Hawkeye & Mockingbird

[Red Mask]

They've looked good on Catwoman for the past 10 years or so, too.

I kept thinking a modern Marvel Girl mask would still be like her old X-Factor mask. Her older, classic yellow mask was great. But it's hard to take it seriously when she's dressed in an updated, military-style jumpsuit. My sketches made her look like a G.I. Joe going to Mardi-Gras.

That's why Mockingbird's look works so well.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, Mockingbird's new costume is great. Just saying, the goggles aren't exactly a new thing.

 

[Nightwing 52]

HAWKEYE & MOCKINGBIRD #4
Written by JIM MCCANN
Penciled by DAVID LOPEZ
Cover by PAUL RENAUD
Is the love already destroyed, in the book that IGN.com calls "A hell of a good time"? Torn and battered – and rocked by the actions taken last issue – can Hawkeye & Mockingbird even trust each other anymore? The deadly duo known as Crossfire and Phantom Rider are betting against it as they continue their bloody path of revenge! To turn the tables, our quarreling couple must put aside their differences, set their own trap, and bring in a surprise player!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99b

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Interview with Jim McCann

The third major revelation in "Hawkeye and Mockingbird" #1 is that Jaime Slade is now the new Phantom Rider. What can you tell us about her motivations for adopting the identity of the Rider? Is she angry in a homicidal way at what happened between Lincoln Slade, the original Phantom Rider, and Mockingbird, or is something more sinister going on? Say, perhaps, possession?

The story of the Phantom Rider, the legacy of the character and how it plays in three different generations - Lincoln, Hamilton (current Phantom Rider) and Jaime - is a great deal of this arc. That's one of the many reasons this arc is called "Ghosts." You will discover a lot about the new Phantom Rider and how the character is connected to all who have called themselves that name in the next two issues.

 

[Dreadstar]

I love this new series!

 

[TheCorpulent1]

McCann's doing good work with Clint and Bobbi.

 

[chris moore]

I finally got hold of issue #1, and when I was flicking through it again after reading it fully, I noticed that Hawkeye is drawn holding his bow incorrectly in every single panel he draws it. Thought it was a one off at first, but every panel he nocks an arrow to loose it, the arrow is resting on the wrong side of the bow. I know its a bit of a picky art error. But at least research a bit into archery if you're given the pencil reigns to a title that's 50% arrows

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I didn't notice because I don't know much about archery myself. I always wanted to try it as a hobby, but the only range for it around here charges like $50 just to set foot in the place...

 

[chris moore]

Kevin Smith wrote a really good foreword when he brought back Oliver Queen. He said about going to his father in law's house and having a go with his bow in the back yard, and how impossibly hard it was just to hold it at full draw. Gave him a good perspective of Ollie's skill, and showed respect to the character to look into it beforehand.

I really enjoyed this first issue, and Lopez has a really good style that I think fits the tone of the book, and the colouring choice works really well. But I do think you should at least get some reference material and understand the basics of something like that if you're doing an ongoing. Basically if you draw back the bow with the arrow in that position, it will absolutely fall off the rest/hand every time. The string is being pulled directly backwards, but the arm pulling it is across the body and thus there is a certain amount of sideways force applied that tugs the tip of the arrow a little in the direction of the drawing arm.

 

[NightBeetle]

Hawkeye & Mockingbird #2 Preview

Hawkeye & Mockingbird are back in action together -- but so are their two greatest foes! Who is the all-new, all-deadly Phantom Rider? Crossfire once took Hawkeye’s hearing from him – what will he take from him now? Plus: what secret has Clint uncovered that could destroy everything that he and Bobbi are fighting for?
Story by Jim McCannArt by David Lopez, Alvaro LopezRelease Date Thu, July 8th, 2010

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Oooh, juicy. I get the distinct impression that I'm the only one actually reading this, though.

 

[runawayboulder]

Oooh, juicy. I get the distinct impression that I'm the only one actually reading this, though.

No, I read #1 and plan on sticking with it. I like it.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It's quite good, especially since it's basically Mockingbird's comic with Hawkeye as something of a major supporting character. I was never interested in Mockingbird before.

 

[chris moore]

I thought I'd be a little bored with the concept of the WCA. Especially now the heroic age has begun, heroes can be heroes, and SHIELD is under Steve's control (plus of course every disillusioned SHIELD agent from HAMMER joined those agents who refused to join HAMMER in Nick's new Howling Commandos). But it's handled really well, and I like that Clint is almost the unofficial overseer of the WCA in the same way as Hill is the Avengers Tower one, and Hand is the Avengers Mansion one, and Carter is the Secret Avengers one. I was afraid he'd be full time and therefore on three teams or more.

So I'm definitely sticking with this for the long haul. Quick question though - is Bobbi on any of the main Avengers teams too? Cos her appearances in the first issue of New seemed more to be a continuance of the single story from Siege than the actual full new membership.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

She's with the New Avengers in that gigantic poster Djurdjevic painted of all the Heroic Age Avengers teams. I don't know if she's officially a member of the team or not, though, since I don't read New Avengers.

 

[Dreadstar]

Love the new series. I hope it lasts past 50 issues!

 

[TheCorpulent1]

A lovely (but alas, unlikely) dream.

 

[runawayboulder]

Ms. Marvel made it to 50.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

No idea how that happened, but I'm gonna go ahead and call it a fluke.

 

[BizarroAids]

No idea how that happened, but I'm gonna go ahead and call it a fluke.

Wasn't reallly that big of an issue. The cover was done like Captain Marvel #50...and the story was her searching for the truth about him, and what happened after secret invasion.

That said. I'm loving the way McCann writes these two. Like they said in issue one, "we're married, but dating." And that's what their chemistry feels like, a date. Full of flirtations and playful banter. If you aren't totally sold on the plot, read it for their scenes alone...I think it's pretty good myself.

Issue 2 was another great entry. The Phantom Rider is going after Bobbis family members. Last ish, Clint had contacted her family, so she could reconnect. But now that they are "on the grid" they make for easier targets to be picked off one at a time. Clint only did it to help, but Bobbi sees it as only making things worse.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Is anyone else supremely weirded out by the 'new' Phantom Rider?

 

[TwilightPro101]

Just scanning through the pages here. I'm definitely more than interested to see this one play out. Even if its just short lived.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It's off to a pretty solid start so far. McCann really has a knack for the main characters, and I'm even starting to like some of the kooky WCA folks now. I really like how McCann plays Bobbi's internal conflicts out with the not-quite-love-triangle between her, Clint, and Dominic Fortune.

 

[Nightwing 52]

Advanced preview for #3!

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I love the conflict over killing in this series. I'm glad someone, somewhere is actually treating it as the major issue it ought to be.