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1.1 May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Started blogging again.... (2011-05-16 13:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Not too much going on in my life right now.... (2011-05-16 13:12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Making Comics (For a Contemporary Society) (2011-05-16 19:33) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Been a Productive Last 2 Weeks (2011-05-18 17:46) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
The History of Action Cartoons/Film (2011-05-19 12:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Minimalist Ukiyo-e and Tim Burton Art and their inuence on my artwork (2011-05-19 13:22) 46
Minimalist Conceptual Art and Production Designers (2011-05-19 14:23) . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Future Publishing Strategy (2011-05-20 11:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Lets get one thing straight.... (2011-05-20 14:46) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Afterall. Im a Scorpio. (2011-05-20 15:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Yknow... (2011-05-20 17:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Directionless Style: Variety is an Anvil (2011-05-20 19:57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
At Odds With Idealism (2011-05-20 20:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Its the JM Strebler Drinkin Game!!! Huzzah!!!!! (2011-05-20 22:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Florida Native..... (2011-05-20 22:41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Drawing Poses... (2011-05-21 11:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Ive got an Contemporary Animation Industry Pressing Issue Id like to discuss...
(2011-05-21 19:06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Im considering starting my own enterprise in the distant future... (2011-05-22 18:56) . . . 51
Great Moments in Google Search Results!!! (2011-05-22 21:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
The Horror Genre (2011-05-24 12:16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
A Sixth Sense for Innovation (2011-05-24 14:39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Worldwide Fame (2011-05-24 15:16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Wikipedia: One of the Greatest Infotainment, Academic, and Information Circulation Contri-
butions and Inventions of the Early 21st Century (2011-05-24 18:31) . . . . . . . . 52
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Animation Writing: Know Your History. Why Windsor McCay is STILL important, and
always will be... (2011-05-24 19:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sketch of th Moment: Drawn Today... (2011-05-25 16:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Commentary (2011-05-25 16:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Well, I suppose we could always play the see who takes teh longest to draw NO SHIT AT
ALL game... (2011-05-25 18:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
The Beast (2011-05-26 11:42) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Shitloads of Shit... (2011-05-26 19:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
The Mighty J.M. (2011-05-29 17:56) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
1.2 June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Adventures in Unemployment... (2011-06-05 10:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Amazon Spree (2011-06-07 19:53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
No no, the TV must be on mute, I need to concentrate to write&And now an Article about
being an animation screenwriter (2011-06-07 20:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Costume Design... (2011-06-08 10:22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Replacing TV With Art (2011-06-08 14:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Color (2011-06-08 18:21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
New Sketchbook Art Out (2011-06-08 19:02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
The Art of Movies on Paper, or Paper Cinema (2011-06-09 14:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Lulu.com keeps screwing up the printing size of my books... (2011-06-10 13:11) . . . . . . . 59
And Now...A Moment With Tech Talk (Drivers) (2011-06-10 13:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Comic Book Roughs Sketchbook...Finally... (2011-06-15 17:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Anime, Manga, & Duplication (not always the same thing) (2011-06-17 19:28) . . . . . . . 60
[4TheInternet] or [4Yourself]? (2011-06-20 15:38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Torn...And divided.... (2011-06-20 17:27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
My birth Mom is actually pretty cool... (2011-06-20 19:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Willpower...Perseverance...Resolution (2011-06-20 20:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
GOD GAVE ME THE COLOR BLACK..... (2011-06-21 10:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Resolution, and Creative Blockage (2011-06-21 12:57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Internets been kind of dead lately... (2011-06-30 18:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
1.3 July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Proper Beard Maintenance (2011-07-02 19:17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Gray hair (2011-07-03 13:16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Secrets of Hollywood: Its all about perception. Looks Matter (2011-07-03 16:43) . . . . . 63
Retirement? (2011-07-04 14:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Respect Knuckles (2011-07-07 20:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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Caetextia: Drawing With the Right Brain, Writing With the Left (2011-07-10 08:39) . . . . 64
Ahhh. My Great Collection of Old, Incredibly Weird Comics (Ive own 100s of these! Im
addicted to collecting cool and weird comics/animation things) (2011-07-10 11:15) 64
Im With [Bang Zoom!] by J.M. de la Strebler (2011-07-10 14:08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Internet Favorites List: Best and Worst...Whos got their shit together.... (2011-07-10 17:31) 65
The Tactician: Why Barack Obama is a Good President (2011-07-10 19:34) . . . . . . . . . 66
Businessness (2011-07-14 20:41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
(2011-07-16 21:02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
AMVs and Webcomics: The Current State of Independent and Alternative Anime/Animation
and Comics/Manga.... (2011-07-17 14:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Peace Out, Homies (2011-07-20 13:33) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Howd I make my MILLIONS and MILLIONS of dollars, 3 houses, and 20 manservents while
