Olympus vol. 1, by Nathan Edmondson & Christian Ward, Image Comics
I chose Olympus because of my interest in Mythology. I heard good things about it, and knew the story was based around Castor and Pollux, and their “bounty-hunter” careers. I had no idea how Edmondson wrote or how Ward drew, so it was completely brand new to me when I read it.
Greetings to all our fellow Tards out there! It’s time for the latest installment of the “Weekly Web-Up” with JD and Master Filmmaker Mark Mackner! Read on, True Believers!
Mark:
The Gauntlet continues! Last week saw the release of that instant-classic Rhino vs. Rhino story, and now we have this standalone story. Well, I mean, it ties into the Gauntlet and all, but there isn’t an official Gauntlet villain. A classic villain, THE SCORPION, is mentioned. And the 2nd Scorpion, the female one who was a supporting player in HULK a few years back, makes an appearance. Remember her, JD?
Well, in my quest to see all of the top 10 nominations for best picture I watched
"The Blind Side". This was a fun feel good movie, but apparently the Oscars felt bad because
Sandra Bullock has never won for
Best Actress. She wasn't horrible, but she wasn't outstanding.
The Blind Side was a 7.5 out of 10. This movie was based on a true story about an underprivileged kid,
Quinton Aaron, that was taken in by a wealthy family to become a great football player. Throughout the whole story you see the typical feel good story elements, but nothing special from the actors or actresses. In fact I enjoyed the little son,
Jae Head, the most. He seemed to be the comedic relief to wake me up from watching this film.
So to sum up this short review. It's not a must see, but you wouldn't regret watching it on TNT or some other television release.
Reviewed by Tim Hershey:
The Anchor vol. 1, by Phil Hester & Brian Churilla, BOOM Studios
OK, I was really excited about this book. The marketing made it sound cool: “God’s Own Leg-Breaker!” I’m ready for pseudo-religious ass-kicking, mixed with some mythology. The promotional images were reminiscent of Mignola’s Hellboy! This was going to be a great read, with great visuals!
Wow. I have been hosed by marketing (yeah, that never happens…). This book was boring. Maybe my expectations were too high. Maybe I assumed that every idea that Hester has, because of his generally being accepted as a good storyteller by people in the industry, would be well-executed. Maybe my mental images of the art were too Mignola-esque, that no one (except Mignola) could meet my expectations. Well, no matter why, I was bored. From the first chapter to the last, I kept wondering when it would get more interesting. I turned the last page and decided I won’t need to pick up the next volume.
The nicest thing about this book was the $9.99 price tag. All trades should be this price. Yay! Way to go! With the price point. Whooo!
Amazing Spider-Man 625
Writer: Joe Kelly
Artists: Max Fiumara
Colors: Fabio D'Auria
JD
Hey there Spider-philes, JD and MasterFilmMakerMarkMackner back again for this weeks Web-Up. More Gauntlet going on, this time returning to the Rhino Vs Rhino storyline from a couple issues back. As you'll recall, unless you're really bad at recalling things, the Old Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich) has fallen in love and given up wearing the inpenetrable hide to be with his beloved Oksana. However, a douche has gotten himself a more techsavvy version of the Rhino suit and wields a scythe (cause Rhinos...do that?) and has it in his lil brain that he needs to defeat the Aleksei in order to "ascend" into being the new Rhino.
Join JD, Slai, NightPete, Uncle Dunklenutz, Lawgrl, The Hoss, and MasterFilmMakerMarkMackner for this edition of DrunkTards, pronounced JRUNKtards: a pop culture quiz show drinking game! Listen and play along at home!!!!
Reviewed by
Optimus Douche
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X-MEN: HOPE #1
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Artist: Steve Dillon
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Remember the great training montages from 80s movies like “
Karate Kid” (“You’re the Best”) or any of the “
Rocky” movies, those brief moments where our protagonist goes from zero to hero all in the course of two minutes and thirty-five seconds? If you went to the movies for those moments alone then you’ll love X-MEN HOPE, because it is basically the price we used to pay for the movies with training montages, minus the movie.
By MasterFilmMakerMarkMackner and JD!
JD:
Holy Crap! What a revoltin' development for Peter Parker! This issue drops a BOMB!
Welcome to our new weekly look at the Amazing Spider-Man, cause MasterFilmMakerMarkMackner and I are such huge Spidey fans. These articles will definitely be SPOILER editions! So beware that we will be revealing anything we want about the issues!
So, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the live-action movie, was the isht when it first came out, provided you were the right age for such things. Which, we happened to be.
Does it keep it's charm? Listen to JD, Slai and Kevin's opinions or else!
:)
by Slai Washko
I was skeptical. I immediately delighted in the unconstrained and fun illustration style, but I feared relating in all the wrong ways having been a Chinese Catholic-schoolgirl who dated older men, like Scott’s ingenue-interest Knives Chau. (Though, “Hooray!” for Asian representation in a comic.)
However, being a songstress instead of a groupie freed me to appreciate this whimsical adventure of improvident youth. My adult veneer and my precocious inner child are having serious debates over this tale. The grown-up version wants Scott to get a real job and an apartment with at least his own room and to stop stringing along a puppy-loving idolizing high-schooler while pursuing a fishnet wearing rollerblade messenger with “evil” ex-boyfriends, but then there wouldn’t be much of story. The non-conformist, uniqueness-celebrating, do-what-you-have-to-do-to-be-happy-and-get-by part of me just enjoys the hell out of Scott and all the characters in his allegory, though I wonder less what life would have been like if I hadn’t decided to work full-time since I was 17 and have markedly achievable goals.
My favorite part of Scott’s world is his scaling system, the introduction of which is: “SCOTT PILGRIM; 23 YEARS OLD; RATING: AWESOME.” It is a simple and to-the- point critique of himself and his surroundings that delineates a nature that is bound to get him into trouble. I look forward to reading the other volumes, but am tentative about how much I want to read before the movie comes out. So whether you’re 20-something and want to dive into some entertaining 20-something angst and rock or you’re if feeling nostalgic, you’ll likely find inked doppelgangers of yourself or people you know. It’s worth a read.
Cheers! Yay!
Slai
P.S. This is the most hyphens I’ve ever used in one article.
I figured PopTards needed an infusion of some gaming geeky goodness, so I’m taking a break from my comic book reporting duties on Ain’t It Cool News to describe my first month on the amazingly fantastic MMO Star Trek Online.
Slai and JD were fortunate enuff to attend a special advance screening of new comicbook movie KICK-ASS! Hear us ramble about it before the movie even comes out! Up on the fence about whether or not you wanna see it? Steal our opinions as your own! Leave comments below!
