Archive for March, 2009

Planetary… Nearly Finished?

Posted on March 31st, 2009 by by Manic

This just in from Warren Ellis’ Twitter account:
Just heard from DC that John Cassaday has finished PLANETARY #27. Ravens have left Tower Of London.
This was posted at about 6am in my timezone. Give me a sec to do the math to make sure it’s not already April Fools Day in England…

…carry the one…
HE DID IT! [...]

The Jetsons

Posted on March 30th, 2009 by by Manic

In the future, people own flying cars, children have jet packs in lieu of walking to school, robots do all of your housework, and cold fusion works. It’s amazing! It’s paradise! It’s the world of The Jetsons, television’s first futuristic family. Lo and behold, even 100 years later (the show takes place in the 2060s), [...]

This Week in Comics (3/27/09)

Posted on March 27th, 2009 by by Manic

Welcome back to This Week in Comics, my reviews of whichever comics I’ve bought for the week. As always, reviews contain SPOILERS. If spoilers make you break down and cry, walk on by.

This Week in Comics (3/22/09)

Posted on March 22nd, 2009 by by Manic

Welcome back to This Week in Comics, my reviews of whichever comics I’ve bought for the week. As always, reviews contain SPOILERS. Like to read it? Here it go.

4Kids Meets Yu-Gi-Oh Fans Half-Way

Posted on March 19th, 2009 by by Manic

Someone at 4Kids has something resembling human sympathy, and has gracefully uploaded a raw, unedited Japanese episode of Yu-Go-Oh to their official Youtube Channel.

Now, if they’d be so kind as to properly subtitle the entire series… no? At least do a half-way decent dub… no? Just a single Japanese episode on Youtube, huh?

A Tuxedo Mask Moment

Posted on March 18th, 2009 by by Manic

It doesn’t matter if it’s anime or live action. Tuxedo Mask has the lamest transformation sequence ever.

Dora The Explorer: Pre-Teen Slut?

Posted on March 17th, 2009 by by Manic

About two weeks ago, CNN broke the story that Dora The Explorer was getting aged, updated, and moved to the big city for the pre-teen set. A silhouette was released by Nickelodeon that sparked controversy, with many parents fearing that Dora would soon look like a boy-crazy, skanky little tart.

That’s the silhouette of a vapid [...]

5 Current Cartoons That Don’t Suck

Posted on March 15th, 2009 by by Manic

This one is for my generation, and the generations before me. As everyone knows, the cartoons of your childhood were the greatest ever made, and today’s cartoons are just terrible. If you grew up on the Superfriends, you probably thought the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were just plain stupid. Likewise, I grew up watching Ren [...]

Monet St. Croix: Black

Posted on March 14th, 2009 by by Manic

Before

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After

What’s going on with Marvel’s colorists?

Goodbye, Saturday Morning

Posted on March 14th, 2009 by by Manic

Back in the 1970s and 80s, American broadcast television networks like NBC, CBS, and ABC began to fear cable television. Whereas broadcast networks had to appeal to many different audiences during different days and times, cable had the potential to create hundreds of networks targetted toward any one specific audience. They feared cable would put [...]