P.I. Mike Hammer is back with some unfinished business. This hugely popular character has sold millions of books over the years and was created by acclaimed mystery author Mickey Spillane. When Mickey passed away in 2006, he still had a couple of Mike Hammer manuscripts that weren’t finished or published, and Spillane’s frequent collaborator Max Allan Collins known for his award winning graphic novel Road to Perdition, added the finishing touches to this Mike Hammer adventure.
Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer is back in Complex 90
Custom Munny Valkyrie VF-1J
The Ong-brothers from the Philippines are well-known as Rotobox Vinyl Anatomica where they customize Munnies, like Gundam robots and superheroes. Here’s their latest creation – the Valkyrie VF-1J MegaMunny.
Spacebound
BitCoin or Big Wow! Comicfest?
It was hard for me to decide which convention to go to when Bitcoin the future of currency and Big Wow! Comicfest 2013 happened at the same time at the San Jose Convention Center. The nerd in me wanted to find out more about this new form of cryptocurrency called Bitcoin (BTC) created by Satoshi Nakamoto. But anyways, I’m probably boring people now, let’s get on with another episode of Ramen from Big Wow! Comicfest:
Batman & Robin Inker Mick Gray!
Viral Video Friday: Pig Box
FanimeCon 2013 This Weekend!!!
Where is the Retrenders team going to be at this Memorial Day Weekend? We’ll be at FanimeCon from May 24-27 taking place at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA.
For more info, go to: fanime.com.
Luke Chueh Postcards
Spiderman artist Humberto Ramos @ Big Wow! Comicfest 2013
Frank Cho sketches Red Sonia @ Big Wow! Comicfest 2013
Puma Dance Dictionary
Puma launches their Puma Fragrances with the Puma Dance Dictionary.
Food: The Hybrid – Cronut!
Frankie’s Garage: The Toyota Supra & Nissan Silvia
Xcar takes a look at two iconic JDM cars, the Toyota Supra and tuned Nissan Silvia. The Toyota Supra was made famous by Fast & the Furious films and Playstation’s Gran Turismo video game series, Xcar takes a look back at the legendary Toyota Supra. And my grandma can drive this – a tuned automatic Supra!
Arrested Development Outline of Jokes
This Sunday on Netflix 15 episodes of Arrested Development Season 4 finally kicks off. If you’re new to the series and want to know what this running joke about the various characters is about, go to: Recurring Developments for a outline map of all the running jokes from Seasons 1-3. This should be helpful if you’re not going to have a Arrested Development DVD marathon before it Season 4 premieres on Sunday.
Go to: Recurring Developments – Outline Map of Running Jokes.
Big Wow! Comicfest 2013
Our Retrenders crew may be tired and sleep deprived from the Big Wow! Comcifest in San Jose this past weekend, but we hope to bring you exclusive interviews from various comic book artists, cosplayers and other cool happenings from the event, so come back to our site for video updates.
Big Wow! Comicfest this Weekend in San Jose
Hey, were is our team going to be at this weekend? We’ll be at the Big Wow! Comicfest kicking off this weekend at the San Jose Convention Center. We’ll also be hanging at the Comic & Figure Addicts (CFA) booth #209, so catch us there and say HI!
For more details go to: Big Wow! Comicfest.com
Cut Food by Beth Galton
Photographer Beth Galton takes some amazing food pics with this series – “Cut Food”. A cup of ramen noodles, donuts, eggs, corn dog, ice cream all cut in half.
Viral Video Friday: Montreal by Winter
Pictogram Movie Posters
Floppy Disk Sticky Notes
Shuriken Magnets
RoH Ep #2: Kidrobot x Frank Kozik
Coloring Book Not for Kids
Geometry Artwork by Felice Varini
Artist Felice Varini likes to do big 3D-like geometric murals on buildings. The art project was unleashed last month in Paris, France at the Grand Palais.
Ramen Burger
Fast food Japanese burger spot LOTTERIA with the help of ramen restaurant Menya Musashi will introduce the ramen burger for a limited time. The burger contains ramen noodles of course, BBQ pork in a brown sauce, hamburger buns and fish sauce. If you’re in Japan, this ramen burger will be on sale until June 2013.




































