Girls Dig Comics Too

WTF Japan Seriously

2010-01-12T16:17:00.001-08:00

this is a blog called WTF Japan Seriously, it's as epic as it is terrifying

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1uDT6i/www.wtfjapanseriously.com/

Things that have made me happy today

2009-12-04T15:05:00.000-08:00

to counterbalance the fact a bowled a 79

Today, I realized that the number of letters in Optimus is Prime. Math has never seemed so cool. MLIA

I never thought I'd meet something odder than the snuggie, but here it is ladies and gents the snuggies retarded cousin

Parody of New Moon using action figures from Marvel/DC featuring Harley Quinn and The Joker

well that's a nice little sum of my internet searches
that's all for now folks!
Debra

Video of the Week, rather than a picture

2009-11-30T17:42:00.000-08:00

Hey all! Hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving
and here is a video I thought you'd all enjoy

Muppets do Bohemian Rhapsody

also a rather sad nerdy craigslist post/cartoon just for amusment and awws

peace out!
Deb

What Nerd Wouldn't Want One Of These

2009-11-17T12:52:00.001-08:00

Personally I think no CEO should be without the Han Solo desk!

A MUST FOR HARRY POTTER FANS

2009-11-15T20:33:00.000-08:00

OK so Kim and I(Debra) are talking and we're all like, Harry Potter might be the fucking best memory from childhood/adolescence/life
so I decided to blog about all the great fan stuff out there
good idea? I think so

Voldemort's real name in all the traslated books and what it translares to- yes his middle name in French is in fact Elvis

A Very Potter Musical - it's a legit musical and it's awesome. Kim and I can frequently be caught singing it.

Movie's In Fifteen Minutes Presents Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - read it for the lolz (also for even more awesome lolz check out Prisoner of Azkaban... actually the whole site is pretty funny)

AND as any Potter fan should be ashamed not to know
Potter Puppet Pals

There is a shit ton more out there, but dear reader I give you the quest to find it and report back, seriously just drop a comment with your favorite Harry Potter related thing and I'll check it out!

so yeah that's it.... go hufflepuff!
word.

Pictures of the Week!!!!! and what's coming soon!

2009-11-15T11:39:00.000-08:00

Super Van for the win!!

and for now readers what is up and coming on GDCT,

Perhaps Aria will get her computer charger soon and give you the treat of a post about Firefly/Serenity.

For later this week though you can expect me to defend my newest obsession, Dungeons and Dragons , against Aria and her dislike of the game ( I even ordered shiny new dice, and you wouldn't believe how excited I am for them!)

Also a possible post on Dollhouse, though most likely I'll wait till the season's end.

Peace Out!
Debra

What to do if your bored..... SPECIAL Learn How To Sound Like Chewie

2009-11-12T20:08:00.000-08:00

Hey all Debra again,
since I can't sleep I'm just gonna post some fun/funny links and y'all should check them out

Star Wars Gangsta Rap- It amused me and made me laugh, but it was kinda crude....

Ninja Kitty Part 2- it's super cute! if you remember ninja kitty one you know it's worth it, and if you haven't seen Ninja Kitty you should find a hole and kill yourself

10 Geek Laws That Should Exist

How To Sound like Chewbacca- I tried this for like 5 minutes.... it was epic fail and I'm glad neither Kim nor Aria were around me at the time to mock my horrible wookie noises that sounded more like I was chocking on my own dignity

That's all for now but my boredom will turn it's ugly head again soon
but for now I'm off the watch The Princess Bride
Peace!

p.s I promise Aria isn't dead, just preoccupied with a cephalopod

Happy Birthday

2009-11-09T10:07:00.000-08:00

Well readers as you may have noticed GirlsDigComicsToo has a follower!
And today is his 21st (I think, correct me if I'm wrong) birthday
so HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Picture of the week!!

2009-11-08T20:14:00.001-08:00

Our Darling Readers,
Seriously too cute.
That is all, Debra

p.s. Haiku!!

ATTENTION ALL STARWARS FANS

2009-11-05T13:23:00.000-08:00

Star Wars in Concert is happening!! and it's gonna be in Nashville on December 13! What is Star Wars in Concert you may ask well let me tell you

Star Wars: In Concert, a unique multi-media event featuring music and scenes from all six of John Williams' epic Star Wars scores!

It's narrated live by Anthony Daniels (the actor who portrayed C-3PO in all six films), the production features a full symphony orchestra and choir, accompanied by specially edited footage from the films displayed on a three-story-tall, high-definition LED super-screen -- one of the largest ever put on tour. The live music and film elements are synchronized in order to create a full multi-media, one-of-kind Star Wars experience.

And if that isn't enough to get your tail into gear and your lightsaber going, then check this bit out!

Accompanying the concert is an exclusive exhibit of Star Wars costumes, props, artifacts, production artwork and specially created behind-the-scenes videos from the Lucasfilm Archives. Many of these pieces are leaving Skywalker Ranch for the first time. The exhibit features many classic fan favorite artifacts, as well as several new and never-before-seen items, including:

Full costumes for Jedi Masters Kit Fisto and Plo Koon will be on display.
For the first time ever, pages from John Williams' original hand-written sheet music for Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace will be exhibited for the public.
Also on display will be various never-before-seen props from the films, including blasters and helmets from Coruscant, Tatooine and other iconic Star Wars locations.

Hullo! who just had a geekgasm? Well one thing is for sure, I will be there hell or high water!

