE version) and that she had good chemistry with Reeve.
I will put it on record that Tim Burton's Batman as well as the Nolan films were fantastic and surpassed Donner's Superman on a technical and storytelling level but I never latched on to Batman as a kid. Maybe I would be singing a different tune if my mom bought me Batman pajamas when I was five, and if she read Batman/Detective instead. Come to think about it, was Burton's Batman appropriate for young children? (I was five when it was released in theatres, so I was watching more Disney and less live action.) I remember the film giving me the willies in second grade.
Also of note: wouldn't Superman: Secret Origin make a good foundation for a Superman movie? If only I had a time machine then I would give 1976/77 Richard Donner a copy. Doubly ironic considering how Geoff Johns was his protege. [eyebrow]
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Episode 10 of The Curious League of Comic Book Geeks (http://thecuriousleagueofcbgeeks.blogspot.com/2011/04/episode-10-who-gets-all-chicks.html) is now available for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
Your brief analysis of Richard Donner's Superman movie gave me something to contemplate over for the past few days and I had to (painfully) admit: the film wasn't "good" from a storytelling perspective. Well, I believe that the scenes involving Krypton and Smallville were well-executed but lacking. The third act is where it came apart because of the conflict between Superman and Luthor. Luthor simply had no motivation for hating Superman, nor did his plan to sink California make any sense whatsoever but then I have to remind myself that the movie was produced in the 1970s, so it took plot cues from Superman's Silver Age when Lex would create some weird gizmo to menace the Man of Steel despite the sheer implausibility of the premise. I suppose I'm more forgiving of that because I grew up reading my mothers Superman/Action/Adventure Comics from the sixties (which explains my love for the Legion of Super-Heroes.) But ye gads, I do hate Otis and Ms. Teschmacher with a passion.
I do still disagree with your assessment being not that great. However, most of them were inconsequential like Glenn Ford's Pa Kent and Jackie Cooper's Perry White. Margot Kidder on the other hand, I thought she made a fantastic Lois Lane (at least the pre-CoIE version) and that she had good chemistry with Reeve.
I will put it on record that Tim Burton's Batman as well as the Nolan films were fantastic and surpassed Donner's Superman on a technical and storytelling level but I never latched on to Batman as a kid. Maybe I would be singing a different tune if my mom bought me Batman pajamas when I was five, and if she read Batman/Detective instead. Come to think about it, was Burton's Batman appropriate for young children? (I was five when it was released in theatres, so I was watching more Disney and less live action.) I remember the film giving me the willies in second grade.
Also of note: wouldn't Superman: Secret Origin make a good foundation for a Superman movie? If only I had a time machine then I would give 1976/77 Richard Donner a copy. Doubly ironic considering how Geoff Johns was his protege. [eyebrow]
Well truthfully I am more of a Superman fan than a Batman fan, which is why I was disappointed with Superman Returns so much. Instead of trying to reinvent the franchise like Nolan did with Batman, they went back to an already bad storytelling movie universe. Mind you, I actually think Returns is a good movie, in terms of its quality and for the most part its story and what it was trying to convey, but the problem is the movie universe itself isn't very good, which is why I'm glad they are taking a lesson from Nolan's movies and letting him write the new Supes movie. Yeah, Secret Origins would make an absolutely fantastic foundation for a Superman movie, and Nolan might use elements from it. We shall see.
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With Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, and Zak Snyder at the helm, what can go wrong?
Maybe I shouldn't have asked that question.
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Well Nolan writes great stories and Snyder creates almost flawlessly beautiful visuals, so it could be an amazing combination.
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I hope Henry Cavill's up to the job for Superman/Clark Kent. I'm sure he's a wonderful actor but there was only one Christopher Reeve. Production supposed to begin this summer in Vancouver, maybe I should see about hitchhiking west and sneaking on set. [eyebrow]
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I hope Nolan or whomever handles the casting for his movies is helping with this, cause I don't think there's anyone I trust more than him when it comes to assembling a cast. I think he'll do alright though. Yeah, I doubt anyone can ever top Reeve's performance though. He was pretty much flawless.
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I can to agree with that sentiment. "Inception" was probably one of the best movies I saw last year because it was so well cast, come to think of it a fair bit of its actors also appeared in Nolan's Batman films (Michael Caine, Cillian Murphy, and Ken Watanabe to my recollection) or will be appearing in "Rises" (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy). Makes me wonder if we'll see a cameo or two in "Man of Steel".
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Episode 11 of The Curious League of Comic Book Geeks (http://thecuriousleagueofcbgeeks.blogspot.com/2011/05/episode-11-sexy-times-abound.html) is now available for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
Oh and Pyro, I mentioned to Josh the Top 5 Comic Book related TV/Cartoon shows, and we'll eventually be doing that. Not next episode though, as we'll most likely be discussing Thor!
