Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Kick-Ass
I know, I know. I've been gone for awhile. I apologize. On the other hand, I recently saw Kick-Ass (twice). Let me say just to start with that it's absolutely fantastic, and you should all go and see it. To finish with, Chloe Grace Moretz (Hit-Girl) is the greatest thing to happen to cinema in a while. She's fantastic, and I have a huge, completely non-pedophilic crush on her.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Iron Man's New Outfit Heralds Movie Sequel
CBL alumnus and current New Jersey Herald reporter Phil Molnar has been continuing the comic book thing and most recently got an exclusive with Matt Fraction on Iron Man's upcoming new armor! Check it out!
Iron Man's New Outfit Heralds Movie Sequel
By PHILLIP MOLNAR
pmolnar@njherald.com
Taking spring fashion to a new level, the Marvel Comics superhero Iron Man will get some new duds in April, just in time for "Iron Man 2" hitting movie theaters.
Tony Stark, Iron Man's alter ego, will create the new costume in Invincible Iron Man issue #25, due April 28.
The writer of Invincible Iron Man, Matt Fraction, had a simple explanation for the change.
"Well, we'd blown up all the other ones," he said of the sleek new outfit. "He sort of had nothing left and needed to start over."
Iron Man's armor has changed more than a dozen times since his 1963 debut.
"Unlike Superman or the X-Men, who are born with their powers ... Tony can give himself new 'powers' in the form of new tech," said the writer of the Iron Man Legacy series, Fred Van Lente. "He's just like James Bond, except unlike Bond, he creates the gadgets he uses."
The new costume comes on the heels of a storyline in which Stark systematically deleted his own memories so bad guy Norman Osborn could not discover the secret identities of America's superheroes. Movie fans might remember Norman Osborn, played by Willem Dafoe, from the Spider-Man movies.
The costume was designed by Ryan Meinerding, who designed Iron Man's costume in the first film.
"He sketched around. ... When he hit it, everybody kind of knew," Fraction said. "It was there all along, we just had to find out where we put it."
Peter DeFelice, owner of Pyramid Comics & Cards in Sparta, said the Iron Man comic became one of his best sellers after the movie came out.
"We saw a big pop in sales, which is typically not the case," DeFelice said. He said that "The Dark Knight," the Spider-Man films and all the other superhero movies did not increase sales for their respective comics.
The Invincible Iron Man series began a month after the movie came out in summer 2008 and has continued to be a favorite of fans and critics. It won the Eisner award -- the comic book industry's highest honor -- for Best New Series in 2009. The previous Iron Man series, which had been retitled War Machine, ended a few months later.
DeFelice is hoping for another increase in sales when "Iron Man 2" comes out May 7 and is also excited about the new armor.
"Change is good," he said. "New armor is always fun."
Fraction also hopes the movie will increase book sales.
"You can do a lot worse than having the most anticipated movie of the summer be your lead," he said.
The first Iron Man movie grossed $318,412,101 in the United States, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. The film was nominated for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Editing at the Academy Awards.
Fraction was also a consultant on "Iron Man 2" and assures new readers the comic series will sync up.
"The vibe is there," he said. "If you dig the movie, you'll dig the book."
The villain for the sequel will be Whiplash, played by Mickey Rourke. The character first became a recurring Iron Man foe in Marvel Team-Up #145 in January 1974, when Spider-Man and Iron Man fought him as he tried to rob a casino in Atlantic City.
Fraction said he had no current plans to bring Iron Man to New Jersey, but didn't rule it out.
"He's still in the Avengers so he won't be away from the East Coast for long," he said of the New York City-based superhero squad. "Besides, the rents are so much more affordable over the river."
Iron Man's New Outfit Heralds Movie Sequel
By PHILLIP MOLNAR
pmolnar@njherald.com
Taking spring fashion to a new level, the Marvel Comics superhero Iron Man will get some new duds in April, just in time for "Iron Man 2" hitting movie theaters.
Tony Stark, Iron Man's alter ego, will create the new costume in Invincible Iron Man issue #25, due April 28.
The writer of Invincible Iron Man, Matt Fraction, had a simple explanation for the change.
"Well, we'd blown up all the other ones," he said of the sleek new outfit. "He sort of had nothing left and needed to start over."
Iron Man's armor has changed more than a dozen times since his 1963 debut.
