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ECCC Reminder!

Just wanted to leave you all this this little reminder video.

FREE Admission to Sakura Con or Emerald City Comicon, 2011

Author: ERIC JOHNSTON

Another special announcement from Hypergate Studios today!  We will be raffling off FREE ADMISSION to Sakura Con 2011 and Emerald City Comicon 2011.  Interested in getting on the fun?  All you need to do is track down Artemis on Saturday March 13th at Emerald City Comicon and get a postcard from her.  Bring it back to the HGS Comics booth and we'll enter you into the raffle to get free admission to ECCC 2011!  That's it!  Pretty simple right?  And who wouldn't want to track down Artemis?

Interested in getting Sakura Con 2011 tickets instead of Emerald City Comicon Tickets, or win both?  No problem, just follow the same rules at Sakura Con this year instead!  Visit us at our booth with a postcard from Artemis and you could be entered too!

While at our booth, don't forget to check out all of our artwork for sale and most importantly, "Artemis Issue 3: Lessons" exclusively for sale at Emerald City Comicon and Sakura Con before you can get it in stores!

Well that's it from HGS, have a great weekend everyone.

Eric ~ HGS Comics

Meet Artemis!

Author: ERIC JOHNSTON

Well last week I promised that we would have some big news this week and I am not one to disappoint.  Hypergate Studios is proud to present, Artemis!  This year at Emerald City Comicon and Sakura Con you can have the chance to literally meet Artemis in person!  HGS spent some long hours and debated some hard choices to hire the perfect model to become Artemis at these two incredible conventions!  Artemis can be found on either Saturday March 13th at ECCC, or on Saturday April 3rd at Sakura Con.  She'll be in full costume handing out mini postcards to convention participants! If you bring it back to the HGS booth when she is there, she'll even sign it for you and you can get a free print when you purchase the third issue of her comic book, Artemis.  

Which brings us to our next big news item, Artemis Issue 3: Lessons, will make its world wide premiere at Emerald City Comicon this year!  Since the last two issues, we have completely revamped our process.  This time, every page, every cell, every drawing in the book was done solely in Photoshop.  The entire book is filled with cover worthy art that will blow your mind.  See Artemis' true power unleashed as she battles her first Titan foe, Dione!  On top of new art styles, the third issue also features our 1st and 2nd place winners from our deviant art competition: Draw Artemis!  If all that wasn't enough we even feature an exclusive Artemis rendering from world class artist, Dominic Marco!!!

Finally if you haven't already gathered from the information above, HGS is going to be at Emerald City Comicon and Sakura Con this year.  We will be selling issues 1 2 and 3 of Artemis as well as our sexy prints and posters.  Visit our booth and see our process and how we make the comic book.  Also come by and visit so you can enter our raffle to win free admission to either Emerald City Comicon or Sakura Con next year!  If you are lucky, you might even be able to join us for a quick segment of our podcast: What Are We Doing Here?

Well that wraps up this edition of the HGSComics blog.  There are so many exciting things going on in the next two months and we couldn't be more pleased.  I'll leave you all with this exclusive picture from Artemis Issue 3, only found here at the HGSComics Blog!  Have a great weekend!

~Eric HGSComics

Super-Chuck?

Author: ERIC JOHNSTON

I watch a lot of shows.  Wait that doesn't sound right, let me rephrase, I watch ALOT OF SHOWS.  I think its pretty scary and I'm sure there are psychologist that would diagnose me with a problem.  When I am drawing/working on the comic book, Artemis, I usually have a TV show on in the background.  I think I can honestly say that I "listen" to more TV than I watch it.  So what do I do with all this useless knowledge?  I find patterns in casting for TV shows like the following.

Have you guys noticed that NBC's Chuck is slowly being taken over by Superman?  Recently cast as romantic interest to Yvonne Strahovski's Character, Sarah Walker, is Brandon Routh playing Shaw, a  SUPER agent (pun intended) in charge of bringing down a terrorist cell called the Ring.  For those that don't know, you might recognize Brandon Routh from 2006's Superman Returns, where Routh played the big man himself!

Now there have been four (maybe three and a half) actors in my life that I can say without a doubt are Superman to me, and Christopher Reeves hands down is Superman.  Tom Welling, especially in this season of Smallville, is Superman.  Brandon Routh, despite a weird script, really looks and plays the part of Superman.  I would even give Dean Cain props cause I loved that show, but I think I even appreciate more his willingness to be a villain in Smallville which is why I give him half credit.  My point is that these actors are now iconic and carry with them a mantle of Truth, Justice and the American Way! So now that Shaw is in the show and messing up Chuck and Sarah's relationship, I am having a serious crisis of consciousness. How can Superman, er, I mean, Shaw be doing this?  I mean they haven't even changed his look around enough for him not to look the part of Superman.  Ugh its killing me.

