Monster clue, okay?

Yet another for Curt.

It does ring..

If anyone tries to tell you there is anything in this world cuter than Pocoyo, they are a goddamn liar.

Guy and dolls..

Good to be here..

Dethklok's The Dethalbum debuted at #21 on Billboard, making it the highest charting Death Metal album ever.
I'll be seeing them in Illinois on November 13.
I absolutely cannot wait.
Now go forth..
Go forth and die.

Can I borrow your shirt?

Over at The Drawing Board, I was given a number of suggestions as to different ways I could do this picture of happy little Superman. I tried to quickly implement some of the suggestions I received and here are the results. I'd appreciate your feedback as to which one you prefer... because I love you and value your opinion.

Up here?

Science marches ever closer to Star Trek as "quantum teleportation" becomes a reality.


Just another of the priceless panels from The Irredeemable Ant-Man.
Now don't you wish you'd been buying it?
Don't you?!

I also made some icons for absolutely no reason.

Now, son of Jor-El...

Kneel before Zod.

In the not too distant future..

While you (read : Curt) may recall me saying that the first issue of JLA/Hitman was just okay, I'd like to let you (read : Curt + anyone else) know that the second issue was definitive comic excellence.
I thought of doing one of my "A Series of Images.." posts with this comic, but you really need to read the whole thing to get the full effect.

Also, Curt, you really need to get on that updating your blog thing. I'm anxious.
In return, I will continue to work on our comic.

Very..


very..


slowly.

Get moving..

So, I don't know if I've ever mentioned this on here before, but as you might have been able to discern on your own, I often have a hard time deciding between multiple versions of the same drawing.
Take this happy little Superman for example.

Same picture essentially, but I cannot for the life of me decide which one I prefer.
As always, click on them to view them full-sized and if you have a preference, I'm happy to hear it.

I know it's an important day!

And now, it is my proud privilige to present to you some "highlights" from The Star Wars Holiday Special..

Have I crossed the line?

Curt got me this in San Diego (when we were at Comic-Con) fulfilling my childhood dream of owning the Super Powers Justice Jogger.
If you click on this photo, I've written some notes on it on the Flickr page.
For those of you unfamiliar with Flickr, all you have to do is hover your cursor over the picture and little squares will appear over certain parts of the image.
Those squares then have little text bubbles that pop-up when you hover your cursor over them.
I'm sure you're all familiar with Flickr, but on the off chance someone isn't, I'd hate to make them feel left out.

It's deadly.. to him..

So you say you want to watch Superman Returns, but you have less than 6 minutes to spare.

Luckily for you, I'm here to help.

All through the night..

Which do you prefer?

I've got a GPA higher than Hendrix on New Year's Eve..

Things To Do When I Get Home From Work
1. Change shirts.
2. Make big sandwich.
3. Eat big sandwich.
4. Find a monster movie to put in DVD player.
5. Draw comic until I pass out.

How was she to know..

Can we all agree that Alan Tudyk (of Firefly/Serenity fame) would make a great superhero?
I think we can.
But who?
That is the real question.
It'd have to be a superhero with a sense of humor, that much is certain.
Couldn't he be Blue Beetle or Booster Gold?
Ok, that's really all I have on the matter.

Dear DC Comics,
Why haven't you made a poster of this?

I mean, it really seems like Mr. Smith went out of his way to provide you with this perfect poster opportunity.

The way I want it to read..

Party Til You Start Freaking Out.

My father will never forgive me...

I really loved The Irredeemable Ant-Man, so, as you might have expected, Marvel cancelled it.
Marvel said the book wasn't selling well enough.
Hence my drawing up there for all of you who weren't buying it.
Anyway, and now for what I'd like to call, "A Series of Images Illustrating Why You Should Have Been Buying The Irredeemable Ant-Man".
The following is pages 15-17 of issue #7.