"Unlike Superman or the X-Men, who are born with their powers ... Tony can give himself new 'powers' in the form of new tech," said the writer of the Iron Man Legacy series, Fred Van Lente. "He's just like James Bond, except unlike Bond, he creates the gadgets he uses."
The new costume comes on the heels of a storyline in which Stark systematically deleted his own memories so bad guy Norman Osborn could not discover the secret identities of America's superheroes. Movie fans might remember Norman Osborn, played by Willem Dafoe, from the Spider-Man movies.
The costume was designed by Ryan Meinerding, who designed Iron Man's costume in the first film.
"He sketched around. ... When he hit it, everybody kind of knew," Fraction said. "It was there all along, we just had to find out where we put it."
Peter DeFelice, owner of Pyramid Comics & Cards in Sparta, said the Iron Man comic became one of his best sellers after the movie came out.
"We saw a big pop in sales, which is typically not the case," DeFelice said. He said that "The Dark Knight," the Spider-Man films and all the other superhero movies did not increase sales for their respective comics.
The Invincible Iron Man series began a month after the movie came out in summer 2008 and has continued to be a favorite of fans and critics. It won the Eisner award -- the comic book industry's highest honor -- for Best New Series in 2009. The previous Iron Man series, which had been retitled War Machine, ended a few months later.
DeFelice is hoping for another increase in sales when "Iron Man 2" comes out May 7 and is also excited about the new armor.
"Change is good," he said. "New armor is always fun."
Fraction also hopes the movie will increase book sales.
"You can do a lot worse than having the most anticipated movie of the summer be your lead," he said.
The first Iron Man movie grossed $318,412,101 in the United States, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. The film was nominated for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Editing at the Academy Awards.
Fraction was also a consultant on "Iron Man 2" and assures new readers the comic series will sync up.
"The vibe is there," he said. "If you dig the movie, you'll dig the book."
The villain for the sequel will be Whiplash, played by Mickey Rourke. The character first became a recurring Iron Man foe in Marvel Team-Up #145 in January 1974, when Spider-Man and Iron Man fought him as he tried to rob a casino in Atlantic City.
Fraction said he had no current plans to bring Iron Man to New Jersey, but didn't rule it out.
"He's still in the Avengers so he won't be away from the East Coast for long," he said of the New York City-based superhero squad. "Besides, the rents are so much more affordable over the river."
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Secret Dayz II: Electric Boogaloo
Look what we got at the New York Comic Book Marketplace: yet another professional endorsement (kind of)! Dan Slott autographed one of our Comic Book League flyers from the Fall 2009 Club Fest and asked for a copy of our publication, “Amazing New York Fantasy”. This was after we got Slott-blocked by Chris Claremont. The general consensus is that he's a little obnoxious -even if did have the longest run on "Uncanny X-Men"I also got all six issues of "Formerly Known as The Justice League" for 6 bucks, back issues of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (written and drawn by Evan Dorkin), and Dan bought all the Ambush Bug comics in the place.
And we totally confused Ilya Salkind (the producer of the "Superman" movies) with actor David Roya, who I only knew as Bernard from the movie "Billy Jack". We felt a little silly because we complained that Ilya Salkind didn't look anything like his picture, but then we felt a little sad when we saw the guy from Billy Jack sitting by himself listening to his iPod. I considered cheering him up by running up and karate chopping his neck...like, y'know, in the movie.
Meeting Minutes (3/11/10)
7:08 -Study session with Eitan
7:12 -”Bob Hoskins said it! Eat shit!” Imaginary bar fight ensues as to whether The Mario Bros. last names are really “Mario”
7:15 -Sample questions on Mike’s Italian midterm:
Q: What pizza-like food do all Italians eat? A: Pizza
Q: What is wrong with all the towers in Italy? A: They’re leaning over
7:19 -“This is a testicle. Might be yours, but its not mine” -Reading Rainbow review.
7:22 -”No, that is the worst for the plane” (Italian accent)
7:24 -”That’s not a house -This…is a house” -Australia’s Prime Minister
7:26 -Stepping on people’s heads is not common courtesy
7:30 -He can be anything -He’s the “Macho Man” Randy Savage!
7:35 -“You haven’t lived until you’ve foraged in the woods naked” -Eitan
7:38 - Will: I’ve got something to say. Mike, you pound hard.
Mike: I don’t pound hard.
Will: You do pound hard. You wear that ring so when we go in to pound, it hurts my
hand.You don’t give me a choice -What if I want to pound hard?
