The Blog of OA

5/22/13

Green Lantern #20 Review

5/22/2013

The day is here, the final issue of Geoff Johns first run in Green Lantern. Yeah, I said first run because I'm wearing my blue ring today and hope that we'll see another Johns' helmed run at some point in the future. Don't take that as a concern for Robert Venditti, because having read a little bit of his work on X-O Manowar I think we're in really, really good hands. The conclusion to the ~~first~~ John's era is here in the form of an over-sized issue which provides the conclusion to the Wrath of the First Lantern and a fitting bookend to Green Lantern: Rebirth.

A Thank You to Geoff Johns

5/21/2013

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On the eve of the conclusion on what is arguably the greatest run in the history of Green Lantern, fans around the world are expressing their appreciation to Geoff Johns for his tremendous creative vision and how it has forever changed the Green Lantern mythology. As a life long fan I truly consider the "Johns era" to be the a remarkable example of how the right marriage of writer and title can make a huge impact on the medium. Since Green Lantern: Rebirth there has been so much life breathed into this corner of the DC universe, propelling Hal Jordan and the rest of the emotional spectrum to become one of the top selling family of books in the comics industry.

At the suggestion of fans on the Blog of Oa Facebook group the Blog of Oa has collected videos from fans all over the world thanking Geoff for all that he's given readers during his tenure on the books.

Podcast of Oa Episode 48 - Bill Returns!

5/20/2013

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Co-host Bill Giancoli returns to the Podcast of Oa for our 48th episode. Myron Rumsey discusses recent events in the Green Lantern universe such as the recent SMGO.TV pledge drive and comments that Geoff Johns has made about big announcements coming regarding DC characters in film and television in July at the San Diego Comicon.

We talk about the 19th issues of both Green Lantern: New Guardians and Red Lanterns as well as the ill timed Green Lantern Corps #20. Listeners who have not read the issue yet should skip this section since we talk about some of the details about the conclusion to the Wrath of the First Lantern story that are recounted in the issue and it will spoil the ending to the story.

5/20/2013

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We are two days away from the conclusion to Geoff John's career-defining run on Green Lantern. A few weeks ago DC Comics provided an art-only sneak peek of issue twenty and today we have the same pages, but this time with the narrative and a couple more pages.

5/20/2013

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Continuing their series of Green Lantern 3.75" action figures, DC Collectibles will be releasing a special four pack of figures in this line at this year's San Diego Comic Con. Revealed by USA Today, the four figures comprising the pack will be Arkillo, Dex-Starr, Black Hand and a Green Lantern Sinestro.

This is the second set of figures released this year, with a Larfleeze / Guy Gardner set exclusive to C2E2 and Wondercon.

The SMGO Interview Transcript

5/12/2013

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For people who may have a hearing impairment and could not listen to the recent Podcast of Oa episode where we interviewed David Coduto and Chehin Toumi from SMGO.TV, or for those who just want to read the interview, here is the transcript of our conversation. In the days following the interview SMGO has moved ahead and begun collecting pledges for funds for a third season of Young Justice in hopes that they can prove to Warner Brothers that there is indeed an audience that is willing to put their money into funding the return of the series.

Green Lantern Comics Solicitations for August 2013

5/10/2013

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DC Comics has provided advanced August 2013 solicitations to Comic Vine for the Green Lantern family of books. The taglines reveal a bit of spoilery information for Red Lanterns but otherwise reveal nothing beyond continuing to establish the directions for the new creative teams. This post may be updated later if the full solicitations reveal any more Green Lantern related information.

Promotional Power RIngs Make a Comeback

5/09/2013

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One of the coolest things about the Blackest Night event was the great power ring promotion where fans could collect the rings from the entire emotional spectrum. With June bringing a change in the creative teams for all the titles in the Green Lantern family of books DC is once again pulling out the power ring promotion, however this time around the rings will have a matte finish instead of the gloss finish the initial rings had.

SMGO.TV Moves Forward with Young Justice

5/06/2013

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Before my official conversation began with the men behind SMGO.TV yesterday we spoke a little about moving ahead and trying to prove to Warner Brothers that crowd sourcing could indeed help pay for the return of both Young Justice and Green Lantern: The Animated Series if they would reconsider it. I shared my thoughts with them and agreed that if they had to begin with one show it would make sense to start with Young Justice due to the fact that the production costs are nearly half of Green Lantern's, making it a goal which would be more likely to be reached.

Podcast of Oa Episode 47 - SMGO.TV Interview

5/05/2013

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Myron Rumsey is joined by SMGO.TV founders Dave and Chehin for an exclusive interview about their attempts to revive both Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Young Justice through crowdsourcing. The two recently met with Warner Brothers about the initiative and were subsequently denied an initial green light to move forward, however the fact that the effort was taken seriously should provide fans with motivation to continue our efforts.

WB and SMGO a No Go

5/03/2013

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DC Nation fans have one more strike against trying to get both Young Justice and Green Lantern: The Animated Series back on the air. The hopeful meeting between Warner Brothers and SMGO.TV was not quite as productive as anyone would have hoped with Warner Brothers basically denying access to either one of their intellectual properties. The short answer is that Warner Brothers doubted that suitable financing could be obtained from fans even in light of the overwhelming support for the Veronica Mars Kickstarter project, which incidentally was approved by......Warner Brothers.

There's more to the story for sure and I hope to get some of the details in the next Podcast of Oa episode where I'll be interviewing one of the founders of the site and discuss how SMGO works, what their vision for the shows might have been and more about their conversations with Warner Brothers.

This should be motivation for us to keep up the pressure on the studio, Cartoon Network and other potential media outlets like Netflix and Hulu to try to get more of our favorite shows.

Injustice: Gods Among Us Review

5/02/2013

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I've been a gamer about as long as I've been a Green Lantern fan, cutting my baby gamer teeth on an Atari 2600, probably the best Christmas present that Santa Claus ever put under my family's tree. Over the years there have been some great comic book inspired video games and some real duds, but in the current generation of games the quality has improved greatly both in terms of the basic gameplay and storytelling, more often getting it right than wrong. Warner Brothers has done a great job with DC products like the superb Batman series by developer Rocksteady Studios and now we have the latest DC Comics game by Warner Brothers' acquisition and creator of the legendary Mortal Kombat games, NetherRealm Studios, Injustice: Gods Among Us.

Red Lanterns #19 Review

4/29/2013

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Red Lanterns ended last month on a high note, providing an interesting study in human nature and setting the stage for what could be an awesome conclusion to Atrocitus' story. Given the hit and miss track record of the series I was really rooting for this issue to be the home run this title really needs. Unfortunately the penultimate issue in Peter Milligan's run comes up short on living up to the potential this issue had.

Sneak Peek of Green Lantern #20

4/25/2013

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DC Comics' The Source Blog has a sneak peek at the upcoming conclusion to Geoff Johns' epic run on Green Lantern. The $7.99 oversized issue features 66 pages including artwork by fan favorites like Doug Mahnke, Ethan Van Sciver, Aaron Kuder, Ivan Reis, Jerry Ordway and others.

4/25/2013

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The Wrath of the First Lantern has been less about wrath so far ad more about psychological warfare much to the dismay of many fans, and while I'd agree that the title is more than a little misleading I have to admit that "The Mindgames of the First Lantern" doesn't pack as much of a punch. Throughout the final opus of the Johns era we've been waiting for something to justify the title, and while Green Lantern: New Guardians #19 doesn't have Volthoom anywhere in the book it does manage to help set the stage for the final gambit.