{"id":139,"date":"2008-02-04T19:37:15","date_gmt":"2008-02-05T00:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifico.org\/sfsn\/?p=139"},"modified":"2008-02-04T19:37:15","modified_gmt":"2008-02-05T00:37:15","slug":"mod-madness-jfk-a-go-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"Mod madness! JFK-a-Go-Go!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey hey!\u00a0 Illustrator X here with news of the best single issue to come out in 2008!\u00a0 Yeah yeah; it’s only been\u00a0a few weeks, but I doubt there’ll be anything to top this.\u00a0 I refer to the Teen Titans “Lost Annual”<\/font> — the best superhero story I have read in ages.\u00a0 This is one of those rarities, a well-written, well-drawn comic that really is for all ages.\u00a0 For those of you only familiar with the cartoon series, the Teen Titans actually started out as a DC Comic series back in the 1960s, with many characters such as Robin, Beast Boy, the Mad Mod, etc.\u00a0surviving into today’s toons.\u00a0 This one-shot takes place back when the\u00a0comic was first printed in the early sixties, involving Beatle-suited aliens kidnapping JFK to lead them against an invasion of afro-monsters.\u00a0 When was the last time you read a comic that even sounded half as fun?\u00a0 If the script weren’t groovy enough, the art is perfectly rendered by the dream team of Jay Stephens (Atomic City Tales)\u00a0and Mike Allred (Madman, X-Statix).\u00a0 Never have two styles so perfectly complemented the other, recreating the defining DC look of the early 1960s.\u00a0 And, just to send you over the edge, the annual wraps up with a sketchbook from Nick Cardy, the original artist for the series (oh, did I mention that this was written by Bob Haney, the original writer from back in the day?).\u00a0 Dig it!<\/p>\n

\u00a0Another great comic to debut this week was BPRD: 1946<\/font>.\u00a0 If your only exposure to the world of Hellboy was the movie, then this is a perfect jumping-on point; exploring the formation of the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Development in postwar Germany.\u00a0 Atmospheric, moody, and enjoyable as all-hell.\u00a0 \u00a0Also, this supposedly dovetails into the new movie Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, so pick up your copy now to catch all those pithy nuances.<\/p>\n

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