Classic Cartoon Network commercial featuring the Super Friends and the Powerpuff girls
9/6/10
I've enjoyed the EC Archives Shocksuspense volumes.
They really do feel ahead of their time, but thats probably based on my prejudices and uninformed views of the the 1940's and 50's. As I've been exposed to more from the era (in literature, movies, and comics), I've found that it wasn't nearly as conservative as I had been led to believe. It's not just in the horror and crime genre either; I've been collecting The Complete Dennis the Menace, and there's as much (if not more) sexual content and undertones then modern mass newspaper strips. But the point of this is to say the EC books are really good, but are seemingly going back out of print very quickly so if you like horror, sci-f, war stories, adventure, crime...give them a try and do it fast. I'm hoping the out of print volumes will come back (like Tales of the Crypt and Weird Science vol. 1), but because of money issues I can't be certain.
Shocksuspense is my drug of choice because of the variety; there's four comic stories in each, a horror, crime, sci-fi, and a 'wild-card' shocksuspense story. These don't really fit into any one mold and are usually the best of the issue. The first one from issue 1 is Yellow (turned into an episode of the Tales From the Crypt tv show) about a father in the military dealing with his sons cowardice in battle. Another of my favourites is called The Patriots, which focuses on blind patriotism and its costs. Despite coming out in 1952, these stories in particular teach the same lessons today that they did almost 60 years ago. Anyway, EC books are awesome, find them if you can, even if its just to read them once.
Shocksuspense is my drug of choice because of the variety; there's four comic stories in each, a horror, crime, sci-fi, and a 'wild-card' shocksuspense story. These don't really fit into any one mold and are usually the best of the issue. The first one from issue 1 is Yellow (turned into an episode of the Tales From the Crypt tv show) about a father in the military dealing with his sons cowardice in battle. Another of my favourites is called The Patriots, which focuses on blind patriotism and its costs. Despite coming out in 1952, these stories in particular teach the same lessons today that they did almost 60 years ago. Anyway, EC books are awesome, find them if you can, even if its just to read them once.
Aborted Series Sketches
Artist name is now lost to me :/ Jeff Kipnis from Lightning Squirrel? I don't think so...A little sci-fi/comedy story about a sea-side small-town sheriff that falls in love with a mermaid and has nautical adventures. For some reason I had it placed on the west coast, and I never do that!
Supergirl by Dean Trippe
This is one of several sketches I've had done, this one from Megacon 2005. http://tencentticker.com/deantrippe/
9/5/10
Looney Tunes Back in Action
I've been into Golden Age cartoons a lot lately, watching a lot of Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry, and reading about the characters and their creation. While reading the history of Porky Pig I found out that WB was picketed by the National Stuttering Project for the example being set, and that he was in the Back in Action movie complaining about how hard it was for him to be pc (along with sometimes pariah Speedy Gonzales). Well, based on that alone I had to see this flick.
Overall, I was pretty happy with it! Its a funny movie with some great character moments, and its full of Warner history and cameos and call-backs. Like Scooby and Shaggy threatening Matthew Lillard to do a better job playing Shaggy in the next movie.
And Daleks, because Steve Martin lobbied for them! This whole scene is FULL of classic aliens.
There's a lot to like here if you're a Looney Tunes fan, and I suggest you check it out. Its got enough slapstick for kids and enough homages and gags that any adult would enjoy it too. And while I didn't talk about him much, this is really Daffy's movie, and he gets more time then any other toon. As a Daffy fan, I really appriciated that!
I know i just posted a picture of Locklear and used sexy in the sentence twice, but I can't resist posting an image of the REAL sex appeal from this movie:
Th-th-th-thats all folks.
Overall, I was pretty happy with it! Its a funny movie with some great character moments, and its full of Warner history and cameos and call-backs. Like Scooby and Shaggy threatening Matthew Lillard to do a better job playing Shaggy in the next movie.
And Daleks, because Steve Martin lobbied for them! This whole scene is FULL of classic aliens.
The cast is good, with the already mentioned Steve Martin, and small or bit parts by Timothy Dalton, Peter Graves, and Ron Pearlmen. The one to catch my eye was Heather Locklear as a sexy assassin, sexily dancing with truly creepy/awesome live-action Yosemite Sams.
There's a lot to like here if you're a Looney Tunes fan, and I suggest you check it out. Its got enough slapstick for kids and enough homages and gags that any adult would enjoy it too. And while I didn't talk about him much, this is really Daffy's movie, and he gets more time then any other toon. As a Daffy fan, I really appriciated that!
I know i just posted a picture of Locklear and used sexy in the sentence twice, but I can't resist posting an image of the REAL sex appeal from this movie:
Th-th-th-thats all folks.
9/4/10
Donald Duck as an emblem of war
309th Fighter Squadron
438th fighter-Interceptor Squadron
531rst Bombardment Squardon
415th Night Fighter Squardon
9/3/10
Grand Theft Auto: Marvel
'Marvel Adventures' is an all ages line from Marvel Comics, so most people automatically assumed it was dumb and for kids. What they really were was mostly self-contained stories set in a loose-continuity world where fun, exciting stories could be told; stories like this one where Dr. Doom steals Johnny's car.
In short, Doom feels his property was taken by Reed so he is simply exercising his rights to take it back. The Fantastic Four invades Latveria and we get a funny look into the college days of Reed and Doom.
Great stuff from Jeff Parker, who of course now is tearing it up in the Marvel U proper. If you like being entertained, you can do worse then tracking down these backissues.
9/1/10
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