I like how Lance is sporting some kind of superhero variation of a jungle outfit. And by "like" I mean "giggle and point at." [The Comic Book Catacombs]
Prairie Home: The True Story
By Chris Monroe [A Prairie Home Companion]
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Comics Stories: Lake Wobegon is overrun with giant mutant pterodactyls
Lance Hale and the Zango Cannibals
I like how Lance is sporting some kind of superhero variation of a jungle outfit. And by "like" I mean "giggle and point at." [The Comic Book Catacombs]
Prairie Home: The True Story
By Chris Monroe [A Prairie Home Companion]
I like how Lance is sporting some kind of superhero variation of a jungle outfit. And by "like" I mean "giggle and point at." [The Comic Book Catacombs]
Prairie Home: The True Story
By Chris Monroe [A Prairie Home Companion]
Comics News: Dino Fighting and Dragon Punching
Heralds
Marvel certainly is serious about spotlighting their female heroes this year. Heralds is a mini-series coming in June about She-Hulk, Valkyrie, and others fighting a former herald of Galactus. And apparently some zombies and dinosaurs. [Robot 6]
Dragon Puncher
I said in this morning's Gorillas Riding Dinosaurs column that Frenemy of the State was probably the best title anything would get all year. I'd clearly forgotten about Dragon Puncher about "a cute but ruthless kitty in an armored battle suit, dedicated to defeating dangerous dragons wherever they may be. The Dragon Puncher and his would-be sidekick Spoony-E (a fuzzy little fellow armed with a wooden spoon) confront a gigantic, drooling dragon and have a ridiculous, hilarious brawl." Coming from Top Shelf in July. [Robot 6]
Boneyard, The Good Neighbors, and Mouse Guard after the break.
Marvel certainly is serious about spotlighting their female heroes this year. Heralds is a mini-series coming in June about She-Hulk, Valkyrie, and others fighting a former herald of Galactus. And apparently some zombies and dinosaurs. [Robot 6]
Dragon Puncher
I said in this morning's Gorillas Riding Dinosaurs column that Frenemy of the State was probably the best title anything would get all year. I'd clearly forgotten about Dragon Puncher about "a cute but ruthless kitty in an armored battle suit, dedicated to defeating dangerous dragons wherever they may be. The Dragon Puncher and his would-be sidekick Spoony-E (a fuzzy little fellow armed with a wooden spoon) confront a gigantic, drooling dragon and have a ridiculous, hilarious brawl." Coming from Top Shelf in July. [Robot 6]
Boneyard, The Good Neighbors, and Mouse Guard after the break.
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Comics News: The Awesomeness of Science, Victorian Samurais and Vampires, and Zombie-Killing Cheerleaders
The Ethelbertosaurus
First Second Books lists the Top Three Reasons you should like Tiny Tyrant, Volume One.
Madam Samurai
Scar Comics sent along a press release for a cool-looking graphic novel called Madam Samurai. They describe it as being about "a female samurai warrior whose journey brings her to Victorian London on a mission of vengeance." It'll be out in June and you can find out more at Scar's website.
Bram Stoker's Death Ship
IDW's got a Dracula prequel coming out in May. Or, not so much a prequel as a fleshing out of the events that happened off-screen on board the Demeter in the novel. This could be really really good.
Zombies vs Cheerleaders
Cownt Tales' Jessica Hickman illustrates a story and a variant cover to Moonstone's Zombies vs Cheerleaders #1. It's based on a card set that I know nothing about, but the concept sounds great and Jess is perfect at drawing both monsters and cute girls.
First Second Books lists the Top Three Reasons you should like Tiny Tyrant, Volume One.
Madam Samurai
Scar Comics sent along a press release for a cool-looking graphic novel called Madam Samurai. They describe it as being about "a female samurai warrior whose journey brings her to Victorian London on a mission of vengeance." It'll be out in June and you can find out more at Scar's website.
Bram Stoker's Death Ship
IDW's got a Dracula prequel coming out in May. Or, not so much a prequel as a fleshing out of the events that happened off-screen on board the Demeter in the novel. This could be really really good.
Zombies vs Cheerleaders
Cownt Tales' Jessica Hickman illustrates a story and a variant cover to Moonstone's Zombies vs Cheerleaders #1. It's based on a card set that I know nothing about, but the concept sounds great and Jess is perfect at drawing both monsters and cute girls.
Elsewhere on the Internets: Best of the Bronze Age
Here's what else I've been up to online lately:
Five for Friday
Last Friday's (not yesterday, but the week before) assignment from Tom Spurgeon was to Name Five Comics Or Cohesive Runs Of Comics That You Would Give To Someone That Would Encapsulate The Bronze Age And Provide A Gateway To Its Greater Pleasures.
My very Marvel/DC-centric answers were:
1. X-Men #94-143 (1975-1981)
2. Batman #232-244 (1971-1972)
3. Special Marvel Edition #15-16 (1973-1974)
4. Green Lantern #76-89 (1970-1972)
5. Tomb of Dracula #1-70 (1972-1979)
Plump Sister
We finally wrapped up the first scene of A Christmas Carol with a look at a couple of comics adaptations: Marvel's Bronze Age one and Classical Comics' more recent graphic novel version.
Gorillas Riding Dinosaurs
My first column in the new time slot finished the series I've been doing on Anne Freaks.
Another nice compliment
Fehed Said said something nice about my review of his Talking to Strangers anthology. He called it "a very thoughtful review" and added, "Truth be told, I wasn’t expecting anything less from Michael May." Thanks so much, Fehed. Such a thoughtful book deserved no less.
Five for Friday
Last Friday's (not yesterday, but the week before) assignment from Tom Spurgeon was to Name Five Comics Or Cohesive Runs Of Comics That You Would Give To Someone That Would Encapsulate The Bronze Age And Provide A Gateway To Its Greater Pleasures.
My very Marvel/DC-centric answers were:
1. X-Men #94-143 (1975-1981)
2. Batman #232-244 (1971-1972)
3. Special Marvel Edition #15-16 (1973-1974)
4. Green Lantern #76-89 (1970-1972)
5. Tomb of Dracula #1-70 (1972-1979)
Plump Sister
We finally wrapped up the first scene of A Christmas Carol with a look at a couple of comics adaptations: Marvel's Bronze Age one and Classical Comics' more recent graphic novel version.
Gorillas Riding Dinosaurs
My first column in the new time slot finished the series I've been doing on Anne Freaks.
Another nice compliment
Fehed Said said something nice about my review of his Talking to Strangers anthology. He called it "a very thoughtful review" and added, "Truth be told, I wasn’t expecting anything less from Michael May." Thanks so much, Fehed. Such a thoughtful book deserved no less.
Friday, March 05, 2010
TV News: Meet Jim Rockford
Grey's Anatomy SPOILER
No, that's not Jim Rockford. Keep reading for that news.
What the heck's a Grey's Anatomy spoiler doing at the top of this list? Well, it's also a spoiler for Shonda Rhimes' new, tropical-island medical drama Off the Map and if it's set on a tropical island, I'll cover it. At least until I discover whether or not it sucks.
At any rate, the romance between Ben the anesthesiologist (played by the awesome Jason George above) and the even awesomer Bailey will be short-lived. George is moving to Off the Map to play a different character. The odds of Off the Map's sucking just got a lot longer. [The Ausiello Files]
A dinosaur pilot, your new Nikita and Rockford, and the best way ever to get detention after the break.
No, that's not Jim Rockford. Keep reading for that news.
What the heck's a Grey's Anatomy spoiler doing at the top of this list? Well, it's also a spoiler for Shonda Rhimes' new, tropical-island medical drama Off the Map and if it's set on a tropical island, I'll cover it. At least until I discover whether or not it sucks.
At any rate, the romance between Ben the anesthesiologist (played by the awesome Jason George above) and the even awesomer Bailey will be short-lived. George is moving to Off the Map to play a different character. The odds of Off the Map's sucking just got a lot longer. [The Ausiello Files]
A dinosaur pilot, your new Nikita and Rockford, and the best way ever to get detention after the break.
Logorama
This movie is up for a Best Animated Short Oscar for good reason. It takes place in a world made up entirely of trademarks and logos, which is cool enough, but there's also a police drama as a couple of Michelin Men cops pursue a red-headed, floppy-shoed criminal named Ronald McDonald. The language is pretty police-drama-y, so be advised about that.
