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The screenwriter of CHRONICLE has his own superpower: explaining comic book storylines and making famous people help him do it!

2012-02-08T01:40:00.000-08:00

Owen drew a new EROX comic!

2012-01-25T16:21:00.001-08:00

Click here to read Owen's angelic new (yet oldschool) EROX comic.

These videos are all gold...

2012-01-24T16:17:00.000-08:00

Read Owen's sexy EROX comic!

2012-01-10T19:23:00.000-08:00

Click the panel above to read the cool comic Owen drew for EROX! You might even LOVE it...

RING in the new year with HERO BY NIGHT!

2011-12-31T12:22:00.000-08:00

HERO BY NIGHT is one of the few comics where you can actually watch as its creator originally pitched it, as DJ Coffman was videotaped pitching the concept to Hollywood bigshots at San Diego Comic-Con in 2006 (see video above). It won him the first Comic Book Challenge competition and a publishing contract. After being produced for a couple of years to great acclaim, some unfortunate problems caused HERO BY NIGHT to stop production. The good news is, the new year will bring new HERO BY NIGHT adventures free for all to read on the web here at Keenspot, and you can catch up with what you missed right now. There are few better comics to start 2012 with, it's a fun and hopeful read! Happy new year, Thumbers!

Amazing! How did I miss this? My favorite comedian Louie CK repeatedly asks Donald Rumsfeld if he is a lizard from outer space...

2011-12-21T16:12:00.000-08:00

Genius.

2011-12-18T20:13:00.000-08:00

Check out WTF for more Marc Maron hilarity.

Owen's AVENGELYNE series is now a free webcomic updated every weekday!

2011-12-13T23:18:00.000-08:00

Those of you paying close attention know that earlier this year my partner-in-creative-crime Owen Gieni was recruited by legendary 1990s Levi's commercial spokesman Rob Liefeld (video above) to illustrate a new monthly comic book series from Image Comics rebooting his Extreme character AVENGELYNE for a new generation of hip young fly-buttoners. It debuted back in July to rave reviews, and is currently on issue #5 (go buy it!). But for the legion of sad sacks unable or unwilling to buy a comic book at any price, we are now making AVENGELYNE available as a FREE Keenspot webcomic! If you can't plunk down your $2.99, plunk down your eyeballs onto the computer screen and generate some Extreme ad revenue for us! AVENGELYNE five days a week, because vengeance has never looked this good. Now go button your fly!

I miss Mr. Plinkett so here's his classic STAR TREK review again...

2011-12-05T13:22:00.000-08:00

SIN City... more like DUMB City!

2011-11-15T00:34:00.000-08:00

SHOCKING!

2011-11-05T21:59:00.001-07:00

There are a lot of great songs about Herman Cain lately!

2011-11-03T23:59:00.000-07:00

If Bob Hope AND Rich Little are for him, he's sure as heck got MY vote!

2011-11-02T01:14:00.000-07:00

Happy November!

2011-11-01T00:01:00.000-07:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

2011-10-31T00:38:00.000-07:00

As our Halloween present to you, there's an all-new page of CROW SCARE! Two years since the last update and we still haven't given up hope of finishing our creature feature webcomic. Enjoy!

And when you're done savoring that new page, go read (or re-read) some LAST BLOOD to celebrate. Haven't read it yet? It's got an interesting premise! Don't take my word for it, here's Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes to describe it to you...

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: Alien Abduction - Incident at Lake County (1998)

2011-10-26T22:43:00.001-07:00

The original PARANORMAL ACTIVITY!

Read a sample from the new book STEVE JOBS on sale today...

2011-10-24T01:37:00.000-07:00

Watch this movie on TV tonight, it has a connection to LAST BLOOD!

2011-10-22T00:42:00.001-07:00

THE ALPHABET KILLER was made by two of the producers of our upcoming LAST BLOOD feature film adaptation, so please show your support and watch it on Lifetime tonight at 8pm! This movie stars BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER's Eliza Dushku, THE PRINCESS BRIDE's Cary Elwes, and Academy Award® winners Melissa Leo and Timothy Hutton. The plot: A ten year old girl is found brutally murdered outside the small blue-collar city of Rochester, New York, and obsessed police detective Megan Paige (Dushku) suffers a mental breakdown while trying to solve the crime. Two years later the killings resume and Megan returns to the case but can she hang onto her sanity long enough to catch a psychopath?

If you don't catch the Lifetime TV premiere tonight at 8pm, it airs again at midnight and again on Sunday at 6pm. Check your local listings for exact time and channel!