Mike: I’ll meet you half way. I’ll take the ring off when we pound.
Will: We’ve got pound soon.
7:41 -”Hook” was fantastic. “Hook” was great. Don’t talk shit about “Hook”.
7:45 -Reading of the Pesci Death Letter and the Con Air Complaint
7:54 -The Cheese Stands Alone
8:02 -”West Philadelphia born and raised…”
8:09 -Bill Paxton music video directed by James Cameron
8:11 -“My God! We’ve killed Joe Pesci!”
8:15 -She’s full of shit!
8:17 -Taimur references The Smash Club
8:21 -Ben Stein Church of Clear Eyes. CG Chris Farley.
8:25 -We miss Dave Chappelle.
8:26 -We also miss Phil
8:28 -Will has The World’s Strongest Chin
8:37 -A ZZ Top themed biker gang is loitering outside of the Kimmel Center.
8:39 -Ash's Big Adventure: Replace Pee-Wee Herman with Ash Ketchum, Francis Buxton with Gary Oak, and Pee-Wee's bike with Pikachu and viola! Highlights include:
"Today’s my birthday and Professor Oak said I could have any Pokemon I want"
"Because. I don't make Pokemon, I just train 'em"
"The Pokemon Center doesn't have a basement!"
8:41 -Diet Pesci -Will wins the meeting.
8:43 -The CBL will write a Disney channel original movie where a young teen tries to impress a girl at the State Fair only to be rejected. In a final attempt to gain the girl's affections, the young teen plays a carnival game to win her a prize, but the prize turns out to be a pair of magical shoes voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait. Shoe-cat tries his best to offer advice on love and life, but all he does is ruin the young teen's life. Also, there might be a subplot involving the shoes housing the soul of a dead man so that there can be one or more puns involving the word "sole" as in "Hey, kid, that's my sole."
8:47 -We attract a lot of attention as we do our various Bobcat Goldthwait impressions.
8:49 -We decide that it will be a good idea to put a page in the publication advertising a fake talent competition to find NYU's best Bobcat Goldthwait impressionist.
8:50 -We also think that it would be really awesome if NYU or a high school has as their mascot the "Bobcat", but instead of the animal, it's a guy with a giant Bobcat Goldthwait head running up and down the sidelines, screaming and jerking spasmodically.
8:53 -The "Untitled Joe Pesci Project" will be a coming of age, buddy movie in which the protagonists gain knowledge of Pesci's impending death and have 24 hours to contact Joe Pesci, climaxing in a scene where one of the protagonists barely reaches Pesci in time, diving in front of him and taking a bullet. The reveal will be that it was part of movie-shoot for a new film starring Pesci, prompting Pesci to say, "Hey, kid! Whadda you doin'? You're ruinin' the shot!" Possible outcomes include the protagonists discovering more about themselves, coming to terms with who they are, and Pesci becoming so frustrated he decides to never do a movie again.
The Comic Book League's Excellent Adventure
Meeting Minutes (3/4/10)
7:02 -Marvel Legends Nightcrawler figure purchased; Galactus build-a-figure piece exchanged --“You got a torso!”
7:15 -Will’s Duane “The Rock” Johnson fan fiction: The Rock will become the President of the United States. A “The Parent Trap” strategy will be used to end Eva Longoria’s current marriage, allowing her to marry The Rock and become First Lady Longoria.
7:35 -“I’m not cut out for any kind of labor” -Will
7:38 -The Nightcrawler action figure looks like Bill S. Preston Esquire…Wyld Stallyns!
7:56 -Selecthumor’s Tips for a Successful Home Invasion: Grab the girl first. You can hold her hostage.
8:02 -Discussion of the upcoming “Smurfs” movie. Dan casts Christopher Lloyd as Gargamel. Mike asks, “Where is he now?” “The Old West,” says Taimur.
8:07 -Justice League International factoid: Oberon found Darkseid reading “Mein Kampf” “Look it up. It happened,” declared Will.
8:10 -Boba Fett & Bossk buddy movie proposed. Dengar & IG-88 suggested the primary antagonists.
8:11 -A great movie? “The Great Muppet Caper”
8:20 -Bill & Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure described in great detail by Dan. The 2009 show featured the Predator grinding on Speed Racer.
8:29 -”The Universal Monster Café had a weird smell the last time I was there. I’m just sayin’” -Will
8:31 -Dan elaborates on the upcoming “Harry Potter Goes Nuts Land” at Universal Studios. “There’s going to be Butter Beer, but no Fire Whiskey.”
