QuickDraw: *free comics for YOU!* » beforewatchmen http://www.quickdraw.me QuickDraw: *free comics for YOU!* Sat, 18 Feb 2023 09:53:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Before Sandman http://www.quickdraw.me/2435 http://www.quickdraw.me/2435#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:14:01 +0000 http://www.quickdraw.me/?p=2435 I should have called this 'Enter Sandman' but that's just a little too obvious, really.

More "Before Watchmen" fun! This time Neil Gaiman gets the treatment. It'll all be top flight talent* of course, all those whiners who talk about 'artistic vision' need to get a life. Background: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16840456 http://it-sparkles.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/no-fun.html (If you have further blasphemous suggestions, I'm all ears. ) *less than @NeilHimself's pay scale.]]>

I should have called this 'Enter Sandman' but that's just a little too obvious, really.

More "Before Watchmen" fun!

This time Neil Gaiman gets the treatment.

It'll all be top flight talent* of course, all those whiners who talk about 'artistic vision' need to get a life.

Background: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16840456
http://it-sparkles.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/no-fun.html
(If you have further blasphemous suggestions, I'm all ears. )

*less than @NeilHimself's pay scale.

]]> http://www.quickdraw.me/2435/feed 0 Before Hicksville http://www.quickdraw.me/2431 http://www.quickdraw.me/2431#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:50:07 +0000 http://www.quickdraw.me/?p=2431 Actually, there IS a lot of backstory for Hicksville... one of the kindest utopian visions I've seen put to paper.

It's time Independent publishers capitalized on all their marketable properties! Above: a recent leak from Drawn and Quarterly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hicksville_%28comics%29 More from Dylan Horrocks: http://hicksvillecomics.com (Latest prequel from DC: 'Newsstand Boy'! http://www.digitalfemme.com/journal/index.php?itemid=1511 Lovin' it!)]]>

Actually, there IS a lot of backstory for Hicksville... one of the kindest utopian visions I've seen put to paper.

It's time Independent publishers capitalized on all their marketable properties!
Above: a recent leak from Drawn and Quarterly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hicksville_%28comics%29
More from Dylan Horrocks: http://hicksvillecomics.com

(Latest prequel from DC: 'Newsstand Boy'! http://www.digitalfemme.com/journal/index.php?itemid=1511 Lovin' it!)

]]> http://www.quickdraw.me/2431/feed 0 Before Planetary http://www.quickdraw.me/2420 http://www.quickdraw.me/2420#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:58:46 +0000 http://www.quickdraw.me/?p=2420 Special dog-flavored coffee cross-promotional tie-in!

"Before Watchmen"? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16840456 http://it-sparkles.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/no-fun.html Despite grumpiness in some quarters, it's a guaranteed money-spinner! Let's face it, it's much cheaper to fund derivative works by second-tier artists and creators. Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Warren Ellis - just too dang expensive. It's all a part of DC Comics' "More Before" Initiative, previously referred to as 'Panic Room'. […]]]>

Special dog-flavored coffee cross-promotional tie-in!

"Before Watchmen"?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16840456
http://it-sparkles.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/no-fun.html
Despite grumpiness in some quarters, it's a guaranteed money-spinner! Let's face it, it's much cheaper to fund derivative works by second-tier artists and creators. Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Warren Ellis - just too dang expensive. It's all a part of DC Comics' "More Before" Initiative, previously referred to as 'Panic Room'.

Let's throw the doors wide open!
Can't wait for DC's "Before Planetary!"
I'm sure they'll have an impressive roster of 'top of the line' writers and artists.

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