I just saw some new Young Justice toys based on the cartoon, and thought how logical it is that Aquaman’s costume would have bare feet, and then I ran across Aquaman costume variations at design site Project Rooftop. Some faves below.
Go here to check them all out and see some updated looks of ’90s toon hero Captain Planet while you’re there too.
Nerdcore rapper Adam Warrock has teamed up with indie publisher Oni Press to create some funky new tunes. What a grand idea. Official info and track list below, and if you want more geek centred music, check out the excellent Kirby Krackle.
The internet’s foremost comic book nerdcore rapper and the comic industries creator-owned publishing powerhouse unveil twenty tracks inspired by Oni Press creators and their work.
The ONI PRESS MIXTAPE features master lyricist Adam WarRock giving his spin to Oni comics including: Queen & Country, Super Pro KO, Possessions, The Sixth Gun, Hopeless Savages, Wasteland, Salt Water Taffy, Guerillas, The Crogan Adventures, and Stumptown. The album also features interlude tracks with creators Antony Jonston, Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt, Greg Rucka, Jarrett Williams, and Jen Van Meter!
The best part about it? It’s F. R. E. E. So go grab yourself the ONI PRESS MIXTAPE at his website!
Tracklist and credits:
1. “Intro”
Beat used: RJD2 “Things Go Better”
Samples: Grosse Point Blank, Henry Rollins interview
2. “Japanese Demons”
Beat used: David Byrne & Brian Eno “Strange Overtones”
3. “Super Pro K.O.”
Beat Used: The Last Emperor “Here We Are”
4. Jarrett Williams Interlude
5. “Guerillas”
Beat used: PJ Harvey “Meet Ze Monsta”
6. “Queen & Country” featuring Tribe One
Beat used: Soul Position “Run”
7. “The Sixth Gun”
Beat Used: Julian Casablancas “The Tourist”
8. Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt Interlude
9. “Crogan’s Vengeance” by Tribe One
Beat used: The Zutons “Pressure”
10. “Salt Water Taffy”
Beat Used; The Bees “Who Cares What the Question Is”
11. Jen Van Meter Interlude
12. “Hopeless Savages”
Beat Used: The Thermals “Now We Can See”
13. “The Damned”
Beat used: Squirrel Nut Zippers “Hell”
14. Greg Rucka Interlude
15. “Stumptown”
Beat Used: Infamous MC “Y’all Not Ready”
16. “Possessions”
Beat used: Mountain Goats “Romans 10:9″
17. Antony Johnston Interlude
18. “Wasteland”
Beat Used: Passion Pit “Swimming In the Flood”
19. “D.I.Y” (Outro)
Beat Used: Spoon “Don’t You Evah”
20. “Stumptown (Portlandia Remix)”
Beat Used: Washed Out “Feel It All Around”
Image Comics are on quite the winning streak lately, with a bunch of new series gaining favour from readers and critics alike, such as Chew, Skullkickers, Morning Glories and Who Is Jake Ellis?. Maybe this is the latest one, from long time artist and first time writer Tomm Coker, though he did co-write and direct the 2007 horror film Catacombs, which featured singer Pink. Slightly censored press release for Undying Love below.
Yes, you may be sick of vampires too, but this sounds like it’s worth a purchase.
Although Aussies Geoffrey Rush and Jackie Weaver didn’t win the expected supporting actors Oscars, Shaun Tan did for Best Animated Short Film for The Lost Thing. Co-directed by Tan, and based on his OGN of the same name, it’s a charming tale of a man befriending a weird creature, and is narrated by Aussie comedian/singer Tim Minchin.
Tan’s wordless OGNs such as The Arrival are beautifully illustrated and powerful tales and it’s great to see him add another prestigious award to his resume.
I first saw The Lost Thing last year when Tan presented most of it during a presentation of his work at a library, and saw the 15 minute finished product at an animation showcase, and it was far superior to the other short films shown with it. Trailer for The Lost Thing is below. Hopefully, now with its highest level of awareness, the DVD will fly off the shelves, as it goes for 60 minutes with all the extras and also features a 48 page book.
66 mins. We make beautiful music together. We talk about the unique intersection between comics and music and also discuss which of the Friends we resemble, William Shatner singing and True Romance.
LISTEN TO IT BELOW, OR ON ITUNES OR DOWNLOAD IT HERE
2:22 NEWS
BOOM! Studios gets the Peanuts licence, DJ Caruso set to direct Preacher adaptation, Telltale Games brings the world Fables and Walking Dead games, writer Dwayne McDuffie dies
11:50 WHAT WE’VE BEEN READING
Captain Wonder 3D
DMZ Volume 9
The Devil’s Trail #1 from Creator’s Edge Press
Burgerforce #4 and 5
26:30 MUSIC AND COMICS
Comics written by musicians such as Gerard Way from My Chemical Romance, Anthrax’s Scott Ian, Claudio Sanchez from Coheed and Cambria, Ghost Face Killa. Also comics based on Neil Young’s Greendale album, Alice Cooper, Prince, KISS , The Archies and Aerosmith.
Comic Book Tattoo based on the songs of Tori Amos
Belle and Sebastain anthology
27 from Image Comics
Paul Sizer’s B.P.M about a DJ called Roxy
Com.x’s hopefully upcoming Passions Requiem
Phonogram by Kieron Gillen and Jamie Mckelvie
Poseur Ink’s Side A and Side B
Matt Madden’s work
Mondo Urbano
20th Century Boys
Alan Moore’s work including League of Extraordinary Getlemen
Kid Koala
The Amazing Joy Buzzards
And for the education of your auditory inputs, here are the songs in order as heard throughout this episode.
