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This Week in Panels: Week 259

September 7th, 2014 by Space Jawa | Tags: avengers, Batman, deadpool, Futures End, manga

Another Week, another Week in Panels! Which is full of Panels!

As mentioned, and if you didn’t see it, Week in Panels was in fact given a shout out over at Nerdist last week. It’s pretty cool getting a referenced over at a bigger website, so big thanks to Charles Webb for that.

Meanwhile, in this weekly edition of Week in Panels, things are absolutle chalk full thanks to the help of Gaiji Dan, Matlock, AnarChris, and Gavok. Gaijin Dan should probably be happy that his usual manga contributions were given a special note in Webb’s WiP shout-out. Lots of double – and even triple – representations on display.

So, yeah…YAY!

Now that I’ve successfully patted us on the back hard enough to cure us of any choking hazards that might have coincidentally been happening at the exact same time, let’s get on to panels, shall we?

Action Comics: Futures End #1

(Sholly Fisch and Pascal Alixe)

Angry Birds Comics #7

(Paul Tobin and David Baldeon)

Avengers World #1 [Gavok’s Pick]

(Nick Spencer and Marco Checchetto)

Avengers World #1 [Matlock’s Pick]

(Nick Spencer and Marco Checchetto)

Batman ’66 #42

(Jeff Parker and Wilfredo Torres)

Batwing: Futures End #1

(Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray and Eduardo Pansica)

Black Widow #10 [Gavok’s Pick]

(Nathan Edmondson and Phil Noto)

Black Widow #10 [Matlock’s Pick]

(Nathan Edmondson and Phil Noto)

Bleach #594

(Tite Kubo)

Captain America #24

(Rick Remender and Carlos Pacheco)

Deadpool vs. X-Force #4 [Gavok’s Pick]

(Duane Swierczynski and Pepe Larraz)

Deadpool vs. X-Force #4 [Matlock’s Pick]

(Duane Swierczynski and Pepe Larraz)

Detective Comcis FE 1 [Matlock]

Detective Comics: Futures End #1

(Francis Manapul, Brian Buccellato and Scott Hepburn)

Death of Wolverine #1 [Gavok’s Pick]

(Charles Soule and Steve McNiven)

Death of Wolverine #1 [Matlock’s Pick]

(Charles Soule and Steve McNiven)

Grayson: Futures End #1 [Matlock’s Pick]

(Tom King and Stephen Mooney)

Grayson: Futures End #1 [AnarChris’ Pick]

(Tom King and Stephen Mooney)

Green Lantern: Futures End #1

(Robert Venditti and Martin Coccolo)

Hawkeye vs. Deadpool #0 [AnarChris’ Pick]

(Gerry Duggan and Matteo Lolli)

Hawkeye vs. Deadpool #0 [Gavok’s Pick]

(Gerry Duggan and Matteo Lolli)

Hawkeye vs. Deadpool #0 [Matlock’s Pick]

(Gerry Duggan and Matteo Lolli)

Injustice: Year Two #22 [Gavok’s Pick]

(Tom Taylor and Tom Derenick)

Injustice: Year Two #22 [Matlock’s Pick]

(Tom Taylor and Tom Derenick)

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure #1

(Hirohiko Araki)

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure #2

(Hirohiko Araki)

Justice League #33

(Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis)

Legendary Star-Lord #3

(Sam Humphries, Paco Medina & Juan Vlasco)

Naruto #690

(Masashi Kishimoto)

Nisekoi #136

(Naoshi Komi)

One Piece #758

(Eiichiro Oda)

Original Sin #8 [Gavok’s Pick]

(Jason Aaron and Mike Deodato)

Original Sin #8 [Matlock’s Pick]

(Jason Aaron and Mike Deodato)

The Punisher #10 [Gavok’s Pick]

(Nathan Edmondson and Mitch Gerads)

The Punisher #10 [Matlock’s Pick]

(Nathan Edmondson and Mitch Gerads)

Radical Guardian Skater X #1

(Chris Sims and Joe Hunter)

RoboCop #3

(Joshua Williamson and Carlos Magno)

Rocket Raccoon #3 [Space Jawa’s Pick]

(Scottie Young)

rocket raccon 3 [Gavok]

Rocket Raccoon #3 [Gavok’s Pick]

(Scottie Young)

She-Hulk #8

(Charles Soule and Javier Pulido)

Superior Foes Spider-Man 15 [Matlock]

The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #15 [Matlock’s Pick]

(Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber)

The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #15 [Gavok’s Pick]

(Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber)

The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #15 [AnarChris’ Pick]

(Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber)

Swamp Thing: Futures End #1

(Charles Soule and Jesus Saiz)

Tiny Titans: Return to the Treehouse #4

(Art Baltazar and Franco)

Toriko #290

(Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro)

Trinity of Sin: Phantom Stranger: Futures End #1

(Dan DiDio, J.M. DeMatteis & Phil Winslade)

Uncanny X-Men #25

(Brian Michael Bendis, Chris Bachalo & Tim Townsend)

World Trigger #73

(Daisuke Ashihara)

What is this Radical Guardian Skater X, why is this the first I’m hearing about it, and where can I learn more?

