Jay's Justice League

I thought today I'd share with y'all, who would be in the Justice League if I wrote it and got to choose the team. So, here you go jay's Justice League.

Superman - 'Cuz you kind of have to have him in it to truly be the Justice League.
Batman - What can I say he makes everything 40% cooler.
The Question (Vic Sage) - I thought they used him to great effect in the JLU and ever since then I thought he should be a member.
Booster Gold - Just to make sure there's enough comic relief plus I'd have him mentor Jaime.
Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) - I was never a big fan of the Teen Titans and besides that I always thought it was more of a team for sidekicks. Plus I think it would hilarious to have Booster working as his mentor.
Guy Gardner - He should be on every team in the DCU as far as I'm concerned. Plus I think his interactions with Superman would be worth the price of admission. Of course, you also have to have a Green Lantern on the team, so....
Mr. Miracle - He makes a great dues ex machina.
Big Barda - She's Scott's wife so if you're gonna have him on the team you pretty much have to have her on it and plus She is just plain awesome.
Zatanna - You need a magician on the time and no one looks better in fishnets and a top hat than Zatanna does.
Stargirl - Every team needs a bubbly teenager. For me she'd basically fill in Jubilee's role in the X-Men (plus it would be fun doing jokes about her cosmic rod and Barda's mega-rod,lol)
Oracle - Someone has to do monitor duty while everyone else is fighting off the hordes of Apokolips and I personally feel she is the smartest person in the DCU and you can never have too many smart people on a team (unless it's the Avengers, since most of their smart people are really crazy as well). Plus she's great at tactical support.
Nightwing - Mainly because I still dig the Superfriends. Also, it would give him more time to hang out with Babs.
Wildcat - Just to have as a drill sergeant. Every team needs a drill sergeant.
The Flash (Wally West) - Every Justice League needs a Flash and since he's the one I'm most familiar with....

Well, there you have it. My Awesome Justice League team of awesomeness. I decided to go with a team of 14 member because that seems to be the perfect size for a Justice League team.
Agree/Disagree?

I really want a GL bowling shirt and maybe a track suit

ARG! Todays been pretty hectic I had to take a mid-term and do some homework. Which is the reason it is so late in the day and I hadn't posted a new blog yet. well, since my time is pretty limited today this is going to be a bit short. Anyways, Here we go...
Every once in a while I wonder why neither DC or Marvel has put out a clothing line. I mean there are enough comic book fans out there that this could easily make money. So, I thought I'd take up the challenge and tell these folks how to make some more money.
If I was in charge of Marvel I would put a an Xavier's School for Higher Learning clothing line. This line of clothes would include sports jackets, gym shirts and shorts, ties, tie pins, varisity and junior varisity jackets, hoodies, track suits and anything else I could think of. All of them would include (somewhere on them) the Xavier's School logo.
As for DC, I would do a Green Lantern clothing line. Besides the GL jackets, hoodies and shirts they already produce, it would include wifebeaters, hawaiin shirts (like the one Guy sports in GLC #4) bowling shirts. track suits and whatever else I could think of, and of course all the different GL rings would be available in basic and light and sound versions.
Personally, I think this idea would be like printing money for both of the big two. Now if only they'd give me a job in their marketing depts. I would be on my way to making this a reality.

Truly the Greatest Green Lantern in History

So, today i thought it would be fun to write something about my favorite Green Lantern...



