So anyways - I know the financial hard times of everyone, including your 539th favorite comic artist and writer. So we are offering this one time offer of coolness. We have about 6 copies of each of the Alternate covers of Lost 1-4, and a few copies left of the Trade Paperback (all 4 plus…ah, you know the rest by now). Here is the deal:

Issue 1-4 (alt covers) - $3 each, FREE S/H
TPB - $15, and FREE S/H

Plus, if you pick up the TPB, (now with free shipping) I will do a character sketch for you of your choosing. Want Rog giving you the middle finger? Want Alyssa seductively winking? How about Deadpool drinking with Petey? Just write me an email at CinemaEditor@gmail.com for your copy of the book and a free sketch. Woohoo!

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Also - I was surfing online through FaceBook and ran across these little pics:

See it? No? Take a closer look…

I never thought my art, let alone a sketch of Alyssa, would be next to the likes of Wade Wilson, Futurama, and My Neighbor Totoro. Thanks Michael for showing the love! Got nuttin’ but love for ya brudder!

Game: PVZ: Plants Vs Zombies

The title and concept alone sound silly as can be, but I dare you to play it for 5 minutes and not buy a copy yourself. The concept: You grab falling sunlight. You use those sunlight for points. With those points you plant plants. All the while, zombies are sliding in on your lawn wanting to pass your horticulture and eat the brains of the house hold. Not just your everyday, run of the mill zombies. No, no, no. Instead we have Road Cone Zombies, Dolphin Zombies, Football Zombies, Zamboni Zombies, Bobsled Zombies and more. The best part, it’s fun. The better part, once you beat it, there is a ton of things to do, not just the main game. Very worth the $20.

TV: Being Human

Hurry! Hurry! Watch it now before America decides to bring it over and make it all American-ized… like Taco Bell. Mmmmm, Taco Bell. Ok, bad example. How about the first season of the Office, or the horrendous attempt at Coupling? Ok, Phew, I saved that one.

Now, give me a minute before you decide that this sounds silly. The show is about a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost all living in a flat in England. (dramatic pause, awaiting your laughter and idiotic stares of…uh,…idiocy.) Well, now that that is out of our system… I admit, it does sound like a tripe-laced sitcom show, but in fact, it’s pretty up and straight and serious. There are funny parts, but those come more from the situations the characters are in. All in all, it’s a damn good show.

So, if you’re sick of all the dreck vampire bullshit that is flooding the scene right now, but still like the genre, give this one chance, it’s got some pretty nice stuff up their sleeve to keep ya watching.

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LOST TPB
Darth JayDer Comics

An indie staple is the slice-of-life comic, where there’s nary a zombie or a super cape or a vampire or a time stream disruption. Some folks hate these comics and I have to admit they are an acquired taste. Personally, I read comics for the escapism. Reading about another schlub’s money/girl/life problems hit a bit too close to home, if you know what I mean. So when I realized that’s exactly what LOST was, I was half tempted not to give it a look. But I’m damn glad I did. Yes, LOST is a hit TV show that’s about to come to an end this season, but no, that’s not what this book is about. LOST is about a normal guy name Chazz, slacker extraordinaire. He’s got a dead end job, aspirations to be a writer, and no chick in his life. Now in a sci fi or super hero comic, it’s at this point in the “hero’s” life that something extraordinary occurs, usually in the form of a radioactive spider or a meteorite or a lab experiment gone horribly, horribly wrong. But this isn’t one of those stories. In actuality, something extraordinary does in fact happen…Chazz gets a girlfriend. The rest of the book pretty much goes by the old adage, “Be careful what you wish for.” Like I said, most slice of life books turn me off, but writer Derek Glascock does such a great job with the dialog in this book that it made me stick with it. Sure, the guys in this book are basically sitting around talking about absolutely nothing, but the way Glascock turns a phrase works here and it worked enough to hold this reader’s attention for the entire trade paperback. Jaysin Osterkamp does a fine job as well illustrating this book, making every character distinct and unique. His range of facial expressions and poses is vast and he draws a damn fine, curvy alterna-girl if you ask me. LOST is one of those books filled with characters that you will recognize from page one. They may not have been said or happened exactly in the same way, but I’ve lived through stuff like this. And while I often stay clear of slice-of-life books, I’m glad I didn’t do so here because after reading how effed up Chazz’s life is by the end of this book, you can’t help but feel a bit better about your own. Recommended for true indie types who hate spandex and those suffering from super hero overload.

