New Superman Cartoon In The Works?

Check out this Twitter update (yes, I call them "Twitter updates") from James Urbaniak, the voice actor behind Doctor Thaddeus Venture from The Venture Bros.

Quote: Have an audition for a Superman cartoon. Sadly not the title part.

Could this be a new series, or possibly another DTV release from Warner Premiere? We already know who's voicing the main characters in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (written by Dwayne McDuffie), which is scheduled for a spring release next year, so they're not auditioning for roles in that. One way or another, this means more new animation on the horizon for the Man of Steel, so stay tuned for more details.

When Superman Needs A Giant Mirror...

He goes to Palomar Observatory, of course. Scott Kardel, my pal and the guy to whom I turn for all information related to astronomy, is Public Affairs Coordinator for the observatory. He posted a great Super Friends clip over at his Palomar Skies blog. In it, Superman travels to Palomar to make use of their 200-inch mirror.

Scott's blog is a terrific resource of knowledge and photography, so be sure to bookmark it for return visits in the future.

Dreadnok: Bloodbath

Going back to the first time I saw Heavy Duty from Hasbro's The Rise Of Cobra preview at Toy Fair, I knew I wanted to use him as the base for a custom. The design was perfect for a character from DDP's Dreadnoks Declassified, specifically the one seen taking cover behind the table in this panel:


With a little paint and some new weapons, the final result just needed a name and a story.




Here's the layered PSD file if anyone can use a G.I. JOE filecard template.

Bloodbath is armed with the Combat Shotgun and Machete (painted) from Marauder "Gun-Runners".

Dreadnok: Bloodbath

New Blood: Night Adder (Cobra Security)

I received my HasbroToyShop.com order for some of the wave 4 figures from The Rise Of Cobra this week. Included was Night Adder, the first unique Cobra character introduced to the property since the 25th Anniversary construction style debuted in 2007.






With Shadow Tracker coming in 2010's Pursuit Of Cobra line, Hasbro's follow-up to The Rise Of Cobra, we'll be getting another brand new character in just a matter of months. This development is right up my alley, as there just haven't been enough distinct personalities in Cobra beyond the army builder figures. Sure, I still wish Hasbro would produce previously established characters like Zandar, Zarana, Zanya, Thrasher, Road Pig (and the tooling used for Night Adder makes for the perfect Road Pig body), and Big Boa, but I'm all for new blood, as well. In fact, I was planning on injecting some into my own collection from the moment I saw the Heavy Duty figure from The Rise Of Cobra in images from Toy Fair. I'll save that for tomorrow, though.

Con Not Found

If you've searched for "HeroesCon" on Google for the last month or so, you found this page as the first result. Why? Because someone at Heroes decided it would be a good idea to move the page from /heroescon.html to a directory named /heroescon. Apparently, no one ever explained anything about the workings of search engines to the individual responsible for this decision. I'd wager there are thousands upon thousands of pages linking to the old URL, and maybe a handful linking to the new one. I've updated the last year's worth of posts here to reflect the change, but most people won't notice or even realize what's happened for some time. That means the convention's official presence on the internet is now buried with no PageRank behind a "File Not Found" page.

So here it is, the new HeroesCon URL. Remember, kids, consult someone with a working knowledge of search engine optimization before you go making changes to the structure of your web site.