Here is the last strip for 2010. Not sure where Long Hair, Art Girl, and Punk Rock will go in the year ahead, but hopefully the art will be consistent.
My love of film/cinema flourished by me taking an International Cinema class in college to meet a multi-cultural requirement. Glad I got to use "The Girl Who Chased a Tiger" poster again.
As for the Punk Rock Drum Machine album? About 7 songs are finished, and just need a bit of post production polish. As for the album's title, we're going with "Punkaliscious".
Happy New Year!
Paddy
Anyone that has ever had a conversation with me about film or cinema has heard my rant about Hollywood and my idea about "foreign films for dummies". I think at an early age I recognized that a film that found it too inconvenient to have characters speak native languages in their native foreign lands was not very believable. It was college however that opened my eyes and mind to international cinema.
If you look at the first Star Wars, it was superior to me than say Star Trek not because of the effects, but because Greedo spoke a language that required subtitles. It was lame that Han kept answering him in English, and they understood each other, but it was a decent attempt. I say the prequels fail because they didn't utilize other languages, and chose to have eccentric characters speak in accents, which was later harped on because it perpetuated stereo types. Lucas would have saved himself a huge headache if he'd trust that his audience could read.
Why Inglorious Basterds works as a film despite straying from historical accuracy? Because you believe it when the film deals with differences in language appropriately. It is that difference language that makes the opening scene work.
There, I've ranted.
I'm not quite satisfied with the looks of Long Hair and Art Girl from a straight on perspective. It is obvious that years of Punk Rock Drum Machine albums have given me more practice drawing the robot or "droid" as you will. I'm toying with a possible redesign of their head shapes to possibly give me more consistency. The truth is I probably should practice, but then that would require more than 15 minutes a week and would take a way my excuse for sucking.
In following up with the new Punk Rock Drum Machine album news, Angus the Dog had his contribution removed. I'm certain a credit on the album would have gone to his head, and his head is big enough as it is. Hopefully the holiday break will allow me to wrap up a few more tracks. I'll also be making an announcement of where Punk Rock Drum Machine songs will be hosted after the new year.
Happy Holidays and I'm sorry this post was so long.
Paddy O
I would have thought I'd have made more of a statement about how annoying cell phones are in movie theaters, but in the end it is kind of obvious, except to the people who still forget to turn them off, or better yet, take the call and talk in the entry way so everyone can hear.
That said, the idea of forwarding calls to Punk Rock is funny to me, and that I have to draw him with the phone to the ear pose so we know he's on the phone. You'd think he'd have been one of those bluetooth schizophrenic types talking to thin air, but the hand to the ear is just better comedy.
As for the upcoming Punk Rock Drum Machine album, four tracks are done,and the fifth track should be completed soon. Not much details to give out at this moment other than Angus the Dog snuck his way onto a track and now he'll have to get a credit on the album sleeve because his contribution actually works. True story.
I really need to keep the door to the studio closed.
While seeing the Inglorious Basterds last year I came across the 32 oz. small soda. If soda sizes continue to grow beyond the size of the human bladder, there may be a return of the "intermission" in the middle of films.
"The Girl Who Chased a Tiger" poster came out better than I thought. I'm sure this would have been the fourth title in the Millennium Trilogy.
"YOWZA" just seemed right for some reason.
My theory on caffeine is it is most effective when you're trying to go to sleep. Next week, a trip to the movies, or shall I say "cinema".
