Feb 26, 2005

Josh found this amazing group of people - I've already started saving money!

CastleMagic Castle Builders!!!!!

Feb 25, 2005

The guy who got Paris Hilton's sidekick has struck again - this time he got Fred Durst!

T-MOBILE TERRORIST STRIKES AGAIN: HARDCORE PHONE VIDEO OF ROCKER FRED DURST

Am I a bad person for thinking this is funny stuff?

Feb 22, 2005

I don't really have a lot to say tonight. I did post chapter 6 of my serial adventure story "Dayspring" over at www.ahoy-matey.com . You should go check that out. Captain Jibidy #28 will be online tommorrow night, continuing the mysterious tale of Scurvy Steve. Speaking of which, I should go work on future issues. Peace, I'm out.

(Time to pretend I'm on livejournal)
Mood: helium induced elation mixed with too much water drank bloatation and dash of ennui
Music: We Don't Care - Kanye West

Feb 21, 2005

Holy crap it's a flying lawnmower! I'm never going outside again.
"For all of Thompson's theatrics and self-abuse, he could write like a demon. His prose accelerated across the page like a sportscar with the top down. He kept himself squarely in the picture, to great comic effect. We understood that he needed drugs the way other people needed oxygen, that he had an odd fondness for guns and violence, and that he loathed Richard Nixon and most authoritarian institutions. Otherwise, he wasn't very complicated. He didn't gum up his narrative with soul-searching. He really served as a big eyeball, if perhaps a rather glazed one." - from Joel Achenbach's Hunter S. Thompson tribute. Read the rest here.
I found a local comic creator scene!
Caption Box
In an astonishing turn of events, Joss Whedon and Jon Cassaday are staying on for another year of Astonishing X-Men! Look for a break after issue 12 (and Giant Size X-men 3) then another 12 issues plus the return of the comics annual!
Perry Bible Fellowship - I came across this site awhile ago, and Rocco reminded me tonight what it was - hilarious webcomic!

Feb 19, 2005

To quote George W. Bush: "The question we need to ask ourselves, is our children learning?" From this video, it is obvious they is not:

Numa Numa for the Middle School Kids

Feb 17, 2005

President Bush nominated former UN Ambass. and current Iraqi Ambass. John Negroponte to Director of National Intelligence position. His reasoning: with Powell gone, the cabinet needed to look a little blacker...

In unrelated news it was a great week for comics as there were new issues of Cable/Deadpool, New Mutants, Astonishing X-Men, and Runaways (s2) #1!!!! Four fo the best creative teams in comics! They didn't do the finale of the unintellible X-Force LS any favors by coming out the same week. Can Liefield even put sentences together? I can't but I'm not paid to. I'd like to see how FabNic handled this being as it sooooo different from what he's doing over in C/D... enough said.

Constantine comes out tommorrow and I will be seeing it. Hopefully Keanu will not make it suck.

Feb 15, 2005

Quick Post, Get Fuzzy Style:

Feb 14, 2005

- Pretty mediocre hour of 24, hence the lack of live blogging.
- I've become a 10 year old girl overnight it seems, apparently I'm into Kelly Clarkson now.
- I bought the Grammy performance of Stevie Wonder, Bono, Alicia Keyes, Steven Tyler, Brian Wilson, Billy Joe Armstrong, Allison Kraus, and Velvet Revolver off iTunes today. It's only a dollar, a fun version of "Across the Universe", and supports Tsunami victims.

