What's Better than a Comic Book Starring a Hooker, A Movie (NSFW)

Ever read the Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner and Garth Ennis one-shot called THE PRO?  It was published by Image in 2002 and people still talking about it today.

The premise of the story is a filthy, foul-mouthed hooker who suddenly gains super-powers and gets recruited by a thinly-veiled parody of the Justice League. To put it mildly, her membership with this team doesn’t work out well.

There's been talk of a live action version of "The Pro" before (with creators calling for actresses such as Sarah Silverman for the leading role) along with a supposed movie "demo," but yesterday's post by Palmiotti on YouTube marks the first time this particular animation's been made widely viewable.  If the video belwo does not work, click here to see the video via YouTube.

WARNING - - FOR MATURE VIEWERS ONLY. This clip is definitely R-Rated, it's definitely is for adults only and you definitely shouldn’t watch it at work...

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Disney's Beauty and the Beast Named Top Animated Movie of All Time

IGN Movies has published a list of the top 25 animated movies of all time.  Their criteria included the films' impact on pop culture, story quality, legacy, and filmmaking style.

IGN chose Disney's Beauty and the Beast as the top animated film of all time, citing its role in the resurgance of the Disney animated film franchise.  It also became one of the first animated films to bust out of its own genre eventually leading to an OSCAR nomination for Best Picture.

In the world of comic book based superheroes, only one film just barely made the list.  Coming in at number 25 on the list was Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.

Bruce Timm was robbed.

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Grant Morrison's New Project '18 Days' Looks Amazing

If you have followed this blog over the last couple of months you know Gfest has a love hate relationship with Grant Morrison.  With that being said, we always seem to purchase his comics whether it is Batman & Robin, Batman: Return of Bruce Wayne or Joe the Barbarian.  I guess your friends at Gfest are Grant's bitches.

To prove our point we were very excited to read from our friends at Newsarama that Dynamite Entertainment and Liquid Comics recently announced a publishing partnership to release an illustrated hardcover book featuring the original scripts created by Grant Morrison for his animated project ‘Grant Morrison’s 18 Days.’  Referred to as "the prototype for every war ever fought," 18 Days re-imagines "Mahabharata," the multi-generational Indian epic that follows the battles that've defined the mythological ages of man.

The artwork for the hardcover book by Indian artist, Mukesh Singh (Devi, Gamekeeper, Shadow Hunter) is simply stunning.  Gfest was blown away by it.

While the film is diving into an area most of us do not fully understand, Grant Morrison was quoted as saying, "No previous knowledge of history or culture is required to read 18 Days Give it a look if you liked Star Wars, 300 or The Lord of the Rings. It pretty much speaks for itself."  Good news for all of us.

To see more stunning artwork by Mukesh Singh click read more.  To see a brief trailer for the animated project 18 days click here.