I missed out last week, getting myself sick at WrestleMania from the germs of 80000 people from all over the world, but I’m back with a vengeance this week. I’m big fans of genre swaps, so for this week’s Tuesday Preview I present the Witchblade: Day of The Outlaw one-shot from Image Comics. Sara Pezzini isn’t the first person to wield the Witchblade, there have been dozens of them throughout history. This one-shot focuses on Enola, a sheriff in the Old West. Sounds like a fun romp.

SHOWDOWN WITH THE WITCHBLADE OF THE WILD WEST!
In the days of the Wild West, before Sara Pezzini claimed her destiny, Witchblade bearer Sheriff Enola protected the high plains from the Darkness that lurked beyond the horizon. Although her townspeople lived in peace, they were always mistrusting of their sheriff-witch. With her town seeking to banish her and the Darkness angling for a duel, will the Witchblade be enough to save Enola from becoming a footnote in the annals of the blade’s history?

See the full preview after the jump!

With Jurassic Park being re-released in 3D this weekend, I’m examining my favorite real life dinosaurs.

Like most kids, I went through a huge dinosaur phase. Mine might have been a bit larger than most since I lived less than 2 miles from the Haddonfield marl pit, which is the discovery location of the Hadrosaurus Foulkii, the first nearly complete dinosaur fossil ever found. My 4th grade class was instrumental in getting it named the state dinosaur of New Jersey. I used to go to saturday classes over at the Natural History Museum, but was asked to stop attending, because I knew more than the teachers and made sure they knew it. And in a real douchey way, like “Thats not a Brontosaurus, it’s an Apatosaurus, get it right!”. This was when I was like 6, so I’ve always been an asshole. My knowledge isn’t as vast as it used to be, but I like all the highly specialized dinosaurs with like one unique feature that sets them apart. Also, I think T-Rex is pretty much implied.

This one’s gonna be light on content, heavy on the pictures for two reasons. 1) To get it done before I leave for the show of shows, and 2) The Hall of Fame is the type of thing you can’t really convey beyond just generalities, you have to be there to experience it. Like how batshit insane Bob Backlund ended up being, or how much they booed Maria Menounos until it looked like she was ready to cry, that’s all not gonna make it on TV. So sit back and take a look at the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2013, and maybe you’ll even see a Spinarooni or two.

So, I have a lot of disposable income, and a lot of time off banked at work, therefore I have the ability to do a lot of stuff pretty much whenever I want. When I heard WrestleMania was going to take place pretty much right in my backyard, I figured I may as well go, even though I’m at best a casual fan. I watch all the shows every week, but usually just for background noise and only pay attention for the good matches. I grabbed my camera and took a trip up the turnpike to WrestleMania Axxess, WWE’s fan convention, to pretty much wait in line all day. See the pics and details after the jump.

OK, so maybe I’m not so good at pranks. Maybe my aren’t all really “pranks”, they are pretty much hate crimes that will get you arrested. Let’s just say that I may have done all of these, as the statutes of limitation may not be done with yet. You probably don’t want to mess with me and make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.

I’m a pretty big fan of Michael Avon Oeming’s artwork. So for this week’s Tuesday Preview, I bring you the first issue of the new Volume IV of Mice Templar: Legend.

Long ago, the valiant Templar destroyed themselves through a vicious civil war, allowing the bloodthirsty crusade of the tyrant king Icarus to destroy mouse culture. Yet the inspiring tale of the young mouse Karic promises to restore the fractured Templar and overthrow the mad king. But while some accept Karic as a prophecy for good, still others see his rising legend as an omen of evil.

Thus begins the climactic chapter in the epic saga of hope and despair, of tragedy and triumph, and where every secret will at last be revealed.

Check out the full preview after the jump.

Mars Attacks may have gotten all the attention and the big budget movie, but everyone knows the way cooler gruesome Topps card set has always been Dinosaurs Attack. In fact, Tim Burton was originally going to do a film adaptation of Dinosaurs Attack, but Jurassic Park came out, and he didn’t think he could sell a gory dark comedy version of dinosaurs after that, and instead pursued Mars Attacks. Dinosaurs Attack had a surprising deep back story for a card set with only 55 cards that was aimed at children. It involved a bunch of time travel and predestination paradoxes, and dinosaur demons and people making the ultimate sacrifice to save the world, and was supposed to be flushed out even further in a comic book series by Eclipse Comics back in 1991. Unfortunately, that story was never finished and was canceled after just one issue. That is, until now. IDW is going to reprint that one issue, as well as finish the story. I for one, welcome our new dinosaur overlords, as I actually own this issue, and the full card set (including the sticker set!), and have been totally bummed the series was canceled before it was finished since the day I picked it up in some random dollar box. You can read the full press release after the jump, and get nightmares from one of the sickest images ever sold to children, which still gives me goosebumps to this day.

Sometimes you’re sitting there, watching a tv show or movie, and something happens that makes you jump out of your seat and go “Oh shit son! Shit done just got real!” This week I list my favorite such moments where someone did not literally say “Oh Shit”.