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agentmlovestacos: The two newest images from Marvel’s The...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:33:49 -0500

Marvel's The Avengers

Marvel's The Avengers

The two newest images from Marvel’s The Avengers!

avengers.marvel.com

Coulson and Thor: bros for lyfe.

Lately I’ve been having trouble getting the motivation to...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:58:47 -0500

Lately I’ve been having trouble getting the motivation to start a couple projects (namely, my comics blog and a comic book project). Even though I know I can do both projects, there’s something holding me back from actually starting. While I don’t think it’s a lack of passion, I think it’s a little bit of fear what’ll happen if I succeed, or (perhaps more) if I fail.

Today was the first time I listened to this song in earnest, and I was amazed at how it pretty much summarized what tons of pages of self-help books have already told me.

If you’ve ever been scared of starting something new because of the prospects of failure, click “read more” for the lyrics and give the song a listen.

New School Leaders by Shad, off of “When This is Over” (2005)

I’m staring at the world’s blankest page
White with all the angst and rage
I can’t convey
Just feeling so distraught and depressed
as I imagine these lines filled
with all the sick rhyme skill
I thought I possessed
It’s a pressure to produce, it’s my process it’s slow
I got no mic presence and no progress to show
It’s this project it’s so ambitious
It makes me wish that I could just
sit and talk to a professional musician
Cause maybe he could tell me if I got the talent
I just wanna shoot the gift
All I wanna do is spit so bad and it’s sad
Cause all I wanna do is quit when the pressure hits
Harbouring the prospect of failin’ y’all
I get left with this sick deep feelin’
most definite, I should sleep this off

Man you can’t be this soft.

Man where’d you come from?

Listen son take those bedsheets from off your body
No time for rest, don’t just resign to stress
I’m the real MC that you wanted to find
and test your rhymes again
all the thoughts in your mind address em
Sit up a second let me answer your questions

[Original Rap, with new school leaders]

Young bro, open your eyes you’re gonna make great music
Just open your soul and cats will relate to it
If you open your heart at least you’ll escape through it

Yeah I’m scared that I will but still no one will take to it
I guess that’s why I’m stuck before this opening line
Cause when my demo drops it’s gotta be blowin’ some minds
To make some dough with these rhymes I must be showin’ them I’m…

What, deaf? Cause only the deaf need to go and get signed
Just to express themselves, you can get your wealth in other ways
I ain’t tryin to scam millions, or get your love and praise
Cause god gave man brilliance

Yeah but why plan buildin’ if the most I’ll ever do
is rhyme for my grandchildren

Respect! You love to get but you hate to earn
This time can be a blessing if you wait your turn,
and simply stay concerned with making sure you state what you feel
when you’re lacin’ your reels and always elevatin’ your skills
See I’ve learned this thing determines what it takes to get ill
And real patience doesn’t mean you sit and wait for a deal
Build with local cats, do the open mic thing

There ain’t none!

Then make some, you wanna be an all time great son?
Cool, do your thing, but just recognize this
success won’t make you happy
at best it make you rich
at worst it make you paranoid bitter and afraid
and either way there’s no use for cash in the grave
Problems and platinum plaques,
so don’t let your raps detract from the bigger things in life
cause that’s a trap, for real!

[Original rap, with new school leaders]

Yo, tell me exactly how you got your props?

One day I started working hard and just forgot to stop
If you don’t stay on your rhymes you’ll probably rock the spot
Around the time pigs fly like some cops with hops

But man, I’ll never match

That’s true, who in the world can?
Most of these cats can’t even flow, like Pearl Jam
Man I’m just playin’, but you gotta have confidence

Well what about humility?

Well I’m not sayin’ be pompous kid, just recognize your ability
Cause a real MC knows if he’s competent, you feelin me?

Well are you feelin’ me, do I got what it takes?

Well do you got a vision, a purpose, a mic, and some breaks?
I know you got the passion cause I can see it in your face
And that’s already more than half of these cats making tapes

I’m trying to be making paid though, school ain’t my thing
all I think about is rappin’ and makin’ this happen and…

Man I been there, matter of fact I’m still here
Let me get some cats on the mic to explain this to you real clear
Fellows who can speak with authority

Listen:

While real MC’s and DJ’s are a minority [Gang Starr - You Know my Steez]

A dope MC is a dope MC with or without a record deal, all can see [KRS One - Step Into a World]

See no need for boozy crowds clappin’ their hands

I never let a statue tell me how nice I am [Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour]

Stay far from timid only make moves when your hearts in it [Notorious B.I.G - Sky’s the Limit ]

It ain’t hard to tell [Nas - It Ain’t Hard to Tell]

I part mimics market it for target and charts with smart gimmicks
from the fresh soul for sharp witted and artistic (?)