not giving YOU ANY OF IT?? (2011-07-21 19:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Speaking of Rats Nests: Whats The Deal With That???? (2011-07-21 20:32) . . . . . . . . 67
Most Inuential Lists, and other Bullshit (2011-07-22 11:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Its okay artist-type person. Just leave Japanimation to the Japanese (2011-07-22 11:54) . . 68
Why I hate 90% of mainstream entertainment...YOURE A DUMBASS (2011-07-23 12:22) 68
Do guys even still bother to read manga nowadays in bookstores... (2011-07-24 11:27) . . . 68
Its con season. Id love to attend more comics and anime conventions...AXE, Comic-con, the
like (2011-07-29 22:05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
1.4 August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
This blog is overdue for some refreshment...as manifested by a new post (2011-08-09 21:31) 69
Drawing: Mental, or Physical? (2011-08-13 13:22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Pre-Production Hobbyist (2011-08-13 14:02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Lighting Design (2011-08-14 11:17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
New To American Animation: Innovation in Animation (2011-08-14 12:27) . . . . . . . . . 70
Fame and Support (2011-08-14 13:55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Lack of 20-Something Professionals in The Adult Art and Literary World.... (2011-08-15 20:10) 71
Favorite French Art and Literature Related Things (2011-08-22 12:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
From the J.M. Theory Vault: Scientic Theory: Experiential Contextualization
(2011-08-22 17:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
From the J.M. Theory Vault: Scientic Theory: Experiential Contextualization
(2011-08-22 17:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Yknow, if I wasnt such a slacker, Id be all over that.......dudes. (2011-08-23 08:36) . . . . 72
MOAR COMICS ART, PLZ!!!! (2011-08-23 12:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Architecture and Perspective Studies (2011-08-24 05:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Popularity Indicators (2011-08-24 15:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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Not Exactly Simon Cowell Here...Good? Bad? (2011-08-24 22:27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Style to Spare (2011-08-25 11:59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Action Comics (2011-08-25 13:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
International Animation 101: Growth Industries (2011-08-26 11:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Moving Overseas vs. Working Locally (2011-08-26 17:42) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Excerpts From a Non-Fiction Book Written by Me: Manifesto, Vol. II, pg. 259
(2011-08-30 18:32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Harsh And Uncompromising Words: The Epic Novel (Based on a True Story) (2011-08-30 20:23) 77
Most polite ways to address a person you just met? (2011-08-31 01:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
The Number 1 Advice I Can Think to Oer to A Beginning Comics Creator: Stalk the
Bestseller List (2011-08-31 03:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Essay: Failing and Being Challenged (2011-08-31 03:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
War Lyrics - Why Cant We Be Friends? (2011-08-31 06:05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Whats my next non-ction book you ask.... (2011-08-31 07:08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Ever wonder what inspired the Vision of Parallax/Mono/End Times? (2011-08-31 13:45) . 80
National Talk Like A Transylvanian Day! Oh Happy day. (2011-08-31 16:30) . . . . . . . . 80
1.5 September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
HAPPY BIRTH-DAY!!!!! (2011-09-01 13:10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
2 Diferent Series, 2 Dierent Directions... (2011-09-01 17:45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
SATURDAY OF NEXT WEEK: Manifesto History Quotes September 11th 2001 Edition, To
be published, This Saturday, around Midnight (2011-09-01 18:16) . . . . . . . . . 81
10 Reasons the SoapBox Spotlight I Have Is Like Krack Kokane! (2011-09-02 10:04) . . . . 81
That is kind of the price you pay for choosing to have a job where they dont force you to
grow up... (2011-09-02 14:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Things I No Good At...Ug. Me Caveman. (2011-09-02 15:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
[Sword] Design Secrets Revealed: How to Draw The Blade (With a Pen). The Design Pen Is
As Mighty As the Sword (2011-09-02 19:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
LIST!: Favorite Authors, Producers, Artists, Designers, Illustrators, and Storytellers to be
Featured in a Coee Table Art Book (2011-09-04 11:47) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
The Structuralist Academic Approach: Learning the Structure by Doing (2011-09-04 20:08) 84
LIving Around (2011-09-05 04:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Doctors Suck (2011-09-05 09:08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
The Asian-American Market (2011-09-07 11:55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Fanc Story idea, Horror Story: Jason Vorhees Gone Wild (2011-09-07 16:45) . . . . . . . . 86
9-11: 10 Years, 1 Decade Later (2011-09-10 21:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Not Even I Could Accept The Fact That I Actually Do Have Talent At Art (2011-09-12 14:35) 88
Whats Happening? (2011-09-12 16:07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
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Comics Art and Suering (2011-09-13 11:53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Masters of Magic: Fantasy Grand Masters (2011-09-13 19:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
How to Be Intiutive, the JM Way. A psychic survival guide (2011-09-16 17:19) . . . . . . 90
Webcomics Nation (2011-09-17 09:41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Photobucket and the old drawing board... (2011-09-17 18:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Welcome to the Internet (2011-09-18 10:56) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Things People Dont know About Japanese Business: Lesson 6 (2011-09-18 13:07) . . . . . 91
The New Anime Problem(s)... (2011-09-18 14:07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
The Changing Face of Publishing: From Print, To Digital, to Simultaneous Print-&-Digital
(2011-09-19 18:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Know whats one thing I dont get? (2011-09-20 11:10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Here are some of the most inuential shows and anime of the last eight to ten years...
