Walking Dead already renewed for Season 2

 According to the internets, AMC has ALREADY renewed Walking Dead for a 2nd season of 13 episodes.
This news was immediately followed with Fox has optioned IDW's Locke and Key (haven't read it yet), and WB's TV wing is in the process of acquiring the rights to Veritgo's Sandman from WB's publishing wing.

I'm not sure how well Sandman will port over, as it's mostly a bunch of short stories with the loosest of connections to each other. I'm also not sure how well I'll be able to deal with the Endless as the next batch of TV sex symbols.

Walking Dead Trailer

"I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 IN IT" -- James Silva

Ok, so The Walking Dead trailer has been officially released, and now we know it's premiering on Halloween.. Good call, AMC, I approve. So far this looks like a pretty good adaptation; they are going to be (p)adding things, but that's probably necessary if they want the show to have a lifespan.

I'm NOT caught up on the comic series,  I just finished the sixth TPB (issues 31-36), so don't spoil me fools.

I think it will be interesting to see how this one plays out on TV and how those pesky "mainstream audiences" react to it.




If you don't know what this post's quote is about, I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 IN IT is an XBox Live Indie game. And it's just a dollar! Lookee:




The incredibly catchy theme song that made this the best selling XBox Indie game is now also available on Rock Band Network!

After last week's release of last year's smash hit "Do You Want to Date My Avatar", it sounds like it's time to give Harmonix some more of my money.

I'm gonna go have a fantasy football draft...

Young Justice Preview

"Titans Together!"

Ok, so there's also a new DC cartoon in the pipeline...Young Justice...featuring ONE original member of Young Justice???




First off, Greg Weisman is showrunning, which already makes this a must-watch. This guy brought you Spectacular Spider-man AND Gargoyles, which is definitely in the Steve Top 20 TV shows of all-time.

Love that it's going to incorporate the whole DC Universe with appearances by the JLA as idols and mentors. The art style looks neat and clean, and wait, did he just say people are gonna die?

But what's with this team? Dick and Wally instead of Tim and Bart? I like Dick and especially Wally but Tim's cool, calm, collected leadership and Bart's, well, impulsiveness were the whole point of the original Young Justice series. Superboy is the only actual member of the original Young Justice and then we round out the team with the Miss Martian, the new Blaqualad, and Artemis?  She doesn't seem to be Wonder Girl, or Arrowette, is she the adult Artemis from Wonder Woman or is she the red-shirt that's gonna die and set up the arrival of WG or Arrowette?

Peter David (writer of stuff...and the Young Justice comic) has confirmed he is writing some episodes for the show, but he couldn't tell us what the first one was about...because it's a Secret.  So we're definitely gonna get some Young Justice history in this show at some point.

I just hope Slobo doesn't show up.

Avenger's Earth Mightiest Heroes Trailer

"Avengers Assemble!"

Ok, so let's catch up on some random stuff from SDCC.

In case you missed it, here's the trailer for the Avengers cartoon coming to Disney XD. The show has a 52 episode order, so they should be able to develop some subplots and long-running story arcs.



The art style isn't great, but it's passable and there's a lot I do like about the trailer. The opening shot has newspaper articles about the Punisher and Man-Thing, easter egg or foreshadowing? Either way, it works for me. Tons of low and mid level villains which bodes well for variety.

Earlier promos implied that team would just be Cap, Thor, Iron Man, Hank Pym and the Wasp but now Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Panther are prominently featured in the promo images. I'm hoping Hulk is only going to be around for the first few episodes and the occasional guest appearance, and if they insist on keeping him around, I hope he's not just dumb-Hulk.

If they actually followed early Marvel continuity, I would be ecstatic, although I'm not sure if they'll be allowed to use Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver who did appear on Wolverine and the X-Men, or if Marvel-Disney can now use any character they want for the cartoons.

I don't know if they have the balls to remove Cap or Iron Man or Thor for any of the episodes to focus on the "real" Avengers.. Scarlet Witch, Vision, Hawkeye, Black Knight, etc but I'm already mentally prepared to be looking at the big 3 every episode so I should be ok.

It is a good sign that Cap is absent from the clip of the team's formation though.

I'm gonna keep my fingers cross that this (and the movies) turn out as good as they should.