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Feb. 9th, 2010 @ 08:00 am
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Page twenty-eight looks so rushed, but I decided to end chapter four on it anyway. The scene that would've followed will just use the chapter break as a scene change.
Playing around with my format now!
james: troubled [art; wgmd]
Feb. 9th, 2010 @ 12:01 am royal times, twitter times
In this Twitter, we discuss comics.

  • 19:06 twitpic.com/125047 - Some photo-edits just write themselves. #
  • 22:51 @fullofwhoa There was some recent post on noscans about the series, I dunno if it mentioned the leak, though. #
  • 22:53 uuuuuuggggh just one more panel and i can scan this page
    hopefully have it queued within the hour #
  • 23:08 @Foxhack That hasn't stopped critics of Hudlin's run on the comics. #
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Vic the Sage
Feb. 8th, 2010 @ 01:24 pm
Cat sleeps on the windowsill.
Cat is too big for the windowsill.
Cat falls, wakes up in the litter box.
Vic the Sage
Feb. 8th, 2010 @ 12:01 am royal times, twitter times
In this Twitter, we discuss comics.

  • 08:36 @schmevil I've read Naked Lunch on lunch breaks without getting looks, so I guess it depends on what your co-workers know about books #
  • 18:26 @schmevil Guess I could see that from the boss-types, but I've never known you to make a secret of your socialist leanings, online at least. #
  • 18:28 So I suppose I should talk about my non-Rucka pull this week, Batman Confidential #41 by Sam Kieth. #
  • 18:29 I like Same Kieth, he does cool art and interesting stories, but he has habits and hang-ups worth analyzing. #
  • 18:32 In the afterward to Zero Girl, a loose autobiography, he said that he often uses female POV characters due to trouble relating to dudes. #
  • 18:33 This works in his original stories like Zero Girl and the Maxx, but can be weird with Batman. #
  • 18:35 I'm mostly thinking of Batman Secrets, where said character plays such a small role and could've been replaced with Harley Quinn easily. #
  • 18:37 The current arc on Confidential is no exception, but I guess it's less weird because this new character is built up to be pretty central. #
  • 18:38 Either way, it's all playing out to be very Kieth. But halfway through, it feels like we've only been introduced to the situation so far. #
  • 18:39 Will prolly read better once it's over. #
  • 18:43 While I'm talking Kieth, I wanna say how cool the Maxx was to present such a subversive and perhaps disempowering look at the superhero then #
  • 18:44 At mid-90s Image, even, where the excesses of the era ran at their highest! #
  • 18:53 But then, Maxx was almost a footnote in Julie's story, which kinda bolsters both points I've been making here. #
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Vic the Sage
Feb. 7th, 2010 @ 12:01 am royal times, twitter times
In this Twitter, we discuss comics.

  • 12:13 @GailSimone Some news is just too wonderful to accept. Looking forward to it! #
  • 20:05 @ScottyQuick That's a new one! #
  • 20:07 World's Finest ended last week, and World of New Krypton this one, plus Superman/Batman's dumb new direction. I'll miss the Superbooks. #
  • 20:13 I'm almost curious about Last Stand of New Krypton, but dunno if Gates can keep Robinson's tone in check like Rucka did. #
  • 20:15 And the way the franchise splits every story between all the titles is no good for the wallet. I blame Jurgens, personally. #
  • 23:11 @fullofwhoa well now i'm just picturing Cyclops as Brad from Rocky Horror #
  • 23:22 twitpic.com/11tpm8 - There are some horrors you just can't put words to. #
  • 23:36 @fullofwhoa Well, it could still be Marsden, he'd just be playing Cyclops in the role of Brad! And Jean could be Janet! #
  • 23:36 @fullofwhoa now would Frank be played by Sinister or maybe Emma for funsies? #
  • 23:37 @Foxhack That's just one word, I don't think it counts. :) #
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Vic the Sage
Feb. 6th, 2010 @ 01:50 pm
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Cool time, I just got in all the comics I bought from [info]empty_tea! You guys should all check out her eBay store here.
On a related note, this is a really weird week to finally have my own copy of the Hiketeia.
Vic the Sage
Feb. 6th, 2010 @ 12:01 am royal times, twitter times
In this Twitter, we discuss comics.

