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Monday, December 5, 2011
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Good Gawd Y'all!
Man, I just keep getting worse at this, don't I?
Same old refrain. The busy-ness, it confounds me. Nary a moment to blog, I say, nor a minute to draw forth the images of comic-bookery. Alas.
I'm not complaining mind you. Busy as a bee though I be, it's all business of the pleasant and luxury sort. Doing tons of paid illustration and comic design work - all fun stuff, I'm really in hog heaven. Just bought a new house and I'm in the process of moving and establishing a new base of operations - the nerd-cave of my dreams. And I have a sweet girl with itchy feet that likes to drag me all over the world on exotic vacations constantly. Yeah, boo-hoo, sucks to be me, right?
I do wish I had more time to draw some dang Untrue Tales though. I assure you, dear unbeliever, I haven't given up the tale-telling forever. Still working on stuff in the backest of grounds. It will see the light of internet at some point in the hopefully not too far-flung future.
We shall see.
In the meantime, you might have noticed that Kung Fu Monkeyface has also fallen a bit by the wayside of late.
We're taking a little break on this one as well, while Gabe works on a graphic novel with another guy. Not sure when the monkey will return or in what form as yet. The whole story is plotted so I'm certainly of a mind to wrap the darn thing up eventually. Time will tell. We made it up to page 47 so far. I think it's an OK stopping point for now. You be the judge.
The Hammer prequel A Tale of Two Fiddys is now up on Untrue Tales. This was a fun one to doodle up. Give it a look.
Seen a bunch of movies and read a bunch of books since last I popped in to the blog. But gosh-darn it, I don't have time to get into all that at the moment. Have I mentioned that I'm a tad busy? Flarg.
I will say that if you haven't seen Source Code yet, you're missing out on the coolest sci-fi flick of the year.
And if you need something to read on the beach, you can't go wrong with Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan's The Strain and (part two of the planned trilogy) The Fall.
That is if you like your vampires good and disgusting rather than glam and glittery.
Here's some random sketches.
Bye Now!
Same old refrain. The busy-ness, it confounds me. Nary a moment to blog, I say, nor a minute to draw forth the images of comic-bookery. Alas.
I'm not complaining mind you. Busy as a bee though I be, it's all business of the pleasant and luxury sort. Doing tons of paid illustration and comic design work - all fun stuff, I'm really in hog heaven. Just bought a new house and I'm in the process of moving and establishing a new base of operations - the nerd-cave of my dreams. And I have a sweet girl with itchy feet that likes to drag me all over the world on exotic vacations constantly. Yeah, boo-hoo, sucks to be me, right?
I do wish I had more time to draw some dang Untrue Tales though. I assure you, dear unbeliever, I haven't given up the tale-telling forever. Still working on stuff in the backest of grounds. It will see the light of internet at some point in the hopefully not too far-flung future.
We shall see.
In the meantime, you might have noticed that Kung Fu Monkeyface has also fallen a bit by the wayside of late.
We're taking a little break on this one as well, while Gabe works on a graphic novel with another guy. Not sure when the monkey will return or in what form as yet. The whole story is plotted so I'm certainly of a mind to wrap the darn thing up eventually. Time will tell. We made it up to page 47 so far. I think it's an OK stopping point for now. You be the judge.
The Hammer prequel A Tale of Two Fiddys is now up on Untrue Tales. This was a fun one to doodle up. Give it a look.
Seen a bunch of movies and read a bunch of books since last I popped in to the blog. But gosh-darn it, I don't have time to get into all that at the moment. Have I mentioned that I'm a tad busy? Flarg.
I will say that if you haven't seen Source Code yet, you're missing out on the coolest sci-fi flick of the year.
And if you need something to read on the beach, you can't go wrong with Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan's The Strain and (part two of the planned trilogy) The Fall.
That is if you like your vampires good and disgusting rather than glam and glittery.
Here's some random sketches.
Bye Now!
Monday, April 4, 2011
Hurfurfurh
Uffameg.
Blog blog blog. No time for blogging. So much stuff to do. Lots of interesting things going on.
Been doing some cool collaborative things with Juan Felipe Salcedo of Re-Evolution fame.
Man, that dude can draw. We'll see what comes of it, but so far so fun.
Monkeyface is keeping on keeping on.
As is Fiddy for the time bean.
Read a good book from Iceland. Voices by Arnaldur Indridason.
Cool crime novel about a dead hotel santa and the gloomy cop assigned to the case. The whole thing pretty much takes place in a hotel in Reykjavik. Very well-written with a twisty plot and interesting characters. I read this one in Norwegian as part of my plan to improve my stagnated language skills. But it's probably just as good in English.