If those three pages don't convince you this was a great book, I don't know what will.
The first six issues of this book were collected in an inexpensive digest-sized trade already, with the collection of the last six issues coming shortly.
I also did this version of that picture with some color in the background.

I couldn't decide which one to use, so I figured I'd just put them both up here for you to decide.
By all means, let me know which you prefer.

We're a totem pole..

The most bizarre commercial for a razor I've ever seen.

I'd also like to let everyone (specifically Curt and Joe) know that I finally got around to reading JLA/Hitman #1.
It was okay.


Check out this girl's awesome Wonder Woman sweater!
It only took her 14 months to make it.

Just one more kick..

So, I never saw that awful looking Balls of Fury movie, but Tuesday night I did watch Ping Pong.
As you might already know, table tennis is a big deal in Japan.
That poster might make the movie seem kinda silly, and parts of it are, but it's more a "coming to terms with who you are / what friendship means / light drama" kind of movie than a comedy.

Anyway, the point is I really liked it.
While I was watching it I found myself thinking, "I'm going to have to do some fan-art for this to put on the blog."
Here is that fan-art.

This is the main character, Peco.
My goal when drawing this was to get it done as quickly as possible without too much thinking so that I could go to bed. To that end, my goal was accomplished.
His arm is intentionally very long, but (stylistic choice or not) I think I went a little too far with it.
I'd be lying if I said I hadn't already started thinking about doing more fan-art with this movie's characters.

I think I know how he felt...

If anyone knows who's responsible for this, please let me know.

Certain stars..

UPDATE!
I went back and added a few captions to all of the pictures from the Brit #1 "A Series of Images.." entry just below this one. (Editor's Note : You have to click on the photos to see the captions.)
If you don't care for what passes for humor or commentary around these parts it's okay to skip it.
It's not much of a value add, but it's there, so I figured you should know.
Just in case.

It's kind of a rough one...

And now for what I'd like to call, "A Series of Images Illustrating Why You Should Be Buying Brit".
The following panels are all from Brit #1.
As always, click the pictures for a closer look.


All the introductions you need in two handy dandy captions.
Also, you'll notice Brit is climbing out of a dinosaur's mouth... I mean, I don't know what else to tell you.


Brit may be invincible, but that doesn't mean his clothes can't be Snuggle-soft.
(I know that sentence has a double-negative in it, but I have no idea how else to say that.)


And you wouldn't like him when he's angry.
Not to mention, I think we can all enjoy a good Bill Bixby quote.


Now there's a t-shirt slogan just waiting to happen!
How badly do you think Mark Millar wishes he'd written that line?
I'd bet real, real bad.

And if that wasn't convincing enough, Newsarama has the entire first issue up for you to read at your leisure.
The first issue is available in finer comic shops everywhere and the second issue came out today.
So there you have it.
Go buy Brit!

UPDATE : I made a Brit icon.
For absolutely no reason.

Give your soul to us..

It's kinda Starro-esque.
This is what happens when I draw something without thinking too hard about what it's actually supposed to look like.
I have a mini-comic to finish, but after that or in addition to it, I have a big undertaking I've been thinking about doing for a long time that I think I'm going to have to finally start. I think my hand may be forced.

And give away absolutely nothing..

Thor #3.
Page 15.
Or as I like to call it, "The Best Page Marvel Comics has published in a Long Time."
This page is following Iron Man finally getting his ass very throroughly kicked.
I could just post awesomeness from this issue for the rest of the week.

Who's here?

I was out way too late last night drinking gin and singing karaoke with some of my fellow Legionnaires.
I got like two hours of sleep before I had to drag my ass to work, head still slightly swimmy with alcohols.
I feel not so great.
But I will push on, for you, and update.

And now for what I'd like to call, "A Series of Images Illustrating Why You Should Be Buying Invincible".


The following panels are all from Invincible #45.
As always, click the pictures for a closer look.



Nolan's growing as a person. I mean, seriously, look at this guy's character arc from issue one to now. From Superman archetype to murderer to traitor to planetary savior to deserter to prisoner.. and that's leaving out a lot and doing what I did mention no justice whatsoever.


