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Well, that sucked. It sucked that it was so Awesome and I couldn't go back in and see it again immediately. And it sucked that it came out the weekend after Iron Man and is now seen as a flop. Because it's a great sports movie with gorgeous visuals, an interesting story, butt-kicking and car-exploding action, a kid and monkey who are way more funny than annoying, John Goodman and Susan

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Josie gets Psyched Rachel Leigh Cook is going to be on an episode of Psych; playing Shawn's high school crush. Also, Cybill Shepherd will be playing Shawn's mom in a couple of episodes. Even more important to know: the next season kicks off July 18. Six gets Burned Man, I'm just full of the puns today, aren't I? Genuinely sorry. Anyway, in other awesome USA Network news, Tricia Helfer's

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Giant Robot Monkey vs. Giant Robot Cat Matthew Porter is taking commissions to have his Giant Cat destroy the city or landmark of your choice. I recommend browsing around his site too. There's a giant seamonster vs. pirate monkey picture that's awe-inspiring. Terra Oh, wow. I cannot wait to see this. The King's Gold Anytime I hear a main character described as "a brilliant bibliophile

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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor I have such low hopes for this movie that it can't possibly do anything but exceed my expectations. Which of course raises my expectations just enough that I'm bound to be disappointed. What a vicious cycle. Coming so soon after Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls, it's either going to suck even more by comparison or I'll cut it some extra slack because I'll

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Giant Black Canary Doll One they get this big, I'm sorry, but you're not allowed to call them "action figures" anymore. It's a Barbie doll. Not that it's not a very cool Barbie doll, especially with the interchangeable heads. I mean, I'd get one. If they weren't ninety-frickin-dollars. There's collectible, and then there's insane. Dan Taylor plugs Jesse vs. Machine Gun The Hero Happy Hour

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It should be pretty obvious by now that I love the jungle adventure. Jungles are wonderfully exotic, brutally dangerous places just perfect for exploring and getting into trouble. So, when I ran across this post by David Brothers a couple of months ago, I gotta admit that it rained on my parade a little. I put off commenting on it because I needed some time to process it and figure out how I

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No "Saturdays with Jane" today. We finally watched the Masterpiece version of Sense and Sensibility, but I want to compare and contrast it with the Ang Lee version. Since we didn't get around to watching that this week, I'm putting off the post until next week. The Masterpiece version was quite good though. As much as I like most of Lee's cast, having people I don't know from other things in

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I've been struggling to get posts up over the last couple of days, but that's actually good news because I've seen forward progress on a few projects and have had to spend time thinking about and working on them. Just to get something up today while it's still today, here are a few more items from the enormous backlog of art I've found. Black Canary and Green Arrow By Dominique Fam.

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Siskoid's Blog of Geekery has a cool feature called "Made Me Quit" (the most recent one is here) in which he talks about the final straws that got him to stop reading comics series he was no longer enjoying. I thought about that feature a lot as I was reading the most recent issue of Fantastic Four. When I started regularly reading comics in high school, I was a fan of the characters. Who was

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The name is Bond By Cary Nord. Spy Girl By Dub. Powerpuff Girls By Sarah Mensinga. Sinbad By Pierre Alary. Dragonbike Via.

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Godzilla loves the Subway sammiches Unfortunately, Toho doesn't love Godzilla's loving the Subway sammiches. Kronos "A metallic vampire stalking the Earth!" A giant, robotic, metallic vampire, that is. Giant robot dinosaurs! Too good to be true? Nope! Top Ten Giant Movie Monsters There are some nice surprises that keep this list from being the same ten monsters everyone keeps

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"The Haunted Forest" I'm linking to some short comics stories today. The first one is "The Haunted Forest" from Web of Evil #15. I've always loved spooky, bare trees with faces and finger-like branches. And giant spiders. I really need to pay more attention to music When the B-52s have a new album out and I don't know it... that's just very, very sad. "The Headless Monster of Bloodrock Castle

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Jason Copland and I have had some nice forward movement on Kill All Monsters! that I'll tell you about later, but in the meantime you should totally sign up for Jason's email newsletter. Not only will you get the latest updates on Jason's amazing work, you'll also be eligible to win free art! Here's Jason to explain how it works: Taking a page from the many industrious comic book creators who

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Animated Indiana Jones By Patrick Schoenmaker. Blackbeard Thing By Paul Pope. John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes By Nina Matsumoto. The Mummy's Curse By Eldon Dedini. The Mummy Walks (Into Things) By David Huyck.

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Baffled! What Leonard Nimoy should've made a nice career out of after Star Trek. Via. Other failed scifi pilots Including a Dr. Strange TV show, that Archer fantasy TV movie I saw as a kid, and that Leonard Nimoy one again. Via. Tripods This doesn't look bad at all for an '80s War of the Worlds rip-off. Via. Giant moon robot! When the giant robots are done taking over the world,

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James Bond will return Lots of Bond news lately. Penguin Books has a whole site devoted to the various Bond novels they're releasing and re-releasing this year for Ian Fleming's 100th birthday. London's Imperial War Museum is currently running an Ian Fleming exhibit. USA Today did a feature on Quantum of Solace that I'm not going to read for fear of spoilers. There are a lot of cool

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Michael Clayton is another one of those movies that's disguised as another kind of movie. It's a character piece pretending to be a thriller. As a thriller, it's pretty average. George Clooney plays a lawyer who doesn't take cases, but instead cleans up messes for the prestigious firm he works for. Your rich client hit a jogger and drove away from the scene of the accident? Call Michael

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Black Canary By Andie Tong. Marvel superheroes By Otis Frampton. Indiana Jones By Eric Tan. Dinosaur fight! By Mark Schultz. Spider-Tarzan Via.

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Animated Nexus Why oh why isn't this a TV series yet?! Via. The Spirit trailer Classic Will Eisner character + Sin City + the theme from The Untouchables movie = I don't care anymore. Via. That old Justice League movie from the '80s Starring Charles Emerson Winchester III as Martian Manhunter. That tells you everything you need to know right there. Part One Part Two Part Three

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Land of Kong Man, I wish this place was still open. War Eagles story can finally be told Robert Hood has the history of Merian C. Cooper's War Eagles concept (essentially giant eagles, dinosaurs, vikings, Nazis, and zeppelins in an aerial fight over NY). There've been a couple of movies planned and a comic series, but it looks like the first medium the story will be told in will be

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U2: "New Years Day"

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Jane and the Man of the Cloth I've said a couple of times that I'm not as fond of Jane Austen's novels as I am of the movies made from them. Mundane details about early-19th century life are a lot more fun to watch than to read about. Unless you throw in an overturned carriage on a dark, stormy night; a mysterious beauty in a long, scarlet cloak who wanders the cliffs carrying a lantern; a dark

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This Weekend Iron Man: I'm not a fan of the character, but I am a fan of Robert Downey Jr. His charisma -- along with Jon Favreau's passion for the movie -- makes me way more excited about this than I ever thought I would've been. Son of Rambow (limited release): The poster makes this look like a cheesy kids' movie, but the trailer reveals what looks to be a really funny, really charming

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Buck Rogers Via. Giant Robot Mosquito Via. Princess Leia By Jamie Baker. Planet of the Apes By Otis Frampton. Space Girl By Chris Reccardi. Rocket Boots Also by Jamie Baker. Doctor Who By Ben Templesmith.

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