Saw a couple of good movies. Blue Valentine with Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams is damn depressing and damn good. Top notch acting from the leads. But boy will it bum you out.
Took a look at an old movie from the 60s called Gambit, 'cause I read on AICN that they were remaking it, but the original sounded kinda cool as is.
This is a comic caper movie with Michael Caine and Shirley McClaine. It's very wacky in that 60s kind of way, but immensely entertaining. Lots of fun twists, ridiculous plot holes and Hollywood closed-mouth kissing. It's a good time if you go with it.
Finally got ahold of The Phantom Edit - that recut version of The Phantom Menace that was supposedly re-edited into a far superior version by some guy. I was very interested in seeing this and convinced myself that I was really going to see a cool version of Star Wars that was hidden inside the shit-sandwich of the original. But, alas. The Phantom Menace is actually even worse than I remembered it. I haven't seen the original since it played in theatres the first time, and I guess my memories were softened by the less-awful sequels, but this movie is actually unwatchable. It doesn't matter how much of Jar Jar and Anakin saying "Yippee" you cut out, it's still a pile of shit. I can't believe I tricked myself into getting disappointed all over again. Oh well. At least I only subjected myself to about 20 minutes of it this time.
What else? Got a neat little gig doing caricatures of Norwegian celebrities for a local verison of those comedy-roast tv-shows. Here's a sample.
Not all that interesting if you don't know who this guy is, I guess.
And here's an old-timey Norwegian writer-guy.
Okay, bye.
Blog blog blog. No time for blogging. So much stuff to do. Lots of interesting things going on.
Been doing some cool collaborative things with Juan Felipe Salcedo of Re-Evolution fame.
Man, that dude can draw. We'll see what comes of it, but so far so fun.
Monkeyface is keeping on keeping on.
As is Fiddy for the time bean.
Read a good book from Iceland. Voices by Arnaldur Indridason.
Cool crime novel about a dead hotel santa and the gloomy cop assigned to the case. The whole thing pretty much takes place in a hotel in Reykjavik. Very well-written with a twisty plot and interesting characters. I read this one in Norwegian as part of my plan to improve my stagnated language skills. But it's probably just as good in English.
Saw a couple of good movies. Blue Valentine with Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams is damn depressing and damn good. Top notch acting from the leads. But boy will it bum you out.
Took a look at an old movie from the 60s called Gambit, 'cause I read on AICN that they were remaking it, but the original sounded kinda cool as is.
This is a comic caper movie with Michael Caine and Shirley McClaine. It's very wacky in that 60s kind of way, but immensely entertaining. Lots of fun twists, ridiculous plot holes and Hollywood closed-mouth kissing. It's a good time if you go with it.
Finally got ahold of The Phantom Edit - that recut version of The Phantom Menace that was supposedly re-edited into a far superior version by some guy. I was very interested in seeing this and convinced myself that I was really going to see a cool version of Star Wars that was hidden inside the shit-sandwich of the original. But, alas. The Phantom Menace is actually even worse than I remembered it. I haven't seen the original since it played in theatres the first time, and I guess my memories were softened by the less-awful sequels, but this movie is actually unwatchable. It doesn't matter how much of Jar Jar and Anakin saying "Yippee" you cut out, it's still a pile of shit. I can't believe I tricked myself into getting disappointed all over again. Oh well. At least I only subjected myself to about 20 minutes of it this time.
What else? Got a neat little gig doing caricatures of Norwegian celebrities for a local verison of those comedy-roast tv-shows. Here's a sample.
Not all that interesting if you don't know who this guy is, I guess.
And here's an old-timey Norwegian writer-guy.
Okay, bye.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
This and That
Yello again!
It's Wednesday which means new Buck Fiddy for ya on the Monkeybunnyüberblog!
Are you following along with Kung Fu Monkeyface?
Why the hell not? Check it out here or here.
Some one panel funnies:
Went to the movies and saw The King's Speech last weekend.
It is a good movie. But waaay overrated. Nothing wrong with it, just totally unsurprising. Cool poster though.
Here's what my Oscar picks would've been:
Best Picture: The Kids Are All Right
Best Director: Christopher Nolan
Best Actor: James Franco. Or Jesse Eisenberg. I think these guys had a bigger acting challenge than Colin Firth. He was fine, but I kinda think any British actor could've played that part just as well.
Best Actress: Annete Bening. Natalie Portman was terrific, but Bening was just on fucking fire.
