Podcast Update 2/13

New podcasts available at 4shared

Power Rangers Henshin 2014 Episode 3
Getting Back on track is hard with YouTube's New content id system

Equestria This Week Episode 54
Review of Simple Ways

Digital Scribbles Max Episode 15

More to come so stay tuned.

Podcast Updates January 30th

Well you know the drill. Head on over to 4shared and check out the podcasts. Digital Scribbles Max Episode 14, the latest episodes of Equestria This Week, now up to Episode 52, newly released The New Old Comic Addict Episode 2 and That Android Podcast Episode 6.

Updates
Equestria This Week Episode 53 (25%)
At this rate it's going to be a double feature review of Threes a Crowd with John De Lancie and this week's Pinkies Pride with Weird Al Yankovic... stay tuned.

New Old Comic Addict Episode 3 (33%)
Since its time once again skipped Digital Scribbles Max for next week, especially since I have news that I might have won a contest which means our first new unbixing episode... tentative title - Hipster Daken's Revenge... stay tuned for updates.

This episode we review Action Comics and Teen Titans #25, Cloak & Dagger #1 (1985), Darkhold #1-#2, The Crow Dead Time #1 & The Red Star #1-#4

That Android Podcast Episode 7 (0%)
More games to sort through and review.

Stay tuned for updates.

Podcast Updates 10/3

Wrapping up the week in new podcasts we have a whole new series, Digital Trek, covering all thinigs Star Trek in comics both digital and print as well as other things, and a new Digital Scribbles (Episode 7).

Next Week...
That Android Podcast Episode 5
We look at Battlestone, Valor and more.

The Digital Doctor Who Podcast Episode 4
More reviews, and the question of the BBC... why aren't they being held accountable for the loss of a large chunk of Doctor Who history?

Power Rangers Henshin 2014 Episode 2
Megaforce Episodes 3-4, and hopefully Episode 11. Samurai Episodes 1-2, and let's see if we can find some classic Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue to look at as well.

That New 52 Smell V2 Episode 4
Issue #22 and updates on all the incoming Villains Month issues.

See you next week!

Start of the Week 5/12

Well a whole new week is starting off so let's see what is happening.

Despite the fact I said I was headed back to work with RKYV Online... weeks have passed and I haven't heard from my Editor Mr. Pare in -- well, months now. So while I hope to hear from him soon I am going to be looking around for another writing position elsewhere. Updates as I dive into submitting content all about.

Incoming review content I have a few things to review.

- Superman wise I have 2 issues of the New 52 (Superman #18-#19) to review, in That New 52 Smell once I get should of that laptop and start working on casts anew. Over in This Old DC Swag I am looking at at Superman The Sunday Funnies HC, classic Golden Age Superman from the newspapers in a series of content.

- Got some random Spider-Man issues coming in to review in This Old Comic Addict. More on it once I get the issues in.

- Six week waiting period is up for Action Comics and Teen Titans, adding them to the list of subscriptions I am waiting on. So far I have received 2 issues of Superman, and that is that for now... during the Week I talk about my concerns over the missing Supergirl subscription, and knock on wood maybe a response to my latest inquiry from DC Comics.

- Finally working to revive Equestria This Week, covering the first story arc of the comic and Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash of the Micro Series... oh, and catching. up with audio dramas and favorite youtube series, and the latest series to come to a screeching halt midrun much to my dismay.

Well time to get to work.

Book Em' Danno : Darkhold #1-#2

Book Em Danno!

Darkhold #1-#2
Publisher : MARVEL (1992)
Writer : Christian Cooper
Pencils : Richard Case
Inks : Mark McKenna
Colors : Glynis Oliver
Letters : Phil Felix
Editor : Bobbie Chase
Managing Editor : Kelly Corvese
Editor in Chief : Tom Defalco

With word of an upcoming Dr. Strange movie somewhere in 2016 or 17 you might think now would be a good time to roll out a dark supernatural chain of MARVEL movies! The leap of logic here isnt a big one, I assure you. You just have to completely ignore the first two underwhelming Nicolas Cage Ghost Rider movies, as well as the fact you cant use both Ghost Rider and Johnny Blaze in a Ghost Rider and Spirits of Vengeance movie series as long as Fox has the movie rights.

