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Posted 12 years agoSo SOME OF YOU may remember that a little while ago, I posted a notice about a compilation of awesome fat girl comics that I helped work on: http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5183405/
The good news is that it's STILL the BEST collection of fat comics by the BEST cartoonists who understand how to create the BEST in fatty wank. That hasn't changed. What HAS changed, though, is the name. Originally this was envisioned as a sequel to Radio's 2005 fatty wank anthology Poundcake, BUT after review with the Radio folks, it was decided that might be too confusing since we've got a whole slew of new artists for this collection and they thought the tone of this collection was significantly different. Or, if you ask me, significantly SEXIER.
So hopefully that means that we will actually have this available for BUY PURCHASE with CASH MONEYS by JANUARY. Who would have believed it? WIth luck it will be ready for you to buy AFTER CHRISTMAS AND CHANUKAH AND KWANZA, so you can buy it with the money you get when you return all those awful gifts that your clueless relatives give you.
However, there is one stumbling block remaining to meeting that deadline.
The only problem that remains now is: WHAT SHOULD THE NEW NAME BE.
There are a few ideas in contention right now, but I thought we should bring the problem to THE PEOPLE.
That's why I am doing what all the hip new media douchebags do and CROWD SOURCING this question. What do YOU think the new name should be? Remember it's a collection of awesome sexy comics about fat girls, so it should be a name that EXEMPLIFIES that.
Post your ideas for a title below. If we use your suggestion, we'll send you a FREE COPY when it comes out (estimated arrival in mid-January). A free copy of a collection that includes 63 pages of comics from such luminaries as:
S.Sakurai -- creator of Intragalactic and Gorgeous Princess Creamy Beamy (ssakurai.deviantart.com)
Poundforpoundcake -- creator of Official Space Girl (poundforpoundcake.deviantart.com)
crave-the-Bullet
royaljellysandwich
ladiesman217
zoemoss & 
rabbitshakejake
cylindricalperv
agouti-rex
1) If multiple people make the same suggestion (why would you do that), the first to post will be considered the originator of that suggestion.
2) Please only enter this contest by REPLYING to this journal or to my similar journal on DA. I'm not going to see posts that you make anywhere else.
The good news is that it's STILL the BEST collection of fat comics by the BEST cartoonists who understand how to create the BEST in fatty wank. That hasn't changed. What HAS changed, though, is the name. Originally this was envisioned as a sequel to Radio's 2005 fatty wank anthology Poundcake, BUT after review with the Radio folks, it was decided that might be too confusing since we've got a whole slew of new artists for this collection and they thought the tone of this collection was significantly different. Or, if you ask me, significantly SEXIER.
So hopefully that means that we will actually have this available for BUY PURCHASE with CASH MONEYS by JANUARY. Who would have believed it? WIth luck it will be ready for you to buy AFTER CHRISTMAS AND CHANUKAH AND KWANZA, so you can buy it with the money you get when you return all those awful gifts that your clueless relatives give you.
However, there is one stumbling block remaining to meeting that deadline.
The only problem that remains now is: WHAT SHOULD THE NEW NAME BE.
There are a few ideas in contention right now, but I thought we should bring the problem to THE PEOPLE.
That's why I am doing what all the hip new media douchebags do and CROWD SOURCING this question. What do YOU think the new name should be? Remember it's a collection of awesome sexy comics about fat girls, so it should be a name that EXEMPLIFIES that.
Post your ideas for a title below. If we use your suggestion, we'll send you a FREE COPY when it comes out (estimated arrival in mid-January). A free copy of a collection that includes 63 pages of comics from such luminaries as:
S.Sakurai -- creator of Intragalactic and Gorgeous Princess Creamy Beamy (ssakurai.deviantart.com)
Poundforpoundcake -- creator of Official Space Girl (poundforpoundcake.deviantart.com)
crave-the-Bullet 
royaljellysandwich
ladiesman217
zoemoss & 
rabbitshakejake
cylindricalperv
agouti-rex1) If multiple people make the same suggestion (why would you do that), the first to post will be considered the originator of that suggestion.
2) Please only enter this contest by REPLYING to this journal or to my similar journal on DA. I'm not going to see posts that you make anywhere else.
HALLOWEEN SO MUCH LAMER NOW YOU DAMN KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN
Posted 12 years agoSince I'm an old curmudgeon, I've been complaining for years about how EVERYTHING IS ALL LAME AND BAD AND TERRIBLE COMPARED TO HOW IT WAS WHEN I WAS A KID and THESE DAMN KIDS TODAY GET OFF MY LAWN, and Halloween has always been one of my most curmudgeonly targets. I've had a vague sense for years that today's Halloween festivities are getting lamer compared to the Halloweens that I remember celebrating as a child, but yesterday really drove it all home. Yesterday, I happened to be downtown during the day to run some errands at the same time that the city's official Halloween thing was going on. Like many cities, our town has responded to parents' fear of poisoned candy and razorblade apples by instituting an event where downtown businesses will hand out candy, the rationale being that candy received from a random person standing in front of FASHION BUG or HOT TOPIC is more trustworthy than a random person standing in front of a house. This is bullshit for the obvious reasons that we all already know about, seeing as how the razorblade apple thing NEVER ACTUALLY EVER HAPPENED in real life (I'm told that it happened in the movie HALLOWEEN III and the urban legend mill took it from there) and every instance of poisoned candy was traced back to a Münchausen syndrome by proxy parent or something rather than a random stranger. But let's put that aside for a moment and talk about why this sort of official trick or treat isn't fun for anything. I made several observations about this new trick of treat:
- It took place in THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, in BROAD DAYLIGHT.
- Very few of the people handing out candy were in costume. None of the businesses had any decorations up beyond maybe a couple construction paper pumpkins.
- There were approximately three crossing guards in bright orange vests for every kid.
- There were no groups of kids. It was mainly just parents bringing their own kids.
So first of all, this obviously removes the thrilling fake danger element of Halloween. Halloween is the closest thing that America has to a Carnivale-style holiday, where everything is topsy turvy and kind of slightly dangerous but not for real. Think about it; it's the holiday when kids are allowed and even encouraged to do things that are totally forbidden the rest of the year: You go out past your bedtime. You eat bad-for-you sugar treats. There are no parents around to stop you; instead, you're canvassing the neighborhood with your peers -- who are essentially a gang of costumed hoodlums. You literally TAKE CANDY FROM STRANGERS and, if they don't comply, you threaten them. When I was a kid, I distinctly remember that I would trick or treat with a group of friends and we often didn't have ANY parents with us. There were a few years when, after trick or treating, I would walk home alone. And I lived in one of those out-of-the-way developments where they didn't bother to put in street lamps.
Now, I don't think there's anything wrong with having a chaperone around and I understand why many parents these days would be loathe to let the kids run around on Halloween unsupervised, so I don't think the experience is ruined if there are adults around. But, you know, the dark and wild are a very important part of the Halloween experience and you want to maintain some of that just so kids can pretend that there's some danger involved even though deep down they know that they're always perfectly safe. So trick or treating in the middle of the day with about a million rent-a-cops in orange vests? Jeez, how are kids supposed to suspend their disbelief? And trick or treating JUST with your parents? No friends around? LAME.
