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The Legend of Batman

The Dark Knight will return.

I was watching Batman - The Animated Series episodes that Suren gave me and they were every bit as awesome as I remembered them from the time they used to run them on TV.

This is the intro video. Turn up the volume and watch it. Inspiring.

This series was made in 1992 and it was a huge influence on the world of cartoons. Technically, the quality of production and the music were comparable to mini movies rather than cartoons.

A quote from Wikipedia:

In their constant quest to make the show darker, the producers pushed the boundaries of action cartoons: it was the first such cartoon in years to depict firearms being fired instead of laser guns, as well as Batman actually punching and kicking the antagonists; in addition, many of the series’ backgrounds were painted on black paper. The distinctive visual combination of film noir imagery and Art Deco designs with a very dark color scheme was called “Dark Deco” by the producers.

After watching masterpieces like this I am shown Dragonball Z and Pokemon. How can I not be disgusted?

Mona Jackson

The Great Wikipedia says:

Jackson’s skin was a medium-brown color for the entire duration of his youth, but starting in 1982 his skin gradually became paler. This change became so noticeable that it gained widespread media coverage, with some tabloids claiming that he was bleaching his skin. The structure of his face has changed as well, and a number of surgeons claim that Jackson had undergone multiple nasal surgeries as well as a forehead lift, thinned lips and cheekbone surgery.

However, on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1993, Jackson said that the change in his skin color was due to the disease vitiligo. In the interview, Jackson became quite emotional, saying that: “I’m a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity… I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of my skin, it’s something that I cannot help, OK? But when people make up stories that I don’t want to be what I am it hurts me… It’s a problem for me that I can’t control.” Jackson also responded to tabloid rumors about the amount of plastic surgery he had had done, saying that he’s had “Very, very little. I mean you can count on my two fingers,” and furthermore said that “I’ve never had my cheekbones done, never had my eyes done, never had my lips done and all this stuff, they just go too far.” Further, Jackson wrote in his 1988 autobiography Moon Walk that he only had two rhinoplastic surgeries and the surgical creation of a cleft in his chin, while attributing the noticeable change in the structure of his face to puberty and diet.

This is Artaaa!

Suren linked to this collection of Sparta memes just as I was going to post a new one.

These things always make me laugh out loud.

Here’s the actual page from the comic. Click on it to get a larger image.

Bonus:

Hahahahahahaha! Too good.

Sexist, Serial Killer, Bond Villain

From the rut. and Pencils at Dawn.

Go look at both sites. Pretty good stuff. I wonder why they chose to publish them as blog entries instead of a comic strip… Perhaps for the simplicity.

We3 - A Story About Survival

I’ve earlier mentioned that I have a huge bunch of comics that I had downloaded. Over 8 GB in fact. I was reading some of them and found this three part story called We3.

It was such a beautiful and sad story it bought tears to my eyes. The story follows three animals surgically altered into cyborgs and what happens when they are ordered decommissioned. I’ve uploaded it so that I can share this with everyone.

We3 Part 1
We3 Part 2
We3 Part 3

Download CBR Reader first so open these files.

This Is DATA!

What do you get when you mix Star Trek and 300?

Too funny.

Also, I was reading about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour. This is what we saw in Casino Royale, wasn’t it?

Ain’t That Cute…?

What the?

Hmmm. I don’t like it. They should have kept the tiger.

My Batman Begins Boot Screen (Windows XP)

Here’s a photo of my Windows XP boot screen on my home PC.

ABBA The Hutt - ROFL!

If you didn’t burst out laughing when you saw this, you suck.

Elf Only Inn - It’s back!

Huzzah!

Elf Only Inn is the funniest webcomic I’ve seen. Read it from the beginning and you’ll see what I mean. (The link is a direct link to the first comic. Make sure to read the whole thing.)

If you’ve read EOI before, check out this fan art: Link