Hereditary is one of the scariest horror movies of recent years and the shocking scene of Charlie sticking her head out of the car window because she was having an allergic reaction and having it decapitated by a telephone poll was one of the worst moments of the movie. Like Charlie, I never saw it coming.
Here we are, back with the EYG Comic Cavalcade. This is a big week, with several star-studded releases… with a surprise Comic of the Week.
I grabbed some complete sets last week at Comic World. I got Plastic Man #1-4, Deadpool: Suicide Kings #1-5, and DC Invasion #1-3. Buying the complete sets are fun and setting me up for the Daily Read posts over the next few months.
Comic of the Week
The Infernal Hulk vs. Spider-Man #1
I was ready to give this spot to Avengers #1 until I came across this book. These Infernal Hulk one-shots have been fine so far, but this one, featuring Spider-Man, sets the Wall-Crawler up as a huge underdog, and showed off the traits of Spider-Man as a major hero. I loved the way they used Spider-Man in this book, and his efforts against all odds was awesome. It also had a painful ending that makes things compelling.
Books this Week:
Avengers #1. “Assemble Part One” Written by Chip Zdarsky and art by Marco Checchetto. Cover A art was done by Marco Checchetto & Matt Milla. I got several other covers, out of the blind bag which earned both a Silver and a Gold Medalist this week. The new Avengers book kicked off this week after Avengers Armageddon, and this was a lot of fun. Of course, Spider-Man was focused on and I loved his inclusion and his interactions with the rest of the new team.
DNX #4. Written by Jed MacKay with art by Federico Vicentini. Cover art was done by Kaare Andrews. This issue of DNX seemed to be setting up the next issue with a showdown between Cyclops and the Chairman. It did seem to be a transition issue for this book, leading into the finale.
Ghostman Haunts Again #1. Written, illustrated, and cover art was by Raymar Brunson. The return of Ghostman is awesome. This book is oversized, even bigger than the DSTLRY books. It is all black and white and the panels are gigantic. It is a beautiful piece of art that I found stunning.
The Greatest American Hero #4. Written by Don Handfield and art by Alper Geçgel. Cover A art was done by Erwin J. Arroza. Cover B art was done by Alper Geçgel. Cover C art was done by Rafael Loureiro (Bronze Medalist). What is Ralph willing to do so save the life of his son? That question seemed to be answered in the penultimate issue of the Amp Comics run of The Greatest American Hero. This book has been completely entertaining, bringing back a hero from ’80s TV that I did not know that I needed.
Uncanny X-Men #38. “Soul Deep” Part 2: In the Hands of a Wounded Child. Written by Gail Simone with art by Luciano Vecchio. Cover art was done by Juan Frigeri & Matthew Wilson. I also got the Peach Momoko cover too. I love the new Dazzler costume design that is shown in this book as she, Rogue and M were out to destroy the Graymalkin Prison . Sarah Gaunt and her new team of mutants randomly chose a mutant to hunt down… and it was Mutina. The ending shot was so shocking and I really hope Mutina will be able to survive the attack.
Mad Science Division #1. Written by Dan Watters and art and cover art was from Brian Level. Our new protagonist is Archimedes Anderson, a nepotism hire whose father is CEO of Miyashi-Smith. Archimedes is supposed to come in and cut the budget of the department. This first issue of this book was one of the best of the week. Another winner from Ignition Press.
Miles Morales: Spider-Man #4. “Level 4: Locked In” Written by Bryan Hill with art by Nico Leon. Cover art was done by Simone Di Meo. I also picked up the Peach Momoko variant cover. Miles carries on his fight with Revenant, but it does not go too well, once again. I do like the Spider-Man vs. the unstoppable force. This gives Miles his own unstoppable force to fight.
Spider-Woman #1. “Along Came a Spider, Part One.” Written by Dan Watters and art by Andrea Broccardo. Cover art was done by Ito. It is great to have Jessica back in her own series. I may not love the idea of Jess with Carnage, but the appearance of Cletus Kasady was extremely curious.
Cult-De-Sac #3. Written by Cullen Bunn and illustrated by Fico Ossio. Cover art was done by Fico Ossio and Ulises Arreola. I considered this issue as the Comic of the Week, but the Spider-Man/Hulk book was just too good. This Ignition Press series has been sensational so far and I feel so much for these characters. Cullen Bunn has been awesome over the years.
