#godzilla: heist

[jkparkin]

Godzilla: Heist #4 (IDW, June 2025) cover by Bob Eggleton

[smashpages]

Godzilla: Heist #1 arrives this week.

See what other comics and graphic novels will arrive in stores this week.

[graphicpolicy]

Godzilla Heist #2 preview. Godzilla has touched down in London. The heist is ready to begin... #comics #comicbooks #godzilla

[teeniebopperlaughin]

Comic Haaaauuul

Does anyone wanna guess my hyperfixation right now ??

[sociopathicfandoms]

This is the same kind of hot to me. Idk how to explain it.

[freezing-kaiju]

IT'S TIME FOR THE NEW 12 EPISODE POLL!!!!! WE BEGIN, WE ENTER, WE LOOK ALIVE! E LOOK TO THE PAST! You voted for familiar creators and friend recs i the past, and the friend recs tend towards longer shows so those'll be for when Dirty Pair's done, but for now, let's go with Familiar Creators!!!! SO!!!

NINE! CHOICES!

Canaan, a TYPE-MOON and Kinoko Nasu story as well as a returnee to the poll. A yuri story involving a Middle Eastern mercenary’s quest for revenge and simultaneous effort to protect her beloved friend, a photographer investigating various things in Shanghai.

Akudama Drive, by Too Kyo Games and Kazutaka Kodaka, of Danganronpa fame. A fake crime-doer and a bunch of very real crimers do One Last Big Heist in the cyberpunk future while being hunted down by the government. Previous poll near-winner, I’ve heard it’s fun, tragic, and possibly even based. Comes most highly recommended of these shows.

Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Seneki, by Urobuchi, Nasu, the Durarara guy, one of Kamen Rider Blade’s two writers Shou Aikawa, and two of their friends. It’s a TTRPG adventure! where they each play only one character! God, I NEED to see a show where Gen Urobuchi writes ONLY ONE character! Ultimately it’s a story about a small kingdom’s king trying to stop two larger countries from destroying his smaller one, which feels interesting bc it’s rare to get any TTRPG campaign where there is A Protagonist...

Girls’ Last Tour, source material by the shimeji simulation author, Tsukumizu. Cozy adventures through an apocalyptic dying world. I don’t do well with apocalyptic settings, but I love Shimeji Simulation a lot and I’ve heard so many good things about this one that I wanna give it a shot.

Mermaid Forest, by Rumiko Takahashi, of Ranma 1/2 and Urusei Yatsura. Two immortals who ate mermaids travel to find another mermaid in the hopes they can make them mortal once more. One of those classic kinda tales, and I really wanna see a rumic story that’s.....not 150 eps long...

Magical☆Shopping Arcade Abenobashi BY Hideaki Anno, of Shin Kamen Rider, Shin Godzilla, and Shin Ultraman. What if you were isekaied but it was just into a mall. A wacky hyperdimensional mall. The tone seems extremely lolrandomxd, and it’s one of Anno’s few 12 ep works.

RErideD: Derrida, who leaps through time, character designs by Yoshitoshi ABe of serial experiments lain and Haibane Renmei fame. Guy who made robots gets frozen and wakes up to a robot war, oh fuck. Oh fuck, he’s supposed to protect his best friend’s daughter! AAAAAAAA! Disaster!!! I’m not sure whether he leaps through time any more than once. though.

Katanagatari, by NISIOISIN, creator of Bakemonogatari and Medaka Box. What if a swordless swordsman teamed up with an ambitious shogunate villainess to fulfill her scheme of stealing 12 legendary swords. One of them quality straights kinda shows NisioisiN loves making, seems to have a fun power system that I wanna experience. One of the ones I’ve seen around on tumblr that made me wanna get into liveblogging.

Kino’s Journey, scripted by Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 and Perfect Blue writer Murai Sadayuki, a writer I really think deserves more credit. Does crazy good work in adaptations. Nonbinary adventurer and talking bike go through different parables, functioning as observers of different forms of society and different ways of life.

