★ In Brightest Day, In Dar— WHY DOES HE HAVE A GUN? ★

So I recently saw the list of DC's solicitations for september over at Comics Alliance and found this as the cover of Green Lantern #0.

 

So now with all the hubbub of Alan Scott (Green Lantern of a parallel Earth) being being gay in his debut in DC's New 52 Universe, I really can't wait to see what we think of the new Muslim (note the Arabic "tattoo") Green Lantern coming out this fall.

The way I see it, kudos for DC bringing in a Muslim character. I really wish it wasn't another Green Lantern since now there's 6 of them and that's at least 4 too many. Domino masks are a classic, I don't know why DC can't just do that. I never liked Kyle's noseless mask thing and I never will. This "Ski mask from TRON" thing goes even further away from the simple Domino. Boo.

Beyond the odd choice in mask, or how there's a (possible Green Lantern light construct of a) tatto in Arabic on his forearm, I'm really most confused about the gun.

 A Green Lantern ring is a weapon limited by only the user's imagination. In the past such rings have been used to recreate an entire city complete with tens thousands of living citizens, an entire space station complete with all the moving parts required therein, and in the case of the Orange Lanterns, an entire army. Why on Earth would you need a gun? I mean, if you wanted to use a gun, the ring could just make one. And it could be a super gun, like an extremely long range sniper rifle with armor piercing bullets or a gating gun with the infinite ammo cheatcode turned on. Carrying around a regular gun just doesn't make any sense.

 Unless... and I sincerely hope this is not the case as it is a horrible idea. This guy used to be a terrorist. It's an appealing enough story arc, while signed up as a suicide bomber he's recognized by the Green Lanterns as being "without fear" and has a nice little story line where he stops being a terrorist and starts being a hero. The plot writes itself. Except that's incredibly lazy storytelling and the worst idea for a Muslim superhero ever. Don't do it. Just don't.

 However, there's always the chance that this character is just Night Runner from Batman Inc.

 

Night Runner is a Muslim from France, not a terrorist, AND both costumes in question have fingerless gloves, and short sleeved shirts with a chest design that comes up and over the shoulders. Most importantly not a terrorist. In fact, if he had a moment of crisis and had to struggle with using a gun to save an innocent person's life or break the rules Batman set, that could be interesting. Perhaps that explains why he's no longer part of Batman Inc. Though I would encourage them to ditch the gun soon after this plot point.

A plucky young hero with ties to Batman AND Green Lantern? (both DC's two top-selling groups of books, mind you) Sign me up.

★ Because It's The Batman Cartoon We're Getting, Just Not the One We Want Right Now ★

Here's a de-blued version of that new Batman series that has been hitting the interwebs as of late. If you haven't seen it, the original picture was taken of a projection screen, greatly distorting the colors.

As much as I loved Bruce Timm's work over the past 20 years, and I'm excited to see Professor Pyg et al, the people working on this are aware Batman doesn't dig guns right? Like, did Alfred just decide "Hey Brucey, remember how your parent's died? I thought it would be a great idea to remind you every night as I hung out with you shooting bad guys without due process. Bang, bang, bang, your parent's are dead."

God Bless America.

★ Raptor Jesus Action Figure ★

He went extinct for your sins.

My first Action Figure Custom and damn, am I happy with it. I used a $1.99 G.I. Joe Ripoff toy as the base and a $1 Raptor toy for the arms, legs, head and tail (which moves by the way). And top it all off, the jacket is made out of melted plastic from a Diet Coke bottle. So for under five bucks I've got my very own blasphemous action figure.

More pics below:

And here's the raw stuff that was used in the build.

Awesome right?

★ KANYE WEST HATES WHITE PEOPLE ★

Hey Internet, guess what's new at the store. I'll give you a hint:

I'M GONNA LET YOU FINISH....... BUT BEYONCE HAD ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!

Also this, and this.

★ New Site Graphics! ★

I've been a little busy over the past month, I have a new job at Stunt Double INC. and the new semester at Rutgers has started. I've been meaning to upgrade my site to the new color scheme for a bit now and I've finally had the time to do it today. Hope everyone enjoys it.

★ Obligitory First Post. ★

And with that, we start our adventure down the interntets...

★ Selected Works ★

Refacing Government Tender Project
A simple project that took the internet by storm, being featured on such sites as bOINGbOING, BuzzFeed, MAKE, and literally hundreds of other sites.

see: flickr pool


Crash Book Cover
A novel by J.G. Ballard about a group of individuals who become sexually aroused by machines, cars, and other industrial objects, but act of a car crash specifically plays a large role in their fetish. This book cover depicts their automotive world with strong sexual overtones.



PIXEL PUNK Typeface
A typeface inspired by New York Indie Rock Show Posters with a digital flare.



Political Adulterers
Stamps with the theme of politicians sleeping with other people who aren't their spouses.
Set comes with a viewer to see the politician and lover.



"Fantasy Life" MoMA Exhibit
An exhibit identity for surrealist works with a "larger than life" theme. The catalog, advertisements, and other merchandise have a recurring theme of a subdued set up, followed by a surprise "wow moment".

Catalog Cover



Catalog Spreads



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