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Speed Reading

Catching up on linkblogging!

Flashy links

The Weekly Crisis Moments of the Day: Flash Stops on a Dime and Super Speed and Baseball
That F’ing Monkey: Cosmic Treadmill, Shark Week and Superhero Sexy Time
Jesse Quick cosplay
Mirror Master at FFA
Captain Cold makes Angelus’ list of DC Comics’ Greatest Villains at Comic Book Movie
Cast of LOST in Flash #12
Agent of S.T.Y.L.E. - FLASH Fashion Facts at Newsarama
The Minimum Wally West - a poll at CBR Forums

And be sure to follow The Rogues Kick Ass and The Fastest Fan Alive!

Flash Reviews

Art

Jay Garrick Flash Commission by Andrew J Harmon on deviantART
The Line it is Drawn: Tribute to Joe Kubert
Superhero 101 fan art at The Line it is Drawn (CSBG)
Patterns: Joe Kubert “false sense of security” covers
Impulse- Bart Allen Cross Stitch
Flash (Wally West) Custom Action Figure

More DC comics

Who’s Who: The Definitive Podcast of the DC Universe, Vol 3 - Firestorm Fan
Grumpy Old Fan: Used universes
Justice League Customizable Photo Frame found by Firestorm Fan
A Bunch of Vehicles Talk Smack About Wonder Woman’s Robot Plane (CSBG)
How the New 52 saved comics - The Beat
The webcomic “Little League” is now called JL8 due to trademark issues

Comics History

CBLDF has a fascinating set before-and-after comparisons showing of pre-Comics Code stories that were reprinted after the Code went into effect, and what had to be changed to appease it.
Comic book styles from around the world - How do comics reflect the countries they were created in?
Taking comics seriously at Colgate Connect includes the history of American comics in 6 panels (via The Beat)

More Comics and Fandom

Comic Relief interviews Mark Waid on Joe Kubert, Daredevil, cynicism, BOOM!, Superman and more.
Why Comic-to-Screen Translation is So Difficult - Comic Book Movie
Mark Waid’s 4 Panels That Never Work - The Gutters
A Comics Crusader Takes On The Digital Future - NPR interviews Mark Waid
Olympians: Superhero Bodies and What Real Athletes Look Like - ComicsAlliance
Coming back to your LCS and keeping up the relationship with comics (IFanboy and Robot 6)
KC Column on moving comics at Westfield. I only have 25-30 years’ worth, and my last move convinced me to cut them down severely. They have a lot more! (via Comics Worth Reading)
Taking the Comic Out of the Comic Con - The Culture Cast with Zack and Nick talks Wizard World Chicago

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Speed Reading

Catching up on linkblogging…

Flashy Links

Losing Weight The Barry Allen Way! at Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!!
DCU Club Infinite Earth 2013 Pictures of including Wally West, Elongated Man, Larfleeze and more.
That F’ing Monkey: Aw Yeah Comics

And of course there’s always new stuff at The Rogues Kick Ass and The Fastest Fan Alive.

Art

Great fan art mashups for CSBG’s The Line it is Drawn #100 including Magneto vs the Borg and a lot more
Justice League of the Wild West by Denis Medri
DC steampunk by J.L. Straw at Ladies Making Comics
Get Your Own Parody Comic Book Portrait! - Once Upon a Geek
Art: MFA Superhero Typographic Classifications on the Behance Network - Superheroes drawn using letters and symbols from different styles of fonts.
Davis Willis (Shortpacked!, Dumbing of Age) is working on a COIE homage poster featuring the Walkyverse and DoA versions of his characters. [Edit: linked to a post further along in the process.]
A Compendium of Cool Comics Cosplay: August 3rd

Cons

Fixing the cons of Comic-Con - UTSanDiego
With SDCC over, SoCal comics fans can plan for fall events like Long Beach Comic and Horror Con and Stan Lee’s Comikaze. Here’s my Long Beach 2011 writeup and photos

Comics Industry Commentary

Interesting thoughts: Vertigo Comics - A Decline of an Empire at The Weekly Crisis
Thought-provoking article at The Beat: Why DC and Marvel will never truly target female readers. Don’t miss responses: Even Glaciers Melt at DC Women Kicking Ass and It Ain’t Over at Comic Book Grrrl.
Grumpy Old Fan: Consequences, consistency and idea-making in a shared universe.
Cartoonist Battles Frivolous Lawsuits with Comedic Protest - CBLDF on the Oatmeal/Funnyjunk/Carreon case
The Hobbit being stretched into 3 movies reminds me of last year’s post, What If…Lord of the Rings had been an “Event” Comic?
Interesting question & responses at Newsarama: Is Continuity Really A Draw For Superhero Universes?
DC sales analysis for June at The Beat