The book is the entire run of the 4 issue series plus over 80 pages of special features like easter eggs, a director commentary (How Lost came to be), and much much more. These are in very limited supply for the moment, I know these will go fast. I’ve already shipped out 5 copies this last week from people who missed them at the Chicago Comic Con.

They are $15 each, plus $3 S/H. Email me at CinemaEditor@gmail.com to order your copy of the complete story of LOST!

During the Chicago Comic Con I was lucky enough to have been interviewed a few times and one of the interviews was really, really awesome. I think I think it was so awesome for one reason because Andrew and I got along so well on our film tastes. Andrew Marcec is half of the duo that is Lingo, (soon to be My Remote Radio), a geek blog about geek things. In other words, something I would listen to with great glee.

Our interview can be found here, on his website.

the Alternate Cover
Derek and I both think that if you’re going to say something is a limited run of something it had damn well better be. So with this in mind we printed off 25 each of the Alternate Cover designs for Wizard World 2009 and then destroyed the original data file, making it truly a limited edition. Each book is numbered ?/25.

Lost #1 (Alternate Cover: Wizard World 2009)

This cover is a homage to Johnny the Homicidal Maniac.
How many left - 5 (updated 9.05.09)
$3.00 each.

Lost #2 (Alternate Cover: Wizard World 2009)

This cover is an homage to Amazing Fantasy 15, the first appearance of Spider-Man.
How many left - 9 (updated 8.19.09)
$3.00 each.

Lost #3 (Alternate Cover: Wizard World 2009)

This cover is an homage to Action Comics #1, the first comic form of Superman.
How many left - 11 (updated 8.19.09)
$3.00 each.

Lost #4 (Alternate Cover: Wizard World 2009)

This cover is an homage to Sin City.
How many left - 7 (updated 9.03.09)
$3.00 each.
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Lost #1: Director’s Cut

This was made to promote the idea that Lost was original made to be a film so we added a lot of extra stuff, even an interview we did that did not appear in the TPB.
How many left - 2
$5.00 each
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Original Print #1

This is almost the exact same print as issue #1.. save for 3 things:
1. The last four pages of advertisements are missing.
2. The last page isn’t a “Lost Letters” section but rather a brief story about how Lost came to be.
3. This was part of the original 15 print run that I had made up to hand out to friends and family, hoping they would enjoy it. This was made way before we had planned to continue on and do more books.
How many left - 2 (updated 8.19.09)
$5.00 each

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Shoot us an email at CinemaEditor@gmail.com if you would be interested in any of these extremely limited prints. I don’t mean to stress the subject, but once they are sold, we will never have more of these.

If you can, be sure to come on out on Sunday!  We’d love to see you!

So the annual Wizard World Chicago event is this weekend coming up. Do you know what that means? It means we will have a table in Artist’s Alley ( Table #4018 ) and we will be pimping our wares. The downer though is by we I don’t mean me, but Jaysin, Andy and others.

At the table you will be able to find:

Lost Issues #1 - #4 — Original Covers– $3/each

Lost Issues #1 - #4 — WWC Variant Covers, Limited Printings — $3/each

The Complete Lost Experience TPB — All 4 issues and a bunch of other stuff totally over 200 pages crammed into one graphic novel — $15/each

Probably other stuff… I have no clue, Jaysin usually comes up with a bunch of stuff to peddle. I think he empties out his junk drawer… who knows?

Anyways, hopefully I’ll be able to update this with reports from comic con, but not first hand. sniffle sniffle

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by Jessika Slater Date Added: Tuesday 14 October, 2008

These books are hilarious! I was so lucky to meet these guys at the Chicago Wizard World Con last summer. After the convention I went home and immediately ordered book #2 and 3. Their book is funny, witty, well drawn and it just sucks you in panel by panel. The characters are written so well that you feel like you know someone in your own life just like them so when they speak you can feel yourself in the same situation. I highly suggest this to any one who likes a good story, good characters and humor. I can’t wait for book #4, guys!!! Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]

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So I realize it has been a LOOOOOOONG time since something new was put up here. Ya ya ya. Life is hectic and work is a bitch so you do what you can. I must admit though, I am horrible at keeping up on blog posts and the like. The intenets is littered with my abandoned blogs

I just wanted to touch base with you all again… if by chance any of you are reading this Lost #4 is coming along. Locke is in a holding pattern. Nexus hasn’t been forgotten, but unfortunately I am not the best artist… so I don’t like the idea of putting out sub standard work.

J and I are both on the hunt for work-i-tude… career style stuff. Fingers crossed, wish us well.

