How can you not want this in your comic-book collection!
Tuesday, 29 June 2010
Holy Ghost Rider Tony I...
A comic-book series in which an Evel Knievel analogue with a flaming skull for a head saves Jesus Christ from being crucified by a cavalcade of the most third-rate 70s super-villains ever!!
How can you not want this in your comic-book collection!
How can you not want this in your comic-book collection!
Have An Isbella Birthday...
Today is my birthday. That's right, believe it or not your hospitable YouAreComic host is in fact 32 years young today.
By way of birthday celebration let's tip our hat to one of my favorite comic-book creators from back when I were a lad - Tony Isabella. Dude wrote some of my favorite books back in the sepia-toned days of YouAreComic's youth. From the Champions to Luke Cage:Hero for Hire to the original Ghost Rider series.
Oh how I loved that original Ghost Rider run. It was the perfect blend of melodrama and outright comic-book wackiness! It's as if it was created with we here at YouAreComic in mind.
Don't get me wrong though. Tony Isabella wasn't just about the pitting GR against nefarious scheme of Paste Pot Pete (okay, okay so he was the Trapster by then but how can anyone resist calling him Paste Pot Pete??). Tony I. had some serious cojones for a 70s Marvel writer. Some of those old GR stories covered some pretty grimy, satanic ground. At one point he had even planned to have GR freed from Satan's curse by having him become a born-again Christian (sadly the story got nixed by some lily-livered editor).
But hey this is YouAreComic people! Our loyal readers don't come here to hear me wax intellectual on bad 70s Marvel editorial policy. They come here to see Ghost Rider rugby tackling a laser-pistol-packing, leather-clad biker with a giant hypnotic eye for a head off his motorbike in the middle of a high speed chase down the Ventura Freeway.
And Many More!!!
By way of birthday celebration let's tip our hat to one of my favorite comic-book creators from back when I were a lad - Tony Isabella. Dude wrote some of my favorite books back in the sepia-toned days of YouAreComic's youth. From the Champions to Luke Cage:Hero for Hire to the original Ghost Rider series.
Oh how I loved that original Ghost Rider run. It was the perfect blend of melodrama and outright comic-book wackiness! It's as if it was created with we here at YouAreComic in mind.
Don't get me wrong though. Tony Isabella wasn't just about the pitting GR against nefarious scheme of Paste Pot Pete (okay, okay so he was the Trapster by then but how can anyone resist calling him Paste Pot Pete??). Tony I. had some serious cojones for a 70s Marvel writer. Some of those old GR stories covered some pretty grimy, satanic ground. At one point he had even planned to have GR freed from Satan's curse by having him become a born-again Christian (sadly the story got nixed by some lily-livered editor).
But hey this is YouAreComic people! Our loyal readers don't come here to hear me wax intellectual on bad 70s Marvel editorial policy. They come here to see Ghost Rider rugby tackling a laser-pistol-packing, leather-clad biker with a giant hypnotic eye for a head off his motorbike in the middle of a high speed chase down the Ventura Freeway.
Happy Birthday YouAreComic
And Many More!!!
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
You Know What's Great About Comics...
Things can start off nice and normal with Power Girl taking a shower, cleaning her teeth and shaving her legs with a clever combination of heat vision and Shining Stems with Aloe:
Ten pages later she's fightin' it up with a giant humanoid warrior Elephant armed with a flamethrower and a Madonna mic:
Oh comics, how I love thee.
(Today's post is brought to you by Power Girl #10 wherein Karen sports an outfit that consists of a cake tin and a baguette! Yowza!! It's so sad to bid a fond farewell to this book's awesometastic creative team of Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray and the wonderful Amanda Conner. They'll be sadly missed by everyone on the YouAreComic team each and every month).
Ten pages later she's fightin' it up with a giant humanoid warrior Elephant armed with a flamethrower and a Madonna mic:
Oh comics, how I love thee.(Today's post is brought to you by Power Girl #10 wherein Karen sports an outfit that consists of a cake tin and a baguette! Yowza!! It's so sad to bid a fond farewell to this book's awesometastic creative team of Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray and the wonderful Amanda Conner. They'll be sadly missed by everyone on the YouAreComic team each and every month).
