Entries from February 2009
February 16, 2009
Emerald City Comic Con Limited Edition Print by Mike Mignola (Hellboy)
Hellboy creator Mike Mignola illustrated this image exclusively for the 2009 Emerald City Comicon. It features his well-known creation Hellboy at a local Seattle landmark, the Fremont Troll. Coloring on the piece was provided by Dave Stewart. More information to come… – – – The above is courtesy of the Emerald City Comic Con blog.
February 16, 2009
Anthony Bourdain: Hierarchy of Pork
Below is an excerpt (read: the relevant parts) of Anthony Bourdain’s blog entry about tonight’s episode in the Philippines. If you haven’t seen the episode, beware of the spoilers below <–example of good internet etiquette, I should say. Entry after the jump…
February 16, 2009
Tales of the Black Freighter (Trailer)
If you haven’t read Watchmen yet, what in the goddam fuckery is wrong with ya??? I’m not mad at ya, but you’re missing out on some good shit. One thing you’re missing out on is the story within the Watchmen story – a kid reading the comic book “Tales of the Black Freighter”, which Alan [...]
February 16, 2009
A Song for Ourselves Mixtape
From the A Song for Ourselves Blog: The much anticipated A Song For Ourselves Mixtape is finally here! Produced and mixed by DJ Phatrick this compilation includes exclusive tracks from Bambu, Kiwi and Geologic of Blue Scholars who will all be performing live at the film’s premiere on 2/28. The mixtape also includes songs off the historic A Grain of Sand album by Chris Iijima, Nobuko [...]
February 16, 2009
Ax-Men!
You gotta be kidding me. Me and Ces are innocently watching No Reservations: South Carolina, and this promo comes on for the new season of….Ax-Men, a “reality” show about loggers. Now, no offense to the THASWASSUP logger fanbase (or is it Lager?), but if the real X-Men had a reality show, in which they were [...]
February 13, 2009
Joaquin Phoenix on Letterman
Is this funny? If this is real, then ok, dude is weird. But if this is an act, then portraying yourself to be a drugged-up moron is, well, moronic. I thought we learned our lesson. And dude wants to be a rapper? Ok.
February 13, 2009
Late Pass: Batwoman is a Lesbian
Despite heavy drops during DC’s 2006 “52″ storyline about Batwoman’s sexuality, Batman’s female counterpart will take over Detective Comics(!) while Bruce Wayne is “dead” (which remains to be seen). She’s here, she’s queer, get over it! I’m awaiting Neil Gaiman’s return to comics with “Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?” It’s going to be another [...]
February 12, 2009
K’Naan, Gabriel Teodros, YZE @ Neumo’s March 10!
I’ll be on the wheels for this show. Thanks cousin Gabe!
February 12, 2009
Back in Seattle?
Rumors of Griffey’s return coming back to Seattle have me excited. Why? Because I love baseball, despite its marred image (thanks Steroids!). Griffey + Mariners = Ticket Sales, which equals higher fan morale, which equals higher team morale, which equals a higher level of play. It’ll take some time before we see the M’s in [...]
