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Action figures and their beers boozes
submitted by: Beedo Sookcool 03.10.10 at 12:01am
BACARDI
Now, here's a semi-interesting fact to accompany this world-famous rum. In some Caribbean dialects, "bat" means "moth" (or, on occasion, "butterfly"). So what do they call the flying mammals belonging to the Order Chiroptera, then? Rat-bats! Also, over a decade ago, I came up with a cocktail recipe that uses Bacardi, which because of its deep reddish colour (and its rat-bat mascot), I've dubbed "Juri Juice." And here it is, taken from my own book of cocktail recipes (still in development, publication date not yet set):
JURI JUICE
(as inspired by Kabe, the little Chadra-Fan girl at the bar in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)
- 1 - 2 shots white rum
- 1 shot Ribena or similar blackcurrant juice concentrate
- 8 oz. double-strength Kickin' Kiwi-Lime Kool-Aid
Mix the ingredients, and serve in an ice-cold cryo-mug. Tart, sweet, and toe-curlingly tasty. Kind of a ruby / raw liver colour, but once tasted, you'll keep coming back for more! If you can't find any Kickin' Kiwi-Lime Kool-Aid mix (and I'd be shocked if you can nowadays), try juicing four or five kiwi fruits and half a lime, then topping up with distilled water in which two sugar cubes have been dissolved (or however much sugar you like) and mixing thoroughly. Failing that, get some Monin (or a similar brand) Kiwi cocktail/soda syrup & mix it with some lime juice and water to taste.
You may be wondering why there're only Kabe and Rat-Bat fronting for this particular booze. "Where's the most obvious and famous of the bat-themed fictional characters?" you think. I left him out because The Certain Comics Company which owns that particular character is one of the most litigious corporations on the planet — ranking right up there with Mouse-Land During Farquaad's Tenure and A Certain Film Studio With A Star-Spangled Mountain Logo — whose executive officers and stormlawyers were born without senses of humour or proportion. Any companies that try to sue a 12-year-old boy for putting up a free, non-profit fan-site devoted to their properties deserve no more publicity until they clean up their acts. So I refuse to give the petty, vindictive bastards any free advertising (or any excuses to try to sue me).
Things to come
submitted by: Tresob Yr 03.10.10 at 12:01am
I really like getting things in the mail. The weeks of anticipation, the suspense of coming home every day, wondering if there will be a special prize in my mailbox...a little postal reward for my hard day put in at work...it brings a little drama and excitement to my otherwise mellow existence.
What I sort of don't enjoy getting in the mail, however, is a little post card telling me that my special prize won't be coming for another three months...which is what I got today instead of my Qui-Gon Jinn mailaway.
That's a bummer--but at least Hasbro is honoring their bargain and making more to send out. In these hard economic times, they definitely know to keep on the collectors' good side. Anyway, who knew there was this much love for perhaps the worst, most incompetent Jedi ever?
Back on the soapbox again!
submitted by: Darth Danno 03.10.10 at 12:01am
I'm sure all the Trekkies out there are absolutely soiling themselves over the fact their latest film got some nominations and even won an Oscar for best make-up, forcing me to once again mount my soapbox to examine the facts and put those cretins in their place.
Now most Oscar categories consist of 5 nominees, whereas this year the nominees for Best Make-Up consisted of only three (must have been a slow year, that they even gave this film a nomination is proof of that). Raising their odds from 20% to around 33.333%, whoop-de-freakin'-do! Perhaps some money exchanged hands, but I have no proof of that...yet. Its competitors consisted of "Il Divo" (never even heard of that one) and "The Young Victoria" (scratch "it must have been a slow year for make-up", it WAS a slow year!)
I hope they don't think that this puts them in the same caliber as Star Wars, if so, I've got three words for them...NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!!! It took them how many films to get a gold statue? Whereas the first film back in 1977 took home how many, and even got a Best Picture nomination, so lets just close this segment by stating Star Wars rules and Star Trek bites the big one!
On another note, as I predicted, "Fanboys" didn't win a single Oscar, of course it didn't help that it wasn't nominated for any!! Perhaps it was due to the film coming out too early in the year and the academy forgot about it by the time it came to dole out the nominations, or perhaps a smear campaign was put in place to make sure this film was forgotten and other less adequate films that were also released last year received certain minor nominations, such as "Best Make-Up". I'm not going to name names, it's just that some of the minor franchises want to "kling on" to the hope that their "enterprise" can ever be as good as the Star Wars saga, puh-lease! Suffice it to say that the Force will always be with us and that other series can assimilate my shorts, BOO-YAH!
