| #697 |
[Nov. 11th, 2009|04:15 am] |
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http://www.inhislikeness.com/2009/11/11/697/ http://www.inhislikeness.com/?p=911 
Next week I’ll be celebrating another anniversary and doing another weird IHL thing. Wow. I love these build ups. That’s actually not true. I’ve discussed before. I hate them. I know what’s going to happen, and I want to talk to you all about it.. BUT I CAN’T!
It’s so frustrating.
BTW: This year, should I do another IHL Advent calendar? If not, what can I do as my yearly christmas toy/promotion? |
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| kawaii not #300 |
[Nov. 10th, 2009|11:40 pm] |
Adding a little icing probably wouldn't hurt, either. XD
This is strip #300!
That's a hell of a lot of cute gone bad, don't ya think? |
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| SUPER AWESOME ARTS IN THE MAILS |
[Nov. 10th, 2009|11:06 pm] |
Shortpacked!: It's really all kinds of embarrassing.
Hey, remember back around my Weddings when I ran a bunch of guest strips? Well, the folks behind Tiny Kitten Teeth sent me their original painted art from their entry! Holy balls, dudes! As if that weren't crazy enough, it came with some black and white sketches of Mike, Ethan, and Batman.
I will need to frame this somewhere.
And down to the left is my current above-desk display of DC Universe Classics dudes. (Minus Deathstroke and Captain Atom.) Today I got Scarecrow in the mail from Sean Whitmore, of ComicCritics.com. Scarecrow's from waaaaaay back in the "DC Superheroes" phase of the toyline, but he's one of the few that has decent enough articulation to pass for a member of the current toyline. I'll talk about him in detail later. Probably Monday? Hrm.
I've also got Two-Face and Harley Quinn to talk about as well, now that I think about it. Oh, and I have a Man-Bat coming! Yeah, I'm rounding up these guys pretty quickly.
Funny thing is ab out today's strip, if I'd written and drawn it today instead of yesterday, it would probably have been about the endless list of ridiculously stupid errors in Transformers Continuum: The Definitive Chronology, not how dumbly vague it was about everything. Before, we only had five preview pages to go on. But today, we have yet another preview page and a review or two of the rest of the contents.
Mind, even in the first previewed page stuff is out of whack. It erroneously says their Megatron was originally a slave, not a bottom-rung mine worker. Well, that's fine, until you remember the reason he rebelled and began the Decepticons is because they were SHUTTING DOWN HIS MINE AND LETTING HIM GO. Megatron hates freedom!
Jesus, IDW, if you can't bother to read your own stuff while getting paid to do so, why are we forking over our money to you for the same material? C'mon, reading all your Transformers stuff can't take more than a day. There's not much of it! "Definitive Chronology" my ass.
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| Secrets of AMNH |
[Nov. 10th, 2009|07:13 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | nerds, science | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  sick | ] |
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| | "Psycho" by Elvis Costello | ] |
This morning we went to my favorite museum on the planet, the American Museum of Natural History. I've probably been there about twenty times or so, but what made today's trip kind of interesting was that we were with Josh who had not only never been to the AMNH, but he confessed that he'd never been to any museum in which dinosaurs were on display. We were there for about two hours but that wasn't enough time to see it all.
One thing someone pointed out to me a few years back was a surprisingly racist element to the Museum, namely what they call the "Culture Halls." They include art and information about the lives of American Indians, African peoples, Asian peoples, etc. The European people's are noticably absent, probably because their artwork is across town at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The AMNH treats them respectfully, but why are the cultural artifacts of Europeans in the art museum while your browner people are featured alongside stuffed monkeys and dinosaur bones in the "natural" history museum? In a way it's kind of a moot point since the Culture Halls are easily the dullest sections, and I suspect most people only see them when they're trying to find the bathroom.
Anyway, one new cool exhibit they had was the terribly named but very entertaining Extreme Mammals! exhibit (http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/extrememammals/) which features a lot of prehistoric craziness. I've become a lot more interested in creatures from that era ever since I saw the excellent Walking With Prehistoric Beasts "documentary." So many of the creatures seem like insane versions or rough drafts for the more familiar animals of today.
Anyway, if you're visiting NYC the AMNH is a must-see.
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[Nov. 10th, 2009|03:19 pm] |
This neocambrian creature blends in with local leaves and grasses, and preys upon the smaller insects which feed on those same plants. Mimicking its prey's food, it simply waits for prey to come to it. There existed a diversity of subspecies, many adapted to resemble a specific plant species. |
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| Songs for Kylie |
[Nov. 10th, 2009|01:52 pm] |
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| | Ballboy - I Hate Scotland | ] |
I'm trying my hand at webcomic-ing, and come to you with a new project. Songs For Kylie is pretty basic. There are no sci-fi, futuristic, fantasy elements or anything like that. So, what does it have? A small group of 20-somethings trying to figure out how they fit into the rest of the world, some more successfully than others, as they deal with the sorts of things 20-somethings typically deal with (not quite drugs, sex, and rock and roll, but pretty close at some points).
