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Thu, May. 8th, 2008, 03:42 pm
Toy commercail lies
For some nostalgia inspired reason I watched about two dozen of these things on youtube and one thing became clear. These old toy commercials fall into one of two categories. They either feature kids recreating a memorable scene from the movies OR they're just a bunch of made up madness that has absolutely nothing to do with what happened in the Star Wars movies. It's this second type which (for some reason) annoyed me. I mean Leia in her Bosh disguise going to Endor? What ruse are you children attempting to perpetrate on me? That never happened…you liars. I guess you could attribute it to children using their vast imaginations to justify these fabricated farces. But not me. I will simply attribute them to negligence on the part of the ad agency who no doubt wrote these commercials without ever having seen the movies. For shame…for shame. Mon, May. 5th, 2008, 03:31 pm
the 90s me
Everyone else is doing it so I guess I will too…sigh  So this is me circa 1994-1996ish. Pretty embarrassing. Most people who knew me then would not recognize me now. I wasn't really thrilled about doing this (and I didn't spend much time on it) but it turned out to be pretty fun. Thu, May. 1st, 2008, 07:03 pm
You know you want it
 Okay. So this isn't just awesome cause it's a remote control zombie. As awesome as that is. You see this disturbing toy is REALLY awesome because you control it with his "brain remote". Classic. Sun, Apr. 27th, 2008, 06:14 pm
About time, Ninjasaur
 I (finally) put up a new Ninjasaur today. Sorry it's been so long but with finishing Gruff and my mac (and or my Photoshop) dying on me, it took me a while to get back to the dinosaur vs french emperor battle we've all been waiting for. Mon, Apr. 21st, 2008, 10:54 pm
read it
 I finally read the Nevermen by Philip Amara and Guy Davis. It was crazy, retro, and awesome. I've enjoyed Guy's art in B.R.P.D. for some time but this was the first none-B.R.P.D. Davis work that I've checked out. It was seriously good. After I finished it I literally reread almost the entire trade. Sun, Apr. 20th, 2008, 10:09 pm
Grufftovers
I've got some Gruff #1's left from Fluke if anyone would like to purchase them.  The issue contains 26 pages of story as well as the Billy Goat Gruff folktale and a map! You can Paypal me at: newjasonhorn (at) gmail (dot) com I also have some of the Billy Goat Gruff preview comic (the comic that became Gruff) as well as my two Ninjasaur mini-comics from last year. Prices are listed below. Add .50 cents to each comic for U.S. shipping (add $1.50 for any size order for overseas shipping) Gruff-$6.00 Billy Goat Gruff (preview)-$5.00 Ninjasaur#1-$3.00 Ninjasaur#2-$5.00 Fri, Apr. 18th, 2008, 10:14 pm
Fluke!
 Fluke was (as usual) fluketastic! This was my third year and as usual I got to meet some great cartoonists. The first year I meet ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) dryponder, last year I met Chris Schweizer, and this year I got to meet Mike Maihack. Mike doesn't like condiments on food (like me!) So he rocks.  Me and Dean I sold more this year than ever. Thanks to all that picked up Gruff and my Ninjasaur minis. The highlight of the show was my friends Ben and Bethany surprising me by showing up (they live in Austin but were visiting family). I didn't get to pick up too much stuff this year, but I got a mini from Mike as well as Joey Weiser's new book. After the show I picked up some graphic novels at Bizzaro Wuxtry (thanks to the gift certificate from Ben & Bethany). I got Michel Rabagliati's Paul Goes Fishing and Seth's It's A Good Life, If You Don't Weaken. The next day, Dean took me to the flea market and I picked up an old C.C. Beck Shazam! Reprint. All in all, a great weekend for comic lovers. Fri, Apr. 11th, 2008, 01:26 pm
Fluke ready!
 Gruff is coming to a Fluke near you. Well near you if you're near Athens. Here's a nice clean pic of the cover since my last pic of the issues was blurry. So I'm packing up and heading for Fluke with dryponder and our wives. The weather is NOT good, but it's supposed to get better. Hope everyone has a safe journey. Tue, Apr. 8th, 2008, 06:28 pm
Gruff is here!
