Pitch up them vocal chords, squeeze the cheeks and belt one out. Scream, yell and holla back at the top of your lungs. Or cheat and make it sound like you are.

Sculpted by Jack Mathews from designs by Adam Hughes, this Black Canary mini bust is part of the "Women of he DC Universe 2" line-up from DC Direct. Comes with bustesque silence as the heroine is poised in a pose of a screaming power punch.

Black Canary can bleed your ears. And there are 3 simple tricks in doing the same.

1. Grab an ear - No doubt, the closer you are to the person, the louder you will sound to them. Grabbing one of their ears and talking directly down the hole of wax leaves you sounding a whole lot louder and brings them that little closer to deafness.
2. Be an arrogant tourist - Simple rules when visiting a foreign country. If locals can't understand you at first, talk a little slower and a little louder. Makes having to know what the local language is completely moot. Have people think you're an arrogant oil warfaring tourist and you'll come off as loud and abrasive with no trouble at all.
3. Talk in the shower - With or without clothes on, all those tiles will echo and reverberate your voice to the point where it picks up at least a level. Leaving the taps off and not flushing helps tremendously too.

Got any tips on making a big sound?

 

"It's not all black and white. There's shades of grey inbetween."

Ah, the one line (or variants of) that appears so often in cop dramas and other moral issue films. Heard it once, never want to hear it again. Sticks out? Sure does. Why wouldn't it with a box of crayons over on the side just wanting to mix it in and play on that board. Won't play in Gotham City though. That's where Batman calls the shots. And if colour is out, colour is out.

Jim Lee's version of Batman, as seen in this photo, is sculpted by Eric Sosa as part of the "Batman Black & White" line of Batman statues from DC Direct.

Clear as yellow snow and with no colour in it, it's just like a movie about a cop with metal plate in his head and Billy Madison to blame. Or, like a black and white comic, with grey tones to mark out not so white and not so black areas.

Batman works in black and white. Crushing the hopes and hearts of criminals is all the colour he needs in his life. (And maybe a young teen bounching about alongside in brightly coloured clothes for good measure.)


 

Pinto beans, green beans, jelly beans, franks and beans. All sorts of beans. And then there's Mr Bean.

Rowan Atkinson in his other role outside of Black Adder and as an incarnation of The Doctor.

No much to say about Mr Bean given that he himself has not much to say. Often going through life with all the luck of a four leaf clover walking around with a rabbit's foot. All the luck to the clover, none to the three-legged rabbit bopping about in some burrow.

Asking Mr. Bean for his thoughts on what Christmas is all about and what it means to him is hard fought. So don't bother. Instead, just pop down to the local pirate ships and hook up with seasons worth of Black Adder and be done with it. That's Christmas right there done and sorted.

(Yes, Atkinson has been in such fine fare including Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually and Johnny English but that's for another segment for some other day. Willing.)

 

Here comes Green Arrow/Black Canary #1, following from Green Arrow/Black Canary 'Wedding Special', this new series will feature Connor Hawke (son of the original Green Arrow) and everyone's favorite girl in black fishnet stockings Black Canary. The two are joining forces to track down who shot Ollie. This will be the beginning of two in their tales; Dead Again: part 1 "Here comes the bride".

The new Green Arrow/Black Canary team investigates the shocking results of the Wedding of the Century in an all-new adventure that brings the Star City-crossed lovers together! Written by Judd Winick (Formerly on Outsiders, Barry Ween); Art and cover by Cliff Chiang (Human Target).

Other Comics to Keep an Eye Out for this Week:

From "the House of Ideas" Marvel presents; X-Men: Die by the Sword #1 (of 5) , Writer Chris Claremont (Uncanny X-Men from 1975-1991); Artist Juan Santacruz brings together the parallel jumping Exiles and Excalibur to team-up to try to stop the world from being destroyed (nothing new that the X-Men can't handle).

Also from Marvel Comics; Part two of 'One More Day' continues in; Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man #24, who will Peter lose out of the storyline? Written by J. Michael Straczynski (Amazing Spider-Man); Art by Joe Quesada (EIC of Marvel). Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man #24 will ship in two covers (50-50 split), one by old school cover by Quesada and the Mary Jane cover by Marko Djurdjevic.

Dynamite Entertainment brings; Sword of Red Sonja: Doom of the Gods #1, Writer Luke Lieberman; Art Lui Antonio (debut). The follow up from the four part mini series Red Sonja vs. Thulsa Doom.

Out of Dark Horse Comics; Umbrella Academy #1 (2nd printings) by Gerard Way, will be available this week for those of you that have missed out.

DVD of the Month

Superman Doomsday animated movie, from producer and director Bruce Timm (who brought Batman: 'The Animated Series' and Justice League Unlimited). Based off the comic series 'The Death of Superman', by Dan Jurgens.

'When Lexcorp accidently unearths the intergalactic serial killer Doomsday, Superman battles the creature head-on in the fight of his life. The world collectively mourns it's fallen hero; humanity realise it will never feel truly safe again. Superman's enemies rejoice - all but Lex Luthor, who grieves the loss of his own demented manner, setting off a chilling chain of events that even he couldn't have foreseen'.

Starring Adam Baldwin (Firefly) as the voice as Superman, James Marsters as Lex Luthor (Buffy) and Anne Heche as reporter Lois Lane.

