Satan Ninja 198X
Forum => Discuss Blog Entries => Topic started by: Adam Dravian on February 23, 2016, 09:57:03 PM
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Read the blog post here. (https://satanninja.com/blog/2016/02/another-text-interview-our-first-podcast)
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This is a great podcast. I totally expected that this would be a shorter interview. I think you guy's really told your story well, and I think this kind of thing could really bring more people in for you.
I love the idea of the Satan Ninja rap. those PSAs are horrible, I can't wait to see yours.
Here is one of the more cringe worthy ones that I come across a few weeks ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfCYZ3pks48
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This is a great podcast. I totally expected that this would be a shorter interview. I think you guy's really told your story well, and I think this kind of thing could really bring more people in for you.
Thanks for giving it a listen, dude. Hopefully the next podcast we're on isn't so strict about being family friendly, so we can relax and not have to worry about carefully phrasing everything.
I love the idea of the Satan Ninja rap. those PSAs are horrible, I can't wait to see yours.
Here is one of the more cringe worthy ones that I come across a few weeks ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfCYZ3pks48
That's actually a parody of an '80s rap PSA, apparently done by the guy who created Moonbeam City. Here are some genuine shitty '80s raps:
Recycling Rap PSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVtMGyj9QTc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVtMGyj9QTc)
Atari 2600 Commercial: https://youtu.be/913xrM9FYpI (https://youtu.be/913xrM9FYpI)
The Legend of Zelda Commercial: https://youtu.be/uI3rO3PbYOo (https://youtu.be/uI3rO3PbYOo)
And my favorite 80s rap video, Denny Blazin Hazen - Average Homeboy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA_iMuZ3ZDw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA_iMuZ3ZDw)
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I'm going to listen to this at work tomorrow. I especially can't wait for this:
you can hear me constantly struggle not to swear
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I'm going to listen to this at work tomorrow. I especially can't wait for this:
you can hear me constantly struggle not to swear
Awesome. You'll have to let us know what you think. I have no idea how many people have actually listened to it, as that podcast doesn't seem to have an active community at all. So there's no feedback on their end. But hopefully at least someone discovered our comic by listening to it. But even if it doesn't bring us much exposure, it was at least a learning experience. We definitely took some lessons away from it so we'll be better prepared for future podcast appearances.
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I'm going to listen to this at work tomorrow. I especially can't wait for this:
you can hear me constantly struggle not to swear
Awesome. You'll have to let us know what you think. I have no idea how many people have actually listened to it, as that podcast doesn't seem to have an active community at all. So there's no feedback on their end. But hopefully at least someone discovered our comic by listening to it. But even if it doesn't bring us much exposure, it was at least a learning experience. We definitely took some lessons away from it so we'll be better prepared for future podcast appearances.
I only got round to listening to this tonight but I'm glad that I did, haha thanks for the shout out guys!
I didn't notice the struggling not to swear so much, or maybe I just stopped looking for it after a while. That was a good interview I'd say, I never manage to talk about anything for an hour myself..
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I didn't notice the struggling not to swear so much, or maybe I just stopped looking for it after a while.
I spoke in a rather guarded way, doing little pauses to re-route sentences as I was speaking them, in order to stay in the family friendly zone (the lamest of zones). It stands out to me when I listen to it, but might not be so obvious to others.
That was a good interview I'd say, I never manage to talk about anything for an hour myself..
Thanks. After it was done, there were all sorts of things that occurred to me that I wish I'd said, but that's pretty typical when it comes to these things. We were nervous to listen to it (especially Jessica), but it turned out better than we'd anticipated.
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I think what this interview does better than a written one is show that you guys are really passionate about SN8X.
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I have to say that I agree with Jessica, in that it should only have references from 1980-1989, after all it's Satan Ninja 198X (which I think is the perfect name for the comic, encapsulates everything that it is) for a reason. Although it must be pretty painful to not be able to reference Total Recall.
Also, I've been reading and hearing about how you's want to expand the comics readership, which I have some ideas for.
