Wednesday, September 3
An IT guy at my day job saw the Fantastic Four posters hanging in my office and that got him to thinking. It turns out that he used to be best buds with comic book writer Fabian Nicieza when they were kids. When they were growing up, everyone thought Fabian was going to become a comic book artist instead. Fabian even drew a huge banner for this guy’s high school rock band. Now that thing would be pure eBay gold.
Thursday, September 4
Comic book day hits late due to a Labor Day shipping bump. In one of my smallest weekly hauls in a long time, I only picked up two books. The first was an Iron Man one-shot with a photo cover — it’s really just another excellent issue of the now-canceled Marvel Adventures Iron Man. The second was Family Dynamic #1, which shipped the previous week but I picked it up off a Comics Should Be Good! recommendation. AWESOME issue! The odd thing is that Family Dynamic is under the Johnny DC imprint, but it feels more like an Image title (akin to Dynamo 5).
Friday, September 5
This day is like a blank spot. I can barely remember anything that I did. I do remember starting work on a new blog / podcast project for the Unlicensed Attorneys at Law. I’m going to release all the UAL songs via podcast, putting up a different song every week. This way the music gets onto iTunes AND it reaches a wider audience. More details soon.
Saturday, September 6
Spent the afternoon at a coffee shop inking the first issue of my new comic book, Time Log. I think this may be the very first time I’ve even mentioned the comic outside of a private conversation with a friend. It’s a project co-written, inked, lettered, and (most likely but hopefully NOT) published by myself. It was scripted along with a former AudioShocker podcast guest, and drawn by an extremely talented artist who will hopefully put some webcomics up on this blog one day. Again, more details soon.
Sunday, September 7
Feeling a bit demoralized after Saturday’s fruitless attempt to rent Next Avengers from Blockbuster, I hoped to sooth my battered ego with Rita’s water ice. Friday was the debut of their new Pumpkin Pie cream ice, and I just couldn’t wait to try it. It ended up being delicious but it punched me in the stomach so hard that I had to lay on the sidewalk for an hour afterward. Then, when I got home a couple hours later, I found that a large chunk of my bathroom ceiling had caved in.
Monday, September 8
Will Smith as Captain America? Awesome but unlikely. Riding high on this news, I went home to watch Weather Report Girl vol 2: Warm Fronts In Collision. This is by far the greatest anime I’ve ever seen. In fact, this may actually be one of the greatest cartoons I’ve ever seen. Still, it’s too soon to officially bestow that title. I need to think about it some more. Meanwhile, my bathroom ceiling is still not fixed.
Tuesday, September 9
According to Justique, our bathroom ceiling has been repaired. Going out to (most likely) see a movie, but it’s unclear what I’m going to watch. Bangkok Dangerous is in the lead with the silliest title, while The House Bunny is unfortunately not playing at my theater of choice. Meanwhile, I’m already dreaming about comic book day (Wednesday!) where I’ll buy Big Hero Six #1, my shop will finally have copies of Amazing Spider-Man #570, and I’ll add Family Dynamic to my pull list.
Wednesday, September 10
News of Marvel’s Monday announcements from Diamond’s retailer summit finally made it my way. Here are some knee-jerk reactions: Hahahahahaha Dark Avengers!!!!! Oh man, I HATE the “dark” movement. That phrase is so overused. Still, I love you Marvel Comics. I’m sure I’ll like the new Deodato book anyway. Meanwhile, Marvel Noir sounds like a very strong mini series based on the interview I read on Tuesday. And Ultimate Avengers? Sounds a bit well-worn, but who can blame Marvel for wanting to revisit this concept? Mark Millar + Ultimate Universe = $$$ in the bank.
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From the Ashes, an instrumental song by Nik Furious. This is a bit of a cheat because it’s really just the beat from last week’s Unlicensed Attorneys at Law hip hop track, Pork-N-Beanz. Still, the instrumental is significantly different enough to sound more like a funk track. Plus, this coincides with the debut of the updated Nik Furious webpage featuring a music player.
Over the weekend, Neal updated our version of WordPress for the AudioShocker blog, and everything went to hell. Neal got it fixed within a few hours. The only thing we lost was 1 gig worth of podcasts that we’ve recorded since October of 2007 (well, more like “deleted from our webspace” than “lost”).
It took me from Saturday to Monday to get the old podcasts back up, but I was glad. Why? Along with making some minor file naming changes, I was able to remaster two of our favorite comic book creator interviews in the process:
- Our 2-plus-hour talk with Ross Campbell, creator of Wet Moon and Water Baby, has been remastered. Ross is finishing up Wet Moon 4 as we speak, and we should have him back on our show very soon.
- I also remastered our chat with Brandon Thomas, creator of Miranda Mercury and writer of Ambidextrous. This episode was originally a bit rough in terms of levels, but that’s all been fixed.
But I’m not just writing this post about tech issues and old episodes. I’m also here to let you know about two new regular contributors who have joined the AudioShocker:
- First up is Shannon, our new books expert, who has already written two fantastic posts for the blog.
- Next up is Conrad, who is currently podcasting with me about the AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Movies list. The next episode of this series will be up on Friday, July 18, 2008.
Finally, I’m going to be rolling out a new feature on the AudioShocker starting this Sunday, July 20, 2008. It’s basically going to be the “AudioShocker Song of the Week.” Everything we post will be originally music by artists like Nik Furious, the Unlicensed Attorneys at Law (UAL), Dirty Weekend, Nutsack Supernova, and more. This Sunday will debut a new Nik Furious beat for the upcoming UAL album.
We chitchat about the Unlicensed Attorneys at Law, UnlicensedAttorneys.com, Sweeney Todd, Tim Burton, 3:10 to Yuma, 27 Dresses, Katherine Heigl’s boobs, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Jason Segel’s penis, Mila Kunis, Meet the Spartans, Irina Palm, Mariah Carey, E=MC2, Jermaine Dupri, New Jack Swing, Teddy Riley, Midas Touch, 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, ghostwriters, Akon’s fabricated past, Fugees, Pras, Mya, Ghetto Supastar, ODB, Prince, Amelia Earhart, Truffle Shuffle, Avatar, Airbender, Black Panther, BET, Reginald Hudlin, Denys Cowan, Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury, Iron Man in The Incredible Hulk movie, Marvel Studios, Civil War 1, Mighty Avengers 12, and more.
We schmeer on about recipes, Sriracha sauce, Walk Hard The Dewey Cox Story, Spy Kids, Clerks 2, Soul Plane, Leatherheads, Renee Zellweger, George Clooney, Mr. Brooks, Dane Cook, Dan in Real Life, Enter the Dragon, Bruce Lee, Chris Farley, David Spade, Joe Dirt, Dave Chappelle’s Block Party, Southland Tales, Battlestar Galactica, Invader Zim, Ren and Stimpy, Rocko’s Modern Life, Beavis and Butthead, Devon the Dude, Unlicensed Attorneys at Law, Feist, celebrity crushes, Antonio Banderas, Run Fat Boy Run, Last Defenders 2, Nova 12, Pride of Baghdad, Y the Last Man, Batman Death in the City, Batman Unauthorized, and more.
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