WTF moment of the week- Nemesis

From the first ish a few of my skeptical assumptions about this book were put to rest as this is not a straight bite/rip-off of DC's- Batman, Joker and Commish Gordon.

Millar and McNiven remix the plot, feel and narratives by making Gotham = to Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong and Washington, DC. Nemesis is a calculating, wacko that indeed has many Bats-isms with a crazy-lethal likeness to the Joker. Blake Morrow,(called out as Player 2- yeah, that's dope) is Gordon but has some Nick Fury- badass to em & is next on the list of super-cops that Nemesis is looking to take out.

Nemesis flaunts his cock-deez by single-handedly seizing Air-Force 1 and abducting the President.  The tension and gripping state of chaos that is felt from this scene leaves a lot to be thought of on how incredible McNiven is as an all-around artist-- carrying over his mad-detail into environments and really capturing the emotion of all the crazed civilians. 

There was close to no character build-up wasted in this first installment and amazingly Millar's play off a classic icon may have had some to do with it.  So many great moments, like the calling card (literally) of Nemesis-- that is delivered to the next victim with time of death in riddle-- and  being of some specific weight, parchment and font; which seemed like a shoutout to American Psycho.

From Wanted to Civil War, Kick-Ass to Old Man Logan and now Nemesis.  Aye!!  This f*cking Scotsman is pure, dead brilliant.

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Millar is Killing It

So we start the celebration of Mark Millar through the next month first with Nemesis- hyped as the next big comic event with partner in crime, Steve McNiven-- hitting shops this Wednesday.  And about 3 weeks later the masses will be storming the theatres to catch the comics to screen sensation- Kick-Ass.

I was laughing away to Millar's tweet this AM how Kick-Ass is just a $100 million advertisement to his comicbooks.  Yeah dood.  The kinda crazy thing is how much pull he has already garnered with tinseltown being that his flick will be competing directly with The Losers, Iron Man 2, Clash of the Titans and Tron: Legacy.  On top of that, Nemesis was supposedly in talks for its movie rights 3 months ago.  Hhwhat?!?!?  

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if you don't know, now you know- Nemesis

Yesterday, CBR posted an interview on the dream-team of Millar and McNiven's (Civil War, Old Man Wolverine) next big project- Nemesis.

The creators flaunt this openly as a anti-hero homage to two of DC's greatest creations-

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Missed Connections- The Flash(s): Barry Allen & Wally West

With Flash Rebirth #5 finally coming out next week and nearing the start of the monthly in January, how will the creative team of Johns and Manapul strike a balance between Wally West, Barry Allen and the rest of the Flash fam??

We will channel in the forensic mind of Barry himself, looking back at story arcs to unravel some possibilities on our question.

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Ticklin' Spines - 9/10/2009

Comics are delayed until Thursday this week because of Labor Day.

My comic book pull list for this week: Title/Writer/Artist/V(variant cover)/artist

Adventure Comics #2/#505 - Geoff Johns / Francis Manapul / V, Manapul

Blackest Night:Batman #2 - Peter Tomasi / Adrian Syaf & John Dell/ V, Bill Sienkiewicz

Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men:Exodus - Matt Fraction / Mike Deodato / V, Simone Bianchi

Dark Reign:The List, Avengers - Brian Michael Bendis / Marko Djurdjevic

Green Lantern Corps #40 - Peter Tomasi / Patrick Gleason and Rebecca Buchman / V, Rodolfo Migliari

The Marvels Project #2 - Ed Brubaker / Steve Epting / V, Epting

Ultimate Avengers #2 - Mark Millar / Carlos Pacheco

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