The Final Stage Is Acceptance

Are you surprised Fox is slowly and calmly building a Fringe-sized coffin? Seeing as we have already established the Fringe is the best Sci-Fi show on TV, and FOX’s Doom Engine is powered by geek tears, you shouldn’t be.

I honestly think Fringe is one of those shows that has a complete narrative to tell and, thus, needs an end date. Just not a surprise one. I can see the major arc of Fringe and it’s creative steam carrying it through a phenomenal 4th season and perhaps to a 5th, but beyond that it could suffer from the same slow death that claimed The X-Files. The last thing I want is for another TV Sci-Fi masterpiece to outstay it’s welcome. But Fringe deserves a chance to wrap things up on it’s own time and with support from the network. Time and time again, FOX has shown us that Friday night is the last stop before an untimely cancellation. It’s almost like how your trash collectors only take branches and leaf bags every other week, so you stick them on the edge of your lawn just waiting for them to be collected. Friday night is the edge of FOX’s lawn.

You might as well go read some more Fringe comics, because I have a feeling I’m only going to get the opportunity to make one or two more.

Hulk: El Hombre Increíble

UPDATE: Or maybe this didn’t happen at all.

In the same week it was announced that former TV Hulk, Lou “The Ferrigs” Ferrigno, was joining Steven “Fat Karate” Seagal in the Arizona Anti-Illegal Immigration Marauder Posse Squad Strike Force Delta, AND that Guillermo “The Most Mexican Director In Hollywood” del Toro would be bringing a new Hulk TV series to ABC.

I can put up with a lot of things, but brand disparity among individuals loosely affiliated with the same fictional property is ALWAYS where I draw the line. I guess. Come on, The Incredible Hulk Franchise. Pro-Mexican or Anti-Mexican? Pick a side. We’re at war.

Is it just me, or does this story make it seem like Steven Seagal actually is the character he played in Robert Rodriguez’s Machete? Pro-tip for illegals trying to sneak past Lou Ferrigno at the border: he’s partially deaf. Stay behind him and be very, very quiet. If he catches you in a sleeper hold, it’s lights out.

For those unfamiliar with Eli’s Vespa-riding doppleganger, it is his friend Alex. He last appeared in THIS COMIC taking Eli’s place after Eli asked for too much imaginary comic money.

COMMENTERS: This whole thing just screams, “set up for a reality show.” Name the show, come up with the tagline, and/or give us an episode synopsis. I’ll get you started:

“Bean Counters with Lou Ferrigno and Steven Seagal! We’re taking these illegals back to brown-town!”

The Werewolf Diaries

NEWS: British Knights Shirt! – Ovipositor Shirt! – Dragon’s Lair Webcomics Rampage!

The one and only thing I appreciate about Mtv’s Teen Wolf adaptation is that the townsfolk in the trailer seem to react to werewolves with reasonable levels of terror. It’s more, “OH GOD, A HORRIBLE MONSTER! KILL IT! KILLLL IT IN THE FAAAAACE!” than attitude presented in the classic 80’s movies of, “Hey, how come the short kid is a dog? I sure hope he can play sports good now. Dum dee dum dee doooo.”

Are you listening to the HE Podcast? YOU SHOULD BE! In episode 70 [link coming soon] we talk a lot of teenage werewolves.

Of Coins, Rings And Regret

Randy and I shared a table at Austin Comic-Con. There were tons of HE and S*P readers there and we both had a great time. We even did a meat-fueled reader meetup at Ironworks BBQ, which was also… OH GOD DAMNIT! MEATUP! WHY DID I JUST NOW THINK OF THIS?!?!? THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PERFECT! Oh well.

Anyway, there was a strange phenomenon at the show whereby children kept taking Randy up on the offer proposed by his “FREE SKETCHES” sign. The interesting thing about this is that Randy produces content that isn’t safe for most adults, let alone ANY children. I mean, maybe those kids with the machine guns I see on the news could take it, but soft, weak American children? No way. He must have drawn a dozen Marios, Luigis, kittens and other non-offensive characters. Perhaps the kiddos were encouraged by his “8-Bit Dante’s Inferno” poster, or the fact that he had just shaved off his hobo-beard the day before and appeared slightly less like someone who’s “free sketches” came with an invitation to the candy van.

Those of you Austin-dwelling comics fans who didn’t make it to the show will have another chance to stare and me, Randy and many of your other favorite webcartoonists sometime around December 11th at the Dragon’s Lair Webcomics Rampage at Dragon’s Lair Comics in Austin. Check back soon for specifics.

Are you listening to the HE Podcast? YOU SHOULD BE!

From The Makers Of Moon Wine

Please accept this Lo-FijiNKS comic substitute while I am in Austin, TX with SCARY UNCLE RANDY this weekend at AUSTIN COMIC CON.

I will have giant prints of the Austin-Inspired BBQ Comic!

PLUS there will be a joint HE/S*P Meetup after the show Saturday Night [DETAILS HERE].

There is also a new episode of the HijiNKS ENSUE Podcast! GO! ENJOY IT WITH YOUR HEAD AND FACE!

As a personal favor to me, please watch Fringe and SG:U, then tell all your friends to do the same. I needs them. I needs them like a space wino needs him some’o that space wine. Ohhh that space wine is mighty fine.