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Wow, Josh doesn't like Firestorm? :'(
Bummer. He's my favorite characters for the same reason you listed Spider-Man as one of yours and it's funny that 'stormy is the "anti-Spidey" created by longtime Spider-Man writer, Gerry Conway. The "Fury of Firestorm" run was typical eighties superhero fare but it was fun and the social implications of two people as a composite superhero was an interesting take.
So that begs the question: what's your take on the Nuclear Man, PB?
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Josh doesn't like Firestorm in Brightest Day, for reasons I tend to agree with. The majority of the time, all they did was whine at each other.
Overall though I've always been a fan of the character. I actually like when Jason took over.
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Ah, I understand now. Ronnie hadn't acted like the Ronnie I knew from Conway's run and that grated on me as well.
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Exactly. I thought the Firestorm storyline in Brightest Day wasn't very good.
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Hopefully any future mini-series will feature the fun-loving and irresponsible Ronnie I knew and contrast it with a studious Jason.
Oh, and your podcast is great to have in the background while writing this comic book-inspired "novella" I'm working on. :D
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Haha, well that's good to know at least!
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Episode 12 of The Curious League of Comic Book Geeks (http://thecuriousleagueofcbgeeks.blogspot.com/2011/05/episode-12-epic-posing.html) is now available for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
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Ye gads, I thought Thor did my Norse heritage and comic geek proud despite its shortcomings. Don't be surprised if I sail up the Hudson in a longboat to plunder Manhattan one of these days, maybe you and Josh can join my crew. 8)
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Episode 13 of The Curious League of Comic Book Geeks (http://thecuriousleagueofcbgeeks.blogspot.com/2011/05/episode-13-trolling-from-cave.html) is now available for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!
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Just a little memo for Josh: Shade, the Changing Man is actually a creation of Steve Ditko and not Peter Milligan. :P
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I think he meant the Vertigo title. Either way, I'll let him know. XD
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You'll have to pardon me for for addressing your review of Flashpoint #1 and The Flash #12, but I found a blog article (http://speedforce.org/2011/05/geoff-johns-leaving/) that states Geoff Johns is leaving the Flash after Flashpoint concludes. Personally, I'm not surprised because how Johns is now the chief creative officer of DC Comics, which carries a lot of responsibilities, and ostensibly more committed to the Green Lantern franchise but I'm nevertheless disappointed. The past six to seven years have been unbearably hard on Flash fans because it seems that DC hasn't had a clue of what to do with the franchise since Infinite Crisis struck. After Bart Allen's abortive tenure in "Flash: The Fastest Man Alive" and Wally's return (though I don't blame Mark Waid for how it went down), I was ready to embrace Barry's return in "Final Crisis". I thought the Flash was back on track with the seeds Johns sowed in "Flash: Rebirth" and "The Dastardly Death of the Rogues" but I believe that I was wrong and the Flash may be in danger of derailing because Johns is simply too busy to commit to building the Flash brand as he did Green Lantern.
It's like you said in Episode 13, PB, it feels like Johns rushed through Flash v3 to get to Flashpoint and I think the character is suffering for it. Where Johns gave Hal Jordan enough character and story development leading from "GL: Rebirth" to "Sinestro Corps" to "Blackest Night" over the span of four years, we're getting none of that from Barry Allen. He's just writing all this mumbo-jumbo about the Speed Force and expecting the fans to nod their heads as he tries to cram four years of storytelling in the span of twelve months. That's not even including how Wally West has all but disappeared (I mean, they put Jesse Quick on the Justice League and not him? *shrug*) and I know many Flash fans are disappointed by how Johns and DiDio avoid the subject. The problem here is that it feels like Johns as too many balls up in the air and now he's on Aquaman and overseeing the DC Universe as a whole, his second run on the Flash has ultimately amounted to broken promises and disappointment. The Flash has all the potential of the Green Lantern franchise but DC is squandering it because they can't get a writer who can make the commitment needed to fully realize it.
As for me, I am probably not going to bother with his Aquaman relaunch. Partly because I do not find the character interesting at all; people can go on and on how the ocean is much like space with how much of it is unexplored but I will simply invoke the Atlantis is Boring (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AtlantisIsBoring) trope. Brightest Day may have made him look like a badass but the king of the oceans could never hold my interest on a long-term basis. Moreover, considering the treatment he gave Adventure Comics and his second run on the Flash, I have considerable reservation towards anything Johns writes. (GL aside, of course.)
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2011 NYCC Photo Dump (http://thecuriousleagueofcbgeeks.blogspot.com/2011/10/2011-new-york-comic-con-photo-dump.html)
Here is a link to my blog which links to all the photos I took at the NYCC. It's filled with pics of cosplayers, sketches I got, more cosplayers, panels, and give an overview of the crowds and such. Hope you enjoy.......well, if you care that is.