Locus publisher, editor, and co-founder Charles N. Brown, 72, died peacefully in his sleep July 12, 2009.

Locus Magazine, covering the science fiction and fantasy field since 1968, is a monthly 8 1/2 x 11'' magazine often with a bright red border. Locus publishes news of the Science Fiction publishing field with extensive reviews and listings of new science fiction books and magazines. Locus has won many awards, including 29 Hugo Awards.

Charles Brown was a fixture at many conventions, and was planning to attend our North American Discworld Convention this September in Tempe, AZ. Charles, you will be missed.

Tags: convention, death, publishing, sci-fi
i am: sad

Hey all! I was driving for 15 hours yesterday (!) so didn't have time to post, but yes, I have seen the news (thanks for sending it in anyway, though!) :)

Ryan Reynolds will be playing Green Lantern.

And here's another link.

I am not sure how I feel about this. My head may explode, what with this being the THIRD comic book character he'll have played. And what with me wanting him to do AWESOME as Deadpool and somehow also pull off being Green Lantern as well (although I have faith that he can do it if anyone can). But, as pensive1 points out, I finally got my wish - #ryanreynolds was finally a trending topic on Twitter. Heh.

Tags: actors, comics, deadpool, movies, twitter
i am: bouncy

Am still uber-busy, but needed to take a brief foray into linkspam to say: Ryan Reynolds, you so crazy!

Along with working on Deadpool for 2011 (yaaaaaay!), Reynolds is also going to be starring in Buried, an indie flick where Reynolds is the ONLY character, and he spends the entire movie buried in a coffin with a knife, a candle, and a cell phone. Say what? You heard me. I have no idea if this is going to be awesome or just nuts, but I will definitely have to see it. Here's an article with a quote about the movie from Reynolds:

‘Buried’ is the story about a guy who’s buried (laughs). It’s the only movie I’ve ever heard of with only one person in it. So it’s just me, I’m the only person in the whole movie so, I don’t know. We’ll see. It’s either going to be, you know, the greatest, most experimental cool movie ever made or God knows what.

I also have to link this article, not because it has any different news, but because it contains a hilarious typo:

So, Ryan Reynolds announced that he was going to be following-up his studio flicks X-Men Origins: Wolverine and X-Men Origins: The Proposal with an indie thriller by Spanish director Rodrigo Cortes.

X-MEN ORIGINS: THE PROPOSAL. HEEEEEE.

You know, I'd kind of love to see that. Like an eXtreme version of The Proposal, where instead of Margaret Tate proposing to her employee Andrew Paxton to stop her deportation from the U.S., we get like, Black Widow II proposing to the guy she's supposed to capture, Deadpool (and hey, ScarJo and Reynolds would barely have to act - they've already done the thing in real life!) as part of a scheme not to get booted from the Thunderbolts team by Osborn or something (well, you know, he did want her to capture Deadpool's heart. It could work!). And then there would be crazy shenanigans where Black Widow THOUGHT Deadpool was just some poor slob who lives in a crappy apartment in Manhattan, but then they fly out over the ocean to meet his family (Cable, of course) on the family estate and Black Widow discovers that if he wanted to, Deadpool could take over governance of the island of Providence, but he's just HAPPIER living in Manahattan and narrowly escaping death or capture by Black Widow, because he's a masochistic romantic at heart. And of course that suddenly makes her realize that she loves him too much to marry him and let Osborn kill him!

But then, this would be an X-Men movie, so by that point there would have been lots of yelling and explosions, and Deadpool would be trying to convince Black Widow he'd risk Death by Green Goblin for her, and Black Widow would beat Deadpool up in an over-the-top martial arts fight for being such an idiot as to prefer a crappy apartment in Manhattan and being shot at all the time to life on Providence with Cable, and Osborn would appear on a glider to try to fire Black Widow and deport Deadpool to outer space, and some minor characters would die, and there'd be a giant fight scene where Deadpool and Black Widow would prove their love for each other by fighting "back to back!" and taking on some ultimate killing machine engineered by a corrupt military, and then they'd kiss passionately, and then Deadpool would get shot in the head by a special bullet and become more crazy than he was before by forgetting his love for Black Widow and developing split personalities that talk to each other via little boxes, and the movie would end with Black Widow dying in the sands and Deadpool running off to go assassinate somebody.

Hey. I could totally see it.

