He's the goddamn Batman.

2 Guys Buying Comics want to help you get to know Batman better.
If I were you, I'd go do it.
I mean, I did, and it inspired me to not only tell you about it, but to post this old Batman I did with Steve-O waaay back when.

It's just how it sounds...

Easy does it, easy does it..

Sleestak offered up this reality check a week or so ago that made me laugh, so feel free to check it out.
His take on Superman also amused me.

Whoo!

Another 5 Reasons Toy Fair 2007 Was Rad : MINIMATES Edition!


1. Multiple Spider-Man centric lines, including our first Todd McFarlane Spidey.


2. BACK TO THE FUTURE!




3. DC MINIMATES ARE GO!


4. Marvel Zombies! Our first Minimates with exposed brains and bones.


5. For A Few Dollars More. This means I'm actually going to own a Clint Eastwood Minimate. I cannot tell you how exciting that idea is to me.

Overcome by the need..

Oh, I almost forgot!
The most jaw-droppingly awesome thing I saw in a comic this week.


Luke Cage ain't afraid to kick a chick in the taco.
For real.
Wow.
This actually happened in a Marvel Comic with Avengers on the masthead.
The stones on Bendis, right?

Oh, also, no group of people or super-people even remotely resembling "The Avengers" appear anywhere within the pages of New Avengers #27.

I mean, these guys look like a fun bunch, but they are in no way anything like "The Avengers".
So, you know, just an FYI kind of thing.

If you wanna do it, do it right..

Let's talk about Black Panther.
The Reginald Hudlin-New Marvel's Trying Too Hard To Make Him Important By Constantly Shoving His Total Badass-ness Down Our Throats-Black Panther as featured in Marvel Comics' Black Panther Volume 4 Number 24.
(This "down our throats" strategy is also working out great for DC with Supergirl, btw.)
I hate this comic, and I hate how it makes me hate Black Panther.


Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence, Carlton. Now do that stupid dance.
You can have him be a "badass" without writing every other character he runs into like a sycophantic fanboy/girl.

You know what else this comic taught me about Black Panther?

GROSS!
So he's into old ladies (Storm's grandma in this instance) and dirty underpants?
So what does he do with dirty underpants?


Oh.

But it's just girl's underpants, at least... right?


Wow.
So he's using his incredible flexibility and agility to flip face first into Captain America's ass?

Bravo, Marvel. That's certainly a more surprising character revelation than the phony affair with Photon you tried to fake us out with in this issue.

Risin' up...

Just messing around in CS2 on my break at work.

Christmas in February!

5 Reasons Toy Fair 2007 Was Rad


The best animated Joker figure ever.


Aquaman says, "Just let me throw an anchor at it!"


Space, it seems to go on and on forever. But then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you.


SHAZAM!


Finally a Madman figure that's worth a damn. Snap!

There'll be more of these Toy Fair 2007 awesomeness updates.

Also, it's worth noting/mentioning that I've replaced Thor's Playlist with a much grander in scope chrishaley approved! playlist. I hope you enjoy it.

It bears repeating.

About as good as comics get as far as I'm concerned.
I don't really feel like I need to go into too much detail, as I'm sure anything I'm going to say has already been said by someone else out there in the comics-blog-o-verse... I'm still going to though, because I loved it so much.


Bully really has the right idea. Go read about it and then do your part.

Ain't talkin' 'bout love.

So, it's St. Valentine's Day yet again.
Back in 2004, I believe, I cut all ties with this holiday, opting instead to celebrate Daredevil's Day every February 14.

The idea being that it's still got the same red color-scheme and getting and giving Daredevil related presents is a lot more fun than flowers or stuffed bears.
Also, I try to wear a Daredevil shirt if at all possible... and I mean, I've got two, so it's usually possible.
Feel free to jump on this bandwagon before it gets away from you.


I mis-saw one of those candy hearts in a box and thought it said this.
A lot more fun than what it actually said.
Anyway, for those of you who'd prefer or more traditional Valentine's Day sentiment from me, I suppose I can oblige that as well.

Imperius, etc.

Paul Maybury has done an awesome redesign for Namor over at Project Rooftop.
Go look at it.

Love is all around.

Joel has made probably the best Valentine's Day comic present ever.
Even cooler is the fact that I got to watch him draw most of it.

Wait, you're not Superman.

DH over at CapVsBats has put up a pretty funny parody of The Return.
Check it out.

Do you like good music?

So I added a playlist from Finetune.com over there to your right and then down just a bit.
Go ahead.
Click on it.
Get it going while you're perusing my business.
I don't even mind.
It'll make your visits here more enjoyable.

At the moment, it's THOR'S PLAYLIST.. in that it's songs Thor demands be played loudly. Hard rock, metal, really upbeat stuff. You get the idea.
The odds are very good that I'll make another one just below it that features good music that doesn't have to be listened to at any particular decibel level.

Seriously, give it a listen so that I haven't wasted my time making and embedding it.

http://www.finetune.com/playlist/1348664
That's the plain link for it should you want to check it out that way.

Oh, and by all means, if you make your own playlist let me know in the comments section.

In honor of Thor having his own playlist, here is a drawing of everyone's favorite God of Thunder. Sorry, Gene.

Shock me.

If you're ever in Cleveland, OH and in need of comics, this is the place I'd recommend. It was the best of the 4 or 5 I got to visit while I was there to see Sloan.


I also found that, if possible, it's good to have Ernie around to keep an eye on your things.


If you're in Cleveland and want pizza, I cannot possibly recommend Rascal House enough. It's downtown near CSU and I'd punch someone in the face right now to get to have lunch there today.


I didn't get to go to the science place pictured here, but it certainly looked like fun.


I also didn't get to go on this huge ship.

However, I DID get to go here...

I feel great, I feel fine.

So here's a very quick, but slightly more polished version of my take on a Robin costume redesign.
Dean Trippe and I got into an "argument" over whether or not Robin has to have the color green in his costume.
I say he does.
The tunic and green in the original version of his costume (as well as the weird slippers, I suppose) are what tie him to Robin Hood. Design-wise at least.
I may be wrong, but since I was a wee-tiny chrishaley, it's been my belief that the codename/heroic identity of the original Robin was equal parts small bird and English folk-hero.
Am I alone in this belief?
So yeah, my design would bring back the red tunic, only now it would be over a green full bodysuit as opposed to a short sleeved quasi-unitard.
I completely agree with the current Robin costume that there's absolutely no reason for Robin's arms or legs to be bare.
I also kept the black gloves and the high collared black cape with yellow interior.
I didn't draw them here, but I planned on using some kind of cross between Robin's current boots and the version he wears on the animated Teen Titans.
This is officially far more than I intended or wanted to write about this little sketch.
My apologies.

Again with this.

Kasabian - Club Foot (Live)

My mornings are full.

So here are two versions of Boo Berry I did in vector last week.
I can't decide which version I prefer.
I based it off some sketches I saw on someone else's blog, but I can't recall where for the life of me.
If you know, let me know.

Born to run.

So here are three versions of the same thing. It's a sketch of The Flash that Mike Wieringo posted on his blog. I decided to take a stab at coloring it in the slap-dash style I'm fond of lately. The first take is just flat colors. For the second I added a little more detail. The third is what my colors look like without the linework.
The end.

Don't start me talkin'..

Blur - Oliver's Army (Live)
Minus Story - Hybrid Moments (Misfits Cover)
Switchyard - Hybrid Moments (Who knew this was such a popular cover for ladies and piano?)