Criminal And Crimefighter Conversatione #145 – Freedom Female, Pussy Whip, Luscious Trapp, Spiderous-Man, & Mr. Mystic… The Plan Was To Recap 2016 (Censored)

Criminal And Crimefighter Conversatione #145 – Freedom Female, Pussy Whip,

Luscious Trapp, Spiderous-Man, & Mr. Mystic… The Plan Was To Recap 2016 (Censored)

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When I started this comic I intended for each comic to feature 1 person. Then during the second week the “Deadpool” movie came out and I decided that my version of him “Death Poll” would pop in on each comic. I thought it was gonna be for that week only. Then during the big “Flash/Supergirl” TV crossover I did a special comic with their counterparts “Special-Girl and Quickie”. Almost immediately 3 characters were regularly featured.  In the last few months 4 characters started showing up. I literally didn’t think anymore could fit into one comic… This week has 5 characters in every comic.  Crazy how things change…

It took me awhile to figure out what I wanted to do this week.  Was it gonna be yet another “2016 was the worst year ever thing”, or something saying it wasn’t the worst year ever, or something saying it was but it was our fault… On Christmas night I was gonna try to stay up and write these but I was tired to instead took a nap. I woke back up around 2 and pretty soon an idea struck me… We deserved an alternate ending…Strangely enough the that idea came from the song by Horseshoe Gang (they are this DOPE ass group  of 4 dudes and I think 2 of them are Crooked I’s little brothers. Crooked I is the west coast dude in Slaughterhouse) called “Alternate Ending” where they took “Brenda’s” Got A Baby” and gave it happier ending. I just felt like that part in “The Dark Knight” “people deserve to have their faith rewarded”.

Tomorrow Lou, Spiderous-Man, & Mr. Mystic are joined by Freedom Female and Pussy Whip discuss who might’ve have started that rumor about The Minstrel. Hope you enjoy and see ya then!

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #144 – The Minstrel, Crimson Matroyshaka, Luscious Trapp, Spiderous-Man & Mr. Mystic On… It Was Suppose To Be About 2016

Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #144 – The Minstrel, Crimson Matroyshaka,

Luscious Trapp, Spiderous-Man & Mr. Mystic On… It Was Suppose To Be About 2016

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When I started this comic I intended for each comic to feature 1 person. Then during the second week the “Deadpool” movie came out and I decided that my version of him “Death Poll” would pop in on each comic. I thought it was gonna be for that week only. Then during the big “Flash/Supergirl” TV crossover I did a special comic with their counterparts “Special-Girl and Quickie”. Almost immediately 3 characters were regularly featured.  In the last few months 4 characters started showing up. I literally didn’t think anymore could fit into one comic… This week has 5 characters in every comic.  Crazy how things change…

It took me awhile to figure out what I wanted to do this week.  Was it gonna be yet another “2016 was the worst year ever thing”, or something saying it wasn’t the worst year ever, or something saying it was but it was our fault… On Christmas night I was gonna try to stay up and write these but I was tired to instead took a nap. I woke back up around 2 and pretty soon an idea struck me… We deserved an alternate ending…Strangely enough the that idea came from the song by Horseshoe Gang (they are this DOPE ass group  of 4 dudes and I think 2 of them are Crooked I’s little brothers. Crooked I is the west coast dude in Slaughterhouse) called “Alternate Ending” where they took “Brenda’s” Got A Baby” and gave it happier ending. I just felt like that part in “The Dark Knight” “people deserve to have their faith rewarded”.

Tomorrow Lou, Spiderous-Man, & Mr. Mystic are joined by Freedom Female and Pussy Whip discuss who might’ve have started that rumor about The Minstrel. Hope you enjoy and see ya then!

Twitter, IG, Flipagram: @rjoynesjr

rjoynesjr@gmail.com

Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #55 Nestra, Mental Assassin, & Crimson Matroyshka On Being A Female Assassin

Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #55

Nestra, Mental Assassin, & Crimson Matroyshka On Being A Female Assassin

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I realized I had 3 different female assassin characters with strong accents and figured I’d put them all together.  It really would be weird (but also cool) to see “Elektra”, “Psylocke”, and “Black Widow” hangout and talk shop.  Two of them dated “Daredevil” so you got some interesting stuff right their.  Maybe some kinda blades vs guns debate.  The possibilities are endless.

