I can start all over the place as I had predicted it for years as had several others.

You guys out there who’ve read my blogs and messages on such pop message boards as Animation Nation, know I’ve pushed for a Marvel/Disney marriage for quite some time. It was a simple thing, I wanted to see some awesome movies about the Marvel Comics pantheon of of characters.

That simple.

Marvel Comics’ superhero and supervillain cadre’ has surpassed any other intellectual property house. Marve’ls got thousands upon thousands of characters who haven’t seen the light of popular day here. Only a small handfull are now in the public eye and look at the havoc they’ve wrought at the box office in terms of money. Marvel now equals money but only when done right. In the past there have been disasters at the box office or television but only when the characters, costumes, basic plots have been messed with. Fans had plead, begged, boycotted just to get studios not to stuff these Marvel movies with umpteen executive producers who know nothing about the characters. Whenever the fans pleas were ignored there was a drastic crash.

Spider-Man solved that problem.

SONY knew they had to come up with something that pleased the millions of Marvel fans who had been sitting around for decades unfulfilled. Only television’s “The Incredible Hulk” filled that Marvel void but that was because of the quality demanded by the shows’s staff and principle actors Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno. Both men were masters of their crafts and sport long before they got on the show. To this day Mr. Lou Ferrigno is still recognized as the one and true Hulk and contributed to this blockbuster movie with his own voice. SONY then came along 20 years later with Spider-Man starring Toby Maguire. Top special effects, soundtrack, acting, directing from fan favorite Sam Raimi who knows how to do comics right, and the race was on. Followed up by the popular X-Men franchise from 20th Century Fox and the Marvel franchise became solid enough.

Disney could have bought Marvel when it was just tens of millions dollars on the table. Questions from the authorities about the legality of such a purchase are still in debate but the bottom line is the Marvel properties are putting money in the pockets of millions of people especially the stockholders.

Disney ended up buying Marvel for around $9 billion and they’re going to make their money back in no time from the toys alone. We need to look at the astonishing return headed towards Disney from this franchise acquisition. The Avengers has broken just about every box office record known to man. That shows that demographically it’s hitting markets hitherto untapped. Girls and women are now piling into the theaters to watch superhero adventures for two reasons, the romance and hunky heroes. That’s an achievement comics have been looking for for decades. Marvel movies work well with the romance factor because the original writers and artists added these factors into their stories. Writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby and the Marvel bullpen of creators did the unusual. They made stories about superheroes who had real life problems. That meant stories about romance, marital problems, divorce, you name it. That ingrained their characters into the public who loved those soap opera scenarios. Women and girls who dug into those Marvel stories went on to become popular writers and producers themselves. Female Marvel fans do have one up on your average run-of-the-mill women as they look for that extra monumental challenge to take on. Women’s Lib was popular in Marvel Comics long before it was in pop culture. That led to a loyalty to the brand that has lasted half a century.

Now that the transition to film has proven that the basic Marvel formula is a money maker, you’re going to have to get ready for the avalanche and cultural change that is coming. We’re talking big change folks. The sheer lexicon changes that these films will bring will be quite significant let me tell you. The superhero genre is the new “Western” where sagas of good and evil battle it out. Bad supervillains will be strolling into Dodge and the superheroes will have to battle it out to the death. This is going to go on for a very, very, very, long time.

Superheroes ain’t goin’ away anytime soon.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Expect big and small superhero movies, books, websites, and more. The moral stories coming are incredible in depth and scope. Writers and artists now have the web to express themselves and Hollywood is pounding at our door. Yours truly has three comics properties up for film option. Studios and their investors would be extremely wise to cater to the comics industry because if just one comic book property gets into the hands of the right producer and studio and could become the next blockbuster. Comics fans have seen this happen several times especially in the past thirty years alone. There are poignant comics, comics with profound wisdom, stories that range from one end of the spectrum to the other. The Japanese have recognized this for the past 50 years and exploit it to the point of astonishing profits. America has not, but now you should see a re-direction of investment capital to expand the comics and animation base. This Avengers movie has proven beyond any doubt of this. Considering that DC Comics’ “Batman” movie coming out in July and Marvel’s latest “Spider-Man” flick following hot on its heels this is going to be the year of the superhero like no other. The sheer merchandising and licensing of the products will shatter previous records and just wait for Christmas.

Tune in tomorrow for part II of this post.

The 2000 “Battlestar Galactica” that is, starring Edward James Olmos.

I couldn’t watch the shows when they were on the air but now thanks to Netflix I was able to catch up on
them.

