In July, when Zack Snyder announced that Batman would have a role in the Man of Steel sequel, the internet went ablaze with excitement and speculation. A major issue of speculation was casting; who would play Batman? After Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney and Christian Bale each succeeded and/or failed at making the character their own, who would be the actor to bring the next wave of Batman films into an eventual Justice League franchise for Warner Brothers and DC?
When that question was finally answered, and Ben Affleck was cast as the Dark Knight, the internet imploded in ways that, well, in ways that wouldn’t implode to such degrees until Miley Cyrus touched herself on MTV one week later. So, yeah, the Batman casting news came and went from the headlines, but we comic’s writers at Sound On Sight decided to bring the debate back,...
When that question was finally answered, and Ben Affleck was cast as the Dark Knight, the internet imploded in ways that, well, in ways that wouldn’t implode to such degrees until Miley Cyrus touched herself on MTV one week later. So, yeah, the Batman casting news came and went from the headlines, but we comic’s writers at Sound On Sight decided to bring the debate back,...
- 9/13/2013
- by Tony Nunes
- SoundOnSight
Last week, Idw released a new X-Files comic, “X-Files Season 10.” Like the Buffy series from Dark Horse, as well as continuations of Jericho, Smallville, Charmed and Farscape, comics are increasingly becoming home to cancelled television shows. Most of these shows have a cult following, so continued runs in comic form suits them well. I asked the comics team at Sound on Sight to think about what cancelled TV shows they would most like to see completed via comics. Here’s what we came up with…
Carnivale
By Tony Nunes
When the cancellation of Daniel Knauf’s Carnivale was announced, I can’t say that I was completely surprised. I can tell you though; I was pissed! HBO’s Carnivale was one of the most bizarre, subtext-filled supernatural dramas ever on television. Twin Peaks was and is my favorite television series of all time. That series ended after two seasons (like...
Carnivale
By Tony Nunes
When the cancellation of Daniel Knauf’s Carnivale was announced, I can’t say that I was completely surprised. I can tell you though; I was pissed! HBO’s Carnivale was one of the most bizarre, subtext-filled supernatural dramas ever on television. Twin Peaks was and is my favorite television series of all time. That series ended after two seasons (like...
- 6/25/2013
- by Tony Nunes
- SoundOnSight
With Scott Snyder’s Batman Year Zero origin story beginning a new arc on his run of Batman this week, we thought we would look back to our own origin stories, tracing back to how we entered into the world of comics. Sure, the Sound On Sight comics team may not have origin stories as epic as some of the superheroes out there, but going back is a great way to look at how we were all introduced to comics, and why we write about them today. Here’s how it all began…
A Toxic Beginning
by Tony Nunes
I remember the plucking of my comic book virginity well. Easter of 1991, a scrawny nine year old version of myself, Ghostbusters and Star Wars obsessed and well on his way to becoming a full-fledged geek finds his first comic book in one of his Easter baskets. Ok, enough talking about myself in the third person.
A Toxic Beginning
by Tony Nunes
I remember the plucking of my comic book virginity well. Easter of 1991, a scrawny nine year old version of myself, Ghostbusters and Star Wars obsessed and well on his way to becoming a full-fledged geek finds his first comic book in one of his Easter baskets. Ok, enough talking about myself in the third person.
- 6/13/2013
- by Tony Nunes
- SoundOnSight
Batman Beyond, Season 1, episode 1: “Rebirth Part 1“
Directed by Curt Geda
Written by Alan Burnett and PAul Dini
Originally aired, January 10th, 1999
It’s a delicate balancing act to create a pilot that both delves into a story as well as be as thoroughly entertaining as possible. It’s even harder to delve in to an established universe with brand new characters and stories while not altering the source material, and Batman Beyond did that in spades; establishing new and exciting characters within a world where many of largest stories have already happened, when also creating a one of the darkest, more adult themed kids cartoon shows ever produced. That darkness was ever present with the first episodes “Rebirth” and “Rebirth Part 2”.
A dark, gripping saga for a new hero.
In the first frames, we meet our old familiar hero Bruce Wayne (voiced by Kevin Conroy in his finest of...
