Super Hero Cocktails

Comics Alliance has posted a list of alcoholic bevs named after super heroes and comic book characters. If you enjoy that sort of things - or have no friends, drink by yourself, or don't care if your friends think you're a nerd - then mosey on over there and have a look-see.

Victorian Undead

I just saw over at io9.com some hype for Victorian Undead, a comic premiering next month that features Sherlock Holmes and his erstwhile compadre Dr. Watson during the zombie apocalypse.

It seems like an awesome steampunk-meets-zombies collaboration, and I, for one, look forward to seeing it. The comic hits stores November 18.

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Rotten Comic

'Rotten' is a new zombie-phile comic set in the Old West, from creators Mark Rahner, Robert Horton, and Dan Dougherty. Don't fret, though, if you don't want to get behind, because issue # 3 only came out a few days ago. There's even a sample opening page of the comic on the web site, if you're unsure whether or not a Wild West-era zombie story is exactly in your wheel house.

I read on the site that comic book shops are having trouble keeping the book in stock, because it's selling out fairly quickly, so if you're in dire need of reading it and can't find it, you can order it directly from the publisher, MoonStone Books.

Last Blood: Graphic Novel

Last Blood is a B&W graphic novel about the zombie apocalypse. Hold on. It's also about vampires protecting the last of the humans from said other undead menace, and it's free online. The team working on it also uploads a new page every Saturday, so once you catch up, it won't take much effort to stay afloat with it. It seemed to have started in 2006, so you do the math.

The first scene involves a zombie breaking through his watery grave and attacking some bikini-clad girls on the beach, and then it cuts to a time later to fill in backstory. It's not bad, and it's free, so I can't complain too much. Zombies are my faves, obviously, and even adding vampires into the mix doesn't really bum me out THAT much.

The author, Bobby Crosby, also includes commentary below each page - at least I think that's who provides the commentary - but if you don't scroll down, you don't really see it, so it doesn't really matter. 'Last Blood' Definitely has a 'Walking Dead' vibe to it, but it's earnest and sort of in the DIY low-budget spirit, so I thought I would include it on the blog. Enjoy.

Alan Moore Talks Watchmen

Ever since I read Watchmen, I always thought Alan Moore to be incredibly unapproachable, and I guess I still think that, but because of this video I think it to a lesser degree. All you've been getting in the mainstream press is that he "Grr, doesn't want anything to do with this movie, or any other movie for that matter. They're all a bunch o' feckin' conts." Blah blah blah.



Has anybody ever seen The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, though? The guy has just a little reason to be bitter about his movie-making experiences. And, while I share his opinion that Watchmen was made to exploit it for its singularly graphic traits and is (probably) unfilmable, I don't think the movie necessarily adds to or subtracts from the quality of the graphic novel. So far, and there have only been 26 reviews as of this writing, Rotten Tomatoes has it at 81%, which is certified FRESH!

All DC Universe Movies 'Are on Pause'

According to BamKapow!, all current DC-based movies are "on hold". That includes a TDK writer David S. Goyer penned script for The Flash movie. The reason: the big-wigs have realized that comic book movies are now an entirely new genre - duh - and they're rethinking strategies, yadayadayada. Bummer.