Being an original Trekkie, not Trekker, I had to do my part and watch “Enterprise”. I had started to watch it
at first when it aired but the stations ran so many reruns I kept catching the same episodes over and over to
the point I got bored.

With Battlestar, being an original fan, I was immediately turned off by the major character changes and the fact
it was on the SciFi Channel at the time made it just laborious to watch.

Anyhow, since I’m at the drafting table all night and day and writing all night and day I gave it a shot and watched
every episode of both series and it took me weeks. I’ve always been a proponent for a “Star Trek TV” network with
nothing but “Star Trek” 24/7.

Anyhow, I’ll be back shortly with reviews of both series.

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These bands grab attention right off the bat. An eye-catching name can bring in a crowd of curiosity seekers and once they show up at the bar and get liquored up, anything a band with a funny name plays is going to sound good.

Not only that but on Monday when you get back to work or college and people ask what you did over the weekend you’ve got one heck of a conversation that will start.

I warn you though, this list is sooooo funny that you may end up unable to continue your daily chores or work schedule so be careful and let someone know you’re going to be reading this list so that if you end up incapacitated with laughter someone will be able to call for help.

You can peruse through the hundreds of funny named bands on this website by clicking here.

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You may wonder if Facebook Profile Creeps is a scam or if Facebook profile Creeps is a hacking virus. The truth is don’t trust it. These so called apps should only be trusted if Facebook themselves alerts you to them.

Facebook Profile Creeps smells like a virus, looks like a virus and until further notice I would highly advise not using Facebook Profile Creeps or any Facebook app you can’t verify especially when you notice several of your Facebook friends using it like an avalanche. It’s a sure sign that something is going wrong.

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Thank goodness you can get live breaking news video of the latest earthquake in Japan. The BBC website link will take you there. Also, there is a pop up video window that you can watch the live feed.”

With all our friends and family there in the Anime and Manga communities we are sitting here in the U.S. praying and waiting patiently for you all.

The video is astonishing and the fear of aftershocks and more quakes are having us on the edge here. There are also news and video feeds from Japan’s major tv networks and I’m collecting a list of links to live video news feeds from Japan so we can all stay on top of this story.

If you’re new to internet marketing you’ll realize that there are billions of people on the world wide web and they’re all searching for something. The trick is to get it to them.

You can be the best artist in the world but if no one knows where you are and what you do you’ll be standing there with your paintbrush stuck somewhere.

Stick around and keep an eye on this blog as I’ll be showcasing the best tried and true methods for getting traffic to your websites, blogs, and products. I might hook up a video library showing how as well.

Anyhow, things look great and you’ll get to learn something too!

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I used to do illustrations and cartoons and graphics for all sections of the newspaper from sports, editorial, life, science, etc.

Years ago before blogging got cool I tried giving away free editorial cartoons for websites to use as art for their copy and I got a real nice response. Had toons popping up all over the web and good traffic. However I was busy with other things but now I figure I’ll give it another go.

Blogging is huge and having a good piece of art to go with a blog post attracts and retains more visitors.

So stay tuned while I work out the last details.

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In these screen caps you’ll see how I beat this with just three gunmen. Other strategies call for an army of gunmen and luck. Mine is a simple strategy that calls for position, upgrade, and using the game’s functions against itself for a 100% kill and victory rate.

Let’s start with image #1 that shows position. First you’ll notice I use only three gunmen. That’s all ya’ need. Place your gunmen at EXACTLY the positions you see where I’ve placed mine. Once that’s done then highlight the center gunman and leave him highlighted.

Next, start the game in this second image you’ll see I mention to PAUSE the game as the vehicles come by. As soon as the first vehicle shows itself, it may be one or two vehicles, then hit pause frequently, not too much, just enough to slow the vehicles down and let your gunmen wipe them out. As each wave of vehicles starts, hit PAUSE again frequently and the rate of vehicles will slow down for easy pickins. NOW HERE’S THE COOL PART. KEEP UPGRADING YOUR CENTER GUNMAN ONLY. HE’LL REACH HITMAN STATUS AND THAT’S THAT.

His range is wider so he’ll be nailing the Boss until he explodes and you reach VICTORY!

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In honor of the acquisition of Marvel Entertainment by the Walt Disney empire, I had to draw this quick sketch of Mickey Mouse as Marvel’s legendary planet eating super being, Galactus and Goofy as his herald the Silver Surfer.

Needless to say this acquisition changes the playing field for the better as it sure shakes up the status quo big time.

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