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A big Castle Grayskull statue is nice and all, but what about a fully functional kid-sized playset bedroom?
Catch more from Hollywood Haunter on YouTube
And if you really want to see that build in all its steps, in the description he links to a set of more detailed videos.
You know, if I timed this better this could have been #616> Season 16.
I was hoping to have that tweaked logo ready, but I just figured out how to do something I’ve wanted to do with the logo in the past, and it’s going to require mostly a start over because I also just figured out an easier way to design this logo. Too late in both cases.
Over at The Clutter Reports this week, I had to do another filler video dissection of a video on decluttering. Turned out to be by the same person as last week as she goes over 5 trends she suggests nobody do and I gave my thoughts. I didn’t choose the same person twice on purpose. I didn’t even realize it was the same person until I double-checked last week’s. That’s what happens when you’re half asleep at the time.
Here at the Spotlight, I have a doctor’s appointment, but I’m hoping to have something ready to post. That includes the usual comic reviews and daily fun video, the next chapter of Tom Clancy’s Op-Center: Mirror Image, and beginning the writer’s guide portion of the Star Trek Pitch & Guide series. Speaking of the comic reviews, Blue Beetle is done, lasting longer than the memory of the movie that inspired a pre-DC Blue Beetle review set, so let’s keep that ball rolling. Starting this Tuesday I’m going to look at the other Charlton heroes that DC acquired when they were still Charlton heroes, and try to figure out why DC wanted them so badly. I’ll try to do a final review of the Blue Beetle franchise this week and when I’m done with Charlton we’ll look at other comics DC acquired whose pre-DC appearances are public domain. The rest depends on whatever screw up modern storytellers make this time or what looks like a fun discussion. Have a great week, everybody!
It’s a few days before Halloween, but here at BW Media Spotlight one monster reigns supreme: Godzilla!
Going over previous Showcases, Invasion Of Astro-Monster is the next one in rotation. Released in 1965, and known originally in the US as Monster Zero, later Godzilla Vs. Monster Zero, it’s the story of two astronauts sent to investigate a mysterious planet that appeared just after Jupiter. Maybe it wants Pluto’s spot as the ninth planet? They better come up with something better than Planet X. Everyone else grabbed a Roman god title, except that rebel Earth place. The self-important jerks. The inhabitants want access to Godzilla and Rodan, the ones who defeated King Ghidorah, who is now invading their planet. However, something strange is going on, and it also involves a toy company wanting a updated rape whistle.
Usually I like to post the Japanese and English versions, and the original US release if possible, so everybody has a version they like. I can’t find Monster Zero and YouTube only has the English dub version of Invasion Of Astro-Monster. Here’s a link to the Japanese version with subtitles on TokuSHOUTsu now that they’re active again, since Shout Factory TV is distributing this with YouTube and a few other streaming services like Tubi. Enjoy.
Created in the 1990s, Lionsgate had the potential to be among the great studios of cinema. Now in the 2020s many of those great studios have fallen from grace, gone out of business, or were acquired by a formerly smaller company due to more misses than hits and a weakened economy. It’s not surprising that, according to this article, Lionsgate is among the studios in decline.
Longtime readers know this story by now. Back when I did weekly new comic reviews on Sunday I was running out of interesting ways to introduce the segment. While drawing, I tested a new art style based partly on The Simpsons and partly on some webcomics I was reading at the time. The first image came out near perfect…and I couldn’t get close to it once after that. Getting annoyed, I stopped for the night and tried again the next day. It actually came out good, so I gave him a friend. I called them Jake and Leroy, but when I went to show it off, I wrote Jake and Leon, which turned out to be a better idea. (I ended up using Leroy for a different character.)
When I moved the comic reviews to once a day so my Sunday wasn’t just reading comics and no chores on one of the two days I had to do chores around the house, the segment was a series of links to other articles I found during the week, still hosted by the comics. When I dropped that, Jake & Leon took over as the focus, with an update for plans for the upcoming week or any other reports I had to make. It’s still the longest I’ve spent on a comic project, even when I missed weeks for work or personal reasons, or I just couldn’t come up with an idea.
Saturday is the end of year 15 and the start of year 16, so today I’m going to go through a year’s worth of the comic to see which comics I’m most proud of. Maybe I liked the gag, or maybe I did something on the art side for the first time or did better than I did before, thus showing advancement. At any rate, here’s the best of past year of Jake & Leon.
This is why you prepare a checklist for these things.
Feature Comics #24
Comic Favorites, Inc (September, 1939)
Well, last time was a bit hit or miss between stories, but I was just curious enough to give this a look. Plus I think there were some cliffhangers to be concluded here. I could be confusing it with another comic. As usual, no gag strip pages because they’re too short (and seldom funny…I guess when you’re in a fiscal depression so bad it’s literally called The Great Depression you’re more open to anything for a laugh) and no text stories because this is a comic review that’s already going to go very long. I link to the comics at Comic Book Plus if you want to read them with me, but consider the text stories a nice bonus.
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