Feb 13, 2005

Pirate Mr. Potato Head
From Brit, too cute not to post:

Feb 12, 2005

Top 5 Television shows I'd like to see on DVD:

5. "Unhappily Ever After" - Think "Married With Children" for absurdists. It featured a hot young Nikki Cox plus Bobcat Goldthwait as a stuffed bunny living in the basement.
4. "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" - While Christopher Reeves WAS Superman, Teri Hatcher WAS Lois Lane. This was a fun show, that eventually jumped the shark after Loi discovered Clarks identity, but had a great Lois, a great Clark, a good Lex, and an amazing Perry White in the form of Lane Smith.
3. "Thundercats" - This, along with "Transformers" and "GI Joe" were my favorite childhood shows. It had a recent comeback with a comic series like the other two franchises (both of which are on DVD) so hopefully we will see this soon.
2. "Mind of the Married Man" - the show isn't on DVD because I think I am the only fan of the show. I thought it complemented Curb Your Enthusiasm well on HBO's schedule, and was a fun little comedy.
1. "Scrubs" - the ONLY funny sitcom on the air right now, and has been for sometime. Why why why why? Possibly the most underappreciated show on TV not called Arrested Development.

Feel free to comment on what you'd like to see on DVD!
Copycats:
Here's an updated list of friends of mine who've recently started blogs trying to be as cool as me (trust me kids, you don't want to be as cool as me):
Jesse: Everybody Loves a Masshole
Erin: Erin's Thoughts on Many Things
Aker: Mike Uncensored
Josh: my weblog

On a related note, this webble will be a year old in about a month. That's wierd, huh?
Strange little things - I just looked at the box for my bar soap. Amongst the ingredients there is an "and/or". Shouldn't they know exactly what is in there?

Feb 11, 2005

A bunch of quick hits:
- Spent a Tower gift card today and finally picked up the Scissor Sisters' album. My fresh opinion on it - this stuff is pure rock. These people are channeling a host of artists from Elton John to Sly and the Family Stone to the Chemical Brothers. Great stuff.
- Pushing my way through Volumes 3-5 of the Sandman by Gaiman. Amazing stuff. The Season of Mists storyline has been the best I've read, and the Midsummer's Night Dream issue might be the best comic I've ever read.
- Just checked my fantasy golf team today. It's actually pretty fun. I'm currently ranked 77,518th. Out of how many I don't know. I doing well this week though, as I've jumped 20,673 places today. That seems like a lot.
- Hoping to check out Finding Neverland or Ray this weekend. This is the first year in awhile that I'm interested in more than one or two of the Oscar pics. I've already seen Sideways and Million Dollar Baby. I can't see myself going to the Aviator though. Leo (actor I dont care about) playing Howard Hughes (historical figure I don't care about) doesn't add up to a movie I need to see. I may be wonderful
- Sin City is on the cover of this week's EW. Next movie I'm really looking foward, especially 'cus Elektra was less than good and I have more than my doubts about Constantine. Sin City looks like it could be the best comic movie this year (barring FF later this year rocking)

Feb 10, 2005

Holy Cow! Sara Foster, the super hot hottie from "The Big Bounce" is on CSI tonight!
Great story from dreary London:

"Chaos at Ikea opening -
Hundreds of people were crushed as the opening of the biggest Ikea store in England descended into chaos." The rest here.

Ikea rules!

Feb 7, 2005

24 blog

2:06PM :"Tony there could be someone following us"
"No Jack, my soul patch would have detected it."
2:11PM :Why is the SoD doing this stuff? Isn't this the job of the NSA or something? because he's Bill Devane that's why.
- Public Service Announcement: Jack Bauer stop pretending to be Kiefer Sutherland - message: Jack Bauer loves Muslims. Riiiight.
2:18PM :"I'm sure your boss will understand, and if he doesn't, I can have him killed."
2:22PM :Tony's home PC rules!
- Ahhhhh Super Bowl Commercial Reruns... cus I loved PDiddy and Co so much the first time around.
2:30PM :Torture rules in the 24 world... you don't think they would be suspicious of people who just started six hours ago!!!
2:45PM :Tony's half drunk and looking to kill terrorists! Woohoo!
3:00PM :Mebbe 2 CTU guards dead in a car explosion, white collar baddie shot too.
Body Counts:
Jack: 17 and a knee Baddies: 50 SoD: 4 Tony: 4
Toys of the Trade

