Last weekend I took in U-Con @ UConn, a local convention just starting out, with the benefit of a big name guest to the fandom, Doug Walker. But I’ll discuss that, the panel, and the autograph session tomorrow. For today, I thought I’d pop up pics of the few cosplayers that showed up. First, some thoughts.
Does a rip in space/time count as a ripped cover?
Doctor Who #8
IDW Publishing (February 2010)
WRITER: Tony Lee
ARTIST: Al Davison
COLORIST: Lovern Kindzierski
LETTERER: Neil Uyetake
EDITOR: Denton J. Tipton
COVER “A”: Paul Grist (artist) and Phill Elliiot (colorist)
cover “B” shown, retailer incentive cover minus trade dress.
Like many people, I only watch the Super Bowl for the advertisements. Before I blamed it on wanting to know what people were talking about at work the next day, but now I have a blog that looks at the art of storytelling. Ads can tell a story, but it’s usually to sell products or promote certain opinions.
So I watched this year’s ads, which were actually kind of tame compared to last year. Should we blame CBS, who took over the Super Bowl this year? Not really, but I do blame them for having this year’s Halftime performers singing the theme songs to CBS shows. I don’t remember NBC doing that.
So for this year, I found 13 ads that I liked, which is too many to post on one blog entry. It would kill anyone with a real slow connection. So I lowered that as far as I could go and ended up with 6 videos. I’m putting them in order of how I tracked them down on YouTube, and giving them a fake award title. Because I can!
I didn’t have time to do a list of this week’s comics. So you get to be surprised all week! 
Someone get Captain Marvel a cotton swab.
Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! #12
DC Comics/Johnny DC (March 2010)
WRITERS: Art Baltazar & Franco
ARTIST: Byron Vaughns
COLORIST: David Tanguay
LETTERER: Travis Lanham
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Simona Martore
EDITOR: Dan Didio (this being a good comic for kids, I’m betting Simona did the real editing) (yes, I have that low an opinion of him at this point)
Inside joke for the NC fans in honor of his visit to U-Con @ UConn
For those not in the know, Leon is in his Knuckles costume (first seen in #4), Jake is G-Man, and soon to be dead guy is Goku, with the Nostalgia Critic as himself. I’m not sure he translates well into this style, but few real world people do.
Click the pic to find out about the in-joke, which actually came into play during the “That Guy With The Glasses Q & A panel, and some notes about the inking if you care. (Just in case anyone came in from Art & Story). I actually gave Doug the original artwork, so hopefully he drops in to find out why he was chasing “Goku”. And here’s some other U-Con @ UConn notations before getting into the rest of the news.
The Phantom: Ghost Who Walks #7
Moonstone Publishing (2009)
WRITER: Mike Bullock
ARTIST: Fernando Peniche
COLORIST: Bob Pedroza
LETTERER: Josh Aitken
EDITOR: Ben Raab
PHANTOM CONSULTANT: Ed Rhoades
COVER “A”: Marat Mychaels
COVER “B” (shown) & “C”: Lou Manna with Mick Collins
Weather permitting, I should be at U-Con @ UConn right now, so obviously I can’t make a post. Also, I have to get ready, so that takes up time, having to track my path up there and make sure there’s content on the blog. Luckily, I have a “Saturday Night Showcase” entry that I don’t have to comment on, because it speaks for itself. But listen quick. The movie won’t be up for long, according to GamePolitics.
The movie is a documentary called Moral Kombat, based on the Mortal Kombat controversy (obvious by the misspell) and more current concerns about violence in video games. Mortal Kombat doesn’t seek to condemn or defend violence in games. Instead, it allows all parties to have their say, unbiased, and lets the viewer judge. If you have a gamer in you family, or if your a gamer yourself I highly recommend checking this movie out, if not here or at Babelgum (the host I found it at, thanks to GP) then at one of the other locations listed at the movie’s website. At the very least it will allow you to make better decisions about what games you get for other people.
(I’m putting it after “the jump” to see if anyone goes to watch the film. But if the movie isn’t up anymore, here’s the trailer.)
