The Comics Wheel.

I’ve been debating since I’ve joined the Code2 Team on which comic/graphic novel/trader I should start with.  Some thing new and exciting? New and lame? Old and classic? Or old and over-rated?  I guess those are the categories.  I have a stack of all of the above that I am dying to cover.  Including a comparative essay between Sentences: The life of MF GRIMM and the autobiography of Miles Davis.  I just started working on the Miles Davis book so it may be a while before that one comes out.

So where oh where to start.  Spin the dial…click..click..click.click.click….click……click……………….click. New and Exciting it is!

Batman and Robin issues 1&2 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely.

Well what isn’t exciting about anything Grant Morrison writes? (except for Filth, but I’ll get to that later)  For those of you who don’t know, Grant Morrison is sort of a big deal.  Basically the Zip’s (2000′s) Alan Moore, although I like Moore better.  But I do like what Grant does, I’ve read several of his stories.  Grant Morrison is from Scottland I believe and does a lot of Superman and Batman titles.  He’s fairly famous for a mini-series called We3 also illustrated by Frank Quitely as well and also The Invisibles.

So we’ve got two people who have worked together and they are about to endeavor upon not just a new Robin (because Bruce dealt with 3 different ones, including one that was killed)  but now we have a new Batman.  That’s right a new Batman.  There is no secret to the reader who these two actually are.  Nightwing aka the Original Robin aka Dick Grayson is the new Batman and the offspring of Bruce Wayne and Talia al Ghul (daughter of Ra’s al Ghul) Damian Wayne, trained since birth by thieves and assassins and the kid has been and probably always will be pissed off about the world.

Dick has got a real job on his hand, The Batman has been missing, Bruce is dead, under Alfred’s advice he’s got this punk ten year old Damian as a side kick when he could probably just get Tim.  He hates the cape, he’s not as big as bruce, sounds different and Com. Gordon knows it, Damion is defiant and violent.  Batman, for the first time, feels out of control and helpless.  This struggle of identity is painted beautifully throught this DC team.  I’ve never seen such a posture from batman on page one of the second issue and for the first time, Batman becomes valnerable.  That is a strange concept right? Because Batman has always been, just human, just a man, mortal.  But he wasn’t valnerable, he was stoic, stallwart, invincible.

Quitely does a very nice job with the art.  The lighting really stands out to me in this one.  Most of the time, Batman can be a little too Noir, it is Noir but sometimes its a little too Noir, but I learned once in a film class that good lighting is normally so good that you don’t even notice it.  That means it flows seamlessly from scene to scene, you know what time of day it is, where they are, where their light is coming from and what the gravity of the situation is.

Most of the time I wait for traders, lets be honest, less advertisements, but the buzz was so high for this one, that I just couldn’t wait, so I didn’t.

I need some kind of a rating system….hmm…..I know!

4 Super-Colbert Me’s!!!!!                                                  T.HAKES

Sunday School Part 011

So since I spent most of Sunday (mother’s day) coolin with Royal, playin Fifa 09, eating pizza, reading comics and not doing anything productive, the review is a bit late. Not too worried about it.

Few things I wanna touch on, namely Cassie and Rihanna (see what I did there?). I’m sure everyone has seen Cassie and Rihanna nekkid pictures by now. Not gonna post those here cause we are a family friendly blog… for the most part, but I will post Chris Brown with panties on his head cause that’s just funny to me (Breezy also made an apperence in the peanuts recently).

My real question is who would you rather put the business to? Rihanna or Cassie? Right now I’m leanin towards Rihanna solely based on that booty. Didn’t know she was carrying like that. Completely not mad at her anymore for taking an hour to set up during the Glow in the Dark show me, El Capo and Royal went to last spring.

Gigady goooo

Last week in attempts to win some money or recognition for the Code2Ave from JumpOff.TV I attempted to guess how well Mike Jones album was gonna do. It sold 24,825 units in its first week… I thought it would do 32,000. My guess made as much sense as going to college for 6 or more years with aspirations of becoming a gym teacher. I admit me and Royal did love that shit back when we were freshman but we, just like the rest of the world, grew out of that terrible southern rap fad.

I also caught this last week I saw this Punisher digital comic featuring Eminem, it’s worth a look if you’re into hip-hop, comics and just all around fuckery.

Gully

There may finally be hip-hop (other then Beastie Boys) in those guitar and rock band genre games. The homie Medina sent me a link to this. That’s right, a turntable video game. If Kid Capri, Tony Touch, Mixmaster Mike, Jam Master Jay and Grandmaster Flash and all the other legends of the wheels of steel appear in this game, I would drop any amount of money on getting it. Check out what the controller might look like.

I want this

Also get all all of last week’s illest new mixtapes at the homie Kevin Nottingham’s site. Dude hooked it up.

If you have a shitty taste in music and live near Grand Rapids, be sure to check out Soulja Boy, Gucci Mane and the GS Boys at the Deltaplex this summer.

A list of things you will see there:
Fuckery
White people
Everyone who still live at the apartments I grew up at
Copious amounts of stanky leg
Thick yet oddly shaped ugly girls

A list of things you will not see there:
Me
Talent
Anyone with an IQ over 80
Respectable women

I leave you with a little bit about race, hip-hop and Asher Roth. I’ve never given a shit about what I’ve said, many would agree but some people need to know what is alright and what isn’t. Peep it.

A lot of times it’s difficult to figure out what is appropriate and what isn’t. I’ll just go ahead and let out the secret that no one knows yet, it’s never appropriate to refer to anything race based when talking to or about black people. Never ever have I seen an Indian dude get pissed off about being called Squanto as much as I have seen a random black dude get pissed off about me wearing a cotton shirt…. I keed, but for real, shit is crazy out there in the world. Race isn’t and never will be an issue to me… unless I’m trying to get a job and they see my name and can’t pronounce it then see me and think I’m going to blow the place up. But I don’t care what race my friends are; we’re all the human race and that’s what we need to realize(except for Turks of course). Just don’t say stupid shit unless you A) don’t give a fuck or B) don’t mind catching a beat down.

That brings me to the end of this weeks update. I Didn’t listen to anything I was going to listen to this last week. Blame my XBOX which unfortunately may be broken now… my life is in shambles, I know. Least you may be hearing more from me now. Be on the lookout for a few more writers providing a women’s perspective here pretty soon, we’ve got some things in the works here at Code 2 Avenue which I’m sure you will appreciate. Also, who is in for Rock the Bells in the Chi? Need to know soon cause I plan on spending that $100+ for a ticket sometime this week… inflation.

- Drama
(Last week)