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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Our Love is Real
You've read about it, you've heard about it, now it's here. Up-and-coming writer Sam Humphries' (CBGB, Fraggle Rock) and Steven Sanders' (FIVE FISTS OF SCIENCE, Uncanny X-Men: The Heroic Age), provocative sci-fi one-shot OUR LOVE IS REAL is coming to Image Comics this November after capturing the attention of the comics industry over the summer.
Set in the not-too-distant future, OUR LOVE IS REAL is a bold story about the many odd forms that love can take. Originally self-published in limited quantities, Humphries and Sanders were eager to share their story with a wider audience following the torrent of critical accolades OUR LOVE IS REAL received from fans, the comics press and creators alike.
"The response to the book, even in limited release, has been nothing short of amazing," said Humphries. "Image Comics has embraced our twisted little comic inside and out. We know we've found a great place to bring OUR LOVE IS REAL to a wider audience."
"This is a unique book," added Sanders. "We weren't sure how it would be received. But we love it, and apparently a lot of other people do too! We can't wait for everyone to get a chance to see it for themselves."
In OUR LOVE IS REAL, the plantsexuals are rioting in the streets for equal rights, humans are falling in love with dogs, and crystals are much more than just jewelry! When a chance encounter on the job changes a riot cop's life forever, he finds himself caught in a bizarre love triangle that blurs romance, crime, and lust beyond recognition.
OUR LOVE IS REAL (SEP110383), a uniquely formatted 8x8, 24-page black and white, sci-fi satire comic for $3.99, will be available for order in the September issue of Previews and goes on sale in stores November 2nd.
© C Harris Lynn, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
History Of
Henson Alternative, the "adult" side of Henson Entertainment, will be using their world-famous Muppets to re-enact pop-cultural scenes and spoof entertainment in the new show, History Of. History Of will also feature celebrity cameos, which may include some of the original Muppets gang - however, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzy, and gang are about to release their new feature-length film and are not specifically scheduled to appear on History Of.
The show is aimed at the 18-45 demographic.
© C Harris Lynn, 2011
The show is aimed at the 18-45 demographic.
© C Harris Lynn, 2011
Thursday, July 01, 2010
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Now Online
The Whedon brothers' eagerly-anticipated Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is now online. Kinda - as of 10:30am CST, the site was available but the content was not due to high traffic.
The entire feature, conceived during the writers' strike, will be released in three parts and will remain online until July 20th. Dark Horse is supporting the effort with a webcomic, available on their MySpace page. Kinda - as of 10:30am CST this morning, the site was locking-up browsers and refusing to load (presumably) due to traffic.
Neil Patrick Harris and Serenity and Buffy alumni round-out the cast of the superhero satire from Joss Whedon and brother, Zack. A full DVD will eventually be released with commentary track.
The first part will be available today, with a second part premiering Thursday, and the final installment premieres Saturday.
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
The entire feature, conceived during the writers' strike, will be released in three parts and will remain online until July 20th. Dark Horse is supporting the effort with a webcomic, available on their MySpace page. Kinda - as of 10:30am CST this morning, the site was locking-up browsers and refusing to load (presumably) due to traffic.
Neil Patrick Harris and Serenity and Buffy alumni round-out the cast of the superhero satire from Joss Whedon and brother, Zack. A full DVD will eventually be released with commentary track.
The first part will be available today, with a second part premiering Thursday, and the final installment premieres Saturday.
© C Harris Lynn, 2008
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Colbert for President?
Stephen Colbert made an official announcement yesterday on The Daily Show, where he was formerly a writer before getting his own political satire talk show, The Colbert Report.
Colbert said, "the people have spoken" and he has decided to run for President of the United States. But there are some caveats: he will run as both a Republican and a Democrat, and he will only run in his home state of South Carolina.
While this was his "official" Presidential candidacy announcement, Stephen Colbert intimated he might be up for such a run during his appearance on Larry King Live last week.
While obviously lampooning the Presidential campaigning and electoral processes, Colbert's entrance into the race may very well have an effect on the outcome of the election. If fans and irreverent voters decide on Colbert, this takes votes away from serious candidates.
Several decades back, MAD Magazine spokesman, Alfred E. Neuman ran for President. He did not win, but when asked if it bothered him, Neuman responded, "What, me worry?"
Colbert said, "the people have spoken" and he has decided to run for President of the United States. But there are some caveats: he will run as both a Republican and a Democrat, and he will only run in his home state of South Carolina.
While this was his "official" Presidential candidacy announcement, Stephen Colbert intimated he might be up for such a run during his appearance on Larry King Live last week.
