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Happy birthday, Matt, you skate rat!

I wanna wish my friend MATT LORENTZ a happy big important birthday today. Matt's an awesome artist who has designed super-rad skate wear images for everyone from Quicksilver to Tony Hawk. And he's one hell of a caricaturist!



Matt is awesome, he's the epitome of a Souther California artist, making his mark everywhere from San Diego to Tustin to Huntington Beach and back to San Diego!

Matt, hope you have a good birthday and, while we're still in the "Happy New Year" zone, have a very cool 2010!

For the love of Prickle.....

Dr. Fate is bad-ass...and who the hell is Star Girl?

Among my circle of friends (OK, just among me), we are looking forward to the Jan. 22 premiere of SMALLVILLE with its promise of delivering the Justice Society IN FULL COSTUME.

In fact, it's the only episode of SMALLVILLE I've ever looked forward to. This will be only the second or third episode of this show I will sit through, as I never cared for the out-of-costume teen drama schtick on this show.

But with commercials and photos online touting The Sandman, Dr. Fate, Hawkman and (I believe) Green Lantern and Green Arrow IN FULL COSTUME, I am there faster than Barry Allen racing Wally West!

I look forward to the sheer ridiculousness of this episode, I'm guessing there'll be something very awkward about the characters as presented on this show's low budget. Not sure who Star Girl is, don't even know if that's really from the comics, but hopefully she won't get in the way. One way or another, this should be a doozy!

If it's not a budget-buster, can I request Aquaman vs. Black Manta for a future episode?

Happy New Year from Mr. and Mrs. Jose Cabrera

Over the holidays, I received this terrific holiday greeting from my buddy, CRYING MACHO MAN cartoonist JOSE CABRERA and his wife, NAOMI, who are returning to Los Angeles after a trip to Mexico.

Jose is the funniest cartoonist out there working today (and he IS out there! ha-ha!). He and I will soon make a major announcement (but Naomi has nothing to worry about, we're not eloping). It will be an announcement that will, quite frankly, affect the future of funny books for years, weeks, days, maybe even minutes to come. Stay tuned to this blog. More to come.....

But in the meantime, Happy New Year, Jose and Naomi! All the best in 2010! More fun and good times to come! Thanks for the photo, it sure beats looking at the Baby New Year's diapered ass! And welcome back home!

The Sky is Falling in Hollywood

It's entertainment-industry armageddon, folks! Jay Leno is out at 10 pm, Conan O'Brien may be out of NBC, Simon Cowell is out of "American Idol," Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire are off "Spider-Man 4" and Robert Downey, Jr. won't make "Cowboys & Aliens. Any other exits to announce today, Hollywood? There's still another 90 minutes left in the day!

Did Sony Pictures secretly hire Jeff Zucker?

Because this is one of the worst decisions they've ever made!

Question: Who is Spider-Man's biggest enemy? Is it....The Sandman? ....Dr. Octopus?...The Green Goblin?....How about...Mysterio?

Answer: It's Sony, bitch!

Letting go of Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire, then returning to "Peter's roots," does not sound like a sound direction for the SPIDER-MAN movie franchise.

Who gives a flying fuck about Peter's roots? We already got the origin story in the first SPIDER-MAN movie.

Going SMALLVILLE all over Spider-Man sounds like a snore. We don't need TWILIGHT teen drama in our Spider-Man flicks.

This boldly stupid move also robs us of our chance to see Dr. Curt Connors become the Lizard once and for fucking all!!! Sam Raimi was no doubt warming up to that, they should've let him play it out. And what about his take on Mysterio? Sony, you crazy! You crazy, Sony!

Tobey Maguire was the heart and soul of those Spider-Man movies. Good luck finding an actor capable enough to tapping that mix of heroics and vulnerability.

And Sam Raimi is just about the only director out there who really gets the comic book aesthetic and can translate it on the screen. Good luck finding another director who has his chops and his savvy. And good luck to Sony, now officially the NBC of movie studios, whose theme song might go something like this: "Spider-Flop, Spider-Flop!"

But on the plus side, now maybe Sam Raimi can go back to making more great Sam Raimi flicks. Maybe even ARMY OF DARKNESS 2 (a.k.a. EVIL DEAD 4). Tobey Maguire can play in movies that might get him an Oscar.

Question: Who would be nuts enough to throw away nearly $1 billion box office gross per movie down the toilet? Answer: Sony.

Congratulations! "With great power comes great response-stupidity!"