Archive for January, 2008
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Okay, okay… I TOTALLY admit I wish I could do even a BAD British accent. As it stands now, my “so-called” British accent wouldn’t even make it through the first round of auditions of American Idol. No, really, it’s that bad! Oh, I can do a pretty decent Fozzy Bear, Grover or Yoda. Case in point: my daughter used to love it when she was younger and I used to read her “The monster at the end of the book” in Grover’s voice…
And heck, I can do a whole lot of really crazy type voices that really aren’t accents. They’re just weird characters or voices that spring up in my head.
Okay, so what does any of this have to do with today’s strip? Now much. It’s just what popped into my head when I typed in the title of this blog.
As far as the strip goes, I mentioned this in a previous post how I really started liking “Al the Alien”. Originally, “Al the Alien” made his first appearance as a character jam on an art forum called R3. Here’s the link to my original sketch if you want to check it out:
And here’s the link to the art forum where the above sketch first appeared:
In my world, “Al the Alien” would definitely have a kick ass, cool British accent…
Currently listening to The Tubes’ “She’s a beauty”…
-Chris
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This is one of those situations where the script for the strip is completed and, during the drawing or inking process, a “new” idea for a better punchline hits you like a ton of bricks. My wife and brother sometimes suffer from Acid Reflex Syndrome and for whatever reason, that hit me as I was drawing “Al”.
So, I decided to scrap my original joke and go with the Acid Reflex angle. I just thought it made a lot more sense. Of course, when you have acid for blood, doesn’t it make all the sense in the world that you would also suffer from Acid Reflex syndrome? It does to me.
Currently listening to Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack…Â
-Chris
Mac is a hold-over from the incomplete and unrealized “realistic” Capes ‘N’ Babes graphic novel that never came to be (but was the genesis of this strip). I wasn’t originally planning on bringing in any of the characters from my original graphic novel story but sometimes – as they teach you in creative writing classes – characters will occassionally write themselves into a story. And that’s sort of what happened with Mac.
Mac made his debut a few strips ago (although at the time, he remained unnamed) and he seemed the perfect character to play off of Marc’s cavalier attitude about comics. This is not to say Marc doesn’t appreciate the value of comics. He works in a comic book store, after all.
But he also realizes that, ultimately, comics are created to be a source of entertainment. It’s just a question of how some people appreciate that entertainment. Some are like Mac and derive pleasure from putting the comics in mylar bags and never reading them. While others want to enjoy them to their fullest. If that means occasionally dripping a little mayo or mustard on them, then so be it.
-Chris
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Everyone knows about the war between Star Wars and Star Trek geeks/fans. What you may not know is that there is another war always raging battle in a local comic book shop near you.
It’s the little known war between comic book reader and comic book collector.
If your heart jumps, cringes or it’s uneasy seeing Marc eat a sub sandwich while reading the latest issue of The X-men, then you know what you are.
-Chris
And now we know why Roy and I both think the Sarah Connor Chronicles is a bit silly.
-Chris
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Okay, I admit it… I haven’t seen The Sarah Connor Chronicles yet. But you have to understand… The Terminator really affected me when it first came out in the theater years and years ago. At the time, I thought it was one of THE BEST sci-fi/romance stories that I had ever seen. It totally turned me on to Michael Biehn in a man-crush way. And Linda Hamilton… c’mon! How could you go wrong with her???
But let’s be serious here. As great of a visual treat T2 was (and for some, that might also include T3 as well) the more you start thinking about the Terminator universe, the less it actually makes sense. But that’s not a knock so much on the Terminator universe as much as it is a knock on “time travel” stories in general. There’s always going to be something about them that doesn’t quite add up or quite make sense.
I think that’s how Roy feels about Terminator and The Sarah Connor Chronicles…
-Chris
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I’m posting Wednesday’s strip a day early because I was experimenting with various settings using the WordPress dashboard – specifically how categories and other things like that are controlled – and somewhere along the way, I accidentally made a new Blog post… which, in turn, made it appear as if there was no comic on the Home page.
Fortunately though, I already had Wednesday’s strip created so I’m just going to post it today (Tuesday) instead. Not really a big deal, I suppose. Still though, it’s taking some time to get used to all the little intricacies of WordPress and what WP will – and won’t – let you do. Sometimes, it does feel like I’m trying to fit a round hole in a square peg. As a web disigner, I’m much more in tune with the flexibility of having the capabilities to modify, edit and control the content of my site the way I want and how I want. It is sometimes very hard – and frustrating – to understand I don’t always have complete control over everything with WordPress.
Siiiiigh…
Some of you may be aware that I also do a weekly web comic for Community MX. The strip is called “CMX Suite” and runs on the Community MX Home page every Tuesday. Below is the strip from 4/21/09. To see a bigger version, click on the strip to go to Community MX’s web site where the original strip resides.
If you would like to read my archives for the past three years, you can do so by clicking here.
-Chris
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If you’re a long time Marvel comics reader, then you should be well aware of this old debate… Sue and Sub-Mariner. It’s always hinted that there is a very real admiration between Namor and Sue… enough is said (or implied) as to give comic book readers plenty to argue about between these two. The dialog between them is almost always riddled with heavy innuendos and anything that could be interpreted as a sexual act, almost always takes place off panel or is referred to in casual dialog… “Remember the time we had in Key Largo…”. As if that seems to suggest they had sex when they were in Key Largo…
Still, there is never enough to give any conclusive evidence that Sue and Namor have had anything but a very flirtatious relationship with one another… almost as if they both enjoy the tease they give to each other. They are much more like David and Maddie from the old 80’s TV show, “Moonlighting” but without all the extra yuk-yuks. They thrive on the tease and flirtation and they even enjoy seeing how far they can push each other.
But do I think they’ve ever gone the full distance?
No. And Joey will tell you all why I feel that way in Wednesday’s cartoon.
(I’m such a tease myself, ain’t I?)
-Chris
Just making more fun of the death of Captain America. Figured even a truly dead Cap still deserves the full color treatment.
-Chris
