Supertalk

Review in Roctober Magazine

2011-02-08T12:46:00.000-08:00

Sure, Supertalk may be out of print, but that won't stop the awesome reviews from rolling in. Actually, I think we have about four copies of issue #1 left over at Birdcage Bottom Books, so...get 'em while they're tepid.

You can read the very short but very sweet review by Jacob Austen over at the Roctober Magazine blog.

HELLO, WELCOME TO REMAKE CENTRAL

2011-01-03T12:47:00.001-08:00

TODAY WE ARE DEALING WITH TRUE GRIT REMAKE:

THIS IS ROOSTER COGBURN PLAYED BY JOHN WAYNE, A TOUGH COOL GUY

THIS IS ROOSTER COGBURN PLAYED BY JEFF BRIDGES , A COOL GUY

OKAY, SO IT SUCKED. REMAKING A MOVIE FROM 1969 IN 2010 MEANS IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY LOOK BETTER, THE EDITING, IMAGE QUALITY, ALL THE TECHNICAL STUFF. BUT THE REST IS UP TO MR SMARTY PANTS NEW DIRECTOR (OR THE COEN BROZ IN THIS CASE) WHO WANT TO MAKE A NEW VERSION OF A GREAT MOVIE. When I say the original True Grit is a great movie, I dont mean it in the sense that "YEAH ITS A CLASSIC AND THEREFORE MIGHT BE BORING BUT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED GREAT" I MEAN: It is really a great movie. AND, it is succinct as well. The new movie ads in a couple of very, very unnecessary changes, like substituting a believable, stupid move on the part of the LeBoef guy that is following Cogburn and that little girl with a dumb, movie magic type moment where two groups of people arrive at a cabin at the exact same time.. yeah right. If that doesnt make sense, its cause im trying to be vague and not ruin the movie for you (JOSH) but you really should have already seen the original so FUCK THAT.

The two main changes (both sucked) I can remember are: Instead of LeBoef, the clumsy, unhelpful and dumb Texas officer in the party, shooting at a gang of RUFFIANS while scoping them out from up top on some mountains, by MISTAKE (IN THE OG VERZION) he now just happens to arrive to the area at the same time the ruffians are chilling. If this sounds poorly written and not very explanatory, THATS CAUSE IT IS.
2) The other main change I hated was that stupid little girl looses her arm from the snake bite at the end, (instead of just needing a cast like the OG VERZION) and there is this awful, dreamy montage of Jeff Bridges (the new Cogburn) and the girl on a horse in the nighttime (wow, more emotional if its at nightttime right?) riding to get her help. The Coen guys said that this remake would focus more on the girl, but all that basically meant was they would add a terrible little epilogue at the end, which shows her like 15 years later, all growed up with no left arm, trying to see Cogburn, who OOPS died cause he was like 80 anyways. WHO CARES. RE-RELEASE THE OG TRUE GRIT- HENRY HATHAWAY IS MY DAWG. PS IS HE RELATED TO THIS GIRL?

(THATS ANN HATHAWAY NAKED)
BOTTOM LINE: THE COEN BROTHERS MAKE GOOD MOVIES SOMETIMES, SO WHY WOULD THEY TRY TO REMAKE AN AWESOME ONE? JUST FINISH THE YIDDISH POLICEMANS MOVIE ALREADY.

In other movie news, did you know Ralph Bakshi directed a terrible, beyond awful movie starring

Batgirl and

THIS GUY? It is called CRAZY AND GREAT or something like that. I was watching it like.. This is as badly acted as Cool World, and then I realized.. Ralph Bakshi just doesnt know how to direct people.. it was really like watching a high school play. UGH.

HERE ARE 3 MORE PICS FROM MY VISIT TO THE SET OF THE TIME TRAVEL REMAKE:

ME AND JOHN WAYNE- I AM TEACHING HIM HOW TO ACT LIKE AN IDIOT, SIPPING BEER OUTTA MY POCKET AND DRINKING A MANGO/COCONUT. OOPS THERE GOES YOUR OTHER EYE, JOHNNY BOY!!

ME ON SET, JUST ENJOYING A BREW IN MY EX GIRLFRIENDS PYJAMAS

THE TRUST CIRCLE, WHAT?

THE CAPS LOCK REVIEW, THE BEST CRITIC OF EVERYTHING SAYS HAPPY NEW YEAR

2011-01-01T12:31:00.001-08:00

OH HAY THERE; LONG TIME NO C
HERE WE GO- ONE OF THE SEASON'S BIG IMPORTANT MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIES, BROKEN DOWN LIKE THE SCHEMATIC OF BILL CLINTON'S COLON THAT I HAVE ON MY BEDROOM WALL.
BLACK SWAN: THIS MOVIE WAS OKAY.
Okay so I saw that natalie portman
and MILA KUNIS (who was in BOOK OF ELI) were making out in the trailer so that was cool..

