Flabergasted, and Discombobulated

This week is hard, between Captain America, Y:The Last Man, Batman, Green Lantern and Ultimate Spider-Man there is just too much goodness to be singled out. So what I'm going to do is talk about nothing until my brain is re united with my skull... hopefully this will be soon or we're all in trouble.

This One is For Chris Ho

If there's two things that Heroes World Alumni and funnyman loves it's Steve Carell and The Rock the international trailer for "Get Smart" which stars BOTH these actors has just hit. Rumor has it Chris Ho has just exploded with anticipation.


You can see the video... at this link


http://wbads-63.vo.llnwd.net/e1/wbol/uk/movies/getsmart/get_smart_tlrf2_qt_500.mov

Hot Water Art

Now as many of you know I am a huge fan of all the good that comes out of deviant art, even though there is a ton of people who A.) can't draw and B.)post odd psudo-porn pictures of cartoon characters (I'm not going to post any, find it yourself). Tonite while watching Arrested Development I was link hopping from Tim Townsend (kick ass inker) and like Moses coming down from the mountain I bring you some links that will make go damn! I'll start with some artist you may know, and remember this is an ongoing process so everytime i find something i'll hit you cats up.

Lets Begin!

Ed McGuinness

http://skage.deviantart.com

LeSean Tomas (Designer for The Boondocks)

http://lesean.deviantart.com

Tim Townsend

http://timtownsend.deviantart.com

Rico (Colourist)

http://whoisrico.deviantart.com

Ferd Poblete (former Dreamwave inker and you can catch him at the Heroes World when he buys his books)

http://callmepo.deviantart.com


The secret is you check out their art and then you check their favorites the rest is easy.

this is the kind of stuff you eventually find when doing such things (see top)

REVIEW!

Serious Books!

This week hit hard, with Marvel pumping out the books with huge titles to round out the end of this month. lets start with...


Ultimates 3

Now for the second installment of Joe Mad's return to comics they jump right into the fray, showing just how damaged Hawkeye is, to the point of him being shooting at and picking on sixteen year old Spider-Man, also some good character development behind him when all he seems to care about is protecting his new family. With good action and some nice art and set up it makes for a fantastic read.

Now On to the Problem. I don't know what Cockamammy idea Mark Millar put in Jeph Loeb's head but Captain America is such a square. Might as well call him 'Four Corners' and this guy has the time durning a fight with a malicious killer (Sabertooth) to talk about the 'moral decline in America' I hate to use internet speak but WTF! The design of the book and the story move well, but using Mark Millar template for characters was a bad idea.

Other than that I decree this to be a decent read.

sorry people, I gotta get to class

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Lots of stuff... Yet Nothing at all

So much has gone on today, and there's a bunch of knowledge I'm getting ready to drop on you, and like a fool i didn't drink a coffee tonite.

so I'll hit this up tomorrow. also cupcakes are delicious and i plan on dreaming of electric sheep.

Oh! who thinks cult status is abound for The Dark Knight? i mean everyone was looking forward to this movie anyways but toss on a death attached it only increases hype.

Oh!2 Drop dead Chuck Norris, you're a hairy redneck and why should anyone listen to you about who should be elected president.

Oh!3 I'm going to read some serious stuff, and report back to you all tomorrow. as well as all the research I'm going to be doing on sleep.


I can't think of how to end this half ass post so ladies and gentlemen i give you...

David Bowie

Living Under a Rock

So I was reading the other day that, every one's new screen writing darling Diablo Cody and the hit she wrote 'Juno' may not be as original as everyone thinks. There's a Korean movie called "Jenny Juno" which is a about a Korean dude named Juno who knocks up his girl and has to mature and the like to take care of this. I'm not saying that Diablo Cody lifted this idea, but it seems to damn similar to not be an influence in some way. Of course most of you won't care because Juno made you feel smart and nice in that coming of age sense, so does Squid and the Whale and really that was a better movie. I'm not gonna lie, I am an elitist when it comes to media, if you're on the same page as me which i know most people who read Vertigo comics, watch movies that aren't at a Cineplex, and listen to music that's not on the radio are, doesn't it seem a little peculiar that there are two movies with similar subject matter and really have characters with the same name in it and it's NOT an adaptation.

Diablo Cody has responded to this on her blog (is it me or does everyone have one these days?)

"Unbeknown st to me, we had another spiritual cousin out there, a Korean movie called "Jenny, Juno", This time, the cousinry goes one step further and the movie is about--seriously--a pregnant teenager and her cute, sweet boyfriend. (The guy character is named Juno, not the girl.) There's no adoption subplot and apparently the film is otherwise dissimilar to mine, but how fucked up is that? I bring this up because a journalist drilled me about it recently--awkward!--and also because I saw someone on our IMDb board wondering if Juno was a remake of the K-flick. So for the record, 1.) it isn't a remake 2.) I haven't seen 'Jenny, Juno,' though I want to now, and 3.) I don't think anyone would even bat an eye about this if my film was called Jenny. The name Juno is just so darned distinctive that confusion is inevitable"


Confusion? I dunno... if you're getting into film (which i hope to do someday) you try and get your hands on anything you can get, and if you can adapt something you'd do it. because we all know that Reservoir Dogs is just an adaptation of a old John Woo movie. Doesn't make it shitty, it doesn't make Tarintino any less of a filmmaker, it's just something if you're really into film you know.

This probably won't affect Diablo Cody in anyway, this Ex Titty Bar dancer is too damn hot and with Ellen Page and Jason Reitmen backing her she has nothing to fear. It's not like they throw you outta Hollywood if you adapt things. Just admit you've at least heard of it, because as we all know the Interweb is a merciless place where loudmouthery rules.

Oh and by the way, I enjoyed Juno, but really the script was decent but the directing and the soundtrack rocked the hell out of that bitch!

If you haven't seen Thank You For Smoking and you're giving Bigups to Juno you're only proving to me that you're one of the ruiners of all things cool.

See you at the shop!

What's Wrong With You!

Out of all the books that aren't being read, the thing that pisses me off the most is that the new Action Comics story isn't being consumed on mass. We're three issues deep into it and Heroes World still has first prints of Action Comics #856.


The team is solid, you got Geoff Johns rockin' the words and Gary Frank being kick ass on the art, and as of right now it's monthly. SHOCK!

Now for all those who don't like Superman you can go suck a lemon. For those of you who understand that you can still tell a good story with this classic character here's the rundown.

The story is titled "Superman and the Legion of Superheroes" starting in the 30th century with a dying planet and a couple sending their last son off to the world that made way for the galaxies greatest hero. Good call right? but when the baby gets there and some sterile couple in Kansas find it and they do what any responsible earthling would do when an alien baby lands with no one to take care of it... Kill it!

That's just the prologue the rest of the story deals with Superman having to go back to the 30th century (he hasn't been there since he was like 15) and the crazy thing is the sun's red now and also the Legion are rebels because some dick weed said he found proof that Superman was from Earth, and aliens suck.

With art that makes you believe that Superman is real, and a story that just won't stop everyone who's not reading this should be.

As far as why this is actually a good an relevant story it's kind of obvious when you look at the world today. History is written by the victor and people who did bad things to get to good places become heroes, and a hero's legacy isn't what it was due to manipulation. If you don't know what I'm talking about just look at how and who was slandered by the republican party in the last two elections.



Post Script: This is the first of what i hope to be many entries. Thanks to Andrew "never wrong" Wright and the rest of my peoples.


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