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May17
I did something a little different with today’s incentive sketch. Instead of posting the roughed, pencil blue-line… I decided to try my hand at sketching in ink. I turned out kinda okay. It’s supposed to be me dressed up as one of the soldiers from Troy. I don’t know how accurate it is, as I don’t plan on seeing Troy ever. But if you vote for Theater Hopper at buzzComix, you can judge for yourself.
I guess despite all of the negative previews, Troy did okay business this weekend. I have a felling it’s going to drop off dramatically with the coming of Shrek 2 on Wednesday.
I have a very weird bias when it comes to Shrek. I didn’t want to like the first film when it came out. I thought it was okay, but it was a little too slick for my tastes… a little too proud of itself. It took too much glee at poking holes in the Disney tradition. When I watched the movie a second time on DVD, I was thoroughly disgusted by it and haven’t watched it since.
I think there might still be some holdover grudge from when Shrek won the very first Best Animated Picture Oscar when Monster’s, Inc. so CLEARLY should have won. I mean, for Sully’s fur ALONE, they should have won. I should mention that I’m a hard-core Pixar freak.
But now I’m hearing news that Shrek 2 is actually BETTER than the original. I can only imagine they’ve grown more comfortable with the character and are animating him better, too. I’ll admit that Antonio Banderas’ turn as Puss-In-Boots looks utterly hilarious. Too bad they still have Mike Meyers doing his Fat Bastard-cum-“If It’s Not Scottish, It’s Crap” voice work…
I hope you’re enjoying the continuation of last week’s storyline. I know it may seem like I’m drawing out the idea that Tom will now fall for any hair-brained scheme put in his path, but there will be a payoff soon. I promise.
Hey, have you notice that I’ve updated the Wizard World Chicago Fund status bar? You guys really heeded the call and I thank you! That little build up in cash all came from advertising and merchandise sales AS WELL AS some very generous donations! I even received one the “old fashioned” way – through SNAIL MAIL!
You guys rock. I’m one-fifth of the way toward the goal. I’m really starting to look forward to August.
By the way, I’m going to start producing small, black and white booklets of my favorite Theater Hopper strips. I plan on giving them away at the convention so people will remember to visit the site when they get home. It’ll be a real D.I.Y. effort. Xerox, saddle stitch, a wink and a smile. If you have opinions on which strips should be included, you can leave your thoughts in the forum.
Once I have a few whipped up, they’ll become one of the new donation incentive instead of the desktop wallpaper. You can get your hands on this little collection before everyone else! I’ll be sure to let you know when they’re back from the printer.
I also want to mention that we’re still taking pre-orders for another batch of t-shirts. If you’re thinking about getting one, now is a good time!
Lastly, be sure to check out our latest sponsor Syntax Error Comics – a great 3-D comic that has advertised with us before. It’s one of my personal favorites. The technical aspects are done very well, but what keeps me coming back is the writing.
Thanks again to those of you who have contributed to the Wizard World Chicago Fund. I sincerely appreciate it!
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I’m trying to decide if this is the most controversial comic I’ve ever done or not. Some people really got up in arms about the Fahrenheit 9/11 comic from a while back, but I think this one may have trumped it. People tend to take religion pretty seriously.
Well, hopefully you all know how to take a joke and realize that I’m not implying Jesus was gay or anything like that. I’m just having fun with all of the ridiculous comparisons the media has been making to Superman now that Superman Returns is in theaters.
By in large, you hear more about the gay thing and the Christ thing more than the immigrant thing – but it all applies. Intrinsically, that’s the appeal of Superman. He’s the EVERYman. As a superhero, since he can DO anything, so he can BE everything to everyone. The fact that only certain facets of what Superman can potentially represent are being talked up in the media in order to stir up controversy I think is really lame.
After all, for every gay man living in the closet who identifies with Clark Kent and the dual life he leads, there is a 5 year-old kid out there who is just as enamored with The Man of Steel for the amazing feats of strength he performs – wishing someday he could grow up to be like him. I know that was certainly the case for me when I was growing up.
But no one talks about the aspirational qualities of Superman. It’s far more interesting to point out the gay thing or the religion thing or the immigrant thing because those are all hot-button topics in the “real world.” Was anyone talking about this kind of stuff when the original Superman movie came out back in 1978? Or even when he came back to television in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman? Of course not.
You don’t need to associate the latest controversy de-jour to make Superman relevant. He’s always been relevant and always will be all on his own.
I know a lot of you have already seen Superman Returns. I haven’t be able to make it out to the theaters since it arrived on Wednesday and it’s killing me. But Cami and I are going to see it in IMAX on Saturday afternoon and it’s going to be great. I’m chomping at the bit to see the “bulletproof eyeball” sequence on a 70 foot tall screen. I’ll tell you if the Big Blue Boy Scout flinches!
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