What may or may not be the last day.
Lets hope we are still here tomorrow.
If not, it was fun while it lasted.
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| R.I.P. Planet Earth/ The Human Race |
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Apocalypse 12-21-12
Well, here we are.
What may or may not be the last day.
Lets hope we are still here tomorrow.
If not, it was fun while it lasted.
What may or may not be the last day.
Lets hope we are still here tomorrow.
If not, it was fun while it lasted.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Review! Star Wars, Purge:The Tyrant's Fist #1 (Dark Horse)
COVER: Dan Scott. Very nice painted cover.
STORY: Alexander Freed. Set right after "Revenge of the Sith", Darth Vader is out to destroy all the
remaining Jedi. For some reason this story feels like it is a common place in the Star Wars
universe. A rouge Jedi that is leading a group of "rebels" against the growing Empire. Sound
familiar?
ART: Marco Castiello, Andrea Chella. It seems to me like Dark Horse likes to put rather mediocre
artists on all its Star Wars books. This artwork is no exception. The painted cover is nice, but not
enough. Star Wars deserves better.
FINAL FILE: #1 and DONE!...just did not care enough to see how this one ends.
STORY: Alexander Freed. Set right after "Revenge of the Sith", Darth Vader is out to destroy all the
remaining Jedi. For some reason this story feels like it is a common place in the Star Wars
universe. A rouge Jedi that is leading a group of "rebels" against the growing Empire. Sound
familiar?
ART: Marco Castiello, Andrea Chella. It seems to me like Dark Horse likes to put rather mediocre
artists on all its Star Wars books. This artwork is no exception. The painted cover is nice, but not
enough. Star Wars deserves better.
FINAL FILE: #1 and DONE!...just did not care enough to see how this one ends.
Monday, December 17, 2012
Review! The New Avengers #34 (Marvel)
COVER: Mike Deodato. Nice.
STORY: Brian Michael Bendis. FINAL ISSUE! A "magic" story that re-establishes Dr. Strange as the
Sorcerer Supreme of the Marvel Universe.We also get a hint that "Hero-for-Hire" may be
coming back.
ART: Mike Deodato. I think I have said it before but this guy is one of the best,awesome art. With that
said, we get a few pages of crap. They call it a "jam artist" section. It is done by Chuck BB, Farel
Dalrymple, Ming Doyle, Lucy Knisley, Becky Cloonan, and Yves Bigerel, one page each...one
crappy page each. I don't know why the editors chose to do this because not one of these artists
fits the Avengers "style" or superhero books in general. A $4.99 book should not be the place for
editors to experiment.
FINAL FILE: Buy,Read,Bag it!...its a final issue...for now.
STORY: Brian Michael Bendis. FINAL ISSUE! A "magic" story that re-establishes Dr. Strange as the
Sorcerer Supreme of the Marvel Universe.We also get a hint that "Hero-for-Hire" may be
coming back.
ART: Mike Deodato. I think I have said it before but this guy is one of the best,awesome art. With that
said, we get a few pages of crap. They call it a "jam artist" section. It is done by Chuck BB, Farel
Dalrymple, Ming Doyle, Lucy Knisley, Becky Cloonan, and Yves Bigerel, one page each...one
crappy page each. I don't know why the editors chose to do this because not one of these artists
fits the Avengers "style" or superhero books in general. A $4.99 book should not be the place for
editors to experiment.
FINAL FILE: Buy,Read,Bag it!...its a final issue...for now.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Sometimes, I wish life was like a comic book...
20 kids died in a Connecticut elementary today.
Their little lives never to become big wonderful lives.
Superman did not save the day.
Spider-man did not swing in.
No iron armored avenger to shield them.
No caped crusaders of any kind to thwart the evil villain.
20 little boys and girls.
Sometimes, I wish life was like a comic book.
Their little lives never to become big wonderful lives.
Superman did not save the day.
Spider-man did not swing in.
No iron armored avenger to shield them.
No caped crusaders of any kind to thwart the evil villain.
