Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 12/21/24
Happy Holidays, everyone! For some stupid reason, Christmas is on a Wednesday this year, right in the middle of the work week. I’ve got to go back to work the day after Christmas! Anyway, before that happens, we get to read some new comics like Absolute Batman and G.I.Joe.
Comic Book of the Week goes to another stellar issue of Wonder Woman, this time with a big Detective Chimp cameo to drive it all forward.
Meanwhile, my decision to wait on Dragon Age: The Veilguard paid off because it was on sale this week for 40% off! So I snatched it up and am giving that a try. I’m very much enjoying both Skeleton Crew and Creature Commandos, so I’ve got plenty to watch and enjoy. And this Wednesday I’ll be heading home for Christmas with the family! Everything is humming along nicely.
Also, if I haven’t mentioned yet, Gamer Girl & Vixen Vol. 2: Tyrant Lizard Queen is finished and heading to the printers! So anyone who backed our Kickstarter or would like to read my comics, stay tuned for more info on getting a copy of my comic!
Comic Reviews: Absolute Batman #3, G.I.Joe #2, Power Rangers Prime #2 and Wonder Woman #16.
Read the rest of this entryOur First Superman Trailer is Here!
The hype has been building all week and the trailer is finally here! Our first look at James Gunn’s Superman movie!
I dig it! I like almost all of the elements in this trailer and I am fully on board with this vision of Superman. I’m fully on board with everything James Gunn wants to do or would like to do. I don’t think he has ever led me astray. So bring it on!
I loved Krypto. I loved the look of Superman and pretty much all of the characters. I dig the tone. And we don’t know much of anything yet, so it definitely counts as just a teaser. We see a ton of stuff in this trailer and all of it looks good to me.
The only thing I don’t like is the reliance on the original Superman movie theme and any of that imagery. I know that everybody loves those original Christopher Reeves movies…but I don’t really care about them. And I don’t want every single new Superman adaptation to be beholden to them. I know that musical score is fantastic…but c’mon. This was a great chance to be wholly original. Ah well. I’m never going to win that argument.
Superman comes to theaters on July 11.
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I Missed the Outer Worlds 2 Trailer!
I posted a bunch of video game trailers the other day, but I missed a trailer for The Outer Worlds 2! How dare I! I very much enjoyed the first Outer Worlds trailer, and I look forward to that team expanding on everything they built before and making an even better game! The humor seems on point, at the very very least.
What’s not to love? I enjoy these style of games, the first person RPG like Skyrim and the Fallouts. So bring on more! Especially from this proven team, with a really solid and enjoyable sense of humor. I’m all for it.
And, again, The Outer Worlds 2 will come out next year, adding to the giant pile of awesome games we’re all anticipating.
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It’s Grinch Season, Animated
Tell It Animated is back with a take on the Grinch, that classic Christmas rascal who is big into stealing Christmas. Simple as that.
Now do Santa Claus, you coward. All movie and TV appearances of Santa Claus ever! You have an entire year to get it done.
Anyway, another good episode from Tell It Animated; very seasonally themed. Good work all around.
This also gives me another opportunity to post this The Grinch Song Uncensored is BRUTAL by Wizards with Guns. This thing is hilarious and definitely not child-friendly, so be warned if you decide to watch.
Now that’s more like the holiday spirit we need right now!
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Exciting Video Games Are Coming!
I don’t know about you, but I didn’t have a lot of good video games to play this year. I promised myself at the start of the year that I wouldn’t spend too much money on gaming…and I succeeded. I think I only bought one full-priced game this year, and maybe one or two on sale. But that means I spent most of this year not playing new and exciting video games.
That is definitely going to change in the years ahead, according to the trailers from the Video Game Awards a few nights ago, among others. Today we’re gonna check out a bunch of really cool video game trailers from the past few days/weeks!
First up is the big one: The Witcher IV! After the failure/success of Cyberpunk, CDProjektRed has decided to go back to the franchise that made them famous.
This was a super fun cinematic in the Witcher universe and I’m very much looking forward to this game. Very excited to see how they make the franchise in a post-Cyberpunk, post-Witcher 3 world. Of course, since this trailer came out, the internet commentary has been horrendous. It should hopefully go without saying that I’m not part of that nonsense. Ciri looks great and having her as the protagonist is the natural progression of this series after The Witcher III.
Anyone complaining about the looks of this CGI woman is everything I hate about society.
As for this game, we’re likely not going not going to see The Witcher IV for several years…but it’s nice to know it might exist someday.
Next up is a new Naughty Dog trailer called Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. This is another largely cinematic trailer, but it looks like we’re going to play an intergalactic bounty hunter with traces of 20th century technology in the future.
Looks awesome, as far as cinematic teases go. I’ve always slept on Naughty Dog games for some reason, despite all of them being popular and beloved. So unless this comes out the same weekend as Grand Theft Auto VI (for which we did not get a new trailer!), I’ll probably try this one out right away.
Though again, no release date.
Here’s another trailer I found over the weekend: Dispatch, from the former TellTale Games people. You play a dispatcher for a team of superheroes, mostly told through a point and click narrative.
I think it looks neat! I enjoyed the TellTale games I played, even if I never got around to finishing some of those franchises. I never played the second Batman game, and I never finished up saving Clementine in The Walking Dead! That’s on me. But they make good games, and Dispatch looks to have an interesting story to tell.
Dispatch will supposedly come out sometime next year, so awesome.
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