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: Fox Sitcom From 1987 Starring Teenage Matthew Perry Predicts Qaddafi’s 2011 Death

2011-10-20T23:42:00.000-07:00

Believe it or not, this was actually my FAVORITE SHOW when I was ten years old! (Prime time TV wasn't so great in 1987.) And if that's not weird enough, the pilot episode predicted Qaddafi would be killed in 2011! Check it out (the Qaddafi prediction starts at around 2:20)...

What an insane high-concept that SECOND CHANCE ran on. If you're too good for Hell but too bad for Heaven, you get sent BACK IN TIME to guide your younger self (in an alternate timeline, I assume) on to a SLIGHTLY better path? Like half the people who have ever died in all of history would qualify for that honor. (And that's why there are BILLIONS of alternate universes, I suppose.)

Audiences must've reacted poorly to the concept, as before I knew it (apparently during the MIDDLE of the first and only season!) they had changed the title of the show to BOYS WILL BE BOYS, and the Ghost of Matthew L. Perry Future was erased from existence.

What future events did BOYS WILL BE BOYS predict? Probably none, because it didn't star a ghost from the year 2011.

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: Night of the Living Dead

2011-10-06T23:59:00.000-07:00

Speaking of zombies, did I forget to tell you guys that the movie based on our comic LAST BLOOD now has a director? Well, it does!

RIP Steve Jobs

2011-10-05T23:59:00.000-07:00

Buy PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY on DVD.

Cecania's Review Lounge: SUMO TITAN Review

2011-10-03T00:00:00.000-07:00

The SUMO Titan can be purchased at SUMOLOUNGE.COM.

MR. SHOW WEEK 2 [I'll Marry Your Stupid Ass]

2011-10-02T02:00:00.000-07:00

That's it for this year's MR. SHOW WEEK! What kind of theme week should we do on the blog next? Post in the comments of the current strip to let us know!

MR. SHOW WEEK 2 [24 Is The Highest Number]

2011-10-01T02:00:00.000-07:00

MR. SHOW WEEK 2 [Monsters of Megaphone!]

2011-09-30T12:00:00.000-07:00

MR. SHOW WEEK 2 [The Last Donut]

2011-09-29T02:00:00.000-07:00

MR. SHOW WEEK 2 [Pre-Taped Call-In Show]

2011-09-28T02:00:00.000-07:00

MR. SHOW WEEK 2 [The Audition]

2011-09-27T02:00:00.000-07:00

MR. SHOW WEEK 2: IRONIC BOOGALOO [Teardrop Awards]

2011-09-26T20:33:00.000-07:00

Remember back when I embedded a different MR. SHOW WITH BOB & DAVID sketch every single day of one week? No? Well, I'm doing it again! Here's a favorite...

Come back tomorrow for another classic MR. SHOW sketch...

Did X-FILES spin-off THE LONE GUNMEN predict or inspire the 9-11 attacks in their March 4, 2001 pilot episode?

2011-09-09T00:23:00.000-07:00

RIP Uncle Frank

2011-09-08T00:01:00.000-07:00

Years ago, I was honored to learn that Jimmy Kimmel tried to explain one of my comics to him...

Cecania's Reading Rainbow: READY PLAYER ONE Book Review

2011-09-07T02:09:00.001-07:00

It's time for a new feature of the SORE THUMBS blog: BOOK REVIEWS! I just read this new book by Ernest Cline called READY PLAYER ONE and I thought it was pretty entertaining! The truckload of '80s pop culture references contained in this book didn't always hit my own nostalgic sweet spot (I'm not sure there was even ONE reference to ALF!), but it still held my interest. [RECOMMENDED]

And in honor of READY PLAYER ONE, here's an '80s pop culture reference to entertain you!

HOORAY! A new-ish Mr. Plinkett review!

2011-08-29T01:00:00.001-07:00

TWIT's Comic-Con Walk-Throughs

2011-08-09T01:19:00.000-07:00

DAY ONE

DAY TWO (Cecania spotted at 12:43!)

This is exactly like when Fairbanks turned black! WHAT A RIP-OFF, MARVEL!

2011-08-04T00:48:00.000-07:00

Garfield Hearts Spider-Man @ Comic-Con 2011

2011-07-25T01:22:00.001-07:00

Gotta skip Monday's update, sorry! Check back Wednesday for a Tea Party-tastic new strip! (In the meantime, here's some GOOD political humor...)

2011-07-18T00:32:00.000-07:00

SMBC crossed with STAR TREK? Let's make this happen NOW!

2011-06-29T13:50:00.000-07:00

Probably taking a break today due to illness! In the meantime, enjoy this LEGEND OF ZELDA double feature...

