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Short Circuit

by inky on September 21, 2011 at 11:25 pm
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Short Circuit

A word of warning: Geeks don’t handle the mentioning of undergarments. It can throw us off. Mostly because the limited amount of experience most geeks have with ladies underthings.

 

On the business side of the house, Rob has started drawing the strips with a wacom tablet. I think he’s doing a fine job. It takes a big leap of faith to jump off of the paper to the computer screen. We were a little concerned about a drop in quality, but so far so good. This should increase his production speed. It doesn’t mean the strip will get up sooner. (The post have been later due to my busy class schedule.) It’s nice, though, that he is improving his skills and moving forward. So good job to Rob.

 

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Forbidden Love Pt. 2

by inky on September 19, 2011 at 1:53 am
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Forbidden Love Pt. 2

Cyclops’s powers are a big part of what makes him my favorite. First, his powers emit constantly. So there is no real drain on his body. The only time he is tired when he is trying to force the beams back so he can close his eyes. That means unlike most projectile energy blasts it doesn’t take energy from his body. The visor he wears allows him to control the way the beams function. They can be laser accurate, tidal wave strong or be bounced around a room. The level of diversity in his power is like that of Magneto.  He can punch a hole through a sentinel, and I’m sure that’s not an easy task. I theorize that if he were to put his mind to it he could puncture Wolverine’s adamantium skeleton.  He has knocked Thor’s hammer from his hand, and overloaded Bishop. If he were to cut loose no character could stand up to him. So in the end, it’s an unbelievably strong power given to a man with great leadership, combat training and great intelligence. Cyclops is my favorite, I admit it. I feel better now.

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Forbidden Love

by inky on September 16, 2011 at 11:33 pm
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Forbidden Love

Okay I confess, it’s true, I like Cyclops. I really do think he is the best X-Man. It’s hard to admit this. I don’t know why, but it is. Mainly because of all the great X-men that have been around. It’s easy to over look him. It’s also hard to stack up to Wolverine in general. Cyclops has it rough, but I have a few good reasons why everyone should move Scott up the list of best  X-Men characters.

First, it’s hard to be a leader. It’s hard to be a leader in a military unit. The X-Men are a military unit plus so much more. He’s a teacher, commander, ambassador and warrior. It’s hard to wear all those hats and Scott Summers has been doing it a very long time. Marvel has plenty of teams where leaders have come and gone. Cyclops has stood by the X-men for a long time. He’s lost his wife several times, his son has traveled through time in different incarnations and he’s kept plugging along. Commanders in militaries don’t know every solider by their face, but Scott has watched kids he taught grow into adults and fight beside him only to fall in battle. The pressure to perform must be intense.

Secondly, Wolverine and Gambit are cool, Colossus  and Rouge are strong and most of the others have a physical edge in one way or another. Scott is always in great shape and that alone is worth noting. You don’t see him winded running into battle with the likes of Wolverine. He has taken beating from being much much stronger than him and survived. It’s a small wonder he’s alive at all. I know he’s not flashy, and suffers from not being very relatable. (Like Superman) He’s got it where it counts, though, and I for one think everyone should give him more love.

I will talk about how his mutant ability on Monday. That gets it’s own blog. Stay tuned for part two.

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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

by inky on September 14, 2011 at 11:52 pm
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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Sometimes, in comics, villains get created and they are special.  I don’t like the phrase, “The kind [of person] you love to hate.”  That term would apply to the Joker or Carnage. You love them because they are bad. You don’t like what they are doing, but you like the style they have while going about doing it. This attitude covers most of the good to great comic villains in the world.

I’m not talking about those guys. I’m talking about villains that are more than that. In short I’m talking about Thanos. Thanos is a villain you don’t love to hate. You just love him. He is smart, charismatic and powerful. The reality of it is, he shouldn’t have lost the infinity gauntlet. He had the power of a god and got stopped by mortals. I ‘m not going to go into the whole story because “The Infinity Gauntlet” is as trade worth picking up.  It’s characters like Thanos that present a problem to the comic company that creates them. They are “too good”.  The heroes of the universe need to win. That’s the point of comics; good vs. evil or right vs. wrong, to see that justice is served. However, characters like Thanos, Dr. Doom, Dark Phoenix, Lex Luthor and Namor shatter the belief that the heroes will win. The truth is that they stack up too well to the heroes they face. With so many terrible villains out there don’t we deserve to see the greats more often? It brings back the fun of comics wondering if the heroes can win the day.

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Harsh Critic

by inky on September 12, 2011 at 11:55 pm
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Harsh Critic

Zack has a hidden talent, who knew? Well we did, but we’re writing it so we don’t count. We wanted Zack to be passionate about comics in the deepest of ways. Few are capable of understanding the craftsmanship that goes into making a comic. It’s easy to forget when you look at a master craftsman that there is years of practice making it look easy. Seeing the final result omits the sketches, erasing and white-out that goes into comic art. We wanted Zack to know and understand comics on a deep level.

 

Recently, I started re-reading Danger Girl. I don’t know what it is, but I have been on a “Cliffhanger” kick lately. For those that don’t know Cliffhanger was a small indy comic company that came about during the early 2000′s. It had four titles and all of them were great. Danger Girl by J. Scott Campbell was one of said comics. I had forgotten how funny the writing was. The Campbell style is vibrant, clean and polished as ever. It’s one to get if you missed it early this decade. Between Crimson, Steampunk, Battle Chasers and Danger Girl you have to wonder why cliffhanger fell.

