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February 26, 2008

Name that pup!

A few more puppy names. More soon. Keep 'em coming -- mondomarvel@marvel.com

  • Second Chance or
  • Choice
  • Chobacca
  • Excelsior
  • GrrrPak
  • Seven
  • Herculpup
  • Joey (after Joey Ramone)
  • Chappy
  • Ludwig
  • Excello
  • heraclio
  • Prometheus
  • Quixote
  • The Incredible Maxitronic Big Poppa Pup-tacular
  • Newton
  • Copernicus
  • Contego ("or, 'Tego: Latin for 'to shield, protect.'")
  • Fractal
  • Wolfgang
  • Figaro

February 25, 2008

Right back at thee

So someone draws a funny picture of me. But you've "made the eights," lad.

Whom dost thou call Skrully, now?

P.S. Wordpress is sooo much better than Movabletype. Who's your system admin, boy?

Skrulltastic

Hey, Herc.

Nice chin.

February 22, 2008

Yo Herc!

Check you out!

Haw haw.

More more more

k more people sent in names for the puppy. Check 'em out. And keep 'em coming -- mondomarvel@marvel.com

  • Shipoopi
  • Bruce (from four different people, after Banner and/or Lee)
  • Monsturd
  • Fraction ("in honor of Matt")
  • Salieri (from two different people)
  • Old Man ("This comes from the Native American Coyote trickster spirit, that was sometime called Old Man Coyote.")
  • Cerberus or Kerberus (from four different people)
  • Midnight
  • Blaster the Rocket Pup
  • ODB
  • Dwayne
  • Sebastian
  • Omar Little
  • Bodie
  • Stringer
  • (D'Angelo) Barksdale
  • Maeby ("after Maeby Funke from Arrested Development because a) he's still enraged that the smartest half hour on TV was canceled, further weighing on his sway to the dark side and b) 'maybe' he'll be good, 'maybe' he'll be bad." Word.")
  • Trickster
  • Long John Porkface ("Don't name him Spot or Skip.")
  • Del
  • All-Ball
  • Ambush Dog
  • Deathblood
  • Whiskey
  • Sweet Pumpkin
  • Zanzibar (or Zani for short)
  • Phineas Horton
  • Ray (as in "gamma ray")
  • Edison (or Watson)
  • Pancake
  • Acme
  • Rex the Wonder Dog
  • Herkie
  • Help
  • Banner
  • Moot
  • Wolfgang
  • Trazom ("Mozart backwards")
  • Excel
  • Wade
  • Tzu

February 21, 2008

K. 95, baby

Just in case anyone was wondering, the Mozart at the beginning and end of Scorsese's "After Hours" is Symphony No. 45 in D Major, K. 95 (or K. 73n for you Köchel 6 kidz).

February 20, 2008

2008.03.19 - Pak, Van Lente, and Pham sign "Incredible Hercules" #115 at JHU in NYC

"Incredible Hercules" co-writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente and penciller Khoi Pham will sign copies of "Incredible Hercules" #115 at Jim Hanley's Universe in New York City from 6 to 8 pm on March 19.

The event also includes a discussion of how their comic book comes together from concept to script to finished art.

Jim Hanley's Universe is located at 4 West 33rd St., New York City, across from the Empire State Building. For more information, visit Jim Hanley's Universe.

Comixtreme calls "Incredible Hercules" "one of a very few 'must-read' books in the Marvel line-up" while EyeOnComics.com writes, "This is everything one could hope for in a Marvel super-hero comic: clever, down to earth, action-packed and entertaining."

2008.02.20 - "Incredible Hercules" #114

"Incredible Hercules" #114, written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente with pencils by Khoi Pham, hits comic book stores on February 20. Don't miss the comic that Comixtreme calls "one of Marvel's best" -- tell your local retailer to order a copy for you today!

Click here for Marvel's solicitation for the issue.

Name game

So thanks to everyone who's been sending their suggestions of names for the pup -- here's what y'all're saying:

Bruiser
Karma ("Bad Karma!")
Kirby
Mozart (Mo’ for short)
Wolfgang
Orson (after Orson Scott Card)
Deiter
Whilly Coyote
Aosi
Kenyon
Shaolin
Byte
Wii
Wi-Fi
LAN
Spam
Troll
Widget
"Phail"
Bug
0100 0100 0110 1111 0110 0111
Lockheed II
Jean Grey
Keep 'em coming. mondomarvel@marvel.com Rock it.

Pup needs a name

Hey. So. My puppy needs a name. He's a coyote. Got an idea? Send it to mondomarvel@marvel.com .

K gotta run. S.H.I.E.L.D. missiles, blah blah blah.