My favorite comics blog, Comics Alliance has a feature on my Imperial Saints! Go check it out!

This movie (and by extension this summer) can’t get here soon enough.

The first major comic convention in Austin in a loooooooong time, and my first con since getting into comics a few years ago! I dressed up as Deadpool, and surprisingly was the only Deadpool at the show, so I ended up getting mobbed every few feet by people asking for pictures. I managed to snag a few myself though:

As I mentioned, my art is on display at Austin Books this month! I went by yesterday afternoon and took some pictures of the show, it looks fantastic! Come on out and see it in person!

My artwork is now on display at Austin Books!! My stuff is completely covering their back wall in the back issue room, and I’ll be posting pictures of the show soon, but be sure to go check it out in person!

I got myself a copy of Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty the other day, and while yes it is a fantastic game that’s every bit as fun as the original, one thing that struck me was the music. It’s SO EPIC AND GOOD. Take for instance, the main theme, “Wings of Liberty”:

I mean, this is movie-quality music right here. Sweeping, epic orchestral score, punctuated by choral parts, it gives me chills whenever I hear it. Plus the nod to the original Starcraft menu music at the beginning was a nice touch. My personal favorite from the soundtrack, however, has to be “Heaven’s Devils”:

It’s in the same vein as the Terran music from the original game (makes sense, considering it’s the Terran music for this game), but as a friend of mine put it, the new game is much more “Firefly’d” in that it has a cowboys in space feel rather than just rednecks in space like the original. The fiddle parts and clean guitar parts really make the track for me.

In short, thanks to Blizzard for including such fantastic music into an already amazing game. Great music in computer/video games can really elevate a game from good to great, and this does so handily.

It’s no secret that I love Star Wars, blaxploitation, and a good mashup. This fan made trailer for a blaxploitation film starring Lando Calrissian popped up on io9.com the other day, and I gotta say it’s pretty darn brilliant. I’d love to see a 70s style movie centered around Lando as he fights “The Man.”

The San Diego Comic Con is in full swing, and oddly enough this year the jackasses people of the Westboro Baptist Church (best known for their insane, loathsome “God Hates Fags” protests at soldier funerals) protested at SDCC. Thankfully, geeks tend to be a clever sort, and here was the result (pics from io9.com and Comics Alliance):

Also Chris Sims of The Invincible Super Blog and Comics Alliance, two sites of which I highly approve, interviewed DC writer Gail Simone about the protests.

God bless the geeks

Ho-lee crap this looks insanely fun. And I’m pretty sure that’s the UT art building in a few of those shots, where I spent many a day working on stuff when I was in school. I can’t wait for this to come out!!!

Alright, so E3 was this week and there was definitely some sqee-worthy stuff to be had, namely:

Valve unveils the teaser for Portal 2! I’ve made no secret about my love for their incredibly clever Portal, and the fact that they’re releasing official details about it makes me that much more excited.

LucasArts also showed off the trailer for the Secret of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge Special Edition. Unfortunately the game won’t look quite as slick as this trailer (which would be thoroughly doable), but if the first Monkey Island SE is any indication, I’m sure it’ll be fantastic. Makes me want to go back and play Curse of Monkey Island again…

Not necessarily shown at E3 but still falling under the “awesome” category is the new international trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World:

This looks like an absurd amount of fun, it definitely looks like they made the right choice in choosing Edgar Wright to direct this.

One more thing, E3-related:

I do not care about Natal/Kinect/Move. I really don’t. Motion control is a fad, a fad that if declining Wii sales are any indication, is going away. Yeah it’s cool to be able to play games without a controller, but seriously, how do you expect to play the biggest games on the main two non-Wii consoles with motion control? Modern Warfare 2? Halo? Killzone? Uncharted? It’s a novelty, and nothing more. Kinda like the current trend of 3D movies. Plus Kinect is an extra $149 in addition to the price of the console and games. Really?