Folks, as I write this on Wednesday night they’re predicting 6 to 10 inches of snow…that I’m going to be shoveling myself while my dad is still laid up. Hopefully my neighbors help again like they did last snowfall but they have their own driveways and stairs to shovel so I’m not counting on it although it could happen. Therefore, I’m posting a Filler Video early as the Extra Credits crew look at the aging of nostalgia..and how media, especially their wheelhouse of video games, could grow it up without darkening it up, at least as much as it does.
The Transformers #36
Marvel Comics (January, 1988)
“Spacehikers!” WRITER: Bob Budiansky PENCILER: Jose Delbo INKERS: Ian Akin & Brian Garvey COLORIST: Nel Yomtov LETTERER: Diana Albers EDITOR: Don DaleyFellow Friday Night Fighter Brian Snell of Slay Monstrobot Of The Deep was doing his usual dumpster diving clearance bin search when he stumbled upon the rarely mentioned relatives of John and Martha Kent…or just John as you’ll see in his latest “Tales From The Quarter Bin“.
One of the cool things added to video games are special animations if for some reason you aren’t playing for too long, like grabbing a sandwich or fighting off an alien invasion in your living. (Man, if I had a quarter….) GameXplain‘s video series Cool Bits found some interesting idle animations for Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and since I’m both still wiped from yesterday’s running around and gathering my strength for tomorrow’s snow shoveling nightmare we’re doing a filler video post.

Sometimes you can be surprised who you can learn from. James Rolfe, filmmaker and the Angry Video Game Nerd, writes about a series of comments made by Sylvester Stallone in the Expendables Blu-Ray documentary special feature. For all the jokes people make about the way he talks (which is actually just the way Rocky or Rambo talks if you’ve heard him out of character) he makes some good points on movie making, storytelling, and maybe even life.
(And of course I went with the animated version. I’m just me that way.)
Cartoon Network Presents #24
FEATURING: Scrappy Doo
FINAL ISSUE! (oh, shut up; that had nothing to do with it!)
DC Comics (August, 1999)
“Puppy Power!” WRITER: Terry Collins PENCILER: John Delaney INKER: Mike DeCarlo COLORIST: Dave Tanguay LETTERER: Phil Felix ASSISTANT: Harvey Richards EDITOR: Dana Kurtin