 

These upcoming days are trying to kill my wallet. X-Men:First Class, Thor and the Lion King. They will soon be followed by Captain America and Pirates. I am doomed.

 

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Money Matters Pt. 3

by inky on September 9, 2011 at 11:49 am
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Money Matters Pt. 3

Today’s the final strip of the story arc.

 

Rob and I discussed the value of comic books in the field of animation last night. I thought I would share some of the high points with you. (First, I am referring to classical animation, not computer generated. Second, the comparison is to feature length comic book animations, not television shows.) We started talking about the history of the Disney animation studio. Eventually we wound up talking about what we would like to see. I said I would like to see Disney put their animation efforts toward a major comic title. Yes, animated films have been made about some comic characters, and they are fairly solid. The only thing is they seem to lack that polished Disney look. They are not bad, but they could be better. Disney could make them better. With Disney owning Marvel it should be fairly easy to see them grab up Spiderman for an animated film. Disney does what they do best, and you have an action-packed Spiderman story. Live-action films are great, but animation is without limits. Angles camera’s can’t get and total control over the environment. Comics are the cousin of animation so it’s only natural this step should be made. Comics are, after all, fully functional story boards. They are just waiting to be animated. It might be just a wish, but “When you wish upon a star it makes no difference who you are. Anything your heart desires will come to you.”

 

(Speaking of good animation, if you are not watching the new Thundercats, you are wrong.)

 

 

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Money Matters Pt. 2

by inky on September 7, 2011 at 12:27 pm
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Money Matters Pt. 2

Flash has money, I wish that was true for his counter-part in the real world. We wanted to make Flash rich so we can let him do the things he does and will do without consequence. We figured that Flash’s mountain of wealth funds his antics. He does enough property damage that it’s nice to know he can pay for what he breaks.

In other news, the DC reboot event Rob attended went well. He and I discussed the changes last night. I was surprised that it was a total wipe. In the comic world when you hear something is being retooled or reinvented you cringe. The reason is most of the time it’s because the company is playing it safe. They give themselves plenty of room to say, “oops” and go back to the way things were. This DC reboot seems to have really pulled the safety net away.  Time will tell, but as Rob pointed out last night, “For those that wanted an Ultimate’s world in DCU, here you go.”

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Money Matters

by inky on September 5, 2011 at 9:24 pm
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Money Matters

It’s Labor Day, and we appreciate you visiting. We don’t want to interrupt your festivities too much, so I’ll just say that we hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend and that you enjoyed todays strip. It’s the beginning of a new arc, so be sure to read the rest of the week.

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The Imperfect Storm

by inky on August 30, 2011 at 10:34 pm
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The Imperfect Storm

*** This is not me making excuses. It was a funny way for me to discover that I may be a little over-loaded this semester. ***

I woke up at 6:30 and ate cereal. I wrote a script for the site and chatted a little with Rob. I watched the new Thundercats while drinking coffee. I showered, got dressed and headed to Salina to attend my classes. As I pull into the parking lot my phone beeps. I see the following text:

“Dude what the F**K?! You didn’t post yesterday?!”

Then these thoughts came springing to the forefront of my mind. “Why would I post yesterday? It was Tuesday. No, Greg, yesterday was Monday. Remember what classes you had yesterday? No, that couldn’t be, I would have posted. I even reminded myself about posting today, yesterday. But today is Tuesday, so that means… ”

It means here I am explaining how I completely lost track of what day it was. It’s only the second week of classes, folks. I’m not making excuses. I just forgot. I don’t know how, but I did. I am sorry that it happened I beg you to forgive me.

 

*** Back to your regularly scheduled blog. ***

Storm is a waste. (Not the worst mutant, not by a long shot. Jubilee would take that crown.) Storm has been on the team since 1975. She was one of the first black comic characters and certainly one of the first black female characters. She has near limitless powers to control the weather. I’m not saying she should be out there stopping hurricanes. I believe too much tinkering with the weather would be bad for everyone. However, she could still go out and help those who need it. She could end a drought or hold off the rains so people could get away from floods. She could help crops grow in the desert. She’s content to fight for mutant rights by providing the smallest amount of aid possible. I’m just throwing this out there, but wouldn’t an entire culture be very grateful if you could save them from starvation? Maybe some people don’t like mutants because some of them could be saving MILLIONS of lives instead of thousands. She could be doing much more, but she married a king and lives in a palace. It’s true she has her people, but why she can’t give a little love around the globe, I’ll never know. It’d be like Batman letting a purse get snatched while he’s walking around as Bruce Wayne.  I think I might have read this quote in a comic somewhere: “With GREAT power comes GREAT responsibility.” I think that statement becomes more important with the capacity of power you have. And if you can control the climate, I would say you have a lot of responsibility.

 

 

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The Bear Went Over The Mountain

by inky on August 26, 2011 at 9:26 pm
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The Bear Went Over The Mountain

I am bad to play Monopoly with. How does that relate to today’s strip you might ask? Well, I tend to devolve the game to the point where I play with the pewter figurines. I’m bad enough with regular Monopoly. Heaven help you if I have the themed-based Monopoly version. If I start to lose interest I make things happen with the figures not being played with. My imagination sometimes spills over into the game. It doesn’t happen all the time, but sometimes the boot stomps down on a hotel. Or the Scottie dog robs a bank. Sometimes games are more fun without rules.

 

 

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