Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Friday, September 19, 2025
Bucky Talk Presents His New DVDs
Here are two new DVDs that I just added to my collection. Yes I still own DVDs. I wanted to add these two DVDs to my collection because Captain Scarlet has a killer theme song and Creature from the Black Lagoon is just a classic and one of my favorite Universal Monsters.
Sunday, September 14, 2025
Friday, September 12, 2025
Bucky Talk Beat Super Mario Odyssey Today!
I just beat the game Super Mario Odyssey on Nintendo Switch today and here's my proof of this neat accomplishment below! I'm feeling proud that I finally finished a game again to the very end and it took long enough. Feels good to win something :)
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Comic Strip Carl's Creator Hall of Fame 2025 Inductees
Hello, I'm Comic Strip Carl and I am officially announcing the creation of my official hall of fame for comic creators simply called "Comic Strip Carl's Creator Hall of Fame" and it's an honor for the best of the best in the biz from the past, present, and future. Here are the 2025 inductees...drum roll please....
Dik Browne
Jack Kirby
E.C. Segar
Chester Gould
VT Hamlin
Rob Liefeld
CONGRATS TO ALL OF THE 2025 INDUCTEES! This has been Comic Strip Carl! Support your local newspaper and keep reading comics!
Bucky Talk Jokes
• Living in Chicago is like living in two fictional cities. First, it’s like living in Arenelle from the movie “Frozen” because we’re always stuck in eternal winter. And second, it’s like living in Gotham because Chicago has a shit ton of crime and I am the night for I am The Batman!
• The Russian version of the board game of Life only has four rules. Share, work, breed, and OBEY!
• Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld is infamous because he can’t draw feet. I probably shouldn’t joke about that because I can’t draw at all.
• The Beatles sounds better as a name for a superhero team rather than a name for a rock band because they can literally beat all! And I’m disappointed that none of the members of The Beatles were bugs.
• Led Zeppelin is a great band except their last album didn’t do all that well. In fact, you could say it crashed and burned. My reaction to that news is…oh the horror, oh the humanity.
• You want to know what the plot twist of The Sixth Sense is? Spoilers, who gives a shit!
• He-Man taught us kids that we have the power. The hard truth is when you’re older, you find out that your wife has the power.
• Babysitting is a cruel job. Why would anyone hire someone to sit on a baby?
• Disney vs. DreamWorks? Which animation studio is better? The Mouse House vs. Shrek’s Outhouse! Walt Disney, the man with a dream vs. Jeffrey Katzenberg, the man filled with greed! Again, which studio is the best? The answer is, of course, Studio Ghibli!
• Definition of a hypocrite, James Cameron directs a movie called The Terminator featuring an evil A.I. called Skynet that destroys us all. In the present day, Mr. Cameron invests in an A.I. startup company. Hypocrite!
• If you ever been sucked into a video game like I was last summer, be warned, it was The Sims. In fact, I never left because we’re all in The Sims right now!
• Attention spans are getting shorter. I blame it on…OH LOOK A DOGGY!
• I have FOMO which stands for Fear of Missing Out. Last week, my FOMO acted up because I missed out on the daily group meeting of the Friendly Underwear Captains and Kittens Organization. And the last time I abbreviated the group by stating the acronym for the Friendly Underwear Captains and Kittens Organization, someone slapped me.
• It’s not all that shocking in hindsight that Bill Cosby turned out to be a rapist. Because the warning signs were all there. Because keep in mind, the proof was literally in the pudding!
• Here’s something crazy, did you know that the address of The Muppet Theater from The Muppet Show is 123 Sesame Street? This year, they recently renamed that street Jim Henson Drive.
• Have any of you ever heard of the Kirby video games by Nintendo? I was shocked to learn that the character Kirby’s first name is of course Jack. Get it, Jack Kirby. If you’re a Marvel Comics fan that would mean something.
• Who here reads newspaper comics? Follow up question, who here reads the newspaper?
• There’s a signed picture of me and John Cena hanging on the wall inside my bedroom. Sadly, when I show it to people, they only see me in the photo. The legends are true; you can’t see John Cena!
• I learned Colonel Sanders’s secret recipe back when I used to work at KFC. What makes his fried chicken taste so good? It’s Popeye’s!
• I used to listen to Metallica before I go to sleep. For some reason, Enter Sandman kept me up. Even though I thought if the sandman were to enter my room, he would put me to sleep. So now, I just count sheep instead.
