YouTube Wednesday "There's Something on the Moon!"

With Apollo 18 opening this week, let's have a look at another movie about Lunar loonies...MoonTrap, a "lost" direct-to-video flick from 1989 starring Walter (Ensign Chekov) Koenig in his only starring role, along with B-movie legend Bruce Campbell, battling aliens on the Moon!

Here's the trailer...

Don't remember it?
Not surprising!
Unless you happen to have a vhs cassette of it, or a copy of the comic book adaptation (which we're currently re-presenting at our "brother" blog, Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™) you probably never even saw it!
It's not currently available on Region 1 DVD/BluRay, so the only way you're going to see it is on a DVD-R/used VHS/comic book.
Which is a shame, because, despite the B-movie budget, it's a real hoot!
The pre-CGI effects are pretty well done, and both script and acting are well above the typical SyFy Saturday night crap.
Well worth the effort of tracking down.

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or have a look at these MoonTrap collectibles from Amazon...

Cartoonists Pay Tribute to 9/11 on 10th Anniversary

The major comic syndicates have rallied their cartoonists to dedicate their strips on Sunday, September 11, 2011, to pay homage to those who lost their lives or were injured in the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
All of the nearly 100 participating strips, many of which appear on Sunday newspaper editions in color in their own special pullout section, will have an overarching September 11 remembrance theme.

In addition to the newspaper tribute, King Features Syndicate has partnered with several distinguished museums to host special exhibits featuring the cartoonists’ commemorative works, including:

• The Newseum in Washington, D.C.
• The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco
• The Toonseum in Pittsburgh
• The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in New York City (MoCCA)
• The Society of Illustrators in New York City

More details HERE.

Reading Room: RACE FOR THE MOON Kirby Klassics

Since it's Jack Kirby's Birthday, we're presenting some kool odds n' ends from...

including some never-reprinted stuff...

...like this contents page by Kirby and Marvin Stein from RttM #2!

This story by Kirby and Al Williamson from the same issue...

Here are the covers to the other two issues...

Beautiful.

Absolutely Beautiful!

Happy Birthday Jack!

Note: this ended up getting bounced by a day due to problems associated with Hurricane Irene.

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Welcome Back, Flash Gordon! We Missed You!

Besides doing the alternate covers for each issue of the new Flash Gordon comic from Dynamite, Francesco Francavilla is also doing a wraparound cover inspired by the work of Al Williamson for the first issue.
If that's not enough to make you put this on your pull-list...
The year is 1934, a time of two-fisted swashbuckling, of fearsome threats and wild adventure -- and of ever-growing threats on the horizon. Three valiant humans -- Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov -- are plucked from the Earth, traveling to the distant planet Mongo. Their exploits are legendary, battling the machinations and terror schemes of the dreaded emperor Ming the Merciless, the All-Seeing Ruler of Mongo. But they did not fight alone...
And, it's only 32 pages for $1!!

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There's a hurricane a'coming...

Doom!
Despair!
Deadly Danger!
Lots of other alliterative combos beginning with the letter "D"!
See you tomorrow...hopefully!  ;-)