Recent content by John Cage

I had the great pleasure of meeting Dwayne McDuffie back in the day at Detroit's Trinitycon. I was star struck and it took me a half hour to calm down to a point I could carry on a conversation; fortunately I had an hour to chat with him one-on-one before attending a panel he hosted with Paul...

Hi there. Figured I'd post some pages from my comic, TDSA: The Teenaged Defending Squad of America, here. I swear it's really not as cheesy as it sounds. Here's a logline: "The worst part of Jack Kempostowski and Lori Rosenbaum’s Day used to be homework, pep rallies, and parents. Now it’s...

After everyone thinking the nacho gag on Brave and the Bold was a The Batman reference, you're probably right. But yeah, like others have said The Batman was heavy on the style, low on the substance. There were a few bright spots, but when you're following up what is, to many, the DEFINITIVE...

Saw JLU was back on TV and had my fingers crossed it'd be in HD (it never aired that way up here in Canada and Warner's taking their time getting it out on blu) and man alive, does it ever look good. Anyone out there watching it for the first time? It's hard for me to be even remotely impartial...

I noticed that too. It was a little surprising she didn't step in on the Green Lantern show, but I figured Romano would keep up with the features. Hopefully she isn't done with DC animation altogether, although she could have just skipped a feature because of her workload, or after 30 years in...

The marketing folks who wanted to put out some home video product to tie into their next theatrical release? It's no different than that five episode-single disc Green Lantern DVD from last year. Except it's two discs with an Ultraviolet download option. Not the best selection of episodes, but...

They've become very similar in recent years, but basically Dick is a natural athlete, Tim has to try harder to keep up -- Dick is a detective in the Batman-mold, Tim's more tech-savvy -- Dick has the father issues with Batman and all that, while Tim idolizes both of them. Personally I think Tim...

Richardson subbed for Michael Ironside in the Superman: Shadows of Apokolips game. I love Richardson's work and he did a decent job in the game, but Ironside knocks the DCAU Darkseid out of the park. So good as Richardson is... it just seemed a little wonky (especially since they brought in the...

Don't forget about: and Plus new versions of Metallo and Bizarro, who never really got a wide release during the STAS days. Have a good day. John Cage

I remember thinking about this when I saw this episode for the first time back in the day. My reasoning was that Clayface probably based Annie off of the doctor he was working with in Mudslide. Stella, right? It seemed kind of weird that he'd create a young girl of all things, until the...

Can anyone provide more detail about this? I came across a mention of Growing Pains being an old script in one of the old Batman newsletters (linked to from one of the "Animated Batman" guide pages -- maybe the essay on Paul Dini) and was wondering where this was first revealed. I know there...

I'd have included "Scaredy Cat" -- it's probably my favorite Looney Tunes short and it's gotten a fraction of the airtime of the lesser follow-up "Claws for Alarm". It's a really great, messed up cartoon. Glad to see "Big House Bunny", "Rabbit Rampage", and "Bugs' Bonnets" get some love though...

Speaking of that Justice League 80-page Special there was another story that featured the first DC Comics appearance of Sal Valestra, from Mask of the Phantasm. He's featured as an enemy of the Golden Age Crimson Avenger, but since he's a young man in the story that frees him up to show up in a...

That's really odd that they cut the scene from "Identity Crisis". I can understand not having the original version of the funeral from "Apokalips... Now!" since they changed it after the initial airing (like they did with the vertigo effects in "Off Balance"), but it's strange a whole scene was...

I'd bet that The Return would make the cut over Once and Future Thing -- sure OnFT has the Hal Jordan cameo, but The Return features the whole corps. Besides, folks might feel gypped if they get the second part of a two-parter and not the first. Have a good day. John Cage