and also the wrestler was pretty alright of a movie..AND everyone was talking about this movie coming out like.. FOREVER... so i guess i got kinda psyched when I was sitting by myself in the movie theater waiting for the previews start. ANYWAYS, if no one had psyched this movie up then I would have enjoyed it more.. it was just a basic horror thriller type movie with a couple of sweet effects:

and two hawt babez. Natalie portman is a ballerina and hallucinates a bunch of stuff since ballerinas are crazy and subject themselves to lots of physical trauma like not eating, barfing up what they do eat, and fucking their bodies up to do all sorts of crazy dancey type shit. The ending was dumb, she kills herself, whatevz.
OKAY--------->COMING SOON TRUE GRIT REMAKE 2010 REVIEW!!!!!!
(Oh boyyy do I got a lot to say about that movie)

OH SHIT ITS ANUJ

2010-11-03T09:55:00.000-07:00

Fancy Guy Anuj Shrestha who is a SUPERTALK and a RABID RABBIT contributor recently got lots of love and shine for his reinturpretation of the Toy Story charecters as male prostitutes.

That went up HERE and Anuj's website is HERE

SUMIDA COVERED

2010-10-15T11:33:00.000-07:00

So, we dont chat, and I've never met him-but SUPERTALK's OWN Nick Sumida popped up in my Google BUZZ today cuz he did a drawing for the COVERED BLOG.

Supertalk super-talked about on Teenage Wasteland

2010-10-13T12:29:00.000-07:00

Look, I don't know who this "J.T. Yost" character is, but he seems to know a lot about the inner workings of Supertalk. Should we be worried? Will he spill sensitive information about the dietary habits of Victor Kerlow or what hallucinogens international playboy Eric Watkins is currently ingesting?

If you can stand to listen to this mono-tone jagoff for more than five minutes, he does give some major props to Supertalk Industries in an audio interview with Alec Berry of Teenage Wasteland podcast. Point your ears here.

Review in The Comics Journal

2010-10-10T19:59:00.000-07:00

We just stumbled on an old review of both Supertalk issues by Rob Clough on The Comics Journal blog posted back in August. Read it n' weep!

2010-10-10T09:13:00.001-07:00

Justin Giampaoli airs some grievances about both issues of Supertalk on Poopsheet Foundation, but ultimately gives them a passing grade. Read the review of issue #1 here, and #2 here.

Review in Avoid The Future

2010-09-17T03:47:00.001-07:00

A totally amazing review of both issues of Supertalk in Avoid The Future, naturally!

Review in Razorcake

2010-07-31T07:38:00.000-07:00

I've always said that those dirty punks at Razorcake know what they're talking about, and here's irrefutable proof: a positive review of Supertalk #2. I'm not sure how the information sheet was lost in the shuffle, but I've sent word that this comic gem can be found at www.BirdcageBottomBooks.com.

Read it and don't weep.

WASTE MY WHAT? LIFE, DAY, MINUTE, THANK YOU? WHAT, I SAY WHAT AGAIN

2010-07-09T08:16:00.000-07:00

DONT GET STONED/BURIED IN EARTH TO GET ROCKS THROWN AT YOU, IT SUCKS

just kidding getting stoned is sooooo sweeetttt

TOPICAL NOTES

2010-07-07T14:04:00.000-07:00

Oh so you might have missed this but we live in the future and its populated by Psychic OCTOPI

So far, Paul the Octopus has used his nine brains (one main and eight smaller brains in each arm) to tap into his sixth sense and he's picked Germany to advance out of the the first round (including the 1-0 loss to Serbia), win the round of 16 and the quarterfinal matches.

THE LINK

SUPERTALK IS PRO FUTURE PSY_CHIC CEPHOLOPODS

RABID RABBIT X SUPERTALK

2010-06-22T07:31:00.000-07:00

MoCCA pics from TUREK182

2010-06-22T07:19:00.000-07:00

MY SON MADE THIS GIF

2010-06-17T14:56:00.001-07:00

HE is very proud of it, post comments and let him know how talented he is!!!!!
PS. It was made for his PowerPoint report on THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM!!! It was his FINAL REPORT and he just graduated 5th Grade!!! CONGRATS SAMSON!!!!!!!!

GIF

2010-06-17T14:45:00.001-07:00

Supertalk review on Indie Street Radio

2010-06-01T05:28:00.000-07:00

There's nothing like listening to a good comic on the radio...that is, until the "talkies" showed up. Now everyone wants to take their girl to the picture show.

Indie Street Radio gave Supertalk a nice little shout-out which you can read here. Next we will tackle that infamous bastion of fun, the Zoetrope!

THIS IS NOT PHOTOSHOPPED

2010-04-29T19:02:00.002-07:00

COMIC REVIEW

2010-04-19T13:39:00.000-07:00

At the Supertalk table At MOCCA you might have noticed this comic. Made by Josh Burggraf and William Cardini, Its Great. Testament to How great it is happens to be as it happens that theres a REVIEW of it ON the INTERNET on the OPTICAL SLOTH REVIEW. And I Quote, in regards to how well the comic was made: "it’s never been done better to my knowledge."

OTHER GREAT THINGS OF NOTE:

Syncopated: An Anthology of Nonfiction Picto-Essays, edited by Brendan Burford (Villard) GOT NOMINATED for an EISNER AWARD for Best Anthology.
Two SUPERTALK CHAMPIONS, VICTOR KERLOW and PAUL HOPPE are in this book.

