Big Guy

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:44:48 GMT

Comics: Robin III

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:35:56 GMT

It was 1990. The first comic book that I bought with my own money was the second issue of the first Robin mini series. I had just received this huge book on the history of Batman the year before and I was fascinated by the chapter on Robin. I don't really have any specific reason for it because the chapter wasn't totally complimentary. The talked about Dick Grayson, how he grew up and ditched the name and became his own super hero. I knew there was another Robin named Jason Todd. I read a couple of issues featuring Jason thanks to some packed collection of comics I bought at the Venture up the road. Even at 9 I thought Jason was a douche. You're hanging out with Batman! And you just beat up Two Face, what's with the petulant whining? But something about the character compelled me. At some point later on I was playing with some toys in the living room, my parents were watching Entertainment Tonight and they did a little story on how Robin was getting a new costume. I was floored. The next time I was with Mom at the grocery store I saw this:

I bought that and I was completely hooked. What was it with this kid?

At nine years old he deduced Batman was really Bruce Wayne. Just think about that for a minute.

He figured out who Batman was. At the age of nine.

Jim Gordon hasn't done that. The Joker hasn't done that. In fact, other than Superman using his x-ray vision, I don't think anyone has figured it out. Sure Batman has told some people, but finding out without his knowledge? Unheard of!

And instead of being the standard annoying kid in every piece of modern fiction he actually refused to wear a costume. He didn't think he was worthy of it. He was brought into the whole superheroing bit reluctantly. When Scarecrow has Batman over barrel Tim races to the rescue, and he won't wear the costume because he thinks he's not ready. He worries that he's going to let Batman down. Or that he'll somehow besmirch what Robin stood for.

And then there's this. A couple of years after becoming Robin, Tim joins the Teen Titans. Deathstroke has severely wounded their teammate Impulse. Wonder Girl and Superboy are pissed and ready for some payback. Starfire demands they stay behind to protect them. They're too inexperienced, there's about to be a fight and Tim says they'll stay. Starfire leaves and locks down the tower. Tim, calm as can be, climbs the stairs to his room, stoically taking the abuse and scorn of his friends and then:

Not pictured: Tim Drake's massive balls

He is a natural leader, he has taken any already famous persona and made it his own. Batman is sometimes called "The World's Greatest Detective", and even he has admitted that Tim is smarter than he is. He's humble, he's tough, and he's a pretty damn good character.

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:45:38 GMT

IT'S GUY LOVE!

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:22:54 GMT

I needed encouragement:

Are there any others that should be on here?

Staring Contest.

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:37:42 GMT

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:42:11 GMT

Screwloose keeps some good company!

Character Scavenger Hunt!

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:50:07 GMT

Comment and I'll give you a person. Find a picture of that person for each category. Post the results in your journal.

petit gave me The Greatest Hero of all time!

a picture of the funniest face

a picture eating

a picture with an animal

Click to enlarge

a picture with the opposite sex

It's a threefer!

That's him and Dazzler!

a picture where you would have sex with them

Betcha didn't think I was gonna get around that one didja?

a picture of your favorite outfit

Special bonus: Jedi Ash

happiest picture

saddest picture

a picture half naked.

a picture doing an outdoor activity

favorite picture

I love that exchange:

Shopper Deadite: Who the hell are you?

Ash: Name's Ash *cocks rifle one handed* Housewares.

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:18:14 GMT

tvini! Look! Look!

It's a reasonable question.

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:45:27 GMT

Why doesn't Glenn Beck deny charges that he raped and murdered a young girl in 1990?

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:59:44 GMT

Fiasco is back! And I doubled his memory!

See if you can identify everyone.

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:05:28 GMT

The Ballad of G.I. Joe from Olivia Wilde

I too am in the killing Nazi business.

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:34:25 GMT

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:41:06 GMT

Will Cain was a little hot tempered, but would laugh at just about anything. He had a good heart and I could tell from what little I knew about their relationship that he loved Amy and her children more than anything.

Amy Davis was one of the sweetest people on the planet. She was sarcastic on occasion and loved easily and without condition. She adopted three children and she and Will had one on the way.

There are not enough good people in the world. Or maybe it doesn't seem like there are that many. They exist almost silently, doing what needs to be done and making peoples lives better just by being there. I know some of you don't believe in God or a higher purpose to existence or whatever you want to call it. I guess I just want the world to know that there are two fewer of those good people on it.

