Crap Filter coming at you from NY Comic-Con!
Just a little heads up to our faithful readers that Crap Filter will be reporting from Comic-Con this weekend at the Javits Center in the Big Apple. What info will we uncover? Who will we meet? What free crap will we be guilted into taking? Stay tuned to find the answers to these and other pressing questions, because we’re assuming that inquiring minds probably want to know.
Voltron TPBs by Devil’s Due
We all remember Voltron: Defender of the Universe from our childhood. I still have my fully assembled Lion-Force Voltron. It is the metal version, that was recalled for having lead-based paint. My mommy said I could keep it, as long as I didn’t lick it. Recently I picked up and read a couple of trade paperbacks that I really enjoyed. For the last couple years, Image Comics, and Devil’s Due Publishing have put out a run of Voltron comics, which are now collected in these digest-sized collections from Devil’s Due. Continues after the jump »
50 Cent’s plan to get white kids to read
Now this is a stroke of pure genius. Not content with turning his life into a movie, crack dealer-turned-bullet magnet-turned-rapper 50 Cent is coming out with a new line of books that will delve into the flashy world of the G-Unit crew.
“These tales will tell the truth about The Life; the sex, guns and cash; the brutal highs and short lives of the players on the streets,” the publisher said in a release over the weekend.
Well it’s about time.
I’m just not sure who the intended audience for this line of books will be. I figure that if you’re really into 50 Cent, you’re probably not a big reader. If Lloyd Banks and Young Buck are your thing, would you rather read a novella about it, or hear a rap about it? I’m guessing that the subject matter lends itself better to rap.
My guess is that this is for misunderstood suburban kids, like most hip-hop that has any association with MTV. Say what you will about 50 Cent, but you can’t deny that he knows how to peddle average rap and rap-related products to the suburbs.
I eagerly await the story about a shooting at a 50 Cent book signing.
Oh please, please, please let there be a shooting.