I read an interesting article recently about how Americans' parenting habits are weirdly inverted. For example, babies demand almost constant interaction with their parents, because, at this age, the child really needs to feel like his or her parents are always there. In many cultures, you never don't have the baby with you. But in America, we put the baby in a crib in another room and we do stuff like CONTROLLED CRYING where we don't respond to the baby's crying because we apparently think that terrifying a helpless infant into believing that it's been abandoned to cruel fate is a good way to make it sleep soundly through the night. So while infants want to feel that their parents are always around to protect them, kids around the age of 7 or 8 start to bristle at that constant contact. This is the age that they start to assert some independence, and many cultures let kids this age play unsupervised with other kids and wander somewhat far afield because they understand that THIS IS WHAT KIDS DO. But in America, this is the age that we start smothering our kids and forbidding them from doing anything outside the house. It's no wonder that kids today just play video games all day. Adults are always bitching about that, saying WHY DON'T YOU GO PLAY OUTSIDE. Well, where are they going to play? We've pretty much banned kids from almost all public spaces with ever more oppressive anti-loitering ordinances and curfews. And if kids go to any of the increasingly few public spaces where they're allowed to play (The arcades are all out of business; the skate parks are getting closed down because people somehow associate skateboards with crime and juvenile delinquincy because, I don't know, Bart Simpson rode one; and every playground that gets built looks more like day-glo plastic public art than a thing you're actually supposed to play on), they still get in trouble if there isn't an adult there to watch them. In this world, Halloween was a good way for kids to try out a little bit of independence, but not anymore.
I mean, yeah, you still get the candy. But who cares? It's not like candy is a rare once-a-year thing. The fun of Halloween isn't the candy, it's how you get it.
I wouldn't be so bothered by official Halloween events, except that I've anecdotally noticed a decline in regular unofficial trick or treating. I hardly ever see anyone trick or treating around town outside of this Chamber of Commerce-approved abomination. Worse, the kids that do don't even understand the basic etiquette of Halloween. When I was a kid, we all knew that you didn't bother going to a house that didn't have decorations or a jack-o'-lantern. A lit jack-o'-lantern meant that house was giving out candy! A house with decorations but no jack-o'-lantern usually meant that they had run out of candy, but you could still try them if you wanted. I've had years where I decorate the house and carve a jack-o'-lantern and everything and not see a single trick-or-treater. That might just be because I live in an out-of-the-way place, but then on years when I don't bother to decorate, suddenly I get tons of kids. WHY ARE YOU COMING HERE? YOU SHUOLD BE ABLE TO CLEARLY TELL BY MY LACK OF DECORATION THAT THERE IS NO CANDY HERE. ALSO YOU'RE NOT IN COSTUME SO FUCK YOU, KID.
Which brings us to ANOTHER problem with official Halloween events. Adults can't participate! In the old days, even if you weren't a parent, you could still get in on the fun. Halloween was a great excuse to show off your creativity. You'd built elaborate costumes and go all-out with fantastic decorations. Trick-or-treaters or, heck, just random people wander the neighborhood just to see the decorations and be impressed. And you could take pride in your ingenuity and imagination. Nowadays adults who aren't acting as chaperones can only participate in Halloween if they happen to work at a business that's giving out candy. And what fun is that? You can't decorate your office and why would you want to? It's not your home, there's no pride in ownership in that. And it's not like you have a choice in the matter. People who don't want to participate can't opt out like they could when kids went door to door; if the boss says you're handing out candy, then you're handing out candy.
I don't know, It really seems like the new way of celebrating Halloween isn't fun for anyone, kids or adults, but I am a cranky curmudgeon, like I said. I suppose it's still fun to get free candy.
- It took place in THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, in BROAD DAYLIGHT.
- Very few of the people handing out candy were in costume. None of the businesses had any decorations up beyond maybe a couple construction paper pumpkins.
- There were approximately three crossing guards in bright orange vests for every kid.
- There were no groups of kids. It was mainly just parents bringing their own kids.
So first of all, this obviously removes the thrilling fake danger element of Halloween. Halloween is the closest thing that America has to a Carnivale-style holiday, where everything is topsy turvy and kind of slightly dangerous but not for real. Think about it; it's the holiday when kids are allowed and even encouraged to do things that are totally forbidden the rest of the year: You go out past your bedtime. You eat bad-for-you sugar treats. There are no parents around to stop you; instead, you're canvassing the neighborhood with your peers -- who are essentially a gang of costumed hoodlums. You literally TAKE CANDY FROM STRANGERS and, if they don't comply, you threaten them. When I was a kid, I distinctly remember that I would trick or treat with a group of friends and we often didn't have ANY parents with us. There were a few years when, after trick or treating, I would walk home alone. And I lived in one of those out-of-the-way developments where they didn't bother to put in street lamps.
Now, I don't think there's anything wrong with having a chaperone around and I understand why many parents these days would be loathe to let the kids run around on Halloween unsupervised, so I don't think the experience is ruined if there are adults around. But, you know, the dark and wild are a very important part of the Halloween experience and you want to maintain some of that just so kids can pretend that there's some danger involved even though deep down they know that they're always perfectly safe. So trick or treating in the middle of the day with about a million rent-a-cops in orange vests? Jeez, how are kids supposed to suspend their disbelief? And trick or treating JUST with your parents? No friends around? LAME.
I read an interesting article recently about how Americans' parenting habits are weirdly inverted. For example, babies demand almost constant interaction with their parents, because, at this age, the child really needs to feel like his or her parents are always there. In many cultures, you never don't have the baby with you. But in America, we put the baby in a crib in another room and we do stuff like CONTROLLED CRYING where we don't respond to the baby's crying because we apparently think that terrifying a helpless infant into believing that it's been abandoned to cruel fate is a good way to make it sleep soundly through the night. So while infants want to feel that their parents are always around to protect them, kids around the age of 7 or 8 start to bristle at that constant contact. This is the age that they start to assert some independence, and many cultures let kids this age play unsupervised with other kids and wander somewhat far afield because they understand that THIS IS WHAT KIDS DO. But in America, this is the age that we start smothering our kids and forbidding them from doing anything outside the house. It's no wonder that kids today just play video games all day. Adults are always bitching about that, saying WHY DON'T YOU GO PLAY OUTSIDE. Well, where are they going to play? We've pretty much banned kids from almost all public spaces with ever more oppressive anti-loitering ordinances and curfews. And if kids go to any of the increasingly few public spaces where they're allowed to play (The arcades are all out of business; the skate parks are getting closed down because people somehow associate skateboards with crime and juvenile delinquincy because, I don't know, Bart Simpson rode one; and every playground that gets built looks more like day-glo plastic public art than a thing you're actually supposed to play on), they still get in trouble if there isn't an adult there to watch them. In this world, Halloween was a good way for kids to try out a little bit of independence, but not anymore.
I mean, yeah, you still get the candy. But who cares? It's not like candy is a rare once-a-year thing. The fun of Halloween isn't the candy, it's how you get it.
