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Captain America: Miniseries
Captain America: Red, White and Blue
In this thought-provoking original graphic novel, a world-class collection of top comic-book creators from around the globe presents a series of uniquely personal visions of the heroic icon that is Captain America! RED: WHITE & BLUE roams between the humorous and the serious, the farcical and the personal invoking the power people give over to Captain America. In all, more than fifty creators have crafted timeless stand-alone stories each told with a color palette limited to Cap's signature colors of red, white and blue!
193 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2002
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Paul Dini
726 books714 followersPaul Dini is an American television producer of animated cartoons. He is best known as a producer and writer for several Warner Bros./DC Comics series, including Star Wars: Ewoks, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman/Superman Adventures, Batman Beyond and Duck Dodgers. He also developed and scripted Krypto the Superdog and contributed scripts to Animaniacs (he created Minerva Mink), Freakazoid, Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. After leaving Warner Bros. In early 2004, Dini went on to write and story edit the popular ABC adventure series Lost.
Paul Dini was born in New York City. He attended the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California on an art scholarship. He attended Emerson College in Boston, where he earned a BFA degree in creative writing. (He also took zoology classes at Harvard University.)
During college, he began doing freelance animation scripts for Filmation, and a number of other studios. In 1984, he was hired to work for George Lucas on several of his animation projects.
The episodes of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon that were written by Dini have become favorites amongst the show's fans over the internet, although despite this as well as contributing to interviews on the released box sets of the series, Dini has made no secret of his distaste for Filmation and the He-Man concept. He also wrote an episode of the Generation One Transformers cartoon series and contributed to various episodes of the Ewoks animated series, several of which included rare appearances from the Empire.
In 1989, he was hired at Warner Bros. Animation to work on Tiny Toon Adventures. Later, he moved onto Batman: The Animated Series, where he worked as a writer, producer and editor, later working on Batman Beyond. He continued working with WB animation, working on a number of internal projects, including Krypto the Superdog and Duck Dodgers, until 2004.
He has earned five Emmy awards for his animation work. In a related effort, Dini was also the co-author (with Chip Kidd) of Batman Animated, a 1998 non-fiction coffee table book about the animated Batman franchise.
Dini has also written several comics stories for DC Comics, including an acclaimed oversized graphic novel series illustrated by painter Alex Ross. (A hardcover collection of the Dini and Ross stories was published in late summer 2005 under the title The World's Greatest Superheroes.) Other books written by Dini for DC have featured his Batman Animated creation Harley Quinn as well as classic characters Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel and Zatanna.
Best known among Dini's original creations is Jingle Belle, the rebellious teen-age daughter of Santa Claus. Dini also created Sheriff Ida Red, the super-powered cowgirl star of a series of books set in Dini's mythical town of Mutant, Texas. Perhaps his greatest character contribution is the introduction of Harley Quinn (along with designs by Bruce Timm) on Batman: The Animated Series.
In 2001 Dini made a cameo appearance in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back during the scene in which Jay and Silent Bob wear ridiculous looking costumes for a film being directed by Chris Rock, in which Dini says to them "you guys look pretty bad ass".
In 2006, Dini became the writer for DC Comics' Detective Comics. That same year, he announced that he was writing a hardcover graphic novel starring Zatanna and Black Canary. In 2007, he was announced as the head writer of that company's weekly series, Countdown. Paul Dini is currently co-writing the script for the upcoming Gatchaman movie. Dini is also currently writing a series for Top Cow Productions, based in a character he created, Madame Mirage.
Paul Dini is an active cryptozoologist, hunter and wildlife photographer. On a 1985 trip to Tasmania, he had a possible sighting of a Thylacine. He has also encountered a number of venomous snakes, a Komodo Dragon and a charging Sumatran Rhi
Paul Dini was born in New York City. He attended the Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California on an art scholarship. He attended Emerson College in Boston, where he earned a BFA degree in creative writing. (He also took zoology classes at Harvard University.)
During college, he began doing freelance animation scripts for Filmation, and a number of other studios. In 1984, he was hired to work for George Lucas on several of his animation projects.
