Episode #2

Comicmaniacs

Happy Holidays!

Comicmaniacs

Episode No. 2

December 2011

Editor & Publisher: Talisha A. Harrison

Published By: Talisha A. Harrison

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Printed by: Talisha Harrison

Editor: Talisha Harrison

Design: Talisha Harrison

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Table of Contents

From the Editor’s Desk

The Comicmaniac Five

Webpicks

Comicmaniac Spotlight

Special Feature#1 Tali’s Favorite Animated Holiday Episodes & Specials

Character Spotlight: Wonder Woman

Classic Comic Review: Ant Vol. 2 Issue 3

Geek Reads

Podcast Picks

Comicmaniac Art

Puzzle Me

Geeky Quotes : The Holiday Edition

Puzzle Me Answer Key

End

From the Editor’s Desk

Greetings my fellow Comicmaniacs! Tis I Lady Adina broadcasting live from the geeky

reaches of space with another episode full of Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanza, Three Kings

Day, New Years, and Wintery cheer! I wish all of you a wonderful holiday season whatever

you celebrate! Now on to the show!

This episode I bring you a new Comicmaniac Five which features my top news worthy picks

in the geek universe. In the renamed Comicmaniac Spotlight, the light falls on

ilikecomicstoo! This episode’s character spotlight brings you the amazing heroic amazon

herself Wonder Woman! This week’s Classic Comic Review is Image’s Ant #3 and instead of

a hot topic this episode, in the spirit of the holiday season (and because I just don’t have one

this time lol) I give you a special feature! Finally there’s this weeks’ webpick, podcast picks,

and comicmaniac art.

I also bring you gifts in the form of new subjects that will be mainstays for present and

future episodes to come! The first of which is Geeky Reads. Here I’ll give my picks each

episode for books (other than comics) that I think you’ll enjoy. Puzzle Me is another new

entry where each episode you’ll get to challenge your brain with a wordsearch, crossword

puzzle etc. Finally, in Geeky Quotes, I bring you quotes from around the geek universe that

I hop you’ll find funny, interesting and something to ponder at. This episode the quotes are

extra special because they’re holiday geeky quotes!

So there you have it, this episode in a nutshell! Now sit back and relax and enjoy this

episode!

Your’s truly,

Tali Adina

The Comicmaniac Five

1. Movie Trailers , Movie Trailers!

This past week we’ve seen a lot of movie trailers for upcoming films. The most recent

was The Hobbit which you can view here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0k3kHtyoqc&feature=player_embedded

We also had a new trailer for Ghostrider 2, G.I. Joe Retaliation, The Dark Knight

Rises (and a six minute trailer before MI4 in selected IMAX theaters), and an

international trailer for The Avengers (http://www.aintitcool.com/node/52330 ).

Check them out online!

2. Joe Simon Co-creator of Captain America Dies at the age of 98.

Thank you for giving us this amazing character I wish best wishes and many

blessings to your family Mr. Simon.

3. New videos arrive this week and next from ItsJustSomeRandomGuy on YouTube!

That’s right! While traveling through the busy airports on his way to be home for the

holidays, RandomGuy (Now @RandomGuyAtHome on Twitter) left a message on

YouTube for all his RandomFans letting them know that there were more videos

coming! And he was right! There are eight new holiday vids up! If you haven’t

watched any of videos-old or new-then go visit his channel on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/ItsJustSomeRandomGuy.

4. Womanthology Holiday PDF is here! Just in time for the holidays, the almost fifty

page PDF book has arrived! If you backed Womanthology, this week you received an

email from Womanthology that had news and information for you and a link to

download the pdf. My story entitled “Don’t Let The Light Go Out” is in the pdf. It

was drawn by Geektress’ Brenda Kirk. So check it out!

5. Womanthology Sketchbook arrived in the homes of geeks everywhere!

Have you checked your mail lately? If so you probally received your (if you’re a

backer of the project) copy of the Womanthology sketchbook! If you didn’t back the

project, then you can preoder the book and the anthology on Amazon!