I wouldn't be so bothered by official Halloween events, except that I've anecdotally noticed a decline in regular unofficial trick or treating. I hardly ever see anyone trick or treating around town outside of this Chamber of Commerce-approved abomination. Worse, the kids that do don't even understand the basic etiquette of Halloween. When I was a kid, we all knew that you didn't bother going to a house that didn't have decorations or a jack-o'-lantern. A lit jack-o'-lantern meant that house was giving out candy! A house with decorations but no jack-o'-lantern usually meant that they had run out of candy, but you could still try them if you wanted. I've had years where I decorate the house and carve a jack-o'-lantern and everything and not see a single trick-or-treater. That might just be because I live in an out-of-the-way place, but then on years when I don't bother to decorate, suddenly I get tons of kids. WHY ARE YOU COMING HERE? YOU SHUOLD BE ABLE TO CLEARLY TELL BY MY LACK OF DECORATION THAT THERE IS NO CANDY HERE. ALSO YOU'RE NOT IN COSTUME SO FUCK YOU, KID.
Which brings us to ANOTHER problem with official Halloween events. Adults can't participate! In the old days, even if you weren't a parent, you could still get in on the fun. Halloween was a great excuse to show off your creativity. You'd built elaborate costumes and go all-out with fantastic decorations. Trick-or-treaters or, heck, just random people wander the neighborhood just to see the decorations and be impressed. And you could take pride in your ingenuity and imagination. Nowadays adults who aren't acting as chaperones can only participate in Halloween if they happen to work at a business that's giving out candy. And what fun is that? You can't decorate your office and why would you want to? It's not your home, there's no pride in ownership in that. And it's not like you have a choice in the matter. People who don't want to participate can't opt out like they could when kids went door to door; if the boss says you're handing out candy, then you're handing out candy.
I don't know, It really seems like the new way of celebrating Halloween isn't fun for anyone, kids or adults, but I am a cranky curmudgeon, like I said. I suppose it's still fun to get free candy.
The Best Fat Girl Comics in One Place
Posted 12 years agoOkay, so I never like saying things TOO early because then i look quite the fool when things fall apart, but I think it's safe enough to let you guys know about this. The reason that I've been so quiet lately, besides Misunderstanding Comics (BLURG BUY MY BOOK AVAILABLE AT HTTP://MISUNDERSTANDINGCOMICS.COM) is that I've also been trying to put together an anthology of THE BEST SEXY COMICS RELATING TO DELICIOUS LARGE WOMEN, or, as the kids call them, BBWs. There are so many talented people who work in the medium of chunky ladies and it seemed like it would just be an amazing coup if we could get them all together in one place.
After a bit of schmoozing with some very talented artists on the Internet, I actually convinced a few of the TOP TIER FAT DRAWIN ARTSISTS to contribute to this.
So BAM, we are making AWESOME FAT COMIC ANTHOLOGY
OH MAN, this time round we've got the CREME D' LA CREME. I tried to get all the PREMINENT FAT COMIC TALENTS involved and, while there were a few who didn't work out because of scheduling and what not, I am honestly really surprised at how many heavyeights DURRR HUR HUR agreed to participate. We've got 63 pages of comics from such luminaries as:
S.Sakurai -- creator of Intragalactic and Gorgeous Princess Creamy Beamy (ssakurai.deviantart.com)
Poundforpoundcake -- creator of Official Space Girl (poundforpoundcake.deviantart.com)
crave-the-Bullet
royaljellysandwich
ladiesman217
zoemoss & rabbitshakejake
cylindricalperv
Oh, and ME. Of course. I'm in there as well.
We should have the book available in just a bit. Keep watching this space!
After a bit of schmoozing with some very talented artists on the Internet, I actually convinced a few of the TOP TIER FAT DRAWIN ARTSISTS to contribute to this.
So BAM, we are making AWESOME FAT COMIC ANTHOLOGY
OH MAN, this time round we've got the CREME D' LA CREME. I tried to get all the PREMINENT FAT COMIC TALENTS involved and, while there were a few who didn't work out because of scheduling and what not, I am honestly really surprised at how many heavyeights DURRR HUR HUR agreed to participate. We've got 63 pages of comics from such luminaries as:
S.Sakurai -- creator of Intragalactic and Gorgeous Princess Creamy Beamy (ssakurai.deviantart.com)
Poundforpoundcake -- creator of Official Space Girl (poundforpoundcake.deviantart.com)
crave-the-Bullet royaljellysandwich ladiesman217 zoemoss & rabbitshakejake cylindricalpervOh, and ME. Of course. I'm in there as well.
We should have the book available in just a bit. Keep watching this space!
Misunderstanding Comics killed at APE
Posted 12 years agoSo I'm finally recovered from APE last weekend... What an amazing weekend! I'm always kind of a pessimist, so I fully expected everything to crash and burn horribly. And granted, it could well have, because we naturally realized at the last minute that we weren't nearly as well prepared for the whole shebang as we thought we were! Still, it was a good day. Lots of folks stopped by the booth, and they mostly seemed to really dig the book. Best of all, a number of other cartoonists, including Stephen Notley of Bob the Angry Flower, Keith Knight of The K Chronicles, and Mary Fleener of Slutburger, bought copies and all seemed to enjoy it! 
mitti and 
relaxingdragon1, who happen to be among our Kickstarter backers, also came by and got their compy copies, and they were both very amused. I was blown away by the positive reaction! It was especially great when someone stopped by, looked at the book and IMMEDIATELY understood the joke. Most of the people that got the joke really appreciated it and that was really gratifying. You never know how people will react and, knowing how often people will fly into petty rages over imagined slights on the Internet, it's always a relief when you can interact face to face with people.
This is an uncharacteristically positive journal for me. I feel like I should complain about something just so people will know that this really IS me posting and that I haven't been hacked. Well, we did have ONE guy stop by the booth who really was unclear on the concept. He was apparently trying to get started making a comic of his own and was looking for a book to tell him how to make comics. He kept asking if Misunderstanding Comics would give him the advice he needed and we kept trying to explain that, well, sort of but this isn't an instruction book, it's a parody. He just did NOT get it. He kept going back to "But it'll teach me what to do, right???" Eventually we just decided that we didn't really want him to buy it since it didn't seem like he would benefit from it XD Oh well!
In other uncharacteristically upbeat news, I also think it's almost time that I can announce the other big project that has been keeping me busy and away from FA. I'd announce it here except that I don't want to take away the thunder from the big APE wrap-up thingamagig. I've been mum on this for a long time because I'm always nervous about blurting things out too early, but I think the time is about ripe. I'll be posting about it soon. Here's a hint: It's something that I will probably be able to crosspost with
krampuskind. THINK ABOUT IT.
mitti and 
relaxingdragon1, who happen to be among our Kickstarter backers, also came by and got their compy copies, and they were both very amused. I was blown away by the positive reaction! It was especially great when someone stopped by, looked at the book and IMMEDIATELY understood the joke. Most of the people that got the joke really appreciated it and that was really gratifying. You never know how people will react and, knowing how often people will fly into petty rages over imagined slights on the Internet, it's always a relief when you can interact face to face with people. This is an uncharacteristically positive journal for me. I feel like I should complain about something just so people will know that this really IS me posting and that I haven't been hacked. Well, we did have ONE guy stop by the booth who really was unclear on the concept. He was apparently trying to get started making a comic of his own and was looking for a book to tell him how to make comics. He kept asking if Misunderstanding Comics would give him the advice he needed and we kept trying to explain that, well, sort of but this isn't an instruction book, it's a parody. He just did NOT get it. He kept going back to "But it'll teach me what to do, right???" Eventually we just decided that we didn't really want him to buy it since it didn't seem like he would benefit from it XD Oh well!