Directed by Curt Geda
Written by Alan Burnett and PAul Dini
Originally aired, January 10th, 1999
It’s a delicate balancing act to create a pilot that both delves into a story as well as be as thoroughly entertaining as possible. It’s even harder to delve in to an established universe with brand new characters and stories while not altering the source material, and Batman Beyond did that in spades; establishing new and exciting characters within a world where many of largest stories have already happened, when also creating a one of the darkest, more adult themed kids cartoon shows ever produced. That darkness was ever present with the first episodes “Rebirth” and “Rebirth Part 2”.
A dark, gripping saga for a new hero.
In the first frames, we meet our old familiar hero Bruce Wayne (voiced by Kevin Conroy in his finest of...
- 6/4/2013
- by Will Cowan
- SoundOnSight
“Bedlam” proves to be most promising series this year.
“Bedlam” Volume One, Issue #1-6
Written by Nick Spencer
Art by Riley Rossmo
Published by Image Comics
Image has made quite a name for themselves within the past few years, especially with the exploding popularity of their flagship series, “The Walking Dead”. However, there those few gems that sometimes are pushed by the wayside and are almost completely overshadowed, and one of those gems is Nick Spencer’s disturbing tale “Bedlam”. A story that tries to answer the question “Is evil something you are, or something you do?”
How Spencer answers this question is through the character of ex-madman/serial killer genius Fillmore Press aka Madder Red, who Spencer describes as “a serial killer and criminal overlord who terrorized the city of Bedlam”. Spencer goes on to describe that, “Something happened, he got better…when we first meet Fillmore, he’s living in a small,...
“Bedlam” Volume One, Issue #1-6
Written by Nick Spencer
Art by Riley Rossmo
Published by Image Comics
Image has made quite a name for themselves within the past few years, especially with the exploding popularity of their flagship series, “The Walking Dead”. However, there those few gems that sometimes are pushed by the wayside and are almost completely overshadowed, and one of those gems is Nick Spencer’s disturbing tale “Bedlam”. A story that tries to answer the question “Is evil something you are, or something you do?”
How Spencer answers this question is through the character of ex-madman/serial killer genius Fillmore Press aka Madder Red, who Spencer describes as “a serial killer and criminal overlord who terrorized the city of Bedlam”. Spencer goes on to describe that, “Something happened, he got better…when we first meet Fillmore, he’s living in a small,...
- 6/3/2013
- by Will Cowan
- SoundOnSight
Hawkeye #10
Writer: Matt Fraction
Artist: Franscesco Francavilla
Publisher: Marvel
After an amazing streak of stories, Hawkeye #10 fails to create that same sense of originality and almost purposely avoids our protagonist entirely, but in a way, that isn’t such a bad thing. #10 instead tells the story of the newly introduced character “The Clown”, who first appeared in #9. “The Clown” is set up to be a some-sort of hitman/psychopath hired by the continuously antagonizing group of “Tracksuits” that have been against our hero since the beginning of this run. Where this starts to fall apart is where the backstory of “The Clown” is so quickly delved into, and that his story is so cliché that the reader can guess it with the first line that he delivers on paper, however it does parallel the history of Hawkeye himself, and it might be interesting to see if these two characters have any further backstory together.
Writer: Matt Fraction
Artist: Franscesco Francavilla
Publisher: Marvel
After an amazing streak of stories, Hawkeye #10 fails to create that same sense of originality and almost purposely avoids our protagonist entirely, but in a way, that isn’t such a bad thing. #10 instead tells the story of the newly introduced character “The Clown”, who first appeared in #9. “The Clown” is set up to be a some-sort of hitman/psychopath hired by the continuously antagonizing group of “Tracksuits” that have been against our hero since the beginning of this run. Where this starts to fall apart is where the backstory of “The Clown” is so quickly delved into, and that his story is so cliché that the reader can guess it with the first line that he delivers on paper, however it does parallel the history of Hawkeye himself, and it might be interesting to see if these two characters have any further backstory together.
- 5/24/2013
- by Guest Guest
- SoundOnSight
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