A crisis so severe..

There are also a lot of ridiculously awesome things to be found on ebay.
Here we see a page of original art that features Superman heat-vision blasting a werewolf in the face.

Put the keys into the car..

There are a lot of weird things to be found on ebay.

Hang 'em high...

Along with the Young Neil article on Savage Critics, this is the finest meditation on/exploration of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Universe I've read so far.
I highly recommend reading both it and the comments section if you've already read Vol. 5.

Autumn got dark..

A friend of mine just emailed me and told me he'd finished Scott Pilgrim Vol. 4 last night and that he'd really enjoyed but that Scott's stupidity almost got to be too much at points.

Immediately I thought, "Wait.. Scott's not stupid.. is he?"

I think it's not that he's stupid, it's that he's equal parts naive, obtuse, and self-involved. On a different character, those characteristics would make him the villain or completely unlikeable, but Scott is endearing because he doesn't engage in any of the acts that reveal those characteristics intentionally.
Sure, he's a selfish jerk sometimes, but it's not because he means to be. It's that he just has a hard time seeing the world beyond his world.

What do you guys think?

I need you to buy my CDs so I can buy food..

Speaking of Tyler Perry, did I ever tell you guys about the time back when I was managing a video game place that some jackass came in being really obnoxious (no exaggeration, at one point he started playing a harmonica really loudly.. and poorly), and claimed the person he was shouting to on his cell phone was Tyler Perry?
Did I ever tell you that story?

Well, now I have.

I am odds & ends, but that's me..

I walked into my office this morning and saw these two boxes waiting for me beside my desk.
Pretty awesome way to start a Monday.

I will make of you..

Sign me up.
More here.

This ain't a scene..

Man, Werner Herzog was right about this comic!

The Sentry has suggested you take a picture.
I would be inclined to heed his request.

Everybody look at me..

Freddie Mercury made a surprise appearance in Invincible Iron Man #10 as a trace subject model for Salvador Larroca.


I smell a meme coming on..



Care to join in?

Don't need nothin'..

Check out Christian Faur's incredible crayon art.

Nobody can know the trouble I get into..

Zhinxy is going to do it.
She's going to review EVERY issue of the Knightfall story (from Batman comics (from that most terrifying of times for comics, the 90s)).
I applaud her for this, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't also fearing for her sanity.

Feels so good to know two people..

This shirt is too cool for me not to share it with you and it is on sale today only at TeeFury.

Don't worry even if..

Someone at Toys R Us is going to get fired once that movie comes out.

Ridin' down the highway..

Another toy that couldn't fit on the Superman shelf.
Several notes and a full explanation are just some of the wonders available to you should you choose to click on the photogrpah.

Show me the way you move..

And now, a panel from The Invincible Iron Man #10...

First we must return to the Watcher..

IT CAAAAAAAME FROM THE BATMAN SHELF!

All things they want you..

JLA: The Obsidian Age, Book One by Joe Kelly

My review

Rating: 3 of 5 stars

The first half of Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke's second story arc on JLA.
Read this last night.
It's been a little while since I read "Golden Perfect", but I'd say Kelly has a more comfortable (if not slightly better) handle on the characters here.
Still nowhere near the heights the team would reach with "Trial By Fire" (http://hiptoday.blogspot.com/2008/02/shell-see-im-not-so-tough.html), but you can see that they're a good creative pairing.

View all my reviews.

If you say we're not alone..

Cracked.com's Dan O'Brien's Diary of a Confused White Man.

I've gotta back her up..

In addition to hanging out at The Bronze, I'm also working on a Batman shelf.

The kind of bark you want..

Just for Jason, here is the other side of my Superman/Batman bank.

Ever since then..

Things that don't fit on the Superman shelf : Part 2.

There's something else though..

Things that don't fit on the Superman shelf : Part 1.

Many are fine..

Would anyone care to look at my incredibly annotated Superman shelf?

That is a lack of oversight..

Oh, Shocker Toys, who the hell are you trying to kid?
More here.

You make me smile..

April got our pal and super-artist among mere mortals, Joe Quinones to do yet another Superman riding Devil Dinosaur for my birthday!
I cannot believe it's taken me this long to post this as it is unbelievably awesome.

Most of the planet..

- I watched Kung Fu Panda last night and was completely surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Definitely a huge step up in quality on pretty much all levels from every other Dreamworks animated feature I've seen.

- I am completely addicted to the free demo of Galactrix.


- The UK Watchmen site has an old school Minutemen arcade game that looks pretty awesome.

Who dresses like a panther..

If you are on this blog, looking at this with your eyes, chances are you will enjoy listening to this band with your ears.
As if the subject matter alone wasn't enough to make this something worth checking out, the art for the album is by Jim Mahfood and internet-coloring-superfriend, Justin Stewart.