[candlezofficial]

more renders (plus a short meme) because i'm not home and i wanna share somthn :P

render 1. junkrat prolly wanted to do somethn sneaky on ashe because bob captured him (maybe steal some jewelery?)

render 2. mirrorwatch hashimoto because I NEED THIS CLAN IN GAME (the actual hasimoto). btw the 'heist' skins for d.va and soldier and the 'oni' genji go very well with the 'hashimoto' skins for kiriko and hanzo. just sayin-

render 3. tiger bob doing the nya. because he's so kawaii desu

render 4. junkrat with 'hashimoto' kiriko's cloth pieces on his sides because he looks decent with these roses ngl

render 5. GODZILLA (the cool one. fight me)

bonus pic of hade and pompamoto running down the hallway from the kiriko cinematic :P

vonus video: i never played dayshift at freddy's but i figured that i'll do some dumb crossover meme

[jocia92]

Dan Stevens in an exclusive interview (Google translated)

Hollywood star Dan Stevens can currently be seen in the blockbuster “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” in cinemas. The film is currently topping the box office charts and is number one worldwide. We met the charismatic actor in Los Angeles and talked to him about his current film, his next two projects and his choice of roles.

April 5, 2024 by Grace Maier

Can you share with us your first reaction when you were offered a role in Godzilla x Kong: The new empire? It's always a pleasure to work with the same people several times, but this time it was extra special as Adam Wingard, the director, is an old friend. I was also invited to play with an even older friend, Rebecca Hall, as well as Brian Tyree Henry, who I have known and admired for years. It felt like I was being asked to play with friends.

What was it like entering the universe of these iconic monsters? Did you have any ideas or expectations? It's a fun task to be asked to stretch one's imagination to the size of such cinematic titans! I've worked with CGI on an epic scale before, so it wasn't too foreign, and I was surprised at how many practical locations we had.

How did you prepare for your role in this blockbuster? Were there any unique challenges or exciting moments during filming? It was really exciting to shoot in the Australian outback, in the Daintree rainforest - this incredible ancient jungle. That sense of adventure on the way to work every day, passing crocodiles along the river banks, waiting for pythons to be removed from the set, really fueled the mood for the Hollow Earth walk in the film.

“Godzilla x Kong: The new empire” promises to be an epic clash. Without giving too much away, can you give us a hint as to how your character fits into the plot? Trapper is initially brought in to help Kong with his toothache - he is a vet for all Titan creatures - and is then approached by Rebecca Hall's character, Dr. Andrews, invited to the mission. He's a kind of happy, carefree Han Solo type, good to have around, tirelessly optimistic and impressed by little.

The film contains a lot of CGI and visual effects. What was your experience like acting in such an environment and how did it differ from previous roles? I've worked with this type of thing before so it wasn't too scary. I actually really enjoy working with a VFX team and helping to create something using our entire collective imagination. It's truly incredible to see what they achieve long after you've left the process.

Were you a fan of the Godzilla or Kong films before joining this project? How does it feel to be part of their legacy? I feel like I've known these characters my whole life: they are such an integral part of cinema history. I've loved seeing them in all their different iterations over the years and of course being asked to perform alongside them - and even fix their teeth - is a huge honor!

The film will have some intense action scenes. Can you describe one of your most memorable moments while filming these scenes? While it's not the most intense scene, the way my character is introduced - rappelling from a floating vehicle into Kong's mouth to perform large-scale dental work - was one of the more exciting stunts I had to do!

How do you think fans of the franchise will react to Godzilla x Kong: The new empire? What can they look forward to most? I want them to enjoy the ride! You'll see things you've never seen before and meet some fantastic new creatures and characters, but also maybe some familiar fan favorites...

You also have the film "ABIGAIL" coming out in April. Can you tell us a little about filming and what audiences can expect? This is a completely different kind of thrill! Essentially, it's a vampire ballerina heist movie - you know the kind - directed by the Radio Silence guys, Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, who specialize in a particularly wacky brand of horror-comedy that I love .