2011-06-22T00:40:00.000-07:00

If only!

2011-06-02T18:17:00.000-07:00

Happy June! Sorry for the delay, new strip coming soon!

2011-06-01T00:01:00.000-07:00

Between the various holidays lately and Owen moving to a new place, we've fallen a bit behind on the comic. Owen's moved in now but he's currently without Photoshop, so no new comic yet. Soon! Follow @chriscrosby on Twitter for updates about the updates. (And tweet me with reminders to update my Twitter! I enjoy that.)

As a reward for your patience, here is a rare video game related clip from my favorite radio show...

Happy Victoria Day! We'll be back Wednesday with new strip!

2011-05-23T12:57:00.001-07:00

In honor of Queen Victoria's birthday (and the fact that my internet has been crappy all morning), we're taking today off. Come back Wednesday for a new comic! Here's some Victoria Day entertainment to keep you busy in the meantime...

ANOTHER Kevin Smith ad? Yes SIR, this time it's Jay & Silent Bob themselves plugging SORE THUMBS, LAST BLOOD, and other Keenspot comics...

2011-05-21T00:06:00.000-07:00

Kevin Smith plugs SORE THUMBS (and other Keenspot comics)!

2011-05-14T11:48:00.000-07:00

NOOK Color users: Put something COLORFUL on your NOOK Color for a change!

2011-05-03T23:24:00.000-07:00

We've got three new books on Barnes & Noble's NOOK Color!

* DREAMLESS - only $0.99 for a limited time!

* LAST BLOOD - Owen and my crazy little brother Bobby team-up for vampire vs. zombie hijinks!

* MARRY ME - That girl Parker who Harmony briefly fell in love with in the original universe is the star of this book!

If you have a NOOK Color, GO BUY THEM NOW! I command you! I COMMAND YOOOOOOUUUUU! (I mean, if you feel like it. BECAUSE YOUR NOOK COLOR IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT THEM! GO BUY!)

My favorite late night radio show exposes the SECRET PAST of a world-famous cartoonist...

2011-04-29T17:54:00.000-07:00

SMBC Theater Monday! AND BUY THE FIRST SMBC BOOK!

2011-04-25T14:09:00.000-07:00

The surely huge first SATURDAY MORNING BREAKFAST CEREAL book is now on sale! GO BUY NOW! BIGGEST BOOK IS BEST BOOK!

SORE THUMBS co-creator/artist Owen Gieni is recruited by Rob Liefeld to reboot AVENGELYNE!

2011-04-13T17:43:00.000-07:00

Here's the official press release from Image Comics!

A FALLEN ANGEL RETURNS
Mark Poulton and Owen Gieni Bring Back Rob Liefeld's Avengelyne in July

BERKELEY, CA --13 April 2011 -- More than a decade ago, Image Comics founder Rob Liefeld (creator of YOUNGBLOOD, Deadpool) introduced a beautiful and vengeful angel to comics. She fought the demons of the 1990s, providing fans a story of good vs. evil on an apocalyptic level. Now, following in the footsteps of Liefeld, writer Mark Poulton (Koni Waves) and artist Owen Gieni (Sore Thumbs) are announcing a relaunch of AVENGELYNE for Image Comics.

"As with any of my creations, I try to marry the right creative team with a character, and after a long chat with Mark Poulton, I knew he was the writer for the gig," Rob Liefeld said of his decision to relaunch AVENGELYNE with an all-new creative team. "

Mark has chronicled the adventures of a female lead in his Koni Waves series for the past several years, so he is a natural for AVENGELYNE. Artist Owen Gieni worked up the best samples I've ever seen. Both are ready to treat Avengelyne fans to amazing, daring and controversial new story lines.

"We are all hard at work on the third issue, these guys are hungry and eager to deliver AVENGELYNE to a new generation of fans!"

"Rob is the reason I wanted to get into the comics business in the first place," Poulton stated. "To be able to relaunch AVENGELYNE with Rob at Image is a dream project. Owen and I are committed to doing a lengthy run on the series that will define the character."

“Working on Avengelyne is truly a dream come true for me!” exclaimed artist Owen Gieni. “My goal is to do as long a run as I can, get better each issue, and to do it monthly! We hope to touch all corners of the larger Image universe, reintroduce a ton of Rob's classic characters and create a bunch of crazy new ones. This book is a pure dream to draw. I'm in Heaven."

Poulton further explained: "The appeal of the character for me wasn't the demons or the scary monsters she faced, but the fact that she was fighting for redemption. She had fallen from grace and was paying for her sins. She's flawed. When you combine that aspect of the character with the demons, scary monsters, and supernatural world she lives in the possibilities for stories are endless."