In other uncharacteristically upbeat news, I also think it's almost time that I can announce the other big project that has been keeping me busy and away from FA. I'd announce it here except that I don't want to take away the thunder from the big APE wrap-up thingamagig. I've been mum on this for a long time because I'm always nervous about blurting things out too early, but I think the time is about ripe. I'll be posting about it soon. Here's a hint: It's something that I will probably be able to crosspost with
krampuskind. THINK ABOUT IT. Misunderstanding Comics is DONE
Posted 12 years agoSo did I mention that Misunderstanding Comics is finally done??? That’s right, we sent it to the printer last week, so we are finally going to get this to all out loyal and long-suffering supporters. The rest of you can get some too. It’s easy! In case you’re just joining us, Misunderstanding Comics is the second graphic novel that I’ve illustrated, after Malleus Maleficarum published by SLG Publishing and still available for BUY PURCHASE for CASH MONEYS!!!. Misunderstanding Comics is a hilarious spoof of the seminal work of comics philosophy Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. It’s written by the always funny Tim Heiderich of Assignment Unexplained and Normal Activity. You can learn more over at my graphic novels tab on the Guttersnipe site at http://www.guttersnipecomic.com.
We’re premiering this book at Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco next week, so, if you’re there, stop by and say hi! We’re going to be at table 311. Hope to see you there. :)
We’re premiering this book at Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco next week, so, if you’re there, stop by and say hi! We’re going to be at table 311. Hope to see you there. :)
The Serendipity Books
Posted 12 years agoSomeone else out there has to remember these things, right?
Skeletoniums have lots of boniums
Posted 12 years agoI spent all day tweeting about skeletons because skeletons are scary. Skeletons have 4 terrible powers that they use to destroy humans:
1) paralyzing shriek
2) they can reassemble their bones if you knock them down
3) they can use swords unlike all other supernatural monsters
4) they can turn you into a skeleton too using an evil jewel
spread the word! NO MORE SKELETONS
FOLLOW MY TWITTER FOR MORE SKELETON WARNINGS: thenewmeat
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COMMISSION LIST
1.
grendel DONE
2.
djynnflyssa DONE
3.
borusa-ryalam DONE
4. borusa-ryalam DONE
5. borusa-ryalam DONE
6.
bethy_chan DONE
7. SECRET DONE
8.
cassiel DONE
9.
pierrezaius DONE
10.
wonkalicious DONE
1) paralyzing shriek
2) they can reassemble their bones if you knock them down
3) they can use swords unlike all other supernatural monsters
4) they can turn you into a skeleton too using an evil jewel
spread the word! NO MORE SKELETONS
FOLLOW MY TWITTER FOR MORE SKELETON WARNINGS: thenewmeat
_____
COMMISSION LIST
1.
grendel DONE2.
djynnflyssa DONE3.
borusa-ryalam DONE4.
borusa-ryalam DONE5.
borusa-ryalam DONE6.
bethy_chan DONE7. SECRET DONE
8.
cassiel DONE9.
pierrezaius DONE10.
wonkalicious DONECHEAP $10 commissions available
Posted 12 years agoSo I need CASHOLA and I need it FASTOLA, so I'm opening 10 commission slots for the low low price of $10 each. These are one character, full color pics, which I usually charge $20 for, so it's WHAT AN AMAZING DEAL! You should really take advantage of this offer now while supplies last!
1. grendel DONE
2. djynnflyssa DONE
3. borusa-ryalam
4. borusa-ryalam
5. borusa-ryalam
6. bethy_chan DONE
7. SECRET DONE
8. cassiel DONE
9. pierrezaius DONE
10. wonkalicious DONE
I accept paypal and I will start work as soon as payment is received. Note me if you're interested! Thanks for reading.
1.
grendel DONE2.
djynnflyssa DONE3.
borusa-ryalam4.
borusa-ryalam5.
borusa-ryalam6.
bethy_chan DONE7. SECRET DONE
8.
cassiel DONE9.
pierrezaius DONE10.
wonkalicious DONEI accept paypal and I will start work as soon as payment is received. Note me if you're interested! Thanks for reading.
I Finally Saw Cabin in the Woods (SPOILERS)
Posted 12 years agoOkay, so I finally bit the bullet and watched Cabin in the Woods, the Whedon-penned opus that supposedly changed the horror game forever. A lot of people have been reccommending this film to me, and I want you all to know that I still love and respect you. If I sound like I'm personally attacking your tastes in film, it's only because I'm a cranky curmudgeon who likes to hate things that are popular. I've been putting off watching this movie partly because I've never thought very highly of Joe Whedon and partly to spite the rabid Whedonites who get angry if you don't think Serenity was the second coming of Jesus. But Moody ordered it off Netflix, so we finally sat down and watched it.
So I didn't hate it. I can see why some people liked it, and I would say it's got enough going for it that reasonable people could disagree. My reaction was more dull indifference, which has really been my most positive reaction to a Whedon movie to date.
Moody really didn't like it, because she's an OCD dork who notices every plot hole. I'm much more forgiving of plot holes if I don't notice them while I'm actually watching a movie, so I don't think there were any really major ones.
My main problem with the movie is that, well, it wasn't very good. This was a movie that didn't have any idea what it wanted to be, other than clever. And it's oh so clever, in that non-threatening way that Whedon's movies always are. Therein lies Whedon's genius. His writing isn't really all that deep or clever -- it's mostly just fairly mainstream pop culture allusions and occasional lampshading of the most obvious genre conventions -- but it somehow makes you feel as if YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD TO GET THE JOKE. Anyway, the movie is kind of clever like that. I wouldn't call it a horror movie or a comedy, which are the two genres it was marketed as. It's not scary or creepy or unsettling; the director has no eye for horror, so the whole thing comes off as an extra long episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In fact, I almost think I remember a few Buffy plots that bear a surprising similarity to the plot of Cabin in the Woods, so many Whedon was recycling an unused show script. At the same time, it's not really funny. There are jokes, but they just exist to be clever. If the movie is anything it's a watered down sci-fi/action flick. Which is okay, I guess, but I'm not sure why you would create a movie lampooning the horror genre and NOT at least try to make it a horror movie. Sure, there are zombies in it, but they barely get any screentime and they always seem to be obscured in shadow, as if not showing us the face of what the audience clearly can tell is a hillbilly zombie will somehow make it more creepy and menacing. No one in the audience is thinking OH SHIT WHAT IS THAT. Just show us the zombie already. But whatever, the zombie hillbillies are pretty generic, nothing all that interesting or different about them. The death scenes are all pretty standard too, nothing horrible enough to evoke a real visceral reaction but also not campy enough to be fun.