Monday, 14 June 2010
Poor Old Hank 'Douchebag' Pym...
You know why I love Hank Pym? Nope, it's not his crap costume fetish. Nope, it's not that he builds himself robotic imaginary friends that tend to go batshit crazy and try to steal his team-mates brains. Nope, it's not even because he lived the dream once and popped Wasp right in the kisser! Sure all of that makes him awesome and all but that's not why I love him.
I love Hank Pym because he's a total loser - what's more no-one thinks that it's true more than he does himself.
I mean come on, being the shrinky-growy guy in an Avengers roster that boasted Iron Man, Thor and the Hulk is a big flashing neon sign for all to see that says 'This guy...is a loser'.
If further proof were needed, we;ve got Mighty Avengers #30. In this issue hapless Hank comes face to face with the physical manifestation of all that is - the snappy dressing, staight shooting cosmic entity ETERNITY. Now if it were Doctor Strange, Mr. Fantastic, Quasar or even snooty old Adam Warlock meeting Eternity it would result in a deep philosophical debate on the meaning of existence and the origins of life.
When ol' Hank shows up in Eternity's neck of the woods he gets:
Now why would mean old Eternity punch out poor old Hank I hear you cry. Well it's quite simple really. If you go around thinking that the universe likes to kick you in the junk everytime you're down then you come face to face with the physical manifestation of said universe...guess what happens:
That's right - a galactic junk-kick is what you get! Let that be a lesson to you kids with your 'emo' music. With your dressing in black and you 'woe is me' lyrics that would make Morrisey cry. Learn a lesson from poor old sad-sack Hank. Turn those frowns upside down....and pull up your damn pants!
All that being said I still love Hank Pym. Sure he may have dressed in that stupid red jumpsuit for the entirety of his stint in my beloved West Coast Avengers but this one time he turned into a Skrull and shot Reed Richards with a 'turn into goop' gun:
Turn Reed Richards into goop and all is forgiven.
That's the rule.
Nuff Said.
I love Hank Pym because he's a total loser - what's more no-one thinks that it's true more than he does himself.
I mean come on, being the shrinky-growy guy in an Avengers roster that boasted Iron Man, Thor and the Hulk is a big flashing neon sign for all to see that says 'This guy...is a loser'.
If further proof were needed, we;ve got Mighty Avengers #30. In this issue hapless Hank comes face to face with the physical manifestation of all that is - the snappy dressing, staight shooting cosmic entity ETERNITY. Now if it were Doctor Strange, Mr. Fantastic, Quasar or even snooty old Adam Warlock meeting Eternity it would result in a deep philosophical debate on the meaning of existence and the origins of life.
When ol' Hank shows up in Eternity's neck of the woods he gets:
A cosmically powered knuckle sandwich
Now why would mean old Eternity punch out poor old Hank I hear you cry. Well it's quite simple really. If you go around thinking that the universe likes to kick you in the junk everytime you're down then you come face to face with the physical manifestation of said universe...guess what happens:
That's right - a galactic junk-kick is what you get! Let that be a lesson to you kids with your 'emo' music. With your dressing in black and you 'woe is me' lyrics that would make Morrisey cry. Learn a lesson from poor old sad-sack Hank. Turn those frowns upside down....and pull up your damn pants!
All that being said I still love Hank Pym. Sure he may have dressed in that stupid red jumpsuit for the entirety of his stint in my beloved West Coast Avengers but this one time he turned into a Skrull and shot Reed Richards with a 'turn into goop' gun:
Turn Reed Richards into goop and all is forgiven. That's the rule.
Nuff Said.
Friday, 28 May 2010
The Best Super Characters Ever?
Hey loyal readers. I'm back after a long absence spent trying to launch my professional comic-book writing career. It went okay - maybe I'll tell you about it some time. Right now though I'm here to feed my rabid starving YOUARECOMIC followers with the witty comic-book related shenanigans you've grown to expect from the folks here at YAC.
