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Comics Review: "SPACE GHOST #11" Gets Caught Up

SPACE GHOST VOL. 1 #11
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

STORY: David Pepose
ART: Jonathan Lau
COLORS: Andrew Dalhouse
LETTERS: Taylor Esposito
EDITOR: Joseph Rybandt
COVER: Francesco Mattina
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Jae Lee with June Chung; Bjorn Barends; Anthony Marques
32pp, Color, $4.99 U.S. (March 2025)

Rated “Teen”

“Beware... The Council of Doom!”

Space Ghost is a superhero character created by the American animation studio and production company, Hanna-Barbera Productions.  The character first appeared in the Saturday morning cartoon series, “Space Ghost,” which was originally broadcast on CBS from September 1966 to September 1967 for 20 episodes.

In his original incarnation, Space Ghost was a superhero whose base of operations was a small world known as “Ghost Planet.”  He fought super-villains in outer space with his teen sidekicks, Jan and Jace, and their monkey, Blip.  His main weapons were power bands he wore around his wrists and lower arms; the bands fired off multiple energy beam-based attacks, including heat, cold, and force, to name a few.  Space Ghost could also fly, survive in space, and turn invisible (his “Inviso Power”).  He also had a space ship known as “the Phantom Cruiser.”

Space Ghost sporadically appeared in various comic book publications over a fifty year period.  Dynamite Entertainment has just launched a new Space Ghost comic book as part of its licensing agreement with Warner Bros.  Entitled Space Ghost Volume 1, it is written by David Pepose; drawn by Jonathan Lau; colored by Andrew Dalhouse; and lettered by Taylor Esposito.  In the new series, twins Jan and Jace Keplar and their pet monkey, Blip, meet that legendary cosmic vigilante known as “the Space Ghost.”

Space Ghost Volume One #11 (“Beware... The Council of Doom!”) opens on Planet Orkon, where a familiar foe is back in action.  That works perfectly for Doctor Xander Ibal, the CEO OF Robo Corp.  He placed a 5 million credits bounty on Space Ghost, and now he wants something that the vigilante hero has in his possession on Ghost Planet.

This time, however, Ibal does not want to hire just one super-villain that will likely fall before Space Ghost; he wants an entire gang of them.  Enter the “Council of Doom.”  Can Zorak, Moltar, General Metallus, the Creature King, the Widow, and Brak do together what they could not do separately?

Meanwhile, on the home front, Space Ghost has reached a crisis point, and Jan isn't taking it anymore.  Will family drama be the thing that brings down the Space Ghost?

THE LOWDOWN:  Since July 2021, Dynamite Entertainment's marketing department has been providing me with PDF review copies of some of their titles.  Space Ghost #11, Volume One is a recent issue that I have received.

Oops, David Pepose did it again, but he's not that innocent.  He knows how to hold his readers, thrill his readers, and kill his readers softly with his song.  Having Space Ghost face his greatest adversaries, while facing his biggest domestic drama since the death of his family is a genius move that keeps this Space Ghost comic book in nova mode.

Artist Jonathan Lau, as always, turns Pepose's story into muscular comic book storytelling.  This time Lau puts both the action and drama in full explosive mode.  Lau has the knack to set the right tone for every scene and indeed, every panel.  It is a winning formula for gripping storytelling.  Andrew Dalhouse's lovely colors are still a raging inferno.  He deserves some award notice for his work here.  Letterer Taylor Esposito brings the sounds of battle and domestic disharmony to life with more of his strong lettering.

I'm having a blast reading Space Ghost Volume One, dear readers.  I want you to enjoy this, too.  Come on over; come on over, baby!

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Dynamite Entertainment's Warner Bros. comic book series will want to read Space Ghost Volume One.

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Saturday, April 12, 2025

Comics Review: "CONAN THE BARBARIAN #11" Spells Doom

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #11 (2023)
TITAN COMICS/Heroic Signatures

STORY: Jim Zub
ART: Roberto de la Torre
COLORS: Diego Rodriguez
LETTERS: Richard Starkings and Tyler Smith of Comicraft
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Suggested for mature readers

“The Age Unconquered” Part III: “Call From the Depths”

Conan the Cimmerian was born in the pulp fiction of Robert E. Howard (REH), first appearing in the magazine, Weird Tales (1932).  In 1970, Marvel Comics brought Conan to the world of comic books via the title, Conan the Barbarian. With only a few pauses, Conan comic books have been published for the better part of five decades.