Many of you probably know this but I'll be moving on from GW at the end of this week to bigger and better things. In the meantime, I'm taking full advantage of the GW perks, which include a data projector for the Super Bowl and bringing my work laptop home for the weekend. Needless to say the 24 blog tonight will be great, b/c I'll have both things with me! Tune in later for the weekly Jack Bauer Power Hour!
Wow

Just saw the Super Bowl Halftime Update over at Homestarrunner.com. Check it out! Its a long load, but worth it.
Super Bowl Aftermath

Congrats on the Patriots new "dynasty". Decent round of commercials this year. Nothing too amazing (was hoping to see the Gene Kelly VW one) but I particularly enjoyed the Burt Reynolds Fedex one and the PDiddy Diet Pepsi ones

Big Boys has all the ads online here.

Feb 5, 2005

Big Game Minus One Day

Spent the day getting ready for the 5th annual Super Bowl Bash! (Sponsered by Ahoy-matey.com of course.) As for the actual game, I'm picking a close game, Patriots over Eagle 27-24. More later if life gets interesting.

BTW, Captain Jibidy #23: "E.V.I.L. Strategery" is now online.

Special Captain Jibidy surprise coming tommorrow!

Feb 4, 2005

Interesting little piece of propaganda (It's a hoax but a really interesting read):

Presidential IQ's

Of the Presidents over the last 50 years here's the highest and lowest IQ (supposedly):
Highest: Clinton (182)
Lowest: W Bush (91)

Feb 3, 2005

Great little site from LC: www.humanforsale.com/

I of course did it - I'm worth $2,104,630.00

Take the test and comment below with your black market value.
Jesse sent me this over a week ago and I never got around to posting it, which is from the Hotline:

"VENTURA: Yarr, I Be The Dread Pirate Jesse!
Jesse Ventura "looked more like a pirate than a retired governor" in a speech at the Contra Costa Council USA conference. "Sporting a black head scarf, braided beard, suit jacket, blue jeans and tennis shoes," Ventura "declared": "I am the most dangerous man in America!" His "huge" ego "burst through like a pounding fist" in a "rambling" 90-minute speech. And he "managed to insult just about everybody." He "slammed Republicans and Democrats": "I want to just puke when I look at politics today." He "mocked people that oppose same-sex marriage": "If gay people decided to be gay, when did you decide to be a hetero?" He "castigated the media as a pawn of the establishment." And "he wielded a heavy arm of sarcasm" on the jailing of Martha Stewart: "I can sleep better at night! Can't you? When the people lie to the government, they go to prison. What happens when the government lies to the people? Nothing" (Vorderbrueggen, Contra Costa Times, 1/28)."

Man do i want to work for this man when he runs for president in '08...
I was gonna live-blog the State of the Union last night. I was busy drinking heavily and throwing things at the television. Usually nto what I was drinking. Anyways I also remembered that no one who cares about my opinion on the speech really felt that differently than me so I'll let it lie.

Feb 2, 2005

Yahoo Fantasy Golf begins this weekend! I'm excited - my team "ernie the pirate" will be rocking the league. That's right kids, fantasy golf. Not excited enough by watching golf? Play online with the stats! I hear its thoroughly invigorating, or incredibly boring. It was free so i kinda just signed up (I'm a sucker for stupid stuff like this)
24 blog - hella late

Just a quick update - Jack racked up another 4 kills this week bringing the totals up to:
Baddies: 47 SoD: 4 Jack: 17 (and the blown knee)

I wasn't counting Tony's kills but it was also 3 or 4 for the week. Someone let me know if they have a more accurate account.

Feb 1, 2005

My roommate tries to copy everythign I do and has decided to start a blog. It looks pretty good so far, and by pretty good I mean vastly inferior to this webble's storied history. He'll probably soon be a blogging genius, however.