Actually, that's a big problem with this movie. Whedon and director Drew Goddard have no sense of when to show things and when to hide things. Everyone was all abuzz about the GREAT BIG SECRET in this movie, but this so-called twist is the BASIC PREMISE of the entire film. Whedonites have been begging people not to reveal the premise because supposedly knowing anything about Cabin before you see it will completely ruin the experience. I noticed a lot of angry fans were accusing newspaper critics of intentionally spoiling the movie, but I don't think it was intentional at all; I think critics probably just assumed, from having watched many many films where the big twist is typically revealed in the film's final act, that something revealed in the first five minutes wasn't intended to be a big secret. But I think fans' insistence on secrecy is also because they realize, deep down, perhaps on a subconscious level, that there's really nothing to this movie other than its gimmick. Once the gimmick is revealed, there's no place else to go for the next 90 minutes. It's not like there's some deep revelation about human nature coming down the pike. It's a Whedon flick, so he has nothnig more to say other than LOL GENRE FICTION HAS CLICHES. I mean, if you knew that Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker's father before the first time that you watched Star Wars, would the movie be forever ruined for you? Would you be unable to glean anything from Citizen Kane if you knew rosebud was a sled when you walked into the theater? I think you'd still be able to enjoy those films even with that forbidden knowledge, because those weren't films that relied entirely on the audiences' minds being BLOWN by those revelations. You'd probably still be able to get involved in Luke's struggle to become a Jedi or find fascination in kane's hubris. But Cabin blows its wad with its gimmick and then...there's nothing else to hold your interest. Like I said, no chills, no comedy, just four dishwater bland teens and one obnoxiously quippy Whedon self-insert sort of going through the vague motions in the thinnest parody of a slasher flick.
I also suspect that Whedonites were insistent in not talking about the premise because they feared that, once people knew what the film was about, they'd just go "Oh, okay, that's dumb" and then just skip it. I wouldn't put it past them, because they have been known to stoop to all sorts of lies to trick people into seeing Whedon films because I geuss they need to keep reinforcing that head narrative they have going about how he's some sort of misunderstoof genius.
So SPOILER ALERT I'm going to spoiler the movie, I guess. It's about these five teens who go to a cabin in the woods and get attacked by zombies... but the opening act TWIST is that it's all being orchestrated by some company and nebbishy guys in ties are watching their every move through cameras strategically placed throughout the house. The question of WHY this company is doing all this is the final act reveal, but (1) there are enough clues that you'll probably figure it out pretty quick and (2) who cares why they are doing it, the why of it isn't all that tantalizing a question.
It turns out that they're doing it because some vague elder gods demand a sacrifice of five archetypical horror movie teens -- a jock, a slut, a nerd, a stoner, and a virgin -- every year or else they'll destroy the world or something. Which is, honestly, a really dumb final twist. I was expecting that it would turn out they were filming a reality show or a snuff film, which, though it would have been slightly more trite and predictable, given the movie some sort of message about, I dunno, violence in media or our hedonistic unfeeling society or something, anything beyond LOL CLICHES. It would have also made a lot more sense, because in the final chaotic act it's revealed that the ritual sacrifice doesn't actually need all the horror movie trappings to be successful, so why did they even bother? Finally, it's a twist that kills both any black humor or any disturbed chills that could be wrested from the premise, because suddenly it turns out that this evil, callous company isn't evil or callous at all, they are just MAKING HARD CHOICES FOR THE GOOD OF THE MANY.
This isn't a bad idea for a movie, but it was handled absolutely wrong. Maybe if we had discovered the truth at the same time that the characters did it would have had more punch. I doubt it, because there were problems with the characters being so goddamn boring that you can't get invested in their fates at all. Normally, I think that knowing someone is being manipulated by unseen forces bent on their destruction would make me naturally sympathize more with the manipulatee, but here I couldn't care less. There is some attempt to make the victim characters a little more fleshed-out (and there are some admittedly amusing bits where the puppet-masters manipulate them to behave more like stereotypical slasher victims) but unfortunately they all end up so generic that you actually feel LESS sympathy for them than if they were stereotypes. Because, hey, if a character is a stereotype, at least you know what they are and how you're supposed to react to them. In this movie, I only figured out that one character was supposed to be "the nerd" because he was randomly wearing glasses for one scene. There's a bit near the end where the nebbishy company guys are all celebrating a successful sacrifice in the control room ignoring the scene playing out on a giant overhead monitor, where the final girl is being mauled by a zombie. I guess it's supposed to show us, I dunno, man's inhumanity to man, but the final girl is so nondescript that I could only see her continued survival as an obscacle to this movie finally being over.
I think the most offensive thing about this movie is that it's being touted as a GAME CHANGER that totally plays with your expectations of horror tropes, yet Whedon only seems to be aware of ONE trope, namely that teen slashers always involve the same archetypical victims. That's akin to making a parody of Star Trek based only on one joke, that red shirts die a lot. I can only assume from watching this that Whedon isn't a horror fan, because he really doesn't seem to have any love or interest for the artform, so I'm not sure why though he should be the one to spoof it. Probably just because it was an easy target.
There is ONE detail in this movie that actually works, and that's the weird one-way mirror behind the creepy painting. That would have been a great way to indicate that something weird was going on here, but, since the audience already KNOWS what's going on, it's kind of wasted. Also, neither the painting nor the mirror ever really have any bearing on anything. The painting doesn't foreshadow anything and it's never referenced again. And why was there a one-way mirror inside the cabin? It's clearly established that the puppet masters are watching the proceedings from a command center far below the cabin, so why is the mirror there? Did they watch previous rituals from inside the cabin itself? That seems needlessly dangerous and stupid. So I guess it was just there to fail at being unsettling.
To give credit where due, it could have been really good, if the creative team had bothered to do anything beyond the initial gimmick. It was an interesting idea completely botched by an execution more concerned with appearing cool and deep than in actually making a cohesive movie. And some of the monsters that escaped at the end were cool. Too bad we barely got to see any of them. I've definitely seen much worse movies, but then again most of those movies aren't ballyhooed as being the best thing since sliced bread. Ultimately, it's like that Abe Lincoln quote about that book that will appeal to people who like that sort of book: If you're a Joe Whedon fan, then you'll probably like this movie becaue it is a Joe Whedon movie.
It's definitely no MOTHER'S DAY MASSACRE, I'll tell you that!
So I didn't hate it. I can see why some people liked it, and I would say it's got enough going for it that reasonable people could disagree. My reaction was more dull indifference, which has really been my most positive reaction to a Whedon movie to date.
Moody really didn't like it, because she's an OCD dork who notices every plot hole. I'm much more forgiving of plot holes if I don't notice them while I'm actually watching a movie, so I don't think there were any really major ones.
