Archive for August, 2007
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I can say in all honesty that basing Tom’s visual look around Bart Simpson is a fabrication. But the eerie similarities were not something I noticed until just recently.
There was no real motivation behind giving Tom a spiky haircut except that it was the hairstyle I wore at the time I did the character models. He wears an orange shirt because orange is the most visible color in the spectrum.
No great mystery, but it’s fun to play with the idea a little.
I don’t have much more to add about The Simpsons Movie except that I recently read this article titled “5 Reasons Why The Simpsons Movie Was Terrible” over at Best Week Ever and I kind of bristled a little bit. I guess as a long time fan, I can’t understand anyone who says that they USED to be a fan and they were let down by the movie. As if the 90 minute running time would magically transport you back to 1995 when The Simpsons were still “good.”
I hate the attitude of entitlement that permeates this kind of analysis. The author can proclaim that it’s something he’s working through in their own mind all they want, but the subtext to me is always “The Simpsons was much more cool when it was less mainstream! MINE! MINE! MINE!”
I look at fandom in very black or white terms. While I don’t exactly disagree with the points he’s making about Homer’s lack of humanity or the Itchy and Scratchy level of over the top injury Homer has suffered of late, to me being a fan is being their through the peaks and valleys. If you love something, love it. If you hate it, hate it. But don’t walk around kicking cans and grousing about something that used to be. If it’s so disappointing for you, read a book.
Don’t misunderstand me. I’m not a sheep. I don’t love blindly. Do I recognize that the last few years of The Simpsons haven’t been the best. Sure. I can admit to that. But it doesn’t matter to me because any Simpsons episode is better than 90% of what’s currently on prime time television. These people would be bitching much more loudly if The Simpsons vanished from the TV landscape altogether.
This isn’t Seinfield or Friends. It isn’t about the actors going on to find new creative challenges or lucrative movie roles. The Simpsons could theoretically run into perpetuity. People who grew up watching the show are now writing for it. New generations could come and go writing episodes for years to come. Some of them will suck. That’s okay. But if you’re a fan, you’re along for the ride.
Incidentally, this philosophy also applies to Saturday Night Live.
I don’t have much more to say about The Simpsons, so be sure to come back to the site on Friday for a comic dissecting this week’s new offerings!
Oh, and as a sidebar, happy August. August is Theater Hopper’s anniversary month and I’m trying to put something together to acknowledge the big day on August 5. I’ll be running a promotion on the site and also hopefully try to stir up a little interest in the blogosphere. I may come back later in the day to write more about it, but I’m also working on a special graphic for the event and I kind of don’t want to let the cat out of the bag until I put the finishing touches on it!
Talk to you soon!
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It seems to me that I use Truman so little that when I do end up having a spot for him in the comic, it becomes an instant favorite of mine. I think it has something to do with illustrating a character who communicates non-verbally. I like the challenge – because it’s kind of hard to establish the silent *beat* of a joke or a sideways glance in four panels.
That aside, when isn’t a dog fart funny?
Underdog comes out today and I don’t really understand why. Kurtz did a comic about the trailer a while back basically tearing a new one into self-appointed critics who claim that Hollywood dragging these old shows out of the basement and giving them the big screen treatment besmirches them in some way. I align myself with that philosophy mostly because it reflects the lack of original thinking in Hollywood and not so much because I have some great affinity for Underdog or his universe.
That’s my problem with a live-action Underdog. Who’s sitting around asking themselves “Hey, how come there hasn’t been an Underdog movie?” The original cartoon hasn’t been on telelvision since the 1960’s. Even in reruns, anyone who would have watched it as a kid is probably in their mid-30’s by now. In what way is Underdog relevant to today’s youth?
I suppose one could argue that since kids today have never seen Underdog, they can appreciate it with new eyes. I mean, a talking dog with superpowers? If I was a kid, I could get behind that. Yeah, let’s see that movie! But why call it “Underdog?” The name holds no significance to anyone under 10. They could have just as easily written their own movie with their own characters and a similar premise. It wouldn’t be plagiarism because the ordinary-person-gets-powers scenario has been done to death across ALL species.