RABID RABBIT, a publication CHOCK FULL of SUPERTALK CHAMPIONS has been nominated for two categories in the Stumptown Comicsfest "Trophy" Awards- check out the nominees here. Rabid Rabbit #10 "Kitty Kitty" and Rabid Rabbit #11 "Tall Tales and Magnanimous Myths" are up for Outstanding Small Press and Outstanding Publication Design.

Rabid Rabbit Editor C.M.BUTZER(AND SUPERTALK CHAMPION) has also been nominated in two categories for his graphic novel "Gettysburg" Rabid Rabbit will be in attendance of the Festival so stop on by and pick up a copy of the books!
CHEIF KING EDITOR of SUPERTALK #2 JEREMY POVOLNY has an outstanding drawing in the 4/19 issue of THE NEW YORKER

THERES PROBABLY AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF OTHER GREAT THINGS HAPPENING TO SUPERTALK MEMEBERS TAHTA I DONT EBEN KNOW ABOUT!!!

SPAGHETTI MORPH AND DADA MORPH

2010-04-13T11:44:00.000-07:00

AND

KERLOW TO THE FUTURE

2010-04-13T08:59:00.000-07:00

I don't know how 14 year old Victor got a hold of a time machine, and why he decided MoCCA 2010 was the first place to hit up (hello??? If you have a time machine YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO KILL HITLER! doyeee!) but nevertheless there he was. Luckily he didn't meet 2010 Victor, or the space-time continuum could have been quantum-ripped to nano-shreds.

BURGGRAF & JERM

2010-04-13T08:55:00.000-07:00

Oh hay. Jus readin sum big comics @ Casa Metro. You know how we do.

VICTOR "GUTTER BALL" KERLOW

2010-04-12T12:32:00.001-07:00

Betcha didn't know the origin of his comic title...

SUPERTALK!?!?!?!?!?!?......AGAIN!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!

2010-04-08T12:19:00.000-07:00

WHAT'S ALL THIS THEN?

2010-04-08T11:23:00.000-07:00

WE DA BEST -Burggraf

MOCCA

2010-04-06T11:06:00.000-07:00

So MOCCA's coming up this weekend, and with it, the ADVENT of SUPERTALK # 2. Theres gonna be a SUPERTALK table, theres gonna be most if not all of the SUPERTALK artists floating around, theres gonna be all kinds of digusting hilarity.

As a matter of fact, Victor Kerlow and JT Yost will be at a table on one side of SUPERTALK and the whole swarm of RABID RABBIT will be on the other side.

Its Gonna Look A Little Something Like this.

SUPER TALK PUNCH

2010-04-02T15:17:00.001-07:00

DRAWN BY VICTOR THE GREAT, BUT IM SUCH A FAN I THOUGHT I WOULD POST IT B4 HIM

Happy April Day Fool!

2010-04-01T08:25:00.000-07:00

FUNNY THIINGS BELOW

2010-03-29T12:35:00.000-07:00

AND

THANKS FOR READING!

POPPER'S BUCKET, THE SUPERTALK MASCOT

2010-03-26T13:10:00.000-07:00

"HEY GUYS, I'M POPPER'S BUCKET, AND I LUV SUPERTALK COMIX!"

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

2010-03-24T11:21:00.000-07:00

Utagawa Kuniyoshi:

HALF OF SUPERTALK has already seen this show, but for the rest of you in the world, you should go and see it.
The Japan Society is hosting an incredible collection of prints to please your eyes, from now until June somethingth. Go sooner than later. Dont put it off, thinking you have time. You dont. Now is the time.

Heres some examples that you might or might not see at this show:

I TRIPPLE-DAWG-DARE YOU TO REMOVE THIS IMAGE:

2010-03-16T13:48:00.000-07:00

COMICS, OF COURSE

2010-03-12T14:55:00.000-08:00

COMICS, BLAH, BLAH, SUPER TALK 2 COMING OUT SOON, BLAH, BLAH, SUPER TALK 2, SUPERTALK 2, MoCCA ON APRIL 10 AND 11th, BE THERE, BLAH, BLAH, OBLIGATORY SWEET COMIC PAGE POST:

ALSO: I JUST SAW SHERLOCK HOLMES AND IT WAS SO SWEET.

The preview looked terrible and the movie looked like the spent a few million dollars too little. BUT, it was great, and very solid, albeit mindless, entertainment for the last two hours of my slow work day. Thank you Guy Ritchie, for making another sweet movie, and not taking this hollywood blockbuster and making it super shitty. WOO! SUCKY, UNSPECIFIC MOVIE REVIEW COMPLETE!

UNRELATED POST! BUT TOPICAL!

2010-03-10T12:33:00.000-08:00

Hi there, Victor "Extraordinary" Kerlow here. Just wanted to note the sad passing of Corey Haim. I don't think I was alive when he was famous, but whatever- I was in the music video for The Thrills called "WHATEVER HAPPENED TO COREY HAIM" when I was like 16. Topa took the liberty of freezeframing it on youtube and pointing me out. BOY, AM I HANDSOME.

PS. Whatever happened to Corey Haim? HE DIED.

Weeeee!

