Traveling in Similar Circles...

OK.
Your friend and mine, the great Michael Rooker played Yondu in the Marvel Movie Guardians of the Galaxy.

It has been noted that Michael was a comic book reader before the part came up and was aware of Yondu.  He also (as I'm sure nobody is aware of) played Daryl's older brother in 'The Walking Dead' which is also based on a comic book.  His character was not in the comic, however.

If you have Netflix, you can currently view a movie Michael did in 1985 but wasn't released until 1990 called "Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer".  It is a very disturbing, deeply moving take on parental cause-and-effect.

What does this have to do with the circular nature of comics and movies?

In a scene where Rooker's co-star has just kicked in his TV set for not working properly, there is a closer view of the top of the Television:

Hey!  What's that on top of the TV?

A comic book!

What is it?

Close examination reveals it is a copy of Daredevil #217, from April 1985.

It has a great Barry Windsor-Smith cover and in my opinion:

Michael Rooker put it there!

He's a fan of comics and may have suggested it.

Agree?

Disagree?

Minor point, of course but I always like to track down the comics I see in old movies.

Now if we could only forget about his role in Days of Thunder, life would be great!

  

Phoenix Preliminary Sketches by the Great Dave Cockrum....

How can you rise, if you have not burned a few wardrobe ideas?

Captain America is the Superman We Need...

This pretty much sums up why I didn't like the last Superman movie and why I'll always love Cap:

Two Face Controls Ebay!

Of course this is what the big return of Two-Face is selling for:

Of course it is.

Doctor Doom Vs Darth Vader - The Enemy is at the Gate...

I don't know if this has be noted before.  However, since we try to point out the strange, the unusual and the completely-out-of-context; it must be presented for your approval!
I give you Fantastic Four 142 (last page) from 1974:

Okay.
So as not to belabor the obvious, just look at this from a decade later:

Long table and everything.  Like reading the FF back in the day, George?

What if....Action Comics #1 Was Drawn by a Zombie Geek?

Wonder no more!

Action Comics No. 1 sells for record $3.2 million!

Last second sniping proved to be winning strategy as the final bid rang in before the hammer dropped.
With a bid of over $3.2 MILLION dollars the lucky, rich bastard now owns the finest known copy of the most sought-after comic book in existence.
Give it a few years and I bet it'll change hands again, proving that the rich get richer and (wait for it)...

                                       Superman is where the Action is.

Batman Likes to Slap People...

'Nuff said:

HeroesCon in Charlotte Posts Harassment Policy...

Well, if you are going to HeroesCon hosted by SuperFan Sheldon Drum, you better leave your snarky comments at home this time.
For the first time, a harassment policy will (presumably) be enforced.
I'm sorry to say that not only have some inconsiderate fans made cosplayers and others feel unwelcome at other large Cons, but some of the creators of the comics we love so much have done the same.
I hate that the culture we live in makes a minor few feel that they are entitled to act like an asshat when in 'their environment'.
At least one creator who will be in attendance (I'm not naming names, but you can find their dirty laundry at lesser blogs) has had a spotlight trained on the asinine comments he made to people that were perceived as 'non-fans'.
I hope he reads this:

New DC Solicits for June...

I don't usually post new comic !anything! here at Misadventure Cruise Lines, but I actually like a few of these "Bombshell" covers that evoke old pin-up calendars and WW2 plane nose art.
Some have called these sexist, but I think this is pretty tame compared to the usual violence and semi-nudity popping up in current funny books.  Enjoy!