Another no post day

Today has been utter crap so I'm not posting anything. Instead I'll leave you with this video of Batman singing Am I Blue.

Lazy fish, why don't they answer

I can't think of any posts to day. So, sticking with this weeks theme. Here's a video of the Powerpuff Girls saving Aquaman and Wonder Women from the Legion of Doom (superfriends' villians not wrestlig Tag Team of the same name,lol).

No Sushi For YOU!

I wasn't going to do another Aquaman post today. First of all because,I'm not really a fan (all though I did buy Aquaman Showcase volume 3 today, some maybe that Bob Haney wackiness will change my mind,lol). Second of all I was pretty sure I was all out of things to say about our aquatic friend (not to be confused with our favorite aquatic fiend,lol). but, looking at the popularity of the posts (and my opportunistic nature) I figured what the hell. So, here's another story idea for DC to consider. In this story Aquaman is upset after Japanese fishermen kill his favorite whale and declares war on Japan. He then forms an army of Atlantians and ocean creatures and attacks the tiny island. After the surprise attack the Japanese contact the Justice League hoping that his colleagues can talk Aquaman out of his blood lust for sushi lovers. Superman attempts to talk to Aquaman but, he is beyond reason claiming that Japan was just the first battle after they were defeated he would then move on to other fishing cultures until all those whom consumed his friends are dead. He then yells out "No Red Lobster or Joe's Crab Shack is safe while Arthur Curry lives!" With that Superman goes to Batman, since Batman being Batman has a contingency plan, just in case something like this ever happened. Batman gets on all his bat-scuba gear and hunts down Aquaman. When he finally finds him, Batman ties him up and forces Aquaman to watch as Batman perpares and then cooks up fried calimari for the rest of the Justice League. The story then ends with Aquaman locked up in the back of a JOe's Crab Shack.

But, you're my sidekick

Since, I can't really think of anything to post today. I'm going to slight backtrack on my efforts not to make fun of Aquaman. I do this because,I thought it would be fun to share with you a Marvel/DC crossover event that if it took place would amuse me quite a bit. In this crossover Namor, the Sub-Mariner and Aquaman would be in a battle to decide who the "real" king of Atlantis was and one of the first things I do in this crossover would be to have Aqualad defect and join up as Namor's sidekick. Of course, hilarity would in sue as Namor tried to ditch Aqualad, and Aquaman mourns the loss of the relationship between him and Aqualad. Which would demend Aquaman saying at least once "Why did you have to leave me, tadpole." as he sheds a few tears and drinks gin and tonics (ala Aquaman's Lament). Although, I'm sure this crossover would anger a few people. I think this would be just the sort of thing that would make comics mainstream again (of course,I could just be saying that as part of my shameless self promotion,lol). So, there you go jay's big Marvel/DC crossover idea "Battle 4 Atlantis".

Don't worry, aquaman. We'll take care of this one

So, in my attept to stop teasing Aquaman. I was thinking about how unfairly the Jutice League occasional treats him. I mean most of these guys (including Superman) only have one city to protect on their own and team up when there is a larger threat. Meanwhile, there's poor Aquaman prtecting all of the oceans, 70% of the Earth. All by himself, never asking for help and on top of this the Justice League treats him like a chump. WTF? Here's Aquaman protecting all the oceans and these cats that at most protect a State treat him like he's the hall monitor at the special kids school. That's just messed up.

A truly herculean task is at hand

A little while ago, I posted on here that I was gonna lay off when it comes to making fun of Aquaman. For the most part I've been sticking to it. I have even been going out of my way to find cool things about Aquaman (well, besides Aquaman's Lament, that song rox!). So,I've been navigating the internets looking for cool stuff on Aquaman and I really haven't been able to find much (other than on siskoid's page, but most of that's his own creative style of using Arthur Curry). Any ways, I'm snooping around looking for stuff that will make me apperciate the character more (I even downloaded episodes of his cartoon,lol) and all of it just seems to give me more ammunition to mock the poor guy. I've really been trying to be nice, but everything I find on ol' harpoon hand. Just make me want to tease him even more. So, against my better judgement this weekend I'm going to attept to buy some Aquaman comics and read them with as little snickering as possible. Which for me will be quite a task in and of its self. So, my main plans this weekend (if any of my stalkers are reading this) is to get some Aquaman comics,read them and watch his cartoon and try my damnedest not to mock him as I perform these tasks.

