Category: Art

“Master of Kung Fu” Should be a TV Series

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Marvel Comics Master of Kung Fu could make a great television series. Granted, they’d need to change the title.  Even die-hard fans of the MOKF series realized that the silly sounding title probably kept more fans from reading the series, but those that gave it a try (especially the Doug Moench/Paul Gulacy issues) were in for some of the best comic stories being published.

Shang-Chi (the Master of Kung Fu from the title) was a young man who, well, let Shang-Chi tell you…

  •  “Call me Shang-Chi, as my father did when he raised me and molded my mind and my body in the vacuum of his Honan, China retreat. I learned many things from my father: That my name means ‘The Rising and Advancing of a Spirit’, that my body could be forged into a living weapon through the discipline of kung fu, and that it might be used for the murder of a man called Dr. Petrie.

    Since then I have learned that my father is Dr. Fu Manchu, the most insidiously evil man on earth…and that to honor him would bring nothing but dishonor to the spirit of my name.”

Shang-Chi reluctantly became an agent for the British government — think Bruce Lee working with James Bond — and found himself in adventures just as wild as in any 007 movie.

Marvel has never given the Moench/Gulacy MOKF run the hardback treatment it deserves since they no longer have the rights to Fu Manchu.  This seems like a bit of a cop-out to me, since it would be easy to call Fu something else.  I imagine the same thing would have to happen for a proposed tv series.

Tell you what, though.  How about someone with clout getting it done in both arenas?

Grave Digger Should be a TV Series

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It’s hard to believe that I’ve been plugging Grave Digger by Chris Mills and Rick Burchett since 2004!  That’s when the first issue of what could have been a one-shot comic was released.

So who is the professional thief known as “DIgger” McCrae?  Here’s how Chris Mills describes him…

  • Hard, brutal and ruthless – with a weakness for hot women and cold cash – McCrae is the consummate criminal. Whether it’s an armored car hijacking, bank robbery, art heist or a kidnapping, you can depend on “Digger” to handle every obstacle and double-cross with professional cool and a complete lack of conscience. And that “Gravedigger” nickname? Well – don’t ever call him that to his face, or you’ll find out where that moniker came from… the hard way.

If you missed out, you’re in luck, because Mills and Burchett are running the original comic in the form of a free weekly web comic.  Before you click over, keep in mind that there is occasionally adult language and violence.

After the original comic runs, Mills and Burchett plan to run a new adventure and then hopefully put out a print edition.  I am hoping that they will kickstart a hardcover edition with extras.  That’d make me very happy.

Of course a Grave Digger tv series would also be nice.

New Orleans is a Werewolf Town!

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Victor Gischler and artist Juan Ferreyra have a new series coming from Dark Horse comics called Witch Hunt…

Witch Hunt is the story of Cassian Steele, the boss of the werewolf mafia in New Orleans, who needs to kill an old witch Verona before she exposes a secret that could ruin him. A bounty is put out on Verona’s head, and she is forced to run from werewolf mobsters, vampire maids, voodoo wizards, and zombie ninjas that are out to kill her. What they don’t realize is that Barnabus Black, a demon desperately trying to regain his halo, is her protection.

There’s a short interview at Bloody Disgusting with Victor Gischer that will give you some more intell.

This will definitely be a pre-order for me.

Hey!  I almost forgot to mention the cool Dave Johnson cover!

Roger Ebert Had Jokes, er… Cartoons

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Roger Ebert, was one of the most popular movie reviewers of our time, the first film critic to win a Pulitzer prize, and a fan of cartoons.

Mr. Ebert was a regular contributor to The New Yorker’s Cartoon Caption contest and had even won the contest on at least one occasion.  Robert Mankoff takes a look at some of Roger Ebert’s Final Cartoon Captions at The New Yorker.

The cartoon that is posted above features one of Ebert’s captions, but it wasn’t the one that got him the win (“I’m not going to say the word I’m thinking of.”) or even the one that I thought was the funniest (“Now watch how I lift my tray table to it’s original and upright position.”).  We’ll save those for folks that click over to the original New Yorker piece.

“R” is for Rocky by Mike Torrance

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Mike Torrance aka The Krayola Kidd rocks his riff on a Rocky card that is part of a sequence/set that I think you’re going to like.

You can see more of Mike’s art at The Daily Sketch with The Krayola Kidd (and if you’ve never checked out Mike’s site, you ought to if only to see his Walking Dead cards!) and his Deviant Art site. Mike is available for commissions and his prices are very reasonable.