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Get Hexxed.
March 14, 2005
So I'm trying to launch Rhymes-With-Witch, my art site.
It'll have side projects, info, and crap. It'll also have a store (so,
y'know, I can support myself).
I'll be posting non-S*P prints there this week that'll be for sale. I
do, however, have a new non-S*P shirt
for sale there. If ya like it, buy one! I'll be your friend!
As well as include a special print with your order. -R
Akon Will Belong to the Cats! (and links)
March 10, 2005
So, June 3rd through 5th, I'll be at A-Kon in Dallas. It's a big anime con.
I will be sharing two tables with J. Grant and Mel Hynes of Two Lumps and Josh Lesnick of
Girly. Things will handed out
and/or sold. Hands will be shook. Babies will be shaken even harder.
Come out and say hi. Mr. Lesnik did an amazing piece of artwork of the
cats from all three strips as the Cat-tastic Four!
Bless that man.
Also, don't forget I'll be at UBCon
on April 15-17th in Buffalo, New
York, as well as CAPE on May 7th (also in
Dallas). And the "real" Aubrey, my friend Clarine Harp, will be at Kamikazecon in Houston on March
25-27th.
Anyway, more Spacer Links.
C'est La Vie by Jennifer Babcock
isn't on Keenspace anymore, but it was... and it's a really interesting
comic, both in characters and visual presentation.
Cap'n by Jeroen... just has to
be seen to be believed. And there's almost four years of archives and
it's still going.
The Call of
Whatever by Mark and Elizabeth Sherry concluded this past October
after a three year run, and I was a little bummed to see that.
Life on Forbes by CDC has been
around for about five years and is still updating... so you might wanna
set a bit of time aside for this one. I recommend your next staff
meeting. -R
Goodbyes and Links
March 9, 2005
I want to take a moment to say goodbye to two readers:
Josh
Stockinger and Shane Perkins. Josh passed away on December 30th after
fighting cancer and Shane passed a couple of weeks ago for reasons I
don't know. Thanks for your readership, guys. My condolences go out to those whom they've left.
Okay, I promises Keenspace links - so here's a few more. I'm pretty far
from done... although, I will say the going through the "I" titles was
not pleasant. At all. But there's still good stuff there.
I Talk to the
Wind by Nir Matarasso seemed to be on hiatus, but that just means
you have time to catch up on it!
Incubus by
Charlotte - another fine series that doesn't seem to be over.
The Seraph Inn by Sarah Ellerton
is no longer on KeenSpace, but it once was and the art and colors are
very nice indeed.
More tomorrow, as well as NEWS! -R
A Few More Links
March 4, 2005
Some more KeenSpace links for your viewing. More, of
course, are to comie.
Pirate Queen Marianne,
written by Katie Henderson-Grady; art by Stephen Henderson-Grady.
There's something very visually stunning about this comic that really
caught my eye. The comic still updates, too.
The Living Tales of Zombie
Jesus by Lee S. caught my eye more because I wasn't sure if John Allison has started a new
project or what. It seems to have ended or gone on hiatus.
Pointless by Michael
Derenge ... very soft (in a nice way) character design and wonderful
colors. Two years of archives and it's still updating, although not for
the last two or so weeks.
More tomorrow. -R
Keener than Keen
March 2, 2005
A lot of people give KeenSpace shit for being a free host
to webcomics, saying it hosts only garbage. Now, I believe that's not even remotely accurate. Yes, there's
some really bad ones - but there has to be a lot of good ones, right?
Right?
So I've been spending a few weeks now going through KeenSpace's
listings, one by one, and finding comics that catch my eye. Tomorrow,
I'll start posting them. It'll take a while and I'm still not done
looking through all their comics - but I'm going to do this, even if it
kills me.
And it probably will, when I develop a tumor from being exposed to too
much bad manga/Final Fantasy/goth/furry/catgirl nonsense. I bet it'll
even get little anime sweatdrops and scream, "KAWAII!"
Pray for me. -R
Plugs and Dallas Bound
March 1, 2005
First, plugs. Then, announcements.
The Bag of Chips group has a book called Disposable Parts. Now,
yes, they're advertising on my site - but I wanted to point something
out for you who like webcomics - there's a LOT of webcartoonists
involved in this. Jon Rosenberg. Ian J. Josh Mirman. Meredith Gran. Brian Clevinger. Aido. And more. It's an
impressive compilation of respected talent. If any of those people
appeal to you, check it out.
Also, there's Social
Satellite. Again, I don't normally like pointing out my
advertisers, but there's something VERY SPECIFIC about this website. I
made an account and found, aside from their chat, journal, zine and
forum features, it has a section where you can argue with
people. Now, I know first hand a lot of you are argumentative and need
an outlet (please note: I am not an outlet). This site has a place
that encourages disagreeing.
I'm just saying.
Now, announcement. As many of you know, I'm going to be at UBCon in
Buffalo come April. However, I'm going to be in Dallas as well on May
7th - also known as Free
Comic Book Day. I'll be at the 1st Annual C.A.P.E., which
will be located at Zeus Comics
and runs from 10am to 6pm. It's a one-day event and on a Saturday.
