Count Your Blessings & Say “You’re Welcome”

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Today is Thanksgiving and many of us will come together with family and friends to pause and give thanks for what we have and perhaps what we’ve been spared.  Charles Dickens may have said it best…

  • “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many–not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”

Of course not everyone gives thanks.  The Sexy Pilgrim doesn’t. Instead he says, “You’re welcome.”

I hope that you and yours have one of the best Thanksgiving Days ever. Count your blessings, eat too much turkey, ignore that family member who irritates you, make big plans, eat too much pie, doze in front of the tube, have a bit more turkey, and remember to watch a bit of the parade and some football!

Cruise is Jack Reacher…

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When Tom Cruise was first announced to play Lee Child’s character, Jack Reacher, I thought the role had been miscast.  Even when Lee Child said that Cruise embodied Reacher [despite the fact that Cruise doesn’t physically resemble the character] I still had my doubts.  

As we’ve seen more about more about the movie, I’ve started to change my opinion.  Perhaps Cruise will be a very good movie version Jack Reacher.  Check out the latest trailer and see if you agree.

 

Daytona Beach Comic & Toy Show

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Later this morning I’m heading over to the Comic and Toy Show.  It’ll run from 10am to 5pm at the Holiday Inn on A1A in Daytona Beach, Florida.  

The theme of the con is to celebrate the 30th anniversary of AC Comics.  Bill Black the founder of AC Comics will be there.  So will a ton of other folks who have worked for AC Comics over the years. If you live within driving distance, you should come too. 

Chaykin, Samnee & Ross Cast a Shadow

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Remember when I posted that Matt Wagner was going to write The Shadow: Year One?  Well, guess who is joining him in creating covers?  

Yep, Howard Chaykin.  Of course that’s kind of obvious since I posted the Chaykin cover.  Also joining Wagner and Chaykin are Alex Ross and Chris Samnee,  You can see their covers here.  

Thanks and a tip o’ the fedora to CBR.com.

 

Those Fake Crocs are Real!

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Remember the stunt in Live and Let Die when James Bond [Roger Moore] ran across the backs of crocodiles?  

I had always thought that they were mechanical crocs.  

They weren’t.  Those crocs were the real thing.  

The stuntman, Ross Kananga, had to attempt the stunt several times to get it right.  As you can see here, he had a few close calls.  

The video makes the stunt, which I had always thought a bit corny, more impressive.

A tip o’ Oddjob’s steel rimmed derby to BoingBoing for the original post. 

 

Geronimo aka “He Who Yawns”

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That’s the famous Apache renegade, Geronimo.  He’s probably one of the few Indians  – or Native Americans – if you prefer the more politically correct term, that modern people know by name.  Did you know that…

  • Geronimo’s birth name was Goyahkla — He Who Yawns which was given to him because of his “sleepy” nature  
  •  It would be said that after one of his victims screamed for mercy in the name of Saint Jerome — Jeronimo in Spanish — the Apaches had a new name for Goyahkla.  
  • …white settlers in the American West were known to frighten their misbehaving children with the threat that Geronimo would come for them.  

Alexis Ziritt Takes on Carter

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Alexis Ziritt makes his third [and hopefully not last] appearance in my Stallone Theme Sketch Collection. Alexis is the co-founder of Fistful Apparel and the indie comics co-op Calavera Comics. When I saw that Alexis was taking sketch card commissions, I decided to get on board for a couple. I asked Alexis to pick two from Jack Carter, John Rambo and Cobra. Alexis liked the theme and decided to do all three.

The Black Beetle: Action! Thrills! Suspense!

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Remember back in August when it was announced that the first mini-series to feature Franco Francavilla’s Black Beetle was going to debut in January?  

Good.

Now is the time to pre-order issues one and two.  If you click over to Franco’s site, you can get a look at the covers for the first two issues as well as plot summaries.

If the Black Beetle looks/sounds like something you’d like, please consider pre-ordering.  Franco is a great guy and his Black Beetle stories are a lot of fun!