8:35 -Secret Word of the Meeting: “sauced”, as in, “She’s probably getting sauced” or “Biff got sauced and then tried to rape Marty’s mom”
8:36 -The incredible alcoholic tolerance of John Candy brought up again. “He couldn’t get drunk!”
8:39 -Renegade Accordion mentioned. Also, Alan Moore is not Epic Beard Man.
8:45 -Comic Book League Spring Break
-Ask Kevin Smith where to get a bus, via Twitter.
-Drive down to Universal Studios Florida
-Investigate the weird smell at the Universal Monster Café
-Use “Bill & Ted” phone booth time machine to travel to the future
-See The Gorillaz rock opera written by Alan Moore
-Firebomb “Spider-man: Turn Off The Dark”
8:51 -”He kinda looks like a schmoe” -Dan
8:58 -In reference to the French and French women, Taimur asks the following: “Does she shave her pits?” and “They have nude beaches, right?”
9:05 -Valve software, apparently, offers an anal patch, which is, according to us, the latest rage.
9:12 -Eitan --The World’s Most Arrogant Man…and 2nd Greatest Lover.
9:18 -”I wanted Quato to die” -Courtney
9:23 -”When you die, can I have this?” -Dan’s 7-year old cousin asking Dan for his Jar Jar Binks action figure
9:26 -"Whose that Jedi with the big forehead?” -Mike
“Dan Aykroyd” -Dan
9:32 -Jerry Weintraub punched a horse in the face and stuffed a dead butler in his pantry during a party at his house. Now you know.
9:34 -CBL concludes that the Real X-Men would probably be a bunch of inbred mongoloids.
9:36 -Mike mistakes The Robotics Team for The Ebonics Team
9:39 -Jacket Party commences; jackets tossed around with complete abandon.
9:40 -”War is awesome -it has the best explosions” -Eitan
9:43 -”I want to play World of Warcraft with Bobcat Goldthwait!” -Mike
9:48 -Alternate Reality Comic Book League -Eitan is president and Sammy Hagar’s “I Can’t Drive 55” plays continuously.
9:50 -Sammy Hagar the Horrible
9:52 -Dan reenacts “The Amazing Adventures of Spider-man” 3-D ride at Universal Studios
10:18 -Empty bottle of Jack Daniels found in Kimmel elevator. Taimur says, “Courtney was here.” Taimur wins the meeting.
7:02 -Marvel Legends Nightcrawler figure purchased; Galactus build-a-figure piece exchanged --“You got a torso!”
7:15 -Will’s Duane “The Rock” Johnson fan fiction: The Rock will become the President of the United States. A “The Parent Trap” strategy will be used to end Eva Longoria’s current marriage, allowing her to marry The Rock and become First Lady Longoria.
7:35 -“I’m not cut out for any kind of labor” -Will
7:38 -The Nightcrawler action figure looks like Bill S. Preston Esquire…Wyld Stallyns!
7:56 -Selecthumor’s Tips for a Successful Home Invasion: Grab the girl first. You can hold her hostage.
8:02 -Discussion of the upcoming “Smurfs” movie. Dan casts Christopher Lloyd as Gargamel. Mike asks, “Where is he now?” “The Old West,” says Taimur.
8:07 -Justice League International factoid: Oberon found Darkseid reading “Mein Kampf” “Look it up. It happened,” declared Will.
8:10 -Boba Fett & Bossk buddy movie proposed. Dengar & IG-88 suggested the primary antagonists.
8:11 -A great movie? “The Great Muppet Caper”
8:20 -Bill & Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure described in great detail by Dan. The 2009 show featured the Predator grinding on Speed Racer.
8:29 -”The Universal Monster Café had a weird smell the last time I was there. I’m just sayin’” -Will
8:31 -Dan elaborates on the upcoming “Harry Potter Goes Nuts Land” at Universal Studios. “There’s going to be Butter Beer, but no Fire Whiskey.”
8:35 -Secret Word of the Meeting: “sauced”, as in, “She’s probably getting sauced” or “Biff got sauced and then tried to rape Marty’s mom”
8:36 -The incredible alcoholic tolerance of John Candy brought up again. “He couldn’t get drunk!”
8:39 -Renegade Accordion mentioned. Also, Alan Moore is not Epic Beard Man.
