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Archive for December, 2009

Happy New Year!

I’m usually not one that’s happy to see a year end.  Most years, even though they have their ups and downs are good ones.  2009 was no exception.  Overall it was a good year, with a few bumps along the way.  Nothing major.  Everyone is in good health.  We all have jobs.  So, I don’t know why I’m really looking forward to 2009 being over.  Maybe it’s because I think that 2010 is going to be so much better.

Many folks make New Year’s resolutions.  Not me.   I know I should eat less of this and more of that.  I know I should exercise more.  Appreciate what I have.  Focus on the positive.  Etc. Etc. Etc.  My every day resolution is to try and make things better.  I’m not perfect and I don’t always live up to my goal, but each day I go out and try again.

And in 2010, I hope to be even better.  Here’s to a new year.  May all of your wishes come true.

Happy New Year!

UFC 108 features only one fight that interests me.  It’s the main event match-up between Rashad “Suga” Evans and Thiago Silva.  Both men are fighting to stay in contention for the title head by Lyoto Machida.  Interestingly enough, Evans and Silva have each only lost one time.  Yep, you guessed it, to the champ Machida.

Let’s cut to the chase.  I’m going to pick Evans by decision… but I wouldn’t want to bet much on it!

Here’s the latest poster for the soon-to-be-released vampire movie with a twist, “Daybreakers”.  I like the new spin that vampires out number humans. “Daybreakers” looks like it will be a fun couple of hours.  If you’d like to see a big-as-vampires-are-popular version of this poster then click over and check out IMPAwards.com version.

This week we have Jack Carter as realized by Tom Hodges. I discovered Tom’s art through his DA site and then last August, Tom had a 24 Hour Draw-A-Thon live on UStream. I got on board and commissioned the Jack Carter above and a Rambo which will be posted in a few weeks. Tom still draws regularly on UStream and it’s always fun watching him go at it.

Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Merry Kwanza, and of course there’s Festivus for the rest of us.  Oh, and if you don’t celebrate any of these, than good day!  I hope that you’re surrounded by friends and loved ones and that the day brings you all that you desire.

The Santa used in today’s post was drawn by John Beatty for a charity comic story that we did.  John has posted the entire three page story on his site, so if you have the desire you can see it there.  Hope that you enjoy it, if you take a look.

I like the look of this “Repomen” poster.  The redband [age-restricted] trailer did a good job of selling the movie… I’m just not sure if I’m buying.

It’s not often that the same day I discover a new author that I’ll order up a new hardback of his work.  But that’s what did today after hearing about Lou Berney’s novel Gutshot Straight.  My interest was raised when I saw a tweet from Bookgasm.com.  So I headed over to the site and saw this trailer for the novel.

I liked the trailer, so I found Berney’s site.  I read a bit about Berney and an excerpt from Gutshot Straight and was sold.  So I headed over to Amazon.com and pre-ordered a copy.  If Gutshot Straight sounds like something you’d like, go ahead and order one too!  Consider it an early Christmas present to yourself.

CBR.com is running a 17 page preview of Rick Remender’s “The Last Days of American Crime”.  It’s a mature crime comic, but definitely worth a look if you’re into that kind of thing.

It’s hard to believe I’ve been talking up “The Last Days of American Crime” for years [I first mentioned it in 2003!]. Now it’s finally here.  And from the looks of things, “The Last Days of American Crime” was more than worth the wait.

Although I’m still holding on to hope that the remake of George Romero’s “The Crazies” will be worthy, I’m not too crazy about the poster above.  If you want to see an insanely large version then click on over to IMPAwards.com.

This week we have Dave Wachter’s take on Sly as Cosmo Carboni from “Paradise Alley”. I’d never seen Dave’s art until this year at HeroesCon. I immediately got on board for the sketch above. Since then I’ve picked up two more small pieces from Dave. He’s talented and very reasonably priced. You can see more of Dave’s art at his site. Plan to spend a while!