Some interesting stuff on the interbutts these days.

Newsarama interviewed Greg Rucka about Batwoman thus far. Apparently it was supposed to end a little vague. Now I feel less stupid.

zomg, Guile hacks! But a funny almost comeback nonetheless.

Cinderella Super Spy Fables Spinoff - YES PLEASE

"Twisted" Disney Princesses - kinda creepy.
via Ryan Paul Thompson's twitter feed

Artsy Fartsy

Some interesting posts about ART.

Ogiue Maniax has an interesting theory about The Colors of Modern Fanservice.

Newsarama has an article about Greg Horn's new art style. It's as great as his old one I think.

Gnus for Gnerds (titles are hard)

...almost.

Spider Woman motion comic available on iTunes for a limited time at .99 cents. After that two bucks. Too small to read on the Nano, if that's even an option (doubt it)
via Marvel Comics

Best Cinderella recaption ever.
via LoL Celebs

Galge that isn't an H game is still banned from XBLA. Hrm. Japan MEANS it with these new eroge restrictions. Odd thing is, it was never an H game.
via Canned Dogs

Tatsunoko vs Capcom Artwork
via Mognet Central

Sgt Frog in Tales of Vesperia (via DLC). If I had this game I would just stay as Sgt Frog the entire time.
via Kotaku

GIANT ROBOT BEETLE.
Are American otaku this cool? Probably not.
via Japan Sugoi

a couple things I forgot

Penny Arcade is doing a Tekken comic (Kangaroooooos!)
via TekkenBob

and my girl crush, Anna Paquin got engaged to her co star in True Blood, Stephen Moyer. Guess the sex scenes worked in his favor eh?
source: WR Beta

ps, the tourney is over, casuals are happening. Final rankings c/o Slasher
God's Garden Japanese #SF4 Tourney - Mago (SA) champion, Uryo (VI) 2nd, Daigo (RY) 3rd

Twitter Friday

Hey all, (all 10 of you, hahah!) I finally got the Cannonball achievement a couple nights ago! Good times! Shaving that time from 6 min to 4 mins is going to be very difficult for me. I feel plenty fast now. Moving on, GIJoe: Rise of Cobra opens tonight, you going? I am :)




In comics news, seems Bill Willingham had some issues with his Fables panel at SDCC. I really appreciate what he tried to do for his fans. Fabletown vs San Diego

God's Garden Japanese #SF4 Tourney LIVE - Daigo (Ryu) vs Tetsu (ELF) - Live Stream: http://bit.ly/bfnBS
running now, don't know how long it will last. (215pm EST)
Source: Slasher's Twitter Stream

RT @schnuth: RT @lawmune: Asuka (from Evangelion) illustrated by Yoshitoshi ABe: http://bit.ly/103yAO
source: Benu's Twitter Stream

It's a day ending in "y". Time for random news bits.

Hi, how's it going? I'm currently obsessing over the "Cannonball" achivement in KoF 12. I had no problem ripping through arcade mode in 10 minutes, or 8 even. In fact, I think I did that the first time I played. (there's a reason I have characters in City of Heroes/Villains named Mucho Aggro and Muchacha Aggro) ANYWAY, 6 minutes flat is giving me problems. I've come within a second of doing it. I shall keep on keepin' on with my boy Joe Higashi. I need more combos like these.



There's a Batman demo coming on Aug 7th for the 360 and PS3.
source: ConsoleMonster.com

Want to play Champions Online FOREVAR? Well, you can, for the low, low cost of 200 dollars.
source: Destructoid

Anyone playing Tetris Online? It seems fun.
source: TetrisFriends.com

Someone from Japanator.com was at Anime Festival Orlando this weekend (I was there on Saturday, myself!) and got some good cosplay pics.

In an unrelated note, they also found a webiste where cute Japanese girls hold up signs that tell you what time it is. Oddly fascinating.

Also, holy crap, 4kids is for sale!
via AICN's Twitter Feed.

More Fish'em All Info

BWAHAHAHAHA! The banjo guy in this amuses me for some reason.

Jimmy Fallon @ Comic Con

Random News Bits

King of Fighters XI FINALLY gets an official release date! July 28, 1009!

source: KOF12 Twitter feed.

Sagat and Seth "overpowered"in SF4. Internet responds with a mighty "NO SH**!!"

source: Slasher's Twitter feed.

PopCap Games coming to the Wii & DSi. Good times! I would like some PvZ in WiiWare (or something)

source: Nintendo Life

Ryan Reynolds is Deadpool AND Hal Jordan. Meh. I would have preferred Jared Leto as Kyle Rayner.