Tomorrow Succubus and Red Witch have an uncomfortable conversation. Hope you enjoy and see ya then

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #42 Wing-Man, America-Man, & Crimson Matroyshka On “America-Man: Civil Unrest”, Crimson Matroyshka’s Solo Movie, & Friendship (Censored)

Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #42

Wing-Man, America-Man, & Crimson Matroyshka On “America-Man:

Civil Unrest”, Crimson Matroyshka’s Solo Movie, & Friendship (Censored)

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Looks like “Black Widow” is finally getting her own movie. Although I’m glad to hear about it I hope this isn’t something rushed out due to fan pressure. I know Scarlett Johansson probably wouldn’t slum it and do TV, but it would be awesome to see her on “Daredevil”, as he and “Black Widow” had a thing for a while.  Or “Daredevil” could show up in her movie, but that probably won’t happen either.

I re-watched “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” yesterday to make sure it was really better than “Civil War” (it is) and one of the things I liked most is Cap and Black Widow. What I especially like it that they’re NOT a couple.  That would’ve been so cliche and terrible. She’s a buddy and better yet a buddy trying to get him some.  I also re-watched “Age Of Ultron” and this might seem crazy but I think I like it more than “Civil War” too despite its many flaws.  “Ultron” > “Zemo” and “Hulk” and “Thor” take things to another level. One of the biggest things “Age Of Ultron” messes up is “Black Widow”.  One thing my friend Chris brought one time when talking about it is that one of the key things about “Black Widow” in the original “Avengers” movie is that she isn’t all butthurt about her past. She did bad stuff, she’s trying to do good stuff now. She fakes being all messed up about her past to trick Loki, but that’s it.  Then in “Age Of Ultron” we get her “ballerina” sequence which I think would’ve more effective had we not seen it. (In fact I think they should cut all the mind control stuff.  Also where are Scarlet Witch’s mind controlling powers in “Civil War”?) Then she REALLY throws it out there to Banner who rejects her because… I honestly still don’t know… He’s like “I dunno if she likes me” and even Cap’s like “bruh!”.  Then she makes it even more clear and he’s like “I’m a monster and I can’t have kids” and she’s like “me too”.  And then… Nothing… Then “Black Widow” get captured by “Ultron” which is really weak! Then at the end Banner takes a plane and flies off for some reason.  Hope you get better luck in your movie Widow.

Tomorrow Special-Girl, Spiderous-Man, and Quickie talk about switching sides. Hope you enjoy, and see ya then!

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #42 Wing-Man, America-Man, & Crimson Matroyshka On “America-Man: Civil Unrest”, Crimson Matroyshka’s Solo Movie, & Friendship

Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #42

Wing-Man, America-Man, & Crimson Matroyshka On “America-Man:

Civil Unrest”, Crimson Matroyshka’s Solo Movie, & Friendship

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Looks like “Black Widow” is finally getting her own movie. Although I’m glad to hear about it I hope this isn’t something rushed out due to fan pressure. I know Scarlett Johansson probably wouldn’t slum it and do TV, but it would be awesome to see her on “Daredevil”, as he and “Black Widow” had a thing for a while.  Or “Daredevil” could show up in her movie, but that probably won’t happen either.

I re-watched “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” yesterday to make sure it was really better than “Civil War” (it is) and one of the things I liked most is Cap and Black Widow. What I especially like it that they’re NOT a couple.  That would’ve been so cliche and terrible. She’s a buddy and better yet a buddy trying to get him some.  I also re-watched “Age Of Ultron” and this might seem crazy but I think I like it more than “Civil War” too despite its many flaws.  “Ultron” > “Zemo” and “Hulk” and “Thor” take things to another level. One of the biggest things “Age Of Ultron” messes up is “Black Widow”.  One thing my friend Chris brought one time when talking about it is that one of the key things about “Black Widow” in the original “Avengers” movie is that she isn’t all butthurt about her past. She did bad stuff, she’s trying to do good stuff now. She fakes being all messed up about her past to trick Loki, but that’s it.  Then in “Age Of Ultron” we get her “ballerina” sequence which I think would’ve more effective had we not seen it. (In fact I think they should cut all the mind control stuff.  Also where are Scarlet Witch’s mind controlling powers in “Civil War”?) Then she REALLY throws it out there to Banner who rejects her because… I honestly still don’t know… He’s like “I dunno if she likes me” and even Cap’s like “bruh!”.  Then she makes it even more clear and he’s like “I’m a monster and I can’t have kids” and she’s like “me too”.  And then… Nothing… Then “Black Widow” get captured by “Ultron” which is really weak! Then at the end Banner takes a plane and flies off for some reason.  Hope you get better luck in your movie Widow.

