All entries written in December, 2009
December 28, 2009 at 12:08 pm · Filed under Misc, Thoughts
You know what I’m going to miss least about this decade? That mantra I’ve been hearing since 1993 about how the new millennium “didn’t begin” until 2001. I understand the thinking behind it–call it the “foot in the door” theory–but really, were we not at all over the threshold until 12 months in? Are we incapable of counting progress in units less than full years? Of course not.
No one would say that the 1910s didn’t begin until 1911; zero’s just kind of a weird number. As Paul Krugman (who I only like some of the time) said, we never even quite agreed on what to call this last decade. Maybe this next year, which was once highly significant in a lot of sci-fi, will bring us something fresher.
Also, every year is bringing us closer and closer to Mark’s 10/13/2013 birthdate. That kinda weirds me out.
December 25, 2009 at 9:06 am · Filed under Misc, Thoughts
That’s the artificial tree I bought from Duane Reade; the lights on the top half go in and out. Those presents are for my family, who I will be seeing this weekend.
You don’t mind if I take today off, do you? Many of you are probably involved with holiday celebrations of your own anyway. If you really want some content today, I recommend you check out Other People’s Business, the third excellent comic created by K. Fuhr–I myself just got caught up. Or perhaps read about the passage of health care reform, which may be the best Christmas present of all.
Happy holidays!
December 18, 2009 at 9:05 am · Filed under Extras, Production Art
Well, not production art, really–these were considered finished pictures in their day. Desktop wallpapers, in fact, which should help to explain the presence of the raunchy old SKSG logo in the middle one (which, actually, has been featured on this site before, in segmented form). Except for the first one, none of these is really in active duty at the moment, and most of them are metaphorical representations of series events rather than literal depictions.
Let me know what you think!
December 11, 2009 at 9:00 am · Filed under Misc, On My Influences, Thoughts
http://protodudesrockmancorner.blogspot.com/2009/12/mega-man-10-announced.html
Whaaaaaat?!!
Okay, let’s get one thing straight: I love Megaman games, and on the surface of it, I have absolutely no problem with the concept of a flying Sheep Man who shoots lightning. This new game is a very exciting thing for me. But what cranks the weirdness/shock level up to ten is the fact that I’ve been collaborating on a comic series for the last 16 years (off and on) that also features a character named Sheepman!
The series in question is The Trio of Triumph–click that link to go to my and Chris Unger’s long-abandoned ComicGenesis website. Hell, when we joined it was still called Keenspace! I dare you to read some of those nearly-illegible comic strips, which would likely be incomprehensible to anyone but me and Chris even if you could make them out. Don’t get me wrong, I adore The Trio of Triumph, and I’d be tickled beyond belief to get an outside fan or two, but my collaborator and I really write these things for ourselves. Recently, we’ve been talking about an episode featuring the discount store called Jembro…already, you don’t get it, I’m sure.
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December 4, 2009 at 9:07 am · Filed under Extras, Production Art
I’ve been writing like crazy the past two weeks–I love it when that happens. I’ve also been continuing the project I mentioned a while back, scanning and organizing my old writing papers. It’s been fun…I’m unearthing things I had completely forgotten about (for good reason, in some cases).
Something similar I did recently was to examine a bunch of old CDs and rescue some forgotten MS Paint artwork from my high school days, back when School Kids SG was first being conceived. These drawings are pretty hilarious; a friend and I laughed 0ver a profile picture of Preston in which his head is as wide as his torso (it took me years to get proportions right). In the spirit of fun, I’ve decided to share four of my favorites below. Click on the “keep reading” link for captions.
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