Cool New Site

Wha-Huh?? Two posts in a day??!!

Yep, and since we very rarely do this, you know it's gotta be for a special reason. And, in fact, it is. Just yesterday, Exfanding friend Kevin (KP's Take) started up a new and pretty ingenious blog for small press comics publishers and creators looking to publicize their work.

Kevin's new blog is called "Creator Owned" and here's how he describes its purpose:

The Creator Owned Blog(COB) is an outlet for independent publishers and creators publishing creator owned material to promote their latest works and where readers and retailers can go to purchase the books.

So far the response he's gotten has been incredibly positive, so go ahead and check it out right here. And if you have a comics project that you've been working on, I'd encourage you to think about sending info along to Kevin, as he is a columnist and editor for the well-respected Comics Bulletin Web site.

So, what are you waiting for? Check it out already!

Batman: Arkham Asylum Trailer

OK, so I'm not exactly the biggest video game fan out there (I'm pretty horrible at them, actually), but this got my attention in a big, bad way. It's the just-released trailer for Batman: Arkham Asylum, the much-hyped and long anticipated Paul Dini-written Batman video game.

Dini was one of the architects of the classic and much-loved Batman: The Animated Series cartoon, so his involvement in a Batman video game is more than welcomed. As all Batfans know, the Big Guy's video game career hasn't exactly been...stellar, shall we say...with lackluster movie tie-ins and some just plain awful titles over the years.

But this one? C'mon, it's Paul Dini! And Kevin Conroy and Mark Hammill reprise their roles as the voices of Batman and Joker, respectively, from the animated series!! Now, I know I've said it many times before, but how could this not be good?

In any case, the game ships this summer, and I have to say, this will be my first non-sports video game purchase in some time.

Month in Review: January 2009

January was a month of prosperous blogging, with more posts relevant to current events than usual. Also, we established that--barring an alien invasion or other radical event, such as me shaving--we'll take each Sunday as a blogging holiday.

I'm rather pleased with a lot of the content we produced, so here's all the important stuff we think you ought to have read:

- Our New Year's Geek Resolutions

- A review of The Punisher: In the Beginning, which puts the "graphic" back into "graphic novel"

- Alex's short post about... well, you'll see

- My review of the NES fantasy game Legacy of the Wizard

- An introduction to the humorous video game review website GameCola.net, for which I am a staff writer

- News about music download site Galbadia Hotel's financial trouble

- An introduction to Order of the Griffin, an online griffin-breeding simulator

- An introduction to collecting original comics art

- Thoughts on waiting for trade paperbacks instead of buying single issues

- Opinions on Nintendo's proposed "kind code" that, in some cases, would make video games play themselves

- The obligatory post about the famous Obama/Spider-Man crossover issue

- A reflection on the death of actor Ricardo Montalban

- A shout-out to a comics-related podcast called Word Balloons

- A conversation with Abe Lincoln in which he reveals himself to be Spider-Man

- An introduction to Flight of the Conchords, New Zealand's fourth most popular folk parody duo

- An introduction to CommentLuv, a blog utility that provides free blog advertising for both bloggers and readers

- Our coverage of the 2009 Election for Real President

- A review of the Mickey Rourke movie The Wrestler

- A hodgepodge and a smattering of random dorky news and links

- An introduction to Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, a a supervillain tragicomedy musical

- An introduction to Newgrounds.com, a site that features just about anything you could possibly create using Flash

- A reflection of the deteriorating economic state of print media, specifically comics

- An introduction to Space Quest, a comedic adventure game series

- The amusing results of searching for my name using Google

- A public service announcement concerning fatigue from big comics events

- A celebration of our blog reaching 3000 hits

GameCola February Issue Is Here!

That's right, folks! The February issue of the humorous online video game newsletter, GameCola, is here! Check it out at: http://www.gamecola.net/

This month's issue has a bunch of Mega Man reviews (including one by yours truly), plus the usual columns, some brand-new artwork, a podcast, and lots more random fun stuff. Check it out already!