Wankstar Films' Sexual Revolutions Reloaded

Wankstar Films claims that their films are revolutionization the porno industry. How so? From the website:

In the beginning, porn was just porn. It was purely intercourse on camera, and nothing else. The team at Wankstar understand that enjoyment from porn occurs when the viewer is not exposed to it all the time. This is why many of our productions come incorporated with action scenes. These are created and manipulated using ‘state of the art’ CGI techniques. Later, assembled using industry standard editing facilities, to guide the creative team through to the end product. The result accommodates superlative integration of hard sex and action, an attempt, never to be fully exploited by any other erotic producer.

Despite their lofty goals, I was left baffled by their trailer for Sexual Revoulations Reloaded. Shouldn't the stars get top billing than rather, say, the editor and cinematographer? It smacks me as wrongheaded on so many levels. That said, they *did* use bullet time for a cum shot. The fact that they had a budget on a porno should be applauded.


Classified under: porn,

3:35 new mix CD

I was bored tonight. Busy day. Decided to make a mix CD, since I have been blessed with an abundance of great music, new & old as of late. 73 minutes of joy and mellancholly. And since I haven't had anything to post on MKZ for a while I'll just go back to my tried and true track listing. You poor bastards.

1. I Ain't Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs
2. We Will Become Silhouettes (Postal Service cover) - The Shins
3. Golden Touch - Razorlight
4. What - Brendan Benson
5. Bad Things to Such Good People - Pedro the Lion
6. Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths
7. I Will Never See the Sun - Great Lake Swimmers
8. Do You Realize?? (Flaming Lips cover) - Beck
9. Such Great Heights (Postal Service cover) - Iron & Wine
10.Half a Century High (Phil Ochs cover) - Josh Joplin
11.All Years Leaving - The Stands
12.Fourth Time Around - Bob Dylan
13.Studying Stones - Ani DiFranco
14.Bitches Ain't Shit (Dr. Dre cover) - Ben Folds
15.Dope Wings - Billy Harvey
16.Hounds of Love - The Futureheads
17.Walkie Talkie Man - Steriogram
18.A.M. 180 - Grandaddy
19.Thinking of a Dream - The Walkmen
20.Since I Was Six (David Bowie cover) - Brian Jonestown Massacre
21.A Cautionary Song - The Decemberists
22.I'm A Cuckoo (Avalanches Remix) - Belle & Sebastion

The Best Cover of all time!

Found via Gone and Forgotten. It's a shame that they don't make high concept comics like this anymore. RAPE!, in a DC comic? I'd rather have weird earth shattering shit, thank you very much.
Classified under: comics,

the Kid's Show Pilot

Thanks to Puppets Who Kill and Team America: World Police, it seems that satirical pupperts are now in vogue. The latest entry to the subversive puppet oeuvre is MTV's Kid's Show. The pilot is online and there's great comic gold in those hills. "I N-eed! you!"
Classified under: television,

Weezer's Beverly Hills

If you follow the link, on the bottom of that thar page you can get a streaming copy of Weezer's new single Beverly Hills. Sounds like they're reinventing their sound again, which is another reason I love these guys. They're not afraid to piss off fans by trying new things.
I'm really happy with it, and the description on the same page for the song Peace has me pissing myself with anticipation, and weeping because tickets to their show here "sold out in like... 5 seconds".

Classified under: weezer,music

Brian Peppers

This is Brian Peppers. He's a pedophile convicted for "Gross Sexual Imposition". He's a weird looking fucker, that's for sure.
Classified under: webjunk,

DC Announces Absolute Watchmen

From Newsarama.

Announced at today’s “Beyond the DC Universe” panel at WizardWorld LA was the next addition to DC’s very successful “Absolute” line this fall: Absolute Watchmen. The new edition of the classic Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons story is currently being adapted to the larger, “Absolute” format and recolored by original colorist John Higgins. The edition is being produced with the blessing of Alan Moore.

