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10.05.06 by Widge @ 5:57 am  Sore Eyes points us to an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's short story, "Babycakes." Let's just say that it's even more disturbing when there's pictures to go along with it. Not for the faint of heart. And not for Scott. The story's originally from Neil's Smoke and Mirrors. You can buy that here. There's also an audio version on the two CD set, Warning: Contains Language. Buy that here. Categorized as: Comics
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09.29.06 by Widge @ 8:47 am  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.    World War Z by Max Brooks, performed by a full cast. (Random House) A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever by Josh Karp. (Chicago Review Press) Masters of the Comic Book Universe Revealed by Arie Kaplan. (Chicago Review Press)    St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell (Knopf) Penny Arcade, Vol. 2: Epic Legends of the Magic Sword Kings by Jerry Holkins & Mike Krahulik (Dark Horse) The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Vol. 1 by Eiji Ohtsuka & Housui Yamazaki (Dark Horse)     Lovecracked (Biff Juggernaut) Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (Acorn Media) Edgar Allan Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination (BFS) The Tick vs. Season One (Buena Vista)     Fuse (First Run) Curse of Lizzie Borden (Razor Digital) Gojira (Classic Media) Prison Break Season 1 (Fox) Categorized as: Books and Comics and DVD and Podcasts and Recommendations
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09.26.06 by Widge @ 8:49 pm   Marvel has just released information about the hardcover of Marvel Zombies selling out. I say good for two-time Chazzie nominee Robert Kirkman, because he kicks ass. However, the second printing, while sporting a nice Venom/Spidey face-off, didn't ring any bells with me. It turns out "it's an all-new zombie-tribute cover to Amazing Spider-Man #316 by Suydam." Categorized as: Comics
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09.25.06 by Widge @ 11:51 am  Okay, look. Let's just be honest with one another, right? The Absolute Edition of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, which reprints the first twenty issues of the series, looks positively badass. Not only is it ultrahuge, hardcover and slipcased, but it features new and improved coloring on the first eighteen issues (approved by Gaiman and the creative crew) plus bonus bits: for example, the script for "Midsummer Night's Dream," the only comic story in history to win a World Fantasy Award. Or at least it was last time I checked, since they changed the rules to exclude comics shortly afterwards and I never heard if they ever changed them back. There's also Vess' original pencils for the issue and more. Why am I telling you this? Because you, like me, are going to break down and buy this. It's just a fact. So why not buy it through the site and get us some kickbacks? You win, we win, everybody who's important in this equation wins. Thankee. Categorized as: Comics
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09.22.06 by Widge @ 7:03 am 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.    Coronado by Dennis Lahane, performed by Stanley Tucci. (Harper Audio) Mountains of the Pharoahs by Zahi Hawass, performed by Simon Vance. (Tantor) The Notebook & The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks, performed by Barry Bostwick & Tom Wopat. (Hachette)    A Dummy's Guide to Danger #1 by Jason M. Burns & Ron Chan (Viper) The Krypton Companion (TwoMorrows) Mozart the Freemason by Jacques Henry (Inner Traditions)     Sealab 2021: Season 4 (Warner Brothers) For more information, check out the Adult Swim site here. The Castle of Cagliostro (Manga) Agatha Christie's Marple, Series 2 (Acorn Media) District B13 (Magnolia)     Darkwing Duck, Vol. 1 (Disney) Bums (Substance) This Island Earth (Universal) Full House: The Complete Fourth Season (Warner Brothers) For more info, check out the official site here. Categorized as: Books and Comics and DVD and Podcasts and Recommendations
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09.20.06 by Widge @ 4:28 am Here's what we covered in our 9/15 Weekend Justice.     Book of the Week: World War Z by Max Brooks. (Crown) Comedy Book of the Week: The Affected Provincial's Companion, Vol. 1 by Lord Breaulove Swells Whimsy. (Bloomsbury) Graphic Novel of the Week: Rotting in Dirtville by James Callahan. (Gigantic) Magazine of the Week: Alter Ego #61. (TwoMorrows)      Adverse Video of the Week: Mutation (Razor Digital) Animation DVD of the Week: Pinky and the Brain, Vol. 1 (Warner Brothers) Comedy DVD of the Week: Blackballed (Shout Factory) Music DVD of the Week: Bluegrass Country Soul (Time Life) TV DVD of the Week: Amazing Stories: The Complete First Season (Universal) Categorized as: Books and Comics and DVD and Recommendations
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09.16.06 by Widge @ 10:06 pm  Boing Boing points us to a kickass online gallery of Warren Magazine covers: the folks who brought you Creepy, Eerie and Vampirella. As Cory points out in his post, the Flash audio is excruciating so hit mute and dive in. Rox of Spaz-House hooked us up with this one. Categorized as: Comics
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08.30.06 by Widge @ 3:42 am  If you ever needed proof that Marvel has downgraded from their previous moniker of "The House of Ideas," then this is it. Jeff Lange over at Jim Hill Media went into the sanity-testing hell that is the 2006 Licensing Show and survived. He also brought back pictures. And Baby Hulk isn't the worst of it. Click to see more. Forget "The Baby Stooges" which appear on that page...Marvel has decided to go the way of Muppet Babies and bring you Marvel Babies. The questions that arise from such a dumbass idea are fairly limitless: will Baby Wolvie have claws that pop from his hands? Or will they be spoons? Will Baby Hulk have a mental crisis and spawn Baby Grey Hulk? Will Baby Gwen Stacy fall out of a crib and...and...aw, man, that's not right. That's just not right. Categorized as: Comics
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08.25.06 by Widge @ 9:14 pm  The DC Comics project a while back where they let Stan Lee revamp their characters for a series of one shots was hilariously bad. I mean bad. When you've got Batman fighting a villain called Handz--that's crap on toast right there, folks. Kevin Church has taken the concept and performed a brand new bit of sacrilege: what if Stan the Man reworked Moore and Gibbons' Watchmen? Just keep telling yourself: it's only a joke. It's only a joke. P.S. How do you know when your childhood is over? When you realize that Stan's promise of "Mile a minute, non-stop action!" means that the thing's only going to be going 60 mph. Categorized as: Comics
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08.18.06 by Widge @ 3:43 am Howdy, folks. Catching up here. Here's the titles discussed in our Headsup podcast that streeted this week. Click on the images to go to Amazon to find out more or to snag yourself a copy.        
For more info on The Ronald Reagan Signature Collection, check out the official site here. For more info on Hong Kong Phooey and Magilla Gorilla, check out the official site here. For more info on Full House on DVD, check out the official site here. Categorized as: Comics and DVD and Headsup and Music
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