Category Archives: Bonus Content Update

Stan Lee’s Guardian Project Creations: Somehow More Insane Than I Expected

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It’s been like six months since the announcement first hit that Stan Lee was going to be creating a bunch of super-heroes for the NHL, but I still have difficulty believing that this is a thing that has actually happened. And yet, I am now faced with incontrovertible evidence, as all thirty NHL Guardians have been revealed — complete with short comics detailing their highly generic adventures.

For those of you who don’t have time to sift through them all, though, take heart: I’ve boiled them down to the ten most completely insane members of the NHL Guardian roster, from the disappointment of the Montreal Canadien all the way down to the puppy-slinging greatness of the Phoenix Coyote, and beyond.

While I Was Out

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I just got back from New York — actually, that’s a lie; I got back, slept for fourteen hours, and watched the Royal Rumble — but while I was knee deep in snow and Famous Original Rays restaurants, I was still working on various stuff. Here’s a quick roundup of what happened while I was gone:

First up, the first Great Comic That Never Happened of 2011, with a guest plot by Dr. K and art by Dr. McNinja’s Chris Hastings and Carly Monardo!

 

 

It’s one of my favorite gags we’ve ever done as a GCTNH, and of course, it’s one I didn’t come up with. Alas!

Next, I took on the absolute kookiness of the latest storyline in Amazing Spider-Man — but not the one at your local comic shop:

 

 

The only four comic strips I read on a daily basis are this one, Archie, and of course, the two Funky-verse strips, and while Funky is always the most depressing, Spider-Man is just downright inexplicable.

Also, while I actually did this one before I headed out, I don’t think I ever mentioned it here. Someone drew 493 Pokemon as Sexy Anime Girls, and I wrote some jokes:

 

 

My final entry for last week at ComicsAlliance was, of course, last week’s installment of Ask Chris:

 

 

This week, I did an all-lightning-round special and answered over a dozen questions in rapid succession, but I think my favorite is when I tried to explain the entire X-Men franchise as fast as I could. I should do that whole “comedy” thing more often.

And finally, while I had almost no part in it other than telling someone to draw it, Jen Vaughn did an amazing Awesome Hospital pin-up:

 

 

And that’s pretty much it for last week. Which means that now, just like Jay-Z, we’re On To The Next One.

The ComicsAlliance Zodiac

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If you pay attention to things that don’t matter — and considering you’re reading a comics blog, I have to imagine you do — then you’ve probably heard that there’s a controversy raging over the Zodiac. Today, I have solved that little magickal Gordian knot by throwing out the old system entirely and introducing a brand new Zodiac! And this time, there’s no water-bearers or vaguely sinister crabs: It’s all stuff I like.

It is also maybe the most full-of-inside-jokes article that I have ever written, so enjoy not understanding why I put Dracula where I did.

Five Comic Book Explanations For the Extremely Creepy Mass Animal Deaths

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Today on ComicsAlliance, I’m tackling the issues of the day by compiling a list of possible explanations for the creepy mass animal deaths that have been making headlines and heralding Armageddon for the past few weeks.

The downside? These explanations really only work in comics. And, as you might expect from my usual style, they barely work there.

Greg Pak Offers Commentary and Extras for Vision Machine

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This week, Greg Pak and RB Silva’s Vision Machine finishes with the completely free, completely digital release of its final issue, and to celebrate, I talk to Pak about some unseen extras and get commentary on a few of the important scenes!

Also, and this is actually true, we stopped in the middle of the interview to talk about apples for about fifteen minutes, and while I came very, very close to leaving that all in the final version at the end, I’m not sure ComicsAlliance is ready for me to offer up my feelings of hate and betrayal toward the Cameo.

HONEYCRISP 4 LIFE!

The Cape: Sincerity and its Dubious Results

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Apparently I drew the short straw when it came time for ComicsAlliance to pick their TV critic, because this week, I reviewed the two-hour premiere of The Cape in addition to my usual Smallville duties.

I’ll be honest, I went into this one with very, verylow expectations, and while it’s certainly a problematic show on a number of levels, it’s not entirely without stuff that I like about it. Plus, it gave me the opportunity to make my favorite animated .gif since that one of Little Riddler flipping right the hell out.

Beavers Everywhere!

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One of the nice things about my job is that occasionally, Laura and Caleb will just put something in front of me and tell me to go at it, which — I think we can all agree — plays to my strength, in that I’m a well-known loudmouth.

Such is the case today, when it became apparent that two different companies, Archie and Antarctic, are launching parodies about “Justin Beaver.” And that’s…

That’s just awful.