One of the problems with updating a
blog on a regular basis is that occasionally from time to time, you
just don't have anything important to say. I would love to give you
all an update about the comic, but it's not progressed any farther
than when we last left off. I'm still fleshing out the script, it's
coming along great, and I'll probably have more artwork for it soon,
but other than that... There's not much else new to say. I haven't
really watched a lot of stupid movies to do a write up about... I've
mainly been watching either good old fashion classic movies that are
the farthest thing from “stupid”, or stupid movies that I think
are awesome, but they're pretty obvious ones. Like Transformers: Dark
of the Moon... It made a billion dollars, and since it was better
than the second movie, and you all know I LIKED the second movie...
It really would be wasting time to sit here and tell you my obvious
opinions about the film. (At least with the second one, there could
be some reading entertainment in watching me try and justify liking
an awful movie.) I have been watching with great zeal though, the
Discovery Channel's documentary “When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions” which basically talks about the history of the United
States Space Program from the Mercury Program in the 1960s, all the
way to the mid 2000s. It's pretty in-depth, and extremely fascinating
for me. You really get a true sense of the ingenuity that the NASA engineers put into the whole program. Oh yeah, ingenuity and duct tape. Lots and lots of duct tape. I've always been a huge fan of space travel and to be bluntly
honest... NASA's current standing pisses me off like you wouldn't
believe. (For those curious, the NASA documentary is actually a bit
of research as well, as Marica from Firecracker is a big space buff.)
I did recently buy a Kindle Fire and
I've caught up on my comic reading like you would not believe. Sure
it can do a lot more like movie watching, MP3, and so on... But I
mainly use it for comic book reading, and I've probably read more
comics in this past week than I have in the entirety of 2011. It's
probably the best $200 I've spent in a long time. I know a lot of
people have told me that if I'm going to get one I might as well get
an iPad... But I got to be honest: I don't need THAT much. I mean, if
I'm going to type up a large amount of text, like an email, blog or
forum post, I'll use this computer. I'm not going to do artwork on
it, nor am I going to do be listening to music on it either. (That's
what I got a MP3 player for.) I use it for reading comics, books, and
the occasional websites. That's it. I'm not doing online banking, or
stock trading. I'm not chatting or posting on Twitter. I'm just
wanted to read. And seriously, I really have to give it a lot of
praise. My only complaint is that I do wish the screen was bigger,
and there are times that my gigantic gorilla fingers have trouble
hitting the not all that sensitive touchscreen buttons. It's far from
perfect, but for being a first generation table from Amazon, it's
well worth the $200 I think. And at about $300 less than an iPad or
the Samsung Galaxy to boot! (Also it's given me a lot to think about
when it comes to comic book distribution. Like having the webcomic,
and then offering the issue for digital download for a small price
with extra content. Like exclusive pages.)
Anyway, the picture of Max to the side
there is me just working with some redesigns of some recurring
characters Shadowgirls that will be popping up in Firecracker. (Not
as main characters, but as occasional guests.) Since Firecracker will
take place five years after SG, I figured some of those characters
were due for a redesign, and I figured I'd start with Max here since
she's in the first story.
I'll have more soon.
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