Practise your craft…
September 30th, 2007
You can’t go past a title like that.
This is a concept sketch I did over the weekend where I couldn’t get the idea of what it would look like if the spirit of vengeance happened to get stuck with some dude on a vespa.
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September 30th, 2007
I have a wedding band on my finger and I honestly believe this is the only reason why I know that nobody puts Baby in the corner. Seriously if someone wants some advice from me about how to prepare for married life I have generally this one suggestion:
Find out why no one puts Baby in the corner.
Actually better still don’t even bother yourself with the why, just accept it as absolute truth that Baby does not get put in the corner for whatever reason. Also if you are able to it may be a good idea to practise laughing at the cleverness of the t-shirt slogan: I carried a water melon.
Once you have those two things under your belt you are ready to live a joyful married life.
For a long time I was angry that these nuggets of information were taking up valuable space in what I imagine to be a limited area in my brain. I can tell you all sorts of facts and observations from Terminator 2 and Robocop and that nobody puts Baby in the corner… Arrrrrg.
I’m thinking of getting a support group together for men who no longer remember the diameter of the Death Star or the awards of valour that Captain Kirk had earned but understand the concept of this is my dance space and this is your dance space.
I’m assuming all you married men know what I’m talking about and you guys who don’t know… you will… you will.
Just so you all know the alternative ‘alt description’ for that image involved a joke at Aquaman’s expense.
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September 29th, 2007
The upgrade to the new Wordpress actually went really smoothly and didn’t break the theme like I expected but it really was still time to freshen everything up. This new theme is something I’ve been thinking about for a while but hadn’t had the chance or motivation to do it. This is a really simple template and is only to get me through whilst I plot out a more intricate design.
Since the site got a bit of a change so did I on Wednesday and here is my new haircut.
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September 29th, 2007
I’m upgrading Wordpress to its latest version over the weekend and I just know that it’s going to break my template so I’m going to have to do a new one despite waiting on the poll. Just something on that - which two of you miserable bastards answered like I care what this place looks like? That’s nice. Just because it’s an option doesn’t mean you have to choose it.
As I write this I have no idea what I may be building to replace the ‘Sarge City’ look and feel so it is something I’ll have to think about tonight. Unless of course it doesn’t break the template (LOL oh that’s funny). I’ll be going through and cleaning up all my plug ins (on all my sites) which is probably a good thing in the long run.
I am also starting one of two Ghost Rider pictures that I’m drawing as a result of the previous poll. So the results of those little experiments will appear on here in the next week or so.
I’m also trying to finish an article I’m writing for Pop Culture Heroines about Buffy and sacrifice. We have a new author over there too now who just wrote about Hermione Granger which is cool. And of course look out for the latest Crypt Hunter strip appearing Monday!!! Thanks to everyone who visited the site because the first strip saw a fair jump in visits over the week.
So I may be able to squeeze some Guitar Hero in and maybe even some sleep.
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September 28th, 2007
I don’t understand this but for some reason or the other I seem to attract random strangers who will ask me for a piece of information and then completely doubt my response.
I would wear it on the chin if I was lying too, but the problem is that in these given situations I have no reason to lie to these people and really they have even less reason to not believe me.
Several months ago I was standing at the bus stop waiting on the next available bus that I knew I was about ten minutes early for and would no doubt run late but if I hadn’t shown up early it would come early and then I’d have to wait the half hour for the next one. Anyway this business suit type comes running up to the bus stop and stands very importantly for a couple of seconds, I’m assuming for my benefit and then says:
“When’s the next bus?”
“Um, at 7.25″
I answered this slightly shocked at the sudden demand and the lack of an ‘excuse me’ or any potential sign of politeness. In fact not only did I not deserve any treatment like I was a fellow human by this man but he also seemed to scoff ever slightly at my answer, like as if I would get it right and somehow I’m as unreliable as the buses.
At 7.26 he once again deems it appropriate to address me:
“The bus isn’t here yet.”
“Excuse me?”
“You said the bus would be here at 7.25″
“Do I look like fucking trans-info?”
This was the only answer I could give him and really I barely mumbled it but it did shut him up from further conversation. It didn’t however stop him pushing onto the bus in front of me when it finally arrived two minutes later. He said it like I had betrayed him and I knew exactly what time the bus would be there but that I was messing him around.
Fine. One off experience. Until yesterday.
