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I was kind of disappointed with how Wednesday’s comic turned out, so this time around, I decided to give the characters an actual environment in which to reside. It’s much better than having them float around in space with crazy shapes around them. I mean, it looks like I spilled a box of Lucky Charms over that last one! Geeze!
If you like the extra effort I put into today’s strip, maybe you can give me a little vote love? We seem to have fallen off the TWC Top 10 radar.
I fear Cami and I may have to flip a coin for our movie-going excursion this weekend. She wants to see Freaky Friday and I want to see S.W.A.T. I fear I’m going to lose because my sister-in-law has chimed in expressing her interest in Freaky Friday as well. Hmmm…
Either way the coin lands, I think it will all turn out okay. Both films are getting surprisingly good reviews. I happen to like Lindsey Lohan. She made that Parent Trap remake from a few years ago actually tolerable!
I guess I worry that if I don’t stand my ground for S.W.A.T., I won’t see it until it comes out on video. I lost the battle for Terminator 3 and still haven’t seen it. Shameful, I know.
Under normal circumstances, Cami and I would agree to disagree and see each other’s films over the weekend. But our Sunday dance card is already full. We’re volunteering at the information booth of our alma mater at the Iowa State Fair.
I don’t know what State Fairs are like where you come from, but around here, it’s a big deal. Last year, the fair had over 1 million visitors over a two week period. That’s a hell of a lot of deep-fried Snickers!
Anyway, we’re volunteering. Basically, we’ll be handing out information while wearing bright purple Polo shirts and applying fake tattoos to the foreheads of small children. Afterwards, we’re getting loaded at the beer tent and plan on tipping all of the cows at the 4-H tent.
I can’t think of a better way to spend the Sabbath!
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I have to admit that I had a hard time coming up with today’s comic, but I liked the way it turns out. Of this week’s new releases, I didn’t feel there was a lot of comedy to extract from them. Mr. Woodcock and Dragon Wars already do a pretty good job of making fun of themselves already. The Hunting Party and Eastern Promises are barely on anyone’s radar. So I decided to set my sites on the movie that was doing the most advertising this week – The Brave One.
I’m not sure if this warmed over version of Death Wish for chicks is Jodie Foster’s way of combating the expiration date Hollywood slaps on actresses of a certain age, but I think Foster is dangerously close to typecasting herself in the role of the post-millenium anxiety figurehead for women. Between The Brave One, Flightplan and Panic Room, I’m surprised she hasn’t developed some kind of personality disorder. What’s the appeal? Is there entertainment to be found in watching an actress as obviously intelligent and well put-together unravel under the right conditions? It’s a weird dichotomy.
A couple of quick shout-outs today and I’m wrapping up early.
First, thank to T. Campbell for mentioning Wednesday’s strip in his blog yesterday. Finishing it, the third mock poster gave me inspiration for a t-shirt design. But Campbell highlighted something else from the strip I think I can work with – “INVISIBLE GUNZ!” Thanks, man! I’m taking that and running with it!
Encouragingly, it looks like you guys enjoyed yesterday’s comic as well. I see it has 6 “perfect” five-star votes on the Top 50 page. It’s times like this I wish I had the comments feature up and running. I would have loved to read your thoughts.
Thanks, by the way, to those of you who are voting for your favorite strips using the comic ranking feature. I’m working on a site redesign right now and I’m going to figure out a way to give greater prominence to the feature. Plus, getting that comments section back!
Last thing I’ll mention; swing over to SubtleTeez.com for a special promotion. Right now through September 28, Theater Hopper readers get a 20% discount on all shirts using the code “th20off” at check out. These guys contacted me to clue me in on what they’re up to and a couple of their shirts got me to laugh out loud. Their good people. Check ’em out.
That’s it for me. I’ll be working on my site design this weekend. Other than that – sleeping!
Hope you have a good one, too! See you Monday!
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