Jake & Leon #261: Awesomely Mundane

Few people know Victor Von Doom is a huge fan of The Rifleman.

Few people know Victor Von Doom is a huge fan of The Rifleman.

Hey, if you can’t do something silly now and then why do a parody/commentary strip? Over at The Clutter Reports I managed to finish a clutter-clearing project so hopefully that’s back in business.

Unless I can find those three comics I think I still have, Star Wars Wednesday is over unless I pick up more comics. This week I’m going to do both of the Super Mario Bros comics I still have left to review and then that’s done. So what come next? Well, instead of dedicating Wednesday to two comics from the same line like I did before and still do with other sections I’m going to have two separate series to look at. One is another space adventure, Star Trek, for the midnight posting while the other is another blend of fantasy and science-fiction, namely Masters Of The Universe. These will both start in two weeks. There are a lot more Star Trek comics in my library so I’ll have to replace the noon topic before the midnight one. But with The Force Awakens still coming we’re not done with the galaxy far, far away here at the Spotlight, but more on that next week.

I’m also hoping to get back to video productions. I still have something from ConnectiCon 2015 that isn’t a panel or press junket before getting into those, plus a few other ideas I want to pilot before seeing if I should bother launching it into a full project. This all depends on time as I’m still looking for a financial income source (most likely a job since BW isn’t fulfilling that need) and other events, like my recent bad medicine reaction, could pop up without warning. I’ll give you best I can as long as I can, folks, because I enjoy doing this stuff, but I have bills to pay. It’s why I have the Patreon. (Points to top of sidebar.) We’ll see what happens.

“Yesterday’s” Trade: Robotman Takes Off

Robotman Takes Off

Someone should tell him Earth is in the other direction.

Robotman Takes Off

World Almanac Publications (1986)

collecting comic strips published in newspaper through United Feature Syndicate in 1985

WRITER/ARTIST: Jim Meddick

(note this is not connected to DC Comics’ “Doom Patrol” member)

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Friday Night Fights: Disarming Robots

It’s been too long since we’ve had robot-on-robot combat. Let’s change that. Our hero, Faust, is protecting a girl from her dad’s robot, who wants to replace the girl’s brain with hers so she can be human under the misconception that “papa” will love her more I guess. He’s fighting one in a series of robots named after Santa Claus’ reindeer just to prove how evil our robot girl actually is. Bryce the Green-Nosed Reindeer needs to go have a talk with that girl.

Friday Night Fights clean logo

“Lights Out” round 5

Fitting since there is a blackout going on in this story courtesy of the bad guys.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Metal Guardian Faust #5

Metal Guardian Faust #5

Is she old enough to drive that thing?

Metal Guardian Faust #5

Viz Comics (1997)

originally published by Shogakukan, Inc

“Meta-Tron Zone”
WRITER/ARTIST: Teturo Ueyama
ADAPTATION: Matt Thorn
TOUCH-UP ART/LETTERER: Marry Kelleher
COVER DESIGN: Viz Graphics
EDITOR: Annette Roman

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Morning Article Link: Building The Original Galactica Bridge

The eponymous ship from Battlestar Galactica, ...

The eponymous ship from Battlestar Galactica, fully covered in greebles. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Courtesy of Space 1970 comes an interview by Neil Shister for The Miami Herald. Whatever you may think of the classic Battlestar Galactica you have to admit the set for the bridge was amazing for its time. Shister interviews Jack Chillberg, the art director for the pilot, and goes into discussions into the importance of set design for TV and movies, including comments from other set designers. I did a little set work for a school play and that was a lot of work. (I was mostly an aide and this wasn’t my style of art so I didn’t really do much except help now and then and otherwise stand around wondering what I should be doing.)

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Isaac Asimov’s I-Bots Vol. 2 #5

Isaac Asimov's I-Bots vol 2 #5

“Stop staring at me like that! I didn’t know she wasn’t pregnant!”

Isaac Asimov’s I-Bots #5

Big Entertainment (October, 1996)

“Crackdown” part 4
WRITER: Steven Grant
ARTIST: Pat Broderick
BACKGROUND INKER: Jeff Whiting
COLORING: Mada Design
LETTERER: Michael A. Palmer
EDITOR: James Chambers
CONCEPT: Isaac Asimov
DEVELOPER: Howard Chaykin

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Free Comic Inside: Transformers Armada Vol. 2

Free Comic Inside logo

With the Transformers Armada comic coming to an end I thought it was well past time to return to the mini-comics Dreamwave produced for the toys. In our last installment we found a very lackluster story. Whether it was the space needed to include the catalog or the insistence to have all three package languages (English, French, and Spanish as I recall) in the comic taking up much needed dialog space I can’t say. I can say it was lame. Although the same restrictions exist here, maybe this one will be better?

Not really, no.

Transformers Armada V2

“Oh, let the kids play.”

Transformers Armada Vol. 2

Dreamwave/Hasbro (2002)

WRITER: Chris Sarracini
ARTIST: Guido Guidi
COLORISTS: Chris Walker & Matt Kuphaldt
LETTERING: Dreamer Design

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