Webpick

Clever Games

Clever Games is a YouTube channel that brings you the latest in video game news, trailers,

interviews, gameplay, and more! Produced, written, and hosted by Andrea Rene, this

channel is an excellent source of information for video gamers and geeks through out the

universe!

Subscribe to Clever Games on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ClevverGames and follow

Clever Games on Twitter at: http://www.youtube.com/ClevverGames

Comicmaniac Spotlight

Each episode I’ll spotlight a lady geek(s) or gentleman geek(s) orbiting in geek space and

this week’s geek is :

ILIKECOMICSTOO

A NYU graduate and former Marvel.com intern, Marlene has interviewed Stan Lee twice, is

a TV personality on MTV’s “My Life as Liz” and also works as an interviewer on Wizard

World Tv. She loves comics and posts comic reviews, interviews, and other cool things on

her blog and YouTube channel. Check it her out cause she’s an awesome lady!

Website: http://www.ilikecomicstoo.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ilikecomicstoo

Tumblr: http://ilikecomicstoo.tumblr.com/

Character Spotlight

Clay. Diana. Amazon. Member of the Justice League.

Princess.

Wonder Woman

This superheroine has been around kicking butt for a long

time-since 1941. I was introduced to her by watching the

Justice League and Justice League Unlimited animated

series and now I’m currently reading her new comic book

series in the DC New 52. And she’s this episode’s Character

Spotlight.

So far I’m enjoying the new 52 story of Wonder Woman. I’ve never read any of the stories

pre-relaunch, so I’m glad for the DC relaunch. If you’ve never read Wonder Woman there

are a few things you should know about her:

She’s a warrior princess of the Amazons (based on the Amazons of Greek mythology) who

live on the island of Themyscira.

Her real name is Diana

Her mother is Hippolyta who pre-DC relaunch formed her out of clay but now post

DC relaunch Zeus is her father.

Her signature weapons:

Lasso of Truth which forces those who are bound by it to tell the truth. It’s virtually

indestructible.

A pair of indestructible bracelets which can deflect energy blasts and bullets.

A golden tiara which serves as a dagger and a throwing weapon returning to her like

a boomerang.

And depending on which stories you read she also has an invisible airplane.

I recommend reading DC’s relaunch of Wonder Woman. It’s only on issue #4 so you can get

caught up real quick. Also watch Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. These two

shows are excellent and you’ll definitely see Wonder Woman in action. The 2009 animated

film in which Wonder Woman was voiced by Kerri Russell is also an excellent way to learn

about Wonder Woman.

There has been a push by a lot of fans for a Wonder Woman film but it’s been in

development hell for a long time. There was going to be a live-action TV show on NBC-

starring AdriannePalicki-but it was canceled before the pilot even aired.

Hopefully there will be a live-action film in the future. But for now, there’s plenty of

Wonder Woman out there for you learn and enjoy the character!

Visit Comicmaniacs on the Web:

Comicmaniacs Tumblr: http://comicmaniacs.tumblr.com/

Right now, this is the mainframe for Comicmaniacs. Here you can submit your pics, fanfics,

or whatever else that’s nerd related. I also reblog other comic related blogs and posting

links and pics of news throughout the nerd universe.

Comicmaniacs Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Marvel-Please-Bring-

Back-Nightcrawler-Comicmaniacs/206827385995234

Titled Marvel Please Bring Nightcrawler Back (Comicmaniacs), this page is dedicated to

Comicmaniacs but also to my favorite X-men Nightcrawler. It’s connected to Twitter and to

my Tumblr.

Comicmaniacs Twitter

@Comicmanics

Comicmaniacs Forum: http://comicmaniacs.tumblr.com/Fourm

On the tumblr page, there’s a forum to discuss and debate (in a respectful manner) all

things geeky and even non geeky. Please take note that any racist, misoygnist,

homophobic, and any other discriminatory remarks will not be tolerated.