The episodes of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon that were written by Dini have become favorites amongst the show's fans over the internet, although despite this as well as contributing to interviews on the released box sets of the series, Dini has made no secret of his distaste for Filmation and the He-Man concept. He also wrote an episode of the Generation One Transformers cartoon series and contributed to various episodes of the Ewoks animated series, several of which included rare appearances from the Empire.
In 1989, he was hired at Warner Bros. Animation to work on Tiny Toon Adventures. Later, he moved onto Batman: The Animated Series, where he worked as a writer, producer and editor, later working on Batman Beyond. He continued working with WB animation, working on a number of internal projects, including Krypto the Superdog and Duck Dodgers, until 2004.
He has earned five Emmy awards for his animation work. In a related effort, Dini was also the co-author (with Chip Kidd) of Batman Animated, a 1998 non-fiction coffee table book about the animated Batman franchise.
Dini has also written several comics stories for DC Comics, including an acclaimed oversized graphic novel series illustrated by painter Alex Ross. (A hardcover collection of the Dini and Ross stories was published in late summer 2005 under the title The World's Greatest Superheroes.) Other books written by Dini for DC have featured his Batman Animated creation Harley Quinn as well as classic characters Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel and Zatanna.
Best known among Dini's original creations is Jingle Belle, the rebellious teen-age daughter of Santa Claus. Dini also created Sheriff Ida Red, the super-powered cowgirl star of a series of books set in Dini's mythical town of Mutant, Texas. Perhaps his greatest character contribution is the introduction of Harley Quinn (along with designs by Bruce Timm) on Batman: The Animated Series.
In 2001 Dini made a cameo appearance in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back during the scene in which Jay and Silent Bob wear ridiculous looking costumes for a film being directed by Chris Rock, in which Dini says to them "you guys look pretty bad ass".
In 2006, Dini became the writer for DC Comics' Detective Comics. That same year, he announced that he was writing a hardcover graphic novel starring Zatanna and Black Canary. In 2007, he was announced as the head writer of that company's weekly series, Countdown. Paul Dini is currently co-writing the script for the upcoming Gatchaman movie. Dini is also currently writing a series for Top Cow Productions, based in a character he created, Madame Mirage.
Paul Dini is an active cryptozoologist, hunter and wildlife photographer. On a 1985 trip to Tasmania, he had a possible sighting of a Thylacine. He has also encountered a number of venomous snakes, a Komodo Dragon and a charging Sumatran Rhi
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September 1, 2018
I think Red, White & Blue was published with good intentions, and when it was good it was good . . . but then the flow is disrupted with some of the odd stories towards the middle of the book.
Now, I'll admit I found 'Capsploitation,' a wakka-chicka, 70's-influenced funky send-up - complete with Cap attired like a pimp (!) - a nice moment of levity, but the other attempts at humor - 'Cap vs. Rarebit,' 'Skull and Zemo' and 'Red Raid' - sort of fall flat, and seem out of place in this collection.
However, it ends with a half-dozen stories that are the best in the book (they are more serious, and certainly timely in nature - covering subjects like domestic terrorism, xenophobia, and respect for military veterans), and could simply stand alone as their own edition. So just skip to chapter 16.
Now, I'll admit I found 'Capsploitation,' a wakka-chicka, 70's-influenced funky send-up - complete with Cap attired like a pimp (!) - a nice moment of levity, but the other attempts at humor - 'Cap vs. Rarebit,' 'Skull and Zemo' and 'Red Raid' - sort of fall flat, and seem out of place in this collection.
However, it ends with a half-dozen stories that are the best in the book (they are more serious, and certainly timely in nature - covering subjects like domestic terrorism, xenophobia, and respect for military veterans), and could simply stand alone as their own edition. So just skip to chapter 16.
May 15, 2024
3.5 Stars
This was a good collection. The first half has new stories that range from pretty good to not as good, then we have some classic Captain America reprints. This isn't bad, but didn't really seem like anything special.
This was a good collection. The first half has new stories that range from pretty good to not as good, then we have some classic Captain America reprints. This isn't bad, but didn't really seem like anything special.
August 14, 2021
In questo fumetto abbiamo piccole storie riguardanti Capitan America e Teschio Rosso durante la guerra ed altre vicende.
Qui però troviamo anche una parte dal titolo "LA FANTASTICA ORIGINE DEL TESCHIO ROSSO".