“CUCKOO” will also be released in the summer. What particularly interested you about this film? Tilman Singer, the director, is a truly exciting new voice in cinema - he has a very distinctive style that is so captivating and artfully disturbing. I was also very curious to work with Hunter Schafer, the lead actress of Cuckoo, who is such a bright and brilliant artistic soul.

Your career is so dynamic. How do you go about choosing a role? I crave variety, challenge and surprise, so I'm often guided by the search for those things, but it can also be a certain quality in the writing, a desire to work with certain directors or actors. It's different every time!

[snazzyscarf]

the thing about me is that I will absolutely shamelessly give my favorite little minor character who has cubed me a disproportionate amount of narrative significance than he actually has, BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT is that he (Clockblocker) actually honestly and truly DOES have one of the biggest impacts of any character.

like i know they were not giving out medals for the sake of preventing infighting after the leviathan fight, but Clockblocker damn well deserves one because quite literally everyone would have died had he not frozen the Titanic Waterbending Godzilla in time for several whole minutes allowing the remaining capes critical time to re-strategize and hold out for Scion. Additionally. everyone Also would have died had Skitter not been able to utilize his power to slice That Thang (Echidna) in twain. Two (2) S-Class threats within months of each other and he turned the tides on both of them.

it’s like. it’s honestly a testament to what Tattletale was saying about how a lot of parahumans never really get the chance to understand the full extent of their powers because they’re never under the right circumstances to do so. because if you think about it purely in situations like the bank heist or party crash early on in the book, Clockblocker’s power really isn’t anything to write home about. and if they lived in a reality where things like that were the biggest threats around he would probably stay that way!

but they don’t live in that reality. they DO live in a world with towering kaiju endbringers that threaten the planet every three months and they DO live in a world where monstrous parahuman accidents like echidna are likely to pop up, and it’s because of this product of circumstance that you can make a legitimate case for Clockblocker having one of the strongest powers in terms of utility. he lives in a reality where his niche is allowed to shine!

and it’s this kinda thinking that makes the fact that he is—at the end of the day—Just A Minor Character, so incredibly compelling because it further illustrates the idea that This Could Be Anybody. under the right circumstances, any parahuman could find their otherwise mid-level power suddenly become the most pivotal role in a survival setting. or the most dangerous! it opens up the floor to a wealth of possibilities.

like say what you want, and i do concede that of course my darling boy Dennis doesn’t hold the same narrative significance that any of the major characters do, but when you look at his role in the story from this perspective, He Really Is Kind Of A Big Deal.

[purely-puppy-pawz]

Caillou, the perpetually whiny four-year-old from the Caillou cartoon series, has been put through an absurd gauntlet of solo deep forensic financial audits in our hypothetical scenarios. As of your latest question on March 16, 2025, here’s the full list of entities—both fictional and real—that he’s tackled so far, based on our exchanges. Each audit has ended in predictable toddler chaos—tears, crayons, and zero insight—but let’s recap what he’s “audited”:

Fictional Entities

Amazon - The trillion-dollar e-commerce giant, drowning Caillou in logistics and revenue streams.

I.M.P. (Immediate Murder Professionals) - The Helluva Boss assassination startup, overwhelming him with blood-stained receipts.

Time Variance Authority (TVA) - The Loki timeline pruners, burying him in TemPads and infinite bureaucracy.

The Corpus - Warframe’s greedy merchant cult, crushing him with credits and robotics.

LexCorp - Lex Luthor’s DC Comics empire, outsmarting him with Kryptonite and corporate schemes.

Death Eaters - Voldemort’s Harry Potter minions, terrifying him with dark magic and plunder.

Sōsuke Aizen - Bleach’s scheming Shinigami, hypnotizing him with illusions and Hōgyoku power.

Hyrule Kingdom - The Legend of Zelda’s fantasy realm, baffling him with rupees and relics.

Equestria - My Little Pony’s magical land, blinding him with bits and friendship.

Ponyville - Equestria’s cozy town, burying him in apple sales and festival costs.