Cool alt costume for Lars in Tekken 6. En Espanol.

Ponyo, DC comics and other news

There's an American Ponyo trailer! I got goosebumps!

Some good books from DC dropping tomorrow. Wonder Woman 33 (continues the Rise of the Olympian (incredibly long) story arc) and Gotham City Sirens. GCS seems to be like Birds of Prey, but eeeevil. Catwoman, Harley and Ivy team up to kick some ass. Written by the amazing Paul Dini.

Play Asia has got a "new" Fushigi Yuugi [Limited Edition] DS game, which seems to be two previous Fushigi Yuugi games rebundled into one. $79.90 + shipping is a little too rich for my blood, but maybe not yours.

Finally, a friend was talking about video game series with great music. The Soul Edge/Calibur series has music that I have always enjoyed, even way back with this cheesy little number that is still one of my favorites to this day.

Free Comic Book Day

HEY IT'S FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! GO GET YOUR BOOKS, NERD!

Free Comic Book Day on Saturday

My good buddy Kitsune Rei reminded me that FCBD is this Saturday and linked to this site, with this woooonderful video of (my future ex-husband) Hugh Jackman promoting the event.

Harley Quinn in Arkham Asylum

dang, busy news day.



source: Kotaku

Yammering About Comics (pt 3)

Still yammering, but a bit abbreviated, as I have a lot to get through.

Wonder Woman #30
(Rise of the Olympian pt 5)
Diana has had enough of Cheetah's bs and is going to get to Genocide, no matter what. More talk of 'manazons' and Zeus, like the classical version, seems to be a bit of a jerk.
Final Thought: Awesome sauce.

Street Fighter II Turbo #5
Back stories of Cammy & E Honda, continue. Extra insert of C. Viper in the back. Much like Street Fighter Legends, Udon continues their great work. A must for any SF fan.
Final Thought: Love it.

X-Force/ Cable Messiah War parts 1&2
Good art, okay story. It's likely that I'm biased against this one because I'm not a fan of time travel OR Cable. Appearance by a crazed Deadpool lightens things up.
Final Thought: Meh.

The Flash: Rebirth #1
This was loaned to me by a friend. The only Flash I am even remotely familiar is Wally. They gave as much backstory as they could buuut I still have no idea who the villians are in the series. I am sure that if I knew more about the Flash, that I'd likely be peeing my pants.
Final Thought: Need more info.

X-Men Legacy #222
Danger is going batty and Rogue continues on her Danger-induced pilgrimage. Hard to take Shi'ar pirates seriously.
Implications that Rogue's quest was an accident. This irritates me.
Final Thought: Waiting to see how this continues.

Uncanny X-Men #507 (Manifest Destiny)
Manifest Destiny is still going on? Oh. Right. ?_?
Eeeeverybody is getting attacked by something or another. Good battle issue. I sometimes prefer these over a wall of text. A nod to Dark Reign and the Uncanny Annual as well as the return of a huge villian at the end. (no I am not saying who)
Final Thought: 'Snot bad at all, eagerly awaiting Madelyne Pryor & Spiral next issue.

Phew, got done in time for this week's books. I hope to get to the shop more often than I do thus far. :P

on tap: more of the same and probably a smidge of manga.

More Yammering About Comics (opinion)

Street Fighter Legends: Chun Li #2
Ah, the beautiful art of the Udon crew. It still stands strong. Chun Li's origin tale continues with some new characters and a little more characterization of her father. Also starring Sagat (boo) and Dan (yay!) (and a mystery guest at the end – no spoilers!)
Dear Udon crew: You continue to rock. Please proceed.
Final Thought: A great telling of Chun Li's origin, with some really moving scenes.

X-Force #13 (Messiah War 'prequel')
Always solid art and a strong storyline as well. THIS is how you end a book with a serious cliffhanger (which is apparently not addressed in the Messiah War “One Shot”.
Dear Kyle & Yost – Please keep on keepin on. I have high hopes that the Wolfsbane story goes somewhere, because it didn't go into Messiah War and I feel like that's a good thing.
Final Thought: Great book, wish it didn't force the crossover issues on me.

Got through a giant mass of comics last night as well. Will post on those later. :)

Last 4 weeks of comics (opinion)

So I'm a little behind on comics these past few weeks but I am catching up now. I'm going to make you suffer through some brief thoughts on the books I've read.