2010-03-08T14:00:00.000-08:00

Guess who can't wait to get his copy of 'Supertalk' 2...

...if you guessed Paul Hoppe, you'd be wrong!

Supertalk 2

2010-02-24T06:36:00.000-08:00

Victor seems to have hijacked this blog to give his snarky movie reviews, but we all know that what you really want to know is "when can I get my grubby mitts on the next installment of Supertalk??" Well, I won't answer that (although I know the answer) in case the powers that be don't want it leaked.

However, to prove that it is in the works, here's the first page of my "Supertalk 2" anthology comic. It starts out nice and sweet, but don't worry. It takes a dark turn soon enough. I've left the grey areas very simplified because they will be converted into half-tones. Anyhow, I'm pretty happy with it so far. The other comic I'm working on is set up on a pretty rigid grid of four panels per page, so it's nice to do something looser and more organic.

I'm not going to post the other pages in the hopes that you'll actually buy the comic when it comes out. There's lots of other great contributors in there, just like the last issue, so cough up the five bucks and shut up about it.

THE BEST CRITC OF EVERYTHING REVIEWS: SHUTTER ISLAND

2010-02-23T09:52:00.000-08:00

Shutter Island? Oh yeah, I heard about that movie, directed by the great Martin Scorsese.. Yeah that one. What? You saw it? And you think it could've been directed by Nicholas Cage and been just as good? Weird! I saw it too, AND YOU ARE TOTALLY CORRECT, SIR/MADAM. Too bad this psychological thriller is about as boring and twisty as any number of other mediocre Hollywood movies that come out all the time. M Night Shamalan probably loved this movie. Also, the score was WAY too overwhelming, and really coaxed you into what emotions you were supposed to be feeling. ALSO, the movie wasnt really shot very well.
We all know that Martin Scorsese did a lot of great movies in the 70's, and I mean A LOT. Mean Streets, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and especially The King of Comedy are all really incredible.
BUT TOO BAD. The majority of the movies he makes now are crummy and don't have the excitement and shit that his movies from the 70s had.

OKAY: so if you dont mind some plot spoliers, this is what the movie is pretty much about.
We start on a boat, where Leonardo dicaprio's character is barfing and meets with his new cop partner, played by mark ruffalo. They are going to

to investigate some missing prisoner who killed her kids . LeoDiCap(yeah!) has a bunch of weird flashbacks all the time; we learn he was in WW2 and at the liberation of Dachau, and also that he used to be a big alcoholic, and his dead wife is always bleeding and burning and shit in these weird dreams and flashbacks. All these flashbacks and dream sequences are pretty silly and the movie is very explicit in the way it "reveals" stuff to the viewer.

Now, I am a pretty big idiot, and am the kind of person who would never watch Fight Club and be like "OH YEAH I KNEW TYLER DURDEN WAS THE SAME GUY THE WHOLE TIME" or whatever, but within the first half hour, you know that the REAL crazy person is Leo Dicaprio, and everyone else is "normal." Oooooh, what a twist! Call up Shamalan and lets have a party.

THE BEST CRITIC OF EVERYTHING

2010-02-18T08:41:00.000-08:00

Although some people might disagree with my reviews (they are silly), it is undeniable that I have amassed a HUGE fan following. Here is one of the most recent fanart drawings I have recieved. This one is from Marcello in Rome, Italy. Thanks, Marcello. I will be sending you a pair of my socks, the right one signed by me, with a turqoise pen, and the left one signed by Randy Newman, in cow's blood. Have a great day!

Asterios Polyp vs. Overwrought Snark

2010-02-11T13:01:00.000-08:00

So Victor- who hates this book, asked me write a response to the previous post/review written by Joana who also hated it, because I liked the book.

Sadly. Joana’s review isn’t an actual review; it’s an antagonistic retort to the many glowing reviews with the added feature of a gratuitous snarky chip on its shoulder. Joana trips and labors through the entire book hating this and yawning at that; expecting us to nod in equally bored agreement. Her most utterly dumbfounding repeated criticisms of the twin/dualism/or as she labels it the “ying yang” elements seem to imply that she didn’t get that the name and title: Asterios Polyp is a pseudonym for mythical Greek twins Castor and Pollux. As she might put it- Joana SEEKS to write a BAD review of Asterios Polyp and it is in that determination, limitation, and islolation that she undermined the actual possibility of creating a credible argument against it. This is unfortunate because there a couple of good observations buried in the bitter smugness.

Asterios Polyp. buy it, it's well worth it.

After ten years in the making Asterios Polyp confirms that Mazzucchelli has become master of his craft. After rereading it, I found myself in awe of the technical craft and the lingering grace of the sequential storytelling. This is a rare book that embraces the comic medium and challenges many of its worn conventions. Open to any random page and it is hard not to marvel at the fluidity of design and pacing. (Check some out here)

The book follows the title character on his journey of personal loss and discovery. There is a prevalent theme of dualism; which manifests itself in multiple elements through out the entire story. This is reflected in the character design– Asterios is always drawn with a symmetrical head shape in which both sides are constant. His name, as stated above- Asterios Polyp is a pseudonym of Castor and Pollux- the twins of Greek mythology. Twins of the same mother but different fathers; one father a god and the other human. One brother immortal the other very much mortal- this is smartly illustrated as Asterios hauntingly contemplates his dead stillborn twin Ignazio. In many ways Asterios is similar to the mythical ancient Greek heroes- Smart, strong, respected, but ultimately flawed by his own absolutism. As with every great Greek myth, the core of this story is a romantic tragedy. Asterios meets, falls in love, marries, and because of his own adamant pathos loses Hana- his polar opposite and soul mate. With his loved lost and his kingdom burning around him, he escapes and embarks on the hero’s journey to discover himself and confront his own failings and hopefully win her back.

