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We got Erica to do all kinds of crazy cat-like things for this shoot, but I feel like it was a missed opportunity to just bring them to light and not ignore them during casual conversation. I think it may have made them more funny if there had been talking going on while she was “fixing her hair.” Taking that into account moving forward, so no worries.
Wizard World Chicago (now called Chicago Comic Con) was a blast! Despite the absence of some of the larger publishers, it was a great opportunity to mingle with your favorite creators that did attend – and even some celebrities. I’ll be posting a blog on the website soon, so be sure to check it out.
Speaking of the website, what do you think of that new branding design? It’s not finished just yet, but we got the blog updated for WWC to match the spiffy new business cards that were printed. A special thanks goes out to Scott Heinowski for all of his hard work and dedication to that website!
Also, be sure to vote for @$$hole! on Top Web Comics. Incentives will be forthcoming, once the book is done. Possibly unused pictures from the photo comic adventures….? 
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Holy boobs! That’s right, Sophia had to remove her dressings and her shirt in order for someone to get in there and help redress her injured ribs. Most of that blood isn’t hers, though. It’s her sisters.
Sounds like her suicide mission is something that we’ve seen before. I fear that this story parallels the original Temple story a little too closely in terms of plot points, but at least I was able to divide up the beats a bit better. This story feels like it flows better, has more action and adventure, and is overall a more fun story to read. The first story suffered from some slower periods. It’s amazing what you can learn about writing in 8 years.
Wizard world was a blast, and I hope to have pictures posted to the blog soon. I may also try to turn some of them into a photo story arc for my other comic, @$$hole!, but we shall see.
Speaking of @$$Hole!, the comic was nominated for two Drunk Duck Awards this year:
1) Best Photo Comic (second year in a row)
2) Best Socio/Political Comic
Thanks to all who read and voted!
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The waiter is played by Erica’s real-life boyfriend, Mike Ambs. Mike has worked in video editing for various websites, and recently moved to the Ann Arbor area…of course, after I left the state. 
He’s an awesome guy and was tons of fun to work with. Very open to my direction and ideas, and even had a slew of his own to contribute. Very creative individual, and I encourage you all to follow him on twitter. He also has a flikr account, but I can’t think of the url off the top of my head.
Well, I’m at Wizard World Chicago already. So if you’re there (or in the area), be sure to stop by. I’m not exhibiting this year, but I’ll be shaking hands and kissing babies on the floor all day, doing a few panels at night, and will certainly be in the Hyatt bar after hours for a drink. Stop by, say hello to the bald man with bad posture (me).
Also, if you haven’t done so yet, be sure to check out Erica Hampton’s website, as she’s the awesome person both taking the pictures and playing the Crazy Cat Loving Lady (who will have a name soon).
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I’ll be honest, I had nothing for this comic. I’ve been busting my ass on the first @$$hole! collection, which will consist of 41 page Laura’s 21st Birthday story arc, plus some bonus material. Next year, the first big @$$hole! collection will hit with the first 100-150 strips collected in glorious color on that shiny magazine paper (like those “professional books”).
Until then, I need to get to work…enjoy this teaser / filler.
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Ladies and gents, you are looking at @$$hole! #200 (technically it was the t-shirt comic from Friday, but I didn’t want to count that one). Being someone who’s clearly not even keeping track of his own page count, instead of a super-awesome page today you get the prologue to a super-awesome photo story arc…about blind dating!
Whoo-hoo!
I will say that this photoshoot, like the Vet Visit shoot, was shot professionally with the help of the very talented Erica Hampton, took about 3 hours to shoot (during an incredibly stormy and rainy night), and was about 800 photos when finished. Unlike the Vet Visit story arc, which was the story that got this comic nominated for best photo comic and best experimental comic in the 2008 Drunk Duck Awards, this story was unscripted.
An improv photo comic story arc? How is this possible? Well, I had some ideas of what I wanted to have transpire, and then they just got crazy. Seriously, one of the funnest things I have done in ages with my friends.
