Comic for Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Posted: 12:15 am, Wednesday, May 28th

And *I* can't believe that I never used the devils-on-the-shoulder trick with Pete before. Maybe I always thought it was too cartoon-y (this is a comic, after all, and not a cartoon).

I was actually out running a lot of errands the what-not yesterday, so I have little linkage today. But I have plenty of video footage, so hopefully that'll tide everyone over 'til the Lost finale on Thursday. Or 'til tomorrow's strip, whichever.

I forget what it was in reference to, but some blog entry that Deadspin linked to yesterday (oh, right, it was about the SI cover with Bizarro on it, like a comic book), and it's an absolutely bizarre Spider-Man clip from the Electric Company centering on a human wall and Morgan Freeman.

Wow, that was not quality.

The other two things I have are kind of related. One involves parkour, or free-running. Everybody saw Casino Royale? If not, go Netflix that and give it a look. The opening sequence is eighty times more awesome than any sequence in Indiana Jones and the Skull and the Kingdom and the Crystal. OK, that opening sequence, the dude that Bond is chasing is like the founder or the maestro of this sport called free-running, which is just crazy running-and-jumping shit in urban environments. He's in a K-Swiss ad right now, and K-Swiss being a fifth-tier sneaker in this country, they fucking film the most exciting athlete you can think of in all close-ups so that you can't tell he's doing something mind-blowing. Luckily, there are blogs that have a lot of free-running news, and YouTube, of course, is a trove.

This first one is from a documentary called Jump London, but I haven't watched it all yet.

And this one is just a highlight reel - if you're pressed for time, I'd watch this one.

And on Memorial Day, after 51 and her sister and CK all vacated World HQ, 2.0 and I caught a little bit of So You Want to Dance on Fox, which is embarrassing to admit, but then we caught this bit of robotic awesomeness at the end. I implore you to watch this, it is bad-ass.

Oh, man, that is so good.

bullfrog

Zero -- Wednesday, May 28 2008, 08:17 am

The opening in Casino Royale is indeed awesome, and Mrs. Z loved it because it was a Bond much more like the one from the early books - a shoot-first, ask questions later thug. I got annoyed at the movie with the poker - it's easy to win when you have the best cards, show him being a skilled bluffer.

Devil Pete looks swank.

Zero

Yeah, on re-watching, that poker scene was interminable. Choreographed poker is to the movies of the aughts what hacking was to the movies of the nineties.

Love the devils in the strip today! Also that their speech balloons are on fire. Hee!

Also, what does Pete's shirt say?

"Free Eliot Spitzer". He first broke it out back when that was actually relevant. I must've had to check an old strip when I was writing something and was reminded of it.

So, Pete's going to hell?

I liked the other Casino Royale better, the one that was actually started as a parody of James Bond, with Woody Allen playing Bond's inept and ultimately evil son, or son-in-law, I can't remember which.

After last night's Yankees lost, LaTroy Hawkins is to the Yankees as Leroy Jenkins is to your mmorpg group or guild. And the Yankees are now firmly in last place.

Oh, man, it even fits the syllables. They should call him either LaTroy Jenkins or Leroy Hawkins from now on. Awesome.

I have to say, Pete's devils *are* pretty fly dressers.

Devil Pete is pretty soundly based on the devil from Sinfest, which is a great strip. All over the place, but great.

http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2817