Fortunately not dressed like this guy ( I like the use of my arms thank you very much)
Seats start at 32.50 and go all the way to 300 (for a super special vip seat and some swag I bet)

So padawans, jedi, and sith I'll see you there

Halloween Post, only obnoxiously late

2009-11-05T11:24:00.001-08:00

Ok well, Halloween wasn't all to exciting for us, just a little bit of magic, a little bit of haunted house fail, and a lot of random happenstance

but dear reader what I want to talk about is the Day of the Dead, no not November 1.... but the A.C.T Day of the Dead party.
Don't know what that is? well I didn't either till a few weeks ago
So it's a party (duh) where you dress up as someone or something dead
sounds easy right? there are lots of dead people and things so...? Nope, no go... gotta be witty/cool/ not dull/whatever....
So Kim and I took about a week to think about it, we tossed out idea's from disney villans to Star Wars characters to Bambi's Mom (which as some of you know Kim's father went with it and made a truly adorable AND traumatizing head piece for).
Finally one night just as I was about to cross the border between dreams and conciousness, it came to me! my costume! I was gonna be..... a Red Shirt!
with that settled I printed out a starfleet insignia and picked up a red turtleneck, then viola! Ensign Debra reporting for duty!
but enough about that I want to talk about the costumes I saw there! because really no one does costumes and creative like theatre people

so I'm just gonna list what I remeber and Aria or Kim can come in and add/ correct

Kim was Bambi's mom as I said
Aria was dinosaur
Debra was a redshirt (but not the only one! I had a brother in arms)

hmm, what else was there
a Peter Pan with fantastic makeup
a sorority gal ( I don't know which sorority... sorry)
a "dead" kennedy (not the band but a pun on ted, I think)
a Billy Mayes complete with oxyclean shirt
a Marylin Monroe
a V
a Johnny Cash
a G-d with one heck of a beard (who everyone kept asking "are you Dumbledore?)
Kanye West's career
a Severus Snape
a flapper
a dead mother earth (and recardo the raven)
a Dr. George O'Mally complete with prescriptions
a punk Betty Page
a Natasha Richards in full ski gear
a Heath Ledger (straight from Brokeback Mountain, shirt and all)
a Robin (Jason Todd, I think... but it could have been metaphorical for Dick or Tim I suppose)
a Blues Brother John Belushi

There were a few I didn't get but we're still fun costumes
a ninja (I don't understand the dead part of this one... maybe the art of ninja? death of stealth? take off the mask and it can be death of anonymity? Did the ninja lose to a pirate? dunno... guess he just wanted to be a ninja, which is understandable because well ninjas rock)
a Yankee ( though with their recent win I don't understand)
a Pillsbury Dough boy
a Quail man (who remembers Doug! Kim and I for sure do!)

I'm gonna get some pictures up later to make this post better, but for now readers
Peace Out!

Helllooooooooooo Readers

2009-11-03T11:22:00.000-08:00

Hello all of our readers!!!!
How was your Halloween? Was it awesome, was it drunken, was it riotous? If you got a story to tell and pictures to go with it send them in and we'll post them up!!!

In fact if you ever just feel the need to be nerdy and share the nerd love/ a story, just send us an email (GirlsDigComicsToo@gmail.com) or you can find some other way to contact us, there are many.

And have no fear dear readers I am working on a blog telling all of Aria and my Halloween (and day of the dead) adventures! (complete with pictures of a knight playing magic with a dinosaur)
Also soon I will have tales of Dungeons and Dragons for the first time (won't some of my friend be happy I've caved after all these years)

~Debra

To all my Knoxvillans, beware big green mothers from outerspace!

2009-11-02T08:15:00.000-08:00

I know dear reader it had been a long time since anything other than pictures of the week have gone up, but I promise by the end of tomorrow Aria and I will have something up about Halloween, nerdy things, and guess what! more Halloween (because I do love it so!)
But this here is to mention a wonderful show to any and all theatre loving Knoxvillans!

Little Shop of Horrors put on by the University in the Carousel was fantastic!

Aria and I saw it on preview night so there were probably some final kinks being fixed but it still was a gem of a show. The actors all did a wonderful job. The tech crew all did a wonderful job (and made one hell of a super set). Heck I even loved the staging of it all.
So go see it, it's worth the money ($5-10 I think) (you can check times,dates,and tickets here)
Congrats to everyone who worked on the show and/or are in it!

ta darlings,
Debra

P.S and remember- Please don't feed the plant!
or date dentists >.>

Picture of the Week!!!

2009-10-13T17:44:00.000-07:00

Dear Reader,
If you ever encounter this in a subway/bart station/where ever you are...... run, run very far away.
That is all
Debra

Picture of the Week

2009-09-30T08:39:00.001-07:00

can anyone tell me what this is from???

Sorry I've been absent dear readers, but I had a killer paper due! But it is all past and I am back, soon I will post a blog about the show Dollhouse because while the first season was great, fantastic, and super awesome.... the first episode of season two is looking to be even better!
So I'll post about that soon, and probably a bliog about the new Gotham City Sirens and this cool Grim's Fairy Tale: Little Mermaid I've been reading.
That's all for now folks
Debra

Protomen: Act II

2009-09-26T18:49:00.000-07:00

Hey, so, I haven't been blogging much because my laptop's down, but I'm borrowing one just for this occasion. Because this is an important occasion, an occasion of all occasions. The night of all nights. The night when Protomen played their CD release show, for Act II: The Father of Death (which I, being the loyal/impatient fan that I am, bought at midnight on September 8th. Oh yes I did). If you don't have it, you should pick it up either on iTunes if you're lazy like me, or on either Amazon or Zambooie, both I believe, it is possible to order the hard copy (which is recommended because it comes with a pamphlet of lyrics/storyline that's vital to you understanding what's going on). Because, as previously explained, the Protomen do a face-melting rock opera that has a real, heartfelt story to it. And you want to hear the story, I promise.

