“This is why I hate late night movies.”
Transformers Spotlight: Bumblebee
IDW Publishing (March, 2013)
WRITER: John Barber ARTIST: David Daza COLORIST: Zac Atkinson SELECTED COVER COLORIST: Esther Sanz LETTERER: Shawn Lee EDITOR: Carlos Guzman EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Thomas Boeing
Hey, want to blow your mind tonight? Cracked.com contributor Jacopo della Quercia tracked down The 7 Most WTF Origins of Iconic Pop Culture Franchises. After all you want the answer to the question above (so do I; it wasn’t in the article, but I bet you’re wondering what it means), or how Nightmare on Elm Street was based on true events, what’s Rocky’s connection to the Predator, Should Pinocchio be going to church or at least putting down the porn, is that joke about Mario scarily accurate, was M. Night influenced by Nickelodeon long before screwing Aang and his friends, and why isn’t Will Ferrel allowed to talk about Fight Club?
Is that Dexter’s mom as Ursa?
Superman Family Adventures #10
DC Comics (April, 2013)
CO-WRITER/ARTIST: Art Baltazar CO-WRITER: Franco EDITOR: Kristy Quinn “SUPERMAN” CREATORS: Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster
Are you a fan of voice actors or want to get into voice acting? This panel from last year’s ConnectiCon may be for you. In this edition of “BW Panelling” veteran voice actor Jim Cummings, master of many role (my favorite of course being Darkwing Duck) woke us all up early in the morning to discuss how he came up with many of his voices as well as how he got his start in voice acting. It’s also hilarious.
“Even I don’t know why I’m here.”
Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #14
IDW Publishing (February, 2013)
WRITER: James Roberts ARTIST: Alex Milne SELECTED COVER ARTIST: Nick Roche COLORIST: Josh Burcham LETTERER: Tom B. Long EDITOR: John Barber
Front cover of North American TurboGrafx-16 version. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Shifty Look is Namco’s attempt to revitalize their old video games through the use of webcomics. I kind of like Katamari, the webcomic version of Katamari Damancy, and Rapid Thunder, the “sequel” to Rolling Thunder. My two favorites, however, are Wonder Momo (a game never ported to the US) and Bravoman. Of these four, I have only played Rolling Thunder. The big break-out of Shifty Look is Bravoman, a comedic take on the game and character, poking fun at game tropes while breaking the fourth wall with a jackhammer.
Seeing potential gold in this comic, produced by Matt Moylan (of Udon Studios) and Dax Gordine (although as of this writing they’re doing a side story drawn by Ashley Davis) Namco and Shifty Look’s producers decided that the possibility existed for an animated webseries. When I saw some early sketches, I thought it was another joke, like the “action figures” bits. But here is a trailer for the thing and it isn’t April 1st yet, so maybe they actually are.
The debate over the next Pope gets fierce outside of the Conclave.
Sonic The Hedgehog #246
Archie Comics (April, 2013)
“Endangered Species” finale “One Of A Kind” WRITER: Ian Flynn PENCILER: Steven Butler INKER: Terry Austin COVER ART: Tracy Yardley COLORIST: Matt Herms LETTERER: John Workman ASSISTANT EDITOR: Vincent Lovallo EDITOR: Paul Kaminski
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