Voglio finire col dirvi che... Tavole, disegni e colori come sempre sono bellissimi, i disegni sono tutti con tratti diversi in base alle storie; in poche parole si capisce che il disegnatore non è sempre lo stesso.
In generale quindi ottimo fumetto.
Qui però troviamo anche una parte dal titolo "LA FANTASTICA ORIGINE DEL TESCHIO ROSSO".
Voglio finire col dirvi che... Tavole, disegni e colori come sempre sono bellissimi, i disegni sono tutti con tratti diversi in base alle storie; in poche parole si capisce che il disegnatore non è sempre lo stesso.
In generale quindi ottimo fumetto.
July 5, 2016
It seems fitting to read homage to the man in red white and blue on his (98th) birthday - 4th of July. Popular comic book writers and artists give their take on the first avenger, a personal vision of sorts.
While some work in the context of Captain America and what he stands for, many are a miss for this collection. [One of them has Captain having a nightmare where he has become Red Skull and is making out with Hitler is plain terrible.]
The best of this collection is by John Rieber and John Cassaday where they put Captain America in a geopolitical crisis. The story is an interesting take on patriotism, nationalism and the honor a person carries for his country and his fellow men.
While some work in the context of Captain America and what he stands for, many are a miss for this collection. [One of them has Captain having a nightmare where he has become Red Skull and is making out with Hitler is plain terrible.]
The best of this collection is by John Rieber and John Cassaday where they put Captain America in a geopolitical crisis. The story is an interesting take on patriotism, nationalism and the honor a person carries for his country and his fellow men.
February 25, 2023
2/10:
This anthology of 21 short Captain America stories is AWFUL. There are one or two that are great, a few fine, and the rest are just a nightmare to get through. Probably the biggest slog of comics I’ve ever read through somehow.
This anthology of 21 short Captain America stories is AWFUL. There are one or two that are great, a few fine, and the rest are just a nightmare to get through. Probably the biggest slog of comics I’ve ever read through somehow.
February 4, 2019
comic books are so bad, y'all
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March 5, 2025Captain America's involvement in various social and geopolitical issues from 1940s to 2000s(?) as an embodiment of an American ideal.
Only read the comics. Sorry.
"Tonight, it's a neo-Nazi cell." Captain America from "They Just Fade Away" by Jeff Jensen, Frank Quitely, Matt Madden.
"Here's your red menace, Senators -- the Red Skull! Nazi ideas poisoning the American well!" Captain America from "Red Under the Mask!" by Max Allan Collins, Vatche Mavlian, Jose Villarrubia.
"Hulk Sad" - Hulk from Stars & Stripes Forever by Evan Dorkin, Kevin Maguire, Avalon, Todd Klein
Only read the comics. Sorry.
"Tonight, it's a neo-Nazi cell." Captain America from "They Just Fade Away" by Jeff Jensen, Frank Quitely, Matt Madden.
"Here's your red menace, Senators -- the Red Skull! Nazi ideas poisoning the American well!" Captain America from "Red Under the Mask!" by Max Allan Collins, Vatche Mavlian, Jose Villarrubia.
"Hulk Sad" - Hulk from Stars & Stripes Forever by Evan Dorkin, Kevin Maguire, Avalon, Todd Klein
July 3, 2019
A disingenuous anthology of Captain America from WWII to the Cold War to the War on Terror. The stories ring hollow in our current political environment and the book ends on an overused comic book cliche that drains all the emotion from the narrative.
March 28, 2023
2,5 estrelas
May 21, 2020
This book was a tie in comic with the Death of Captain America story and its an anthology with a lot of different comics. Most manage to celebrate the Spirit of Cap, others go far too far into modern politics. The best stories do make this worth reading despite the weaker ones.