I’m also working on (and by working on, I mean hammering out some ideas) of a 10 book run that could turn out cool. I need to find an artist. So if you know someone.

J is hammering out a table top RPG and I’m making a nice little computron interface so it will be a table/lap top RPG.

Also the books have been flying out from IndyPlanet! I suggest going over there and buying some if you haven’t already done so. If you have already bought some, buy some more! Also write a review. I love reading reviews… even bad ones.

So until next time…

Derek

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MOVIE:  IN BRUGES

So I rented this movie I have been reading about for months now and I was so pumped up about it that I knew I was going to love it for everything it was.  I watched it and it was beautifully animated, gorgeous rendering, and good direction…but the script was just so non existent.  So I am instead recommending “In Bruges” and let me tell you, you will LOVE it.

The film has charm and a beautiful script from start to finish.  It’s comedic presence never masks the over all tone of the film and the seriousness never dulls out the humor.  The gentle mix of both worlds is excellently executed.  Seeing as how this is Martin McDonagh’s sophomore film, we can only expect great things in the future.  Thanks Eric for turning me on to this.

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COMIC BOOK:  (will update later)

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WEB COMIC: DARTHS AND DROIDS

OK, here is why I like this comic so much.  If you’re a Star Wars fan, you’ll love it.  If you’re a table-top RPG fan, you’ll love it.  If you’ve never played a table-top or seen Star Wars (do these people exist?) you might lost at times, but the author politely guides  readers through certain words and phrases used by the gaming community as the comic continues on.  If not, there’s always Wikipedia.

The comic follows Star Wars Episode I (Or as we like to say it, “Failure on Sesame Street”) still frames from the film in comic book form and the text is from a role playing table where players are constantly fighting with the GM (game master).  It’s a hilarious look into why Episode I might have been  so terrible.  Because it JarJar was a fucking little girl in disguise.  Hilarious and updated 3 times a week.
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MUSIC: BECK (MONGOLIAN CHOP SQUAD)

If you have ever wanted to be in a band and rock a stage like a star, then this manga / anime / CD collection is for you.  The story follows a young boy in high school who starts to learn to play the guitar and eventualy teams up with a friend and some other musicians and they form a band called Beck, named after the singer’s dog.

However, once they release a CD, and this is where the confussion you might be having is coming in, they find that when the CD is shipped to America that the label had to change the name of the band since there are already 2 pretty well known music acts called Beck.  The rock music they make is really damn good and catchy.  Love the song “Full Moon Sway,” a gentle ballod of emotional conflict.  The only trouble with getting your hands on the music side of this act is that, for what I know and I could be wrong, the CDs aren’t available in America yet.  Soooo. they are about $40 - 50 each.  But if you know where to look….

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VIDEO GAME: (will update later)

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Jaysin and I have started blogging for Today.com. It pays… minimally, but it’s a writing gig. Jaysin has been doing movie reviews and I will be writing pop culture opinion pieces. Make sure to checkus out at:

Junk Film http://junkfilm.today.com

D-Rock’s Pop Culture Pagoda http://drockpopculture.today.com/

I’m also going to link them over in our links list so you can always have ready access to our blogg-y goodness.

Also, on Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 the first page of Nexus will be up for viewing and every Wed there will be a new one. Exciting eh?

Locke is in the works and should be getting fired up soon. Jaysin has the script and is trying to wrap his brain around it. Should be amazing!

Lost #4 is being worked on. Jaysin has done some tweaking and fine tuning to the page layouts and it should clock in at a whopping 44 pages! The thing about that 44 pages is it is far fewer than originally thought it would be. Jaysin was gearing up for something like 900 pages give or take 845.

There’s alot of exciting happening here at Darth JayDer Comics and now is the time to hop on board and get with the goodness! Tell a friend… tell an enemy… tell anyone that has at least working eyes to come and check us out!

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Good news, the 4th issue is under way and looking good so far.  unfortunately, or fortunately, I guess I can see both sides, but the book is not going to be as big as predicted.  It looks like the page count so far will be 44 pages down from the predicted 52.  The story has not been changed in anyway, it has not be cut or altered, just tightened and reworked, visually.  And trust me, it flows so much nicer.  I can’t wait for people to read this one.

But on to the wasting of time and intellectualizing….

COMIC BOOK: WANTED & KICK-ASS

This might seem like a gimme..A movie nut loving the original comics.  But after I reread them this weekend, this is anything but a gimme.  Both series penned by Mark Millar and are fucking amazing.  If you haven’t read “Wanted” but have seen the terrible movie, you have seen probably the first 3 or 4 pages of the book.  I knew I loved the book but after reading again this weekend, I fell in love again.  It was still angst filled and still action extreme with top notch characters that the movie just didn’t capture. Worth every penny for the tpb.

