Free Comic Book Day is Coming

‘Nuff Said!

These ARE the Droids you're looking for...

So, if you have been following us (and we hope that you have), George Lucas’ Star Wars characters are currently visiting McDonald’s. We already scored a couple of the four (clip-on) figures, and four (rolling) vehicles, and today we managed to acquire another three (two more figures — Yoda & R2D2 — and one vehicle — an X-Wing fighter).

Chris Giarrusso is Back!

Hey kids, if you (like me) are a fan of Chris Giarrusso’s über-fine work (Mini Marvels, G-Man), then you’ll want to rush right out and score a copy of Image United #0 as Chris has a four-page back up in that issue, that is worth the cover price.

Yeah, you heard me right, Chris’ work is just that good.

This (all-too-brief) tale is Chris taking a comical whack at the whole Image United story, and he does it in his own inimitable style.

As for the up-front tale of Image United itself, well, I’ve been following this series, and well, it reads just like I remember Image Comics reading back in the ‘80s.

(Feel free to interpret that last comment as you wish.)

I Am Iron Man

OK, kids, this is just wicked-cool!



I am so there on opening night.

A long time from then, in a place closer than you think

No sooner than we acquired the four Burger King Spidey kiddie meal collectible toys than we became aware of the eight Star Wars Happy Meal toys over at McDonald’s. So, needless to say, We acquired the first pair of them today; Darth Vader and the Millenium Falcon.

Marvel’s Greatest Comics

OK, now here is a very cool thing that Marvel is doing. They are re-issuing a number of (fairly) recent comics under the umbrella of “Marvel’s Greatest Comics” and giving them away as freebies.

Now what could be cooler than that?

Personally, I’ve decided to acquire a number of them (mostly because I didn’t purchase them when they first came out — mostly because they didn’t have Spidey in them), and see if I have been missing anything important.

The first one out (at least the first one I acquired) was The Invincible Iron Man. Quite a number of others are slated for (re)release over the coming months. I made a point to acquire all of the comics that I didn’t grab up on the first go-round.

I strongly suggest that you all do the same.

Garfield minus Garfield, the video

OK, if you haven't read Garfield Minus Garfield, you owe it to yourself to do so now (go ahead, we'll wait...). Back? Cool for those of you who didn't make the jump, Garfield Minus Garfield is a site dedicated to removing the character of Garfield the cat from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of Garfield's "owner," Jon Arbuckle. The comic takes us all on a journey deep into the (obviously disturbed) mind of an isolated young everyman as he constantly fights a losing battle against the abject loneliness and dark depression of his own life adrift in a quiet American suburb.

Here are a couple of early examples:




If you liked them, perhaps you should go buy the book (go ahead, it even has the blessing of Garfield creator, Jim Davis, who wrote the forward).

Anyway, we bring this up, because now if you've enjoyed the online strips, or even purchased the book, you can also enjoy the video! No, seriously!

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Yeah, yeah, we know that this is just the raw footage from the film without benefit of the animated Garfield digitally painted in, but still, it is kind of funny, and does evoke the feeling of the Dan Walsh, created parody.

The Perfessor