The Crew

I did a drawing of the guys as a space crew back in 2008.

Here is the 2010 version.

First look at The Silver Banshee

The CW has released a first look at the Smallville adaptation of the Silver Banshee for the upcoming April 2 episode: Escape. This is the first time the character has been portrayed in live action.

 Silver Banshee is a Superman villain who's power is fueled by supernatural forces. She has the power of super sonic screams.

2nd Iron Man 2 Trailer

Smallville: Then and Now

2001


2010

Smallville Back for a 10th Season!

After numerous shows having been renewed in the last month, fans were left in suspense as to whether or not Smallville would finally come to an end. When the list of shows that the CW picked up for the Fall 2010 came out, Smallville was not on the list. Today the CW Blog has announced that the cast and crew of Smallville will be back for yet another season. I for one am glad.

Here is the official release:

"Smallville" stars Tom Welling as Clark Kent. The series moved to Friday nights this season, where it currently ranks as network television's #1 show in its time period among men 18-34 and men 18-49. Additionally, "Smallville" has dramatically improved The CW's ratings performance in its Friday 8:00-9:00p.m.time period by 67% among adults 18-34 (1.5/6), 200% in men 18-34 (1.8/7), 75% in adults 18-49 (1.4/5), 183% in men 18-49 (1.7/6) and 74% in total viewers (3.12million).

"Smallville" joins the five previously announced series - "The Vampire Diaries," "Gossip Girl," "90210," "Supernatural" and "America's Next Top Model" - which will all return for another season on The CW.

"Smallville" was developed for television by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics characters. Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson serve as executive producers, along with James Marshall, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins and Joe Davola. The series is produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions, Millar/Gough Ink and Warner Bros. Television.

 

Most of the promotional images released by the CW are terrible photoshops. But the image above is probably the nicest one I've found online so far.

Archie and Friends #140

 

Jughead Jones is hands down my favorite Archie Comics character. He loves food, he's quick-witted, and he's an all around nice guy. The story in Archie and Friends #140 takes place in the present. The gang is enjoying a lunch at Pop Tates. At the mention of the menu's new "Montana Burger," Jughead goes silent. The gang then remembers that for a few brief months at the beginning of Freshman Year, Jughead had moved to Montana because of his dad's work. In a new place where the kids find his admirable quirks to be a bit strange, he meets a girl named Sadie. Sadie finds Jug to be charming and fascinating. The only problem is that her best friend Randy is jealous, as he had been in love with her since the first grade. Although Jughead is oblivious to the Sadie at first, she begins to grow on him. Much to his surprise, Jughead begins to fall for Sadie. The story reaches it's climax when the Jughead and Randy engage in a pie-eating contest for Sadie's heart. Although Jughead has the competition in the bag, a bear shows up. Randy bravely helps Jughead to safety. In the end, Sadie chooses Randy. Jughead's father, seeing how his family misses Riverdale throughout the story, is able to find a better job back home. In the end, the Jones' move back to Riverdale. The story concludes with Jughead dismissing the story and keeping his friends in the dark about the months he was gone.

Damn this was depressing. Don't get me wrong, in the movies it's always great when the best friend of the girl ends up with her at the end, but this time I was rooting for Jughead. Though the story was sappy and predictable, it was nice to see Jughead find love for once. Sure he has characters like Ethel and Trula Twist that makes his life more complicated, but it was nice for once to see him reciprocate his feelings. It really broke character to even see him fight for her affection. The one aspect I enjoyed most from this story was that it was set at the very beginning of freshman year. Sadie leaving him was probably something the writer's could accredit towards Jughead's lack of interest towards the opposite sex. Interesting. In the end, Jughead was portrayed as the tragic hero. He keeps his story to himself as he fondly remembers his time with Sadie.

The Losers

In April, there will be potential blockbusters like Clash of the Titans, Wall Street 2, Kick-Ass, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. A movie I feel will be overlooked, but has the potential to be a sleeper hit, is the upcoming comic book adaptation of the DC/Vertigo comic: The Losers. Especially since it closely resembles this summer's A-Team remake. Check it out!

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TV Spot

David Goyer Hired to Write Man of Steel!

Latino Review reported that David S. Goyer has been hired to write the upcoming Superman movie entitled: The Man of Steel!

Goyer's previous works include writing the screenplays for the Blade movies as well as co-writing Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Goyer also wrote Jumper, but let's not talk about that.

Sneak Peak of the Zeros

I haven't done this since the days of Nanook and Wallace, but here is a sneak peak of something that will come up towards the end of this year.

Color Practice

Did some practicing with coloring on Photoshop this weekend. Turns out it's so much more than simply clicking the fill button. Anyways, here's an original sketch by the late-great Michael Turner (respect). This is my second attempt at coloring so don't be too harsh.