Cheap shot
submitted by: Bill Cable 03.10.10 at 12:01am
Yeah, I was struggling for an idea like two hours past when I was supposed to start on my strip. And what I came up with... yeah it's cheap. But hey, count yourself lucky that you got anything at all for this week's "The Cantina" Comic Strip!!!
Office buzz
submitted by: Tresob Yr 03.03.10 at 12:01am
While I was in the midst of making this comic, it occurred to me that the Imperial Officer head variant II from the 2007 Saga Legends collections looks an awful lot like a grumpy Martin Freeman.
Someone should send Beedo a Hasbro Q&A asking them who the references were for the three officer heads.
But before you do, read this week's panels...
The ULTIMATE in Star Wars collectibles is planned
submitted by: Darth Danno 03.03.10 at 12:01am
Guess what we have coming down the pike, straight out of Hyperspace and right into your back yard, (because this would never fit in your house, unless you live in a hangar). Right on the heels of the BMF is the LSMF, or Life Size Millennium Falcon!
That's right, you can now (or soon will be able to) own your own Millenium Falcon. It won't be able to fly, but it will make a great conversation piece providing you can afford and have the space for it. The actual price has not been finalized, but suffice it to say, there are a lot of zeroes at the end of it!
You can play up in the gun turrets, hide out in the storage compartments, hang out in the hold, hours of fun for everyone. Originally they were going to ship it piece by piece as people would pay in installment plans to make it more affordable, but by the time everyone got every last piece, they'd be too old or even dead to enjoy it. Suffice it to say all the details haven't been worked out, but Lucasfilm hopes to have something tangible by the time the 30th Anniversary of "Return of the Jedi" happens.
Just think, if they start here, who knows what may follow: X-Wings, Sandcrawlers, maybe even...the Death Star! Start saving your pennies (and every last inch of free space you have) now!
And the winner is...
submitted by: Bill Cable 03.03.10 at 12:01am
The arm wrestling contest ends today. I'd like to thank Mike De Stefano for suggesting the story, giving me the opportunity to roll out a few Cantina characters who haven't been in the strip in a while. It was a nice trip down memory lane. So how to end it? You'll find the shocking conclusion in this week's "The Cantina" Comic Strip!!!
That's right... it's another Cable Original!!!
submitted by: Bill Cable 02.24.10 at 12:01am
So after producing only one Cable Original in the 12 months of 2009, I've already produced TWO Cable Originals in the first TWO months of 2010. Yay for increased productivity!!! Maybe this recession is bringing out my inner workhorse.
This newest addition to the gallery is a beloved and memorable character from the EU. The killer robot from Knights of the Old Republic - HK-47! This one went to staffer Darth Danno, and he absolutely loves it. And that makes me very content.
New SW animated series to premiere!
submitted by: Darth Danno 02.24.10 at 12:01am
Although no official air-date has been set, the B.S. (that's Bothan Spies) have passed along the info that Cartoon Network will soon be getting another animated series as a companion piece to "The Clone Wars", but this one will primarily focus on the Jedi-wanna-be's as they get their own program in: "Those Pesky and Perky Padawans"!
The show will center around a group of human and alien, male and female Padawans as they learn the ways of the Force and have a lot of fun doing it. From what I've heard, shenanigans and tomfoolery abound in this series as the Padawans get underfoot of their trainers, test the boundaries of their new-found powers, and attempt to comprehend this thing called "the Dark Side of the Force". Even though the show is primarily based on Coruscant, the animated cast will still get to "see the galaxy" as they go on field trips to far-off worlds as part of their training, accompany Jedi on diplomatic missions, and even stow away aboard Star Cruisers bound for the Clone Wars. Oooooooooooh!!!!! Now I don't know how true it is, but there's even talk of one episode featuring the kids entering a wormhole and ending up crossing paths with the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise!
No word yet on if the animation will resemble the present Clone Wars series, the past Clone Wars shorts, or some other style. SW celebrities like Daniel Logan, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and possibly even Harrison Ford have been asked to provide voice talents for some of the cast. Other celebrities rumored to lend their vocal skills include: Carrie Underwood, Mandy Moore, Kevin Smith, Robert Downey Jr., Jennifer Aniston, Jackie Chan, Kristen Bell, and Bradley Cooper. More info to be revealed at Celebration V. Guess we'll all have to "toon" in then, won't we?
The "Bored" Room
submitted by: Tresob Yr 02.24.10 at 12:01am
No man achieves greatness on his own. Jason had his Argonauts. Arthur had his Knights of the Round Table. Robin Hood had his Merry Men. Figrin Dan had his Modal Nodes. And George Lucas, of course, has his production team.
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