The edition will run 464 pages (and will also double as a blunt object if need be), and will be a complete reprinting not of the original series as published by DC, but of the Graphitti edition, a collection published by Graphitti in the late ‘80s that included 48 pages of extra material.

Speaking of the artist, we spoke with Gibbons briefly about the forthcoming collection. As many already confess to be, Gibbons is also a fan of the publisher’s “Absolute” format, and was thrilled when he learned that DC wanted top present Watchmen in this manner.

“As an artist, I love the Absolute books,” Gibbons said. “The pages have much more impact at the large size and the production values are first rate. In fact, many of the foreign editions of Watchmen were done at this larger, album size, so I have a really good idea of how it will look already.

“The Absolute volume also gives us the chance to digitally remaster the coloring and correct a few mistakes that have always bugged us. We're not going to redraw or change the look of the book in any way; we'll just bring it closer to what we had in mind all those years ago.

”The coloring is being exactly reproduced from the regular edition, then original colorist John Higgins is tweaking the digital files before sending them to me for final approval. Back in the day, John lived a few miles away from me and would bring color guides over to discuss with me. Today, he lives a few miles from DC and is in close contact with them on technical matters, whilst thanks to the wonders of technology; I get daily pages for approval.

”Everything is looking really good, crisper and more vibrant than ever and it's great to be working with John again.”

Sounds like it's time for me to trade in my ratty version of Watchmen for the new harcore edition. Hopefully DC will continue to collect other greats in Absolute editions, like the Dark Knight Returns or Year One. We shall see.
Classified under: comics,Watchmen

The Losers #26 Cover is Apt

Classified under: comics,The Losers

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

GET DRUNK WITH SOMEONE YOU LOVE.

Dancing Animals in Love Binge & Purge!

My alma mater has produced a talented guy with not one, but two great student films. Dancing Animals in Love and it's sequel Binge and Purge. You MUST watch them both.
They're short, so don't make excuses, chumps.

Classified under: animation

Mary-Kate Olsen's thong was sold on ebay, and nobody bought it?

For shame! Could it be that the price point was too high at 15 dollars? Or could it be that it's incredibly dubious that the seller in question managed to snatch her thong? Mysteries!
Classified under: panties,Mary-Kate Olsen

LIMBO X-TREME!

Classified under: webjunk,animation

Eurobad '74

Gallery of the worst interior design Europe had to offer circa 1974.

Classified under: webjunk,interior design

The Top 100 Themes of All Time

Despite the drought of television themes from the 90s (but who can blame the? What stood out), the list is pretty fantastic. The best part is their write up on the Price is Right which links to Bob Barker.com. Seeing Barker's name lent to prison clothing proves that Tim Horton's was only the tip of the ice berg.
Classified under:television,music

POPESPLOITATION!

Classified under: pope,

POPESPLOITATION!

I have declared today to be Popesploitation today. Share your unnatural love for the pontiff in any way that you can. To commemarate the occasion, lets begin with Pop Bitch's explaination of how to determine if the Pope is dead

Every pope has a chief of staff, called the Camerlengo. When a pope dies, the Camerlengo must certify that he is indeed dead. The ritual tradition is to strike him on the forehead with a silver hammer, call his baptismal namethree times and place a cloth over his mouth. If the pope does not respond, the Camerlengo declares him dead, authorizes a death certificate and then seals the papal living apartments.

Later, the silver hammer is used to scratch and break the papal ring and seal, so no documents can be forged in his name.

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Classified under: pope,

New Spike Jonze directed Adidas ad

Classified under: advertisement,Spike Jonze

The Final Moments of Hunter S. Thompson

On Sunday, they talked on the phone when she was at a health club and he was at home. He asked her to come help him on his writing. He set the phone on the tabletop, still on, and she heard clicks that sounded like he had started typing.

She tells the Associated Press it was a gesture of love, because he could usually warm any chill between them that way: "All he'd have to do was start writing, and I would start melting at the knees."

