G.I. Joe: The Review and... the Musical?

I had a really hard time watching the GI Joe movie. I mean REALLY hard time. I actually fell asleep during the entire "accelator suit" scene in Paris. When I awoke, I was disappointed that the movie was not over. That's how hard of a time I had. That's rough. Like 40 Hell's Angels with baseball bats vs 1 Grandma in a wheelchair rough.

Now I'm a big fan of GI Joe. I'm talking Orca big. I read the comics. I love the animated movie. I owned all the toys as a kid. GI Joe is one of the coolest franchises I've ever seen. Good stuff man. So you can imagine my disappointment when the credits rolled. The movie made me feel how Zartan must feel at a costume party: lost in a crowd where all my coolest attributes are being drowned by a sea of poorly constructed clones. It was bad. I'm talking Orca bad.

But while digging around on the tuber, I came across this recently filmed music video that was not only better than the movie, it also reminded me why I love GI JOE. Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to be highly entertained for the next 3 and half minutes:

Welcome to the Working Week.

So Monday is pretty much over. Day one of the new working week has closed and I'm very happy. Fleshed out a major chunk of the new comic I keep teasing you guys about. I cannot wait to unleash it on you guys. I really can't. As soon as pages 1-12 are lettered, I'll post them on here. Trust.

The Saturday event at Isotope with Geoff Johns was amazing. Once again James Sime, owner of Isotope, threw an amazing event. The entire staff was just awesome.

Geoff is a really nice guy. I asked him a bunch of questions on writing and he answered all of them. Really simple, insightful stuff. It was great.

That's pretty much it for today. I'm tired. Working week has made me sleepy... :)

Btw: Here is a pick from Saturday. View from the balcony.

Geoff Johns at Isotope this Saturday!!

Just another reminder guys that this Saturday, legendary comics writer Geoff Johns will be at Isotope all night! Open bar. Great people. San Francisco as the backdrop. What more could you want?? Join us for this great event!!! :)

GEOFF JOHNS AT ISOTOPE! YOU'RE INVITED!

Next Saturday, July 18th, Geoff Johns, the one and only amazing DC Comics writer will be at Isotope Comics Lounge right here in San Francisco! For those of you familiar with Geoff Johns, he is the writer behind "Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War," "Action Comics," "Infinite Crisis," and so much more!

The party is celebrating the release of DC latest summer event: "BLACKEST NIGHT!" I urge all comics fans to come and be a part of this awesome event!

7pm-1am. 21+ only. Open bar. The best comic shop in town. What more could you ask for?

For all the specifics and for those who are interested in attending the autograph times (4-6pm) please click here for more info!

 

I promise you it's good. And I'm walking the line...

So yes, it's official, I'm on twitter. (Or "the twit" I as like to call it.) But trust, it is good! I can literally update my site, facebook, and myspace all with one post. How can you beat such lazy efficiency?

Anyways, so I'm wrapping up Issue 3 of my new comic, while I wait for the publication date of my next comic to be announced (I know as little as you do). Things are going well and William Reyes, my artist, has turned in amazing pages. Just mind blowing really. I actually think I could send just the first 9 pages to any company and we'd get picked up. He is worth the wait and the money. I'm really, really, happy.

In other news, working on this film script with fellow writer Matthew Keuter and boy is it a blast. We're really at the ground floor of this thing right now. We're working on a remake of a very famous (albeit old) property. So we've been looking at all the original comics, serials, and films that have come before in order to educate ourselves on the various interpretations and mythologies that have been established with the characters. This is also my very first chance to walk the line with someone else's franchise. The ever tricky balance of staying true to the original source material while updating and reinvigorating it for today's audience is now landed on my door step. How do I feel we're doing with the balance, you ask? Well I think-

WE'RE KILLING IT!!