Oh, thank God.
Comments Off | Posted: February 13th, 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized“Police believe the motive for the theft was a desire to see celebrities, not terrorism.”
Five Dialogue Selections from issues 12 and 13 of Mike Baron’s run on The Punisher
Comments Off | Posted: February 13th, 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized- “Yee-ha! Satan loves you piggies!”
- “There’s one argument for not nuking the place – teen-age girls. Unless they’re murdering scum, of course.”
- “The map was made by a prison trustee who died in a riot last year. It cost me $10,000 and some favors I don’t like to think about.”
- “You know, honey, have you thought about letting the lord into your heart and soul?”
“I will if he’s got fifty dollars.” - “Keep flying, Ernie. Say you love Satan.”
The Rack | Staff Picks for the Week of February 13, 2008
Comments Off | Posted: February 13th, 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Aaaaaand here’s this week’s staff picks at Yavin IV Comics.
Comic News Post | February 12, 2008
Comments Off | Posted: February 12th, 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
The Marvel MMO has officially been cancelled. I guess this means that you’ll have to continue your City Of Heroes campaign with “Claw-Guy” and “Greek Assassin Chix0r” for the time being.
20th Century Fox is suing Warner Brothers over the rights for the Watchmen film adaptation, specifically that it wishes to “restrain (Warner Bros. Pictures) from taking actions that violate Fox’s copyrights and which stand to forever impair Fox’s rights to control the distribution and development of this unique work.”
The suit continues: “Besides, if anyone knows how to utterly ruin an Alan Moore comics property for the screen, it’s the studio that put out The League Of Extraordinary Gentleman and From Hell. Let’s make it a trifecta, people!”
The Rack | Dining Room
Comments Off | Posted: February 12th, 2008 | Filed under: UncategorizedI’ll say one thing about the Park sisters. They’re consistent.
RIP, Steve Gerber
Comments Off | Posted: February 11th, 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized“Plants are like people. Writers are like plants. Therefore, and this may come as a surprise, writers are like people. Given them light, water, nourishment, a comfortable pot and an encouraging world and they’ll grow.”
Comic News Post | February 11, 2008
Comments Off | Posted: February 11th, 2008 | Filed under: UncategorizedMarvel has announced a new Iron Man ongoing series written by Matt Fraction with art by Salvador Larroca. To capitalize on the character’s motion picture release and the people expected to be interested in a comic featuring that version of the character, Drunk, Likeable Tony Stark Fucks His Way Across The Marvel Universe will be hitting stands in May.
Tomorrow sees the release of Blade: The Complete Series on DVD. Because there are four of you out there that need it.
I’ve spent the past two weeks dying on and off (Apparently viral pneumonia can go dormant and pop back up again! Thanks, dude!) and I thank you all for your patience.
I just figured something out.
Comments Off | Posted: February 8th, 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
(I’m sure somebody else has brought this up before. I watch House once in a blue moon. That said, I always check out Dr. Scott’s episode reviews.)
The Rack | B-A-N-A-N-A-S
Comments Off | Posted: February 8th, 2008 | Filed under: UncategorizedHail, hail the gang’s all here.
One can only hope…
Comments Off | Posted: February 8th, 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized…that the internet comes together for Anonymous’s protests of Scientology Centers as well as it did for the Ron Paul campaign.
You got this yesterday, right?
Comments Off | Posted: February 7th, 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized
If you didn’t, parts one and two are both in my shop.
The Rack | Just Over A Year Old!
Comments Off | Posted: February 7th, 2008 | Filed under: UncategorizedThe anniversary somehow slipped past me, so The Rack’s officially a year and five days old as of today. Time goes by very quickly, doesn’t it? Here’s the first strip if you’d like to take a trip down memory lane!
I don’t want to get mushy or anything here, but here’s some thanks:
- Ross Richie, for telling me to do a webcomic for BOOM! and agreeing with me on Birdie’s submissions for the now-gone Nitroglycerin.
- Benjamin Birdie for actually saying “I want to do a comic strip about a comic shop” to me in passing and then not running away screaming after I handed him the series bible.
