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So what’s the biggest, nerdiest tattoo Tom is having applied to his back? You’ll have to wait until Monday to find out! See that little “To Be Continued!” graphic in the lower right hand corner of the fourth panel? That means it’s a “cliffhanger!”
Oh, don’t be mad. Desperate Housewives does it every week!
As you may have detected by now, I’ve shifted my focus off of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and have moved on to Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. This is wholly intentional and was my plan all along.
Like the dastardly Emperor Palpatine, I have been nurturing this sinister plan for ages!
…nearly two weeks. Enjoy!
Anyway, big tattoo reveal next Monday. Be on the look-out for Star Wars references abound.
Speaking of tattoos, I drew a picture of Tom incorporated into a tribal pattern for use as today’s buzzComix incentive sketch. But since the site has been down for the last week or so, it’s been difficult for you guys to view them by voting for the comic.
Well, that’s pretty frustrating. And I won’t hide my displeasure. I’ve even thought about jumping ship. But we’ll see if the buzz crew can’t make things right soon.
Anyway, I drew the Tom-as-tribal-tattoo picture and thought it was too good not to share. So if the buzzComix site is still down when you read this, here it is:
Incidentally, if you want to see the ENTIRE ARCHIVE of buzzComix sketches I’ve done, all you have to do is donate to the Theater Hopper Walk of Fame. One of the privileges of donating is being allowed access to otherwise locked-off areas of the THorum. There’s no minimum amount to earn this privilege. The smallest amount will grant you access. You can read all about our donation incentives here.
Everyone needs to know that you’re running out of time to place a pre-order on any item of apparel in the store. The last day to make your purchase is this coming Monday, May 16. That’s the day that I send all the information to the printer. So if you want your order in with that batch, don’t space it off over the weekend. Make your purchase now!
And we appreciate your support.
Tonight Cami and I are going to see the new Will Ferrell comedy Kicking & Screaming. There is no doubt in my head that this will be a very inoffensive, domestic, suburban comedy and it pretty much telegraphs it’s story arc in the trailer…
But I don’t care. I’m going for a reason and one reason only. To listen to Will Ferrell scream for an hour and a half.
I know, I know. To some of you, it’s repetitive shtick. But I happen to think the man is quite funny. I plan on enjoying this rote exercise in Screenwriting 101 for the sole purpose of watching Ferrell imbue his two dimensional character with more electricity than what was likely written for him.
So there.
I have my eyes on a couple of other movies. One is still in theaters around here and one I don’t think made it this far, yet.
I’m talking about Crash – the race drama written and lensed by Million Dollar Baby scribe Paul Haggis and Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. A documentary pieced together based on the book of the same name, as written by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind.
Despite my enthusiasm for a picture like Kicking & Screaming, I’m also in the mood for something challenging and something that might piss me off. I’m at a point right now where I need art and not entertainment. Or maybe a more equal helping of both. I need that shove that confrontational filmmaking can sometimes provide. I think it would be a good thing.
Eyes on the prize, folks. Eyes on the prize.
Real quick shout out to Instant Classic which just celebrated its two year anniversary. That’s crazy to me. It makes me think about how long we’ve been in the game. I wish I had Brian Carroll’s knack for characterization, but we work with the hand that we’re dealt.
Anyway, congrats to Brian and here’s to two more years!
More later if it comes to me. I’m feeling chatty lately.
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First things first. TODAY IS YOUR LAST DAY TO PRE-ORDER APPAREL! If you want to pre-order a shirt, baby doll or hoodie – MIDNIGHT TONIGHT IS THE DEADLINE! After that, I send the artwork and the order into the printer and we go about the task of getting you your shirts.
Orders have been strong, but if we can make one, final push, it will position me closer toward my goal of having a standing inventory from which I can send you the shirts directly upon receipt instead of having to arrange a pre-order and making you guys wait.
Many thanks to those of who have purchased shirts already. I appreciate your support! Hopefully in the future I will be able to maintain the store more long-term than opening and closing it based off inventory.
Now, regarding that pesky web comic!…
I felt kind of bad of making you guys wait for the punch line that should have rightly been included in Friday’s comic. So today I’ve treated you to twice the tattoo action for one low price!