My main problem with the movie is that, well, it wasn't very good. This was a movie that didn't have any idea what it wanted to be, other than clever. And it's oh so clever, in that non-threatening way that Whedon's movies always are. Therein lies Whedon's genius. His writing isn't really all that deep or clever -- it's mostly just fairly mainstream pop culture allusions and occasional lampshading of the most obvious genre conventions -- but it somehow makes you feel as if YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD TO GET THE JOKE. Anyway, the movie is kind of clever like that. I wouldn't call it a horror movie or a comedy, which are the two genres it was marketed as. It's not scary or creepy or unsettling; the director has no eye for horror, so the whole thing comes off as an extra long episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In fact, I almost think I remember a few Buffy plots that bear a surprising similarity to the plot of Cabin in the Woods, so many Whedon was recycling an unused show script. At the same time, it's not really funny. There are jokes, but they just exist to be clever. If the movie is anything it's a watered down sci-fi/action flick. Which is okay, I guess, but I'm not sure why you would create a movie lampooning the horror genre and NOT at least try to make it a horror movie. Sure, there are zombies in it, but they barely get any screentime and they always seem to be obscured in shadow, as if not showing us the face of what the audience clearly can tell is a hillbilly zombie will somehow make it more creepy and menacing. No one in the audience is thinking OH SHIT WHAT IS THAT. Just show us the zombie already. But whatever, the zombie hillbillies are pretty generic, nothing all that interesting or different about them. The death scenes are all pretty standard too, nothing horrible enough to evoke a real visceral reaction but also not campy enough to be fun.
Actually, that's a big problem with this movie. Whedon and director Drew Goddard have no sense of when to show things and when to hide things. Everyone was all abuzz about the GREAT BIG SECRET in this movie, but this so-called twist is the BASIC PREMISE of the entire film. Whedonites have been begging people not to reveal the premise because supposedly knowing anything about Cabin before you see it will completely ruin the experience. I noticed a lot of angry fans were accusing newspaper critics of intentionally spoiling the movie, but I don't think it was intentional at all; I think critics probably just assumed, from having watched many many films where the big twist is typically revealed in the film's final act, that something revealed in the first five minutes wasn't intended to be a big secret. But I think fans' insistence on secrecy is also because they realize, deep down, perhaps on a subconscious level, that there's really nothing to this movie other than its gimmick. Once the gimmick is revealed, there's no place else to go for the next 90 minutes. It's not like there's some deep revelation about human nature coming down the pike. It's a Whedon flick, so he has nothnig more to say other than LOL GENRE FICTION HAS CLICHES. I mean, if you knew that Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker's father before the first time that you watched Star Wars, would the movie be forever ruined for you? Would you be unable to glean anything from Citizen Kane if you knew rosebud was a sled when you walked into the theater? I think you'd still be able to enjoy those films even with that forbidden knowledge, because those weren't films that relied entirely on the audiences' minds being BLOWN by those revelations. You'd probably still be able to get involved in Luke's struggle to become a Jedi or find fascination in kane's hubris. But Cabin blows its wad with its gimmick and then...there's nothing else to hold your interest. Like I said, no chills, no comedy, just four dishwater bland teens and one obnoxiously quippy Whedon self-insert sort of going through the vague motions in the thinnest parody of a slasher flick.
I also suspect that Whedonites were insistent in not talking about the premise because they feared that, once people knew what the film was about, they'd just go "Oh, okay, that's dumb" and then just skip it. I wouldn't put it past them, because they have been known to stoop to all sorts of lies to trick people into seeing Whedon films because I geuss they need to keep reinforcing that head narrative they have going about how he's some sort of misunderstoof genius.
So SPOILER ALERT I'm going to spoiler the movie, I guess. It's about these five teens who go to a cabin in the woods and get attacked by zombies... but the opening act TWIST is that it's all being orchestrated by some company and nebbishy guys in ties are watching their every move through cameras strategically placed throughout the house. The question of WHY this company is doing all this is the final act reveal, but (1) there are enough clues that you'll probably figure it out pretty quick and (2) who cares why they are doing it, the why of it isn't all that tantalizing a question.
It turns out that they're doing it because some vague elder gods demand a sacrifice of five archetypical horror movie teens -- a jock, a slut, a nerd, a stoner, and a virgin -- every year or else they'll destroy the world or something. Which is, honestly, a really dumb final twist. I was expecting that it would turn out they were filming a reality show or a snuff film, which, though it would have been slightly more trite and predictable, given the movie some sort of message about, I dunno, violence in media or our hedonistic unfeeling society or something, anything beyond LOL CLICHES. It would have also made a lot more sense, because in the final chaotic act it's revealed that the ritual sacrifice doesn't actually need all the horror movie trappings to be successful, so why did they even bother? Finally, it's a twist that kills both any black humor or any disturbed chills that could be wrested from the premise, because suddenly it turns out that this evil, callous company isn't evil or callous at all, they are just MAKING HARD CHOICES FOR THE GOOD OF THE MANY.
This isn't a bad idea for a movie, but it was handled absolutely wrong. Maybe if we had discovered the truth at the same time that the characters did it would have had more punch. I doubt it, because there were problems with the characters being so goddamn boring that you can't get invested in their fates at all. Normally, I think that knowing someone is being manipulated by unseen forces bent on their destruction would make me naturally sympathize more with the manipulatee, but here I couldn't care less. There is some attempt to make the victim characters a little more fleshed-out (and there are some admittedly amusing bits where the puppet-masters manipulate them to behave more like stereotypical slasher victims) but unfortunately they all end up so generic that you actually feel LESS sympathy for them than if they were stereotypes. Because, hey, if a character is a stereotype, at least you know what they are and how you're supposed to react to them. In this movie, I only figured out that one character was supposed to be "the nerd" because he was randomly wearing glasses for one scene. There's a bit near the end where the nebbishy company guys are all celebrating a successful sacrifice in the control room ignoring the scene playing out on a giant overhead monitor, where the final girl is being mauled by a zombie. I guess it's supposed to show us, I dunno, man's inhumanity to man, but the final girl is so nondescript that I could only see her continued survival as an obscacle to this movie finally being over.
I think the most offensive thing about this movie is that it's being touted as a GAME CHANGER that totally plays with your expectations of horror tropes, yet Whedon only seems to be aware of ONE trope, namely that teen slashers always involve the same archetypical victims. That's akin to making a parody of Star Trek based only on one joke, that red shirts die a lot. I can only assume from watching this that Whedon isn't a horror fan, because he really doesn't seem to have any love or interest for the artform, so I'm not sure why though he should be the one to spoof it. Probably just because it was an easy target.
There is ONE detail in this movie that actually works, and that's the weird one-way mirror behind the creepy painting. That would have been a great way to indicate that something weird was going on here, but, since the audience already KNOWS what's going on, it's kind of wasted. Also, neither the painting nor the mirror ever really have any bearing on anything. The painting doesn't foreshadow anything and it's never referenced again. And why was there a one-way mirror inside the cabin? It's clearly established that the puppet masters are watching the proceedings from a command center far below the cabin, so why is the mirror there? Did they watch previous rituals from inside the cabin itself? That seems needlessly dangerous and stupid. So I guess it was just there to fail at being unsettling.
To give credit where due, it could have been really good, if the creative team had bothered to do anything beyond the initial gimmick. It was an interesting idea completely botched by an execution more concerned with appearing cool and deep than in actually making a cohesive movie. And some of the monsters that escaped at the end were cool. Too bad we barely got to see any of them. I've definitely seen much worse movies, but then again most of those movies aren't ballyhooed as being the best thing since sliced bread. Ultimately, it's like that Abe Lincoln quote about that book that will appeal to people who like that sort of book: If you're a Joe Whedon fan, then you'll probably like this movie becaue it is a Joe Whedon movie.