This looks like a job for a Superheroine

Yesterday, I was thinking about the last couple of issues of JSA, when it dawned on me that something has been missing... Then I realised that thing it had been missing was it's under use of Stargirl. Now granted she has been shown prominently, however she really hasn't been the guiding force she usually is, I don't really blame any of the writers. After all in a team book you have to rotate how you choose ot focus on. Thinking about this got me on to thinking about the Super heroines I dig and what that might mean about my Psyche. Which got me thinking about what I should post and I figured it was time for one of my ever popular lists. So, here as it stands today, are the Super heroines I think are the coolest (and maybe a little insight into what this says about my taste in girls,lol).
And as always these are not listed in any sort of order (other than popping into my head in that order,lol).

Since, I already mentioned her. I'm going to start this list with Stargirl AKA Courtney Whitmore. I thin she is awesome for many of the same reasons I like Jubilee. They both have bubbly, outgoing personalities. Which I could be digging on just on the basis that as a LEO bubbly,outgoing girls are pretty attractive to me. Beyond that I really dig that she has gone from a junior member to a leadership role in the JSA in just a few short years. That is pretty awesome.
I guess that brings us to Jubilee. Ah, Ms. Jubilation Lee. How can you not love this firecracker (no, pun intended). The saddest thing about me love of Jubilee is how when I first became a fan of her she was a few years older than me and now she's roughly 10 years younger than me. From the first time I read about her (the X-Men's Atlantis Attacks Annual)to her staring role in the cartoon and even her cameos in the X-Men movies. Right on,I'm quite pissed about Joey Q's treatment of her from House of M up until and including her return in the New Warriors.
Speaking of Warriors. I could not do a post like this without mentioning the greatest warrior to ever escape Apokolips. That's right I'm talking about Barda Free...Big Barda herself.How can you not love Barda, she's a tough girl with a big loud personality. She is no shrinking violet that's for sure. She can be bombastic or sweet. She's loyal and kind.
Next I think I'll have to mention Zinda before it slips my mind. I'm not going to go to deep into the awesomeness that is Lady Blackhawk. Since, I did a whole post on that not too long ago. I'll just say this... She likes guns,booze and, fighting what's not to love.
I gues that this point I should probably mention my second favorite X-girl. Rogue, what's not to love about a southern belle that can punch through a brick wall. My favorite protrayal Rogue was when she had stolen Ms. Marvel's powers. She's tough as nails yet sensitive and longing to be touched without the consequences of killing another person. Plus she has that southern drawl (and accents are HAWT!).
Moving we come to Soranik Natu Doctor and Green Lantern pulled between her duties and her homeworld. She since her first appearence in the Green Lantern Corps. I have loved the way the writers have protrayed her. She is just plain awesome.
Last but not least is Molly Hayes from the Runaways. She's just so darn cute. Even when she is punching through walls. In a lot of ways she reminds me of my siblings and the daughters of my friends and family.

Well, I could go on and on about the Superheroines I love but I feel this is a good stopping point for now and I'm sure I'll be coming back to this subject in the future. But for now here's the list I'm going with

Economic of a superhero universe

Lately, I've been kind of wondering what jobs there would be in the Marvel or DC universes for normal people and what jobs in the real world would be made unnessecary by having superhumans existing in the world. For instance,In a world where Quicksilver or the Flash live do you really need a Post Office? Couldn't either of them do that as a part time job? going off on a bit of a tangent why didn't any of the Flashes or Kid Flashes or for that matter Quicksilver ever start a delivery company. Seriously, how would UPS or FEDex or any other company compete with under 60 seconds or your next deliver is free. For that matter how would people like Richard Dawkins sell any books, would he have to start writing about some other subject? After all how do you write about God not existing if not only God exists but, so does every God from every mythology does,as well. Maybe he would just write books about what assh**es the gods are. Further more with people like Reed Richards or Mr Terrific wondering around the place would you really the power companies or any of the fuel and energy industries? Well, these are just some of the things rattling around in my empty head,lol.

