#ben mccool

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So, when Zatanna debuted in Batman: The Animated Series she was just an ordinary stage magician with no magic powers but later when she appeared in Justice League Unlimited she had actual magical powers. So why didn't she initially have her magical powers?

In the JLU tie in comic, Justice League Unlimited #40 by writer Ben McCool and artist Dario Brizuela (link), we get some answers:

We find out that as a child Zatanna misused her powers so Zatara had them taken away from her:

(Shout out to the artist Dario Brizuela and colorist Heroic Age, this sequence is beautifully drawn)

Zatara comes off as a good parents in sequence; fair but not harsh or stern and willing to correct his child when she does wrong.

In the present day Zatanna wakes up and we learn that her father disappeared at some point and since Zee can use magic, it's likely she figured out how to tap into some of her abilities over the years:

Zatanna and Doctor Fate head to Central City where Shadow Thief has run amok causing everyone's shadow to come alive and attack everyone.

After some light dissing on Captain Boomerang (oh hey, look it's Alan Scott):

The JL takes on the 8 story tall shadow monster whilst Zatanna and Doctor Fate track down who could be responsible for augmenting the Shadow Thief's powers which leads them to....

......the Warlcok of Ys and Zatara himself! The Warlock is from one of the earliest Zatanna stories (link).

Despite Warlock's attempts to restrain them, Zee manages to tap in to her power and take on the Warlock:

"You're so gonna wish I had my morning coffee!" XD Ngl that panel cracked me up.

Sadly the father/daughter reunion doesn't last but we do get a touching moment nonetheless:

Zatara doesn't come off as the best of fathers in this story but I love the continued affirmation that the League members are her family. The power pulsating in Zatanna's mind is obviously referring to the Medulla Gem and the line about 'his people' is a reference to the Homo Magi, both of which are pulled from Sindella's story and Zatara being forced to stay away from Zatanna is pulled from Zatanna's debut story 'Zatanna's Search'. It looks like the writer combined both stories into one.

Sadly, this plot point is never followed up on. But it was cool to see a writer, especially one for a tie in book do a deep dive on a characters history. Usually tie in comics are treated as an after thought but there are times when the stories are as good if not better than the show.

As for Shadow Thief, well no story, especially one with a Green Lantern, is complete without a trebuchet showing up in some form:

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Vault unveils its 2024 creator lineup

Vault unveils its 2024 creator lineup #comics #comicbooks

While the specific projects haven’t been revealed (other than Slash’s which features Tim Seeley, Jim Terry, and  Steven Kostanski and Pete Wentz’s which features Hannah Klein, artist Lisa Sterle), Vault has shown off the creators who we can expect to see on the shelves from the publishing in 2024. The full list includes: Alex SchlitzAmalas RosaBen McCoolBrenden FletcherCavan ScottCassio…

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Zatara and Zatanna by Dario Brizuela

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Redemption Round Tiebreaker!

There were 6 total votes, each to a different old man.

So let's do one more quick round! The old men that got those votes are...

Joe McCool (Derry Girls)

Rab (Dragon Quest 11)

Uncle Ben (Marvel/Spider-Man)

Solomon Muto (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Old Man Jenkins (Scooby-Doo)

Tanaka (Black Butler)

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star wars as screenshots episode ii (inspired by @/unlightsabered)

part 1

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Here are our first round mean girl match ups!

Voting starts July 15

Names below

EDIT: Voting continuing August 1. (Thank you for your patience while I dealt with computer trouble)

Group A

Alakshmi Verma (Kaijudo) vs Alejandro Burromuerto (Total Drama Franchise)

Amity Blight (The Owl House) vs Andrea Davenport (The Ghost and Molly McGee)

Angelica Pickles (All Grown Up) vs Arcangelo Correli (Neo Yokio)

Ashley A (Recess) vs Bonnie Rockwaller (Kim Possible)

Boscha (The Owl House) vs Brandy Harrington, of the Florida Harringtons (Brandy and Mr. Whiskers)

Brandy Silver (Detentionaire) vs Brit Crust (My Life as a Teenage Robot)

Brittany Boviak (Llyod in Space) vs Brittany Wong (Star vs the Forces of Evil)

Callie (Cleopatra in Space) vs Charmcaster (Ben 10)

Group B

Chloe Bourgeois (Miraculous Ladybug) vs Cleo (Clone High)

Darcy (Winx Club) vs Diamond Tiara (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

Duchess Swan (Ever After High) vs Eliza (Craig of the Creek)

Elodie (OK K.O.) vs Fakir (Princess Tutu)

Faybelle Thorn (Ever After High) vs Heather (Total Drama franchise)

Icy (Winx Club) vs Julia (Total Drama franchise)

Kimmie McAdams (Detentionaire) vs Kimmy Mysner (Symbionic Titan)

