Jake's Sketchbook 2/24/12

So on this wonderful Friday afternoon I come to you with some sketchs from my sketchbook. Please note that I am only sixteen and an amateur. Also sorry for the low image quality.

After seeing a lot of hate towards the new design for Mr. Freeze I decided to make my version of him for the new 52.

I LOVE the current story arc in the Batman comic right now, which is why I drew this.

Who would you cast?

      Today I am introducing a new segment called who would you cast? where I tell you who I would cast for my favorite super heroes and heroines. First up is Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, and Commissioner James Gordon.

Eric Bana - Bruce Wayne

    I first thought about this after seeing Hanna. In the movie Bana plays a super spy that just wants his daughter to be safe. Throughout the film Bana is quite the badass. In addition Bana has acted in super hero movies before so it wouldn't be too much of a jump for him. He also looks a lot like Bruce Wayne. 

Christopher Plummer - Alfred Pennyworth

Bryan Cranston - Commissioner James Gordon

What am I reading?

   Today I decided to make a list of all the titles I am currently reading. Please note this will be super repetitive. So here it is:

Action Comics - Before Morrison came to Action Comics I hated Superman. I found him overrated and boring. But now I can't wait to read his adventures in the pages of Action Comics.


Animal Man - At first I wasn't one-hundred percent sure about this book, in fact it was one of the ones I was going to skip. Now that the first story arc has come to a close with the prospect of a Swamp-thing crossover this is one of my favorites.


Aquaman - I really enjoyed Aquaman's story in the pages of Brightest Day and I love Ivan Reis' art so getting Aquaman was a no-brainier. Aquaman has been great so far and I am happy to read it.


Batman - Who isn't reading this? This is DC's best book on the market.


Batman And Robin - I loved the first volume of this book when Morrison and Quitely were doing, and after they left it wasn't quite the same. Thankfully with the start of the New 52 this book has gotten a lot better landing it a spot on my pull-list.


Captain America - Brubaker is truly the best person to write Captain America, and with Mcniven, Davis, and now Zircher on the book it has been a good read. 


Captain America and Bucky - The only reason I read this book is for the fantastic art, oh and the story isn't that bad either.


Daredevil - Daredevil has always been one of my favorite heroes, but I was burned by him through Shadowland. Mark Waid's run on him has 'healed my wounds'


The Punisher - Greg Rucka and  Marco Checchetto have given us a good Punisher which is why I read.


Venom, Secret Avengers and Uncanny X-force - I have listed these all together because they are written by the king of Black Ops Rick Reminder, and as long as he is on the books I will read them.


Justice League - Although the current arc isn't the greatest this is the forerunner DC book so I read it.


Moon Knight - Brian Micheal Bendis and Alex Maleev, need I say more?


Wolverine And The X-men - I really liked Schism and I was on Wolverine's side throughout the whole thing. And it doesn't hurt that Jason Aaron is on the book. I believe that this is Marvel's best book on the market.


Swamp Thing - Like Animal Man I hesitated to pick this up, which was stupid since it has my favorite writer on board, Scott Snyder. The art is awesome also.

So thats what I'm reading, what are you?

Weekly Write-up 2/15/12

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Batman #6

             Bruce Wayne has been pushed to his limit. We see that yes he was stabbed through the gut and it wasn't some trick or hallucination. Then to top it all of he has to meet the Court of Owls, who vary in age, the court then decides that they don't only want him dead but they want it to be a painful death. Lucky when all seems lost the caped crusader gets a second wind and beats the crap out of the Talon that was hunting him down. Bruce does escape from the labyrinth into an underground river. Of course that is too easy and the river is topped over with a sheet of glass. The sequence ends with what seems like Bruce drowning. After that the book goes back to the Court of Owls and we see them discard the Talon that Bruce Wayne fought and then they give the order to release the rest of the Talons. The scene kinda reminded me of the release the Kraken from Clash of the Titans. Snyder and Capullo once again make this book the best on the market.

THUMBS UP!

PICK OF THE WEEK!  

Daredevil #9

       Daredevil has had a pretty good last couple of days that was until his buddy Froggy told him that his father's coffin was missing from its grave, along with many others. So Daredevil straps on the old red outfit and goes into the earth to see what happened to all the coffins. He soon sees that it was the Mole Man and his minions that were stealing the coffins to do nothing but loot them. The art in this story it incredible with Rivera switching from Daredevil's point of view to what is really there. 

THUMBS UP! 

Weekly Write-Up 2/8/12

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Secret Avenger #22

   This marks the start of Rick Reminders run on Secret Avengers. Lately Reminder has been the go to guy for black ops book in the Marvel U, like Venom and Uncanny X-force. I found this issue's story to be ok not a one in a million issue but not bad. However where the story lacked the art made up for it. After this issue Hardman became my favorite artist.