Guy Gardner. Out of all the GLs he's my fave, followed in a close second by Kilowog. I'm not exactly sure why I like Guy so much. Maybe, it's because he's the only superhero with the guts to moon Batman or maybe it's because of all the things he's been through from brain damage to Warrior to GL Honor Guard. Maybe it's just because he's so easy for me to identify with (obnoxious jerk with a heart of gold, is pretty much my thing,lol). But, of all the eras I think my favorite is brain damaged Guy. Of course, my main reason for why I dig brain damaged Guy so much is his wacky personality changes, ala Charles in Charge. What can I say I'm just a sucker for the bump on the head = complete change in personality school of comedy. lately, I've been reading the JLI trades and it's brought back a lot of my fond memories of when I read these things as a kid. Of course, because of a lot a different factors I usually got to buy one or two books form a given storyline back than. But, for whatever reason I was always especially happy when I was staring at the spinner racks at the grocery store and I saw his ugly mug on the cover. Heck the only issue I picked up of that horrible book DC: Decisions. Was the one with Guy on the cover and reading the JLI trades and seeing Guy in his full-on Reaganite, Rambo is a pussy glory just warms the cockles (or maybe the sub-cockle area) of my heart. Right now, I think my favorite panel with Guy in it is from when he was fighting Lobo and Booster traps Guy in a energy sphere and keeps trying to get Guy to calm down saying I will not punch strangers, or some such line. Well, that's all I've got to say about Guy for now. But, before I go I think I'll you with a nice image of Guy to keep your minds off the terrible weather this week...

I don't care if it's literature, I just want to know if there's any action and maybe a little meladrama

With all the stuff floating around about Final Crisis and the fact that nobody reads this I thought it was a good time to speak up on what I think about some of the "genuis" writers in comics. No doubt this will make some people angry but, then again it's not like they'll read this so, i'm not too worried about their wrath. I guess I should start with Grant Morrison, I think he's an alright writer but, certainly not as great as everyone else seems to think. His run on JLA was okay, I never read his run on X-Men because the art was terrible and his run on Batman was decent but personally, I liked Paul Dini's stuff on Detective better. Alan Moore, again I think his work is a bit overrated. I really dug his Superman stories and The Killing Joke was pretty good as well. Even The league of Extrodordanary Gentlemen had its moments and my only real complaint about The Watchmen was its shear density (and no I'm not talking about its near phonebook size). He's definitly a good writer but, I don't really see what all the fuss is about. Then there's Frank Miller, His run on Daredevil was great and so was The Dark Knight returns but as far as I'm concered that was his peak. Everything since then seems like retreads of the stuff he did in those books. Personally, I prefer the journeymen writers like Chuck Dixon, Keith Giffen, The Simonsons, Goeff Johns, Peter David, etc, etc. I don't know know I've just never been into the stuff (in movies and comics) where critics and fans are like "Now this is high art." Me, I'm like "Meh."

Next on the Tonight Show a man who can shoot webs and crawl up walls

Well, I was gonna try to come up with something that didn't include any references to Mr. Miracle today. I'm a bit scared I may become that guy that only blogs about Mr. Miracle and although he is one of my favorite characters I don't want to become pigeonhold by him either. But, I just couldn't resist talking about how of all the comic characters out there the two (at least in my mind) that have the best logic when it comes to their garish costumes are Scott Free and Peter Parker. In Scott's case he got his costume and superhero identity from the original Mr. Miracle who was an escape artist and as such it made sense he would wear such an outragous looking outfit and the same goes for Spidey. In case you don't remember Speider-Man's reason for creating his costume was so he would look cool on TV. Maybe it just me but I buy the idea alot more of people originally coming up with their fanastically splendid costumes. Just so they could look good while performing for an audience than some one like Batman (also a big fav of mine) whom decided that he could strike fear into the hearts of criminals if he outfitted all his toys and accessories with a bat motif and putting bat ears on his cowl. Of course, Batman and Mr. Miracle both abide from the first rule of superhero costumes "capes kick ass". I guess I just like the idea that both Mr. Miracle and Spider-Man started out as performers before they became heroes. To me that's a bit more interesting than the run of the mill, "well, today I got splashed with toxic waste and it gave me superpowers. So, I'm going to become a crime fighter or I have superpowers because I come from a different planet, do you have any bank robbers I can beat up? Well, that's my 2 cents on superheroes and their costumes. Feel free to disagree.

