DARK KNIGHT goodness

Here's the "old" trailer for the upcoming DARK KNIGHT movie:



Even better, the DARK KNIGHT trailer done in LEGO™s, (sent in by MegoSteve):



Wasn't that awesome?

OK, for those of you who haven't seen it, HERE'S the NEW trailer of the upcoming DARK KNIGHT movie! Thanks to all of you who sent this along!

That's the Spirit!

Wait. That's the Spirit?

You tell me:



So what do you think?

Many thanks to all of you who sent me this link! Keep those cards and letters coming!

(Who's the Spirit? Shame on you! CLICK HERE to learn some comic history.)

Have I mentioned lately

That's right! There are just a few short days until Free Comic Book Day! Come celebrate this nationwide event at Comix Connection and get your hands on some ABSOLUTELY FREE comic books! All day Saturday, May 3rd from 10AM until 9PM, both Comix Connection stores in York and Mechanicsburg will be celebrating Free Comic Book Day... and of course we are also running one of our fabulous sales:

* ALL BACK ISSUES IN THE BINS ARE $1.00 EACH!
* ALL OLDER BACK ISSUES ON THE BACK WALLS ARE 25% OFF!
* ALL GRAPHIC NOVELS AND BOOKS ARE 20% OFF!
* ALL STATUES AND TOYS ARE 20% OFF!
* ALL GAMES AND GAMING ITEMS ARE 20% OFF!

ONE DAY ONLY! SATURDAY, MAY 3rd!

EVERYONE WILL BE ABLE TO SELECT THREE FREE COMIC BOOKS from the following list of titles. QUANTITIES ON SOME TITLES ARE LIMITED, so come early to see a wider selection of books!

* ARCHIE'S PAL JUGHEAD
* BONGO COMICS FREE-FOR-ALL! (Simpsons)
* HELLBOY/B.P.R.D
* ALL STAR SUPERMAN #1
* PROJECT SUPERPOWERS
* TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED
* BROKEN TRINITY PREVIEW
* X-MEN
* THE STRANDED/DAN DARE
* SHONEN JUMP MAGAZINE SAMPLER
* APE ENTERTAINMENT'S CARTOON-APALOOZA #1
* ARCANA STUDIO PRESENTS
* SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #1
* WORLDS OF ASPEN #3
* SALEM: QUEEN OF THORNS
* DEL REY & DABEL BROTHERS PREVIEW
* TINY TITANS #1
* DRAFTED
* GEGIKA: A DRAWN+QUARTERLY MANGA SAMPLER
* GRAPHIC CLASSICS
* I.G.N.A.T.Z.: INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC NOVELS AT THEIR ZENITH #1
* DISNEY'S GYRO GEARLOOSE
* E.C. COMICS SAMPLER
* LOVE AND CAPES #7
* MARVEL ADVENTURES: IRON MAN
* MAINTENANCE #1
* IMAGINARY #1
* ATOMIC ROBO & FRIENDS
* AMELIA RULES! COMICS AND STORIES
* THE MOTH: GREATEST HITS
* KIDS LOVE COMICS! COMIC BOOK DINER
* NASCAR HEROES: ALL-STARS SPECIAL
* OWLY AND FRIENDS
* VIPER COMICS PRESENTS: KID HOUDINI AND THE SILVER DOLLAR MISFITS
* GUMBYS COLORING COMIC BOOK SPECIAL #1
* WIZARD HOW TO DRAW SAMPLER
* MAXIMUM RIDE VOLUME 1

Also available to the first 200 people at each store will be this super-cool IRON MAN HeroClix game piece:


and also one of these cool STAR WARS Collectible Miniatures Games figures:


Make your plans TODAY!

See you THIS SATURDAY!

Lex Luthor Loves Superman PB!

Jason R. sent this along:



Too funny.

Cool video time

Jared, Jason R. and a few other people sent me this a while back, and it's finally grown on me. One of the reasons that I was not so enamored of it was that I wasn't watching a lot of TV shows during the time when most of these logos were running. Anyway, behold:



Can you name all the shows/companies these logos are spoofing?
HERE's a link to the wiki on this video to help get you started.

I got nuttin'...

... except this DANCING WALRUS:



You're welcome!

This is how a master does it

I thought this was pretty amazing (possibly not safe for the kiddies, depending on your standards). Pablo Picasso shows us how it's done:



He makes it look effortless, but he knows where to put the paint only after years and years of practice.

Thor, God of Metal

Behold:



You're welcome.

This was pretty cool!

Unsold SciFi and Fantasy TV Pilots:



Includes Doctor Strange!

STAR WARS according to a three-year-old

Behold:



You're welcome.

Musical Interlude: BENT FABRIC - "Jukebox"

I thought this was a pretty cool animated music video:



Here's a cleaner, higher-quality version without the added sound effects!

