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For anyone that cyber stalks either me or fellow Sidekickcast host Dan Marshall you'll already know about this week's Something Silly as Dan posted it on my wall earlier in the week. For everyone else, the ones I like to call the sane, non-stalker kind here's this week's entry courtesy of Dan:

Link: http://brokensea.com/betaflight/2010/03/04/betaflight-struck-twice-part-2-conclusion/

It's not often you'll find me pimping somebody else's podcats/audio endeavours, I'm a bit selfish like that, it's all about The Sidekickcast for me. This week however I am going to ask you to take a look at the audio drama Beta Flight, especially Beta Flight: Struck Twice part two - conclusion. And why am I breaking my own rules on this occassion? Quite simple really, I'm in it, as Thomas Raynolds brother to a superhero. If you want to hear some horrendous over-acting from myself (everyone else is spot-on) then please check it out, you have been warned though. Also want to say thanks to New Mutant for giving me a chance, hope you don't regret it Al.

Link: http://issuu.com/soundofdrowning/docs/muppetwickerman

We've had a Muppet Christmas Carol and a Muppet Treasure Island so of course next up is a Muppet Wicker Man?! Obviously this isn't real but a parody I saw on Ain't it Cool this week and seeing as it's in comic book form courtesey of issuu.com I thought it would be perfect for Something Silly. Enjoy!

Link: http://www.fastcompany.com/pics/disneys-own-superheroes

Most of you out there in comic book land will have already seen these Kirk Manley drawn Disney Execs presented as mock up Marvel covers, but it was too good an opportunity not to be this week's Something Silly. The covers are part of Fast Company's 50 most innovative companies of which Disney are one, supposedly demonstrating the hot shot executives that helped get Disney into this position. My personal favourites (below) are the futurist Steve Jobs, Lost producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof as the Avenging Thor and Hawkeye and Pixar's Filmtastic Four. You can see all the covers in their entirety here.

Link: http://www.loopland.net/

Thought we'd go with some pop art I found this week from British artist Allan Sanders based in Brighton. Usually I'm not into cutesy versions of superheroes but these illustrations go beyond the cute and into the quirky realm that I do like. This paticular piece was part of his Hot Rods and Hairy Beasts show, please support the artist by visiting his site here.

Link: http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/the-ticket/2010/02/fun-lovin-criminals-are-back-o.html

I love the Fun Lovin' Criminals, this is the video for their new single, the title track for their new album Classic Fantastic. That's all good I hear you cry but what's that got to do with comic books dipshit? Well it may be a little tenuous but the video does have a comic book style to it and is apparently based on an online graphic novel starring the band. Will that do?

Could this be the greatest porn film of all time? I think so. Will somebody get sued into the dark ages? I think so.

This week things aren't so silly, more like regretful. This weekend Dollhouse finished and I wanted to mark it's passing somehow, this seemed to fit.

You like Star Wars yeah? You like the A-Team too? So this little mashup should be the ultimate good start to the week. Simple but effective. Didn't somebody already do this with Magnum P.I? Wasn't it a previous Something Silly?

Link: http://www.kierongillen.com/

S.W.O.R.D, my new favourite book, has been cancelled. I've just read issue #3, it ruled the school, so WTF?!

I'm a patient and fairly well mannered young(ish) man so I like to wait and see how a series is panning out before adding it to my pull list (list of comics you pre-order every month for all you noobs and casuals out there). Maybe I'll wait three or four issues and if I'm happy with those then it'll make the cut, if not then I may still carry on but in a casual 'we'll see how it goes' kinda way, picking it up direct from the shelf each month. I've also on many occassions stated that I'm a bit of a Marvel Zombie, I read lots of other books but my heart belongs and feels most comfortable in the Marvel Universe. I've now realised these two facets of my personality/behaviour cannot peacefully coexist. 'Oh but why?!' I may hear you cry if this wasn't a one sided rant, so we'll just assume you did and I'm going to give you some kind of coherent response. It's because Marvel in their infinite wisdom wouldn't know a good thing if it spanked their arse and called them Susan. S.W.O.R.D (Sentient World Observation and Response Department) was a good book, with an excellent script, a story that seemed to be building to something interesting and art that although at first wasn't to my personal taste I was really starting to enjoy. Most importantly it's only 3 bloody issues in and was just about to make it to my pull list, I even described it the most recent episode of the Sidekickcast as my new favourite book but alas now it is gone.

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