My review copy of The New Frontier was waiting for me in the mail when I got home on Friday, and the Wife and I watched it as soon as we got the dogs fed and settled down for the evening.

Overall, I liked the movie. It left me with a big smile on my face. My Wife liked it too (a self proclaimed hater of cartoons, even though she usually likes watching superhero stuff me when I watch it ) and even said it was “pretty good”. We had a lot of fun figuring out who was doing the voice on all the characters.

From a “big fan of the book” perspective, I was a little disappointed. I knew that they had to leave a lot of stuff out, but I think they took some of the best stuff from the beginning of the book out and the movie kind of suffered. If there was any movie that DC was going to do where they went longer than 75 minutes, this is the one. Just like the review on Blog@Newsarama said:

The New Frontier, book and movie, answers in the resounding affirmative. If you liked the book, and won’t miss the non-super folk, this movie is a no-brainer. If you’ve never read the book, the DVD is a great introduction.

Ultimately, JL:NF is at least worth a look. It’s not the Peter Jackson version, but it was never going to be.

If you have never read the book, I highly recommend you do. For me, it replaced Kingdom Come as my favorite story. I love this story so much; I have all of the original series, both of the trades, AND the Absolute Edition.

I also really liked the JLA documentary. I have never been a big historian of the “behind the scenes” stuff on how comics were made over the years, so this was a lot of fun to watch. I even watched the audio commentary with Cooke this morning, which I usually never do, and enjoyed that as well.

Even though I got the one-disc edition for free, I think I am still going to buy the two-disc edition just for the extra stuff on the second DVD. I really enjoy those documentaries on comics. The one on Superman: Doomsday was even better than the movie in my opinion.

In a nutshell, if you are, or used to be a big fan of comic books, this DVD is worth a look.

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I just loved the quote from Jamie Rich over on a post i read at Blog@Newsarama.

When replying to someone stating that “Joey Da Q is close to being the smartest person in comics, Jamie states :

“Being the smartest guy in comics is like being the fattest corpse in the graveyard. It just ain’t that hard.”

Classic!!

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As it should be…

What kind of Batman are you?

You’re Classic Batman. You’re the old school, iconic Batman that everyone knows. Your sidekick is Dick Grayson, the original Robin, and you also team up with Batgirl alot. You’re the World’s Greatest Detective, and also one of the best fighters on the planet. You’re against guns and lethal force. Right now, you’re pretty much in the prime of your career, before you become haunted by Dead Sidekicks and loved ones.
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Animator vs. Animation by *alanbecker on deviantART

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I already have one of these (if i could just get a damn battery!!), but for the rest of you…

‘Beware my power … Green Lantern’s light!’

Monday July 23, 2007, 7:53 am

Make your own Green Lantern ring

Are you itching for your own Green Lantern replica ring, but unwilling to shell out $90 for it? Well, itch no more. The good folks at Instructables provide a step-by-step explanation of how to make a resin-cast Green Lantern ring — including a glow-in-the-dark version.

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Is it just me, or is DC not putting enough comics in there Hardcovers and TPB??

Reprinting old Legion stories?!?!?!  Oh Yeah!!

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DC COMICS REVEALS DECEMBER 2007 COLLECTED EDITIONS

DC Comics concludes its look at new collected editions with these titles scheduled to arrive in stores in December.

With collected editions from the DC Universe, Vertigo, WildStorm and more, December’s highlights include:

* THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD VOL. 1: LORDS OF LUCK HC, featuring the first six issues of the hit series by Mark Waid, George Pérez and Bob Wiacek

* DCU: WORLD WAR III TP, collecting all four sold out WORLD WAR III Specials plus 52 WEEK 50

* THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: AN EYE FOR AN EYE TP, collecting the first six issues of the 1984 series by Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen and Steve Lightle

* TALES OF THE BATMAN: TIM SALE HC, featuring rarely seen stories illustrated by Sale and written by Alan Grant, James Robinson and Darwyn Cooke

* WONDER WOMAN: AMAZONS ATTACK, collecting the hit miniseries by Will Pfeifer and Pete Woods

* WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY VOL. 1, the first collection of the acclaimed WildStorm series by Gail Simone and Neil Googe

This information is not final and may be subject to change.

DC Universe titles scheduled to arrive in stores in December include:

THE ALL NEW ATOM: FUTURE/PAST TP
Writer: Gail Simone
Artists: Mike Norton, Eddy Barrows, Andy Owens and Trevor Scott
Collects: THE ALL NEW ATOM #7-11
$14.99 U.S., 128 pages

BATMAN/SUPERMAN: SAGA OF THE SUPER SONS TP
Writer: Bob Haney
Artists: Dick Dillin, Tex Blaisdell, Vince Colletta, Henry Scarpelli, Murphy Anderson and John Calnan
Collects: Stories from WORLD’S FINEST COMICS # 215, 216, 221, 222, 224, 228, 231, 233 and 238
$19.99 U.S., 192 pages

THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD VOL. 1: LORDS OF LUCK HC
Writer: Mark Waid
Artists: George Pérez & Bob Wiacek
Collects: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #1-6
$24.99 U.S., 160 pages

DCU: WORLD WAR III TP
Writers: Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Keith Champagne and John Ostrander
Artists: Justiniano, Jack Jadson, Tom Derenick, Pat Olliffe, Andy Smith, Walden Wong, Norm Rapmund, Rodney Ramos, Drew Geraci and Ray Snyder
Collects: 52 WEEK 50, WORLD WAR III PART ONE: A CALL TO ARMS, WORLD WAR III PART TWO: THE VALIANT, WORLD WAR III PART THREE: HELL IS FOR HEROES and WORLD WAR III PART FOUR: UNITED WE STAND
$17.99 U.S., 128 pages

