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Conventional Wisdom: Ret-Con 2023 - page 1

Because after the scramble to get working speakers in the first place, time was running short and adrenaline w...

Weekly Anime Comics: Macross - page 8

Um, spoilers?  I guess?

Then again, even if you haven't already seen Macross, ANY reasonably genre-savvy viewer would watch episode 8 and instantly think "Oh wow, that Kakizaki guy is SO...

Weekly Anime Comics: Macross - page 7

I mean, I'm just saying, if it were ME designing a huge Mars base, it'd try to make it at least a BIT more inconvenient to deliberately set the whole thing to self-destruct.  Like, it would ne...

Weekly Anime Comics: Macross - page 6

I mean, I know they made A video game out of Macross, 2023-05-04 03:59:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Weekly Anime Comics: Macross - page 5

Hey, you gotta find whatever little victories in life that you can.

And speaking of not putting in much effort, it really amused me that somebody actually went through all of the trouble to p...

Jenna & the Fanclub from Planet Heart Throb - page 65

I should be more concerned than I am about how easy, let alone funny, I find it to write dialog this pointlessly, needlessly, openly mean-spirited.

Weekly Anime Comics: Macross - page 4

I joke, but that freakin' fish really is one of the first things I always remember about Macross for some reason.  See also 2023-04-20 01:09:32 +0000 UTC View Post

Weekly Anime Comics: Macross - page 3

...and I didn't even mention the bit about the big weapons platforms our title ship was supposed to dock with getting blown up before they could even combine.  That's like if Voltron ...

A Matter of Black and White - chapter 2

The central hub of the original colony complex was designed to be given over entirely to communal recreation and social interaction, outfitted with all the best games and literature and art and pla...

Weekly Anime Comics: Macross - page 2

...I mean, it's obviously not ENTIRELY that.  Roy alone exhibits the competence of, like, four normal men.  But still, there is something perversely fascinating about the sheer number of ...

Jenna & the Fanclub from Planet Heart Throb - page 64

"Meh, that's the just the heiress of a fantastically wealthy family with massive geopolitical influence.  BOOOOORING."

Far Out There: MadLib 5 - page 10

Putting your mecha on autonomous mode during a zombie-smashing competition is like doing a speed run with cheat codes on.

Weekly Anime Comics: Macross - page 1

Okay, now we REALLY start doing episode one... and you can tell this is a show I've got a lot of history with, because I first watched it back when I actually LIKED finding out about the production...

Weekly Anime Comics: Macross - page 0

I mean, let's be honest here, I love Macross and everything, but there IS a case to be made for it representing a tipping point in terms of anime pandering to the otaku crowd.  Not th...

BONUS Anime Comic: Neo-Tokyo - page 5

It should surprise absolutely NOBODY who reads anything I make that, out of the two, The Jetsons: The Movie has a much larger and more influential place in my personal film experience than...

BONUS Anime Comic: Neo-Tokyo - page 4

...granted, that's at least partially because I've always SUCKED at Wipeout in its various incarnations.  But still, if they made a Wipeout motion picture, I could easily imagine it being "The...

BONUS Anime Comic: Neo-Tokyo - page 3

It's this song.

No joke, I legitimately thought this was one of those Kevin MacLeod stock music snippets fo...

BONUS Anime Comic: Neo-Tokyo - page 2

Eh, screw it.  Not only are all the pages inked and scanned at this point, but I got this one done last night, and as I write this, the THIRD comic more than halfway done.  I'll just char...

BONUS Anime Comic: Neo-Tokyo - page 1

It's a bonus, both because this is in addition to the coming Macross comics, and because I still haven't worked out for sure if these will be comic out on a weekly basis or not!  I've...

Weekly Anime Comic: Slayers Next - page 26

If I had the time, I'd totally try to edit up an AMV of clips of the Slayers intro set to "Cruel Angel's Thesis" just to prove my point... but these comics have been running too late as it is.

Weekly Anime Comics - MACROSS WINS!

AND WE HAVE A WINNER!  After a tight race with Cowboy Bebop, I can officially announce that Super Dimension Fortress Macross is officially our next Weekly Anime Comic series!...

Weekly Anime Comic: Slayers Next - page 25

Insert line about how becoming a patron helps insure that I never have to work at one of THESE again.

And speaking of which, IT'S YOUR LAT CHANCE TO VOTE ON WHAT THE NEW WEEKLY ANIME COMIC SE...

10 WESTERN Songs I Wish Were Anime Themes - part 10

I’ve noticed a surprising number of my “carefully considered anime theme picks” also happen to be “the very first song I ever heard by that artist.” And yes, this is another one of those ...

Jenna & the Fanclub from Planet Heart Throb - page 63

That's the most important union in the entire entertainment industry.  EVERYBODY'S a part of it!

Far Out There: MadLib 5 - page 9

The real question is: did Ichabod even tell the Mecha-Wombat rental establishment what he was planning to use it for in the first place?

Weekly Anime Comic: Slayers Next - episode 24

I will never turn down a chance to mash 80s/90s anime and 70s/80s exploitation movies into a single, sleazy whole.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY: 2023-02-23 01:50:59 +0000 UTC View Post

We have a winner! (for one of them, at least)

That's right, the voting is over! ...for the second poll that only upper tier patrons got in on.  In case you missed it: since I accidentally set the next Weekly Anime Comic poll so that EVERY...

Weekly Anime Comics: Slayers Next - episode 23

Yes, I know I already pointed out the obvious once before... BUT THEY MAKE IT SO EASY!  Like, that...

Weekly Anime Comics: Slayers Next - episode 22

I mean, who can tolerate somebody constantly making jokes about a show you're trying to watch?  Don't you just HATE that?

Also, I just want to freely admit that it took about five minute...

Conventional Wisdom: Wake Forest Mini Comic Con 2022

I started to say "That's Summer in The South," but that's also most of the Spring and Fall and random stretches of Winter too. Just a year-long armpit to the face.

So, you'll notice a conspic...