Giant Spider Attack!

Another video for your entertainment.

A giant spider attacks the space shuttle at NASA.
What out! Creatures on the loose!



(by way of the Presurfer)

Ninja Parade

What???
How in the world did I not know about this?


I'm going to Modesto, CA next year!

It's A Sad Day

Well, today was the first new issue of Spider-Man since that last horrible story-arc wiped-out all the history on him*.

And this was also the first day I have ever stopped buying an issue of Amazing Spider-Man on purpose.
(Oh, I've missed an issue here and there, but it wasn't intentional)

The "Brand New Day" issue hit the stands. The fanboys reviewed it online. And the general consensus was: "Well, it's really a good issue, but it sucks about how they had to get to it."

I really like the creative teams they picked out (both artists and writers).
I am very happy they are going back to the mechanical web-shooters like he originally started with.
I'm especially happy that his whole secret identity is still a secret again.
But I can't support the title any longer, all things considered.

I can take comfort in the fact that I can still read Ultimate Spider-Man (at least until the "Ultimatum" storyline craps all over it).
And I will pick up Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane once Terry Moore takes over the writing.
I can always go back and re-read my back issues (and man, do I have plenty of them!).
And not to mention, there are also the collected hardcovers of the old back issues from the 60's.
So it's not like I can't get my Spidey fix when I need one.
It's just that I had to give up on the the very first comic book that made me come to appreciate and enjoy them in the first place.

I want to give a big congratulations to every fan who has dropped ASM because of the this whole mess.
Hopefully by voting with our dollars we can show them it wasn't worth it.

And those fans who bitched and complained but are still getting the title?
Yeah, thanks to you too. Way to stick to your guns and show your "support".


* And the history that got wiped-out?
1) regained his secret identity
2) lost his organic web-shooters and went back to having mechanical ones
3) lost is 'spider-spikes' that shot out of his wrists (WTF?!?)
4) lost his 'enhanced spider-sense' (Again.... WTF?!?)
5) his powers are no longer part of some totemic, spider-god, passed-down-through-the-centuries-yadda-yadda
6) Harry Osborn is back (Once dead, but actually just "in rehab")

It's Magic!

Alright, not to keep beating a dead horse but here's something some of you might like to know about.


The current Spider-Man bru-ha-ha continues, but on one online forum former Spidey writer J. Michael Straczynski wrote about his side of the story and why he wanted to leave his name off of it. Here, read it for yourself. It's interesting.


But what I really wanted to make a point of was the Marvel explanation for the whole re-boot of the character: "It's Magic. We don't have to explain it."
Wow. That's as good an answer as I think we can all expect, am I right?

Well, somebody has taken the 'explanation' and ran with it. You can now buy a T-shirt with this phrase on it.

Please, go buy one now. Wear it to your next comic book convention and show your support of unreasonable editorial changes in current comics.

Earl McDonnell - R.I.P.

You might not recognize the name, but Earl McDonnell was the inspiration behind the character "Earl" in the popular comic strip "Mutts".

He passed away last month after 18+ years young.

Earl's owner and the author of the strip, Patrick McDonnell, has asked that anyone wishing to make a donation please visit Kindred Spirits to find out how.

Best wishes to the McDonnell family. A pet as beloved as him is not easily forgotten.

Mi Hermanos

Today (although I'm rather late in actually posting about it) was my brother's birthday.

Year # 36 to be exact.

I just wanted to wish him a happy birthday and let him know that I appreciate him.

And what better way to show my appreciation than to share this goofy picture of us from about 30 years ago:

That's us in our Easter suits circa 1976 (I believe).

I'm on the left and he's on the right.

(And you can obviously tell that lawn maintenance was not a high priority in our parents lives)

Happy Birthday M.

I hope it was a great day.

Darth Vader In Love

As Monty Python would say: "And now for something completely different"

A while back I posted about the lighter side of Darth Vader.
Nobody commented on it, so perhaps none of you saw it.
Oh well.

I'm not going to re-hash it, but I thought I'd post an update to it here.
It seems Darth has been smitten by cupid's arrow and finds himself all twitterpated.