Nov 2010 | 33 pages | CBR | 13 MB
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Colorwheel of Fortune
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If you wake up enough to crawl over to a window and take a peek out the window, you may notice it's the weekend. That can mean only one thing on this blog – a Sunday comic post. But wait, today I've posted TWO Sunday comics! One from now and one from the past. Yes, this blog has time-travel capabilities.
The first difference you may notice in these cartoon is the pictures and captions are completely different. That's because I try (with varying success) not to copy myself. But look closer and you'll see deeper differences. Like color. In the cartoon above, the colors are nice. In the cartoon below, they are bad, ugly, hideous, flat, brash, rotten, crappy, garish, heinous, horrific, vomitous, nauseating, (consult Thesaurus to continue.)
That's because this older cartoon was drawn in 1999, just before I learned to color my cartoons on computer, instead of the old-fashioned method used by everyone from the turn of the nineteenth century until the computer age, designating each area with a number that represents the percentage of each of the available colors: red, yellow, blue, black. It was primitive and lord only knows how we managed in those days. We may as well have been coloring them with sticks dipped in plant dies in a log cabin by candlelight next to Abe Lincoln.
I do, however, like the line work in the older cartoon. Check out the hair of the victim's wife at far right, the one in the calamitous chartreuse outfit. I dig those curls.
A bit of fun backstory: I got an email from the offices of Wheel of Fortune (WoF, as we hardcore fans call it) and they liked this cartoon so much they would like an autographed copy to frame for their offices. What an honor. I wrote a book in the mid-90s about a book tour I took which was funded by readers and during which I stayed in their homes. In this book, "Bizarro Among the Savages," my driving force was spiritual advice given me by Pat Sajak. It was a true story. To my great dismay, no one from Sajak's office, or those of WoF ever contacted me about it. But then, the greatest spiritual leaders always prefer to remain in the background.
Friday, 1 October 2010
Friday Night Fights: Groo vs. An Army
A plan? We don't need no stinkin' plan. It's a Free-for-All!
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Amazon Top 50
Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this morning. All the previous caveats apply.
1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth *
2 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
3 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
4 (-). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
5 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
6 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
7 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
8 (+3). Odd Is on Our Side *
9 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
10 (N). X-Men: Second Coming
11 (+6). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
12 (-2). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
13 (-1). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale *
14 (+7). The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1975-1978 (Vol. 13-14) *
15 (+7). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
16 (+10). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
17 (-4). Walking Dead Volume 12
18 (N). Four Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s *
19 (N). American Vampire Vol. 1 *
20 (+3). Lost at Sea
21 (-5). Troublemaker Book 1: Alex Barnaby Series 3
22 (-7). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight *
23 (-3). Hetalia Axis Powers Volume 1
24 (-6). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
25 (+8). The Walking Dead, Book 6 *
26 (-11). The Cloud Searchers (Amulet)
27 (+5). Naruto, Vol. 49 *
28 (-3). Watchmen
29 (N). Berserk Volume 34
30 (-11). Kick-Ass
31 (+9). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
32 (+9). Blackest Night
33 (-3). Empowered Volume 6 *
34 (+12). The Walking Dead Book 5
35 (-8). Dark Tower: The Battle of Jericho Hill
36 (-22). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
37 (+10). V for Vendetta
38 (-14). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
39 (-8). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
40 (-3). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
41 (+4). American Born Chinese
42 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 1
43 (+7). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
44 (R). Green Lantern: Blackest Night
45 (N). Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy HC
46 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
47 (-9). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
48 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
49 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 2
50 (R). The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects
Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.
N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks
Commentary:
* Yup, the new Wimpy Kid is still at the top of the chart, and at #9 on the overall list. The deeply-discounted Scott Pilgrim volumes clock in at #34, 35, 36, 37, 39 & 41 on the overall list. Dog Days is at #299. The bottom of the list is at #3,064 on the overall chart.
* A surprisingly high debut for X-Men: Second Coming at #10. I don't think an X-Men volume has ever placed so high before. Other debuts include Four Color Fear, American Vampire, Berserk, and Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy.
* Just one month out from the TV series debut, interest in The Walking Dead remains strong; the property takes up eight of the slots in this week's chart.
* The list was remarkably 'clean' this week; I only had to remove one item for not actually being a comic (last week it was at least ten!)
1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5: The Ugly Truth *
2 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together
3 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 3: Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness
4 (-). Scott Pilgrim Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour
5 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 2: Scott Pilgrim Versus The World
6 (-). Scott Pilgrim, Vol. 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
7 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
8 (+3). Odd Is on Our Side *
9 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
10 (N). X-Men: Second Coming
11 (+6). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
12 (-2). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future
13 (-1). Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale *
14 (+7). The Complete Peanuts Boxed Set 1975-1978 (Vol. 13-14) *
15 (+7). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
16 (+10). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
17 (-4). Walking Dead Volume 12
18 (N). Four Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s *
19 (N). American Vampire Vol. 1 *
20 (+3). Lost at Sea
21 (-5). Troublemaker Book 1: Alex Barnaby Series 3
22 (-7). Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 7: Twilight *
23 (-3). Hetalia Axis Powers Volume 1
24 (-6). Dork Diaries 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
25 (+8). The Walking Dead, Book 6 *
26 (-11). The Cloud Searchers (Amulet)
27 (+5). Naruto, Vol. 49 *
28 (-3). Watchmen
29 (N). Berserk Volume 34
30 (-11). Kick-Ass
31 (+9). Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life
32 (+9). Blackest Night
33 (-3). Empowered Volume 6 *
34 (+12). The Walking Dead Book 5
35 (-8). Dark Tower: The Battle of Jericho Hill
36 (-22). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
37 (+10). V for Vendetta
38 (-14). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
39 (-8). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
40 (-3). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
41 (+4). American Born Chinese
42 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 1
43 (+7). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
44 (R). Green Lantern: Blackest Night
45 (N). Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy HC
46 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain
47 (-9). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
48 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
49 (R). The Walking Dead, Book 2
50 (R). The Amazing Screw-On Head and Other Curious Objects
Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.
N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks
Commentary:
* Yup, the new Wimpy Kid is still at the top of the chart, and at #9 on the overall list. The deeply-discounted Scott Pilgrim volumes clock in at #34, 35, 36, 37, 39 & 41 on the overall list. Dog Days is at #299. The bottom of the list is at #3,064 on the overall chart.
* A surprisingly high debut for X-Men: Second Coming at #10. I don't think an X-Men volume has ever placed so high before. Other debuts include Four Color Fear, American Vampire, Berserk, and Star Wars: Dark Empire Trilogy.
* Just one month out from the TV series debut, interest in The Walking Dead remains strong; the property takes up eight of the slots in this week's chart.
* The list was remarkably 'clean' this week; I only had to remove one item for not actually being a comic (last week it was at least ten!)
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