Here’s what I saw at the Monster Jam event at the DCU Center on February 19, 2011. However, what I’ll remember forever is that my son and my brother were with me and we enjoyed the visceral treat of thunderous destruction and the awesome splendor of mischievous mechanical marvels together.
In the spirit of the season, I wanted to share this awesome retro scary movie poster. It is for the french version of a 1968 UK terror flick The Devil Rides Out. The film stars Christopher Lee (Lord of the Rings) as The Duc de Richeleau and the movie looks as cool as it does creepy. Lee’s fantastically sinister mustache let’s you know there is evil about. Fans of the HBO series TrueBlood might find some of the footage in the trailer very familiar. Happy Halloween!
SWEET! Check out the first two covers of the new The Invincible Iron Man arc “Stark: Disassembled.” The covers are illustrated by Frank D’Armata (Illustrated covers for: The New Avengers, Uncanny X-Men, World War Hulk, etc.), Salvador Larroca (Works include: Invincible Iron Man, Spider-Man: House of M, Ultimate Daredevil & Elektra, Ultimate Elektra, Uncanny X-Men, X-Men, and X-Treme X-Men, etc.), and designed by Rian Hughes (Too much killer work to even start to talk about. Just visit his site.) I love the clean typography and non-traditional comic book cover layout. The creative team has avoided using the stereotypical “triumph” pose or the east vs. west, hero-villain head on clash layout. The coloring is subtle and stylish and the layout is balanced and thought provoking. Matt Fraction wrote the books and first revealed the covers on his site: mattfraction.com. Thanks to Brian E. for the find. I can’t wait to see what the other 3 issues in the arc look like.
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