Jake & Leon #370: Cosplay History

Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing against it. It’s just a little food for thought given how close we are to Independence Day.

Note that I’m not slamming this guy for cosplaying as Hamilton‘s take on King George III (and yes, this is based on a true story), but he is a real life historical bad guy, at least here in the US. It was his actions that led to the Revolutionary War, which we honor on Wednesday, and the War Of 1812, which we also fought in. I’m not in any way equating King George to Adolph Hitler. That’s just for the punchline. I just find it strange that this play makes dressing up as someone who forced his will on the colonies that became the United States Of America as if he was Darth Vader or Team Rocket a thing to do, enhanced by Independence Day being this week. It’s actually a good costume and it wasn’t even finished, but I’m not interested in the musical. I’m sure it’s good given the praise but it’s not my thing. Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark didn’t interest me even before I heard it was terrible.

In this week’s Clutter Report I lost the thing I needed for the intended project so I just filled in the holes in my comic collection. Not all of my lost items are due to clutter. It’s just the one I can deal with.

In the comic reviews I’m concluding Mega Morphs and the next series to examine is already selected. You’ll find out who that is next week. I also plan to have a Finally Watched, and the next installment of Free Comic Inside, plus more from my favorite Friday Night Fight entries. That should be over soon, and I have the replacement for that picked out too, but you’ll have to wait longer for that voyage. So while I try to survive a week of 90+ degree days in an attic that collects heat like I do comics…pray for me. And happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans. I hope to do something for that as well.

Saturday Night Showcase: The Original GLOW

image source: Wikipedia

This video, from Shout Factory’s livestream, is four hours long, and the first half hour is just a “starting soon” title card. Still, I’ve mentioned GLOW quite often on this website so I thought you’d want to see it.

Before the Netflix series I haven’t watched because I don’t have Netflix GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling was a thing that existed in the 1980s. Frankly I tried but I could never get into it. The cheezy jokes, the dumb sketches, the corny play-by-play…it just seemed like a joke compared to the ladies wrestling in the WWF, which was good at the time. Then the 1990s happened and they had matches where the ladies were wrestling in Thanksgiving fixings. Geez, even GLOW didn’t have that. Luckily things are better now.

Back to GLOW though. I admit that some of the wrestlers were good, and one of them ended up in the WWE (what the WWF is called today). It’s just they were in GLOW. While they continued the art of “kayfabe” (where the wrestlers didn’t break character even outside of the arena) they didn’t seem to ignore that they were a TV-first wrestling show. In tonight’s Showcase I bring you Shout Factory’s stream, featuring an episode of Shout Factory’s series Classic Wrestling, hosted by pro wrestling interviewing legend “Mean” Gene Okerland. Added to the stream are interviews with classic GLOW wrestlers Hollywood and Godiva and ring announcer Johnny C. Enjoy…I think.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Batman Beyond #6 (DCAU-mini)

“Let me show you what I learned on my last trip to Japan.” “Oh dear god!”

Batman Beyond #6

FINAL ISSUE (of the miniseries at least)

“Permanent Inque Stains”

WRITER: Hilary J. Bader

PENCILER: Joe Staton

INKER (yes, they did the pun): Terry Beatty

COLORIST: Lee Loughridge

LETTERER: Tim Harkins

ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Joseph Illidge

EDITOR: Darren Vincenzo

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BW’s Best Friday Night Fights part 8

Part 1|Part 2|Part 3|Part 4|Part 5|Part 6|Part 7

For those of you just joining us I used to take part in a multi-blog crossover known as Friday Night Fights, which recently ended. Now I’m going over my favorite entries of mine as a farewell, and to waste time while I get read for what will take over the Friday slot, at least temporarily. It’s not a topic that will last forever. What is it? I’m not saying yet, but I hope you’ll like it.

This stack of tournaments are named after boxers Bobby Watts, Kelly Robert Pavlik, and Arturo Gatti. No, I don’t know who they are. I don’t follow boxing.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Robotech Warriors #1

“But ma, you said I could have a pet!”

Robotech Warriors #1

(continues from the #0 flip side of Return To Macross #15)

Academy Comics, Ltd (February, 1995)

“Here There Be Dragons”

WRITER: Bill Spangler

ARTIST: Byron Peneranda

LETTERING: Alphabet Soup

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BW’s Morning Article Link: Matt Groening Conquers All Of Time

Matt Groening gave us the cartoon sitcom The Simpsons, the first animated prime time sitcom since The Flintstones originally aired. Then he warped into science fiction with the appropriately named Futurama. So for his third TV series he’s opted to go into the past, or at least a fantasy setting. (What’s next, romantic comedy? Crime drama parody? Finally getting a Radioactive Man TV series? Please?) ScreenCrush has a look at the upcoming Netflix comedy Disenchantment.

BW Filler Video: The Lost Jurassic Park Sequel

I know I was planning on doing a list, but the topic changed so often I didn’t get time to properly research everything. I’ll save it for next week, barring other incidents. And my life tends to be full of incidents, although I’ve seen worse by other creators I follow. At any rate, let’s talk Jurassic Park sequels again. Because between Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World there was a fourth Park movie prepared. What was it about, why wasn’t it made, and were we better off without it? ScreenCrush’s Matt Singer has the answers to those questions. Enjoy.

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