Oh, my dears. What to say, what to say.

It started out with the long trek to Maryville College. Thank you, Debra, for understanding my pain and longing for this show enough to drive me there. There I met 4 men and 1 woman, all dedicated to the cause of making it to the show (the occasion of all occasions, night of all nights, etc etc etc). They were kind people, by the names of Bryan, JP, Mikey, Vinny, and Bunny, and they took me under their wings (or in JP's car, whatever, same thing) and swept me away to Nashville. It was a 3 hour ride, only uncomfortable in that someone always ended up in someone else's lap, because there were 4 people in the backseat. BUT THAT DID NOT DETER US. There were other soldiers hailing from much further places, like Arizona and Detroit and Colorado.. There was no need to complain of conditions when we compared it to their struggles.

Upon checking into the hotel, where several other groups of soldiers were also lodging, Bryan and I departed to meet the forum people for dinner at Wild Wasabi, where they lied to me about a dynamite roll and made me sad. But no matter, because we were in good company, and the people at our table ended up being our group for the night. Or as I will forever call them, my Protofamily.

After dinner was a confusing mash-up of things, but mostly we just hung out in the hotel until it was time to depart. And depart we did. Depart by foot, because everyone who could drive was drinking, and that was just the logical thing to do. Except that it was raining. So I will say for myself that I looked like a hot mess by the time we got there, and perhaps I was not alone, because the line was massive, full of dedicated fans, all standing outside in a fine drizzle. I should have taken a picture of the line, but I'm an idiot. These things do happen. We did ask a random person to take a picture of us, though.

Not sure how my dress ended up on sideways but.. Once again, these things do happen. But in all seriousness, the people I met that night were some of the coolest people I've ever spent time with. We came together for a love of one pretty awesome band, but just in general they're great people. Half the fun I had that night was just due to the crowd; Once inside, packed in with 500 superprotofans, the percentage of douchebaggery was surprisingly low. It made my night being able to have tons of pleasant interaction with strangers I know I could totally be best friends with, if they hadn't traveled to middle Tennessee from all over the country. I bought an armful of merch and one sweet fellow by the name of Bader offered to let me leave it in his car during the show. When we squeezed up into the crowd in front of the stage, one guy had a nice laugh with us about how drunk-ass Ama kept accidentally rubbing up on him. Once I worked my way to the front, all the moshing and pushing and squeezing made me uncomfortably close friends with a LOT of strangers. I had some funny exchanges with the guys around me, and also some apologies for the roughness of the crowd. And I loved every second of it. I loved dancing with strangers, I don't care how ridiculously close we were together. I loved bonding over what is most likely my favorite band with people dedicated enough to drive hours and hours to see them. Nothing could have made me happier. One thing is an absolute truth, though - I have never been sweatier in my life.

-- The lovely Courtney and I after a few delicicously sweltering hours of feverish dancing and fist pumping.. I'm not gonna lie, either, guys, I am POSITIVE that it's not all my sweat. We were all just drenched.

BUT THE SHOW, THE SHOWWW. Oh, it was so good. From what I read, a lot of people were complaining about the technical work, the choir, the strings, etc. Honestly, I was so happy to be there and high on the atmosphere that I didn't notice anything bad. Negative thoughts were swept from my head. Yeah, the Protoman helmet malfunctioned.. It always malfunctions. It's not exactly a shiny new piece of machinery. But it's too cool/important not to use. It also caused one of my favorite moments of the night:

Protoman: Can you hear me?
Panther: Yes, you're right here, but nobody else can.
Protoman: I'm saying some really deep shit here!

Ah, so, basically I love them.

Act I was cozily familiar, but it was cool to hear it all in order, which they don't usually - or ever - do. The moshing was predictable and in all the right places, and the singing coming from the crowd was loud, but I could hear Panther just fine. It was Act I. It just was.

Then during the intermission, Makeup and Vanity Set was amazing - this dude rocks.

A one-man dance show of 8-bit quality. Dude was ridiculously drunk, but managed to crank out some awesome tunes; it surprised me how much I like 8-bit dance music. I was packed in so tightly that I had a hard time dancing, but I did what I could. Ama was behind me screaming 'schitzo dancer!' between every song, a futile effort that I tried to help with. And she said she was sober by then.. Anyway, I would love to see him again when there's not 500 sweaty nerds packed into one tiny venue, and hopefully they'll bring him on tour with them. Or at least to Knoxville. Knoxville is all I care about. ;D

AND THEN ACT II. OH LORD, WAS THERE AN ACT II. I took a bunch of photos while they were setting up, like so:

The anticipation building, building. I'm having a hard time finding the right words to do Act II justice. I've been listening to it on loop for weeks now, but nothing compared to hearing it live. It felt really natural being ushered into the Good Doctor after the beautiful opening chords of Intermission, like I had seen them do it before a zillion times. I can't say how wonderful, wonderful it was to see.

And there was an addition to Act II that Act I has never had - Turbo Lover. I've got to say, his acting skills are impressive - he was one scary dude onstage, smug and threatening. His performance and stage presence was as phenomenal as the first time I saw him perform, but this time he was absolutely evil looking. It was gooood. I don't have any pictures of him that decently illustrate that, so you'll just have to take my word for it.

