I dare you to not smile during this music video. Best part is the Wonder Twin Powers scene.
Author: thehutch
Michael is standing right behind you.
Notice to all iTunes users
It’s been ages since iTunes has had a good Free Weekly Download, but “Beautiful Disaster” is the best free download since James Blunt’s “High”. It’s a somber song about girls with poor self-esteem, and I have a feeling it’s going to be a big hit. Sorry to tell you this on Monday when it’s only…
Johnny Hart (B.C., Wizard of Id) dies at drawing table
Cartoonist Johnny Hart dies at his storyboard, age 76. He was the creator of B.C. and co-creator of Wizard of Id. R.I.P. UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has a reader who points out that Johnny Hart coined the phrase “kick-butt Saturday” as the nickname for the day before Easter…the day on which Hart would later pass away….
Superman Retires
It’s Superman Day, and Superman announces that he is going to retire…only to be met with resistance from a surprising new foe. Will he listen to Hawkman’s counsel?
Metal Men movie; Geoff Johns advisor
Lauren Shuler Donner (of X-Men movies) produces Metal Men movie.
Let’s talk James Bond
What did you all think of Casino Royale? Is it an origin story which relaunches Bond in a new style more akin to what Ian Fleming intended? Or is it simply the tale of how this man started out before he became the confident, punning, smarmy, “shaken, not stirred,” M-bothering, Q-foiling, gadget-laden bed-hopper in a…
DC To Pathetically Kill Off ALL Characters In “Countdown”
Dan DiDio: “Batman to die like a whiny bitch!” DC Comics announced Saturday at Emerald City Comicon that Countdown is counting down to the moment when all of DC Comics’ characters will have been killed off, which will lead into a new event beginning a new era. While killing off characters has been done before,…
News confirmed!
I can see from the comments on my earlier post that many of you have figured out what recent Marvel success story has inspired the coming story from DC. I’m putting the finishing touches on the story now. You’re really not going to like it.
Best wishes to Phil and Sherry Meadows!
Phil Meadows (who I worked with on Fanzing, Job Wanted, “Melvin and Marvin Middler, Time Meddlers” and Metro Med #0) has just embarked with his wife on a trip to China to pick up their new adopted daughter. I would just like to wish them the best and welcome their new girl, Julianna, to their…
Soon to Monitor Duty: ACTUAL NEWS!
I’ve got an inside tip on something happening at DC. However, Monitor Duty has never actually been a comic book journalism blog. It’s really more of a commentary newsblog: we link to other people’s news. I’ve never broken a story and frankly I’m not sure what to do with it. I don’t want to engage…