THE FLASH: THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE: FULL THROTTLE TP
Writers: Danny Bilson & Paul DeMeo, Marc Guggenheim and Jon Boothby
Artists: Andy Kuhn, Ron Adrian, Art Thibert, Paco Diaz, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Tony Daniel, Rob Lea, Alex Lei and Lorenzo Ruggiero
Collects: THE FLASH: THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE #7-14 and a story from the DC INFINITE HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1.
$12.99 U.S., 208 pages

THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES: AN EYE FOR AN EYE TP
Writers: Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen
Artists: Keith Giffen, Steve Lightle, Joe Orlando and Larry Mahlstedt
Collects: THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #1-6
$17.99 U.S., 160 pages

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: JONAH HEX VOL. 2
Writers: Michael Fleischer, John Albano and David Michelinie
Artists: George Moliterni, Bill Draut, Luis Dominguez, Ernie Chua, José Luis García-López, Oscar Novelle, Tony DeZuñiga, Romeo Tanghal, Vicente Alcazar, Danny Bulanadi, Rich Buckler, Dick Giordano and Val Mayerik
Collects: JONAH HEX #1-22 and stories from WEIRD WESTERN TALES #34-38
$16.99 U.S., 528 pages

SHOWCASE PRESENTS: TEEN TITANS VOL. 2
Writers: Mike Friedrich, Bob Haney, Neal Adams, Steve Skeates, Marv Wolfman and Robert Kanigher
Artists: Gil Kane, Neal Adams, Nick Cardy, George Tuska, Carmine Infantino, Sal Amendola, Dick Dillin, Jim Aparo, Wallace Wood and Joe Giella
Collects: TEEN TITANS #19-36, THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #83 and 94 and WORLD’S FINEST COMICS #205
$16.99 U.S., 520 pages

THE SPECTRE: TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED TP
Writer: David Lapham
Artists: Eric Battle, Tom Mandrake and Prentiss Rollins
Collects: TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED #4-8
$14.99 U.S., 128 pages

THE SPIRIT ARCHIVES VOL. 23 HC
Writer/Artist: Will Eisner
Collects: SPIRIT stories from July 1, 1951, through December 30, 1951
$49.99 U.S., 204 pages

SUPERMAN: CAMELOT FALLS VOL. 2 HC
Writer: Kurt Busiek
Artists: Carlos Pacheco & Jesus Merino
Collects: SUPERMAN #662-664 and 667-668
$19.99 U.S., 128 pages

SUPERMAN: KRYPTONITE HC
Writer: Darwyn Cooke
Artist: Tim Sale
Collects: SUPERMAN CONFIDENTIAL #1-6
$24.99 U.S., 160 pages

TALES OF THE BATMAN: TIM SALE HC
Writers: Alan Grant, James Robinson and Darwyn Cooke
Artists: Tim Sale and Jimmy Palmiotti
Collects: BATMAN LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #32-34, BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #7-9 and stories from SOLO #1, SHOWCASE ‘94 #3-4 and BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE VOL. 2
$ 29.99 U.S., 240 pages

TALES OF THE MULTIVERSE: BATMAN - VAMPIRE TP
Writer: Doug Moench
Artists: Kelley Jones & John Beatty
Collects: BATMAN & DRACULA: RED RAIN, BATMAN: CRIMSON MIST and BATMAN: BLOODSTORM
$19.99 U.S., 296 pages

WONDER WOMAN: AMAZONS ATTACK TP
Writer: Will Pfeifer
Artist: Pete Woods
Collects: AMAZONS ATTACK #1-6
$24.99 U.S., 160 pages

VERTIGO titles scheduled to arrive in stores in December include:

HELLBLAZER: BLOODLINES TP
Writer: Garth Ennis
Artists: Will Simpson, Steve Dillon, Mike Hoffman, Mike Barreiro, Kim DeMulder and Stan Woch
Collects: HELLBLAZER #47-50, #52-55 and #59-61
$19.99 U.S., 296 pages

LOVELESS VOL. 3: BLACKWATER FALLS TP
Writer: Brian Azzarello
Artists: Danijel Zezelj and Werther Dell’Edera
Collects: LOVELESS #13-20
$14.99 U.S., 192 pages

WILDSTORM titles scheduled to arrive in stores in December include:

DANGER GIRL: BODY SHOTS TP
Writer: Andy Hartnell
Artists: Nick Bradshaw & Jim Charalampidis
Collects: DANGER GIRL: BODY SHOTS #1-4
$12.99 U.S., 96 pages

WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY VOL. 1 TP
Writer: Gail Simone
Artists: Neil Googe
Collects: WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY #1-6
$19.99 U.S., 160 pages

CMX titles scheduled to arrive in stores in December include:

EMMA VOL. 6
Writer/Artist: Kaoru Mori
$9.99 U.S., 192 pages

EMPTY EMPIRE, THE VOL. 6
Writer/Artist: Naoe Kita
$9.99 U.S., 200 pages

FROM EROICA WITH LOVE VOL. 11
Writer/Artist: Yasuko Aoike
$9.99 U.S., 208 pages

GO GO HEAVEN!! VOL. 4
Writer/Artist: Keiko Yamada
$9.99 U.S., 192 pages

MOON CHILD VOL. 9
Writer/Artist: Reiko Shimizu
$9.99 U.S., 192 pages

PIECES OF A SPIRAL VOL. 10
Writer/Artist: Kaimu Tahibana
$9.99 U.S., 192 pages

TOWER OF THE FUTURE VOL. 9
Writer/Artist: Saki Hiwatari
$9.99 U.S., 192 pages

THE YOUNG MAGICIAN VOL. 10
Writer/Artist: Yuri Narushima
$9.99 U.S., 192 pages

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