He just looks like a pretty nice guy in creepy makeup in all my photos. My bad.

I was disappointed during Give Us the Rope, I won't lie, because it didn't seem like the crowd was chanting along as strongly as I was looking forward to. It was still beautiful, though, and I was happy to see the live trumpet player there. I'm sure in the future once everyone has the words down it will be a really great song for the audience. That's the one thing I will always love about Protomen shows - there is always room for audience participation. We have a part in the story being told just as much as the band members do, and I think engaging the fans in that way really brings them closer to the music.

I was also happy when the moshing calmed down in appropriate spots, like when the strings were playing (for the most part). Because, damn, you don't have to shove all concert long. It was fun bouncing around in a crowd of sweaty nerds, though, I will readily admit. When moshing was appropriate, it was ALWAYS fun. I never experienced anything too violent for me; I even got plenty of smiles and pleasant eye contact. I love Protofans, in short.

Then.. then.. after Act II, when we were all yelling for another song, you won't believe..

He's... he's alive.

VIVA FETTERMAN. We shared a wonderful rendition of 'We Don't Need Another Hero.' AND THEN AND THEN AND THEN EVEN BETTER (well maybe not better but still awesome)

they faded to Phil.

Yes. Yes, they did. And I sang Against All Odds with the guy next to me, and gave him a high five. And later that night, that same guy was dancing with the guy that kept asking to french kiss Makeup and Vanity Set, and might I say those boys were some mighty fine dancers. Especially the lap dancing. Oh yes, nerds can give lap dances. Don't even question it.

But my camera had fizzled out by that time, so I don't have any photographic proof. Once again, you'll have to take my word for it. Because I'm not giving out any lap dances anytime soon, so you'd have to look elsewhere for proof.

Ugh. I don't think there's anything else for me to say. It was the best night, the best band, the best fans, and I passed the hell out when we got back to the hotel.

And then it was over.

But we had fun while it lasted.

Farewell, bloggers. Thank you, Protomen. ;D

Love,
Aria

Picture of the Week!!!

2009-09-18T22:52:00.001-07:00

It's Rosh Hashanna (head of the year in Hebrew)
Shanna Tova(Happy New Year) Everyone
Love Debra

btw Aria this one is especially for you

Attention: a hobbit has hacked into your blog

2009-09-16T21:07:00.000-07:00

Hello all, this is Debra's tiny roommate, Kim. Y'all may remember me from the Protomen concert, I was the only who got pulled onstage (and yes that was hella fun). I've kinda-sorta-in-a-roundabout-way contributed before here at Girls Dig Comics Too; I showed Debra the picture of the Star Trek cologne and the Lex Luthor cake picture. Because while I may not be particularly funny, I tend to find pretty funny things online. So now this will be a tiny (pun intended) corner of this blog where I post pictures/vids that make me laugh. And I shall dub it
"Kimberly's Corner of Crack."

So for my first KCoC, I give you some good 'ole Zachary Quinto (because he plays both Sylar and Spock. Bow down to his epicness):

Because throughout the first half of that movie, all I could think was, "Sylar is Spock Sylar is Spock Sylar is Spock" (original, I know?). And this moment pretty much captures the epitome of my glee.

Damn. He is so creepy. Even when you laugh at him. Funny picture please!

This is kind of like dead baby humor- you feel bad about laughing at it, but it's still funny. I didn't know if it was too creepy to post, but Debra laughed, so I figured it was ok.

Hehe. It's a pun. Hehe.

*English major is easily amused*

So I've finally posted here, and I feel accomplished!

Yes, I do feel as accomplished as Hiro did when he traveled through time and space. Just for future reference.

As soon as I figure out how to post vids, I will do that. Hopefully at least one of these made you laugh a geeky laugh. I know Spock's milkshake gets me every time.

Cheers, Kim

What About the Kids?

2009-09-13T19:28:00.000-07:00

Sup bloggers! Sooo I went home to Chattanooga this weekend, homesick or whatever. My parents seemed a little indifferent to me being home but my BROTHERS, boy were they excited. The two year old gave me lots of hugs and jumped on my bed and led me in a wonderful rendition of Sing, Sing a Song (despite that fact that he’s 2 and sounds like a deaf person when he sings – is that too offensive? Whatever, it’s true. And SO cute). The nine year old gave me a big bear hug and proceeded to tell me things I didn’t want to know about some video game he’s been playing. Picture:

(Yes, he’s wearing a Fullmetal Alchemist shirt. Mine’s Harry Potter, if that counts for anything. The funny part is, our parents aren’t nerdy AT ALL. And I didn’t brainwash the kid, he developed geeky tendencies on his own.)

Like any cool older sister, I came home bearing gifts for the big one. What did I bring? A copy of the last issue of Titans Go! and the #0 issue of the new Boom! Kids Incredibles series. (Also a glow in the dark finger puppet zombie, which if you follow me on twitter, [link], you will have seen.) In flipping through this issue of Titans Go! (which came out in 2008), Vincent points out to me ads for all sorts of other kids’ comic series put out by DC in conjunction with Cartoon Network (which, as far as I know, is not owned by Warner Bros and actually whatever company owns CNN). We’re seeing Batman, the Legion, and even a Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends issue of a cartoon series. This all begs the question – Where are they now? Why don’t I see these series on the shelves? DC cancelled Titans Go! in lieu of putting out Tiny Titans; Which granted, is absolutely adorable, but not appropriate for a nine year old boy. And by appropriate I mean, he thinks it’s stupid. Teen Titans is ALSO not appropriate for a nine year old boy, and in that sense of appropriate I mean THERE ARE BOOBS AND GORE EVERYWHERE. Ravager is not a character I want Vincent exposed to in the 4th grade. Call me overprotective..