Everybody Loves a Masshole
Andrew Sullivan is retiring/taking a blog break/etc. I don't knwo which as I got it all second-hand, his site has apparently gone down. Maybe he just didn't pay his isp bills...

Jan 31, 2005

This was the stupid quote of the day on my desk calendar: Jim Trafficant on getting out of prison - "And then when I get out, I will grab a sword like Maximus Meridius Demidius and as a gladiator I will stab people in the crotch."

Jan 30, 2005

Gotta new message board for ahoy-matey.com. It's called Ye Olde Pirate Pub. You don't have to register to post, but feel free to register and become a member of the ahoy-matey.com community! Here the linkage:

Ye Olde Pirate Pub

Jan 28, 2005

The link below for the Gene Kelly commercial has gone dead - here's another:

"Blingin' in the Rain"

Jan 27, 2005

My hands hurt bunches after a looooong trip to IKEA which ended up with Jesse buying a queen size bed and me holding the mattress down as we drove back from College Park (btw twine rules)
Another funny one from LC:
Apple Iproduct
Gene Kelly going nuts!
Sent in by Jesse:

http://www.pumpupthemovie.com/toss.html

Crazy, mebbe fake? AMC theater goers may recognize where this is from.
Apparently Smackdown! isn't going anywhere. Not sure what Moonves meant in his comments then. More to come I'm sure.

Jan 26, 2005

Smackdown smacked down!

'with the news that UPN is going for respectability in the future, and in that future there's no room for senseless degrading of the Amish or for smackdowns.

That's right. There's only one year left on the contract for World Wrestling Federation's "Smackdown!" and the network has decided to let it go.' Rest of the story here.

Interesting news indeed, hopefully this will teach Vinnie Mac a lesson about quality programming and more importantly hopefully a lot of wrestlers won't get cut loose if the show doesn't get picked up elsewhere.
This was the very next story on the local6 webpage -

Budweiser Adds Herbs, Caffeine To Beer

ST. LOUIS -- Anheuser-Busch is adding a little jolt to its new beer brand. B-to-the-E is being rolled out nationwide, after being test marketed in 55 cities.

The "E" stands for extra, in this case caffeine and herbs, including ginseng.

The world's largest brewer is going after the 20-something market with the fruity brewski.

But some beer-lovers might have a hard time downing the stuff. Anheuser-Busch even suggests that B-to-the-E be served over ice.
This is crazy -
"Students Arrested Over 'Violent' Stick Figure Drawings
Pictures Show Classmate Being Stabbed, Hung

OCALA, Fla. -- Two boys, ages 9 and 10, were charged with felonies and taken away from school in handcuffs, accused of making violent drawings of stick figures."

The rest of the story here.

Argghhh!!!

Jan 24, 2005

24 blog - hour 6!
1:12 PM - Big Shootout - terrorists got their arses kicked! 11 for jack and two for the SoD!
Body Count: Baddies 47, SoD 4, Jack 13 (and a knee)

Jan 23, 2005

Well, it isn't looking good for the Steelers either - but I got a great deal on The Sandman vols 3-5! Less than half price! That should count for something, eh?
And I'm 0 for 1.... Let's go Steelers!!!
Last minute football picks: Falcons over Eagles, Steelers over Patriots - I may go 0-2 but it'll be down in a flame of moral righteousness (whatever that means)

Jan 22, 2005

More food should come in string form - string cheese and twizzler pull-and-peels are two of ym favorite foods, plus they share the delicious clsoe relative of slim jims... im salivating now, better go eat something....