• I heard that the Laff-A-Lympics are canceled this year. The star athlete of the Laff-A-Lympics, Scooby-Doo was arrested at O’Hare Airport with a backpack filled to the brim with Scooby Snacks. Plus, Quick Draw McGraw tested positive for steroids as well.
• What makes a show like SpongeBob SquarePants a NickToon and not a cartoon? You think it’s because SpongeBob airs on Nickelodeon, but that’s not true. It’s because it’s all animated by one Korean guy named Nick Toon. He’s left uncredited.
Saturday, August 23, 2025
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Alien Warlord Qazolu Conquers Earth: Part 2
Back in Action City, the supervillain X-Eye and his robot henchmen, Buzz and Kirk, began their failed battle to defeat Qazolu and his army. It was during X-Eye’s battle with Qazolu that The Lunar Losers (Paul Ziser, Roncor, Weirdo, and Gar Jong) landed. The Lunar Losers quickly aided X-Eye in his battle against Qazolu and his army. Meanwhile, General J., Cool Fox, Max Storm, Kim Storm, The Skull Slasher and the three sole remaining and badly injured superheroes, Goddiess, Ms. Giant, and Young One were planning their attack on Qazolu and his army. Max Storm came up with their only plan of attack, they must use Qazolu’s own Vermootum Sword against him as that is their only shot at defeating the notorious alien warlord. “Alright, let’s go save Earth,” cried Max Storm. Four hours later, Buzz and Kirk were destroyed with X-Eye badly injured. X-Eye pleaded for his life and begged if he and Qazolu could work together. Qazolu then choked X-Eye slowly to death as The Lunar Losers continued to battle Qazolu’s soldiers alongside Cool Fox, Kim Storm, The Skull Slasher, Goddiess, Ms. Giant, and Young One. All hope seemed lost until Max Storm stabbed Qazolu in the back with the Vermootum Sword. After being stabbed Qazolu fell to his knees and coughed up green alien blood. Max Storm just kept stabbing Qazolu with the Vermootum Sword repeatedly, but the alien warlord would not die.
When Max tried stabbing Qazolu for what felt like the hundredth time, Qazolu grabbed the sword out of Max’s hand. Qazolu laughed as he broke the Vermootum Sword to pieces. Max then punched Qazolu in the face. Soon Max and Qazolu started fighting each other in an epic brawl for the ages. Max and Qazolu were evenly matched as their fight made the Earth shake and quake. It looks as though are heroes were finally winning this battle, while Max and Qazolu traded blows, The Lunar Losers alongside the heroes of Earth destroyed the remaining soldiers in Qazolu’s army. Max pulled out his rifle during his fight with Qazolu and shot him point blank across his red alien eyes. Qazolu moaned in pain as Max shot Qazolu three more times and then out of nowhere, Goddiess killed Qazolu with his Green Axe as the alien warlord’s reign of terror finally ended. The day is won, as all the citizens of Action City celebrated humanity’s victory over the invading aliens.
Three days later, with the aid of The Lunar Losers and the GUF, Action City was rebuilt to its former glory. Max Storm and his family returned home to the suburbs as they returned to civilian life. A memorial was built for the fallen heroes who lost their lives. It was at the unveiling of the memorial when the supervillain, Time Man made an appearance. “Hello Action City, I traveled through time, and I have brought back to life the fallen heroes who died in the invasion. This will be my only good deed for today, either way, by bringing back the fallen heroes. The timeline has been altered. And guess who is sadly also back from the dead….,” said Time Man. As the Earth quaked, Qazolu emerged from out of a portal and started laughing evilly. “I’m back,” yelled Qazolu. But not for long, as Goddiess then killed the returning Qazolu with the now restored Vermootum Sword. “Nah, we’re not doing this again,” said Goddiess. Qazolu is dead once more, but the timeline slightly altered again. With the fallen heroes still alive and peace throughout the universe restored. And so, that is the story of when Qazolu took over Earth only to fail twice at it. Evil shall always fail, as good will always succeed!