But Brandon Routh isn't the only Super-Culprit on Chuck these days.  Welcome Kristin Kreuk to the Chuck cast as Hannah, super-smart, super-into Chuck and super-geek-squad-repair-woman.  Hannah left a tech job to join the staff at the Buy More and get closer to Chuck.  But again, how is this Super-related?  You might remember Kristin Kreuk from Smallville playing the part of Lana Lang.  Seriously when I saw the episode with both Brandon and Kristin, my head about exploded.  Now I don't have as much of a problem with Kristin because I've always viewed her as an obstacle on Smallville ever since they brought Lois Lane into the show.

To add to this complex problem of mine is the fact that, like any creative person, I dream about casting the role of Artemis in the movie adaptation of HGS's Comic book "Artemis".  How does that add to my problem?  I thought about casting Yvonne Strahovski to play Artemis. (In my purely hypothetical dream driven movie).  So now I have Chuck, who I like to identify myself with (basically pretend I'm Chuck).  I have my super hot co-worker, Sarah Walker/Yvonne Strahovski/Artemis, being hit on by my hero Superman, all the while being distracted by Superman's second choice, Hannah/Kristin Kreuk.

This is seriously a convergence of ridiculousness and its just about brought my brain to the brink of destruction.  Solution? Let the shows be separate from each other like they were meant to be.  Nah, realistically, I need to slow down on TV.  Anyway have a great weekend everyone!  Stay tuned for HUGE HUGE HUGE HGS news coming next week!

HGS Comics ~ Eric

This will get you through the week

Author: BRAD THOMAS

Recently, I've come across two great finds.  I'm excited to share them with you!

Archer

A brand new show on FX.  Warning; this show is not for everyone, there are some very adult themes.  But, if you are a fan of the humor of Sealab 2021 (or any of the Adult Swim shows), you will love Archer.  Sterling Archer is a spy, but only because his mother runs the agency.  He uses the agency's budget and his top-secret clearance to woo women and take expensive trips around the world.

It really must be seen understand.  Adam Reed, the voice of Archer, is amazing at being a huge jerk... but a jerk you can't help but find hilarious.  The rest of the agency is made up of equally dis-functional people including Archer's mother played by Jessica Walter- the mother in Arrested Development (...if you don't know what Arrested Development is- educate yourself).  Her voice is PERFECT for the character.  Also, Chris Parnell of SNL is one of the leading voices.

I currently don't have cable at my house (I know- living in a cave, right?) but I have been watching the current Archer episodes off of CastTV and Hulu will be posting them in a week.  For those of you who are blessed with cable, you can watch the show on Thursday nights on FX.  If you are not sure that this show is for you, here are some clips to give you an idea:

My Latest Kick

As I continue to be frugal in my love for gaming, I've come across another amazing online game!  Prepare yourself for battle!

In order to truly enjoy this game, you can't think Eragon or How to Train Your Dragon.  No- you must think Matthew McConaughey in Reign of Fire.  Yes, there will be dragon blood but there will be no time for sympathy!

As you begin this game, you will think to yourself "Wow, this is pretty easy."  Ha- I just hope you're ready for level 15!  The game is a very fun, relaxed game until you meet one of the bosses.  Then, its game on!  I currently have made it to level 25 (the 2nd boss).  Good luck to all you dragon slayers and I hope to hear some reports from the battle fields (click the image above to play).

Absolute Justice

Author: ERIC JOHNSTON

The DC Universe is a buzz with the coming of "Absolute Justice"!  For the first time ever the Justice Society of America will be portrayed by live actors.  Tomorrow night at 8pm Smallville will debut it's two hour "movie" special called "Absolute Justice" featuring DC favorites like Hawkman, Fate, and Stargirl.  This will be the first two hour Smallville event that didn't have a season finale in it.  The last extended Smallville was an hour and a half and featured the untimely death of Jonathan Kent.

