My first trade I get to read this year is Numbercruncher from Titan Comics writer Si Spurrier (X-Men Legacy) and artist PJ Holden (Judge Dredd). Numbercruncher was released as a 4-issue mini-series last year and now it’s all collected into one volume. This is not your typical mainstream superhero comic like Batman or Spiderman, Numbercruncher is life-after-death, love, something spiritual and comedy of sorts all wrap-up in one, well kind of.
Frankie’s Garage: Kia GT4 Stinger Concept
January 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Detroit Auto Show 2014 is a few days in and Kia known for practical and boring automobiles unveils their GT4 Stinger Concept. It will be a rear-drive platform at an entry-level price. I hope so. The PR reps from Toyota and Subaru say their rear-drive cars, the Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ, are entry-level, but when you walk out of the door at the dealerships, you are spending upwards of $28,000 or more for “entry-level.”
Badass Fanarts: Pop Art with Attitude
January 14, 2014 by 2 Comments
Looking for some fun dark humor pop art? Check out French artist Sylvain “Tohad” Sarrailh’s Badss Fanarts page.
Frankie’s Garage: Tokyo Auto Salon 2014
January 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
2014 automobile shows are already in full effect and this past weekend the Tokyo Auto Salon 2014 took place in Chiba, Japan. More than 400 foreign and domestic companies were on-hand and 800-plus cars were on showcase from car manufacturers and tuners.
Frankie’s Garage: The Nissan Sports Sedan Concept
January 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
With the 2014 Detroit Auto Show already off and running this week, Nissan unveiled their Nissan Sports Sedan Concept which might be the next Maxima. The last couple of generation of Maximas have been kinda of boring and tame. Hopefully, a Nismo tuned version will be down the line.
Frankie’s Garage: 2015 Corvette Stingray Z06
January 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Motor Trend takes a first look at the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z06. It comes with a 6.2L supercharged V8 producing 625 horses and Z06 aero-package. The engine should sound amazing.
Frankie’s Garage: The Next Generation Toyota Supra
January 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
This Downshift episode takes a look at design factory Calty Design Research and their creation of the Toyota’s FT-1 Concept. This might be the next generation Supra.
LEGO Blocumentary – LEGO Hogwarts by Alice Finch
January 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
LEGO web-series Blocumentary interviews and takes a look at Alice Finch’s famous LEGO build Hogwarts Castle from Harry Potter films. A whopping 400,000 plus LEGO bricks were used!
The Wrong Quarry
January 13, 2014 by 4 Comments
Over the weekend, I was excited to get my hands the new Quarry book “The Wrong Quarry” by author Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition). His long-running series is about a former US Marine sniper Quarry (no need to know his real name) turned professional hitman. Quarry offers clients that are marked-for-death a unique service, dependent on the fee paid, he gets rid of the hit team after the clients and investigates who hired the hit.
Star Trek Select Captain Jean-Luc Picard
January 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
If you remember the long-running sci-fi TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation? Patrick Stewart was awesome as Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Star Trek Select kick-offs the New Year with this new 7″ action figure. The figure has some articulation for pose-ability and a detail dead Borg-base stand.
Behind the Scenes: Star Trek Into Darkness
January 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
What makes a movie or TV show great? Yes, the acting and cast are among the very important aspects, but like movie reviewer Grace Randolph says “World Building” is also a vital part. Here ILM takes us behind-the-scenes of how they built a “real” futuristic 2259 San Francisco for Star Trek Into Darkness.
Viral Video Friday: Simpsons Anime Tribute
January 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A Simpsons tribute to anime and all things Hayao Miyazaki.
Geeky Graphic Tees for a Fight against Breast Cancer
January 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
When our team was at New York Comic-Con 2013, we passed by a neat little booth selling cool graphic tees, but we also discovered it’s more than selling nerdy t-shirts. Shirts For A Cure was started by punk-rock photographer Mark Beemer in 2002. The various shirts and accessories sold by The Shirts For A Cure Project go to fight against breast cancer. It helps underprivileged women with financial assistant in the fight against breast cancer.
BAPE x Simpsons Collection
January 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Just dropping into A Bathing Ape stores is the BAPE x Simpsons Capsule Collection. The current collection has around 32 pieces featuring letterman jackets, sweaters, hoodies, pants, hats and other accessories. The collection will also be updated in the months ahead.
