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Tron.

There seems to be a new Tron movie. My understanding is that it follows some similar themes that the comic explored. Makes sense. There are only so many logical directions for the Tron storyline to go in.

Lois Lane comic...

Here's a few pages from a little Lois Lane comic I wrote, many years ago. Unfortunately, I've blanked on the artists name and lost his email address. He's one hell of a nice guy, and I still hope we get to work on something someday. The basic story: Lois Lane has to keep Mxyzptlk occupied while Superman fight Chemo and Titano. Mxy is condescending about the challenge, as he assume Lois is incapable of offering up a worthy challenge. Lois challenges Mxy to a game of strip poker, and humiliates him in the process. Superman returns triumphant. Lois rolls her eyes.

Little Gloomy television series

A decade after the first issue was released upon an unsuspecting populace, Little Gloomy/The Super Scary Monster Show is coming back in a new form :   "Timoon Animation and director Chris Columbus’ 1492 Pictures have teamed up to produce the $7 million animated series Scary Larry, Variety reports." Any long time readers will note that there are some structural and visual differences between the show and the comic. The majority (but certainly not all) of these were implemented by Eric and myself when re-imagining Gloomy for the world of television. Gloomy as a comic character was always in a state of redevelopment. Much of what can be seen in this teaser preview represents what might have been a third comic series, had we had the time and inclination to publish a third series. For any non-long time readers, here's some examples of the evolution of Gloomy: Originally designed for a anthology comic series edited by Scott Morse that never materialized, Gloomy and friend...

Review! Batman: The Brave and the Bold #21

Greg Burgas at CBR reviews the new (and our last) issue of Batman: the Brave and the Bold: "I don’t wish to alarm you, but this issue might just be the best single issue of the year when it’s all said and done. I wish I were a tool like those thieves at scans_daily, because then I would just scan every single page of this issue and let you read it yourself. I will say this – not one page goes by without at least two awesome things happening on it." Read the rest of the review here :

Time for a donut waterfall.

Today is my wife's birthday. But I didn't get to see her. Instead it was kind of a general bad news day. But the nice thing about hitting bottom is that things can only go up. On that note: It's time for a donut waterfall. This drawing is really the fault of Sterling Gates, who made an off hand comment on Twitter and then Eric Jones ran with it and drew the thing. And yes, that is me drowning on the torrent of donuts.

I totally (accidently) stole a bit from Peter David.

At the end of the new issue of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, there's a quick bit of dialog between Batman and Green Lantern (Hal) where I inadvertently swiped a bit of Peter David 's from the Hulk. I wish I had caught it sooner (much, much sooner). But that's how it goes sometimes. Anyway, it's not a part that is important to the story, just a clever throwaway device that helps explain a potential logical gap. But it was Peter's cleverness, not mine. For anyone wondering, the original scene in question transpired in (I think) The Hulk #375 . Please check it out. I'm just glad I caught it before anyone else did and pointed it out. Because then I would feel doubly foolish.