Allen the Alien is one of the most likeable characters in comics. Ever.


Look at him playing possum!

And most importantly..

Inter-species bred, super-powered, purple alien children in this comic use correct grammar.

Know what else is incredibly impressive?
None of these images featured the star of the comic.
Robert Kirkman has created a wealth of supporting and secondary characters and then fleshed them out so deftly that this book could easily be Mark Grayson-less for months without losing any momentum.
Well, that's what I think at least.

UPDATE : I forgot to mention that none of this book's greatness would be possible if not for how well Mr. Ryan Ottley draws the thing month in and month out. The guy does big time comic action, unbelieveably brutal violence, humor, tender emotional moments, and all points between in equal levels of absolute awesomeness.

So there you have it.
Go buy Invincible!

Queen - The Hero

Stayed up one time.. (Updated)

Seven posts no one cares about in two days?!
Clearly I've gone "Content crazy".

Anyway, I've finally got all my birthday photos sized, edited, uploaded, and annotated for you to check out.
All you've got to do is click on that picture up there.
You'll see pictures of things I got, the birthday party that was held on Friday, and then photos from my actual birthday on Monday.
I'd also like to take this time to say that my Friend-Set is the best.
April is bestest, prettiest, sweetest, make me feel special-est girlfriend ever.
Extra special thanks to Curt, Sean, Joe, Clayton, Bonnie, Joel, Edward, Lynn, Nathan, Katie, James, and anyone else who helped organize or helped make my party a lot of fun.
I apologize to all of the people (of which there were many) who were at the party that I was too drunk or too busy partying to remember to take pictures of. (Dangle there you lousy preposition!)
So, yeah, I hope you enjoy them.

UPDATE : There were some perfectly nice and pretty pictures of April in that set that she didn't like so I had to delete them. I tell you this only because I want you to understand why there are no pictures of April.
Also, based on which pictures have been looked at (ie. the ones James is in and the one of the Dwight bobblehead), I know that at this point Maggie is the only person who's checked them out.

There it is, get it!

The world must have been turned topsy-turvy (a hyphenated word I absolutely love), because both April and Sean have updated their respective blarghs.
I really enjoyed both of their posts, and you might too, so go check it out.

In reference to my previous post about watching Godzilla : Final Wars last night, I had to try to explain Godzilla and his inherent and total dominance in the field of awesomeness to April.
I was amazed to find she was not aware of Capital G's greatness.
Even more amazing though, was that she didn't know anything about Godzilla besides that he was from Japan and she could pick him out of a line-up.
At one point during the opening credits he let loose with a blast of his patented Atomic-Breath which elicited a confused and incredulous "WTF" from April.
I had to explain to her that Godzilla is like the Superman of monsters.. in that he's the best.
To which she replied, "Couldn't you also say he's the worst, then?"

I was hellbent...

I saw Godzilla : Final Wars again last night, and in celebration of this I'm reposting my musings on the flick from my inital viewing way back in February 2006.

Enjoy!



Other notes while watching Godzilla : Final Wars....

- Monster X is one of the best giant monster designs I've seen in a long time.
- Gigan v2.0 may very well be the worst monster design/redesign ever.
- Mothra is really fast, but quite vulnerable.
- Anguirus makes a great soccer ball, and the G-Man is quite a goalie.
- Ebirah learned quite harshly that Godzilla is not a fan of seafood.
- Godzilla has similar feelings towards pollution. Poor Hedorah.
- Zilla (or G.I.N.O. as some people call him) looked great. Toho can do some mighty fine CGI.
- King Seesar is as cute as a puppy sometimes.
- Though it was neat to see King Ghidorah, I hated how he ended up in the movie. As an aside, I think it's ridiculous that KG is one of Godzilla's most powerful foes.
- Mothra ain't going out like no punk ass bitch.
- I hadn't really been familiar with Manda before this flick, but I feel like he/she/it should be much more popular in Japan.
- Almost every scene that doesn't feature a giant monster is completely worthless to me.