Comicmaniacs Store on Zazzle.com

I recently created the store and there are a few products to choose from! I’m still working on

ideas for the products. Visit http://www.zazzle.com/comicmaniacs.

Coming soon: Comicmanaics Live Show on Talkshoe.com

In January I hope to officially launch the Comicmaniacs Live Show on Talkshoe.com. It will

aired at 10pm eastern every other Saturday night. Not only can you listen live you can join

the chat and even call in using your phone or your computer (you have to download

TalkShoePro which is free and doesn’t take space on your pc)! I’ll be talking about comic

news and other topics while also playing music. So I hope that you will join the show!

Special Feature #1

Tali’s Favorite Animated Holiday Episodes & Specials

Every year you can depend on viewing during the holiday season episodes and specials

some new, some classic but you always enjoy them. Here in no particular order are some of

mine. You might see a couple that are also your favorite. If there’s none here that you like

tweet your faves to @Comicmaniacs or tell me on the Comicmaniacs Facebook page or

Tumblr page.

Power Puff Girls – Twas the Fight Before Christmas

Batman the Animated Series-Holiday Knights

Batman the Animated Series-Christmas with the Joker

Shrek the Halls

Prep & Landing

Doctor Suess Presents: How the Grinch Stole Christmas

A Pinky and the Brain Christmas

A Muppet Family Christmas

Fat Albert Christmas Special

He-Man & She-Ra Christmas Special

Rudolph The Rednose Reindeer

The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper

Alvin & the Chipmunks-A Chipmunk Christmas

Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales

Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special

A Charlie Brown Christmas

X-men the animated series-“Have Yourself a Little Morlock Christmas”

Also check out @BlackNerd’s YouTube channel to watch his most recent video: 11 Nerdy

Christmas Cartoons & Sitcom Specials - Black Nerd Comedy

Classic Comic Review

Why am I reviewing older comics?

Well because I’m still sorta new at this and I’m trying to catch up on reading the ones that I

wasn’t able to read growing up. Also there are many people out there who are either new to

comics or are seasoned pros who may want to revisit some of the older stuff. In fact these

comics never get old. Besides, there are many people out there who are reviewing the new

comics. So without further ado, I give you this episode’s Classic Comic Review…

Ant Vol. 2 Issue #3 “Reality Bites” part 3

Publisher: Image

Story & Art: Mario Gully

Story & Script: Marc Hammond

Lettering: Ninja Lettering’s Payton Gauldin

Color: Stefani Rennee

Editor: Michael Patrick Sullivan

Cover: Mario Gully & Avalon’s Rob Bo

Ant Created by: Mario Gully

A few months back for my first review, I did Spawn

issue #1 and so as I was going through my collection

of back issues, after spotting this comic, I became

curious and wanted to know who was this Ant lady sitting on Spawn’s lap? Well needless to

say, I wasn’t disappointed. But before I tell you what I thought of this issue, let me give

you a little background about this comic book character:

Ant was created by Mario Gully who has stated that the concept of Ant was created while

he was incarcerated in 1996 for attempted armed robbery. Gully says that one day he was

looking through a barred cell window and a tiny ant crawled in from the outside. He later

vowed to change his life and make something out of himself. He then created Ant.

Volume one of Ant was published by Arcana Studios. The first issue "Days Like These",

sold out in 9 days. The book later appeared on eBay going for as much as $100 for a good

condition issue #1. The first volume ran for 4 issues before moving to Image Comics.

Classic Comic Review

The second volume of Ant was published by Image Comics, and featured heavy hitters such

as Spawn and the Savage Dragon as co-stars. The first 3 issues sold out and the momentum

of the character and the popularity of the creator, Mario Gully, grew. This series ran for 11

issues. Currently Ant is being published at Big City Comics with only three issues of

volume three having been printed.

