The Hero Reboot Challenge: The Flash

THE HOOK (PART ONE) “I’ve gotta be honest, Iris: your husband will never be the fastest man alive.” – Ed Thawne, “The Unstoppable Force” In Central City, nothing ever moves quickly. For all of the less-than-stellar things you can say about the little town that could, it hasn’t earned that name by rushing into anything. [...]

Tomato Fixes: Jonah Hex (Part One)

A woman much smarter than me, but also sadly less alive, once said that writers are, as a rule, proficient in three things: lying, cheating, and stealing. Seeing as I’m only slightly good at the former, and absolutely pitiful at its closest relative, I figured I ought to take a crack at the last one. [...]

The Notaku Diaries – Episode 1

Hosted by Tomato Surprise and Chdr. The opening song is Dream Island Obsessional Park (Yume no Shima Shinen Kōen) by Susumu Hirasawa. This is the first episode, so it is a bit rough, with everyone talking over each other at times, but all-in-all, I feel like it was a good job. ~ RacattackForce Download Episode [...]

The Notaku Diaries: An Introduction

Good evening, Scratchi-verse! Chances are that, if you’re reading this, you know about the now infamous and divisive post I made on this blog last week. In it, I detailed my long and deep-seated disgust at many modern anime shows, a disgust which pushed many of our readers to be a little angry at me, [...]

Thought Balloon: I Have An Anime Problem

Good afternoon, Scratchi-verse! I have a confession to make. There’s a secret that I’ve shamefully kept from all of you for years on end. As an animation fan, it’s plagued me for years.  As a person, it eats at me every day, causing a deep void to endlessly widen in my soul. But, you know [...]

Ripe Reviews: The League Of Extraordinary Gentleman (Volume One), by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neil

Good afternoon, Scratchi-verse! I’ve been writing for close to six years now. One of the common axioms that frustrated me in my early years as a writer, and still does today, is “there’s nothing new under the sun”. I’ve heard this from people I really respect and admire, and, to tell you the truth, it [...]

Ripe Reviews: The Walking Dead, By Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, And Charlie Adlard

Hey, Scratchi-verse! You know what I’m tired of? Crisis movies.  Whether it be in print, on panel, or ingrained within the silver screen, humanity is obsessed with ending itself, even it means completely skewering a trivial bit of Mayan prophecy bullock. There’s more than one way to skin the cat of Armageddon, though. Environmental collapse, [...]

Ripe Reviews: Shrek The Halls and Merry Madagascar, by Dreamworks Animation

(NOTE: Yes, Tomato here with ANOTHER re-post. My computer froze a whopping SIX times in two days. By the end of August, my schedule should right itself. Thanks for understanding.) Welcome to another edition of the Scratchpad, your- OH FORGET IT! CHRISTMAS! WAHOOO! That’s right, dear reader, we’re starting our holiday festivities here at Ripe [...]

Ripe Reviews: Astonishing X-Men: Gifted

(Hey, Scratchi-verse! Tomato here, filling in for ToonFaithful by re-posting a review I did for the amazingly awesome comic review site Collected Editions! Check them out!) I have a confession, guys. This confession may make you click the “X” in the corner of your browser faster than you can say “Excelsior,” but hear me out. [...]

Thought Balloon: Please, Don’t Crush The Sandcastle

Good morning, Scratchi-verse! Maybe all of this summer heat is getting to my head, but I’ve been on a huge beach kick lately. Baking in the sun, enjoying the fresh air, and yes, reading some awesome comics! So, as thoughts in my head often do, these two thoughts crashed into each other, blending into a [...]