8:45 -Comic Book League Spring Break
-Ask Kevin Smith where to get a bus, via Twitter.
-Drive down to Universal Studios Florida
-Investigate the weird smell at the Universal Monster Café
-Use “Bill & Ted” phone booth time machine to travel to the future
-See The Gorillaz rock opera written by Alan Moore
-Firebomb “Spider-man: Turn Off The Dark”
8:51 -”He kinda looks like a schmoe” -Dan
8:58 -In reference to the French and French women, Taimur asks the following: “Does she shave her pits?” and “They have nude beaches, right?”
9:05 -Valve software, apparently, offers an anal patch, which is, according to us, the latest rage.
9:12 -Eitan --The World’s Most Arrogant Man…and 2nd Greatest Lover.
9:18 -”I wanted Quato to die” -Courtney
9:23 -”When you die, can I have this?” -Dan’s 7-year old cousin asking Dan for his Jar Jar Binks action figure
9:26 -"Whose that Jedi with the big forehead?” -Mike
“Dan Aykroyd” -Dan
9:32 -Jerry Weintraub punched a horse in the face and stuffed a dead butler in his pantry during a party at his house. Now you know.
9:34 -CBL concludes that the Real X-Men would probably be a bunch of inbred mongoloids.
9:36 -Mike mistakes The Robotics Team for The Ebonics Team
9:39 -Jacket Party commences; jackets tossed around with complete abandon.
9:40 -”War is awesome -it has the best explosions” -Eitan
9:43 -”I want to play World of Warcraft with Bobcat Goldthwait!” -Mike
9:48 -Alternate Reality Comic Book League -Eitan is president and Sammy Hagar’s “I Can’t Drive 55” plays continuously.
9:50 -Sammy Hagar the Horrible
9:52 -Dan reenacts “The Amazing Adventures of Spider-man” 3-D ride at Universal Studios
10:18 -Empty bottle of Jack Daniels found in Kimmel elevator. Taimur says, “Courtney was here.” Taimur wins the meeting.
Back Issues: CBL vs The Eighties
Meeting Minutes (2/25/10)
7:05 -You can see drug-dealing skeletons with the right X-Ray glasses
7:10 -Mike‘s declaration that ”You can spit and hit the back wall of St. Mark’s Comics” turns out to be the inspiration for a new hero called, Longshot. According to Andrew and Mike, Longshot’s ability is to projectile spit long distances with incredible force. He premiered as a character from the 1940’s and was a member of “The Justice Society of America” even though he was a Marvel character. Longshot was last seen in his 1990’s mini-series, which was meant to be a modern re-imagining of the character, notable for its extremely violent scenes, such as when Longshot spit into a criminal’s mouth and blew out the back of his head…it was considered a failure by many.
7:23 -List of Things Sean Connery Should Say.
7:32 -Interior Design with The Comic Book League
7:39 -”I have a mental disorder. Guess what it is!”
7:42 -”Driving Miss Daisy” from “Be Kind Rewind”
7:58 -Hans Moleman Retrospective
8:05 -Garfield Minus Garfield discussed. Topic For Debate: Nermal: Male, Female, or She-male?
8:10 -John Candy had an incredible alcoholic tolerance. He drank like a fish and smoked like a chimney.
8:16 -Will declares himself to be a “dancing machine”. “I mostly shimmy. The shimmy is my go-to move.”
8:19 -The Comic Book League, upholding their tradition of crashing parties, crashes the Junior class 1980’s themed dance.
8:34 -”Lips are bullshit” -Andrew
8:38 -”You must be from Pearl Harbor because you’re the bomb” & “Every time I hear your pants swish, I wish I was between them” are just a few sweet nothings from a anonymous love letter written to a friend of Will’s.
8:43 -”Look at what we’ve become! Tiny Toons!”
8:45 -Muppet Babies theme song sung by Mike. Labyrinth themed episode of Muppet Babies discussed. Opening lyrics of “Dance Magic Dance” also sung.
