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Discuss Comic Pages / Issue 2 - Party Like It's 198X - Page 28 - Watchin' Ghostbusties

« on: January 16, 2015, 07:31:51 PM »

When I sat down to start sketching this out, I took a look at the script and this was the only thing written for this page:

Sam is sitting in Eddie’s room, watching Ghostbusties on Eddie’s little TV. He looks like he’s tripping on something as he jacks off. The busty ghost girl in the TV turns toward him and beckons him. Sam grins and crawls into the TV and begins making out with her. But then she goes all The Shining on him and Sam is terrified and surrounded by ghosts.

No dialogue, no sound effects. Seemed sort of odd for Sam to be watching porn on mute. Since Adam was sleeping and I couldn't consult him, I took it upon myself to write the dialogue for this page. Except the name "Peter Spankman." Credit goes to our friend Gregg Samsa for suggesting that. Thanks.

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Discuss Comic Pages / Re: Issue 2 - Party Like It's 198X - Page 26 - Eddie Vs. Dean

« on: January 04, 2015, 10:21:56 PM »

Aha, will he be introduced more later?

Adam and I had actually wondered about Ryan's weak introduction as I'd been working on these pages. We've talked about making slight revisions to improve it, because it's been bugging both of us.

blow.  I like it. 

I am totally ready for more blow.
Such a great page.

Thanks, guys. As far as the blow goes, I guess we'll see what we can do.

Hi, I think this might be the second time in my life that I have been a member of a forum. 
Anyways, just wanted to say "hi" and that the new page is great.

Hi, and thanks! You know, I think this might be my second time, too. Welcome aboard.

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Discuss Comic Pages / Re: Issue 2 - Party Like It's 198X - Page 25 - Party Heats Up

« on: December 17, 2014, 09:32:44 PM »

Too bad that nice suit seems like it is about to be ruined...

Heh, Joe already ruined Eddie's suit a little bit in the previous page, and I just realized I forgot to include the blemish in this page. I'll have to rectify that sometime soon.

Fun production fact:

When I was sketching this page, I felt like the panel where Dean throws the pig was coming along a little awkwardly. I ended up recording a reference video of Adam repeatedly tossing a big Hello Kitty doll onto an elevated upside-down laundry basket.

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Discuss Anything / Re: Airheads & Demons

« on: December 09, 2014, 01:16:02 AM »

When I read Rae's initial post, I read the exchange as though it were between two bro-dudes. Then when Adam referred to them as girls, I wondered how he knew, forgetting that the title was "Airheads & Demons." I guess bro-dudes could be called airheads too though, right? Sometimes I'm an airhead.

In any case, that conversation was fucking amazing. Thanks for sharing.

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Discuss Blog Entries / Re: Music Video: "Samurai" by Michael Cretu [1985]

« on: December 08, 2014, 09:30:59 PM »

Kind of reminded me of a weird.. sad.. dumb.. Depeche Mode. :-/

But Depeche Mode can be soo weird, sad, and dumb. This is probably their happiest video, and it's still all of those things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6FBfAQ-NDE

Adam since you have been culturally unaware for near 2 decades I present you this  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My2FRPA3Gf8. Miley is not the 1st to ride a wrecking ball though. (well maybe naked) Here is AC/DC riding a wrecking ball https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtw3IPYTfmA

BTW that video is pretty sweet.  I know I've heard the song before but not sure I've ever saw the video.  I've never heard of Stan Bush before this and will probably forget him right away.

I'm also completely oblivious to this wrecking ball stuff. No real interest in modern pop music. In fact, fuck everyone who's ridden a wrecking ball in a music video after Udo Dirkschneider did it in Accept's Balls to the Wall video. As far as I know, based on zero research, they did it first and are way better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_3TlrZLpQ0

Fuck, I'm so pumped after watching that. I'm gonna go draw.

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Discuss Anything / Re: "Karate Rap"

« on: December 08, 2014, 08:36:54 PM »

Haha, oh yeah, Adam actually featured the Karate Rap a little while ago on the blog: https://satanninja.com/blog/2014/10/music-video-david-seeger-the-karate-rap-1986

Shortly afterward, we received an email from Mrs. Seeger, who must have forgotten to replace the last guy's name after copy/pasting the body text, because it's addressed to some asshole named Adrian.

From: "Holly Seeger" <samuraistudiosinc@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 10, 2014 10:49 PM
Subject: The Karate Rappers revisited
To: <198666@satanninja.com>
Cc:

Hey Adrian,

Thank you for your posting about our music video, "The Karate Rap."

Have you heard of our movie, "Sister Sensei." There are some interesting
characters in it from back in the day, ourselves excluded.

And then there's  "Martian Arts with Sensei Dave," a more recent contribution
which would invariably provide some additional enjoyable lambasting.

This video and the above-mentioned trailer, as well as more Karate Rapper anomalies can be found on the samfromglove channel on youtube- https://m.youtube.com/user/SamFromGlove

Thanks again. Have a lovely day!

KarateBird

samuraistudiosinc@gmail.com
www.samuraistudios.com
 
 


Sent from my iDojo



Holly Whitstock Seeger
samuraistudiosinc@gmail.com
845 590-7704

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Discuss Comic Pages / Re: Issue 2 - Party Like It's 198X - Page 24 - Eddie at the Party

« on: December 08, 2014, 07:08:16 PM »

That's cool, thanks for the explanation Jess.  I knew it was an armband representing something.  Armbands were very popular from the 60s-80s for many causes. 

