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Bodyslam Magazine: Super Max Challenge Cup Preview part 3

by Jeff on January 18, 2011 at 11:20 pm
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In the final part of our Super Max Challenge Cup Preview series we’ll be examining Prison Asteroid 32J’s foursome.

Invincinator
5′  0″, 198 lbs (but allegedly well over 500 lbs)
Invincinator might be the first wrestler who isn’t actually in prison to compete in the Super Max Challenge (may be? Look it up, ya lazy bum – Ed.) After journeying from the Edge of the Galaxy to find new competition, the self-proclaimed super heavyweight found that competition on Prison Asteroid 32J. Invincinator is in the midst of a hot streak that’s seen him tally nothing but victories for nearly four months now. While inexplicably able to employ a power game against foes a hundred pounds heavier than he is, the talent level of the big men in the Super Max Challenge leads us to believe he’d be much better off if he’s able to draw smaller opponents.

Ron “The Con” Gould
6′ 3″, 276 lbs
“The Con” wasn’t on our Super Max radar prior to his partnership with Dick the Bastard. Gould has been bouncing up and down the card on Prison Asteroid 32J for a few years now, more often than not as part of a tag team. It’s his tag team expertise that earned Ron Gould his spot on this team, as well as his performance against Los Gordinflones Negros in the opening contest of the Super Max Challenge qualifying round. With LGN likely to dominate the tag team round, having a combination that can go the distance with the PPW champions could prove to be incredibly valuable for Team 32J.

Dick the Bastard
6′ 0″, 243 lbs
The least experienced wrestler in the tournament, Dick the Bastard has benefited greatly from his trainer, the legendary Mad Doc Crockett. While still pretty raw, the Bastard has already defeated the Wooly Bully twice, wrestled the tag team champions to a draw, and made an appearance in the Galactic Wrestling Gauntlet (albeit one truncated by an unfortunate collision with a luxury pod). What Dick lacks in experience he has thus far made up for with low cunning, toughness, and Ragnar Rasmussen’s helmet. Relatedly, it turns out that getting smashed in the face with a viking helmet is a good way to get knocked out. Reporters have speculated as of late to the extent of the back injury sustained by Dick during the Gauntlet, but Mad Doc Crockett has continued to assure the media that his charge is fine. On the other hand, Crockett once insisted he was fine when he defended the Galactic Championship with a broken hand and a badly sprained elbow, so his definition of “fine” is questionable, at best.

Johnny Law
6′ 4″, 302 lbs
The holder of the PPW Asteroid Belt was a no-brainer for inclusion on 32J’s Super Max Challenge squad. He’s big, experienced, and has been defending the Asteroid Belt for a little over a year. While he’s never been known as much of a team player, Team 32J surrounds him with two experienced tag team wrestlers and a guy with a hat that has more knockouts attributed to it than the average heavyweight boxer. Johnny Law is the closest thing to a guaranteed two points that the opening singles round will have this year.

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HEAT #94 – Chapter 8: The First Round

by Jeff on January 8, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #94 – Chapter 8: The First Round

And here we go with Chapter 8! Which is going to be fairly long, in comparison with the previous ones (I wrote page 111 the other day and I’m still not on Chapter 9 yet).

I had actually planned on posting this a lot earlier today, as I was going to be attending the PWA show in Edmonton tonight. Then Snowmageddon dumped two feet of snow onto my driveway and ruined all the roads. Hermit Mode, ENGAGE.

The first little bit of this chapter got re-written a bunch of times because the press conference/publicity photo shoot became way too much like a real press conference. For those of you who’ve had the good fortune to have never seen a press conference, a bunch of reporters ask unimaginative questions to athletes who are trained to respond to them in a series of cliches that convey no insight or value, although they will be reported in such a way as to suggest that these quotes are in fact a fascinating look into the behind-the-scenes elements of sport. Okay, maybe that’s just hockey press conferences. Maybe athletes from other sports aren’t trained from 16 years old to mollify the media with pointless platitudes so that they’ll go away.

That got a little ranty. I think my point was press conferences are boring, so I tried to make this one not be boring.

On Wednesday: Mad Doc Crockett defeats his enemies with math.

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Bodyslam Magazine: PPW Top 10 Rankings

by Jeff on August 30, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Posted In: Blog

With the Super Max Challenge Cup looming, it’s time to check in on Prison Pro Wrestling’s top 10 rankings. The qualifying round’s opening contest recently took place on Prison Asteroid 32J, with 32J and 17E both earning a point as Dick the Bastard and Ron “The Con” Gould took Los Gordinflones Negros, the PPW Tag Team Champions, to a time limit draw. But you’re here for the rankings, so let’s get to it.

10. The Wooly Bully
The native of The Shear Peaks has taken quite a tumble in the rankings after a pair of losses to newcomer Dick the Bastard. Previously thought to be a sure bet to challenge for Johnny Law’s Asteroid Belt in the near future, the Bully is going to need to live up to his name if he’s going to get back into the title hunt.

9. “Pretty Boy” Paul Meyers
The self-proclaimed “Pretty Boy” has built up quite a bit of momentum for himself heading into the Super Max Challenge. While his current winning streak is rather modest by wrestling win-streak standards, he’s shown a lot of improvement inside the ring and could be a dark horse pick to excel in the Super Max Challenge qualifying round.