Archie in Hell #1. Written by Patrick Horvath and illustrated and cover art by Tyler Crook. I was very disappointed by Oni Press’s Archie #1. I thought it might have a Riverdale flavor and I was intrigued for the book. However, it was anything but. So I grabbed Archie in Hell #1 and it was everything that I had hoped the other book was. I look forward to the remainder of this arc.
Hammerfist #3. Written by Rick Remender and art and cover art by Steve Epting. Mike Denton is in trouble. He is being pursued by stalker minions and the Hammerfist is not working. This has been an enjoyable book so far and the art is excellent.
Friendly Neighborhood Mary Jane #1. Written by Ashley Allen and art by Phil Noto. Cover art was done by J. Scott Campbell & Sabine Rich. I also picked up the Peach Momoko variant cover. Mary Jane wants to finance a theater show. Who better to call than Tony Stark. But how does the Chameleon play into this story?
One Zero Zero One Saves the World #1. Written by Jeremy Robinson and art by Tiago Palma. Cover art was done by Brett Parson. It is another post-apocalyptic comic, this one featuring a genetic experiment designated as 1001 (or One Zero Zero One). This book is from Vault Comics and was an interesting new book.
Wolverine #29. “Aftershocks on the Riviera.” Written by Saladin Ahmed and art by Julius Ohta. Cover art was done by Martin Coccolo & Matthew Wilson. Not sure how I felt about this issue. Using Wolverine to sniff wine and see if it is real. I am also not a fan of this character Solem. Too much use of adamantium. And all this led to just another version of the feral Wolverine. I’ve seen that before. I hope I enjoy the next issue more than this one.
The Demon #2. Written, art and cover art by James Harren. This issue gives us multiple versions of Demon over the years. And when we are in the present, Jason Blood is able to regain control only to see a wild scene with, what I am guessing is, Merlin. I have found this new Next Level DC series to be original and quite fun so far.
Jonah Hex and the Shadow of Death #2. “Chapter 2: The Smell of Blood.” Written, art and cover art was done by Michael Walsh. Once again, it feels as if this is Jonah Hex tossed into an Unforgiven-like story. There is a very supernatural feel to the book as well. We now have a mysterious preacher that rode into Ashecott and started amassing his crew. Jonah Hex is another cool new book from Next Level.
Gangs of Gotham #1. “Chapter One: ‘Dear Batman’” Written by Christopher Cantwell and art by Mike Henderson. Cover art was done by Ariel Olivetti. However, I did not like the Gangs of Gotham book that came from the pages of Bad Seeds. I usually love Christopher Cantwell but this just did not grab my interest.
Halloween: The Game Comic #1. “Chapter 1: Escape from Smith’s Grove.” Written by Hans Rodionoff & Adam F. Goldberg with pencils by Eamon Winkle. Cover art was done by Zach Howard & Nelson Daniel. This is set in canon with the video game. Michael Myers breaks out of Grove Sanitarium and started his trek to Haddonfield, Illinois. This was a decent issue, which kind of surprised me.
Rip Kirby #1. Written by Christopher Sebela and art by Tango. Cover art was done by Annie Wu. A new Mad Cave book kicked off with this issue. Rip Kirby is a 1946 comic strip that has been reimagined with this crime fighting hero. I get some Bruce Wayne vibes from him and the book had that throwback feel to it. It was a fun comic.
Batman #15. “The Assassination of Bruce Wayne, Part One” Written by Matt Fraction with art and cover art by Jorge Jimenez. I have to say, I am interested by this storyline, but I am not sure I know what is the purpose behind it. It was just the weirdest set up to the issue. I trust Matt Fraction so I am interested to see where this goes, but the whole mask on Plastic Man/Bruce Wayne was odd.
Exquisite Corpses: Fox Mask Killer #2. Written by Che Grayson with art and cover art by Adam Gorham. The synopsis for the book was “Charlotte gives Naomi her first assignment: assassinating a wealthy Floridian heir, revealing that Naomi is being blackmailed and thrust back into a dangerous web of secrets and hidden masks“
Exquisite Corpses: Lone Gunman #1. Written by Pornsak Pichetshote with art and cover art by Alberto Ponticelli. I also grabbed the virgin cover by Rafael Albuquerque. I really enjoyed this issue. I have thought that most of these Exquisite Corpses spin off books have been fine, but the Lone Gunman was easily the best of them so far. It was brutal and I found myself very invested in the characters.
