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March 28, 2008
State of the Rob 03282008
* Katy and I are off to sunny Orlando Sunday morning to attend WRESTLEMANIA (which must be referred to in all-caps). This is my first time going in person, which I am over-the-top-rope excited about, and I'm also excited to see my good buddy Andy 'Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law' Denzer and his kin, who we're going with.
* As I do every year, here's my predictions for the match outcomes. As it normally goes, I'll probably be wrong about all of them except for The Undertaker winning:
Raw/SmackDown/ECW 24-Man Battle Royal
- Winner gets a ECW Championship shot the night against Chavo Guerrero.
I'm going with the Big Red Machine, Kane on this one
Triple-Threat WWE Championship Match
- Randy Orton (c) vs. John Cena vs. Triple H
I'm going with Orton retaining the belt after a Cena heel-turn
WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match
- Edge (c) vs. The Undertaker
It's WRESTLEMANIA, of course The Undertaker's winning.
ECW Championship Match
- Chavo Guerrero (c) vs. Raw/SmackDown/ECW Battle Royal Winner
Chavo will retain his championship.
Money In The Bank Ladder Match
- Ken Kennedy vs. Chris Jericho vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Carlito vs. MVP vs. CM Punk vs. John Morrison
If it weren't for the next match listed, I'd say this will be match of the night. I'm predicting MVP for the win.
Career Threatening Match
- Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels
Match of the night, if not the greatest match ever. The Heart Break Kid Shawn Michaels for the win.
(as a bonus, here's Katy's current MySpace picture)
Raw vs. SmackDown Match
- Umaga vs. Batista
God, who cares? I mean, Umaga for the win via DQ.
BunnyMania Lumberjack Match
- Ashley & Maria vs. Beth Phoenix & Melina
God, who cares? Ashley and Maria, and hopefully it won't go long. Too bad, as Melina and Beth Phoenix are both phenomenal wrestlers.
Belfast Brawl
- Finlay vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield
I want Finlay to win, but I see JBLLO pulling a fast one for the win.
Big Show vs. Floyd Mayweather
Another one which hopefully won't go long. Mayweather, as the celeb always wins.
* I'm a fan of the saying 'Never say never', but I'm probably done with ACT-I-VATE. It got to the point where I felt like Jimi Hendrix playing with the Beatles (we'll see who gets where I got that reference from), plus some behind-the-scenes stuff which doesn't need to be aired publicly. I'm thankful for having the stage while I had it, and I'm in the works of developing more outlets for my works in the future.
* My thirteen-year-old brother AJ and I are making a comic together. He came up with a pretty cool story and I'm having fun making it come to life. It'll be a series of about four six page stories. Here's the first page:
It's fun working with him being the writer on this. Once it's all done I'll have it up on Wowio.
* Man, Countdown's not really good, is it? If you've got 1122 pages and you can't make me care about the characters or the situations they're in, you're doing a bad job. I don't get where it went wrong either, with the strength of the writers involved. The art is okay at best, awfully dreadful at its worst, but the story's the biggest disappointment. 52 was great, and Trinity looks to be strong. Hopefully this book will go down as just being forgettable.
* I just finished reading 'Casino Royale' today. The movie did what I think a good adaptation should, and that's carry over the things that make the source material strong and change it up to fit the medium you're adapting to. The book was fairly sparse in the number of things which actually happened. Bond shows up in Royale, checks out the hotel and the casino, avoids a bomb attack, has the game with Le Chiffre, gets kidnapped, gets tortured, recovers, and says 'The bitch is dead.' That's not enough for a two hour movie where the audience is expecting action/adventure, so the moviemakers brought those elements over and added more in.
* My next book is 'The Corner' by David Simon and Ed Burns, of 'The Wire' fame. It's starting out strong already.
* Over the last couple of months I've read the first five years of Milt Caniff's Terry and the Pirates. I think this is what's making me so disappointed in Countdown. God, a TON of shit goes down in this, and I grow to care about all of the characters as they become more and more three dimensional and fleshed out. A total master's course in how to make a comic. Plus? Caniff can motherfucking DRAW.
* The writing on 'Too Soon' and 'Batesville' are continuing right along. I'm hoping to start drawing 'Too Soon' in the next month or so.
* Personal life stuff is finally calming down after the last year of tumult. Thankfully. Now that the dust is starting to settle down, I'm hoping to get another marble plan going starting April 1st. I'm juggling a lot right now and I want to make sure I'm continuing to move forward.
* And finally, a look around the internet. My good friends Jason and Sarah have brought their second child into this here world. Hello, Beatrix Ninja Maxine Preu! My other good buddy Jason Arnett has been hard at work on an audio project called 'The Well', which is really great. Give it a listen! Check out Golden Age Comic Book Stories. Good god, is there some awesome art on there. Also awesome to look at is LP Cover Lover. I've found so much inspiration on this site. Last but not least, take a peek at Talented Bastard, especially for the latest work from Chris Grine.
Posted by Schamberger at March 28, 2008 02:53 PM