Jake & Leon #144: Reality Nightmare

You'd think David Willis, the Gutters, or Comic Critics would have beaten me to this by now.

You’d think David Willis, the Gutters, or Comic Critics would have beaten me to this by now.

That may well be the worst Ra’s Al Ghul drawing you have ever seen from an adult who has been drawing a comic for over 4 years. But seriously, has nobody else thought of Honey Ubu? I don’t even watch reality TV since they took off Beauty & The Geek and I thought of it. Frankly I wish they’d bring that back. That and Murder in Smalltown X.

  • The Clutter Reports: Hey, look who finally took down their Christmas tree. Now if I would only finish the Christmas comic. Curse my need of a paycheck to pay bills.
  • Reviewers Unknown: Remember when I delved into the debate between dubbing and subtitling? If not, here’s your chance, although the original has more Marzgurl in it.

And yes it also returns this week!

Best Scene of This Week’s Reviews

Godzilla #8

"And now for my slides for our trip to Canada."

“And now for my slides for our trip to Canada.”

Still working on convention videos, too. I hope I get them done before the next convention.

Today’s Comic> Worlds’ Finest #8

Worlds' Finest #8

When Kara hits the wall….

Worlds’ Finest #8

DC Comics (March, 2013)

“Hunt And Be Hunted”
WRITER: Paul Levitz
ARTISTS: George Pérez, Cafu, and Cliff Richards
COLORISTS: Hi-Fi and Rosemary Cheetham
COVER: Kevin Maguire & Cheetham
EDITOR: Wil Moss
“HUNTRESS” CREATORS: Paul Levitz, Joe Staton, & Bob Layton
“POWER GIRL” CREATORS (uncredited): Gerry Conway, Ric Estrada, and Wally Wood

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Best of FNF: Fight Life part 2

Welcome back to the best of what’s left. The game is still Fight Life, the rules still nonexistent. So let’s get right into the action.

The Best of

Friday Night Fights clean logoFight Life rounds 7-12

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Today’s Comic> Transformers: Robots In Disguise #13

Transformers RID #13a

“I’m here to kick tailpipe and chew gum. And robots don’t chew gum!”

Transformers: Robots In Disguise #13

IDW Publishing (January, 2013)

WRITER: John Barber
ARTIST: Andrew Griffith
COLORIST: Josh Perez
LETTERER: Shawn Lee
EDITOR: Carlos Guzman

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BW Article Link: Supervillain Real Estate

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Whether you’re a would-be superhero or supervillain, one of the big requirements is an awesome secret headquarters to do your evil battling/doing from. Well, 6 Incredible Real-World Supervillain Lairs has you covered. Of course, being Cracked.com they promote the villain route, but here at BW we can find ways for superheroes to modify an underground pot farm, although the base powered by submarines has a better starting position from the hero front. Also see the lair Saddam Husein should have used and check out the same NORAD station Cy-Kill conquered rather easily with a crackpot scientist and a wackjob jeep, so it loses a few marks in the impressiveness scale. There’s also an island base, but that’s been done to death.

Today’s Comic> New Crusaders #5

New Crusaders #5

“OK, which ones rooted for the winning team again?”

New Crusaders #5

Archie Comics/Red Circle (February, 2013)

“Trial By Fire” part 1 “Jailbreak”
WRITER: Ian Flynn
PENCILER: Althia Martinez
INKER: Gary Martin
COLORIST: Matt Herms
LETTERER: John Workman
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Vincent Lovallo
EDITOR: Paul Kaminski
 
“Legacy of the Crusaders”: “The Black Hood”
WRITER/ARTIST: Bray Morrow
FLAT COLOR: Barry Grossman
RENDERING: Thomas Mason
EDITOR: Robin Snyder
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BW Article Link: The Trouble With Adler

Muppet Sherlock Holmes #4

I’m not a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes. I’ve seen a few stories but I’ve never read the books. So until this article by IO9 contributor Esther Inglis-Arkell I couldn’t tell you how badly, even in the comic above, they mishandled to outright screwed up the character of Irene Adler. Being one of the few people who can trick even Holmes, writers since have given more qualities to Ms. Adler than they needed to, whether having her being attracted to Holmes, using her feminine wiles, or working for Moriarty against Holmes. As you’ll see in the article, these do more harm than good to the character when she stands just fine on her own. Sometimes, guys, you just stick with the source material.