In conclusion, Godzilla : Final Wars was awesome!

Trunk full of stuff...

Do any of you have Netflix?

Without even trying..

And now for what I'd like to call, "A Series of Images Illustrating Why You Should Be Buying DC's Black Adam Mini-Series"
The following panels are all from Black Adam #2.
As always, click the pictures for a closer look.


Black Adam is using the entrails of an abominable snowman he's just cut open with a big knife to bungie down a cliff to retrieve his backpack.. which holds the bones of his dead wife.
To be completely honest, I don't think I should need to show you anything else.
But I will because I love you.


Superman stops one bullet by grabbing it and stops the other bullet that bounced off of him with his heat vision.
Superman is not just faster than a speeding bullet, he's faster than TWO speeding bullets and he's got a good sense of humor about himself.
Oh, and he has laser eyes!


Just click on it.
I really miss Doug Mahnke drawing JLA right about now.


Look at Black Adam's beautiful teeth.

And there you have it.
Go buy Black Adam.

With all sincerity..

Me : At the 2:50 mark on that song it becomes the greatest thing ever.

Maggie : It's so triumphant.

Me : The harmony at the 3:10 mark is enough to make rainbows explode.

Maggie : Hahahaha. You should write music reviews. Get a job at The Flyer or something on the side.

Me : Haha. Yeah, where I just review the Flash Gordon soundtrack every week.

Well then let's still do that...

So over at Newsarama there's a preview up of the next issue of The Flash.

Following the preview is a good bit of debate over Daniel Acuña's art.

A lot of the people posting in Newsarama's forums don't care for his art for some reason. I don't know that the Newsarama forums are any kind of indication of the real feelings of the entire comic buying populace, but it's still really surprising to me that everyone isn't a huge fan.
I wonder if the people who don't like Acuña are the same people that defend the artistic ability of Michael Turner or think Ed Benes' Justice League looks incredible.
I think some people are scared of how Acuña's art isn't just black lines with colors then neatly applied inside those lines. Comic fans tend to be a cowardly, superstitious lot.. wait. Comic fans seem to be afraid of changes. New things. Things that are different. As far as comics go, I mean.

I wonder if Newsarama had been around back when Alex Ross hit the scene if people would have been complaining about his take on the Human Torch not being red with black lines all over him the way Kirby did it.

They were on to you..

I'm eating tiny microwaved hot dogs.
They aren't particularly great, but they were free (thanks Maggie!) and I have zero (literal) dollars at the moment.
I brought a Dr Pepper from home though, and it's pretty good.
I've been swallowing so much mucus or whatever head fluid is leaking down the back of my throat that my appetite hasn't been great over the last few days. The half eaten Pop Tart on my desk from this morning will attest to as much.

I read "If you're bored, you're boring" on someone's blog or Myspace profile or somewhere on the internet and immediately fell in love with that sentence.

Pictures for Sad Children is real and hilarious and fantastic. I met John at Comic-Con. He was easy to talk to and friendly. He gave me a free comic and then I bought some. Then he gave me a comic to give to Joel.
John, if you're reading this, I gave that comic to Joel for you. Mission accomplished.

I could write songs for They Might Be Giants all goddamn day long. Why not just write them for myself and then perform them? We've already got one They Might Be Giants. I'm pretty sure that's as many as people want.

Action Button reviewd the game, God Hand, and gave it 4 out of 4 stars. Their "bottom line" on the game was, "God Hand is 'Beat them up. Beat them all the way up.'"
I could not be any more interested in playing this now.
Even though I never get to play video games anymore.



I've completely forgotten the other things I wished to say.
I'm going to try to have the birthday post up later today, so feel free to check back.
Maybe there'll be a picture of you.

makes a lotta sense..

1) Birthday post after I get home from work.

2) Where's the update, Sean?