SAY IT AIN'T SO!

Spoiler alert. You’ve been warned. Now fuck off.

I hate to be one of those, “How can you do that to ___________? He was my favorite character!” internet fans, I think this is pretty senseless thing to do with a great character (not actually my favorite) who had a lot of potential. I guess I should be glad the character is being used at all.

The following is from Wizarduniverse.com

PREVIOUSLY IN THE MARVEL U.

• Spurred by a catastrophic incident in Stamford, Conn., where more than 600 innocent bystanders were killed during a clash between the New Warriors and the human-bomb supervillain Nitro, the United States’ Superhuman Registration Act outlawed beings with superpowers acting without the training and consent of the U.S. government.

• Marvel’s heroes divide chiefly into two factions, siding with Iron Man’s pro-registration, government-backed taskforce or Captain America’s underground squad of heroes opposing the Registration Act. Captain America eventually surrenders after seeing all of the destruction and collateral damage that occurred during the war.

• Tony Stark is named director of S.H.I.E.L.D., overseeing the Initiative, a plan placing heroes on teams state-by-state across America.

• The government also commissions a group of supervillains to hunt down rebel heroes under the leadership of Green Goblin Norman Osborn.

• Walking up the courthouse steps to face trial for his insurrection, Captain America is shot and killed by a sniper.

• In an attempt to piece their marriage back together, Reed and Sue Richards go on a solar-system-spanning vacation while Black Panther and Storm fill in on the Fantastic Four.

Avengers: The Initiative #6
Written by Dan Slott
Art by Steve Uy

• Gauntlet gets ambushed and bloodied up with a chunk taken out of his head and a big “NW” on his chest.

• The Initiative recruits find themselves in a cell pending an investigation into the attack.

• The answer to the mystery will leave your eyes exploding out of your head.

PANEL OF THE WEEK: SLAPSTICK’S FALL FROM GRACE
Add Slapstick to the list of Marvel heroes who just couldn’t take it anymore. In one of the most bizarre one-panel flashback sequences ever to punctuate a comic book, the answer to who attacked Gauntlet gets answered loud and clear as this lovable living cartoon shows shades of becoming the Marvel Universe’s new homicidal clown.

http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/006009045.cfm

Let's hope he's really a Skrull, and the real Slapstick is safe and sound. He'll return and get the ongoing series he begged for in the last issue of his mini.

To the good ol' days.

'HEROES' IS BACK!!!!!

The new season of Heroes starts tonight. In honor of that, I thought I'd share this really fucked up drunken You Tube find. Enjoy.








http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_LA603ZrBk

I MIGHT HAVE FREAKED OUT MY NEIGHBOR

I decided to head to the Red Dog last night, and try my best to work on my novel. I scribbled down notes and possible openings on a legal pad for a few hours, but nothing really came of it. So, I decided to go ahead and get drunk.

On the way home from the bar, I ran into my next door neighbor. We bullshitted as we walked home. The show Heroes came up in the conversation. We both expressed a strong desire for next Monday to hurry the hell up and get here already. Since he lives in the apartment right next to mine, and I popped in and showed him a sketch of Captain America drawn by Tim Sale.

I explained that this is the guy who does all the artwork for the show. I’m not sure if he understood (I may have been a little too inebriated to explain). He may have thought the actor who plays Isaac is also a comic book artist and does the art for the show, and that’s who drew the sketch. Hell, if he was drunk like I was, he may have thought I was Isaac.

Still, he was duly impressed.

REMEMBERING MIKE WIERINGO

I didn't know Mike Wieringo personally, but he was a constant fixture at Heroes Convention, as was I for some years. I remember the first time I saw him. He was at a booth displaying software that formatted your writing into comic script form. He was inviting fans to come up and write a page using the software, and he'd thumbnail it out.

Now, this was my first comic convention ever, and one of the first pros I'd ever come anywhere near. Even though I dream of writing comics one day (and did way back then in 1996), I couldn't muster the courage to do so. He wasn't signing yet, but he'd chat with fans as he doodled away. I managed to compose the testicular fortitude to let him know what I fan I was and find out when he'd be signing. Later that day, I got the books I'd brought signed.

