NBC needs to fail… it’s a long time comin’
Conan should do a ‘net show & revolutionize the game…
he’s too good for dying media anyways 
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NBC needs to fail… it’s a long time comin’
Conan should do a ‘net show & revolutionize the game…
he’s too good for dying media anyways
one fun thing I got for christmas this year was a two-issue grab bag of old comics (complete with collectible trading card!), which contained, for one thing…
Death’s Head II #16
by Dan Abnett & Henry Flint
March 1994
Marvel UK
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good example of a self-contained comic.
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No previous knowledge of the character(s) needed.
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No knowledge of what came before needed.
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No need to see what happens next (but you may want to).
More detail:
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cover grabs you.
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Interior art is dynamic & substantial.
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Exciting action story with ugly (in various definitions) villain who doesn’t keep you waiting in letting you know why he’s the villain.
Still don’t wanna read it? Then here’s the summary:
Death’s Head gets flung into the insanely far future by an alien warlord who wants to reprogram him & send him back in to the past to get revenge on mankind for resisting his race’s dominance, thereby “forcing” the extinction of his own race as well as mankind. Death’s Head uses the 100+ mental patterns in his brain & memories stolen from his own future dead brain to defeat “Chronozone.” Turns out it’s the final issue of the series.
been effectively out of commission (online) this last week or so, but I had a lot of fun meeting people at the local tweetup, as well as a great time with family & friends, etc. …
anyways, I hope everybody’s been having a great holiday season & that it keeps up as long as it can muster!
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so how do you make the time? it's coming together, but it seems almost like I'm making it up as I go along…
of course, that's probably okay… preferable even… everybody's different, every situation is different, & every thing requires an individual response…
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so I saw this link post on twitter that sparked this entry…
The one industry unaffected by Wal-mart #comics http://bit.ly/5mlzGs
Posted: 05 Dec 2009 12:21 PM PST
The one industry unaffected by Wal-mart #comics http://bit.ly/5mlzGs
is this true? I hope it’s true. sounds like a good thing, but is it a good thing ? does unaffected just mean not successful enough to feel the pinch – to low to get any lower? I don’t think my personal feelings about the monster chain mean much to the success of the industry… everything’s in such a state of flux right now – comics have definitely had harder times than now… maybe the current climate isn’t very telling, because comics are going digital anyways… it’s only a matter of when, not if.
I just had a lady call me tonight to try & sell me a Sunday newspaper for $20 a year. She sounded desperate. I really felt bad for her. Her last resort to sell me the paper was a $10 Target gift card, which, if thought of as such, could be viewed as making the paper cost $10 a year (less than my pro flickr account?)… even though I didn’t take the offer, I still felt bad that that was this woman’s job & told her to “try & have a good night” (what else could I say, “get a new job”?)
but with the “big two” still trying to bend the new formats to their will, they’ve given us 2 experiences that I find unusable:
1. Marvel’s digital comics took took spiritual possession of my browser when I tried to view some freebies – I literally had to shut down my machine & boot up fresh…
2. DC’s Zuda site doesn’t hijack my browser, but they knew it was foreign enough of a comic delivery that they put up a mini tutorial on how to use the viewer when you go to a comic… less & less do I have time to do much more than view a simple RSS post in my feed reader, let alone, actually go to a site (though I may want to).
both of these seem to use everyone’s favorite resource-hog/base-level-content-fence, Adobe Flash.
now, contrary to what specific project evangelists may think, I don’t want either of these companies to fail in digital format – but they’re late to the game… they can innovate if that’s truly what’s happening, but they’re joining a forward motion already in progress… & both parent companies lack in this department.
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Convention Walls Made of Sales? #SDCC Sell-Outs A Given!
November 3rd, 2009 |Posted In: Uncategorized
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is this the way of Comic Con International? I remember going in 1999 & paying $20 a day without having to preorder… I guess those days are gone & have since migrated to other Cons…
I still wanna hear more about how Long Beach Comic Con went – I know a lot of people who wanted to go, but I'm not sure who made it there… is that a Gareb Shamus Con? If it is, that's another topic entirely…
loved going to San Diego this year, although I will admit it's changed a bit… This isn't the end of the world as long as smaller Cons keep popping up in between the mega-madness-inducing epics!
the preordering becoming such a necessity is a little disconcerting though – doesn't this make certain that new people stumbling in to the experience, & all the products therein, will be a thing of convention past?
I'm sure that San Diego will stay a fixture for some time, but it's definitely a different animal…
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via #sdcc – Twitter Search by rallyv (Rally V) on 11/3/09
Ordered tickets to #sdcc. Not only is this the earliest I've ever had to do it, it's the earliest by 5 months #FuckYouTwilight
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We Need A Survey: How To Job Hunt In The ‘Twittersphere’
November 2nd, 2009 |Posted In: Uncategorized
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I wonder how well this has worked for people… has anyone really got much work from twitter?… I know Ari has gotten a significant amount…
I'm sure it can be really effective – I'd be interested to see what the numbers are on this one… somebody should do a survey…Sent to you by Krikit via Google Reader:
via NPR Topics: News on 11/2/09
With the job market still in the doldrums, people are trying to figure out ways to use Twitter to find jobs. Twitter can be used to post a job, ask around about one, learn more about a potential boss or keep your network of former co-workers and friends updated on your job hunt.
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so I was recently reminded by someone posting about it on twitter that drawingboard.org had also been far from my mind in recent history… which is a shame…
I found out about it from Mike Weiringo’s (RIP) blog a few years ago – it really has been a pretty cool & supportive art community…
apparently my old account wasn’t so accessible anymore, so I made a new one (krikitmedia, of course) – one of my favorite things about the site has been the various “drawing jam” threads – recurring posts with a new theme (character, event, photo-reference, etc.), usually monthly…
thusly, I found the batman jam thread in the superhero forum – leading to this sketch I did this morning over breakfast…
got me & Ari talking about what makes him such an iconic figure, even just visually… yay, drawingboard.org is still cool!
so, internet will be up Monday – which means I can have more than one attempt every few days to post if something goes haywire :p
it was kind of annoying to have the strip finished & lettered but, for some reason, not be able to save/export it…
also, being that Some Antics! is just kinda whatever’s going on & whatever’s interesting at the moment (pretty much topical), I’m thinking bi-weekly might be better… I really don’t wanna have premises that don’t amuse me or what not coming out half-@$$ed… plus I’ll never get those other two titles started if I’m killing too much energy on the 1st one… Some Antics! was put up 1st simply for the reason it’s supposed to be the easiest & quickest one to get out…
so yeah…
sheesh kiddies – I’ll be so glad when my internet gets hooked up (already ordered, now just waiting)… I sketched these OS mascots the other night – probably shoulda been lettering the strip so that would be up today ;O
but no worries… it’s coming ;D
eh?
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