It's definitely no MOTHER'S DAY MASSACRE, I'll tell you that!
Anyone planning on going to FC this year?
Posted 12 years agoSince my usual partner in crime won't be attending, I'm wondering who might be going this year. Is it worth still showing up? Let me know if any of you cool dudes might be there.
SHOW 100 episodes! ASK US ANYTHING TMI QUESTION EPISODE
Posted 12 years agoThat's right, 
podcastigation has been around for 100 BIG ONES! Well, not yet. We're on episode 96 right now. But 100 is just around the corner! That means it's time for our BIG TIME 100 EPISODE CELEBRATION! So now is the time for you, THE PEOPLE, to share all your favorite SHOW moments. What do you want the ineffable SHOW hosts to discuss on our fantabulous 100th SHOW episode? Ask us about our favorite SHOW moments, the SHOW future, and any SHOW related questions you have!
podcastigation has been around for 100 BIG ONES! Well, not yet. We're on episode 96 right now. But 100 is just around the corner! That means it's time for our BIG TIME 100 EPISODE CELEBRATION! So now is the time for you, THE PEOPLE, to share all your favorite SHOW moments. What do you want the ineffable SHOW hosts to discuss on our fantabulous 100th SHOW episode? Ask us about our favorite SHOW moments, the SHOW future, and any SHOW related questions you have!Bottledwater draws fat Mercedes!
Posted 12 years ago
bottledwater drew fat Totally 80s Mercedes! And fat Mercedes is best Mercedes, so you should check it out: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10493956/Spazzy Hyena draws Mercedes
Posted 12 years ago
SpazzyHyenaA Good Review Vidcast to watch: The Hungry Reader
Posted 12 years agoI don't normally like podcast/vidcast/online review things that aren't podcastigation ahem SHOW SHOW SHOW GO LISTEN TO SHOW, but that's only because so many of them are sooo bad. However, a good pal has just started one called The Hungry Reader ( http://www.youtube.com/user/TheHungryReader ) that is NOT bad. In fact, I'd say it's rather good. It doesn't hurt that it's NOT about video games. It is, in fact, about books, which are rectangular things that you wouldn't know anything about because they don't go beepbeepbeepbeep*. What I like is that his focus is on young adult books, the ones that I -- and likely you -- remember from afternoons spent in the library as a kid or perhaps you remember seeing them when the teacher gave you that order form printed on the weird thin paper from Scholastic. But you guys probably all know that I DESPISE nostalgia for its own sake (unless I'm the one doing it, because I'm a hypocrite), but The Hungry Reader is also pretty knowledgeable about his topic and has some interesting facts to relate about the books. His first video is a look at The Wizard of Oz, which is well worth a look. I want more people to know about this, so that you can all go there and tell him to review THE CELERY STALKS AT MIDNIGHT.
Or, actually, he's got a bunch of interesting books lined up as possibilities for his next review. You can vote for one of them if they strike your fancy more.
I should also point out that this guy can track down literally ANY half-remembered children's book that you can dredge up. Like, say you remember reading a book where these brontosaurs are all scared of the tyrannosaurs. but one day, this time traveling tour group arrives and, while most of the group is looking at ancient plants, this one guy pulls out a portable TV set and starts watching a baseball game. And this one brontosaur watches over his shoulder and assumes that the people are gathering sticks and and balls to defend themselves from a tyrannosaur attack. So then he gets all the other brontosaurs to start using sticks and rocks to fight off predators. Not much to go on, really. But he figured out that the book was DANGER IN DINOSAUR VALLEY.
He was also able to correctly identify another of my favorite old books which I could not remember the name of as "The Gilded Cat" when all i had to go on was: "It's about a girl who somehow comes into possession of a mummified kitten which I think she steals from a museum or something. This kitten is connected to the soul of an ancient egyptian prince, who appears to her in the form of a ba-bird. The museum curator is the reincarnation of the prince's evil uncle who had him killed, so this girl teams up with this older, neer-do-well rebel kid to defeat the uncle."
One of these days I'll ask him to find the book that has been plaguing me for years of which all I know is IT HAS MONSTERS IN IT.
* Stupid Youtube is failing me so I can't link to that bit with Mr Coriander being a dick in The Never Ending Story :C
podcastigation ahem SHOW SHOW SHOW GO LISTEN TO SHOW, but that's only because so many of them are sooo bad. However, a good pal has just started one called The Hungry Reader ( http://www.youtube.com/user/TheHungryReader ) that is NOT bad. In fact, I'd say it's rather good. It doesn't hurt that it's NOT about video games. It is, in fact, about books, which are rectangular things that you wouldn't know anything about because they don't go beepbeepbeepbeep*. What I like is that his focus is on young adult books, the ones that I -- and likely you -- remember from afternoons spent in the library as a kid or perhaps you remember seeing them when the teacher gave you that order form printed on the weird thin paper from Scholastic. But you guys probably all know that I DESPISE nostalgia for its own sake (unless I'm the one doing it, because I'm a hypocrite), but The Hungry Reader is also pretty knowledgeable about his topic and has some interesting facts to relate about the books. His first video is a look at The Wizard of Oz, which is well worth a look. I want more people to know about this, so that you can all go there and tell him to review THE CELERY STALKS AT MIDNIGHT.Or, actually, he's got a bunch of interesting books lined up as possibilities for his next review. You can vote for one of them if they strike your fancy more.
I should also point out that this guy can track down literally ANY half-remembered children's book that you can dredge up. Like, say you remember reading a book where these brontosaurs are all scared of the tyrannosaurs. but one day, this time traveling tour group arrives and, while most of the group is looking at ancient plants, this one guy pulls out a portable TV set and starts watching a baseball game. And this one brontosaur watches over his shoulder and assumes that the people are gathering sticks and and balls to defend themselves from a tyrannosaur attack. So then he gets all the other brontosaurs to start using sticks and rocks to fight off predators. Not much to go on, really. But he figured out that the book was DANGER IN DINOSAUR VALLEY.
He was also able to correctly identify another of my favorite old books which I could not remember the name of as "The Gilded Cat" when all i had to go on was: "It's about a girl who somehow comes into possession of a mummified kitten which I think she steals from a museum or something. This kitten is connected to the soul of an ancient egyptian prince, who appears to her in the form of a ba-bird. The museum curator is the reincarnation of the prince's evil uncle who had him killed, so this girl teams up with this older, neer-do-well rebel kid to defeat the uncle."
One of these days I'll ask him to find the book that has been plaguing me for years of which all I know is IT HAS MONSTERS IN IT.
* Stupid Youtube is failing me so I can't link to that bit with Mr Coriander being a dick in The Never Ending Story :C
Thanks for 100000 pageviews!
