Monthly Archives: January 2008

Next Head Of The World Bank Found In Australia

From the BBC:

Boy fed zoo reptiles to crocodile
“We’ll be looking at suing the parents, who were supposedly in control of him at the time,” he said.

The boy was caught on security camera at the reptile centre

A seven-year-old boy has been filmed going on the rampage at a popular zoo in Australia, killing rare reptiles and […]

Small Press reviews week over - now it’s up to you….

Over the past week and a bit I’ve looked at some of the great small press comics that have crossed my path in the last few months. From the beauty of Ben Powis’ work, to the quirkiness of Phil Spence’s funky Ninja Bunny hopefully you’ll agree that the UK small press scene is alive and […]

Warning: Justice League teaches kids bad habits

I followed an Amazon link from one of my favorite webcomics and stumbled across this Justice League movie, pictured on the left. (If you must know, the link I clicked on was for a He-Man animated movie. No, I’m not some sort of closet He-man fan. It’s just that I can’t believe he’s […]

cosmic messenger

MESSENGER has arrived at it’s destination (mercury, duh) and is taking highly detailed pictures of it’s never-before-seen side, viewable here at the messenger homepage. here’s a little pic just to whet your appetite:

of course, it doesn’t just arrive at mercury and go into orbit immediately: falling into the gravity well of the sun boosts […]

Going Vertical

Yes, it’s true, and I can hardly believe it myself, a B.C. comic taking up about 40% of my Comic Surf montage. But the heirs of Johnny Hart have been working hard to make it a FUNNY comic again, not always succeeding, but this one clearly earns an Olympic medal for “breaking the Fourth Wall”, […]

Announcement: Iron Man

on September 30th, Paramount and Marvel Studios will release 3 editions of John Favreau’s Iron Man. There will be your standard 1-Disc movie only release, a 2-Disc Ultimate Edition DVD and a Ultimate Edition Blu-Ray Disc. As always we have your info below, just to let you know the following info is on […]

DVD REVIEW: Iron Man Ultimate 2-Disc Edition Flies High!

In my review of Iron Man during its theatrical run, after noting that the film worked mainly because of its honouring the source material from the Marvel comics, I wrapped up with:
“While the action scenes aren’t as accomplished as something by Michael Bay, they come off better because director Jon Favreau understands that it’s the […]

Art & Story 52 - The Big Future

It’s the podcast’s 1st anniversary, so Jerzy and I take the opportunity to look back over our careers in cartooning over the last year and analyze what went right and what went wrong. We then take the discussion into what our vectors are for the future 12 months, in terms of the podcast, our comics […]