In what may be the best use of making a hip-hop music video as a parody of hip-hop music videos (or at least the best since On A Boat), PSY’s “Gangnam Style” is up to almost 9 million views on youtube.
I found this article thanks to Gawker that dug up a possible explanation on Reddit.
From what I understand, Gangnam is the fancy schmancy rich part of Seoul. The video is making light of him singing about what a classy dude he is while screaming at yoga butts and dancing in garages and junk.
So sorry if the posts haven’t been as regular lately; in addition to a fair amount of change in life, my good friend That Geek Chick and I have started a podcast that was just picked up by iTunes this week! Getting that approval in so quickly was a real highpoint for me; and have such a feeling of ‘this is what turns it around’. Not like podcasting will be the catalyst to better fame and furtune. No, fuck that, I don’t care about it. It could however be that thing that makes me feel happy about my job and in a creative way for the first time in a long time (which I think is what I was chasing in Hollywood more than anything anyway). I’m working with the same toys and tools as video editing; but I get to pick my own content and creation and have zero producers without any of those skills telling me I’m “doing it wrong”.
I had such a girly Squee moment in that single e-mail! We really do love recording it and hope you guys can come on a little ride with us; what does it cost besides a half hour of your time you’d have spent in the car anyway? Geek Girl, Nerd Boy explores the latest in everything Geek. Movies, TV, Comics, Cons, Games, and life in general are discussed from both sides of the gender fence with hosts Erin Smith & Thom Obarski. I’m VERY proud of the format and content of theses two episodes; won’t you please help us by downloading, rating, reviewing, sharing; whatever you can! Thank you so much, this whole experiment has been a great ride thus far.
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This article is in response to ‘The Cultural Cost of Comics Failure” over at Capeless Crusader
I don’t think the blame for kids not being as in to comics as we would hope lies not entirely with just their attention spans and the other entertainment industries that distract them. It’s a lot to do with the parents too. We lament that there are no kids reading comics anymore and that your average comic reader is in his 30′s; but how many 30 year olds with kids have the disposable income for comics? I fit squarely into that demo and to be honest only have room in the budget for one book a week thanks to the rising cost of comics (holding the line at 2.99 my ass). Thankfully I have enough books from when i was younger and the various ones they distribute on free comic book days to get my son started.
The flip side of this is also true; that for the kids that have an interest, the parental support just isn’t there. I was sitting in my car perusing my latest purchase after coming out of my local comic book shop the other day. A dad with 2 boys in the 5-7 age range, the perfect time to comprehend the books and start developing your own reading skills & preferences, walked by in front of my car. The boys made a beeline to the bright colors and familiar imagery in the store window but the dad just kept on walking, impatiently calling for his kids to follow. Now I don’t know his situation; I don’t know whether he was the kind of guy that thinks these books are worthless or inappropriate. I don’t know if he could afford it, or whether he just had someplace he had to be; but it broke my heart to literally see kids climbing over each other to get a look in the door only to have it slammed shut by the only person in their world that could actually support an interest in comics.
Benjamin Franklin had to right with his proposal of all things in moderation. There can be room in your kids life for video games and comics, television/movies inside and getting a healthy dose of running around outside. My dad bought me my first comic, and I probably would never have gotten into them without that introduction. It wasn’t the best or deepest Batman story for sure; but it was a great intro into comics with solid writing from Chuck Dixon, and to this day the characters in that book remain some of my favorite to this day (Detective Comics 649 Batman, Robin, and Stephanie Brown as the Spoiler). Even then I knew that there were more to comics than mindless action; this book had issues of personal morality vs praternal allegiance, it reinforced that girls could kick just as much butt as their boy wonder counterpart, and even showcased some rather cinematic sequences that given the imagination of a 9 year old could rival anything Michael Bay could throw together in an editing suite. Like almost all issues involving kids, the responsibility ultimately has to come back to the parents; and I for one can’t wait to read my son his first issue of Super Dinosaur, or My Little Pony, or Darkwing Duck, or whatever he picks off the rack the day he’s ready for his first book.
Today’s photo friday is in memorial to the victims of the Aurora shooting. The outpouring of support, donations, and even Christian Bale coming out to visit these fellow fans has made me proud to be a comics fan
Forget Follow Friday, it’s Photo Friday!
New this week from Image comes Debris; a fem-centric, story driven tale that, in its first issue, sets up an interesting mythos but is hindered by issues with art and layout consistency.
Debris takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, plagued with water shortages and roaming monsters that seem to be spirit beasts enshrouded by clockwork and debris. The story follows our plucky heroine Maya, charged with protecting the last remaining human settlement from these creatures and ensuring their continued survival. Society seems to have evolved to the point of true sexual and racial equality as peoples of all races and genders work side by side in all castes from workers and soldiers to the high council. The village is called “Maiden”, might be a little on the nose, but then again subtlety is not exactly what the book is shooting for.