8:47 -"I found Prince” -“No --I said fingerprints” -“I don’t think so”
8:48 -Dan describes a more dramatic version of Animaniacs where the skeletal remains of the Warner Bros. and the Warner Sister, Dot, are discovered in the Warner Bros. water tower after being locked away for years. Their bodies are carried down from the tower in slow motion, while the theme from “Schindler’s List” plays; shot in black and white
8:50 -”7:00 in the morning is too early for “Singing in the Rain” and rape” -Courtney
9:02 -”I don’t think I need to take advice on how to draw Wonder Woman from a homosexual”-*artist’s name withheld*
9:05 -We just burned the 80’s
7:05 -You can see drug-dealing skeletons with the right X-Ray glasses
7:10 -Mike‘s declaration that ”You can spit and hit the back wall of St. Mark’s Comics” turns out to be the inspiration for a new hero called, Longshot. According to Andrew and Mike, Longshot’s ability is to projectile spit long distances with incredible force. He premiered as a character from the 1940’s and was a member of “The Justice Society of America” even though he was a Marvel character. Longshot was last seen in his 1990’s mini-series, which was meant to be a modern re-imagining of the character, notable for its extremely violent scenes, such as when Longshot spit into a criminal’s mouth and blew out the back of his head…it was considered a failure by many.
7:23 -List of Things Sean Connery Should Say.
7:32 -Interior Design with The Comic Book League
7:39 -”I have a mental disorder. Guess what it is!”
7:42 -”Driving Miss Daisy” from “Be Kind Rewind”
7:58 -Hans Moleman Retrospective
8:05 -Garfield Minus Garfield discussed. Topic For Debate: Nermal: Male, Female, or She-male?
8:10 -John Candy had an incredible alcoholic tolerance. He drank like a fish and smoked like a chimney.
8:16 -Will declares himself to be a “dancing machine”. “I mostly shimmy. The shimmy is my go-to move.”
8:19 -The Comic Book League, upholding their tradition of crashing parties, crashes the Junior class 1980’s themed dance.
8:34 -”Lips are bullshit” -Andrew
8:38 -”You must be from Pearl Harbor because you’re the bomb” & “Every time I hear your pants swish, I wish I was between them” are just a few sweet nothings from a anonymous love letter written to a friend of Will’s.
8:43 -”Look at what we’ve become! Tiny Toons!”
8:45 -Muppet Babies theme song sung by Mike. Labyrinth themed episode of Muppet Babies discussed. Opening lyrics of “Dance Magic Dance” also sung.
8:47 -"I found Prince” -“No --I said fingerprints” -“I don’t think so”
8:48 -Dan describes a more dramatic version of Animaniacs where the skeletal remains of the Warner Bros. and the Warner Sister, Dot, are discovered in the Warner Bros. water tower after being locked away for years. Their bodies are carried down from the tower in slow motion, while the theme from “Schindler’s List” plays; shot in black and white
8:50 -”7:00 in the morning is too early for “Singing in the Rain” and rape” -Courtney
9:02 -”I don’t think I need to take advice on how to draw Wonder Woman from a homosexual”-*artist’s name withheld*
9:05 -We just burned the 80’s
Back Issues: Dead Meeting
The Dead Meeting (2/18/10)
7:25 -Mike spit on himself
7:30 -Best Robot Crotch Award goes to…Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen!
8:15 -“I’m Rambo” -Keith Apicary
8:17 -Taimur bellows, “WRONG!”
Then, things died down quickly. Nobody knows why.
7:25 -Mike spit on himself
7:30 -Best Robot Crotch Award goes to…Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen!
8:15 -“I’m Rambo” -Keith Apicary
8:17 -Taimur bellows, “WRONG!”
Then, things died down quickly. Nobody knows why.
Back Issues: Rusty Forks and Gulags
Meeting Minutes (2/11/2010)
7:12 -Helen Keller joke-off
7:17 -Turns out the Sanctum Sanctorum has been in Greenwich Village this whole time *I already knew this -Mike*
7:21 -Face-off with the Helen Keller Club
7:25 -The breakout character of 2010 will be Mole Man
7:50 -Courtney appears
7:55 -Secret Word of the Night: “tawdry”
*CBL Mascot Will begins taking minutes*
8:07 -Dan talks Spidey. *Sleepy*
8:10 -Dan needs a cold shower
8:11 -”We’ve had a lot of bestiality moments” -Mike
8:13 -Mike has no idea what’s going on
8:18 -People look like ass
8:27 -”Finish him” Dan is a house wife
9:03 -”Making out?” -Taimur
9:23 -”I’ve seen worse”
9:25 -Phil hates apple pie!
10:04 -Nooo! Dexter!
10:25 -Waitress asks to see Phil’s ID, to which Taimur comments in front of the waitress, “Flirting?” Taimur wins the meeting.
