TJOmega Needs Your Help

This isn’t the announcement I mentioned last night. It’s a bonus post. I’ve mentioned TJOmega many times, and even got him to cameo in one of my reviews, newbie as I might be to video reviews. He just posted a Vlog that puts the future of his many works in jeopardy, but something far worse is at stake…his family.

UPDATE: Things have changed for the positive in the Omega home:

Here is TJ’s Patreon. After what’s happened with my mother and grandfather plus my own income issues I know what he’s going through and this is the only help I can be to him. He’s a great guy and if I can help him get what he needs I’m going to do it. Do a search for the articles I’ve done about his shows and consider helping him out. You get great reviews (he’s also teasing a “let’s play” series) and he gets to help his family when they need it the most.

My announcement’s coming tonight and it should be happier but my prayers, and hopefully yours, will be with him.

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Crusher Joe #1

Crusher Joe #1

“I’d like to see that mosquito survive THIS!”

Crusher Joe #1

Ironcat LLC (January, 1999)

“The Legend Of St. Germi”
ORIGINAL CREATOR: Haruka Takachino
ARTIST: Fujihiko Hosono
TRANSLATOR: Kuni Kimura
TEXT CLARIFICATION: Sachiko Uchida
TOUCH UP ART: Steve Bennett
COVER ASSEMBLY: Hitoshi “Otagod” Usami
LAYOUT: Mark Hofmann
EDITOR: Kevin Bennett

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Morning Article Link: CG Not Required

Zac blewd up reel guud!

To make this as real as possible, Rick Springfield was actually blown up.

There was a time when practical effects (pyrotechnics, animatronics, puppets, gimmicked objects, prosthetics, the list goes on) were the only way to go. When computer generated imagery came along, that all went out the window because CG was cheaper. And didn’t always look as good. Now there are directors and special effects teams that are realizing that some effects need to be done the old-fashioned way but modern technology can still make them amazing. Cracked contributors David Christopher Bell and Carolyn Burke have collected seven films who did it with little to no computer graphics.

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Armageddon: The Alien Agenda #1

"I still think we should get a widescreen TV."

“I still think we should get a widescreen TV.”

Armageddon: The Alien Agenda #1

DC Comics (November, 1991)

“Days Of Thunderlizards”
WRITER: Jonathan Peterson
PENCILER: Dan Jurgens
INKER: Steve Leialoha
COLORIST: Tom McCraw
LETTERER: Albert De Guzman
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Kelley Pickett
EDITOR: Denny O’Neil

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Jake & Leon #239: Super-Fashion 2

It's casual Friday in the Justice League?

It’s casual Friday in the Justice League?

It may not be the same look as in Convergence but it’s the one I remembered seeing so that’s what I went with.

I opened a new section in the Clutter Reports for virtual clutter, since my computer is as much a mess as my room. I also cleaned off some video to make room for another project. Speaking of other projects, I (hopefully, as I’m fighting a cold) plan to have an announcement on Monday for something I hope to do Saturday. Stay tuned.

As for the comic reviews, this week we’ll look into a six issue miniseries that I only have five issues of. Crusher Joe is a comic series based on an anime adaptation of a Japanese novel series (odd that we don’t use some mistranslated Japanese term for novels like we do animation and comics, isn’t it?) that translated surprisingly well to American comics and we’ll be checking that out this week. And I need to make a change from the Power Rangers/VR Troopers review on Friday. I have a few other things I want to discuss so there will be normal articles, including the Scanning My Collection of Masked Rider, with Image’s Power Rangers Zeo reviewed on Friday. I may get to Jungle Fury next week.

BW Chats: Jim Salicrup

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From his days at Marvel to his current role as head of Papercutz, Jim Salicrup has worked on a lot of really good comics. As I continue to attempt to catch up with the footage I shot at ComiCONN 2012, I bring you an interview with the writer turned publisher.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Challengers Of The Fantastic

Challenge Of The Fantastic

“Can you help me? I have a major hangnail.”

Challengers Of The Fantastic

Amalgam (Marvel; June, 1997)

WRITER: Karl Kesel
PENCILER: Tom Grummett
INKER: Al Vey
COLORIST: Joe Rosas
SEPARATIONS: Digital Chameleon
LETTERER: Richard Starkings
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Glenn Greenberg
EDITOR: Tom Breevort

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