First of all, on the New Retro Wave Youtube channel, whenever they upload a new video, there's always an 80s-esque picture to accompany it, quite a few in this comics style. I think your illustrations would be perfect for it. The channel has about 100,000 subscribers with around 10,000 views per video, and the kind of people who'd watch those videos are the EXACT kind of people who'd read your comic, so the comic could be advertised in the comments or video description.
Secondly, io9 has a thing where they're looking for artwork to be submitted, so you's could probably submit something to them. In fact, they could probably just run a story on your comic in general without a picture, since it has a lot of fantastical elements in it. Plus I think it has high readership figures.
So there's my ideas, do or not do what you want with them.
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Hi Matty, totally off-topic but it's funny to see you use "you's" there. I've only heard that in Glasgow so far but apparently this is a thing in parts of Australia as well?
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I have to say that I agree with Jessica, in that it should only have references from 1980-1989, after all it's Satan Ninja 198X (which I think is the perfect name for the comic, encapsulates everything that it is) for a reason. Although it must be pretty painful to not be able to reference Total Recall.
Right. It's just that there are so many awesome things from '90 and '91 that I think would fit so well with the theme of Satan Ninja. Meanwhile, there's not a lot from 1980 or '81 that we draw influence from. If you look at the list of influential media we list on our FAQ (https://satanninja.com/about/faq), you can see we skew heavily toward the mid-to-late '80s. Although I think pop music in general took a turn for the worse in the late '80s, once Janet Jackson made new jack swing mega-popular. I just can't get into NJS or hip hop, and those genres exploded in popularity around that time. Though I can't deny thinking "Ice Ice Baby" was rad when I was in 6th grade.
Also, I've been reading and hearing about how you's want to expand the comics readership, which I have some ideas for.
First of all, on the New Retro Wave Youtube channel, whenever they upload a new video, there's always an 80s-esque picture to accompany it, quite a few in this comics style. I think your illustrations would be perfect for it. The channel has about 100,000 subscribers with around 10,000 views per video, and the kind of people who'd watch those videos are the EXACT kind of people who'd read your comic, so the comic could be advertised in the comments or video description.
Secondly, io9 has a thing where they're looking for artwork to be submitted, so you's could probably submit something to them. In fact, they could probably just run a story on your comic in general without a picture, since it has a lot of fantastical elements in it. Plus I think it has high readership figures.
So there's my ideas, do or not do what you want with them.
We really appreciate the advice. I'll shoot a message to the New Retro Wave dudes and see how receptive they are to SN8X. Jessica said she'd submit something to i09. I know they tend to skew toward sci-fi and super hero stuff, but maybe someone there would see how fuckin' radical Satan Ninja is. Doesn't hurt to try, anyway.
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Hi Matty, totally off-topic but it's funny to see you use "you's" there. I've only heard that in Glasgow so far but apparently this is a thing in parts of Australia as well?
We sure do (or at least I do). As much as spellcheck wants to discourage me from using it, I use it anyway.
The comic definitely fits the criteria for being featured, it's very premice is fantasy and sci-fi.
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The comic definitely fits the criteria for being featured, it's very premice is fantasy and sci-fi.
When I was adding our comic to several different webcomic hosting sites, I would often have to choose a single genre to file it under, and I had a hell of a time trying to figure out what genre would best fit.
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Genre: Rad
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I have been trolling this forum for a little bit. I have tried a few times to join but the whole activation to email thing wasn't working so I gave up for a bit and today decided to try again and it worked! So, I am the guy that forced Adam and Jessica to talk "family friendly" on their first podcast. I love the feedback on the interview that you have given to both of them. I am curious as the host, how did I do? FYI, media group I belong to has the family friendly policy I just have to play by the rules and basically try to avoid the infamous "explicit" warning.
I come in and check for new pages every couple of weeks and love what I see. I took a screen cap of Shade from one of the most recent pages and tweeted about loving how she looked. Jessica quickly called me out on twitter based on my comment of liking "girl next door" type. ;)
Nice to be in the forum officially now.
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I am curious as the host, how did I do?
I thought you we a great host. The show had good flow. The time flew by and I wanted more!
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I have been trolling this forum for a little bit. I have tried a few times to join but the whole activation to email thing wasn't working so I gave up for a bit and today decided to try again and it worked!
