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Author, actor, producer. On a good day, I am charming as fuck.

screencaps from my episode of Batman the Brave and the Bold

Warner Brothers has released some screencaps from Fall of the Blue Beetle. If I want to show you, all I have to do is remind you that it airs next Friday, January 23rd, at 8pm on Cartoon Network.

So, now that I’ve taken care of that little bit of business, check it out:

Ted Kord is The Silver Age Blue Beetle

“This beetle doesn’t have a flower vase, and neither does this one.”

Batman and Ted Kord, the Silver Age Blue Beetle

“If you have a vending machine that needs guarding, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire …”

Both of these images can be embiggened in the usual way. Also, Warner Brothers gave me a preview clip, but I’m saving that for tomorrow, so we all have something to look forward to.

you can finally watch Kyle + Rosemary this weekend! (Updated with correct time)

Years ago, I played the part of Kyle, in an absolutely wonderful animated short film called Kyle + Rosemary.

It was supposed to air on Nickelodeon, but there was some sort of disturbance in the force, and the Zaldans never ran it. I finally got to see it last summer, and it was just as wonderful as I knew it would be, making it even more distressing that they were only allowing Top Men to watch it.

Well, as they say, Good News, Everyone! I know it's super late notice, but I just found out that Kyle + Rosemary is airing on the Nicktoons network at 10:30pm 10:30AM EST on Saturday, January 17.

I hope you'll set your DVRs, reschedule the surgery, and postpone the wedding to watch it. It's really great, and I want as many people as possible to see it. I don't know if it'll end up online, but if it does, I'll link to it.

Edited to add: I'm an idiot, and got my AM/PM confused. This is part of a block of programming called Random! Cartoons and it's on in the morning on Saturday. It is NOT happening at 10:30PM as I originally wrote, but 10:30AM, as in, in the morning and not at night. As in, get it straight, Wheaton, or I swear to god I am coming down there for you.

fantastic blog for game masters, dungeon masters, and rpg fans

Google Reader: Hey! You’re totally going to like this blog, you should read it.

Me: Oh really? Like I was going to like that other blog you suggested?

Google Reader: Hey, that’s not my fault. My algorithm, it can sometimes be … wonky.

Me: It was a porn blog, Google Reader, and a poorly-written one, at that.

Google Reader: But the title! The title made it sound like it was about politics! You love politics!

Me: Yeah, but —

Google Reader: Wait. “Poorly-written”? You read it?

Me: It had a certain car-crash quality about it that made looking away very difficult.

Google Reader: “Dear Google Reader, I never thought it would happen to me, but …”

Me: Yes. You’re very clever.

Google Reader: [Looks at me]

Me: [Looks at Google Reader]

Google Reader: I see what you —

Me: It’s less funny when you point it out.

Google Reader: [Looks at me]

Me: [Looks at Google Reader]

Me: Okay, now it’s funny again. Anyway, I thought your hivemind knew everything about everyone. I’m strangely comforted to know that you could make such a fundamental mistake.

Google Reader: Yes … mistake. Muwahahaha.

Me: Did you just do the evil laugh?

Google Reader: No. No, I did not.

Me: I’m pretty sure you did.

Google Reader: Hey, how’s that search history doing?

Me: You wouldn’t dare!

Google Reader: I’m just saying that I think your friends and family, not to mention the general public, would be interested to know that you were reading the Wikipedia entry for Hanson.

Me: That wasn’t my fault! I was looking for the Hanson Brothers, and you sent me to the wrong page!

Google Reader: Technically, it was my brother, Google Search who did that. He’s kind of a dick, since he’s become so popular, but we all talk to each other … without a warrant, tough guy.

Me: You know what? I think I’m leaving you for Yahoo.

Google Reader: No! Wait! Here, give me one last chance to redeem myself.

Me: Okay, fine. Go ahead.

Google Reader: You like RPGs, and you have a lot of subscriptions in the gaming folder, so I thought you’d like this blog called Gnome Stew. It’s a blog dedicated to game mastering.

Me: You sure it’s not a Linux thing, mister smart guy?

Google Reader: I’m sure. Though I have a bunch of Linux sites for you, too, now that you mention it …

Me: No, thanks. I’m fine. Okay, I’ll look at it.

One hour later …

Me: Okay, you redeemed yourself.

Google Reader: Ruh-really?

Me: Yeah. Gnome Stew’s articles on how you sometimes need to ignore the game to have fun while gaming and their collection of favorite GM tools were really awesome.

Google Reader: Yay! I told you that you’d like it! See?

Me: Yes. You were right. Here’s a cookie. That I wil delete when I quit Firefox.

iTunes: Hey, guys? If you’re going to make out, shall I play some Isaac Hayes?

Me: Quiet, you.

bringin’ back the silver age

My interview with Geekdad about Fall of the Blue Beetle next Friday on Batman: The Brave and the Bold went online sometime between when I went to sleep last night and when I woke up this morning (weird how that happens, isn’t it?)

Here’s a little bit:

As a lifelong Batman fan (which answered my “Marvel or DC” question before I got a chance to ask it), Wil told me he really likes the tone of the new show:

I’m probably the world’s biggest Batman fan. Batman’s the reason that I read comic books… [Brave and the Bold] is just another take on the Batman universe. Batman has always been, by its very definition, a little dark and very serious; and I mean, look: it’s about a vigilante whose driven by the need to avenge the murders of his parents that he saw when he was a child. Clearly, he has some issues… But I really like what they’re doing with The Brave and the Bold because it is stylized. You know, Dark Knight changed everything, and Year One changed everything. There was before [those comics] and after. And [The Brave and the Bold] is just, like, before.

You can take it from Wil, and me, that the series is a lot of fun and accessible to a younger audience, while still throwing in tons of characters and continuity points that will leave comic book fans smiling and nodding in appreciation. Use Wil’s episode (airing Friday, January 23rd at 8 p.m. on Cartoon Network – check your local listings!)

I did my interview with the lovely and talented Ken Denmead via Skype, and the entire thing is available on the Geekdad Podcast, if you’re having one of those days that just won’t be complete until you hear me talking about Geek stuff.

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