Now, “Kick-Ass”?  Fucking rule.  A comic book fan kid gets a itch in his ass to start being a super hero in his city…and gets the snot kicked out of him and lands him in the hospital.  But does he give up?  Hell no.  He is KICK ASS and he takes the licking and keeps ticking.  Little does he know that there are others doing the same thing….  The movie  is being made now, I have hopes but I am a realist and hopes are for the comic books.  After all, the last comic book movie Nic Cage was is was “Ghost Rider”….But we will see.

MOVIE: THE ONION MOVIE

Reminiscant of “Kentucky Fried Movie” and “Amazon Women on the Moon” with their small snippets and skits, this movie ties these all together as if you were watching the Onion TV channel.  If you are not familiar with The Onion, educate yourself.

The movie is side splittingly hilarious and keeps itself in check from time to time while even making fun of itself.  The movie coasts along and at some points gets a little stagnant and slow, but the film makers know this and play with that emotion in the viewer.  A definite watch, possible buy.

TV SHOW: THE RICHES

FX does not come to mind when I think of the best TV show channels, even though it gave us Nip/Tuck, which the first 2 or 3 seasons were excellent before it became self-aware of it’s horrendous problems and kept going with them.  But FX has outdone itself with this little dirty, gem: The Riches.

The story follows a family of white gypsies as they con their way from one lifestyle to another and end up living in suburbia with a brand new house all to themselves.  The troubles and tribulations are typical for a show like this, but it’s the characters that we like and want to continue watching, not to mention the OUT-FUCKIN’-STANDING acting by Minnie Driver and Eddie Izzard.  Just wow.

MUSIC: OPTIMUS RHYME

Sure, go ahead and laugh or giggle about the name.  Go ahead and make your snide comments about them being nerdcore. All finished?  OK.

This is an amazing band.  They do hip hop with a live band and they are the shit on 7 levels.  Great licks, great riffs, great beats, great bass.  And without a doubt the best live show I have ever seen.  Too bad they broke up a couple weeks ago, it was a sad day for rea, but their music lives on with 3 CDs.  The first two are LPs while the 3rd is a remix of the 2nd album.  Do yourself a favor and pick up the first 2 albums, you will NOT be disappointed.    And even if you don’t dig them the way I do, you get the elitist attitude of knowing you have a CD you can’t find in Best Buy.

TV SHOW NOT TO WATCH: FRINGE

This will not become a new thing for the weekly recommend, but I simply wanted to get the word out about how bad Fringe was.  I was actually very excited to watch this one.  I had read the reports, read the reviews and seen a glossy-overcasted mirage of advertising online and at the cons this summer.  I was intrigued.  I was let down.

The show is boring.  Sure there’s lots of action, and the pilot cost $10 million, but the story is fucking null and void of anything with substance.  The characters are cardboard and just not interesting AT ALL.  The story is mundane and been done a thousand times before.  And there is no way no one didn’t see what was coming.  Just horrendously terrible.  Stay away at all costs.

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But this is not what this section is about.  I do not hate on, strongly, with this section, I give hope.  And so, let me give hope:

MOVIE: ROBOCOP

I got to watch some movies over the weekend.  Some I had not seen in a long time, and others I wish not to see again for a LONG time.  My end saying?  Baby Mama (made to watch by the girlfriend) was better then Harold and Kumar 2.  The original 1970s Tales From The Crypt?  Not nearly as creepy as I remember it.  Alien and V For Vendetta…still fucking awesome.  What about an X-rated action movie?

“I’d buy that for a dollar!”

With the upcoming film by Aronofsky (helm of Requiem for a Dream and Pi), I think it’s important to watch the originals.  Usualy, if a movie is remade or a sequel, like this case, is made so many years later, then something about the original has to still be damn good. And I have always loved Robocop, but how would it handle with my current world view?

The movie still kicks major amounts of ass in all the right spots.  From the action POV, the movie is top notch.  From the socio-politica POV, this movie is top notch.  From the film buff’s POV?  Make sure you don’t waste your time when you can enjoy the X-Rated version in all it’s glorious content.  If you recall, the original X-Rating was not suggested for porn as it is so commonly used today.  The X simply meant it dealt with adult issues and violence above the desires of anyone under 17 years of age.  When porn adopted and ended up stealing the X as their own, NC-17 was a better description.  Plus, the X-Rating Robocop received would pale by today’s R-rating.  The only things cut out of the film to make it an R are three, pretty quick scenes, but they are pretty violent.  Plus you get to see Red from That 70s Show being all bad-fucking-ass and younger.

