Spacecraft Orion successfully launches, tests early Mars missions

"A new era of American space exploration"

          - Mission Control Houston

Yesterday at 7: 05 a.m. EST the NASA spacecraft Orion successfully launched and eventually soared as high as 3,600 miles above the Earth. It was an unmanned capsule that is an important step in the campaign to eventually take a crew of humans to Mars.

"A human-rated system hasn't gone that far since 1972. ... That reminded us that here we are again, now, the United States leading exploration out into the solar system."

          Mark Geyer, Program Manager

Here is an HD video of the launch of Orion's maiden voyage into space.

For a longer, lower quality video of Orion's launch and its ascent to its preliminary orbit above the earth, click here. And here is a Redditor's GIF timelapse of the spacecraft's path.

The capsule eventually faced speeds up to 20,000 miles during the successful reentry of Earth's atmosphere, and subsequent landing in the Pacific Ocean.

Finishing touches

Sneak peak of the Requiem poster, before inking. #ImaginosPlus

 Almost done with the contours. Gotta put in the details tomorrow then off to the inks. Poster for J Albert Cain's REQUIEM comic.

Honeycomb Hideout Double Feature: Episodes 24 and 25

Alright, 'Combies! After a few intermissions and a ridiculously busy schedule, the Hideout's back! And as a reward for all your patience, here we have two, count 'em, TWO episodes of the show in one post! We have "M2X Day 2" where Joe Cain and April Cox partake in a discussion of the convention at the halfway point and some of the cool things they'd seen so far and what they look forward to seeing. But that's not all for "Day 2"! In the second half of the episode, The Joes (Cain and Young) are joined by a couple of new friends at M2X for a lovely game of "Cards Against Humanity" and, whether you've heard of the game or not, you're in for a treat! And for "Day 3", Joe Cain's joined by Nik Emmadi who besieged his partners with his unexpected presence late in day 2. The two of them discuss a great many topics in geek culture as well as things that are good and that they'd like to see in future conventions. Also, they discuss the ever so interesting topic of "Death's revolving door" in comics as well as character turnover in many of our favorite shows. So here's the obligatory "Spoiler Warning" for any fans of "The Walking Dead", "The Superior Spider-Man" and numerous other series that you'll just have to listen to find out more about.  ;)

Episode 24: M2X Day 2/Imaginos plays Cards Against Humanity
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Episode 25: M2X Day 3
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Imaginos Movie Review: "Guardians of the Galaxy"

Review by Joseph Young

            Guardians of the Galaxy was amazing.  I’d love to just leave it at that and call it a day, but I can’t in good conscience do that to you guys.  This movie left very little to be desired and those are only nit picks on my part, one of which is that I wish it was just a bit longer. "Guardians" had me laughing and overall completely engaged, but when the backstories came out for the individual characters, things got serious.  It's hard to pull off that kind of blend in a movie and another to bounce back and forth with it and still make you feel like your not missing a thing, and this movie kills it in that regard, but in a good way.

            The characters were on point too; Star Lord was funny as hell he always had a one liner or some remark to make, even when the dude is being heroic and does something right, he has to pop off a joke or something.  The guy is all about the 80s, I was sitting there in the theater and I was actually able to count off the number of references at one point.  All that said, Star Lord is easily the most fleshed out character in the movie, it starts with him and we do see a lot of growth in him threw out the movie.

Gamora…wow, this chick should have her own movie. I mean, every character gets screen time and they all get a backstory and all get treated fair in that regard, but there are some characters that I wanted to see more of, problem being that a single movie would not allow for that.  Rocket, yes the raccoon with the gun, this guy was a scene stealer throughout the whole movie. Every scene he was in, it was either funny as hell or emotional, and that's really a tough call because Peter Quill (Star Lord) was exactly the same way. But Rocket stole the show for me, I walked out of the theater a Big fan of that raccoon.

 

            This movie was very much "Avengers" meets "Firefly". You have an ensemble crew that shouldn’t work well together but does oh so well, you have a space ship and a galaxy to go and make trouble in, and there's even a point in the trailer where you get the feeling that while these guys are the good guys, they aren’t against taking the odd or slightly illegal job to keep on doing what they do.  My one gripe is that the movie ended too soon and that I wanted to see more of the characters and the world they are in and that's how a movie is supposed to be done.

The Honeycomb Hideout Episode Special: In the Trenches

Alright, 'Combies! Mark Dudley's taking the reins once again for a special artist-centric episode of the Honeycomb Hideout. Returning to the Hideout is phenomenal artist Sharard Jackson and making her debut in the Hideout is Whitney Cook, an incredibly talented colorist and one of our collaborators on our soon-to-be-completed anthology "Imaginos Plus" as the colorist on Mark Dudley's "Juda Fist".

A great many serious and inane topics abound in this episode as the trio discuss the ins-and-outs of making a kickstarter work, the trials and tribulations of comic book production and politics involved in the professional and fan portions of the comics community. There's likely more there too, so come on down and enjoy!

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The Honeycomb Hideout Episode 23: The Midwest Media Expo Day 1

Alright, gang! It's been awhile coming but it's finally here, the first day of the guys and girls of Imaginos Workshop at the Midwest Media Expo. It was a really fun show with a lot of interesting happenings, so give it a listen and check out all the fun we had. Also, stay tuned for Day 2 next week!

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The Honeycomb Hideout Episode 22: Sharard Jackson and the Galaxy Girls

What's up, 'Combies! With everything running at the speed sound at Imaginos Workshop, the boys have been up to their necks in working on the Imaginos PLUS anthology. But, Mark, Nik and Little Joe still have a treat for you. With prolific comic artist Sharard Jackson on deck, the boys are discussing the rigors of independent comic production, the pluses and minuses of crowd-funding and the awesomeness that is Galaxy Girls, which is Sharard's current project with co-creator Shawn DePasquale. So have a listen to the hi-jinx and if you want to check out their project, here's the link!

And be sure to tune back in later for Imaginos Workshop's coverage of the Midwest Media Expo back in May! It was a lot of fun and we should have the first part ready for you in a couple of weeks, so don't go too far or you'll miss it!

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