More Comics

Read Comics in Public Day is coming up on August 28 (via The Beat)
Dark Knight Rises: Bane as the Cumulative Villain - 4thletter
It’s been nearly 5 years since Flash artist Mike Wieringo’s death. Honor his memory with a donation to The Hero Initiative on M-Day - Mark Gruenwald/Mike Wieringo Memorial (August 12)
It turns out there’s a Tamaran Building in Pasadena, California.
Wild Blue Yonder, a 5-issue miniseries by Zach Howard Mike Raicht Austin Harrison, looks like it could be cool. “In a post-apocalyptic society in the sky, Cola, a teenaged girl fighter pilot fights to protect The Dawn, her flying fortress and home.” They’ve been working on it off and on for a few years and are raising funds on Kickstarter to focus on the project, due for release next year.

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Speed Reading: Flash #11 Review Round-Up

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Speed Reading: Post-Comic-Con Edition

Flashy Links

Villain Spotlight: Double Down and Funko Pop Returns at That F’ing Monkey.
Student creates the world’s fastest shoe with a printer (Geek.com)
The Culture Cast reviews Flash #10
Show us your … Flash museum at Chicago Reader
The Weekly Crisis Moment of the Day: Why Fly When You Can Run?

Comic-Con Follow-Up

Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo is ramping up publicity for September’s show in Los Angeles. Read about my experience & photos from last year
Committed: The Altered State of Comic-Con (CSBG) considers what Comic-Con, trade shows and big festivals like Burning Man have in common.

Comics & Movies

Comics Alliance asks: Why Don’t Hit Superhero Movies Lead to More Comics Sales?
The Culture Cast on IMAX and 3D movies
Scott Mendelson: Who Needs Origins? 8 Comic Book Films That Just Dove Right In (Huffington Post)

More Comics & Stuff

Collected Editions reviews Static Shock: Supercharged and examines how creative conflicts damaged the resulting work.
Weird: Official Fake Justice League Minifigures in Japan designed to look like knock-offs. (Comics Alliance)
The Naive Project: Brain aneurysm survivor Siike Donnelly is seeking artists for a “jam” style comic to raise funds for the Brain Aneurysm Foundation (Comics Cure)
The Gold Standard talks character rollbacks at Comics Nexus/Inside Pulse
Comics Not Just For Kids Anymore, Reports 85,000th Mainstream News Story. It’s true. The Onion only had to make up the numbers.
Economically Healthy ‘Daily Planet’ Now Most Unrealistic Part Of Superman Universe - another good Onion story
Fan art: Era-Displaced Comic Book Characters in the latest “The Line It Is Drawn” at CSBG

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Speed Reading

Some weekend linkblogging…

Flashy Links

So this is where Wally West has been hanging out. Holy Hangover, Batman
Eaglemoss New 52 Kid Flash figurine plus custom Linda Park and custom Max Mercury by Ciro Di Lella - Fastest Fan Alive
That F’ing Monkey spotlights the Flash in Little League
Super-Team Family: The Lost Issues!: The Flash and the Invaders mash-up

Flash #10 Reviews

Other DC

Who’s Who: The Definitive Podcast of the DC Universe, Vol II - Firestorm Fan
The Not So New DCU - Girls Gone Geek
Review: Batman: Earth One at Collected Editions
Comics Nexus looks at Flash, Superman, Savage Hawkman & All Star Western in the DC Relaunch: 52 Weeks Later Part 4

More Comics

Brian Buccellato’s Foster #4 and Foster Anthology are now available in the Dog Year store.
Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely at Glasgow Comic Con
Podcasters hold weight loss challenge/fundraiser to benefit the Hero Initiative: Becoming Less of a Man for your Heroes
MonkeyBrain Comics Launches Early
Insufferable takes another swerve this week at Thrillbent
Superhero Economics: Bruce Wayne vs. Peter Parker [INFOGRAPHIC] at Block Talk
The Shackles of Taste - sampling new comics vs. reading what you like (via Robot 6)
Oliver Nome (Flashpoint: Kid Flash Lost, Fathom: Kiana) is recovering from brain tumor surgery. The campaign to help him cover his costs is $2,059 from its goal.

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Speed Reading: Reviews

More linkblogging! This time, it’s all reviews.