Jan 20, 2005

There's a new jibjab! It's called "Second Term" Check it out. www.jibjab.com!
Didn't watch a lot of the Inaugural coverage today. Saw the speech - thought it was interesting and probably the best he's ever given. My fave part of the coverage I saw was probably Chris Matthews commenting on how attractive the Bush daughters looked - especially since one of the girls he was talking about wasn't Barbara but some cousin. (He of course got corrected by some equally dirty old man on MSNBC)

Jan 14, 2005

Here's some good news for fans of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. We already know that Ron Howard and Tom Hanks are attached to it. But who you ask has been cast as French investigator Bezu Fache? None other than Jean Reno, of Leon fame. The whole story at the Hollywood Reporter.

Jan 13, 2005

Website is back. Big collective sigh of relief here!
Nobody panic - but I think www.ahoy-matey.com is down. Looks like something went funky with the servers, and the techs are working to get it back asap.
Neil Gaiman just posted on his Journal that he's working on another project with Marvel! If anyone hasn't read his first work 1602 - check it out! And if you've never heard of Gaiman before, he's one of my fave writers, author of The Sandman and American Gods. Check him out!
Farewell HFS (From Mediaweek, whole story here): "Infinity Broadcasting announced today it had flipped WHFS-FM, a long-time Rock brand in Washington, D.C., to a Spanish-language format called "El Zol." At noon Wednesday, the station dropped its young-skewing Modern Rock programming for a blend of Caribbean and Central American dance music targeting adults 25-54."

I'll miss HFS, I didn't listen much, b/c we could never get a good signal on my side of DC, but I enjoyed the several HFStivals I attended - there rarely is a chance to get to see 10+ good bands for under $30. No HFStival anymore, no Live on Penn anymore... DC better get its outdoor music act together!

Jan 12, 2005

Not something to be proud of - i got a score of 35290 on Zookeeper today. It's my personal best on my post-Snood fave timesuck game. Wanna play?

Zookeeper
No posts yesterday as I was laid up from my recent injuries. I did manage to catch up on some of my DVD backlog - I saw Spellbound (pretty good) and Underworld (pretty ok, a lot of potential for a fictional world, never really realized)

Here's a great link for writers looking for ideas (you may remember some if you've ever read Evil Overlord's Guidelines.
"Random Plot Generator"

Jan 10, 2005

24 blog - roundup - so after 4 hours of seaosn 4 the body count has begun to rise already, look for Jack to get more bad guys once he tracks them to hellers lair. Seeya next week!
24 Blog - 10:48 AM - Terrorkid can't do it, but terrormom can - 1 girlfriend down.
Baddies - 47 SoD - 2 Jack - 2 and a kneecap
24 blog - 10:22 AM - It's looking like a slow night form the bodycount, but its been a pretty time. Jack usually doesn't go rogue until hour 6 or so. Hey Jack, remember how well that prison riot you staged went? Meanwhile the SoD gets a body count of his own!
Baddies - 46 SoD - 2 Jack - 2 and a kneecap
24 Blog - 9:38 AM - Finally! Jack nails two baddies with a sniper rifle!
Baddies: 46 Jack: 2... and a kneecap
24 blog - Night two! Begins in just 15 minutes! Torture 'em Jack!
I fell down a flight of stairs on the way to work this morning and hurt me bum! That's gonna leave a bruise.
This may be my favorite soundboard ever.

Sweeeet!

Jan 9, 2005

24 blog - 9:00 AM
Jack Bauer wannabe down as well as a security guard.
Baddies - 46 Jack Bauer - still only a kneecap!

I'll be back with more tommorrow night!
24 blog 8:38 AM - Little terrorist kid is getting some loving! SoD reminds me of a cross between a sober Ted Kennedy (if you can imagine that) and Jack Kemp.
24 Blog - 8:30 AM
No violence in 15 min makes Jack an unhappy boy....
24 blog - 8:12 AM - Hippies mom killed.
Body Count:
Baddies: 44 Jack: 1 kneecap
24 Blog - 8:00 AM
8 (or so) killed in shootout resulting in kidnapping of SoD and daughter
Body Count:
Baddies: 43 Jack: 1 kneecap
24 Blog - 7:50 AM - 3 hippies shot dead in some hippie store.
Body Count:
Baddies - 35 Jack Bauer - 0 (Falling behind Jack)
24 Blog - 7:30 AM - Train death estimate now 32
Body Count - 32 Jack Bauer - 0
24 blog 7:14 AM - estimates in train explosion - around 30 dead

