Thursday, October 20, 2011

Epic Mass Effect fan art by Patryk Olejniczak

Patryk Olejniczak is an amazing artist and his Mass Effect 3 artwork is the tops. Of the three below, the first one is my favorite.
Miranda Lawson.

Mordin Solus.

Thane Krios.
You can check out the rest here.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Goodbye, sweet Clown Prince: Mark Hamill says ado to the Joker

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Mark Hamill was the voice of the Joker for a long time - nearly twenty years total - but all good things must come to an end and so he's officially retired as the Clown Prince of Crime. Last year, he stated his intention to retire after voicing the character for Batman: Arkham City and with that done with, he's keeping his word and moving on. More than Romero, Nicholson, or even Ledger, Mark Hamill was my Joker. I grew up watching Batman: The Animated Series and I automatically compare all subsequent Jokers to that incarnation and always give the nod to Hamill's. The funny thing is, I didn't even know that the same guy who played Luke Skywalker was also doing the voice for Joker until several years ago. It wasn't until the late 90s that I finally got a chance to watch Star Wars (I had seen parts of it before, but never the entire Original Trilogy) and back then, I didn't pay attention to the names of voice actors, so I never made the connection. I'll miss that voice.

(h/t ComicsAlliance)

And on that day, arguments everywhere were forever rendered invalid: Harrison Ford playing a video game

Specifically, Uncharted 3. The video is footage taken for a commercial that will air in Japan and not America. Talk about being cheated! Oh, and possible spoilers alert.


(h/t Topless Robot)

Amazing faux-70s era Fantastic Four art is amazing

Stephanie Sans
This was a variant cover for Amazing Spider-Man #667 in honor of the Fantastic Four's 50th anniversary. Holy smokes, does it ever look good! Yowza!

(h/t ComicsAlliance)

I just nerdgasmed hard at this Legion of Super-Heroes 12 pack

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Now I just need about $180!

(h/t Bronze Age Babies)

Batman and Space Ghost, like peanut butter and chocolate



From last week's episode of The Brave and The Bold, which I unfortunately keep missing. Doubly unfortunate is that the show isn't coming back for another season. Anyway, I really dug this team-up because I used to watch Space Ghost all the time back when I was growing up in the late 80s and 90s. I watched as much Hanna-Barbera as Loony Tunes/Merry Melodies and Disney. The fact that hardly any of Alex Toth's creations besides Birdman and Space Ghost have gotten new shows is a travesty. Even then, Harvey Birdman and Space Ghost: Coast to Coast were both parodies and not original shows. At the very least, there needs to be a new Space Ghost though. Hop to it, Cartoon Network.

Sorry, we're CLOSED

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WELP.