June 2004 Blog Archive

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June 28, 2004

 

  GravyBoy issue 0 just had it's first review.  You can check it out here.

 

-Brian

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June 22, 2004

 

  July 3rd is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY.  So if you don't read comics, and want to branch out and see what's going on in the world of comics these days, stop by your local comic shop and pick up some FREE COMICS.  

 

And now, I'd like to share a random memory...deep from within the reservoir that I call...the life of brian.

 

*ahem*

 

Most people tend to remember where they were when significant world events took place. Our parents remember exactly what they were doing when JFK was shot, or when we landed on the moon. Our grandparents remember what they were doing when they heard about Pearl Harbor, or the atomic bomb.

I, on the other hand, remember where I was when Colonel Sanders died.

I remember it vividly. I was sitting on the den floor, searching through a pile of legos, building what would one day become the 8th wonder of the world…my dad was sitting behind me in his recliner, refusing to play legos with me (it was always like pulling teeth to get him to play legos), then we heard the news…

Colonel Sanders had died.

A few minutes after that I remember my uncle calling because his car broke down and we went to get him.

Wasn’t that a great story? It’s one that I’ll treasure…for the rest…of my…life.

 

The End.

-Brian

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June 18, 2004

 

  I have frogs in my gutters.  Granted in four years of living here I have yet to clean the gutters out.  But how did they get up there?  Now in my defense for the lack of cleaning, we don't have leaves that fall in our yard.  This, I have learned, doesn't matter.  The drains will clog up anyway.  Nice huh?  Anyway, back to the frogs...They're loud.  I mean unnecessarily loud.  It's quite uncalled for.  Especially when you're sitting on the porch and they feel the need to scream...every...10...friggin'...seconds.

 

Maybe I should ship them off to PETA, let them scream at 'em for a while....THEN we'll see whose mommy kills animals.

 

-Brian

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June 15, 2004

 

  This weekend I was given some sage advice from a young drunk girl who decided to include Marty and I in her conversation.  Pay attention, it's words to live by:

 

"No one needs garbage in their lives...do you?  I don't need it.  Do you?....well....DO YOU?  I don't need it...it's like....Strawberry Shortcake luggage....you don't...you can't use it...maybe for camping...but no...everyday...no.  Maybe a lunchbox...cause you got your thermos...and its keeps hots hot....and colds cold...but no...maybe camping...I don't need garbage.  But Camping....yeah...you can't plant things in strawberry Shortcake luggage...its canvas...the water just *splllsshhh*...right through it...you don't need it."

 

Drunk people...making drinking look unappealing to the sober since 2004.

 

-Brian

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June 14, 2004

 

  Well, HeroesCon has come and gone.  And I have to say it was as blast.  Though I'll admit, it's a different animal when you're just sitting there all day drawing at a table, but fun nevertheless.  

 

I didn't get to walk around much until Sunday afternoon, when I spent all the money I had except for $1....and I spent that on a candy bar on the way home.  

 

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the GravyBoy booth.  Props to Jade and Ronald from the comic book resources forum who hung out with us on Saturday, it was cool meeting you guys!  Sorry I didn't get to spend much time with the rest of you from that forum.  I was in my own little world most of the afternoon...

 

There will be a review of the con coming soon, complete with pictures.  So keep checking back and if you stopped by and picked up a copy of our book, feel free to drop us a line on the GravyBoard.

 

 

June 9, 2004

 

  With HeroesCon only two days away, I think I should post this announcement, especially for those who will be there:

 

We are looking for an Inker who is willing to come on board and help put out the GravyBoy books.  Though we can't pay money, you will be published.  So if you're a good inker and are looking for some exposure and experience in getting a finished product out, send me an email at brian @ gravyboy.com (except delete the spaces in the address) or, if you're going to be at HeroesCon this weekend, stop by the GravyBoy table and talk to us!

 

-Brian

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June 8, 2004

 

  My server generates a list of keywords that people have used on search engines that led them to gravyboy.com.  A few months ago I wrote a blog on Tranzor Z commenting how his female counterpart launched her breasts as missiles.  

 

By typing that last sentence I have ensure a steady stream of people searching for "Aphrodite A breast missiles".  There are, apparently, quite a few people interested in that.

 

But so far today my favorite has been "tractor trailer cab toilet".   

 

I have no idea what I typed to earn that honor.  

 

But I am honored.

  

-Brian

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June 6, 2004

 

  We're getting everything together for HeroesCon next weekend.  If you're going to be there, stop by our table and say hello!  

 

Harry Potter was really good.  The only complaint I have is that the previews sucked.  In fact, I can't remember what any of them were.  No wait, there was one about Santa.  Yep.  Just want I want in the beginning of summer...to be reminded of the inevitable coming of winter.

 

But that's my only complaint.  The movie was really good.  Go out and see it.

 

-Brian

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June 4, 2004

 

  Tonight I'm going to see Harry Potter.  I remember, in the days of yore, working in the duplication department at my old job, when one of our regular clients (a preacher) sent in his sermon on how Harry Potter was teaching children everything they needed to know in order to practice witchcraft.

 

He spent a good 90 minutes belaboring and bemoaning with examples out of the Bible against witchcraft, stories from people who had practiced witchcraft, and just the general effects the evils of witchcraft can have on the lives of you and yours.

 

The only problem was that it was obvious he had never cracked open any of the Harry Potter books.

 

I think anyone who argues that Harry Potter is of the devil has a right to their opinion.  But come on people, at least READ the book.  I myself am a Christian.  I don't think witchcraft is a good thing.  But the witchcraft in Harry Potter is a different thing than what we call witchcraft here in the real world.  Harry Potter is a fictional craft.  A fictional craft in a fictional world.  

 

There's book out (so I have discovered) that's a steamy romance novel about a guy named Brian Shearer.  Waitaminute!  I'm Brian Shearer!  Crap.  So, should I feel guilty or should I have problems with the book because I never did the things written in it?  Also, I've never read the book, maybe I've done things I don't know about!  Perhaps the book is teaching people everything they need to know in order to live out my life.

 

What a dilemma.

 

Anyway, the point is that there is a point where the events, characters, and actions within a fictional story have to be judged by the world that the story resides in.  

 

In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy learning how to apparate this evening.

 

-Brian

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June 3, 2004

 

  The Eagle has landed!

 

Gravyboy Issue 0 is now on sale.  Check it out!

 

 

 

-Brian

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June 2, 2004

 

  A few months ago I was designing a character for GravyBoy.  The day after I settled on a design I went to the store and found this character working the 10 items or less checkout line.  

 

Odd. 

 

Maybe I had seen her before and sub-consciously used her as a reference.  It's possible.

 

Monday Marty and I were at a local baseball game when I looked up and saw another character of mine coming up the stands.  There is a character (introduced in issue 0) that wears nurse scrubs, has a long mullet, and wears a stethoscope around his neck.  He not a nurse, this is just his thing.

 

At the game, walking up the stairs was this guy.

 

Scrubs?  Check.

Mullet?  Check.

STETHOSCOPE AROUND NECK?  Check.

Wearing all this in public?    Check.

 

I've got some funky freak-o-riffic mojo going on here.  Because I KNOW I never saw that guy before.  

 

And yet he exists...due to the sheer power of my art.

 

Freaky.

 

 

-Brian

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