Coming soon to the CW (hopefully)

So, looking back on one of my posts, it got me thinking about how cool it would be if once Smallville dies it's long needed death that the CW's next superhero venture should be... Wait for it... A sitcom starring Steve Carell and Lucy Lawless (in order to go back and further form this to my JLI cast) as Scott and Barda Free add in wacky neighbor/midget Oberon set in a suburban Anytown, USA type place and this would be a license to print money. This could be so funny, having Barda holding the couch over her head as she vacuums the floor wearing her bunny slippers. Mr. Miracle accidently torching the garage as he prepares his next death trap. Once in awhile they could have Darkseid show up and try to wreck things for them. I think the endless jokes about Barda's bad cooking would be enough to support the show for at least a season just on its own. Then you throw in cosmic civil war an ill tempered midget and some death defying feats, I think this would be a winner. The only thing I can think of that would make this a better series, is if you added a normal couple to the cast that lived next door (ala Steve and Marcy from Married with children). Well, there you have it my idea for the best sitcom EVER.

Jay Casts the Justice League International Movie

Since this is my favorite version of the Justice League. I thought it would be fun to share with my readers (all two of you) who I would pick to play these characters.
Batman ~ Christian Bale. This is a no brainer.
Blue Beetle ~ Ryan Reynolds, he would be perfect as the wisecracking Ted Kord.
Martian Manhunter ~ Kieth David, he has the perfect voice to pull off what would essentually be a CGI character.
Booster Gold ~ Neil Patrick Harris, he's pretty much playing this character already on How I Met Your Mother (minus the super powers, of course).
Fire ~ Paz Vega, This one is kinda hard 'cuz I don't know how she would look with Fire's green hair. Other than that though, I think this would be a good fit.
Ice ~ Kristen Bell, She has both the innocent look and inner strength that are the hardest pieces of Ice to play.
Mr. Miracle ~ Steve Carell, after his turn as Maxwell Smart. I think he would be perfect as the world's greatest excape artist.
Big Barda ~ Lucy Lawless. How could you go with anyone but Xena, to play Barda.
Captian Atom ~ George Eads, He already did a great job of playing him on the JLU cartoon and since the character would most like be CGI it wouldn't be that much of a change.
Rocket Red ~ Daniel London, He seemed pretty good at being clueless and faking a russian accent in Big Trouble and those are the main ingredients to play this character. so...
Guy Gardner ~ Scott Caan, okay I had to change this one because like I said he's the hardest one to cast. But, thinking it over I think he'd make a much better Guy than Jason Bateman.
Maxwell Lord ~ Thomas Gibson, He could play this part in his sleep.well, there you go.
My choices for the people to be in the Justice League International movie.

Geek-Cred and how to get it

For some reason this question comes up quite a bit. I think it has to do with my age and that I still like reading comic books (total geek-cred). Well the main reason is the stories comics have a more layered story than alot of the other forms of storytelling, especially movies and TV. Another reason is the characters. One of my favorites is a girl named Rahne (pronouced Rain) Sinclair, who grow up in a strict presbyterien household. Then when she was 14 she discovered she had a mutant power which in abled her to change into a wolf. For years she struggled with her animal and human sides along with her strict christian upbringing which for along made her feel like she was evil because of her powers.In the comics she's gone from someone who was shy and full of self loathing into a women whom is confident and outspoken,while still remaining true to her faith. Another fav of mine is the Maxx,a construction worker who suffers a psychotic break with reality and comes to beleive he must portect a women named Julie from threats that are mostly in his imagination.More than that Julie bonds with him and helps him to see were reality really lies and occassionally he does save her from real danger.Of course his brain does turn would be muggers into super villians,but that's the fun of it all.It's also more than that (but you'll have to read it to find out how much more,or rent the video). I think there is something really cool about using pictures to tell a story,maybe even something primal wrapped around the strands of our DNA. After all cave drawings were basicly one or two frame comics telling the story of great feats. Still there's more something about reading such an amped up version of the human condition. Which is what makes Spider-Man such a great character,sure he has amazing superpowers.But, he still has to worry about paying the rent, will his checks bounce,is he going to be fired all question we all ask ourselves and on top of that he has to stop complete psychopaths from trying to destory his city or kill his loved ones. Some of his best stories are the ones inwhich he must choose between helping someone he loves or saving the city from some napherious plot. Comics also seem better at mixing in humor with meledrama than movies or television.Books are somewhat better at this. There also seems to be something in human nature,where we feel our heroes and villians should have some type of supernatural or superhuman power. From Hercules fighting the giant Cyclopses to King Aurthur and Merlin.I use these examples because besides just stories I think of comic books as a sort of modern day mythology. Who knows maybe in a couple hundred years the people of that time will think of comics in the same quaint way we think of greek or roman mythology or maybe they'll just think of them as crude drawings the way we look at cave drawings or not.Yes, some comics are just plain dumb but what medium doesn't have that problem. Another cool things about comics is it's one of the few American art forms along with jazz,the mystery story and the banjo. I could go on and on but since nobody will probably read this I think here is a good stopping point.

