Hey I just got back into Green Lantern and was wondering what you thought of Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps?

norman osborn

Just got it on Monday and it’s hard to judge it on the first issue, it’s more of a story setup and you don’t see the X-Men until the end. I’m going to stick with it, but there wasn’t much to go on from issue 1

haven’t forgotten ya, still waiting for it to arrive

Lot of unsubs, everything okay? :)

will do – really looking forward to it and Spider-Man Noir

Cool, looks like we’re sending stuff to the right place :→.

I remembered you recommended that I pick up the Ultimates hc’s, dude awesome call! I’ve been reading and loving this books so much. The first hc was fantastic, but holy shit I just got finished reading the arc where Hulk goes to trial which totally blew me away. I don’t know if you remember the ending but holy shit man it was amazing.

Thanks again for the rec dude, the books have been a absolute blast!

Yeah, but I probably should’ve used a British accent…

Hey, saw the post on the Dark Tower books. I’m reading the second book right now and while the beginning was great I can’t get into this story with the disabled woman.

Should I tought it out, or was the best book Gunslinger born?

Thanks Robert! The trophies were for me performing my two forms (also called kata) as a brown belt in the 30-39 age range at a competition called the Quebec Open. It a pretty big competition where some 2000+ competitors come and compete in diverse categories in forms and point sparring.

I finished 2nd both with my weapon form and with my traditional form (aka open hand form). My son was given a participation medal for also entering with his weapon and traditional forms but the field was much tougher in his age range. As a comparison, there were only three of us adults entered with a weapon form while there were like 15 or so kids performing a weapon form. I would probably have won with my my weapon form had I not dropped my bô (that’s what the long shiny staff is called) but I was very satisfied with my 2nd place in traditional form as there were maybe 10 other competitors in that category.

The bô, or long staff, is what we’re holding. Yup, they are really long wooden staff, it’s only that ours have been covered with shiny, silvery taping. It’s the weapon of choice of Donatello from the TMNT. :)

fwiw, you can see all four of the forms we performed that day in this short youtube video :)

Thanks, Robert! Fingers crossed!

No problem!

I’ve easily got another 7+ 30-packs of bags & boards. Reply blurb with your email address and I’ll get more shipping details from you then.

1010101110101011…(dramatic pause)

okay, now that the coast is clear I can say awesome job documenting the HIAI rogue shenanigans in the forum! Hilarious!

Hey, I saw that the new issue of The Killer is coming out this week, I’m definitely going to check it out. I talked with the publisher at Comic Con and it seems like they went through some restructuring and are shooting to get back on schedule.

By the way man, you HAVE TO check out this movie called Le Samourai, its a 60’s french film about a hitman very similar to the one in this book, and it’s absolutely fantastic.

Check it out!

Hah, ya man, kudos to whoever made it.

Gotta love…“the mighty monarch” lol

Being a machine, Tyler does not eat. He does however ingest a steady diet of rusty bolts and lighter fluid.

Hey Robert, you asked about this a while ago… and they’ve finally arrived: we have Neozoic issues back in stock!

Hah, trying to find more on what’s up with the killer and I found amazon is soliciting the 2nd hardcover for Oct 28, 2008.

http://www.amazon.com/Killer-2-Matz/dp/1932386564/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213132956&sr=1-2

Hm, I clicked on the link and it shows the first gn as “preorder now”, does that mean they are getting it in stock or do you think it is more like a “just in case this ever comes in”?

This publisher has been so weird with this title, I’ve gotten issues 5,6 and then nothing. Have you heard anything new on the book, or what the heck happened?

Hey, Robert…can you drop me a line at matt@heavyink.com? I wanna get you your prizes from the Ask Zango contest! Thanks.

Hey man, are you going to check out Ultimate Origins #1 next week? I’m sort of getting sick of everything being written by Bendis these days, but damn the preview looks awesome. I guess it’s a mini though, so I might wait for the trade.

Heres the preview on ign
http://comics.ign.com/articles/877/877724p1.html
Cover B looks awesome btw.

Heh, … fair enough. I will have pull my copy of ELOG.

I’ll look into what we can do about getting more Neozoic, we may have to go direct to Red5 again, and hope they still have issues…

Shh, you’ll blow my secret commie spy cover.

Thanks. And thanks for being the first person other than me to take it:)

Hey man, my birthday was coming up and I was thinking of spoiling myself and getting a real nice collection (absolute edition, oversized hardcover).

Any suggestions? I was considering getting Absolute Kingdom Come, Absolute The new frontier, or The Ultimates vol 1 and 2.

Have you checked any of these out? The Absolute Watchmen and New Frontier look like they are going out of print, so I was thinking of trying to pick them up, are they worth the 60+ for em?

Also, Pheonix Wright is awesome! I also love my DS and my roommate’s other consoles (360, Wii). PC games are cool too, if you have a computer that can run them.

