I am the Hunter - Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe Review

The Marvel Universe has been around for a long time and with such a long life and history, so it’s current creators love to tear it apart and kill everything in it just for the fun of it.

We have had multiple stories from the Marvel Zombies where the universe was infected by a virus and basically was annihilated close enough, we have had Wolverine vs the Marvel Universe and The Punisher vs the Marvel Universe, so now because apparently we asked for it we have “Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe”

The story is pretty simple and to be honest leaves a lot more questions as to why then anything else, Deadpool is submitted to an institution by Professor X and the X-Men for rehabilitation. But what happens when someone tries to bring balance and control to a mind of pure chaos like Deadpool?

Well it seems like another voice comes forward and sheds real light to what Deadpool has always known to be true, that they are all in a reality that only exist in a comic book world.

So with that in mind he sets off to kill everyone and anyone who has ever been a signature character in the Marvel Universe, and Deadpool goes on his killing spree of all the mayor characters.

What always bugs me about these kinds of stories is how easily a lot of the heroes and villains fall at the hand of Deadpool, some of them fall in a very creative manner, other just show a death scene but no fight. So for a lot of us we might feel ripped off that some of the fights that we expected to have the most exciting moments turn into big time “doh!” moments. Yes he gets the better of a lot of the heroes early on but even some of the more monumental battles turn into large page scenes of corpses.

Overall this a 4 part skip, unless you are a hardcore deadpool fan and just have to see how this all turns out then I would just borrow a copy and enjoy it that way, because in the end this just turns into Deadpool meets Lord of the Rings with a Smeagol type of narration back and forth.

Well what I can say is that this does feel like the writers took the time to not aim at the idea board with their magical money making darts, so next time we will be treated to “Howard the Duck bites the Marvel Universe” and “Rocket Raccoon Growls at the Marvel Universe”. 

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Erick Castillo

Love After Death - Anne Elizabeth's Zombie Love Review

Many times when you walk around San Diego Comic Con you discover some amazing small treasures that are also connected to amazing people. This year we talked to Anne Elizabeth and well we got a chance to see some of her work, and Zombie Love is the first I will be quickly covering.

This book took on a challenge, the challenge was “Can Zombies make a good love story?”

The answer is quite simply YES! This book may have a short story but what it delivers it brings it to you with great artwork, note worthy narration and quite frankly a protagonist that leaves you wanting more.

Overall this is a great book that I am proudly passing around with hopes of having more people look into the writer and the book itself for their own collection, if you have a chance to get a copy you need to take the time to add this one you will not regret it.

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Erick Castillo

Daycare with an Edge - Samurai Daycare Review

The way of the samurai is littered with good intentions, well at least Nedd’s way of the samurai. While Nedd attempts to purge the world of evil he also teaches a group of preschoolers the ways of the samurai and finger painting. 

The show is produced by Shut Up! Cartoons and from the mind of Mike Blum, voices include Matthew Lillard, Cathy Shim, and Dino Andrade.

The show has a colorful sense of humor and well let’s face it we need more shows like this on the net and on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, so far two episodes have been released and I love rewatching them as I wait patiently for the next installment.

The animation is clean and has it’s own style, the actors do a great job voicing the characters and bringing them to life, one of the better moments so far is just watching Nedd train with the Drunken Master in Episode 2 for the sheer fact of the censor bar of DOOM! (Watch the episode and it will all make sense)

The show has a ton of promise to become a huge success and well I just love getting behind projects like this one when they are just starting to pick up an audience, not for the hipster “I loved it before it was cool” factor but because in the long run I attach myself emotionally to it and just feel so good about it becoming a success. So with that said click the link and “Like” the fan page, subscribe to their YouTube page and make sure to tune to all the upcoming episodes, oh and tell them Erick Castillo and Disciplined Monkey Studios Sent ya!

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Erick Castillo

It's all About the Attitude - The Unprofessional Chapter 1 The Son-IN-Law Review

As geeks we all have dreams that we wish we could follow up on, like “Zombie Hunter”, “Special Ops Soldier”, “Mutant Super Hero”, or “Ninja Assassin for Hire”… But what happens when two geeks decide that they will actually follow on of these unreachable dreams.

Well when Leo and Jake decide that they will now be working as Ninja Assassins for hire armed with mail-ordered Special Ops handbook, an MP3 player, and their dream they will take on veteran assassins, gangs, and homicide detectives.

That’s the short version of explaining this awesome book, this book basically takes The Boondock Saints and Big Bang Theory and marries them in this crazy story of two guys with a dream of grand glory.

Alexis Cruz & The Mythmaker Group present Colin Rankine’s “The Unprofesssionals: A Sociopathic Bromance” 

The book reads incredibly well with action panels that will make you drool and stare endlessly at how amazing it looks, the book has different artist taking on the book and so the ever changing art will also keep you enthralled with the book and the story.

This book is hard to put down once you have started it and it makes you want more of it, the world is a dangerous place especially when you try and start a new career path.

If you want to help support this amazing independent book and get a copy yourself then head over to Red Stylo Media and show them some love like you do for us.

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Erick Castillo

An it was Written The D is Back! - Tenacious D "Rise of the Fenix" Review

The D is back! That’s the best way I can start this review, I can honestly say that I was not a huge fan of Tenacious D but when I heard their interview on the Nerdist Podcast I could not help but set my ears to this record, and what I was treated to goes as follows.

Rocking the hell out the my brain! Tenacious D comes back with with a vengeance, with a mix of skits and music that is signature to their style. Songs like “Rise of the Fenix” that go into a story telling style or “Low Hanging Fruit” which just makes you rock out with your cock out.

The record has an awesome mix and it will make you realize that when a band has been around as long as Tenacious D has it is hard to miss what makes them so epic.

So far I have loved singing along to “39”, “low Hanging Fruit”, “Death Star”, and so on. For any Tenacious D fan is a must have, and for those of you like myself that had never really given them a fair chance this is a great record to start off with and get a feel for their music and their comedy. 

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Erick Castillo