(2011-09-21 07:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Does this blog actually have any readers yet? (2011-09-23 20:28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
YouTube on TV Every So Often (ESO) (2011-09-23 20:46) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
The Look-Alike Retard Clone Epidemic: Blackface Plague (2011-09-24 11:40) . . . . . . . . 94
Shallow or Supercial Popularity and How it Drives Business Sales... (2011-09-25 16:03) . . 94
Aging n Stu (2011-09-25 21:07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Finding Actual Watchable American-made shows... (2011-09-27 10:02) . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Bonjour! Contemporary French Comics Class 101 is now in Session! (2011-09-28 18:21) . . 95
Conspiration Conspiracy Theories (2011-09-29 20:45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Eh, who cares. I dont care about bitches that much. Moving on... (2011-09-30 15:03) . . . 96
Internet Power... (2011-09-30 15:32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
1.6 October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
The French and their silly old Perspective-based comic books. How silly. Everyone knows
comics never use perspective! (2011-10-01 13:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Current American Comics (2011-10-02 11:59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
When the Felonies Became Funny. Modern TV Comedy and Why it is Morally WRONG.
(2011-10-02 19:39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Unrealistic Sales Figures (2011-10-03 13:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Hey Jealousy (2011-10-03 15:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Gotta Admit... (2011-10-04 20:17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rest In Peace Steve Jobs, Apple Computers, 1955-2011 (2011-10-05 17:51) . . . . . . . . . . 99
Ill arm wrestle you for it.... (2011-10-06 21:23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
List: The Toon Illuminati (2011-10-07 15:39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
The things they dont tell you about ahead of time. (2011-10-07 16:09) . . . . . . . . . . . 100
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I Like My Cartoons BLACK Just Like I LIke My Metal... (2011-10-07 18:42) . . . . . . . . 101
The French Animation Scene (IS there an animation scene in France???) (2011-10-09 05:42) 101
Academic Theories: Surrealism Makes You A Visionary (2011-10-10 15:45) . . . . . . . . . 102
The most feared man ever to walk the earth...BLAH! (2011-10-11 15:28) . . . . . . . . . . . 102
My current Teacher in Art... (2011-10-12 20:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Stop thinking of yourself for once, prick.... (2011-10-14 15:09) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Trendspotting: Story, Literature, and Japan (2011-10-15 09:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
The Story of HERE (2011-10-15 20:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
2011: A Productive Year (2011-10-16 12:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Story System Structure Map: Writing Fiction (2011-10-17 09:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Do Not Forsake Me (2011-10-17 14:12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
That Plan (2011-10-17 14:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Yep (2011-10-17 14:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Smart Mind, Inferior Physique (2011-10-17 17:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Hate to say it... (2011-10-18 12:59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Newest Project (2011-10-20 21:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
And Another Thing. Commercial Animation Isnt Real Art. Not YET. (2011-10-22 11:11) . 107
But MOST importantly, REAL art is more personal than could EVER be commercial...
(2011-10-22 11:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Fiction Writing Publishing (2011-10-23 10:36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Injunction (2011-10-23 20:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Submissions (2011-10-24 09:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Its Clear Now: DBZ is the Most Popular Anime in the World History of Anime...
(2011-10-25 14:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Venture Industries (2011-10-26 14:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Exit to a Film... (2011-10-26 15:13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
You know, I really, REALLY hate writing by internet-accessible computer. (2011-10-27 15:35) 109
New Fiction Piece Im Working On (2011-10-28 12:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Strategy and Family: A volatile mix (2011-10-28 17:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Me n Da Industry. Da Industry n Me. (2011-10-30 11:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
And NOW, Ladies and Gentlemen, Id like to talk to you about a subject near and dear to my
heart...The remains of Adolf Hitlers corpse during World War II (2011-10-30 19:58) 112
1.7 November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Let me explain a little something to you dear reader. Why Im not famous... (2011-11-01 16:23) 112
Update on work report (2011-11-01 20:36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Manga...or things like it... (2011-11-02 19:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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Something, Something, The Sage is a River that Flows Beneath Valleys, You can be one too?