Let me describe to you a moment we had. He’s poring over this comic, and finds a page where they have this massively cute lineup of chimi versions of all the minor characters. He’s naming all of them, and asking me about the ones he doesn’t know. We get to Jericho, and he gets really excited and tells me, “This guy is SO cool! He has like magic eyes, and he can just LOOK at somebody and have control over them!” And I said, “yeah, that’s Jericho,” thinking back on the last time I saw Jericho in the comics, when Vigilante was cutting his eyeballs out. Not. Cool. And then another one – “that’s Red Arrow! He doesn’t even have powers but he’s really cool!” Oh, the smack addict? Riight. That slept with Hawk Girl? And she called Carter’s name and – yeah this won’t go any further.

The kid’s cool – he’s really into video games, loves RPGs, plays this MMO for kids called Wizard 101, collects/plays Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon, does those Bakugon things (my first experience with one of those scared the piss outta me, I had no idea it was going to turn into a dragon), super into Teen Titans and my old Justice League DVDs, reads Harry Potter and a graphic novel series called Bones – I like him. He is my nerd protégé. I’m going to make him geekier than me. What better way than that but to feed him comic books? And he’s always asking if he can read my comics, and I’m perpetually turning him down because of the adult nature of so much of DC’s stuff. I feel bad. But what can I buy him? I go to the comic store and ask, and he directs me to Tiny Titans, ORRR.. Boom! Kids. And I say, alright, and take a look at their stuff. Finding Nemo.. Muppets.. Incredibles. All of it is STILL a bit *young* for Vincent. He’s a geek, he’s a smart kid, he’s at a higher reading level and concept-mastering level than most kids his age. He’s not going to read Finding Nemo and find it riveting any more than you would. I bought him Incredibles, because it was the best option, but I am still dissatisfied with my options. I feel like I deserve more than that. I read it, and the story is interesting, the series is sure to be packed with kid-friendly action, but I feel like the plot will lack complexity that good reading calls for. Tiny Titans and Boom! Kids, they’re a little too young. And everything else is a little too old.

I’ve decided I’m going to be loyal to whoever presents the best product to the target market at hand. The target market: Boys aged 8-13. The product: Interesting comics. Who can do it? Well, Disney licenses some of their Pixar characters to Boom! Kids to be made into comics. Disney now owns Marvel. If Disney will do what Boom! Studios does with their own Pixar characters with Marvel characters, I will buy it. I will. If they will make me a comic like the Incredibles series, with Spidey or the X-Men or whoever—I will buy it. I will spend my hard-earned cash on Marvel comics for my brother if DC doesn’t step it up and give me what I want. They had it going last year and I’m not exactly sure what happened. All I know is, I’m not buying backissues of canceled comics in trade for the next few months just to keep Vincent interested in the genre and loyal to DC.

I’m just sayin, remember the kids. Comics are going to continue to be a dying medium if no one is going to even try and capture the attention of the next generation. I’m doing what I can, and it’s time the industry do its part, or all they will have left loyal to them are the creepy middle aged men that hit on me in the comic shop. And nobody wants that... trust me.

Comics, kids, and love from

Aria

Pictures of the Week!!!!!

2009-09-09T12:50:00.000-07:00

This is what happens when some people hear Disney bought Marvel.....

It's spider....elephant?

This is how they pitched the scene to the studio

I mean sure.... I don't even know what to say on this one

and that my friends is terrible.

Holy elephant calf, Batman!!

Disney Buys Marvel

2009-09-07T13:56:00.000-07:00

OK so if one more person decides to tell me "Hey you like comics and nerdy things, did you know Disney bought Marvel?" or some variation of that.... I might punch them in the teeth
Obviously as a self respecting geek I have known since the day it was announced, and yes I have a damned opinon on it..... guess what it's not that bad
Disney has bought many a company.... Miramax and Pixar being two very large examples.... and rather than those companies going down the toilet, they have flourished with even more freedom than when they didn't have a parent company.... look since Disney bought Pixar films like Up and Wall-E have come out... and those were freaking fantastic movies
What Disney buying Marvel means for the world?
It means Disney now appeals to the demographic they have been unable to reach before, the 15-35 year old males who have absolutely no interest in Micky Mouse or Hanna Montana. It in no way shape or form means that Disney will be making Punisher more friendly or having the Hulk take anger management. It is merely a way for the rich bastards behind the mouse ears to make more cash.
Besides it's not like they can screw up the marvel universe ... it's all ready way too fucked up. As for the movies and such Spiderman and Iron Man both are being produced by studios other than Disney and I think (not sure) but those contracts are gonna be honored......
I can say nothing about perhaps Marvel characters in the next Kingdom Hearts... because I actually don't know if that would be awesome or terrible
ok so no one ask me about this anymore, because frankly it is isn't as earth shattering as people think Marvel will still have copious amounts of freedom to fuck itself over or to rise like Pheonix from the ashes(again and again and again).
Now I'm off to listen to AboutHeroes latest podcast, which I believe is on this exact topic
in the words of Tigger TTFN,

