Harajuku Barbie Complex Photoshoot
This is the official “obligatory” Nicki Minaj post. Not because the Complex Mag cover is a watershed moment or anything, (does anybody still wear Ecko?) but just cause I happen to appreciate this woman as a poet and master of ridiculous “fuck faces”. Witness the ruthless Mortal Kombat fatality she delivered on Lil Kim with just one subliminal on that Dirty Money remix. Pay homage to the revolving color spectrum of wigs that she employs in her domination of lesser rap bitches. (Trina who?) Marvel at the ambiguous English accent, the tourettes worthy ad-libs and massive thighs/badonkadonk, then realize that when you diss Barbie you diss YASELF.
The people have spoken. Minaj is ubiquitous-and according to this article only semi-gay friendly, so that means she’s still viable as a black artist (recent OUT magazine cover notwithstanding). Who can deny that Nicki Minaj is entertaining? I know for a fact that she can out-rap any dude on her label (points at Drake) and it’s only a matter of time before she crosses over into the mainstream with films, action figures, and breakfast cereal. Who cares that I won’t ever buy a Young Money album? I don’t buy anybody’s shit whatchu think they made the internet for? HUNNIT THOUSAND
In: Eye Candy, Illanoids, Press Releases · Tagged with: Barbie, Butt Pads, Cooning, Rap Bitches, Subs
Joe Mad Covers Vampirella
Late pass on this one, but it looks like Joe Mad is back on his grizzly with this image of Vampirella kicking a toothy squid in the mouth. Vampirella #1 is scheduled for a November release via Dynamite Entertainment and features a handful of other fan favorites such as J. Scott Campbell, and Alex Ross on the debut cover. I can’t say I blame duke for knocking out these random commissions and keeping it pushin on the gaming tip, (pays more) but I would like to see a resolution to Battle Chasers. Just sayin.
In: Manga Vs Comics, Press Releases · Tagged with: Cover Art, Joe Madureira, One Shots, Vampirella
New Challenger X-23
X-Force headcase Laura Kinney aka X-23 has been announced as a playable character in the new Marvel vs Capcom 3 Fate of Two Worlds for XBox 360 and Ps3. With the appearance of the Super Skrull in earlier trailers, this game looks like a napalm smash so far for Marvel geeks- but I’m still foggy on what Capcom fans will be getting out of it. From what I can gather off the Wiki page, Viewtiful Joe (whoever that is) is the only unexpected addition to the Capcom roster. What, no Akuma? No Albert Wesker? No Nemesis? Yeah, I’m a Resident Evil geek you already knew that tho. Keep the hits coming!
In: Gaming, Press Releases · Tagged with: Fate Of Two Worlds, Laura Kinney, Marvel vs Capcom 3, X-23
Black Panther Is The Man Without Fear
Wakandan ruler T’Challa aka The Black Panther will be the replacement for Daredevil in the upcoming Marvel series Black Panther: The Man Without Fear written by award winning novelist David Liss, and penciled by Francesco Francavilla. Internets had a field day speculating who would pick up the banner vacated by Matt Murdock, and the answer was revealed on G4′s Attack Of The Show (Olivia Munn hollatchaboi) yesterday afternoon. Perhaps this won’t be the most fan friendly choice, but it does make sense in a purely aesthetic/functional manner. We’ll see.
In: Manga Vs Comics, Press Releases · Tagged with: Black Panther, Liss, Man Without Fear, Marvel, Shadowland
Devil May Cry 5 Trailer
Enter the Emo Dante. Resident Evil was always my favorite Capcom franchise outside of Street Fighter, so I don’t have any emotional (swidt?) attachment to Devil May Cry, although the anime is pretty badass. The sleeper hold/stoge smash should come in real handy next time somebody bugs me for an “extra” cigarette.
In: Gaming · Tagged with: Capcom, Dante, Devil May Cry, Fanboy Rage, Psyche Ward
Gainax Drops Panty & Stocking Trailer
I’m gonna echo some of the comments I’ve seen elsewhere and say this looks to be a take on choppy American animation Ala Cartoon Network stylee, but in a more satirical vein ( if that’s possible ). The Afro-ed character looming over the action gets the gas face for being only slightly less annoying than Mr. Popo of Dragonball Z fame, but this is Japan we’re talking about so- baby steps I guess.
In: Animation · Tagged with: Comedy, Gainax, Panty and Stocking, preview
Splash On Em
In: Eye Candy, Inks · Tagged with: B & W, Graff, Random, T-Shirt Design
Mad Science Swag
The Big Head Scientist strikes again! This is the first in a series of HTML T-Shirt designs I’ll be smashin kids in the head with goin into the holiday season. Yea it’s Hunnit Thousand now cop suttin and stop browsin!
In: Inks · Tagged with: 2010, Graff, HTML, Science Swag, T-Shirt Design
Staying Relevant AKA “Ubiquitous”
All technology will become outmoded at some point. When The Matrix came out at the turn of the century it was the height of digital rendering. The Bullet Time effect was ubiquitous and John Gaeta and his team were the darlings of the industry and tech media. However, he was hard pressed to repeat his earlier success in the sequels to The Matrix for a variety of reasons.
Chief among these was the very real possibility that the original concept for that movie was juxed (jacked) wholesale from Sophia Stewart, whose lawsuit against the Wachowski Bros was either stuck in litigation limbo, settled out of court on the DL, or simply dismissed outright last time I checked. Regardless what you believe, It’s hard to repeat creative success when the original idea is yours, but when you swagger jack someone else, the odds of replicating that spark decrease exponentially with each subsequent viewing of your work as the fans forget about you, and move on to the next ‘expeditiously’ as Joe Clark might say.
The following most obvious case for dwindling interest in a given property or product is overexposure. The movie Blade Runner gives a great example. When Rutger Hauer’s demented Roy Batty character demanded more “life” from Tyrell he was ethered with the simple yet poignant response that The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Who can forget the stranglehold that Master P and No Limit records had on the rap game in the late 90′s? Tupac had just died and Percy Miller and his brothers provided the requisite thuggin for the starving masses to the tune of platinum record sales. Nevertheless they were quickly upstaged by Cash Money records and Lil Weezy, who took their formula and essentially dumbed it down (That is-if you can fathom the intellectual distance between grunting UUUNGH and made up words like WOBBITY WOBBITY WOBBY) for a new audience. The point is that artists like DMX who used to put out two or three commercial albums a year and flooded the short run/ straight to video blockbuster category had a relatively short shelf life compared to “artists” like Diddy who seem to show up every three to four years with something new, and manage to stay ubiquitous by diversifying and never getting stuck on one specific style or promotion for any length of time. The need for this re-invention is only magnified in the social media age where sharing everything is the norm, and online inactivity is equated with death.
In: Articles, Four Basic Ideals, Industry Theory · Tagged with: Bieber, Freemasons, Illuminati, Inception, Matrix, Sad Keanu, Ubiquitous
The Second Basic Ideal
The How To Make Loot Seminar promotes the FBI or Four Basic Ideals. Today we’ll go over some bullet points relating to the second basic Ideal which is ‘Hard Work’.
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that it takes hard work to achieve certain goals. Successful business owners know this. That’s why they typically require their employees to work a full eight hours every day. Workers that cannot follow this simple rule are quickly demoted or laid off.
In: Articles, Seminar Status · Tagged with: FBI, Hard Work, How To Make Loot, Illuminati
