Morning Article Link: Can Little China Smell What The Rock Is Cooking?

Big Trouble in Little China (soundtrack)

Big Trouble in Little China (soundtrack) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Big Trouble In Little China is one of those movies that shouldn’t be remade. It’s awesome the way it is and I doubt modern movie makers can truly capture what made it work. (And by “work” I mean reach cult status after tanking in the theaters.) Something like it? Maybe. Replicate the movie itself? Unlikely, but you know Hollywood. They’ll try, believing their version will be the better one and will be completely wrong. I wonder what you guys think of the latest news that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is in talks to play Jack Burton in the remake?

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Iron Man #273

Iron Man #273

“Mess with my little brother, will you?”

Iron Man #273

Marvel (October, 1991)

“Here There Be Dragons”
WRITER: John Byrne
PENCILER: Paul Ryan
INKER: Bob Wiacek
COLORIST: Paul Becton
LETTERER: Phil Felix
EDITOR: Nel Yomtov

Odd thing about the credits for this issue; Byrne is listed AFTER the inker instead of the first credit.

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Chapter By Chapter: The Black Stallion’s Ghost ch. 12

Chapter by Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.

Chapter By Chapter Black Stallion's Ghost

Sometimes I think this book is just trying to confuse the reader. I don’t mean the horse stuff, that’s for the horse enthusiasts whom I assume is the target audience. I mean what started out as a horse trainer who is impatient about having his horse breed with a prize race horse (only to act like a porn director directing his daughter and I’m sure that exists) is bringing in superstitions out of nowhere. Now our hero and his semi-nemesis are searching for the Black and are, according to Captain Philippe, on the doorstep of Kovi, a horse god of sorts. This is just getting weird now.

Chapter 12: The Home Of Kovi

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> The Batman Adventures #33

The Batman Adventures #33

Oh, this guy is toooooast!

The Batman Adventures #33

DC Comics (July, 1995)

“Just Another Night”
WRITER: Ty Templeton (who as of this writing just survived three heart attacks and is home recovering–glad he’s okay)
PENCILER: Dev Madan
INKER: Rick Burchett
COLORIST: Rick Taylor
LETTERING: Richard Starkings & Comicraft
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Darren Vincenzo
EDITOR: Scott Peterson

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Morning Article Link: More Fun With Foreshadowing

Coat of Arms of Tyrion Lannister

Coat of Arms of Tyrion Lannister (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Just because I don’t watch a show even if it’s widely popular doesn’t mean I can’t respect some good writing. Six of those shows–The Walking Dead, True Detective, House Of Cards, Friends, American Horror Story, and Game of Thrones (one of these doesn’t feel like it fits in here)–apparently do or did a great job foreshadowing their big twist. That’s what Cracked contributors Adam Wears,  Amanda Mannen,  Chris Radomile, and Carolyn Burke demonstrate in this article.

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Firestorm #2

Firestorm #2

The first kiss is always the most awkward.

Firestorm #2

DC Comics (May, 1978)

“Kiss Not The Lips Of Killer Frost”
WRITER/CO-CREATOR: Gerry Conway
PENCILER/CO-CREATOR: Al Milgrom
INKER: Bob McLeod
COLORIST: Mario Sen
LETTERER: Ben Oda
EDITOR: Jack C. Harris

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Jake & Leon #248: Telethon

They're cartoon characters. I can draw them money.

They’re cartoon characters. I can draw them money.

If you missed the posting this afternoon I have a chance to have a huge chunk of my credit card debt forgiven versus going into bad debt and if I don’t I’m kind of screwed. So I’m doing a livestream telethon thing to try and get some help. I have over 300 followers on social media and YouTube so it’s worth a shot. I’ll be showing off how I do various projects and hopefully preview some new ones. I’ll show my favorite of each video series, finally do that “My Favorite Intros” banner, and even open a Twitch account live. I have one guest lined up and I’m hoping for a few more so this won’t be boring and have a roundtable discussion at the end. I hope you’ll join in or at least promote the event. I REALLY need the money and as Jake alluded to, it’s rare when I ask people for help.

As for next week’s articles, Friday begins the tale of one more giant robot since we’re all done with crossovers. And when I say giant I mean

GIANT!!!!!!!!!!

As in bigger than the entire Earth! It’s Antarctic Press’ other giant robot tale Dodekain, with the first two issues on Friday. And on Wednesday one of the Star Wars comics will be a pop-up book. Yes, Dark Horse made a Star Wars pop-up comic book featuring Boba Fett. This should be interesting. The Saturday GN review will be from a webcomic that has been getting reposted lately, David Willis’ Roomies. I have the first volume from his first of two ConnectiCon appearances (I missed the second and last appearance he made) and we’ll look at that this week. Wish me luck people.

On the telethon, not the comic. Willis was relatively sane then. 😀