Welcome to Cobra Island! Cobra La La Laaaa!
January 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Here’s a neat little fan film music video for G.I. Joe enemies Cobra. Artist Wordburglar raps all things Cobra with “Rap Viper (Welcome to Cobra Island)”. I liked the fact that Cobra Commander is the DJ mixmaster.
Frankie’s Garage: Honda Civic Type R Hillclimb
January 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Watching this video makes me wanna watch the anime Initial D. This Honda Civic Type R EP3 powers up the mountain roads and carves the Swiss Alps like nobody’s business. The Civic Type R corners and sticks to the concrete.
Leaked: LEGO The Simpsons House 71006
January 7, 2014 by 1 Comment
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Images have leaked online of LEGO’s upcoming The Simpsons line. The first images is the iconic Simpsons’ House numbered 71006. This set has 2,523 pieces of building fun and comes with 5 mini-figs: Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie and Ned Flanders. The set will probably retail around $250USD. The LEGO Simpsons House looks to ship out this February 2014.
Future Flicks: Cold Comes The Night
January 7, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Director and co-writer Tze Chun does his own PR by drawing posters for his film Cold Comes The Night (Sony/Goldwyn). The film stars Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness), Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus) and Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad). The film opens January 10, 2014 in theaters. Tze draws and paints 4 different posters that look really cool.
Everybody needs some Space Dandy!
January 6, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I really don’t know what I just watched, but I dig the funky music and animation of Space Dandy. It must be good? Space Dandy is produced the powerhouse animation studio BONES and is directed by Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop) and character designs by Yoshiyuki Ito. Look for the anime in Japan this month.
Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection
January 6, 2014 by 2 Comments
Over the years, the British have crossed the Atlantic with iconic entertainment, like The Beatles, One Direction (LoL), Monty Python, Are You Being Served?, Mr. Bean, just to name a few, now in the animation realm, it has to be Nick Park and his animated creation Wallace & Gromit. Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection collects the comic strips published in the UK daily newspaper The Sun, from 2010-2011.
The Casebook of Newbury & Hobbes by George Mann
January 6, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I am ready to kick off the New Year with more Retrenders stuff, but I had some left overs from last year, like this George Mann book of short stories – The Casebook of Newbury & Hobbes, Volume 1. Over the weekend, as I watched American playoff football in-between breaks, I was able to finally finish reading it.
I am new to the Newbury & Hobbes books and the various characters created in this universe. I was a little weary reading these all-new short stories in this collection, wondering if I needed to read the “The Affinity Bridge”, “The Osiris Ritual” and “The Immorality Engine” to get what is going on, but I was well relieved by Mr. Mann kicking off with nice introduction chapter about his characters and his first book. Newbury & Hobbes revolves around 3 main characters, the sleuth Sir Maurice Newbury, assistant Miss Veronica Hobbes and police friend Sir Charles Bainbridge as they solve crimes and murders in Victorian London. The book collects 15 short stories as Newbury and Hobbes face the weird and strange crimes. Mr. Mann also includes a helpful timeline of where these short stories took place over the course of his 3 books and a chapter of story notes on all the short stories (they include spoilers, so please read the short stories first!).
Mighty Morphin’ Madness – 98 DVDs!
January 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Are you a Power Rangers fan? Check out this amazing Power Ranger DVD collection – 98 DVDs that contain 767 episodes – the Shout Factory! Power Rangers Legacy: The First 20 Seasons.
Viral Video Friday: Animated Fun
January 3, 2014 by 1 Comment
What if Star Wars had a 80’s-style cartoon feel? Well, this is it by Nacho Punch – the Star Wars: The Lost 1980’s Anime:
Freestyle Breaking Session with Project Prepix Asia
January 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Like Jackie Chan’s “Drunken Master” flicks, this international break crew Project Prepix Asia gets their drink on and shows-off some hip-breaking moves:
Photo Booth-Mania @ Pika Pika SF Japantown
December 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Ramen crew stops by San Francisco’s Japantown to check out photo booth-mania at Pika Pika – “Memories that Stick!” Ramen host “The Eddie” gives us a quick intro and tutorial on these imported Japanese photo booths.
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