daily supes

I have had a hankering to see Donner's re-cut Superman II, especially after re-watching S:TM with mi querida. The colors in that movie still pop and crackle, and I feel like Donner was specifically mindful of the cape, because it is doubly the most outlandish component of his costume, and the most compelling. Without the cape, it can't work.

This actually mirrors the climax of the movie for me, in that I love the scene of Clark re-building the decimated fault-line(again, the color in that sequence is wonderful), but it is immediately followed by his jumping the shark around the world so fast is spins backwards through time. Everything had been so grounded (and, goofy) up to that point.

However, despite that Supes has never tried this before, and even if he thought he could pull it off, the attempt could have devastating results, (and if successful, give him the ability to alter the course of human history, something he has sworn to never do), he still makes the decision with barely a moment of hesitation, and a look of "so fucking be it, destiny."

And of course, the cape always looked good. and, maybe, I have a thing for capes.

 -Jams

Terry Daily

So, obviously been digging into the hardcover Caniff recently, and ended up with a Sakai(esque) Terry below. Which, is probably better than the jerry-curl Terry above. Maybe he should talk to Tintin about hair care.

Imagine a time when Terry and the Pirates appeared in your daily paper. Of course, there are several great comics appearing several times a week, which can be viewed without even having to leave the bed, but there are so few good adventure strips, much less in the newspapers. And, even fewer Caniff's out there.

-Jams

Kaiju Press

The kaiju is risen:

http://linguafrancacomics.tumblr.com/

Yeah, I started a tumblr. Will I be any more consistent with updating the tumblr? Who knows, but it should be a fun experiment.

-Jams

Mad Dash!

Warm-up of Frank Einstein doing his hero thing.

-Jams

Game of Thorn

Thorn Harvestar.

Daily Takaya

If Ultraman hooked me, then it was the Guyver that reeled me in. Takaya's creation is not only wildly imaginative, but continuously accessible, having been adapted to animation 3 separate times, and twice to live action. However, the character remains virtually unknown, save for minor cult status world wide. Sadly, only the first 7 or so volumes (out of 20+) have been translated into English.

His art always floored me, the simplicity of his character design juxtaposed with the sometimes chaotic zoanoids, but ever shot of the Guyver units, whether action or still, is just drenched in cool. And, slightly intimidating. I started trying to draw Guyver I when I was 12 or so, and worked at it until I had something of which I wasn't ashamed. Feeling I'd hit my peak, I never tried to draw him again, until now.

The OAV "Out of Control" is not bad, and, despite descending into tentacle porn depths and reusing footage even though it's only an hour long, is awesomely gruesome. Both "Bio-Boosted Armor" series are pretty fantastic, and the version from the 80's takes some interesting directions with Takaya's original story. Ultimately, the manga is king, and the best introduction to the character.

The live action movies are entertaining, but plenty has been written about them, so I'll leave you with only this thought: Mark Hamill's Moustache.

Bio-Boost!

-Jams