Hey! Nice to see you here, Dave. Though that's sort of distressing that you had such a hard time signing up for the forums. Now I'm going to lie awake at night pondering the legions of Satan Ninja fans that have tried to join our community here and were unable. If only they were all as tenacious as you.
So, I am the guy that forced Adam and Jessica to talk "family friendly" on their first podcast. I love the feedback on the interview that you have given to both of them. I am curious as the host, how did I do? FYI, media group I belong to has the family friendly policy I just have to play by the rules and basically try to avoid the infamous "explicit" warning.
I actually have a suggestion. If you ever use the censor "beep" again, turn that fucker way down next time.
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I have to say that I agree with Jessica, in that it should only have references from 1980-1989, after all it's Satan Ninja 198X (which I think is the perfect name for the comic, encapsulates everything that it is) for a reason. Although it must be pretty painful to not be able to reference Total Recall.
Also, I've been reading and hearing about how you's want to expand the comics readership, which I have some ideas for.
First of all, on the New Retro Wave Youtube channel, whenever they upload a new video, there's always an 80s-esque picture to accompany it, quite a few in this comics style. I think your illustrations would be perfect for it. The channel has about 100,000 subscribers with around 10,000 views per video, and the kind of people who'd watch those videos are the EXACT kind of people who'd read your comic, so the comic could be advertised in the comments or video description.
Secondly, io9 has a thing where they're looking for artwork to be submitted, so you's could probably submit something to them. In fact, they could probably just run a story on your comic in general without a picture, since it has a lot of fantastical elements in it. Plus I think it has high readership figures.
So there's my ideas, do or not do what you want with them.
Keeping stuff in the 80s will, at the very least, help you out with your guesses at influences. It does mean steering away from a lot of non-80s gems, but on the other hand, we have an entire decade's worth of cool stuff to play with.
Thanks for the suggestions!
Hi Matty, totally off-topic but it's funny to see you use "you's" there. I've only heard that in Glasgow so far but apparently this is a thing in parts of Australia as well?
We sure do (or at least I do). As much as spellcheck wants to discourage me from using it, I use it anyway.
You mean that wasn't a typo for "you'd" or something? You's crazy.
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I have been trolling this forum for a little bit. I have tried a few times to join but the whole activation to email thing wasn't working so I gave up for a bit and today decided to try again and it worked! So, I am the guy that forced Adam and Jessica to talk "family friendly" on their first podcast. I love the feedback on the interview that you have given to both of them. I am curious as the host, how did I do? FYI, media group I belong to has the family friendly policy I just have to play by the rules and basically try to avoid the infamous "explicit" warning.
I come in and check for new pages every couple of weeks and love what I see. I took a screen cap of Shade from one of the most recent pages and tweeted about loving how she looked. Jessica quickly called me out on twitter based on my comment of liking "girl next door" type. ;)
Nice to be in the forum officially now.
Heh heh, we'll see about that whole "girl next door" thing.
I have been trolling this forum for a little bit. I have tried a few times to join but the whole activation to email thing wasn't working so I gave up for a bit and today decided to try again and it worked!
Hey! Nice to see you here, Dave. Though that's sort of distressing that you had such a hard time signing up for the forums. Now I'm going to lie awake at night pondering the legions of Satan Ninja fans that have tried to join our community here and were unable. If only they were all as tenacious as you.
So, I am the guy that forced Adam and Jessica to talk "family friendly" on their first podcast. I love the feedback on the interview that you have given to both of them. I am curious as the host, how did I do? FYI, media group I belong to has the family friendly policy I just have to play by the rules and basically try to avoid the infamous "explicit" warning.
I actually have a suggestion. If you ever use the censor "beep" again, turn that fucker way down next time.
I agree with Adam about the beep thing. Slightly eardrum-explodingly loud. A couple of my friends gave me the same feedback regarding the beep.