(2011-11-02 19:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Random Fact of Chi (2011-11-02 21:47) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Sketchbook = Visual Journal Manifestation Time Chronicle Tome (2011-11-05 20:42) . . . 114
Vanity Press n Crap (2011-11-06 21:23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
I can say your day all day long, but I guess you cant say mine! (2011-11-07 14:24) . . . . . 114
Fight Dictionary (2011-11-11 12:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Cel-Shading with Black (2011-11-12 07:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Let me tell you a little something about BLACK, mr. WHITE...SUPREMECIST
(2011-11-12 14:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Animation Writers (2011-11-12 20:42) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
A Book You Can Buy, Which No One Will...My Art Book (2011-11-12 21:02) . . . . . . . . 116
Secrets of Business Success Management From a Web 2.0 Master. Why? Because I like
GIVING... (2011-11-13 15:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Photobucket Artwork Prole (2011-11-13 18:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Rampage (2011-11-14 12:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
(2011-11-14 13:08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Mama-Mia! (2011-11-15 16:28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Never thought Id see the Day (2011-11-16 02:01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Telly Awards (2011-11-16 04:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Success, and Learning to Accept Criticism (2011-11-16 13:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
The Scenes, They Are Arriving... (2011-11-20 19:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
So, what kind of action cartoon would be good for Adult Swim, you ask me? (2011-11-20 20:33) 133
A Few Words on Writing Words (2011-11-21 13:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Every Accomplishment is a Tragedy in the Art World (2011-11-21 15:10) . . . . . . . . . . 134
Comics as a Cohesive Individualized System (2011-11-21 20:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
1.8 December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Sentimentality and Audience Demographics (2011-12-01 21:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
OK, deleted. Finally. Just checked. (2011-12-02 17:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
End Times: The Prep Work Document (2011-12-04 13:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
In terms of being online, Im actually quite...booked... (2011-12-04 18:07) . . . . . . . . . . 135
Lies Beautiful People Tell...About Nerds (2011-12-06 04:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Interesting Theory (2011-12-06 15:07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Lotto Fever (2011-12-09 16:16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Currently? (2011-12-11 12:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
JOY RIDE: A Short Story (2011-12-11 13:21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
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Propaganda and Subjectivity (2011-12-12 13:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Buh-bye. (2011-12-12 17:02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Anime and You (2011-12-12 20:59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
These are a few of my favorite things... (2011-12-13 10:57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Hero, or Anti-Hero? (2011-12-14 13:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Did I mention I like hang-gliding and general airborn sports.... (2011-12-14 13:16) . . . . . 140
Life Lessons From Experienced Folk (2011-12-15 15:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Well WhatEVER That Thing Was... (2011-12-15 20:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Whats gonna happen next week? Getting bored on reruns waiting? Dont be. Just change
the channel! Stay tuned! (2011-12-15 20:51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Strawberry Shortcake: Actual wholesome TV entertainment? Well its better than bronies
anyway. (2011-12-16 09:53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
When a Nickelodeon Executive Roles His Eyes... And other such necessities of innovation
(2011-12-16 10:21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Einstein and his Breakthrough: A New Era (2011-12-17 12:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
The REAL Reason America doesnt yet produce its own anime. Suprise surpise! It doesnt
because it CANT! (2011-12-17 15:16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Most of Who Dislike Monsters, Like You Girl (2011-12-17 18:33) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Psychic Mind...OVERWHELMED. Being an empath is hell if you dont sleep.
(2011-12-18 09:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
How to Fall Asleep (2011-12-18 10:28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Oh Girlfriend (2011-12-18 12:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Not getting paid what youre worth.... (2011-12-19 13:55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Anime and Language... (2011-12-20 13:02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Google Music: Tryin it out (2011-12-20 19:45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Windows Live: SkyDrive (2011-12-22 11:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Little Man (2011-12-24 17:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
I had a dream last night.... (2011-12-26 13:47) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
The Jerk (2011-12-26 16:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Am I too smug? (2011-12-26 18:17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Bruce Lee (2011-12-27 17:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
My dwahwing wook juss wike yoas (2011-12-27 19:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Anime = Production Studio Sweatshop (2011-12-28 13:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Article Online About TV Animation. Perfectly Explained: The End of an Era: The Creator-
Driven Era of TV Animation (2011-12-29 20:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
mmmmmm (2011-12-30 10:07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
You know... (2011-12-30 19:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
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As of 2012 (2011-12-31 09:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
The Destructive Nature of Social Value and Worth (2011-12-31 10:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Getting kind of hard to trust men who kill God... (2011-12-31 12:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Late news, but. Uh-Oh! Anonymous vs. Viacom. The Battle to End All Battles
(2011-12-31 17:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
2 2012 151
2.1 January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
The Power List Propaganda: And Why Its Bullshit, Why You Shouldnt Ever Draw For
Money (2012-01-01 12:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
2012 Entries: Money (2012-01-01 13:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
My Google Adsense Salary. How much Google actually pays me for what I contribute...