Minor Arcana #20. “The Key.” Written and cover art by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Letizia Cadonici & Jeff Lemire. Theresa has to confront her difficult past. A past that she had blocked out. It was a shocking moment in the book that made a lot of what had gone on before make more sense.
Iron Man #11. “Fantastic vs. Invincible” Written by Joshua Williamson with art by Luca Maresca. Cover art was done by Ryan Stegman & Frank Martin. Tony Stark and Reed Richards are not the best dinner companions. Both arrogant and narcissistic, their verbal sparring does not a date night make. I thought this was an interesting book.
Other Books This Week: Shaolin Cowboy: Staying A.I. Live #4, Ghost Rider: Kushala #1, Absolute Green Lantern #20, Eternal: Honor and Curse #8, No One Escapes the Dialectic #1, MASK #6, and Godzilla (Kai-Sei Era) #14.
Quick Hits: I missed out on Satanic Panic #1 last week because it was sold out at In This Issue, so I had to have Todd find me a copy in Des Moines. I liked the book so I am pleased that I was able to get my copy. Kevin Smith appeared on the cover of Comics! The Magazine #9. It is so funny to read an interview with Kevin Smith because, he is such a talker, that one question takes up a page and a half. Superman: The Stranger #3 came out this week with more with Lois Lane and Lex Luthor. Dr. Strange is the next to face off in Challenges of Doom: Doctor Strange #1. The sci-fi adventure continued in Axon: Infinity #2. Hey, we have had plenty of animal books, with dogs, sharks and others. Now, it is Marvel’s chance with Marvel Meow: Strange Scales #1 and a cat leading the way. More sci-fi action is going down in The Last Starfighter #4. Back from earth, Alex finds some major problems with the Starfighters. The Omega Book #4 faces a rush to destroy the Omega Book. There is a lot of sci-fi in this week’s Quick Hits. We have another one-shot featuring Frank Castle with The Punisher Showdowns: Wolverine #1. This follows the showdown with Black Widow. The Lion King #7 sees the end to the short arc involving Timon and Pumbaa. Absolute Superman #25 came out this week with Superman “defeating” Brainiac. I have not had the chance to read Tales of Wonder #3, Absolute Catwoman #4, and Land of Never #5 as of yet.
The death of Michael “Mikey” Berzatto was the underlining trauma of the TV show The Bear. His death led to the return of his brother Carmy back to Chicago to take over the family restaurant. The loss of “Mikey” was felt by all of the characters and their grief and confusion over the suicide ran for the full show. We met Mikey several times and he was always a little off-kilter, including his own mental struggles.
Three more episodes of season two saw return of guest stars and secondary players. Plus, there are issues for poor Alan.
The guest stars and returning characters included Christian Clemenson, Jerry Espenson, Tom Selleck as Ivan Tiggs, Howard Hesseman as a judge, and Kerry Washington as Chelina Hall.
Then Alan suffered from word salad as he started blathering incoherently in court. I’m not sure the show ever really gave a reason for the word salad. They implied it was because Alan was afraid of being fired. However, that did not feel correct.
Alan also helped out Jerry on his first attempted murder case. Things went very poorly, and Alan mentioned that the only chance the defendant had was to flee. That will come back to haunt Alan some more soon.
Denny shoots his therapist. The therapist was already pointing a gun at Denny and he wanted Denny to shoot him. It was messy, but funny in the long run (he shoots him again in court)
Godzilla Minus One was a sensational film that found its ability to balance the monster story with the actual human story to be its biggest selling point. Many times, the human stories in the Godzilla movies just get in the way, but Minus One solved that puzzle. I am happy to say that Godzilla Minus Zero continued that ability.
I do think that there was more monster story in Minus Zero than there was in Minus One, which is not a bad thing because the special effects of this film is utterly spectacular. The original film won an Academy Award for Special Effects, and this one has to be considered right up there with any other film that comes out in 2026.