Lacienega Boulevardez (The Proud Family) vs Lars Barriga (Steven Universe)

Group C

Mami Yagihara (Blue Flag) vs Mandy (Totally Spies)

Marcy Wu (Amphibia) vs Marion Hawthorne (Harriet the Spy the Animated Series)

Melissa O'Malley (The Life and Times of Juniper Lee) vs Mina (Droners)

Mindy (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) vs Miranda Killgallen (As Told By Ginger)

Motoko Minagawa (Fruits Basket) vs Muffy Crosswire (Arthur)

Nanami Kiryuu (Revolutionary Girl Utena) vs Nanette Manoir (Angela Anaconda)

Nina Harper (Braceface) vs Pacifica Northwest (Gravity Falls)

Paulina (Danny Phantom) vs Praxina (Lolirock)

Group D

Princess Morbucks (Powerpuff Girls) vs Quinn Morgendorfer (Daria)

Raquelle (Barbie Life in the Dream House) vs Rue (Princess Tutu)

Sasha Waybright (Amphibia) vs Sheena/Tigress (Carmen Sandiego)

Sierra McCool (The Replacements) vs Sissi Delmas (Code Lyoko)

Stephanie Knightleigh (Edgar and Ellen) vs Stormy (Winx Club)

Sunset Shimmer (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) vs Tammy Larsen (Bob's Burgers)

Tiff Crust (My Life as a Teenage Robot) vs Tricia Holmes (6Teen)

Trixie Tang (Fairly Oddparents) vs Veronica Lodge (Archie/Archie's Weird Mysteries)

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Other artists with unusual style. Part 2

Kei Zama:

Kei Zama (座間 慧 Zama Kei) is a Japanese comic artist and metalhead. After discovering Last Stand of the Wreckers, they fell hard for Transformers and started hunting down every Western comic they could, with Geoff Senior and Derek Yaniger being faves and influences for their "powerful and aggressive" styles.

Starting as a regular cover artist for IDW Publishing, they became the regular artist on Optimus Prime in late 2016.

As well as Transformers, they've drawn for their fan-fave 2000 AD: starting with those other war robots, ABC Warriors, for a 2017 Free Comic Book Day special. They were unsure about doing it at the same time as starting their ongoing Optimus Prime gig but John Barber, their co-creator, talked them into it.

Kei Zama is a Japanese comic book artist who has worked on several Star Wars projects for Marvel Comics as an illustrator and cover artist, including War of the Bounty Hunters – 4-LOM & Zuckuss 1, Life Day 1, and Doctor Aphra (2020) 21. They enjoy the prequel trilogy films and appreciated the experience of drawing characters from the 1999 prequel trilogy film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace for the Pride Month variant cover of Darth Vader (2020) 24.

My opinions for this artist, they have made lot of details when they are making transformers comics as which they've drawn for their fan-fave 2000 AD which is starting with those other war robots aka Cybertrons and Decepticons.

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Ben Templesmith:

Ben Templesmith is an Australian comic book artist best known for his work in the American comic book industry, most notably the Image Comics series Fell, with writer Warren Ellis, and IDW's 30 Days of Night with writer Steve Niles, which was adapted into a motion picture of the same name.

Templesmith produced his first commercial American comics work in 2001, providing the art for Todd McFarlane Productions' Hellspawn, which was published by Image Comics. He has gone on to create his own original works as well as contribute to many licensed properties at various publishers, most notably IDW Publishing, with which he had an exclusive agreement through most of 2008 and part of 2009 before returning to being a freelancer.

Original works Templesmith has produced include the miniseries Welcome to Hoxford, the New York Times best-selling Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse Tommyrot: The Art of Ben Templesmith, Conluvio and Choker at Image Comics with writer Ben McCool. He also provided a number of covers for the Oni Press series Wasteland.

In April 2012, DC Entertainment announced that Templesmith would be one of the artists illustrating a new digital Batman series with stories set outside regular DC continuity.

My opinions for this artist, that his art works have like different emotions but he want it to be in the dark theme scene on the comic as it very unusual for it in the comic itself as it is like explaining the emotions with colours but in dark theme style.

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Joëlle Jones:

Joëlle Jones is an American comic book artist and writer, best known for her work on Lady Killer, a series published in 2015–2017 by Dark Horse Comics, for her cover work on various Marvel Comics series, and for her work writing and illustrating DC Comics series including Batman and Catwoman.

Joëlle Jones is an Eisner nominated artist currently living and working in Los Angeles, CA. Since attending PNCA in Portland, OR, she has contributed to a wide range of projects and has most recently has worked on Batman for DC comics. She also wrote and drew the series, Lady Killer, published by Dark Horse comics. Jones has also provided the art for fashion designer Prada, and various projects for Marvel, Boom, Vertigo, Oni Press and The New York Times.  Joëlle currently has projects with DC comics as well as continuing her Series Lady Killer.