I think they got the supporting actor and screenplay awards pretty much right. The rest of the awards I generally don't give a shit about. And god, what an awful awful show this year's Oscar telecast was. Franco and Hathaway were waylame. They shoulda got Ricky Gervais.
Read a pretty cool book. Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski.
A mystery of sorts about Christian missionaries, anthropology and primitive hill tribes in Northern Thailand. Fascinating stuff.
Been catching up on the tv show Fringe.
I watched the first couple of episodes way back when but wrote it off as just an X-Files ripoff. But I got back into it again and boy howdy is this a great show. As the mythology deepens there are an awful lot of "holy shit" moments that had me falling off my couch. They even give a little nod to the X-Files in one episode, suggesting that the show takes place in the same universe and that the Fringe division of the FBI is connected to the old X-division. Nice little Easter egg. I would love it if Mulder or Scully or even Skinner would show up for a guest appearance. Probably too tricky to make it happen though. I'm about 8 episdoes into season 3 now and am just loving it. Wicked cool show.
That'll do it. Go with Gob!
It's Wednesday which means new Buck Fiddy for ya on the Monkeybunnyüberblog!
Are you following along with Kung Fu Monkeyface?
Why the hell not? Check it out here or here.
Some one panel funnies:
Went to the movies and saw The King's Speech last weekend.
It is a good movie. But waaay overrated. Nothing wrong with it, just totally unsurprising. Cool poster though.
Here's what my Oscar picks would've been:
Best Picture: The Kids Are All Right
Best Director: Christopher Nolan
Best Actor: James Franco. Or Jesse Eisenberg. I think these guys had a bigger acting challenge than Colin Firth. He was fine, but I kinda think any British actor could've played that part just as well.
Best Actress: Annete Bening. Natalie Portman was terrific, but Bening was just on fucking fire.
I think they got the supporting actor and screenplay awards pretty much right. The rest of the awards I generally don't give a shit about. And god, what an awful awful show this year's Oscar telecast was. Franco and Hathaway were waylame. They shoulda got Ricky Gervais.
Read a pretty cool book. Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski.
A mystery of sorts about Christian missionaries, anthropology and primitive hill tribes in Northern Thailand. Fascinating stuff.
Been catching up on the tv show Fringe.
I watched the first couple of episodes way back when but wrote it off as just an X-Files ripoff. But I got back into it again and boy howdy is this a great show. As the mythology deepens there are an awful lot of "holy shit" moments that had me falling off my couch. They even give a little nod to the X-Files in one episode, suggesting that the show takes place in the same universe and that the Fringe division of the FBI is connected to the old X-division. Nice little Easter egg. I would love it if Mulder or Scully or even Skinner would show up for a guest appearance. Probably too tricky to make it happen though. I'm about 8 episdoes into season 3 now and am just loving it. Wicked cool show.
That'll do it. Go with Gob!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Odds & Ends
Howdy do.
Same ol' same ol'. Busy with the business. Irons in the fire. Zippidy dee and a zippidy doo.
Thought I'd post some bits and pieces of stuff I've posted elsewhere on the world wide web recently.
New Buck Fiddy page today on the Monkeybunnyüberblog.
A bunch of Kung Fu Monkeyface sketches and pin-ups.
Monkey One
Monkey Two!
Bleeding Claw
Sophie Sledge
Are you following along? We're up to page 31.
And here's an attempt at one of those one-panel newspaper type comics.
I may do a few more of these.
Finally, our old pal Gabe Ostley has started up a new bloggy collective with a bunch of fellwo comic creator types. Watch the freak flags fly at Odd Kredenzas.
That's it for now. Have a good one!
Same ol' same ol'. Busy with the business. Irons in the fire. Zippidy dee and a zippidy doo.
Thought I'd post some bits and pieces of stuff I've posted elsewhere on the world wide web recently.
New Buck Fiddy page today on the Monkeybunnyüberblog.
A bunch of Kung Fu Monkeyface sketches and pin-ups.
Monkey One
Monkey Two!
Bleeding Claw
Sophie Sledge
Are you following along? We're up to page 31.
And here's an attempt at one of those one-panel newspaper type comics.
I may do a few more of these.
Finally, our old pal Gabe Ostley has started up a new bloggy collective with a bunch of fellwo comic creator types. Watch the freak flags fly at Odd Kredenzas.
That's it for now. Have a good one!
Friday, February 11, 2011
Out of Africa
So I'm back.
Been back for awhile in fact. Just busy. As per usual. Life is good. Getting more and more illustration work. I'm a happy camper.
Africa was fabbo. Kicked it in Tanzania. Hung with the monkeys. Ate falafel in Zanzibar. Said "Jambo" to a lot of people.
