With so many videos and movies on the internet, it’s hard to find the best one ever, but I kid you not when I say that this might be the one! Overdrift is (so far) two episodes long filled with great characters, amazing action and countless throwbacks to your favorite anime/video game/childhood pipe dream. We follow Dr. Blake Kagemura as he searches his soul for the answer to his brother Duke’s mysterious mid-drift dissapearance. “Duke threw everything away for the Drift! I’m not gonna do the same.” Not only does Overdrift shine in every possible way, it’s quotable as all hell. I laughed, I cried, I DRIFTED.
This past Thursday I went to the Museum of Natural History. I love that museum; it was actually the second time I was there last week; the first was with my brother on Monday, I had bought a book and it was missing pages 97-112 so I went again Thursday to return it. Anyway, I decided to see their Imax movie Cosmic Collisions, which sounded pretty bad ass. It was short, and like most Imax movies, really superficial (that is, they don’t go deeper than surface knowledge) but in spite of the lack of any in depth information it was still pretty rad. One thing really surprised me though, when they simulated what would happen when another planet ran into Earth, I totally felt like crying. Maybe it was because I didn’t get much sleep, or that I hadn’t eaten yet that day, but whatever the case I had this revelation about how fondly I feel towards the Earth that I never realized before I saw another planet smash into it. Be careful, Earth! Space is dangerous.
The four met at Comic-Con, released their first ensemble graphic novel “5” there last year, won an Eisner for it this year, and followed it up with “PIXU” #1. CBR News spoke with the team about “5”, “PIXU”, and what comes next for this critically acclaimed foursome.
Check out that awesome back cover! I got a box of comps in the mail, it’s so weird to see everything printed full size. Plus the paper is thicker, and it makes the book look more impressive. I sat back and weiged it in my hand thinking, “Damn, I drew all that!”
PIXU
2 part mini series
by: Becky Cloonan, Vasilis Lolos, Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá.
Limited signed and numbered special edition, 1000 copy print run.
Part one will be released on the San Diego Comic Con International. Part two will be out in September. This is not going to be distributed by Diamond. If you’re not going to San Diego and you want to save your copy of PIXU, it will only be available through KHEPRI.COM. They are already taking pre-orders.
A few weeks back, the ladies and I went to watch the hottest comic-based movie since “Batman Begins“:
IRONMAN!!!!!!
So I was a bit skeptical when going to watch this movie due to my disappointment from Marvel’s other movies: Spiderman 3(wtf was with that dance number…), and X-Men 3(except when certain people started dying…). I never been a big Iron Man fan growing up and the little bit I read about him and the Avengers in the Civil War saga, I didn’t have much an impression of him.
But the trailer for the movie was the most hottest thing I have seen in awhile so I swore that I’ll give Iron Man a chance. Despite the kids chit-chatting in the theater, the movie was absolutely awesome and hot and sexy and hot. And by HOT, I mean:
Beside the man-candy, the movie was full of funny and very clever dialogue, great cast and awesome script/story. Usually when a comic or book is translated into a movie, half the time it feels like the story is rushed since they’re trying to squeeze an entire history or book into a 2 hour movie. The end result is that I’m left wondering what the story is about (i.e. Golden Compass… UGH) or having very little symphaty for the characters. But Iron Man managed to pull it off perfectly; by the end of the movie, I feel like I known this character for a long time. I am definitely looking forward to watching the next installment. And The Dark Knight——!!!!!! This summer is definitely a good season for COMICS.
For some who may not know, My Cage has celebrated it’s first year in syndication in May! Whoo hoo! The strip is featured in various newspapers around the country and just this past week, has been picked up by the Honolulu Star Bulletin. If you live in Honolulu be sure to check out our interview by Gary Chun in the Sunday paper June 1st!
My Cage is distributed by King Features Syndicate and began it’s run May 6 of 2007. If it’s not in your paper, you can sign up at King Features Daily Ink website and subscribe to all their strips and view all the archives.
If you would like to check out some of the strips and even info on how to write to your newspaper, visit our MySpace page: www.myspace.com/mycagecomic.
Also if you’d like to know more about the writer, Ed Power and myself, Melissa DeJesus on our work on the strip, check out our blog at www.mycagecomic.blogspot.com.
Est. 1999.
Work history together includes self-publishing two books (1999, 2000), animation and storyboards for the cult classic Super Troopers, and comics and illustrations for several Otakon program books.
Appearances
SPX: Oct, Maryland
APE: Nov, San Francisco
NYCC: Feb, New York City
This past Thursday I went to the Museum of Natural History. I love that museum; it was actually the second time I was there last week; the first was with my brother on Monday, I had bought a book and it was missing pages 97-112 so I went again Thursday to return it. Anyway, I decided to see their Imax movie Cosmic Collisions, which sounded pretty bad ass. It was short, and like most Imax movies, really superficial (that is, they don’t go deeper than surface knowledge) but in spite of the lack of any in depth information it was still pretty rad. One thing really surprised me though, when they simulated what would happen when another planet ran into Earth, I totally felt like crying. Maybe it was because I didn’t get much sleep, or that I hadn’t eaten yet that day, but whatever the case I had this revelation about how fondly I feel towards the Earth that I never realized before I saw another planet smash into it. Be careful, Earth! Space is dangerous.