Speaking of Deadpool (as we do, often), I happened upon a fantastic new (I think?) Deadpool sculpture. That, sadly, appears to be only in the Philippines right now (what's up with that??). But take a look. It's Deadpool as seen in one of my favorite pics from Cable & Deadpool. It looks amazing. I WANT IT. (*sigh*)

And speaking of both Ryan Reynolds and Deadpool, my favorite Ryan Reynolds & Deadpool pic of the week.

And speaking of comics in general, via cleolinda, we have Panels 66: Why Chicks Cry. The captions are hilarious.

(And via spectralbovine, the follow-up: Ladies, Beware. Heh.)

And now, back to work.

Tags: cleolinda, collectables, comics, deadpool, linkspam, movies, ryan reynolds, silliness, spectralbovine
i am: creative

Happy 4th, everybody! That's really all for now. :)

Tags: holidays
i am: cheerful

New Statement from Ryan Reynolds about Upcoming Deadpool Movie

OK, I know it's short, but whatever. Any news about this movie gets me all excited!

Tags: actors, comics, deadpool, linkspam, movies, ryan reynolds
i am: hungry

And finally:

( Deadpool Appearances I Own by Book )

( Other Lists of Deadpool Appearances )

Tags: comics, deadpool, lists, the deadpool collection
i am: busy

( Chronological List of Comics I Personally Own that Deadpool Is In: 2005 - Present )

 

 

Tags: comics, deadpool, lists, the deadpool collection
i am: busy

Alright, I'm finally going to cave and actually list this stuff now so that I can link other people here when they need it. Every so often I see another "can someone point me to a complete list of Deadpool appearances?" question, and there are a bunch of lists out there, but no one is ever sure how complete they are, and the question continues to reappear because it's all somewhat confusing, and so now I am going to try to simplify it for everyone.

I own almost everything Deadpool's ever appeared in, so for allll you Deadpool fans out there, I'm going to go ahead and list the comics I 100% know for sure Deadpool is in because I own them. And then I'll list the ones I'm not sure about but have seen mentioned. And then I'll list the ones he'll be in soon. And then I'll list the other places that have lists. Gee, aren't I swell? I'm so swell that this post will be in more than one part, because LJ can't even HANDLE how swell this post will be.

For this list you also get a note if the appearance is something less than an appearance/dialogue in the story (i.e. a pinup, a trading card, a cover, a profile, etc.) and the writer for each issue. Just for fun.

**Please note - if you know of any other appearances I should add, please comment and let me know!**


( Chronological List of Comics I Personally Own that Deadpool Is In: 1993-2004 )

Tags: cable, comics, deadpool, lists, the deadpool collection
i am: busy

Another drive-by post. Soooo busy. Job searching, the Discworld convention coming up in a little over 2 mos., and just general stufffff. But: good news - I had an interview! Hooray! *crosses fingers*


In icon things, I finally remembered to post the Deadpool icons I made from my Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 screencaps.

Samples:

1. 2. 3.

Check out all 26 here.


Speaking of Deadpool, Bob, Agent of HYDRA Hail HYDRA! finally answered the questions people asked him over on ask_deadpool. Go check it out. Do it for Bob! He gets sad if he thinks no one loves him.


And also speaking of Deadpool, and in conjunction, Dolls I Really, Really Want to Own, there are now FOUR on the list, as opposed to three. Of course there's the Bowen Deadpool, which I still crave liek whoa, as well as the Marvel Legends Deadpool, which is likewise awesome. And then there's the John Connor doll, which is so lifelike that if I got it I fear I'd wind up with Tiny Angry Christian Bale striding around my shelf telling my other dolls they ARE the resistance (and you just KNOW Clan Deadpool would listen, although I suspect Harley Quinn would just turn up her nose and tell him to shower. She's prissy like that). Now ENTERBAY has given me yet another reason to wish I had money for frivolous things: the (tattooed) Michael Scofield doll. Which looks like it will be amazing, with the fantastic tattoos and the great head sculpt. As cleolinda says re: wanting to get one for her mom, "Michael can sit on her office shelf and Blue Steel at her coworkers all day." *covets*

( And oh look, pics of all the dolls because they are so cool! )


Speaking of TV & movie-related things (sort of), Public Enemies comes out tomorrow! I am so excited for it, but am waiting to see it with a friend I think. Which is ok, since I think I'm going out of town for the holiday anyway! Also, SO excited about Harry Potter 6 which is FINALLY coming out soon. Hurrah!


