Me, I had no idea that P’Gell was so closely aligned with Ann Coulter’s viewpoints.

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Click to read this piece
, originally published in issue 5 of Warren’s Spirit magazine.

Ebony: What about women’s lib?
P’Gell: It’s a dirty, subversive, left-wing ideology. If the women of the world aren’t careful, this could erode their domination over men. Only weaklings need women’s lib.


Relentless Self Promotion: The Rack Features Staff Picks!

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Yavin IV’s staff has labored long and hard, poring over this week’s shipping list to provide you only the best in staff recommendations. Please take a moment and peruse them, perhaps making note of a title you may have missed in this, the most dangerous game.


Attention, Locals.

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I didn’t know he did this kind of comic book lettering.

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Click to view the entire letters page
from World’s Finest Comics #163

Of particular note about this letters page is the not-so-passive-aggressive nature of the editor’s comments to readers, especially in response to the letters from Nicholas Pascale and the smack delivered on Mark Oristano’s complaints about the comics being “too much like” the Batman TV show.


Don’t be fooled by the wands that I got.

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Blame Sims.


Relentless Self Promotion: The Rack Has A Big Schedule Change

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After much discussion concerning the matter, Birdie and I have decided to make a momentous change in how we’re doing The Rack. To keep the rabid devotees of Southern California’s finest pop-culture emporium happy, The Rack will be updating four times a week going forward.

How are we managing this? Well, we’re easing off on Nitroglycerin. While it still will feature prominently on the inside cover of all BOOM! products, the web strip is being discontinued. (To quell any rumors: Ross loves us more than he loves you and everything’s completely kosher. Make sure you’ve ordered Cthulhu Tales: Tainted and ask your shop to reorder Cover Girl!)

Anyway, this Wednesday sees a brand-new strip and tomorrow’s going to feature Staff Picks (that’ll be reversed next week, of course). There’s a gag in this one that Birdie’s been wanting to do for a couple of weeks, so please clap enthusiastically and show some love.


Weapon of Mass Destruction 2: Revenge of the Russians may now be my favorite movie ever.

No Comments | Posted: May 29th, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized


LOLTREK (or "And with this, I murder the meme forever.")

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Picks, Pre-Reviews, And Hasty Judgment Calls For Comics Debuting The Week of May 31, 2007

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Hey, books are a week day late for people in the States. Pretend you live in the UK and wear a monocle and giant fake mustache when getting your comics for extra fun!

DC Comics

52 Volume 1 – I wonder how large the audience for this is, once you discount the “people who bought the issues and want a bookshelf edition.”

Blue Beetle #15 – Everyone complaining that DC’s not making fun comics anymore should look to this title. The last few issues of Rogers and Albuquerque’s run have included a veritable dogpiling of hilarity and madcap action, cluminating in attack penguins and the Ultra-Humanite in #14. Throw in the best portrayal of Guy Gardner in, like, forever, and his kind words concerning Ted Kord and you’ve got something to make almost everyone happy. (DISCLAIMER: I’d probably take a bullet for Rogers. Not in the face or chest, but in the arm or leg? No problem.)

Marvel

Daredevil #97 – I keep saying “You know, I’m going to switch exclusively to trades, since I’m buying those anyway,” and Brubaker manages to keep me just interested enough to want to read it month-to-month. Frustrating and delightful at the same time, much like a girl’s bra when I was 16.

Fantastic Four: The End – It’s pretty, certainly, but is it any good?

Ultimate Galactus Trilogy – An oversized hardcover collecting the three previous Ultimate Galactus trades and miniseries, with wildly divergent artists. I prefer a bit of cohesiveness in my giant books like this – each series had a separate artist (and in the case of Ultimate Secret, art chores were swapped between Steve McNiven and Tom Raney in the middle of the run) – but I think Ellis’s writing is decent, if not spectacular, throughout. (I know a lot of people hated the ending. Me, I think it lost some velocity and seemed to fizzle out, but the concepts were solid.)

Dark Horse

Hellboy: Darkness Calls #2 – I completely forgot to discuss the first issue of this in my usual scattershot, slightly-retarded way. I liked it. Fegredo was a worthy replacement on art (even if I’d love to see what Lee Bermejo had done prior to the whole kerfuffle) and the story was more of the high-quality stuff Hellboy fans expect. I do wonder if, maybe, we’ll get more regular installments for the series in the future?