8. Dick the Bastard
While still a rookie in PPW, back-to-back wins over the hairy juggernaut known as the Wooly Bully grabbed a lot of attention. Momentum kept going with a draw against the Tag Team Champions, and rumours are flying that he’s on the short list of call-ups to fill out the 30 participants in Galactic Wrestling’s upcoming Gauntlet battle royal.

7. Ron “The Con” Gould
Despite a recent string of losses with partner Tim Van Patten, Ron Gould’s record and recent partnership with Dick the Bastard (and subsequent near-win over the Tag Team Champions) left our panel of experts comfortable placing him in the number 7 slot. Gould’s tag team wrestling experience should be a valuable asset in the Super Max Challenge.

6. Jack Allen
Jack Allen has been on fire since being traded to Prison Asteroid 32J (who, quite frankly, won the shit out of that trade) for Billy Duggan. Allen’s Tiger Suplex has become one of the most effective finishers in PPW, as not a single wrestler has been able to kick out of it. Teaming with Invincinator hasn’t hurt his record, either.

5. Los Gordinflones Negros
Uno and Dos, Los Gordinflones Negros, have compiled an excellent record on their journey to the PPW Tag Team titles, and have yet to lose a match since winning the belts. The only factor preventing them from ranking higher is their lack of exposure in singles competition. Neither member of LGN has wrestled more than a handful of matches solo.

4. Invincinator
Invincinator is an oddity on this list, as he’s the only one who isn’t actually in prison. The prison league is a step up from the competition on his home planet, though, and he’s making the best of his new surroundings by compiling an impressive record since his arrival in PPW. Some insiders have suggested that he’s a top contender to make Prison Asteroid 32J’s Super Max Challenge Cup team if they’re able to qualify.

3. El Gangster II
The younger brother of PPW legend – and current HEAT star, after a lengthy stay in Lucha Libre del Muerte – El Gangster. El Gangster II is likely in line for a championship match within the next year or so, although most experts are of the opinion that he’ll be signed by another promotion before that happens. Unsurprisingly, rumours have Lucha Libre del Muerte showing interest.

2. Vinny LaGrazo
As miserable a bastard as we’ve ever seen step through the ropes, Vinny LaGrazo has recently been announced as the number one contender for the PPW Asteroid Belt, although it is unlikely that a match will be arranged for several months due to the Super Max Challenge. Vinny’s climb up the ranks has left a slough of beaten opponents in his wake, most of them bent into shapes not unlike pretzels.

1. Johnny Law
The copper would be PPW’s most hated wrestler even if he wasn’t wearing the Asteroid Belt around his waist. Even the toughest opponents seem to wilt when they step into the squared circle with Johnny Law, and it doesn’t seem like anybody else will be claiming PPW’s top singles prize anytime soon.

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HEAT #37 – Conned!

by Jeff on May 8, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #37 – Conned!

And 37 pages later, the creation of contest winner JJBar finally makes his first appearanace where he actually does something! He’ll be showing up more later, because the background information for him is too amusing to only use him once. Also, you aren’t seeing it wrong, Invincinator is actually substantially shorter than everyone else on the page.

This page was far and away the most complex to draw, because when I was writing the script I didn’t anticipate how complicated it would be to lay out the panels. I probably should have anticipated it, though, since the Vertebreaker (or at least the variant that Invincinator uses as his finishing move) is a fairly intricate move that requires a decent amount of space to make look good. It also didn’t occur to me that the front facelock/Manhattan drop combination would require a similar amount of space.  It did result in my favourite panel, though (the third panel, with the impact of the Manhattan drop).

On Wednesday: Ron drops some knowledge on Tim. And somebody gets dropped on their head.

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HEAT #36 – Sparkly Jackets are Sparkly

by Jeff on May 5, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #36 – Sparkly Jackets are Sparkly

The first bit of the commentary on this page is easily my favourite exchange between John and Hugh so far. At least out of the pages posted so far, they have some fun lines during the tag team match that’s coming up (not this one, the one I’m thinking of starts around page 50).

Ron and Tim’s jackets are an homage to the 1980s, when it seemed like pretty much everybody wore a ring jacket with sparkly sequins all over it. Which turned out to be more difficult to draw than I had anticipated. I think I ended up with a decent texture for them. About 5 or 10 pages from now there’s one based on Bobby Heenan’s old suits with patterns on the back that was a lot more difficult. Becasue apparently I’m physically unable to make things easy on myself.

On Saturday: Tim Van Patten and Invincinator step into the ring.

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HEAT #28 – Ragnarok

by Jeff on April 7, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #28 – Ragnarok

The pointy-haired fellow walking through the background of the first panel is reader JJ Bar’s creation, Invincinator. He won the trivia contest that started way back on the very first page, so he got to create his very own wrestler that would appear in the comic. And then the wrestler he created amused me so much that he’s been promoted to a semi-regular later on in the story. His next appearance will be page 38, I believe, unless he shows up in the background between now and then and I’ve forgotten about it.

My favourite part of this page is so small that I doubt anyone but me will even notice it. It’s the smeared blood on Dick’s face from his attempts to wipe it off. I also like how Ragnar Rasmussen headbutting Laredo in the background of the last panel turned out. We’ll be seeing Laredo again next week for Classic Wrestling Moments #3.

On Saturday: Making Dirt Sheet Headlines… Again. Follow @HEATcomic on Twitter to see the preview image!

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