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Movie News: Small (and Hairy) in Japan
Gilligan's Island Movie
It was only a matter of time.
Fin Fang Foom in Iron Man 2
Sort of, but it's still pretty cool. [Illustration ganked from Bleeding Cool. Hellboy, unfortunately, will not be in Iron Man 2 at all.]
Resident Evil 4 trailer
Wow, this movie's a lot farther along than I realized. I totally have that same fan behind Milla, by the way.
War of the Gods
I wish it was a movie about Captain Marvel, Wonder Woman, and Superman's fighting the gods of all the major world pantheons. But no, it's just an attempt to cash in on the Clash of the Titans remake. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'm all for more, new Greek Mythology movies and maybe it'll be really good.
Superman Plot
David Goyer's apparently been hired to write the script for the next Superman movie, which - according to Latino Review - is being called Man of Steel and will feature Luthor and Braniac as the villains. LR also says that the script won't go over the origin story again (thank you), but will also not be a sequel to Superman Returns
.
If any of this is true, it's pretty cool. I mean, I'm tired of Lex Luthor, but teaming him up with someone like Brainiac could be fun. I especially dig the parts where Mark Millar was always full of crap and The Daily Planet is struggling to stay afloat in the Internet Age.
Wolverine 2
The sequel is set to go into production early next year and it sounds like it has a decent chance of being a lot better than the first one. As expected, it'll be set in Japan and have a heavy romantic element to it. If they can sell the romance and make the danger all about threatening that relationship - while avoiding the silliness and nonsense of the first movie - I can imagine its being really good.
It was only a matter of time.
Fin Fang Foom in Iron Man 2
Sort of, but it's still pretty cool. [Illustration ganked from Bleeding Cool. Hellboy, unfortunately, will not be in Iron Man 2 at all.]
Resident Evil 4 trailer
Wow, this movie's a lot farther along than I realized. I totally have that same fan behind Milla, by the way.
War of the Gods
I wish it was a movie about Captain Marvel, Wonder Woman, and Superman's fighting the gods of all the major world pantheons. But no, it's just an attempt to cash in on the Clash of the Titans remake. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'm all for more, new Greek Mythology movies and maybe it'll be really good.
Superman Plot
David Goyer's apparently been hired to write the script for the next Superman movie, which - according to Latino Review - is being called Man of Steel and will feature Luthor and Braniac as the villains. LR also says that the script won't go over the origin story again (thank you), but will also not be a sequel to Superman Returns
. If any of this is true, it's pretty cool. I mean, I'm tired of Lex Luthor, but teaming him up with someone like Brainiac could be fun. I especially dig the parts where Mark Millar was always full of crap and The Daily Planet is struggling to stay afloat in the Internet Age.
Wolverine 2
The sequel is set to go into production early next year and it sounds like it has a decent chance of being a lot better than the first one. As expected, it'll be set in Japan and have a heavy romantic element to it. If they can sell the romance and make the danger all about threatening that relationship - while avoiding the silliness and nonsense of the first movie - I can imagine its being really good.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Movie News: I Hate Tentacles
Meet Blackbeard
This man is in talks to play Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean 4. I didn't think those movies could get any better, but I guess I was wrong. (I know it's cool to hate the last two, but I can't help liking them.) Penelope Cruz is going to be in it too, which could ease my grieving over Keira's absence.
Sharktopus vs Dinoshark
The world's not awesome enough for a movie with both Sharktopus and Dinoshark in it, but Undead Backbrain has the complete skinny on their separate films.
Moby Dick with Dragons
And Danny Glover as a fantasy-world Ahab. I'm skeptically curious.
Doc Savage movie
I don't know enough about Doc Savage to be truly excited about this, but any pulp adventure movie set in the '30s is going to get my money.
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein on screen... again
It was meant to be a TV series (I reviewed the TV-movie/pilot a few years ago), but Koontz didn't like how it was going and pulled his name off it, choosing instead to co-author a series of novels. Now those novels are becoming at least one film. I never did get around to reading them, but I'm curious now to see how the new film version compares to the old one.
