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"Future Quest"...

Started by SAGG, May 20, 2016, 11:20:06 PM

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SAGG

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 23, 2016, 09:19:09 PM
Yeah, I wondered about whether they'd reference that. It appears not, they seem to be ignoring it and just starting from scratch again.
Wonderful. Yet ANOTHER reboot....

DeCarlo Rules

Quote from: SAGG on May 23, 2016, 10:10:56 PM
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 23, 2016, 09:19:09 PM
Yeah, I wondered about whether they'd reference that. It appears not, they seem to be ignoring it and just starting from scratch again.
Wonderful. Yet ANOTHER reboot....


To the extent that they're only rebooting 6 issues of a previous comic. The Joe Kelly/Ariel Olivetti SPACE GHOST miniseries didn't make much of an impact, and was quickly forgotten. Can't say I cared all that much for Kelly's take on the character, and it's not like his origin was canon or anything. Best that they start over from the beginning, especially as they need to incorporate a number of different series into a new universe.

SAGG

Revisiting this topic. I actually like seeing the (current) origins of these characters by putting them all together or tying them together somehow, and their being affected by the same sinister threat. Anybody else getting this comic?

DeCarlo Rules

Quote from: SAGG on September 02, 2016, 06:06:51 PM
Revisiting this topic. I actually like seeing the (current) origins of these characters by putting them all together or tying them together somehow, and their being affected by the same sinister threat. Anybody else getting this comic?

It's my favorite DC comic right now. I can't believe we got an entire Birdman story by Steve Rude in issue #3!

SAGG


Future Quest #6 came out today, and look who did one of the covers! Dan Parent!:


http://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/item/parentfuturequest.1435/


Pretty cool, I thought. It's really interesting when I see a current (or unfortunately former) Archie artist doing something else outside of Archie itself....








steveinthecity

Quote from: SAGG on October 26, 2016, 06:38:25 PM

Future Quest #6 came out today, and look who did one of the covers! Dan Parent!:


http://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/item/parentfuturequest.1435/


Pretty cool, I thought. It's really interesting when I see a current (or unfortunately former) Archie artist doing something else outside of Archie itself....
Good for Dan.  I'm in the same camp that I like seeing the traditional style Archie artists drawing different sorts of characters.  I still like the Stan Goldberg variant of FF #1 from several years ago.
Comics!

DeCarlo Rules

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Quote from: steveinthecity on October 26, 2016, 09:56:32 PM
Quote from: SAGG on October 26, 2016, 06:38:25 PM

Future Quest #6 came out today, and look who did one of the covers! Dan Parent!:


http://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/item/parentfuturequest.1435/


Pretty cool, I thought. It's really interesting when I see a current (or unfortunately former) Archie artist doing something else outside of Archie itself....
Good for Dan.  I'm in the same camp that I like seeing the traditional style Archie artists drawing different sorts of characters.  I still like the Stan Goldberg variant of FF #1 from several years ago.

Actually, Dan did the variant covers for all of the new Hanna-Barbera DC titles this month, in addition to FUTURE QUEST #6 -- FLINTSTONES #4, SCOOBY APOCALYPSE #6, and WACKY RACELAND #5. The regular SCOOBY-DOO and SCOOBY-DOO TEAM UP titles aren't considered part of that group, and have no variant covers offered.

He also recently did RI (retailer incentive) variant covers for Boom Studios' GOLDIE VANCE and MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS: PINK.

Fernando Ruiz did some variant covers for Dynamite Entertainment's first issue of KISS, and possibly some others.

Both Dan and Fernando did variant covers for their own DIE KITTY DIE #1 from Chapterhouse Comics, as well as variants for Chapterhouse's other ongoing titles this month.

The above-mentioned are all very recent. Last year Dan and Fernando did a bunch of alternate covers for IDW for their "Archie month" variant theme.

At ACP, Dan P. did a variant cover for Gisele Lagace's ARCHIE MEETS RAMONES #1, and Gisele did a variant for the New Riverdale JOSIE #1.

