ComicsAlliance: Robot Rock!

Robots are awesome.

 

 

That is the simple truth on which I’ve based my latest contribution to ComicsAlliance, a gallery of The Eleven Best Robots In Comics! I’ve got to admit, it was tough narrowing down the field to less than a dozen, although anyone thinking that I “forgot” The Vision or Optimus Prime or–God forbid–Red Tornado should be gently reminded that they’re stupid, they suck and I hate them.

Still, there is one that didn’t make the final cut, even though we can all agree that he’s first in our hearts:

 

 

Yes, MARVEX: THE SUPER ROBOT, who can never know the joy of a relationship with his hu-mon girlfriend because of his alarming tendency to explain things by ripping his clothes off. That guy rules.

War Rocket Ajax #5: The Awesome Approach with Jeff Parker

 

 

The world’s most destructive comic book podcast roars into its fearsome fifth episode as Eugene and I talk to Jeff Parker about what goes into making comics awesome! (HINT: MODOK, gorillas, and Truman Capote.)

As you might expect, we spend a lot of time talking to Parker about the greatest story of all time, but we also have news about the upcoming Mysterius the Unfathomable hardcover, a brief appearance by a Special Guest who may or may not be drawing the upcoming Image comic Underground, and the Ajax-Exclusive inside story of Age of the Sentry’s connection to America’s #1 American, Stephen Colbert.

Also, I give my reaction to Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (which I imagine I’ll have a bit more to say about next week), Eugene and I bicker over the quality of Kick Ass, and we get the ultimate answer to our New Jack Swing question!

So head over to War Rocket Ajax to download or stream the episode and catch a glimpse of Rusty’s awesome art for this week’s show, and if you haven’t already, check us out in the iTunes store as well.

And while we’re on the subject of my shameless self promotion, I’ve got a new article up on Heavy where I offer up Hova and Ye’s most boastful lyrics in a list of The Ten Most Over-The-Top Brag Rhymes in Hip-Hop History! Enjoy it!

Ultimate (Comics) Alliance!

 

 

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 dropped today, which probably gives you a good idea of how I’m planning on spending the rest of my evening.

But while I’m on XBox Live complaining over a headset mic to Kevin about how my dream-team of the Punisher and the Warriors Three continues to elude me, why don’t you head over to ComicsAlliance to see my brand new article about The Best (And Worst) Marvel Video Game Team-Ups!

Much like the article about Batman games, this one brought back a lot of fond memories, but if I’m honest with you guys, I invested way more of my childhood into Marvel’s console offerings. Whether it was a weekend in middle school spent trying to tackle the friggin’ impossible levels of Spider-Man and the X-Men: Arcade’s Revenge or the hours I spent with friends at Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for Dreamcast (in a steady rotation with Power Stone and Smash Bros. Melee), or even getting a more technologically inclined friend to rip the soundtrack out of the PSX Fantastic Four game that I was one of seven people who played and burn it to a CDR for me because I just couldn’t believe how odd it was.

Ah, memories.

So check it out, and if you’ve got a favorite Marvel Team-Up from the world of video games, let ’em know. Especially if you can confirm that Spider-Man: Friend or Foe is as bad as I’ve heard.

Heavy.com Presents the Worst of Netflix

If there’s one thing that I’ve learned from four years of writing on the Internet, it’s that people absolutely love it when I subject myself to the worst things I can find and write about them for their amusement. And now, thanks to a new column on the newly relaunched Heavy.com, I’m doing it with movies.

 

 

The premise here is simple: Every two weeks, I scour Netflix for a movie with a one-star rating and write a brief review, suffering through cinematic masterpieces like Species IV: The Awakening and Perfect 10 Model Boxing v.1 and passing the savings on to you.

This week, I watch the ready-for-Cinemax skin flick Tomcat Angels, which, thanks to an original release in 1991 and a DVD from our pals at Troma in 2003, managed to provide a sexy take on both Iraq wars. That’s right, folks: It’s Iraq-war themed softcore porn.

Also, don’t miss my first column, wherein I review the backyard wrestling extravaganza Splatter Rampage Wrestling, wherein the teenage stars of the “World Rastling Coalition” hit each other with two-by-fours on a trampoline. And you know, that sounds like it’d be pretty entertaining, but in practice, it definitely is not.

The current plan is for me to do a new column every other week (with an additional piece every now and then as well), so if you enjoy ’em, leave a comment over there to let my new paymasters know.

ComicsAlliance: True Bromance

 

 

This week at ComicsAlliance, I’ve gathered up a list of Eleven Great Man-Crushes in comics!

Ostensibly, this one came about to coincide with the release of the Super Hero Team-Up paperback (which was originally solicited under the far less generic title Marvel Bromance), but really, it all comes down to the fact that I will never, ever get tired of that scene where Captain America calls country music “C.M.” Also: Storm Shadow and Snake-Eyes hugging it out.

Still, though, I will say that the two-man buddy team is one of my favorite things about comics, whether it’s Power Man and Iron Fist or the greatest four-color bromance of them all:

 

 

So get over there and read, and if you’ve got a favorite pair, let ’em know!

ComicsAlliance: Bible Adventures!

 

 

Today at ComicsAlliance, I’ve got a piece rounding up ten strange comics inspired by scripture, proving once again that I can work Devil Dinosaur into a list of anything.

I did leave one thing out that I wanted to include, however: All Star Superman. It doesn’t quite fit with the rest, as you’ll see (hence me omitting it), but it did give us maybe my favorite Morrison quote of all time:

 

I don’t want anyone to think I’m taking this literally–it’s not like Jimmy Olsen’s one of the disciples or Lois is the Magdalene–and imagine how different Western religion would be would be if God had rocketed Jesus to Earth so that he could escape the destruction of Heaven.

 

For the record? In my religion, Jimmy Olsen is totally one of the disciples.

A Brief History of Batman Video Games

 

 

Today was the release date for the Batman: Arkham Asylum video game, and now that you have that information, you can probably guess how I’ll be spending the rest of my night.

But before you jump into Batman’s latest button-mashing adventure, why not take a look back at the highlights (and lowlights) of his previous ventures onto consoles with my latest piece for ComicsAlliance: A Brief History of Batman Video Games. Rather than my usual style of scanned panels, this one takes advantage of that lazy blogger’s best friend, YouTube, to bring you gameplay footage from the early days of the movie tie-ins to the inexplicable Gotham City Racer.

So enjoy, and if you’re like me and you have a cherished memory of staring at the television on a bleary-eyed Friday night trying to master that friggin’ wall jump before you had to take the game back to Sycamore Video, feel free to leave a comment!