No. The Underdog moniker is to rope in the adults that remember the show and the use of it’s characters is an easy way for a screenwriter to turn a quick buck without having to invest anything creatively.
If the movie is for the kids, why aren’t writers going to the extra effort to invent something original – something JUST FOR THEM and not their parents leftovers. It just seems so sad to me. It’s dissrespectful to young minds. Even if they don’t know any better, the producers that rehash these old characters are basically saying to today’s youth “You aren’t important enought to invest any thoughtful consideration in. What’s been done before is good enough for you.”
Where’s this generation’s Underdog? A character they can admire and enjoy of its own merit?
It’s the end of the week and Cami and I are going on a date tonight since I’ll be out of town next weekend exhibiting at Wizard World Chicago. We’re FINALLY seeing Once, which I’ve been dying to see for what seems like months now. I thought it had left our local indie theater, but I found out Wednesday that it’s still hanging on. Since there’s nothing new this weekend worth seeing, I made it our goal to see this movie.
People have been telling me to see this movie for a while now and part of the reason I didn’t was because I couldn’t. No theaters here in Central Iowa were showing it. I kind of gave up on the idea of ever seeing it in the theater and just having to wait for it on DVD. To ease the pain, I ended up buying the soundtrack and loving it. Seriously – almost every song of this album I enjoy. It hasn’t left my CD player for weeks. It makes me want to go back and buy all of the albums by The Frames – which is the group that the man in the movie, Glen Hansard belongs to.
Cami hasn’t listened to the soundtrack yet. I’ve been withholding it from her, which is killing me because I think she would really get a kick out of it. But I want her to come into the music through the movie because I think it will have more impact.
We actually hit another bump in the road last night when we had some friends over and they asked us what we were doing this weekend. We told them we were seeing Once and one of our friends said he saw the movie and hated it. We were both really surprised – largely because it has been getting such great reviews. But he felt like it was an hour and a half of listening to the same song over and over again. Having listened to the soundtrack, I can understand that complaint. I don’t agree with it, but I understand it. Music is such a subjective thing. And besides, he’s a bit of a snob about music anyway. 😉
Maybe this will work to our favor since it casts a little doubt over the movie. If we walk in with our expectations lowered a little bit, we’ll probably end up enjoying it more. But based on all the emphatically positive recommendations from friends, I don’t see how that will be possible.
So as I mentioned earlier, I’ll be at Wizard World Chicago next weekend exhibiting Theater Hopper on Artist’s Alley. If you want to come visit, I’m at table 3704 B. You can’t miss me. I’ll be hanging out with Zach Miller from Joe and Monkey, Joe Dunn from Joe Loves Crappy Movies and the rest of the Digital Pimp crew and our good friend Taki Soma.
I always have a blast when I go to Wizard World Chicago. I look forward to it every year. I’m a little bummed that our good friend Mitch Clem won’t be able to make it, but I’m sure we’ll drunk dial him at an ungodly hour and have a little fun at his expense. Sadly, Gordon McAlpin from Multiplex isn’t exhibiting like he did last year, but he lives in the Chicago area and said he would come down to the convention center after hours and hang out with us. So it will be good to see him again.
As some of you know, Joe Dunn, Gordon and myself broadcast as The Triple Feature every Monday at 9:00 PM CST over at TalkShoe. We might try to record a show from Wizard World Chicago and then post it to TalkShoe on August 13, but we haven’t formalized any plans. It would be pretty sweet if we could pull that off, though. So keep your eyes peeled!
Even though I’m excited for the convention this year, I’m also nervous. You’d think after having exhibited the last three years in a row, this would be old hat to me. But I always feel like I’m under pressure to be on my game at Chicago and I’m petrified that I’m going to go to all this effort and then end up forgetting to bring something like my shirts or books.
I guess I’m a little more skittish than usual after my car got broken into a bunch of merchandise was stolen when we went to Arlington, Texas for Wizard World Texas. I’ve always had good luck in Chicago, but who knows if it’ll suddenly run out.
