Halo: Initiation #2
Written by Brian Reed
Art by Marco Castiello
Colored by Michael Atiyeh
Lettered by Michael Heisler
Cover by Paul Richards
Dark Horse Comics
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Cover Price: $3.99

Halo: Initiation #2 takes us through the story of the most recent Spartan program, and the new Spartans. In this installment, we see the the new Spartans struggle to use their new abilities and start to get a feel for who they are.

The writing is crisp and clear, making the reader be drawn in and want more. The story is great, working well within the established Halo Universe. The artwork, by Marco Castiello, is rugged and angular, which I like for this story. I like how it draws attention to important characters by having them drawn more clearly than the background characters.

John Ritter, actor and comedian best remembered for his portrayal as nice guy Lothario Jack Tripper on Three’s Company, died ten years ago today of a heart ailment.

Ritter was one of those rare actors who seemed to possess all the right adjectives and descriptives, both seemingly as an actor, a personality, and off screen. Charming, irresistible, likeable, with man next door looks, he was like Buster Keaton meets James Stewart or Cliff Robertson as played by Charlie Chaplin. Ritter was able to successfully brew together these elements and create an end result of a persona in films (even when he was being a regular lout, as in Blake Edwards’ semi-successful sexy comedy Skin Deep), that comes across effusing with effervescent charm mixed with humor that made for a concoction that was enjoyed by all audiences of ages and stripes.

Last we heard, Jurassic Park IV was being pushed back from a planned 2014 release to sometime in 2015, and producer Steven Spielberg was helping up-and-coming director Colin Trevorrow (Safety Not Guaranteed) with his first experience with a huge franchise blockbuster.

Now Universal has announced an official title (complete with the logo above) as well as a new official release date for the movie, which Trevorrow is also co-writing along with Derek Connolly.

While walking around the Google+ pages the other day I happened across this bit of wonderful, a Breaking Bad alignment chart.

Those of you yet to jump on the Breaking Bad bandwagon should consider this the primer. Those of us hip deep into a show that I personally rank as one of the top 5 most compelling television shows on air today can sit back and marvel at the chart’s accuracy.

Continue below now to see the chart.

Geeks everywhere were upset when it was announced that the popular G4 channel shows X-Play and Attack of the Show! would be canceled, and that the channel itself was to be re-branded as a channel aimed toward an “upscale” male audience, later confirmed to be called Esquire Network.

The final change was set to take place on September 23rd, but like a wrongly convicted man being saved from the electric chair by a phone call seconds before the switch was to be flipped, a last minute announcement has changed things. Now, instead of G4 it will by the Style channel being re-branded as Esquire Network.