Posted 12 years agoAurelina just noticed that I just hit 100000 pageviews. That's pretty cool! Thanks to everyone for helping me achieve this essentially meaningless but nifty milestone. I mean, I like it. I think it's cool because I am a raging egotist, but you all already knew that. C: I'd offere a kiriban but I guess it's too late, so no one can get the screenshot of the 1000000 page. Well, maybe if someone gets the screenshot of 200000, I'll do a kiriban for them.
Again, thanks everyone!
Again, thanks everyone!
We're back from Wondercon
Posted 12 years agoI never want to see another Harlequin ever again.
I wouldn't mind seeing a few more Poison Ivys, though.
I wouldn't mind seeing a few more Poison Ivys, though.
Going to Wondercon
Posted 12 years agoHaven't posted much lately because it's been pretty crazy here. 
technicolor_pie has been visiting, which also means more 
raelbny, more 
trajan, more 
pomander, more everyone! All the cool kids are coming to hang in my casa, it is very gratifying.
Anyway, the missus and I are heading down to Wondercon in Anaheim today and we will be wandering the floor tomorrow. Maybe we will see you. Probably not. But you never know.
technicolor_pie has been visiting, which also means more 
raelbny, more 
trajan, more 
pomander, more everyone! All the cool kids are coming to hang in my casa, it is very gratifying.Anyway, the missus and I are heading down to Wondercon in Anaheim today and we will be wandering the floor tomorrow. Maybe we will see you. Probably not. But you never know.
Help save Radio Comics
Posted 12 years agoThey're good people and they gave me my first chance at stuff. Let's save them like the cast of Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo saved the community center! :)
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/h.....o-comix?c=home
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/h.....o-comix?c=home
Hillbilly Opossum Tumblr
Posted 12 years agoI love weird gross hillbillies.
I love opossums.
Come see the Tumblr where I combine my loves.
http://hillybillyopossums.tumblr.com/
I love opossums.
Come see the Tumblr where I combine my loves.
http://hillybillyopossums.tumblr.com/
I appear on Grand Canterlot Cavalcade to yell about bronies
Posted 12 years agombulsht, king cheetah, and poinko also appear. It's the second best podcast after podcastigation because I'm on it. Go listen and hear truth about the differences between furries and bronies.
If you never thought you'd hear the day that furries would be compared favorably to something, that day has come.
http://grandcanterlotcavalcade.tumblr.com/
podcastigation because I'm on it. Go listen and hear truth about the differences between furries and bronies.If you never thought you'd hear the day that furries would be compared favorably to something, that day has come.
http://grandcanterlotcavalcade.tumblr.com/
Something that used to freak me the fuck out as a kid
Posted 12 years agoYou know what used to freak me the fuck out as a kid? Strewwelpeter. For those of you not in the know, the Strewwelpeter was a Victorian era children's book from Germany all about horrible fates befalling naughty children. Like the girl who burns herself to death playing with matches or the thumb sucker who gets his fingers chopped off by a crazy tailor. It's pretty gruesome stuff when you look back on it, and people love to point to this book as either evidence of the prudishness of Victorians in general or the brutality of Germans in particular. In reality, although the book was wildly popular in its day, there's some debate about whether it was ever really read to children -- or even if it was intended for children. More likely, adults just really loved its grisly gallows humor and bought it, much like today's modern a-go-go hipsters, for the irony. The book's author, Heinrich Hoffman, also seemed to think the book was more funny than horrifying, since he had long observed children's love for the grotesque and violent. You might even say that the book was about as shocking in its day as seeing an anvil fall on Wile E. Coyote was in ours.
But whatever, that's not the point. The point is I lived a large portion of my childhood in Germany where Strewwelpeter was ominpresent. Not that I ever read the book. I wasn't even aware that it was a book. What freaked me out was seeing the picture of Strewwelpeter, completely divorced from any context, slapped up in book shop windows and playground murals. You'd often find collages of popular characters from kids' entertainment, you know, in kiddie menus or carnival fliers, so you'd see Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny standing right next to this HORRIBLE SAD-FACED DWARF MONSTER:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:H.....truwwel_03.jpg
Somehow that juxtaposition made Strewwelpeter all the worse. Who was he? Why did he invade otherwise completely innocuous gatherings of beloved children's characters? Not to mention that half the time the reproductions were so shoddy that I mistook those long nails of his for, I dunno, pins shoved under his fingernails. There's a statue of Strewwelpeter in the center of Frankfurt am Main, Hoffman's hometown. Try being a little kid and thinking that you only had to worry about that awful thing in pictures and then you turn a corner and OH SHIT
Once I figured out what Strewwelpeter actually was, he wasn't so scary anymore. But still.
But whatever, that's not the point. The point is I lived a large portion of my childhood in Germany where Strewwelpeter was ominpresent. Not that I ever read the book. I wasn't even aware that it was a book. What freaked me out was seeing the picture of Strewwelpeter, completely divorced from any context, slapped up in book shop windows and playground murals. You'd often find collages of popular characters from kids' entertainment, you know, in kiddie menus or carnival fliers, so you'd see Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny standing right next to this HORRIBLE SAD-FACED DWARF MONSTER:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:H.....truwwel_03.jpg
Somehow that juxtaposition made Strewwelpeter all the worse. Who was he? Why did he invade otherwise completely innocuous gatherings of beloved children's characters? Not to mention that half the time the reproductions were so shoddy that I mistook those long nails of his for, I dunno, pins shoved under his fingernails. There's a statue of Strewwelpeter in the center of Frankfurt am Main, Hoffman's hometown. Try being a little kid and thinking that you only had to worry about that awful thing in pictures and then you turn a corner and OH SHIT
Once I figured out what Strewwelpeter actually was, he wasn't so scary anymore. But still.
TMI Tuesday: Ask about my boring life
Posted 12 years agoI've seen people do these, so I thought I might. I doubt there's all that much interesting to say, but if there's anything you've wanted to know about your friendly neighborhood SHOW cohost/fatty wank artist/webcomicy guy, then now is as good a chance to ask as any.
I am on Weasyl
Posted 12 years agoJust in case anyone wants to follow me there before we all lose interest and just come back to FA.
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Posted 13 years agoUrsa Awards what, shouldn't Murry Purry be on the ballot?
Posted 13 years agoSo apparently the Ursa major awards are happening, which is like awards they give out for furry stuff. A couple people have suggested that I should submit Murry Purry Fresh and Furry (www.murrypurry.com) and why the hell not? It's a furry comic and it's A DAMN GOOD ONE. I don't know too much about the Ursa awards, but don't people just vote for the same three comics every year? Sure, you could vote for Housepets again. But why? Why not vote for something NEW AND EXCITING? MPFF is the most avant garde, cutting edge comic out there. You guys should nominate it just to tweak the squares.
I don't know how many people have to nominate something to become "official" but you can nominate stuff at http://www.ursamajorawards.org/nominations/ .
Oh, and if you nominate MPFF and have something that you want me to nominate back for you, just note me. Let's share in our Internet accomplishments and be nomination buddies together! C:
I don't know how many people have to nominate something to become "official" but you can nominate stuff at http://www.ursamajorawards.org/nominations/ .
Oh, and if you nominate MPFF and have something that you want me to nominate back for you, just note me. Let's share in our Internet accomplishments and be nomination buddies together! C:
