January 2008

Less Money Mo' Problems

By Alan Smithey

San Diego, California, 1/1/2008

All right all you cats and kittens out there, here's the scoop. The cat that be drunken has fell on some hard times and I'm not talkin' about the drunk in the gutter kind. That's right Drunken Cat Comics has hit a financial hardship.

What does this mean you ask? Well it means that DCC will be spending the next couple of months putting pennies in it's piggie bank. As for where this leaves Ruffians for all you Scar-aholics, president and creator Brian Canini had this to say, "Ruffians is going to be put on hiatus for the next couple of months while we attempt to get DCC back on it's feet. Don't worry though, I assure you this will only be temporary. Ruffians is not going to end up being one of those independent books that fizzles out and leaves it's readers without an ending to the story. The book will continue. This is just a temporary setback."

There you have it, straight from the horses mouth as it were. The comics will prevail! As for all you comicheads out there that still need something to feed the beast I suggest checking out Lab Monkeys in the meantime. Until next month, may the comics be with you.

word of the month

hero

Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural heroes
Etymology: Latin heros, from Greek hērōs
Date: 14th century
1 a: a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability b: an illustrious warrior c: a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities d: one that shows great courage 2 a: the principal male character in a literary or dramatic work b: the central figure in an event, period, or movement 3 plural usually heros : submarine 2 4: an object of extreme admiration and devotion : idol

Hello everyone! Lard Man here and this year my New Year's resolution was to try and lose some weight so before I hit the gym I went online in search of some tasty yet healthy recipes. To my joy I hit pay dirt and found a recipe called"Southwestern Hominy." And it's not only tasty it's delicious! Smaller pants here I come!

SUBMITTED BY: Martha Holland Recipe from allrecipes.com

PREP TIME 5 Min
COOK TIME 30 Min
READY IN 35 Min
SERVINGS & SCALING
Original recipe yield: 12 servings

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 (15 ounce) cans yellow hominy, drained
• 2 cups chopped tomatoes
• 1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup reduced fat shredded Cheddar cheese

DIRECTIONS

Nutritional Analysis: One 1/2-cup serving equals 76 calories, 1 g fat (0 saturated fat), 1 mg cholesterol, 223 mg sodium, 14 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 3 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch.

Until next time, bon appetite.

Have a great recipe that you want posted email it me at cookingwithlard@drunkencatcomics.com with the subject line "Cooking With Lard" and you could be the next featured recipe of the month!!!

Ben Foster

It was in 1999 when I first watched "Liberty Heights", the forth part in what had previously been Barry Levinson's Baltimore-Diner trilogy. It was a rather simple story with many rich layers and textures. It featured excellent performances by the likes of Tony Montegna, Orlando Jones, David Krumholtz, and Anthony Anderson and a plot that grew out of a premise regarding the automobile and its more wide spread availability first transporting teenagers out of their ethnically segregated neighborhoods and into new, unexplored worlds. I soon added this film to my DVD collection. Not because the movie was one I necessarily wanted to watch over and over. Rather because of my initial impression. "Hmm. This Adrien Brody guy's pretty good. And that Ben Foster! That kid is amazing!"

It wasn't long at all before Adrien was locking lips with Halle Berry. And since his introduction to feature films as a minor (He had previously been on television; mainly the Disney Channel Show "Flash Forward"), Ben has been cast in a lot of roles where he performed at an incredibly high degree and should have gotten more recognition.

While Ben had dropped out his freshman year of high school, he was bringing so much of the high school experience to life on the screen. In "Get Over It", as a lovesick jock who joins a high school play in order to try to steal his ex-girlfriend from an ex-boy band member. His angst-filled student in "Bang, Bang, You're Dead!" is cast as a rebel in post-Columbine high school. During those early years he also played, a white rapper who looks to his enormous entourage for validation in "Phone Booth", and emotionally scarred and amply tattooed Dave in "Punisher". He also clocked in on "Six Feet Under" (TV), "Big Trouble", "The Laramie Project", "Northfolk", and "11:14". In all of these roles, Ben was affective and brilliant, yet he had failed to make an impact either because he was underutilized or because the project underperformed.

He started to get a few nods inside the industry when he won a Daytime Emmy and tore up the screen once again in "Hostage", which actually did pretty well in the box office. Truly, it wasn't hard for Foster to foster some real A-list roles from that point. But his role as Angel in "X-Men 3: The Last Stand" didn't really have wings. It was "Alpha Dog" that let Ben fly when he portrayed a meth addicted black belt with a self depravation so deeply running that the Jewish boy had decorated his body with skinhead tattoos. Then along came "3:10 to Yuma" with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale and an almost simultaneous tour de force with "30 Days of Night."

I have been watching this guy since he first got off the plane from Iowa. I've been telling my friends to watch his star rise since before his younger brother followed him out to LA. I think it's about time I said something. I mean, I remained too silent publicly after I watched 'Even Stevens' religiously. I had discovered the talent of one Shia Labouf for myself. Now he's transformed into a huge star, and it's too late to call that shot. (I do think you should keep one eye on Christie Carlson Ramono, however.) Let me make it official. Ben Foster is going to be a huge star.

For Ben Foster's full information, go to http://www.imdb.com

And let me be clear on one fact. This "man crush" of sorts doesn't make me gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

PS I also have a "man crush" on Christian Bale.

"All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse."

- Benjamin Franklin
US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)