While the movie spawned a great sequel, the third installment was the poster child for why you should never dumb down a series just to make it more teen and family friendly.  Rent part one and two, but pretend part 3 doesn’t exist, unless you wanna make a drinking game out of it.

MUSIC: FREESTYLERS

The breaker’s wet dream.  This album came out a while back, back when I was working at Tower Records in 1999.  And it still rocks.  This album feels like a collaboration with Roller Rink music, Breakers and Trip Hop-Dance Hall.  The songs are catchy and creatively mixed.  Using a lot of break beats the songs just make you want to start popping right there in your car…which I did…and a few people starting watching….so I started doing harder…faster….stronger….and we’re done.

The music is tight and the flows accompanying the beats is party-esque material perfect.  Throw this on for the back ground, for the rock out, or even for the party you’re throwing, it’s a great album for any occasion.

VIDEO GAMES: ONEECHANBARA series

Oneechanbara, or better known in America as Zombie Zone, Zombie Hunter, or Bikini-Clad Zombie Killer, is fucking fun as hell.  It harks back to older school arcade mashers.  You remember the ones.  You had a pocket full of quarters, slamming them into the coin slot just to slash zombies with your wickedly long katana.

The game is nothing but T&A, though no nudity from what I can find, a long ass katana that gets blood soaked (and you have to clean the sword for it to do normal damage) and a never ending army of zombies, monsters and birds at your dismembering pleasure.  The only difference I have been able to find in the America and Japanese versions is the soundtrack.  The American has a europop, dance track looped behind each level.  The Japanese has a really poppy J-Pop soundtrack that makes you feel like you are in an anime-gone-wrong.

Now, is the story good?  It’s pretty routine.  The graphics are ok, and the character development is nil and void.  But the game play is just fucking fun.  They make up for cruddy features by making you work to find new playable characters and new costumes for each.  Some of the costumes are worth fighting for….you know, if you want to masturbate to a video game character.  In fact my only complaints so far are two:

1. The killing gets a litle bit repetious.  Although the maiming is so much fun, it gets old just mashing on buttons.  Maybe I haven’t gotten far enough to enjoy new combos, but the ways to kill them get old after an hour or so.

2. The Blood.  It’s fucking pink/purple/  I know, a game like this might get some crap from the censors, there is after all A LOT of blood, but still.   You lose all interest in seeing the gore after you realize it looks like you just cut open a CareBear.  Then again, if I could play a game that you could dismember 80s iconic cartoons I would be first in line to play.

COMICS: LOCKE & KEY

A tupendously effectively creepy story about a family who has just goen through  a horrible ordeal where the father of the family is killed by a ruffian he used to try and council in high school. The family (2 sons (18 and 9), a daughter (roughly 14 or 15) and the widowed wife) move into the mother’s side family hosue called Key House.  Little do they know there are keys, magic keys, that are used for very different purposes, but all of the are very powerful.

I don’t want to give away too much but the story is amazing and addicting.  When I discovered it was only a 6-issue run I was a little heart-felled but in the final issue there is an ad for the continuation of the series in Winter of ‘08.  So…yay.

TV SHOW: PSYCHE

You will notmally find it extremely hard-pressed for me to recommend or even enjoy an episodic-type show (non continuity based) that isn’t a sitcom like Simpsons, South Park, How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, or things of that nature.  But something…and I use the term lightly because I know exactly what it is…draws me to watching this show over and over again.

There is absolutely NO continuity based elements other than the tradtional character-archetypes and relation scenerios.  Also this is a cop show, solving crimes and making cops looks like good guys.  All in all, this is a show I should by all rights never even think of watching.  But it’s the main character that makes the show worth every second.  There is no other character in the show besides the dad of the main character that is intriguing.  The rest seem to all support the hijinks and intellience the main ensues.

The show is great, although completely perdictable.  So far I have watched 5 episodes and within the first act (ie, the first 7-10 minutes), we have been able to figure out who the culprit is each time.  That is the only part that I think a structure like Dexter would help it.  Screw these little piddly crimes and enemy-of-the-week episodes, and focus on one big bad guy for the season, or at least 5 or 8 episodes linked together.  If this was a continuity based show I would hark it up for probably best show of the year, but alas, it’s entertaining and something you really don’t have to pay much attention to to follow.