(2012-01-01 14:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Well, (2012-01-01 16:08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Drawing Process Strategy (2012-01-02 11:39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Youll never work in Tokyo again! (2012-01-02 19:02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Todays drawing log: 5 p.m. - 11:17 p.m. (2012-01-02 20:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
And to the few Enlightened souls who have hung out with me on my blog, on some godforsaken
.com gutter at 1:11 in the early morn while Im watching TV (2012-01-02 21:46) . 153
Where I was in the Yalta, er, I mean ARGONAUT conferance in 1945.... (2012-01-02 22:16) 154
So... (2012-01-02 22:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Biggest Mystery In The World: Success and Failure (2012-01-03 12:47) . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Media, Free Speech, and The Internet: For Better and Worse... (2012-01-03 13:37) . . . . . 155
Parental Advisory: Explicit Content: A Disclaimer About Fan Websites (2012-01-03 13:48) 155
High Praise for American Comic Books, from Animation Magazine: The Best American Comics
(2012-01-03 14:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Black Multiracial 2012 Apocalypse Diversity in the Media Workplace: Cant We All Just
Get Along (2012-01-04 14:16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Being a Digital Designer: The Next Generation of Animation and Comics Design Submission
(How to get your character/costume/background designs on TV) (2012-01-05 10:06) 156
Am I... (2012-01-05 19:50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
2012 Entertainment Product, Distributor and Publisher Review: The Best Thing Since Slave
Labor Graphics and Image Comics (2012-01-08 14:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Do they still give out the Pre-School Good Apple Award to little kids in school?
(2012-01-08 21:28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Is Cartoon Planet on CN... (2012-01-08 23:01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
JM: The Evil Twin Saga (2012-01-09 09:02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
EM (2012-01-09 19:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
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The Extreme Polarity of Publicity (2012-01-10 17:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Overnight Chess Match Marathon.... (2012-01-11 04:15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
MSTV3K (2012-01-12 13:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Turned on the TV the other day. (2012-01-12 16:15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Theres a saying I remember hearing somewhere... (2012-01-12 17:09) . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Newest Fiction Writing Badges from I Write Like . Dot Com (2012-01-13 11:16) . . . . . 161
Cult-Following Indie Internet Brand Status (2012-01-13 15:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Design Inuence (2012-01-14 15:33) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Death of creator driven animation? What death? Im/Were all still here. (2012-01-15 12:56) 162
The Children Are Expecting Me, So Please Come To Your Senses (2012-01-15 13:58) . . . . 162
Oh GOD, Hes BLOGGING AGAIN!!!! Everybody take shelter!!!! Agggggghhh!!!!
(2012-01-15 17:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
I love visiting whores, I mean DeviantART. They ALWAYS whisper sweet nothings in my ears
(2012-01-15 19:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Screw hypnosis....Use reverse psycho-logy. (2012-01-15 19:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Mono vs. Mono a New Comic That Will Probably Never Appear on the Internet.
(2012-01-16 12:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
OKAY! WHO PUNCHED ME IN THE NUTS!!! Rise of a Webcomics (2012-01-16 20:50) . 164
The Hiring Process...Interview Questions.... (2012-01-16 21:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Spoke to a (media and defamation) attorney today: (2012-01-17 16:46) . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Stepping Up Security Measures (2012-01-17 21:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Blackouts over for now. Thanks World... (2012-01-18 21:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Bonjour, Zee French Science Fiction auteur comique booques. (2012-01-19 18:47) . . . . . . 165
The MYSTERIES and AWE-INSPIRING WONDERS of 3 a.m. cable TV. (2012-01-19 19:29) 165
Boos and Hoos: Some Comics-Based Hollywood movies that are actually really crappy by
regular movie standards... (2012-01-19 20:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Good Warmup Exercise(s). OC Anime Design/Practice Doodles, by Me (2012-01-21 10:36) 168
Yknow, kids. I may be old, but I also have a good memory. Goosebumps wasnt that scary
back in the day.... (2012-01-21 20:13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
The Dierence Between Nerds/Geeks and Actual Smart People... (2012-01-21 20:35) . . . . 169
Low-Budget Live Action TV and Video Footage (2012-01-22 09:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Let me guess... (2012-01-22 10:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Awww. Too bad. Poor Bay-Bee! (2012-01-22 11:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Control Freaks on the Other Side... (2012-01-22 12:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Welcome to Hell, Where You Are Welcome To Sell... (2012-01-22 14:41) . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Super Fun Documentary!: Searching For Bobby Dingly.... (2012-01-22 15:45) . . . . . . . . 171
Whatevs.... (2012-01-22 17:06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
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Maybe I should talk about my art book thats about to be released.... (2012-01-22 18:15) . 171
Thanks Internet (Thank You World Audience Speech) (2012-01-23 14:30) . . . . . . . . . . 171
If There Were No Oceans, If Earth Were Still Pangea, Wed ALL be neighors and friends.
