The creators are a costume and production company based out of Atlanta called Outland Armor. Nice Work!

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It’s got a total comic-book vibe, even accompanied by onomatopoeia’s on-screen. The star is Michael Cera, and he is playing pretty standard Cera here but it looks like he’ll shine in the spot.

Give it a peek!

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He also talks about some of the new characters Marvel is developing for Disney. The gold for me was at 2:50 of the video, after he says the name of  one of the new characters. The face he makes is pure gold. Enjoy!

Left: Bleach / Right: Incarnate

But Nick is a talented artist in his own right.  He’s now published an anime/comic of his own, entitled Incarnate.   Quite suddenly, however, Incarnate is controversial.  It seems that a number of the panels in Incarnate are quite similar to art in the famous manga work, Bleach.   I’ve attached an example of the “plagiarized” images, so you can judge for yourself.

This controversy has been brewing for days.  Now Nick Simmons has finally responded, and he had this to say:

Like most artists I am inspired by work I admire. There are certain similarities between some of my work and the work of others. This was simply meant as an homage to artists I respect, and I definitely want to apologize to any Manga fans or fellow Manga artists who feel I went too far. My inspirations reflect the fact that certain fundamental imagery is common to all Manga. This is the nature of the medium.

I am a big fan of Bleach, as well as other Manga titles. And I am certainly sorry if anyone was offended or upset by what they perceive to be the similarity between my work and the work of artists that I admire and who inspire me.

Opinions on this matter vary quite a bit.  Many are positively irate that Nick so blatantly plagiarized Bleach.  Others aren’t so sure.  Nick, obviously, feels these are nothing more than an “homage” to artists he admires.

What do you think?  Plagiarism?  Too close to call?  Much ado about nothing? Sound off in the comments!

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So if Dr. Coloringbook ever gets out of Arkham Assylum, Paper Man will be ready to save the world!

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Law firm demands retailer destroy all copies of Olivia Munn comic, retailer refuses

I was like, what?!  How could this be?  But it’s the truth.  Here’s the letter requesting that HeavyInk remove a parody comic about Olivia Munn from their virtual shelves (click on image for a redirect to HeavyInk’s post):

I myself immediately headed over to Olivia Munn’s official site, thinking that she might have something up on the subject.  And to my surprise, what did I find? NOTHING!!!!  Her lawyers probably want her to remain silent on the subject, which would make complete sense.  But still, it would be nice to see how she feels about the whole thing.

For the whole scoop from HeavyInk’s POV, head to their link.

For more on the subject, checkout BoingBoing, they’re on it like flies on….well, you know.

This time, the newest armor is sleeker, sexier, and more streamlined.  In fact, some might argue it doesn’t look like armor, but more like an Iron Man body suit.  I don’t entirely agree (I think the new armor looks very cool).  This new suit was designed with the help of Ryan Meinerding, who is currently the designer of both the Iron Man and Thor movies.  Yes, things have gotten all backwards.  The movie designer is helping the comic book guys pick out Iron Man’s latest look.  Go figure.

It doesn’t matter; the new look is hot.  Check it out for yourself.

So all you would-be hobbit and dwarf actors out there, get cracking.

On a completely separate, but perhaps equally entertaining note… EA Sports is said to be bringing back the classic NBA Jam exclusively to the Nintendo Wii. We can only hope the big heads, flaming nets, and awesome announcer will be making a comeback.

Naturally, we’ll keep you posted on Hobbit and NBA Jam developments, wow that sounded weird together. With that being said, J. R R. Tolkien looks pretty badass with a pipe.

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It’s not very long, but it gives us a good look at the rotting city and of course, the crazy Joker has returned. We assume it will of course feature Mark Hamill voicing a diabolical kick-ass Joker again. Check out the teaser below!

Of course, when I say, “unorthodox training regimen”, I really mean “shooting his little girl in the chest”. Check it:

It would seem that James Cameron is being accused of  stealing something of a story (Avatar) from another source not of his own making (a 1985 comic called Timespirits).

One could argue that he was simply “inspired” by said comic book, but I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. There are more panels at the link, along with comparison stills from the movie itself.  Did Mr. Cameron “steal”?  Decide for yourself.

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It’s quite a piece of work.  The more I looked at it, the more awesome thoughtfulness was obviously put into this poster.  Have a gander; this is a epic combination of amusing and entertaining.