Human Tetris!

You're welcome.

Greatest Movie Of All Time?

Quite possibly. Behold:

ITALIAN SPIDERMAN!




Thank you MegoSteve. I think.

Drive-In Saturday

REED! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

Today all I have to offer is this clip from the incredibly craptacular 1994 FANTASTIC FOUR movie... behold the agony of Ben Grimm - this man, this MONSTER:



You're welcome.

If you live in York

You've heard this:



The New York Wire Company has a steam-powered organ that blasts an unearthly sound that resonates for miles.

It's part of what I like about Christmas in York, PA...

Merry Christmas, everyone and thanks for making us Central Pennsylvania's Ultra-Hip Pop-Culture Mecca.

That Festive Holiday Spirit

is incomplete without this gem from The Ramones:



Merry Christmas, I Don't Want to Fight Tonight!

This one's pretty fun too, but the video is lackluster, so just listen to the lyrics, all you singles out there!



Happy Holidays!

Baby It's Cold Outside

A great song for a cold winter night... give it a listen.

Thanks to amthcaictm!

Four music videos

No comics today, just four music videos I like right now:

Holy Hail, COOL TOWN ROCK:



I WILL:

Click Here

PARIS BLUES:



and

The Hives TICK TICK:

Click here

That is all.

Alan Moore on The Simpsons!

OK, last week's episode is probably the most comic book-nerdy episode of the Simpsons ever... behold:



Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

BUCKAROO BANZAI RETURNS!

I saw this story on ICV2 today: THE RETURN OF BUCKAROO BANZAI!, or at least a new prequel comic by the original creators of the greatest movie ever made: THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE EIGHT DIMENSION!

HERE'S more info from the publisher, MOONSTONE.

And I just had to post the original trailer:



I am a proud Blue Blaze Irregular, codename "Caddy" Wahl. I'll be buying the comic. Believe it.

OK, this just cracked me up Part 739

Behold:



You're welcome.

GAMBIT The Origin trailer

York manager Jared's friend from Florida Adam Smith recently shot a short film about Gambit... behold:



Pretty darn cool if you ask me! Thanks for letting me put this up here, Adam!

I know what I'm making my super-hero costume out of.

d3o!



What is d3o?

d3o technology is a specially engineered material with intelligent molecules that flow with you as you move but on shock lock together to absorb impact energy.

Ooooooh, comic-booky! Imagine walking into a biker bar fully clad in this material and shouting "HEY, I JUST KNOCKED OVER ALL THE BIKES IN THE PARKING LOT... WANNA FIGHT?" and then just letting them pummel you. Good fun!

More info on the miracle material d3o HERE at the company website.

OK, this just cracked me up

Here it is! Absolute PROOF that Greedo fired first:



You're welcome. I hope that puts things to rest once and for all.

(Found via Metafilter)

OK, Josh Middlteton is just plain amazing

I was rooting through my bookmarks the other day when I realized I hadn't popped in over at Josh Middleton's place in a while. Well, I forgot just how astonishingly good his work is. Go poke around over there and see all the magnificent works in progress... simply amazing. And if you have time, watch this:



That is too too cool. Probably due to the fact that I am in no way artistically talented, I love watching the creative process involved with comic art. It's a constant source of amazement for me to see ideas come out of a mind and become fully formed on paper. I love it. Keep it up Josh! (More Middleton goodness HERE.)

The IRON MAN movie is looking COMPLETELY AWESOME!

I've never been a huge fan of Iron Man from Marvel Comics and was pretty ambivalent about the upcoming film... until they showed us this trailer at the Diamond Retailer Summit in Baltimore on Monday:



Holy mackerel, that almost made me faint! Very very cool!

Release Date: May 2nd, 2008, which as you all know is right before FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2008!

(Oh, and HERE'S a link to better quality video... enjoy!)

My NEW latest favorite music video

This one tells a story (not a good one) in ultra-cool comic-booky form! If you like the Marvel comic book CRIMINAL by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, you'll love this.

Behold:

Bogdan Irkük (BULGARI) - Curare



(And for a much larger and sharper version without YouTube yuckiness, click HERE!

Of course you know what Curare is, don't you?

My current favorite music video

Is this one by DANIELSON. I find this video incredibly creative. I just love the (all done-in-one-take) low-budget, high school play-feel of this video for the song "Did I Step On Your Trumpet?". Check it out:



While at Rutgers University,

(Daniel Smith) submitted the album as his final thesis (and received an 'A' grade) and performed, joined by his siblings, at the senior art show. Smith then sent the album out to several indie labels but only received a response from Tooth & Nail in California, who picked up the album and released it in 1994.

More info HERE and their MySpace page is HERE.

