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Discuss Blog Entries / Re: Hottest Fan Art in the Universe
« on: July 29, 2015, 04:48:44 PM »
Good stuff, I was listening to the podcast at work and it was very good. Quite funny that Dick didn't know about Maddox's drawing haha, brilliant email conversation!

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I hope you gave it a wash in between events though..

We actually even hand-washed it in the hotel sink on the evenings of convention days. Not that it needed it, as I've never once detected body odor on Jessica in the eight or so years we've been together. I think she's an android. That might explain how she's got such a bitchin' bod despite eating pizza every day and never working out.

Being an android's the ultimate secret to success in life I hear. The BO might come if she'd actually do fitness exercises all day at the con. Lycra just soaks up sweat you know..

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Well, what can I say? Very easy on the eyes, no wonder you won a prize with that.

I hope you gave it a wash in between events though..

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Discuss Blog Entries / Re: Hiatus Continues - GR8bit Live
« on: July 14, 2015, 02:04:44 AM »
So because it was free this is really the first convention you made a profit at?

I guess it's his convention and if he doesn't want sex and violence in it than that's his choice. I wonder if the audience is very different because of that though, so you might not even sell that much on a convention like that.

That photo of Jess' dad is brilliant. He also has the exact same look of horror the girl in my profile picture does, which I guess means it's a great look..

This makes me wonder though, have your parents read the comic?

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Discuss Blog Entries / Re: GRASP Comic Expo 2015
« on: July 08, 2015, 01:58:12 AM »
As far as the GRASP/GRCC rules go, I really feel like I should write my thoughts on the matter to the convention staff. GR Comic Con was asking people on Facebook why they didn't attend GRASP. I never got around to posting a reply. I hate shopping and I hate complaining to strangers. Guess I'd better gird up my loins and face these arduous tasks head on. :P

Do it, they may not realise how restrictive their rules appear to a beginning artist hoping to advertise their work in places like this. Stay polite though, write your reply and re-read it the next morning and all that sort of stuff..  8)

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Discuss Blog Entries / Re: Hiatus Continues – Anime Midwest 2015
« on: July 08, 2015, 01:54:38 AM »
When I saw that first picture I thought wow, Jessica is going to have one amazingly muscular arm at the end of it! Good to hear she's been busy drawing. I remember your tales of the other convention all too well, did you get a proper place to sleep this time?

The Kung Fury thing is cool as well, let's hope it stays that way.

Really good to see that this was a success. If these cons start paying for themselves at some point I guess you'll be doing a lot more of them next year?

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Discuss Blog Entries / Re: GRASP Comic Expo 2015
« on: July 03, 2015, 02:57:53 AM »
That is a very 80s workout costume. Did you dye your hair in the colour of the top or did you pick the top to match your hair? Can't imagine why this was ever fashionable though, is it comfortable at least?

Good to hear you could join the expo after all. Those rules are pretty pathetic, it should be up to the parents to decide if they want their kids to see such stuff and to join and supervise them if not on these things. Perhaps they just introduced the rule so they have something to fall back on if they want someone to leave, but there's hope yet!

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Bit of trivia about the root beers. During that shot of us all ascending into the attic, it wasn't planned for me to find and sip a root beer. But while we were filming that part, I climbed up the ladder and noticed that I had left a can up there from earlier when we were scouting the house for locations to shoot scenes in, so I snatched it and took a sip. Because I'm a comic improv genius.

Also, in the scene where I pull a can of root beer out of my underwear, I didn't tell anyone I was going to do that ahead of time, so they had no idea what I was about to do during that scene.


Exactly. Not to mention the bit where you go 'STOP! I need to take a piss..'. Most of the movie is completely random but it still ends by giving the viewers exactly what they were promised..

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Okay, take note, Jessica. From now on, we should try to make all Satan Ninja Eddie panels be from dick-level perspective.


I tried so hard not to call it that you know?

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And since you brought up videos from my younger days, now I have an excuse to post one of my favorites (featuring a mask that has made a cameo in our comic): Count Orlox Gets Head

Hahaha! I loved it! Nobody in this video acts normally. Where does The Rock keep getting his beers from? It's brilliant!

This video also reinforces my impression that tying a necktie around your head isn't very helpful in the Adam Dravian universe..


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I agree, the lighting changes in the party really improve the atmosphere. I also spotted a cheecky background blowjob haha!

Rijst wins our Issue 2 "Spot the Blowjob" contest that we never announced and have no prize for. Congrats!

Is this a forum title to replace "Rad Ninja"?

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The GIFs are a really good way to show changes as well by the way.

Totally. I was surprised by how easy they were to make. I might even go back and edit the old comparison posts to make those images into GIFs.

You can't retcon you blog posts man, we'll all look super lame not commenting on the rad gifs so we'll have to edit all of our replies as well

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In the new Satan Ninja panel he looks much more like an 80s rock star than in the old version so it definitely fits the theme better.

You know, I was recently looking at it, and I thought the exact same thing. Which is kind of strange, because his costume didn't change at all. He's just drawn in a different pose, as we thought something looked off about the way he and Sam looked in the old version.