Here's some pretty pictures:
What else is going on?
Well, over on the Monkeybunnyüberblog we've started running a little Hammer prequel with Buck Fiddy laying out some Hamtown history.
Whoops. Sorry Frank Miller.
Anyways, A Tale of Two Fiddys will run every Wednesday for a few weeks. Give it a look if you're a Hammer fan.
Kung Fu Monkeyface is still chugging along. Having a lot of fun with this one. Every Sunday for the monkey.
Otherwise, got a few projects in the works here in there, but nothing to talk too much about yet.
Read a good book whilst I was holidaymaking. The Garden of Last Days by Andre Dubus III. It's about strippers and 9-11 and it's pretty awesome.
I also read The Hunger Games trilogy by mistake.
Stephen King said this was great and I always listen to Stephen King so I picked up all three books and brought them with me to read on the beach. Turns out these books are for 14 year old girls. They're probably pretty cool if you are in fact a 14 year old girl. Otherwise, not so much. Just a YA mishmash of the far superior Battle Royale and King's own The Long Walk.
Working on The Passage right now and so far it's really, really good. More on that when I finish it.
On the movie front... I'm trying to think if I've seen anything really awesome since The Kids Are All Right (still the best movie of the year, if you ask me).
Black Swan is definitely worth seeing, but not quite the masterpiece it's cracked up to me.
Natalie Portman is great, but I'm rooting for Annette Bening at the Oscars. Sure can't wait for The Wolverine though.
Oh, The Town is just as good as everybody says.
Ben Affleck is right in his Boston wheelhouse with this one. Very cool noir stuff for the crime aficionados out there.
I've seen a whole lot of stuff but not much else is popping into mind. Except for Due Date which is just godawful.
A huge waste of Robert Downey junior who does his best, but gets nothing from the script. I don't really have anything against Zach Galfaniakis, but his character is so ungodly annoying in this movie that you just want Robert Downey Junior to knock out all his teeth with a hammer or shoot him in the kneecaps or something. He's supposed to be funny buthe's just incredibly irritating. I stopped watching in the middle of a giant car chase across the Mexican border. Just painful.
Okay, that's it for now. I'm out.
Been back for awhile in fact. Just busy. As per usual. Life is good. Getting more and more illustration work. I'm a happy camper.
Africa was fabbo. Kicked it in Tanzania. Hung with the monkeys. Ate falafel in Zanzibar. Said "Jambo" to a lot of people.
Here's some pretty pictures:
What else is going on?
Well, over on the Monkeybunnyüberblog we've started running a little Hammer prequel with Buck Fiddy laying out some Hamtown history.
Whoops. Sorry Frank Miller.
Anyways, A Tale of Two Fiddys will run every Wednesday for a few weeks. Give it a look if you're a Hammer fan.
Kung Fu Monkeyface is still chugging along. Having a lot of fun with this one. Every Sunday for the monkey.
Otherwise, got a few projects in the works here in there, but nothing to talk too much about yet.
Read a good book whilst I was holidaymaking. The Garden of Last Days by Andre Dubus III. It's about strippers and 9-11 and it's pretty awesome.
I also read The Hunger Games trilogy by mistake.
Stephen King said this was great and I always listen to Stephen King so I picked up all three books and brought them with me to read on the beach. Turns out these books are for 14 year old girls. They're probably pretty cool if you are in fact a 14 year old girl. Otherwise, not so much. Just a YA mishmash of the far superior Battle Royale and King's own The Long Walk.
Working on The Passage right now and so far it's really, really good. More on that when I finish it.
On the movie front... I'm trying to think if I've seen anything really awesome since The Kids Are All Right (still the best movie of the year, if you ask me).
Black Swan is definitely worth seeing, but not quite the masterpiece it's cracked up to me.
Natalie Portman is great, but I'm rooting for Annette Bening at the Oscars. Sure can't wait for The Wolverine though.
Oh, The Town is just as good as everybody says.
Ben Affleck is right in his Boston wheelhouse with this one. Very cool noir stuff for the crime aficionados out there.
I've seen a whole lot of stuff but not much else is popping into mind. Except for Due Date which is just godawful.
A huge waste of Robert Downey junior who does his best, but gets nothing from the script. I don't really have anything against Zach Galfaniakis, but his character is so ungodly annoying in this movie that you just want Robert Downey Junior to knock out all his teeth with a hammer or shoot him in the kneecaps or something. He's supposed to be funny buthe's just incredibly irritating. I stopped watching in the middle of a giant car chase across the Mexican border. Just painful.
Okay, that's it for now. I'm out.
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