Back in 2011 or so, a friend of mine wanted to start doing a "nerdy" podcast with me and another friend of ours. We recorded one episode (we never released it to the public) and he ended up beeping me a few times and it had the same earsplitting problem, except more frequent I think. We ended up having conflicting schedules, so it didn't work out, but I think another factor was that he wanted it to be family friendly, and I thought it was silly to have a podcast that censored itself. I get why someone would want to do that, especially if they're part of some larger network of podcasts. But dangit, I wanted to talk about stuff like, "Why is it so common for hentai artists to draw nipples that look like little volcanoes with gaping holes in them?? Are there girls in real life with nipples like that? Are these artists assuming that milk ejaculates out of a single opening, like how dicks work, except to satisfy hungry babies instead of horny babes-who-want-to-have-babies? Gah, I've even seen stuff where girls get fucked in their weird nipple holes. I just don't get it!"
Anyway, I thought it was a joy to be on your podcast. You were really easy to talk to, even though I couldn't talk about horrible things! :)
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I come in and check for new pages every couple of weeks and love what I see. I took a screen cap of Shade from one of the most recent pages and tweeted about loving how she looked. Jessica quickly called me out on twitter based on my comment of liking "girl next door" type. ;)
My god where do you live? Next door to the Drow or something?
Heh heh, we'll see about that whole "girl next door" thing.
The hints. The hints never end.
Back in 2011 or so, a friend of mine wanted to start doing a "nerdy" podcast with me and another friend of ours. We recorded one episode (we never released it to the public) and he ended up beeping me a few times and it had the same earsplitting problem, except more frequent I think. We ended up having conflicting schedules, so it didn't work out, but I think another factor was that he wanted it to be family friendly, and I thought it was silly to have a podcast that censored itself. I get why someone would want to do that, especially if they're part of some larger network of podcasts. But dangit, I wanted to talk about stuff like, "Why is it so common for hentai artists to draw nipples that look like little volcanoes with gaping holes in them?? Are there girls in real life with nipples like that? Are these artists assuming that milk ejaculates out of a single opening, like how dicks work, except to satisfy hungry babies instead of horny babes-who-want-to-have-babies? Gah, I've even seen stuff where girls get fucked in their weird nipple holes. I just don't get it!"
Ok I've looked at my share of drawn erotica. Seen some weird shit. But like—
What
What even do you mean
Fucked in the nipples
Also I can never again look at hentai without at least giving the nipples a second look now.
Also if you read hentai when not "in the mood" so to speak it's the funniest thing ever. Usually.
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Back in 2011 or so, a friend of mine wanted to start doing a "nerdy" podcast with me and another friend of ours. We recorded one episode (we never released it to the public) and he ended up beeping me a few times and it had the same earsplitting problem, except more frequent I think. We ended up having conflicting schedules, so it didn't work out, but I think another factor was that he wanted it to be family friendly, and I thought it was silly to have a podcast that censored itself. I get why someone would want to do that, especially if they're part of some larger network of podcasts. But dangit, I wanted to talk about stuff like, "Why is it so common for hentai artists to draw nipples that look like little volcanoes with gaping holes in them?? Are there girls in real life with nipples like that? Are these artists assuming that milk ejaculates out of a single opening, like how dicks work, except to satisfy hungry babies instead of horny babes-who-want-to-have-babies? Gah, I've even seen stuff where girls get fucked in their weird nipple holes. I just don't get it!"
Ok I've looked at my share of drawn erotica. Seen some weird shit. But like—
What
What even do you mean
Fucked in the nipples
Also I can never again look at hentai without at least giving the nipples a second look now.
Also if you read hentai when not "in the mood" so to speak it's the funniest thing ever. Usually.
Haha, it's true that I wanted to rant about hentai nipple hole confusion in the 2011 podcast pilot, but I don't think I'd even seen the fucked-in-the-nipple thing yet. It was probably just some image I saw while browsing deviantArt or Google Image Search results, or something someone showed me. But I definitely saw it.
I only ever view porn for humor, drawn and live action alike. Not that I don't think any of it is hot! I guess I just feel too awkward about thinking it's hot to enjoy it in any way other than for laughs with friends. I was surprised to learn recently that some huge percentage of girls my age get off to porn these days, so apparently I'm an odd one.
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Haha, it's true that I wanted to rant about hentai nipple hole confusion in the 2011 podcast pilot, but I don't think I'd even seen the fucked-in-the-nipple thing yet. It was probably just some image I saw while browsing deviantArt or Google Image Search results, or something someone showed me. But I definitely saw it.
