Saturday Solutions - Part II

A couple days ago, i posted these three screens from a recent animated movie to see if it was familiar for folks out there:

They style of the first screen might seem familiar to some - it looks like a series for which i've previously expressed great fondness - Batman: The Brave & The Bold. Y'know, this guy:

...and, indeed, it is a movie based on the show. With plenty of old favorites, like the 'outrageous' Aquaman...

Co-stars include The Martian Manhunter, Black Canary, The Question, Plastic Man, Detective Chimp, and plenty of others...

...some very others...

Of course, along with our heroes, there's a whole troop of villains cavorting (and chasing through doors & corridors in classic Scooby fashion) to match...

Of course, Batman and the Scooby-Doo Crew team-ups go back 40 years and more, to the days when Casey Casem was voicing both Shaggy and Robin. But this is a very specific Batman, with a quite distinctive vibe - one which they kept for this movie. The nature of the Silver Age comics that the show embraces actually makes it fairly easy to bring the Scooby crew into the world of the show - and throw them up against the worst that Gotham and Arkham have to offer.

It actually works pretty well.

Diedrich Bader is back as Batman, of course, and John DiMaggio as Aquaman. Jeffery Combs is a great choice for The Question, and the rest of the top notch cast includes Tara Strong, Fred Tatasciore, and Kevin Michael Richardson (about whom we'll surely talk more soon).

To be honest, i haven't watched the recent wave of Scooby-Doo animated movies. I think it's a fairly safe bet that this is the usual voice cast despite my ignorance, especially since they get top billing. Frank Welker leads as both Fred & Scooby, with Grey Griffin doing double duty as both Daphne and Black Canary.

More than being entertaining - weaving the typical Scooby-Doo tale together with a Silver Age detective club and a case from the beginning of Batman's career - the film also gives me hope for more Batman: The Brave & The Bold movies in the future. Bat-Mite took the show from us too soon, and the replacement series tanked because it didn't sell enough toys. I much enjoyed the first season of Justice League Action, but i'd purely love to see more B:TB&TB.

screens from Scooby-Doo & Batman: The Brave And The Bold (2018)

Saturday Solutions - Part I

Answers? We got answers.

Here's the first batch - the solutions to yesterday's Doctor Who quiz collection:

puzzle pages from Doctor Who Funfax and  Doctor Who Battles In Time #s 2, 25 & 26 (2005, 2006, 2007)

SM Cartoons

Spent most of the day dealing with the frustrating puzzles of the new software and haven't blog-formatted the images for Saturday Solutions yet. So here's a bit of Saturday Morning Cartoon type action to distract you, and we'll be back with the answers later in the day, after i'm awake again.

There was no next month.

comics by Louis Ferstadt from Young Allies #3 and Funland #1 (and only) (1942, 1946)

Who Whats

Meeting the new medical team went well today, but slipped in the snow on the way home and having much too much fun with my knee now. So before i go hibernate and heal, let's quickly set up this edition of

While The Doctor is a fairly frequent subject around here, we tend to lean towards the older run when pulling puzzles and references. Let's visit the modern era for today's Doctor Who quiz collection -

Hmm. That word search looks awfully easy.
Let's fix that, eh?

To wrap up, we jump tracks. Instead of a test type quiz, here's one of those Cosmo Personality Quizzes that have become so ubiquitous at times -

...but you'll still have to wait until tomorrow to chart the results, just like the 'real' quizzes.

What You Watchin'? (Again)

I hope everyone had a fine Valentine's Day. Woke up here to a thick blanket of snow covering the landscape, with light snowfall throughout the day. Perfectly lovely day, and a fine setting for taking those Valentine's nudes. You have your traditions, we have ours.

One of those traditions is enjoying a not-holiday movie after our holiday meal. We really weren't sure to expect with this one, but had to give it a go - and were rather pleased with the choice after viewing.

Have you seen this one yet?

BTW - The animated version of Gotham By Gaslight is out if you haven't seen it yet. Happily, they changed the story for those who read the original, but generally kept the feel.
Y'know - I wish the folks who handle much of DC's animated movies had control of the live action end of things. Even the failures would be more entertaining.

Long day today, and longer tomorrow, so sleep now, more answers and musings later.

It's Treatable With Flowers And Chocolates

Meanwhile, back at the comic books on Valentine's Day...

Even Lone Wolf characters like Batman are into Valentine's Day-

Who would have thought that over 50 years ago DC was supporting gay couples and non-monogamous relationships in 1966:

That's what's going on there, right?
Anyway...

The idea that Love is beyond Death leaves us with...

NOTE: Following the restructuring of this site, the covers for

Zombie Tramp have been moved to our back room for adult content.
Please follow this link to The Other Voice Of ODD! archive
of the original post to view the artwork. 

Let's wrap up our Valentine's Day covers and cards the way we started them - with Spidey & Deady(?!)-

At Least There's No Massacre

Looking around at the world today, it's hard not to feel longings for a sweeter, more loving time.
You know, like it used to be on Valentine's Day...

What the frell did i just see?

Apparently this "love" stuff has been pretty sick & twisted all along...

After all the lewd puns, threats, masochism, bondage, pussy licking, topless man-eaters, and what all in the other cards, that last one still manages to be extra creepy in its way.

So next time, we'll come back with some nice, wholesome comic book Valentines.

Okay, yeah. That's a whole 'nother level of creepy.
But still better than the look on CM's face for this stalker Valentine -

Eek!