  I spent the weekend folding and assembling the first issue of Gruff. It's SO good to be done with it. I made up enough for Fluke. I'll post later about getting one through the mail if you're interested. Mon, Apr. 7th, 2008, 03:56 pm
Tori news!
 As I said in a earlier post, I wrote a story for the upcoming Tori Amos comic anthology. dryponder is working on the art now. There's an article about it on CBR that gives some new details. Details such as someone is doing a story from a song on Y Kant Tori read! If you're a Tori fan like me that will mean something to you. I wrote my bio for the back of the book today. It was a very odd experience. I'll be SO happy to finally get to read everyone's story. It would have been great just to have this book, but the fact that I got to work on it still blows my mind to bits. Sun, Apr. 6th, 2008, 06:56 pm
Yeah, I'll admitt it
  So...I'm a nerd. Most of you probably already knew that. But I have recently ascended to new levels of nerdness. Since I was a kid I have been intrigued by Ralph McQuarrie's Star Wars concept art. Seeing his painting was the first time I realized that an artist had to create all those wonderful images that were brought to life on screen. When I found out that Hasbro was making action figures (yeah that's what they're called) based on McQuarrie's designs, I knew my nerdness needed to go up at least one more notch. And...they're awesome. I swore off buying action figures a while ago but I had to make an exception for these. Judge me if you will. Fri, Apr. 4th, 2008, 10:31 pm
What I'm a doing.
I am currently doing the flats for the coloring of an AWESOME comic. Not sure if it matters if I say what it is but I'll post more later about it. But it is seriously awesome. Take whatever awesomeness you're thinking of and times that by, like, seventy-five or something. And the coolest thing is…if you're lucky you'll be able to get this comic for free! Did I mention it is awesome.
Also: Frakin' BattleStar was great. Fri, Mar. 28th, 2008, 03:47 pm
What could happen??
A friend of mine at work was going through some of my records. Yes I have a record player at work. I also have and IPOD. I am full of contrasts. (For those of you too young to remember, music used to be played on large black vinyl discs called...records.)
Anyway, she said that she had the sound track to the Wizard of Oz. I asked her what would happen if you played her Wizard of Oz record while watching Pink Flyod's The Wall. My assumption is that your head would explode. Thu, Mar. 27th, 2008, 09:29 pm
I remember that
I was reading a Jeff Smith interview the other day and he mentioned The Anti-Gravity Room. Does anyone else out there in indie comicland remember that show? It was how I first discovered a lot of my first indie comics like Too Much Coffee Man and what not. Mon, Mar. 17th, 2008, 03:35 pm
Gruff
Still inking my 26 page first issue of Gruff. Only 1.5 pages left! Here's the pencils and inks for page 11.   Wed, Mar. 5th, 2008, 10:28 pm
so busy
So...sorry no posts for some time (I'm not convinced anyone would mind).
I've been very busy inking the first "official" issue of Gruff.
I'm done with about 20 pages. Hope to be done by Fluke!
Making comics is back breaking work...literally. Sun, Feb. 24th, 2008, 08:59 pm
Art rules
 I've been pretty disappointed in DC lately, but the new Tiny Titans book by Art Baltazar and Franco was just a great, fun book! I highly recommend it for kids and it's awesome for adults as well. The art just blows me away. The simple character designs are wonderful and the fact that any Titan past or present can show up is a great idea. And Art Baltazar is an awesome dude. Check out this sketch of Ninjasaur! that he did for me at Baltimorecon last year.  Mon, Feb. 11th, 2008, 06:19 pm
New Ninjasaur Badie
 Here's a rough character design for an up coming Ninjasaur strip. I think his name is Char. I'm still working on him so not sure if this is what he'll wind up looking like. Sun, Feb. 3rd, 2008, 09:35 pm
Napolean Strikes!
 You knew it had to happen some day... probably not. But Ninjasaur is facing off against France's most famous Emperor...Napoleon! Check it out. Fri, Feb. 1st, 2008, 10:59 pm
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