Exactly a week from today, we will debut our new Muttpop site. It'll be nice to finally have one site that features our regular blog postings, product information and development news, and an online store featuring some of our products. Be sure to share your thoughts on our "new and improved" site once it's live.

Aside from working on Muttpop Inc. with myself and writing the various comic book series in the Lucha Libre Comic Anthology, Jerry also writes a Horror/Comedy comic book series called "The Zombies That Ate The World" with cartoonist extraordinaire Guy Davis (best known for his work on Hellboy's B.P.R.D. and The Marquis). The comic book series was published in the US released Metal Hurlant Comic Magazine until Metal Hurlant's cancellation. It has also been released in graphic albums in France.
Many years ago, there was some interest in developing "Zombies" into an animated feature or television series. In an effort to garner interest in the project, a short animated film was made based on the first chapter of the story (as written by Jerry and drawn by Guy Davis).
The short does a decent job of capturing the inventive nature of Jerry's concept...but I don't feel it does a very good job of capturing the frantic energy of Davis' beautiful style and illustrations.
Either way, it's pretty cool to see Jerry and Guy's work translated to another medium! One of these days, we should think about doing some "Zombie" figures! :-)

The answer to "Break The Code".

Here's another game I'm really excited about: Professor Layton & The Curious Village. I love, love, LOVE the art style! The character designs and environments look amazing. I also dig the music...it's too bad the voice acting and fake British accents are so poorly done.

The concept is a great one. It's a neat little murder mystery that's primarily a text adventure game with some nice full animation bits and a bunch of logic puzzles that are somehow linked to uncovering various clues.

The logic games remind me of the simple puzzle games my Uncle would challenge me with involving a bunch of matchsticks. Their transition to a DS Stylus screen are very natural and clever.

More than anything, though, is I'm in love with that wonderful visual style. There's so much more to Japanese character design and it's nice to see the developers behind "Professor Layton" are willing to embrace and explore new ways of visual design that harken back to classic Japanese animation.

Man, I miss the young and hungry Eminem. I recently pulled out the good old VHS to watch my "The Best Of The Wake Up Show With Sway & King Tech). One of the highlights is seeing Eminem tearing it up with his two freestyles. The guy really brought something new and natural with his serial-killer imagery and off-kilter delivery. The passion and cleverness he came with was so refreshing and exciting.

When revisiting the tape I noticed that he had quite the crowd experiencing his amazing skill. If you look carefully you can see Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Pharoahe Monch listening to his cypher. Rumor has it that Dr. Dre signed Eminem to Aftermath upon hearing this very bit from the Wake Up Show.