Watchmerch: The Comedian's Funny Halloween

Watchmerch: The Comedian's Funny Halloween

Jan 26

What kind of asshole–what KIND of ASSHOLE–will be dressing up as the Comedian next Halloween???

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Can you just imagine that douchebag staggering up to you at a bar on October 31, 2009, breath reeking of the stale booze he’s been chugging since noon, slurring out that speech about killing the pregnant lady in Vietnam and how “the real joke is getting in your pants, baby”?

Jesus.

Lunch Bag Art

Lunch Bag Art

Jan 26

Lunchbag Art
I’m not a dad, nor do I prepare lunches for anyone in a paper bag, but I’m inclined to pick up the pencil again and get practicing, just in case I need to try and be even half as cool as this guy.

Mighty Jean Leads to Toy Brainwashing

Mighty Jean Leads to Toy Brainwashing

Jan 15

Previously, I documented my probably-futile attempts to squelch a potentially dangerous Mighty Muggs obsession. Since then, I’ve given in a tiny bit. I bought the wee Skrull. Someone gave me Pissed-Off-Yet-Still-Cute Princess Leia to go with Chewie. I’m trying to be selective, but I won’t lie — I get a tiny thrill when I can somehow justify purchasing yet another piece of adorably-molded plastic.

Thus my heart skipped a beat — several! — when I saw the magic words “Wave 6: Cyclops and Jean Grey.” I can absolutely justify that purchase. I can justify it several ways, with charts and graphs and excruciatingly detailed essays, and then I can pose them holding hands (well, sort of, all the Mighty Muggs have their digits frozen in a closed-off, claw-like position) and beating up the cute Skrull.

Then I clicked over and saw the picture and the Jean Grey is sort of…weird-looking.

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Image from MarvelousNews.com

Like, I don’t know, they can’t get the hair right in this form? Or the shiny smile is perhaps a little manic-looking?

I paused. I thought. Maybe I shouldn’t buy this? Maybe being selective means only purchasing character representations you find absolutely perfect, even if it’s one of your FAVORITE CHARACTERS OF ALL TIME and you want to own ALL REPRESENTATIONS, even the not-perfect ones?!

But, then…okay. I went looking for this image to include with my post and when I looked at it this time, I thought it was kind of cute. Have I been somehow toy brainwashed? Am I trying way too hard to convince myself? Was I just plain wrong in my initial impression? And the lopsided-grin Cyclops is pretty cute regardless, right?

Matt's Fave Comics 2008: The Rest, Part One

Matt's Fave Comics 2008: The Rest, Part One

Jan 13

I had great ambitions of writing about like ten or twelve different comics over the course of a couple weeks, and I’m looking at my little “best of” list, and I’m thinking, shit, lemme just get this out of my system. Writing about comics is generally something I WANT to do well more than I actually DO well, so let me pretend to be Jog for a few hours and you can either indulge me in my fantasy, or ignore me and move on.

So, yeah–some GREAT comics in 08, party people! Here’s my previous two entries, and here’s part one of the rest…

Grok #4: Potentially Awesome

Grok #4: Potentially Awesome

Jan 12

We’re very keen on doing our part to ensure that 2009 kicks a ridiculous amount of ass. Part of this will involve homemade shirts featuring our all-time favorite fanfic fantasy pairings (watch for Jeff’s “Edward Cullen + Havok: 4-Ever Angst” tee at NYCC!). The other part is making more issues of Grok.

If you’ll recall, Grok is our little PDF zine about nerd stuff. Check out the sidebar for further explanation. Every issue has a theme: Grok #3 was “Nameless Horror,” which means everyone who read it had countless nightmares about monster ticks and the suspiciously delicious hashbrowns at the Arkham Waffle House.

For #4, we’re going a little more game-y and calling it…

Extra Life.

And! And! We want you to contribute. Write something, draw something, whatever. Check out previous issues for an idea of what we’re looking for. And remember that the theme can be interpreted as broadly or as specifically as you choose.

If interested, please drop a line to fangirl@earthlink.net, tell us your idea, and take us from “potentially” to “definitely awesome.”