Tomorrow Special-Girl, Spiderous-Man, and Quickie talk about switching sides. Hope you enjoy, and see ya then!

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rjoynesjr@gmail.com

The History Of Comics With Q-boy #52 The Colorful Countess AKA The Secret Weapon (Censored)

The History Of Comics With Q-boy #52 The Colorful Countess AKA The Secret Weapon (Censored)

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Marlene Severie is based on Marie Severin whose was one of very few female comic books artists during the Silver Age of comics. She started out as a colorist and eventually moved on to doing penciling and inking.  She is probably best known for her work on Marvel’s comedy magazine “Crazy” and the comedy comic “Not Branch Echhh”.  She also helped to co-create the original Spider-Woman.

Panel 4 is based on two panels from two pages from Not Brand Echhh #3 (panel 3 on the first page and panel 5 on the second page) which you can check out here http://comicsworkbook.tumblr.com/image/135398438602

I hear some people have been talking about that 3rd Captain America movie that came out…. So yeah I ended up seeing it twice on Saturday.  Some have said it’s the best Marvel movie… Other say it’s the best comic book movie period…. Does it live up to the talk…. Is it truly the greatest of the great?

(spoilers ahead)

Well first to be very clear it is a very good movie.  BvS can’t even be mentioned in the same sentence. The big showdown is absolutely awesome and ranks up with the best fights ever…. But no it’s not the best comic book movie.  It’s not the best Marvel movie.  It’s not even the best Captain America movie.  Marvel’s weakness in it’s movies are usually the villains and this one has a very weak villain with a plan that make little sense and with a weak motivation.  The big problem with this movie is in trying to keep the villain and their plans mysterious is make them confusing. Here some other nitpicky stuff

  • The movie tries to be a Captain America movie but it really should’ve been named “Captain America & Iron Man : Civil War”, “Avengers: Civil War”, or “Marvel’s Civil War”
  • Cap’s position is dumb.  I just can’t get behind it. They make Tony and the government go too far, but it just seems like there was a way to easily comprimise
  • Wanda literally just killed a bunch of people and Tony is like “she should lay low for a bit” and Cap’s reaction is like “you MONSTER!”
  • Aunt May being young and hot just feels wrong.  I think it’s important that Aunt May is kinda old and frail and Peter always has to worry about taking care of her.
  • Spider-man in general could have been fit in more neatly. You just change the “college” speech/grant scene to a “gifted student” scene and have Tony see something that gets him to figure out Peter is Spider-man
  • They just kinda wasted Crossbones
  • The kiss with Agent 13 didn’t feel earned
  • Kinda weak to introduce all these “other Winter Soliders” and then do nothing with them

The unsung hero of the movie is Falcon. He really kicks ass in the movie.  I was really cool seeing a more “typical” Avenger’s mission. No one feels like the they were over powered and underpowered in the fights. One small exception is toward the end when Iron Man and Cap are fight it seems like Iron Man’s armor suddenly get damaged way easier than normal. I’m not sure where I rank this movie about I think the top 5 comic books movies are…

  1. The Dark Knight (honestly may be unbeatable with Heath Ledger’s “Joker”)
  2. The Avengers (also may be unbeatable because you can never recapture the magic)
  3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (just plain a great film. Avengers only beats it because it has all the other heroes)
  4. Guardians Of The Galaxy (another just plain great film. Cap 2 only beats it out because it’s darker and he end credits scenes are better.  It’s that close)
  5. Deadpool (pretty much every second is violence, something funny, or both. Honestly this might rank higher if I re-watch all these)

Next time with see the comic Marlene created with features a big fight with Kill-man.  Also Tuesday-Thursday new Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations. Hope you enjoy and see ya then!

