Day Game: King Kong (360)

It was reported somewhere at some point that I thoroughly enjoyed Peter Jackson’s King Kong flick from whatever year that was. “So why,” you rudely bellow, “did you not play the television game of the same name?” At first it was because I did not yet own an Xbox 360, and saw no reason to play an uglier version of the game at the time. Then, when I finally did buy one, the game was old and time is a fickle thing!


Seeking to remedy this, I recently borrowed the disc from a nameless street urchin bearing long, flowy locks and promises of bejeweled crowns at “half their street value.” Ignoring the other treasures (for now), I took the game home and proceeded to “solve it” yesterday. My brief afterthoughts? Michel Ancel (Rayman, Beyond Good & Evil) has done it again. King Kong is a blast from beginning to end, even though it’s incredibly short. The presentation is top notch and the action is often exciting and memorable. Movie adaptations that are even halfway decent are rare, so this game is much like the bejeweled crowns that the sexy urchin was trying to sell me!

Li’l Daichi Dipshit

Just as promised before, my translation projects are finally going to be seeing light on this page. First up will be some assorted chapters of Li’l Daichi Dipshit, which notorious manga-ka duo Dudu Blaq & Dirty Earl are disturbingly excited about me scanning and translating.

To give you an idea of what you’re getting into, I’m going ahead and posting the cover of the first LDD collection, originally released in Japan in 1976 (sorry for the condition of the book, but it’s very old and rare). Some quick background: this was one of the their biggest hits and, all said, Daichi ran in the pages of Shonen Booger for 4 years before spending its last year in 1980 wallowing in the woefully unpopular pages of Sunday Haircut.

Due to the disgusting subject matter, the title was best known for outraging parents, and many Japanese that grew up at the time will recall having their manga confiscated often. But it was never banned, even though Blaq and Earl had to self-publish the collections on their own. Bile Book (pictured), Gross Stomach, and Butt went on to sell incredibly well, prompting the anthology publishers to reconsider printing their own graphic novels. Blaq and Earl refused, and so the series has mostly lived on in the hearts of its fans. While I cannot say that this is the duo’s most tasteful work, I am honored regardless to finally translate these for an American audience.

In Which I Watch the Entire DOA Movie

If you are a keen internet user or a nerd with nothing better to do (I am both), then you are likely aware that someone posted all of Corey Yuen’s Dead or Alive flick on Google Video. I am watching it right now, because I must. So far I’m just five minutes in and there’s been a corny post-Zhang Yimou opening, hang-gliding, and sea pirates. This is going to be incredible.

Updates to follow.

Follow-up report: I’ve made it. Amazing. Folks, this is the new Street Fighter: the Movie.

Madballs in… "Plus 3 Makes 19"

Here’s something to astound your senses: the first chapter in issue five of the Madballs comic book from Marvel’s 1987 Star Comics line-up. Please enjoy the companion blog entry that inspired this scanning and posting over at Wes Blacula’s New JAKQ City!

Holy crap, this is amazing. It’s basically eleven pages of bad puns.

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