  • 13:13 @fullofwhoa Yes, yes you are wearing us down. #
  • 13:28 Good morning class, my name is King, and I'm here to talk about comics. #
  • 13:54 A while back, @johnhefner linked this video, www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F9qo0tnh3c
    Now I wonder what kind of bumper Vic had back then #
  • 13:59 I figure something like the Prisoner opening, just replace 6's Lotus with a newsvan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv813f2Xtrg #
  • 13:59 It'll need Vic punching a punch of people, of course. #
  • 14:00 okay and some other people too #
  • 14:03 There's a conspicuous absence of newscasting during Vic's "Sage" phase, but I've always believed he still freelanced to feed himself and Tot #
  • 14:05 It's notable because every other phase has featured it (though i also believe the van he was driving in 52 was totally a retooled newsvan) #
  • 14:09 It isn't just Rucka, I guess, since Priest put it in the past-tense when Vic appeared in Steel, but that was right around the same time #
  • 14:11 But all the traveling, and Tot's tinkering, and that lighthouse he left Tot and Nee? The money had to come from somewhere. #
  • 14:33 But let's get down to the brass. I had five pulls this week, and four of them were written by Greg Rucka. He's one of my favorite writers. #
  • 14:33 Which is what makes the one completely unacceptable. #
  • 14:34 @ruckawriter, honestly, how much of Blackest Night: Wonder Woman was Geoff Johns' fault? You're so much better than this. #
  • 14:36 'Tec is one of the best titles on the market, and Question #37 is the best birthday present anyone (but me especially) could hope for, but #
  • 14:39 This isn't the first time Diana's spotlight was swung over to Bruce in a major crossover, but it hurts every time. #
  • 14:42 The whole mess shines a new light on Rucka's early run on Wondy. A sickly violet light with a goddamn ugly and sexist costume. #
  • 14:43 i need to think of something positive before i get sucked into the hole here #
  • 14:44 @kierongillen I'm really looking forward to next week's S.W.O.R.D., it's prolly my favorite new title! Shame about the cancellation. #
  • 14:45 so that didn't really work, actually :( #
  • 14:50 But seriously. Even if Hank looks a little off, he's still getting more than his share of great moments! And everything else looks great! #
  • 17:31 @manwhohatesfun I am glad I came to Twitter, otherwise I might never have known about this! Glad to see new strips. #
  • 18:37 Dark X-Men #4 preview! bit.ly/bYvHn4
    This month the caption star is David Bowie! EEEEEEE :D #
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Vic the Sage
Feb. 5th, 2010 @ 05:31 am
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Well hey there 24, make yourself at home. I guess you're going to be my age for a while, so we might as well get to know each other.
Vic the Sage
Feb. 4th, 2010 @ 07:37 pm
Once you make the first snip, there's no going back. That's one of my rules.

A freshly bald head is like a big open wound. Wind is an entirely new sensation as it passes between your ear and your temple. And heat? Well, let's just say I normally like my showers hot, but went for a tepid one today. It only gets worse if you add shampoo. Remember in Home Alone, the aftershave scene? Hahahahaha!
Godot
Feb. 4th, 2010 @ 05:23 pm
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I think I might shave my head for my birthday. I've been letting it grow since July and it's just getting scraggly. Plus it's warming up some, so I don't have to worry about the cold (plus i have that hat now)

