Comicbook Confessions: Green Lantern #57 Uncut

I will have an article transcribing (and heavily editing the content of) our debate of GL #57 on the Comixology blog, but if you want to see Comixology behind the scenes, take a look at this. It's obvious we take our jobs VERY seriously.

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Cap and Iron Man...TOGETHER?

Courtesy of Young Avengers #1.

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Workplace Relations

This is what happened at work one day.

I walked in on Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and Superman in flagrante delicto.







But Hal's boyfriend Captain America walked in and boy was he mad! Just look at that disapproving stare. Tsk tsk.

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Special Face of the Week!

Reading as many books as I do, I can't help but notice that sometimes, no matter how good the artist is, there are some characters who look just a little...special.

So after all this time, I've amassed a collection of snapshots from different books where beloved characters look like they should maybe have a telethon run for their benefit. And thusly do I begin sharing these with you:


^{"Girl pretty!"}

Here, we have Steve Rogers from NEW AVENGERS vol. 1 #3, sporting a look that's a little TOO down home American. In addition to his shield, David Finch must be thinking that Steve Rogers would be even safer with a helmet. Truly this is a Captain America that would be on the level with Bush.

God Bless America!

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Brand New Rant

^{If the marriage is a sham, does that make the cake a lie?}


Come, sit with me and have a cup of Joe. Oh, that bitter taste.

In an IGN interview with Joe Quesada during C2E2, he reveals what the mysterious "O.M.I.T." ads stand for: the newest Spider-Man arc taking place in #637-640, "One Moment in Time."

This arc will reveal all the gritty details on what went down when Peter and Mary struck their uncharacteristic deal with ol' 'Phisty to save Aunt May from death's door (even though she specifically said not to).

According to Joe, we are going to find out what happened, what didn't happen, what won't happen, and what will never happen again. We will get the answers we've been expecting to get, especially whether or not MJ knows and what she whispered to him that fateful day (or night, it was dark if I recall).

Also, the ongoing tease of the mindwipe and why Peter seems to know about it will finally be put to rest. But to begin explaining this, Joe had this to say:

"I think people have preconceived notion that Mephisto just waved his hand and magically changed everything in Peter's world and the entire Marvel Universe."

Some of you may Joe Quesada's famous words explaining the mindwipe and the rest, reiterated in this Newsarama article, saying "It's magic. We don't need to explain it."

So...wait. Was it magic, or wasn't it? Is he retconning his own retcon?! Too trippy.

All I know is, if they kill MJ, I'm officially done with Spider-Man. 'Nuff said.

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The True Blackest Night....

...is me not getting this! Only available at WonderCon....nnnnnnnnnnggggggghhhhh.....GET IT FOR ME IF YOU'RE IN SAN FRAN!

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Favorite Thing of the Day

Just had to post this so we could always remember what Velociraptors have done for us.

See more stalking here!

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Lego Potpourri

^{Lego Old David Bowie: As plastic in real life as he is in Lego Rock Band.}


Here's a short Lego mish-mash of the Lego things I've been Lego playing.

LEGO ROCK BAND

For all of you people who love Rock Band and Lego "insert popular movie franchise here," this is a game that you may love/enjoy mildly.

Here's the low-down: it's Rock Band, but with Legos. You don't get online play.

There's the good and the bad of it. The interface itself is kinda meh, not the most intuitive selecting systems. Though, contrary to my original expectations, it actually made play Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" not only NOT lame, but just about the cutest thing in gaming this year.

If you liked Lego Star Wars/Indiana Jones for it's aesthetics (and of course like Rock Band), the $50 price tag is totally worth it. Otherwise, it's a $50 track pack of 35 songs that you'd probably love and 10 you'll feel meh about. But when the love outweighs the meh, it's $50 worth spending.

Also, the made up Lego universe factoids, totally worth it.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii
I only just got it yesterday, but have played with and without people.

I think Jesus said "A man cannot live on just Mario alone." So they put Luigi, Toad, and Meriweather von Doodingdong (aka my made up name for the other Toad) as his worthy companions in the game.

Playing alone, it's a pretty tough Mario game, which, compared to how EASY New Mario Bros. DS was, I welcome.

However, playing with 4 people is totally frantic and fun. I played the whole "part of the team" thing for a while, until I decided to be the saboteur, and pretending I was working for the Koopalings, began throwing my cohorts into the bottomless pits.

So far, it appeals not only to my heroic side, but also my unstable evil side.

But it's friggin hard. I have a lot of game to look forward to. It took me 20 minutes for 1 level, and it was in the 2nd world. Now THAT's a Mario game.

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