Red5 Preview: Beautiful Creatures #1 (double sized)

Written: Kurtis Wiebe
Pencils: Ash Jackson
Colors: Frank Zigarelli
Letters: Frank Zigarelli

Publication Date: 2009-09-23
Format: Comic, Full Color, 6.5 x 10, Soft Cover, 50 pages
Price: $4.95

Diamond Code: JUL091028 (in Previews now!)
UPC: 811316010436

Start off with a burning man falling from the Eiffel Tower, incorporate four sexy co-eds from around the world and top it off with blood thirsty gnomes and you the latest offering from Red 5 Comics called, “Beautiful Creatures.”

Writer Kurtis J. Wiebe and artist Ash Jaskson have created a title that may be a bit disjointed but is still a lot of fun. Wiebe’s writing is solid and both quick and fun to read. Throughout the story he manages to give each character a distinct voice that you can identify. Jackson has an animated/poppish style that perfect for this story and easy to look at and fun to follow...

Learning to cook is a lot like learning to ride a bicycle. It is almost impossible to learn and you will hurt yourself. If you don’t mind ending up with a few disfiguring scars cooking can be a rather tolerable experience.

First you need to figure out what you want to eat. This is the hardest part of cooking. While the world may be your oyster this dose not necessarily mean you want to eat one. Let’s keep things easy and start with a hamburger. Now usually I would go down to the closest fast-food establishment, order a ‘combo’ and drive to a near by parking space and enjoy my meal while listening to the FM radio and watch people drive by waiting for me to pull out of the parking space. While that may sound like an exciting prospect the lesson today is meant to show why cooking is king.

Next you need to establish the ingredients for this hamburger. First and foremost you will need meat. Then things like buns, condiments and fixings (i.e. lettuces, tomato, onion etc.)

Once you have returned home from the ordeal that is the super market you will want to turn on the stove and place a portion of meat or ‘patty’ in a hot pan. Word of warning, do not do this shirtless. While your milkshake may bring all the boys to the yard grease does tend to fly around. Once the meat is cooked to your satisfaction place that slab of greasy goodness onto a bun with all of your ‘fixings” and enjoy. Sure it was a hassle and you still have the clean up but at least you know what it means when people say, “I hate cooking.”

Frank here from a Half Hour Wasted podcast. Detective Comics 27 was the introduction of Batman. Here is a list of the 26 other attempts Detective Comics made before hitting it big with the Dark Knight.

Issue 1 – Roar-y the Man who Roars
Issue 2 – Sherlock Jones and Doctor Foxy
Issue 3 – Batty: The Man Who Dresses Like a Bat.
Issue 4 – The Ladies Knight
Issue 5 – The Society of Hobos
Issue 6 – The Adventures of Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick
Issue 7 – Civil War 2 – East vs. West
Issue 8 – Hobo Willis and the Cigar Chompin’ Orphan Gang
Issue 9 – Nazi Fritz, the Happy German
Issue 10 – Mr. Thomas, the first Negro President
Issue 11 – Space Ship Adventures with Rear Admiral Kirk and Sea-man Spock
Issue 12 – Hobo Willis, the first Hobo President
Issue 13 – Civil War 3 - Hobos vs. Orphans
Issue 14 - Sherlock Jones, the first Detective President
Issue 15 - Bandito Dan and his Amazing Horse, Muy Rapido
Issue 16 – Dogman: Fear His Bark and His Bite.
Issue 17 – The Vittles Detective: The Case of the Poison Apple Pie
Issue 18 – Super Train vs. The Train of Pain
Issue 19 – Bandito Dan, the first Mexican President
Issue 20 – Cowboy Curtis and his Motorized Horse
Issue 21 – Orphan Billy, the World’s Greatest Detective
Issue 22 - Orphan Billy, the first Orphan President
Issue 23 – The Chinaman Express
Issue 24 – Cowboy Rex Gets Syphilis
Issue 25 – Revenge Man, the Man Who Seeks Revenge
Issue 24 – The Vittles Detective 2: Pre-heat the Oven to Murder
Issue 25 – Night Man and His Amazing Belt of Gadgets
Issue 26 – Lesser Known Bible Stories: The Adventures of Lit’ Moses

Frank here from the Half Hour Wasted podcast. While going through my old comics I came across some less known/unsuccessful titles.

• The Unstoppable Sea-Men
• Miracle Grow Presents - The Swamp Thing’s Guide to Home Gardening
• Huey Lewis vs. The News
• Betty and Veronica Have a Pillow Fight.
• The Pepsi Challengers
• Superman orders a DSL line
• Captain Crunch vs. Count Choc-ula
• Blockbuster Video Kids Learn About Late-Fees
• McDonald’s Presents - Adventures at the Drive-Thru
• Wonder Woman Gets a Traffic Ticket
• Roe vs. Ray
• The Jackson 5 Become The Jackson 4
• US Army vs. The Salvation Army
• General Discomfort and Major Rash meet Private Parts

I guess not all comics can be winners.