It’s been awhile but it was worth the wait - so get ready for another wonderful story from It’s JerryTime! This time around we find Jerry taking the plane. Bad airlines can make you insane and I’m sure you can relate to Jerry’s dislike of air travel. He said that the last leg of his flight was like the Twilight Zone’s Nightmare at 20,000 Feet. (Capt. Kirk seeing men in fuzzy suits reminds me of Star Trek.)

Another musical toon, looped for your pleasure from those creative Weebl guys. If it rhymes with Simon Cowell you can be sure it’s in Owls. Like most of Weebls stuff, you can’t get it out of your head and you can’t fool owls.

These new images of the upcoming StarCraft II game look wonderful! With no official release date yet from Blizzard, this is all we’ve got for now as my anticipation grows. My kingdom for new Zerg army! (The more Zerglings the better.)

Those lucky Europeans will see the vibrant new Red, Turquoise and Green Nintendo DS Lites hitting shelves across Europe on June 13, 2008. Perhaps the rest of us will see those or other colors coming from Nintendo in the future. I can’t say that I’m terribly fond of these new colors and I’m pretty happy with my Onyx DS Lite. Maybe I’d grab a new Brown DS Lite if one came out… (hint, hint Nintendo)

The web is abuzz on the recent big news about the Nintendo DS remake of Dragon Quest IV Chapters of the Chosen, which will be released in the U.S. September 16. (It will be followed by parts V and VI, which have never been released in U.S. before.) Dragon Quest IV was known as Dragon Warrior IV in America when it was released for the NES way back in 1992. This is some exciting news for the world of RPG games!

I do enjoy me some Dragon Quest!

When you think of MS-DOS games what comes to mind when you think of two gorillas throwing explosive bananas at each other? This game was one of my favorite back in the QBASIC days and now you can play it again (in these FLASH days). Gorillas.bas has all the action, excitement and guesswork you’ve come to expect in a turn-based, banana game. Go all apey on your friends and smack the smile off the sun.

Cool! It seems that Universal Pictures and Marvel Studios just updated the official website for The Incredible Hulk movie. So now you can get pumped for the upcoming Hulk flick by watching the trailers and grabbing downloads such as wallpapers, icons, photos and such. I’ve been a Hulk fan for as long as I can remember and I’m really looking forward to it, so cruddy CGI be damned! It opens June 13 and stars Edward Norton, Liv Tyler and Tim Roth. (I’m glad they’ve made him into a hero this time.)

See Mike Draw - It’s a site for “Mike [Jacobsen] to share his cartoons with the world” and he’s got some funny and twisted ones. I’ve been keeping up with his comic for quite awhile and highly recommend them to our mature readers. So if you want a laugh be sure to keep up with Mike and be sure to peruse his archives.

Just when I thought I almost caught most of them (420) there’s a new one coming out. I guess it should come as no surprise, since there’s been a new Pokemon game every few years. But since I’ve been hooked on these little Pocket Monsters for over a decade, I’m looking forward to the next one: Pokemon Platinum. It’ll be out in Japan this Fall and the rest of us will have to wait until next year I imagine. This new game prominently displays Giratina and it will build off the current Pokemon Diamond and Pearl games. Enjoy the teaser site, which is there to whet your appetite!

Sure your kids’ scrawlings are a work of art, but here are some redrawn by professional artists. Some of them are just plain imaginative, what a neat idea!

Finding yourself less than obese? Well here’s a product guaranteed to get children and adults fat as pigs. Over one and a half million bottles of Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic sold! I don’t know what it is, but it might just be semisolid pig renderings. I know this ad is from the 18th century, but doesn’t this little piggy remind you of Bobby Hill from the TV show King of the Hill? It also reminds me of a picture I took of Jermaine Rogers - Life-Sized Squire vinyl toy, at the San Diego Comic-Con last year.

I went by my local comic book store and picked up my comics along with the latest copy of the Comic-Con Magazine (#2). It’s not available online yet (at the time of this post) and it’s got a nice little list of exclusives we can look forward to this year. I’d seen the Hasbro Cobra Commander exclusive and thought it looked quite unique, to say the least. Here’s an early list of some of the toy exclusives you’ll find this year:

1. Action Figure Xpress: Decepticon Skywarp Bust (Limited to 400 pieces @ $60 each)
2. Diamond Select Toys: Transformers G1 Animated Optimus Prime Bust (Limited to 750 pieces @ $60 each)
3. Funko: Gold Edition Iron Man Mark 1 Armor Bobblehead (Limited to 1008 pieces @ $17 each)
4. HasbroToyShop.com: G.I. Joe Cobra Commander Figure (Black Suit) w/ protective case
5. Mattel: Masters of the Universe Classics King Grayskull w/ shield, battle axe and sword
6. Mezco Toyz: Heroes - Future Hiro 7″ Figure w/ sword and sheath (quantity TBD)
7. Peanuts: Vintage Charlie Brown Bobblehead (Limited to 600 pieces @ $15 each)
8. Sideshow Collectibles: Star Wars Aayla Secura 12″ Figure (Limited to 3,000 @ $64.99 each)
9. Top Cow Productions, Inc.: Witchblade #118 SDCC Variant - Cover by Marc Silvestri (Limited to 2,000 copies)

This list will continue to grow as the San Diego Comic-Con draws closer.

Update: The new spring issue of the Comic-Con magazine is now available online in PDF format.

The Anime Expo is the nation’s largest anime/manga convention, with the largest collection of import and domestic anime and manga merchandise anywhere in America. AX 2008 will be held July 3 – July 6, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Southern California. I’ll be attending for my first time this year, so I’m pretty jazzed. If you’re planning on going, don’t forget to sign-up early for your tickets and hotel. If you’re not attending, stayed tuned and I’ll keep you informed.

Cubeecraft papercraft toys are free to download and some assembly is required. Each figure features interlocking tabs for construction so you don’t need for tape, glue or other messy adhesives. Just find the character you like, download and print on a standard piece of A4 letter paper, cut and fold. Lots of creative fun for all ages. Characters like Stormtrooper, Mr.Stay Puft, Kirby, Usagi Yojimbo, Dr.Zoidberg, Strongbad, Bender, Mega Man, 60’s Batman and lots more. With new ones weekly!

(via theBBPS)

I woke up this morning to the blue light Wii special and a new update from WiiWare. It’s a new Wii channel called the Nintendo Channel and was just released in the U.S. today. So I downloaded it and then proceeded to start it up. I was greeted with a digest video that showcases many recent Nintendo games and commercials. It was a pretty smooth playback, even though the videos are streamed. (I just watched a neat interview with Shigeru Miyamoto.) I’ve not had time to play with it much, but I know you can also download demos and game patches, as well as rate games.