I still have a lot to do. I have to fold up a bunch of shirts. I have to hand-assemble a few more buttons. I haven’t laid out the sampler booklet yet and that needs to go to the printer tomorrow. Cami is going to hem some fabric that I’m going to drape over the table for ambiance. I have to design and laminate my merchandise price sheets and pull together all the snacks and water I need to have with me on the convention floor to keep me from eating terrible brine-soaked hot dogs from the concession stands.
This year I’m selling both of my books and four of my t-shirts. I also have free 1″ buttons that I’m giving away to lure people to my table and then I’m going to hit them with a 12 page sampler featuring the comics YOU guys voted on here on the site from the Top 50 page. As an added promotion, I’m giving away DVDs to people who spend $50 or more at my table. What I’m hoping to do is move a bunch of copies of my books. Not only because I’m running out of storage space in my house, but because Cami has laid down the law that I can’t produce Theater Hopper: Year Three until I’ve sold off more of my inventory of Year One and Year Two.
I did pretty well last year moving copies of Year One. I actually surprised myself a little by whipping out some sales tactics and upselling people who were buying Spoiler I (always a big seller) buy giving them a discount on a book/t-shirt combo. So I’ll be doing that again this year.
Incidentally, Sunday is Theater Hopper’s 5th anniversary. To help celebrate, I’ll be running a big week-long promotion on the books. So if you have your radar up and you want to buy a copy, be sure to check out the site on Monday for details on how you can take advantage of a special discount. I’ll be hitting all the web comic promotional rounds talking it up. If you already bought a book and can help me spread the word, I would appreciate it.
More details there soon.
Anyway, I guess I’ve been chatty enough for one day. Better wrap up and get cracking on that sampler booklet!
Have a great weekend!
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In real life, Cami and I saw the trailer for this holiday’s live-action Alivn and The Chipmunks movie in front of The Simpsons Movie. When it was over, the audience audibly groaned with such displeasure, it was like someone told them they would be audited after that evenings cinematic offering.
I don’t know if a great deal of outrage is needed to convince you that what transpires in the trailer is the absolute WRONG way to relaunch a franchise. Watch it and be amazed. It’s true – Alvin really does eat a chunk of chipmunk droppings and it’s not gross-funny. It’s just plain gross.
The movie is for children, for crying out loud! Do you know any children who are laughing at this? Because if you do, you might want to take them in for a psychological evaluation. They might end up torturing chipmunks in a few years and turn into serial killers not long after that. I hate to sound like a fuddy duddy, but this kind of “entertainment” for our youth has to be doing emotional damage. It’s like someone created some kind of Saturday morning cartoon version of Jackass for the kids!
As much as I would like to continue talking about rodent droppings, I have something more important I want to discuss with you…
Yesterday, Sunday, August 5, Theater Hopper crossed an important milestone. We celebrated our 5 year anniversary!
I know that in the grand scheme of things, a mildly popular web comic that has stuck it out for five years isn’t an overwhelming artistic achievement. And I’ve seen several of my web comic brethren shrug off the occassion as just another day. I was tempted to do the same thing because I didn’t want to look like I was tooting my own horn. But the truth of the matter is, by celebrating this anniversary, we’re celebrating you.
I think anyone with two brain cells they can rub together know that most artists pursue their art to be recognized by their peers – and I’m no different. So I won’t lie and say that I would be doing the comic whether I had fans or not. Granted, Theater Hopper started as an experiment to help teach me web design. But as more and more people gathered around the site, I became more and more challenged to see what I could do with it. How many more people could I turn on to my work? How could I get my voice out there?
You guys have done a lot of the legwork for me by continuing to spread the word about Theater Hopper. Telling your movie-loving friends about us. Sharing links on web sites and community forums telling people “Hey! Check this out!” Because of your enthusiasm, I’ve made great friends from all over the world who share my passion for movies, comics and comedy. It’s been an amazing ride so far and I would have never imagined five years ago that this is where Theater Hopper would lead me.