7:12 -Helen Keller joke-off
7:17 -Turns out the Sanctum Sanctorum has been in Greenwich Village this whole time *I already knew this -Mike*
7:21 -Face-off with the Helen Keller Club
7:25 -The breakout character of 2010 will be Mole Man
7:50 -Courtney appears
7:55 -Secret Word of the Night: “tawdry”
*CBL Mascot Will begins taking minutes*
8:07 -Dan talks Spidey. *Sleepy*
8:10 -Dan needs a cold shower
8:11 -”We’ve had a lot of bestiality moments” -Mike
8:13 -Mike has no idea what’s going on
8:18 -People look like ass
8:27 -”Finish him” Dan is a house wife
9:03 -”Making out?” -Taimur
9:23 -”I’ve seen worse”
9:25 -Phil hates apple pie!
10:04 -Nooo! Dexter!
10:25 -Waitress asks to see Phil’s ID, to which Taimur comments in front of the waitress, “Flirting?” Taimur wins the meeting.
Back Issues: Official Meeting Minutes
First Official Meeting of the Spring Semester (2/4/10)
7:00 -Verbally harassed by Lorie Beth Denberg for being too “rockin’”. We suspect Sci-Fi Club filed a complaint.
7:05 -”We should set her on fire” -Wendy
7:15 -”What did Courtney ever do?” asks Eitan
7:19 -”The Hulk (Ram) is a sexy man” declares Will
7:24 -“Pig Pen has the plague” -Andrew
7:25 -The Comic Book League: The Place Where…
A. friendships are made
B. we scare people away
7:36 -According to Andrew, Spanish people just don’t get Tolkien
7:39 -That lady (Lorie Beth Denberg) IS Dolores Umbridge
7:45 -Dan shocks Courtney by saying that “Inglorious Basterds” was not that good of a movie
8:04 -Will exclaims that Goku is white. Courtney counterclaims that Goku is not white.
8:10 -Chivalry is a two-way street.
8:13 -CBL Investigates: Pick-Up Lines -Taimur’s favorite, “You can call me Fred Flintstone because I can make your bed rock”
Mike: “That would only be appropriate at a Flintstones party and when does that ever happen?”
Taimur: “Michelle’s birthday party on ‘Full House’”
*Will Markel, CBL Mascot, begins taking minutes…for every minute*
8:21 -Eitan looks amazing
8:23 -Courtney should leave
8:24 -Dan needs his glasses
8:25 -Will is sexy
8:26 -Evil Carrot-Top shot me a dirty look
8:27 -Andrew likes porn
8:28 -Andrew is trying to say something cool to get into the minutes
8:30 - The CBL Players Present Great Moments in Comic Book League History: Eitan Slaps Gene. For tonight performance, the role of Eitan will be played by Eitan and the role of “Genial” Gene will be played by Will.
Gene: Hey, I’m Gene. I’m a jer--(Eitan slaps Gene)
Scene…Mascot Down!
8:31 -Mike tries to write the minutes for me. I misspelled minutes.
8:32 -I love Taimur’s shirt
8:33 -Eitan uses the “c” word
8:34 -Will liked the slap
8:35 -Missed a minute
8:37 -7 people
8:38 -Shit hole
8:45 -Eitan carries Will. Will gives Eitan a piggyback ride. Boys will be boys.
8:52 -Perfectly good pair of broken skis in the trash
9:25 -CBL marches to the tune of “Der Fuehrer’s Face”
9:31 -Big fire -we suspect Eitan’s involvement
9:45 -Dessert!
9:56 -Melodie has been with us for a while
9:57 -The Man-God is here!
10:00 -Franco, Bastard
10:15-Eitan carries Will again in a reenactment of the famous scene from “An Officer and a Gentleman” Mike and Taimur start singing, “Up Where We Belong”
10:32 -”They all got dysentery. That’s how my play ended” -Dan
7:00 -Verbally harassed by Lorie Beth Denberg for being too “rockin’”. We suspect Sci-Fi Club filed a complaint.
7:05 -”We should set her on fire” -Wendy
7:15 -”What did Courtney ever do?” asks Eitan
7:19 -”The Hulk (Ram) is a sexy man” declares Will
7:24 -“Pig Pen has the plague” -Andrew
7:25 -The Comic Book League: The Place Where…
A. friendships are made
B. we scare people away
7:36 -According to Andrew, Spanish people just don’t get Tolkien
7:39 -That lady (Lorie Beth Denberg) IS Dolores Umbridge
7:45 -Dan shocks Courtney by saying that “Inglorious Basterds” was not that good of a movie
8:04 -Will exclaims that Goku is white. Courtney counterclaims that Goku is not white.