So anyway, to kick things off we start with my friend Scott, the expert. Scott truly in a genius, I would like to say, but maybe not about cats or blind dates. Be sure to check out his stuff at The Adventures of Scott, as well as The Exile.
Friday is a filler, and then we get this ball rolling!
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The previous fight scene and this scene is where I really felt that this story hit its stride. This is where it felt right to me. That’s a bad thing to say as a writer who’s more than halfway through their story, and I certainly enjoyed the rest of the story up to this point, but this sequence is where it went from being an adventure to being a personal tale. It’s about two sisters trying to do what’s right when no one else would. And the next few pages have some good sisterly moments, I think.
It was a great sequence to write, and you’ll have to let me know if it’s as enjoyable to read once the sequence is completed.
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Not really much of a comic (but I’m pre-pressing this strip for print…shhhhh, don’t tell anyone. Actually, I lied: tell everyone!)
Here are some concept ideas for t-shirts (which I would offer in a few colors). The last one I like the line, but not sure how well it works on a t-shirt. Which is your favorite? What are some things you would like to see on an @$$hole! t-shirt? And how many of you would be interested in a remastered edition of the first 100-120 strips?
Debate!
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Humility is the purpose behind today’s comic. This “Character Study of Man,” if you will, really has no purpose. Just inspiration.
I’ve been in a bit of a mood of late, unfortunately, and it’s because I messed up on something over the weekend, made a mistake, and my ability to time travel is limited to hind-sight. Sure it’s a learning experience, but can you fully learn from an experience if you’re not given another chance? And if you’re sorry for what you did, do you deserve to be forgiven and receive that second chance?
These are questions that are postulating throughout my brain at the moment.
2009 is certainly a better year than previous, but it is also the year of hope. So with that in mind, I’m hoping that my second chance is forthcoming. My redemption within itself will be served with a big fat slice of humble pie.
Also, for the record, cargo-pockets are chick magnets!
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Time’s running out, as a deep wound (it was scripted as being under the armpit) could cause all kinds of internal damage. She could have a punctured lung, or any of those important organs that the rib cage protects….
Good thing Sophia has that car. I hope it’s fast and gets good gas mileage.
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I went to see Transformers 1 and 2, so I also blame myself in helping the germinate the abomination that is Transformers 2. I won’t even go into details about how bad the flick is, nor will I probably end up reviewing the movie – better websites than this have already beaten me to it and anything that I had to say would just be redundant at this point. So instead of making fun of Bay, Shai, or the fact that there was no plot in this movie and that it contradicted not only itself, but the first movie several times (did they say that Optimus and Megatron were brothers, but then in this movie they claim that Optimus is the last Prime…which, to me, sounded like a different race of Transformers, but they never really explain it).
No, instead I decided to make fun of the movie-goer. And perhaps a little too harshly, but I assure you that my rants are intended to be done all in good fun.
But there’s a lot of truth in this rant as well. The all-powerful dollar does hold a lot of weight in Hollywood, and what people pay to go see helps determine what kind of movies will be made. We, the people, dictate the kind and level of entertainment / quality that is within our movies – or we continue to feed the current machine, which allows movies like this to get made.
I have little doubt that there will be a Transformers 3, and that it too will be god-awful. The movie made almost as much as The Dark Knight in its opening weekend…and The Dark Knight was a good movie! So where’s the disconnect? How does a terrible movie and a good movie make almost the same amount of cash?
If you were insulted by today’s comic, then I apologize that you identified so strongly with the type of stereotype that I was speaking out against. Perhaps you would benefit from re-evaluating your entertainment choices, or just pop 2Fast 2Furious back into the ol’ DVD player and relive your glory days vicariously through Paul Walker’s attempts at “acting.”
Meanwhile, the rest of us should demand better from our movies. It’s not like this couldn’t be seen a thousand miles away. Ignoring the fact that the first Transformers was terrible, Michael Bay made Bad Boys 2! Where Florida cops invade Cuba to stop the bad guys! Since when do Florida cops have authority in Cuba!?!
Michael Bay needs to go back to directing Playboy movies, and the rest of us need to demand that Hollywood make better movies. Period.
But I digress, what did you think of Transformers 2?