The redesigned supernatural heroine, AVENGELYNE, will return to comics to continue her search for atonement by correcting the wrongs of villains the likes of Torment, an aptly named psychotic serial killer, and Red Dragon, who appears to have found a new human vessel. With this new characterization of Liefeld’s original character, artist Owen Gieni’s depiction of AVENGELYNE is not only sexy, but ready to battle all the plot twists that Poulton has up his sleeve for her.

AVENGELYNE #1 (MAY110432), a 32-page full color comic book priced at $2.99, will be available for order in the May issue of Diamond Previews catalog and goes on sale July 20th, 2011.

Congrats to Owen! Check out more artwork previews here and here and here. And please remember to help support your favorite SORE THUMBS creator by pre-ordering the AVENGELYNE comic book from your local comic shop! Find your local comic shop here.

WATCH THE SKIES!

2011-04-12T17:06:00.001-07:00

Either the best movie ever made or the worst movie ever made. Fingers crossed for best!

2011-04-03T14:46:00.001-07:00

Owen and I are doing an exclusive full color SORE THUMBS page for this book! Please support it, it's for a GREAT cause!

2011-03-22T14:45:00.001-07:00

Two all-new DOCTOR WHO episodes for your enjoyment...

2011-03-18T20:31:00.000-07:00

It's OUR 7th anniversary, but YOU'RE getting the gift! It is a video of kids reacting to YouTube stars. (In this economy that is the best we can do.)

2011-03-08T00:01:00.000-08:00

I saw this at the drive-in when it came out. It seemed slightly better then!

2011-03-03T01:12:00.001-08:00

The Nostalia Critic reviews more old TV commercials!

2011-02-24T00:01:00.000-08:00

THREAT LEVEL MIDNIGHT: A MICHAEL SCOTT JOINT

2011-02-22T23:59:00.000-08:00

The entire full-length SECRET AGENT MICHAEL SCARN actioner! (KEEP WATCHING AFTER THE END CREDITS!)

SPIDER-MAN 3 was AWESOME.

2011-02-15T15:57:00.001-08:00

Whatta talent! He was the voice of Plucky Duck in TINY TOON ADVENTURES, too.

2011-02-14T23:59:00.000-08:00

Happy Burt Reynolds Day!

2011-02-11T15:11:00.000-08:00

Speaking of Burt Reynolds Day, YIRMUMAH! is back!

CAPTAIN AMERICA: WORLD POLICEMAN

2011-02-10T18:06:00.001-08:00

My favorite genre of sketch comedy, movie pitches!

2011-02-09T15:23:00.001-08:00

In case you haven't seen it yet...

2011-02-08T01:18:00.001-08:00

Surreal.

2011-01-30T00:27:00.000-08:00

Just do a webcomic! There's no $2,000+ printing bill, and your readers won't have to fork over $2.99+ for every 20+ pages!

2011-01-28T21:56:00.001-08:00

It's even weirder than I half-remember!

2011-01-27T18:34:00.000-08:00

Our next president?

2011-01-22T11:52:00.001-08:00

The Nostalgia Critic's Sequel Month continues with INSPIRATION FOR AVATAR 2...

2011-01-16T00:42:00.000-08:00

OH MY NO.

2011-01-05T03:03:00.000-08:00

Plinkett's back (all right) with a new year's STAR WARS review!

2011-01-01T13:19:00.000-08:00

David Hasselhoff as a tennis pro/bounty hunter named White Bread? It's today's totally '80s movie, BAIL OUT!

2010-12-27T22:28:00.001-08:00

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Our gift to you is a FREE CHRISTMAS MOVIE! (Watch it in its entirety or be accused of being ungrateful.)

2010-12-22T17:30:00.000-08:00

ALF screams the N-word repeatedly in behind-the-scenes footage!

2010-12-21T13:44:00.000-08:00

Watch 99 episodes of ALF on Hulu!

Anybody else watch WEIRD SCIENCE? It was weird how every last season episode was about Chet.

2010-12-13T02:19:00.000-08:00

New BARKER today! Go fetch it!

I haven't seen this show in twenty years! It's as weird as I remember it...

2010-12-09T15:44:00.001-08:00

NEW best Syfy Original Movie EVER.

2010-12-04T12:17:00.001-08:00

30-year old Steven Spielberg talks UFOs in this Australian TV special from 1977...

2010-12-03T21:44:00.000-08:00

(Skip ahead 8 minutes for the TV special itself, the first part is an introduction by the guy who found the videotape.)