(2012-01-23 18:39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Older Journal Excerpt - Being Famous (2012-01-24 10:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Word Association (2012-01-24 10:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Classics From the JM Journal Vault: (2012-01-24 19:15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Aftermath of the 2011 TMhoku earthquake and tsunami: My Take on That Thing
(2012-01-25 09:51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Hmmm... (2012-01-27 19:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Fear, and His Much Vilied Little Adoptive Brother: Actually Attempting Things in Real
Life (2012-01-27 20:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Current Favorite Book Im Also Making an Eort to Read? (2012-01-28 20:49) . . . . . . . 174
Being on the Losing Team (2012-01-29 10:41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Battle - You want to battle ME? (2012-01-29 11:21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Better Than It Was (2012-01-30 09:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
2.2 February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
The TRUTH about Manic-Depression. The Upside: FOCUS (2012-02-01 08:22) . . . . . . . 176
Im okay, Im okay! I think my spine exploded, but other than that, Im ne! (2012-02-02 15:36) 177
[insert slogan here] (2012-02-03 12:42) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
It was a beautiful day in my house outside. One of the most beautiful Ive ever seen...
(2012-02-03 16:15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Drama: The End (And The Beginning) (2012-02-04 16:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Now that I think about it, yeah!....Yknow, thats right! (2012-02-09 08:24) . . . . . . . . . 178
Google Chrome: A Review (2012-02-10 10:33) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Favorite TV Show? (2012-02-11 10:57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Most of the time, you can get by on rum and cigarettes.... (2012-02-11 12:59) . . . . . . . . 178
Why would I post ANYthing.... (2012-02-12 19:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
You know, many people like me USED TO think anime is a Time Warner thing....Its not!
(2012-02-15 16:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
AMVs. Whoa. What fun! (2012-02-18 12:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
WHAZ GOOWD NYUGA?? WHAZ REELLY GOOD! Grab ya popcorn (2012-02-18 14:10) 180
You know, I noticed something...about Wikipedia. Anyone else catch this? (2012-02-18 19:44) 180
Regions. Goddamned Fucking Regions... (2012-02-18 20:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Best Software for Editing an AMV (anime music video)...Final Cut Pro and Pinnacle Studio
15. (2012-02-19 11:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Started a FaceBook account today (2012-02-20 17:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
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Time-Consciousness; Time-Conscientiousness (2012-02-23 12:56) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
People yelling stupid crap at me, laughing at me, mocking me, talking down to me, ignoring
me...you know. Stupid shit like that.... (2012-02-23 14:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Not really ashamed ah bein ugly... (2012-02-23 21:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
I gotta hand it to LucasFilm. At least theyre actually honest, and not LIARS like some people
in art.... (2012-02-24 17:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
I gotta hand it to LucasFilm. At least theyre actually honest, and not LIARS like some people
in art.... (2012-02-24 17:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Anime and Art (2012-02-24 19:17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
This is Japan kid. We dont know how to do Black Goth here... (2012-02-26 08:30) . . . . . 183
Pig (2012-02-26 19:28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Ladies and Gentlemen! And a lot more Gentlemen than Ladies! (2012-02-26 19:50) . . . . . 183
BOOM! BOOM! (2012-02-27 16:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
A Little Book Promotion (My Own) (2012-02-27 17:05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
2.3 March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
So.... (2012-03-01 18:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
The Only American Manga-Ka Anyones Heard of (2012-03-02 09:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Its ACTION TIME! OEL Action Manga Prop Study! (2012-03-02 16:14) . . . . . . . . . . 185
News: Art: Manifested, My Book, Now Available Online at Amazon Japan (2012-03-02 17:29) 185
OEL U.S. Publishing Market (2012-03-03 02:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
New Background Design: Science-Fiction (2012-03-03 18:13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
TECHNICALLY, Im not ocially for or against ANYone really. I react to other people
BASED ON how you treat ME, rst and foremost.... (2012-03-04 13:27) . . . . . 186
Sheeyut! Bitch, Im So Famous.... (2012-03-04 14:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
BITCH, Im so ICONIC... (2012-03-04 14:28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
So THIS... (2012-03-04 15:17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Business Term I thought of: Reputation Franchise, Reputation Brand. The Ultimate in
Self-Promotion (2012-03-05 09:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
CHANGE: We ALL want and need change in our lives.....But Change does NOT come easily.