20 little boys and girls.
Sometimes, I wish life was like a comic book.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
9/11: Evidence of Cover Up
9/11 was "government" made.
I believe we only know about 10% of the truth.
Here is another reason to doubt the "truth".
Two days ago a small plane carrying singer Jenni Rivera and six others crashed in the Mexican desert.
Sadly, there were no survivors. There were, however, remains and belongings recovered. The drivers license
of Jenni Rivera and one of her shoes among the items. Why were none of these things recovered at the flight
93 crash sight ? The Rivera plane was small, it had seven people on board, and it crashed in the middle of
rough desert terrain...yet evidence was still found. Flight 93 had a large plane,with 43 people , and it crashed
in the middle of a populated area...but nothing was recovered. Does this sound wrong to anybody else?
You don't have to be a genius to see it.
I believe we only know about 10% of the truth.
Here is another reason to doubt the "truth".
Two days ago a small plane carrying singer Jenni Rivera and six others crashed in the Mexican desert.
Sadly, there were no survivors. There were, however, remains and belongings recovered. The drivers license
of Jenni Rivera and one of her shoes among the items. Why were none of these things recovered at the flight
93 crash sight ? The Rivera plane was small, it had seven people on board, and it crashed in the middle of
rough desert terrain...yet evidence was still found. Flight 93 had a large plane,with 43 people , and it crashed
in the middle of a populated area...but nothing was recovered. Does this sound wrong to anybody else?
You don't have to be a genius to see it.
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| Drivers license of Jenni Rivera recovered at crash site...looks like it was badly damaged. |
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| Drivers license of CeeCee Lyles "allegedly" found at flight 93 site...its not even dirty. |
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| Out of 43 only 2 drivers licenses were found at flight 93 site where people responded in minutes...1 out of 7 in Mexican desert where no one reached the site for hours. |
Monday, December 10, 2012
Friday, December 7, 2012
Review! Avengers #34 (Marvel)
COVER: Brandon Peterson. Nice shot of Thor.
STORY: Brian Michael Bendis. Final 'Avengers' issue! The Avengers in the micro-verse, taking down
a dictator, liberating a race, and rescuing The Wasp...nice way to go.
ART: Brandon Peterson, Mike Mayhew, Terry Dodson. Good collaboration by a bunch of artists. A
few pinup style shots for the fans.
FINAL FILE: Buy,Read,Bag it!...its the last issue for Gods sake!...until next month of course.
STORY: Brian Michael Bendis. Final 'Avengers' issue! The Avengers in the micro-verse, taking down
a dictator, liberating a race, and rescuing The Wasp...nice way to go.
ART: Brandon Peterson, Mike Mayhew, Terry Dodson. Good collaboration by a bunch of artists. A
few pinup style shots for the fans.
FINAL FILE: Buy,Read,Bag it!...its the last issue for Gods sake!...until next month of course.
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| Original cover |
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| Variant cover |
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Review! Clone #1 (Image/Skybound)
COVER: Juan Jose Ryp. I feel tired just looking at this cover. Ryp has to have OCD to do this kind of
detail and not go insane.
STORY: David Schulner. I don't feel like Schulner gave us anything new in this book. The "clone" story
has been done and overdone so much that unless you have something awesome and ground
breaking to say, don't bother. We don't know enough about the main character to care why this
is all happening to him, and nothing is explained to us. Im not even sure if the lead guy is the chaser
or the chased. Maybe a couple more issues will tell us more but I just dont care enough to buy the
next issue.
ART: Juan Jose Ryp. Let me just start by saying that Ryp draws amazingly detailed backgrounds, too
detailed, way too detailed! He seems to to have a need to fill every single micro-inch of space in
every panel with art. This hurts his storytelling a lot. Its not bad panel to panel work but the art hurts
it by being so distracting. Ryp also needs to take some figure drawing classes. His figures all suffer
from "rubber man" syndrome. There was also one thing that really bothered me. Ryp uses a very
obvious custom Photoshop brush, a series of dots and lines, that he puts on his figures to show
"shading" and it feels very overused. He also relies too much on the colorist for the light and shadow.