Now she thinks the clicking noise was her husband loading and cocking the .45-caliber handgun he used to take his life. She said she didn't hear a gunshot before she hung up.

However, she earlier told the Aspen Daily News a slightly different version of the story.

"I was on the phone with him, he set the receiver down and he did it. I heard the clicking of the gun," she said. Thompson said she heard a loud, muffled noise, but didn't know what had happened.

I don't know what everyone's thoughts are on suicide, but killing yourself while your wife is lisetning over the phone sounds like a quick ticket to hell.
Classified under: news,Hunter S. Thompson

James Kochalka on Super-Fuckers

You've dabbled with superheroes before, with your Hulk Annual story, and pieces in the DC Bizarro collections. While you're probably best known to comics readers for your autobiographical American Elf strips, you seem to keep coming back to the guys in capes. Why is that?

As a kid, superheroes scared the hell out of me. The angry faces and grimacing, the displays of terrible power...it was all just totally overwhelming. I didn't like it, but it made a big impression. This was when I was pretty little. Now that I realize that the world itself is full of angry faces and grimacing and terrible displays of power, it seems like a good metaphorical vehicle.

For a couple of years I've been thinking over what I call my Evil Universe Theory. We live in a universe at war. Here on earth various factions are all fighting each other, jockeying for position. And at the same time our bodies are at war with viruses and bacteria. And without retracing the whole thought process, I followed this to an odd conclusion that all matter and energy is evil. Every chemical reaction is a battle, every movement is an attack, every act is an act of war. Then I took this concept, sublimated it entirely and wrote a really goofy, wild superhero story on top of it. I also removed the judgment of calling it "evil." I'm sure I'm confusing the hell out of you now. None of this is necessary information to understand the comic book, I swear.

Classified under: James Kolchalka,Super-Fuckers,comics,

Optimus Prime Dies of Prostate Cancer

“When it comes to prostate cancer, there’s more than meets the eye,” National Prostate Cancer Coalition CEO Richard N. Atkins, M.D. said. “Often times when one has symptoms for prostate cancer it’s already in its late stages, that’s why early detection is so important. Being a Tractor Truck, Optimus should have known the importance of check-ups – oil, anti-freeze, spark plugs – the works,” said Atkins. “It comes as such a surprise – my kids loved that guy.”

Classified under: cancer,Transformers,

Weird Comics Covers

Should we be suprised that a comic called "Catholic Comics" features a young boy in swim shorts flying in a semi-Christ pose? The answer is no. No we shouldn't.

Classified under: comics

Ancient Chinese Sex Toys

Obviously, these come from the famous Wang dynasty.
Classified under: sex,

Grin & Bear It

Chaplin & Hitler
Originally uploaded by Mike Myhre.

At the house I lived in last year, there was this hidious teddy bear wallpaper that lined the walls of my room. I took great joy in desecrating these poorly drawn ursine creatures. This is one of my many perversions of innocent; Chaplin and Hitler hangin' out.

Contemporary Racist Cartoons

I'm not sure if it's a racist or American thing, but does anyone know what "ZOG" signifies? An anti-Zionist group, or something? It seems to be related to Waco.
Classified under: webcomics,

The Joys of fat people singing.

The theme today is fat people singing. Yes! First up, we have numa, which makes no sense to me. It damages my brain. There's also the "phat" or fat rhymes of Andy Milonakis, which are surprisingly good.

Thanks to Heather for sending these things my way.

My Dark Horse is Horny

Retarded short "art" film, that I'm thankfully fairly sure is meant to be a joke.

Classified under: webjunk

Liger, bred for its magical abilites, born in American Zoo

Shamlessly stolen from Joe Rice.
Classified under: news,

Heidi MacDonald interviews Bruce Campbell

Former Vertigo editor turned internet columnist has a two part interview on the Beat. On going back to Evil Dead:

I've ridden that horse three times. And it's a rough ride. So it's not like hey, come on, do this wacky movie where you crack jokes all day. It’s not like that. Those movies are like an investment in your physical structure. I'm fine with it, but it's not something that I wake up in the morning and say "God, I wish I could do Evil Dead Part 4." When that comes up, I go "Oh yeah, Evil Dead 4, what is it? What do you wanna do?" It's not on my radar. The point is, I'm fine with it, but I’m not even lobbying for it. I don't really care one way or another.