Titan Comics and Heroic Signatures are the new producers of Conan comic books, and they launched a new Conan the Barbarian series in 2023.  The current story arc is written by Jim Zub; drawn by Roberto de la Torre; colored by Diego Rodriguez; and lettered by Richard Starkings and Comicraft.  Entitled “The Age Unconquered,” this arc finds Conan's body and/or soul transported 80,000 years into the past

Conan the Barbarian #11 (“Call From the Depths”) opens in the dreams and reveries of Conan, where he converses with Yag-kosha.  The wise alien, worshiped by some as a god, has a lot to say about Conan's fate.  It is a fate that has found Conan tens of thousands of years in the past – back to the time of Kull of Atlantis (also known as “Kull the Conqueror”) and Brule the Spear-slayer, a time know as the “Thurian Age.”

Now, Conan finds himself swept up in Kull's journey to find the source of the darkness that threatens his kingdom.  Kull believes the source of the darkness is in Atlantis, the land of his birth, but upon arrival, Conan and Kull found an abyss into which they now travel.  Unexpected terrors await, including one of Kull's most infamous adversaries.

THE LOWDOWN:  Titan Comics has been providing me with PDF copies of their publications for review for several years now.  Conan the Barbarian #11 is one of them.

I am so far behind in my reviews of Titan and Heroic Signatures' Conan the Barbarian comic book series that some of you, dear readers, already know what fate awaits Conan, Kull, and Brule.  However, I am enjoying my slow roll through the narrative wonders of writer Jim Zub.  The confab he fashions between Conan and Yag-kosha is one of the best sequences in a Conan comic book that I have read in years.  Patience and conversation can be a good thing even in a violent fight comic book such as Conan the Barbarian.

Artist Roberto de la Torre, with his haunted illustrations, makes this series hum with his storytelling that recalls the vintage wonders of weird fiction.  Mixing the aesthetic elements and graphical styles of Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, and John Buscema, de la Torre has made “The Age Unconquered” seem as if it is a story arc that has really been called from the depths of time.  Diego Rodriguez's colors enhance the Stygian and infernal wonders of this third chapter of the arc, and I love that Richard Starking's stark lettering completes the classic comic book vibe.

“The Age Unconquered” may end up conquering us, dear readers, as it carries us to a new direction for Conan the Barbarian.  I believe that I should be begging you, dear readers, to read this series.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of Conan comic books absolutely must read Titan Comics and Heroic Signatures' Conan the Barbarian.

[This comic book includes the essay, “The Real Thulsa Doom: Skull-Faced Sorcerer of the Thurian Age” the eleventh installment of Conan/Howard essays by Jeffrey Shanks.  The second text piece is “Know, O... Er... Oh Prince...” by Shanks.]

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Negromancer News Bits and Bites from April 6th to 12th, 2025 - UPDATE #10

by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"

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NEWS:

MOVIES - From Deadline:  Warner Bros. is developing a remake of the 1992 romantic drama thriller, "The Bodyguard," which originally starred Kevin Costner and the late Whitney Houston.

ACADEMY AWARDS - From WorldofReel:  The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has a announced a new Academy Awards category.  The Oscar for "Best Achievement in Stunt Design" will be first handed out in 2027 at the 100th Academy Awards ceremony.

CELEBRITY - From Variety:  Actor Eric Dane has revealed that he has been diagnosed with "amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" (ALS), also known as "Lou Gehrig's disease."  He says that this diagnosis will not stop him from returning to work next week on Season 3 of HBO's "Euphoria."  ALS is a fatal, progressive degenerative disease that breaks down the nerves in the body, weakening muscles and causing eventual paralysis, impacting patients’ ability to breathe, speak and move. There is no known cure.

TELEVISION - From THRPatrick Schwarzenegger talks about being the star of the big cable TV hit, HBO'S "The White Lotus" and possible working with his father, Hollywood icon and legend, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

MOVIES/CELEBRITY - From Deadline:   Ryan Coogler discuses his new supernatural horror movie, "Sinners," the film's star, Michael B. Jordan, and moving back on "Black Panther 3" in order to make Sinners.

MOVIES - From DeadlineLegendary Entertainment is eying Robert Pattison for a role in "Dune 3."

BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficePro:  The winner of the 4/4 to 4/6/2025 weekend box office is Warner Bros.'s "A Minecraft Movie" with an estimated take of 157 million dollars.

