OK, so...originally we were going to end this blog in favor of our website (www.mycagecomic.com), but since you guys keep checking here, we're going to keep both. YAY!
On the website we'll be posting more comic related stuff, and here it will be more whatever subjsct pops in out heads.
Today's topic? The new Three Stooges movie.
And it goes a little something like this:
Recently a lot has been made over the casting the new ‘Three Stooges’ movie being made by the Farrelly Brothers.
Well, actually I’m being kind of liberal with the word ‘recently’ and the phrase ‘a lot’. Let’s hear it for literary license! YAY!
Still, for those of you who don’t know the cast looks like this:
Benicio Del Toro as Moe
Sean Penn as Larry
And introducing Jim Carrey as Curly
Now, when I thought this was a bio-pic, I was ok with it (although I didn’t think it could be better then the one already done on ABC a few years ago). However, I’ve since learned this is an actual ‘Three Stooges’ movie! Like, three idiots walking around slapping each other!
And now? I’m agin it, dangnubit!
I mean, hey…to me Sean Penn will always be Spicoli from ‘Fast Times’, so seeing him return to comedy for the first time since ‘I Am Sam’ is awesome, but as LARRY F***ING FINE?!?!?!? No way!
So my disdain for the casting, and a lot of free time, have lead me to cast my own ‘Three Stooges’ movie! Since this is just for fun, I am going to cast all the Stooges through Stooge history (HA! Take that successful millionaires the Farrelly Brothers!)
Let’s begin:
Moe: Ok, Moe’s the angriest. As such, this is where Sean Penn needs to be. He is the angriest actor ever. He should play the angriest Stooge.
Larry: He was the longest running of Moe’s ‘Partners-in-Stoogedom’. No one put up with more of Moe’s crap then this guy. Hence, only one person can play this role? Robin Wright –Penn!
Curly: Curly is the greatest Stooge ever! Hence we need the greatest actor ever to play him. Now, I know what you’re thinking…De Niro! But, c’mon…that’s WAY too obvious. So, just to keep it interesting, I’m going with Meryl Streep.
Shemp: I know what you’re thinking. He’s the replacement Stooge, Ted McGinley is famous for replacing actors on TV shows, hence Ted McGinley should play Shemp. I thought the exact same thing.
BUT…
Did you know Shemp was actually a Stooge BEFORE Curly? It’s true. So, sorry…McGinley is out.
I had to attack it from another angle:
Let’s face it, there’s no better moment of a ‘Three Stooges’ short then hearing the ‘Three Blind Mice’ theme music…and nothing is more bitterly disappointing then getting to them saying ‘Hello, Hello, Hello’ at the end of it and realizing it’s a Shemp short instead of a Curly.
Hence, we need an actor who generates that same feeling of disappointment in the modern cinema. Of course I’m referring to Matthew Macanughey.
Don’t believe me? Picture this exchange:
Film Executive: “Hey! We’re making a film about your life!”
You: “AWESOME!!!!”
Film Executive: “And Matthew Macanughey is set to star in it!”
See what I mean? Macanughey IS Shemp!
Joe: Effeminate man-child no body likes? No brainer. Perez Hilton. ‘Nuff said.
Curly Joe: Curly Joe was basically a bland, marginally talented, poor man’s Curly. So with Meryl Streep playing Curly, Curly Joe shall be played by Nicole Kidman.
And there you have it: The perfect modern day ‘Three Stooges’ cast!
My work here is done.
Later!
-Ed
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Hey kids,
First off, our website is up, so go visit us there:
www.mycagecomic.com
Melissa and I are doing a new project together:
“DRACULA VS. SANTA”!!!! (click image below to see and vote for it)
It’s up on Zuda Comics right now.
For those of you who don’t know what Zuda comics is, it’s DC Comics’ webcomic division. Each month they hold a competition between 10 webcomics, and this month Melissa and my entry of ‘Dracula vs. Santa’ was excepted! If we win we gat a contract with Zuda!
Here are some instructions on how to vote:
1. Go to http://www.zudacomics.com/
2. Click on the words ‘Sign-up!’ in the upper right hand corner.
3. Fill out the information and hit ‘sign me up’. They will now send a letter of acceptance to the e-mail address you just filled out.