I'm brand new to this whole comic-ing thing, so I'd love some feedback! |
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| Final page of PS Part Three today. |
[Nov. 10th, 2009|02:58 pm] |
END ACT I
10.27.1998 - 11.09.2009
Thus ends the first PS storyline. It took over ten years to complete, kicking and screaming at times, but there it is. I did not intend to create a webcomic in the beginning. Rather it was always intended to be a series of books. However, I do not regret taking it online for a moment. Thank you all for reading and for encouraging me along the way. I could not have finished it without you all.
What's next? As I've hinted on my blog and in the comments section, I will be taking a break for the rest of the year, in part to get Part Three ready for press and get plans together to promote in in the new year. There are also a number of small projects I've been putting off in order to finish this, and I intend to finally get to them.
However, this isn't the end for Kate and Mike. Oh, no. PS will relaunch next year with a new look, new story, and new website. I have high hopes for a triumphant return, and look forward to getting back to the story after taking the necessary time to prepare it. I do not have a definite launch date set, but I promise to not keep you waiting any longer than necessary. I will have a better idea once I get Part Three off to press.
In the meantime, keep an eye on this space. I will be posting regular updates and goodies in the meantime, including lots sketches, background material, and footnotes to the story as I get the book ready to print.
Thanks again for all your support and patience. |
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| Want a Cameo in someone else's Comic? Now's your chance! |
[Nov. 10th, 2009|02:50 pm] |
Quick Refesher: I draw the webcomic Last Res0rt, about a futuristic reality show (and the girl who signed up for it before figuring out she's also a vampire!). I'm almost done getting Volume 1 ready for print.
With Volume 1 looming on the horizon and the holidays coming up, now’s the time to put together what it’ll take to make sure this preorder stays on schedule — which includes no small amount of fundraising! Since the start of Volume 2 (if not throughout Volume 2) is going to involve, among other things, a veritable battalion of Star Org soldiers, why not ask you to help me find a solution to both?
You can help support the comic and keep Volume 1 on track, and I can draw you into the comic as a Star Org soldier instead of having to come up with random extras! You’ll not only be helping me, you’ll become part of the story!
Continue reading at lastres0rt.com and get full details...
TL;DR: Pay at least $50 and you'll get not only a custom conbadge of yourself / your fursona / whatever in their new role as a Star Org character, you'll also get a future cameo in Last Res0rt as well. If you don't feel like spending that much money, I've got a new wallpaper and some new Zazzle merch available as well. I'm doing this to raise money for the books; if I don't raise enough money, don't count on seeing the books anytime soon. |
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| Want a Cameo in someone else's Comic? Now's your Chance! |
[Nov. 10th, 2009|02:45 pm] |
Quick Refesher: I draw the webcomic Last Res0rt, about a futuristic reality show (and the girl who signed up for it before figuring out she's also a vampire!). I'm almost done getting Volume 1 ready for print.
With Volume 1 looming on the horizon and the holidays coming up, now’s the time to put together what it’ll take to make sure this preorder stays on schedule — which includes no small amount of fundraising! Since the start of Volume 2 (if not throughout Volume 2) is going to involve, among other things, a veritable battalion of Star Org soldiers, why not ask you to help me find a solution to both?
You can help support the comic and keep Volume 1 on track, and I can draw you into the comic as a Star Org soldier instead of having to come up with random extras! You’ll not only be helping me, you’ll become part of the story!
Continue reading at lastres0rt.com and get full details...
TL;DR: Pay at least $50 and you'll get not only a custom conbadge of yourself / your fursona / whatever in their new role as a Star Org character, you'll also get a future cameo in Last Res0rt as well. If you don't feel like spending that much money, I've got a new wallpaper and some new Zazzle merch available as well. I'm doing this to raise money for the books; if I don't raise enough money, don't count on seeing the books anytime soon. |
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| On Blake's 7 |
[Nov. 10th, 2009|12:48 pm] |
I don't think I'd ever heard of this series.. yet a random list of great sci-fi shows had it listed in the top 20. Apparently it's a Brit Scifi show where you are following a ship of freedom fighters in a totalitarian universe/government.
Anyone seen it? As great as this list touted it? Gojiraeight, I'm looking at you. |
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| Scripts |
[Nov. 10th, 2009|11:02 am] |
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People often ask me what comics scripts look like — or, at least, what my comics scripts look like, as there is no industry standard for comics scriptwriting. I have a few scripts up here on the site, and you’re welcome to download them. I write in OpenOffice and save in RTF. Beginning writers may find it instructive to compare the scripts with the published work.
(Please, don’t ask to be shown other scripts instead. These are the ones I have available. Okay?)
MINISTRY OF SPACE #1.
DESOLATION JONES #1.
DESOLATION JONES #7.
(Yes, JONES will be back one day.)
FELL #1.
(And so will FELL.)
(Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.) |
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