The Multiple Man

My and some of my friends have had long discussions on which super powers would be cool to have. You know things like would you rather have the strength of Superman or the ability to stick to walls like Spider-Man. Well, the super power I'd like to have is Jamie Madrox's powers. In case you don't know Jamie Madrox or as he's sometimes called Multiple Man or just Multiple if your a fan of X-Mem:Evolution. Has the power to create duplicants of himself through kinetic energy.He literally has the power to be everywhere at the sametime. What could be a better superpower than that to have?If I had that power I could partty all week long, get all my homework done,visit with all my friends,go study in a tebitan monastary and all kinds of fun stuff. I can't think of a better super power than that. If you can drop my a line

When comics go bad

Just to switch things up I thought I'd do a post about underated characters from my favorite comic books. Most of these characters have been killed off, depowered or just ran through the ringer by writes who thought they were lame or dumb or useless. Which personally I don't understand if yoiu've got the right person writing anything can become good. I never really understood why a superhero has to have really great powers to be cool. So, anyways here's my list have fun and if you end up getting a book with one of these folks in it then I've done a good job : )
Jubilee ~ What can I say even though I'm probably one of her only fans I really really dig Jubilee. She's a mallrat from beverly hills with the mutant power to shoot fireworks and explosive charges from her fingertips. For most of the ninties she was Wolverine's sidekick and was in the X-Men and Generation X comics. She's been in all three X-Men movies (no speaking parts unfortunately) and has been in both cartoons. But, a couple of years ago the powers that be at marvel decided she was not cool and her powers suck (which in all honesty they kinda do) and during the huge mess that was the house of M crossover series she was depowered.
Doug Ramsey (cypher) ~ This guy was hated on from the first time he appeared in the comic The New Mutants mainly because nobody understood how awesome his mutant power was. Doug has the ability to instantly learn any language. I'm not talking about just human or alien langauges either. Computer langauge body language,etc. This has to be one of the best super powers ever. Alas, the wirters could never figure out a good way to show off his power and only a couple years after his first appearance he was killed off.
Cassandra Cain (Batgirl) ~ Although I haven't read alot of her comics I dug Cassie as Batgirl. She was raised by her dad to be the ultimate assassin and through lots of emotional and physical abuse he nearly acomplished this goal. However after her first kill (at the age of eight) she ran away and years later Batman and Barbera Gordon (the original Batgirl) converted her to their cause and she became the new Batgirl. During the years they did a really good job of writing her. From her learning to read to her becoming friends with Robin's girlfriend and the loss she felt when Robin's girlfriend was killed during the Batman crossover "War Games". Then this year to mess with Robin's head the folks at DC turned her into an assassin who was trying to kill him. I bet she wouldn't have turned to evil had someone given her a hug*sniff*
Well, I could go on and on, on this subject. But, it's getting late. Plus, I didn't really want to go into how lame and sadistic it is how Marvel continues to bring Jean Grey back to life just to kill her again as soon as they get the itch. It's just so messed up. Maybe one of these days the folks at Marvel and DC will realize that even the lamest characters (ahem, I'm looking at you Ambush Bug) is somebodies favorite and show the characters and fans more respect than they do now ( Joey Q, I'm looking at you). Yes, I know these a fictional characters and do not actually exist. But, I couldn't think of anything else to write about and this has been bouncing around in my head for awhile. So, I figured I'd jot it down. Maybe one day when I have the time I'll go into more detail on other characters I like who have gotten the shaft in comics and how cool they could have been if they had been written by someone with some skillz.