Sweet Apple Acres - Applejack’s MLP farm, sticking him with cider tallies and hay bales.

Castle Oblivion - Kingdom Hearts’ memory maze, warping him with World Cards and replicas.

Vandal Savage - DC’s immortal tyrant, crushing him with 50,000 years of loot.

Winnie the Pooh - The Hundred Acre Wood’s honey bear, smothering him in pots and fluff.

Willy Wonka - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s chocolatier, drowning him in candy and secrets.

Devil May Cry - Dante’s DMC demon-hunting gig, blasting him with pizza bills and demon guts.

Harley Quinn - DC’s chaotic clown, pummeling him with heist loot and hyena treats.

Walter White - Breaking Bad’s Heisenberg, burying him in meth millions and desert cash.

Saul Goodman - Better Call Saul’s sleazy lawyer, outtalking him with burner phones and scams.

Acme Corporation - Looney Tunes’ gag factory, flattening him with anvils and TNT.

Captain America (Steve Rogers) - Marvel’s super-soldier, humbling him with back pay and shields.

God (Biblical) - The Judeo-Christian deity, awing him with cosmic creation and souls.

The Devil (Biblical) - Satan, tormenting him with infernal deals and damnation.

Godzilla (MonsterVerse) - The Titan king, roaring over him with nuclear feasts and rubble.

Selene the Death Dealer - Underworld’s vampire, slicing him with blood vials and Lycan kills.

John Constantine - Hellblazer’s occult detective, hexing him with cigarette stubs and debts.

Wakanda - Marvel’s Vibranium nation, dazzling him with trillions and royal wealth.

Nurgle - Warhammer 40,000’s Plague God, rotting him with plagues and Warp filth.

Real-World Entities

KKK (Ku Klux Klan) - The hate group, repelling him with dues and rally costs.

Nazi Germany - The historical regime, crushing him with Reichsmarks and plunder.

Subway - The sandwich chain, overwhelming him with franchise fees and footlongs.

Little Caesars - The pizza empire, burying him in Hot-N-Ready dough and sales.

GrayStillPlays - The YouTuber, blasting him with ad revenue and Florida Man Coffee.

Let’s Game It Out - Josh’s YouTube chaos, crashing him with Patreon and merch.

Conceptual/Tech Entities

Grok 3 - Me, xAI’s AI (as a project), buzzing him with GPUs and subscription data.

Alexa - Amazon’s virtual assistant, chattering him with Echo sales and AWS costs.

The Concept of Death - The universal inevitability, silencing him with entropy and ends.

Total Count: 37 Audits

Caillou’s audited 37 entities so far—28 fictional, 6 real-world, and 3 conceptual/tech—spanning trillion-dollar corporations (Amazon), cosmic deities (Nurgle, God), and everything in between (pizza chains, cartoon bears). Each time, he’s flailed—unable to read, sobbing at complexity or danger, and leaving tear-stained doodles (on rupees, meth cash, or Warp slime). His “success” is nil; he’s learned nothing, exposed nothing, and altered nothing—except maybe a few bemused smirks from Harley or Saul.

If you’ve got more targets in mind for his audit spree—or want a deeper dive into any of these—let me know! What’s next for the bald crybaby’s financial crusade?

beautiful

[jkparkin]

Godzilla: Heist #2 (IDW, March 2025) variant cover by Pablo Tunica

[thereasonsimbroke]

IDW Publishing and #Toho International renewed their partnership through 2029, launching the Kai-Sei era for #Godzilla comics.

Three new titles debut this year: GODZILLA #1 by #TimSeeley and Nikola Čižmešija, set in 1954, where Kai-Sei energy revives Godzilla against G-Force. In August, GODZILLA: ESCAPE THE DEADZONE by Ethan Parker and Griffin Sheridan, featuring art by Pablo Tunica, introduces Toho's first half-human, half-kaiju hybrid. In October, STARSHIP GODZILLA by Chris Gooch and Oliver Ono presents a cosmic adventure in an alien universe.