It is true, David Mazzucchelli sought to create a great graphic novel and has achieved exactly that thankfully, because the world is full of mediocre ones.

But don’t just take my word for it- these guys liked it too.

New York Times Book Review

New York Magazine

Entertainment Weekly

Scott McCloud

The L.A. Times

Mark Seigal, First Second

Publishers Weekly

ASTERIOS POLYPS OR WHATEVER

2010-02-09T12:03:00.000-08:00

GIRLS? YES! GIRLS LIKE SUPERTALK TOO! Here is a review by my good pal Joana, of that book David mazzuchelli did recently. I wasnt the biggest fan of it. Neither was she. OBSERVE AND REPORT:

“Asterios Polyp is David Mazzucchelli’s masterpiece,” bellows Pantheon, his publisher. “A great American graphic novel.”

Mazzucchelli really takes one for the team, dealing with such large issues as: Why are we here? What is the purpose of life? And, WHO DAT? Of course it all has to do with the cosmos… and twins!

Quasi in the grand tradition of Philip Roth, John Updike (and sometimes a ghosting Paul Auster), Mazzucchelli tells the story of a middle aged man who’s got it all—and much, much more to complain about. (See David Foster Wallace, http://www.badgerinternet.com/~bobkat/observer1.html.)

Polyp is an architect, whose life is the succinct projection of his profession’s pathos; how frustrating to have such unrealized dreams!!!! He is a success, a professor and a playa—but everything changes when he meets HANA, a demure, cat-loving, self-doubting Japanese/American creation. His Ying Yang Twin. They are married soon after their identity drawing styles become one—in a harrowing moment of visual telepathy.

The separation and fusion of Polyp and his blushing geisha through color and form is touching, and thus simultaneously quite stupid. It’s an overused trope, like in Pleasantville when the townspeople see in TechniColor® for the first time and the mom has an orgasm in the bathtub.

So then a lot of other stuff happens, a lot of Greek mythology, architectronics, all mostly sentimental… lingering quaffs of the Swiss Army Knives of Fathers Past… even a blister conjures enough self-reflection to burst. And then Polyp’s house is as suddenly on fire as my mentioning it.

Polyp gets into a car and drives—who knows where? America is big and beautiful and the heartland is a great place for reinventing oneself. (Also a great place to write a boring graphic novel and get rave reviews.) The peeps he meets are warm, true blue and fulfill all the characters Mazzucchelli had left to check off on his equilateral PDF. To touch upon mythology, road trips, and townie anarchists one could just scroll through the movies on IFC OnDemand. But I only have basic cable so I guess this will do.

I can’t remember everything that happens, probably only what didn’t. He is on a JOURNEY, a search for the Self, AND his dead, possibly feral brother. I was hoping he would find his twin inside himself—you know what I mean, like in a tumor with a hairball and a bunch of teeth. But Mazzucchelli is so busy following the North Star and flipping backwards and forwards in time to realize that the characters and their nebulous plot, totally suck.

The story is a conceptually transparent yin yang drawn with the equanimity of a fiscal Republican, or Expedia.com’s coffee mug designer, all in all to tremendously tepid effect.

David Mazzucchelli SEEKS to create a GREAT graphic novel, and it is in this eagerness where I isolate, find and confound what is for me its greatest flaw. He poses the big questions and confirms their dauntingness by dipping out. In the last scene Hana and Asterios Polyp are singed to a photoshoppian pulp by an asteroid. Way to go.

Go buy the sports car instead, David.

Asterios Polyp by David Mazzuchelli, available at amazon.

Above is my own copy. It is signed by George Lucas (day glo pen), Nicolas Cage (gold pen) and my mom, Linda (ballpoint pen).

Selleck WaterFall Sandwich

2010-01-29T11:53:00.000-08:00

Tom Selleck + waterfall + sandwich

Go to it. GO to it. Go to IT.

THE COOLEST GUY EVER?

2010-01-29T09:57:00.000-08:00

I guess I've racked up quite a number of fans from all these AWESOME reviews I've been doing. This chick Maxina emailed me with a portrait she did of me. Real cute. Thanks, Maxina- I'll be sending you an 8 x 10 Glossy head shot, signed by me and George Lucas.

Your Face HAs Fallen

2010-01-27T15:22:00.000-08:00

So, You watched some 3D movie, and you liked the Optical Illusiorry glasses, and you kept them. Now what?

OHHHHHHHH MAAAANNNNNN

HERES WHAT:

http://encyclopediapictura.com/

ENCYCLOPEDIA PICTURA, who make great things, only a few of which I know of, made this Outstanding thing for you to oggle at. With your 3D goggles.