And finally, a couple of links:

House of Prince: What is Twitter (a guide for newbies) (via @neilhimself)

An interview with Rhianna Pratchett about The Overlord

Aaaand back to work!

Tags: ask_deadpool, christian bale, collectables, deadpool, job search, linkspam, movies, prison break, terry pratchett, theiconolatrist
i am: busy

Kelly's Wedding Adventures start tomorrow, and I'm working on still more job applications, so ack, not much time for anything else. But I had to share a few quick links that have been collecting on my "to post" list:

YouTube

Via Phil, we have Arlington: The Rap, a very accurate account of the neighborhood I live in. I laughed and laughed. Ten million Starbucks' for the win!

Via wmslawhorn, the LED sheep! SO COOL.

One of my favorite Marvel/DC parodies to date: Marvel/DC: The Hangover, Up, and Drag Me To Hell Parodies. (Featuring Deadpool.) HEEEE.

Speaking of Marvel, did I link the 3rd Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 trailer yet? Lots of Deadpool goodness, a Cable cameo, and an awesome Venom attack I want to try.

And because I still love chinchillas even if I no longer have any:

chinchilla tapdancing

and

adorable baby chinchilla

Other Stuff

Another interesting Sims 3 experiment: Alice and Kev: The Story of Being Homeless in The Sims 3

Russet Noon? Potato Moon! So a long, long time ago (ok, April 20) Peter David (writer) got annoyed with that dumb fan who was declaring that copyright couldn't stop her from trying to publish a "sequel" to Twilight. So he came up with an idea to have some fun with a parody. Essentially, he and his young daughter wrote a chapter of a Twilight-related parody, and then anyone who wanted to do a chapter could write in and participate. I did, since, hey, why not? And then I forgot about it. Until a few days ago, when I got the email saying it was my turn. The story is actually fairly fun to read so far. You can check it out starting here. Or, here's my chapter.

And now, bed!

Tags: chillas, comics, deadpool, funny, kelly s, marvel, marvel/dc, mua, video clip, video games, writers, writing, youtube
i am: stressed

I did a voice post today over at ask_deadpool to celebrate the blog having over 100 readers. Since I haven't even had a minute to eat dinner yet, I'm calling it a day, and officially declaring my voice post about Deadpool writers to be today's Deadpool Week feature. Mwahaha!

I promise, I'll go back to scans next. :)

ETA: Don't miss the newest Marvel/DC parody. It's HI-larious. AND features Deadpool again. Yay!

Tags: ask_deadpool, blogs, comics, deadpool, deadpool week, marvel, marvel/dc, parodies, voicepost, writers
set location: heading to the kitchen
i am: hungry
soundtrack: The Lights - Raise Your Hand (Lifeblood Remix)

I know, I got a bit behind on posting. But I'm back! A bit later. OK, OK, maybe we should just call it Deadpool Month, huh? Probably.

Anyway, skipping way forward from our last Deadpool Week post, in which Cable and Deadpool swapped some DNA, Deadpool has been having trouble getting merc werc due to the whole world thinking he lobotomized Cable, their mutant messiah. Which, you know, he DID. But only because Cable told him to! And then he spent several issues trying to revive Cable, which he eventually did. So he's not The Bad Guy (well, sometimes he is. But not right now). But people think so; hence, the unemployment. In the true spirit of the bromance that is this storyline, Cable has been secretly hiring Deadpool to do different jobs for him, so that Deadpool feels useful. In this one, he's sent Deadpool to get something for him, and Deadpool thinks Ken of The Daily Bugle can help him get it...

( Why oh why do I let my enthusiastic nature always get the best of me? )

And they all live happily ever after. Heh.

Tags: comics, deadpool, deadpool week, marvel, scans, spider-man
i am: productive

Cuteness of the day: Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer

D'aww. I was not one of the astute Neil-journal-readers who caught on that they were dating before Neil mentioned it (possibly because I didn't know if he was actually still married or not) but now that I know, I have to say they are just too cute together.

Funny pic of the day: Stan, drumroll please...

HEE.

Tags: comics, linkspam, pics, picspam, stan lee, twitter, wonderful neil
i am: hungry

Exploring the Mysteries of the Mind with the Sims 3

I laughed. Psychological experiments with Sims is something I never even thought of. But clearly, this dude did. Read the whole thing - it just gets funnier and funnier.