Yeah, I can confirm this. I've stumbled across it more than once. And as much as I'm a fan of nice racks, I have zero desire to see these mythical nipples holes fucked.
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Ever since I went on that first nipple hole rant, I've been on the lookout for real life visible nipple holes/dents. I've actually seen a couple that look like there might be some kind of little divet, but it seems to be very rare. Still not sure what's going on with 'em. There was one girl who looked like she had one in one nipple but not in the other.
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I was going to reply to an earlier post but then started reading your nipple comments and completely forgot what I was going to say. That sounds seriously off-putting..
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Ever since I went on that first nipple hole rant, I've been on the lookout for real life visible nipple holes/dents. I've actually seen a couple that look like there might be some kind of little divet, but it seems to be very rare. Still not sure what's going on with 'em. There was one girl who looked like she had one in one nipple but not in the other.
Are you referring to inverted nipples? I've actually read that there is a piece of tissue connecting the nipple to the body keeping it from being "normal" I believe that there is a surgery that can correct that also.
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Ever since I went on that first nipple hole rant, I've been on the lookout for real life visible nipple holes/dents. I've actually seen a couple that look like there might be some kind of little divet, but it seems to be very rare. Still not sure what's going on with 'em. There was one girl who looked like she had one in one nipple but not in the other.
Are you referring to inverted nipples? I've actually read that there is a piece of tissue connecting the nipple to the body keeping it from being "normal" I believe that there is a surgery that can correct that also.
Nope, but that is interesting. I'm talking about a convex nipple with a small indentation in the center. So probably not from nipple piercing either, since I imagine that's always through the sides.
This probably goes without saying, but let's never make this a picture thread, haha.
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I was going to reply to an earlier post but then started reading your nipple comments and completely forgot what I was going to say. That sounds seriously off-putting..
Aw, dangit!
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I think it was about the "you's", although to be proper plural it'd be "yous". People say it in Glasgow all the time, but then they talk funny there in general..
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Ever since I went on that first nipple hole rant, I've been on the lookout for real life visible nipple holes/dents. I've actually seen a couple that look like there might be some kind of little divet, but it seems to be very rare. Still not sure what's going on with 'em. There was one girl who looked like she had one in one nipple but not in the other.
Are you referring to inverted nipples? I've actually read that there is a piece of tissue connecting the nipple to the body keeping it from being "normal" I believe that there is a surgery that can correct that also.
Nope, but that is interesting. I'm talking about a convex nipple with a small indentation in the center. So probably not from nipple piercing either, since I imagine that's always through the sides.
Here's a good real-world example of what Jessica's talking about (NSFW, of course): https://gfycat.com/AmplePoisedCattle (https://gfycat.com/AmplePoisedCattle)
This probably goes without saying, but let's never make this a picture thread, haha.
Oops.
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Ever since I went on that first nipple hole rant, I've been on the lookout for real life visible nipple holes/dents. I've actually seen a couple that look like there might be some kind of little divet, but it seems to be very rare. Still not sure what's going on with 'em. There was one girl who looked like she had one in one nipple but not in the other.
Are you referring to inverted nipples? I've actually read that there is a piece of tissue connecting the nipple to the body keeping it from being "normal" I believe that there is a surgery that can correct that also.
Nope, but that is interesting. I'm talking about a convex nipple with a small indentation in the center. So probably not from nipple piercing either, since I imagine that's always through the sides.
Here's a good real-world example of what Jessica's talking about (NSFW, of course): https://gfycat.com/AmplePoisedCattle (https://gfycat.com/AmplePoisedCattle)
This probably goes without saying, but let's never make this a picture thread, haha.
Oops.
Well would you look at that. It looks like someone took scissors to them. Maybe it's a weird rare asian form of inverted nipples, It does seem to convey what you're talking about in the anime though I've never seen that.
I'm guessing this thread is going to be a surprise for any future Santan Ninja fans in a couple of years when the comic is huge and they go back to see how it all started lol.
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I'm guessing this thread is going to be a surprise for any future Santan Ninja fans in a couple of years when the comic is huge and they go back to see how it all started lol.
I think there's quite a bit of that..