So what can we expect from "Absolute Justice"?  Here's the CW's official description; " A man named Sylvester Pemberton tracks down Chloe (Allison Mack) and tells her he knows about her team of superheroes and needs their help. However, before he can explain who he is, he is attacked and killed by Icicle (guest star Wesley Macinnes). Clark (Tom Welling) and Chloe's (Allison Mack) investigation leads Clark to the former headquarters of the Justice Society of America where he meets up with Nelson AKA Dr. Fate (guest star Brent Stait), Carter Hall AKA Hawkman (guest star Michael Shanks) and Courtney AKA Star Girl (guest star Britt Irvin). Courtney pleads with Hawkman and Dr. Fate to help her catch the killer that is targeting their group but they are reluctant to resume their duties as superheroes. Clark, John Jones (guest star Phil Morris), Green Arrow (Justin Hartley) and Chloe team up to help the JSA stop Icicle before he murders another member of the group. Meanwhile, Lois (Erica Durance) receives a package from a mysterious agency run by Amanda Waller (guest star Pam Grier)." -Thanks to KryptonSite.com for all the amazing sleuth work.

Not only is Dr. Fate, Hawkman, and Star Girl in this episode but out of no where is heavy hitter Amanda Waller!!!  I did not see that coming!  As one of the largest Smallville fans in the world not to mention the biggest Superman fan in Washington State, this episode has me SUPER excited!  For those of you who don't know, Amanda Waller is linked to a secret government group called Checkmate.  Her allegiances are with the United States government but she is often given the villain mantle. 

As I've continued my sleuthing around the web about this twin episode saga I've found only more and more promising things.  First of all, DC comics decided to advertise for this event in the prime spot on the inside back of their comics.  HUGE!  Secondly, many sources online are saying "if you aren't a regular watcher of Smallville, this is the time to get into it".  Interviews with the cast are flying around the web about this episode.  Below are some links

• Erica Durance; Lois Lane: Talks on the further development of the Clark and Lois Relationship.
• Michael Shanks; Hawk Man: Talks about his role has Hawkman in Absolute Justice.
• Burning Questions on Absolute Justice: TV Guide.

So lets meet the Smallville Justice Society of America:

Star Girl: Britt Irvin
 

Hawkman: Michael Shanks

Dr. Fate: Brent Stait

For those of you that are Smallville regulars, you have to give props to the costuming crew for sticking so well to the comic book characters.  This is a irregularity with some of the other heroes in the Smallville Universe but images speak for themselves, these are some killer costumes!

Pictures are amazing I must admit but no blog post about the up coming awesomeness that is Smallville: Absolute Justice would be complete without video.  Check out the trailers and these exclusive web snippets of the coming episodes:

And Finally to wrap up my claims as the biggest Smallville fan in Washington State, Here is a picture of me at Kent Farm! That's right, very few people know where the actual Kent Farm is (the filming location) but its a real place with real people living there and I've been there!

 

So one final request, if you are a DC comics fan at all, even if you don't watch Smallville regularly, this is the one to catch, and if you do, I would love love LOVE to hear your opinions on it.  I know I already have a Smallville themed party planned around tomorrow nights big event, and even if you don't but watch it,  Let us know what you think!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Eric Johnston ~ HGS Comics

The iPad: Exploring Strange New Worlds

Author: NATE CAMPEN

Forgive me Eric, but I’m about to pick apart your argument for more intensely than you probably ever intended it to be scrutinized. I’ve just been hearing this a lot, so I’d like to bring up a few points.


Writing off the iPad because Star Trek: TNG already created it is analogous to saying that a talking car that helps me fight crime wouldn’t be amazing since I’ve already seen Knight Rider. At best you’re comparing real life to a TV show depicting the 24th century and pointing out that our technology is inferior (though not by much). But far worse, you are forgetting one of the most wonderful things about the genre of sci-fi: the replicators, hyposprays, holodecks, warp drives and data pads are meant to inspire us to develop strange new technologies; not serve as benchmarks by which to be cynical about our achievements. Saying that “Star Trek did it” shouldn’t be a deprecation to the product, it should be a compliment that we are getting closer to the technology that we all grew up dreaming about!


The iPad isn’t perfect, nor is it the first tablet PC and therefore groundbreaking; but it is a step in the right direction. I think we should start holding Hypergate Studios meetings with each of us holding onto our own iPads. However, a few things will need to happen: we need to call them data pads or PADDs (look it up non-trekies), at some point in every meeting someone needs to mention while looking intensely at their data pad that, “these readings don’t look good, number two,” and we’ll have to wait until the next generation, no pun intended; Apple always makes vast improvements with their 2G models.

