"The Haunted Forest"I'm linking to some short comics stories today. The first one is
"The Haunted Forest" from
Web of Evil #15. I've always loved spooky, bare trees with faces and finger-like branches. And giant spiders.
I really need to pay more attention to musicWhen
the B-52s have a new album out and I don't know it... that's just very, very sad.
"The Headless Monster of Bloodrock Castle"It's cool enough that there was a '40s pulp comic about about a war correspondent who fought crime and enemy spies in a rubber Halloween mask.
It's even cooler that he occasionally
tussled with headless suits of armor.
Hellboy 3,
but that's itGuillermo del Toro has an idea for Hellboy 3, but he doesn't want to push the franchise past that point.
If there was ever a third one, I would really make sure that we at least sign a contract that there is no more. No prequels and no sequels: nothing. If that happens, then there is a third one we have planned, and the seeds are planted in this film...
The idea for me is to bring back the Nazis characters, but bring them back in a way they would operate now. Meaning, what public face would the Nazis have in 2009/2010? How rich would they be? How in charge could they be? It's not this group of freakies that hide in the sewers, but people that are incredibly rich.
"Gorilla Man"I'm a
huge fan of Jeff Parker's
Agents of Atlas. (Okay, I know it's really Marvel's
Agents of Atlas, but I still think of it as Parker's.) Where else are you going to find a talking gorilla, a killer robot, a spaceman, an undersea queen, and the goddess of Love fighting evil spy organizations? Nowhere, that's where.
And having fallen in love with the team, I'm pleased as punch that Karswell has posted
the Golden Age origin of said talking gorilla: Gorilla Man.
Pirate FreedomSF Signal really liked Gene Wolf's time traveling pirate story,
Pirate Freedom. I've already got it on my Amazon Wish List, but
this review makes me want to add it again.
"She's just CGIed that way"Those real-life versions of
Homer Simpson and
Mario were just creepy, but... okay, this one's creepy too, but in a sort of hot way.
Wolverine: First ClassAs much as I'm enjoying Jeff Parker's (there's that name again)
X-Men: First Class, my Wolverine ennui runs deep enough that I wasn't even tempted to try
Wolverine: First Class. I figured I'd buy the Alpha Flight issue when it came out, but that would be it.
That is until I read that
another upcoming issue will feature Shang Chi: Master of Kung Fu. If Fred Van Lente's cool enough to want to include both Alpha Flight and Shang Chi in his comic, I'm not going to be able to ignore him. If he announces he's got an upcoming Rocket Raccoon issue, my head will explode.
Nightmare Playgrounds
I wouldn't want to send my son to any of these
scary playgrounds, but man they look cool to go to as an adult. (
Via.)
Truth SerumOne of my new favorite web comics. Really funny, low key superhero stuff. (I'll tell you about my other new favorite later this week. If you're reading the Newsarama blog, you already know about it.)
