Original Comic Book: Blasto the Clown - Issue 1 - Blasto Begins

Blasto the Clown is a book from the mind of Kevin Moyers by way of very odd circumstances.

Blasto was a character conceived for another friend, Jeff, to play in real life.  He was to be a clown for a fart fetish video.  Page two was basically shout out to the origin.  The video never happened but the creative, or twisted rather, minds of Abnormal Entertainment had other plans for a face painted hero.

One night, during a recording of Maskerpiece Theatre, Kevin Moyers said to me he had the perfect project to work on with me.  He said it was about a farting clown named Blasto and that was all I needed to hear.  We met up one day and after a few(okay, many) beers and after three quarters of the day wasted, we came up with the first issue of Blasto the Clown.  Kevin already had the origin in mind, we just needed a good way to showcase his newly found "power."

This was a great project for me to immerse myself in.  I have always enjoyed drawing comic books and this gave me an outlet.  I actually left my full time job to work on this, and other projects.  We were able to unveil Blasto at Phoenix ComiCon as a short film, you know, because we added voices and sound effects to it.  The pages were done in pencil and ink with the colors added digitally.  The cover, an homage to Marvel's Amazing Fantasy #15, was all done digitally.

Okay, I'm done yapping, here's Blasto Begins!

Blasto Begins can also be viewed on YouTube here:  https://youtu.be/188Y_vCxF0s

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Comic Book Review: Batman - Issue 44 - DC Comics (2015)

Title: Batman Issue Number: 44

Writer: Scott Snyder, Brian Azzarello Artist: Jock

This is a flashback tale to continue the story of Mr. Bloom.  That said, a person could read Batman #44 and enjoy it as a book on its own.  Batman is investigating the odd death of a 16 year old boy who appears to have died from being dropped from an extreme height in the middle of nowhere.  Batman investigates by going down his list of rogues to figure out who would be the most likely suspect.  The Penguin makes an appearance in this fantastic tale that runs very similar parallels to our current real world.  Racial tensions between bad policeman and young black youths; the wealthy feeling that they are helping run down neighborhoods by building what is, at the time of conception, affordable apartments; and the all-around view of financially constrained neighborhoods overrun by gang activity.  

Batman #44 is a wonderful read with the continued writing of Scott Snyder coupled with a guest co-writing of Brian Azzarello.  Jock is the guest artist in this issue and his incredible and gritty artwork goes so well with this flashback story.  The use of hard hitting action, Batman’s inventive interrogations and close-ups of facial expressions make for an absolutley magnificent looking book.  The addition of newspaper clippings between panels brings the parallels of the harsh city of Gotham and the actual world we live in to the forefront.  Despite the $4.99 price tag, this book is worth picking up, even if you do not follow the current series.

Okay, so there was one glaring negative in this book.  There is a panel where a character is talking to Batman and the use of “should of” instead of “should’ve” is in the word balloon.  It should’ve been a contraction.  Even if you were implying the character has a less than stellar use of grammar, the words “should’ve” and “should of” are said the same way and should’ve been typed correctly.

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Act 117: Top 10 Superheroes

We are finally here!  21-40 were on Twitter and 11-20 were on the last podcast.  The top 10 superheroes as voted on by the show hosts, hosts of other podcasts, friends of Maskerpiece Theatre and many of our listeners.

Did your favorite superhero make the list?  Do you agree with the top 5?  Contact the show and let us know:
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Act 116: Superhero Countdown

As voted on by hosts, friends of the show, listeners and some new followers on Twitter; we bring to you the Countdown of Superheroes!  Did your favorites make the list?
This episode counts down from 20 to 11.

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