Okay so after my extended absence you may find it unwise to kick things back into motion by talking about a comic-book based on a video game. It may seem even stupider when I tell you that it's a video-game I've never even heard of let alone played. But that's just what I'm going to do.
Strap youself in and hold on tight as I talk about American McGee's GRIMM.
Never heard of it have you? I thought as much.
Anyway the game is about an evil little dwarf named Grimm who travels through various fairy tales making things worse for everyone and generally being a real jerk. In American McGee's GRIMM #1 the stunted little A-hole turns his attention to super-hero comics and concieves the diabolical scheme to have the bad guys win for a change!!
Hardly original, or in fact very exciting. It even has some freaky, hard to stomach artwork. It even goes as far as to take a back handed swipe at the intelligence of those noble, heroic souls we here at YAC refer to in hushed reverent tones as 'comic-book fans'.
Why then would I want to talk about this book on my comic-book blog I hear you cry?
Well it's quite simple. This book stars the best super-heroes and villans ever created by mortal man.
Before Almighty Stan strikes me down with a Jack Kirby rendered lighning bolt for such blasphemy allow me to present your eager eyeballs with:
Headless freaking Skeleton for crying out loud! How awesome is that....the answer...is lots.
So distracted you may have been by the awesomosity of Headless Skeleton that you may have missed the fact that the green guy with the metal chin in the second panel is named...Westseid. Holy Tupac Batman!! I almost peed my pants at that one let me tell you.
Yeah so all these characters are parodies of existing super-hero/villans. Big honking deal. That doesn't take away from the fact that:
That's really all I've got to say on the subject. You should rush out right now and buy this book even though you don't really care about the story, the art or the video game from which it's licensed. You should rush out and buy it because it features a titantic confrontation between those bitter rivals:
A dude called Killer Cock = Awesome.
You heard it here first.
Laters
PS: While you're online, go vote for my project Devil's Music in this year's Small Press Idol contest. Much obliged
Okay so after my extended absence you may find it unwise to kick things back into motion by talking about a comic-book based on a video game. It may seem even stupider when I tell you that it's a video-game I've never even heard of let alone played. But that's just what I'm going to do.
Strap youself in and hold on tight as I talk about American McGee's GRIMM.
Never heard of it have you? I thought as much.
Anyway the game is about an evil little dwarf named Grimm who travels through various fairy tales making things worse for everyone and generally being a real jerk. In American McGee's GRIMM #1 the stunted little A-hole turns his attention to super-hero comics and concieves the diabolical scheme to have the bad guys win for a change!!
Hardly original, or in fact very exciting. It even has some freaky, hard to stomach artwork. It even goes as far as to take a back handed swipe at the intelligence of those noble, heroic souls we here at YAC refer to in hushed reverent tones as 'comic-book fans'.
Why then would I want to talk about this book on my comic-book blog I hear you cry?
Well it's quite simple. This book stars the best super-heroes and villans ever created by mortal man.
Before Almighty Stan strikes me down with a Jack Kirby rendered lighning bolt for such blasphemy allow me to present your eager eyeballs with:
That's right folks - that dude's name is Headless Skeleton
Headless freaking Skeleton for crying out loud! How awesome is that....the answer...is lots.
So distracted you may have been by the awesomosity of Headless Skeleton that you may have missed the fact that the green guy with the metal chin in the second panel is named...Westseid. Holy Tupac Batman!! I almost peed my pants at that one let me tell you.
Yeah so all these characters are parodies of existing super-hero/villans. Big honking deal. That doesn't take away from the fact that:
Metal Head is a big pile of awesome
That's really all I've got to say on the subject. You should rush out right now and buy this book even though you don't really care about the story, the art or the video game from which it's licensed. You should rush out and buy it because it features a titantic confrontation between those bitter rivals:
Fruit Bat and Killer Cock
A dude called Killer Cock = Awesome.
You heard it here first.
Laters
PS: While you're online, go vote for my project Devil's Music in this year's Small Press Idol contest. Much obliged
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Small Press IDOL: VOTE FOR ME DAY 2...