Comic Fest 2009

So, last weekend was Comic Fest here in Denver. I went Friday and Saturday, I would have loved to attend on Sunday as well. But,a previous engagement kept me from going.My friend Carl's welcome back, which had it not been for seeing a bunch of old school friends and eating BBQ and drink moderately priced beer. I totally, would have gone to the last day. Anyways, back to the fest. It was quite fun I got an awesome Guy Gardner sketch from Armando Durruthy and I got a sign and sketch copy of Fool's Gold from Amy Reeder Hadley. Both of them are super nice folks and I hope that get much attention in the world of comic books.Right now, I'm still waiting to get in touch with Karl Christian to get a print of his drawing of Hank Williams from the his Famous Drunks line he did for Modern Drunkard (magazine). Hopefully, I get that print soon. 'cuz I'm a huge Hank Williams (senior) fan. Another thing I did while I was there was to have Mike Baron (Nexus, The Badger) check out and critique some of my stories. He gave me some really helpful advice and a couple helpful hints to get editors to check my stuff out and even told me I'm pretty good at coming up with neat ideas for comic books. So, hopefully I'll improve in the next year I'll be blowing some minds with my awesome comic book writing skillz. LOL

Woo-Hoo! Party like it's...comic fest 2009

So, here in Denver tonight. Comic Fest is starting and going until sunday. I haven't really gotten the chance to go to one of these before. So, I'm really looking forward to it. Of course, I'm also pretty busy getting ready for it. I have some stuff I want to get a little publicity for like Monkey Knife Fight and, I have some story ideas I'm trying to get seen by the right people (and by right people I mean folks who'll pay me.lol). So, it's pretty hectic today for this little One Letter Wonder. I'm sure on monday, I'll share with you what all went down and the fun that was had and all that neat stuff. But, for now just enjoy a little fun with Foamy the squirrel and I'll see you all next week :)

Thursday slump

Not much to write about today. I'm pretty busy getting ready for Comic Fest here in Denver. It starts tomorrow evening and I've got a bunch stuff to do to prepare for it. It should be real fun (as opposed to that lousy fake fun). I'll write more about it either tomorrow or next week. So,talk to you tomorrow and enjoy yet another awesomely bad Aquaman cartoon XD

What the hay...after all he is a farmer from Kansas

Well, since I really can't think of anything better to write today (even though,I'm feeling a lot better than the last couple of days,lol). I figured I'd do another post on Superman, today. So, for this post I thought I'd go into the characteristics that make Superman compelling to me. The first one being that he knows what is right and what is wrong there may be some conflict on how he gets there, but there is no conflict in whether he is on the side of angels. Next is the fact that he is an optimist. No matter how dark things get or how futile everything seems Kal-El sees the silver lining and knows that as long as there is a will there is a way. He has a working class work ethic. To Kal-El there is nothing that hard work can't overcome in order to achieve the right results. He is a Hero and his mission on Earth is to be a symbol of hope. As long as you follow these guidelines, I feel your Superman project will be successful. I also feel this was the reason Superman Returns was an utter failure (which it was). You can't humanize a god and you shouldn't give Superman flaws, especially by making him a dead beat dad and a stalker. Because, of this movie I realized Brian Singer wasn't the great film maker I had thought he was.

Faster then a speeding bullet... More powerful than a locomotive...

Even though, I'm still not feeling to well. I decided to write about the awesomeness that is the Fleischer Superman cartoons. I first discovered these cartoons in High School. Back then the local PBS station (channel 12, for those in the 303). WOuld play these short late at night when they needed to fill fifteen minutes of air time.
To me these cartoons are the difinitive take on Superman. Bruce Timm's series comes the closest out of all the other stuff to being as good of a take on Supes as the Fleisher cartoons. For me one of the things that the movies (especially) seem to miss is Clark Kent winking at the camera. At the end of almost every one of the Fleischer cartoons when someone makes a remark about Superman saving the day and Clark Kent would comment on it and then wink at the camera. Of course, the other thing I really enjoyed about this series was how he would complain about Lois Lane scoping him on yet another story. Clark Kent just never seemed to be able to get that front page story about Superman.If you haven't seen these cartoons I highly recommand you do so post haste. After that I think you'll feel the same way.

Up in the sky...It's a bird...It's a plane...