DeCarlo Rules

FUTURE QUEST #12 is the final issue of the series. Guess we'll have to wait and see whether there will be any other series that spin out of the events that created "the Hanna-Barbera Universe", but I suspect not.

SAGG

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on February 02, 2017, 04:36:08 AM
FUTURE QUEST #12 is the final issue of the series. Guess we'll have to wait and see whether there will be any other series that spin out of the events that created "the Hanna-Barbera Universe", but I suspect not.
No, no, NO!!  >:(  How stupid is this?! That's a great series!! Idiots....  :tickedoff:

DeCarlo Rules

#24
Quote from: SAGG on February 02, 2017, 10:24:04 AM
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on February 02, 2017, 04:36:08 AM
FUTURE QUEST #12 is the final issue of the series. Guess we'll have to wait and see whether there will be any other series that spin out of the events that created "the Hanna-Barbera Universe", but I suspect not.
No, no, NO!!  >:(  How stupid is this?! That's a great series!! Idiots....  :tickedoff:

Well, let's wait and see how it ends. Maybe the cast is just too big for an ongoing series, and it would seem forced to have those characters (apart from the common world-threatening menace uniting them right now) constantly bumping into each other. Up to now FUTURE QUEST has all been one long story (apart from a few flashback sequences), so maybe it was designed that way. Think of Future Quest as not only an introduction (or REintroduction) to these characters, but also as a "Crisis" in DC terms. So maybe they could launch other series out of it -- JONNY QUEST, SPACE GHOST, FRANKENSTEIN JR., HERCULOIDS, BIRDMAN... who knows. We may even see some new #1 issue solicited in the March Previews catalog, before issue #12 is actually out, or maybe the end of issue #12 gives some hint of more to come with some of the teams or solo heroes. Maybe the plan is even to give them ALL 12 issues each, one following after another.

SCOOBY APOCALYPSE #12 was also solicited in the February Previews, but it didn't say "Final Issue". That could be because the nature of that series doesn't represent an origin story for a whole universe of characters (haven't read it, to be honest). Scooby Apocalypse doesn't seem to be selling any better than Future Quest, from what I can tell. In fact, at my LCS, both Future Quest and Flintstones have more subscribers than Scooby Apocalypse. At first I just thought it was another series ending because of low sales, but the more I think about it, it's not really doing that bad. They have more modest expectations for these comics than they do for a mainline DC Universe title. The January Previews had this weird event-month thing with a bunch of one-shots teaming up DC heroes with H-B characters.

By the way, Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles guest-star in SCOOBY-DOO TEAM UP #22. You did get #20, with Space Ghost, right?

Fernando Ruiz

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on October 27, 2016, 06:41:37 AM

Fernando Ruiz did some variant covers for Dynamite Entertainment's first issue of KISS, and possibly some others.




Currently, I'm writing and drawing Animal Jam for Dynamite Comics. This past year I've also written and drawn a couple of stories for Boo: The World's Cutest Dog also for Dynamite.


Keep up with my latest projects and appearances over at my site: Fernandoruizeverybody.com


http://fernandoruizeverybody.com/inked-page-from-die-kitty-die-hollywood-or-bust-1/






DeCarlo Rules

Here's more info on that DC/Hanna-Barbera event I mentioned in my previous post. Four team-up/crossover "Annual" one-shots (each has a cover price of $4.99 and is 48 pages) comprise the event, all of them slated to ship to comic shops on March 3, 2017:





ADAM STRANGE FUTURE QUEST ANNUAL #1
(W) Marc Andreyko & Various (A) Steve Lieber, Phil Winslade (CA) Evan "Doc" Shaner
Variant cover art by Steve Lieber

After the events of the DEATH OF HAWKMAN miniseries, Adam Strange is blasted through multiple dimensions only to land on Earth! There, instead of super-powered beings and legendary crime fighters, he encounters a boy adventurer and his scientist father - and they're the only ones who can help him return home. Jonny Quest, Hadji, Dr. Quest and Race Bannon have a plan, but it's going to involve a dangerous trek through Dino Boy's Lost Valley of prehistoric threats! And in the backup feature starring Top Cat, breaking out of prison is challenging enough for a cat, but sometimes it means stumbling through a cosmic portal to planet Earth... and right into the hands of Batman!