Airing sometime in the future on Cartoon Network is the ThunderCats remake, with animation provided by Japan’s Studio4C. Lion-O and co. were always favourites of mine from the stellar days of cartoons in the ’80s, so I hope this new series does them justice.
Like most fans of foreign films, I watch Hollywood remakes with one eye closed, in order to lessen my inevitable disappointment. I generally watch the US attempts though, as sometimes they get it right (The Office) and sometimes they don’t (the recent The Experiment starring Adrien Brody is overshadowed by the superior German original). Let Me In, based on the 2008 Swedish film and book Let The Right One In, is the best adaptation yet. The original blew me away with its low burn pace and atmosphere and the US version directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) largely keeps the same focus. However, the attacks by Abby and the torment of Owen’s bullies are much more visceral. The friendship between the vampire girl Abby and Owen (played superbly by Chloe Moretz and Kodi Smit-McPhee respectably) is thankfully intact and keeping it set in the ’80s is also a wise move. It looks more like an arty indie film thanks to its great cinematography and is a great new entry for the resurrected Hammer film studios.
Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer stars Pierce Brosnan as a former Brit Prime Minister and Ewan McGregor as the new ghost writer hired to write his memoirs. Amid accusations of Brosnan’s Adam Lang sanctioning the torture of suspected terrorists, plus the mysterious death of his previous ghost writer all add up to a great drama, and that’s what it is, with touches of a thriller film. There’s no action set pieces and even the car chase is methodical, but it all works well, though the ending is a downer. If you like Alfred Hitchcock’s films, check this one out.
Based on Robert Harris’ novel, it also stars a bald James Belushi, and Kim Cattrall with a convincing English accent, this is a well rounded film with great performances.
Exam is one of those films like Cube, in which a few people go into one place and not all of them come out. Directed by Stuart Hazeldine, and written by him and Simon Garrity it features a few recognisable British actors and is all set in one room. It’s one of those films that is sold on its intriguing central concept and great performances alone. It’d also make a great play.
Basically, 8 people (4 men and 4 women) all enter a sparse room for a job application and told that only one of them will get the dream job. They are given a few basic instructions and then must spend the next 80 minutes looking at the bare paper before them to figure out the one answer. However, the question is just as mysterious. With great dialogue and excitement that is bigger than the only room, it’s rather mesmerising.
Now at Broken Frontier is my review of this great new spy thriller with a twist series from Nathan Edmondsn and Tonci Zonjic. There’s also a creator commentary with Edmondson at MTV Geek.
Arriving just before the live action film in June is this animated anthology, featuring a look at 6 different ring bearers. Of course, Hal Jordan is in there, but curiously Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner and John Stewart aren’t, which is strange, considering most people know the former from the JLU cartoon, and he’ll be appearing in the live action film. It still looks good though, and seems to be adopting the same look across all 6 stories.
This second teaser from Image features actors Clint Eastwood, James Stewart and John Wayne amongst a bunch of real life Wild West figures, and one fictional character. We know now that it’s a fun, all-ages series that’ll be announced soon.
Teaser images are becoming increasingly popular in the comics biz these days. They offer mystery, and get people talking. Both The Big Two (Marvel and DC) and smaller publishers use them. Now the idea is getting ridiculous, as this teaser from Image proves, but I guess that’s the idea. All we know is the name of the animal art – “Reed Promo.” Very mysterious. Expect more like it.
It’s the old vs the new in this text-free preview.
Your First Look at X-MEN: FIRST TO LAST!
Marvel is pleased to present your first look at X-Men: First To Last, as acclaimed writer Christopher Yost returns to the X-Men with fan favorite artists Paco Medina and Dalibor Talijic. Starting in X-Men Giant-Size #1 and continuing in June’s X-Men #12, discover the staggering consequences when Xavier’s first class arrives in the future to tackle their greatest foe yet! The next shocking X-Men arc starts right here and, when it’s all over; a major new figure will tower over the team’s past and their undecided future.
“X-Men Giant Size has massive ramifications for two – count ‘em, two – generations of X-Men. That’s right, the original X-Men are back,” said Marvel Editor In Chief, Axel Alonso. “Is the X-Universe big enough for both teams?”
Can the X-Men of yesterday and today tackle their greatest enemy that neither can remember? The Evolutionaries are coming and their rampage through the Marvel Universe will reverberate through the lives of all X-Men past and present, first and last. The mind-bending saga that will rewrite the history books on mutantkind begins this May, in X-Men Giant-Size #1!
Plus, no X-Men fan can miss the all-new X-Force Archangel action figure, available exclusively at Marvel.com. One of the most popular members of the red-hot Uncanny X-Force team, this is the only way for you to get the first figure of Archangel in his all-new, all-deadly uniform. Please visit www.marvel.com/archangel for more details.
X-MEN GIANT-SIZE #1
X-MEN GIANT-SIZE #1 MEDINA VARIANT
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST
Penciled by PACO MEDINA & DALIBOR TALIJIC
Cover by ED McGUINNESS
Variant Cover by PACO MEDINA
Rated T+ …$4.99
ON-SALE IN MAY!
This is really sad. Writer Dwayne McDuffie has died. I know him, as most did, as creator of Static Shock (which became a cartoon), and his continual work promoting non-white characters in teams like JLA. Apart from his comics work, which included co-founding Milestone Media, he also worked on animated series (Justice League Unlimited, Ben 10) and films (Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, and the just released All-Star Superman).
His run on JLA and the DC animated films is great and his desire to continually promote diversity within the ranks of superhero titles will hopefully be continued by others.
McDuffie passed away due to complications from a recent surgical procedure. Fond remembrances of the writer can be read here, here and here.
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