5 saturday morning cartoons that should be

So, I thought it would be fun (since this place is owned by Rupert Murdoch and all) to throw out a few ideas that I think would make good saturday morning cartoons. Because, well the whole concept seems to have gone to pot and the main reason I've chosen the five I have is mainly because of how much they could appeal to kids and adults alike. So, with out further ado... Here are the five concept I think need a saturday morning cartoon series.


1. The New Mutants ~ I love this comic from the 1980s and think it would make an awesome cartoon. Basically the idea behind the New Mutants is that they're the JV X-Men team. They range in age from 14 - 18 and are just learning to use their powers. Just using the comics books stories would give you atleast a few years worth of stories. Plus you could even use the whole rival school thing with Emma Frost's Hellions.

2. Army of Darkness ~ To me this one is a no brainer. An animated show based on Army of Darkness the only thing better than this one is if you could get Bruse Campbell to do the voice of Ash, himself. Of course the great thing about this is one is that you could make it either a saturday morning cartoon or a prime time animated show and it could still be really freakin' cool.
3. The Green Lantern Corps. ~ Okay so here's the pitch. The guardians of the universe send out rings that harness a person's will power and can manifest from said will power solid objects. This would be so cool. Have Hal Jordan or Guy Gardener as the main character and then have a supporting cast of thousand. You'd never run out of cool stories.

4. The Incredibles ~ WTF! why isn't this one on the air right now?

5. Harry Potter ~ This one is kind of in the same vain as the New Mutants (just a whole lot more popular,lol). Kids going to a special school to learn how to use and control their new found powers. The only major differance between the two is the New Mutants and Harry Potter is in Harry Potter it's about magic instead of being born with super powers (still pretty much the same concept).

Well, ther you have it. My list of cartoons that really need to come and brighten the lousiness of saturday morning cartoons (sans the Littles, of course) and Rupert if you're reading this all I require is a few thousand dollars as a finder's fee and all these Ideas and maybe a few more are yours.

Best Comic Movie,yet

So,here you go.I've decided to make a movie pitch.This is for a DC character so only Warner Bros. could make it. so,here it is. Mister Miracle. For those not in the "know" Mister Miracle is really Scott Free, the world's greatest escape artist. I know you're down but I'm going to sweeten the pot even more. Scott Free is a fugitive from the planet Apokolips. He and his wife (Big Barda,whom has the strength of Superman) Escape to Earth in the hopes of independence from the dictator, Darkseid. At first, Darkseid sends his minions to kill Scott and Barda. Through death defing heroics they (Scott and Barda) Return to Apokolips and go after Darkseid. In hopes of forcing him into a final conflict. Doesn't this concept just sceam blockbuster? It's got it all a querky couple (the wife can lift cars and the husband is an escape artist). Hell, this could be a fun sitcom,even. It also should have tons of explosions and hair raising escapes and to top it off the villain is a monolithic,despot, who's nigh-omnipotent.If you got the right director on this flick it would be just like printing money. But,that's just my 2 cents XD

The many loves of Peter Parker

I thought it would be fun to analyze the love life of Peter Parker (since I dodn't have one to analyze I thougt this would be the next best thing,lol). So,first there was Gwen Stacy,the original girl nextdoor in Pete's life. Pete loved this girl and wanted to marry her. The main problem in their relationship (well,until the Green Goblin killed her) was that every time he would go to tell her he was Spider-Man she would express the anti-Spidey sentiments fueled by the Daily Bugle and then later she was led to believe that Spidey killed her father and after that Peter Parker knew he could never tell her he was Spider-Man thus he could not completely share his life with her and then finally she was killed by the Green Goblin tossing her off of the George Washington bridge. After this Peter began dating Mary Jane but after he proposed to her and she said no (for the first time) they were through. So,in stepped the Black Cat, she started out as a cat burgler whom had a thing for Spidey. After awhile she reformed and became a hero and they began dating. After awhile Pete decided to share his secret identity with her and this time his girlfriend's problem wasn't with Spider-Man but, rather with the Black Cat she was not as fond of Peter Parker as she was with Spidey. Because Pete believes under his mask and without it on he is Peter Parker thus,he could not be with a girl who liked his heroic identity more than his real one this relationship could not last and back came Mary Jane Watson. Mary Jane was the only girl Peter dated that liked him as both Peter Parker and Spider-Man. She was the only one of this handful of serious girlfriends he has had that liked him for whom he was both in and out of the costume and that is why (in the context of the books,anyways) why they got married. She was the only one that thought he was just as heroic when he was going to work and paying the bills as he was when he was fighting supervillians who were trying to destroy the city and that is why it is a shame that they have lost their marriage to editorial mandate. After all isn't that what all of us want out of a partner, not just someone who likes the image we project (whether because of insecutity or whatever) but someone who likes us for who we are in those small moments when we let our guard down and show who we truly are. I know that's what I'm looking for though most of the time girls tend to act like the Black Cat with Spidey liking the image alot more than the real person. Well,I'm starting to ramble so I'd better end this before I say something really dumb,lol.

