Archive for September, 2009

Retiring R1i’s favorite Kojo (the comedian) videos

Monday, September 28th, 2009
Kojo live At Dremos 2005

Kojo live At Dremo's 2005

Kojo’s two stand-up videos from 2006 (which got the most views on the youtube.com/R1i channel at 4,732 views & 852 views) have been retired at Kojo’s request

Kojo:
also, any chance you can retire those old stand-up clips of me on your R1i youtube channel

Shahryar: I can retire those clips if you want.. I would prefer not too since I think they are awesome.. but if you want them down, I can take them down
can I ask why though?

Kojo: yeah, there pretty old and I wanna throw some more recent ones on there by years end

Shahryar: ok, I’ll retire them, but I’m putt ing a blog post up before I retire them
they are my fave sets of yours
and the leading hits on my channel
everyone I show them too is like.. damn

Kojo: hahaha

Shahryar: who’s that
he’s awesome

Kojo: you don’t have to delete them. you can keep them in your personal archives

Shahryar: oh that was going to happen
if yuou asked that
I would lie and say I have deleted it
and then watched it ever night like I usually do before going to bed
“… bring entrees..”

Kojo: hahaha

Shahryar: I haven’t seen you perform in the while
you’re still in the game right?

Kojo: took one foot out, but i’m about to put it back in. You’ll see me out soon

Shahryar: alright.. you’re in my top 3
so don’t leave
you Mauer and Ericmyers
you’re my top black comic if that means anything
if you want to get race involved

Kojo: Mauer is a machine. He has something new everytime i see him

Shahryar: yeah he does

Kojo: thanks man. Your my favorite Pakastani
eff Kumail

Shahryar: lol.. I dont even know who he is

Kojo: exactly

(witness)
Rida: LOL

Five of the greatest ‘Year One’ stories in comics (from MTV’s splash page) and 2 honorable mentions

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

From the Five Of The Greatest ‘Year One’ Stories In Comics Posted 6/19/09 4:01 pm ET by Alan Kistler

Excerpts..

JLA: Year One“JLA: YEAR ONE” (DC): …this story written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Barry Kitson, readers finally got to see how much the team awkwardly learned how to work together and what early menaces…

….several guest-stars (including Batman and Superman)…

Nightwing: Year One“NIGHTWING: YEAR ONE” (DC): Written by Scott Beaty and Chuck Dixon and illustrated by Scott McDaniel….Dick Grayson decided he would no longer be Batman’s partner, Robin. ….seeking advice from Superman and chatting with the ghost of a long-dead acrobat….how Dick reacted to the news that there was now a new Robin in Gotham and just how he finally assumed the guise of a Kryptonian mythical hero called “Nightwing.”

X-Men: Children of the Atom“X-MEN: CHILDREN OF THE ATOM” (Marvel): …This story, written by Joe Casey and illustrated by Steve Rude, gave us a revised origin story on the teens who would become the original X-Men…

Green Lantern: Year One“GREEN LANTERN: SECRET ORIGIN” (DC): Written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Ivan Reis, this was the story of how test pilot Hal Jordan became the Green Lantern…revealed previously unknown connections between characters, …foreshadowed stories from later years in Hal’s career (including the upcoming “Blackest Night” crossover)…..

“BATMAN: YEAR ONE” (DC): most successful of these revised origins…

…The first story to be called “Year One” is still the staple that others are measured against. Written by Frank Miller and illustrated by David Mazuchelli..
…..

Focusing on mobsters and corrupt city officials rather than super-villains, this story is a character-driven piece…

….Honorable mentions go to “Green Arrow: Year One” and “Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.”