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rjoynesjr@gmail.com

The History Of Comics With Q-boy #52 The Colorful Countess AKA The Secret Weapon

The History Of Comics With Q-boy #52 The Colorful Countess AKA The Secret Weapon

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Marlene Severie is based on Marie Severin whose was one of very few female comic books artists during the Silver Age of comics. She started out as a colorist and eventually moved on to doing penciling and inking.  She is probably best known for her work on Marvel’s comedy magazine “Crazy” and the comedy comic “Not Branch Echhh”.  She also helped to co-create the original Spider-Woman.

Panel 4 is based on two panels from two pages from Not Brand Echhh #3 (panel 3 on the first page and panel 5 on the second page) which you can check out here http://comicsworkbook.tumblr.com/image/135398438602

I hear some people have been talking about that 3rd Captain America movie that came out…. So yeah I ended up seeing it twice on Saturday.  Some have said it’s the best Marvel movie… Other say it’s the best comic book movie period…. Does it live up to the talk…. Is it truly the greatest of the great?

(spoilers ahead)

Well first to be very clear it is a very good movie.  BvS can’t even be mentioned in the same sentence. The big showdown is absolutely awesome and ranks up with the best fights ever…. But no it’s not the best comic book movie.  It’s not the best Marvel movie.  It’s not even the best Captain America movie.  Marvel’s weakness in it’s movies are usually the villains and this one has a very weak villain with a plan that make little sense and with a weak motivation.  The big problem with this movie is in trying to keep the villain and their plans mysterious is make them confusing. Here some other nitpicky stuff

  • The movie tries to be a Captain America movie but it really should’ve been named “Captain America & Iron Man : Civil War”, “Avengers: Civil War”, or “Marvel’s Civil War”
  • Cap’s position is dumb.  I just can’t get behind it. They make Tony and the government go too far, but it just seems like there was a way to easily comprimise
  • Wanda literally just killed a bunch of people and Tony is like “she should lay low for a bit” and Cap’s reaction is like “you MONSTER!”
  • Aunt May being young and hot just feels wrong.  I think it’s important that Aunt May is kinda old and frail and Peter always has to worry about taking care of her.
  • Spider-man in general could have been fit in more neatly. You just change the “college” speech/grant scene to a “gifted student” scene and have Tony see something that gets him to figure out Peter is Spider-man
  • They just kinda wasted Crossbones
  • The kiss with Agent 13 didn’t feel earned
  • Kinda weak to introduce all these “other Winter Soliders” and then do nothing with them

The unsung hero of the movie is Falcon. He really kicks ass in the movie.  I was really cool seeing a more “typical” Avenger’s mission. No one feels like the they were over powered and underpowered in the fights. One small exception is toward the end when Iron Man and Cap are fight it seems like Iron Man’s armor suddenly get damaged way easier than normal. I’m not sure where I rank this movie about I think the top 5 comic books movies are…

  1. The Dark Knight (honestly may be unbeatable with Heath Ledger’s “Joker”)
  2. The Avengers (also may be unbeatable because you can never recapture the magic)
  3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (just plain a great film. Avengers only beats it because it has all the other heroes)
  4. Guardians Of The Galaxy (another just plain great film. Cap 2 only beats it out because it’s darker and he end credits scenes are better.  It’s that close)
  5. Deadpool (pretty much every second is violence, something funny, or both. Honestly this might rank higher if I re-watch all these)

Next time with see the comic Marlene created with features a big fight with Kill-man.  Also Tuesday-Thursday new Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations. Hope you enjoy and see ya then!

Twitter, IG, Flipagram: @rjoynesjr

rjoynesjr@gmail.com

Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #25 Ms. Majors, America-Man, & Crimson Matroyshka On “Special-Man V The Good Knight: Rise Of America’s Protectors” (Censored)

Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #25

Ms. Majors, America-Man, & Crimson Matroyshka On “Special-Man V The Good Knight: Rise Of America’s Protectors” (Censored)

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“Batman V Superman” the movie that will make you think you’re going color blind…

Seriously though if you liked “Batman V Superman” that’s great I’m happy for you. I guess even envy you in a sense… That being said some of the defenses for it are ridiculous.  The first one it that “it’s making money”…. Well yeah you have 3 of the most iconic characters in history in one movie. Hell there are grandparents who have waited their whole lives to see them all on screen.  Of course it’s making money! It’s too big to fail! If this movie doesn’t break every record ever I see that as a pretty big failure.  Marvel did this with C and D list characters and in most cases they were critically successful as well.

