Hardware Vulture
I did this strip a couple years ago making fun of a phenomenon often witnessed at HP. As soon as someone leaves the company, a group of hungry hardware “vultures” appears to claim any valuable technological tools and gadgets. And yes, I’ve eagerly participated myself. Hence the toon.
It kills me to post an old toon today as I actually finished 2 new ones this evening. But, those are for a specific purpose which I cannot yet divulge. As soon as I can, I’ll point you to them and I hope they are good enough to get a chuckle out of ya.
I actually had an idea for toons all this week, but with this project due, I don’t know if I’ll manage it or not. We’ll have to see. It would be beneficial for me to get them done ASAP since the topic is sort of time-sensitive. I should be able to manage one or two of them this week.
Anybody get to see Spider-Man 3? Manage to snag some comics on Free Comic Book Day? Personally I witnessed both.
Loved Spider-Man 3. It was a little better than I expected it to be. Loved Venom which is what I was most nervous about, but the character I thought shined the best was the Sandman. Good acting, good story, great special effects. Can’t wait to go again. 
Still reading comics from Saturday, but I did enjoy the Spidey and my kids have already devoured the Uncle Scrooge and Mickey Mouse ones. Cool stuff. 
Well, time to hit the sack. Happy Monday, all.
May 7th, 2007 at 8:20 am
update to Spiderman 3: The Movie Cost 258 Million to produce.
On Friday it made 58 Million in ticket sales. By Sunday Night It was up to 309 Million. So in three days the most expensive moive ever made was in the black. Way to go Americans!!! We love to be #1. Even when we set the pace.
May 7th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Yep, Spidey started out in the red, but then he was back in (the) black. And in the comics, he’s STILL in the black.
Don’t read below if you’re concerned about SPOILERS from Spider-Man3:
Interesting how the movie is themed on revenge and forgiveness with Spider-Man eventually rejecting the black suit, but in the comics right now he just picked up that suit again. So the comics seem to contradict the message of the movie.
SM3, based on events in The Secret Wars from the 80s and then events in Amazing Spider-Man 252 and beyond, has Peter Parker giving the alien suit a shot for a time and then getting rid of it. In the comics right now he’s angry enough over Aunt May being shot that he’s picked up the costume again, serious about taking out whoever tried to kill his aunt. Obviously, the costume change in the comics is a marketing move to coincide with the costume in the movie and the storyline makes for a convincing justification. So in the end, I guess making a buck is more important to Marvel than the moral of the story in the movie. Big surprise there.
Unless they plan to re-emphasize the moral in the comics later… Which would be nice because then the last couple of less-than-stellar issues of Amazing Spider-Man would at least serve some sort of purpose. Besides having way cool cover art.
Haven’t been real impressed with Amazing, but Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and Sensational both have been very cool lately. I’ve been buying FN Spider-Man for awhile, but fell behind in reading it, so lately I grabbed issues 16-19 and read them all at once and was greatly impressed. The story on those is really good. And then last week I picked up #20 which turned out to be the best book I got that week. Several good jokes and the story remains very good. Love the Spidey books!
May 8th, 2007 at 8:06 am
Hey, I’ve been in a stoopid training class all day yesterday and getting ready to go in for part II in a few minutes, but I did want to write and tell you that all 4 of us went to se SM3 on Sunday! I thought it absolutely rocked! I kept thinking “this is what Hollywood escapism is all about!” I loved the thrill-ride feel, the great effects, the marvelesque storyline about revenge/forgiveness/redemption (just like you did). I really enjoyed the villans too, although Toby complained that Venom had been turned into someting much too family friendly. I did have to agree that he had a point (even Sandman was a rather sympatetic bad-guy). I mean like what happened to Venom’s disgusting tongue? He was a seriously sicko villan as I recall. I didn’t bother me though as I completely enjoyed it and will certainly own it once it comes out on DVD
See you tonight.
May 8th, 2007 at 10:02 am
Well I have to agree with Toby. It was definitely a kinder, gentler Venom. When I heard they were doing Venom, I was hoping for the huge hulking version, which I got a glimpse of when Eddie Brock was separated from the suit for a few seconds. But yeah, the teeth looked cool, but it wasn’t quite what Spidey fans were used to with like 600 razor-sharp teeth and a tongue that would put Gene Simmons to shame. I did enjoy it though. Venom was impressive, even though he wasn’t the full-on terrifying comic version.
I liked how they did the Sandman, although I haven’t read any of the real stories about him in the comics. So if we’re not supposed to be sympathetic, that went over my head. I was just real impressed with his acting, the effects around him and the depth they gave him emotionally. Which really isn’t a lot, but he got more than most characters in the movie.
Me too on the DVD. That’s one I’ll be getting the day it comes out!
May 9th, 2007 at 3:38 pm
hey, now that you,re a taekwondoist (our instructors term) maybe you should end all your posts with ‘hiyaaaa!’ like the askaninja dude! Sorry’ just a thought.