Yesteryear Sneak-Peek!

Hey, remember when I mentioned the superhero-tastic new novel Yesteryear, by Tommy Hancock?

Yeah, well, hey look...a sneak peek. So go read that.

That Man Could Write

Dwayne McDuffie has passed away. Which, frankly, is a bad thing if you enjoy comics, though not quite so bad as it is if you're a member of the man's family or a friend. I've talked about McDuffie before. And I've posted the below video before as well. But you're getting it again, because it's worth watching.

McDuffie, for me, was one of those guys who 'got' the characters he was writing. He wasn't a continuity-fanatic, or a 'reinventionist', or a 'back-to-basics guy'...he was the guy who wrote the best story he could about the characters in front of him. He added to the toy-box, instead of taking things out.

He just wanted to tell the best story he could in the time or page count available. Ain't no higher compliment than that in my book.

Basically, dude could write. And the stories that come after will be the poorer for his absence.

Today's Post Brought To You...

...Courtesy of one Gary J. Sella, who smooshed together an awesome two page spread into the single even more awesome image which now graces the above header. Apparently, Gary is a fan. Apparently, I (or the site, at least) have fans.

I know, I'm just as shocked as the rest of you. Still, I do love that image. So, thanks Gary!

Art By Adams Week-Day 7

And we bring Art Adams week to a close with some helpful hygiene hints from the Hulk. The more you know, the more you grow!

Art By Adams Week-Day 6

Giant monkey? Check. Giant dinosaur? Check. Half-naked lady? Check. Something for everyone.

Art By Adams Week-Day 5

Why oh why can't we have Adams on FF Classic or something along similar lines? Just twelve straight issues of them fighting freaky aliens, giant monsters and investigating strange worlds. That's all I'm asking...

Art By Adams Week-Day 4

Would an Art Adams Week be complete without Godzilla? No. No sir it most certainly would not!

Art By Adams Week-Day 3

Really I'm just posting this one to see if there's a spike in blog traffic. That's all. Stop looking at me.

Art By Adams Week-Day 2

Goshdarn it, dude just draws a good Hulk, y'know? I mean, monsters in general, but still...

Art By Adams Week-Day 1

Look, I'm not saying Wolverine should get eaten by raptors...but he should totally get eaten by raptors.

Art By Adams Week-Day 0

So, if you noticed the poll over to the side there last week, you might have guessed that this week will be ALL ART ADAMS, ALL THE TIME! Awesome pictures. You know you want 'em. Anyway, my feelings on Adams are pretty plain, but here's a pretty cool discussion on him by Sean Witzke and Jared Lewis that I recommend you give a look-see to.

Yesteryear

Looks interesting, no? Well, it better, because I got a bit of a preview of it and I'll be talking about it some soon...in short: it's good.

Three-Bit Theater

So, as you may, or may not, be aware, I do a bit of writing in between posting funny pictures for you to look at. And now, some of that writing is available in handy-dandy electronic format! For just three bucks, you can pick up copies of both Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective Volume 2 and Jim Anthony, Super-Detective: The Hunters, both of which features stories by yours truly...

Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective, Volume 2 features my story, "The Affair of the Wretched Flesh" (recently nominated for a Pulp Ark Award!), which sees Sherlock Holmes go up against the sinister machinations of one Doctor Alphonse Moreau in the depths of Limehouse.

And in Jim Anthony, Super-Detective: The Hunters, my story "Death in Yellow", sees the titular hero battling Yetis in New York all the while trying to stay one step ahead of a lunatic big-game hunter and a Tibetan cult.

So. Two great books. Three bucks apiece. Can't beat that, can you?

Precious Moments

And now, for your momentary amusement, from hands varied and various, a series of moments:

A Moment of (Alan) Moore

A Moment of (Warren) Ellis

A Moment of (Grant) Morrison

Villains With Potential-The Basilisk

No, not that one. Or that one. This one. Basil Elks, the original A-number one stunner. Literally. Capable of holding off the Thing AND Spider-Man simultaneously, the Basilisk died ignominiously at the hands of the Scourge, only to be resurrected to fight the Punisher. Since then he hasn't been seen. And there's a very good reason for that...

See, once upon a time, Basil Elks was just a petty thief who managed to get his hands on an ancient Kree artefact that gave him a variety of powers, including concussive eye-beams. Since then, he's used those powers to tangle with any number of super-heroes. But what Basil didn't know was that every time he used those powers, a beacon on the Kree homeworld of Hala flashed and an alert was filed.

Now, in the aftermath of recent cosmic shenanigans, the once-mighty Kree Empire is in flux. Factions rise and fall, engaging Byzantine schemes against one another and the nominal rulers of the Empire. And one such faction has re-discovered those old alerts, and by extension, the Basilisk.

Now, a squad of Kree commandos is tearing through Earth's upper atmosphere with the intention of extracting either the Basilisk, or the power he holds. But Basil Elks is a hard man to find, and an even harder one to hold, and he's not going quietly.

And, too, the Basilisk isn't the only wielder of a Kree power source on Earth. There are a number of others, including Moonstone and Man-Wolf. And Basil has discovered that his powers resonate with those of the other wielders, making him, in effect, a cosmic blood-hound.

Now the Basilisk isn't a wise man, or a good man, but he is a curious man. Experimenting with his powers even as he readjusts to being in the land of the living, Basil Elks begins to wonder about those resonances and their possible consequence. But because he is also a greedy man, he begins to think that maybe, just maybe, he ought to see about acquiring those other power sources by any means necessary.

And above it all, a band of Kree soldiers, determined and armed for war, drawing ever closer to their target...

The Book Cave Gets Starstruck!

Ric Croxton, podcaster extralinguistic, plays host to the creators of Starstruck-Elaine Lee, Lee Moyer and Mike Kaluta! Go give it a listen...I mean, what else have you got to do today?