Flash v1 #184 Homages from I LOVE COMIC COVERS
Martian Manhunter. from Another Era, A Different Planet
Planetary Gets An Omnibus – More DC Collections From January And February 2014 from Bleeding Cool
Wednesday March 27
Upcoming 2014 DC Collected Editions from Collected Comics Library
Lanzamientos Marvel Comics USA del 27 de marzo de 2013 from Espacio Marvelita
Blog: March Madness! from AJR
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Thank GOD I had this card with me. It turns out, this card not only gets you out of jail, it gets the charges dropped, a written apology to your whole family, and you get to pick out two items from the evidence lock-up, provided you do it on the first of April.
A couple of people were angry at me for pretending to be a police-abusing, animal-hugging, hippie convict yesterday, (for about ten minutes, that included people I’m married to), but I pretended with animal-hugging, hippie convict love. No one was hurt except a fictional officer of the law, so I hope you’ll find space in your blood pump to forgive this merrie prankster his annual Spring reverie.
This is me yesterday. Only with more giggling.
It’s nice to know I could raise a couple of grand in a heartbeat if I ever need to, but I’m hanging onto the Kirby and Watchmen pages, and my various Batman #1 covers for the time being, thank you very much (we got a few offers!). There’s no ACTUAL looming emergencies at the moment, so I’ll be keeping the whole lot in a box in my bedroom, where a flood or fire could easily destroy them all at once.
Here’s yer BONUS April Jesting Apres-Blog.
That shot of the Bunny reeling in da fish, hook, line and sinker, comes from last year’s April post, which involved me winning a half a million dollars in a lawsuit.
Posted in April 1
Tagged April 1, April Fool's Day, seriously I warned you in the tags, the aftermath
So…
Ty made some mention of his plans for Easter Sunday. While the rest of us were eating dinner and watching movies with our families, Ty was off with a group of new friends protesting at a makeup company against their use of animal testing. Ty had seen photos of the rabbits they used and was particularly horrified.
Ty says the turnout for the protest was low, and Ty being Ty, he thought they needed some “street theatre” to make it more interesting. (If you’ve ever planned an event with Ty, you know how often he suggests that someone call “the news stations, email all the pop culture blogs!”). So Ty decided to literally make it look like a show and had constructed a backdrop for the protesters to stand in front of. I think the original plan was for people to give speeches in front of it–but someone set one of their signs on fire(trying to make a dramatic point). (Ty says logic seems to have disappeared at that point as it made no sense to burn the signs with their messages on them)
Anyway the backdrop obviously caught fire (I think someone had minor singeing of their pants), and when the people arrived trying to control the protesters, they tried to drag everyone away from the backdrop and to knock it over and stomp out the fire. Ty, enraged, thought that the police were destroying the protest and trying to stop them from it. He tried to grab the backdrop and drag it away from a couple of officers and in the process, he accidentally elbowed one in the face.
Ty has been arrested and is currently facing a number of charges. I’m a little overwrought and can’t concentrate very well, so I keep getting them mixed up. I know “assaulting an officer” is one–but I’m having trouble keeping track of the others. I have to get Ty a lawyer and get him out on bond (? I think that’s the expression? on bail?) so he can teach his class tonight. (A couple of the protesters told me that he was loudly shouting that he couldn’t be locked up as he had a class to teach.)
The amount of the bail is substantially out of our means. We’ve had to borrow money from a couple of relatives, but they want to be paid back almost instantly (Ty being arrested hasn’t struck them as very responsible, and they’re particularly shocked by the charge of assault against a police officer). As well, we need to be able to pay a lawyer. (Some of the protesters were part of the G20 protests, and advised Ty that he actually needs a decent lawyer).
So, I’ve been able to talk to Ty briefly and he has agreed, unhappily, to let me sell off pages he’s never made available before. I’ve found the box with all of the #1 covers from the various incarnations of Batman Adventures, (Batman and Robin #1, Gotham Adventures #1 etc) and I will be putting them up on eBay (or possibly taking email offers through Ty’s email). Ty has also said I can put up his original Kirby page (from Mister Miracle) and the original Watchmen page (from Issue 5 I think?) as well. If I find anything else interesting, I may put those up as well–the bond is five grand, and I don’t know what a good lawyer costs these days.
If you’re interested in any of this artwork, or you have any suggestions for other pages of his that I can auction, let me know in the comments.
So, as I said, please leave me a message in the comments or send an email to Ty’s email–I’m trying to keep the phone free as I’m waiting for Ty to have a chance to call me, and for several lawyers to get back to me.
Keiren
Posted in Trouble
Tagged animal welfare, art auction, bail money, check the date, PETA, police, protests
Now it can be told!
It’s BUNNY DAY! It’s BUNNY DAY! The day rabbits RULE!