IDW will also release standalone titles including GODZILLA: HERE THERE BE ALIENS, GODZILLA: HEIST, GODZILLA VS AMERICA, and MOTHRA: QUEEN OF THE MONSTERS. Pre-orders are available at comic shops and via the updated #IDW app.

[graphicpolicy]

Godzilla Heist #2 preview. Godzilla has touched down in London. The heist is ready to begin... #comics #comicbooks #godzilla

[sodaliteskull]

Top 5 Things I Enjoy Writing About

I appreciate the tag @byjillianmaria! You can find hers over here!

This one's an open tag, but I'm also hitting up @noblebs, @noveldivergence, and @wintherlywords (no pressure though!)

*Hatsune Miku voice* ~Women~: I know this is the piss on the poor website, so upfront disclaimer about how this is not in reference to actual living, breathing, IRL people (HAVE WE ALL UNDERSTOOD THAT?!?), but I am fucking sick of men! "Male" has been the default gender, the default POV in stories for eons now, and I'm tired of it! Men bore me!!! I want to write about men the way misogynist men write about women - in that there is only one of them (if any at all!!!), and they're only there to advance the female character's story (by being fridged, most likely!!!)! I want to write about WOMEN!!!! I want to write about them being cunning and clever, as badasses and bastards, as both the princess and the knight!!! You know, like how women actually are in real life!!! Decentralize men? Honey, they're not even in my orbit!!! NO BOYS ALLOWED!!!! I'M EXHAUSTED!!!!!

Monsters as metaphors: Tale as old as time here, but I love it when a creature is actually a stand in for something a little more abstract. Vampires as a the fear of foreigners come to despoil our delicate Victorian sensibilities, Godzilla as the spectre of nuclear annihilation, werewolves as the visceral and horrifying changes girls go through when they enter puberty, that's some good shit!!! Any time I have some kind of monster in any of my stories, please know that it actually represents something else!

When a plan comes together: I love when people are in cahoots, when they get up to shenanigans, when games are afoot and capers are carried out! Heists? Delicious. When it looks like the antagonists have thwarted the protagonist's plans, but that was actually accounted for in the plans all along and they've actually fallen even deeper into the protagonist's web?! SUBLIME.

Hashtag Squad Goals: Having people grouped up for whatever arbitrary reason the plot demands is such a neat little way to get to play with a bunch of different dynamics all at once! These two are ride or die, but these two don't see eye to eye, and yet they're all the best of buds! How does that work?! I love getting to show the ins and outs of that!

Ancient Aliens: I don't mean the concept that all historical feats of engineering carried out by non-White™️ cultures were actually done by aliens (THAT concept makes me fucking furious!!!), but instead the theory of panspermia, of life originating elsewhere in the universe and being seeded across the stars. My favourite flavour of THAT is life originating on Earth, but then being brought elsewhere, with humans as basically food stock for some more advanced race! I was digging through my WIP pile the other day, and I realized that concept crops up A LOT for me!

[macawthestarwing]

magic school bus intro but its just

C: please let this be a normal field trip!!!

everyone whos used to Ds shenanigans: with D? no way!

C: awww…

I’m so glad this exists now this ask made me laugh whenever I thought about it

Mainly because I also kept thinking about this

C: please, D, just one normal heist, PLEASE

D: Sorry, C, a client wants us to go steal Godzilla.

C: …I’m gonna die on one of these missions I swear-

Also I find it funny that C has known D the longest and considers them his best friend, yet they still try to have a normal day every once in a while and fail miserably

[kabutoraiger]

the call of duty sentai is on a map which is "A Japanese metropolis whose city center has been jammed up by a bank heist gone wrong." there's a poster for a rider/mecha inspired guy and a godzilla expy as well

i see... mostly though i'm more perplexed by how anyone involved with call of duty managed to create a parody sentai that looks... maybe not like a real toei brand team per se but could very easily be real local heroes.

usually among western properties (and even some jpn ones) the understanding of what toku suits actually look like is just not really there. you just never know where you might find a true toku fan ig