Classified under: Bruce Campbell,

Kentucky Teen Arrested as Terrorist for Zombie Short Story

I was over at Ain't It Cool News when I saw this link in regards to the story of a Kentucky teenager who got arrested as a terrorist for writing a short story about zombies over-running a school. Those fucking Americans are so censorship-happy and terrorist-crazy that they've lost all semblance of common sense. Land of the free indeed. I wonder how long it'll be before Robert Kirkman, Steve Niles, or George Romero get arrested as terrorists.

Oh yeah, the worst part? It was his grandparents that turned him in after discovering his story, which was an English assignment. They say the best writers write what they know. What do you think a high schooler is going to write about? Uh... could it be, oh I don't know... school, by any chance?!

Even so, police say the nature of the story makes it a felony. "Anytime you make any threat or possess matter involving a school or function it's a felony in the state of Kentucky," said Winchester Police detective Steven Caudill.

Poole disputes that he was threatening anyone.

"It didn't mention nobody who lives in Clark County, didn't mention (George Rogers Clark High School), didn't mention no principal or cops, nothing," said Poole. "Half the people at high school know me. They know I'm not that stupid, that crazy."

On Thursday, a judge raised Poole's bond from one to five thousand dollars after prosecutors requested it, citing the seriousness of the charge.

More in link.

Classified under: news,zombie

Burton & Jefferson

This web comic is funny. Really funny. Don't let the lo-fi scare you outta reading it, this guy has good pacing/timing in his gags. Especially in this other strip.

Classified under: webjunk,comics

Super Friends Office Space!

I saw this over at Cartoon Brew, so it's a total steal but it's too damn funny. Couple of scenes from Office Space dubbed (very well) into superfriends footage.

Classified under: webjunk

Comics Should Be Good deconstructs Grant Morrison's Seven Soldiers

Then there's I, Spyder. As Alex said earlier, he's the Cynical Ultimate type. He's Mark Millar or Warren Ellis. Disdainful of the whole superhero thing, but look at him. He's a combination of a golden age archer and frickin' I, Vampire. Fanboy noodling justified with tattoos and cigarettes. Innocuous concepts "updated" with a sneer. Rockstar pros without rockstar talent. The Whip (and therefore the reader) is repulsed and fascinated by him, hence our love-hate relationship with this sort of character, creator, and material. Sure, it's a bit sexier, but what do we gain from the relationship? Nothing. He particularly seems like the early 2000s Ellis revamps. Think Counter-X. Bullshit mysticism paired with macho posturing. Totems ant tattoos.

Not only does Comics should be good deconstruct the first issue of Seven Soldiers but they also have a great, albiet self proclaimed "unecessary guide to Seven Soldiers available on their site too. The rest of the website is pretty good too.
Classified under: Grant Morrison, Seven Soldiers,comics

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

Check out the link if you want to read Calvin and Hobbes in its entirety online, for free. For the more patient types, a 20th anniversary, complete edition will be out later this year.
Classified under: comics,Calvin and Hobbes

New Jam Comic

By Robin Bougie and myself. I did panels 2, 4, and 6.



Classified under: comic,Mike Myhre,Robin Bougie

Old Russian Animation

I know that animation is usually Mike's area of expertise, but this is too good to pass up. This website features old Russian animation. Although I can't understand it, it's cool to watch, if only to see what our old Cold War enemies watched when they weren't scaring the Americans with Communism.
Classified under: animation,

New Webcomics: Alien loves Predator

Remember when Aliens versus Predator came out? "No matter who wins, you still lose your 12 dollars", right? Thankfully, the universe's most destructive pair have abandoned their fighting ways and moved into together, shooting the shit and living the crazy life in New York. So basically, it's a sitcom about homicidal aliens. Sorta like Senfield, but on the internet.
Classified under: webcomics,

New Issue of Cinema Sewer - starring ME.

