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Hi Def DVD Format Wars

November 25th, 2006 | Posted in It's All Geek to Me!

I’m getting imaptient and just might take the plunge in December and get a high definition DVD player for the home theater. I’ve been waiting for prices to come down, second generation hardware to come out (less bugs) and more importantly to get a grasp of who is going to win the format war. For those who aren’t AV geeks out in cyberspace, there is currently a format war raging with respect to the next generation of DVDs: high definition DVDs. Most people have heard of “high definition” TV, which is broadcast via special antennas and on cable/satellite systems. Regular TV resolution is 640 x… READ MORE

Sketch O’The Day

November 24th, 2006 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

Here’s today’s sketch, celebrity nutcase Tom Cruise: The tabloids, magazines and press love to jump all over people like Cruise, who seem to take themselves way too seriously and offer up their opinions on anything and everything as if they don’t make their living pretending to be other people in front of a camera but are instead expert psychologists, politicians or what have you. People have been ridiculing Cruise (perhaps justly) for months and his career has even suffered as a result. However can we really blame actors like Cruise for thinking they are more important than the rest of us? Who’s really to blame?… READ MORE

Wall of Shame: The OC

November 24th, 2006 | Posted in MAD Magazine

I haven’t done one of these in a while, so here is another piece hanging on my Wall of Shame. For those who aren’t familiar with it, I have an area outside my studio where I hang framed prints of some of my MAD splash pages that have been signed by some of the subjects depicted in them. They all have a story. I previously recounted the stories of how I got the ones of the Sopranos, Two and a Half Men and of Lost. The piece for today’s Wall of Shame was for the parody of the TV show The O.C.. Unlike the previous… READ MORE

Sketch O’The Day

November 23rd, 2006 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

Happy Thanksgiving! Of course Opsman probably doesn’t think this looks anything like a turkey…. READ MORE

Sketch O’The Day

November 22nd, 2006 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat. I confess to have never seen a single second of this guy’s act. I don’t know why… just can’t work up the interest. READ MORE

Entourage

November 22nd, 2006 | Posted in General

As I mentioned before I’ve been watching Entourage on HBO recently. Great show… I find myself laughing out loud a lot… many time because of this man, Jeremy Piven: READ MORE

Sketch O’The Day

November 21st, 2006 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week

As long as I’m on the subject, today’s sketch is Heroes Ali Larter– READ MORE

Getting Lost in Heroes

November 21st, 2006 | Posted in General

Last night was the first night I actually watched an episode of Heroes at air time. Well, it was an hour after it actually aired, but close enough. Looks like my Monday nights will be booked for the foreseeable future… thanks a lot, Tim Kring! Really… thanks. This show is a gem. It’s riddled with interesting and deep characters, and unlike Lost it is not afraid to actually advance the plot in leaps and bounds. It’s sci-fi, but not reliant on the sci-fi part for it’s interest. Sure, I’m a comic book fanboy, or used to be until comics got so bad I became tired… READ MORE

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