In the elevator a guy gets on at the fifth floor, looks at me, hits the first floor button and asks me what time it was:
“What time is it?”
Does no one say excuse me when approaching a stranger for information now?
“It has just gone past three.”
“No it couldn’t be.”
“Um it is, it’s exactly 3.02″
“Nope.”
“Look at the elevator clock, it says the same thing.”
No answer. He does however roll his eyes.
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September 27th, 2007
I’m not trying to play any stereotypes here but really what is up with cling wrap (or glad wrap as we call it here in Australia)?
I mean for god’s sake it is the most useless stuff on the planet.
Straight away it doesn’t flow from the stupid box/roll and you’ve got to drag it out. Then the unpleasantness of the sharp edge which you know no matter how hard you try you will always run at least one part of your hand across.
Then it rolls up into a rotten idiot strip of plastic that you spend ten minutes folding back out and of course you put the non sticky side onto the container so it doesn’t stick and keep the stuff fresh and then you get food poisoning.
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September 25th, 2007
click on the image above to see it a little clearer - not funnier just clearer
The End…
or is it?
Well yeah it is the end.
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September 24th, 2007
I wasn’t going to mention it here but hey this is where I talk about my stuff!! As of this morning it became official I’m now in the web comic publishing business. Well business may be stretching the term since no money is being exchanged but you can head on over to the new Crypt Hunter site and see my first strip.
I’m pretty happy with the first strip, it’s rough around the edges and there was a problem with the third panel where the shading behind the image has come through when I reformatted the image but I feel incredibly accomplished.
It’s going to be a weekly thing, each Monday I’ll be publishing a new strip based around poor Memphis and his less than impressive attempts at becoming a world class Tomb Raider/Indiana Jones.
I’m hoping this will teach me a lot and give me a chance to hone my skills and start producing more in depth stuff (more detailed too) - I feel there is a really good Aquaman story inside me just waiting for my abilities to sharpen up.
So go check it out - blogroll it - add it to your RSS - tell other people!!!
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September 24th, 2007
As some of the more discerning readers of this blog know, we have a list of Science Fiction films that you just plain enjoy growing. The purpose being to gather together a list of scifi films that aren’t necessarily academy award winning pictures, or completely plausible or even that well made. They are just enjoyable and the only reason may be that for example you think the space shuttles in Armageddon are cool.
We’ve had no problem populating the list so far and it’s growing at a semi decent rate and I fully expect to reach the magic number of 100 (even if I have to suggest them all). But after a couple of discussions with people like Dan and Richo there are a couple of definition issues.
First off after the holy trinity of Star Wars was suggested Dan rightly so asked if we weren’t leaving them out and focusing on the more forgotten gems. My ruling in this is that if it’s enjoyable for some reason then it can be on the list because to be honest I wouldn’t know where to draw the line. But you still have to give a reason why you enjoy it - it can’t be along the lines of I’ve seen this important German science fiction film and I’m ever so clever for suggesting it.
I want suggestions like “Johnny Mnemonic, because I like seeing dolphins that are drugged out and can talk in tanks in digital apocalyptic environments and I think it’s cool when Keanu says ‘whoa’.” Types of suggestions.
The second issue is more to do with what is science fiction. Now this is a lot harder and it makes my head hurt just vaguely thinking about it.
I like these two comments:
“a handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method.”
Robert A. Heinlein
and
“…fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible.”
Rod Serling
I don’t think that these quotes cover all of science fiction and it’s still going to be a hard one to make decisions on.
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September 22nd, 2007
We are currently watching Heroes and I am really glad I waited to watch it on dvd after missing the first couple of episodes because I am really hooked.
Something that did occur to me whilst watching the third episode is in relation to having the ability to fly as a normal human being. Surely you would need some level of invulnerability in order not to kill or injure yourself whilst flying?
Take a look at what we have to wear when we ride a motorbike then think about the amount of crap floating around in the air that if you hit doing a certain speed would take your eye out. Imagine hitting a bird or a decent sized beetle smacking into your face?
So then I thought further about this and all the times that Superman flies someone around the world why don’t they land and spit out all the bugs and stuff. Now I’m wondering about Flash, surely bugs and sticks and stuff would smack into him all the time and when he’s going that speed why doesn’t it just pass right through him like a bullet? I mean he is still essentially mortal apart from his super speed.
That’s what I like in my televisions shows - something to think about. Oh and Star Trek references, lots of Star Trek references.
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