Greenpeace Takes on the VW Star Wars Ad
Among friends, most know my thoughts on Greenpeace and they’re not positive, still, got to give them credit for creativity.
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Environmentally Friendly Comic Books
After reading your comic book have you ever felt like it was just killing a tree? Do you want to do something good for the environment for the pounds of paper sitting in your long boxes? Sprout Home is answering the call with comic books you can plant after reading.
The comics themselves are short, but it’s a cool idea. For $9.50 you’re able to plant your comic and grow and wild flower garden. It’s perfect timing for the coming of Spring.
Celebrate Earth Day 2011 With Archie & Friends
Official Press Release
CELEBRATE EARTH DAY 2011 WITH ARCHIE & FRIENDS
Archie Comics, the leader in English language humor comics, is looking forward to celebrating Earth Day 2011 with all of its fans.
Each year Archie Comics produces a story in support of Earth Day. This year Archie Comics partners with Dianna Cohen, Co-Founder and Creative Director of the Plastic Pollution Coalition, and legendary Archie writer Angelo DeCesare to present the story “Bottle Battle!”
Annually millions of plastic bottles are recycled, but where do they go? Are they actually broken down a turned into something else? Or do they just disappear from sight? With the help of Veronica’s father Mr. Lodge, the kids from Riverdale High School discover what really happens to a bottle after the beverage is gone.
As a special promotion for Earth Day 2011, this comic will be available for sale as a single issue subscription from the Archie Comic Shop at archiecomics.stores.yahoo.net. Order your copy today!
ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #4
“Adventures in the Wonder Realm” Part 4. “Bottle Battle!”
“Adventures in the Wonder Realm” continue as Archie, Jughead and Betty fight for their lives against angry food and rock creatures standing between them and freedom! Will Veronica and their new friend Cheroby help the team in completing all the different levels? Or will they be lost in the Wonder Realm forever?
In “Bottle Battle!” the kids discover what happens to your bottle of water after you drink the water. It a special story honoring Earth Day!
SCRIPT: Stephen Oswald and Angelo DeCesare
ARTIST: Joe Staton and Bob Smith
COVER: Joe Staton, Bob Smith and Tito Pena
Shipping Date: 3/23/2011
On Sale at Comic Shops: 3/30/2011
Newsstands: 4/12/11
Digest, 160 pgs, 30 lb newsprint, Full-Color
$3.99 US
‘Groundbreaking’ Paperless Eco Comics Announced By Mohawk Media
Official Press Release
‘GROUNDBREAKING’ PAPERLESS ECO COMICS ANNOUNCED BY MOHAWK MEDIA
British publisher Mohawk Media has today announced Eco Comics, a range of environmentally-friendly, paperless comic books.
The first digital comic book from the Eco Comics range available now to download or view online is Heroic High, an adventure set on an island superhero community, written by Chris Bunting and drawn by Kit Wallis.
Editor Stuart Buckley says: “Paper used in the production of comic books can have a damaging effect on the environment, and paying perhaps the biggest price is the tiger, whose habitat this threatens.
“As for sustainable forestry, world-leading environmental organisations have criticised its weak regard for social and ecological issues.
“We believe these downloadable, paperless comics are groundbreaking, having been deliberately designed to have a minimal carbon footprint.
“The added bonuses for the reader are lower cover prices for the same level of quality entertainment, while knowing that they’re being eco-friendly.”
To download Eco Comics go to http://www.mohawkmedia.co.uk/ecocomics. Following a quick payment system, you can download or view the comics online in various formats, including a page-flip format. PDFs are also available and can be downloaded to iPad.
Buckley continues: “Buying Eco Comics only takes minutes. It’s much faster and easier than going to a comic book store! We hope Eco Comics is the start of an evolution, taking advantage of the latest technologies to help minimise the impact of comic production on the environment.”
Eco Comics are available from http://www.mohawkmedia.co.uk/ecocomics.
Heroic High is a 25-page paperless comic book, available now at $1.95.
Avengers Assemble! Episode 3: Oil Spill
Wonder what the Avengers do when they’re not fighting crime? Avengers Assemble! is a humorous web series bringing us a sneak peak as to what happens behind the scenes. Here’s the third episode.
