Friday, June 30, 2006
More silly links
Ever wonder when your favorite TV show started to suck, or would you like to share your opinion of when said event happened?
JUMP THE SHARK!
JUMP THE SHARK!
Thursday, June 29, 2006
LUGOSI!!!!!
I just watched the original Dracula again last night and then, while surfing the net found this!!
Bela Lugosi!
Soooooo cool.
Bela Lugosi!
Soooooo cool.
Movie adaption
Whoo.
I just signed on for a cool one-shot movie adaption.
Hopefully I'll have a cover done in time for San Diego Comic-con.
More on this as it develops!
I just signed on for a cool one-shot movie adaption.
Hopefully I'll have a cover done in time for San Diego Comic-con.
More on this as it develops!
Monday, June 26, 2006
DATABASES!
Just a few neat links I found.
I always thought that the comic book industry needed an online datbase, and through the help of some friends I found out there are actually two!
www.comicbookdb.com
www.cbdb.com
And in the realm of politics, I always wondered if there was a database of elected officials that listed where they stood on the issues and what do you know!
http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm
Internet... I love you.
I always thought that the comic book industry needed an online datbase, and through the help of some friends I found out there are actually two!
www.comicbookdb.com
www.cbdb.com
And in the realm of politics, I always wondered if there was a database of elected officials that listed where they stood on the issues and what do you know!
http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm
Internet... I love you.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
NEXTWAVE!!!!!!
Has anyone else been reading this series? IT IS FANTASTIC! HOO-HAH! I haven't found a book this hilarious in years, and the art on it is AMAZING!!!! I'm familiar with both the artist Stuart Immonen and the writer Warren Ellis's work, but I've never really followed either one. Imagine my surprise when an impulse buy at my local comic shop, turns into one of my new favorite books of all time!
I've been buying them since the series started, and I finally found a chance to sit down with the first five issues and read them all in a row and I gotta say... I was blown away. Each book just gets better and better!
Striking a balance between comedy and action, cheesyness and reality is not an easy task, it's like walking a tightrope, one misstep can send you tumbling into the abyss of one genre or the other. But Ellis's scripts are pitch perfect and seem almost effortless, something that is so impressive to me that I'll be forced to track down his previous work.
Of course the book itself would only be half as awesome if Immonen was not handling the art chores. He's adopted a new art style for this series and I couldn't think of a better artist to work on these stories. Simplistic, but dynamic. His lines are awe inspiring even without colors or word balloons. That's not to say the colorist and letter of the book aren't top notch either, because they are, but I saw some early pages on the net and knew right away this book was going to be great.
So do yourself a favor and pick up these books, which, in my opinion, are some of the most creative/enjoyable comics to come from the mainstream press in a long long time.
I've been buying them since the series started, and I finally found a chance to sit down with the first five issues and read them all in a row and I gotta say... I was blown away. Each book just gets better and better!
Striking a balance between comedy and action, cheesyness and reality is not an easy task, it's like walking a tightrope, one misstep can send you tumbling into the abyss of one genre or the other. But Ellis's scripts are pitch perfect and seem almost effortless, something that is so impressive to me that I'll be forced to track down his previous work.
Of course the book itself would only be half as awesome if Immonen was not handling the art chores. He's adopted a new art style for this series and I couldn't think of a better artist to work on these stories. Simplistic, but dynamic. His lines are awe inspiring even without colors or word balloons. That's not to say the colorist and letter of the book aren't top notch either, because they are, but I saw some early pages on the net and knew right away this book was going to be great.
So do yourself a favor and pick up these books, which, in my opinion, are some of the most creative/enjoyable comics to come from the mainstream press in a long long time.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Minimum wage!!!!! Heee-YAH! *whipcrack*
Hey all,
Sorry I have not been posting a lot lately, I've got a lot of pots on the fire here, but nothing really boiling at the moment. (At least nothing boiling that I can post on the internet.) So instead of me constantly ignoring my blog because I've got nothing new to show, I'm going to start posting more opinion stuff about what's going on in the world of comics, politics or whatever strikes my fancy.
Sort of a gut reaction, to my honest feeling, quickly followed by the need to hear other's opinions afterwards. (this means you)
So here goes... Let the ranting BEGIN!
The first issue I'd like to ramble on about is the minimum wage.
The Senate, just today, voted down a chance at raising the minimum wage in this country . A bottom rung wage that has been set in stone since 1997 (up from $4.25 to today's standard $5.15 back then.)
It was voted down today, in order to keep businesses from having to pay their employees more and risk going out of business or be forced to lay-off workers... and that's a valid point. But, I can't help but feel that ten years is a long time to go without raising the amount of money that employers are obligated to pay their employees.
The simple fact is everything costs more now then it did then, even comic books skyrocketed in price since 1997! I believe comics ten years ago were about a buck or a buck fifty a pop, now they are getting up close to $4! And believe me that extra coin isn't going to directly to the creators. The price of comics has gone up because the price of printing and other services, like everything else, has also gone up.
Now I'm not saying, I think we should raise the minimum wage so people can buy more comics. (Although, that would be nice.), I'm just using it as an example. The price of gas alone is enough in my eyes to warrant some type of increase, but that may just be me.
Anyone reading this agree or disagree? Comment away!!!
Sorry I have not been posting a lot lately, I've got a lot of pots on the fire here, but nothing really boiling at the moment. (At least nothing boiling that I can post on the internet.) So instead of me constantly ignoring my blog because I've got nothing new to show, I'm going to start posting more opinion stuff about what's going on in the world of comics, politics or whatever strikes my fancy.
Sort of a gut reaction, to my honest feeling, quickly followed by the need to hear other's opinions afterwards. (this means you)
So here goes... Let the ranting BEGIN!
The first issue I'd like to ramble on about is the minimum wage.
The Senate, just today, voted down a chance at raising the minimum wage in this country . A bottom rung wage that has been set in stone since 1997 (up from $4.25 to today's standard $5.15 back then.)
It was voted down today, in order to keep businesses from having to pay their employees more and risk going out of business or be forced to lay-off workers... and that's a valid point. But, I can't help but feel that ten years is a long time to go without raising the amount of money that employers are obligated to pay their employees.
The simple fact is everything costs more now then it did then, even comic books skyrocketed in price since 1997! I believe comics ten years ago were about a buck or a buck fifty a pop, now they are getting up close to $4! And believe me that extra coin isn't going to directly to the creators. The price of comics has gone up because the price of printing and other services, like everything else, has also gone up.
Now I'm not saying, I think we should raise the minimum wage so people can buy more comics. (Although, that would be nice.), I'm just using it as an example. The price of gas alone is enough in my eyes to warrant some type of increase, but that may just be me.
Anyone reading this agree or disagree? Comment away!!!
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