AMAZON - From Variety:  Academy Award winner Viola Davis talks about why she choose to star in the Amazon Prime Video action movie, "G20," which begins streaming April 20th.

From VarietyViola Davis doesn’t think "suspension of disbelief" is required for audiences to accept that the President of the United States in her Amazon Prime Video action-thriller, "G20," is a Black woman.

OBITS:

From Variety:  American actor and former child star, Jay North, has died at the age of 73, Sunday, April 6, 2025.  North was best known for his starring role in "Dennis Mitchell" in the former ABC sitcom, "Dennis the Menace" (1959-63), which was based on the newspaper comic strip created by Hank Ketchum. Before that starring role, North made appearances on such TV series as "The Eddie Fisher Show," "The Milton Berle Show," and "Wanted: Dead or Alive." Typecast as "Dennis Mitchell," North's appeared in a number of other TV series and a few films before leaving acting in the 1980s.

From Deadline:  American musician, Clem Burke, has died at the age of 70, Sunday, April 6, 2025.  Burke was best known as the drummer for the American rock band, "Blondie."  He joined the band less than a year after its founding and appeared on all its studio albums along with founders, Chris Stein and Debbie Harry.  During the 1980s and 1990s when Blondie was disbanded, Burke played drums for "the Romantics," Pete Townsend, "Eurythmics," Iggy Pop, and Joan Jett, to name a few.  On a few occasions, he played drums for "the Ramones" under the name "Elvis Ramone."  Burke was inducted into the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" in 2006 as a member of Blondie, and he was nominated for three Grammy Awards as a member of the group.

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Friday, April 11, 2025

Review: "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" is a Good Thing

TRASH IN MY EYE No. 15 of 2025 (No. 2021) by Leroy Douresseaux

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) – anime
Running time: 134 minutes (2 hours, 14 minutes)
MPA – PG-13 for strong violence
DIRECTOR: Kenji Kamiyama
WRITERS: Jeffrey Addiss & Will Matthews and Phoebe Gittins & Arty Papageorgiou; from a story by Jeffrey Addis & Will Matthews and Philippa Boyens (based on characters created by J.R.R. Tolkien)
PRODUCERS: Philippa Boyens, Joseph Chou and Jason DeMarco
EDITOR: Tsuyoshi Sadamatsu
COMPOSER: Stephen Gallagher
ANIMATION:  Sola Entertainment

ANIME/FANTASY/WAR

Starring:  (voices) Gaia Wise, Brian Cox, Luca Pasqualino, Lorraine Ashbourne, Shaun Dooley, Benjamin Wainwright, Yazdan Qafouri, Laurence Ubong Williams, Michael Wildman, Janine Duvitski, Bilal Hasna, and Miranda Otto

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is a 2024 anime fantasy film from director Kenji Kamiyama.  The film is based on characters created by J. R. R. Tolkien and is thus connected to his two most famous works of high fantasy, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-55).  The film is a production of New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Animation, Domain Entertainment, and Sola Entertainment, which provides the animation.  The War of the Rohirrim tells the story of a king's daughter who fights to defend her father's kingdom from a traitor to their people and his rebel army.

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is narrated by Eowyn (Miranda Otto).  She tells a tale set in the human kingdom of Rohan around 200 years before the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, finds the “One Ring” (as depicted in the 2012 film, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey).  At that time, Helm Hammerhand (Brian Cox) is the King of Rohan.  He has two sons, Haleth (Benjamin Wainwright) and Hame (Yazdan Oafouri), and one daughter, Hera (Gaia Wise).

Freca (Shaun Dooley), a “Dunlending” lord, arrives at Edoras, the seat of Helm's court, for a “witan” (council).  Freca wants his son, Wulf (Luca Pasqualino), to marry Hera, which he claims will unite his family with Helm's, but what Freca really wants is to use the marriage to usurp Rohan's throne.  Although she and Wulf are friends from childhood, Hera spurns Wulf's offer of marriage.  That leads to a deadly confrontation between Helm and Freca.

Four years later, Wulf leads an army of hill-tribe rebels against Rohan.  Helm is forced to lead his people to the ancient stronghold of “Hornburg,” and there, waits for allies to come to the aid of Rohan.  With the former shieldmaiden, Olwyn (Lorraine Ashbourne), and the bard, Lief (Bilal Hasna), at her side, Hera struggles to hold her people together.  Her only hope is her cousin, Lord Frealaf Hildeson (Laurence Ubong Williams), who is himself hold up in the fortress at Dunharrow.  Can Hera and her people make a daring last stand in Hornburg, and will help come in time to save them?