Debra

ADDITION: check out this video!!! Disney/Marvel conflicting views

Where No Gal Has Gone Before or Set Phasers to Geek

2009-09-07T09:23:00.000-07:00

stardate: 63150.6 (corrisponds with the reposting of the blog and please to all my fellow nerds out there I hope I got this right), Bloggers log... it seems with my partner out of commission due to this earth disease called Swine flu the need to publish something for the week has fallen on my shoulders.... it seems there is no origianal thought in me this week so I have chosen to reblog... and while I do not think Starfleet or the Federation would approve of my blatant re-posting and it is not against the Prime Directive in any way... I must give you my apologies reader for this is not normally my way.... but I was detained in the sickbay from midnight till 7 in the morning (YES 7 IN THE FUCKING MORNING FREAKING ER ASSHOLE DORCTORS) last night and simple chose to be lazy....
ok joking aside ....
As I have previously mentioned the theme of this week is Star Trek, and boy do I enjoy the stories (not the books most of those I find to be trash), plots might be a better word... though the original series even with the new work done on it is.... cheesy at the best of times... still the stories are interesting, especially when one considers the time it was made (1966ish I think)... Like the episode with the aliens with black and white faces, that's a good one... or the episode titled The Trouble With Tribbles... that one is just funny and adorable ^.^ But despite how cheesy and kinda janky the episodes are, they are worth checking out, especially if your interested in pop culture references or film (because boy howdy are there a lot of referances that make sense once you've seen ST:TOS).
Now on to the new movie.... can I say spectacular (or type as it may be), it blew my expectations out of the water and into the next galaxy... not that I really walked in there with any so anywho... Zachary Quinto nails the role Spock![both Aria and I are big Quinto fans, we saw Inglorious Bastards last week, and were very happy] Chris Pine also does an awesome job as Cpt. Kirk! The special effects kinda kick ass as well! I don't have enough praise for this movie... and I thought it was very smart making it in an alternate reality so all the original trekkies and geeks don't get their superhero themed panties in a bunch(no offense meant to anyone >.>). That way things that are not original cannon (like Nero destroying Vulcan or that odd ... relationship... between Spock and Lt. Uhura (though they are friendly in the series they are far from the version in the new movie ...but hey I guess the action flick needed some romance.... oh well)
oh.. I know I said I had nothing but praise but I do have one issue... WHY IN GOD'S NAME DID BONES HAVE SUCH A SMALL PART.... in the original series he had as large a part as Spock and only Kirk had a larger part than them.. also he never said the phrase "he's dead Jim" in the movie and it's in so many episodes I figured they would pull at least one joke about it, that was just kinda sad......oh and for those like me, who simple adore Bones check out this twitter called FMLMcCoy it can be really funny...(i.e. Stuck on planet Rome– Jim is forced to spend the night with a gorgeous slave girl, I'm forced to sleep in a cage with a testy vulcan. FML).... okay done for now
logging out
Debra

This little piggy went to market..

2009-09-02T13:49:00.000-07:00

Okay, so, I realize no one reads this probably, but I still feel the need to make excuses for my lack of blogging. I caught swine flu, somehow, so mostly I've been laying in bed feeling sorry for myself the last few days. The nice thing was, I had some time to catch up on comics (even though I haven't read some tie-ins yet, it's ridiculous that I even put off things I like). I was really impressed by whoever inked the latest Flash comic, as was Debra. The yellows and oranges and reds were so ridiculously vivid. Van Sciver? Who is this guy? The colorists never get any cred, but I would like to extend some kudos to you, man.

Er, I don't want to say too much because I'm sure we'll do a video soon. I do want you to know that I'm investing in a decent camera, and there will be events coming. At least one event - counting down to September 25th - the night of all nights - the battle for Act II of the Protomen. Debra won't be there but I'll take lots of photos for her and any sparse readers we may have, and THEY WILL BE EPIC. Also, in October we're going to the Nashville Comic and Horror Festival, hopefully dressed up as Zatanna (me of course) and Batgirl/Ivy (someone can't decide). Sometime next week we're visiting Big Don the Costumier's in Old City, which looks very promising according to my new favorite Knoxville blog, The Sunsphere is Not a Wigshop. If I don't find a coat with tails.. Well I don't know. Any advice?

Anyway bloggerville, it was good to keep up correspondence again. I will see you soon.

Love,
Aria, soon-to-be Zatanna

Silly Star Trek Picture and Cologne

2009-08-27T20:37:00.000-07:00

Star Trek Red Shirt Cologne

Put yourself in the line of fire. RED SHIRT Cologne is made for the young, modern man of the galaxy who doesn’t hesitate; who revels in being alive today. RED SHIRT Cologne instills confidence, showing the universe your strength, your valor, your devotion to living each day as though it could be your last.

Bright, clean and Direct with Top notes of green mandarin, bergamot and a hint of lavender, RED SHIRT Finish Strong with base notes of leather and grey musk. It’s a daring men’s fragrance for those brave enough to place no trust in tomorrow.

Red Shirt Cologne: Because Tomorrow May Never Come.

Hawkman, seeking Hawkgirl

2009-08-26T10:10:00.000-07:00

Oh man, you guys. At the comic shop the other day, I found a Hawkman figurine that was pretty cheap to begin with, and on top of that, half off. Now, maybe this isn't surprising to you. I don't really care. I do love him dearly. I know it's geek blasphemy to remove them from the packaging, but then, thanks to Debra's brash words (you're welcome), I realized that no one else was going to buy him so I may as well take him out and enjoy him. So now he has a place of glory on my desk, in front of my DVDs and random pictures. I thought I would share this with you guys. Now, I reaaaally really need a Hawkgirl to go next to him. Hopefully on the same scale. There's these creepy (in a good cute anime way) $60 Japanese action figures at the shop as well, and they have my two favorites (Hakwgirl and Zatanna) and Debra's two favorites (Poison Ivy and, who was it? Batgirl? I'm a bad friend... Huntress, though that Batgirl was Barbara Gordon so I like her too). But that won't do at all, Japanese Hawkgirl doesn't belong with good ol' Thenegarian Hawkman. Once I get the nerve to drop that much money on her, she will live in her own spot of glory. ;D

(and she makes fun of me for liking Ivy? Seriously.... he has a hawk mask, wings, a mace, green tights, and no shirt.)

