Me Geek, You Geek

Okay, every once in a while I come across an artist that simply blows me away with his or her work.  You know, the kind of art that grabs you buy the sack and makes you sit up and take notice (apologies to the ladies).

Also, apologies to Luke since I haven’t run this post past him yet and am displaying many of his images here. So Luke, if you read this and are ticked off, well, come on over, kick my ass, and I will shake your hand and take the images down. Swear!

I came across Luke Radl’s site and had to click through each and every image he posted. I then had to check out his blog, read his posts, follow him on Twitter, you know, all the freaky, creepy social networking stuff we do these days.

But enough of my garbage, let’s let his art talk for itself.

This was the first piece that I saw of Luke’s. This is the piece that grabbed the sack and ended up taking the next 30 minutes of my life as I sifted through his site:

Love this strip. Cute with a little Joe Kubert inspiration? And yes, I am comparing him to Kubert.

Here’s a pic of some real life. Check out his versatility here. In the comic above he does Joe Kubert and Bill Watterson.  Here he does photo realistic image.

You can never go wrong with Chewbacca! And I love his interpretation…

Some more versatility…

His sense of design and layout. Is anything better than seeing an artist’s sketch work? Nothing is more pure than roughs…

Some more creativity and design…

And the pièce de résistance. This is my new desktop wallpaper. I spent this morning writing a post on how traditional Superman needs to be. Ironic that I am writing the last post of the day and including the most iconic picture of Spider-Man I’ve ever seen.

Norman Rockwell eat your heart out…

Luke Radl: Website Blog Twitter Bio

Labels: Artist Watch

Posted by Jon at 10:25 PM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

Oh no. Not this again. Warner Bros. is still on target to make the next Superman movie a darker, edgier version.

Yikes…

Do they seriously not get the Superman property? With Superman you have to go boy scout, you have to go pure, you have to go traditional. Stop telling me that people don’t want to watch a Superman movie with morals and a “good vs. evil attitude”. I don’t buy it. Didn’t they try this “edgy” version of Supes in the last movie?

“Superman Returns” gave us a real S.O.B. of a character when we find out he knocked up Lois and then took off. We see that he’s a really creepy dude when he’s spying on Lois all night. I mean that took the cake right there, what all 13 boys fantasize about, being able to see through walls in order to watch a gal you have a crush on, happens in a Superman movie!?

In “Superman Returns" we all rejoiced to see Superman saving a crashing airplane. We loved that scene! And then everything went down hill from there. With Superman taking a back seat to Lex Luther for the last half of the film and then the whole Kryptonite-makes-Superman-weak crap which has been played out so many times.

So, what does WB do? They talk about making him even edgier. Darker. Oh c’mon! What’s next for ol’ Supes, stealing children, killing people, drinking in a bar to get over an ex-girlfriend he knocked up? Oh wait, that happened in “Superman Returns.” Damn!

Give us what we really want. Give us Good vs. Evil. Give us Superman saving the day. Saving the day in Metropolis. Where people can see it happen, can see themselves being saved. Can cheer! Not out on some ice cap.

Give us romance, but traditional romance, don’t have any three ways with Lois and Lana (although that would be edgier). Give us a villain worth fighting. And by this I mean, if you want to go edgier and darker, have some bad sh!t happen in the beginning of the film. Have the villain kill lots of people. Stack up traditional Superman against today’s mentality of bad guys.

And have Superman get in to some power slugfests!  I want to see him kicking ass, not on his knees for half the movie!

Just keep my Superman pure man!

Labels: Commentary, DC Comics, Movies, News

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Got to love that fan art.  And the wishful thinking.  Would Sony be this bold?

Labels: Comics, Marvel Comics, Movies

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Now that the trailer to Greg Rucka’s “Whiteout” has leaked online I thought it’d be best to offer up some exclusive photos that Me Geek, You Geek’s own Mr. Bart took of the plane used in the movie.

Sure, it’s not like having exclusive photos of “Whiteout” star Kate Beckinsale drunk and scantly clad on my couch, but hey, we’re all comic book geeks, planes are exciting too.

Right?

The story goes like this.  Bart travels to Canada.  Bart’s parents, having worked in Canada in the past know some people.  One of the bush pilots that flew into the camp leased his plane to the production company making “Whiteout”.  So Bart has actually flown in the “Whiteout” plane.

Woot! 

Or something…

And make sure to check out the trailer to the movie:

Oh, and in case you were wondering, I do have picture of Kate drunk and scantily clad on my couch.  It was a crazy night….

Labels: Comics, Movie Trailers, Movies, Video

Posted by Jon at 3:33 PM | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

Before I jump on my critical train let me say this.  Comic books are a commodity, commodities to be sold, the people making the commodities need to make a living in order to continue making them.  I favor capitalism like the next capitalistic pig!

So, when we think about comic book creators, it will do us justice to think of them as capitalists.  No matter how they may say publicly that they do it for the “art” or the “love” or whatever it may be, they, like the rest of us, have to get paid in order to survive. 

So let’s use ol’ Ed Brubaker as an example.

Ed has many projects and he’s done very well for himself commercially and I would assume financially.  And to me, this is fantastic!  Good for him!  He’s multifaceted, working in comics, tv, film, and books. He deserves success.

For a writer of his status with that many projects, free press is fantastic!  The more people read his name, the more people buy his book.  It’s Advertising 101.  The “Mere Exposure Effect”.  The more you hear about something the more you like it.  (I assume this is why some pop singers make it so big since quality usually isn’t the reason.)

So when Ed killed off Captain America it must have been great for him professionally.  People in the media where spreading his name, reading him, quoting him, interviewing him.  I assume that sales on all his published work shot up and I assume doors opened for him in tv and movie land.  Again, fantastic!

But Ed, I have to tell you, even after saying all of this in your defense, can you at least try to hide how obvious it is that you’re hoping to strike gold for a second time on Captain America?

Ed was recently quoted by MTV as saying:

“There was never any thought on my side that we wouldn’t bring him back, so it’s not like there was ever a fight about it,” said Brubaker. “I only killed him with the intention of bringing him back.”

Ahem.  Did you hear the little capitalist pigs squealing in there?

“I only killed him with the intention of bringing him back.”

SQUEAL!

Let me rewrite what he actually meant:

“I only killed him so I could make a ton of money off the event and I certainly had the intention of bringing him back so I could make even more money off him! Squeal!”

Dude, I’m happy with your success, but learn how to hide your intentions a bit better!

And for all you who will e-mail me saying I’m too cynical, this is a sarcastic blog.

Oh, and here’s the first review of Captain America #600 that I found.

Oh again, make sure to check out his “Angel of Death” series on Crackle.com.  It’s free and all and is pretty crazy.

Labels: Comics, Commentary, Marvel Comics

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Oh!  First look at Steve now that he’s reborn!

Labels: Comics, Marvel Comics

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