Now onto my review:

I only have part three so I don’t know what exactly happened in the first two issues but

apparently at the beginning of this book Ant (Hannah Washington) is having to fight

Spawn and doesn’t know who Spawn is or remembers their previous encounters. So that’s

the half of the book. The other half is Ant having a flashback and remembering her past

and Spawn is able to see her flashback and now knows who Ant is and realizes that she’s

an friend and not an enemy.

Spawn then tries to help Ant find her dad who she believes is dead. They first try to enter

hell but are not able to. They then try to enter heaven but are also shut out. Since they

couldn’t enter either heaven or hell, Spawn and Ant believe that Ant’s dad must be alive

and Ant says goodbye to Spawn-who tells her in a friendly way not to come back to his alley

and also to tell her dad that he says hello.

I absolutely enjoyed this book. I want to know more about this character Ant who is not

only a woman superhero but also is an African-American woman and was created by a

black writer. If you have the chance to read Ant please do so! It’s a great story.

Geek Reads

Womanthology Holiday PDF

Comics Above Ground by

Women Comics by Trina Robbins

Comics above Ground: How Sequential Art Affects Mainstream Media

By Durwin Talon , Bruce Timm, Bernie Wrightson, Adam Hughes

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Podcast Picks

In geek space there are many podcasts to listen to and here are two that I think you will

enjoy during your travels.

GCF Talk

Hosted by Random Fans Lac the Watcher, Nekzous (who’s overseas right now), Emperor

Wade, Blahdiddy, and Minaminokyoko! You can find them on iTunes and also on blip.tv!

http://blip.tv/gcftalk

Aggressive Comix’s Geekgasm on YouTube

Hosted by the hiliarious and awesome Jenni Lorenzo on YouTube. Subscribe to Aggressive

Comix’s channel on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/aggressivecomix/feed follow

them on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/aggressivecomix

and like them on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/Aggressive

Comix

Comicmaniac Art

Each episode I’ll feature artwork from Comicmaniacs around the universe. It doesn’t matter

whether you’re a pro or a beginner, you could young or old, the only requirement is that the

art must be yours and yours alone! Also if you want your fellow Comicmaniacs to view

more of your creations (especially if you’re taking comissions) then let themknow how they

can contact you!

Now I’m not seasoned pro, I’m learning how to draw and so I bring you two more of my

creations. This time it’s

Professor Utonium and one of his daughters the PowerPuff Girl Bubbles!

Puzzle Me

A Comicmaniac Holiday

K T N A M O W R E D N O W A S C C F L R

S Y H E S S R H R M H O Z L D O X A L M

R E T R L K A L U D M N A K N M O M G A

Z C I U E K D P S A A I A E E I Y I Q H

M A H K K E P Q N W C K M J I C H L L K

R N U U O E K T K E C O W C R M O Y I R

U E N O T O H I P M V A Q J F A L I E O

W A K S H O C S N I S K E E G N I A T I

H E S O L P Y Y E G F F V K I I D R N D

X F Z O J A R S M Z S Z A K F A A V R R

W W G G D I A E A I I D O Z U C Y X F B

R Y Z I T H O R S M S L A B N S E V Q P

T O L X F O R C E E T A B Y Y Q C K K S

J O D E A D P O O L N S J F H Y A Y U T

H Y Z W D A Z I V B F T I K C I P B E W

C X N X K M K H D S A O S R N Q S G Y L

I L I K E C O M I C S T O O H R K Q D H

I A S X E Q T F E C G O M D W C E F N P

O W K R L E A R K P U E O A N B E L A V

U P D E X F Y G M G U C A O N D G D C U

BATMAN

CANDY

CHRISTMAS

COMICMANIACS

COOKIES

DEADPOOL

FAMILY

FOOD

FRIENDS

FUN

GEEKS

GEEKSPACE

HANUKKAH

HOLIDAY

HOLIDAYSPECIALS

ILIKECOMICSTOO

JOKER

KWANZA

LOKI

MOVIES

MUPPETS

PRESENTS

THOR

THREEKINGSDAY

WEBPICK

WOMANTHOLOGY

WONDERWOMAN

XFORCE

Geeky Quotes

Another new entry for this episode. Ladies and gents, I bring you Geeky Quotes-The

Holiday Edition. Enjoy.

