The Misadventures Of Clark And Jefferson #1 of 4
Writer: Jay Carvajal
Artist: Marc Borstel
Ape Entertainment
Cover Price: $3.50; On-sale: Nov 2007

In the sun-baked Arizona desert, Sheriff Clark and nearly blind Deputy Jefferson keep the small town of Sagebrush at peace. But when the ornery Dempsey Gang rides into town with plans of staying a while, Clark goes in for the arrest, with Jefferson cowardly following behind. And despite Clark’s best efforts, one of the Dempseys escapes into the desert. But Clark and Jefferson are quick to take up their own horses and follow after the desperado. While on the trail, the duo come across over a hundred dead cattle, with only their guts and eyes eaten up. The pair press on diligently, unaware that their journey is about to lead them straight into a close encounter of the third kind!

Western comics have been few and far between on the new release shelves of comic book stores for quite some time, with only the Marvel Max title The Rawhide Kid and DC’s Jonah Hex easily coming to mind. And as for westerns with science-fiction elements to it? Well aside from Firefly, there hasn’t been too much of a crossover since 10-year-old boys in the backyard couldn’t decide whether to play spaceman or cowboys n’ indians. But none the less, like Franco Nero standing off against fifty bandits, writer Jay Carvajal and artist Marc Borstel have dug in their heels to bring together this western with a touch of the extraterrestrial and plenty of lowbrow laughs.

Focus Features has provided Geeks of Doom with an Eastern Promises prize pack to give away to 1 lucky reader!

The prize pack includes a T-Shirt and the Official Soundtrack to the upcoming David Cronenberg-directed crime thriller Eastern Promises, which stars Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts.

Eastern Promises hits theaters on September 14, 2007.

TO ENTER: Answer the follow question correctly:

What other David Cronenberg-directed film did Viggo Mortensen star in? [Here’s a hint.]

EMAIL: Email your answer with the subject line EASTERN PROMISES CONTEST to us at

RULES: One entry per person. All entries must be in by Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007 at 11:58 PM EST. This contest is only open to residents of the United States. No international entries will be accepted. Void where prohibited.

WINNER: Winner will be chosen randomly from entries that contain the correct answer. Winner will be notified by email.*

GOOD LUCK!!!

No, this is not normally the type of movie I’d post about, but hey, I thought it was comedy at first. But now every time I post this movie, we get lots of positive reader response, so hey, I might as well finish what I started. (Yeah, some negative response too, but just deal, it’s only a poster, you can look away!).

At right is the final poster for Tyler Perry’s upcoming film, Why Did I Get Married? Click on the image for a larger view.

Perry stars alongside Janet Jackson, Malik Yoba, Jill Scott, Sharon Leal, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, Denise Boutte, and Lamann Rucker. Why Did I Get Married? is written and directed by Tyler Perry, and is produced by Reuben Cannon.

Why Did I Get Married? opens in theaters on October 12, 2007.

The Boys Vol. 1: The Name Of The Game
Written by Garth Ennis
Illustrated by Darick Robertson
Covers by Robertson and Avina
DC Comics/Wildstorm & Dynamite Entertainment
Cover Price: $14.99; Available Now

Who watches the supers? Butcher, that’s who. Billy Butcher. An English gent employed by the CIA to keep an eye on all the horrible deeds that superheroes do when they are not on camera, or get away with when they are on camera simply because of the recognition. Butcher hates supers. And with a very good personal reason. And when he gets a chance to do some damage, whether it be stomping some superhero or pulling some of darkest humored pranks on them, Butcher and his team, known and feared as The Boys, are the best at what they do.

Hughie. Wee Hughie to his mates. He just your average Scot bloke who think he has just the perfect woman. Unfortunately that woman is killed right in front of him during a skirmish between two supers while at the fair. Hughie is devastated, and when the men in black come knocking at his door, they easily coerce him to sign a document stating he will not hold the government responsible. Hughie is just the man for Butcher’s newest line-up of The Boys — someone who has a personal hatred for the supers’ disregard for humanity, and someone with the balls big enough to stand up and put them in their place.

Apple Trailers has posted the trailer for the Jon Favreau-directed Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, and Terrence Howard.

The trailer contains much of the same footage unveiled by Favreau in July at the San Diego Comic-Con. It shows the capture of Tony Stark (Downey Jr.) and his forging of the Mark I Iron Man suit, as well as a few glimpses of Stark in the red-and-gold “Mark III” Iron Man suit. There’s also a final visual-effects shot of Iron Man in even more sophisticated armor, flying with F-22 fighter jets.

Iron Man hits theaters on May 2, 2008.