All his artwork is lit the same, no blacks at all. If Ryp tones it down a few notches he might actually
be good.
FINAL FILE: #1 and Done...overdone art and "deja vu" story.
detail and not go insane.
STORY: David Schulner. I don't feel like Schulner gave us anything new in this book. The "clone" story
has been done and overdone so much that unless you have something awesome and ground
breaking to say, don't bother. We don't know enough about the main character to care why this
is all happening to him, and nothing is explained to us. Im not even sure if the lead guy is the chaser
or the chased. Maybe a couple more issues will tell us more but I just dont care enough to buy the
next issue.
ART: Juan Jose Ryp. Let me just start by saying that Ryp draws amazingly detailed backgrounds, too
detailed, way too detailed! He seems to to have a need to fill every single micro-inch of space in
every panel with art. This hurts his storytelling a lot. Its not bad panel to panel work but the art hurts
it by being so distracting. Ryp also needs to take some figure drawing classes. His figures all suffer
from "rubber man" syndrome. There was also one thing that really bothered me. Ryp uses a very
obvious custom Photoshop brush, a series of dots and lines, that he puts on his figures to show
"shading" and it feels very overused. He also relies too much on the colorist for the light and shadow.
All his artwork is lit the same, no blacks at all. If Ryp tones it down a few notches he might actually
be good.
FINAL FILE: #1 and Done...overdone art and "deja vu" story.
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| Cover... |
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| Total cover |
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
I be sad now...
'The Walking Dead' is off for a couple of months. One of the best shows on TV. You better be watching!
Monday, December 3, 2012
Film Review! Skyfall
I have never been a huge James Bond fan. I have seen a few of the older films that covered all the actors
who actually played 007. These last few films with Daniel Craig have by far been the best with 'Casino
Royal' being my favorite so far. 'Skyfall' starts oddly with Bond being "shot" by Eve ( who is later revealed
to be the famous Miss Moneypenny!) and is thought dead but is actually living on some island with an
unknown woman (who remains a mystery). He returns only because someone is attacking M and the rest
of MI6. The attacker turns out to be an ex-agent ( haven't they done this before?) named Silva, very
well played by Javier Bardem. For the first time we see a male villain actually "hit" on James Bond in a
strange sexually implicated scene. Silva also gives us the best shocker in the film when he reveals a very
disturbing physical disfigurement that he is hiding very well. This scene gives Silva a very "Joker-like"
feel (next Batman film anyone?) reminiscent of Cesar Romero in the old Batman tv show, but darker. The
film goes on to give us a glimpse of James Bonds childhood and family (Skyfall is the name of his childhood
estate) as he tries to keep M alive. Good film, not the best, it has a couple of slow drag out scenes that
seem to find their way into all Bond films,but worth a look.
FINAL FILE: See It!
who actually played 007. These last few films with Daniel Craig have by far been the best with 'Casino
Royal' being my favorite so far. 'Skyfall' starts oddly with Bond being "shot" by Eve ( who is later revealed
to be the famous Miss Moneypenny!) and is thought dead but is actually living on some island with an
unknown woman (who remains a mystery). He returns only because someone is attacking M and the rest
of MI6. The attacker turns out to be an ex-agent ( haven't they done this before?) named Silva, very
well played by Javier Bardem. For the first time we see a male villain actually "hit" on James Bond in a
strange sexually implicated scene. Silva also gives us the best shocker in the film when he reveals a very
disturbing physical disfigurement that he is hiding very well. This scene gives Silva a very "Joker-like"
feel (next Batman film anyone?) reminiscent of Cesar Romero in the old Batman tv show, but darker. The
film goes on to give us a glimpse of James Bonds childhood and family (Skyfall is the name of his childhood
estate) as he tries to keep M alive. Good film, not the best, it has a couple of slow drag out scenes that
seem to find their way into all Bond films,but worth a look.
FINAL FILE: See It!
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