Archive for February, 2007

Is Stan Lee a Hater?

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

So i’m not usually one to put people on Front St., but, I have to ask “Is Stan Lee a Hater?” The reason I ask this question, is because it seems that everytime you turn around, Stan Lee is in appearing in some Marvel blockbuster, but, not ALL of the Marvel flicks (and sometimes, not even the BEST ones).

In three full runs of Blade, Stan Lee was mystery meat. I didn’t catch him in Elektra (the worst of all Marvel films — perhaps he knew that ahead of time???), and in the most recent Marvel cinematic hustle, Ghost Rider, my man was an absentee landlord as well.

So, why is Stan Lee hating on a Black vampire, a flaming skull, and a beautiful and deadly Greek assassin?

If he fails to appear in a Marvel flick, does that imply he doesn’t feel it’s a quality production? It’s been bugging me for a hot minute, now. For me, there is entertainment value in Blade. Johnny Blaze and Ghost Rider even left me feeling like I didn’t completely waste my loot. What da dew witcha, Stan Lee? Bahlactus has spoken.

SHOUT OUT! Agents of Atlas Meets The Avengers

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Don’t sleep on this. If you didn’t get down with Marvels Agents of Atlas series by Parker and Kirk, hit it up immediately. Over on Blog@, they’ve got an exclusive on the crew appearing in a future issue of Marvel Adventures: The Avengers. The fact that Kirk is drawin’ this one is fire. Why are you still here? Get your Agents of Atlas clue, NOW! Bahlactus has spoken.

New York ComicCon 2007

Monday, February 26th, 2007

So I’m fresh back from the New York ComicCon and let me proclaim that joint was off the hook! My first experience with a convention of this magnitude was worth the effort and I’m just going to drop some science real quick on why I’ll be back next year. As a brutha who gets down with Comics, I feel that a lot of times I exist in a bubble where I am part of a small subset of Black people who enjoy the medium. At my local shop, I am one of 5 (and this is in a major city like Boston). I appreciated the fact that at NYCC, Black people from many sets came through and I was able to socialize and get down with many of them. We are obviously out there, and I enjoyed being able to rock with them.

Secondly, being able to meet face-to-face with creators I dig heavily and speak at length with them was the highlight of the show for me. A big shout out to Jonathan Hickman of Nightly News fame — he was definitely cool as a fan and I enjoyed the two days I got to rap with him and get to know that cat better. Also, I was fortunate enough to connect with Kyle Baker — we talked for a LONG time about TRUTH: Red, White, and Black, which is my favorite work by Baker (and believe me when I say that soon I will OWN some original TRUTH art ya’ll). I also got to rap quite a bit with Ron King, publisher for a new Comics-centric magazine with flavor called UVC (Urban Voice of Comics). I’m hoping they do big things with the magazine. He is tag teamed with my man Rich Watson from Glyphs — Rich is also the editor. Meeting The Mad Twiinz, Mike and Mark Davis, creators of a new flavored hero Comic, Blokhedz was on point forreal. I got an advanced copy of the Blokhedz TPB and the story is tight. Hero flavor on another format. Don’t judge that by the cover.

I also got down with quite a few panels while at NYCC. It was interesting to be in the room for DC Nation and Marvel Cup of Joe — I found that I couldn’t really relate to many of the cats in the room as they were screamin’ and whistlin’ at every third word said by Dan Didio or Joe Quesada. Maybe my hustle is not fanboy enough (in fact, I’m almost sure of it). Getting firsthand clue from the EIC’s of both houses made it worth going, but, given what they said about DC’s Countdown and Marvel’s Annihilation:Conquest, I didn’t walk away feeling like the next BIG thing from either house moved me. We’ll see how it plays out! I also attended the two Black panels at NYCC. It was inspiring to hear Denys Cowan lay down the truth. My man is taking over as the VP of animation for BET. That is not a bad thing. I finally got to see Reggie Hudlin face to face and hear words from the lions mouth about Black Panther, BET, and the state of Black heroes in Comics. I think he is the type of cat you love and hate all in the same sentence (I know I did both), but he is definitely on to something! We got to see quite a bit of what we can expect from Black creators for 2007 and I’m hoping for a huge impact. I leave it to the cats I’m linking below to get you full details on the Black panels, because I know they will handle it proper.

Big SHOUT OUT! to Cheryl Lynn from The Ormes Society — I see you Ms. Lady, keep doing your thing! I really enjoyed getting down with her face to face. Expect big things from her all year. Also, another big SHOUT OUT! to my man Rich Watson — sorry we kept missing each other at convention, bruh! Keep your eyes on the prize, especially with UVCFunk the lil’ wizard, BOOM with the Black ish!!! Bahlactus has spoken.

Comicazi Issue No.13

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Zombies are “Thrillin’ the Night!” all up in the Comics scene right now. From “The Walking Dead” to “Marvel Zombies”, there has been a serious growth in zombie related Comics content. Bahlactus and the Bad Kids get down with a local expert on the phenomenon — listen in while we get clued on what recommendations our special guest has for you!

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Comics mentioned in this issue of Comicazi: The Walking Dead, Marvel Zombies, Pieces of Mom, Remains, Zombies, Deadworld, Blackgas, Dead Eyes Open, Fragile, Zombie King, Escape from the Living Dead

ABSOLUTE GALACTUSFantastic Four #211

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

In the fall of 2006 I began a Comics journey I don’t believe anyone else has attempted..collecting every appearance of GALACTUS. It’s true that he has turned out to be one of the tightest characters to have existed in Comics to date. His struggle is ongoing, his destiny is unknown, and every day is a fight for survival. GALACTUS has appeared in a number of different instances in the MARVEL universe, and I intend to compile them into a collection currently unknown on this planet — an ABSOLUTE GALACTUS collection. Bahlactus has spoken.


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I resort to violence,
my heralds move in silence,
like you don’t know what my style is.
GALACTUS is the wildest!