Zoe Bell For The Win!! And That Brubaker Is Not Too Shabby Either

Ed Brubaker's Angel Of Death freely available here. Each episode is about 7~10 minutes, and pretty darn well done.

The Punisher: Warzone

Correct. Divertissant. Mais peut-être simplement parce que je viens tout juste de me taper 2 arcs du "Punisseur" par Garth Ennis et Steve Dillon :). Ou parce que j'ai adoré Titus Pullo dans Rome :P! Reste que ça fait le travail... contrairement à l'autre version que j'ai vue, celle avec Tom Jane, dont je ne me souviens pratiquement pas, pour être parfaitement honnête :).

~5.0.

Numérique et en ligne, dites-vous ?!?!

Encore une fois, la vie et son sens de l'ironie... À moins que ce ne soit qu'une question de timing... Qu'importe, 2 petits comics numériques pas mal intéressants; drôles, simples mais entamant une réflexion passionnante sur les nouvelles formes possibles pour les comics offertes par cette fameuse 'aire numérique'. Guess I'll take a peek at this McCloud's take on it all (here).




about DIGITAL COMICS by ~Balak01 on deviantART


Part 2 (with a hilarious parody of a famous flick :P)


ABOUt about DIGITAL COMICS by ~Balak01 on deviantART

transHUMAN or, Opening Up My Blogging Horizons

Ok, ok, I really believe it's time this blog gets a little broader. I love movies, but I also love reading and watching TV Shows and going to live shows, and so on, and I do have some things to say about those... sometimes... So here we go, this blog is now a true thoughts repository... Sort of a diary, basically...

First off the bat, Jonathan Hickman's transHUMAN.


That guy has an obvious storyteller's talent, and the greatest and simplest ideas, working its way towards complex issues, with a couple goodies for uber geeks such as yours truly. his first mini-series, The Nightly News, gave me shivers and reminded me of the impact Fight Club's premice had on me... I actually was waiting for some art work with the same order of magnitude. While closing TNN, and pondering it for days on end afterwards, I had to admit this was the work I'd been looking for, hoping for since Fight Club was released, which is to say about 10 years... Crazy.

Thereafter, of course, I became a huge fan of Hickman, but somewhat unfortunately, the guy is mostly just starting... So, once again, I had to wait. And wait I did... Until transHUMAN's trade finally hit the shelves, a week ago. Man o man, do Hickman, and his artist (JM Ringuet, great great "painter" style) deliver... It's deep while seemingly simple, it tackles one if not the issue of the 3rd millenium, it's smart and savvy and funny, and, bottom line, so well-written... Abso-fscking-lutely worth entering one of those smelly geeks den and subjects oneself to those inevitable crooked looks, and perhaps even a comments or three, to grab that book. Seriously. It's all part of the diegesis, really ;-).

'... if you're reading this, take my advice, put the comic down and step away from the shelf - because it's not everyday that you get smarter from not reading a book.'

- Dr. Anton Rebere

'Congratulations, you're forever stuck in neutral, manmeat. We'll be replacing you soon.'