The Web of Spider-Man

One of my favorite aspects of the Spider-Man concept. Is how his villans come to be in his rogues gallery. Unlike batman's where the villans in his books tend to be people becoming psychologically bent on revenge for some slight against them and Batman stops then and then goes on to the next mugger or master theif or whatever. Now, one of the aspects of Spidey that creates his villans.Is something alot of writers either mis or forget (especially, in the movies). To Peter Parker on of the small joys in his life ( no matter how horrible the get). Is webslinging. There is no greater joy in Peter's life (well,besides perhaps a quiet night at home with the mrs.) is webslinging through the canyons of the New York skyline and usually as he's swinging around and monologueing he notices someone commiting some sort of crime. So,he swoops in makes fun of the mugger, two bit hood, would be world conquerers with severe megomania or whatever. After all he's just enjoying the most fun way to travel webslinging. So,he see someone doing something they shouldn't he swings in and taunts them as jumps around like a squirrel monkey on speed. Well,as you can imagine this pisses the villan off. Take for example Dr.Doom in his appearence in the Spidey books. Dr.Doom (thinking he's a goon because of the stories in the Daily Bugle) tries to recruite Spider-Man into destorying the Fantastic Four. Well,naturally Spidey doesn't go for it. So,then Doom tries to kill him.Spidey jumps on to the wall and begins insulting and taunting Victor Von Doom. Of course this only pisses Vic off even more and be the time he has to flee or face some not so good consquences. He vows he will kill Spider-Man, teases his aunt and kick his dog and tell girls he has a social disease. Dr.Doom is becomes so obsessed with Spidey he actually forgets about his wanting to kill Reed Richards (four like four pages, but,hey for Doom that's along time). This is almost identical to almost all of Spidey's other villans, as well. Honestly if it wasn't for Spidey's constant questioning of the legitamacy of their parentage or making guesses as to the noctural habits of their mothers or imaginative ways in which said mother might fornacate with various objects. He would have a lot less villans and a quite small rogues gallery and this is why I really dig this aspect of Spidey's personality (as written in the Marvel Comics). Plus, it also is a great shorthand to create new villans and threats. Spidey jumps in makes fun of villan.He the beats the tar out of said villan and webs him up on a street light with the note; "TO: The police a gift from your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. The villan then goes to jail and begins to fester a boiling hatred of Spider-Man (especially because of the way he was caught and the taunts of other inmates for the way he was caught). He finally either escapes or is released from jail (because Spidey is such a prick sometimes happens when someone is in county jail ,not just prison) and voila` new Spidey villan = }