So to ignore the occasion? Impossible. Because ignoring the milestone would be ignoring you – and that’s just stupid!
To thank you for your support – we’re running a little promotion on our two books: Theater Hopper – Year One and Theater Hopper – Year Two. For the next 5 days – from now until Friday, August 10, I am SLASHING prices on the books down from $15.00 to $10.00 a piece! If you bundle both of them together, you can save an extra buck and get them for $19.00 (you’ll save on shipping, too!)
I want you guys to spread the word about this awesome opportunity. If you have a MySpace page, a Facebook listing, a LiveJournal page, a tall cliff and a megaphone – WHATEVER! I want everyone to know about this awesome, once-in-a-lifetime chance to snag over 400 pages of content in full-color with complete commentary you won’t get anywhere else! If you’ve been sitting on your hands waiting to pick up these books, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO IT! If you want to get a little early holiday shopping done, pick up these books now and squirrel them away until December because it’ll never happen again!
Please keep in mind that this offer is not available for our books and t-shirt bundles. This offer is exclusive to books only. My goal is to move as many books as I can as quickly as I can in hopes of raising funds to start production on Theater Hopper – Year Three.
Remember, this sale lasts for five days only – from now until Friday, August 10. Once it’s over, prices go back to normal. So order today and THANK YOU for your support! I couldn’t have made it five years without you!
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Apologies if the site is acting a little funky for you. Apparently, they was a huge uptick in spam activity in the comments section, so our generous hosting server froze the database it was running from. We’re trying to come up with a solution to keep spammers out, but they’re a tricky lot. I don’t know what we have in place is keeping them out. I was going through the archives the other day and my Spider-Man 3 review had something like 1,500 comments behind it!
Does anyone have any ideas on how to keep spammers out? If not, I might have to shelf the comments function, which would REALLY bum me out. Send me an e-mail if you’ve got ideas.
Stuff like this always seems to happen when I’m up to my eyeballs in things that need to be taken care of immediately. I’m trying to keep my focus on Wizard World Chicago at the end of the week and am preparing now for that. But stuff keeps distracting me.
One distraction I look forward to is The Triple Feature talkcast over at TalkShoe each week. If you’re not familiar by now, we broadcast every Monday at 9:00 PM CST. I encourage you to participate in tonight’s show. Joe will be going over his recent trip to San Diego Comic Con, I’ll be talking about Theater Hopper’s 5 year anniversary and, of course, there was a WHOLE SLEW of movies that came out this weekend. Among them The Bourne Ultimatum, which had the highest August opening weekend ever.
So we’ll be talking about that.
See you then!
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As you can probably tell from today’s comic, I kind of have something against Rush Hour 3.
Okay, maybe not the movie. It’s unfair to pass judgment on something I haven’t seen. But I feel I can certainly pass judgment on the antics of it’s cast and director.
There’s something inherently wrong about Chris Tucker being paid $25 million (that’s a $20 million payday with back end percentages) in a deal that makes him more valuable than proven A-listers who have been in the business 20 years or more. Tell you what, Chris – do a movie OTHER than a Rush Hour film, and we’ll talk. Until then, you’re still firmly on the B-list in my mind.
I guess more power to you if you can fool the studio into thinking you’re worth it, but will audiences fall for it? The first Rush Hour was fine. The second one was a little better. But that was six years ago! Does anyone still care?
What I find most distasteful are the trailers with Roman Polanski as a French detective. If you’ve seen it, then you’ve seen the whole rubber glove/cavity search bit, then you get the gist of it. Apparently Polanski’s character is supposed to be “comically sadistic” and performs “terrible acts” on Tucker and Jackie Chan.
If you know anything about Polanski and his troubles with the law here in America in the late 1970’s, you know that he was indited for rape and fled to France where he has avoided extradition. I won’t go into the details of his charges, but you can read about it here.
My point is any movie lowbrow enough to cast Roman Polanski in this winking manner is a movie that is giving me less and less reasons to see it.
