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Last night, W.T. and I went to a midnight showing of “Wolfman” up at the mall.
Now, I must first preface this, and be a bit honest: I cannot recall ever seeing the original Wolfman. Ever. Which is odd, since I can remember seeing all the other Universal Monster Movies. I have no idea why or how I have missed it, but rest assured, that will be remedied as soon as possible.
Because I loved the new one.
Everything about this movie was very well done-the casting, costumes, story-all of it. The mood of the film is great. The design of the werewolf (which I will not divulge) is classic, but updated. It fires on all cylinders, and delivers scares very well. That would be the one thing I didn’t like about the movie. Now, I don’t mind the “scare chord” in horror films, but when the scare chord is designed to blast you out of the seat with a modern sound system, and you are more riled by the sound blast than the actual scare, then you have a problem. This, however, is more a theater problem than a problem with the movie. Still, it’s rather vexing.
I do recommend it, as a fun escapist horror picture. As I understand, since I haven’t seen the original, it captures the flavor of the original Lon Chaney picture, as well as updating it very well.
Hey all,
A few weeks ago, at Adriana Vargas’ site, I came across a blogpost about an initiative started by Lora Innes to combat human trafficking, which seems to be on the rise. As such, I was compelled to contribute to the cause, which was in this case, a piece of art.
The People:
We’re a group of Web Comic Creators, who have come together, volunteering our artistic talents to raise money for the purpose of ending human trafficking in the world today.
The Problem:
There are currently 27 million enslaved people worldwide- more than double the number of enslaved Africans during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. UNICEF estimates that 1.2 million children every year are sold into slavery, most of it sexual. The US Department of Justice estimates 16,000 victims of human trafficking are brought into the United States every year.
The Project:
Web Comic Creators from all over the world are working together on a single drawing which will be available as a downloadable wallpaper for readers who donate to our fund raising drive!
So, if you have the means, I highly recommend picking up this wall paper. All your help will be appreciated.
UPDATE: Thanks to all your generous support the Comic Creators Alliance raised just over ten thousand dollars! That is truly gracious of you, and I thank each of you from the bottom of my heart.
I got up today, leisurely confident that the comic would be up and posted well before the time I set myself for it to be up, and hop online to do so, only to recieve a message that the page is submitted. Not showing up on the front page. I then notice the time set to publish is at 3:44 pm. So I then change the time to eleven this morning. Come back at eleven, no dice. I check the wordpress list of posts, and I see “missed schedule’. Whatheheck? I didn’t miss any schedule, the dang computer is making me miss it, however. Blarg!
EDIT: I posted the page here, on my deviantart pageuntil further developments arise.
EDIT PART THE SECOND: Problem fixed, thanks to Philip Hofer from comicpress. Thank you, sir 
There’s a couple of things that came to my attention this week:
Uncle Creepy has returned.
Thats right! Dark Horse comics is now continuing the innovative and amazing horror anthology series, in addition to re-publishing the original Warren vehicle. They seem to be keeping with some of the traditions that the original did, with Loathsome Lore, an awesome letters section (be sure to address your letters to Uncle Creepy, kids), and a story that appeared in the original series. And while, alas the magazine is less because of the absence of the great Archie Goodwin, it is rectified by the writing talents of such writers as Joe R. Lansdale and Dan Braun, and art from such great artists as Eric Powell and Angelo Torres. While I have only had the chance to read the second issue, I have great hopes for this series.
Also:
MST3K is back.
In a way, I should say, hulu currently has five episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on their site, Including episodes featuring both Joel Hodgson and Mike Nelson as hosts. So if you’re a fan of one instead of the other, there’s enough to go around. Now, I’m not sure if this is a permanent tenure, or just for the holidays, so be sure to check them out before they go away.
Anyways, have fun, and stay tuned. Next week the new story begins!
Well, here’s the last page of this story. Wednesday, I’m gonna put up some work that I’ve been working on, Friday the cover of the next issue, and monday we start on the new story. The next story has some funny bits in it as well, so stay tuned!
On another note, I need to let the readers know about a few things:
One of my favorite artists, Joe Jusko, is having a little bit of problems with getting his poster for the fortieth anniversary of Vampirella published. The publisher says that there are too few pre-orders for this poster, which has me frankly shocked. It, in my opinion is one of Joe’s best works, and as such deserves to be available to the public. Anyways, if you get the chance, head over here to see the poster, and here to pre-order it. It is truly one of Joe’s best pieces to date, and I hope this takes off.
Another thing: Allison Sohn and her amazingly talented husband, Adam Hughes, are holding a charity art auction on ebay for an Old English Sheepdog rescue based in Atlanta. If you are an aficionado of the breed, or like Adam and Allison’s work, you may want to check it out.
Also: My friend Lars Brown, creator and artist of North World, has his third book out this week, compiling all of the short stories that take place in the Northworld. It’s out through Oni Press, so if you can buy it at your local comic shop, please do, or get it from his site. He also has original artwork for sale, so, check it out.
On a personal note, most of the Black Cats originals are available for sale, just drop me a line at remy@blackcatscomic.com for details.
Enough pimpage, back to work!
UPDATE: Allison and Adam’s auctions are closed, making over $2,500. Thanks for the support!