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I can’t believe I forgot to post this way back when I made it for Neo-Rama’s Mega Man Robot Masters Meme. I posted the Top Man drawing, but forgot to post Snake Man at the time.

Just in time for Christmas, I received the 10th issue of Otaku USA, and it’s a nice little collection of things that make me go mmm. There are a lot of goodies delivered by The Usual Suspects, but, this being The Joseph Luster Report and all, I’ll divulge what you should be on the lookout for.

This time around I loosened my belt buckle and brewed a feature on Gainax’s Gurren Lagann, which I think is a pretty swell show that everyone should see. Of course, the whipped cream to this pumpkin pie comes in the form of two vicious sidebars by Ed Chavez, including an interview with director Hiroyuki Imaishi. Other than that it’s the wild world of television gaming and a sauerkraut-loaded syringe of NYAF coverage.

New for YOU: perusal of the magazine in stores is now possible without having to tear into a Tasty Kakes wrapper, and you may buy it as well.

I awoke today to find this very collection under the tree. Rather, they were assaulting the tree and my only course of action was to gather them all and pit them against one another in a scene not unlike this one.

In truth, I did not receive any Masters of the Universe today, but I hope you’re all having a very merry Christmas. Even if you do not celebrate Christmas, pretend that you do, for I haven’t the means to understand your strange customs. As I type, I am in Louisville, KY, enjoying a brief respite from the harsh north while thumbing carefully through the first hardcover Creepy collection as visions of the wisps within dance about in my head.

2008 has been a banner year for the JLR, in that it started out really strongly and was quickly snuffed to a simmer, marinating the contents at a slow burn and cooking only enough content to feed the most malnourished of monks. Now that I’m properly settled, expect great things in 2009.

Yes, great things from a great man!

Alright, we’ve played with the toys and we’ve seen the artist’s work (the blog from which I stole the following, in fact), but this is the real clincher. Below, I present one of the original Madballs TV ads and a brand new one for Nickelodeon.

Olde

Not bad, though it is missing the high-pitched voice tinged with insanity. Bonus points for use of the phrase “totally gross!”