Hey El Moochadors, here’s something I came across while at work today from one of our favorite geeky redheads, Lorraine Cink. This actually goes along with what Trog and I were bitching discussing on our last Atomic Moocast about how we’re too broke to be geeks…which sucks. She actually has some good ideas here. Check it out:

Okay, now that you’ve watched the video, here’s just a quick response to each point:

1. Comic Subscriptions! Great idea! Honestly I hadn’t even thought of trying that. My only problem with that is I have too much coming out of my check right now as it is. Even the $4.99 for the Marvel subscription would hurt right now (yes, I’m that broke). So, until I either pay off some debt (fucking banks… and student loans… and oral surgeons…), or start making more money, I don’t think I can do that. Someday though…
2. Antique shops! Another awesome idea! Actually I’ve found some pretty cool stuff in Antique shops like vintage Star Wars Action figues. And the great thing is they’re usually missed priced in your favor! Recently I found a stack of old Starlog magazines from the early ’80s in a local shop. It was kind of neat to read about a time before ESB, when the original Battlestar Galactica ruled geekdom. My only problem with this option is Antique shops creep me the fuck out! Usually their run by older folk that look like they’re scheming to trade a old pack of Star Wars trading cards for your soul… or they’re going to wait until you walk into a dark corner and then club you and cut out your organs for the black market… I dunno. Also, you’re usually the only one in the shop wandering around among creepy looking dolls that may or may not be following around the store… they could be.
3. Nerd Organizations! Go to Meetup.com! I found an anime group down in San Diego, Okore, through there. Of course, since it’s all the way down in San Diego, and I’m up in North County, I haven’t been able to afford the gas down there lately. Also, when freelance work comes up, like this weekend, I usually have to opt out and stay home. Still, I’m looking for something a little closer to home, and who knows, if I can’t find something, maybe I’ll start something myself… maybe… like a lonely broke geeks club of North County San Diego… I dunno…
4. Beta Testing! Is that were you play video games that haven’t been released yet? Okay, sounds great. My problem: time! That’s why I don’t play video games now. I don’t have the time for them. I recently tried Portal and Portal 2 and lost a whole weekend to them. I needed that weekend. I could’ve got caught up with work, did more for my stock illustration, Atomic Moo, or work for my portfolio. All I’m saying is, out off the shit I should be doing, video games are usually low on my list… no matter how much I want to play them (one day I’ll get to play Halo 3, 4, Arkham City, and Angry Birds…)
5. Share Groups! I’ve already got that one covered. I was born into a share group. That’s what you get a when you have a twin. Outside of that, I really don’t trust anyone else (not even sure I trust him… ).

Well, that’s my two bits. Let us know what you think. I’ve got a pork chop in the grill, so later!

Hey El Moochadors. Sorry for the lack of posts lately, but life’s been a series of swift kicks to the nuts lately, and neither Trog or I have had time. Anyhow, I did come across something worth passing on (via geekologie.com). It’s a fan made Dragon Ball Z trailer… a five minute long fan made Dragon Ball Z trailer! I can’t be the only one the mistakenly called it “Dragon Ballz,” right? I dunno… Check it out below, and enjoy. Later!

Hey El Moochadors. I don’t keep it a secret that I’ve got a thing for girls that cosplay as my favorite purple haired mutant, Psylocke. This one here I discovered on deviantArt yesterday, and I thought she looked amazing. Definitely worth posting about. It looks like she’s from Mexico,and goes by the name HikariKosmaker. Sorry, I don’t know what her real name is, or if she’s single and likes chubby lonely white boys like myself… I’ll have to do some investigating. Anyhow, check out her Psylocke images below.

She’s also done some other great looking cosplay work, and I’ll post a few images below, but check out her gallery to see the rest. Later!

Holy Cow (and by that I mean Atomic Moo of course…) it’s been a long day. I was about to go to bed, but Trog just shot me link of some geek-art awesomeness. So I thought I would stay up a little longer and pass’em on to you. They’re high school yearbook illustrations of some popular super-villains (both DC’s and Marvels) by deviantArt member GhostHause. That Venom one above is definitely my favorite. Anyhow, check out the rest below, or visit his dA gallery where you’ll some more great work (check out his Dr. Orpheus) of his. I gotta get some sleep. Later!

P.S.
Mr. Hause will be at the Wizard World Austin Comic Con this weekend (26th – 28th Oct) table number 2514. If you’re in the area, be sure to swing by the con and get a print of his amazing work!

