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03.11.07 by Widge @ 4:02 am  Boing Boing points out a really cheeseball comic adaptation of William Gibson's Neuromancer, the grandfather tome of cyberpunk. This is impressive: I had never heard of this, and the 80s is when I was scary into comics. Gibson responded to Boing Boing about this, and yeah: the art is kinda sad. Categorized as: Comics
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03.05.07 by Widge @ 9:06 pm  Sometimes I miss doing full-on comic reviews. And then I read something like Chris, over at his Invincible Super-Blog, where he beats the comic Banzai Girl with a metal yardstick...and I know true peace: Essentially, it's the late-night Cinemax version of Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld, but starring Space Cheerleader Jinky, who rolls around in a "liquid metal battlesuit" blowing things up with a space-bazooka, which inevitably causes her skirt to blow up and reveal her Liquid Metal Battlethong™. Amazingly, this is actually less fun to read than it sounds. Awesome. Read the whole thing. Categorized as: Comics and Stimuli
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03.05.07 by Widge @ 7:08 pm  Even better than the last bit we posted of Baker's, regarding the Batmobile, it's the bit with the cow that slays me. Categorized as: Comics
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02.28.07 by Widge @ 11:30 pm  The inevitable Kyle Baker pointed out a bit of work he did a while back, in which he told a portion of Batman's secret origin that they somehow conveniently left out of the movie. Categorized as: Comics
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02.13.07 by Widge @ 5:49 pm  I'm offering this shirt for a limited time. In multiple colors. And for the ladies, too. Oh, and in answer to this ridiculous crap, DC's thing about Captain Atom being the new Monarch? It's all a ruse. In the end, the new Monarch will be revealed to really be Ambush Bug. No shit. Categorized as: Comics
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01.30.07 by Widge @ 11:33 am  This is impressive. The Department of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky has a guide to what elements have appeared in comic books, along with the pages that they appeared on. Not every element has gotten featured, however. A little known Marvel Team-Up between Spidey and the element fermium was planned for issue #151 back in 1985, but when that title got canned, so did the story. Oh well. Better luck next time. Categorized as: Comics
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01.27.07 by Widge @ 3:43 am Man, this brings back memories of when Marvel Comics were worth every penny you paid for them: about twelve cents. Hey, wait...brand new Marvel Comics these days are worth about twelve cents too! What a coinkydink. Categorized as: Comics
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01.17.07 by Widge @ 11:15 pm  The late, great Dave Cockrum was a comic book artist who is best known for his work on X-Men, long before that title took a nosedive into the Sarlacc Pit of eternal suck. This is not news. But did you know that he did a lot of design work for Aurora models? We're talking dinosaurs and famous movie monsters and such? I sure as hell didn't. Comic Book Resources grabbed an interview with Cockrum on the subject from 1995 and that's now online here. Categorized as: Comics and Stimuli
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01.14.07 by Widge @ 11:21 pm  Sloshing through the swamp of pop culture so you don't have to. We bring you ideas for how to waste your weekend. Of course, special thanks go out to Clutch for letting me use their absolutely badass song, "Promoter (of earthbound causes)" as my theme music for this. Buy Blast Tyrant, which is where you can find "Promoter". Buy their latest album, Pitchforks and Lost Needles. Send them love and coin. BTW, you iTunes subscriber types can nab this feed here. Or if you want to do something else with it, the feed feed is here. Categorized as: Books and Comics and Podcasts and Recommendations
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