Remember what Conan O’Brien recently said on his last night hosting the Tonight Show, “Please don’t be cynical... it doesn’t lead anywhere.” The iPad is the next step on a consumer electronics path that is leading us somewhere. I have no doubt that at some point in the next 20 years, I’m going to request to an empty room, “Tea, Earl Grey, hot,” and it will appear before me.

Beam Me Up iPad: Star Trek Owns You

Author: ERIC JOHNSTON

Over the years many science fiction technologies have come into being.  Automatic sliding doors, microwaves, touch screen technology, lasers, and now another sci-fi tech becomes available, and you can hold it in your hand.  The iPad was officially announced yesterday in Steve Jobs' first public appearance since his recent health troubles.  Of course I'm sure many of you have read up on the iPad already and checked out all the specs on it but I think that there was a very serious miss-step.  Star Trek has had these since the 1980's!

The Original iPad:  Thanks Star Trek TNG

I'm sure many people have many different opinions on the iPad, some positive, some not so.  My question is what does the iPad do?  Its a very large iPhone right now isn't it?  Does it even have a phone in it?  Other than the iBook applications store, what more did we gain from the iPad?  A bigger screen?  I thought technology was supposed to get smaller?

I know that Apple wanted to create a product that would compete against some of the net books out on the market right now but this hardware runs the iPhone OS.  It doesn't even have the mac os on it.  For half the price I could get a net book with Windows xp on it and run actual programs and not "apps".  Perhaps I'm being to negative to a product that I haven't even used yet, but I guess I was expecting more.  Especially since Star Trek already gave us this technology in the first place.  So now with the iPad coming into existence, what other Sci Fi technology can we expect to see in the near future?

Ten New Technologies from Sci Fi That Our Polled Audience Wants to See:

10. Star Trek Replicator (Submitted by Dustin and Treavor): Think about it, if you want anything, energy will pour into a mircowave like machine and a computer will reorganize the energy into matter thus making whatever you want!

9. Interstellar Travel (Submitted by Kelsey): Well she really wanted the Enterprise or the Firefly but I told her that was too much tech in one item.  Still a 2.2 second trip to Mars might be worth the money!

8. The Iron Man Peace Keeping Suit (Submitted by Will):  I kind of have to agree with this.  If there was a way I could be Superman, this is probably the closest way without being from Krypton.

7. The Delorean Time Machine (Submitted by Odette): This one is a great choice but a bit scary, I don't think i would be like Marty and Doc with this, I would totally be Biff.  Money, Power, and a premature bald spot on the top of my head.

6. Teleportation from Star Trek (Submitted by Julie): DUHHHHH, I would totally would go for this.  Think about how it would change the world.  You could travel anywhere, see anything, visit your parents, or they could visit you whenever, long distance relationships wouldn't be an excuse to break up, no more road trips . . . you know on second thought, maybe this one can stay fictional.

5. Mech Warriors from the movie Robot Jocks (Submitted by Brad): I love it, this brings me a little bit closer to being a real anime character.  Oh to dream.

4. Death Star (Submitted by Bryce): Yep this is just terrifying.  I guess if there is a Death Star, there has to be X Wings at least right?

3. Battlestar Galactica the Ship (Submitted by Brad D): Hell yea!  I would love that.  She's a good ship and is arguably faster than the Enterprise!

2. Holodeck from Star Trek (Submitted by Eric): Dangerous Dangerous tech this is.  I mean considering how many times rouge aliens take it over, or power fluctuations cause it to make fictional characters to become real, or how a nebula can turn off the safety protocols.  But the good news is the pornography industry could experience its first major technology upgrade since DVDs.

Drumroll please . . . .

The Number 1 answer I got from people when I asked, "If you could have one technology from Science Fiction, what would it be?"

Lightsaber!  Of course!  Everyone wants to run around and cut things that shouldn't be cut.  Great work world.  We dropped too many lightsabers into the core of the Earth and it blew up!  But hey if we didn't have lightsabers we wouldn't have great people like below.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Long Live the King!

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Author: BRAD THOMAS

As Eric so eloquently informed us last week, there has been a "travesty" performed on TV.  Last Friday, January 22nd, 2010 was Conan O'brien's Last night as the host of NBC's "Tonight Show."  Being a huge fan of the tall, pale man that I've followed for over 10 years, I too will be dedicating this post to Co-co (anything that seems "factual" should be credited to Wikipedia.org or IMDB.com; once someone starts paying me to write blogs, I'll start citing.  Until then, dwi).

