Historical Fiction

I dedicate this comic to Paul, who seems to actually enjoy this stupid-ass show.

HEROES CON in CHARLOTTE, NC is THIS WEEKEND!!!
Here’s a handy map that I made so that you can easily locate your favorite webcomics artists on Indie Island.

Also, TODAY IS MY FREAKING BIRTHDAY!!! I am 29 years old for the first time ever!

If you are a Fancy Bastard living in NC:
1) COME TO THE CON 2) TELL ME HAPPY BIRTHDAY 3) BUY SOMETHING (from me)* 4) TELL ME HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN 5) Repeat until one of us passes out
*in lieu of buying something you may also just give me cash, a present or a home made desert item. I’m not picky.

If you are not in NC, then why not drop a b-day donation in the e-tip jar, or pick up some lovely geek swag from the HE Store? That would be like a present for me AND YOU! A happy birthday memory we can share.

If you choose not to do any of these things then maybe tell a friend about HE, or share a happy birthday wish via Twitter.

I really wish I could show you what Josh made me for my birthday, but I think you’re going to have to wait for HE book 2 to see it. I hope to start preorders on that this summer.

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Dumb The Right One Down

HEROES CON in CHARLOTTE, NC is THIS WEEKEND!!!

ALSO THURSDAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!!! I will be 29! Gift unto me pastries and cash!

Here’s a handy map that I made so that you can easily locate your favorite webcomics artists while at the convention.

I’m sure this comic makes little to no sense if you haven’t seen Let The Right One In. Though if you haven’t you probably should. Hell, it’s on Netflix streaming right now. That’s what I did this weekend. Go. Go watch it. It’s quite pretty and certainly isn’t your typical vampire movie.

If you HAVE seen it, I recommend reading the book, or at least the wiki entry about the book. There were some major plot elements cut out of the film so that it could focus on the relationship between Oskar and Eli. Knowing more about the backstory shed light onto a few points of confusion from the movie.

I’d rather the American remake, Let Me In, just go ahead and steamroll straight to the lowest common denominator and make it a dance movie called Let Me All Up Ins. Of course it would be followed by the sequel, Let Me All Up Ins Too: Tokyo Dancepire Throw Down – The Servening. The soundtrack will be all Lady GaGa and Blackeyed Peas songs remixed by the Wayans brothers.

UPDATE: This early review actually makes it sound pretty good. Damnit. I guess I’ll have to find something else to complain about. How’s that oil spill thing going?

UPDATE 2: Here’s the trailer.

An Audience Lost

HEROES CON in CHARLOTTE, NC is NEXT WEEKEND!!!

Here’s a handy map that I made so that you can easily locate your favorite webcomics artists while at the convention. My 29th birthday will be during the con. I am expecting party hats and pasties pastries.

LOST has been done with for over a week now. I miss the hatch. I miss the time traveling bunnies. I miss how Ben’s face looked like canned apricot preserves after a fresh beating. Awwww sonofabitch, Freckles, I miss the dang polar bear.

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Presented in the right way I think “Limbo Beach” could be a smash hit. It’s like Gilligan’s Island meets Fantasty Island meets DHARMA Island meets The Ghost Whisperer [I know I’m being silly, but seriously… can’t you see a network exec just about pissing his pants when he hears that pitch?]. And since ABC passed on picking up “The Boobs n’ Spectre Mystery Hour,” Jennifer Love Hewitt could reprise her role on my new show. She could play the up tight resort operations manager and all sorts of hilarity would ensue because only she and Hurley could speak to the guests [I’m sure Miles would have a small part as the hand man or something]. That goofy ol’ Ben would always be getting into trouble, delivering clean towels to the wrong DHARMA station bungalo, or accidentally murdering Rose and Bernard. I’m telling you it would be a riot of Lucile Ballian proportions.

For you comment challenge, please come up with a different show ABC can produce to recapture their lost LOSTies, OR a plot device (including a LOST cast member guest star) for an episode of “Limbo Beach.”

More LOST links:

Just When I Thought I Was Out…

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I wrote this comic right after the Fringe season 2 finale last week, but it was unfortunately preempted by a couple of LOST comics. This is really a shame because part of my job is to relate to you, gentle Fancy Bastard, what I think is worthy of your geeky time, attention and monies. And though the point of deciding between the two series is rendered moot by the completion of one of them (LOST SPOILERS: Everyone dies! No really. Everyone. You, me, everyone eventually dies), Fringe is the one scifi show above all others currently in production that I can say, “IF YOU AREN’T WATCHING IT, YOU SHOULD BE!” It is by far the most satisfying science fiction on TV.Continue reading→

The Glorious Hole

[thanks to Roger for hosting the LOST finale viewing party and giving me the idea for this comic]

MORE LOST FINALE SPOILERS BELOW!!!

Just so we are clear, the main purpose of the castaways’ final moments on The Island was to solve a plumbing problem. “Well, see what you got here is yer stopper what keeps the magic water from drainin’ outta your light beam got removed. Probably by a common household Desmond. You see ’em in these parts all the time. Livin’ in hatches, pushin’ buttons, NOT pushin’ buttons. Gettin’ into a whole mess’o trouble.”

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I am still gathering my thoughts on the LOST finale, but I don’t know if I want to post them here or in a podcast or just bury them deep inside until my anus belches out a cloud of murderous black smoke. Continue reading→