I'm feeling pretty sick today. So, I'm gonna keep the post for today pretty light. I was going to talk about the awesomeness of the old Fleischer Superman cartoons. But, since, I don't have the energy or brain power today. I'm just putting up a clip of it instead. I may blog about tomorrow if I'm feeling better.

Villians week: Mr. Gone

Well, as we wrap up villains week here at Monkey Knife Fight. I thought I'd close the week with my favorite non DC or Marvel villain. So, today we'll be talking about...

Mr. Gone


Mr. Gone was the main villain in the comic from Image called The Maxx (as well as the MTV series). The coolest thing about this character is his control over the Isz. The Isz are weird little creatures that if they wear a certain type of clothing they will apear to the outside world to resemble the type of person that would wear that sort of thing. One of my favorite things in The Maxx is where the Isz are dressed up like old ladies and fighting The Maxx at a conveinence store and the people watching the fight think that the Maxx is fighting a group of old ladies. Of course, the reason Mr. Gone makes the list is because if not for him I would not view serial killers as the pathetic losers that they really are, every since I got into The Maxx. Whenever I here about someone like that BTK loser, I imagine them as being just as impotent and pathetic as Mr. Gone was when he had Julie tied up in his apartment.
So, there you have it. I hope you've enjoyed villains week as much as I have and I hope everyone has a good weekend and a Happy Easter. See you again on Monday

Villians week: Darkseid

Well, now that villain;s week is getting close to the end here at Monkey Knife Fight. I thought i would talk about the villain that probably has given Superman and and the rest of the DCU the most problems. A villain so awesome only Jack Kirby himself could have created him...That's right...I'm talking about...

Darkseid


Seriously, of all the villains from either Marvel or DC comics Darkseid is my favorite. From terrorizing Mr. Miracle and the New Gods to become one of Superman's most terrifying foes. Darkseid is just plain awesome. Either, because of or in spite of the fact that he is fated to fail in his life's goal of making everyone in the universe bow to his might.As he quest to uncover the Anti-Life Equation and destroy the New Gods. He is both terrifying and comical in his verbose mannerisms.The in the
DC universe there is one villain as deadly, scary or, evil as... Darkseid.

Villains Week: Mr. Sinister

It's hump day, which means we're 3/5 through with villains week here at Monkey Knife Fight. And today we've got a really special villain...

Mr. Sinister



That's right my favorite X-Men villain isn't the moral ambigous Magneto. It's Dr. Nathaniel Essex. First off he has a great look.It's also interesting his obsession with Cyclops and his brood and how long he has been watching the Summers clan and directing the actions. Then there's all the manipulations he's done on Apocaplyse's be half and how he manipulated Gambit. But, most of the reason I like Mr. Sinister is (a) he has a really cool name and (b) He looks really cool. The Diamond shaped gem in his forehead is quite sharp, as a fashion statement.

Villains Week: Dr. Doom

Continuing with this weeks theme of awesome villains. I thought today I would talk about my favorite marvel villain...

Dr. Victor Von Doom



That's right Dr.Doom. Right off the bat his has one of the coolest names ever and honestly with the surname of Von Doom did he really have a choice in whether to become a bad guy,I think not. He also has such an awesome character George Lucas had to steal his costume design in order to make Darth Vader the baddest m*****f****r in the galaxy. Of course, he started out as the Fantastic Four's chief villain. Since, then though he has become a pain in the neck for pretty much all of the heroes in the Marvel universe. My favorites stories with him are him fighting Spider-man and the X-Men rather than the FF. Though, I also enjoy his hatred of Dr. Richards (whom he blames for everything including bad weather and the Mets losing). Doom is just plain awesome. From the intonation his given in the books to his misanthropic nature. best of all the guy is a king (which gives him diplomatic immunity, here in the states). He's a sorcerer and a scientist and most of all he is... DOOM!

Villians week: The Joker

Since, I can't think of anything else for this week. I'm gonna spend this week looking at my 5 favorite villains in comic books. Now, just to be clear this won't be a ranking of these five villains. It's just the ones I really dig, in no particular order. We begin with...

