Saturday Night Showcase> Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy

This one’s been in the queue way too long, so let’s finally post it.

Ultra Galaxy Fight is a series of YouTube specials in which the Ultramen, Japan’s giant monster-fighting giants, team up against a shared threat. It’s like an Ultraman Justice League. The first in this series, New Generation Heroes, has already been on here. Tonight I bring you the second collection of episodes, The Absolute Conspiracy.

The so-called Absolute Lifeforms begin their attack on the light of the universe. The invasion is led by Absolute Tartarus and will involve many of the Ultramen and Ultrawomen, including the Galaxy Rescue Force. The story continues into the just-starting The Destined Crossroad, but this is a movie collection of the individual episodes of The Absolute Conspiracy on the official Ultraman YouTube channel. What I’m posting is the English version because this is an English site. If you’d rather see it in the original Japanese, check this link here and turn on the closed captions. Either way, enjoy.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Scooby-Doo Team-Up #31

The only thing that didn’t shrink are their appetites.

Scooby-Doo Team-Up #31

DC Comics (December, 2017; as posted in the vol 6 trade on comiXology)

“The Ghost At The Heart Of The Atom”

WRITER: Sholly Fisch

ARTIST: Dario Brizuela

COLORIST: Franco Riesco

LETTERER: Saida Temofonte

EDITOR: Kristy Quinn

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Sing Me A Story: Beautiful Strangers

logo for the Sing Me A Story article series

Way back I found a song that was condemning teachers being used in an advertisement promoting teachers. I could have sworn I wrote about it but either WordPress ate it, I have a hacker, or I’m still jumping dimensions. Ron Howard’s still President, right? Anyway tonight’s offering isn’t quite that bad but it still feels like nobody listened to the song when AirBNB put out this commercial.

It’s a sweet little ad, in which a yeti family enjoys a vacation home before showing us it’s a human family, sending the message that, as it says at the end of the ad, strangers aren’t that strange. Not sure I want them living in my house, but that’s what rental homes are for.

The song is Kevin Morby’s “Beautiful Strangers”, a single released in 2016 and while still a calming song, hence why they chose it, once you find out what it’s about the topic is not so sweet. It’s about mass shootings. Enjoy playing Jenga to that knowing the history.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Racer X volume 2 #4

This may well be the laziest cover I have ever posted to this site.

Racer X vol. 2 #4

NOW Comics (December, 1989)

“Surface Thrill”

WRITER: Chuck Dixon

BREAKDOWNS: Todd Fox

FINISHER: Enrique Villagran

COLORIST: Staff…yes, just listed as “staff”

LETTERER: Dan Nakrosis

ART DIRECTOR: Michelle Mach

EDITOR: Katherine Llewellyn

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BW’s Daily Video: To The Death

Catch more VFX videos from Corridor on YouTube

Oddly the making of video is longer than the actual short.

Catch more making of VFX videos from the Corridor Crew on their other YouTube channel

Personally I’m just fine NOT being the best on this one.

Death Of The Justice League or Death Of Caring

Well, if they wanted to ensure I didn’t buy a new DC comic, they’re doing a bang-up job. I would like to get all the stuff with pre-aged Jon Kent but otherwise I’m not seeing what I love in the DC universe anymore. There’s a host of reasons I have a Death Of DC category…and here’s a new one. Apparently originality is dead as well.

The Death of the Justice League is only the beginning of the story. Superstar writer Joshua Williamson (BATMAN) and artist Rafa Sandoval (THE FLASH) bring you the beginning of the next big DCU event starting in JUSTICE LEAGUE #75, available at local comic book shops and participating digital retailers on April 19!

“We’ve been building to the Death of the Justice League for the last year across the main line,” said Williamson. “I remember buying DEATH OF SUPERMAN 30 years ago and now we have an opportunity to take that idea and go bigger with it. JUSTICE LEAGUE 75 allows us to showcase why the Justice League are comics’ greatest heroes as we show the aftermath of the loss against their biggest threat ever and its impact on the DCU.”

You still don’t get it, do you?

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Robotech: The New Generation #3

You know, in all the time I was going to nightclubs this only happened once…except either it was outside or I was and missed it. Thankfully.

Robotech: The New Generation #3

Comico The Comic Company (October, 1985)

“Lonely Soldier Boy”

ADAPTATION: JAck Herman

PENCILER: Jeff Dee

INKER: Rich Rankin

COLORIST: Kurt Mausert

LETTERER: Bob Pinaha

EDITOR: Diana Schutz

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