It never has. (2012-03-05 11:12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Has Late Night TV and the Overnights on Cable TV Always Been This MORBID?
(2012-03-08 20:47) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
What kind of anime fan are you? (2012-03-09 17:21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
How To Categorize My Comic Book (&/or) Manga Work.... (2012-03-09 17:40) . . . . . . . 189
Hmmmm... (2012-03-10 07:12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
UPDATE TIME! Keep your eyes pealed (2012-03-10 10:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
R.I.P. - Moebius (2012-03-10 12:36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
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How to Draw: Shoulder or Wrist (probably wrist) (2012-03-12 10:38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Newest Costume Design - Ink Study (2012-03-12 17:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
More Anime Studies... (2012-03-12 21:51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Twitter = Protable...for someone... (2012-03-13 10:06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Business Model (2012-03-13 11:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
SHONEN is for STRONG MEN who dont need that fancy stu. You call that THROWING
A MANGA PUNCH??? Thats not how you throw a punch! (2012-03-14 15:58) . 196
And NOW were getting to the GOOD stu....Water (2012-03-14 18:37) . . . . . . . . . . 197
Why there isnt much Asian-related Academia in the United States, or Asia for that matter...
(2012-03-17 11:45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
On the Plus Side, in Retroville, on Boomerang and 90sAreAllThat.... (2012-03-18 22:38) . . 198
Jesus Christ I am so sick of seeing nothing but fanart.... (2012-03-20 09:03) . . . . . . . . . 198
Well, there is a good side to my experience points... (2012-03-20 11:09) . . . . . . . . . . . 199
New Studies From The Time Magazine Show That Obama Isnt to Blame for You LIving With
Your Parents, but rather the fact that.... (2012-03-20 17:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Not getting a whole lot done today... (2012-03-21 11:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
This is a pretty Left Brained Art Blog, so... (2012-03-22 13:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Everything seems to be going digital in publishing.....INCLUDING posthumous stu....
(2012-03-22 17:55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
[Ratings Report: High Ratings for this post] Writing Pictures That Tell A Story, Chapter 1,
The Investigation pg. 1 (2012-03-22 20:46) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Strategy in Comics Making Essentially = How To (2012-03-23 12:06) . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
I Speak in Zen Riddles (2012-03-23 14:06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
The Investigation Pg. 2 (2012-03-23 18:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
So I ordered a digital comic from Comixology today... (2012-03-24 15:35) . . . . . . . . . . 203
Addiction to ME and MY FACE is a funny sort of thing...isnt it? (2012-03-24 21:05) . . . 203
Yo Ho Yobbledee-dee, its the PIRATES LIFE for me! Yaaaar! (2012-03-25 12:23) . . . . . 203
Building an American Manga...In 2012 (After the Bubble Burst) (2012-03-26 13:28) . . . . 203
Gritty Black Noir....arent really Eastern Concepts... (2012-03-26 14:33) . . . . . . . . . . . 204
I knew my adoptive brother was strong, but... (2012-03-27 09:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Categorizing the Apocalypse.... (2012-03-27 13:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Because Dragonball Z was and still is the most watched animated series in the history of the
world, that means 2 or more things, lets do the math... (2012-03-27 16:29) . . . . 204
Aging and Comics... (2012-03-28 07:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Gettin Older! Im With Adulthood. (2012-03-28 08:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
The Oppression of Success (2012-03-28 12:12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
You Lose Some, You Lose Some (2012-03-28 12:33) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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We dont need no water let the motherfucker BURN, BURN motherfucker, BURN.
(2012-03-28 17:57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Why is it always... (2012-03-28 18:21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
You mean I look Exactly Like Harry Potter, but with a Jewfro, Middle Eastern Person Skin,
and a light beard.... (2012-03-28 20:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
mmmmmm-hmmmmm. I wonder... (2012-03-28 20:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Sometimes I really HATE being adopted... (2012-03-30 13:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Today, I write like: Mark Twain (2012-03-30 17:22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Credibility is in the Eye of the Beholder: They kind of have credibility, and they kind of
DONT also. (2012-03-30 20:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Well, since the Naruto Shippuden dub aparently may have gotten cancelled from Disney XDs
Lineup... (2012-03-31 05:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Outsourcing Our Animation: Not Really Necessary in Reality (2012-03-31 06:56) . . . . . . 208
Generally speaking... (2012-03-31 20:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
The Hierarchy Works like this... (2012-03-31 20:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
2.4 April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
April 1st, Midnight, Anime Excitement. A Day for History: Toonami: The [Adult Swim] Run
(2012-04-01 09:08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Daily Schedule (2012-04-02 12:16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Q: Any Advice For Artists With a Lot of Talent Who Want to Make a Living With Art?