I'm also considering getting a Twitter, just so I can talk about comics in an arena where their creators will be more likely to see.
Godot
Feb. 4th, 2010 @ 12:03 am
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Page twenty-seven is here, and I think I'm finally getting the hang of drawing Feather the way I want to. Though I was so preoccupied with keeping the background details consistent that I forgot James' cigarette in most of the page!
I should prolly be able to finish chapter four in three more pages (which would've been next Thursday if i hadn't dropped the ball this week), starting chapter five just in time for the five year anniversary!
It'll be an all-action time to make up for how slow four's been.
james: troubled [art; wgmd]
Feb. 3rd, 2010 @ 09:58 pm
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Wait wait wait
There is a "wonder woman/diana prince" tag
I am killing that shit so dead
Vic the Strongarm
Feb. 1st, 2010 @ 11:09 pm
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Because I'm a failure and/or been up since 5a and need so much sleep right now, tomorrow's page will be late.
Maybe as late as Thursday if I decide to just skip one, but honestly, the pencil's are almost done, there's no reason to do it that way.

Either way, sleep.
Vic the Strongarm
Jan. 30th, 2010 @ 09:30 pm
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So, the film festival ended last night. The write-up for Spider-Baby in the brochure, describing it as a cross between Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Addams Family, is probably about as succinct as it could've hoped to be. Sid Haig was so young!

Here's my top five movies we showed.
1. Scenes From The Class Struggle In Beverly Hills (oh fun and raunchy '80s farces how i love you sooo~~ see also: Stars and Bars)
2. Tampopo (the style, the heart, the intermissions, this one had so much going for it)
3. Tomorrow I'll Wake Up And Scald Myself With Tea (wild time-travel satire, it had corny yet fantastic movie and a great ending)
4. The Wicker Man (i've mentioned "Gently Johnny" and "Searching For Rowan", but forgot "Sumer Is Icumen In" because oh god the joy, i can't get enough of the smile on Christopher Lee's face but i'm prolly rooting for the wrong side here completely!)
5. Night Of The Juggler (there were technical troubles with Bare Knuckle, so this similar 1980 James Brolin film filled in; not nearly as over-the-top, but ended up being really good! worth it entirely for the amazing twenty-minute chase scene at the beginning, the rest was one of those crazy Wonderland-esque romps through a major city (NYC in this case), kind of like Falling Down or Running Scared, but way more grounded and just cool)

Things I'd won in the raffle over the two weeks (i made a pretty hefty haul!)
~ Shaft Trilogy
~ Blade Runner
~ Two tickets to a later show
~ A Savannah Film Festival hat
~ Two previously screened films, The House That Screamed and Turkish Star Wars, I was actually there for both showings!
~ I could've had a free four-hour Vespa rental, but I turned it down because I don't have a driver's license (and come to think of it, my ID expires this friday, i think)

Back to regular Wednesday showings, next week we're showing three failed pilots from TV series proposed by David Cross and Bob Odenkirk!
Vic the Sage
Jan. 29th, 2010 @ 07:06 pm
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Taxes are so discouraging.
Godot
Jan. 28th, 2010 @ 06:33 pm The best part of The Wicker Man
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Goddamn I have been singing this song all day


this one is rad also
Vic the Sage
Jan. 28th, 2010 @ 08:50 am
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With page twenty-six, chapter four isn't just the most delayed, but now also the longest chapter yet! I feel a little bad about that, what with it all being talking and all. I'll make it up to you next chapter, okay?
james: troubled [art; wgmd]
Jan. 27th, 2010 @ 11:22 pm
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So, usually we'll have at least twenty minutes downtime after set-up to just chill and have a coffee or something before the movie starts. This being Wednesday, I brought a couple comics to fill that time.
It never happened. So many people wanted to see the Wicker Man in a packed coffee shop tonight. We were basically running around, moving chairs and trying to find everyone a seat right up until it was time to get started, and ultimately had to turn a few folks away by then.

It was a great time!
Vic the Sage
Jan. 27th, 2010 @ 03:48 am
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It always seems to be pharmacy ladies.
Godot
Jan. 26th, 2010 @ 07:49 am
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Page twenty-five marks the end of my queue. All the pages after that will be totally fresh. How fresh, you ask? Well, Thursday's is only half-pencilled! (aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)
james: troubled [art; wgmd]