Body Count - 30 Jack Bauer - 0
Tonight 8PM - Jack is Back! Watch the season premiere of "24" tonight, or else.
Wildcard Weekend!
The internet was acting funky yesterday so I didn't get a chance to pick the games from yesterday (good too, cus I would have lost) But I'm here today, and here's my picks for the games today, on through the superbowl:

AFC: Colts over Broncos today. Then next week: Colts over Pats and Steelers over Jets. AFC Champ: Steelers over Colts.

NFC: Packers over Vikings today. Then Falcons over Packers and Eagles over Rams next week. NFC Champ: Falcons over Eagles.

Super Bowl: Steelers over Falcons.

Read it and weep Eagles fans. They're going down in the NFC title game AGAIN this year.

Jan 7, 2005

Project Pterosaur - these guys are going to Africa to find living dinosaurs. Apparantly it will disprove evolution. Check it out.
I got stuck on the metro last night for about 30 mins - between Rosslyn and Courthouse - it stank! End of story.

Jan 6, 2005

While other bloggers bring annoying personal angst or overlong political theory, I instead bring you - A Killer Whale Jumping ontop of a Kayaker

Enjoy!

Jan 5, 2005

"How to Kill a Mockingbird" - decent piece - its a little long and drags a bit, but has a great soundtrack and teaches us all an important lesson - Ninjas and Pirates can exist in peace. Or in pieces. I forget which.
Only a few hours left! New "Lost" tonight at 8PM followed by the 2-hour season premiere of "Alias" at 9PM on ABC.
Will Eisner, one of the fathers of the comic world passed away yesterday. Here's a good biography of him for those not familiar with the man's work - Will Eisner: 1917-2005

Jan 4, 2005

As my friend Josh put it - Numa Numa to the next power
"Mario Hii"
More on the Creation Museum - a conversation betwixt Rocco and Myself:

Rocco: do they have a pope breakdancing exhibit
Me: they hate the pope
Rocco: NOOOOOOOO
Rocco: NO JP2
Me: these are crazy anticatholic right wing nutjob christians
Me: i think we should build a catholic version and have a jp2 bucking bronco ride
Rocco: but they don't know how funky fresh jp2's vibe is
Me: and hot girls can show up and be like "im here to ride the pope"
Rocco: i am intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter
Me: awesome
Yes it's real and scary as hell...

The Creation Museum - the link you need to see to believe. Anyone interested in a roadtrip to Kentucky?
Update on the Chair Flogging -

Apparently this is a method of "distressing" the furniture (making it look old, the mother tells me). I'd distress it by making it watch MSNBC all day.
There's an old man beating a wooden chair with a steel chain on TV right now. Apparently this is what passes for television these days. No wonder I haven't pitched a network show yet...
Dreamwave Production closes doors (linked from the press release at ComiXfan here)

"Dreamwave Productions announced today that after eight years in the comics industry, four of which they were self-published, they will be ceasing operations.

Established in 1996 by brothers Pat and Roger Lee, Dreamwave infused a stagnant comic book market with art and design that effortlessly combined the then dominant "American" art style with the newly emerging Japanese "Manga" art style. Since then, the company had grown to become one of the comic book industry's premiere publishers, producing a variety of original titles.

In 2002, Dreamwave firmly established itself in the comic industry as a force to be reckoned with when it launched an all-new Transformers comic's line. The return of the 80's icons shattered industry sales records, skyrocketing the book to the number one sales slot for an impressive six months. The Toronto-based company's other successful licenses included Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Duel Masters from Japan, as well as properties like Devil May Cry and Mega Man from video game giant Capcom Entertainment.