The Joker



What's not to love about the clown prince of crime. He is chaos incarnate, as Denny O'Neil has said on many occasions, The Joker is just as likely to kill you because he doesn't like your shoes as he is to give you $1,000 because he doesn't like your shoes. For the Joker all the rules and laws society has created are just one big joke on the poor saps that buy in to them. For me the best none comic interpretation of this character is Mark Hamill's portrayal of The Joker in Batman: TAS. As, good as Heath Ledger was as The Joker in The Dark Knight. I still hear Mark Hamill's voice when I read a comic with The Joker in it. He is the villain that all the other villains hate. Especially, villains like Darkseid and Lex Luthor. He isn't in it for the money or for power. He's in it for the shear fun of it (in his own deranged way). He has no moral compass or shame or sense of desencey. All he wants out of life is to kill Batman, a few Robins and maybe make a couple bucks along the way. which is the reason why he is such a fun villain. I think he's actually a bit funner when he takes on other heroes in the DCU rather than Batman, especially heroes like Superman.

Who puts Filing taxes in a video game

Today, I was watching X-Play and it got me think about how terrible the Superman video games have been. It also got me wondering, is there any way to make a good Superman game? Out of all the Super Hero games I've played none have been as horrible as the games starring Superman. I even remember (though this may not have been real) there being an Aquaman game and it being better than that Timm inspired video game. Now granted I believe that game has been ranked the worst game in the history of video games. Still, when Aquaman has a better game than you that's bad. Is there something about Superman that just inspires bad video games? I mean seriously, between that game and the Superman Returns game. They're practically unplayable. You would think that with his powers and villains, You could make a pretty kick ass game. But, so far the evidence says no. Personally, I would think the only power that would suck trying to put in a game would be his invulernability. Other than that you think it would be a cake walk using him as the main character. The other puzzling thing is how the games with him a supporting cast member usually do a good job with his powers and stuff.

This looks like a job for...Aquaman?

Lately, I've started to think that maybe in my love of Aquaman bashing I have been to hard on the character of Authur Curry. Maybe, it's because I'm starting to mellow in my old age, or maybe it's because you can only kick a dead horse so many times before it is no longer fun. Maybe, some day I'll see the awesomeness of the King of Atlantis(DCU). After all the poor guy does have to patrol 70% or more of the planet without any assistance. So, one of these days I'll at least attempt to not mock Aquaman. Unfortunately, That day is not to day and in honor of the Beginning of April,I thought it was high time I had some fun at ol' harpoon hand's expense. So, today I'm going to talk about the endless fun the Justice League has mocking him. Of course, the cruelest of these gags and jokes and whatnot, is when they make him clean the JLA pool. Even worse, is when they make him clean it after one of Booster's pool parties. EWWWW! The next is how they are always inviting him to go out to dinner with them (at Red Lobster)Even when he offers to take them to Chilli's and pick up the tab. Another way the JLA are jerkasses to him is how WW, Bats and, GA will wait until the see him walking up to decide to start talking about their planes and how fast they are the awesomeness of flying jets everywhere. Even J'onn J'onnz teases him. every week he's like I'm sorry but we don't need you on this mission. Poor Authur Curry gets no respect from his team mates. which is probably why he stays in the ocean most of the time and always gives Green Arrow the stink eye. Well, that and even Atlantians hate that Pinko Bastard,lol.

Breaking News

I was reading CBR today and they had an anouncement Dan DiDio released a statement today about the future of DC comics. Appearently, in the fall they are going to begin a new crossover involving the entire DCU. In this series (the series to change everything forever,ever,ever).In this series the basic premise will be that the Titans have decide they have had enough of being stuck between the Major Team (JLA) and the Minor (no pun intended) Team (Teen Titans) and that they deserve to join the JLA. During this the yet to be known(by us) villian will take advantage of the situation brewing between the Titans and the Justice League. In order to bring his plan to fruition and destroy the DCU. Which he will do and then for the next two years the only characters DC will be publishing will be the Fawcett and Charletton characters. So, each person in the Marvel family will have their own book plus a Marvel Family book.Captian Atom and Ted Kord will have their own books along with The Question and Mr.A. Somehow during this story line they will Bring back Ted Kord Kord, Dan Garrett and Vic Sage. These resurections will occur right before the DCU is destroyed forever (until further notice). Having heard this news I am quite sad and will be spending the rest of the day being sad about the impending death of all the awesome characters of the DCU. I hope you all can find something positive about all this.I don't know if I can.