While obviously lampooning the Presidential campaigning and electoral processes, Colbert's entrance into the race may very well have an effect on the outcome of the election. If fans and irreverent voters decide on Colbert, this takes votes away from serious candidates.
Several decades back, MAD Magazine spokesman, Alfred E. Neuman ran for President. He did not win, but when asked if it bothered him, Neuman responded, "What, me worry?"
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Metallica to Record New Album for Wesson Oil (For Mayren)
*This is a Satirical Post*
Metallica is slated to begin recording a new album in March or April and Wesson Oil is the sponsor. All of the band members got tattoos on their foreheads and/or wrists which proudly declare their affiliation with the cooking oil sensation's company. Rated-B -- by far the meanest motherfluffers in modern-day history -- caught-up with the band and offered to push their wheelchairs for free, if they'd only talk to us.
"It's gonna be sizzlin'," says drummer and long-time band member, Lars Ulrich, "It's gonna cook!"
"We're um, we're like, it's like... we've got to do this because Wesson Oil told us we had to and we apparently signed a contract with them, at some point, during some meeting at which I was not present," says long-time guitarist, Kirk Hammett.
"But it's not like I'm mad or angry or upset or anything, because I'm not. I'm very thankful that I got to play my guitar, because I kinda always wanted to play guitar and be really good at it and have people appreciate my talent. I think I may have said too much. And it's not like I'm that afraid. I mean, really."
"This album will be the hottest thing ever!" said longtime frontman and total sell-out, James Hetfield. Sporting his latest tattoo, Wesson Oil, straight across his forehead and on both wrists, he told Rated-B, "Heavy metal means heavy pans, and heavy pans require Wesson Oil. This new album is going to pop like sprinkling water into a heavy metal panful of hot Wesson Oil that's ready to fry - you know, chickens, or maybe burgers, or dogs and shit. I never wanted a tattoo before I met Wesson Oil execs, but now that I've actually eaten food, I don't feel like I've been a total knob my entire life. I totally get it, and if you say I don't, I'll beat the eff out of you."
When asked if he had ever actually eaten real food before this point, ever, Hetfield threw a temper tantrum, as well as the chair he'd been sitting in, reminded us that his family was raised Christian Scientist, then asked why we were even there. Told that he had scheduled the interview, he broke down and cried, then barfed on his black tennis shoes, then told us to get the "eff" out, then told us to come back because he was really sorry, then reminded us that we were under contract to be there, then told us that we were never hired, then hit us with a frying pan full of Wesson Oil.
Rated-B left, hurt and very angry, but found an entire tableful of Metallica merchandise outside, and were persuaded to buy some insipid damned T-shirt by a fretful Ulrich, who reminded us that he and the rest of the band were very thankful that we liked them.
The last thing this reporter likes to remember is that they used to rock. Real hard.
Metallica is slated to begin recording a new album in March or April and Wesson Oil is the sponsor. All of the band members got tattoos on their foreheads and/or wrists which proudly declare their affiliation with the cooking oil sensation's company. Rated-B -- by far the meanest motherfluffers in modern-day history -- caught-up with the band and offered to push their wheelchairs for free, if they'd only talk to us.
"It's gonna be sizzlin'," says drummer and long-time band member, Lars Ulrich, "It's gonna cook!"
"We're um, we're like, it's like... we've got to do this because Wesson Oil told us we had to and we apparently signed a contract with them, at some point, during some meeting at which I was not present," says long-time guitarist, Kirk Hammett.
"But it's not like I'm mad or angry or upset or anything, because I'm not. I'm very thankful that I got to play my guitar, because I kinda always wanted to play guitar and be really good at it and have people appreciate my talent. I think I may have said too much. And it's not like I'm that afraid. I mean, really."
"This album will be the hottest thing ever!" said longtime frontman and total sell-out, James Hetfield. Sporting his latest tattoo, Wesson Oil, straight across his forehead and on both wrists, he told Rated-B, "Heavy metal means heavy pans, and heavy pans require Wesson Oil. This new album is going to pop like sprinkling water into a heavy metal panful of hot Wesson Oil that's ready to fry - you know, chickens, or maybe burgers, or dogs and shit. I never wanted a tattoo before I met Wesson Oil execs, but now that I've actually eaten food, I don't feel like I've been a total knob my entire life. I totally get it, and if you say I don't, I'll beat the eff out of you."