Thank you, Sean..

I want to go to there.

Every single holiday..

The Flash is basically great at running.

This is a sketch of The Flash I did at karaoke one night.
Then the incredible Justin Stewart was kind enough to drop some CMYK on it. (That's colorist lingo, right?)

I wish I could do better..

If the whole of Australia has to catch on fire for pictures this cute to be taken, so be it.

I don't want to look at any pictures now that are purporting to be cute unless they are framed within the context of Australia being on fire.

Well, I guess we better run..

It continues to be a thing!


Babs tells us what to do courtesy of zhinxy from Every. Issue. Ever.

If I can take a fire..

COMIC REVIEWS IN UNDER A MINUTE!


Amazing Spider-Man #585
Character Assassination Part 2 of 4
Writer : Marc Guggenheim
Artist : John Romita Jr.

Wha happa?
HEY KIDS!






COMICS!

And the verdict is?
If you like seeing Spider-Man get the shit kicked out of him, this is the comic for you!

You never want to go on the streets alone..

I saw this as I was walking down the action figure aisle at Target the other day and thought I'd fallen backwards in time.

If they don't like him that way..

Yes.
Just yes.
February 24.

Rising in the east..

I call this photo, "Now that's how you get my money, Hasbro."

Put two and two together..

Lousy phon-tography I know, but has anyone else seen these?
Apparently it's been 25 years since the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were created and to celebrate this, facsimile editions of the original TMNT action figures (same packaging and everything) are being sold at retail establishments that deal in such goods. (I don't know why I phrase things the way I do.)

He is professional..

Man, I have been a terrible blogger as of late.
If you're reading this, then I think you know this is totally unlike me.

Apologies.

I know I've said this before, but the fact of the matter is I just have most of my free time wrapped up in Let's Be Friends Again.

Speaking of which, here is a preview of today's yet to go up new strip!

Doesn't that make you want to read more, tell your friends, and send us money?
I bet it does.
After our foray into reality-altering, Grant Morrison enamorizing comics that few understand, we're back to weird, dark, "funny" comics that few understand.

Joking aside, I'm really amazed and thankful for the level of success we've had with the comic in such a short period of time, and I know that's due in no small part to you (the person who is reading this) and people like you who have been kind enough to check us out and tell others that we're worth their time.

That is a thing which is awesome, and I hope it continues.
Making comics with Curt continues to be one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, but knowing that what we're making is making other people laugh or smile or whatever is a specific kind of good feeling that's hard to describe.

What do you say..

I'm officially terrified of Japan.

This a number one champion sound..

I'm told there's some kind of football game this weekend.

Within that context, this is the best video ever.

Bad language though, so get the kids out of the room.



The guy at the end of that is my new hero.

When I was a child..

My (spoiler free) thoughts on Final Crisis #7 :


You said it.

This comic (with it's one penciller and SEVEN inkers) really illustrates what a difference an inker can make.
I'm not sure who inked which parts, but I do know that while the whole thing essentially looked drawn by Doug Mahnke, the quality shifted wildly from inker to inker.
I know that has nothing to do with the story itself which is what people really want to talk about when it comes to Final Crisis (right?).

Well, as far as the story goes, I liked it.
Would I have liked to have seen more of some characters or to have had a little expansion of some of the scenes? Yes. Very much so. But I know that's not the kind of story Grant Morrison was trying to tell, and having read all of the interviews he's done about the book, I understand and appreciate what he was going for, so I can't fault him for the choices he made.
Well, I could, but I won't.
Ultimately, it comes down to the fact that I think Grant Morrison knows what he's doing a lot better than I do. I mean, I'd never even heard of "superluminal" speeds before Final Crisis.

Timothy Callahan has done a fantastic analysis of the entire series here, and if you're interested in intelligent comic discussion I definitely think it's worth your time. I generally feel that way about everything Timothy Callahan writes though, so maybe I'm biased.

The most pressing question on my mind now is how will DC follow up on all of the ideas Morrison introduced or concluded in this series. While I think that not running with some of the balls he was playing with (this was a terrible choice of metaphors) would be a huge waste, the idea of writers of a lesser quality or vision mucking up his ideas (read : Countdown) seems just as bad.

So where does DC go from here?

Thoughts?

I just assumed..

"I'll buy almost anything as long as it's shiny and made by Apple."

You have something you want to tell me..

According to my friend Joe, Hal's "gonna be every color before it's over".

The sales were uncovered by the press..

You shouldn't be exerting yourself like that..

The Federal Drug Administration has approved the first human trials of embryonic stem cells — a sign of a new, liberal attitude toward stem cell research, which was hamstrung by the Bush administration.
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