This holiday season, I’m finally answering the question that has dogged this annual springtime egg festival for centuries: Why is Easter represented by a RABBIT? Weeks and months of dedicated research has revealed the surprising…
Do you think it was a CO-INCIDENCE that the Supreme Court was taking up the issue this week? The Bunny is a close friend of Justice Sotomayor, and she pulled a few strings to get this sorted out for her fuzzy LGTBQ pal.
I’m off to spend the evening protesting the local Maybelline Cosmetics plant out here in Mississauga with the local PETA folks from my home town…join me if you’re out this way. We could use the warm bodies.
Now, your BONUS Easter Comic Book Moments:
Because on Earth, eggs are normally hidden by rabbits, not by parents.
Ah, I can’t leave it at just that…
If you’ve never gotten your hands on an old Walt Kelly Mother Goose Holiday Special, you’ve never seen the glory that all-ages comics can attain. These things are some of the most beautifully illustrated comics of ANY era…
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for yesterday’s Easter Bun Toons Re-Runs, click the drunk rabbits above
For last week’s Bun Toon about CNN looking like morons…click Candy Crowley
For the Bun Toons Archive, click the Year Round Bunny above
Not a re-run, but a preview
Tomorrow is BUNNY DAY in Mega City 1, and so the tradition is to put the Easter Toon up on Easter Sunday. But Saturday is Bun Toon Day, and so we offer up the Easter Toons from yesteryear, to keep your Bun Toon Jones at bay for 24 hours. See ya with the new one tomorrow, bright and early.
Here’s the Ghost of Easters Past.
All us rabbits bow to the master. We consider Bugs to be our Branjelina, just by himself.
And last year, I revealed my secret BFF…
See you tomorrow for a BRAND NEW Bunny Toon in celebration of our special day.
Here now your BONUS Animal Based Comic Book Moment:
The “Badger” in the credits here is not a character, but Mark Badger, who, along with author Joyce Brabner (Harvey Pekar’s widow), do a regular comic book about animal rights…which includes an anti-vivisection message for lovers of bunnies!
Speaking of anti-vivisection and loving bunnies…I will be spending my Easter Sunday protesting a well known Canadian cosmetics company with a corporate headquarters in Mississauga (where I live), specifically BECAUSE it’s recently come out that they still use rabbits in their labs. SHAME on them, and I’ll be shouting that for most of my day tomorrow. I’ll bring back photos and post ‘em on the blog next week! We bunnies stick together! PROTEST ROAD TRIP!
For last week’s RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES Bun Toon, click Candy Crowley’s giant head
for the COMPLETE archive of past Bun Toons, click the star of Bunny Day above
Posted in bun toons, Bunny Funnies
Tagged comics, Easter, Easter Bunny, joyce brabner, mark badger, webcomics
Because this sort of thing matters to the Super-Skrull
The next issue of Ultimate Spider-Man Adventures is (choke, sob) the last of the ALL-NEW issues until further notice, Friendly Neighbourhood Fans…But we’re heading out with a bang! And a few zaps and some punching and fun.
Besides fighting off squee-cute Martians with Death Rays, our webslinger battles a mad scientist, a mouthy Nova, and a snarling Super-Skrull, all in 22 pages of Joe Caramanga-Ty Templeton Ultimate Spidey Romping on our way out the door….
So pick it up when it hits the stands, either this week or next (I never know the release dates of these things), and make Joe and Ty and the editor happy, if no one else.
Here now, your BONUS Ultimate Spider-Man Adventures stuff:
HAH! The comic book isn’t being cancelled, folks, it’s just switching formats, with interiors generated from screengrabs of the actual animated episodes in future issues. And delightful editor Elizabeth Pyle is keeping your humble Bun Tooner around to provide a cover or two as we move forward. So I ain’t leaving the Friendly Neighbourhood quite YET!
In fact, my favourite piece of Spider-Man art I’ve ever done is my cover coming up for issue #16 (I think…). You’ll see it in a couple of months!
18.MAR.2013 PANEL RECORDINGS AND PICTURES OF HOBBYSTAR TORONTO COMICON from SEQUENTIAL
A peek inside Ty Templeton’s Comic Book Bootcamp from I HEART MOVIES
Preview: MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #12 from COMICOSITY
PREVIEW: MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #12 from COMIC BOOK RESOURCES
‘SOCIAL REACH & AUDIENCE POTENTIAL’ BY DIRECTOR/AUTHOR/COMIC WRITER JAMES COOPER from FILM COURAGE
COMICS: First look at ‘Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man #12’ from SPIDER-MAN NEWS
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS from Comics Continuum
MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #15 from PREVIEWSworld.com
MARVEL PREVIEWS: MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #12, POWERS BUREAU #3, ULTIMATE COMICS WOLVERINE #4 from http://www.theoutsiders.com
APERÇU DE MARVEL UNIVERSE ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #12 from MARVEL-World.com Spider-Man n°6-7-8 : Fins du monde from Cases, Bulles et Superpouvoirs *
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