September 2004 Blog Archive
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September
29, 2004
Have I told you that I
hate politics?
I do. Hate it with a
passion. Whether we're talking about a national election, international
affairs, or whining because your boss is going out to lunch with one
employee over another, I detest politics.
I bring this up only
because I have noticed a trend in this election year (a particularly
heated year, I'm told) for people to talk about politics who have no
good justification for doing so other than the reality that they have an
audience. This year I have heard the political opinions of entertainers,
bloggers, comedians, newscasters and not a few entertainment columnists who
have interrupted their normal, informative and/or entertaining offerings
in order to provide political rhetoric and opinion (generally
regurgitated from the party line of one side or the other).
I think I wouldn't mind
people expressing their opinions in these mediums as much if they
offered more than a rallying cry for the like-minded to the exclusion of
those 'on the other side.' A fair and balanced blog that objectively
presented the facts about a candidate or a party may hold my interest if
not my passion. Generally, though, I look to my entertainers for
entertainment and if I go to a comic book site, I'd rather
find less information about the skeletons in the congressional closet
and more about comics.
But then, maybe that's
what you came here for, too. And maybe it's just late and I'm just
cranky.
In the end there's only
one expression of your political leanings that really matters anyway -
the voting booth.
So vote for Bush, vote for
Kerry, vote for Nader, vote for Barbie or Candidate Zero or even Ross
Perot - write a blog about it if you want to. Just make sure it's
clearly labeled as political so I can make an informed decision about
reading it.
-
Marty
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September
22, 2004
These
last few days have been gorgeous. I even managed to go take a walk
on the trails that I used to walk during my lunch our. It's pretty
cool to be able to walk them without having to 1) watch the clock to
make sure I'm back in an hour and 2) being able to come home and still
enjoy the sunlight rather than shut myself back up inside a
warehouse.
In
other news, you may remember that we mentioned talking with some inkers
at HeroesCon in June about inking the next issue of GravyBoy. We
were working with one of them, but unfortunately he had some personal
issue come up and isn't going to be able to ink it...so I'll be honing
my skills as an inker once again. Which is okay, really, because I
like inking.
As
far as when it'll be available, we're still shooting for October.
Cross your fingers.
-Brian
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September
21, 2004
So, Jessica Alba is
slated to be Sue Storm in the upcoming Fantastic Four Movie. I'm taking
a wait-and-see on that one. There is no doubt in my mind that Jessica
can kick butt with the best of them (as
seen in the too-short-lived Dark Angel series) and that she's got the
chops to play a super-heroine; I just have a problem with it being THIS
super-heroine. To me, Jessica Alba is this young, sassy, no-holds-barred
kind of strong feminine lead - Elektra, Troia, Catwoman, etc.
Sue has always seemed more... well... more like someone's mother. A
light-hearted, cheerful mother at that. Alba has pulled out some tight
acting in the past, though - so it's wait-and-see.
I just want this movie to be a good one. Super flicks seem to be coming
into their own lately - even garnering their own spoof (a la Scary
Movie), Superhero!. It's an exciting time to be into comics and
I'd hate to see the potential wasted on products that are less than what
a comic book movie should be... awe-inspiring.
-
Marty
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September
14, 2004
Soon
Marty will have a Dragon*Con review up. Hold your breath.
Issue
1 is still on schedule for October. We're may use a new printer
since we found what seems to be a good deal. We'll have to test it
out anyway, hopefully it'll be as good as it sounds.
I
guess I need to start thinking about the cover and what I want to put on
there. I'm thinking a red background on this one...
-Brian
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September
8, 2004
Atlanta was a fun
little journey into the surreal. Up until the last minute, we weren't
sure whether we were going to make it at all due to various factors (not
the least of which was a little gust of wind by the name of Frances)
that seemed to be coalescing to ensure we did not make the journey to
the land of sun and sci-fi. In the end, though, we made the long drive
and were initiated into the world of the Dragon*Con.
We'll put a full review up in the next few days, but I will say that we
spent 14 hours on Saturday treading the pathways between the sponsoring
hotels - dodging vampires, robots, Muppets and Storm Troopers along the
way - and we still didn't see it all. It was an experience I won't
soon forget - at least until I can get the review up, I hope.
It goes to show, though -
if you live in your own little world long enough, someone's bound to pay
you to let them in for a peek.
-
Marty
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September
3, 2004
Well,
we're off to Atlanta to check out DragonCon.
Unfortunately it looks like we'll only be down for one day, which by
the sound of things won't be really enough time to take it all
in. We'll be handing out some free mini comic previews of
GravyBoy Issue 0 and maybe a few comics. Speaking of that, I
discovered today that it's about time to reprint Issue 0...just in
time to print Issue 1. Fortunately, I think the first book has
gotten pretty close to breaking even. Well, that's not really true
since we'll have to take that money and turn right around use that
money to reprint...and then sink our own money again into printing
Issue 1. Labors of Love...gotta...well...love them.
See
you on Monday!
-Brian
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