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Do you want to review comics?
Hey, guys! I'm looking for people to review comics! I can't
offer pay, but I can offer full credit for your work and free advertisement for
your web site (if you own one) on the Index of the series you review...either as
a text link, or a small banner if you provide one.
The following series need to be reviewed:
Adventures in the DC Universe, Batman Advs., Batman and Robin Advs., Batman:
Gotham Advs., Batman Beyond, Pokémon and Superman Advs.
If you're interested, e-mail
a short review for a comic from one of the listed series. At the end of the
e-mail, please include the number of issues you'll be available to review and
estimate the amount of time it will take you to hand them in to me. Also include
a link to your website if you own one. Here's a
sample review just to give you an idea of the format I'm looking for.
That's about it. Thanks to all who apply!!!
----Harl
Sample Review for Animaniacs
(A note for those interested in applying,
Animaniacs was a series that frequently had multiple stories contained in one
issue.)
Issue #01 - May, 1995
Title: Pinky and the Brain in "Global Disorder"
Writer: Amy Weingartner
Penciller: Neal Sternecky
Inker: Scott McRae
Letterer: Lorina Mapa
Colorist: Tom Ziuko
Cover: Neal Sternecky
Summary:
Brain plans to freeze all the world leaders and
replace them with wax figures.
Description:
The United Nations is holding a fundraiser and
all the major world leaders are attending. Brain plans to freeze them all by
spraying the room with his "PB Zork" gas and putting the room
temperature up to 95 degrees Fahrenheit, then getting them all laughing. This
will cause them to freeze. Then, he'll build wax models of them and implant
chips in the models, using them to control the world. The mice sneak in as punk
rockers. But once they're all frozen, the gas reacts with the wax to cause a
spontaneous combustion.
Pages (out of 32): 10 pp.
AYPWIP:
BRAIN: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
PINKY: I think so, Brain, but Lederhosen won't stretch that
far.
Quote of the Story:
BRAIN: Pinky, my laughing gas is designed to make humans
laugh to the point of freezing, under certain conditions. Do you know what
those conditions are, Pinky?
PINKY: Ummm…Suzanne Somers must be riding a horse and
singing "Don't Fence Me In"?
Review:
A fairly lame start to the series (why start the
series with a P&tB comic anyway? They're not the main stars…). For one
thing, if it was laughing gas, why did they need to tell a joke to get the
audience laughing? The gas would make them laugh without any help. Also, the
"gas reacting with the wax" bit seemed a bit too convenient (for the
writers—not for Brain, obviously), and one would think Brain would've been more
meticulous reading the thing (and why blame "the written word" when
it was his own fault he didn't read carefully enough?). And while Sternecky does
an OK job on Pinky, his Brain definitely needs some work. All in all, a
flaw-filled story, which isn't terribly funny either. Significant only for
being the first P&tB comic story.
Rating: 
Title: Animaniacs in "Ice Cream of Genie!"
Writer: Bobbi JG Weiss
Penciller: Neal Sternecky
Inker: Richard Maurizio
Letterer: Bob Pinaha
Colorist: Tom Ziuko
Summary:
Wakko finds a genie.
Description:
Wakko has dropped
"Pistachio-Nut-Fudge-Floorwax-and-Brussels-Sprout" ice cream down
Ralph's pants, and they now flee him. While searching for the trampoline Wakko
comes across an old piece of "Bupperware," which contains an
attractive female genie, who will grant him three wishes. The three sibs debate
the wishes until Wakko finally decides on a breakfast, then all the ice cream
he can eat. When he gets it, he's so full he wishes he'd never found the
Bupperware.
Pages (out of 32): 8 pp.
Quote of the Story:
[The Warners bugging the Genie.]
DOT: Say, are you really Robin Zillians in drag?
YAKKO: Are you allergic to your own smoke?
DOT: Can you make our doormat fly?
WAKKO: Can you make bubbles with your spit?
Review:
Another not-great story. There are a few good lines,
but the whole script is pretty ho-hum. The main highlight is Sternecky's
artwork. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I'm personally partial to it. He
did some work for the animation company StarToons from 1993 to '94, and his
work in the comics reflects that style. In 1995, he began working as a
Storyboard artist on the A! TV series, and began working on the P&tB TV
show in the same position shortly after. He's presumably still at WB as of
1999, as he appears in the credits of the A! feature film Wakko's Wish. He has
a loose, cartoony style, which doesn't quite work on the mice, but which fits
the Warners perfectly.
Rating:
Title: Animaniacs in "1492: The True Story"
Writer: Dave King
Penciller: George Wildman
Inker: Scott McRae
Letterer: Steve Haynie
Colorist: Jo Meugniot
Summary:
The Warners bug Chris Columbus.
Description:
The Warners arrive on Christopher Columbus'
ship, and after wreaking some of the usual havoc, they help him find Asia...or,
er, not…
Yep, that's it. Not much to speak of, eh?
Pages (out of 32): 6 pp.
Quote of the Story:
CHRIS: I'll slit you from ear to ear, you scurvy dogs…or
cats…or whatever you are!
WAKKO: From 'ere to where?
Review:
Yech…an incredibly stupid story. The dialogue is
lame, the concept is unoriginal (the Warners bug someone famous in history,
yadda yadda yadda), and Wildman is possibly the worst artist I've ever seen
work on a comic book. I've seen five-year-olds draw better than that (no
exaggeration). Just shows how hard-up they were for writers/artists in the
early days of the book…to reiterate, yech…
Rating: 
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