Posts Tagged ‘Hugh Jackman’
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A couple of things for today…
Item Number One:
John Mayer is one of those types of people that drive caricature artists crazy because there’s not really any super distinguishable features about him. Really. So, I chose to go with an older version of John when he was styling his hair very long and wearing ridiculously long scarfs.
Item Number Two:
Don’t forget, I will be at the Virginia Comic Con this weekend (with my wife) November 21 & 22. Click on the link to find out more information, who will be there and all the great things that will be happening. On Saturday, I will be on a panel about small press/webcomics so I’m really excited about that (and the fact this will be the first con that my wife will be able to participate in as well).
Item Number Three:
Are you into Podcasts? Do you like to listen to creators talk about their craft? If so, you might want to check out a little Podcast I’m co-hosting called Lightbox – Illuminating webcomics.
Item Number Four:
Okay… I just finished watching the movie “Australia” with Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman and I’m really confused about something. Why didn;t this movie do better at the box office? Was it that the length of the movie was too intimidating for some people? Was it a matter of WHEN the movie came out? Personally, I enjoyed the movie and thought it had a really good “Dances with Wolves” kind of vibe to it – at least in the sense that it told a story about the natives of Australia in a very personal way. The story was expansive but moved at a pretty rapid pace… I mean, as much as I loved the Lord of the Ring movies, there were lots of places in those movies were scenes were pretty slow and methodical. I didn’t get the sense that was the case at all with “Australia”. And I could totally tell Hugh was in the process of getting ripped for Wolverine: Origins while filming that movie.
Anyway, I just really enjoyed it and was wondering what other people might have thought.
Okay… so there were a few more things than “just a couple”.
-Chris
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Ahhhhhh… well, the holidays are over (unless, of course, you consider New Year’s the FINAL holiday celebration). But you know, one of the toughest things – at least mentally – is trying to throw yourself back into the “daily work routine” after a long layoff or an extended vacation/holiday.
I had a great Christmas vacation myself. I didn’t get quite as many strips done as I would have liked but the break was much needed. On Saturday night, my daughter and I went to go see “The Spirit”. Personally, I liked it. It wasn’t “the greatest movie ever”, but for a popcorn, superhero flick, it wasn’t half bad. Saw 3/4’s of the Wolverine preview too (we got our seats just as the Wolverine preview was starting) and it looked great – especially the tail end of the previews where Wolverine uses his claws as motorcycle breaks and then leaping towards the oncoming helicopter. You can easily tell why Hugh Jackman likes Wolverine so much. Should be a lot of fun come May.
On another Christmas side note, I got a Creative Vado pocket video camera for Christmas. In fact, I filmed myself drawing the December 26th strip but I’m having some trouble getting the video to play back on my Mac G4 iBook with the AIFF format. On my iBook, the video stops and sputters in Quicktime but has audio. Using other video players – specifically VLC Media player – the video plays great but has no sound.
If anyone has any Mac experience using the Creative Vado, I’d love to hear your tips and suggestions. One reason why I wanted the pocket video camera was so I could upload more videos of me drawing the strip to YouTube and other places. Feel free to contact me at capesnbabes [at] gmail.com or leave a message here.
Thanks!
-Chris