November 3, 2013
The First Avenger gets a fascinating send-up in this graphic novel collection featuring Captain America. A two-page "color" story uses the American flag motif to display the rich history of Captain America, as told by artist Alex Ross and writer Paul Dini. A soldier recounts the inspirational effort of Cap against the Red Skull in a short from Tony Salmons, while Bruce Jones gets readers into the head of why Captain America fights within his tale. Darko Macan and Bruce Timm collaborate to set the old soldier up against a Nazi werewolf in a tale fit for the animated screen. Paul Pope lends his skills to a story about belief - as the Red Skull uses his persuasive tongue to set a student back on the Nazi course. A strange dream sequence is offered by Peter Kuper, while Frank Quitely lends his pencils to a Cap reflection piece from Jeff Jensen. Politics and persuasion rear their head in Max Collins's Cap vs. Skull battle; Yann Lepennetier drafts a cooky tale of brain alterations, comic book art, and Sharon Carter as the Red Bra (which must be read to be believed). Mark Waid and Bill Sienkiewicz team-up to provide a frozen Cap with guardian angel Bucky keeping him company across the decades. "Capsploitation" mixes Steve Rogers, the Falcon, Nick Fury, Nightshade, and Red Skull into a '70s movie pastiche that reads as tacky as it sounds. Luckily, Paul Storrie and David Lloyd demonstrate Cap's ability to unify America across all divisions in their "End of the Line" story. Scott Ciencin shows what it would be like if Steve Rogers was actually a homeless vet imagining all his exploits, tiny versions of Baron Zemo and Red Skull rampage in a mini-invasion of France, and a twisted conspiracy attempts to use Cap propaganda in order to eliminate any perceived threat to a "clean" America. The volume concludes with the back-stories from Captain America #50, which recounts Cap's lengthy history via pin-up panels, a tribute to Cap from the denizens of the Marvel Universe, and the effects of Steve Rogers's death on the global populace. No matter what era of Cap fan you might be, there is something in the collection for everyone to enjoy. A highly recommended graphic novel that salutes one of America's greatest comic book characters.
August 2, 2008
Before Ed Brubaker’s current ground-breaking work on Captain America, a fifty-issue run ended that culminated with a rag-tag of short stories about the star-spangled hero that are reprinted here. Some of which aren’t worth writing about. But of those that are worth the admission price to this collected trade-paperback, might I recommend Dini & Ross’s iconic “Origin”, Kuder & Immonen’s quasi-painterly realism in “Keep in Mind”, and Dorkin & Maguire’s wry “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Included in the back of this volume are numerous interviews with many former writers of the various Captain America titles over the past several decades; including a wonderfully lengthy one with current scribe Brubaker.
Cap may not have quite the iconic status these days with two blockbuster films out this year – one with Iron Man in his ascendancy and another with a certain Gotham hero ruling box office receipts and setting new records in the process. Rest assured, the best of Cap is yet to come. On both the four-color page, as well as the silver screen.
Cap may not have quite the iconic status these days with two blockbuster films out this year – one with Iron Man in his ascendancy and another with a certain Gotham hero ruling box office receipts and setting new records in the process. Rest assured, the best of Cap is yet to come. On both the four-color page, as well as the silver screen.
August 24, 2016
Like most anthologies, Captain America: Red, White & Blue is a mixed bag. The concept of short Cap stories colored only in red, white, and blue (and black) is an interesting one. But in practice many of the chosen writers just don't get Captain America. And the palette limitation makes the book feel very repetitive even though the art styles are actually very diverse.
There's highlights to be sure. Alex Ross's one page origin is canonical. Bruce Timm tells a WWII Cap story that really gets to the heart of the character while also introducing a morally complex Nazi Werewolf! Somebody should really bring back Baron Leonhardt von Königsblut. I also really liked the Paul Pope Nick Bertozzi Red Skull story
But there's also lots of maudlin WWII stories, unfunny comedy strips and "modern" stories (including some set in the 50s) that just miss the mark by a country mile.
There's highlights to be sure. Alex Ross's one page origin is canonical. Bruce Timm tells a WWII Cap story that really gets to the heart of the character while also introducing a morally complex Nazi Werewolf! Somebody should really bring back Baron Leonhardt von Königsblut. I also really liked the Paul Pope Nick Bertozzi Red Skull story
But there's also lots of maudlin WWII stories, unfunny comedy strips and "modern" stories (including some set in the 50s) that just miss the mark by a country mile.
