Have some comics journalism (NO REALLY!)
Jul 15Those bemoaning the lack of serious, investigative journalism in the comics industry should read Van Jensen’s piece for this week’s edition of PW Comics Week, the Publishers Weekly comics-centric e-mail newsletter. It covers the situation at Platinum, and it’s a great piece of reporting.
Batman vs. ABBA
Jul 14If you’re reading this site, chances are you realize that a certain big blockbuster film starring a certain crusader what is caped opens on Friday.
You may not realize, however, that it is not the only movie releasing to theaters. In a stunning bit of counterprogramming, the ABBA musical adaptation Mamma Mia also hits screens on Friday.
There’s no question that The Dark Knight will trounce all competition and reign supreme over the July 18-20 frame…or is there???
A Perfect Sentence on Shark-Man
Jul 12“You hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth in the seventh game of the World Series to win the game for your team while eating Steak Diane and drinking Waikato Draught (the world’s best “regular†beer) or perhaps Wisconsin Belgian Red (the world’s best “specialty†beer) and as you round the bases, you happen to have sex with 1990-era Sherilyn Fenn and then you trip over the autobiography of Jesus as you round second base and then at third base your base coach tells you that you’re the first-born love child of Bill Gates and he wants to leave his entire fortune to you. That’s what reading three issues of Shark-Man is like. Only reading three issues of Shark-Man is even better.”
(Courtesy of Greg Burgas in his weekly review column for July 10 at Comics Should Be Good)
You Light Up My Ass
Jul 11The new monorails at Disneyland apparently place supercool blue LCD lighting right where it belongs–at ASS LEVEL.
(via MiceChat)
Clones Have Feelings, Too
Jul 07I’m trying to keep an open mind about The Clone Wars…
Okay, who am I kidding? I’m not sure if I even give two shits about The Clone Wars. But I’ll go see it opening weekend. Such is life as a Star Wars geek these days.
Anyway, here’s a featurette. The story/character elements are intriguing; the animation? Still looks like ASS. On a movie screen, it will look like BIG ASS.
