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Was it silly of Cami to refuse that woman’s reward? Probably not. But it sure would have come in handy when Tom and Cami wanted to grab a bite to eat later! If you want to see what I’m talking about, just vote for Theater Hopper at buzzComix to see the special incentive sketch.
Real quick, regarding the voting, many thanks to those of you who came back to the site every day to lend your support. You guys did a great job. We didn’t get the top spot, but it looks like we’ve lodged ourselves in a pretty solid third place. I’m happy with that. As such, don’t expect me to bother you about voting for the rest of the month, or at least not as much emphasis on it. I’m positive you guys are probably as tired of me pestering you for votes as I am whittling away a little piece of my integrity every time I do it.
I’ll probably still keep drawing incentive sketches. I think they’re a fun way to show a different facet of the comic by adding a little something extra and I know some of you have come to enjoy them. But don’t expect me to shill and shill and shill for your votes anymore. It’s too exhausting.
To that end, Theater Hopper will go back to its regular Monday, Wednesday and Friday schedule next week.
Maybe you noticed, but today marks the occasion of Theater Hopper’s 350th comic. I always get a little reflective around these milestones. I can’t help it. I still marvel that this is something that I do and people come around to check it out and support it.
I don’t have anything particularly insightful to say about it right now, but know that the direction I want to take the comic is at the forefront of my mind. There are things I’ve been doing for too long that need to change. Habits I need to break. I’m not talking about the comic itself, mind you. But rather how I approach the behind-the-scenes stuff. The THorum. The merchandising. The philosophy of the comic’s purpose. Changes need to be made. I’m just not sure what those changes are just yet.
For me, Theater Hopper has been not only about creative expression, but self-improvement. Over the course of nearly two and a half years I’ve struggled to improve the writing, improve the art and improve myself. Sometimes it works out. Sometimes it comes off all wrong. But if I’m not trying new things with the comic, the site, the business or how I choose to manage all of them, then we’re not moving forward. If we aren’t moving forward, there’s no point.
Sorry if this is spooking anyone. Milestones. Reflective. You know how it goes. Maybe we should move away from this line of discussion and talk more about the comic and the movie that inspired me this week
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This is the part of the story we like to call “building the drama.” I was half-way through inking it when I realized, “Hey, this comic has no punchline!”
That’s okay. Never every comic has to be fortified with your daily allowance of 10 comedy nutrients. Certainly not when compared to Friday’s comic – which was more of a visual gag than anything else.
At this point, I just want to cement the idea in your head’s that Jimmy was kind of a tool in his youth and the best way to do that is show you and not tell you.
I’m going to explore that idea a little more on Wednesday, specifically as it pertains to Jimmy’s relationship(s) with the opposite sex.
Much to my chagrin, I didn’t have an opportunity to see ANY of the myriad of new films released this week and I harbor a secret shame.
Cami’s folks offered to watch Henry Friday night so she and I could see He’s Just Not That Into You, but we only got as far as dinner before Cami wasn’t feeling well and we had to go home. We diluted ourselves into thinking maybe we could catch the late showing. But we both ended up crashing on the couch before 9:00 PM before waking up later, Rip Van Winkle style, and cursing our feeble bodies for being old and run down.
After that, I found it difficut to get motivated to see anything else. Cami had a social function Saturday night, so I was holding down the fort at home. She came back around 10:00 and I had about 15 minutes before Push started at the theater down the street. I couldn’t get myself up and out the door.
Henry took a nap on Sunday afternoon and Cami suggested I see Coraline. But it was 58 degrees outside and I decided to take the opportunity to sweep out a winter’s worth of sand and silt from the garage.
You know that scene in Old School where the college kids are telling Will Ferrell’s character to chug a beer, but he tries to worm out of it with the Home Depot / Bed, Bath & Beyond / “nice little Saturday” excuse? I’m starting to feel that way, but with movies.
If you want to listen to a couple of guys who KNOW what they’re talking about reflect on this week’s new releases while I moderate, be sure to listen to The Triple Feature this evening at 9PM CST over at TalkShoe.com. I’m not sure what we’ll be talking about specifically (since I’m such a flake). But, if nothing else, Joe can share with us his experience at the New York City Comic Con this weekend!
If you have a question for the show, we’ve gotten into the habit of soliciting those through e-mail and answering them at the top of the show. So send all of your movie-related questions to group@thetriplefeature.com. We WILL answer them!
Or, you can listen live and ask your question in real-time. If you want, you can call-in and ask it in person! So many options!
That’s all for me this morning. I’ll catch up with you guys soon. Got a comment about today’s strip? Leave it below and I chat you up!
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In order for there to be some kind of progression to the story, I knew Jimmy’s checkered past would have to come back into play. But I was having trouble succinctly interjecting a scenario that wasn’t basically a simple misunderstanding that would have felt at home on an episode of Three’s Company.
That’s why I upped the stakes emotionally by revealing Jimmy and Charlie to have been briefly engaged. I didn’t want to make it easy for him to explain it away.
It’s no so much the betrayal of this one kiss. It boils down to the difference between saying you’re cool with your loved one’s past indiscretions and being confronted with it face to face. It’s going to be too much for Charlie to handle and you’re going to see that in the upcoming strips.
I don’t want to get too much more into it. I want the story to reveal itself in it’s own time. But I think you guys are going to be pleased not only with how this situation is resolved, but how it continues to play into past events within the Theater Hopper universe.
Switching gears… I wanted to announce that I am at home this morning. Don’t worry, I’m not sick. I’m taking the day off! But it’s not a day off in the traditional sense.
No. Today is still a work day!
I presume you guys remember my hard drive crash last fall and how I staged a donation drive to help aid in the data recovery? As part of that donation drive, I promised to those that donated original art of various sizes and complexity. Some of those people have received their art, but the majority have not. Between my job, Henry, night school, the holidays and everything else… it was all too overwhelming.
I was feeling pretty bad about myself for making people wait this long when they were so quick to help me in my time of need. So I decided to commit to taking a major chunk out of my artistic responsibility “to do” list and am taking a day off work to get things done!
I’m not saying I’ll be able to get all the artwork done that I need to. But I should be able to get a sizable chunk out of the door. This will help not only to take some of the burden off my back, but help me more easily communicate with those of you still waiting for your commissioned pieces.
Please accept my sincere apologies for the delay. I will do right by you and your generosity. You WILL get what you paid for.
That’s it for me today. Time to belly-up to the artist table and get to work!
With thanks…
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