February 22, 2009
This book is a weird little project, a collection of very brief, standalone stories about Captain America, colored with a color palette of red, white, and blue. While some of the stories are decent, others are merely pedestrian, and others -- like the two-page spread where Cap dreams that he's the Red Skull, and then starts making out with Hitler -- are frankly terrible. The collection is worth it, though, for the reprints at the end, which cover a range of Captain America stories, including one with Jim Steranko's delightfully trippy art and a Roger Stern/Frank Miller tale that completely embodies the sometimes heavy-handed liberal patriotism of Captain America comics. I'm not sure I could recommend this to anyone, but I'm glad I own it.
October 12, 2010
Ugh. Definitely not worth plowing through. There are a bunch of short stories, mostly of a non-continuity "what if" variety (such as "Cap faces McCarthy hearings in the '50s, even though he should have been floating in a block of ice in suspended animation at that point"), at the front, then a reprint of Captain America #50 (the new numbering system), in which Cap "dies" and we are subjected to panels and panels of individual reaction shots (J. Jonah Jameson is outraged that Spider-Man didn't die instead! Tony Stark and Iron Man give different reactions! Hulk sad!). Then we get a retrospective on Captain America spurred by his "actual" death in Captain America #25 (new, new numbering system), which, of course, he has by now recovered from. Don't bother with this one.
February 17, 2010
I'm not much of a captain America fan, but have had a recent interest in his WWII past. This collection displays a nice variety of art and writing styles to showcase some interesting perspectives on Cap's patriotism, politics and eventual death. I found the short stories featuring schoolchildren to be especially touching.
While my interests will always sway toward the darker mutants and Batmen of the superhero universe, I have to recommend this collection as an extremely well put-together volume adding new depth to a character that has always struggled to remain relevant.
While my interests will always sway toward the darker mutants and Batmen of the superhero universe, I have to recommend this collection as an extremely well put-together volume adding new depth to a character that has always struggled to remain relevant.
February 27, 2010
This is a -very- uneven collection of short Captain America pieces. The first part of the book is original material done solely in red, white, and blue, while the second half collects previously available works from various sources. A very wide range of writers and artists are included. The historical pieces and interviews are interesting, and some of the stories are good, but there are several comedic new pieces that are so abysmallly written and so poorly rendered that they came close to spoiling almost any enjoyment I could have gotten from the book as a whole.
November 21, 2015
This book has three parts. The first is just awsome: the imagining of Cap by a great bunch of fantastic writers. Each story is a "mini episode" all by itself, and all are great. The second part is a reprint of some classic comics that were very good. The final part is the Marvel Spotlight interviews with some of the writers of Cap, that sounded more like a large ad for the reprints of the classic comics, and has no special depth. I liked it very much, but I would preferred more of the one-stand takes by more artists.
March 2, 2009
You just can't have intentionally stupid joke stories next to tear-jerkers about aging soldiers and dead heroes. It's too jarring and takes away from the seriousness of the good stories. The editors did not have the guts cut out the stories that didn't fit, and the result insults one of the best Marvel heroes.
February 3, 2016
There are a couple decent stories here and the interviews (which I only skimmed) might be worth it, but there's too much skippable material here. Most of the joke sections are just terrible, and even some of the more serious bits are more dull than anything else. With a few good stories and the interviews, this one's only for extreme Cap fans.
May 17, 2016
This is sold as a graphic collection with mostly new stories. About half the pages contain new material. Few of these make much of an impression, though a couple were quite enjoyable but not anything I needed to read. Half the book is reprints of stories and interviews and not all that great. A disappointment.
September 21, 2011
For a big anniversary celebration, this wasn't a very good collection. Most of the shorts were ridiculous without actually being fun, and while the reprints were good, they didn't exactly fit in with the rest of the book.
April 18, 2017
I wasn't sold on this at first, and there were definitely some weird entries at the beginning, but wow, did it ever get better. "American Dream" and "Skull and Zemo" are incredible, and I was particularly impressed by the classic selections.
May 19, 2011
AWESOME is all I can really say!
February 2, 2013
awesome and sad Cap stories
March 12, 2013
Struggled with this. There are a handful of good stories, and a whole lot of average/ bad stuff. Far too uneven, and not really worth the effort. Avoid.
May 27, 2016
So many short, short, short stories based around Captain America. Some memories of him from characters, some adventures, some from his point of view.
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