WORD OF THE DAY! 7/24/14!

MIKE MIGNOLA'S THE AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD PILOT!!

screw-on [skroo-on]
adjective
1. Attached, connected, or closed by screwing onto another part of a container or receptacle.

EX. What do you get when you turn a one-shot Dark Horse comic by Hellboy's creator/writer/artist Mike Mignola into an animated pilot for the Sci-Fi Channel (now known as the idiotic nomer of "Syfy"), back in 2006, featuring the voice talents of Paul Giamatti and David Hyde Pierce? 

You get The Amazing Screw-On Head!

Set during the Lincoln Administration, the pilot follows government robotic agent The Amazing Screw-On Head (Paul Giamatti) in a manhunt for a academic who was kidnapped by a she-werewolf and a talking chimp with a gun and leads him down a path of painful memories when he discovers his former employee, now known as Emperor Zombie (David Hyde Pierce), is planning something nefarious involving the release of a primordial demigod from its turnipy lair.

It is weird, wonderful, and Sci-Fi skipped out on producing a full series. We quietly weep, the world keeps turning, and we have solace in the fact that Mike Mignola, the man who created the design of Mr. Freeze in Batman the Animated Series, is still making comics.

On a depressing side note, Del Toro said Hellboy 3 is unlikely to be picked up by Hollywood thanks to the poor box office performance of Hellboy 2.

MUSIC MONDAY! TREEHOUSE OF HORRIBLE JONTRONS & QUEEBLOS!

SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XXIV COUCH GAG

BY GUILLERMO DEL TORO

First up, I'm glad to get a chance to talk about The Simpsons, considering it is a good gateway drug into the booming animated sitcom genre that Fox built in the 90s and Adult Swim propped up in the 00's & it's one of my favorite shows of all time. There certainly is a dip in quality, here and there, due to a variety of reasons like the idea that jamming as many flavor of the week celebrity guest stars and pop culture into the show as possible makes the show more relevant instead of making it seem dated after a few weeks.

Regardless (because Lisa taught a lot of us that "irregardless" isn't a word), it is still a classic series capable of producing gems like the couch gag for the latest Treehouse of Horror episode courtesy of horror film director Guillermo Del Toro. What's your favorite reference in the gag?

JONTRON REMIX: WELCOME BACK!

Also, JONTRON IS BACK! (If you didn't know). And with Jontron's return to the subscription feeds of many a youtuber and into the hearts of many a new fan with his wacky montage of reviewing Hercules themed games. With that, atpunk  decided to celebrate the occasion with a delightful new remix of Jontron shuffling about his New York apartment. Thanks atpunk. Thatpunk.

QUEEBLO: WHOPPER AND A FORTY!

And let's finish up with the first video that Brad Neely, creator of China, IL and Wizard People, Dear Reader, has posted on his youtube channel in 4 years. His brand of animated chicanery in the style somewhere between comic strip and picture book has always tickled my fancy (it also helps by bribing me by having a main character be a history professor) & I think you'll find some awesome stuff that has held up remarkably well over the last half a decade. 

I'm excited by everything Queeblo represents as a twenty-something piece of the "American dream".

WORD OF THE DAY! 5/10/12.

pancake [pan-keyk]
noun
1. A thin flat cake of batter, fried on both sides on a griddle or frying pan; flapjack, hotcake, griddlecake, etc.
verb
2. To flatten, especially as the result of a collision with the ground.
3. To drop flat to the ground.

EX. The love of the pancake is among the greatest shackles to the mortal realm.