I think it's because his shoulders look broader and his belt appears to sit higher up the waist. His hair seems to be more voluminous and finally most people are used to viewing rock stars from this angle (when they're on stage or in videos) so maybe the perspective is the biggest cause here.

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Now the real question is, are you guys going to post pages of the new issue in their final form or will there be another hiatus after that? I'm asking because I get the idea that, having drawn all the pages you can judge the issue as a whole and decide where improvements need to be made to smooth it out across pages more. It seems to work really well this way but I don't know if it feels like it for you guys.

We don't intend to ever go on a long hiatus like this again. Maybe we'll take a week or two off when things get hectic in our lives or in-between issues (to give Jessica time to make super rad covers), but certainly nothing like this. Issue 1 and 2 have been kind of a beta mode for this comic, as we learn the ropes. Once we come off hiatus and launch Issue 3, we intend to update this comic steadily until it's finished.

What happened during Issue 2, is Jessica was trying to balance her day job and doing the art for the comic (among other things). It seemed doable at first, but then her job started requiring her to work a bunch of extra hours, and so she fell behind and was struggling to get a page done a week, which is why a lot of Issue 2 pages were rushed out in an unfinished state.

But now, because we're insane, Jessica has quit her job and is focusing on the comic full time. So it should be much easier for her to keep the updates coming at a steady rate. We have a bit of a nest egg saved up, so we have maybe a year or so to make this comic profitable for us. At least profitable enough to warrant Jessica working on it full time instead of getting a normal job. It's a huge gamble, but hopefully it'll pay off.

All that said, the comic won't be truly done until it's all collected in 1 (possibly 2 or even 3) graphic novel volume(s). Up until that point, there's always a chance that we'll make adjustments to old pages. But I highly doubt our future issues will require nearly as extensive of makeovers as the first two.

I really really hope this gamble pays off for you two. It would be so cool to just be able to do this for a living! Also makes a film adaptation more likely. Until then though, we'll have to be satisfied with the products of your younger days..

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and now enjoys wearing stained clothing.

Not sure if that is a lifestyle choice to be honest.

I agree, the lighting changes in the party really improve the atmosphere. I also spotted a cheecky background blowjob haha!

The GIFs are a really good way to show changes as well by the way. Eddie's room is massively improved. It looks a lot smaller and more consistent in its layout. That's probably because of the window, which gives some sense of direction in shots from different angles. In the new Satan Ninja panel he looks much more like an 80s rock star than in the old version so it definitely fits the theme better.

Now the real question is, are you guys going to post pages of the new issue in their final form or will there be another hiatus after that? I'm asking because I get the idea that, having drawn all the pages you can judge the issue as a whole and decide where improvements need to be made to smooth it out across pages more. It seems to work really well this way but I don't know if it feels like it for you guys.

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Discuss Blog Entries / Re: Hiatus Continues - Dude Shinobi Calendar
« on: June 15, 2015, 05:17:10 PM »
Dude pinupi haha!

Quite a few pages to go before prom I reckon, plenty of time for his black eye to heal :D

Oh yeah, lots of ground to cover before prom.

But as for Eddie's black eye, it actually healed when he fully activated the glove.

Oh yeah you're right! It seems like it's still sore on page 32 though, which had me mixed up..

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Discuss Anything / Re: Perturbator
« on: June 15, 2015, 05:14:33 PM »
Yeah, it'd definitely have a mix of genres. Jessica and I would both want that. It's really just the opening montage that'd we've had a friendly disagreement on. Her ideal song choice is Mercyful Fate - Evil , whereas I envision something more long the lines of Perturbator's Theme.

The Merciful Fate song has the advantage of actually being from the early 80s while Perturbator better conveys the dark satanic themes and covers the 80s as a whole better. I guess things depend on how the story unfolds as well, good luck working that one out!

Perhaps you should settle on something completely different8)

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Discuss Blog Entries / Re: Hiatus Continues - Dude Shinobi Calendar
« on: June 14, 2015, 08:30:07 AM »
Dude pinupi haha!

Quite a few pages to go before prom I reckon, plenty of time for his black eye to heal :D

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Discuss Anything / Re: Perturbator
« on: June 14, 2015, 08:27:56 AM »
Hell yeah, Perturbator rules. Glad you dig it, Rijst. Most of this comic was written while I was listening to his rad tunes.
It sort of got stuck in my head while cycling to work, which is a good thing!

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If a Satan Ninja 198X movie ever gets made, Perturbator would definitely have to be on the soundtrack.

Speaking of the pretend soundtrack, that's one of the few things about the comic that Jessica and I don't quite see eye to eye on. She envisions the soundtrack being more heavy metal dominated, while I envision it to be more synth-based. So a balanced mix of both would probably be ideal.

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Eddie has an equal appreciation for pop, rock, heavy metal, and new wave.

You could use metal for Sam and Eddie, Perturbator for the satan ninjas and more futuristic tunes for Kit. There's no reason something with such a wide range of settings and characters can't have an equally wide range of soundtrack as long as it sort of matches each other (my musical vocabulary is rather limited here)..

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