I guess I'm just going to stare at him for a while. Do me a favor and tell Debra my obsession with the Hawks is no less creepy than her obsession with the Gotham Rouges gallery (can't forget Wally West obsessed with him!). At least mine has a penis. Well, one of them.

Also, happy Wednesday. Flash Rebirth #4 comes out today (and the art was amazing!!! though a whole lot of red and yellow--also Titans and Gotham City Sirens, oh and of course Blackest Night). Expect a review soon.

Anyway.

G'day, blogiverse.

Love,
Aria (and the one with the obnoxious comments, Debra)

Picture of the Week!!!!!

2009-08-24T14:45:00.001-07:00

I'm gonna try and make this weekly but I don't know if I'll be as successful as the
DC 52 story

So here's this weeks...

if you can't see it go to...

[http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=543]

Comic Class: Day 2

2009-08-24T13:11:00.000-07:00

Ok, so as mentioned in the vlog the lovely Aria and myself are in a comic class as a freshman interest course. You might have noticed this says day 2 as well... that's because we only came up with our nerdy little blog sometime around Thursday and it is a Monday/Wednesday class.
So a run down on day one...

what do you see? nothing? my how correct you are! absolutely nothing interesting happened. in fact, I think Aria and I had a few hopes and dreams crushed that day. We ended up being the only avid comic book fans in the class, a few were all otakuish (and there's nothing really wrong with that) but otaku fans do not make a compelling comic class. One dunce who we call a classmate even bragged about not reading ANYTHING for 4 years, yesh! Wonder who's going to drop out by the end of the semester. Regardless I'm sure you get the feeling that we left disappointed and frustrated.

So drum roll please......

Day 2
We enter the room with no hope, no thought that this will be taken at all seriously... and for the most part we were right, but in my opinion there is some light in this darkness, some kids genuinely seemed to like it or at least know minimal background information that could lead to a real interest and then poof we wouldn't be the only people in the class who actually go to the comic book store once a week!!!!
Ok for those of you who don't know we're reading

[If you've never read it or need a refresher, there's a good summary at http://www.darkknight.ca/storylines/tdkr.html]

So, anyone follow that mess of crazy? it's different that's for sure, but at the time this was like Batman's chance to rise from the ashes of campy trash and become a real boy! excuse me I meant comic..... this story basically redesigned Batman and without this story Batman probably wouldn't exist today as we know him... ( well obviously things have changed a bit with Dick taking over the role after Bruce's death... but you get my drift). This is a darker Batman then the world was used to, edgy and new, he was an alcoholic, he was violent, he was old, and he was vicious, with all the smarts to take down the Son of Krypton, control a rabid gang with tendencies to flip-flop worse than Kerry, and fake his own death. Batman:The Dark Knight Returns raised the bar for writers of the series. (interesting to note that while this Bats isn't exactly the GOD DAMNED Batman, it seems he is a reference point for the All-Star freak that Miller calls Batman)

Back to class:

We touched on a lot of things but only scrached their surface but they showed promise...

Backstories were discussed

Continuity and how things were changed because of this book

Why Superman is such a useless character most of the time (and such a douche in this book)

We touched on the relationship between Bats and his rouges (mainly Bats and the Joker, on which I will have a lengthy discussion on later)

We even spoke of the awesomeness of one armed Green Arrow firing a Kryponite arrow with his mouth.... UPSIDE-DOWN looking kinda like a deranged Santa actually....

but we got somewhere the people were thinking about the comic, so I was happy

The Professor knows some of what he's talking about I will admit, but unfortunately not because I think he's genuinely interested (not that he isn't but his dominant reason would probably be...) only because he had to Wiki it for his powerpoint (that wasn't horrible but lacked a true subject other than Batman covers through the decades)

To end thing here are a few panels that I found amusing/liked/made me laugh/go wtf

Taking Knight to the next level

sorry about the sideways guys... but Selina Kyle as... A WHORE...dressed as
Wonder Woman

If I may what the F is a Milk baby?

Ok so Superman now gets a butterfly and some pretty ponies?

Someone thought this was Harly Quinn.... ok blond and blue eyed yes but 10ft tall and a nazi?

Haha! Take that lame ass 80's hairdo female Robin

Hold it hold it does that say what I think it does, lets zoom in!

What the hell? The Comissioner is a pedophile???? seriously what the hell!!??!!

And with that my dears I'm logging off to watch some old StarTrek eposodes
Hope I didn't offend
Much love
Debra

Vlog Episode 1

2009-08-23T09:01:00.000-07:00

Watch us discuss how shitty our comic class is, sort of what it's like to be a girl nerd, why our desk chairs are weird, how we got into comics, and then get cut off because my webcam decided to stop recording at some point and not tell us. All in good fun.

[Also, my apologies for rough audio and bad technical work.. HP vs Mac.. I have the former. And I don't know how to use Windows Movie Maker. It's no iMovie, that's for sure. Also I talk quietly and plan to speak up in future vloggin. ;D - Aria]

No Matter How Dark It Gets, There Will Be Protomen!

