Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Friday, June 17, 2022
Sunday, June 12, 2022
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Machete Kills (Me)
Now that there's all this new Star Wars content out there, I've been trying to put together my own "Machete Order" for watching the series. It's harder than I thought. For one thing, I haven't seen all of it. For another thing, I'm not sure whether or not "chronological" is the best way to go about organizing the Star Wars saga, or if it's better to look for thematic parallels and such and not sweat the timeline too much.
Anyway, here's what I've come up with so far; your assistance is greatly appreciated.
Essential SW:
- Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back, the Despecialized Editions.
- The Phantom Menace (you know you love it)
- Attack of the Clones
- The Clone Wars cartoons (the boring cgi ones AND the kickass Tartakovsky series, don't sweat the inconsistencies)
- Revenge of the Sith
- Special Edition Return of the Jedi (for the Hayden Christiansen ghost, not the stupid song and dance at Jabba's palace)
- Mandalorian
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Rebels
- Book of Boba Fett
- Solo
- Rogue One (I know people love it, but I can't decide if it's mandatory or not)
- The Disney Skywalker Trilogy
- Droids and Ewoks animated series
- Holiday Special
- The Wilford Brimley Ewok shit
- Donnie and Marie
- The Muppet Show
- The Muppet Babies
- Star Tours and Captain EO
Monday, May 23, 2022
(It's not Sonic)
Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers 2022 is pretty good if you like reference humor.
For all the cameos and Easter Eggs one legit made me shout "HOLY SHIT IT'S ********" in front of my entire family, so I guess that's high praise.
Monday, May 16, 2022
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Quick, while there's still time!
Don't forget to head to your local comics shop to get the Fantagraphics Free Comic Book Day offering:
Great stuff, Fantagraphics has done it again!
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Heel Vs Heel Match
Florida Votes To Strip Disney Of Its Special Tax Status
Taxpayers could be footing the bill, because it's not like Disney or Ron DeSantis gives a shit about you.
Saturday, April 16, 2022
Saturday, April 2, 2022
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Friday, March 18, 2022
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
It's the walkout. Don't you know about the walkout?
Some are born with greatness, others have greatness thrust upon them... In the bathroom.
Friday, March 11, 2022
Whatever Happened To The Adventure Capitalist?
This is a good overview of the long, tortured history of the Disney comics licenses.
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Monday, March 7, 2022
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Trumpolino?
Can someone who speaks Italian hip me to what this is all about:
It's not just me, right? |
Google Translate helpfully provides the following:
Description
A volume full of mysterious adventures, in which Mickey also pays homage to Martin Mystère, the detective of the impossible who turns 40 in April, with Topin Mystér and Orobomis the walking city: an electrifying homage-story proposed here for the first time since the first publication! Triumph of dynamic drawings in Mickey and the fantastic mister Magic and Mickey and the case of the "transmuter". Finally, surprise entry into the team also of the irrepressible Donald Duck in Mickey Mouse and the Ghostbusters.
Some Googling suggests it is an homage/ parody of a comic I've never heard of, Martin Mystere, which apparently was translated by Dark Horse at some point.
I'm seriously considering doing the Duolingo or some other kind of online language tutor just to figure out what the heck goes on over there.
Monday, February 28, 2022
The Reviews Are In!
Galactic Starcruiser An Expensive Nightmare
This hotel combines two things I can't get enough of, claustrophobia and improv!
"Yes, and"... |
You'd have to be stupid not to drop five grand on a windowless immersive experience requiring a cellphone app! And as we all know, Star Wars fans are some of the kindest, most empathetic, non-gatekeeping, inclusive fandoms out there, so there is absolutely no way any of this could backfire.
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Crashtastic
Finally got my mitts on a copy of Crashpad by Gary Panter:
So far so groovy; I'm reading it one strip at a time, stopping whenever I get to a signature. Panter is one of the all-time greats.
A+ Recommendation
Sunday, February 13, 2022
Mazes and Monsters
This is actually a cool idea for all the Gnome Artificers out there:
Gonna steal some of this for my next DND session.
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Cracked, Baby!
The Cracked Magazine Twitter account posts classics sometimes, like this one by Lou Silverstone and Gary Fields:
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
Monday, January 31, 2022
Epic Fail
There's some interesting Disney-adjacent stuff in this old back issue of Epic Illustrated, Marvel's answer to Heavy Metal:
The main draw is a comics adaptation of the original Gelfling, Elric of Melnibone.
Then there's the Fraggle-esque Doctor Watchstop by Ken Macklin:
There are lots more Heavy Metal and Epic scans on the Internet Archive, if that's your thing (it's definitely my thing).
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Crypto-Zoo
Don't sleep on this exciting opportunity! For the low low price of 3,000 Disney Dollars you too can gain entry into the elusive Enthusiastic Primate Legitimate Businessman's Club! (TM)
U Can't Funge This |
Impress your neighbors! Launder your cash!! Venmo me before the bubble bursts and you're stuck with a useless tulip!!!
Sunday, January 16, 2022
Welcome To My Puppet- Themed Sketch Comedy Musical Variety Show
Everybody knows Alice Cooper was a guest of the Muppets:
But did you know that Kermit returned the favor by guesting in Alice's own Marvel comic?
Here he is, joined by the Hulk and the cast of Popeye:
From Marvel Premeire #50
Lots of great scans and commentary here, courtesy of Bully the Little Stuffed Bull.