Superman vs. the Elite at DVDs Worth Watching
Comic Book Movie reviews The Flash: The Return of Barry Allen
Classic Game Room reviews Flash: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (video)
Test Pilot looks back at the 1990s FLASH TV show pilot at TV Surveillance
DC Direct Flash by Fastest Fan Alive
DC Classics Golden Age Flash Jay Garrick reviewed at It’sAllTrue.Net
Jay Garrick (DC Club Infinite Earths) - One Per Case

Flash #9 (Yeah, I know #10 just came out. I’m a bit behind on this.)

Earth 2 #2

Barry Allen’s Comics & More
Cosmic Book News
Jay Garrick’s New Costume reviewed by the Fastest Fan Alive
Retcon Punch
Being Carter Hall

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Speed Reading: State of the DCU & Comics Industry

Some more linkblogging.

Around the DC Universe:

Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, Gotham Central and the New 52 at Grumpy Old Fan
LEGO Batman 2 gameplay demo video from E3 - IGN
Major Spoilers Question Of The Day (Wally west Edition): Which legacy hero should be in the big leagues?
The ORIGINAL Zero Month, remembered at Westfield Comics (via Comics Worth Reading)
5 things the DCU can learn from Young Justice - Blue Yonder

State of the Comics Industry…

Who benefits from DRM? (Not the consumer) - 4thletter
Batwoman #0 and the ridiculousness of comics numbering Eye on Comics
The Beat asks: Whatever happened to the superstar artist?
Publisher’s Weekly interviews Mark Waid about Thrillbent and digital comics
Interesting breakdown of comic book movies at Nat’s TV or Not TV: Those based on comics created before 1982 are mostly based on publisher-owned concepts. Those based on comics created after 1982 are mostly based on creator-owned concepts. (via The Beat)
ComiCON-versation #8 Programming the comicon experience. - The Beat

And some more general comics links…

Breaking the Wednesday habit - 4thLetter. (I had a similar experience when I started a job too far away to get to my regular comic shop during the week, and had to switch to the weekend crowd. I’m back to Wednesdays, but far too often I don’t have time to read until the weekend anyway.)
10 Most Iconic Comic Book Covers Of All Time - Brian Cronin
The 6 Most Half-Assed Superhero Origins of All Time — Cracked.com
A letter from Sheldon Mayer (cartoonist and editor of the Golden-Age Flash) at The Comics Journal

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Speed Reading: Flashy Links & Art

Some weekend linkblogging.

First the Flashy stuff…

How to Stalk Brian Buccellato at Comic-Con
Mark Waid reveals the Secret First Appearance of the Flash at Blastoff Comics
Moment of the Day - Flash vs. Black Racer at The Weekly Crisis
Flash drive pun fail at Failbook
5 inch Flash at That F’ing Monkey
Adobe has announced that they’re shutting down mobile Flash for Android 4.1. Some of the articles in the tech press have taken a punny approach, like VentureBeat and Techcitement. I actually would have gone with the second issue of “Emergency Stop,” but I think Techcitement’s choice of “You’ll never run again” is better, because of the double meaning of “run” when it comes to software.

Some art…

What if Pixar made a Justice League movie? at Kotaku
If comic characters had been created by VERY different artists - CSBG
Get your picture taken with the Batmobile…or Wonder Woman’s plane! - Tales From the Con
You’re reading Little League, the fan webcomic about the Justice League as elementary school children, right?
Interview with Dustin Koetsch, artist of DC Minimalist Posters, at Firestorm Fan
Tons of new Flash & Rogues scans & fan art at The Rogues Kick Ass

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A group of character-focused comics blogs have gotten together for a crossover event featuring DC Comics’ Secret Files and Origins books:

Aquaman @ The Aquaman Shrine
The Atom @ Power of the Atom
Doctor Fate @ Tower of Fate
Firestorm @ Firestorm Fan
Green Lantern @ The Indigo Tribe
Hawkman @ Being Carter Hall
Martian Manhunter @ The Idol-Head of Diabolu
Renee Montoya @ Who is the Question?
Phantom Stranger @ I Am The Phantom Stranger
Steel @ DC Bloodlines
Suicide Squad @ Subject: Task Force X
Supergirl @ Supergirl Comic Box Commentary
Wonder Woman @ Diana Prince
Zatanna @ Justice League Detroit

Today’s event was organized by Diabolu Frank and Anj. We here at Speed Force missed this one (unless you count posting this cover at the last minute), but we’ve participated in a number of past crossovers with the same group, including the original Crisis on Earth-Blog highlighting the George Perez/Alex Ross cover for the collected Crisis on Infinite Earths, celebrating the Super-Powers 25th Anniversary, posing a piece of the DC Challenge, plugging lesser-known comics with Read This Too!, Mayfairstivus’ look back at the DC Heroes RPG, and most recently Animated Anthem Day.

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