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It's already out in the US and will be out in the UK on the 13th - so my review will be appearing sometime on or around the UK release date (I haven't decided precisely when yet.)
If you're a fan of surreal-ness and/or any of Gerard Way's other comics, you're gonna love it.
Film Trailers Here's another li'l trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 2 - which I've already seen!
(Dudes it's good - both hilarious and heart-breaking dammit!!!!)
I really need to watch the first Guardians of the Galaxy film, because this new trailer for #2 has confirmed that me and Rocket Raccoon are well-matched personality-wise.
(Which is quite worrying, when you think about it...)
OK, due to a) a sh**ty cold that makes it hard for me to concentrate, and b) Loki (alwaaays blame Loki guys, 9/10 times, it was him,) everything I have for you today falls under the heading of 'Other Stuff.'
Film Trailers Ryan Reynolds, king of the Deadpool fandom, has released a sneak-peak teaser type-thingummy/featurette of Deadpool 2!
As this is Deadpool, beware of swearing, violence, gore, and brief nudity!
Another trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2!
(I really need to watch #1 - plus, I'm beginning to worry about how much my personality may or may not be like Rocket Raccoon's.)
WARNING: flashing images
Other Stuff
The Screen Junkies people who make Honest Trailers did one for Doctor Strange!
Now, I really did like Doctor Strange (whitewashing is inexcusable though,) but this pretty much hits the nail on the head!
Drug references, so be careful if playing this in public guys. Oh, and there are SPOILERS.
WARNING: flashing images everywhere.
And here's this week's comics-related links I tripped across while frolicking around the Internet:
Renaldo Matadeen @ Comic Book Resources gave us 15 reasons Suicide Squad didn't suck (which is totally legit - because I really enjoyed that film dammit!)
And I know, it sounds like it should be really naff - BUT IT'S NOT!!!!
Now, fans of the show will be aware of Winn, and aware of Mon-El.
People who aren't familiar show need to go watch it (like, now.) Because it's awesome-sauce, and even has canon (fangirling note: official) lesbian representation in series 3.
Now, as fandom will pair up everyone with... well... everyone, there is a ship for Winn and Mon-El.
The name of this ship is Monwinn - which makes me laugh for nerdy reasons related to the Welsh language which I won't go into too much here because it would probably take up half a page of explanation.
Let's just say that Winn, and its many variants, is a Welsh name that can signify several concepts related to white, fair, pure, holy, handsome, perfect, etc.
So that Superbowl thingummy happened in the US, and somehow that means we get new comic book movie trailers so I'm not complaining!
First up is a new trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
(Note to self: watch the first film. (Look, even I can't be up-to-date with all the superhero movies, ok? There's just so many of them!))
I love the nerdiness of giving it a volume label instead of just a number :)
And there are new Logan trailers! I love how awesome this film looks!!!!!!!!
And this ad feature thingy for Lego Batman...
...I really don't know wtf they fed the writers on this film, but it's clearly got some interesting ingredients (I'm thinking lots of caffeine and sugar!)
Webcomics
And, just like last week, I've got a little protest art via embedded tweets to show you! (Woo!)
In the wake of a whole lotta stupid coming out of the US in terms of policy this month, let's take a look at some excellent webcomics/cartoons/art from the webs, which make the world a better place.
(I'm embedding tweets here, and I've never done that before - so let's hope this works!)
First, let's let Ms. Marvel, aka Kamala Khan, show us how it's done:
My dear friend @TheKeyThief's art is being shared around the world as a call to arms. If you want a printable version for protests DM her!! pic.twitter.com/HFM4HVT3l3
Since Comics Wrap-Up took a break over Christmas, this week's edition is a catch-up of my comics reading and all related stuff in the last couple of weeks :)
Film Trailers Here's an extended Batman TV spot for you all :)
(This film looks hilarious!)
Single Issues I read a butt-load of short and preview comics to help prop up my Goodreads challenge total, so I'll just give you my three top picks.
(Trust me, these three are the ones worth mentioning!)
Heart of a Corpse: An Undead Engagement #1 (UK - US) and Bloody Dreadful #1 (UK - US) are two comics by creator Justin Sane.
Both are fairly interesting, creepily executed, tales of Victorian Gothic horror. Heart of a Corpse actually plays out like a silent movie in silhouette - and was really moody and cool. :)
I enjoyed both, and they def. came as a pleasant surprise.
Loki: Agent of Asgard #1 (UK - US) is the start of the whole Loki-as-a-teen series.
(Fangirling note:
Loki is one of the most difficult Marvel characters to define because s/he spends periods of time as a child, a teenager, a woman, a man, and two people. In honesty, I've probably missed something out.
Just trust me. In this period of time, Loki = reincarnated teenager. Thor = adult. That's as basic as it's gonna get, so let's leave it there.
You can't sweat the small stuff in comics. Your brain will explode. #TrueStory.)
This is the first part of Loki: Agent of Asgard Vol 1 (UK - US) and is pretty awesome. I really want to read the full volume soon for more sassy Loki awesomeness!
Webcomics
Over Christmas, I also read webcomic Princess Princess by Kay O'Neill
This is about two princesses who are faffing around a magical kingdom, challenging gender norms, and falling in love with each other.
One of the princesses is black - so there's a strong person of colour (PoC) lead too 😄
Princess Princess: Ever After (to give it it's fancy in-print title) is also available in printed format (UK - US.)
For anyone who doesn't know, 'Women in Refrigerators' or 'fridging' is a phrase that was invented by comics artist Gail Simone for unnecessary acts of violence against women in comic books - often used as a plot device to motivate the male hero.
The origin of the phrase was an infamous storyline where the Green Lantern finds his girlfriend murdered and stuffed in his fridge by a super-villain - apparently just to make him angry.
Valente's book plans to give a voice to fridged women - and it looks incredibly poignant, and undoubtedly awesome.
Title: Doom Patrol, Vol 1: Brick by Brick
