2006-12-03: Upon completion of reading the internet, local man finds it uninteresting.by Kevin
2006-10-09: Scott McCloudby Kevin
I got an email from my Brother-in-Law the other day saying that comic book author/artist/explainer Scott McCloud was going to be giving a talk at Princeton University on a Thursday afternoon. So after work I drove over the bridge to New Jersey. The trip took longer than I expected because I did not spot the street I wanted and missed my turn. Once I had discovered the mistake I was able to turn around and find where I wanted to be.
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After I got on campus I got screwed up by two traffic circles within close proximity to each other while trying to navigate between Washington Street and Faculty Road. Of course I ended up on Elm Street, which should have been avoided at all costs. I ended up turning the wrong way in a circle (which I had not yet figured out that this fork I was turning on was actually the entrance to a circle.) So some cute college girl in a jeep got a good laugh and pointed at me. I eventually got to the visitor parking and rode the Blue-Line Shuttle to where I was supposed to meet my Brother-in-Law.
Scott is currently on a tour to promote his newest book that helps explain comics to comic and non-comic fans. The new book is called “Making Comics” He spoke about the history of comics, the key elements of making comics, how they are evolving from print to the web, and his life story and how it affected his comics. He went though 600 slides in about an hour. Very entertaining.
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After the talk there was a cheese and wine reception where I got a chance to talk with Scott and have him sign a couple of books. I’m not even sure how it came up but we ended up discussing an episode of “Arrested Development” from season 3. I also asked him about his experience with creative control when he was drawing comics. Some Authors tend to describe each panel that will appear on a page while others just describe the events and leave it up to the artist to decide how to convey the action. The two styles are called Full Script or Plot Method (AKA the Marvel Method). Scott said it really depends on the author.
All in all, a good time was had by all and now I have to add “Reinventing Comics” and “Making Comics” to my reading list.
2006-06-12: Snaggle What-Now?!by Kevin
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If you have read the Limited Articulation portion of the site, or you know us, you are aware of the fact that we have created stop-motion animated shows for college cable stations. Well, the next project's in early development stages. The Blue Snaggletooth Show will be our follow up to Action Figure Adventures. The cast is made up of a variety of vintage, new, and custom Star Wars action figures. The script is coming along nicely and we've started on some of the props. Voice actors have not been chosen yet. Now, I know you may be saying,
"But Action Figure Adventures still hasn't gone into post production!"
I know. We would like to remedy this, but we don't have a suitable computer to edit on. Hopefully this will be rectified before long and then maybe these shows will end up on Millersville and LaSalle cable.
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2005-09-06: Hambone! (Bo-Jangles)by Greg
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A friend of mine, Dallas, introduced me to a fun "dance." He calls it Hambone! (bo-jangles). Provided is a short demonstration video of Hambone! (bo-jangles) in action. If any of you are curious the "dancers" are Mike (Dallas' co-worker and possibly illegitimate love child) on the left, Dallas (Hambone! (bo-jangles)) extraordinaire in the center, and Brian (evil basement dweller) on the right. If it looks like they are convulsing, don’t worry, that’s how it goes.
To those of you who would like to try Hambone! (bo-jangles), some “dance” guidelines:
- Tap both palms on one’s chest.
- Tap the top of one’s hands on one’s thighs.
- Slap both palms onto one’s rump.
Aside from those three easy arm gestures, the only Hambone! (bo-jangles) “dance” requirement is to perform the movements fast enough that it is impossible for anyone to know what is going on. Also, any variations such as spinnin’, hoot-n-hollerin’, etc. are favorable.
I recommend performing Hambone! (bo-jangles) at all opportunities. Try it!
Check out the video of the definitive Hambone performance!
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2005-08-17: In the year 2000by Kevin
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As a kid, I remember people talking about a distant time called 2000. My first grade teacher informed us that we would graduate from High School in 2000. She casually mentioned that she wondered if it would be abbreviated ’00. Transformers the movie was set in 2000 along with several other futuristic Sci Fi series. The GIJoe action figure line and comic book had a sub team called Battle Force 2000. When I think of 2000 the first thing that comes to my mind is the flying cars. I remember watching the Jetsons with their flying car and reading an article in Boys Life magazine about hover cars and how they would be a reality by 2000.
While cleaning in my basement the other day, we came across a box of old Christmas cards and letters. I was saving the stamps off the letters for a co-worker who collects stamps for some charity he belongs to when I came across this stamp.
The stamp is of a flying postal delivery truck. The postmark on the letter was unreadable so I’m not sure what year it is from, but I do know that all the rest of the letters in the box ranged from 1988-1992.
So the question I leave you with is: Where are all the flying cars?!?!
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