I must know.

In the meantime, if last week is any indication, it seems that embedding videos the way that Gavok used to is off the table indefinitely. I don’t know if it’s that I lack the ability to wrap my head around just what I’m supposed to do or if it is a software issue, but the traditional embedding system doesn’t look like an option anymore.

I don’t intend to drop the spirit of the matter, however, I’ll just have to do it in a less intuitive way where I’ll instead post links to videos. Or, since I’m not embedding anymore, I may wind up sharing other fun things as well that aren’t necessarily videos.

It won’t be quite the same thing, but I’ll be making do with what I can.

In this weeks video, I show of something I made this week. Forewarning, it involves tabletop role playing games and people’s miniature horses lighting each other on fire.

3 comments to “This Week in Panels: Week 259”

As a mostly-silent reader of 4L! who follows THWiP! to get a snapshot of what’s going on in US comics, I went ahead and checked out Nerdist’s mention per your link, especially since it said there was a “special note” in the shout-out with regards to the manga coverage. Unfortunately, “special” in this case actually meant “the same old song we’ve been hearing for over a decade”:

“4thletter’s regular feature breaks down the last week in comics to one perfect panel for each book. Warning: there will be manga. Or, should I say, look, there’s manga and you should definitely check some of it out.”

:negativeman:

This “warning,” though presented as tongue-in-cheek, is one of those “jokes” that in fact accurately sums up how most comics readers feel about integrating manga coverage in with comics. I’m glad that THWiP! continues to do so though in the face of such sentiment though, since good comics are good comics. Though, it should be noted that Gaijin Dan’s manga picks come exclusively from the digitally-published Weekly Shonen Jump, which targets an audience roughly a decade or so younger than what most direct-market comics is after.

There are various other legal weekly English-language manga releases–many digital/on Comixology–out there which target mostly older audiences, such as the various “simulpubs” at Crunchyroll Manga, but covering WSJ alone warrants about 10 panels a week as it is so I can’t blame anyone for not wanting to add another 40 over a month.
by Daryl Surat September 9th, 2014 at 07:57 --reply
@Daryl Surat:

I feel like it’s in the hands of most pop writers for English-language audiences whether they want to include comics from other countries, since many of their superhero-focused (and let’s be frank: older, whiter and male-er) readers aren’t interested in them. Note that I’m talking about the types of sites like Nerdist that hungrily cover third-hand Avengers casting rumors, not criticism sites like The Comics Journal or the like. But I certainly see way more coverage of Japanese comics by those sites than, say, Belgian or French comics, which are treated as incredibly niche even when they aren’t substantially different from American books. Japan’s pop comics have carved out a market that all of those sites are bound to respect on some level.
by Dave September 9th, 2014 at 13:13 --reply
@Daryl Surat: You know, I’m actually a print guy at heart. The reason I get the digital edition of WSJ is because print stopped being an option, but I didn’t want to stop reading the magazine. That said, it does make it pretty easy to contribute; I’d thought about shoving the print edition in my scanner, but the trouble involved combined with the fact that it was a monthly magazine and this is a weekly feature put me off.

The other factor in why I just send in panels from Jump is that it’s really the only thing I read on a weekly basis. Cash is tight at the moment and Jump is one of the few things I’m still paying for. I checked out Manga Box but didn’t really stick with it, and I’ve never been impressed with Crunchyroll. I know they’ve gone legit, but I still remember them as a clearinghouse of shady anime streams, and the fact that they seem to put quantity over quality doesn’t help me forget. There are probably other options, but I’m not as dialed in on this stuff as I used to be, and as you mentioned I already send in tons of panels just from Jump. I can’t say I’d mind if I weren’t the only person sending in manga panels, though. Let someone else find out what it’s like to try to pick out decent panels that contain complete sentences and aren’t splash pages.
by Gaijin D September 9th, 2014 at 16:44 --reply

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