I saw him there for the next several years, and would say hi every now and again. He was always smiling, sketching, signing, and chatting with fans. When I stopped going so regularly, I'd still see him there, doing exactly same thing.

Mike Wieringo was one of the most dependable and constant artists in comics. Mike Wieringo helped make Wally West one of my all time favorite comics' characters. Mike Wieringo was one of the few people who could get me to buy a newly launched Spider-Man title with Ben Reilly as the titular character.

Mike Wieringo will be missed.

UNEXPECTED LEAVE OF ABSENCE

So, I took a week off work, and when I came back I found out that the net nanny had decided it didn't care too much for Blogspot sites. So, that's we're I've been. I don't know how I'm going to keep things going from here. I may just post once every week or two on my parents' computer or I may email shit to Matt and have him post it for me. Just wanted to check in real quick, and let everyone know I'm still alive. Until next time...

HELL OFFICIALLY FROZEN OFFER

I went to Newsarama this morning, and read this little story that leads me to beleived the Apocalypse is nigh. Don't get me wrong. I think this is awesome news, but it's odd.


From Newsarama

LIEFELD/IMAGE REUNITE FOR YOUNGBLOOD HC/NEW SERIES

Comic books fans have been putting the internet clues together for the last few days and Wednesday evening it has been made official – Image Comics and founder/former partner Rob Liefeld have confirmed for Newsarama they will be reuniting for the first time in over a decade for the release of a hardcover collection of a “re-mastered, re-scripted, and re-imagined” version the original Image launch title Youngblood.

Described as the “definitive version” of Liefeld’s original story arc, the volume - a newly expanded version of the 2005 Maximum Youngblood collection – is set for release under the Image “i” later this year and will also feature a brand-new Joe Casey-written, Liefeld-drawn ending. Following that in January 2008 will be a brand new Image Comics monthly ongoing Youngblood series by Casey, artist Derec Donovan, and colorist Val Staples, with Liefeld providing covers.



According to Image, the new series features, “a new cast of familiar faces”, including Shaft, Badrock, DieHard, Cougar, Johnny Panic, Doc Rocket, plus an all-new character.

“No previous knowledge of past Youngblood comics is required”, reports Image of the new series. “This is an all-new story that picks up now and doesn't look back. If you're familiar with the past books - all the better – but you're not going to need much more than a working knowledge of the original concept to enjoy the hell out of this.”

Of course even Image Comics acknowledges Liefeld’s return to the company for these projects is somewhat unexpected. Largely credited as one of the key driving forces behind the formation of the company in 1992, Liefeld and Image parted ways in 1997 in controversial and in less-than-amicable fashion, and words and varying versions of events have been traded between Liefeld and some of his former founding partners in the years that followed…

“It's good to have Rob and his characters under the Image banner again,” said Image Executive Director Eric Stephenson. “Obviously, a lot of time has passed, but at the end of the day, the most important consideration in all of this is whether it's good for Image - and from Rob's perspective, whether it's good for him. We seem to be in agreement that this is a good thing for all involved."

Added founding member and current Image partner and Publisher Erik Larsen (Savage Dragon), “Youngblood started at Image and kicked off the company in high gear. I really wouldn't want to see it continue anywhere else, and I'm sure fans will join me in enthusiastically welcoming Rob Liefeld and Youngblood back to the fold. 'Nuff said.”

As to the projects that will be released under this new accord…

“I've always felt Youngblood was a genuinely cool idea. In many ways, it's a precursor to series like he Authority and The Ultimates, and I think Joe Casey's the ideal custodian for these characters,” said Stephenson of the new series. “He has true enthusiasm for the concept and a clear vision of how to move it forward. And from what I've seen so far, Derec's the perfect choice to bring that vision to the page.”

“I can't begin to tell you how thrilled I am that Youngblood is back home where it all started,” said Liefeld. “This is all extremely exciting working with Eric, Erik, Joe, and the gang at Image Comics.

“It was a long and winding road getting back here but there is no place that me and these characters would rather be!"

THE FACES OF EVIL

Pure, unadulterated evil!!! Complete and utter wastes of skin.