The Shikishima family (Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, and Sae Nagatani) are back in the forefront of the story as Noriko has an unexpected connection to Godzilla. We do see the flashback to how she is able to survive the attack that we all thought had killed her in Minus One. Kōichi Shikishima has been recruited as an expert when a danger resurfaced, but he did not want to risk his life again as a pilot.
The film kicked off with an absolutely stunning and brutal action piece that had the best sound design I have heard in an action film in awhile. I do believe this is another category that Godzilla Minus Zero could be nominated for at the Oscars.
The film ties part of the storyline back to Hiroshima, which we get a flashback to, revealing the horror of the after effects of the bombs.
The middle section of the film did drag a bit, specifically with some scenes dealing with Kōichi and Noriko leaving their adopted daughter behind. The film seemed to enjoy showing this trauma to the little girl and every time she cried it was like, please stop. I think part of those moments could have been weaved into one or two scenes.
Having said that, the ending of the film was emotional and I had tears in my eyes as it was playing out. The very end of the movie was extremely satisfying.
Another bit that was satisfying was the score from Naoki Sato, who also scored the original Minus One film. The music does such an amazing job of building feeling and emotion as well as tension and anxiety.
I really enjoyed this movie as well. It could have cut out a few scenes, but it is an incredibly powerful and spectacular looking movie that can really keep me invested in the human characters unlike most Godzilla movies.
She was the main reason I chose to go to this movie because it seemed to be a weird film.
Surprisingly, I enjoyed this movie a lot.
According to IMDB, “An ostracized fisherwoman commissions the local basketmaker to weave her a husband, but when her wicker creation proves unexpectedly extraordinary, his presence ignites jealousy and upheaval that threatens their quiet village.“
This movie was very funny and the chemistry between Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård was excellent. I was surprised how invested I was with the relationship between Fisherwoman and Wicker Husband. When the conflict was brought into the story, I was really worried about the end result.
The fairy tale was a lot of fun, and it was also quite sexual, unexpectedly so.
The supporting cast of the other villagers was a great list of actors including Elizabeth Debicki, Peter Dinklage, Gustav Lindh, Máté Mészáros, Ben Ashenden, Scott Alexander Young, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Ella Bruccoleri, Marli Siu, Phil Daniels, Nabhaan Rizwan, Emily Lloyd-Saini, and Daniel Bellus.
It was funny that the story never gives you any real names. They were all Fisherwoman or The Basketmaker or The Tailor’s Wife. This did give it the fairy tale feel to it.
I appreciated that they did not try to go into any real explanation for how Peter Dinklage was able to create a Wicker Husband. He just was able to do so.
This was a lot of fun and I found myself unexpectedly engaged with everything the show was giving me. I do love Olivia Colman, and she is an actor that I believe will elevate even the worst material. Here, she did not have to do that because the film was strong and only made stronger with her performance.
I really liked how the first episode of Carrie started out, with the montage of students giving wildly contradictory descriptions of Carrie White. It sets the series up nicely as we all know what we are building to and this started it off well.
The new Sunday Morning Sidewalk series is Carrie, an adaptation of the iconic Stephen King book/movie, from Mike Flanagan.
The first episode showed me that teenage girls truly are the worst. I am guessing that some of these girl characters who would wind up taunting and bullying Carrie are going to be given more depth during the series. Until then, I hated some of these girl who were cruel just to be cruel. Chris Hargensen especially was downright wicked who was mean simply because she did not get breakfast. Yes, there is more there, but it is an excuse.
Summer H. Howell played Carrie and she is immediately compelling and relatable.
Samantha Sloyan as Carrie’s mother Margaret White has huge shoes to fill, as Piper Laurie was an Academy Award nominee for the movie. Sloyan showed more love to Carrie than I remember from the movie.
The first episode brought us the bloody period scene from the movie, and it was just as horrific as it was then.
I have not read the Stephen King novel, so I wonder if some of the other things that this show featured was included in that. Either way, I really enjoyed the set-up of the first episode, the use of blocking technique during the story, and the way the show does not pretend like none of the audience does not know the end result.
I am looking forward to the remainder of this series.
“It’s gonna be okay. Remember, Bob Newby, superhero.”
