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dull by comparison doesn t it posted by timothy callahan at 8 40 pm 1 comment thursday february 13 2014 crawljammer check it out if you like lasers and swords and rpgs and awesomeness hey i haven t posted here in a while and i should probably go back and add a few things like links to the last couple of years of best of blank blank blank blank comics and here s where i say goodbye to all those years writing for cbr and all that stuff but i haven t bothered to do that yet i will someday instead i ve been writing and drawing this old school role playing game zine called crawljammer which is basically all my favorite sci fi and fantasy novels and movies and comics mashed up in to an rpg setting for dungeon crawl classics only it s not really a setting since i have rules for things like new character classes lizardman mercenary and adventures on venus and a part where my son writes about lizardman space peasants and the kind of jobs they would have blue bison farmer treeslayer meatmaster and i make up things like critical hit tables for when a skullcraft battles a space ziggurat yeah it s crawljammer and it s what i m doing right now instead of writing reviews about mediocre superhero comics posted by timothy callahan at 8 14 am no comments saturday may 11 2013 the comics alliance reviews rude kirby mckeever ditko and eisner comics alliance was one of my favorite comics related sites which is why i asked editor extraordinaire andy khouri if they d be interested in having me come on board to write some things for them near the end of last year it all worked out perfectly they did want me to review in print graphic novels or collected editions for them and i started off with a review retrospective on the glory of steve rude and the first year or two of nexus that post went live in early 2013 i came up with a list of other books they might like me to review including things like the creeper and grimjack and the end league and eddy current and nextwave and andy highlighted the ones the ca readership or the ca editors or both might care about the most so i started working expecting to build up a stack of reviews that could run on comics alliance throughout 2013 maybe sliding into a weekly routine once i figured out how to work this extra writing gig into my normal routine that never happened i wrote a handful of retrospectives reviews for ca and then as you all probably know comics alliance was shut down by its parent company without warning i thought the site was just settling in to its witty balance of pop culture coverage and comic book analysis and had a long ever growing future ahead of it that s why i was so happy to join the crew but nope it s all over i m more saddened by not ever being able to read new material on the site and the fact that a strong stable of writers and editors will have to scramble to find other paying work than i am about losing the occasional paycheck for writing the kinds of reviews i had planned for ca that was only ever going to cover the cost of the reviewed book and give me a little bit of spending money i wasn t going to lose any money on the gig but i wasn t going to make more than about 20 or 30 every week or two it was just goofing around and buying a few comics money nothing serious but certainly helpful but man i miss the opportunity to be part of the comics alliance team and i m sorry to see the site just stop dead i ll still be continuing my weekly when words collide column for comic book resources and though both my great alan moore reread and my sandman reread have come to an end at tor com i have some other things in the works with the folks over there but ca is no more for the record here are my collected edition reviews that were published during my short few months at comics alliance mike baron and steve rude s nexus exploding preconceptions since 1981 jack kirby s spirit world we are on the outside the inhuman magnetism of ted mckeever s eddy current mania and dream logic looking back at ditko s cackling creeper the anatomy of expression will eisner and a contract with god i m pleased with all five of these entries and i hope you enjoy them while you can no one knows how long the ca site archives will remain available and aol owns the content i ve linked to above so it s unlikely that i ll be able to ever republish the pieces i ve written for them yeah comics they ll break your heart posted by timothy callahan at 8 13 pm 1 comment saturday february 02 2013 rainbow dash writer ryan k lindsay interviewed by two my little pony fans in march of 2013 longtime cbr colleague and the devil is in the details editor and internet friend ryan k lindsay will unleash a single issue of a comic book series that is destined to change the world it s issue 2 of the my little pony micro series featuring rainbow dash in the issue the high flying pony faces an insurmountable challenge cloud goblins that threaten the skies i know what you re thinking is this going to be the next watchmen or is it going to be the next dark knight returns or the next mr t and the t force or some divine combination of all three we ll have to wait until march to find out but until then i have brought in a couple of junior members of the geniusboy firemelon editorial team to grill mr lindsay on his intentions and his abilities they re here to determine whether or not the young writer is cut out for the scrutiny of high profile my little pony scholarship here they are two short interviews that may make or break ryan k lindsay s career interview 1 by lauren age 8 lauren why did to choose to write about rainbow dash rkl i actually pitched for a few of the ponies and my rainbow dash story was the one my editor bobby curnow liked the most i chose her for one of my pitches mostly because she gets to do cool stuff with weather and the skies that s an exciting skill set i thought would make for a cool story lauren what kind of story will this be is it adventure or comedy or is it scary rkl it s mostly more in the action adventure camp but there s one kind of jarring scene that s a pg level scare of sorts and i m also hoping some of my jokes in there land i don t know if writers are ever confident about their jokes in a script i m not lauren will you be retelling an episode in your own way or telling an original story why rkl i m telling an original story anything else feels like plagiarism well it could be adaptation but that doesn t sound as dramatic i m telling my original story