“I love Christmas Eve. Maybe even more so than Christmas itself. It's the one night of the

year when the entire world just...stops. In those few hours before the dawn - human,

mutant, everyone, just sort of holds their breath in sweet anticipation...waiting to see how

badly they're going to be disappointed in the morning. In its own tragic way...it's kind of

romantic. That's why I love Christmas Eve.”

--Emma Frost (Earth-616)

Schott: Mrs. Duffy? Mrs. Duffy? I have a surprise.

Lois: So do we. You're busted. Merry Christmas.

-Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Season 2 Episode 9 “Seasons Greetings”

The Joker: [singing] Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg, the Batmobile lost a

wheel, and the Joker got away! -Batman The Animated Series “Christmas With The Joker”

Robin: Okay, I'll make a deal with you. If we go out on patrol and Gotham is quiet, with no

sign of the Joker, we come back here, have Christmas dinner and watch "It's A Wonderful

Life".

Batman: You know, I've never seen that. I could never get past the title. –Batman The

Animated Series “Christmas With The Joker”

Harley Quinn: I'm depressed, Red. Here it is holiday time and we're hiding out in this

dingy rat trap. No presents, no fun, no nothin'. Can't we at least get a Christmas tree?

Poison Ivy: What? And support the mad campaign of botanical genocide that grips this

country every December?

Harley Quinn: But Christmas trees are so bright and fun and pretty. Oh, please? Please?

Please? Please? –Batman The Animated Series “Holiday Knights”

Batgirl: Don't waste your ammo on him. Shoot the Santa. –Batman The Animated Series

“Holiday Knights’

Princess Morebucks: What? Why?

Bubbles: Because Santa has his own list and he checks it twice. It says who's naughty and

who's nice.

Princess Morebucks: So?

Bubbles: Duh. You're naughty. –The PowerPuff Girls “Twas The Fight Before Christmas”

Puzzle Me Answer Key

Solution

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(Over,Down,Direction)

BATMAN(10,15,SE)

CANDY(19,20,N)

CHRISTMAS(16,18,NW)

COMICMANIACS(16,1,S)

COOKIES(7,8,NW)

DEADPOOL(3,14,E)

FAMILY(18,1,S)

FOOD(11,15,SE)

FRIENDS(15,7,N)

FUN(15,10,S)

GEEKS(15,8,W)

GEEKSPACE(17,20,N)

HANUKKAH(1,9,NE)

HOLIDAY(17,5,S)

HOLIDAYSPECIALS(1,15,NE)

ILIKECOMICSTOO(1,17,E)

JOKER(5,10,NW)

KWANZA(9,6,NE)

LOKI(12,12,NE)

MOVIES(13,5,SW)

MUPPETS(10,2,SW)

PRESENTS(6,9,SE)

THOR(5,12,E)

THREEKINGSDAY(2,1,SE)

WEBPICK(20,15,W)

WOMANTHOLOGY(13,1,SW)

WONDERWOMAN(13,1,W)

XFORCE(4,13,E)

End

And once again, we’ve come to the end of an episode and I hope that you enjoyed another

journey through geekspace. To continue the conversation aobut any of the subjects written

about in this episode or you just want to start your own discussions visit the fourm on the

Comicmaniacs Tumblr page.

Stayed tuned, I’ll be back next year with another episode of Comicmaniacs and the new live

show on Talkshoe.com on Saturday nights at 10:30pm!

Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanza, Happy Three Kings Day, Happy New

Year , enjoy the Winter Soltisce, and Happy Holidays. I’m Tali Adina and I’ll catch you on

the flip side. Enjoy your travels in geekspace!

See you later Space Geekladiesand guys….