When you’re down and out, feeling low

I have a folder of bookmarks just for silly bits that will cheer me up in an instant. The main one I turn to in moments of stress is, of course, khaaan.com. James Lileks’ “Yeargh!” is great for a smile. Chewbacca singing Silent Night was my last addition to the list after I posted it in December.

And now there’s the Muslim Rave Party Sensation.

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Mike Hutchison isn’t too late to get the deal!

From Scott Kurtz today

We’re only 2 weeks away from the season premiere of PvP: The Series.. Kris, myself and everyone at Blind Ferret have been really knocking ourselves out trying to make this as cool as we can.

If you want to subscribe to the series, it’s still $20 for the entire season up until the day of the premiere. So now’s the time to sign up at the reduced price.

Guys, this project is probably the most exciting thing that I have ever worked on. Not only is it a ton of fun, but we’re getting a ton of experience that I couldn’t have paid for with a college education. It’s just really an exciting time for Kris and I.

I thought I would go through the process of putting one of these shorts together and share with you guys all the steps we go through. This is, of course, a very abridged version of this.

The emphasis is mine.

I still think it’s an incredibly bad deal, and I’ll go through the math of it later when it goes to thirty dollars to sign up.

You didn’t miss anything Hutch.

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Sure, It’s Pretty, But is it Comics?

Fellows like Neal Adams, who are tremendous artists and work from photographs so they get very realistic, are not drawing in a style that (to me) is the best for comic books.

– Shelly Moldoff, Alter Ego v.2 # 5

It could be comics if those who know how to paint also knew how to tell a story! Who knew what pacing was, and didn’t just jam a lot of pretty pictures together into a page, pages, and call it a story, continuity! It ain’t!

– Alex Toth on painted comics, Comic Book Artist # 10

I think that Steve McNiven, the penciller for Marvel’s Civil War, is a very, very talented illustrator. His figures might be a little stiff, but they have a certain weight to them, a solidity: as if they’ve been carved out of stone. The costumes look real and worn; it’s nice to see the seams of Wolverine’s mask, and the little dings in Iron Man’s armour. And I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone pay so much attention to lips before. Real honest-to-God pink lips on men and women alike, some of them carefully adorned with the small lines we all have. It makes me want to reach into the comic and give them all some chapstick.

I think Steve McNiven is a terrific illustrator. (I certainly can’t draw nearly as well as he can.)

But I think he’s a truly awful storyteller.

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