“You’re sure this will cure my headache?”
Transformers: Generation One vol. 3 #10
FINAL ISSUE
Dreamwave (November, 2004)
“The Route Of All Evil”
WRITERS: James McDonough & Adam Patyk
PENCILER: Don Figueroa
INKER: Elaine To
COLORISTS: Espen Grundetjern & Rob Ruffolo
LETTERER: Ben Lee
Here’s something for those of you with little girls in your lives, like daughter or other relatives, or maybe you babysit or are friends with the neighbor kids. Could this crossover to older and even male audiences like My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic? I wouldn’t have called MLP so I rule nothing out, but that’s not the target here. Hanazuki: Full Of Treasures (we’ll just go with Hanazuki from here on out) is a new webseries on Hasbro’s YouTube page. You may recall my mentioning it in the last Jake & Leon comic.
So what is Hanazuki and does it have the ability to connect with little girls? Or maybe you’re wondering why I watched it, and that’s easy to answer. While still trying to catch up with my YouTube backlog the first nine episodes (released at the same time with two trailers, including the one above) and I was curious, so I watched the first few episodes. The concept was imaginative enough that I stayed on for all nine 11+ minute episodes. And it does seem pretty cool. Created by Amsterdam artists Niko Stumpo and Hanneke Metselaar and produced by animation studio Titmouse (shut up!), the show’s bright colors and happy people seems to invoke other popular shows like Adventure Time but not quite as surreal. I have the first two episodes for you. Do you want to see them?
“That was my favorite shirt, you jerk!”
Thundercats #5
FINAL ISSUE
WildStorm (February, 2003)
WRITER: Ford Lytle Gilmore
PENCILERS: Ed McGuinness & Joe Philips
INKERS: Jason Martin, Richard Friend, & Joe Philips
COLORING: WildStorm FX
LETTERER: John Layman
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Kristy Quinn
EDITOR: Jeff Mariotte
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Because Japanese animation is popular enough to be a streaming battleground, Amazon is announcing the first of its “video on demand” streaming channels, Anime Strike!
“I think I used Teela’s deodorant by mistake. What was it even doing in my room?”
Masters Of The Universe: Rise Of The Snake Men #3
FINAL ISSUE
CrossGen/MV Creations (December, 2003)
WRITER: Val Staples
ARTIST: Andie Tong
COLORIST: Jeremy Roberts
LETTERER: Ed Dukeshire
EDITORS: Monica Lopez, Vicki Jaeger, Ian Richter, & Geoff Walker
image source: Wikipedia, with color modification to match the official look
Last week, while I was occupied with other things, Nintendo had a bit presentation to give details for their latest console, the Nintendo Switch. We already looked at the official announcement from October, but this presentation has the full details. For those less in the know than me somehow, the Nintendo Switch, formerly known as the NX in development, is a tablet-like device with a new type of controller called the Joycon. These two units can connect to the Switch for mobile play, can be used on their own for different play styles, or connected to a middle unit to emulate a normal controller. It’s designed for both home play and on the go, a sort of mix of the home and portable consoles, the later being a market Nintendo has hold control over since the first Game Boy. It does have a charging station that doubles as a connector to your television set so you can play at home on the big screen, while using the Joycon in the way that works best for you, or use a normal controller they’ll also be making.
I did have my concerns. There was no marketing for kids, or even families like the previous systems, which is where Nintendo tends to focus lately. It is a tablet with a neat controller and their own proprietary operating system. I saw the potential but it wasn’t exciting me the way the Wii or even the Wii U did.
In the presentation below we’ll learn more about the Switch and it’s new controller. Nintendo has always gone for innovative ways to play as opposed to their competitors who try to boost the graphics and maybe try something different with controls to catch up to Nintendo. I have avoided other reviews and commentaries on the presentation so you’ll be getting my unfiltered opinion as I watch this. You can watch the video (although most of you probably already have), gather your opinion, and then see what I think. Then you can tell me what a moron I am because I’m a dirty casual gamer.
If you caught the Living Tribunal’s morning breath, you’d run too.
The Adventures Of The X-Men #12
FINAL ISSUE
Marvel (March, 1997)
“Better To Light A Small Candle…”
WRITER: Ralph Macchio
PENCILER: Yancey Labat
INKER: Ralph Cabrera
COLORIST: Paul Becton
LETTERER: Ul Higgins
EDITOR: Mark Bernardo
The Clutter Reports (my other site) Atop The Fourth Wall Crisis On Earth Prime Lean Into Artcast Bully Says “Comics Oughta Be Fun” Siskoid’s Blog of Geekery
Cartoon Hero’s Lair SF Debris Four Million Years Later