First plucked from the massive pile:
Secret Six #8
Our favorite villains go out on a double date. Not the most exciting issue ever, but made me smile a lot. Dear Gail Simone: please never leave this book.
Final thought: Awesome, as usual.

followed by:
Elektra: Dark Reign #1
Elektra literally speaks only 4 words in this issue (and two are illegible) but it doesn't matter. The book gives a very tense vibe and in the end, shows the reader what a bad ass Elektra is and why she should be feared.
Dear Zeb Wells: I am not familiar with your work, but if it's all like this, I am in for the long haul and shall follow you loyally.
Final thought: FINALLY, Elektra rules again!

then:
All New Savage She Hulk #1 (Dark Reign tie in)
Urgh, I have no idea where to begin. I literally facepalmed a few times while reading it. Writer Fred Van Lente does a bait and switch for this book and it mainly features Lyra, child of Hulk and Thundra.
Dear Fred Van Lente: Not much Jen Walters in this issue, but I have my doubts you can salvage her from the mess she's in.
Final though: Oh gawd, please get better next issue. I don't know if I can handle all this camp.

FINALLY:
X-Factor #41 (not a Dark Reign tie in? wut?)
Peter David continues with the surprises in this book (and has requested no spoilers for the previous 2 issues, so there's nothing I can say at this point that ISN'T one). However, the formula gets a little thin and ends yet again with the 'HEY SURPRISE A TWIST' on the last page.
Final Thought: Wolfsbane isn't around any more. Why am I still reading this. Meh.

Wolverine DL = KaFIRED

There was a leaked version of the new Wolverine movie out on April 1. Many people thought it was a hoax, but it was really a copy of the movie. An unfinished, without many special effects copy, but a copy nonetheless. I didn't download it because I want to see the movie in the theater. However, some idiot at Fox News downloaded it AND posted a movie review on it, after 20th Century Fox has said that they were coming after people who had downloaded it. (apparently there's some way they can track it) Anyway, thank goodness, idiot journalist got fired over the incident. Read the details of said idiot's layoff at BBC News.

Little Pile o' News

The internet is most bountiful today! Here are some things of interest

New Street Fighter IV rankings, for console versions. Lots of changes (except the top 2...stupid turret Sagat 0_0)
via Kotaku

More good Wii news from the Game Developer's Conference
Play Games Directly From Your SD Card.
also via Kotaku

Final Fantasy IV : The After Years - confirmed for WiiWare. Let the happy dance begin!
via Destructoid

More information on Oracle: The Cure
via IGN

2009 Spring Anime Preview at AnimeVice. 30 new shows to get involved with.
via...AnimeVice. (duh)

Worth an extra dollar.

In June, both Teen Titans and Booster Gold (prior to the launch of Doom Patrol, which debuts later in the summer) will gain their own co-features: Ravager and Blue Beetle, respectively. The co-features will be presented in pages added in addition to the regular series’ stories.

The price goes up a buck, but I think the extra pages will be worth it!

read all of the details at Newsarama.com's article

Elektra Returns!

Finally, one of the big events of Secret Invasion will be given some details. When Elektra was replaced by a Skrull (which was one of the big reveals), I wondered immediately where she was and what she was going to do IF they brought her back. Marvel delivers with Dark Reign: Elektra. It's a 5 part mini series that I really need to add to my pull list at the comic shop. I don't know that I can wait for the trade on this one. Check out Marvel's news post on it here:

She's been broken, beaten, and tortured by aliens…now she returns for vengeance in DARK REIGN: ELEKTRA

Yotsuba& + Hockey = Random Tangent

3 on 3 NHL arcade Hockey has been released on the XBLA (and has been on PSN for about a week according to Destructoid. If it even remotely brings back memories of NHL Hitz, then it will be wonderful. Plan to play it this weekend.

More good news, Yotsuba is BACK. Rescued from the vast wastelands by Yen Press. Huzzah!

I glossed over most of the NYCC news on the internet last weekend, because there was TOO much to follow. However, in the Yotsuba news bit, Topless Robot adds this bit about some DC shenanigans - DC apparently needed to show a flowchart at NYCC to explain how Batman R.I.P. and Final Crisis worked together, along with all the comics necessary to each one which weren't in their respective series. A flow chart. To understand how to read their comics. Awesome.

I can absolutely understand his feelings. I am confused enough with them bringing Kingdom Come into regular continuity and retconning their crises each time they break the universe. It's no effing wonder it drove Starman insane. I'd just start rambling off about Sloppy Joe Wednesdays if I was him too.

Whoops, tangent.