For those of you who don't know- Conan has been writing since before I was born (quite literally).  He wrote for Saturday Night Live from 1987-1991, writing with actors like Dana Carvey, Ben Stiller, Mike Myers, Chris Rock, Chris Farley, David Spade, Rob Schneider.  He worked with the Simpsons from 1992-1993.  Then, he returned to NBC to begin his work on Late Night with Conan O'brien.

After Letterman left NBC, NBC was trying to re-invent the Late Night show.  The show was first offered to Dana Carvey and Jon Stewart also auditioned.  Lorne Michaels suggested O'brien from his days writing on SNL.  What followed was 2,757 episodes of generation-defining humor.

Obviously, I'm a little bias.  I grew up with amazing sketches like Celebrity Secrets, Desk Driving, Horny Manatee, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Year 2000, Raccoon-with-Jet-pack-Strapped-to-Back, Masturbating Bear... the list goes on and on!  I always loved special episodes filmed on location; filming in Toronto or Chicago and his trips to Ireland and Finland.  He always did a great job of adapting his show, whether it was filming a bit from the dark studio during the east coast blackouts or growing a beard to support his writers during the strike.  And who could forget the battle between Conan, Colbert and Stewart?

What made Conan's humor enduring to me is that he was always willing to make fun of himself.  This always proved for hilarious interviews or bombed monologue bits.  It was as if everything was guaranteed to be funny because if the written joke bombed, he call himself out- which was hilarious.   In addition, he was an "active" host; not afraid to jump on his desk or challenge a guest to a dance-off.  His mimed actions became his trademark (eating tears, the string dance, pouncing on the camera like a cat...).

Not only was his comedy great, Conan did a great job of mixing top performers while also introducing fresh new or non-mainstream talent on his show.  Just in the last year, he's had bands such as Vampire Weekend, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Wilco, Mat Kearney, Matisyahu and a bunch I don't know that will probably be big one day.  He always seemed very passionate about music (as seen in his performance on the last Tonight Show with Conan O'brien).

Now what?!

The good news- as dramatic as myself and all the other Conan Fans are being- his team made it very clear that he'll be doing another show once his six months are up.  Here's some ideas on how to pass the six months without Conan:

• Watch Co-Co on Hulu!  His final two weeks will only be on Hulu for a little while longer.  Be sure to see them while you can!  Plus there are over 250 clips to watch.
• YouTube search "Conan O'brien"- it may be poor quality video, but there are some gems!
• Currently, NBC is showing re-runs of The Tonight Show with Conan O'brien... but Jay will be moving in on that time slot soon.

Pass the Torch

Is NBC doomed?!  Reputation might be but as Eric pointed out, they have a long way to go to catch up with some of the diamonds Fox canceled (ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT).  I'm not going to watch Leno, but millions of baby-boomers will!  Plus, I do like the current cast of SNL.  But, if anyone has a chance of filling the void O'brien left, it is JIMMY FALLON.  His sense of humor has grown on me and his team of writers offer a show totally connected to this generation- from iPhone Ap sketches to games of beer pong with his guest.  His interviews are relaxed and seem very natural and he is definitely connected with fresh talent.  Go JIMMY!

Conan, Andy, Max and the team- thanks for the years of Entertainment.  See you in 6 months!

And Here's Your Host Conan O'... er I mean ...

Author: ERIC JOHNSTON

There is much outrage in the HGS crew, today.  The Conan O'Brien departure from NBC's "The Tonight Show" was officially announced today.  This is a crime committed outright on every television watcher in America.  In the history of television there have been 5 major crimes committed by networks and for the last 25 years one network has held the title for all of those crimes, until today.  Before I explain what is happening with Conan and the disaster that is NBC, let us first review the top 4 other crimes in television history (before the Conan Disaster).

Ranking in at number 4:  The cancellation of James Cameron's "Dark Angel" on Fox.  I loved that show more than any other in my life when it came out.  It launched the career of one of the hottest actresses in the world, Jessica Alba, and was backed by the director of the highest grossing movie of all time James Cameron. (Brief Side Note: James Cameron may have beaten his own record with Avatar, a movie that was well worth the ten year production time.  Currently its the second highest grossing movie ever.)

Ranking in at number 3:  Canceling Family Guy.  Fox gets to own up to this travesty as well.  For many 14-30 year old males Sunday has become the Animation Domination power hours on Fox.  Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy, The Cleavland Show, Futurama all have or had an appearance on Sundays. But at a time when Simpson's was severely suffering from humorless plot lines Family guy entered the scene to provide a new dark and wittier form of comedy not seen on the 20 year dynasty Simpsons, (BTW congratulations!).  What did Fox do, Canceled!