That’s a very specific thing to be outraged by and I recognize that the dichotomy will be lost on most people. To the general movie-going audience, it’ll just be another action-comedy romp. But to me, it looks like nothing but a fast grab for cash.
Switching gears, I’m busy getting ready for Wizard World Chicago this weekend. If you’re going to be in the area, I’ll be exhibiting on Artist’s Alley at table 3704 B. I’ll be hard to miss because I’ll be hanging out with my web comic buddies Zach Miller from Joe and Monkey, Joe Dunn and the rest of the Digital Pimp Online Crew and our mutual friend, Taki Soma. Rumor has it that Gordon McAlpin from Multiplex and Brandon J. Carr formerly of The Kenmore will be hanging around, although not exhibiting in an official capacity. I think Joe, Gordon and I are going to try and record an impromptu Triple Feature podcast to post to TalkShoe next Monday. So keep your eyes peeled for our little con report!
You’ll want to swing by my booth because I’ll be giving away free DVD’s to anyone who buys $50 or more in merchandise. So that’s a nice little incentive!
Speaking of buying things, as you guys are aware, Theater Hopper celebrated it’s 5th year anniversary on Sunday. So, in honor of the fans, I’m slashing prices on the Theater Hopper: Year One and Theater Hopper: Year Two books. Now, instead of buying them for $15, you can get them for $10. And if you bundle them together, you can save a buck and get them both for $19.
The promotion only lasts until Friday, so if you want to take advantage of the deal, act now!
As a side note, it’s been interesting to see the slight uptick in t-shirt sales this week. That’s smart thinking, savvy shoppers. Because I’m taking my entire shirt inventory to Chicago. So I can’t make any promises that I’ll have the design you want in the size you want once I get back. If you’ve had your eye on any shirts, now is the time to place your order. I’ll set them aside for you.
Remember, you can always bundle t-shirts together with books or other shirts for more savings!
That about does it for me tonight. There will be a guest strip from my good friend Rex on Friday since I will be “out of the office,” as it were. Rex does a great comic called Make with The Funny that you should check out if you want a little preview of the action that’s to come.
Real quick, thanks to everyone that have sent messages of congratulations and support on the five year anniversary and also thanks to those of you who have been sending in suggestions on how we can fight spammers in the comments section! I would really hate to see the comments section go, so we’re going to do what we can to try and salvage it.
If you have any thoughts about how we can fend off the spammer horde, send me an e-mail and have a great Wednesday!
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Aug13
GUEST STRIP – PAUL SPENCER
August 13th, 2007 |- Comics »
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Hey, everyone!
First of all, I have to apologize for there not being a comic on Friday. Originally, the plan was to update using my laptop while I was in Chicago. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of assuming that my hotel was up to speed with 21st century technology and would offer free wi-fi access.
They did not.
Well, that’s not exactly true. The did offer wi-fi, but they charged $10 a day! Sorry, but when I’m paying out the nose for a room, don’t add insult to injury.
I probably would have been able to update Thursday night if there was free wi-fi, but the rest of the weekend was absolutely crazy. I had a great time, though and I’m going to give you guys the full convention run down on Wednesday along with my traditional post-convention wrap up comic.
Last but not least, I need to give my thanks to Paul Spencer for his excellent comic. Paul draws Make With the Funny and delivers on that promise every week. His art is excellent and I want to steal his brain to learn his coloring and shading techniques.
Sincere apologies for not getting the comic up on Friday, Paul. But maybe it works out better since your comic updates each Monday.
Check out his site, folks. Send him the love!
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Before I forget, everyone needs to listen to The Triple Feature talkcast tonight at 9:00 PM CST at TalkShoe.com. Gordon, Joe and I were all at Wizard World Chicago this weekend, so we’ll likely be talking about that. So if you’re tired of us talking about movies all the time and maybe want us to give you a little behind-the-scenes web comics talk, tonight is the night to listen!
As a matter of fact (and I’m just thinking about this now), I’m going to see if I can get some of my web comic buddies to call in and provide a little extra commentary. Will they make an appearance? Listen in live to find out!