Oh, and here's where Daniel got the title of the song:

The song is called “Did I Step On Your Trumpet” and it is inspired by the time I got accused, by Billy, of stepping on his trumpet when he got up to go get a drink of water. It was 6th grade band practice and Billy had a special silver trumpet that was passed down through his family. When he got back the entire bell of the trumpet was completely crushed flat. He yelled at me in front of the entire band and I denied it immediately. I really do not know if I stepped on it or not. I feel like I may have.

So if you accidently offended someone, politely say, “I’m sorry, did I step on your trumpet?“

Remember these ads?

Pretty accurate on the predictions. Hard to believe they were from fourteen years ago, isn't it? I think I was online with my SCREAMING 1440K modem in 1993. Seems like a whole 'nother world.

Even dogs can have superpowers!

This one can sing:



You're welcome.

A very strong woman, possibly super-powered

Check out what this Amazon can do:



She's just like a super-hero!

I can barely fold paper, let alone roll up a frying pan.

Found via MetaFilter

What's your superpower?

Apparently my friend Steve's is that he can play PAC-MAN on a world-championship level.

Behold:



Steve sez:

My best run at Pac-Man CE on Xbox Live Arcade, currently #1 in the U.S. and #3 in the world on the All Time 5:00 Championship Mode leaderboard. I didn't die once, but I think it's still possible to improve... I missed a few 3200 point ghosts and made a couple of minor mistakes.

I am in awe.

Batman Legends!

OK, I realize this is another fan-made "trailer", but it looks GREAT! Very very cool. Wouldn't it be neat if there was a TV series called "Batman Legends" that would retell classic comic book stories like this? I'd watch.

Hat-tip to Mike B.

A Cool Video by the band zZz

Just thought I'd put this up here:



From the antville website:

Grip is a video clip for the band zZz. Grip is a one take, top shot videoclip with professional trampoline gymnasts simulating typical video effects. The video has been recorded live as part of the opening 'Nederclips' at the Stedelijk museum 'S-Hertogenbosch SM'S (Curated by Bart Rutten).

It also might help to be familiar with MACs and IPODs to get some of the references. I really liked the guy painting the "taskbar" at the bottom...

Hi, I'm a Marvel...and I'm a DC: After Hours

Ned sent me these hilarious videos from YouTube. I guess they started out as parodies of MAC vs. PC commercials, but they seem to have taken on a life of their own...

Hi, I'm a Marvel...and I'm a DC: After Hours (Part 1):



Hi, I'm a Marvel...and I'm a DC: After Hours (Part 2):



Hi, I'm a Marvel...and I'm a DC: After Hours (Part 3):



Too too funny.

YouTube find

Check this out... Steam Trek: The Moving Picture!



That was pretty cool, wasn't it? It's amazing the stuff you can find on YouTube!

ENOUGH with the cowbell already

OK, here's the Best. Cowbell. Ever. for reasons which will become obvious once you watch...

Now wasn't that fun?

A Musing #452

So I was just sitting here thinking...


Wouldn't it be great if somebody remade THIS SONG? It completely rocks and the lyrics are cool and have a decent hook:

When I look all around
I can't believe the things I've found
Now I need to find my way
I'm lost I'm lost find me
Living in the Land of the Lost
Living in the Land of the Lost

Imagine the RAMONES doing this song! Or how about BAUHAUS? Or the THERMALS? Or INTERPOL? Heck, even THE BEATLES!

Wouldn't that be cool?

I think that would be cool.

THIS WEEKS COMICS ARE IN!

WOO-HOOOO! After a painful 24-hour delay, this weeks new comic books have finally arrived! Lots of Good Schtuff coming in this week, plus this month's PREVIEWS! Stop in and refresh your geekdom!

Oh, and as requested, here's some MORE COWBELL!




You're welcome.

The Star Wars Holiday Special

in just five minutes:



You're welcome.

(Chewbacca's kids look like womp rats. And Beatrice Arthur scares me.)

You asked for it, you got it!

In response to the recent Completely Unscientific Comix Connection poll results from last week, I give you...

MORE COWBELL!



That is probably the greatest air-guitar EVER. You rock, Anonymous Internet Dude!

And the cowbell... the cowbell was SUBLIME!

Calvin and Hobbes animated!

I just ran across this over at Metafilter... apparently an Italian animation student made this as a project. Behold:



That has to be one of the coolest things I've ever seen. I really hope Bill Watterson doesn't make them yank this.

ADDED 5/19/07:
This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Bill Watterson

Rats.

Batman VS. Green Hornet!

With BRUCE LEE as KATO!



Too cool!

Hat tip to Mike B.!

Best Simpson's Couch Gag EVER!

Behold:



You're welcome. (Found on Metafilter)