Me Again...
In case you missed yesterday's post
Devil's Music is in Round 2 of Small Press IDOL and it needs your votes!!!
You want metal bands with cheesy names don't you? You want dudes with Nikki Sixx style hairdos don't you? You want to see monsters getting beat-up with Gibson Les Paul's don't you?
Well get off your keister and vote meester!
Here's the links:
Sign up here.
Then login and vote here.
Here's another little taster to whet your rock N roll appetite:
A Bazillion Thank Yous to all who have already voted from all of the reprobates here at YOUARECOMIC.
In case you missed yesterday's post
Devil's Music is in Round 2 of Small Press IDOL and it needs your votes!!!
You want metal bands with cheesy names don't you? You want dudes with Nikki Sixx style hairdos don't you? You want to see monsters getting beat-up with Gibson Les Paul's don't you?
Well get off your keister and vote meester!
Here's the links:
Sign up here.
Then login and vote here.
Here's another little taster to whet your rock N roll appetite:
A Bazillion Thank Yous to all who have already voted from all of the reprobates here at YOUARECOMIC.
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Shameless Self Promotion: Small Press IDOL 2010
Loving Readers...
My lowly comic-book project 'Devil's Music' has made it through to Round 2 of 2010's Small Press Idol contest (with an artful assist from my pencil-packing compatriot JohnnyBoyBaptista). It is the story of a hapless rock band who inadvertently unleash Hell in the middle of Manhattan. A story where the day can only be saved by busting monsters in the chops with a Flying V guitar!!
What we need now to make this dream a reality in Round 3 is votes!
YOUR VOTES!
So sign yourself up for a free (and SPAM free) SPI forum account here.
Then login in and give us your vote here.
The very survival of the YouAreComic universe depends on YOU!!!
Want a little taste of what you're voting for? Check out some delicious concept art:
Thanks for your support. It will be remembered fondly when world domination is finally ours!!
My lowly comic-book project 'Devil's Music' has made it through to Round 2 of 2010's Small Press Idol contest (with an artful assist from my pencil-packing compatriot JohnnyBoyBaptista). It is the story of a hapless rock band who inadvertently unleash Hell in the middle of Manhattan. A story where the day can only be saved by busting monsters in the chops with a Flying V guitar!!
What we need now to make this dream a reality in Round 3 is votes!
YOUR VOTES!
So sign yourself up for a free (and SPAM free) SPI forum account here.
Then login in and give us your vote here.
The very survival of the YouAreComic universe depends on YOU!!!
Want a little taste of what you're voting for? Check out some delicious concept art:
Thanks for your support. It will be remembered fondly when world domination is finally ours!!
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
Shameless Self Promotion: Zarjaz #09
That's right folks it's time once again for me to hock some more of my work. Check out the sweet Dredd cover for Zarjaz #09. Zarjaz is the sanctioned 2000AD fanzine from the same guys who do the jewel of the UK small press crown Futurequake.If that cover isn't enough to make you buy it. How about the fact that it contains a four page story written by yours truly starring Judge Dredd's very own Angel Gang? On top of that you've got the truly fantastic art of the one and only Dunk! Nimmo. Don't believe me, check this out:
I encourage any and all to rush over and pick this baby up from the Futurequake HQ shop.
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
That's Why You Don't Let Your Evil Brother Babysit!!
Sea Scum! Tee Hee Hee!
(Today's childcare advice comes to you all the way from Aquaman #37 wherein Aqualad gets his Silver Age awesome on by playing keep-away with Mera and Arthur's baby son and using the phrase 'Holy Herrings'. It also sports this bitchin' Nick Cardy cover.)
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Words To Live By...
You tell 'em Mol!
(Today's childish temper tantrum was brough to you from those fine folks at Runaways v3 # 10 wherein Molly Hayes a.k.a. Princess Powerful uses the Danger-Room as the professor originally intended...to make pretty unicorns and butterflies. Also there's a Fraggle Rock reference. Remember Fraggle Rock?)
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