My girlfriend's new nightwear courtesy of Spencer's
American Dream
She Hulk
Emma Frost
Spider-Girl
Black Widow
*for the casual geek in you
Friday, 29 April 2011
Sexy Superheroine PJs
Choose your costume, Sidekick!
My girlfriend's new nightwear courtesy of Spencer's
My girlfriend's new nightwear courtesy of Spencer's
Great Comic Page: Power Girl and Superman vs Magic Dinosaurs
Brilliant. Click for larger view.
From left to right:
Roy from Dinosaurs, Rex from Toy Story, Mickey Mouse
(dunno about the caveman and woolly mammoth)
From Power Girl #23
Superman Renouncing His American Citizenship
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Must... use.. POWERS.. to... *sigh*
I had an epiphany this weekend. That is, I am a fraud here in the online world. It all started on an unseasonally hot and sunny Saturday in London - the Saturday just gone, to be precise. It was the inaugral Kapow! Comic Con in Islington and, as any mediocre comic blogger, I'd intended on getting all the goss, breaking a few exclusives and I'd announced earlier that I'd be "live tweeting" the whole event. None of this happened but that's not what makes me a fraud.
As with the last comic convention I went to (the London MCM Expo), I went with equal measures of curiosity and trepidation. This time, however, I'd bought my tickets in advance so there was the added sense that I could have just wasted £75 (the price of three weekend tickets).
It was there, surrounded by the hordes of comic fans at 11am on a beautiful day that it struck me. Mark Millar had described Kapow! as the Geek Glastonbury. He was right - I was packed in sweaty crowds, didn't see anything I liked and, look, I'm not going to reinforce the stereotype of geeks and hygiene but it crossed my mind. There I was, completely unimpressed, like I had just paid to get into an oversized, overcrowded comic shop and the Sun was beaming outside. And then it all started hitting me at once. What was I doing here? What had my life become since I started this blog and what was I dragging my girlfriend and good friend through with me that day?
I like reading comic books because I like a good story, I like art, I like fantasy, I like familiar characters and I like the struggle between good and evil. I have plenty of other books (the kind without pictures) and, at the time of writing, they still outnumber the comics. I also have plenty of DVDs and the majority don't involve superheroes. So why, I asked myself, were comics taking over my life? I really am not bothered about going out of my way to see clips from the Thor or Green Lantern movies. Yeah, if they're on the net, I'll have a watch and if they're interesting, I'll stick them on the blog to share. I'm not even interested in queuing up so I can see a film before it's out at theatres (the secret premiere was Super by the way). You know what? I don't even care about comics enough to buy them unless they're Marvel or DC or they're related to a film I like.
Somehow, an event that was supposed to bring people together and demonstrate solidarity in shared enjoyment had alienated me. I realised that, although I like comics, I am not a comic geek. Sure, I'm a geek in a lot of ways - even my job involves maths and the Internet - but the good people at Kapow! Comic Con were comic geeks. I'm just a bit of a geek who likes comics.
In case you haven't worked it out, what makes me a fraud about all of this is that I write a comics blog, which is something that should be done by someone with an incredible passion for everything comic-related, who will tirelessly inform you of every new development, debate who's stronger out of the Hulk and Thor and buy new comics for review every Wednesday. Maybe there are more people like me out there who will find Must... use... POWERS! and be drawn to that angle or perhaps I'll continue to attract thousands to pictures of Jennifer Love Hewitt as Wonder Woman or Alice Eve as Emma Frost. I enjoy writing about things I've read and comics continue to be a great source of interest but, unless I get a co-author who's more passionate than I am, you're still not going to get articles that get ridiculously detailed about even the superficial side of comics.
So what does this mean for Must... use... POWERS!? Well, for the sake of the handful of followers out there, I have to tell you I'm not sure. This blog, as an extension of my thoughts about comics, is in a state of limbo. Perhaps what I really need is a co-author to cover the details of news and reviews while I take my broad brush to things like why superheroes are so often orphans, why iconic characters can't die, and what's so good about a serialised medium. Or maybe I'll just keep posting variants on the Bat Pug.