TV or Movie: Stranger Things
Actor: Sean Astin
Time of Death: Stranger Things; S2 E8 “Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer“
Cause of Death: Mauled to death by a Demodog
One of the most tragic deaths in Stranger Things, I spent the season disliking Bob Newby and thinking that he was part of the overall conspiracy. Turned out, he was just a really great guy who wanted to love Joyce and give her family the best life he could. Then, his actual death came after he helped Joyce and Hopper and the others escape from the Hawkins National Laboratory.
Okay, so From really made me feel like LOST with these three episodes that ended season one.
I ended the first season on Netflix today, and the build was tense and suspenseful. As I said, I could feel the ghost of LOST in the episodes. The show had always had a DNA of LOST, particularly with Harold Perrineau as the lead.
But these episodes had the following:
The idea of building the tower on top of Colony House and having the town join in to help build it gave me vibes of the raft from the end of season one.
Jade suddenly gave me Sawyer thoughts, especially with the nicknames and the bad attitude.
The surprising and mysterious voice on the radio who knew Jim’s name at the end made me think of the Others, particularly Mr. Friendly.
Tabitha digging the hole in her basement and finding a room made me remember the Hatch and Victor was playing the role of Desmond here.
The voices tell Sara that the land was angry, making it feel alive like the Island from LOST.
We even had a flashback to see what had happened to Boyd’s wife.
Boyd and Sara in the woods is some scary stuff, and I am curious where that tree took Boyd and what happened to Sara.
The sweet proposal by Ellis to Fatima was a nice moment, though that makes me more worried for them. I just feel as if the happiness is not necessarily something that will last in this town.
Speaking of great scenes, this is the first time that I did not want to kill Jade. When he went back for his rolling paper, he came across Tian-Chen Liu and they have a beautiful exchange.
Great performance in this group of episodes by Elizabeth Saunders as Dona. Her reaction to the death of Eric and the idea of the tower and the signal to the outside was powerful. Her taking the axe to the floor of the Colony House was a shocking moment.
This was a mysterious first season that provided us with a ton of unexplained riddles going on in this town and the surrounding woods. The characters are fun and I get the feeling that no one is safe.
Alan takes it back to his roots, hiring some thugs to intimidate a man and it bothered him. The man was a court appointed conservator, who was in control of an elderly woman and her money. Alan got involved because of Catherine Piper, played again by Betty White, who tried to kidnap the elderly woman from the care facility.
The courts did not help the situation any and so Alan took it into his own hands, making it go away, but in a manner that Alan was not happy about… in particular how easily he slipped into the role. Despite the results being good, Alan talked with Denny about it afterwards.
Ivan returned again and made a pitch for Shirley. Shirley kept rejecting him, because he was recently married. Ivan announced that he had left his wife and wanted to restart with Shirley.
We got a stand off with William Shatner and Tom Selleck, which was cool. Denny spoke in term of TV shows and main characters, while Ivan told him that he was strange.
Meanwhile, Paul had his daughter committed in rehab in a brutal moment. Paul had found his concern for the law firm to be waning as he spent more time with his granddaughter. Denny offered Paul his name on the door, but Paul refused it.
These two episodes work well together as we get a lot of the reasons why Boston Legal is so great. Big time stars. Reoccurring characters. Alan Shore lengthy final closing arguments. Denny Crane.
“If we can’t live together, we’re going to die alone.”
“We have to go back!”
TV or Movie: LOST
Actor: Matthew Fox
Time of Death: Season finale of LOST “The End”; May 23, 2010
Cause of Death: stabbed in the abdomen and side by the Man in Black.
Dr. Jack Shephard went from the “Man of Science” to the Protector of the Island. After killing the Man in Black, Jack had to go into the Source of the Island to replace the stone cork to restore the Island’s light. Jack ended up dying in the jungle as the remaining survivors escaped on the plane. The final shot of the series focused in on Jack’s eye as it closed, much like the first shot where we see Jack’s eye open.
I hated the trailers for this movie. I love Dr. Seuss, but I dreaded every time they showed the trailer for the new animated Cat in the Hat film featuring Bill Hader as the feline protagonist. It made me really not want to see the film. I just did not want to go see it. Nevertheless, I put aside my lack of anticipation and went to Cinemark tonight to see the new film.
Unexpectedly, I found myself enjoying the movie.