[Original rap, with new school leaders]

eddplant: Be mine kim pine Favourite Scott Pilgrim lady.

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:22:36 -0500

eddplant:

Be mine kim pine

Favourite Scott Pilgrim lady.

junkalicious: This art……. Pretty much why I don’t like...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:15:12 -0500

junkalicious:

This art…….

Pretty much why I don’t like Quitely’s art in a nutshell:

Jean and Emma’s face are pretty much the same, apart from Jean’s huge red lips
I’m not sure pecs work like that, Wolvie. Arm seems to be much too small and jutting out at a reverse angle
Cyclops’ chin and feet make him look like some kind of ill-proportioned cave man
COMBAT PLATFORM SHOES

herochan: Ghost Rider/Akira Mash Up Created & submitted...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:02:22 -0500

herochan:

Ghost Rider/Akira Mash Up

Created & submitted by M7781

deviantART || Tumblr

Awesome.

mrhipp: HULK SMASH, BROTHER! (Inspired by this great piece from...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:25:01 -0500

mrhipp:

HULK SMASH, BROTHER! (Inspired by this great piece from the amazing Phil Noto)

BROTHERDUDEJACK.

Tumblr does Radar posts for text now? There’s hope for us...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:04:50 -0500

Tumblr does Radar posts for text now?

There’s hope for us all.

gabdar: Mass Effect 3 - “Take Earth Back” Cinematic Trailer...

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:28:48 -0500

gabdar:

Mass Effect 3 - “Take Earth Back” Cinematic Trailer (2012) | FULL HD (by XboxViewTV)

Sorry work.

Sorry friends.

You won’t be seeing me come March.

Station ID: February 19, 2012

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:00:00 -0500

Name: Matt Demers
Age: 22
Height: 6’3
Weight: 210

Always looks for work, ideas, collaboration and new readers. Give me a follow, reblog and show the love.

Recent Stuff:

Featured on a podcast
Launched Toronto Type
Hit 27 live viewers on 8 hours’ notice for Smite Club VI

School: One month to go at Ryerson. Bachelor of Journalism, here I come.
Work: Intern at ScribbleLive. Video games for Financial Post. Campus blogger for Ryerson Student Life. Comic books (formerly) for ComicVine.
Portfolio: See the sidebar, dorkus.

Side Projects: League of Legends play-by-play for Smite Club. Architecture/signage photoblog at Toronto Type. Nerd columns for Nerd Girl Pin Ups.
Ideas: Comic book titled “NTO”. Comic blog/vlog series called “ComicsMatt.com”

NTO: Heavily influenced by Brian Wood’s DMZ, NTO takes part in the near future, where cities have become densely-packed, apartment-heavy skyscrapers. Telling the story of one man’s climb from the depth of the city’s Bowels to the upper echelons of Halla, it chronicles ambition, loss, sacrifice and an attachment to humanity. Pseudo-sci-fi without delving into Cyberpunk. Inspiration for art style can be found here.
Status: Looking for an artist and finishing a concrete pitch. Will pay. Serious about this turning into a webcomic/print combo.

ComicsMatt: Partly inspired by Heidi MacDonald’s The Beat, DC Women Kicking Ass and my own recent departure from ComicVine, ComicsMatt is an idea for a comics/nerd blog and personal brand site based on my interests and passion. Columns, vlogs, reviews and interviews.
Status: Tumblr seized, but not fully conceptualized.

Interests: Comic books, hip-hop, making music on my iPad and Ableton. League of Legends, Mass Effect, web comics and journalism. Podcasts. Pro wrestling. Sleep, stir fry and shadowboxing. Cartoons and kung-fu movies.

Twitter: MattDemers
Photos: MattDemers on 500px and Instagram.
YouTube: AtMattDemers
Tunes: Last.fm and SoundCloud (empty for now)
Steam: DemersMR

Gear: iPhone 4s, Nikon D40, iPad 2, FlipCamera HD

Any questions? Send them my way.

Hip hop, motherfuckers.

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:50:31 -0500

Hip hop, motherfuckers.

coelasquid: mattdemers: beesmygod: zeiss-manifold: freshest-t...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:02:01 -0500

coelasquid:

mattdemers:

beesmygod:

zeiss-manifold:

freshest-toing:

A runway fashion design.

I’ll steal it!

NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW

drat those arkh boys, they drive me to drink

oh boooo booo poor form >:(

i dont like art theft

Not defending it or anything, but is it really “art theft” if they’re taking something from real life and then putting it on a character? Is it art theft if a dude wears a blue t-shirt?

it’s about speceficity. A blue t-shirt on your original character wouldn’t be out of line, but what about a blue t-shirt with a green backpack, dark blue shorts, brown boots, and a bunny hood hat thing? Sure would be. What about a few years back when Buckley introduced a new character that was heavily inspired by another artist’s design? Most people agreed that was bad form.

