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09/13/10 The Crew Musters

by Christopher on September 12, 2010 at 9:00 pm
09/13/10 The Crew Musters
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I had a very exciting creative week this week. I finished the pencils for a freelance job, wrote a new submission for my editor at MAD, designed a new outfit for Pierrot, and I put the finishing touches on designs for merchandise, which I’m very excited about. There will be holiday cards, tee-shirts, and mugs very soon. Watch this space!

Oh, and a nice paragraph about Spacetrawler in a blog by Orren Merton. Thanks, Orren!

And lastly, today after making some slow cook scottish oats (that could be a euphemism), Beth and I skated a nice portion of the Burke-Gilman Trail in Seattle today. Fun!

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08/25/10 Choan’s Garage

by Christopher on August 24, 2010 at 9:00 pm
08/25/10 Choan’s Garage

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First off, with a nod of thank you again to Chris Hastings of Dr. MicNinja, I wanted to welcome new readers. I do hope you’re enjoying the ride.

Thank you for the donations to Beth and my walk on Sept. 4th to benefit the Pig’s Peace Sanctuary. If you haven’t donated, you can still support our walk by either donating, or by bidding on a drawing I did of a pot bellied pig: Auction ends tonight, Wednesday, 5:00pm PST (every penny will go to the sanctuary). Help the piggies!

pot_belly_pig_STI spent the weekend at Chief Timothy campground, located on a small island in Snake River near Clarkston, WA. I thought I’d share some pictures I took with y’all.tripAnd lastly, a picture displaying my fondness for Macaroni and Cheese.

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05/19/10 Down to Tornitus 6

by Christopher on May 19, 2010 at 12:00 am
05/19/10 Down to Tornitus 6

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Tornitus 6. I am SO excited that things are about to happen. Establishing character and getting to know how everyone interacted with each other was important, but I am ready.

I’ve already begun building 3-D models for the city, and today I’m going to sit down with coffee and really bust out the set of scripts for Tornitus 6.

I actually almost never drink coffee anymore (previous stomach problems), except when I want to really really concentrate, often when I do a huge binge of writing, where I want to be more than 100%. Which always reminds me of a scene in “Beverly Hills Cop” where Eddie Murphy is telling the chief about the other two cops (Judge Reinhold and John Ashton) and how they are kinda like supercops. I wish I could find it on youtube, but Murphy is ad-libbing like crazy. And in an extra on the DVD they comment on how Murphy never drinks coffee, but that morning he had some.

Which I supppppose is not a lot different from the normal comedian coke habit (a la Lenny Bruce, Jon Belushi, etc), but it is certainly more legal. :)

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05/17/10 Pierrot Misses His Cat

by Christopher on May 17, 2010 at 12:00 am
05/17/10 Pierrot Misses His Cat

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Yup, they’re about to go down to a planet, you heard correctly. Action! You betcha.

Hey, I have a question for you all. I’ve been working hard to create models for backgrounds (like today. New room!), and obviously I can’t for all locations. Does anyone know of free 3-D modeling archives of things like buildings with interiors, market stalls, town squares, etc where I could pull? I use (prefer) sketchup, but am willing to get other options (for the mac).

Also, I must sing some praise about Anthropologie (which Beth gets and then hands over to me), and their collection of clothing. I really find their catalogs lovely and tasteful, and have pulled most of Martina’s costumes from there. Today for example came from the May 2010 catalog.

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Some local Seattle sci-fi comic news. Both Kris Straub of Starslip and Dave Kellet of Drive (and Sheldon) are signing in Lynwood Monday evening (along with Scott Kurtz of PVP). I hope to drop by, but am currently slammed with fulfilling Little Dee book #4 orders, so we’ll see if I’m able.

Thanks for the link from Roland Hansson of Golden Age!

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05/12/10 Dustin and Asia

by Christopher on May 12, 2010 at 12:00 am
05/12/10 Dustin and Asia

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Of note on the strip. if curious you can read here about the Battle of Muar involving Japan, Australia, and others. Those lyrics are from Australia’s national anthem, Advance Australia Fair written by Peter Dodds McCormick.