President of Dreamwave Productions, Pat Lee stated "there are a number of reasons for my decision to close Dreamwave", citing that "the shrinking comic book market combined with a weak U.S. dollar and unsustainable monetary commitments has finally proven to be too financially taxing."

This raises all kinds of questions, most specifically as to what will happen to the lucrative Transformer comic license... I'll post more when I hear more.

Jan 3, 2005

Countdown to the "real" beginning of the TV season:

Alias: 2 hour season premiere in 2 days - Wed night at 9 on ABC (after a new Lost)
24: 2 night, 4 hour season premiere in 6 days - Sun and Mon at 8 on Fox

Jan 2, 2005

Back in DC, heading back to work tommorrow (under protest, i might add).

One quick thing - I cant stop watching the trailer for Sin City, a neat little flick based on a cult Frank Miller hit. Here's a reason to look foward to April 1st.

Sin City Trailer

Dec 23, 2004

I'll be heading to PA for Christmas in a few minutes so while I'll probably get a chance to blog some, but not to update ahoy-matey.com. So in the meantime enjoy Chapter 2 of Dayspring, and the Captain Jibidy Holiday Spectacular. Have a great holiday everyone!

Dec 21, 2004

For anyone who spent the day working, I scoff at them - we spent it watching the Numa Numa dance (it so addictive) Link down below somewhere.

My other favorite site of the day:
"It's a Wonderful Life in 30 second reenacted by Bunnies"
Cute little flash on newgrounds about the G to the O to the D.

Only Superhuman
"The game was like Hamlet, a suspense thriller, and I killed them" - some oh so literary NBA player on Sportscenter.

Plus the Dolphins beat the Pats! Only two 13-1 teams left and I believe they're both from PA! Lets go Steeltown!

Dec 15, 2004

Coolest thing I've seen today, bar none!

Awesome Illusion Picture thingee
Roadside sobriety test to die for - here
Numa Numa Dance - AkA you at work when no one's looking...

Dec 13, 2004

Wow... did not see this one coming -

"Fox pages Turner to pen Magneto spinoff pic - Twentieth Century Fox has set Sheldon Turner to draft "Magneto," an action-thriller based on the villainous character played in the first two "X-Men" films by Ian McKellen...The original "X-Men" film began with a prologue that showed his character as a child being led to a concentration camp by Nazis, and that is the period in which the Magneto film will take place. This setup will allow a future villain to at least flirt with the designation of protagonist. Since the character will be seen almost exclusively in his formative years, it is not clear whether McKellen will be in the film at all.

"I pitched a film that is almost 'The Pianist' meets 'X-Men,' about a guy who, after watching his family slaughtered, has an awakening of his powers and seeks revenge," Turner said.

"Storyline will heavily involve Professor X, the wheelchair-using X-Men leader played in the films by Patrick Stewart. That character was a soldier in the allied force that liberated the concentration camps. The professor meets Magneto after the war, and while they bond over the realization that they are alike in their special powers, their differences soon turn them into enemies. read the rest of the Variety story here


This, in addition to the Wolvie solo and X3? Wowza kids.
Adventures of Captain Jibidy #12 - "Not a Tangent" is now online.

Dec 11, 2004

The new Marvel Previews magazine is calling "New Avengers the biggest comic of 2005" - that's interesting, because only one issue is out, and 2005 hasn't started - much less finished!

Dec 5, 2004

Issues 10 and 11 of the Adventures of Captain Jibidy and Pillaging Pete are now online at Ahoy-Matey.com check them out

Issue 10 - Treasure Hunters

Issues 11 - Magic Hat

Dec 4, 2004

Been meaning to post this one for awhile - the only online webcomic that employs legos and rivals the adventures of captain jibidy - (and by rivals i means kicks jibidy's butt) www.thebricktestament.com