This is really interesting — a walk through Stanley Kubrick’s career. I really should see all of his movies, there are more I’ve missed than I realized starting with his first, The Killing. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR-loS9MHww?rel=0]
I just watched the archives of Space Janitors which is a pretty funny send up of a lot of popular science fiction films. The second season started in April and it updates every couple of weeks. The most recent episode parodies Han Solo and Chewie from Star Wars: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOokxE72E3M?rel=0]
Dave Roman has a sequel to his Astronaut Academy graphic novel coming out this month called Astronaut Academy Re-entry. Right now it is being published online so you can check it out before you buy the paper version May 14th.
After today’s elimination show there are only six contestants left on Strip Search. That’s another 18 episodes which is about 9 more weeks. I guess that means we’ll have a winner in June or July (someone look it up on a calendar, okay?). Tavis won last Tuesday’s convention sketching contest and so he had the dubious honor of picking the contestants for the elimination show. Without much to go on he picked Erika and Abby. Check out the episode; spoilers after the break: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdTzRIOR-sY?rel=0]
Odori Park by Chris Watkins has a tag line of “East Marries West.” I’ve been an off and on reader since it started back in 2009, but definitely on again this year. It’s very cute, slice of family life comic with a dash of culture clash thrown in. I liked the very recent storyline where the main characters are inspired to create a graphic novel together: What I didn’t know until very recently was that Chris used to run Border Walker – a relatively old school webcomics site that featured some great talent. In a recent blog post Chris mentions …
http://embed.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_the_republic_we_must_reclaim.html
I try to keep up with David Hellman‘s projects (co-creator of the webcomic A Lesson Is Learned But the Damage is Irreversible). He has been creating the animation for a very funny series of videos called Jeff and Casey Time. I’ve finished the first “book” which is a five episode arc where Jeff and Casey recount their day to their friend Brian. It’s absurdities piled on absurdities and I found myself laughing many times. Hellman’s painterly artwork is amazing — it’s not really fully animated, but it is really interesting to look at.
Drew the first five on 2 x 8 inch paper; going to draw the rest bigger — over a couple of pages.
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