PG Porn

This is what I get for Googling images of Nathan Fillion for one that will show how Peter Andre reminds me of a crazy-eyed Nathan in this pic. Yes, this really is a "show" (or at least a series of short videos) and Nathan Fillion is in the first one. Heh.


California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has unveiled a plan to save money by phasing out school textbooks in favour of internet aids

Is the man completely brain-dead? Phasing out school textbooks to save money? REALLY?? How completely ridiculous. I hope California doesn't let this happen.

Tags: funny, idiocy, linkspam, nathan fillion, politics
i am: rushed

EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Reynolds Confirms ‘Deadpool’ Details — Scars, Costume And All!

You guys, seriously? What do I have to do to somehow appear in Hollywood and consult on this movie? Sell my soul? There may be a little Deadpool-dedicated piece I could spare! Heh.

Such awesome, awesome news.

Tags: deadpool, deadpool movie, linkspam, movies, ryan reynolds
i am: excited

I had a really great time in Philly on Wednesday - I went to see "The Fellas Live!" show at The Trocadero, featuring Ardal O'Hanlon, Tommy Tiernan, and DYLAN MORAN. I actually went into the city around 2 so I could wander around a bit, and ended up re-visiting the Liberty Bell, seeing the foundations of The President's House, visiting a portrait gallery, finding a tiny cute bookstore, discovering Carpenter's Hall (real home of the First Continental Congress), sitting in George Washington's pew at Christ Church, walking by Ben Franklin's printshop (closed by 5, sadly, but the employee leaving was very nice and told me all about it), and visiting Ben Franklin's grave.

Then I hightailed it over to Brian's recommended restaurant, Caribou Cafe on 11th and Walnut, which was very good - I asked for a quiet place so they put me upstairs where for awhile I was the only customer, which was good since I needed to have a quiet little breather after all the walking (the downstairs was very crowded). The meal was excellent - pasta, duck confit, and figs - and I had just enough time to really enjoy it before hurrying along to the Troc.

Brian's friend Bob had said he wanted my other ticket, so I met up with him outside the club and we chatted for awhile before the show (where we sat front row center, hehe). There were A LOT of actual Irish people there. I was amazed. Probably 2/3 of the theatre, actually. It was fun to listen to them before the show and during intermissions. For the show, Ardal was on first, then Dylan, then Tommy. They were all three extremely funny, and the whole show was entertaining. Dylan is even more charismatic and adorable in person than on TV. He definitely had his trademark floppy hair. Sadly, we were not allowed to take photos and as far as I know (we stayed for a bit after the show but not too long) the comedians didn't come out afterwards. But the show was fantastic, so that's ok. And then I took a laaaate train back to DC.

...

The sad news I just got is that my grandma's friend Lloyd, who she's known I believe since they were kids, and who has been a good friend to her and our family, passed away yesterday from lung cancer. He was essentially one of my grandma's best friends, and SUCH a nice, nice man. I am sad that he's gone. I believe he was 91, so at least he had a good, full life, but still. Lloyd, you will be missed.

Tags: adventures, brian, comedy, death, dylan moran, family, food, friends, grandma, history, ireland, traveling
i am: sleepy

Hey, any of my list going to be in Philly this week and want to see the Dylan Moran comedy show Wed. night? Looks like I may not be able to go now, and I'd like to either sell the tickets or give them to a friend who could go. Let me know.

Tags: dylan moran

How did I not post this already, you guys??

HEE.

Tags: deadpool, humor, marvel, marvel/dc, movies, parodies, video clip, watchmen, x-men, youtube
i am: amused
soundtrack: "Aaaaand, you lost me"

Via youtubedeadpool on Twitter:

Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds Behind the Scenes of The Proposal

HEEEEEE Betty White.

And poor, unknown Ryan. *sadface*

Tags: funny, movies, ryan reynolds, video clip
i am: amused

Just found a few links I forgot to post:

Making Money: Terry Pratchett vs. the Global Economic Crisis

And speaking of Terry,

The Colour of Magic the movie will be available from Amazon on July 14.

Nation has won the "Fiction and Poetry" category of the 2009 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children’s Literature. Congrats again, Terry!!

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I can't remember if I've linked this before, but it is the most awesome Deadpool papercraft I have ever seen. *LOVE*

And speaking of Deadpool, Rob Liefeld posted a cool Cable & Deadpool sketch card recently.

Tags: artists, awards, cable, cable & deadpool, crafts, deadpool, linkspam, movies, terry pratchett
i am: working
soundtrack: DMB - You Might Die Trying