The other argument I see from the actors and other people is “this movie wasn’t made for critics”.  C’mon buddy… I’ll give you critics are generally wrong sometimes.  One example is “Juno” which had like the highest score ever on Rottentomatos and it’s terrible. Another is “Machette Kills” which was pretty great but got bad reviews.  9 times out of 10 though if something gets bad reviews its a bad movie.

Ya know I think I’m done talking about “Batman V Superman”.  Just be even handed here some stuff DC does well…

  • All there TV shows are pretty good except “Gotham” which sucks and are waaay better than “Agents Of Shield” and “Agent Carter”.  The Marvel Netflix shows are on a whole other level of great though
  • The direct to DVD animated movies are great (Marvel’s are terrible)
  • Haven’t played the Arkham games but pretty much everyone says they’re good

What’s frustrating is the Marvel and DC really could learn from each other.  I want them both competing as hard as they can for my time and my dollars. Alright enough already, that’s it for this week.  Next week more Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations Tuesday-Thursday.  See ya then and hope you enjoy!

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Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #25 Ms. Majors, America-Man, & Crimson Matroyshka On “Special-Man V The Good Knight: Rise Of America’s Protectors”

Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations #25

Ms. Majors, America-Man, & Crimson Matroyshka On “Special-Man V The Good Knight: Rise Of America’s Protectors”

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“Batman V Superman” the movie that will make you think you’re going color blind…

Seriously though if you liked “Batman V Superman” that’s great I’m happy for you. I guess even envy you in a sense… That being said some of the defenses for it are ridiculous.  The first one it that “it’s making money”…. Well yeah you have 3 of the most iconic characters in history in one movie. Hell there are grandparents who have waited their whole lives to see them all on screen.  Of course it’s making money! It’s too big to fail! If this movie doesn’t break every record ever I see that as a pretty big failure.  Marvel did this with C and D list characters and in most cases they were critically successful as well.

The other argument I see from the actors and other people is “this movie wasn’t made for critics”.  C’mon buddy… I’ll give you critics are generally wrong sometimes.  One example is “Juno” which had like the highest score ever on Rottentomatos and it’s terrible. Another is “Machette Kills” which was pretty great but got bad reviews.  9 times out of 10 though if something gets bad reviews its a bad movie.

Ya know I think I’m done talking about “Batman V Superman”.  Just be even handed here some stuff DC does well…

  • All there TV shows are pretty good except “Gotham” which sucks and are waaay better than “Agents Of Shield” and “Agent Carter”.  The Marvel Netflix shows are on a whole other level of great though
  • The direct to DVD animated movies are great (Marvel’s are terrible)
  • Haven’t played the Arkham games but pretty much everyone says they’re good

What’s frustrating is the Marvel and DC really could learn from each other.  I want them both competing as hard as they can for my time and my dollars. Alright enough already, that’s it for this week.  Next week more Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations Tuesday-Thursday.  See ya then and hope you enjoy!

Twitter, IG, Flipagram: @rjoynesjr

rjoynesjr@gmail.com

The Big Ol’ Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations 24 Hourly Comics Jamboree Spectacular 9PM – Ms. Majors On Crimson Matroyshka’s Solo Movie

The Big Ol’ Criminal And Crimefighter Conversations 24 Hourly Comics Jamboree Spectacular

9PM – Ms. Majors On Crimson Matroyshka’s Solo Movie

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February 1 is hourly comic day which is described by KnowYourMeme.com as “an annual event that takes place on February 1st where participants draw one short comic for every hour that they (are) awake”.  This is my bastardized attempt at it.

To be clear all these comics were made in advance unlike the brave souls who are actually making comics every hour they are awake.

The attempt here is that a comic will be posted every hour today from 12AM to 12AM the next day (and for most of the day I made the mistake of putting “from 12PM”).  How well will this work out? Who knows? But hey the train wreck might be fun to watch too.