Hopefully, whether you're an uber geek or just a bit of a geek like me, you'll still find something you like about Must... use... POWERS!
As with the last comic convention I went to (the London MCM Expo), I went with equal measures of curiosity and trepidation. This time, however, I'd bought my tickets in advance so there was the added sense that I could have just wasted £75 (the price of three weekend tickets).
It was there, surrounded by the hordes of comic fans at 11am on a beautiful day that it struck me. Mark Millar had described Kapow! as the Geek Glastonbury. He was right - I was packed in sweaty crowds, didn't see anything I liked and, look, I'm not going to reinforce the stereotype of geeks and hygiene but it crossed my mind. There I was, completely unimpressed, like I had just paid to get into an oversized, overcrowded comic shop and the Sun was beaming outside. And then it all started hitting me at once. What was I doing here? What had my life become since I started this blog and what was I dragging my girlfriend and good friend through with me that day?
I like reading comic books because I like a good story, I like art, I like fantasy, I like familiar characters and I like the struggle between good and evil. I have plenty of other books (the kind without pictures) and, at the time of writing, they still outnumber the comics. I also have plenty of DVDs and the majority don't involve superheroes. So why, I asked myself, were comics taking over my life? I really am not bothered about going out of my way to see clips from the Thor or Green Lantern movies. Yeah, if they're on the net, I'll have a watch and if they're interesting, I'll stick them on the blog to share. I'm not even interested in queuing up so I can see a film before it's out at theatres (the secret premiere was Super by the way). You know what? I don't even care about comics enough to buy them unless they're Marvel or DC or they're related to a film I like.
Somehow, an event that was supposed to bring people together and demonstrate solidarity in shared enjoyment had alienated me. I realised that, although I like comics, I am not a comic geek. Sure, I'm a geek in a lot of ways - even my job involves maths and the Internet - but the good people at Kapow! Comic Con were comic geeks. I'm just a bit of a geek who likes comics.
In case you haven't worked it out, what makes me a fraud about all of this is that I write a comics blog, which is something that should be done by someone with an incredible passion for everything comic-related, who will tirelessly inform you of every new development, debate who's stronger out of the Hulk and Thor and buy new comics for review every Wednesday. Maybe there are more people like me out there who will find Must... use... POWERS! and be drawn to that angle or perhaps I'll continue to attract thousands to pictures of Jennifer Love Hewitt as Wonder Woman or Alice Eve as Emma Frost. I enjoy writing about things I've read and comics continue to be a great source of interest but, unless I get a co-author who's more passionate than I am, you're still not going to get articles that get ridiculously detailed about even the superficial side of comics.
So what does this mean for Must... use... POWERS!? Well, for the sake of the handful of followers out there, I have to tell you I'm not sure. This blog, as an extension of my thoughts about comics, is in a state of limbo. Perhaps what I really need is a co-author to cover the details of news and reviews while I take my broad brush to things like why superheroes are so often orphans, why iconic characters can't die, and what's so good about a serialised medium. Or maybe I'll just keep posting variants on the Bat Pug.
Hopefully, whether you're an uber geek or just a bit of a geek like me, you'll still find something you like about Must... use... POWERS!
Saturday, 2 April 2011
Green Lantern WonderCon Footage and Screenshots
Here's the Green Lantern WonderCon footage you're looking for - all 4 minutes of it:
As an added bonus, I've taken the best bits and made some screengrabs for you below (click to enlarge). Somebody help me out and play "Name that Corps member"!
As an added bonus, I've taken the best bits and made some screengrabs for you below (click to enlarge). Somebody help me out and play "Name that Corps member"!
Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) as Green Lantern
Kilowog (Dennis Haysbert) and Tomar-Re (Geoffrey Rush)
Tomar-Re shows Hal what his ring can do
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