What a blessing for you-what a joy!

I dont know about AVATAR 3D, so dont talk to me about that, but this is the besr 3D ever in the world. The 2D aint bad either.

YOUTH IN REVOLT, the "movie" "REVIEW"

2010-01-27T15:03:00.000-08:00

IM GONNA KEEP THIS SHORT, cause I didnt even watch 20 minutes of the movie. but it sucks so far and didn't even come close to touching me the way UP IN THE AIR did. As is stated above,
THIS MOVIE FAILED TO CAPTIVATE ME WHILE I WATCHED IT ILLEGALLY ON MY COMPUTER AT WORK. The chick is an ok looking hot girl, but I mean, whatever. The rest of the movie has got to be WAY better for me to rescind this review. Later, cool people

Forbidden!

2010-01-15T14:30:00.000-08:00

Oh shit, some Supertalking going on at Forbidden Planet. Get yours today!

THE MOVIE BOOK OF ELI SUCKED

2010-01-14T10:24:00.000-08:00

SPOILER ALERTS IN THE REVIEW: BUT WHO GIVES A SHIT? YOU SHOULD not WATCH THIS MOVIE.

Oh boy, so I watched The Book of Eli last night, what a HUGE PIECE OF SHIT. Granted, I'm sure you're thinking, "WELL WHAT DID YOU EXPECT, MORON?!!" but I honestly thought it was going to be an action packed, entertainment filled movie, a la Michael Bay or something. It wasnt. There were two scenes with some cool fight choreography and one where Denzel washington shoot an arrow through a guys dick, and the rest of the movie was a classic shitty hollywood movie. Characters were totally undeveloped, there were a few shitty jokes to breakup the rest of the bad acting, and the attention to detail(which is important in a post apocalyptic movie) was a fucking joke. It looked like Denzel washing ton had just left a Patagonia store and picked up a nice sweater at J Crew.

Gary oldman's bad guy character was a poor imitation of his mean police officer guy from Leon the professional, but this time instead of sounding like a ny cop, he used a different accent: YELLING. And Mila Kunis, the chick from that 70s show is in the movie too. She has a stupid futuristic type name, like Solaris or something, and she dresses like she just walked out of urban outfitters. She is a terrible actress in this movie and follows Denzel around the whole time while he kills people and shit.
The movie has the inevitable safehouse on Alcatraz, where the "smart people" or whatever are compiling all the culturally significat pieces of literature and art. They have [pretty much everything EXCEPT a fucking king james bible. Isnt that the MOST POPULAR book in the WORLD? motherfuckers. Okay so anyways, Denzel Washington's character apparently is the only guy with a bible, which he carries around and looks at everyday, reciting passages from it out loud in the worst, tard-tingly sort of way (think the exact OPPOSITE of Sam Jackson in pulp Fiction). Yeah, so Gary wants the bible for himself, to run the shitty town he has built on the ruins of an old strip mall(complete with old PUMA, LL BEAN and probably HOT TOPIC store as well. By the way, there is so much fucking product placement in the movie it is al,most immediatly a joke. The second Denzel washington takes out HIS FUCKING IPOD, I knew the movie was gonna suck. )
OKAY, back to business. So Gary oldman follows Denzel around the desert and finally catches up to him and shoots Denzel in the stomach and takes the bible. This is the type of movie where you KNOW something is wrong with the bible, since it is building up SO HARD to oldman getting it. I guessed the bible was blank pages and denzel Washington had memorized it. I was wrong-ish. Oldman finally opens the bible and IT IS IN BRAILE.

HOW FUCKING STUPID IS THAT. That means denzel is blind, which is covered up by the fact that EVERYONE IN THE MOVIE WEARS SUNGLASSES. At least in Zatiochi they didnt put some fucking MASK on his face. Yeah so then you have to think about everything denzel washington does in the movie and hollywood wants you to be like : "OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH SHIITTTTTTTTTTTTTT NOOO WAYYYYYYYYY" But in reality you are just like, ok whatever.

When we got out of the movie my friend said "Yeah I knew he was blind all along, cause if he wasnt, he woulda fucked the SHIT outta Mila Kunis the second he saw her."

THE END.

Oh boy, it looks like they made a shitty comic version or something!

All I Want For Christmas...

2010-01-13T10:31:00.001-08:00

Ahoy! AHOY!

2010-01-13T09:16:00.000-08:00

The character of Crabby O'malley is an accurate character study of Victor Kerlow in a pee coat.

IT'S 8PM! WHERE ARE YOU? NOT AT WORK?? COOL!!!!!! I AM AND IT SUCKS.

2010-01-12T16:58:00.000-08:00

Another One

2010-01-08T08:07:00.000-08:00

I can't resist! My cat and young son won't make a new one with me, so I'm posting another old Jam.
Me, Anuj, and Butzer, bottom to top.
Why are these so fun! Surprise and mystery with varying results?

