Well here we are and another week has past. Not to busy of a week but I have been getting a lot of behind the scenes stuff done. This update will be kind of light because I plan on updating like crazy on Saturday ala 24 Hour Comics Day.
What is 24 Hour Comics Day you ask? Well please allow me to fill you up...I mean in. Heh. 24 Hour Comics Day is, well, here is the Wiki:
A 24-hour comic is a 24-page comic book written, drawn, and completed in 24 hours. Scott McCloud originally came up with the challenge for himself and Steve Bissette as a creative exercise. McCloud drew the first 24-hour comic to prove it could be done on August 31, 1990, and Bissette did his on September 5.
On this day, comics creators around the world were invited to spend the day making a 24-hour comic. All participants were requested to send their completed comic to McCloud, who keeps an archive of all completed 24-hour comics on his webpage. Many comic book stores supported this event by setting up space for participating artists to work on their comic. It attracted many writers and artists, working both in print and web media.
On this year the event falls on Oct 3rd. Justin White and I will be joining other comic creators from around the world and challenging ourselves to spend 24 writing and drawing a complete comic book. It's going to be an awesome time and we invite people to come by and say hi and show your support. There is still plenty of room for those of you who want to sign up. The event we will be at will be located at our favorite comic store 4 Color Fantasies in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
We (Forbidden Panel) will be doing interviews and taking pics and stuff to post on the site as well as posting the finished product here as a free digital download. It will eventually be incorporated into the ZKS storyline. I am pretty amped to do this as it will be our first completed project. Hehe.
As I am writing this I am editing the PanelCast so if you hear and misques there or see me mistype here then you know why.
I had a chance to watch The Super Hero Squad, which is Marvels newest animated cartoon to appear on Cartoon Network. This show sucks. It was kinda cool to see almost all of the characters from the Marvel universe show up on screen again. Yet, this show was obviously designed and aimed at ADD and ADHD kids as it was all over the place. It was exhausting to watch this show. I couldn't handle it and had to shut it off. Blah.
I also went and watched The Surrogates. It was...ok I guess. I mean they changed a lot from the comic, which was to be expected. But, I think they changed to much. I won't give away any spoilers but this movie as well as others as of late has made me change my mind about reading the comic before seeing the movie. Now I am of the opinion that you should see the movie the read the comic afterward just so you can enjoy the movie and then enjoy the comic more after.
Well that's really all I got for this week. Remember on Saturday to find your nearest 24 hour comics location and go out and support them!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
It Has Begun!!
So this week saw the beginning of the Fall season. As much as I enjoy the summer season of tv shows I am always glad when the regular season starts back up. Summer season is always full of nothing to watch and shows trying to stretch out their longevity.
First up was Big Bang Theory. I love this show and if you haven't been watching it then you should be. The first episode did a great job of picking up where the last season ended. Funny as all hell.
Watched Heroes. Now this season looks like it might actually be decent. With the inclusion of Robert Knepper and Ray Park it looks like we may actually get good storylines.
Caught the new Castle as well. I really dig this show as I am a fan of Nathan Fillion and it's nice to see him on a show that actually has a second season. Plus, being a book nut helps as well.
Finally got Ep #39 of the PanelCast up. It was painful for me to edit because I could hear how sick we were on the show and felt it made for a bad show. But still I put it up in hopes of it inspiring us to put on a better show for our 40th ep.
So, Chris Brady of 4 Color Fantasies and John Narcomey of High Tower Comics and I started working on a new project called Geeks Place. It's basically just a weekly video podcast of the 3 of us geeking out over random topics. We shot the second one last night. As it turns out we will be using it as the first episode since our first try failed horribly. It's a lot of fun doing and we all love having someone to geek out with. It should be done editing soon and will be up on all of our prospective sites.
24 Hour Comic day is coming up. If you are unfamiliar with it, please, allow me to explain. Basically it's a group of comic book pros getting together for 24 hours to create comics. It's set up with teams of 2. The writer writes 24 scripts while the artist draws 24 strips. After which we submit it and have it published. It should be a blast. It's a world wide event where tons of shops host while creators come out to participate. Forbidden Panel will be at 4 Color Fantasies in Rancho Cucamonga and we invite you all to come out and show some support. Hopefully we won't be to wiped out as we all have to sit in one location for 24 hours and do all of this. Be sure to bring us some coffee heh. It will be a lot of fun and it will be our first outing in such a fashion. Tons of people signing and drawing and such.
Well that's all I got for this week. Catch up with everyone soon.
First up was Big Bang Theory. I love this show and if you haven't been watching it then you should be. The first episode did a great job of picking up where the last season ended. Funny as all hell.
Watched Heroes. Now this season looks like it might actually be decent. With the inclusion of Robert Knepper and Ray Park it looks like we may actually get good storylines.
Caught the new Castle as well. I really dig this show as I am a fan of Nathan Fillion and it's nice to see him on a show that actually has a second season. Plus, being a book nut helps as well.