- You guys, for reading the damn thing and tolerating our erratic scheduling and sudden format changes. The former is (hopefully) reduced to a mere sliver of its former glory and the most recent of the latter looks to be the last for a long, long time.
Stick around and keep reading – there’s more to come, including a few more surprises.
Comic News Post | February 7, 2008
Comments Off | Posted: February 7th, 2008 | Filed under: UncategorizedMedical Examiners have determined the cause of death for Heath Ledger, who played the Joker in the upcoming The Dark Knight. The official report reads:
“We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications and being the sort of idiot who shovels fistfuls of pills into his mouth when he’s got a two-year-old daughter he could be leaving behind. Also, he was just an actor people, so stop acting like your best friend kicked it just because the media won’t shut the hell up about it.”
Val Kilmer will be replacing Will Arnett as the voice of KITT in NBC’s revival of Knight Rider. Citing Arnett’s voiceover work for GMC Trucks over the last decade, producers opted to remove the one thing that gave a beleaguered nation hope for the sure-to-be-short-lived series.
Reader Profile: David Mason
Comments Off | Posted: February 7th, 2008 | Filed under: UncategorizedName: David Mason – Wait. What the hell are you doing in my bedroom?
Location: Allston, Massachusetts. Seriously, what the hell are you doing here?
Occupation: Revenue analyst for…can you just leave now?
Website/blog: I read yours once. Once.
Comics you read: Would you stop going through my longboxes? Please?
Fave artist: Why are you asking me these inane questions?
Fave writer: I’m calling the fucking cops.
Fave character: I’m doing it right now, dickhead.
First comic you ever read: It’s called “Breaking and Entering.”
Your favorite comic book “memory”: Seriously, asshole, I hope you have bail money and a good lawyer.
Most frustrating comic book “moment”: This comics blogger fucking invaded my house!
Where/how do you buy your comics?: As far away from you as I can possibly do so.
Floppies or trades?: Oh, thank god, the cops are here.
Marvel or DC?: I’m Officer McLeary with the Allston PD. Is there a reason you’re in Mr. Mason’s apartment, sir?
Star Wars or Star Trek?: Yeah, you’re going to need to put your hands behind your back.
Non-comic book hobbies: Nobody’s gonna be reading this shit, so stop writing it down. Mr. Church.
Personal motto: You have the right to remain silent.
How did you start reading BeaucoupKevin(dot)com?: Be careful with your head, big guy. Lots of people hit–WHAM!
Oops.
Just Watch This | Let’s Celebrate My Bloody Valentine
Comments Off | Posted: February 6th, 2008 | Filed under: UncategorizedComic News Post | February 6, 2008
Comments Off | Posted: February 6th, 2008 | Filed under: UncategorizedThe original Image founders are set to appear together for the first time on Free Comic Book Day at Atomic Comics in Arizona. To ensure the signing runs as smooth as possible, Rob Liefeld has preemptively announced that he’ll be four hours late.
Media around the country have been covering the end of Brian K. Vaughan’s Y: The Last Man, including Kurt Loder for MTV News. Stated Vaughan in the article:
“It might be fun to see a live-action version of our characters. But I never saw our series as glorified storyboards. Comics are obviously a unique medium with lots of strengths that film and television will never have, and I only ever envisioned ‘Y’ as a comic. So it’s always a little disheartening when people tell me that they’ll be crushed if ‘Y’ never becomes a movie or an HBO series or whatever, like the comic was just the means to an end. The only destination that ever mattered to me was Issue Number 60.”
Loder responded with:
“Jesus Christ! What the fuck happened to my career? I used to talk to real celebrities, dammit!”
The Rack | First Appearance
Comments Off | Posted: February 6th, 2008 | Filed under: UncategorizedAnd here we are, giving you new characters to get to know.
(Sorry about the lack of content on this site. Between last week’s bout of viral pneumonia and the purchase of my new Mac, I’ve been busy. Yes, I bought a Mac. Yes, I very much like it.)
The Rack | Staff Picks for the Week of February 6, 2008
Comments Off | Posted: February 5th, 2008 | Filed under: UncategorizedAs it has been every week since about, what, a month or so into the strip’s run, the staff of Yavin IV tell you what to buy.
