Summer of Unmatchable Hustle

After a summer hiatus, I now come back to bring you my noodnik sense of cool. That guy in first place my hustle is like his unmatched

Mailbag

Every now and again I get interesting questions, whilst I sling books. So I figured I’ll start answering them blog style so all of you can share in my awesome insights.

Last Wednesday (06-04-08) I got the comment/Question of

Q: I was reading Hellboy and I noticed that in early sketches of the character he had more of a superhero and in the comics he has very sunken shoulders. What up with that?

Well here’s the deal, from reading interviews with Mike Mignolga he based Hellboy’s persona around every boy’s first superhero his pops. Mike’s dad was a cabinet maker who routinely witnessed other guys getting nails stuck in their hands and getting 15 inch shards of wood as splinters. His dad would come home and tell him about it, and be all casual about it.
What does this has to do with Hellboy’s sullen shoulders? Well it’s simple, Hellboy acts the same way, he treats the work he does like a job. In the movie he’s more of an unsung hero and not like comic Hellboy who’s just a blue collar working stiff. His posture reflects this. You ever have to wake up early for school or work and the first words out of your mouth is just a string of obsenities? Imagine if your job was to deal with weird bastards who want to use magic to bring about the apocalypse, or watching your fish buddy get shot by a monkey? That’s this guys life, it seems more taxing than heroic. That’s why I think Hellboy is awesome he’s not angst ridden sissy he’s a man’s man, there’s no time for that crap.


Some one came in recently and asked me point blank this question (06-11-08)

Q: What’s going on in X-Men?

A: Four words: The fuck if I know.


See you at the shop...

Quick...

So it's 12:05 am Wednesday morning, I stumble across Tila Tequila and there is only one phrase that can describe my feelings towards this show and Tila Tequila herself...

What a self indulgent whore...

that is all.

I usually try and have a picture of something to keep everyone who reads this thing at least visually stimulating. but no right now I'm terribly upset at everyone who made this "See You Next Tuesday" famous


Go to Hell

Community

Like most things in life when you get enough people doing something, it kind of becomes a community. I started blogging cause of my boy Neil Parbhu. Then I started reading Massacre Mike K's then Tim started his blog, then Jon Ho. We're all into similar stuff but every blog is unique.

If you're looking for cool we got the market cornered now there's a new (to me) blog that belongs to an old skool friend of mine Steph! Her art is wild, and I think you all know my affinity for art. I'll keep adding to the list of cool people who do cool blogs.


Also There will be a crazy post about stuff tomorrow...

Since i can't think of an image that works i'm just gonna put something cool to look at

Looking Forward...

So the tide has turned on DC comics. Two years ago the lead up to Infinite Crisis is all the rage, OMAC's were all around, magic itself was tearing itself apart, B-List villains were fighting against the big boys and alian wars were tearing the galaxy apart. All fronts were being assulted and the three greatest heroes were at each others throats. Weather its bringing back the multiverse or destroying it, Infinite Crisis, One Year Later and 52 were some of the most inventive things in comics, it's never been seen, the years of planing the almost Marvelization of the villains and the big creative teams. DC was at the top of it's game and I bought in, I was a big supporter of this new wave of strong editorially controlled comics, I welcomed back the iron fist of the Jim Shooter days. Then they got some top talent writing books. Kuberts, Richard Donner, Terry Dodson and a whole mess of guys who write stories that we all enjoy. Then they just stopped producing. How do you have Adam and Andy guys who were the go to guys over at Marvel and then they stopped working. So all the crazy good stories and creative teams just never showed up.

Over at Marvel the cock and bull wild west antics of free range writing and late books was super shitty. With the exception of anything written by Bendis and Brubaker, editorially it was a mess. (I'll save talk about Marvel for later.)

The tide has turned, over at DC continuity had become greed, and what started out as the cool idea of weekly comics turned into weekly comics with fifty million off shoot books. Countdown... alright i can buy in. Countdown To (Adventure/Mystery/What the Fuck Ever) at 3.99 a book and eight months of your life that's when the riot begins. Some of the stuff is good, but wholly unnessisary in the grand scheme of things.

This Final Crisis better pay off, The art will be strong, it's J.G. Jones. I have no idea what to expect from the writing, Grant Morrison is good but a little off kilter at times, what happens when you give him control of the crossover that's gonna decided what happens at DC for the next year?

There will be some good coming out of this, there is something good coming in August, a three issue mini written by DC mastermind Geoff Johns and drawn by George Perez. SUPERMAN AND THE LEGION OF THREE WORLDS is gonna kick some serious ass. Over the past year Superman Prime has become one of the coolest villains because he is fanboy, he wants to kill what he doesn't like and hates the multiverse, and when he's rolling three world's deep with the baddest of the bad... FUCK YEAH! This is gonna be sweet. I think Geoff Johns is the only guy who can handle a company wide crossover. He knows the history he knows the characters and man if anything the real awesome comes in August, but we're gonna have to hold out keep the faith and read whatever crisis is thrown at us, or we can read about the Cylo-- I mean Skrull invasion...



See you at the shop.

By the way, I have it on good authority that Camron is a Skrull. Do with that you will.

Finally! Something Worth Posting About!!!!

One of the biggest thing to me about NYCC this year to me was footage from season 3 of one of the best cartoons to hit planet earth ever, and no ignoramus I do not mean Family Guy, I mean real cartooning, cartooning that rolls big with laughter and just awesome. VENTURE BROTHERS!!!!!* So cause it's 2 in the morning and I'm wide awake and excited without further adew the trailer!

IMPORTANT DAY!!!

April 2nd is more of an important day than any of you think, now when you think of this day historicaly in 1513 Ponce de Leon created spring break by discovering Flo Rida, I witnessed two groups get verbally raped in tech class but above all these things there are two birthdays that are very important.

First, Sir Alec "Obi-Wan Kenobi" Guinness was born today in 1914 and he's awesome not just because he was the trainer of Skywalker's, but this guy was a man's man he served in WWII and the British Royal Navy, it's just funny how he wanted to get killed cause he thought Star Wars are going to be a bomb, but nevertheless he kept up and turned all ghosty and watched his boy Luke grow up, and really if you look at the prequels as the story of Obi-Wan, drop kickin Jango Fett, and cutting Darth Maul in half what a badass! Alec Guinness died in the year 2000 but today is a day we should celebrate this guys status and the man who taught us all the ways of the force.

Also! The hottest girl in the universe was born today Roselyn Sanchez. Now I don't know much of her work, i remember her from 'Rush Hour 2' and yes, I'll admit that even watched 'Boat Trip' cause she was so friggin hot! I'm assuming that her 'heynow!' is so beautiful that it'll melt your face like the Ark of the Covanent.

Oh yeah and Secret Invasion #1 shipped today, with an awesome start to the story, and cleaned up art by Francis Yu. Top friggin notch! I'm actually a fan of his New Avengers work sketchlines and all, but his retro clean style works really well in what I'm hoping will be the awesome crossover of the summer.