Who has the rights to Blade? By now it should be MARVEL again, right?

Well we're talking Midnight Sons, a rather short lived nitche of the MARVEL Universe dedicated to the Supernatural. Prior to the crossover event we had the 2nd ongoing Ghost Rider but once it launched we had new titles. Titles like Spirits of Vengeance, featuring Johnny Blaze teaming up with the newest Ghost Rider in his second title.

We had Spider-Man villain Morbius the Living Vampire get his own title. Years before tragic mistakes in fiction like The Glittery Vampire Quadrilogy aka Twilight would scar Morbius' modern release.

We had Nightstalkers. A title revolves about the popularity of one character, Wesley Snipe's Blade.

And of course X-Files knockoff Darkhold.

OK, as Issue One starts its Part 4 of the Rise crossover. We just met Morbius, and Nightstalkers premiere next time... so lets see if I can say this with without laughing.

A midget in a tux not related to the guy who runs WildC.A.T.s (Image in this decade) is wandering the country playing matchmaker. However he is not so much trying to find love as he is matching severely stereotypical Friday the 13th the TV Series character types with pages of the Darkhold. Enter one Vicki Montesi, who rather clichely finds herself drawn into a blatently ripped off plot stolen from same Friday the 13th the TV Series after her best friend is horribly injured in a bomb blast meant to kill our lead character.

And so haunted with also cliche visions of Issue one's baddie she must hunt the pages of the Darkhold and stop whatever curse they carry and whoever uses the... no really could this be anymore of a Friday the 13th TV ripoff?!? Come on!

Do I need to go on? This series didnt make it past 25 Issues! Guess why!

A series that could have been far better, this is a sad sad shallow wading pool of been there, done that, could have should have wasnt isnt. Even when a story has an original notion (Issue Two and its ties to the Hulk) they never really run with it and make said ideas work for them. If the title was better thought out? It could have been a hit. As it stands its 1 out of 5 overdue fines on Mephisto's library card.

Next - Updates.

This Old Comic Addict : X-Men Evolution Part 1

This Old Comic Addict
X-Men Evolution Part 1 (#1-#2)
Publisher - MARVEL (2002)
Writer : Devin Grayson
Art and Colors : UDON with Long Vo, Charles Park and Saka of Studio XD
Lettering : Sharpfront's Randy Gentile
Editor : Ralph Macchio(*)
Associate Editor : Brian Smith and C.B. Cebulski (Issue #7)
Editor in Chief : Joe Quesada
President : Bill Jemas

(*) - I had to be told by Ninja High School creator Ben Dunn during an interview that this isn't Daniel-san from The Karate Kid movies.

NOTE - As of this review I didnt have X-Men Evolution Issue #8 to review.

Continuing our trip down comic book memory lane, specifically comic book adaptations of animated series. This time out the MARVEL adapt of X-Men Evolution, basically a weird prequel X-Men universe mixing up younger X-Men from a smathering of different decades and teams... oh, and Storm now has a nephew named Evan Daniels aka Spyke.

X-Men Evolution. That weird hybrid of teen angst, school drama and comic action. Oh. And as your about to see it also does a rewrite of established X history on occasion.