New Super Talk Jam

2010-01-07T13:33:00.000-08:00

Adam's previous post made us go- Hey! that is good fun, So much like the lame car version of Voltron other members of SuperTalk assembled to furiously create this beauty- In this case Anuj Shrestha formed the head, Tory Sica from the Torso, and C.M.Butzer formed the feets. You may bask.

Old Supertalk Jam

2010-01-07T07:40:00.000-08:00

This has been on the internet before (Holy Crap!), but I gotta post it again cause it's awesome and it's all Supertalk people. Me, James Turek, and Josh Burggraf? I believe.

Fundar

2010-01-07T07:28:00.000-08:00

So I'm sitting on the platform of the DC metro and I looked around and everyone, EVERYONE was wearing a Sportcoat or Suit-jacket if you prefer. BAM! A new Fundar Adventure begins. Here's the sketch from Sportcoatlandia.

Nom Nom Nom Nom

2010-01-06T13:56:00.000-08:00

Calamari alla C.M.Butzer enjoy.

TOTAL AB$URDITY

2010-01-04T12:38:00.000-08:00

HEY. If you walk into any comic book store, it is almost IMPOSSIBLE not to hear someone talking about one of the following comics. They are flying off shelves and prices are SKYROCKETING for mint copies. The comics I'm talking about, of course, are The Silver Surfer #1, Pogo Possum #11 (only 15 cents!), and SUPERTALK #1.
Here is a brief review of each:
•The Silver Surfer #1
Yeah so this comic is good, I mean, the cover looks INCREDIBLE and it's like one of the only mainstream/Marvel comics I can think of that Moebius got involved with. AND holy shit!!! Who do you think wrote this fucking GEM? Oh? Stan Lee you say? I hear HE IS PRETTY GREAT.

•POGO Possum Number 11 is alright. My copy is signed by Nicolas Cage in green pen. I didn't/can't read it but it looks like it is about a little brown possum named Pogo who talks with other animals and they run around and shit.

•SUPERTALK #1 is really the standout among these three comics. It is a COLLECTION of lots of different comics, so you dont get BORED like when I was looking at the Pogo comic. It is in black and white though, so if you dont read black and white comics, TOO BAD. Just buy it anyways and stare at the cover. You can buy the comic HERE, or HERE, and even HERE.
(This is a scan of MY copy of SUPERTALK. It is signed by GEORGE LUCAS, but no big deal, right? You tell me.)

Supertalk review on Third Eye Comics blog

2010-01-04T09:09:00.001-08:00

Supertalk got a nice little write up on the Third Eye Comics blog in conjunction with Indy Comic Book Week. We're compared to they heyday era of the Beastie Boys!

You can read it here.

BEST AND WORST MOVIES OF 2009

2009-12-17T12:23:00.001-08:00

ALRIGHT. YOU WANT THE BEST MOVIES OF 2009? NO? WELL WHATEVER, HERE THEY ARE.

NUMBER ONE: AVATAR. NO, I AM NOT FUCKING KIDDING. THIS MOVIE WAS INCREDIBLE. I SAW A PRESS SCREENING YESTERDAY AND MY EYEBALLS SHIT THEIR PANTS IT LOOKED SO GOOD. THE MOVIE IS FUCKING STUNNING. AND THE 3D DOES NOT LOOK SHITTY. I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST PIECE OF SHIT OF 2009, AND HOLY SHIT WAS I WRONG. IT COMES OUT FRIDAY, YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING IT THEN.

NUMBER TWO: OBSERVE AND REPORT was fucking hysterical and a BANGIN black comedy. Black comedy like morbid, dark but funny. Not talking about White Chicks or Precious or Tyler Madea or whatever. The chubby guy from Pineapple Express is in it, and he is a fucked up, Bipolar mall cop. Oh yeah and the Spanish looking guy in the movie is FUCKING hysterical.

NUMBER THREE: THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX was a really sweet movie. The animation was done in a way that mimicked shitty old PBS stop motion from the 80s I guess, and it has a really nostalgic quality about it while you're watching the movie. The story is fun and visually, the movie is so intricate I had to watch it in theaters twice to catch all the little things happening on screen. If someone says they didn't like this movie, knock them out with a brick, tie them up and put them in an oversized duffel bag, and take them up 40,000 feet in a plane and push them out.

NUMBER FOUR: THE HURT LOCKER definitely deserves to be on this list. Aside from Avatar, this list isn't in any particular order, so if you are some Star Trek loser don't think I'm saying that STAR TREK IS SHITTY AND THE HURT LOCKER IS BETTER, fuck off. The Hurt Locker is shot really nicely, and can get very tense at times; I mean it's about a guy who disarms fucking BOMBS in IRAQ. Plus Guy Pearce has a short role at the beginning of the movie, and his scenes are all pretty great. The slo mo bomb explosions from the trailer looks pretty awesome on the BIG SCREEN. And the movie incorporates a lot of personal vendetta shit into it, so you aren't watching the movie just trying to pick which motherfucker is gonna get killed next.