My opinions for this artist, that her art works has very complexing colours on her work as she works on the details little by little as she had made positive spaces and aswell negative spaces to show what specific parts that our attention should be.

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"Yesterday's" Comic> Unity: Training Day (8-Bit Adventures)

BW's "Yesterday's" Comic> Unity: Training Day (8-Bit Adventures)

Valiant 8-Bit Adventures: Unity Valiant Comics digital comic “Training Day” WRITER: Ben McCool ARTIST: Donovan Santiago LETTERER: Dave Lanphear EDITOR: Josh Jones Continue reading Untitled

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Ben WONG Ben WONG ben WONG BEN WONG ben WONG Ben. Guess who has read sherlock HOLMES and his brother that said that the roof of the building where he earned a degree in Latin taxonomy, meaning "i glorify my kin") are a saurian sapient species known For being a spell caster for . Thank you :) meow kiss you boat boy is kind of a commander sacrifices his own men and his galactic Jizz-wailers were a Jizz band founded By evar Orbus, featuring max Rebo, sy Snootles, and Droopy McCool

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#GRUMPYCAT #3 (2015) #SteveUy Cover Art. #BenMcCool Story. Steve Uy Pencils. The grand finale to Dynamite's first ever official Grumpy Cat comic book series!  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09238WBCL?ref=myi_title_dp

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Doctor Fate and Zatanna vs the Warlock of Ys by Dario Brizuela

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“The Kind Of Stuff Good Guys Do”

Choker #6 (March 2012)

Ben McCool and Ben Templesmith

Image Comics

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Dan Fogler, Simon Bisley, Andrew Harrison, Ben McCool, and Tom Hodges' Brooklyn Gladiator this April

Dan Fogler, Simon Bisley, Andrew Harrison, Ben McCool, and Tom Hodges' Brooklyn Gladiator this April #comics

Chapterhouse Publishing has announced the release of Brooklyn Gladiator – Volume Zero on April 11th 2018 – the sci-fi lovechild of Orwell, Huxley, and stoner conspiracy theories, knitted together by the mad and ingenious mind of Dan Fogler with artist Simon Bisley joining Fogler on Volume Zero. Joined by Andrew Harrison, Ben McCool, and artist Tom Hodges, with cover art by Glenn Fabry, Brooklyn…

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OLD MAN TOURNEY - RESULTS

It's been a grueling few weeks for everyone here at the Old Man Tourney Headquarters and Retirement Center, but now, we've officially reached the end.

Without further ado, the winner of the old man tourney is...

UNCLE IROH! (Avatar series)

In second place, we have Joe McCool from Derry Girls, and after a relatively close battle, Stan Pines from Gravity Falls has been named third.

The rest of the placements are as follows:

4. Gandalf (Lord of the Rings)

5. Statler (Muppets)

5.5. Waldorf (Muppets)

6. Alfred Pennyworth (DC Comics)

7. Merle Highchurch (The Adventure Zone)

8. Wilfred Mott (Dr. Who)

9. Hop Pop (Amphibia)

10. Cap'n Cuttlefish (Splatoon)

11. Ice King (Adventure Time)

12. Yoda (Star Wars)

13. Cranky Kong (DKC)

14. Toadsworth (Super Mario)

15. Abe Simpson (The Simpsons)

16. Grandpa Gohan (Dragon Ball)

17. Rab (Dragon Quest 11)

18. Solomon Muto (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

19. Old Man Jenkins (Scooby-Doo)

20. Tanaka (Black Butler)

21. Uncle Ben (Marvel)

22. Hudson (Gargoyles)

23. Max Tennyson (Ben 10)

24. Chiron (Percy Jackson)

25. Hide-the-Pain Harold (Stock Photos)

26. Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)

27. Dragoon the Great (Merlin)

28. Janitor (Kindergarten)

29. Grandpa Joe (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)

30. Saladin (Winx)

Thank you all for voting and contributing to this wild tournament. It's been a joy!

As for what comes next, well...something is coming next.

...How many realized we're not called "OldManTourney" anymore?

Stay tuned...

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Pierce Hawthorne / Orla Mccool + closing the door

Community 1x24 / Derry Girls 2x01

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Dan Fogler's Brooklyn Gladiator Is All Our Future Nightmares Come To Life

Dan Fogler’s Brooklyn Gladiator Is All Our Future Nightmares Come To Life

Chapterhouse Publishing are proud to announce the forthcoming release of Brooklyn Gladiator – Volume Zero on April 11th 2018 the sci-fi lovechild of Orwell, Huxley, and stoner conspiracy theories, knitted together by the mad and ingenious mind of Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them,Moon Lake, Balls Of Fury) with artist Simon Bisley joining Fogler on Volume Zero. Joined by Andrew…