Jenna Jameson Gets it on with Virgin Comics

Oh yeah, you read it right. I said Jenna Jameson on a comic book blog. It appears the entrepreneurial adult film actress/ New York Times best selling author will be starring in her own comic book series. Virgin Comics will be publishing the book that is going to be titled Shadow Hunter.

Early reports say that the comic will follow a character who survives a brush with death and then finds herself fighting legions of hell...

Miss Jameson intends to use the character for more than just comic books, hinting at a possible live action film in the future. Jenna Jameson will be appearing for the first time at the San Diego Comic Convention this weekend. *I'm sorry, that's not really newsworthy, but the mental picture of the worlds most famous pornstar at a comic book convention, which is essentially a sea full of virgins, is just priceless to me.

World of Warcraft Geeks, UNITE!

To start off...no, i do not play the game. And I have no intention to ever play the game. However, given the cult status that the game has, this should be pretty newsworthy.

For those of you who are oblivious to the World of Warcraft, it is a computer game. An MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) to be exact. All over the world people log hours and hours into this game, sitting at their computers just randomly typing commands in and communicating with their friends while they get together to kill some kind of wilderbeast or something along that nature. The game has warriors, wizards, dwarfs and pretty much anything else you'd expect from the genre.

For most fanboys and girls, the game was already more than just a game, it was an obsession, a lifestyle choice. However, now it actually is going to be more than just a game. At the San Diego Comic Convention, DC Comics announced that it will be publishing a monthly series based off the World of Warcraft license. DC chose wisely when they selected the writer for the series when they chose Walt Simonson. Simonson is best known for his work on Thor. Thor is the God of lightning and the son of the God Oden. He lives in Askgard, a mystical place filled with dwarfs, warriors, etc. So clearly, Simonson has worked within this genre before. The series will be debuting this fall.

Runaways Vol.1

Did you ever want to run away from home because you thought your parents were evil? Well, what if they actually were evil? That is the exact question writer & creator Brian K. Vaughan answered in this extra-large hardcover collection. (Consists of Runaways issue #'s 1-18)

The first issue starts off with a gathering of six families. All the parents go off into a large room and leave the kids in a playroom. The six kids, they believe their parents are just doing boring paperwork, but then one of them decides that they should sneak a look at what they are really doing. The kids then witness their parents 'sacrificing' a young girl and that their parents are super-villains. After seeing them commit murder, the kids run away and begin their adventure to survive on their own. Soon they start to see their own super powers start to develop and they decide to use them against there parents in an attempt to right the wrongs that they have done. While fleeing and hiding away from their parents, the runaways encounter vampires, a dinosaur, superheroes, villains, and giant monsters.

(The reason I'm not giving names here is because theres a lot of them, and unless you've read the book, their just going to be clustered together for no reason.) This comic series really taps into the hopelessness of being a teenager. As the pages turn you see the characters are being forced to grow up in ways that most normal kids would never have to. The oldest one is 17-18 years old, and the youngest is 12 with the rest being 16. They all have the same problems we all do. Whether they're worried about their appearance, how others see them or dealing with an awkward crush, you see these six kids maturing on every page.

The series blends everyday, mundane situations with the surreal, mystical world of comic books perfectly. Just imagine being able to fly but not being able to drive, and you can kind of see where the charm of this series lies. Dealing with puberty is bad enough but having to deal with super powers that you don't know how to control is something else entirely.

Runaways is the most original title to come out of Marvel Comics in years. Almost everyone can relate to the characters because we've all had to deal with growing up and all the situations getting older brings. This is a story that reminds us what it's like to be a kid and have absolutely no direction in life with simply no where to turn.

Rating: 9.0