Brian Azarello's Joker, Cover by Patricia Mulvihill
The night Joker was released from Arkham, the dregs sent some nobody named Jonny Frost to go pick him up and show him around town. Joker had caught wind that most of his assets, and by that I mean to say his city, had been snatched up by a few unscrupulous chums looking to get ahead while the clown was away. So sets the stage for the Brian Azarello and Lee Bermejo “Joker.”
Released near Dark Knight, the book seemed to have slipped under the radar of most comic aficionados, perhaps over shadowed by Alan Moore’s representation of the Joker from Killing Joke. That is part of what makes “Joker” so successful. Let’s face it kids, Alan Moore’s Joker shot Barbara Gordon in the spine. How much darker can you get with the clown prince?
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You can barely hear Ellis shouting at you over all the screaming. It’s echoing all over the room, spaced out with bursts of gunfire or the bass boom of the shotguns. How did it come to this? Coach is off grabbing pills, always complaining about that bum knee of his, and you can’t help feeling bad for taking a crack at Rochelle after she saved your ass from that jockey.
This could be any one of several scenarios you step into when you fire up Left 4 Dead 2. While most people were complaining that Left 4 Dead 2 was going to be more like an addon to the first installment, I worried about whether or not I would like these characters. So much of that game is stepping into the shoes of the people I control (that is, after all, a common theme in Valve games). So it’s refreshing that these characters are likeable, believable and quotable at times.
One of the things I admire most is the way the dialogue changes depending on the situation. Frantic screaming might accompany a huge flood of zombies breaking through a doorway, for instance. Wisecracks add color to the world through the culture of the characters. All of this adds up to you caring about the people you are playing through the eyes of.
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Split personalities from Cowboy Ninja Viking
Three split personalities communicate in the mind of one man, all of this in just a few panels. Text bubbles outlines of weapons fill dialogue panels. Pink and blue color under sketchy looking inks. These are just a few of the quirks you’ll find in AJ Lieberman’s Cowboy Ninja Viking with art by Riley Rossmo.
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So, the hype was big and the advertisements were wide spread. You couldn’t visit a website without seeing a banner, watch T.V. without seeing a commercial, or tune far enough away on your radio to not here about ABC’s remake of NBC’s 1984 mini-series V, which aired 8pm EST Tuesday, November 3rd.
Even if you hadn’t seen the original series, you were likely to find out what the hype was all about. If you had seen the original series, like me, you were likely trying not to get too excited like you did for the recent Transformers and G.I. Joe movies, in the attempt to avoid massive disappointment. If you didn’t watch tonight’s episode, or if you did watch it, but don’t know what your own opinion is, I’m about to tell you, and I’ll do it without referring to the original series. This will have spoilers, however.
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Welcome to the coolest Science book you've ever read
Let me come right out and admit it, I’m NOT a science guy, but I confess to owning a copy of The Elements by Theodore Gray.
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