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  • Props to "Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy" for sticking to the guns of the original property, and remaining a brainy and mature film despite wide release in the US. Made me realize just how much I miss space movies on the…

  • FOR THOSE OF YOU KEEPING SCORE:-- April was another big month for HOODTOWN, with large direct sales via signings, a spike in Amazon activity and some crucial trade show appearances by the author and artist. It's almost a…

  • Oh the irony...From Dave Meltzer's :Wrestling Observer" online:"--IWR's Revolucion Enmascarada on 5/7 in Detroit at the Majestic Theater has the original Psicosis vs. Juventud Guerrera, Truth Martini vs. Christopher Dani…

  • BLUEBEMOM?!?!?!?!?Here is another article from a Missouri newspaper on the "Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy" film being shot around Jefferson City.This one scores the MAJOR (for us) scoop that the film will not only fea…

  • Depressed as hell to hear "Lipstick and Dynamite" was pulled from its three SoCal theatres after less than two weeks. Maybe its not surprising - it is a doco afterall, and pro-wrestling is still pretty much in the shitte…

  • This is Rafael's new cover painting for the first-ever French-language reprint of his now classic Sonambulo: Sleep of the Just TPB. Raf was contracted by a Parisian publisher early this year, and knowing the superiority …

  • A banner day here at the ranch!!!First-off, got the word back from the controlling entity behind "Secret Lucha Project 9 Million" and they love everything, so the first potential hurdle has been cleared. I can say no mor…

  • Just got back from the opening screening of the documentary film "Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinnegar". It really is as good as everyone's been saying - a superb look at the golden age of women's wrestling in this count…

  • Great interview with Christa Faust at PopThought.com, wherein - BLESS HER - she gives some props to the all-to-unsung layout artist of good old HOODTOWN. Many thanks Fizzle!

  • Becoming obsessed with these WEIRD Pakistani movie posters. They often have nothing to do with the actual film, but always have some amazing piece of horrendous artwork. Here's my favorite so far, from the late 80's or e…

  • ...a dagger up the strap!?!?!Reading Japanese military history and ninja lore ala Stephen Turbull, the English-speaking world's foremost authority on such. Two ASTONDING assassination stories - mostly bullshit - but man …

  • A liquid sword Seven Samurai???Still looking into what this upcoming Tsui Hark flick is all about, but the advanced poster would suggest Seven Samurai-esque sword epic...

  • A Sin City review from someone who really loves the source material... And is a terse, short comment - WHAT WAS THE POINT???As someone who's read every page of Sin City since they were first published, and I mean waitin…

  • PRO WRESTLING AND PRANKS Got five different people at work today with a rubber snake. Ah, the classics...Wrestling-HEAVY weekend here in LA, as WWE's Wrestlemania is in town, and thus a lot of locals are running shows t…

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