The web seems to be downright lousy with “animated” versions of comics lately. Everything from the graphically excellent, voice talent minimalist Watchmen to the new Stephen King comic N. While I think the trend is interesting as a whole, I’d hate to see it displace traditional still comics. Part of me likes that there is a certain amount of interpretation that still needs to be done within the comic medium, but I may be the minority in this.

The Watchmen comic is pretty excellent for instance, the paper cut-out method of animation fits the noir vibe really well, but the voice acting just kills it for me. The guy does a good job, but Sally Jupiter he aint. Anyone else have any thoughts on the new-media trend to animate comics for the web?

http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/07/after-clarion.html

Neil Gaiman + Andy Kubert + Batman = ORGASMS OF PURE FUCKING GOLD

Rich Johnston writes Lying in the Gutters (one of Brian’s favorites). He recently created this video, which is not only hilarious, but probably a lot closer to the sad reality than it ought to be.

Via YesButNoButYes.

So tonight is the night Brian and I are brewing our first Barleywine. Sweet! We’ve never made one before so it’s gonna be sweet.

As we do every time we brew, we have a couple beers, hang out, jam some tunes, and make beer. I’ll blog our recipe later, but for now, I’ll be covering one of the beers we’re drinking tonight.
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So until now, I’ve tried to make it a point to only review beers I’ve never had.  This is apparently a problem, as I’ve had somewhere into the 1200 mark I think.  I’ve had a rough couple days the last few and I have a very loving mother, who likes to buy me beer.  Today, she purchased me an old standby, Stone’s Arrogant Bastard.  That said, I can’t in good conscience give it a great grade, because its not a great beer.  Is it highly drinkable, and enjoyable from time to time while also being reasonably priced?  Yes.  At roughly 4 dollars a deucer, its really pretty cheap, and still relatively high ac and high hop.  I give it a 6.  It is nothing spectacular, but it beats the hell out of normal beer, and german beer.  Expect a sweet nose, some roasted malt, and some decent hopping.

6/10