BOOSTER GOLD FLINTSTONES ANNUAL #1
(W) Mark Russell & Various (A) Rick Leonardi, Scott Hanna (CA) Michael Allred
Variant cover art by Dan Jurgens and Norm Rapmund

Welcome to the 25th century, where the Earth is a polluted post-industrial nightmare, most animals are extinct, and reptilian aliens are invading cities across the planet! In their time of need, the world's citizens turn to the time-traveling Booster Gold to save the day. To learn why these aliens are seeking revenge, Booster dives deep into the prehistoric past to see what happened the last time they hit the planet. In this bygone era, Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble must help Booster learn the truth and return to his own time armed with the information that will bring down the invaders - if Booster can convince them to help him. No problem - we all know how persuasive Booster can be, right? Right?! And in the backup feature starring The Jetsons, in a new twist on an old twist about our future, The Jetsons live in a world of robotics and gadgetry. But how does dying change when grandma's brain can be digitally imprinted onto a housecleaning robot?






GREEN LANTERN SPACE GHOST ANNUAL #1
(W) James TynionIV & Various (A) Howard Chaykin, Ariel Olivetti (CA) Ariel Olivetti
Variant cover art by Doug Mahnke

Trapped in a strange rift in time, Green Lantern and Space Ghost are forced to battle a variety of foes - and each other! And even if they manage to survive, they will be thrown into a world with no concept of interstellar travel - or even what an alien is! Stripped of their weapons by a xenophobic culture, the duo will have to battle to regain them - but what happens when Space Ghost dons the Emerald Ring and Hal Jordan put on the Power Bands? And in the backup feature, Ruff and Reddy were once the toast of nightclubs, variety shows, late night chat fests and Broadway. Learn how they became the comedic duo of yesterday... before they hit rock-bottom today!






SUICIDE SQUAD BANANA SPLITS ANNUAL #1
(W) Antony Bedard, Mark Russell (A) Ben Caldwell, Dale Eaglesham (CA) Clyde Caldwell
Variant cover art by Ben Caldwell

"SUICIDE SPLITS"! Mistaken for metahumans, thrown in the bowels of Belle Reve, the animal rock band Banana Splits are recruited by Amanda Waller for a secret mission: to save the Suicide Squad! What follows is the weirdest team-up you never thought you'd see! How can Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snorky stand up to Harley, Deadshot, Katana and Croc?! And in the backup feature, Snagglepuss is a Southern gothic playwright working with an ensemble cast of cultural figures, exploring an intensely creative time in the New York City theater scene of the 1950s...


SAGG


DeCarlo Rules

And this just in...

In their quest to leave no traditional property unrebooted, DC will follow up the DC/Hanna-Barbera crossovers with a series of DC/Looney Tunes crossover/reboots:

Jonah Hex Vs Yosemite Sam
Martian Manhunter Vs Marvin the Martian
Lobo Vs The Road Runner.
Batman Vs Elmer Fudd


I know this sounds like an April Fool's Day prank (too early, alas), but I assure you we have confirmation... BATMAN vs. Elmer Fudd??












SAGG

#29


Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on February 17, 2017, 07:06:21 AM
And this just in...

In their quest to leave no traditional property unrebooted, DC will follow up the DC/Hanna-Barbera crossovers with a series of DC/Looney Tunes crossover/reboots:

Jonah Hex Vs Yosemite Sam
Martian Manhunter Vs Marvin the Martian
Lobo Vs The Road Runner.
Batman Vs Elmer Fudd


I know this sounds like an April Fool's Day prank (too early, alas), but I assure you we have confirmation... BATMAN vs. Elmer Fudd??














Know what's REALLY scary? "Versus", not "and", or "teams up with". They're gonna FIGHT one another?  :2funny: What's missing? Bugs Bunny vs. Superman? Lola Bunny vs. Wonder Woman? Speedy Gonzalez vs. Vibe?

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