Choice Quotes
Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #1
Vision – They call themselves the Sons of the Serpent — a paramilitary sect devoted to maintaining racial and moral purity.
Patriot – They’re white supremacists.
Hawkeye – To be fair, they also hate gays and lesbians.
Patriot – And uppity women apparently.
and
Random bad guy – “As the serpent drove Adam and Eve from Eden… so shall we drive out the unfit — the inferior!”
Hulkling – You’re actually using the Bible to justify murder?
Random bad guy – What would you know about the Bible sodomite?
Brightest Day #5
Aquaman – They said it’d take weeks to find something that could withstand pressures at 5,000 feet so they could fix this leak. But they didn’t count on us, Mera.
Mera – The owners of this rig might be begging someone to clean up their reckless mess, but they won’t like our shutting down all their wells.
Aquaman – Too bad. They’re done drilling offshore. This fuel has done more damage than good to the world. It’s perpetuated war, greed and corruption.
Sparta U.S.A. #5
Narrator – Here in Sparta, we love our homes. “A Spartan’s home is his castle.” The great Ronald Reagan said that. If I’m remembering my American Patriots class right. Folks around here’d die defending their homes.
X-Men #1
Wolverine – Hell. Just when things were looking up. Al Qaeda in San Francisco.
Young Allies #2
Reed Richards – … it would have been impossible to stop him from instantly committing a terroristic act of suicide.
and
Singularity – Personally, I’m appalled. I thought we were supposed to be more sophisticated than those savages across the ocean from us.
Aquaman Sponsored By BP
DaveOMac over at Crimson Monkey has another BP/Aquaman mash-up. He figures the Blackest Night Aquaman would fit right in now with all of the dead sea life courtesy of British Petroleum.
Since this is in essence a “reverse” Aquaman, the king of the seas knows where his bank is and instead will protect oil rigs, drilling and his corporate sponsors from evil dirty hippies who are the cause of the leak the first arc focuses on.
Every issue would also end with important tips and lessons for kids. Among these lessons would be why it’s silly for their parents to protest BP as BP is fixing this mistake and continues to bring them competitive prices at the pump and contains 50% ethanol! Also kids will learn that tar balls are fun, especially when you have enough for a game of dodge ball. Sometime though these lessons will get serious and explain important things to the kids, like how the dead birds deserve their fates for being heathens and not accepting Jesus into their hearts.
I think I’d make room on my pull list for this one!
This would be great satire if the situation weren’t so sad. Please share any good charities to help out the situation in the comments.
BP Killed Aquaman, You Bastards!
This one is making the rounds in response to the oil spill by British Petroleum. Don’t worry he’ll be back as a zombie. I wonder how the Sub-Mariner is holding up?
[via Aquaman Shrine]
Green Comics – Manga Farming
File this one under different. As posted at PinkTenticle, Tokyo based artist Koshi Kawachi recently demonstrated his “Manga Farming” technique. The artist is using old manga as a growing medium for vegetables. If you’re in Japan you can see the technique at the Matsuzakaya department store in Nagoya where an installation of radish sprouts is on display.
Choice Quotes
Breaking Into Comics the Marvel Way #2
Psychiatrist – I’m guessing there’s a reason you shot that poor woman in the face?
Deadpool – Duh! Paper or plastic? Helooo? You have any idea what plastic bags do to the environment? I’m Al Gore’s messenger of death, beeyotch!
Captain America #604
David Price – God, no… I may be mad as hell ’cause Washington’s forgotten main street… but I ain’t gonna blow up my own country.
Deadpool #21
Deadpool – What’re you waiting for!? Web ‘im up!
Spider-man – That just seems so… inhumane…
Deadpool – What’re you, a PETA spokesperson, all of a sudden?
Thunderbolts #142
Scourge/Nuke – But I’m more than any one soldier. I am the defender of the American dream! And I am going to rid this country of invasive elements per my orders!
U.S.Agent – Dear lord, and to think I supported Osborn. All along he’s been putting monsters like you in charge of this nation’s security. You think you’re a patriot?! You think you can wrap yourself in the flag — and justify your madness?! You’re everything that’s wrong! You’re the American nightmare!