Ranking in at number 2:  Death of a Browncoat!  Now admittedly I didn't watch Firefly when it was airing on Fox due to respect for my fallen Dark Angel which Firefly took the spot of.  When my anger subsided I did give Firefly a chance and that show was Cowboy Bebop the real version.  I mean AWESOME!  What an amazing show.  Now in my previous post I talked about how Joss Whedon has trouble starting shows but he certainly can finish them.  If only Fox gave him one more season to wrap up Firefly like they did with Dollhouse, what more could we have learned about the hands of blue and Summer?

 
Ranking in at number 1:  Hands down the biggest crime to audiences across the world was the cancellation of multi-award-winning Arrested Development.  From a network that gave us shows like "Smarter than a 5th grader" and "American Idol", Arrested Development has been and always shall be the funniest, smartest and best preformed show on that network.  How does it feel to have peeked Fox?  What's it like to know that you'll never have a show as good as Arrested Development and its all your fault because you canceled it!

But enough of Fox's reign of terror on TV we have a newcomer to the scene.  Enter NBC, the powerhouse network that has the Olympics, 30 Rock, The Office, Community, Chuck.  They have dominated late night TV for the last 17 years.  And now we are here.  What happened?

The Conan Travesty:

So here is the gist of the story as I've been able to figure out. In 1993 Jay Leno beat out David Letterman for the crown seat of late night television.  It was a bit of a drama scene because the seat was promised to David Letterman.  Letterman walked and took his post at CBS.  All the while a new show was starting, Late Night with Conan O'Brien.  Conan took a crappy time slot and a relative new-ness to being on screen (instead of being behind screen) and made a name for himself.

Then in 2004, NBC fearing that Conan's massive popularity gain could lead to him being a serious competitor in the late night tv game promised him the crown seat of The Tonight Show in 5 years, forcing Leno to step aside in 2009.  Leno falling in popularity and his prime demographic aging considerably agreed to the step down.

Then in 2009 right as Conan was about to take the reigns of the best franchise in TV history, Leno decided he wasn't done with TV.  In an effort to keep Leno from moving to a new network, NBC offered Leno a new talk show right at 10pm.  The show disrupted the whole fabric of late night tv.  News shows on affiliate networks dropped 30 points and Leno was murdered by real shows like CSI and other night time dramas.

Mean while Conan took a dip in ratings before Leno started.  This was to be expected and the late night host started his climb back up the ratings when Leno's bomb dropped.  Confused viewers were split between what to watch for their late night talk show.  Leno's appeal was failing and Conan felt the hit merely because Leno has one upped him again as his show siphoned off viewers that Conan was working to win.  Eventually the outcry from the Affiliate networks was enough to light a fire under the ass of NBC execs and realized that Leno's show was a terrible idea.

Now, in true comic book fashion, this is where we divulge into an alternate universe much like the newest Star Trek Movie.  What should have happened is that NBC should have tossed the aging talk show host out on his butt.  His demographic is aging and won't be with him for much more than 3 years.  Conan should have been given the prime spot he was promised and have been the first talk show of the night on NBC from the beginning and thus allowing him to make the show his own bringing back the middle demographic and inviting a newer younger generation to join him on a long and successful legacy.

What really happened is that, much like Kirk's father dying, we are thrown into an alternate universe.  Now that we are here what can we expect?  Well unfortunately Global Warming is going to win out, Sky Net is going to take over the human race, and the world is going to turn 12 hours faster forcing Superman's ship to land in Russia and not America and a re-rise of the Soviet Union will crush our capitalist notions of the America Way.

No really what is going to happen is that Leno will take over the tonight show, Conan will be forced out for $33 million to him and another $12 million to his staff and by September Fox tv, the killer of all good television shows, will have the best late night tv host on their network.  Will Conan do well at Fox?  Well as we can see from the crimes list above, that isn't up to him, its up to the monkey in the CEO office of Fox.  Either way, this is a major hit to television.  The Dark Side prevailed, the hero's lost the battle, the Blackest Night has come.

Conan, we at Hypergate Studios want to wish you the best, and want you to know that you have been a large part in our growing up, our comedy choices, and all around a good guy.  It sickens me to see the raw deal you've been dealt but we will stand with you in whatever your new venture may be!

~Eric Johnston HGS COMICS