Hey, guys. Don’t forget to listen in to The Triple Feature talkcast tonight at 9:00 p.m. CST over at TalkShoe. You can either stream the show live or download the TalkShoe client that lets you participate in the show by leaving messages in the chat room or calling in and talking to us LIVE!

I didn’t get a chance to help out with last week’s show, but I downloaded a copy of the show from iTunes and Multiplex author Gordon McAlpin did a great job filling in as moderator while I was away. Kudos as well to Joe Dunn from Joe Loves Crappy Movies for making it a great show!

This week we’ll be talking about Zodiac and the films of David Fincher. Also (although I haven’t cleared it with Gordon and Joe) I imagine I’ll be railroading the conversation with stories about Henry and his introduction to the world. So if you want to call in and ask me questions about the experience, I will certainly indulge it!

It’s been two weeks since Henry was born and I view tonight’s talkcast as well as my return to a thrice-weekly comic schedule as a re-introduction into our (digital) society. Be there!

Do you guys ever get the itch to see a movie you haven’t seen or thought about in years?

I was driving to work this morning, the clouds were gray and it was drizzling. Aimee Mann’s rendition of “One” came across my iPod and I thought to myself “I think I want to watch Magnolia when I get home from work today.”

I can’t describe the feeling accurately, but it felt like an itch in my brain stem. Magnolia was a movie that Cami and I had seen in the theater that left me dazzled. A few months later, the movie gathered this negative buzz for being pretentious and I kind of lost the will to settle in for an extended period and watch it again. When it came out on DVD, I bought it anyway because I’m a Paul Thomas Anderson fan and a completionist when it comes to my movie collection. Shamefully, I admit I’ve never watched it since purchasing it.

But now I have the itch and I think I really want to see it again. I might fast-forward through the Tom Cruise-as-sex-guru pieces because, frankly, I don’t want to take my sense of disbelief for that long of a walk. But the rest of the ensemble performances I thought were excellent and I kind of have this new found respect for John C. Reilly after Talladega Nights and his cameo performance as Sasquatch during the hallucination sequence from Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny.

Of course, if this rain tapers off, I might slip out of the quasi-depressed mood required to make watching Magnolia a truly rich experience. So we’ll see…

Okay, I need some direct feedback on this. I’m a little self-concious and I need to see if people will recognize the person I’ve drawn for a t-shirt I’m putting together.



DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS MAN?

I don’t want to provide any clues as to who it is or why I’m drawing him. I just want to know if people looking at it will immediately recognize him and say "Oh, that’s so-and-so!" Otherwise, the joke in the shirt I’m designing won’t work at all.



So, who do you think this is? Leave your comments below!

Check back with me later in morning for a more in-detail blog. Right now it’s about 1:00 AM and I am totally fried.



I tried finishing up my comic while I was on Henry-duty and the little guy didn’t make it easy for me. First he had a wet diaper. I changed him and put him down. Then he had a poopy diaper. Another change and back to bed. Then he spit up. So I changed his outfit and started rocking him to calm him down. Then another enormous poop and another diaper change. This all happened with about the span of 15 minutes. So then I just decided to kick back with him for a while and wait for him to tucker out. About an hour later, I was able to put the finishing touches on the comic.



But the comic is done now and here for you to enjoy. Like I said, come back a little later this morning. I have a few important issues I want to disccus.