Hello El Moochadores and Brethren Moo! We’re back with yet another awe inspiring episode of the Atomic Moocast! On this episode of the Moocast; Chudd and I talk with independent author Kael Rhys about his book, I am Warcry!

Kael was very cool and a lot of fun to talk with and I really want to apologize to him for taking so long in getting his interview online. Seriously, I recorded this last month and just recently had enough time to put it online. If you people online knew how hard I work for you! Okay, enough of that! We have a Moocast to get through! So, here we go folks! It’s time to rangle up a frosty beverage that fizzes and pops, then go lurch your way to a comfy chair where you can sit back and listen to the best damn podcast your friends don’t know about!

Enjoy!

Free music used by the Atomic Moo cast is royalty free and was created and composed by Kevin MacLeod and can be found at Incompetech.com. Please support this site!

Songs used:

• Kool Katz
• As I Figure
• Funk Game Loop
• Kick Shock

Links!

• The Horsemen chronicles
• Purchase I Am Warcry on Amazon!

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Just a quick post here of something pretty nifty I came across tonight as I’m talking with a couple other members of the Moocast. I really think the amount of work and thought some of these people put into their costumes is really impressive. Anyhow, take a look at it below. I’m gonna keep browsing for more geeky-awesomeness as we continue to spazz up this next Moocast. Later!

Well, to take my mind off some of my troubles, I thought I’d do a post (I tried running at the gym earlier—’cause that sometimes helps—but they had the Family Guy version of Return of the Jedi playing on the monitor in front of my treadmill, so I just walked and watched that instead).

Anyhow, I came across these awesome looking Lord of the Rings illustrations earlier (via GeekTyrant.com), and thought I should share a pass’em along. Looks like they’re created a Chinese illustrator named Jian Guo (Breathing2004 on DeviantArt). I really like how he did then in a stained glass window style, making a narrative out of the illustrations. I’ll post the rest below, but check out his gallery for more great work (like his Starcraft fan art… holy shit…). Later!

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Hey El Moochadores, I found a very interesting peace of nerd history! Most die hard Comic book fans know about the comic book crack down of the 1950′s—where the government attacked the industry after Frederick Wortham published his book “Seduction of the Innocent”.

You see Dr. Wortham studied child psychology. He worked with disturbed kids (the kind of kids who chopped up there parent in the middle of the night). He asked kids what they read, and since it was the 1950′s, and most kids didn’t have Television, they all read comic books. So Dr. Wortham figured out that Comic book most be the cause.

In his book he wrote things like Comic book are the marijuana of the nursery. Worthame was the first person to say Batman and Robin were gay, saying the comic book was a wish dream of two homosexuals. He also coined the term the “Superman Complex”, and said it the wish dream that one man can punishes your enemies again and again while you your self remain unharmed. At the end of all this madness the Comic Book Code Authority was created. A series of laws were created that censored all published comics. These rules remained in play from the early 1950 all the way until the 1970 when Stan Lee published Spider-man Comic that openly broke the code. The Code remained apart of the industry until 2010. The fallowing video is from 1954 and it addresses the evils of Comic books. So enjoy the peace of our amazing nerd history.

Sorry, this one is way late. We meant to get this one as soon as we could after Comic-Con, but these last couple weeks have been nuts. We tried to get it uploaded these last couple nights, but I was stuck up in Burbank, and Trog had no idea of how to upload the file to our server (trying to explain it to him over the phone was like trying to help a ninety year old woman work her VCR). Anyhow, here it is. On this Moocast… pretty much there was an attempted mutiny, we report on Comic-Con, and we got to interview The Merciful’s writers Jack and Kyle. Trog will add the show notes later. Enjoy!

Free music used by the Atomic Moo cast is royalty free and was created and composed by Kevin MacLeod and can be found at Incompetech.com. Please support this site!

Songs used:

• Kool Katz
• As I Figure
• Funk Game Loop

Links

I’m not being lazy, I just haven’t had time! Links related to this Moocast coming soon!

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Okay, sure, the doctor has the Sonic Screwdriver, and that could seriously mess with Vader’s lightsaber and the life support systems on his suit. Still, all he’s got to do is get a quick force choke hold on The Doctor and it’s game over. Anyhow, I spotted this nifty piece of geek are earlier in my reader (via GeekTyrant.com), and thought it was worth passing on. I wasn’t sure who created it, but I thought I remembered seeing it on DeviantArt not too long ago, so I did a quick search there. Looks like it was created by a French illustrator Benoît Dromby (or Drombyb on DA). He’s got some other interesting pieces in his gallery, like the one below. Check it out when you get a chance.

More stuff below….

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