I’m pretty happy with how this arc turned out – especially revealing that Judge Cann is a Star Wars nerd. People wondered why he wouldn’t understand the reference Tom made to his name back on May 9. All along it was because he was a Star Wars nerd and not a Star Trek nerd! See how it all comes together?!
At any rate, while the “nerd justice” storyline has concluded, I plan on talking about Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith for a good long while, so buckle up for that. Clearly, there is a lot of content to mine out of what will probably be the biggest blockbuster this year. Can you believe it’ll actually be in theaters in less than 3 days?
Jared and I went to Iowa’s largest non-Imax theater this weekend to purchase tickets in an advanced pre-sale for the midnight showing of Episode III this weekend. I didn’t want to see this movie in some generic multiplex. I wanted an honest-to-goodness MOVIE experience.
This theater is great. It doesn’t share screens, there’s only the one and it’s huge. The auditorium seats 800 and there’s not a bad seat in the house. At this point in history, it’s almost a throwback!
Makes me kind of sad that there aren’t more big screens like this anymore. There really should be. Don’t you think people would pay MORE for an honest movie-going experience? You’d think with the rise of DVD and satellite televisions, theaters would make a return to form and create an immersive experience. What about those old movie houses in the 50’s that had those great themes? Jungle movie house! Egyptian movie house! There’s an audience for this kind of thing, I swear. If I had the money to put behind an idea like this, I totally would.
Anyway, Wednesday night Jared and I are going to stand in line after work with our reserved ticket and tough it out with our nerd brethren for the last midnight showing I will likely subject myself to for a long time. Honestly, there isn’t another franchise that I can think of where I would do the same thing. It’s going to be a real treat to sit in a theater with 800 other people and know we’re all like-minded and ready to devote our whole attention to whatever flashes across the screen.
When you think about it, that’s what the movie-going experience SHOULD be. But instead you get cell-phones and crying babies and a girls volleyball team sitting behind you giggling like idiots for two hours. No respect at all. But when the lights go down on Episode III, I know the 800 of us are leaving all that disrespect at the door.
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I had a hard time with today’s comic largely because I didn’t want it to be a retread of the same joke I wrote when I first introduced Judge Cann 4 years ago.
But at the same time, bringing Tom to Nerd Court was necessary to move the plot forward. And if Tom is going to be in Nerd Court, he’s going to be in front of Judge Cann – because I couldn’t think of another name-that-sounds-the-same-as… name that would elicit that kind of response from anyone.
You know how it goes. If someone references “Khan” or anything that remotely sounds like “Khan,” the proper response is always “KHAAAAAAAAANNN!!!”
It just is. Don’t refute me.
Anyway, I think the joke worked out in the end with Gordon getting it wrong. I kind of wanted Judge Cann to hold him in contempt of court in Friday’s strip. But I also want to put a cap on this arc sooner rather than later. And besides, as evident from the original strip I linked to above, it’s funnier if Judge Cann doesn’t know why he’s persistently greeted with “KHAAAAAAAAANNN!!!” when people learn his name.
There’s not much more for me to talk about today except that I encourage you to download and listen to Monday’s recording of The Triple Feature. I think we had a really good show. We talked about Joe’s recent appearance at Baltimore Comic Con as well as comic book conventions in general. Joe also spoke briefly about Couples Retreat and Gordon discussed the advanced screening he caught of Where The Wild Things Are.
The rest of the show we spent talking about Zombieland, with my own dramatic re-telling of the minor Twitter controversy I instigated while watching the film – which ties directly into the story line you’re reading right now.
SYNERGY!!!
If you’re an iTunes user, you can subscribe to The Triple Feature by following this link. Or if you’d rather follow us with your RSS reader, you can do so by following this link. As always, you can also download the individual shows from The Triple Feature home page.
One last thing I’ll mention: I know this is short notice, but I forgot to mention it on Monday…
If you’re in the Des Moines area, please come to The Des Moines Social Club at 1408 Locust St. at 8:30 where I will be interviewed for The JG Faux Show. The show is performed in front of a live audience and I don’t think it’s broadcast anywhere else. But I’ll see if I can bring my video camera and maybe post the interview to YouTube.
I’m a little nervous to do the show because I’ve talked to people who have been on it. They’ve told me to prepare to be embarrassed. But I volunteered myself. So I guess I have no one else to blame.
But anyway, if you’re in town, come check out the show. I could use a few people in my corner.
That’s all for now! Talk to you soon!
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