Finally got Ep #39 of the PanelCast up. It was painful for me to edit because I could hear how sick we were on the show and felt it made for a bad show. But still I put it up in hopes of it inspiring us to put on a better show for our 40th ep.
So, Chris Brady of 4 Color Fantasies and John Narcomey of High Tower Comics and I started working on a new project called Geeks Place. It's basically just a weekly video podcast of the 3 of us geeking out over random topics. We shot the second one last night. As it turns out we will be using it as the first episode since our first try failed horribly. It's a lot of fun doing and we all love having someone to geek out with. It should be done editing soon and will be up on all of our prospective sites.
24 Hour Comic day is coming up. If you are unfamiliar with it, please, allow me to explain. Basically it's a group of comic book pros getting together for 24 hours to create comics. It's set up with teams of 2. The writer writes 24 scripts while the artist draws 24 strips. After which we submit it and have it published. It should be a blast. It's a world wide event where tons of shops host while creators come out to participate. Forbidden Panel will be at 4 Color Fantasies in Rancho Cucamonga and we invite you all to come out and show some support. Hopefully we won't be to wiped out as we all have to sit in one location for 24 hours and do all of this. Be sure to bring us some coffee heh. It will be a lot of fun and it will be our first outing in such a fashion. Tons of people signing and drawing and such.
Well that's all I got for this week. Catch up with everyone soon.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Whiteout, Gamer, and all the other things that's been going on.
Sorry for the lack of updates on our behalf. Seems like I am always late on the updates but I can't help it at times. This time it was due to Bryan and I being sick for the past week. So without further adieu let's get going with the updates and such.
First up, Batman: Arkham Asylum. Let me just say that as a consummate gamer I went into this game expecting and hoping for vast improvements over other Batman game. Suffice to say I was blown away. This game pulled out all the stops. I popped it in and didn't do anything but play this game for the next few days (maybe I should have used that as an excuse instead of being sick hehe).
I always look at a game an judge based on Visuals, Action, Gameplay, Story, and voice acting. So when I rate out of 5 stars then you know that if it is less than 5 stars than it was missing on some level on those parts.
Batman: Arkham Asylum gets a 5 out of 5 stars. The visuals were stunning, though admittingly I spent most of the game in detective mode. Action, well this game has it in spades delivering an unrelenting amount of action that guarantees never a dull moment. Gamepley, amazing. Not only do you have a fairly strong linear storyline but the interactivity is something that other games should take a cue from. Story, well it's Arkham Asylum now isn't it. Once of the most celebrated and greatest Batman story ever told. True it doesn't stick to the graphic novel much but the overall feel of it makes up for that. Voice acting, come now really? Bringing back and banking on the fact that most of us watched Batman the Animated Series while it was out, this game recruits the original gang and brings them back to bring that familiar feel to an old friend. At this point in my life, I can't and refuse to imagine anyone other than Mark Hamill as the voice of the Joker.
I can't say enough great things about this game. The few gripes I had were this: I didn't like not having full interactivity with all the objects in the game. That would have been nice. And that's it. A great game otherwise.
Gamer. I was able to catch this movie on opening weekend. I walked into the theater pretty amped at the prospect of the future of gaming caught in a movie. I was not disappointed.
The movie starts Michael C. Hall as a software developer who devises of a way to remotely control people. He first tries out this new discovery by developing a game called Society. This game was designer to be a Sims esq type of game where users get to control other people in real time and determine the things they do in a preset social location. After running this for awhile he begins working on another project called Slayers. Slayers is basically a first person shooter where Gamers control prisoners in what is basically an all out Capture the Flag.
This movie was pretty cool in that it does a great job of appealing to Video Gamers everywhere. From great little easter eggs (such as teabaggin) to the all out non stop violence, this movie does not let down.
Where it excels at apex-ing on the geek scale, it only moderately appeals everywhere else. The story is one we have all seen before. The feel was very Escape From New York. And the cast (except for Butler) basically phoned in their roles and then hung up after 10 mins. I mean really, when you have a cast of Alison Lohman, John Leguizamo, Ludacris, Terry Crews, and Milo Ventimiglia it would have been nice if they were in the film longer than 15 mins a piece. Though it was nice to see Terry Crews play a psycho. Overall I liked the movie even though at the end it felt like it was missing something. Don't take the kids to see this one.
Lastly, let's talk Whiteout. Whiteout is a movie that was adapted from the graphic novel of the same name written by Greg Rucka and artist Steve Lieber. This movie was hard for me to gauge. I had recently read the book and then went to go see this movie. And with the exception of a few minor points, the movie pretty much follows the book. Unfortunately knowing the big surprise that came at the end of the movie pretty much ruined it for me. Not to say it's a good movie, it is, just I wasn't as emotionally involved in it as I should have been.