2009-08-22T13:26:00.000-07:00

I realize that the title of our blog is 'Girls Dig Comics Too' but for our first real blog I have decided to cover the amazing show we went to on Thursday. Or, more accurately, I obsessed over for weeks and made Debra come with me because a) she's a geek so I knew she would like it and b) she has a car and I don't. [literally dragged me! and the venue was in this little place under a bridge called the Midtown but the GPS took us to a parking lot next to a cemetery.... everyone was like WTF? but apparently even the band made this mistake so no sweat]

SO! Background on the Protomen: a super geeky band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee - they do a Megaman themed rock opera show that will blow your mind [really my mind was in a puddle of awesomeness by the end of the show]. The members all have code names and insist that they live in a compound called Thundercon, never breaking character. The music itself is heavily 80s influenced, and smoothly transitions from one song to the next, adding to the feel of the story. The storyline follows Dr. Light's rebellion against evil Dr. Wily, through his sons Protoman and Megaman, and their battle for the fate of mankind, who all end up dying anyway. It's okay, they deserve it. And the most fun part is, there's plenty of room for audience participation, specifically as the role of the dying humans. You get to scream 'we are the dead' at the top of your lungs a whole bunch - and who wouldn't want to do that?

After me raving about how fantastic they were and telling the entire story in detail to Debra and her adorable roommate Kim, she decided she wanted to come with us! Which, as you will see, was a good decision on her part. She's a 4'9" conservative Christian [Catholic, if that counts for anything] girl, so Debra took the opportunity to... dress her up a little. (I did her hair if it counts for anything?)

Cute right? Alright so we get there early-ish and the bands that are playing are.. unfortunate, for lack of a better word [for lack of a better word... I can think if a few... God awful to start with, continuing down a list of scathing and mean words till I get to the part where I call them retards with puppets on their hands (no really there was a band with puppets--a little puppy and a shark) headbanging to sub par screamo imitations... lack of better words I think not]. I've never been a fan of hardcore music, and neither were the other two girls, so needless to say it wasn't an enjoyable experience. I tried to be nice for a while but as the night wore on from eight until ten I could probably be quoted as saying 'get off the fucking stage, I just want to see the Protomen' several times. [about 24x]

And see them I did! But first I ogled the men wandering around in robot makeup while they were setting up, bouncing and stressing and making Debra and Kim laugh at how excited and anxious I was [like a child with sugar]. Oh, yes, I forgot to mention - they dress up.

Up front was of course the only place to be, with all the superfanboys - there was even one guy that had a robot gun arm [and a second with a fuzzy parka and gasmask, Tatooine reject anyone?], I really wish we had taken a picture. But we have a few decent ones from the show:

A few comments on the photos: Yes, that is a keytar. The red helmet in the third picture is also a microphone, which is too cool to even say things about [the techie in me just fainted at the awesomeness of making a Megaman helmet into a functioning microphone! it was supercool]. And the last blurry photo is, from what I can tell, a new member. In his words, "They call me Turbo Lover." His song was one of the highlights of the night for sure - he's a really animated performer and a lot of fun onstage. Next time I'll have video I promise [there is one on my youtube account (Redwicca240) titled oddly enough Protomen]. I even got a picture with him, like the ridiculous fangirl that I am. (Actually Debra is just camera crazy in the embarrassing way that your mother is, and makes you pose for pictures out of nowhere.) [NOTE: I took them because she was wimpy and meek but we all knew she wanted the damn pictures taken.]

Okay, okay, okay I've been going on and on and I haven't even gotten to the best part. Sorry. Tiny Kim, the least geeky of us three and certainly the one feeling most out of place at the beginning of the night, is actually having a great time. When we get to the epilogue, K.I.L.R.O.Y. (the tall guy in the silver mask) jumps offstage, scoops up all less-than-five-feet of her, throws her over his shoulder, and puts her onstage.

Dancing next to Panther? Yes she was. I was jealous in a million ways until I got to talk to him and even a hug after the show. Now that I think of it, that's one of the best things about the Protomen. Not that they put on a fucking awesome show, but just that they're a really nice group of guys/girls and genuinely interested in talking and interacting with their fans (some of which I will admit are a bit creepy, myself included probably) [once again, understatement... a bit creepy is for the man in the corner store checking you out.. Protomen fans are... obsessive to say the least]. I bought a poster and asked the band to sign it, and the drummer, the Reanimator, ran around looking for a silver sharpie for me, and getting people to sign it. Everyone was amiable and fun to talk to and I just enjoyed every second of their show and the time I spent after it.

A battle has been fought in Knoxville, and I believe the Protomen to be victorious. Hopefully another battle will need to be fought soon. I will certainly be there to join the resistance, and maybe I can even wrangle more friends into coming.

That's all for now. We'll be back soon with a round of comic talk, I swear.

Love,
Aria [and Debra]

Testing, 123

2009-08-22T10:03:00.000-07:00

You have stumbled upon a work in progress, and for that I apologize. This blog will eventually be pleasantly full of dialogue between one Debra and one Aria, mostly about comics and other nerdy aspects of our lives. Why? Well, firstly, because being a female nerd is a lonely occupation, full of strange stigmas and tribulations. But it's mostly because we recently have moved to Knoxville for college, from opposite ends of the lovely state of Tennessee, and only found each other to talk to about such things. Where are all the nerds? Until they come out from under the rocks they're gaming under, we've decided to use this blog as an outlet for our frequent discussions about all things geeky. It's boring just talking to each other. So, what up blogging world. Here we come.

See you soon.

Love,
Aria