Trade of the week

Invincible Vol 1 'Family Matters'; Co-created and written by Robert Kirkman (Marvel Zombies & Walking Dead); Art by Corey Walker and also co-creater. "Probably the best superhero comic book in the universe!". If you haven't read or heard about Invincible, it's time you check it out. The first trade contains the first four issues. The story follows a boy named Mark whose dad is a well known superhero (Superman-ish), eventually Mark discovers he has his own powers and the adventure begins. Like Spider-Man, Invincible deals with teenage turmoil and the responsibility of trying to be a superhero. 5 out of 5 spuds!!!

 

Raise the arm long enough and lose all feeling in it as the blood drains back to the rest of the body. Keep it up there long enough still and feel nothing for quite a while. Why are you holding it up there in the first place? Can't reach the flourescent light?

Fresh from the Marvel Zombies vs. AOD Cross-over! - well, not "minty" fresh, but fresh enough - from his appearance in the Universe of the Marvel Zombies, our un-intrepid hero has returned to his own world - but what a world it's become!

Evil Ash and his Deadite hordes rule the land and everywhere Ash turns is filled with mutants and monsters! Can Ash J. Williams gather his "chosen" and take down the Deadite hordes and restore order to the world? Read on and find out!

All the action and post-apocalyptic excitement is once again brought to you from the creative team of James Kuhoric and artist Fernando Blanco and features a stunning painted cover from Arthur (Savage Tales, Marvel Zombies) Suydam!

Army of Darkness: From the Ashes from Dynamite Entertainment

Kids caught in a civil war often go up and vanish from the books and stats logs. Big one in purple tights with Mike Bullock and Silvestre Szilagyi in Phantom #18 carry on the battle against a HIM and the secrets of the hiding.

Fred Van Lente and Charles Carvalho go beyond the paddle board and the pickle walkers in Ghosting. Basically upping the ante of hazing to the level of ghouls and ghosts and stains in the shorts. Five whacks on the back for this track.

Six with the mega villain of the DCU and Peter J. Tomasi, Doug Mahnke, Norm Raphmund and Christian Alamy tell the tale of Black Adam: The Dark Age. Get yourself in too deep with the bog and the marsh and find stink lines waving all about. Knock off thousands of citizens and just watch people chase your tail as well.

Brit gone mystic takes a walk and finds another, only in legend before, in The Sadhu: The Silent Ones. Saurav Mohapatra and Manikanda leading the way from here to there and all with the spoken word made written.

Mike Mignola, John Arcudi and Guy Davis slam a change to the bureau in BPRD: Killing Ground. Once took five tic tacs to stuff up an entire nose. Now where are the paranormal investigators then then huh?

Trade of the week

Ever looked at the photo Alan Moore that is on that one with the Watchmen? Mangy looking man, like Spider at the start, with a typewriter of good skills and madness. That's sort Alan Moore. Alan Moore: The Complete WildC.A.T.S collects his works with the team that features a lot of green and if your nose is dry enough, you too may reward yourself with a partial nose bleed.

 

Suck the air out of a Coke bottle and leave it hanging on your face. Watch as the skin renders a red mark when you pull it away. Kind of get the same kind of feeling when you sleep on a coin for a bit. Wouldn't try it with a gun though. That's just a little too much like Russian Roulette.

This summer, the world goes black as Warren Ellis unveils his all-new super-powered heroes and villains epic that promises to be the biggest event of 2007! With art by the genius Juan Jose Ryp, no fan of The Authority or Wanted will want to miss this bleeding-edge eight issue masterpiece.

When the political situation in the USA becomes more than Horus can stand, he moves to take matters into his own hands. But since not all his other team-mates aren’t so eager to throw the world into chaos, an epic conflict starts to form. And no one will be safe as the bodies start to fall.

Black Summer #1 from Avatar Press

Keith Giffen and Timothy Green III throw down with Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord and Rocket Racoon is playing in the mix.

Warren Ellis and Ivan Rodriguez meet up with Doktor Sleepless for a spell with the mad scientist. Times they are not quite achanging. Ask yourself why.

Two sides to fight and with mink and Paolo Parente at the brink, it's nothing but Dust at the end. Sci-fi and history in the wars to world the weary. Plus zombies!

Christopher E. Long and Ryan Winn scout out those in the witness protection program all over history in Hiding In Time. Contracts are out and it's time to go through the streams looking for those who turn states evidence and take them out. Of time and of existence. Three times the charm.

David Tischman and Steve Conley go for a joyride in the Starship Enterprise for Star Trek: Year Four. Boldly going where the original series didn't quite make it in its original airing.

Marshmallows wrapped in cheese slices with dipping sauce of boysenberry jam. Tastes good and that's just food of a run amok combination. Top Cow/Marvel Unholy Union by Ron Marz and Michael Broussard slams all sorts of creatures from both universes into a mayhem that is like the Monster Mash where everybody is wearing a piece of food from their face on the one plate.

Stark is still missing and Christos Gage and Butch Guice run the ground along World War Hulk in Iron Man #20 looking for the man in the iron boxers.

Hardcover of the week

Grab a hold of Immortal Iron Fist Volume 1: The Last Iron Fist Story Premiere in the hardcover format from Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker, David Aja and Travel Foreman and chi that block out into smithereens. Say it again, "smithereens"! Now that's a great word.

 

 

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