THUMBS UP!

PICK OF THE WEEK

Batman and Robin #6

    The origin of Nobody continues as we find out what lead to Wayne and Nobody becoming enemies. In the second half of this issue we see Robin reveal his true plans of getting close to Nobody only to then turn on him. The story and art in this issue is a good blend with Batman and Robin developing a new standard for their book.

THUMBS UP!

Wolverine and the X-men #5

        Apparently ruling a school full of mutants is very expensive and now that Angel is no longer has control over his company the school is having a cash flow problem. So whats Wolvie to do? Go gambling with Kid Omega of course! Meanwhile Kitty Pride is not pregnant! She simply has a bunch of brood hatchlings inside her. All in all the issue is pretty standard this week, a good issue but nothing that blew me out of the water.

THUMBS UP! 

Weekly Write-Up 2/1/12

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Venom #13

     I was plesantly surprised by this book, I knew Reminder was good at handling team books but I wasn't sure how this would be. Thankful everything works out great. The story focuses on the Prince of hell opening a portal from hell and unleashing it onto the Earth. Thankfully our heroes are able to contain it to just Las Vegas itself and fight Darkheart. I really hate Marvel's super natural side but this book really warmed me up to it. 

THUMBS UP!  

Punisher #8

      Dear Greg Rucka from now on only use Mark Checchetto for art in your books. THE ART IN THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING! Words cannot describe this book.

THUMBS UP!

PICK OF THE WEEK!

Winter Soldier #1 

        Brubaker's handling of Captain America and his characters has been phenomenal, he is without a doubt the best writer to ever grace the Captain America series. He continues his run with the addition of a new book that focuses on Bucky Barnes, who is thought to be dead by the rest of the Marvel U. We see Barnes trying to cleanup anything that was left behind by the Soviet's sleeper agents. The only thing I didn't like about the book was toward the end when it got a little confusing but other than that this book was all around good.

THUMBS UP! 

Weekly Write-up 1/125/12

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Aqua-man #5

      This issue is a one and done story of Aqua-man being thrown into the desert after going to the coast guard to offer his expertise. You see the coast guard found an Atlantis artifact that started going haywire so they called Aqua-man to see if he can help. After examining it for a few seconds a group of oddly dressed men come in and take the artifact by force. Aqua-man doesn't like this very much so he attempts to stop them by jumping onto their vehicle. During the ensuring battle he finds out that they are sea dwellers. Their vehicle crashes in the desert. After making his way back to the wreck Aqua-man puts the artifact into the water of one of the helmets, at which point a message is played revealing that it dated back to before Atlantis sunk. Aqua-man is then rescued by the coast guard and goes home. 

THUMBS UP!       

Captain America and Bucky #626

      Asmus, Brubaker, and Francavilla bring the goods once again in this issue. This is there final arc before Captain America and Bucky becomes Captain America and Hawkeye, or more like Captain America Team-up. Anyway in this issue we see Captain America go up against an android of Bucky. This Bucky leads Cap to a warehouse that is full of Cap killer robots. While this is going on The Human Torch and William Naslund the III are looking into the Adam II corpse that S.H.I.E.L.D. has. When they are dissecting it Naslund finds a ball attached to the skull of the Adam II, he hypotheses that the ball is a sort of black box device. The ball then actives and Naslund is turned into Adam III. Its pretty predicable what will happen in this issue but its still a pretty good issue.

THUMBS UP! 

Justice League #5

         It's time for the first confrontation between the Justice League and Darkseid, who is pretty scary. We find our heroes going in for round two in this issue after being blasted by Darkseid. One of the cool things that happen in this issue is seeing Green Lantern go up against Darkseid only to have Darkseid break through his attacks and ultimately break his arm. The only thing I don't like in this issue is the lack of Aqua-man, he's only appearance in it is when the team is rallying together to take out Darkseid.

THUMBS UP!

Secret Avengers 21.1

      Rick Reminder starts his run on Secret Avengers with issue, and if the rest of his run is like this we're sure to have another classic on our hands. In this issue we find Captain America taking Hawkeye on a mission in the country of Bagalia, a literal red light nation. Cap is trying to see if Hawkeye is fit to lead the Secret Avengers since he can no longer fulfill that role. This issue is a great jumping on point for anyone who wants to read Secret Avengers and its really awesome. The art is fantastic and though I really look forward to Hardman being on the book Zircher could do it and I would be fine with that.

THUMBS UP!

BOOK OF THE WEEK!