Monster in Paris
Unfortunately, they're not making a movie out of my and Jason Copland's Paris-set giant monster comic just yet, but there is an animated film in the works about "a shy movie projectionist and an inventor who team up with a cabaret star, an eccentric scientist and his monkey to save the city from a monster."
I miss John Hughes
I pulled out The Smiths' Louder than Bombs
to listen to recently. That album always makes me think of John Hughes because he's the one who introduced me to it. After the Pretty in Pink soundtrack
, I made a habit of getting the soundtracks to all his films, knowing that I'd find some amazing stuff on them. "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" was on Pretty in Pink and Kirsty Macoll's cover of "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby" is on She's Having a Baby
, but I also have Hughes to thank for Echo and the Bunnymen, Love and Rockets, Gene Loves Jezebel, Kate Bush, Flesh for Lulu, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and of course Simple Minds. He's even responsible for my digging into Bowie's career any earlier than Let's Dance
thanks to that quote at the beginning of The Breakfast Club.
By sheer coincidence, Vanity Fair ran a series of articles on Hughes about the same time I was listening to The Smiths. /Film has conveniently collected them, but my favorite part was learning that he never lost that love for new music. According to /Film's summary, "His iTunes library filled several hard drives, and he planned the playlists for his sons’ weddings as carefully as he had the soundtracks for his movies. In recent years, he took to dispensing pre-loaded iPods to people he liked, much as he’d assiduously compiled mix tapes for Ringwald and Broderick in the old days." There's a great story about the one he gave John Candy's son and how it was eventually used, but you should go read that one for yourself.
This man is in talks to play Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean 4. I didn't think those movies could get any better, but I guess I was wrong. (I know it's cool to hate the last two, but I can't help liking them.) Penelope Cruz is going to be in it too, which could ease my grieving over Keira's absence.
Sharktopus vs Dinoshark
The world's not awesome enough for a movie with both Sharktopus and Dinoshark in it, but Undead Backbrain has the complete skinny on their separate films.
Moby Dick with Dragons
And Danny Glover as a fantasy-world Ahab. I'm skeptically curious.
Doc Savage movie
I don't know enough about Doc Savage to be truly excited about this, but any pulp adventure movie set in the '30s is going to get my money.
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein on screen... again
It was meant to be a TV series (I reviewed the TV-movie/pilot a few years ago), but Koontz didn't like how it was going and pulled his name off it, choosing instead to co-author a series of novels. Now those novels are becoming at least one film. I never did get around to reading them, but I'm curious now to see how the new film version compares to the old one.
Monster in Paris
Unfortunately, they're not making a movie out of my and Jason Copland's Paris-set giant monster comic just yet, but there is an animated film in the works about "a shy movie projectionist and an inventor who team up with a cabaret star, an eccentric scientist and his monkey to save the city from a monster."
I miss John Hughes
I pulled out The Smiths' Louder than Bombs
to listen to recently. That album always makes me think of John Hughes because he's the one who introduced me to it. After the Pretty in Pink soundtrack, I made a habit of getting the soundtracks to all his films, knowing that I'd find some amazing stuff on them. "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" was on Pretty in Pink and Kirsty Macoll's cover of "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby" is on She's Having a Baby, but I also have Hughes to thank for Echo and the Bunnymen, Love and Rockets, Gene Loves Jezebel, Kate Bush, Flesh for Lulu, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and of course Simple Minds. He's even responsible for my digging into Bowie's career any earlier than Let's Dance thanks to that quote at the beginning of The Breakfast Club.By sheer coincidence, Vanity Fair ran a series of articles on Hughes about the same time I was listening to The Smiths. /Film has conveniently collected them, but my favorite part was learning that he never lost that love for new music. According to /Film's summary, "His iTunes library filled several hard drives, and he planned the playlists for his sons’ weddings as carefully as he had the soundtracks for his movies. In recent years, he took to dispensing pre-loaded iPods to people he liked, much as he’d assiduously compiled mix tapes for Ringwald and Broderick in the old days." There's a great story about the one he gave John Candy's son and how it was eventually used, but you should go read that one for yourself.
The Best Commercial in the World
Watching Big Bang Theory tonight I saw my current favorite commercial again. Thought I'd share.
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