Rob's Room: The Superhero Media Crossover Project

Artwork by Butcher Billy

1980's TV Special: SPFX: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

Clipped from Space1970: Before exhaustive DVD/Blu-ray bonus features and entire television channels devoted to peeling back the behind-the-scenes process of filmmaking, the only glimpses fans had into the real-world of movie special effects was through occasional Starlog features and other magazine articles, and the rare prime-time network television special - such as this 1980 TV event designed to promote the first Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back. Hosted by Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill, we were given a full hour of lovingly photographed miniature spaceships, stop-motion Tauntauns (and Imperial Walkers), and so much more.

 

Dork Note: I remember watching this and being just amazed. This was the first behind the scenes thing I had ever seen - and on my favorite movie. I was in seventh heaven! I actually tried to do some of the things I saw in the special - like hitting cables to produce the laser blast sounds. On a side note - I found that if you put your ear to a slinky and dropped it to the ground it makes a laser blast sound too!

Cool Artist: Andrew Hickinbottom

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Rob's Room: Jack Kirby's Mickey Mouse?

How have I never seen these until now?
Kirby Museum

Zombie Wars by Matt Busch

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Rob's Room: Star Wars Episode VII Poster

Star Wars Episode VII Poster by Adam Schickling
(Stylistically based upon the Star Wars movie posters by Drew Struzan.  Glad to read Disney has reached out to Drew Struzan for doing additional Star Wars art.)

Rob's Room: Thank you, Carmine Infantino!

Carmine Infantino, legendary comic book artist and former DC Comics editorial director, passed away today. He was 87.

Rob's Room: Papercraft Style Superhero/Cartoon/Video Game Characters Made from Beer & Soda Cans

Many more at the link!
Papercraft Style Superhero/Cartoon/Video Game Characters Made from Beer & Soda Cans 

Rob's Room: Game of Thrones Re-Imagined As Mad Men, Seinfeld, & Arrested Development

Game of Thrones re-imagined As Mad Men, Arrested Development, and Seinfeld

Jeremy's Junk: Hadoken!!! Everyone Must Do At Least One...

I'm the last guy on Earth that will ever admit to liking memes from the internet. But oh hell, one of them  is making feel all warm-like inside:

Hadoken!

Rob's Room: Batman Odyssey by Neal Adams

I've been (unsuccessfully) trying to get thru Batman Odyssey by Neal Adams... Can someone explain to me what I am reading?  I honestly don't know if I'm lost or just bored...  It's insane though!

Spoiler (highlight with cursor to read):
After this panel, Batman goes down.  A gunman promptly shoots him in the face... THREE TIMES!... Thankfully, he has some invisible face shield that protects his face from bullets.  Really.  But something as trivial as being shot (at close range) twenty-something times isn't going to stop The Bat... he's able to acrobatically take out a dozen bad guys afterwards...

Rob's Room: Japanese TRON Poster

Japanese TRON Poster circa 1982

Wizard Article from 1992: Jim Shooter