A Look at the Shortpacked Comic Strip!

I recently came across this awesome strip called "Shortpacked!" Although it is geared toward the nerd community, I do believe that it can be a really funny strip to the uninitiated. Generally, all my favorite strips are superhero-related. Here are a few featuring Batman and Captain America!

This is an excellent piece of commentary regarding the ridiculous "alternative" action figures for superheroes. When would Superman ever need a rocket launcher? When would Spider-Man need "Hydro-Vehicle Action"? Of course, these costumes almost always make no sense. This was a lovely strip.

Well, I always did wonder how Captain America adjusted to the modern times. Actually, Captain America joined the Avengers in 1963-1964. As a result, it really does make me wonder about the Captain American prior to the later 60s when "shit started going KRAZY." Back in those times, the extent of dealing with complicated issue such as race was primarily done through the X-Men. Of course, this X-Men team consisted of "vanilla white" individuals who just happened to have powers. Today, the X-Men team serves better as a homosexuality metaphor. This can be best seen in X-Men 2/3 with the Iceman coming out to his family and Angel trying to hide his true nature with a razor in the bathroom. God, X-Men 3 was terrible despite a great opening number...

Iron Man review should be up later this week. In a brief summary though, Iron Man is the BEST start to any superhero franchise in recent memory. It's like having Spider-Man 2 or X-Men 2, but as the opening film of a trilogy. For those who thought this was looking bad, I think you really need to take a closer look. This is easily the most enjoyable film of the year if you're a comic book fan or not...

This isn't even my official review!

Iron Man Fun: Day One

Hey, Iron Man is out! I'm catching the superhero flick tomorrow night! For now, please enjoy this small mock advertisement. This is actually a parody of old comic ads that were actually more serious in tone. Basically, weak kid of beach gets picked on which leads to same weak kid deciding to mail in money to get really buff. It always ends with the weak kid getting the girl yet becoming the enemy he hated so much at the beginning. Truly tragic in an odd way. Perhaps, IRONy is more like it. Get it? IRON-y? Hahaha. God, I suck sometimes.

Conan O' Brien: Secrets

With the writer strike back, I'm a little bit sad that Conan will be going back to scripted monologues. Out of all the talk show hosts (including Stewart and Colbert), Conan shined the most. He was on his feet, saying everything that entered his mind, and liberated somewhat. However, I am looking forward to one segment that he does from time to time. "Secrets" is a gag that lets celebrities tell their darkest thoughts to the late night world. I can only find three on youtube, but they are all funny.



David Bowie is HYSTERICAL. The best of three.



Tom Hanks is fun too.



Shatner is batshit crazy, but you already knew that.



Ha! This is the new Iron Man trailer which looks FANTASTIC. It looks and sounds exactly what an Iron Man SHOULD BE. Everything looks just about perfect except for a proper villain. Although I was hoping for the Mandarin, I'm comforted by the fact that all the armor just looks goddamn great. For everyone not familiar with Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. currently nails Tony Stark. Imagine Bruce Wayne except he really was a smarmy, rich asshole. Enjoy!