This is one of the least-focused shows we’ve done in a while, and the energy benefits from that scatter-brained-ness. Example? We talk about sports, and neither of us particularly like sports, or at least not typical, America sports. The closest thing to a fight song that Steve had heard at a live sporting event is circa 1953. So yeah, we know our stuff. That, plus Steve, despite arguments to the contrary, can’t seem to shake Brendan Fraser off his brain.
But hey, we actually manage to mention some webcomics amongst the insanity!
- (8:05) Not Invented Here
- (9:50) Bug
- (9:55) 3eanuts
- (10:28) Garfield Minus Garfield
I have a propensity for leading us into the second segment with a game remix courtesy of the amazing remixers hanging around Overclocked Remix, and today’s pick is yet another that proves the music of the 8-bit era far eclipses that of the current generation in terms of depth and simplicity. That tune is from the Metroid series, entitled, “Suite for Violin and Piano”, and I encourage you to go check out the entire piece on the OCRemix site. Incredible stuff.
News Minute! Stuff is happening, though not a ton, really. Most of these can be found, oddly enough, on our site!
- (12:09) Chickenhare (DS story)
- (12:15) JManga
- (12:22) Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (DS story)
As part of the JManga conversation, I must also mention a ridiculously popular bit of oddness titled Crayon Shin-chan (15:05). The only comic I checked out on the JManga service, Shin-chan appears to center upon a five-year old who uses his naughty bits as a punchline. A lot. Moving right along…
The next rock break is brought to us via some rockin’ and a squealin’, courtesy of the band Pierced Arrows and their song, “Guns of Thunder” (18:08).
Finally, we come to our Horizons segment, where this time we’re checking out two comics that, while wildly different in tone, both offer some interesting new reading experiences.
- (20:25) Space Pest Removal
- (27:10) Power Nap
It should be noted that Space Pest Removal came to us from the creator, straight to our inbox, so writing in with your comic and a pleasant request to be reviewed can work (as many of you have already discovered, and thank you for that!). Power Nap, on the other hand, exploded on the Web a couple of weeks ago, so many already know of its potential and incredibleness. Some other comics mentioned in our discussions:
- (25:04) Scenes From a Multiverse
- (29:31) Ratfist
- (29:52) The Meek
- (31:52) Turbo Defiant Kimecan
- (32:52) Shadowbinders
If you choose, we’ve also got a lengthy outtakes section after the brief outro, where it is posited that Pepe Le Pew was not only a rapist, but a terrible one at that. Enjoy!
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I think you guys need to do an entire sow in your Austrian accents! Get to da Choppa!
Thank you very much for the awesome review, guys! 😀
Martiza you’re very welcome.
Chris, you’re very crazy.
Thanks for the Horizon Watch Review for SpacePestRemoval, guys!
Your critiques were bang on! I feel that my strength is the art (comparatively speaking) and my weaknesses are pacing and storytelling. I have quite a buffer now and am going to need to use more “Whah! Whah!” stuff till I figure out where to take these guys. Hopefully my 3 readers can endure this a little more.
I have a bad habit of not developing the characters – just having fun with the process more than anything else.
I wanted to separate sentient aliens from the alien pests by giving them all the black eyeballs. That definitively backfired so I’m gonna change that for sure.
Things that I am working on:
– Character development
– Conflict building
– Site redesign
– Working on posting more stuff
– introducing a new or a new set of characters that will add new (by new I mean first time ever) conflict and personality dynamics
Your words sunk in, guys! I just have to figure out how to do all of this. And in time you should see a change.