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is well connected to the two Tolkien film trilogies, The Lord of the Rings (2001-03) and to The Hobbit (2012-14).  The War of the Rohirrim is narrated by Eowyn, who appears in two films in The Lord of the Rings (LOTR) trilogy, The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003).  Miranda Otto, who played Eowyn in those films, also performs the voice for the character here.   The War of the Rohirrim also has multiple other references to these two film trilogies, but how good is this animated film on its own?

The War of the Rohirrim reminds me of the Japanese anime film series that began with Berserk: The Golden Age Arc 1 – The Egg of the King (2012).  Although I like The War of the Rohirrim, I don't like it as much as I liked the Berserk films that I saw.  I find this LOTR film lacks magic and the supernatural; in fact, it is well past the halfway point in the story before this films drops some dark magic and sorcery.  The film is too much like a war movie, but considering the high stakes involved in this war, the film also lacks the spectacle of the live-action LOTR movies, which were essential war movies – fantasy war movies – but still war movies.

Although some reviewers and critics did not like the quality of The War of the Rohirrim's animation, I do admire it, and I also like the animation's vivid colors and the character designs.  The characters and narrative drama are good, not great.  While the story strikes familiar notes in terms of plot and setting, I found myself very emotionally involved in a lot of this movie's narrative; it tugged at my heart in spite of its imperfections.

The War of the Rohirrim seems more like Earth “Middle Ages” than Tolkien's “Middle-earth,” but I consider myself lucky to have an anime Tolkien film.  It has been almost four and half decades since audiences had animated feature films based on the work of the English writer J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973).  It is not great, but it is great that we have The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

7 of 10
B+
★★★½ out of 4 stars

Friday, April 11, 2025


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Comics Review: "SWORD & THIMBLE #1" Draws First Blood

SWORD & THIMBLE #1
FANTASY ENVISIONING & CREATIONS, LLC

PLOT: Carmen Raye and Austin Darby
SCRIPT: Carmen Raye
ART: Austin Darby
COLORS: Austin Darby
LETTERS: Austin Darby
COVER: Austin Darby
24pp, Color, $9.99 U.S.

Sword & Thimble created by Carmen Raye and Austin Darby

Sword & Thimble is a new high fantasy comic book series from writer Carmen Raye and artist Austin Darby.  Raye co-plots and scripts the series and Darby co-plots, draws, colors, and letters the series.  Published via Darby's Fantasy Envisioning & Creations, LLC, Sword & Thimble is set on a continent and island metropolis known as “Sabise Shahar.”  A first issue of the series is currently available.

Sword & Thimble #1 opens in Gravel Valley where Maira Rodan, a disgraced knight, arrives at a tavern.  There, she meets her friend, a thief named “Thimble.”  A run-in with a thug named Clod Ilbert provides entertainment for the two friends, but this confrontation is not the end of things.  The troubles are just beginning.

THE LOWDOWN:  I met Austin Darby at his booth at the recent Louisiana Comic Con 2025 (March 8-9) in Lafayette, Louisiana.  That is where I bought a copy of Sword & Thimble #1.

Sword & Thimble #1 is clearly the work of people just beginning their creative journey into the medium of comic books.  However, any opening night jitters or even awkwardness in the storytelling is easily overcome by a sense of confidence on the part of the creators.  The world of Sword & Thimble is well put together, as well as believable, and the leads are characters that I like and that I want to follow on the high road to adventure.

Darby's art looks like the work of someone still feeling his way around the graphical confines and graphic possibilities of comics.  However, Darby understands what the depiction of power and of strength and what dynamic storytelling can do for his storytelling.  Like his visually striking cover art, Darby's interior art welcomes readers to a world of mystery and to the threat of danger, his way of capturing readers' imaginations from the beginning.

I must admit that I am surprised.  I find myself engaged with what Sword & Thimble #1 presents more than I thought I would.  Hopefully, Carmen Raye and Austin Darby can produce this series on a regular basis because I believe the more they give, the more readers will take.

I READS YOU RECOMMENDS:  Fans of high fantasy comic books will want to give Sword & Thimble a try.

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