Loose Ends
When I did my big ole batch of Chicago comic reviews the other day, I missed a couple of items. So, here we go.
If you're in the Chicagoland area, then make sure to check out the Culture Pop Art Gallery. Info can be found at www.culturepopartgallery.com. These guys were my neighbors, and seemed like a real nice group of guys. They had some really cool merch, what I saw of the their artwork looked pretty exciting, and their gallery sells mini-comics and zines as well. Like I said, if you're in the area, check em out.
Deep Fried- Jason Yungbluth- www.whatisdeepfried.com. A B&W anthology style book that focuses primarily on offencive humor. Or is it offensive? Anyway, there's funny stuff throughout, with three basic set ups: There's a pot smoking rockabilly clown and his psychotic heroin addicted cat, there's a little girl who has very bad things happen to her, and (my personal favorite of the bunch) a post apocalyptic Mad Maxesque story that uses the old Peanuts strips as its framework. Watching a buff, gun toting Charlie Brown and a rabid Snoopy do battle with a monstrous, Kite eating tree is quite entertaining indeed.
After a string of mediocre PPVs (which again, can mostly be blamed on poor matchmaking), TNA redeemed itself quite admirably with its Hard Justice PPV. There were some hang ups of course, a fire in the rafters during the first match cause the show to be delayed for a good 15 minutes or so, and as a result, a potentially interesting four team tag match got cut. Also, the main event (Jeff Jarrett aka Old and Lame vs. Sting aka Older and Lame) was a snoozer, which was only redeemed by Christian Cage turning heel (this is good, cause Cage was floundering as a face, especially with TNA giving Sting the limelight here lately). Other than that, though, the rest of the show was great. Eric Young not only wrestled through a match where fire extinguishers were going off, but he also stepped up his game and put on a hell of a match. Spike Dudley (oh wait, I mean Brother Runt. Oops) and Abyss had what was probably the sleeper match of the night, with poor Runt getting driven face first into a bed of thumbtacks. Repeatedly. Rhyno vs. Monty Brown vs. Samoa Joe was a hard hitting brawl that went all over the place and kept a quick pace. Joe was ultra aggressive all match, which was a nice improvement from the previous PPV, where Joe was restrained due to having to wrestle Suck Steiner. Senshi vs. Jay Lethal vs. Petey Williams was excellent, and displayed the talents of all three men admirably. Same goes for the Sabin vs. Alex Shelley match, which was further bolstered by a hilarious bit involving Kevin Nash in a wheelchair. Gail Kim, who I'm rapidly developing more respect for as a wrestler, and viewing her less as just eye candy, tried her best against that Amazon Chick, but unfortunately, the Amazon is a lump in the ring. Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles vs. LAX (Homicide and Hernandez) was, for the most part, a barn burner, with the only sticking points being that the teams were a bit unfamiliar with each other, and that Hernandez is slow as snail snot. Still, Daniels and Styles never bring less than 100%, and Homicide finally got to show off some of his in-ring ability. All in all, a much better card than last months. Thumbs up.
If you're in the Chicagoland area, then make sure to check out the Culture Pop Art Gallery. Info can be found at www.culturepopartgallery.com. These guys were my neighbors, and seemed like a real nice group of guys. They had some really cool merch, what I saw of the their artwork looked pretty exciting, and their gallery sells mini-comics and zines as well. Like I said, if you're in the area, check em out.
Deep Fried- Jason Yungbluth- www.whatisdeepfried.com. A B&W anthology style book that focuses primarily on offencive humor. Or is it offensive? Anyway, there's funny stuff throughout, with three basic set ups: There's a pot smoking rockabilly clown and his psychotic heroin addicted cat, there's a little girl who has very bad things happen to her, and (my personal favorite of the bunch) a post apocalyptic Mad Maxesque story that uses the old Peanuts strips as its framework. Watching a buff, gun toting Charlie Brown and a rabid Snoopy do battle with a monstrous, Kite eating tree is quite entertaining indeed.
After a string of mediocre PPVs (which again, can mostly be blamed on poor matchmaking), TNA redeemed itself quite admirably with its Hard Justice PPV. There were some hang ups of course, a fire in the rafters during the first match cause the show to be delayed for a good 15 minutes or so, and as a result, a potentially interesting four team tag match got cut. Also, the main event (Jeff Jarrett aka Old and Lame vs. Sting aka Older and Lame) was a snoozer, which was only redeemed by Christian Cage turning heel (this is good, cause Cage was floundering as a face, especially with TNA giving Sting the limelight here lately). Other than that, though, the rest of the show was great. Eric Young not only wrestled through a match where fire extinguishers were going off, but he also stepped up his game and put on a hell of a match. Spike Dudley (oh wait, I mean Brother Runt. Oops) and Abyss had what was probably the sleeper match of the night, with poor Runt getting driven face first into a bed of thumbtacks. Repeatedly. Rhyno vs. Monty Brown vs. Samoa Joe was a hard hitting brawl that went all over the place and kept a quick pace. Joe was ultra aggressive all match, which was a nice improvement from the previous PPV, where Joe was restrained due to having to wrestle Suck Steiner. Senshi vs. Jay Lethal vs. Petey Williams was excellent, and displayed the talents of all three men admirably. Same goes for the Sabin vs. Alex Shelley match, which was further bolstered by a hilarious bit involving Kevin Nash in a wheelchair. Gail Kim, who I'm rapidly developing more respect for as a wrestler, and viewing her less as just eye candy, tried her best against that Amazon Chick, but unfortunately, the Amazon is a lump in the ring. Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles vs. LAX (Homicide and Hernandez) was, for the most part, a barn burner, with the only sticking points being that the teams were a bit unfamiliar with each other, and that Hernandez is slow as snail snot. Still, Daniels and Styles never bring less than 100%, and Homicide finally got to show off some of his in-ring ability. All in all, a much better card than last months. Thumbs up.
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