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:27:50 GMT

Now that they mention it Dumbledore did kind of whiz the job down his leg.

Comics: She Hulk

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:15:59 GMT

Jennifer Walters was a pretty low key repressed law student. She was mousy, she was quiet and she didn't do anything to draw any attention to herself. The person she was closest to was her cousin Bruce.

Cousin Bruce

After getting shot by mobsters Bruce Banner gives Jennifer an emergency blood transfusion to save her. And following comic book logic this is guaranteed to turn her into a mutated freak of nature. However unlike her cousin she has had an easier time of controlling herself in her Hulk form.

Even more unlike her cousin, she actually likes how she is when she's the She Hulk. Because of the change in her outward appearance and her knowledge that she can't be hurt it caused her to be able to come out of her shell as it were. She's bubbly and fun, and thrilled with being a super being. She's stronger than almost anyone in the Marvel Universe and she's almost impossible to damage.

But her real power is her brains. She's really a brilliant lawyer, even helping Spider-Man successfully sue J. Jonah Jameson for defamation (he was going to win, but then was subpoenaed as Peter Parker who was then named in the suit, so he decided to settle).

She is even chosen to be a part of a galactic tribunal to hear and judge cases across the galaxy. She even manages to beat Blizzard sitting down, just by buying him drinks at a bar. In her She Hulk form she can't get drunk, so as they talk and keep drinking he eventually takes himself out and she tells the bartender to call the police.

She's got ties to just about everyone else in the Marvel Universe, she's been an Avenger, a Defender and even replaced Thing on the Fantastic Four for a time:

Not She Hulk, but Thing in a wig

Of course she does have flaws. She's had occasions where she has lost control and become a mindless savage. In one instance she lost her mind and it was Hulk himself who tried to talk her down. Also her mutation and subsequent loss of inhibition does make her a little umm...affectionate. She's gotten down with Iron Man, an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Luke Cage, Starfox, she even made a pass at Wolverine.

Oh...and as I mentioned before: Hercules

Because of all of these things Jennifer Walters is probably the most layered character in the Marvel Universe.

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:51:11 GMT

Comics: Big Barda

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:37:28 GMT

Today I'm going to tell you about Big Barda, it's been a sausage fest with the other entries and it's time to mention the fairer sex.

Hun, you might have to try a size up.

Barda began life as a Female Fury of Apokolips

Sunny Apokolips, your vacation getaway.

Which basically means she was one of the best asskickers on a planet of people bred for fighting and general mayhem and destruction. The Furies routinely beat up on Superman without breaking a sweat. But Barda fell in love, with the greatest escape artist of three worlds, Scott Free, renounced her Female Fury-ness and they left Apokolips together to live on Earth.

Barda is a formidable opponent. She's easily within Superman and Wonder Woman's weight class when it comes to power. She also has a baton that can fire explosive energy bolts. Mostly she uses it as a club to bludgeon you with.

Bludgeoning in 3...2...

Interestingly, underneath that dynamic cover involves a story of an Apokoliptian who can control base desires. He traps Superman and Barda and almost makes a porno of them. I think they got to second base with each other.

Note to self: Get Michelle a bikini made of sun dried tomato pasta

Also she's teamed up with Plastic Man once.

Once.

Barda is a fiercely loyal warrior, who is super protective of her less durable husband, her friends and pretty much anyone she takes a liking too.

Fri, 15 May 2009 00:23:38 GMT

SNL's Casey Wilson Reads Internet Comments from Casey Wilson

Some swearing, but watch til the end.

With an overwhelming, surprising transformations.

Mon, 11 May 2009 16:13:35 GMT

Thu, 07 May 2009 17:34:06 GMT

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:24:00 GMT

FUCK YEAH!

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:28:17 GMT

For anyone who cares G.I. Joe Resolute has started airing on Adult Swim.

http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a25059520b3d89e0120b49221340025

They're not pulling any punches though. I'll tell you that.

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:16:01 GMT

Can I just point out how awesome Nathan Fillion is?

And the video in question:

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:39:43 GMT

Just had to share this. Watch the sample

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:25:24 GMT

Hey brytne! That guy Jon Gutierrez is writing stop motion cartoons for Marvel.