Happy page 16 day! What that’s not a thing?
So Tarantino is doing a kung fu movie called ‘The Man with the Iron Fists’ and the tag line is…
You can’t spell kung fu without F and U
To which I say, it’s called karate, duh.
Comic Vanguard – Valen The Outcast
This is going to be a new feature on the Shiver Bureau blog. Not only do I create comics, but I love reading them. I love to devour them and the regurgitate it back to the masses so they can also enjoy them. Luckily for everyone this is mind regurgitation so we avoid the gastric acids. I will try to do these at least once a week, but no promises since each post will include some fan art.
I used to do fan art of Marvel/DC , but I don’t really read that stuff. I love indie, creator owned, self published, whatever you call it. So if you are hoping I do Batman or Deadpool, you’ll be out of luck…though I do have some on my DA account and I still need to do a proper Gambit piece. But not here, this will only be the best in webcomic and creator owned stuff. The whole point is to shed some light on stuff you may not of heard of. If there are some great comics out there that you think I’d like, please send them my way. Even if they are your own comics.
First up is Valen the Outcast by Michael Alan Nelson and Matteo Scalera from BOOM studios. This is a great fantasy epic revenge story with great characters and wicked art. I am not usually a fan of a writer. There are exception. Mike Mignola, Joe Hill, Robert Kirkman. Nelson is part of that group. He wrote another story Dingo which was also great. There is something effortless and at the same time epic about his writing.
Matteo is an awesome artist. He simply slays images, overloads them with action and feeling. Gasp, groan, yeah he’s good.
Check it out at your local shops, Comixology or on Amazon for only 10 bucks. Can’t really beat that.
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Digging the comic, why not send me some votes?
Someone, not going to say whoooo, almost forgot tomorrow was Thursday. I sleep now.
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Saw Prometheus this past weekend and enjoyed the movie. Seems to be some people pretty angry about the movie. Granted there were a few stupid moments. The brave biologist and the running from a boulder parts are the ones that ring out for me.
However some people are so bloody upset about them taking off their helmets because they didn’t ‘test’ the air. The way I figure is these people built this huuuuge spaceship, traveled billions of light years (or whatever) , know how to cryo-freeze bodies for 2 years and built a bleeding android that says ‘tea, mum?’…I think they prolly have a device that can check the air for bacteria. Plus it is a movie and they have to take off their helmets, same as Spiderman and Batman spending most of the movie maskless.
So I thought it was fun. I think of it more as a horror/thriller movie. When do any character’s actions make sense in the real world?
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Vote below (2 easy clicks and no signup) and see the first 6 pages of the first serious attempt at a comic about Pickle and his adorable sidekick Todd.
Well I decided to brave the beast that is Kristen Stewart’s acting and watched Snow White and the Huntsman. I thought it was a pretty decent flick. It could have used some more visceral, in-your-face battles but all in all it was entertaining and never felt bored. Stewart was her normal self, so don’t expect much in that department. Hemsworth was a great fit for the role. Can’t wait to see him unleash some destruction in Thor 2.
This weekend is Prometheus. Can’t wait! After that will be the long wait for Dark Knight Rises.
The First SB Comic
It’s the first day of voting over at TWC. Every month they reset the votes and I am kind of curious how high I can get. I think I got to around 350-ish this month. I would really appreciate if you could send a vote my way. It’s really simple. Just click the button up top and two clicks, you’re done. No sign up or anything. Once you do that you will also get to see pages 1-4 of the first serious attempt at a comic featuring Pickle.
This was from 4 years ago and it was called ‘Pickle and Todd’ back then. Lots of changes, including a different look for Pickle. Pickle has gone through several fashion choices.
Here’s pages 1-2 to entice you to vote. Thanks!
One a side note, feel free to vote once a day if you are so inclined 😉