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People who have been reading the site for a while know that traditionally, I like to do a little wrap up for each of the conventions I attend. Typically, I end up seeing a movie with whomever I’m with and I talk about it here.
The only problem with going to Wizard World Chicago this year is that there weren’t any good movies to see!
We toyed with seeing Rush Hour 3, but frankly, too many people were against it. If they went, they’d be going to rip it a new one. Myself likely included. The inside joke of this comic is that Gordon is the one suggesting we go see it. He was probably most against it of anyone.
Oh, and Brandon J. Carr’s wife really did make him swear not to see Stardust without her.
And for the record, the other two guys in the comic are Joe Dunn from Joe Loves Crappy Movies and Zach Miller from Joe and Monkey.
As always, it was a treat to attend Wizard World Chicago and exhibit on Artist’s Alley. I would have liked to have sold a little more merchandise, but I did about as much business as last year, so at least I’m not backsliding.
The Spoiler shirts are always a big hit at conventions. I have one of them pulled over a mannequin torso I stand up on my table. Invariably people stop to comment on it. Either they laugh and walk away saying “That’s a great shirt!” Or they laugh and say “I gotta get that shirt.” I suppose the third option is when I get to talk to the person and explain which spoilers come from which movies.
I’ve been selling the Spoiler shirt for the last three years. At times, I wish I could come up with another t-shirt design that would sell just as well. A t-shirt design that isn’t Spoiler II. But what can I say? They’re the breadwinners and you gotta stick with a winning horse.
I don’t know that I sold as many books as I would have liked to. But I think I hit on a new merchandising structure that I’ll probably employ in the store soon – everything will be $15 and you’ll get 15%, 20% and 25% discounts the more stuff you buy! I think it will be really attractive to you guys and will help me keep things organized on my side.
I don’t mean to harp on the money aspect of things so much. That’s really only a small portion of the exhibiting experience. I’m grateful that I’m able to sell anything at all! It always amazes me.
I did a lot of good networking at this convention. I got to meet Brandon for the first time and DJ Coffman from Yirmumah and Hero By Night as well. They couldn’t have been nicer. Really easy to talk to and a lot of fun to be around. We all kind of share the same sense of humor, so it makes things easy. For all practical purposes, someone like Brandon is a complete stranger. But within minutes I was joking around with him and having a blast.
I was interviewed by a few online and offline publications and that was pretty cool. I have a wallet full of business cards on stuff I want to follow up on. Professionally and socially, I would say it was a really successful convention!
That said, the last day of a convention is the worst. Part of you is counting down the hours until you have to pack up your stuff and ship out and that’s never fun. And then, for me, the car ride home is tortuous. I have no one to help me cover the 6 hours from Chicago to Des Moines, so I’m often left with my own thoughts.
We talked a little bit about this on Monday’s Triple Feature broadcast, but there is no way you can go to one of these conventions and NOT compare yourself professionally to the other artists in attendance. You end up looking around and asking yourself “What am I doing WRONG?”
Every convention is a good learning opportunity to see into other artist’s process and business practices. I constantly find myself taking mental notes for things to try when I get home.
As exhausting as it can be to constantly compare yourself, going to Wizard World Chicago has revitalized me. I think also having crossed the five-year anniversary milestone has inspired me make Theater Hopper stronger. Not just the comic, but the entire Theater Hopper experience.
I want to rid the THorum and the front page comments section of spammers and bring back the positive, excited atmosphere. I want to be seen more among my peers in online communities and talk more about comics with them. I want to do more guest comics – just because. I want my site to look better. I want to try new things. I want to advertise in unconventional places and spread the word about Theater Hopper.
I’m proud of what I do. Five years and two self-published books under your belt can do that for you. But it doesn’t mean there isn’t room to improve. I’m at the point now that I’m considering outside help to spruce up the site. In some respects, if Theater Hopper is going to be taken seriously, I have to treat it like a professional venture. This is much more than a hobby site we’re talking about. I’ve experimented with a lot of things. Now it’s time to make them stick.