8:10 -Chivalry is a two-way street.
8:13 -CBL Investigates: Pick-Up Lines -Taimur’s favorite, “You can call me Fred Flintstone because I can make your bed rock”
Mike: “That would only be appropriate at a Flintstones party and when does that ever happen?”
Taimur: “Michelle’s birthday party on ‘Full House’”
*Will Markel, CBL Mascot, begins taking minutes…for every minute*
8:21 -Eitan looks amazing
8:23 -Courtney should leave
8:24 -Dan needs his glasses
8:25 -Will is sexy
8:26 -Evil Carrot-Top shot me a dirty look
8:27 -Andrew likes porn
8:28 -Andrew is trying to say something cool to get into the minutes
8:30 - The CBL Players Present Great Moments in Comic Book League History: Eitan Slaps Gene. For tonight performance, the role of Eitan will be played by Eitan and the role of “Genial” Gene will be played by Will.
Gene: Hey, I’m Gene. I’m a jer--(Eitan slaps Gene)
Scene…Mascot Down!
8:31 -Mike tries to write the minutes for me. I misspelled minutes.
8:32 -I love Taimur’s shirt
8:33 -Eitan uses the “c” word
8:34 -Will liked the slap
8:35 -Missed a minute
8:37 -7 people
8:38 -Shit hole
8:45 -Eitan carries Will. Will gives Eitan a piggyback ride. Boys will be boys.
8:52 -Perfectly good pair of broken skis in the trash
9:25 -CBL marches to the tune of “Der Fuehrer’s Face”
9:31 -Big fire -we suspect Eitan’s involvement
9:45 -Dessert!
9:56 -Melodie has been with us for a while
9:57 -The Man-God is here!
10:00 -Franco, Bastard
10:15-Eitan carries Will again in a reenactment of the famous scene from “An Officer and a Gentleman” Mike and Taimur start singing, “Up Where We Belong”
10:32 -”They all got dysentery. That’s how my play ended” -Dan
Back Issues: Meeting Minutes
The Movie Game Meeting (1/21/10)
Let the record show that the movie game never reached its conclusion, but I was in the lead; therefore, I win.
Salvageable Meeting Minutes:
7:15 -Chloe does a Wookiee sound
7:19 -”Inglorious Basterds” rat conversation
7:23 -Listening to the “Superman” theme with lyrics
7:39 -Captain America probably doesn’t even have a GED! He grew up in Depression era America!” -Will
7:58 -Will thinks Duane “The Rock” Johnson will be President of the United States of America
8:05 -French Gandhi decapitated Adam Sandler
8:10 -Hitler was in an earlier adaptation of “The Spy Next Door” entitled “Hitler in Der Huas” prior to his rise to power. Later prints of the film are called “Der Fuehrer in Der Hausen”
8:19 -Courtney screams, “Do him!” in reference to Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
The Lost Meeting (1/28/10)
For all intent and purposes, this was a complete and total bummer. We’d like to pretend that it never really happened.
All I will say is that I blame Art Spiegelman for creating The Garbage Pail Kids franchise, which in turn made it possible for “Garbage Pail Kids: The Movie” to even exist.
Let the record show that the movie game never reached its conclusion, but I was in the lead; therefore, I win.
Salvageable Meeting Minutes:
7:15 -Chloe does a Wookiee sound
7:19 -”Inglorious Basterds” rat conversation
7:23 -Listening to the “Superman” theme with lyrics
7:39 -Captain America probably doesn’t even have a GED! He grew up in Depression era America!” -Will
7:58 -Will thinks Duane “The Rock” Johnson will be President of the United States of America
8:05 -French Gandhi decapitated Adam Sandler
8:10 -Hitler was in an earlier adaptation of “The Spy Next Door” entitled “Hitler in Der Huas” prior to his rise to power. Later prints of the film are called “Der Fuehrer in Der Hausen”
8:19 -Courtney screams, “Do him!” in reference to Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
The Lost Meeting (1/28/10)
For all intent and purposes, this was a complete and total bummer. We’d like to pretend that it never really happened.
All I will say is that I blame Art Spiegelman for creating The Garbage Pail Kids franchise, which in turn made it possible for “Garbage Pail Kids: The Movie” to even exist.
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