When asked if he had ever actually eaten real food before this point, ever, Hetfield threw a temper tantrum, as well as the chair he'd been sitting in, reminded us that his family was raised Christian Scientist, then asked why we were even there. Told that he had scheduled the interview, he broke down and cried, then barfed on his black tennis shoes, then told us to get the "eff" out, then told us to come back because he was really sorry, then reminded us that we were under contract to be there, then told us that we were never hired, then hit us with a frying pan full of Wesson Oil.
Rated-B left, hurt and very angry, but found an entire tableful of Metallica merchandise outside, and were persuaded to buy some insipid damned T-shirt by a fretful Ulrich, who reminded us that he and the rest of the band were very thankful that we liked them.
The last thing this reporter likes to remember is that they used to rock. Real hard.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Pharmaceutical Satire Site Believed
Artist Justine Cooper has created a media campaign for the fictitious drug, Havidol, which she invented to combat Dysphoric Social Attention Consumption Deficit Anxiety Disorder (DSACDAD), which she also invented... and people want to know if they have the disease and where they can find the drug!
To her credit, Cooper's fake site looks very real and her humor is intentionally subtle; it's hard to determine whether the campaign is being believed by a "stupid" public or because the artist succeeded. Of course, it's a little of both, but it's not really fair to judge the people who have fallen for the campaign.
The entire point is to mock the pharmaceutical ad campaigns which have become so prominent since 1997. I abhor the idea that pharmaceutical companies are even allowed to do this, much less that they do so in such a reckless, unchecked, haphazard manner. And, since I came across the site through a news piece which explained it before I saw it, I don't know how I would have taken the site if I'd come across it on my own. I would have dismissed it as an ad, but you get my point.
This is the power of art and especially satirical work. And this is a field of advertising, and an industry, which deserves to be lampooned. Perhaps it is only this way that we can hope to effect change, since The Powers That Be refuse to force such industries to behave ethically, and I have never understood that about the legal system:
If there is no legal incentive for people -- and, most specifically, businesses -- to behave ethically, then what the hell are the laws even for? In fact, they are usually designed and applied to reinforce unethical behavior -- it's a "blame the victim" system, vis a vis caveat emperor -- in a "should have known what you were getting into," "you'll know better next time," "everybody gets what they deserve/you make your own fate" sort of way.
Since so many large and powerful factions benefit from these lax, backward laws, we can't expect the system to change on its own; the Powers That Be are unethical, so we can't expect them to force others to be ethical -- and they have no incentive to do so, either (quite the opposite: they face a paycut, if they do!).
This is an admittedly cynical outlook and may not be the case in every situation, but Art always has played an important role in affecting change and fighting corruption, and in recent years -- thanks directly to the over-commercialization of the field and the industries which drive it, which very carefully monitor what the artists are allowed to "say" -- we've managed not to "rock the boat," and it's long past time we rocked the living hell out of that thing!
Kudos to Ms. Cooper.
To her credit, Cooper's fake site looks very real and her humor is intentionally subtle; it's hard to determine whether the campaign is being believed by a "stupid" public or because the artist succeeded. Of course, it's a little of both, but it's not really fair to judge the people who have fallen for the campaign.
The entire point is to mock the pharmaceutical ad campaigns which have become so prominent since 1997. I abhor the idea that pharmaceutical companies are even allowed to do this, much less that they do so in such a reckless, unchecked, haphazard manner. And, since I came across the site through a news piece which explained it before I saw it, I don't know how I would have taken the site if I'd come across it on my own. I would have dismissed it as an ad, but you get my point.
This is the power of art and especially satirical work. And this is a field of advertising, and an industry, which deserves to be lampooned. Perhaps it is only this way that we can hope to effect change, since The Powers That Be refuse to force such industries to behave ethically, and I have never understood that about the legal system:
If there is no legal incentive for people -- and, most specifically, businesses -- to behave ethically, then what the hell are the laws even for? In fact, they are usually designed and applied to reinforce unethical behavior -- it's a "blame the victim" system, vis a vis caveat emperor -- in a "should have known what you were getting into," "you'll know better next time," "everybody gets what they deserve/you make your own fate" sort of way.
Since so many large and powerful factions benefit from these lax, backward laws, we can't expect the system to change on its own; the Powers That Be are unethical, so we can't expect them to force others to be ethical -- and they have no incentive to do so, either (quite the opposite: they face a paycut, if they do!).
This is an admittedly cynical outlook and may not be the case in every situation, but Art always has played an important role in affecting change and fighting corruption, and in recent years -- thanks directly to the over-commercialization of the field and the industries which drive it, which very carefully monitor what the artists are allowed to "say" -- we've managed not to "rock the boat," and it's long past time we rocked the living hell out of that thing!
Kudos to Ms. Cooper.
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