4. Sign into the given e-mail address. There should be a ‘welcome’ e-mail. It will contain a link to sign in to zuda (http://www.zudacomics.com/user), your user id name, and a temporary password.
5. Open the e-mail and click the link to accept. It will bring you to a screen that will ask you to confirm your e-mail address and the temporary password that was in the e-mail
6. It will bring you to a screen with a small square with a little red star, next to which will be your age.
7. Above the red star with your age, there will be a banner with the words ‘competition’, ‘submit a comic’ and ‘explore comics’. Hit ‘competition’. This will bring up a list of comics in competition.
8. Read the comics!
9. Now pick a comic to vote for and go back to that story.
10. To the right of the story is a square with with the picture/icon of the comic you have chosen, and big ‘check mark’ button with the word ‘vote’. Click that button to vote for your comics.
11. Under the vote button is a place where you can give the comic a ‘star’ rating. Give a rating between 0 - 5 stars.
12. Under comic’s icon/pic is red and white ‘+’ sign with the phrase ‘add to favorites’. If you want, click the ‘+’ symbol to add us the comic to your favorites.
13. Leave a comment to the creators while you’re there!
14. BONUS: Under the ‘Add to favorites’ + symbol is a read and white pic of an envelope. This e-mails the comic to a given e-mail address icase you want to send it to a friend.
Hey kids,
We're getting our website set up. Once we have it finished, we'll post the url here.
Until then, if you want to drop us a line, you can write us at mycagecomic@yahoo.com .
Thanks for all the support!!!
Best,
-Ed
My Cage tends to make reference to many shows, comics, and actors and actresses.
This month is no exception. A strip running December 26th makes reference to The Hills.
Personally I don't watch this show so it made it a little difficult to draw a caricature of any of the cast members. With some searching I chose the cuter looking girl of the bunch, Lauren Conrad.
Unfortunately, it's a small shot in the panel so I thought I show it off here. Caricatures aren't easy for me but they have been fun to draw, and since they are quick sketches, it's good practice.
Just this past Thanksgiving was an unmentioned cameo of 'Claire Bear' from Heroes. The strip featured a cheerleader so I took the liberty of drawing Claire - as a bear of course.
Hey kids,
Ever been a fan of something with a 'cult' following? Well, if you're reading this blag you are!
'My Cage' is one of those things that has a small but devoted following of readers.
In one sense that's cool, because it's like being in on something special, but on the other hand it kind of sucks because...well, we could be canceled (not likely right now, but could happen in a few years). Part of a cult following is that the size of the fanbase is small in number, so if we get too 'cult' we go away.
It's the difference between being 'underground' and being 'buried'. :D
To avoid the latter, we're going to try a few new things over the next few months to try to expand our readership. This is the first of those things.
Welcome to the first ever 'Golden Squishy Awards'!!!
The Golden Squishy award will be an award we give via this blog for fans who have helped spread the word on 'My Cage'. Once we post it, if you can write in and prove that you are one of the fans listed for a 'Golden Squishy' and want to provide us a snail-mail address, we'll send you a wallet sized business card of the award so you can tell people "Hey! I have a 'Golden Squishy' in my pants!"
The first recipient of a Golden Squishy, is myspace member Lóng Zhàn Qí Shì, who put up the first 'My Cage' fan club, which you can see (or join) RIGHT HERE! Our second recipient is Fenris the Wolf who put up our Wikipeida page, seen HERE! The next winner is D.B Echo, who wrote a letter to the editor of his local newspaper suggesting 'My Cage'. You can read said letter on his HERE on his blog. Also, who could forget yukiyuko on the gaiaonline.com forums, who not only posted about 'My Cage', but kept bumping HER POST for several months. Thanks Yuki! :)
And finally... ...'wreck-gar' from the DC Comics Message Boards who has posted about the strip there a few times. As a long time DC Comics fan, it's fun to google the strip and have the DCU boards in the results.
That's it for today. I know I've missed a lot of people who have mentioned us out on the web and to newspapers (one really nice blog I can no longer fine listed us as one of the bloggers 5 favorite comic strips OF ALL TIME!!! Alongside 'The Far Side' and other strips of that caliber!), so if you or someone you know is deserving of a Golden Squishy, post here to let us know!
Until next time...
Keep on caging!!! ;)