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Apologies for the delay posting today’s comic. For some inexplicable reason, I couldn’t connect with the site’s server last night and by this morning, the site was down completely! I have no idea what happened. I didn’t receive any notification from my hosting company.
Funny – whenever my site does something that impacts their business (like the overabundance of spam that was in the database that controls the commenting system) I get an angry e-mail and they shut off the database that manages it. But when something on THEIR end impacts MY business – not a peep.
At any rate, it wasn’t until this afternoon that I noticed the site was back up. So here’s today’s comic!
I was trying to think of a way to do a joke about Superbad for today’s strip, but became paranoid that I wouldn’t be able to match the awesome humor that I’ve already seen from the film’s commercials and notorious red band trailer. I’ve been pleased to see that reviews for the film are coming back positive and strong. I can’t wait to see this movie. If for no other reason than to help cement Michael Cera as the comic talent of his generation. I thought everything he did on Arrested Development was note perfect and Superbad is exactly the kind of movie that will put his ability front and center. I’m telling you – he’s the real deal.
But I digress. Paranoid that I couldn’t come up with a joke that could sufficiently commentate on my perceived awesomeness of Superbad, I went the self-deprecating route instead. I actually came up for TWO punchlines to this joke. The other being that it would actually be high-school Cami answering the door in revealing lingerie (because cheesecake is funny!) but I opted not to go that route because of the implication that she was a big drinker in high school or… well, a whore. Neither was the case. Now that I think about it, I just wanted to draw Cami in lingerie. Next time, pervs!
I don’t know when Cami and I will get the chance to see Superbad this weekend. We have some relatives in town from Texas, so we’ll be hanging out with them. I have my fingers crossed for Sunday, but that seems kind of wrong to see a movie so crass on the Sabbath.
I’m being facetious. I don’t go to church!
I have a bunch of stuff planned for next week including a new DVD contest giveaway for Wild Hogs, which came out on DVD last Tuesday and The Ex (with Arrested Development’s Jason Bateman) which will be on DVD this coming Tuesday. Look for a review for The Ex and for Once as well along with three new comics.
Cami and I finally got to see Once the week before I went to Wizard World Chicago and I’ve been meaning to write up a review for it that will encourage more people to see it. The film is probably out of theaters in smaller markets, but if you live in the bigger cities, it might still be available. See it. That movie will change your life.
That’s it for now. See you guys soon!
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A short blog post…
If you ready Friday’s blog (which went up late due to a server outtage) you know that one of the potential punchlines to Friday’s comic was to put Cami in sexy lingerie. I thought better of it, but gave in to my base instincts for today’s comic.
Actually, I got around to thinking about The Invasion and how it was the modern remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Then I got to thinking about how I could have a little fun with that in the comic. Then I got to thinking SOME MORE about how I could do a week’s worth of stories with this idea and how that would be a real treat since I haven’t done something like that in a while.
Then again, considering The Invasion’s paltry $6 million take and 5th place showing at the box office this weekend, does anyone even know what I’m referencing? Oh, well. You guys are smart. I’m sure you’ll get the joke.
Be sure to listen in to The Triple Feature talkcast tonight at 9:00 PM CST over at TalkShoe. We have a bunch of stuff to talk about. First among them Superbad and it’s first place, $31 million dollar weekend. I’m also kicking off two new contests. A DVD giveaway for Wild Hogs (in stores last Tuesday) and The Ex (in stores tomorrow). Listen in tonight for one half of a clue. You can get the second half of the clue right here on Wednesday before sending in your entries along with your name, age and mailing address to theaterhopper@hotmail.com
Lastly, we’re working on getting Brian Carroll from Genrevous Point and Instant Classic to call in tonight to get his take on the recent offerings in theaters. Brian’s been a friend for a long time and it’s a personal pleasure to see him throwing himself back into web comics again. Be sure to visit both of Brian’s comics and listen to tonight’s show for more!
Have a great week!
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