End of The Loop

A momentous Monday here at Untrue Tales central as the two ends of The Loop come together to form a perfect circle and all is well until Elton John starts up singing that annoying song and the host gets cranky.

Check it out before things get ugly:

http://www.untruetales.com/Pages/Loop10.html

This will be the last update before the 2008 Zuda invitational. Starting next Monday July 7th we'll have an all-new 8 page story up at Zuda for your consideration. So remember: vote early. Vote often.

In the meantime, back to the random sketch-a-thon:

Have a great week!

Looooooooooop

More loopy goodness rolling your way this happy Thursday:

http://www.untruetales.com/Pages/Loop9.html

Plus a colorful doodle:

Untrue Tales elsewhere

All aflutter about the upcoming Untrue Tale delivered complete and in one fell swoop in next month's Zuda invitational? Can't wait for July? Well... the news! It is good! Our partners in crime at Amalgamated Artists just happen to have a brand new complete Untrue Tale ready and waiting and cleverly colored by our friend and continental neighbor Mike "mpd57" Perridge. I daresay it's BOO-TEH-FUH!

Check it out:

http://www.amalgamatedartists.com/untrue/index.html

At the link you'll also find a special version of The Trouble with Uzis colored by yours truly. I had so much fun coloring it that I have decided to NEVER COLOR A COMIC AGAIN!
Coloring is hard.

Finally, the last entry in the superhero sketch sweepstakes for the time being:
























Happy trails!

Thanks for the invite!

So the cat's out of the bag and the contestants have been named for the Zuda July Invitational... and Untrue Tales made the cut!

Thanks to everybody who put Untrue Tales on their top ten list and sent it in. It's been buckets of fun continuing on here in the wilderness but it's always nice to get a new opportunity for eyeball expansion and a wider audience. July should be a fun month. It's a great selection of comics and I'm very excited to see the continuation of some of my personal faves from previous comps.

So what does this mean for the Untrue Tales website? Well, not much difference really. We'll continue on to the neverend of The Loop and then new updates will go on hiatus for the length of the July competition. But you'll be served up a brand new 8 page story all in one fell swoop instead of having to endure the agonizing wait between installments. Everybody wins!

Anyway, thanks again to all the voters out there. I am humbled and grateful.

Here's a sneak peek at the protagonist of the new Zuda tale:

Yipee!

Loopday!

Monday!

Loop!

http://www.untruetales.com/pages/Loop8.html

Superlady!

Hasta!

Thursday Loop

It's Thursday!

And the latest Loop is up and at 'em!

http://www.untruetales.com/Pages/Loop7.html

Plus, continuing on with the superpeople:

























The weekend is a'near!

The Everlovin' Hulk. Hulk. Hulk.

So I went to see The Incredible Hulk last night. It was OK.

Oh, here be there SPOILERS so if you haven't seen it stop right here.

Anyway, I liked it, but it didn't get me quite as pumped as Iron Man. I'm not entirely sure why not, since all the right elements seemed to be there, but let me ramble and see what reasons I can come up with.

Let's see. Well, I'm a big Edward Norton fan and he was fine in this. But just...fine. For some reason he didn't seem to bring that extra oomph that Robert Downey Jr. did to Tony Stark. I didn't think he was any better or worse than Eric Bana in the first Hulk film (which I admittedly quite liked aside from the ending). I liked Liv Tyler too and thought she had good chemistry with ol' Ed. William Hurt, Tim Roth, actually all the actors were pretty great.

I really can't quite put my finger on just why I didn't enjoy the movie even more. Maybe it's 'cause the Hulk himself looked kinda fake and rubbery. I thought he looked more real in the Ang Lee movie.

The fights were pretty great though, the high point being where the Hulk fights a super-soldiered up Tim Roth before he's gone all abominated. That whole sequence was pretty darn keen. And the final smackdown with the Abomination was pretty cool too. I kinda think the big monsters shouldn't talk though. It just seems kinda silly.

I really think if you were to combine the two Hulk films into one, you'd come out with a real classic. Just replace all the Nick Nolte scenes with the Tim Roth/Abomination scenes and you're golden.

Ah well. I did like it enough that I'm certain to by the DVD. If only to check out the rumored deleted scene of a certain super-soldier frozen in the arctic ice...

Here's a quick Hulk sketch in keeping with today's green theme:



Later!

Looping back to Monday

Round and round we go. It's Monday again and the latest page of The Loop is up: 

http://www.untruetales.com/Pages/Loop6.html

And more from the superhero sketch vault with a little doodle of a classic moment in Justice League history:

Have a good week!

Happy Friday

Boy am I pooped.

Office party at the new job last night.

Free beer. All you can drink.

I love my new job.

Here's another pseudo-superhero sketch to send you on your weekend way...
























Have a good'un!

Loop loop loop de loop

Thursday page of The Loop is up:

http://www.untruetales.com/Pages/Loop5.html

Is there a midpoint in eternity?

Is Marv a superhero?

You decide!

Kinda looks like he's got a sour-lemon flavored smoke, huh?

Good weekends, folkens!

Zudajune 2

So yesterday I mentioned a couple of my favorites from the Zuda June competition, but I wanted to mention one more before moving back to the regular sketch-o-rama.

Mister Crimson is a return trip to Zuda by Seth Sherwood and Diego Tripodi. I loved their first entry Pieces of Eden and Mister Crimson holds to the same high standards of quality. Gorgeous art, color and character design. I get a bit of a JH Williams or Mike Dringenberg feel from it. It's a cool little story about a retro superhero. I don't find it quite as intriguing as I did Pieces of Eden but it's definitely well worth a look.
















http://zudacomics.com/node/472

Give her a click why dontcha?

Zudajune

The new ZUDA crops been up for a bit over a week now and, boy howdy, is it a tough group of contenders this month. I'd be happy to see the top spot awarded to any number of these comics, but two in particular have really tickled my fancy.

My vote this month goes to Sharks + Shrinks by Gary Epting. Gary was a previous contender with  A Spelunker's Guide to the City which I also loved, but this story is a bit more immediately accessible than Spelunker's.  It's a dark little story about the perils of the restaurant business and the personalities one might find lurking in the kitchen or the busman's station. The artwork is indescribably awesome. Each individual page functions as a cohesive whole as well as moving the story forward. This thing really is genius on parade. Check it out:

 

http://www.zudacomics.com/node/463

Runner-up in my book is Dual. This is the first superhero riff on Zuda that's really found a new and interesting angle. The art on this one is also fantastic, with a fully painted feel. From where the rankings stand at the moment, this one looks like it has a chance to go all the way. 

http://www.zudacomics.com/node/504

So give these a look as well as the other very impressive entries this month over at Zuda!

More Loop!

Hi folks!

The Loop page 4 is up:

http://www.untruetales.com/Pages/Loop4.html

I got me a nifty new job, so I'm kinda crushed for time these days.

No time for talk! Soopa sketch!

Bye!

Get Loopy!

Looping into Thursday with page 3:

http://www.untruetales.com/Loop3.html

Plus, inspired by young Gabe's version from a few weeks back I've whacked out my own version of the Tamaranian temptress, Starfire, to keep up with this week's superhero theme:

Can't quite remember exactly what her outfit looks like....time to dig up those old Wolfman/Perez back issues....

Beastly!

Still busy! Life goes roaring by!

Sketch!

Bye!

Up, up and...stuff

Heya!

Quick one today. I'm a busy bastid...

Laterz!

Loopy Monday

It's June!

And The Loop continues:

http://www.untruetales.com/pages/Loop2.html

As does the superduper sketch series:

Enjoy your week!