And have you noticed? You can BUY the original artwork for these strips. $120, lovely brick-sepia washes. How could you say no? (links at the top of this blog)

Not much in news today. Frank Frazetta died Monday. I can’t deny that I have been at some times influenced by him, albeit not always artistically. So let’s observe a moment of silence.

frankfrazetta-cat-girlFrank, may you be immortalized on white vans by spraypaint decal artists forever.

Beth and I built a raised bed garden in our front yard this weekend and planted corn on the cob. We purchased a tall birdfeeder and the birds are now happy to flit between that one and the old one: problem solved (though not understood). Sun is predicted for the next week. Can’t say I have any complaints today. :)

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04/28/10 Diary: Post Pirate

by Christopher on April 28, 2010 at 12:00 am
04/28/10 Diary: Post Pirate

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Nope. No Stumptown Con report yet. Still catching up from the weekend.

Of note, in the 6th (8th?) panel, Nogg is using a laserblade. Retractable and portable. Nothing fancy. But those who were curious from its mention here, now you know.

And I love Stephen Hawking’s recent take on Alien visitors. That they’ll probably be searching to colonize new planets since they’ve likely used up all their resources back home. Kinda like Columbus, Hawking said, “which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans.”

I agree, in ways, with his sentiment. And sure, there’s a possibility of that. But one only has to read a few dozen sci-fi books to see that there are SO MANY possible scenarios to contact with aliens. If it happens, I wonder what it will be? Good guys or bad guys or really really desperate guys.

If they offer candy, and ask me to get in their spaceship, though, I’m totally in.

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04/21/10 Krep Analyzes Team Performance

by Christopher on April 21, 2010 at 12:00 am
04/21/10 Krep Analyzes Team Performance

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have you been reading about Obama and NASA lately? Fascinating. As a romantic, I feel totally for the side of the astronauts, but I agree in my head with the path to go robotic. Technology, energy, etc will improve and I think in time it will get us to the stars, but continuing to send up people in the meantime doesn’t necessarily make sense. But robot probes do. Get info. Know what’s there for when we’re ready to go there in person.

On a SPACETRAWLER note…. Is there any “info” you’re craving from the story? A friend recently said, “I’m a bit lost, I don’t know how long they’ve been in space or how far they’ve gone.” I’m gonna address that, and I was wondering if you had any questions I should address as well.

Mind you, there are some things I don’t want to tell you, in order to tease you. And there is a level of information I don’t want to go into because I don’t want to bog down readers with it at the expense of the story flow and humor.

So, throw your questions my way. Unless the question is, “is this a rock?”

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04/14/10 Bollyck Brawl

by Christopher on April 14, 2010 at 12:00 am
04/14/10 Bollyck Brawl

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I will be at the Stumptown Comics Fest in Portland the weekend after this, April 24th & 25th. I will have free Spacetrawler “bookmarks” and for sale I’ll have a Spacetrawler full-color promo zine (strips up through the Bollyck attack) (if there are zines left over, I’ll put them up for sale here). I will also have Little Dee stuff, although not book #4 because it is still at the printer.

I’m still transitioning from purely the comic world to a mix of comics and science fiction. So, once I have more Sci-Fi to actually exhibit, I’ll begin hitting science fiction conventions. Norwescon (which just passed) I hear is lots of fun.

In the news: Schlock Mercenary and Girl Genius have both been nominated for a Hugo. Congrats! (hoping someday I’ll be on that list… once I someday have a book).

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04/12/10 Attack on the Bar

by Christopher on April 12, 2010 at 12:00 am
04/12/10 Attack on the Bar

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If you missed it, I contributed to Unshelved‘s Book Club with a comic of the Spacetrawler cast discussing Alastair Raynold’s “Chasm City.” Check it out!

Also, what do people think of a possible iphone formatted strip? Any ideas how to improve on this subject (I’m afraid I don’t have the skills to write my own app)

Also, for your notice: you can now be notified by email when the strip updates. Info in the upper right there.

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03/31/10 Alien Dreams

by Christopher on March 31, 2010 at 12:00 am
03/31/10 Alien Dreams

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Apparently Dimitri wishes to seek out new life and new civilizations and boldly go where no man has gone before. Ah huh. One giant leap for this man, one small step for mankind.

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