Copyright in the Digital Download Era
What follows here is just my thought process on copyright and piracy. I'm not trying to judge, just bring to light the factors at play.
A recent discussion amongst a few of my followed on Twitter brought this question to mind: how did the piracy of copyrighted works evolve to how it is today? Thanks to digital reproductions of digital products, there is rarely any difference between an original licensed work and a pirated copy. When copyright law was envisioned these circumstances can't have been imagined.
East Meets West: Anime and Manga of American Superheroes
I'm Lovin It!
There's more to an art form than the medium itself. Some subject matter lends itself better to a particular style. I'm sure you could do a landscape of a spring meadow with a sculpture, but surely an impressionist watercolor is better suited. That's a bit of a stretch, as different painting styles really can't be segregated that way, and there's an exception to every rule. In the plastic arts (wikipedia) this may not be so clear cut. Even in literature, it becomes difficult to make divisions along the lines of content being paired with style.
Serialized illustrated work seems to have taken an interesting evolutionary path. Compare the American comic book and Japanese Manga industries. While there are standouts, the American comic book is often about a costumed super hero. Sometimes there are secret identities, but more recently they have taken a back seat to the main course: heroes vs. villains. Crazy fights in worldy and other places with amazing powers. All of this done in beautifully drawn and colored artwork. These are amazing to behold.
Spiderman 4 Cancelled!
Sony has decided to shelve Spiderman 4. Apparently Sam Raimi had some differences with Sony which resulted in him leaving the project. Instead of replacing him, Sony decided to crap the whole film and opted to continue with their planned reboot for the franchise. I grabbed this info from deadline.com
Why is this good? Creative differences between Raimi and Sony is why we ended up with Spiderman 3. *bleh* This also means that he's freed up to work on his next project. One of two planned projects for Raimi is the World of Warcraft movie. Another benefit? The empty space in the release schedule means that the Thor movie is being moved up earlier in the release calendar. Look to see Thor in theaters May 6, 2011.
Player 2 Has Entered the Game
Charging Star!
My friend Ryan Fuerstenburg, the owner of Charging Star Comics, will be joining the blogging "staff" here at SANO. The plan is for a monthly post about the comics of the past month. Look forward to the inaugural Charging Star Comics Update! in the first week of February.
CHARGING STAR!
The Sword is The Great
It's hot.
So my good buddy Ryan over at Charging Star Comics finally started getting in my requested copies of "The Sword" by the Luna Brothers. Damn it's good. In one sitting I read through both "Fire" and "Water", the first two trade paperback volumes. Looks like there are going to be a total of 4 volumes, with the third, "Earth" having been published last month.
The art is good. It's not the normal style I enjoy, but that's okay. Make that the character designs. The art itself is beautiful, but I think the faces are all a little too round. <shrug>
What I find truly awesome is the writing. So far, the main characters are developing as the mystery is unfolded to both the reader and the characters themselves. That story also happens to be really great.
The main character is a paraplegic college art student. The story is also an action romp. Awesomeness.
Oddly enough, I think the closest story I can relate to "The Sword" would be "Robocop". That's a compliment, really.
Get it, read it. I can't wait until I get the next two volumes and then I can read all 4 of them again straight through.
Jerry Ma at Rutgers!
So apparently, Jerry Ma from Epic Proportions just did a workshop and talk at Rutgers University. It was about a book he co-edited about Asian American identities. Here's an amazon link to the book Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology
Awesome!
Wonder Woman Animated Movie Premiere
It's good. Quite good. Coming in March on DVD, Bluray, and Special Edition DVD.
Penny Arcade @ NYCC 09
The duo behind Penny Arcade(Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, better known as Gabe and Tycho) blessed the east coast with their presense. They had a large booth which also featured Scott Kurtz. Together they sold merch and signed autographs along with the rest of their crew which included family and Khoo.
New York Exists in DCU
Apparently, New York City exists in the DC Universe. For some reason, I was always under the impression that Gotham was NYC, Metropolis was Chicago, etc.
After the premiere of the Wonder Woman animated movie, they held a panel. Someone asked about how Steve Trevor brought Wonder Woman to NYC upon leaving fantasy island.
The panel responded that indeed NYC exists in the DCU and that where better to take Diana than New York?
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