While it was nowhere near as epic as some of the other animated movies this year, I was entertained by the movie. Perhaps it was because my expectations were so low heading into it that I thought the new Cat in the Hat was worthwhile.
Cat in the Hat (Bill Hader) was here with shenanigans as he was given one final chance to show that he could help his clients raise their emotional stakes without causing complete chaos. He wound up with a family who had moved to a new neighborhood and the young girl Gabby (Xochitl Gomez) was struggling with the transition. The Cat in the Hat brought his own brand of kookiness into Gabby’s and her brother Sebastian’s (Tiago Martinez) world.
The voice cast was interesting as it included America Ferrera, Giancarlo Esposito, Paula Pell, Matt Berry (who was Laszlo from What We Do in the Shadows- a voice that I was trying to place all through the movie), Tituss Burgess, Bowen Yang, Ryan Gaffney, and the late, great Eric Bauza.
There are some creative montages in the movie. The look of it is spectacular. I liked the ideas behind much of the film. The concept of the Cat in the Hat singing his own theme song through the movie was funny. The story did have some heart to it and I appreciated the effort it gave to make it as emotional that it was.
The story itself was rather messy, and the character of the Cat in the Hat felt inconsistent at times. There were times where it seemed as if the Cat in the Hat had his own secret agenda when it came to Gabby and it seemed as if the Cat knew what he was doing. However, there were a couple of times when the movie explained to us that the Cat was doing the stuff he was doing for his own benefit, and that never came across in the film. That bit of storytelling was confusing.
The whole stuff with Mr. Hoogeboom (Giancarlo Esposito) made little sense and did not seem to really give any reason for the choices that were made. Everything about the company that Cat in the Hat worked for did not work well for me.
Still, overall, I thought this was an entertaining way to spend a early Friday evening. I do believe that I entered with such low expectations that the movie couldn’t help but exceed them. However, exceed them, it did. It may not be on the level of a Wildwood, Toy Story 5, Hoppers, Forgotten Island or Coyote vs. Acme, but it is definitely better than Goat or Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
I also want to shout out to the short that led off the film, “Daffy Season.” It was starting the Looney Tunes, especially Daffy Duck, who wanted the attention of Duck Season, only to find Elmer Fudd entranced by soccer season. Seeing the Looney Tunes characters back in these shorts was such a treat, although, again, it made me sad thinking about the loss of Eric Bauza as this will be his final voice performance.
Sirius Black (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
“We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That’s who we really are.”
TV or Movie: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Actor: Gary Oldman
Time of Death: July 11, 2007
Cause of Death: hit with a killing curse from Bellatrix
This is the second victim on this Top 100 list by Bellatrix in the Harry Potter movies. It was all the more tragic as Sirius was ready to take Harry and settle down as a family, giving Harry that stability that he had never had. However, the battle at the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry of Magic put an end to that dream.
Here are the covers of the week! There are a bunch of Avengers #1 in the possible pile, and there were several Peach Momoko covers as well.
Also-Rans: Exquisite Corpses: Lone Gunman #1 (B Cover-virgin), Avengers #1 (A cover), Spider-Woman #1 (A Cover), Miles Morales: Spider-Man #4 (Peach Momoko cover), Comics! The Magazine #9, Archie in Hell #1 (Cover A), Batman #15, and Uncanny X-Men #38 (Peach Momoko cover)
Bronze Medalist
The Greatest American Hero #4
Variant Cover C
Cover art by Rafael Loureiro
The Greatest American Hero has had some awesome variant covers, including several homage covers. This one is, of course, an homage to the Death of Superman, in Superman #75. It is a cool cover with the cape of the GAH planted on a staff.
Silver Medalist
Avengers #1
Blind bag color block wraparound variant cover M
Cover art by David Nakayama
I am still a sucker for blind bags… and for white backgrounds. Add to that the cool compilation of the characters on this cover, by one of the hotter cover artists in the biz right now in D.NA, well, then you have an awesome cover.
Gold Medalist
Avengers #1
Blind bag Foil Variant Cover T
Cover art by Clayton Crain
This is a beautiful foil cover that really makes our new core members of the Avengers (sans Mr. Miracleman) stand out. The new team looks great, and the foil only makes it even more awesome.