Happy Black Friday!

2010-11-26T14:44:00.000-08:00

Comic running late due to big computer problem (should be up on Tuesday), enjoy this in the meantime...

2010-11-22T10:44:00.000-08:00

And if you like SMBC THEATER, consider purchasing the new book CAPTAIN STUPENDOUS by Zach Weiner (the hilarious mastermind behind SMBC) and the also very talented Chris Jones! (And also please check out our crazy new comic BARKER!)

"I just wanna say one thing... GOD BLESS AMERICA." -Alternate 1979 Biff Tannen

2010-11-16T11:22:00.000-08:00

You don't need a Grays Sports Almanac (1950-2000) to know that the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy is now available on Blu-Ray!

If you haven't seen WINDY CITY HEAT yet, I pity you.

2010-11-13T22:01:00.000-08:00

I'll say it before and I'll say it again: WINDY CITY HEAT is the funniest documentary of all time, if not the funniest movie of all time, and you must watch it.

We're in a SPOONY video, that must mean we've made it to the big time!

2010-11-09T21:55:00.000-08:00

(SORE THUMBS banner ad glimpsed briefly at 0:48, 1:02, and 1:09.)

Suspend your disbelief, for Snoopy's sake!

2010-11-07T20:38:00.000-08:00

Hey, are you reading BARKER? You should be, it's getting action-packed!

These kids are twentysomethings now! Will they watch CONAN on TBS this Monday?

2010-11-06T19:28:00.000-07:00

CALVIN & HOBBES creator Bill Watterson mocks BLOOM COUNTY's Berke Breathed in pictures!

2010-11-04T15:00:00.000-07:00

IF YOU ARE A U.S. AMERICAN WHO IS NOT AN IDIOT DON'T FORGET TO GO VOTE TODAY!

2010-11-02T12:49:00.000-07:00

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: The Night America Trembled

2010-10-30T22:01:00.000-07:00

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: Read an excerpt from the PUPKIN book for free!

2010-10-29T16:11:00.000-07:00

We were successful in helping to raise MACHINE OF DEATH to #1 on the Amazon Top 100 Books, now let's do the same for my brother Bobby's brilliant PUPKIN: HALF PUPPY, HALF PUMPKIN, ALL LOVE by buying enough copies to crack the Top 100 Kindle Books charts! (I realize the very idea of that is absurd and unrealistic, but wouldn't it be a WONDERFULLY absurd and unrealistic way to celebrate a holiday like Halloween?) BUY PUPKIN TODAY! (UPDATE 10:27pm: It's already #16 on the Dogs Top 100! Keep those orders coming.)

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: TEEN WOLF TOO - The Cartoon!

2010-10-28T11:22:00.001-07:00

New BARKER page today! Check it out!

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: Nostalgia Critic & Cinema Snob Team-Up For LEPRECHAUN!

2010-10-27T00:01:00.000-07:00

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: NEW MOON 1957 (aka I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF!)

2010-10-26T00:01:00.000-07:00

Hey Thumbers, Owen and I started a new comic called BARKER! Read it, won't you? It's about a dog named Barker. And so much more.

Also, please buy the book MACHINE OF DEATH from Amazon today (October 26), if only for the reason that you will be helping to make an anthology created mostly by webcomics creators the #1 bestselling book on Amazon. That would be pretty cool, and YOU could take partial credit. BUY IT. (UPDATE 12:39am: Holy crap it's already ranked at #119! UPDATE 2:16am: Now it's #53! UPDATE 1:47pm: Now it's #1! SUCCESS!)

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: UFOs Over Pennsylvania/Delaware on October 23, 2010

2010-10-25T00:01:00.000-07:00

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: A Creepy Look Inside Matt Groening's Studio

2010-10-24T13:50:00.001-07:00

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: SMBC Theater - The Writer

2010-10-23T15:08:00.001-07:00

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: UFOs Over Cincinnati on October 22

2010-10-22T23:59:00.000-07:00

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: What if The Beatles were all still alive and performing together?

2010-10-20T21:14:00.000-07:00

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: Nostalgia Critic drowns himself in Stephen King's IT

2010-10-19T23:59:00.000-07:00

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: A Special Message From Cecania's Idol

2010-10-18T23:43:00.000-07:00

Aaron Sorkin's OBAMA: THE MUSICAL!

2010-10-17T17:53:00.001-07:00

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: UFOs Over El Paso

2010-10-16T23:59:00.000-07:00

CECANIA'S HALLOWEEN SPOOKYTHON: UFOs Over New York

2010-10-15T23:59:00.000-07:00