because that s what my editor wants but fortuitously that s also what i am most interested in i wanted to bring some new things to equestria lauren will your story take place in the past present or future rkl floating present lauren which minor characters will appear in your story rkl applejack is the supporting character pony and tank also gets to play a pivotal role i ve also created my own pony which i called in the script only redford pony i think he s pretty rad lauren which my little pony episode is your favorite my favorite is the one where rarity makes outfits for all her friends rkl i d have to go with sonic rainboom but read it and weep is definitely a close second rainbow is now my favorite pony so i like seeing her take center stage she s an interesting character interview 2 by andrew age 12 andrew how do you suppose you will make rainbow dash 20 cooler rkl there is one thing i do in this issue that i guarantee makes rainbow dash 20 cooler at least it was actually the first thing that came to me and became the crux of this entire issue i build to this moment and i m certain it pays off i obviously can t spoil it but i will stake my reputation on it andrew what will you do to capture rainbow dash s pure awesomeness rkl you don t capture her awesomeness i only hope to refract it through the fine crystals i use to divine my stories in the hopes of setting shards free to enter your brain stem andrew if you were planning to set the story in the future i recommend renaming rainbow dash deathbow dash and giving her a trail of nuclear waste have you considered that rkl i actually have this now serving as a legal record that i had the idea and thus when i use it i will owe you no compensation although my deathbow dash leaves a trail of smog across the sky andrew are you sure you don t want to make the story about post apocalyptic rainbow ponies after the great cupcake war of the year 5000 ae rkl i m actually more interested in capturing the turmoil surrounding the aftermath of the apple famine of 4650 that was when applejack had to travel to the stars to locate celestial johnny appleseed and get him to bless her crop with his mighty seed it s a cracker of a tale but if we get a green light for a sequel i ll talk with you about the great cupcake war of 5000ae so long as we dedicate an issue to the batter battle of lemony knoll andrew well what about turning all the ponies into mutant cyborgs then rkl i m the guy who pitched a pony story involving a kung fu tournament don t think i won t straight up steal your ideas what do you think readers will this rainbow dash comic find its way in your march shopping cart is ryan k lindsay too good for comics should the junior members of the geniusboy firemelon staff just take over this site and turn it into a shopping mall you decide posted by timothy callahan at 11 02 am 1 comment thursday january 31 2013 before they were famous a when words collide archive one of the recurring features within my weekly cbr column in 2012 was something i called before they were famous where i would write about the issue of a comic book series right before a more famous run began i plan to do some more of these at some point in the distant future but i wanted to have an easy to reference list of links to the entries i have already completed so here it is before they were famous via when words collide and cbr and me swamp thing 19 by marty pasko right before alan moore came in and blew the roof off of american comics x men 66 the last of the pre chris claremont era x men with what seems to be a pretty weak roy thomas inventory story captain america 32 the robert kirkman written ridiculous conclusion to the post 9 11 take on the sentinel of liberty prior to ed brubaker s relaunch supreme 40 another pre alan moore comic where jim valentino and tom and mary bierbaum tell something that resembles a story but isn t very good by anyone s reckoning batman 403 by max allan collins immediately before frank miller and david mazzucchelli presented us with the serialized batman year one incredible hulk 330 which was todd mcfarlane s first issue but the last of the al milgrom written issue before peter david s monumental run began iron man 115 written by bill mantlo with david michelinie and bob layton waiting to strike in the following issue doom patrol 18 the final paul kupperberg issue before grant morrison began his dadaist superhero masterpiece if you have any suggestions for other before they were famous installments let me know posted by timothy callahan at 10 29 pm no comments monday january 21 2013 the great alan moore reread the super index after sixty five weeks my great alan moore reread at tor com has reached its conclusion to celebrate and make it easier to reference any of the individual posts here is the super index of every installment of the series yeah i wrote a lot but alan moore wrote a lot more that guy s pretty good here s what i thought about almost all of his comics i have an intro post with it begins and then i explore the moore catalog with my brain click on any of the entries to go to the relevant post and enjoy marvelman miracleman part 1 marvelman miracleman part 2 marvelman miracleman part 3 marvelman miracleman part 4 star wars v for vendetta part 1 v for vendetta part 2 skizz doctor who captain britain part 1 captain britain part 2 future shocks swamp thing part 1 swamp thing part 2 swamp thing part 3 swamp thing meets superman superman watchmen part 1 watchmen part 2 watchmen part 3 watchmen part 4 green arrow vigilante omega men green lantern corps halo jones batman from hell part 1 from hell part 2 dr and quinch i n pictopia big numbers a small killing spawn violator 1963 wildcats spawn wildcats mr majestic voodoo deathblow supreme part 1 supreme part 2 supreme part 3 judgment day youngblood and glory the spirit tom strong part 1 tom strong part 2 tom strong part 3 tom strong s terrific tales promethea part 1 promethea part 2 promethea part 3 top 10 part 1 top 10 part 2 smax top 10 the forty niners tomorrow stories part 1 tomorrow stories part 2 the league of extraordinary gentlemen part 1 the league of extraordinary gentlemen part 2 the league of extraordinary gentlemen black dossier the league of extraordinary gentlemen century lost girls albion neonomicon the alan moore legacy the 10 best alan moore comics of all time yup posted by timothy callahan at 10 55 pm no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom 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