Other guests include the likes of Scott Kurtz, Leah Hernandez, and Ben "Ninja High
School" Dunn.
And since it's Free Comic Book Day this thing will celebrate, I'm doing
my best to have a Free Comic Book to hand out. I do not guarantee I
will, but I'm trying my best. Of course, I'll be selling ad space to
those interested.
Oh - and this comic book, should it happen, will be new material, not
things from the web. And yes, there will be a compilation book of the
first year. When?
When I finish fixing, redrawing, and compiling.
More details as they're available. -R
A thank you.
February 21, 2005
Just a quick word of thanks to the Alpha Thetas at
Dartmouth College. They had their annual DartCon this last weekend, a
gaming event, and invited me to come up. I was only able to stay a day,
but it gave me a chance to play games, draw quick and ugly pictures and
hang out with my friend, Iris. I had a lot of fun - maybe next year, if
they let me back, I can stick around the whole weekend. Thanks, guys.
-R
Meet a Real, Live S*P Cast Member (You'll
Have to Wait For the Dead Ones).
February 18, 2005
First off, a lot of people have been asking if I'm going
to do anything more with New Gold Dream. The answer is, "Yes." I'm
working on a backlog. New Gold Dream will relaunch at the end of
June/beginning or July OR as soon as I have a three month buffer.
Probably only four days a week, but that's something. I just can't do
two strips as once and the average NGD strip takes between eight and
twelve hours to do. That's a LOT of time.
This is going to be short because I'm running behind, as
usual (although this comic went up in the mid-morning hours - GO ME!).
A lot of people have asked me if I'm ever going to show pictures of the
actual cast members. The answer, of course, remains, "No."
However, one of the cast members has been doing anime
voice dubbing for a year or so now and is going to be a guest at Kamikazecon in Houston the
weekend of March 25 through 27 because of it. I was given permission to
"out" them.
This is your chance to meet Aubrey, or as I know her, Clarine
Harp. Go by and say hi. Despite what you think (or fear) she's pretty
nice. She saves up the special treatment for her good friends like me.
I'm very proud of my friend right now. -R
Christ!
February 16, 2005
First things first - some links.
MIT's putting on the Vagina Monologues
tomorrow through Saturday. It's a good show and supports a good
cause (fighting domestic abuse is always good). I enjoyed my minimal
involvement with them last year (it's hard to say I "helped" when I just
drew a picture and handed it to them to put on a shirt when they worked
their asses off). If you live in the Boston area, give it a look.
Wapsi Square is easily one of
the best comics on Keenspot. Good art, good characters, good dialogue.
Still going to be at UBCon in
Buffalo, New York, April 15th through 17th. Please come by. I'll try
to run games - more info later.
Johnny Hollow is still good
music. Same with Meg Lee Chin.
E-gor's Chamber of
TV Horror Hosts recently ate up a lot more of my time than it should
have.
Last week, Scott Kurtz brought back Captain
Amazing, a comic strip he did in college, for a week of filler
strips. Although I was a couple of years behind Scott at UNT, I
actually knew of his strip because a guy I worked with in the Academic
Computing Center had Captain Amazing strips on his door (I was sad Scott
didn't rerun his Star Trek: Next Generation strip. Still,
Captain Amazing was one of the last two good comics to run in the NT
Daily (I don't know if it's improved, but I strongly doubt it has). The
other strip was called "Pituitary Kid", which the cartoonist ended to
start a "serious" comic called "The Trenchcoat." However, he planned
poorly and when the year ended, he still hadn't even reached the halfway
point in his story... and honestly, no one cared. The only other comic
that had a chance to be good was called, "My Girlfriend is a Werewolf"
and was cancelled, if I recall correctly, because some students didn't
like the sexual overtones. After that, just years and years of "Calvin
and Hobbes" and "Far Side" rip offs.
Sort of like the real comics page.
Anyway, in Kurtz's newspost for the 15th, he addresses reader complaints
that he had a character exclaim, "Christ!" People... complain about
that? I honestly just couldn't believe it. I'm getting complaints over
having the audacity to mock SIDS and Enterprise (not at the same
time, but if I can find a way....). I don't know what I'd do if someone
complained about me saying a word. The closest thing I've had to that
experience was at Ubercon 4 (twitch) where, in my S*P panel, I said the
word, "cunt." I don't remember why - I'm sure I found a reason for it
to pertain. Some woman and her two male associates stood up and stormed
from the room. I can only assume they realized they were in the wrong
panel because I didn't get the usual, "IL NEVAR REDE THS COMIX AGAINE
KTHXBYE!"
On a sidenote, I've mentioned to some female friends there needs to be a
"Take Back the Cunt" march in Boston so people can reclaim that word
from its negative meanings. I was encouraged by them to march down Mass Ave
holding a sign saying, "TAKE BACK THE CUNT!" and they'd do their best to
join me. Personally, I smell a trap.
Anyway... I finally got two upset emails over Enterprise. Two
whopping emails. That's like two-thirds of their viewing audience,
isn't it? I'll have to post 'em tomorrow.
I honestly had a point to writing all of this, but can't remember what
it is now. -R
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