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Discuss Blog Entries / Satan Ninja Promos Commentary Part 1: Pre-Production
« on: March 06, 2016, 02:02:54 PM »
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Discuss Comic Pages / Issue 3 - Ninja Power! - Page 14 - Sit Down and Roll Up
« on: March 01, 2016, 08:46:48 AM »
I just want to point out that Morley’s hair was not inspired by Johnny’s Depp’s portrayal of Sweeney Todd. It’s actually inspired by a certain gothic/punk singer from the ‘80s. We didn’t even realize how much it resembled Sweeney Todd’s hair until someone pointed it out to us, since neither of us have seen the movie.
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Discuss Anything / Carpenter Brut - Turbo Killer (Music Video)
« on: February 29, 2016, 07:06:36 PM »
The latest synth-wave addition to Satan Ninja's unofficial soundtrack, Carpenter Brut, just released a music video, and it's fucking amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er416Ad3R1g
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Discuss Blog Entries / Another Text Interview & Our First Podcast
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Discuss Comic Pages / Issue 3 - Ninja Power! - Page 13 - Cult of the Dark Dungeon
« on: February 23, 2016, 09:28:04 PM »
Pretty appropriate for the 13th page of Issue 3, I'd say.
Up until a few days ago, the character named Frost was named Suther, and the character named Rio was named Frost. However, ever since Jessica first drew the characters for the cover, I’ve been catching myself wanting to call the goth with the sunglasses Frost (I think it’s the white hair). Jessica thought the name Suther was too much of a direct reference to one of his inspirations, so we went ahead and renamed him Frost. But then we had a hell of a time thinking up a new name for the pretty-boy goth. Finally, Jessica came up with Rio, both as a nod to a certain pretty-boy cartoon character and a famous ‘80s album.
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Discuss Comic Pages / Issue 3 – Ninja Power! – Page 12 - Eddie vs. Alex
« on: February 09, 2016, 10:33:27 AM »
A mega-long time ago, when we first wrote up a long-ass synopsis for this story, I wrote that this playful battle between Eddie and Alex would somehow result in a moment of awkward sexual tension. Jessica had me add a note to that part saying, “Somehow avoid making this groan-worthy.”
For instance, how many anime have a scene where a boy falls on top of a girl (possibly accidentally groping her tit in the process, or perhaps even landing face-first into titty-zone), and then the two of them spend a prolonged moment awkwardly staring at each other while blushing and doing those little nervous sounds. Then the girl typically slaps him, but instead of showing the slap, the view often cuts away to a more distant shot that doesn't show the characters, but we hear the slap echo out, likely startling some birds into flight...
Anyway, once it finally came time to for me write up the actual script for this issue, I still didn’t go into any greater detail for the moment of awkward sexual tension, basically leaving it up to Jessica to figure out while drawing the page.
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Discuss Comic Pages / Issue 3 - Ninja Power! - Page 11 - Dungeon Delving
« on: January 31, 2016, 06:11:33 AM »
A lot of the Satan Ninja story has existed in outlined form for nearly a decade, but this sub-plot involving Trance, Corey, and the Dark Dungeon is a relatively new edition. It was woven into the plot a couple years ago.
We hadn’t settled on Kitty Hexovich’s name until just a couple days ago. For a long time, her name in the script was Luna Meow, which I thought was suitably dumb sounding, but Jessica thought it seemed more like a ‘90s name and called to mind a character from Sailor Moon.
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Discuss Blog Entries / Glossary & A New Satan Ninja Write-Up
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Discuss Comic Pages / Issue 3 - Ninja Power! - Page 10 - Ninja Power List
« on: January 24, 2016, 08:31:34 AM »
To help illustrate Eddie's new-found ninja-ness, Jessica decided to have Eddie sit in what I tend to think of as the "Spider-Man" pose. Which is fitting since it's occurred to me in recent years that Spider-Man seems to have been a big subconscious influence on Satan Ninja. When I thought about it, I was sort of amazed how much Eddie McCarthy has in common with high-school era Peter Parker.
Let's see... They're both unpopular high-school seniors with glasses. Both get picked on by a popular jock who happens to date the popular blonde girl that Eddie/Peter pines for (Liz Allan in Peter's case; Veronica in Eddie's). They both are orphaned and live alone with an elderly female relative. They both accidentally get "super powers" that give them enhanced agility and strength and removes the need for them to wear their glasses... Shit.
The Amazing Spider-Man was the one comic that I read on a regular basis when I was a kid. So I guess I'm not too surprised. Still, the similarities weren't intentional. After all, Spider-Man isn't exactly '80s, even if it does contain a lot of the same '80s teen movie tropes that inspired Satan Ninja. I guess Spider-Man was just ahead of its time.
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Discuss Comic Pages / Issue 3 - Ninja Power! - Page 9 - Ninja Power Montage
« on: January 14, 2016, 08:49:59 PM »
Of course we can’t have an ‘80s-themed comic without some kind of training montage. This page took Jessica about twice as long as usual (hence it going up later than we’d like), but I think it turned out great.
I picture the “Ninja Power” song being a pump up rock song, perhaps in the style of Stan Bush (mostly known for “The Touch” from the Transformers animated movie) or the obscure metal band Lion (who provide the music for one of my favorite scenes from the Friday the 13th franchise, and who, coincidentally, recorded the theme-song for the animated Transformers movie).
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Discuss Comic Pages / Issue 3 - Ninja Power! - Page 8 - Crypts & Chimeras
« on: January 01, 2016, 09:38:13 PM »
I'm a huge fan of '80s-era Dungeons & Dragons, so of course I had to work that into our comic. Especially since D&D played a big role in the '80s satanic panic scare, which I'll go into in my next blog post (which, yes, I'm going to start doing on a regular basis again).
I hope everyone had a totally radical New Year's. 2016 should be a big year for Satan Ninja 198X. We're going to ramp up the promotion and hopefully get this little hidden gem of the internet a little less hidden.
Now let's see if this page's Heather/Veronica split panel will get a certain dude with a Pizza Wizard avatar to come out of the woodwork...