April 2011
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“A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.”
– Jebediah Springfield
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And I Helped!
I forget how I first heard about Kickstarter.com, but I think that it was at least briefly before my Stock*Pile cohorts and I considered using the site to help fund a graphic novel that we never got around to putting together. For those who haven’t heard, the idea behind Kickstarter is that people who can’t afford to make their dream project come true ask strangers to help them get...
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CGS Super Show 2011
This weekend I will be attending the Comic Geek Speak Super Show in Reading, Pennsylvania. This will be my first comic show viewed from behind a table attempting to sell merchandise, rather than in front of various tables buying things. I’ll be there to promote the release of Mercury and the Murd volume 3, which is written by Mike Imboden and features 40 pages of art by yours truly. MatM...
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Wednesday Haul: 4/27/11
New books I bought this week:
Amazing Spiderman #659
Captain America #617
Danger Girl/Army Of Darkness #1 - I’ve bought a few Army Of Darkness comics in the past, and they were all pretty bad. What can I say? I’m a sucker for Danger Girl.
The Mighty Thor #1 - Olivier Coipel art? That’s all I need to know.
The New York Five #4
RASL #10
Venom #2 - Rick Remender + Tony...
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Last night I drove to Baltimore to hang out with...
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Hero Worship: James Stokoe
After becoming obsessed with Brandon Graham a few years ago (as discussed in a previous Hero Worship), I read through his blog, where I kept running across the name James Stokoe. After seeing how much Graham raved about him, I decided to order both volumes of James’ comic Wonton Soup. Much like Brandon’s work, I immediately loved how fun, insane, refreshingly original Stokoe’s...
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What I'm Watching: The League season 1
Opening Remarks:
I don’t like football and I don’t even understand how fantasy football works, but a few people have told me that I might somehow enjoy this show, even though it centers around those two subjects (you know who you are). I have heard interviews with some of The League’s stars on various podcasts over the past few months, but having never seen their faces in...
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The Sidetracked Podcast Episode 157 - Blood 'N... →
Episode 157 Topics Include: - Rian’s personal history of John Carpenter’s The Thing - An aside on Stephen King - The Thing and The (new) Thing - What we’ve been watching - Featured Review: Chill Factor
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Bridges by Courage My Love
I first heard this...
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What I'm Watching: Scream 4
What I Liked:
- The nostalgia factor. Movies like this one and other teen slasher/horror flicks from the 90’s were my bread and butter in my youth. I have very fond memories of the first Scream, so it was very cool to see Sydney, Dewey, and Gail Weathers at it again.
- The cast. Beyond Neve Campbell, David Arquette, and Courteney Cox returning for a 4th go-round, the newer, younger...
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What he said:
intodecember:
Say Anything - But...
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Wednesday Haul: 4/20/11
New books I bought this week:
Dark Horse Presents #1 - This is the return of Dark Horse’s long-running anthology series which birthed, among other creator-owned properties, Hellboy and Sin City. I was excited for this series before, but Richard Corben’s involvement is what really had me foaming at the mouth for this issue. There is a lot of content in DHP #1, but if the series...
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“That’s not a Peep-mobile…that’s a Volkswagon Beetle with a big...”
– Jacob Rhodes
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“Everything’s too P.C. now to have anything in it’s ass.”
– Jesse Munoz on talking Elmo dolls.
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In The Year 2085
ME: "If I live to be 100 years old, I will get to see the 100th anniversary remake of Ghostbusters."
JARED: "If I live to be 100, I'd see the 100th anniversary remake of 'UHF'."
ME: "If I live to be 100, I'll still never have seen the original UHF."
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Chicks With Steve Buscemi's Eyes →
This website is going to give me nightmares.
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What I'm Watching: Hanna
What I Liked:
- The music. It seems that a recent trend among filmmakers has been getting well-known contemporary artists to score your movie. Trent Reznor’s work on The Social Network and Daft Punk’s on TRON Legacy immediately come to mind. The Chemical Brothers’ score for Hanna was easily the most constantly impressive and satisfying part of the film.
- The visuals. While...
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“I didn’t forget Rian’s birthday card. Kathy is your wife, but your...”
– My grandmother, to my father, on why she didn’t send me a birthday card.
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The Sidetracked Podcast Episode 156 - Back At... →
Episode 156 Topics Include: - P.J’s Hob-Vlog - Meandering movie discussion - This week in trailers: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, Abduction - What we’ve been watching - Featured Review: Sonicsgate
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God damn, I need a scotch on the rocks.
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I Hate Rain
I arrived at the comic store today to find a chaotic scene. Due to all the heavy rain we’ve had over the past few days, a section of our roof began leaking, which resulted in this:
The silver lining on this cloud is that the majority of the merchandise that’s damaged consists of Star Trek, Stargate, and Battlestar Galactica action figures that we’d be lucky to ever sell....
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WatchThis video brings a smile to my face and a tear to my eye. Those are three years of my life that I wish I could re-live all over again.
greenskyzero:
finally the uncensored class of 06 video
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"What...does...Yakko Warner LOOK like?!"
Everyone’s seen this poster for Pulp Fiction before, right?:
It’s iconic, it’s eye-catching, and in general it’s pretty damn cool. You may or may not have seen this next image before, which is one of the 13 variant covers for Gen 13 #1:
Aside from the fact that the model portraying Roxy on that cover looks way too old to be her, I always thought that it was an awesome...
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Wednesday Haul: 4/13/11
New books I bought this week:
Amazing Spiderman #658
Hellboy: Buster Oakley Gets His Wish - I generally only buy single issues of Hellboy if Richard Corben draws them because I’ll eventually end up with them in trade paperback anyway. I couldn’t pass up a book drawn by Kevin Nowlan, though. The story in this issue was a little too silly in my opinion, but the art is not to be...
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Liefeld + Mignola = Awesome
I originally discovered this topic on Jesse’s blog.
I did not know that Mike Mignola drew an issue of X-Force. As can be expected, it looks pretty awesome.
However, there’s another wrinkle to this phenomenon. For this issue, Mignola worked from layouts by Rob Liefeld.
Some panels are more faithful than others, but it’s still pretty cool to see how the art translates from...
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James Bond Movie Posters
Seriously loving that From Russia With Love poster. Great style, and it’s my favorite Bond film. Kinda jealous. Then again, you can buy one from Amazon for less than 2 bucks…
intodecember:
I first saw this From Russia With Love poster Friday night at Johnny Rad’s and I became kinda obsessed with it. It’s just so cool. I love the drawings, layout, style, and typography. While...
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Happy Birthday, Mom
I baked a spice cake with butter cream icing for my mother’s birthday, which is tomorrow (two days after mine). It took me a little while to get the hang of the icing gun thing I bought, so the letters look kind of shitty. I think some of the flower-ish things turned out alright, though. Check out that guy in the bottom left corner. Not bad, right?
Since my father won’t be home...
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WatchI’ve got a pretty big DVD collection, but I’m seriously jealous of Mother-Fucker Mike’s selection. I’ve got a lot more common films that you’ve probably heard of, whereas Mike’s collection consists of a lot of obscure titles and rare box sets.
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The Sidetracked Podcast Episode 155 - Pointless →
Episode 155 Topics Include: - 4 more minutes of Green Lantern - Everything you never wanted to know about stink bugs - What we’ve been watching - Featured Review: Sucker Punch
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WatchThis is one of my favorite Angry Video Game Nerd episodes. In this installment, the Nerd talks about a whole mess of old Pong consoles. I love it when James drops a bit of a history lesson in with his game reviews like this one.
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