I'm sure Veronica will love it, well maybe not so sure but she should.

I honestly had to look it up when Rijst asked. It was inspired by part of a particular outfit worn by a particular person, and I had no idea it actually represented anything until now.

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Discuss Comic Pages / Re: Issue 2 - Party Like It's 198X - Page 24 - Eddie at the Party

« on: December 08, 2014, 06:48:49 PM »

What's Eddie wearing around his right arm anyway?

An armband that represents child suffering around the world. Surely Veronica will notice and understand what a caring soul Eddie has.

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Discuss Blog Entries / Re: Music Video - Mötley Crüe - Looks That Kill [1983]

« on: October 06, 2014, 02:50:00 PM »

This. I need this.

I'm thinking of writing a novelization of this music video. It's the only way to truly do this story justice.

I think Rijst already did it for him.

Okay so I'm getting into this convo a little late.  1st off I want to correct you on one point.  You can't talk about Devo being cool and then trash any metal band no matter how pussified they are.

Dude, sure he can. Nobody ever claimed that Devo was metal.

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Discuss Blog Entries / Re: Music Video - Mötley Crüe - Looks That Kill [1983]

« on: October 06, 2014, 02:42:23 PM »

You should see the area they're located in, it's literally a park with lots of grass, trees and even a golf course. It's hard to get a more stereotypically English landscape..

Heh, when I try to picture what I imagine to be a stereotypical English setting, I conjure foggy cobblestone streets winding through tightly packed ancient buildings. You know, Jack the Ripper type stuff.

With a horse and carriage rattling through it? That's Victorian London when people were breathing gaseous tar from all the heavy industry. Nah, I was thinking more along the lines of this  :

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The avatar will, of course, have to be made soon too..

1980s America taught me all about 1880s England.

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Discuss Comic Pages / Re: Issue 2 - Party Like It's 198X - Page 17 - Ninja Commander

« on: October 06, 2014, 12:26:01 PM »

Awesome page,  I for sure got a foot clan vibrant from that.  I also love the goat

Thanks! Though I think when people say they get a vibe from something, it's short for vibration. Let Marky Mark tell you about it. But vibrant basically means the same thing anyway (except it's an adjective), so whatever.

I like the goat as well, although his freaky eyes suggest that it might be more than just that..

Yeah, goat eyes are pretty scary. Mongooses (mongeese?) have similarly scary eyes, and I don't know why. They're nothing like the big herbivores that also have horizontal pupils, like goats, horses, hippos, etc. They're actually somewhat related to cats.

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Discuss Comic Pages / Re: Issue 1 - Video Dreamer - Page 22 - Birthday Dream

« on: October 06, 2014, 11:38:15 AM »

You mean his waist line?

There's something weird going on with his waist and his pelvis. It's like... Satan Ninja grabbed Eddie, wrapping one of his massive hands around Ed's entire pelvis, squeezed really hard, and pulled, stretching Eddie out from the waist down like Silly Putty.

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Discuss Comic Pages / Re: Issue 1 - Video Dreamer - Page 22 - Birthday Dream

« on: October 02, 2014, 02:25:12 PM »

Stop shaving you don't have a beard

This is quite well done actually!

The beard line was always my favorite. So good!

Also, the eating adds an extra level of funny fucked-upness.

Yes, yes it does. Especially the nonchalant way he throws it away is spot on.. 

Haha, yeah, what the hell is wrong with you, Dream Shinobi? I can't pat myself on the back too hard, though, because the lower half of Eddie's body in the left panel has always bothered the heck out of me. Maybe I'll fix it someday.

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Discuss Comic Pages / Re: Issue 1 - Video Dreamer - Page 22 - Birthday Dream

« on: October 01, 2014, 04:28:29 PM »

I wrote the middle three panels of this page. My line of thinking was aimed toward Double Dragon and the fact that we have this buff action hero who just defeated a monster. I wanted to have some kind of dreamily weird, brutal sight-gag going on as Eddie and Dude talked. So, I originally had Predator in mind and was going to have Dude harvest Satan Ninja's skull and spine. We decided that would be too reminiscent of Mortal Kombat, especially with Eddie's dream being video game inspired, and Mortal Kombat came out in 1992.

The heart thing is also 80s, but also still MK-like, but I think it came down to the heart thing being easier to draw than the spine thing. Also, the eating adds an extra level of funny fucked-upness.

Actually, when we went to Midoricon, more than one person looked at the first couple pages of Issue 1 and said something along the lines of "Oh yeah, the arcade stuff is so 80s. Like Mortal Kombat!" Whatever, MK is sweet so I'll let them think that.

Talking about Predator has just reminded me of an amazing video Adam and I saw a few years back. Enjoy Predator the Musical.

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Discuss Comic Pages / Re: Issue 1 - Video Dreamer - Page 20 - Spooky Powers

« on: October 01, 2014, 03:19:35 PM »

Having the ninja suddenly attempt this mega powerful getaway trick presented us with problems like, "Why would they need a getaway driver?" and "Why would Viper pose such a threat to them?" So we thought for a good while about how we could quickly convey that this wasn't something they were supposed to be able to do willy-nilly. I think Adam did a pretty great job with that, and the spooky powers line cracked me up.

I just looked up "willy-nilly" to see if it's supposed to be hyphenated or anything, and I learned that it comes from a phrase from the early 1600s: "will ye, nill ye." Interesting!