The geekiness continues

Since I haven’t done a list in awhile, I thought it would be fun to share with you my favorite super heroines. Plus, I thought maybe this would give me a little insight into the type of girls I like
(and in case you’re new to this place these are in no particular order)
So,without any further ado...
Zatanna - What’s not to love, she’s a sorceress with a neat gimmick (sdrawkcab meth gniyas yb slleps gnitsac) and what red-blooded guy doesn’t love a girl in fishnets and tails.
Wolfsbane - Ah, Ms. Rahne Sinclear I’ve dug her since back in her New Mutant days. There’s just something about a shy girl with a christian upbringing and the ability to turn into a wolf that just had me from the word go.
Jubilee - Oh, how I luv Jubes (when I was a wee lad I had a huge crush on her) I know her powers are kinda lame and she can be obnoxious.But, it doesn’t matter.
Big Barda - What can I say Barda is just awesome. She’s just as strong as Superman and is married to the super escape artist Mr.Miracle.
Kitty Pryde - I don’t think there is any guy whose into comics whom has not had a crush on her at some point. She’s super smart, she’s a ninja and she has a pet dragon (what’s not to love).
Rogue - especially when she could fly and had super strength and it makes you sad thinking about how if she kisses or holds hands with a fellow she could kill him. The poor girl
Stargirl - She’s just fun :)
Raven - Aw, my love of goth girls knows no bounds.
Black Cat - MEOW!
Siryn - PAD is such an awesome writer she has totally crept in (plus how can you not like a girl who dated Deadpool and actually dug him).
Well, that’s all of them I can think of right now.Plus, I don’t wanna go on listing and listing and listing until the eyes of the few people who read this glaze over. The only similarities between these girls seems to be their XX chromosomes. Unless someone else out there has a bit more insight. I guess, what I’ve learned is I like girls everyone of them I’ve liked (in the real world and not so real worlds of DC and Marvel) has a something unique and special about them that I just can’t resist (Now,if only they felt the same way about me but, I guess that should probably be left for another post). I dunno, I’m all outta ideas so... Until next time... Keep watching the skis...um, I mean skies

He talks to fish fer chritsake

I don't know exactly why,but one comic book character I've never really liked is Aquaman. Even as a little kid watching Superfriends, I was not a happy camper when it was an Aquaman heavy episode. I think my problem with him even then was that his power is...That he talks to fish (okay some may agrue if that's his only power and to them I say...Whatev.(no not even the full statement)). Some folks have tried to get me to change my attitude on this subject and it never has worked. So, on to the meat of this post. The main reason I told the story above was to go into this... Why I should not be allowed to write JLA. Because if I was I would totally have the other JLAers make fun of him...Even Batman (Who has no superpowers). I would have them going out to eat and when Aquaman asked what they were up to the answer would be something like, Not much just goin' out to Benny Hanna's (or some other seafood or sushi place) or Oh,look it's the guy who talks to fish. Of course, the fun thing about writing a story with Aquaman in it would be if the villian(s) grabbed him and dropped him in a fish stick processing plant or the desert or something.I would laugh my head off at the fish stick story at any rate. I was kinda hoping this would help me come to terms with my dislike of Aquaman and make me try and apprecciate him. Well, no dice. In fact, this may have given me a new hobbie. So, with that I turn it over to you my faithful reader...How would you torture Aquaman (besides having Peter David write his stories again,lol)

Could just be me

I was re-watching the Iron Giant and it occured to me (like it does everytime I watch it). This film has a really sad ending. Which is similar to the ending of the orginal Frankenstein movie. While in the orginal Frankenstein the monster is killed by the townspeople after he accidentally kills a little girl. In The Iron Giant the robot is seemingly destroyed by an over zealous bauricrat (whom luanchs a nuke at an American town to kill the giant). With both these movies I always feel sad watching these events unfold. It's probably because of the subtext of things that are monsterous looking, if it does something to get noticed by people.They will want to destroy it or maybe they're both are metaphors for conformity. That certainly fits with The Iron Giant, for no other reasons than that it is set at the beginning of the sixties (the absolute high point of conformity in America) and one the protagonists being a so-called beatnic (Dean) and the villain being an over zealous government agent. Then the the Frankenstein monster being chased down by the townspeople (whom are armed with torches and pitchforks) and once the catch him they will attempt to kill him. Of course, these movies also point out the problems with Occam's Razor.