NUMBER FIVE: I thought DISTRICT 9 was kind of break through in terms of how that type of a movie can be made. This movie worked in all the ways that Cloverfield was a piece of shit. You care about the characters in this movie, and you don't want to throw up half way through because the camera operator is having a fucking seizure. The whole thing where the movie is made to look like it was shot on a fucked up camcorder looks great here, and the CG is getting so good that it is almost flawlessly integrated with the live action shots. Of course the whole fucked-up-camcorder effect makes the effects integration a lot less demanding than something like Avatar, which has to be crystal fucking clear. Did I mention how great that movie was?

NUMBER SIX: Yeah, so UP was a pretty fun movie. But whatever, it's not like Pixar is gonna make a shitty movie, right? Oh yeah except for Cars, what a piece of shit that was.

NUMBER SEVEN: The new STAR TREK movie changed the way I think about all those Trekkies and that shit. I have friend who grew up watching the tv shows and I thought he was the biggest fucking loser ever. He still is, but whatever, now Star Trek is a little cooler and more mainstream, so A+ for him. Maybe now when he's talking about how "cool" Star Trek is, some girl will want to fuck him, instead of a guy just punching him in the gut and calling him a "fagg*t." I have a feeling this new movie is nothing like the old shitty looking show, but who the fuck cares. Put enough explosions and cool effects into any movie and I will watch it until I need to take a piss.

NUMBER EIGHT, NINE AND TEN: Watchmen, Inglourious Basterdzz and A Serious Man were all also pretty good, but these reviews are getting fucking repetitive and I know you all probably watched these movies anyways. I was going to also include The Road, but fuck that. The same director did The Proposition and that was awesome. Plus Nick Cave's music in The Road was way shitty and really got in the way of the editing.

THE SEVEN SHITTIEST MOVIES OF 2009:
1. Bruno sucked and was a big let down after Borat. I wrote a review of it here, but forgot what I said.
2. Wolverine was a piece of shit, but I only saw the leaked version without all the CG done. That was probably better anyways.
3. I watched Coraline on Thanksgiving with my 16 year old girl cousin. I was really wasted and fell aslepep, but she said it sucked dick.
4. The Frog Princess looks like a shitty Aladdin- right, the bad guy looks like a crack addicted Jafar? I don’t know, I didn’t see it though.
5. Where The Wilds Things Are. Fuck that shit, what a stupid idea to let a bunch of arty movie morons adapt one of the most classic children’s books ever. I’m glad it fucking bombed in theaters.
6. That movie NINE looked like a piece of shit too. I got a free dvd and still didn’t watch that shit. Probably the worst character design I’ve seen since Delgo, maybe worse. Delgo was a real piece of shit from last year I think, and Freddie Prince Jr. did the main voice acting. What a fucking joke of a movie that was.
7. Did Shutter Island come out yet? This movie is on the list only cause Leonardo Dicaprio’s boston accent sucks so hard. Fuck that guy.

ALSO:

NOW HEAR THIS!

2009-12-15T12:25:00.000-08:00

Supertalk contributor and connector J.T. Yost is selling Supertalk #1 on his splendid site Birdcage Bottom Books! Cop one for your homies! Click the logo to zoom over there...

(illustration by Victor Kerlow from the back cover of Supertalk #1)

C.M. BUTZER - FOG OF DOOM (BEEF & BROCCOLI REMIX)

2009-12-15T12:04:00.001-08:00

C.M. Butzer did an alternate color version of his piece for Supertalk #1 that I have just gotten my mitts on... Another Supertalk comix blog excclllluuuuuusssssiiiiiiivvvve! Not only is this story entertaining and morbid, it's true historical history! Check the issue on the stands for the physical analogue version!

VICTOR KERLOW - STRIPS (ORIGINAL MIX)

2009-12-15T11:22:00.000-08:00

This is the original version of high-brow illustration sensation Victor Kerlow's comic. He used watercolor wash, but since we used a web printer for the newsprint, a lot of sweet subtle technique was ziptoned into oblivion. Now feast your eyes on the OG iteration of his sleazy yarn.

DAVID SANDLIN

2009-12-15T11:13:00.000-08:00

This is one of two pieces David Sandlin did for Supertalk #1. You can find more of his work here.

SUPERTALK ISSUE ONE

2009-12-14T15:23:00.001-08:00

Supertalk front cover by Jeremy Povolny (jpovolny@gmail.com)

Supertalk is a sweet comic drawn by some super cool people, and a few who are completely uncool but make good art just the same. Lovingly funded by international publishing magnate Eric Watkins and cobbled together by committee. Shout out to James Turek who put the fire under everyone's ass to get work in, and who also did all the footwork to get it printed. Also, thanks to Choi for jumpstarting this whole thing over a beer and Adam for naming it.

We hope to make many more of these, please keep an eye out for them in the future. Artists who contributed to issue #1 are (in order of appearance in the book):

J.T. Yost
Sung Yoon Choi
Jeremy Povolny (x2)
Anuj Shrestha
David Sandlin (x2)
Paul Hoppe
Joe Bennett
Adam Kidder
Josh Burggraf (x2)
Eric Watkins
James Turek
Victor Kerlow
Andres Vera Martinez
Matt Rota
C.M. Butzer
Tory Sica

The outside cover was designed by Jeremy Povolny and Victor Kerlow. The inside cover includes art from Anna Hainich, Victor Kerlow and was designed by James Turek.

(post edited by JERM)