THE END
Alien Warlord Qazolu Conquers Earth: Part 1
It was a hot summer day in Action City when Qazlou's army arrived and began their invasion. The Gifted (Dr. Strong, Dr. Laser, Ms. Giant, Ms. Sonic Scream, and The GreenSpeed) were the first superhero team to meet Alien Warlord Qazolu and his army outside of their headquarters. Qazolu made his presence known as he walked over toward Dr. Strong and grabbed him. Dr. Strong tried to fight back but failed to hurt Qazolu. And in mere seconds, Qazolu snapped Dr. Strong’s neck and killed the leader of The Gifted. Qazolu chuckled and asked, “Is this the strongest being that your planet has to offer?” after Qazolu spoke, Dr. Laser blasted his face with his eye lasers to no avail. Qazolu stroked his non-burnt chin and then snapped his fingers. Right on command, Qazolu’s soldiers shot and killed Dr. Laser and The GreenSpeed. Qazolu laughed even louder as Ms. Giant and Ms. Sonic Scream barely were able to defeat Qazolu’s soldiers. After the long battle, Ms. Giant was injured and her sister, Ms. Sonic Scream was killed in action. Ms. Giant fled the scene because she knew she was outmatched.
So it began, hero after hero facing Qazolu and his army only to meet their deaths. Super Dude, slaughtered! Retro Strongman, slaughtered! Mr. Tallenstine, slaughtered!
Hero after hero meeting their deaths at the hands of the alien warlord Qazolu. Only Goddiess appeared to be evenly matched and even a God took a beating from Qazolu. Elsewhere, General J. and his top agent, Cool Fox, made their way to a small suburban town outside of Action City to the home of retired monster hunter, Max Storm. Max Storm currently works for animal control and lives with his wife Kim, their son Mike, and his brother-in-law, The Skull Slasher. General J. knocked on the door of Max’s home and it was Kim who answered the door. “General, Cool Fox, what now?” asked Kim. “Is Max here?” asked Cool Fox. “Check the garage. What do you want with my husband?” asked Kim. “We need his services, right away, and that’s an order,” said General J. Kim opened the garage door to reveal that Max was working on his motorcycle while The Skull Slasher was having a beer. General J. entered and tapped Max on the shoulder only for Max to shout, “I’m retired, go away,”. Cool Fox sighed and General J. pulled out an alien sword. “Your country needs you. The world needs you Max. We’re not leaving without you,” said General J. Max took the alien sword right out of General J.’s hand and started to examine it. “This is a magical artifact called the Vermootum Sword. It’s the most powerful weapon in the universe. Where did you get it?” asked Max. “We got this sword out of the back of Super Dude’s dead body. We don’t have time for this, are you coming with us or do we need to take you by force?” asked General J. Max looked over at Kim and his young son Mike. Max sighed and walked over to a trunk in the garage. Max grabbed all his weapons and hoped on his motorcycle. Max rode off with General J. and Cool Fox following behind him. Kim pulled out her car keys and then helped Mike get into his car seat. Skull chugged his beer and threw the can away into a recycling bin as he hoped into car with his sister Kim. “We’re going to help Max, aren’t we? The team is back together again?” asked The Skull Slasher. “I saw the news before General J. and Cool Fox came here. Whatever is going on in Action City. We need to be there for Max,” said Kim. Kim started her car and she, Skull, and her son Mike began the two-hour drive to Action City. And little did they know, was that Max Storm might be the only person on Earth who could slay Qazolu once and for all. Because Max Storm is the chosen one, forever and always!
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Comic Strip Carl Presents Asterix August: The Epic One Off Review of Legends!
Hello, my name is Comic Strip Carl and do you know what today is? Why, it's Asterix August! It's time that I review the legendary French comic album created by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo in 1959. Starring that fabled Gaul himself, Asterix and his friend Obelix kicking Roman soldiers' butts with their magical potion. This is pure gold! Five stars out of five! The whole month of August is dedicated to Asterix! All hail Asterix! This counts as the sole review for those who wanted an Asterix review from me! Asterix isn't quite a comic strip! Support your local newspaper and keep reading comics while I go try to get that magical potion for myself. And some IHOP too!
Comic Strip Carl's Comic Strip Reviews: Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
Hello, my name is Comic Strip Carl and I barely review comic strips for a living. Today's review is the classic comic strip Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. Created by Billy DeBeck in 1919, so long before the search engine Google was created. Do you think that the estate of Billy DeBeck gets royalties from Google? Just saying, it be weird if the name of the search engine came from this comic strip that few people have heard of. Three stars out of five! Support your local newspaper and keep reading comics!
Comic Strip Carl's Comic Strip Reviews: The Born Loser
Hello, I'm Comic Strip Carl and today's review is the classic comic strip The Born Loser, A.K.A. ME! Five stars out of five! Support your local newspaper and keep reading comics!
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