Whiteout takes place in Antartica and focus's around Marshall Stetko as she tries to solve the first murder to ever take place there. I feel that I would have really enjoyed this movie in that it's just an old fashioned Murder/Mystery but set in a remote location. But due to the fact that I recently finished the book all the magic was taken away for me. So do yourself a favor, go check out the movie and then read the graphic novel. You may enjoy playing the comparison game.
Well that's about all I've got for now. This past week was a sea of thera-flu and old videos. The great thing about being sick is that it gives you a legitimate excuse to play video games and not get out of your PJ's.
On the FP front, I am still currently editing EP#39 of the Panelcast. I am hoping to have it up by the end of the day. Also, [url=www.hightowercomics.com]High Tower Comics[/url], [url=www.4colorfantasies.com]4 Color Fantasies[/url], and Forbidden Panel are going to begin working on a new project. Stay tuned as more info will be coming soon.
In the meantime please enjoy this pic from ZKS!!
First up, Batman: Arkham Asylum. Let me just say that as a consummate gamer I went into this game expecting and hoping for vast improvements over other Batman game. Suffice to say I was blown away. This game pulled out all the stops. I popped it in and didn't do anything but play this game for the next few days (maybe I should have used that as an excuse instead of being sick hehe).
I always look at a game an judge based on Visuals, Action, Gameplay, Story, and voice acting. So when I rate out of 5 stars then you know that if it is less than 5 stars than it was missing on some level on those parts.
Batman: Arkham Asylum gets a 5 out of 5 stars. The visuals were stunning, though admittingly I spent most of the game in detective mode. Action, well this game has it in spades delivering an unrelenting amount of action that guarantees never a dull moment. Gamepley, amazing. Not only do you have a fairly strong linear storyline but the interactivity is something that other games should take a cue from. Story, well it's Arkham Asylum now isn't it. Once of the most celebrated and greatest Batman story ever told. True it doesn't stick to the graphic novel much but the overall feel of it makes up for that. Voice acting, come now really? Bringing back and banking on the fact that most of us watched Batman the Animated Series while it was out, this game recruits the original gang and brings them back to bring that familiar feel to an old friend. At this point in my life, I can't and refuse to imagine anyone other than Mark Hamill as the voice of the Joker.
I can't say enough great things about this game. The few gripes I had were this: I didn't like not having full interactivity with all the objects in the game. That would have been nice. And that's it. A great game otherwise.
Gamer. I was able to catch this movie on opening weekend. I walked into the theater pretty amped at the prospect of the future of gaming caught in a movie. I was not disappointed.
The movie starts Michael C. Hall as a software developer who devises of a way to remotely control people. He first tries out this new discovery by developing a game called Society. This game was designer to be a Sims esq type of game where users get to control other people in real time and determine the things they do in a preset social location. After running this for awhile he begins working on another project called Slayers. Slayers is basically a first person shooter where Gamers control prisoners in what is basically an all out Capture the Flag.
This movie was pretty cool in that it does a great job of appealing to Video Gamers everywhere. From great little easter eggs (such as teabaggin) to the all out non stop violence, this movie does not let down.
Where it excels at apex-ing on the geek scale, it only moderately appeals everywhere else. The story is one we have all seen before. The feel was very Escape From New York. And the cast (except for Butler) basically phoned in their roles and then hung up after 10 mins. I mean really, when you have a cast of Alison Lohman, John Leguizamo, Ludacris, Terry Crews, and Milo Ventimiglia it would have been nice if they were in the film longer than 15 mins a piece. Though it was nice to see Terry Crews play a psycho. Overall I liked the movie even though at the end it felt like it was missing something. Don't take the kids to see this one.
Lastly, let's talk Whiteout. Whiteout is a movie that was adapted from the graphic novel of the same name written by Greg Rucka and artist Steve Lieber. This movie was hard for me to gauge. I had recently read the book and then went to go see this movie. And with the exception of a few minor points, the movie pretty much follows the book. Unfortunately knowing the big surprise that came at the end of the movie pretty much ruined it for me. Not to say it's a good movie, it is, just I wasn't as emotionally involved in it as I should have been.
Whiteout takes place in Antartica and focus's around Marshall Stetko as she tries to solve the first murder to ever take place there. I feel that I would have really enjoyed this movie in that it's just an old fashioned Murder/Mystery but set in a remote location. But due to the fact that I recently finished the book all the magic was taken away for me. So do yourself a favor, go check out the movie and then read the graphic novel. You may enjoy playing the comparison game.
Well that's about all I've got for now. This past week was a sea of thera-flu and old videos. The great thing about being sick is that it gives you a legitimate excuse to play video games and not get out of your PJ's.
On the FP front, I am still currently editing EP#39 of the Panelcast. I am hoping to have it up by the end of the day. Also, [url=www.hightowercomics.com]High Tower Comics[/url], [url=www.4colorfantasies.com]4 Color Fantasies[/url], and Forbidden Panel are going to begin working on a new project. Stay tuned as more info will be coming soon.
In the meantime please enjoy this pic from ZKS!!
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