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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

This quasi-martial arts plus sorcery plus Marvel's superhero styling is a unique entry in the comic book superhero sweepstakes.

Media Reviews of Shang-Chi

It's Fantastic and Funny – Wall Street Journal

A great addition to the MCU – East Bay Times

Shang-Chi Thursday opening "a record breaker" – Forbes

Not the best MCU, but its fun – We Got This Covered

8.5 outta 10 – Chicago Tribune

Seven outta ten – What Culture

Shang-Chi is a promising new phase for MCU – Beacon Journal

A stale entry into Marvel movie list – Times Herald

Shang-Chi punches its way "into our hearts" – CNET

Other Marvel heroes "pale in comparison to Shang-Chi" – WION - MSN

Some of Marvel's darkest moments – Yahoo News

I forgot I was watching a Marvel Movie – MSN

Most visually stunning Marvel Movie yet – MSN News

The Triumph of Shang-Chi

Triumph Motorcycle

Shang-Chi an "absolute triumph" – SYFY

Shang-Chi an "action-packed triumph" – Collider

Shang-Chi a "phenomenal triumph" – Fandomwire

...critics have been lauding the latest Marvel movie as an unexpected triumph – Techradar

"Would be cool to see the Triumph Division in the MCU, especially with Shang-Shi having a solo film" – Reddit

Spider-Man No Way Home

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Short Review: She-Hulk, Attorney-at-Law

Fast review: Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves – a Film with antecedents – Harry Potter plus Guardians of the Galaxy plus Lord of the Rings, etc.

Fast review: Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves – a Film with antecedents – Harry Potter plus Guardians of the Galaxy plus Lord of the Rings, etc.

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American Comic Book Chronicles: 1965-69 Hardcover from TwoMorrows – AMAZON

Overstreet Price Guide 2022-2023

Overstreet Price Guide 2022-2023

Amazing Spider-Man by Ditko and Lee from Penguin CLassics

Amazing Spider-Man by Ditko and Lee from Penguin Classics

Original Page October 11, 2021

The 43 movies coming the summer of 2023

Fast review: Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves – a Film with antecedents – Harry Potter plus Guardians of the Galaxy plus Lord of the Rings, etc.

"But you merely adopted comic book collecting; I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see my first graded book until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but plastic and dreams" – Aaron Meyers Twitter

Review: Quantumania – A bloated, over-written production

We asked GPT Model 4 AI intelligence: With Quantumania losing money, the question arises, what comic book superhero movie has had the highest profit versus production cost that has yet been made?

Answer: As of my knowledge cutoff date in September 2021, the superhero movie with the highest profit compared to its production cost is Deadpool from 2016, which was directed by Tim Miller and starred Ryan Reynolds as the titular character. The movie had an estimated production budget of around $58 million, and it grossed over $782 million worldwide, making it a massive financial success with a high return on investment.

Roy Lichtenstein and the comic books he cribbed from

The classic three-act storytelling technique

What is the largest American comic book ever published?

The largest American comic book ever printed is Cerebus the Aardvark #0 by Dave Sim published by Aardvark-Vanaheim in 1992. The comic book measures 3 feet by 2 feet (36"X24" i.e., 610 x 914 mm), with fold-out pages that extend to an even larger size. The comic book was produced in a limited edition of only 3,000 copies.

The largest comic book yet published?

Attack On Titan, as checked by Guinness World Records, is measured at 39.3 inches (1,000 millimetres) for length, and 27.6 inches (703 millimetres) for width, giving it a total area of 1,089.5 inches (7,030 square centimetres) with a weight of 31.31 pounds (13.75 kilograms).

This doesn't include the book cover, which is 39.7 inches (1,010 millimetres) in height and 28.11 inches (714 millimetres) wide.

Review: Weird Mystery #4, Jan-Feb 1973

Here come the AI comic books – Comics Beat

Artificial intelligence (AI) art generators like Midjourney, DALL-E and Stable Diffusion have recently advanced in leaps and bounds..... Current peculiarities to comics with AI art include: Inconsistent faces, bodies, props, and clothing (although grassroots communities and tutorials have sprung up where comic creators swap tips on major challenges like achieving character consistency...

The trauma of artificial intelligence artwork is affecting every area of the artwork industry, and comic books are no different. The gimmick part of AI is understandable: what's bizarre, good, bad or just plain new has a chance of grabbing attention and being a viable market in the industry of image-making.

But the AI phenomenon goes well beyond that because it fuses together all that attention-getting plus the general obsession of the modern world with technology, implies any person with a computer and access to AI could theoretically start generating great art. Does this mean AI could be on the cusp of rather boldly marching into the house of already existing employed and livelihood earning artists and burning the place down around their heads? More on AI the Artificial Art

Alley Oop cartoonist Jack Bender has died

Jan 15, 2023: Story at WCF Courier

Bender, a Waterloo native who gained national prominence for drawing and inking the beloved time-traveling caveman comic strip Alley Oop, died Jan. 5 in Tulsa, Okla., from complications of dementia.He was 91.

The Marvel & DC Movie Schedule List

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
May 5, 2023

The Flash
June 16, 2023

Blue Beetle
August 18, 2023

The Marvels
November 10, 2023

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
December 25, 2023

The Coming Comic Book Movies 2023–2026

Black Adam film review

The original Christopher Reeve Superman Costume auctions for $350,000 – MSN People Magazine

The reality of Marvel's Reality Stones is that they're really expensive – Los Angeles Times - MSN

Comic Book Movie Money April 5, 2023 numbers

Films playing worldwide

Shazam Fury O' the Gods at $120,275,118 worldwide earnings [Production budget of estimated at $100 million].

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania at $473,056,931 worldwide earnings [Production budget of estimated at $200 million].

Avatard The Way O' Water at $2,312,335,665 worldwide earnings [Production budget of estimated between $250-$400 million].

The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team - review of World's Finest #94, May-June 1958, art by Dick Sprang

Copyright Wars of the Superheroes

Alan Moore's Revenge – Deconstruction wrecks the DC Universe

Deconstructing Stan Lee

Guide to collecting comic book art - Dec 1, 2021, MSN News

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