rest in peace

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I just heard that one of the biggest comic artists in the post image era, Michael Turner, has just passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was only 37. I'm kinda... I dunno. I do wish I was at the Wizard World Comic Convention (which is happening) right now, to be with colleagues and friends to remember a fellow comicker. I remember as a teenager picking up Witchblade #1 and thinking how much ass it kicked.

RIP, MLT.

ADC

More groundbreaking than the Wii?

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If you know me, you know I don't think that Nintendo's little white messiah box, the Wii, is all that ground breaking. It's kinda archaic. The sixaxis on the PS3 impresses me more from a technological standpoint. But Microsoft seems to be plotting a move that could be truly ground breaking to the games industry.

The rumor that has surfaced indicates that MS could be licensing xBox360 tech to third parties, who in turn would create new HARDWARE, that would play 360 software. That's basically like how Sony, or whoever invented the Compact Disk format, allowing everyone and their grandma to make their own CD players. "Same difference" with the BluRay.

This could really give the 360 some longevity against the onslaught/juggernaught that is the PS3, which Sony touts having a 10 year lifespan. If anyone could by a cheap ass video game system that plays 360 discs, that ensures a huge market share for that software, and essentially elevates the 360 format above the others, kinda making it the "official" video game format. Like a CD, or I guess mp3 now, the official music format.

Just look at the format war between Bluray and HDDVD, or whatever it's acronym is. Bluray essentially won by having more supporters in the form of studios and players. If the xbox360 format can be easily played on a variety of cheap consoles, this balloons it's market share, and more developers will want to create software for it.

dayum!

adc

am i less of a man if...

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I admit to getting slightly moved by the end of a video game?

I just finished Metal Gear Solid 4, in my opinion an instant classic, if not one of the greatest games ever created. And I have to say, there's a part near the end where I could feel myself on the cusp of choking up. Yes, I was moved by a video game! What of it? What?</end gangsta style machismo>

I should preface this by saying MGS is my most fave game series of all time.

Does that make it better? No?

Shut up!

ADC

-ps- not to spoil, but the game has the most brilliant implementation of the button mash ever. So, so good.

The viper is coming! The viper is coming!

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Remember that joke? From humble beginnings in schoolyard comedy, this joke became the basis for an episode of GI JOE.

yeah, I know, I'm not making sense. There's a guy, hanging outside of the window of my apartment. A window washer, I presume. Blasting water at the floor to ceiling windows around the perimeter of my entire suite. And this curious happening brings to mind a joke from my youth, where someone gets a message that "the viper" is coming, at 3:00 (arbitrarily picked time). So the protagonists of the joke is all freaking out, cuz "the viper" is coming. So, the clock strikes 3:00, and it's not "the viper", but the window "wiper". Get it? Get it?? (I know, I totally didn't tell it right. But dammit Jim, I'm not a doctor! I'm a mere comicker, not a comedian!)

And this became the premise for a classic episode of G.I. Joe. ?(Read the transcript here) Which rocked. They had some great, messed up stories back in the day.

What happened to cartoons?

le sigh.

ADC

MGS4. Great game,...? or Greatest game?

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I've only played the first act, and I'm leaning toward the latter...

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ummmm... hello?

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So, yeah. I'm utterly failing blog class. My apologies for absences as of late, I will yet again try to rectify this with frequent updates, which will hopefully include more art, followed by the obligatory disappearance of the face of the earth in a few month. This disappearance, in turn, will be followed by a subsequent (do I need "subsequent", if I've already typed "in turn"?) return to form, and the cycle continues like a perpetual motion machine, minus the discovery of a renewable energy source.

The past few months have been a whirlwind. Without getting into specifics, allow me to use one paragraph to sum it all up.

Amid all the work beeswax and what not, life has been getting hectic, and shows no signs of slowing. Yes, work has unexpectedly picked up, throwing various freelance work in and out of loop. And even with the jobs picking up, I'm still in a position financially where I must seek out crazy amounts of work just to float the show. I spent the better part of last month moving to a new apartment, which also means moving my home office. This is a relentless, punishing task. next time, I'm just hiring people to move all my crap, which isn't a lot, and it is at the same time. I had visits from out of town family multiple times in the past few weeks, good times also peppered with good news of friends getting engaged and what not. Or course, my own good news notwithstanding, which is the new that I'm going to be the proud dad of twins in a few months, which lends even more credence to the fact that life is getting more hectic, and shows no signs of slowing.

Never the less, I strive on. I pledge to keep Kissing Chaos: 'Til I die running, even while I'm knee deep in dirty diapers and sleepless nights. How will I accomplish such a feat, you may ask? By having friends, and random artists do some guest spots on my web comic. I'll still write every word of the story, but before years end there will be a few chapters drawn by guest artists, TBD! I'm really excited to see what my buddies can do with KC.

The wrangling up of artists is still a work in progress, so I can't name names, but I will eventually...

So, yeah, that's my last few months in a nutshell.

Here's what's been keeping me sane:

1)new music from Weezer, Mates of State, NERD , Holy Fuck and many more...

2)old music from Rilo Kiley, Stars, Nickel Creek and more...

3)The movies PRIMER and SUSPENSION

4)Air conditioning during the heat wave

5) Counting down the days til June 12, the release of METAL GEAR SOLID 4!!!

ADC