Yes, as of right now I’ve read up to issue 17. I believe the last one I read was the one where Hughie had his ‘oral incident’. Probably one of the most hilarious things to happen thus far. But yeah I think this series has incredible potential. I read in Wizard that Columbia Pictures has already acquired the rights to make a movie of it too. I think it would make a pretty good one as long as they don’t screw it up. Which with comic book movies is liable to happen.

Heh… no pants on Pi day! Really, I’ll hafta try to keep that in mind for future comics tho… thats the first time Id ever attempted people sitting in desks before, from any angle… so… hm.

I think shiny objects did me in tho… well, in a way. More of a person than an object, and more soft than shiny, but….
We’ll see if I can get my feet back under me before my buffer runs out (iow, next thursday)

Im gonna TRY 3x a week in a lil while. Its easy to come up with ideas- its just getting them illustrated. Iow, keeping track of my sketchbook. Heh.
Shiny things tho… mm… that could be a problem.

Sounds like a cinematic gem :\

Damn, you got daredevil on the quiz! I tried three times to get that, heh. Hey are you picking up secret invasion #1 wedenseday, waiting for the trade, or not bothering with the whole thing?

I haven’t been following Mighty Avengers or New Avengers, but its so hard to say no to the massive hype they built up for it, lol.

By the way, if you get a chance Hotel Desk for the DS has a really great story, and it sorta reminds me of Phoenix Wright. The game is real heavy on the story and not so much on the gameplay, but it’s still totally worth checking out.

just saw this Bendis feature about Ultimate Origins on CBR and thought you might be interested…

enjoy!

Really? GOOD! (What’s AD?)

I kid. I know Arrested Development but I actually took this name from someone yeaaars ago. Couldn’t believe his name was actually boblawblaw.. It’s stuck with me ever since!

I know you are quite into the Ultimate Universe so I’m turning to you on this one. Regarding Ultimate Origins. Has the issue showing up here ever shipped, or is this something that got delayed and delayed. I see there’s a Ultimate Origins series slated to start in June on the Marvel website…

Sorry to triple post, but I loved Planet hulk too. It was actually the first thing that got me into comics (i just started really). What was your favorite scene? I thought the fight with silver surfer was mind blowing!

Oh ya, What’s pretty cool is that the first Season Box art is done by Bill Sienkiewicz, absoutely crazy stuff.
Brock
http://i.adultswim.com/adultswim/downloads/tools/shows/venturebros/wp/3_800.jpg
Dr. Venture
http://i.adultswim.com/adultswim/downloads/tools/shows/venturebros/wp/1_800.jpg
The boys (hank and dean)
http://i.adultswim.com/adultswim/downloads/tools/shows/venturebros/wp/2_800.jpg

Dude I love the Venture Brothers, and ya that scene was epic. My favorite part of that picture is Dr. Venture holding up the tarot cards with the Magneto Helmet on!

Picture: I’m knee deep in vodka, wearing nothing but a suit of furry hats and screaming.

Ahh, deciding where loyalties lie… In guilty pleasures (which is only the first novel) you’re still getting to know the characters, and the politics is kinda confusing… you dont know who’s on whose side until the end for SURE. It’s not switching teams so much as being forced to obey those stronger than them, or finally showing their true colors.
The first time thru, yah its a bit hard to keep it straight. Thats why they came out with the little info book which was put into the ‘first death’ GN.

thanks for your input (re: Bluffy). Based on it and on some from out sources, I’ve decided to pass on it for now. I don’t have time to invest in watching DVDs of past seasons and there’s still way too much catching up for me to do in the whole comics realm before I run out of new stuff to try… :)

I’m not saying I won’t pick up an omnibus of Buffy in the future though…

It’s not that I thought Ultimate Spider-Man was bad, necessarily; it just seemed…boring? In general, of the Ultimate books I have read, I like the ones best that really have strong dialogue, characters, and writing. Ellis on Ultimate FF is just perfect wacky superhero Ellis writing, with good humor, good ideas, and great plotting. Millar on Ultimates just exploded that whole concept into some amazing stratosphere. Bendis’ USM is…Spider-Man, but different. It just isn’t at the same level for me.

Hey Robert, thanks for the comment. I think that that is actually the plan, but we’ve been so busy gettin stuff ready that we’re still working some kinks out. Wait till you see the last episode of Boy Friends..it’s amazing. Oh, and I think we’re throwing up another video tomorrow…

Unbelievable, a bird flew in between his head and the axe at the very last minute.

hahahaHA!

…just you wait.

haha thanks man, spread that shit around!
Also, stay tuned, we’re gonna be uploading so much awesomeness this year.

I love how Paul says “you will beeee…the wizard?”

Thanks for reading my fucking blog.

With me, I choose between issues or downloading it. I think that decompression is really just horrible storytelling. Each word in a good story should have a greater purpose and meaning. Thus, I try not to support trades. If it’s not a good enough story for me to want to read it issue by issue, I download it.

Yeah, and the sad thing is that it really doesn’t take much forethought to plan out a coherent timeline. Honestly, they could get rid of everything that wasn’t USM and I’d be fine with that.

Hey Robert, your order confirmation email bounced… wanna double check that your email address is correct? Thanks!