OK. Lets see. These eight issues basically kick off the series from the beginning. In Issue One we find Wolverine lying in the snow in Canada, apparently missing both his shirt and his memory. Head on over to America and Xavier is meeting and recruiting Ororo aka Storm... well I did say Evolution tends to rewrite X history... next up Xavier is having a cup of Earl Grey with old frienemy Magnus aka Magneto. The subject of the so called "Wild Man" of Canada comes up and suddenly Xavier has to cut short his usual human mutant talk with Magnus (and a disguised Mystique playing the role of a cute maid) in order to do his thing. Which lead to both Xavier and Magneto trying to recruit Logan at the same time... given the choice beteen peace and war by the two, Logan chooses peace... then spends the rest of the series being the character most likely to break things first and give peace a chance later. Go figure.

Issue Two introduces Cyclops. A well meaning good soul who had a bad break when his parents die in a plane crash... only for his dad to come back later as a space pirate... sheesh.

But that, and people's general fear of people who uncontrollably shoot lasers from their eyes wont get him down, even if he does save a kid from bank robbers only to be shunned by the girl's retard mom and assaulted by a cop for being different.

I am sure there is a friendship lesson there somewhere for Cyke to write.

Dear Princess Twilight Sparkle

Sometimes people are jerks.

Your faithful student Cyclops

Oops! Out of words! Come back next week and we will wrap up with our look at X-Men Evolution Issue 3 to 8.

See you then!

FYI Week 2

FYI
Introduction Part 2
Sweet 16 & Updates

Continuing from last time we wrap up the Sweet 16 list by looking at MARVEL and Valiant... then I have an update on my contacting the big 4! But first thing first...

MARVEL
About as good a time to jump in since they just twice rebooted themselves, their present gimmick being the MARVEL NOW line, of which I will tap into review wise.

Avengers
What can I say? It's an Avengers title, and Avengers 2 is coming up 2015... go figure.

Guardians of the Galaxy
Since we will be talking about it next year with the coming movie I might as well review the comic.

Superior Spider-Man
I'd say we are in for the long haul... but rumor has it Peter gets over being dead in Issue #7 at the earliest...we'll see what I do next with this title when that happens.

X-Men
New female led X-Men title? Me want.

And finally...
Valiant Comics
Presently it sports 5 titles, but I am only reviewing 4... the 5th, Harbringers, I will pick up in Trade Paperback format.

Archer and Armstrong
Bloodshot
Shadowman
X-O Manowar

My crowning achievement with Valiant, though, will be the series of ebooks I plan to write covering the history of Valiant in the 90's. I also have books planned for covering Defiant Comics, Malibu's Ultraverse and MARVEL to an extent. Stay tuned to Book Em Danno for more info.

Now onto some pretty positive news... and that is I contacted the big four publisher I mentioned (DC, IDW, MARVEL and Valiant).

As my usual when contacting publishers I focus on 3 criteria of relations.- Press Releases, aka the Daily Newsfeed of comics. What's new, what's big, what's up and coming.

- The ability to make interview requests

- Review Material Requests

With those three basics set to mind I approached the big four, resulting in...

Day 1 (February 4th)
Made contact with IDW. Brief and right to the heart of the matter. Look forward to...

- IDW News, here every Sunday as well as with RKYV Online.

- Researching for first interviews.

- IDW Reviews article coming in, double the words double the reviews... previews. I am still figuring that out.

Day 5 (February 8th)
As the first week drew to a close... nothing else happened. But still I figured I would be patient. After all this doesnt go up until February 14th. Plenty of time, right?

So I waited. And waited... and waited...

Week 1 ended, and... we'll end it here. What happens next? Lets see... Day 8 we brought in Phase 2, and that is when I heard from Dynamite. Then I began receiving press releases from Valiant from Phase 1 so I knew I did get in contact with them... but the details remained rather unclear, kinda like my present dealings with Dynamite really.

Next time?
Well unless there is a major update in this venue, ie I hear back from Dark Horse, DC or MARVEL... also looking for more info on my dealings with Dynamite and Valiant as well. Stay tuned.

End Note?
If I don't hear back from MARVEL before the end of the month? I am seriously thinking of bumping them in favor of Dynamite, who I have heard back from.