On the other hand that could just be me XD

By the power of Grabthar's Hammer

I though it woulld be fun today to make a list of the superheroes with the most useful powers. Just so everyone understands when I say useful I don't mean fighting skills or any of that I mean useful in normal everyday life. So, with that little pre-amble: Away we go.
Jamie Madrox (Multiple Man) - Jamie has what I think would be the most useful power in the world he can create duplicates of himself through kinetic energy. Using his powers you'd finally has time to get everything done.
Bobby Drake (Iceman) - This one would be great for parties or hot days or whatever. Bobby has the ability to create ice from the moisture in the air. This guy would be awesome to have around on margerita night.
Doug Ramsey (Cypher) - He can instantly understand any new language he hears. This power would be like 8 shades of awesome to have.
Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler) - He can teleport through dimensions in order to go from one place to another. Using this power he can travel miles in a matter of seconds (he also gets bonus points for having a prehensile tail).
Peter Parker (Spiderman) - He can climb walls and stick to the ceiling and of course, his most useful power for everyday living has got to be his Spidey sense.
Kitty Pryde - She can walk through walls. Do I need to add anythign else?
James Howlett?/Logan (Wolverine) - His actual pwer would be pretty damn useful. Being able to regenerate any damaged body tissue, if for no other reason you could drink and smoke all you want and not have to worry about damaging your liver or lungs.
Hal Jordan/ John Stewart/ Guy Gardner/ Kyle Rayner (Green Lantern) - Having a Green Lantern power ring would make life so easy, that I have no clue why at least one of these guys is not 800 pounds. The ring can project any thing you can imagine and it can make you fly.
Any of the many telepaths in any comic - the ability to know what anyone is thinking, this would be such a handy power.
Warren Worthington III (Angel/Archangel) - The guy has freakin' bird wings!
and an honorible mention goes out to Jubilee her pwers wouldn't be very useful in the real world (much like in the Marvel Universe,lol) but, she would definitely be someone who would make any party kick ass.
Well, there you go the most useful super powers in comics. Agree/ Disagree???

Conspiracy Theory

Something that always weirded me out in comics is that both Bruce Wayne's and Clark Kent's moms are named Martha and I think I have finally solved the problem with this. Here it is Martha was living a double life in the country married to Jonathan Kent and the other living in the city, but not just any city Gotham City as Thomas Wayne's wife. After years of living this double life Martha could no longer take it and decide the only way she could leave Thomas and their son was fake her own death. Well, she hired a man named Joe Chill to do this but, knowning how the Waynes were he decided that he would make a little extra money on the job by killing and robbing Thomas Wayne (when he was supposed to just fire blanks at Martha). He then carried out this gruesome task and after her friend in the morgue, pronounced her dead and let her go. Martha went back to Smallville and acted like nothing had every happened. Leaving poor Bruce Wayne an orphan while she helped to shape Clark Kent's value system never telling him about her horrible secret.

Since John Seavey is never gonna do it

For those unfamilar with John Seavey he writes a blog called fraggmented, on this blog one of the things he writes about is the story engines of various tv shows and comic books. If you get the itch you should check it out (sorry, I'm too retarded to link stuff, lol). Anyways according to his definition of a story telling engine. Basically, it is the settings, occupations and, supporting casts members that can each generate stories inorder for writers to work serialized fiction.
Anyways, I enjoy reading this blog and after finally succombing to new comic day. I got some new comics. Including the Green Lantern Corps. Which is basically a cop show in outerspace. Well, while reading the latest issue of GLC. It dawned on me for the first time (yeah, I'm kinda slow like that) I noticed just how good of a storytelling engine this book has. Fisrt of all, it has around two hundred people in its supporting cast. Which makes it easy to write since if you can't figure out something to do with one character you can always do it to one of the many bit players. Not only that but, you can also use any of the bit players in order to draw the main characters into a new story or play against the main characters. They can do all sorts of stuff to generate new stories. Next is there is the galactic cop angle. By using the tropes of both a cop shows and sci fi shows, to generate new stories. The writers can do alot more stories than some one wrting about cops and robbers or space travel. The writers of the Green Lantern Corps. They can mix and match tropes from both kinds of stories or the can just focus more on the cop part or more on the space part as they wish (as long as they do blend together once in awhile). Basically, you can look at the GLC as Star Trek and Law and Order (or one of those types of shows) or if your so inclined you could describe it as Frirefly crossed with The Shield (but not quite as violent) and it has the added bonus of having a cast of hundreds. The only problem with this story telling engine is how far you can go in any direction without going to far and ending up breaking the audiences willing suspension of disbelief. Besides that though the skies the limit (literally) or at least that's my ten cents.