The new issue of Cinema Sewer is due out any time now, and I have some of my art and a jam comic with CS founder Robin Bougie in it. Super sweet! (I also drew the design for the new Cinema Sewer T-shirt. Aww yeah.)

It's another ass-load of good times as Cinema Sewer magazine drops science and makes your eyes shit in fear! Months and months of research and movie-watchin' by our trained crack team of sadistic sleaze experts went into this one, and now is the time to reap the benefits! This one includes: • A torrid look at Japanese Sukeban and Naked Asian nuns, with stunning art by Mike Myhre!

It includes a lot more, but I need the press. Follow the link for details.

Sleazified under: Cinema Sewer,Mike Myhre,zine

Fanfic: the Anne Frank Dragonball Z crossover

Anne sighed as she sat in her room, staring at her wall. She just finished writing in her diary, and had nothing to do. Life was boring in the Secret Annex, but it was better than the alternative. It was alright talking to Peter and Margot, but they were both such quiet people, unlike the always active Anne.
All of a sudden, a flash of light appeared in the room! Anne jumped back, stifling a scream. Before she could run out the closed door she noticed that the person who appeared in the flash was not a Nazi officer, but someone who she had never seen before! His clothes were very strange, and his hair was in a spiky style that was totally new to her. She stood against the wall, wary of the stranger, but he walked towards her and smiled, extending a hand. "My name is Goku." The mysterious stranger said. Anne nervously put her hand in his. He bent down and kissed it softly, then let go. Anne blushed, feeling something she had never felt before go off inside of her.
"My name is Anne..." she replied quietly.

Classified under: fanfic

Artist of the Day - EUGENIO RECUENCO

I am blown away by the photograhy of Eugenio Recuenco. He's a fashion photographer with an amazingly cinematic style. Some of his photo series' look like they could be screen caps from a big budget art film rather than for Vogue. Gallery after gallery I am amazed by some of these photos. Particularly this series. Check out his stuff. You'll be quizzed on it later.

Classified under: Eugenio Recuenco,photography,art

Freddie Mercury just turned evil!

Classified under: webjunk,

Ode to The Horror of Party Beach

Ode to The Horror of Party Beach
Originally uploaded by Mike Myhre.

This is my contribution to a mural from last year. It's not the finished version yet, I never got around to taking a photo of it finished. I should do that before it gets covered in grafitti like our last mural did.

Anway, my portion of the mural was in recognition of the 'talent' and 'work' that went into the 1950s beach-bum/horror flick "The Horror of Party Beach". I can assure you the film is even worse than it sounds. Classic.
Classified under: Mike Myhre,art

Film as a Subversive Art

I'm reading this essayon film as a subversive art. I got the link off of Peep Show Stories, but it's such a good read I have to pass it on. Thanks to where the link took me (right in the middle in the erotic section) I came across a quote of sorts on the views of obscenity and sex, by a man named René Guyon, who apparently is not only a famous French sexologist, but also drafted the model legal code for the United Nations. More on him here. Here's what he had to say that really caught my attention. I respect him already.

1. The convention which regards the sexual
organs as shameful is without any foundation in
reason, logic, or physiology; it would be just as
possible and just as foolish to regard the nose,
the tongue, or the act of swallowing, as shameful.

2. The acts accompanying sexual pleasure find
their only and sufficient justification in the pleasure
that they bring; sexual pleasure is therefore just
as admissible as any other natural satisfaction,
and its exercise, in whatsoever form may be
preferred, has nothing to do with the morality,
the virtue or the dignity of either sex.

3. Everybody has the right to exercise quite freely
his own preferences in matters of sex, so long as
he is guilty of no violence or deceit to others;
the right to sexual satisfaction is just as
inalienable as the right to eat.

Classified under: cinema,sexology