Penny Arcade Vol 4: Birds Are Weird – Yes, they are.

Dynamite Entertainment

The Boys Vol 1 and The Boys #7 – Fine, Dynamite. You’re getting my money. But I’m not going to enjoy it one bit. Honest.

King Hell Press

Shiny Beasts – Early Rick Veitch comics, featuring Alan Moore and Steve Bissette? Oh, yes, please. Preview ages here. Yes, they’re very airbrushed, but after reading Abraxas and the Earthman last week, I now demand more.


Relentless Self-Promotion: The Rack Celebrates Memorial Day.

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Aaron takes the spotlight this time, rallying the troops and letting them know that this time, it’s war.


Solicited This September.

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I’m taking a couple days off. Be good.

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Kirby Saturday: Do You Have Enough Captain America In Your Life?

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From Captain America #210.
Inks by Mike Royer.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!


This video makes me fiercely happy.

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Camera on a conveyor at a Tokyo sushi bar. It was about midnight
and the place was packed with great people.


Friday Night Fights: Never bring a knife to a gun fight.

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From “Luck!”, originally published in Two-Fisted Tales #27,
Written by Harvey Kurtzman, drawn by John Severin.

Bahlactus brings the noise.


The Other Anniversary You Should Be Talking About

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Ten Reasons I Still Really Like Star Wars Despite
The Fact I Keep Saying I’ve Walked Away And That
It’s Over, Really, So Don’t Call Anymore, George.

  1. “I love you.” / “I know.” Is there a more perfect dialogue couplet in existence? A complete summation of Han and Leia’s relationship, in 5 words. I still get misty just thinking about the way he looked at her before Vader made the gesture.

  2. The music. Goddamn, the music. Every last bit of it. Outside of Jaws (again, Williams), I don’t think there’s a more evocative piece of soundtrack work for “our” generation than the original theme.
  3. Anything and everything related to Rogue Squadron. The video games, the novels, the tiny mentions in the movies, all of it. I’m a pig for it and even if I give away the rest of my Star Wars books, the X-Wing series is going to stay on my shelf. Wedge Is My Homeboy.
  4. “I am your father.” Holy shit, dude.
  5. Leia’s Metal Bikini.
  6. “You were the chosen! It was said that you were to destroy the Sith, not join them; bring Balance to the force, not leave it in darkness! You were my brother Anakin, I loved you.” Yeah, I lose it there. I’m a soft touch, and McGregor sold that scene so freakin’ well.
  7. While, yes, the first Death Star battle is rightly held aloft loudly and proudly as a highlight of the series, I still like the second more. Large fleets engaging, ships hurtling past each other, the Emperor pulling a “Oh, by the way, the contractors finished that part.” And, of course…
  8. “It’s a trap!”
  9. “Yub yub / eee chop yub yub / ah toe meet toe pee-chee keene / g’noop dock fling oh ah!”
  10. Coked-Out Carrie.

Happy Second Anniversary, Bully!

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Use It On Your Site:
300px | 400px | 500px


Relentless Self-Promotion: The Rack!

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What can I say? This may be my favorite strip we’ve done and, much like a pair of galley slaves, it shows what happens when two people, together, work to create a consumable product with a clear goal in mind.

It also shows off how much I know about ship types in the Star Wars universe.

I may be a bit embarrassed at that.


KILL IT KILL IT.

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(Thanks, Josh.)


Shameless Self Promotion: I’m like a month late telling you cats and kittens about this.

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Cthulhu Tales: Tainted
by Various

A follow-up to the hit Cthulhu Tales and Cthulhu Tales: The Rising Lovecraft anthologies! A new volume featuring all-new stories from the best that horror comics offers! Spotlighting Brendan Haye, writer on The Daily Show! Includes six all-new, all- original tales of weird darkness and the macabre from the only comic book company you can trust to deliver a quality horror anthology!
48pgs, FC SRP: $4.99

So, yeah, I’m one of the “various” listed here, with a western-themed story drawn by the ridiculously talented Joe Abraham. It’s in this month’s Previews and the order, I think, is due Tuesday, so if you get a moment and could let your comic shop guy, girl, or hermaphrodite know that you’d like to get your own copy, that’d be swell.