There’s a difference between referencing a common article of clothing like a business suit jacket or a polo shirt and using it as a piece in a design and taking one-of-a-kind original pieces of haute couture and completely recreating the entire ensemble for your own profit. This isn’t even an “inspired by” deal, this is a designer’s original piece directly copied onto their game character, I assume without permission. If a clothing company “took inspiration” from this in the same way, that would be what we call bootlegging.

The original design is from Lebanese creator Zuhair Murad, from his Spring 2007 collection, I believe. You are more than welcome to go to his site and read the legal section specifying that you cannot produce derivative work from his collections for purposes other than your own personal non-commercial use if you’d lke.

Thanks for the explanation. Didn’t know how fashion worked in that regard.

This isn’t art theft, this is taking inspiration from real life...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:09:07 -0500

This isn’t art theft, this is taking inspiration from real life and incorporating it into one’s art. And Matt, if your blue t-shirt remark was in reference to Finn, I think I love you hahaha.

/shifty eyes. Maybe.

Recorded a podcast with Anand Ram this past week about comics,...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:42:00 -0500

Recorded a podcast with Anand Ram this past week about comics, comics journalism and ambition. I open up a little bit about my own struggles with finding my passion with work, and my insecurities when it comes to my writing.

Please, give it a listen!

beesmygod: zeiss-manifold: freshest-toing: A runway fashion...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:37:32 -0500

beesmygod:

zeiss-manifold:

freshest-toing:

A runway fashion design.

I’ll steal it!

NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW

drat those arkh boys, they drive me to drink

oh boooo booo poor form >:(

i dont like art theft

Not defending it or anything, but is it really “art theft” if they’re taking something from real life and then putting it on a character? Is it art theft if a dude wears a blue t-shirt?

This Is A Thing: Remember when Myspace was cool?

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:00:27 -0500

This Is A Thing: Remember when Myspace was cool?:

gentlemanmask:

everyonehatesteenagers:

Then a bunch of whiny teens started joining, then it got totally lame.

We moved to Facebook, which was totally awesome at first, but then the Myspace users moved to Facebook too. So Facebook sucks now.

I’m starting to see some of my peers…

Get off my lawn, etc etc. Just go to Google Plus, or just stop following/adding people you don’t want to deal with.

I don’t understand people who think they’re obligated to follow people that genuinely give them discomfort.

No source given on Reddit, but bad-ass nonetheless. Source...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:29:00 -0500

No source given on Reddit, but bad-ass nonetheless.

Source added.

gentlemanbones: snipejammin: gentlemanbones: hirokareo: Why...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:47:18 -0500

gentlemanbones:

snipejammin:

gentlemanbones:

hirokareo:

Why the black guy gotta wear Black?

And the asian girl wearing yellow?

(via chaystar)

Haha, I went to a Power Rangers panel at Otakon last year, and the guy was saying that they really didn’t realize this.

The Red Ranger could’ve also been a Native American

I don’t know if that would’ve been better or worse, though

And the hot girl (who later went into porn?) gotta wear pink… and a skirt?

That’s ~~sexy (wait this is a kid’s show)~~ sexist.

I don’t have a gif, but I’m sure one of you will help me out…

Unfortunately there wasn’t anything out of place about the Blue ranger.

He was an asshole, though.

The Pink Ranger didn’t go into porn. She’s actually still acting in a Canadian TV show right now.

Curling with momma Demers and co

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:43:07 -0500

[Flash 10 is required to watch video.]

Curling with momma Demers and co

"We at Comic Vine strongly believe everyone is entitled to their own opinion. We each have our own..."

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:56:00 -0500

“We at Comic Vine strongly believe everyone is entitled to their own opinion. We each have our own voice. We can’t always see completely eye to eye and it would probably be boring if we did. Below is the original review for this issue by Matt Demers. As Editior-in-Chief of Comic Vine, I didn’t feel it completely fit with our previous approach toward reviewing this title and general perspective. So in the interest of sharing an alternate take, we’re including both reviews, which we hope you’ll read as further insight into the quality of this issue.”

- Editor-in-Chief’s note on my last review for ComicVine. I received no notice of this until I actually found the review.

alexsegura: What Your iPhone Would Have Looked Like In The...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:17:31 -0500

alexsegura:

What Your iPhone Would Have Looked Like In The 80s (via @buzzfeed)

I actually wouldn’t mind an icon set that looked like this right now.