(2012-04-02 21:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Yup. Harry Potter denitely has the INTP Scorpio Look (2012-04-03 06:18) . . . . . . . . 211
Social Inuence In International Territory (2012-04-03 08:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Earnings... (2012-04-03 18:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Ha! Selling something to a network or publisher? Thats RICH.... (2012-04-03 20:31) . . . 211
Oh boy, how I LOVE those amazing shows! (2012-04-04 10:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Awesome, Awesome.... (2012-04-04 11:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Remembering the Olden Times.... (2012-04-04 20:41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Anime WMV TV Episode Garage Sale (2012-04-05 09:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Hey Hey! Its New Art Day! (2012-04-06 10:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Art and Time Management: How many hours working? How much time spent on each
drawing...? (2012-04-06 11:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
The secret to succeeding in the art world....is to never quit. (2012-04-06 12:55) . . . . . . . 215
Actually, Im NOT talented. Im MULTI-TALENTED. (2012-04-06 13:48) . . . . . . . . . . 215
Achting (2012-04-07 20:05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
New Webcomics Sketch Folder Is Up on WCN (Im back up on Webcomics Nation BTW)
(2012-04-08 19:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Social Life (2012-04-09 14:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
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Its time for the rst Round of My New World Culture Analysis Game: Are They Compati-
ble??: Tonights Edition: Britain and Japan (2012-04-10 20:31) . . . . . . . . . . 216
Cartooning Talk, Do the Math - This Time: Its Epic (2012-04-11 14:51) . . . . . . . . . 217
New Webcomics (2012-04-12 12:33) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
So I was thinking about driving..... (2012-04-12 13:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
LETS MAKE SOME FRIENDS..... (2012-04-12 18:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
O.M....G!! Rough day at the oce? Yes? Wanna rest? Yes? DONT. ITS NOT OVER.
(Pregnancy scare) (2012-04-12 21:32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Comic Book & Animation Mentors (2012-04-13 10:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Dey Locked me up der inna mental hospital, mmm-hmmm (2012-04-14 12:36) . . . . . . . . 219
These are a few of my Favorite Things. I just remember my favorite things, then I dont
feel...so bad. Shhh. Lets just keep this between YOU and ME... (2012-04-14 14:26) 220
Favorite Writers List (2012-04-14 20:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Drake & Josh, the New Episodes, Rated TV-MA (2012-04-15 10:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
The market is so overcrowded and high-pressure now. (2012-04-15 13:01) . . . . . . . . . . 222
Manga and Ethnicity (2012-04-15 16:33) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Manga Creators in the United States, and the 10,000 Hour - 10 Year Rule, and Why it Applies
(2012-04-15 16:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Right Brain - Left Brain ; Artist - Writer (2012-04-15 18:06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Disc-To-Digital? Awesome! (2012-04-17 13:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Number 1 Ways to Make A Phat Stack ah Money Online that Google and Twitter Dont Want
You To Know About... (2012-04-19 14:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Mono Art: April 2012 Edition (2012-04-19 20:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
The Narration of My Life Story, As Narrated By Me.... (2012-04-20 12:35) . . . . . . . . . 225
The Literary Calendar Chronicle Creating a Narrative Through Long Spans of Time
(2012-04-20 14:56) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
First End Times Published One-Shot....Is Complete (2012-04-21 19:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Me N AnimeTV (2012-04-22 11:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Well, considering that Ive created a MACHINE of ANONYMITY around myself I cant seem
to get out of or walk away from.... (2012-04-22 21:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Current Wage: $4-a-day (2012-04-22 21:42) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
For the most part, I only watch dubs, never stu with Japanese voices. (2012-04-23 11:40) . 227
Folk Wisdoms about Television Animation (2012-04-24 20:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Fear Not Kiddies, theres some Good Shit Comin Down the Line! (2012-04-25 10:51) . . . . 228
Layout Practice.... (2012-04-26 13:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Im SO HAPPY I CANT STAND IT!!!!! (2012-04-27 07:50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Thoughts on Fame and Success in Animation, Anime, and Comics... (2012-04-27 09:52) . . 229
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Work Status Update: ESSAY WORK and SKETCHING.... (2012-04-27 11:34) . . . . . . . 230
ESSAY: WHAT IS ANIME? An existentialist Essay (2012-04-27 12:21) . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Being in an empty house?...Denitely makes a dierence.... (2012-04-27 13:19) . . . . . . . 231
FORMULATING EQUATIONS! [dont do] The Math.... (2012-04-27 14:03) . . . . . . . . . 232
Next Month, Kids! (2012-04-27 15:55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Dick Clark, 1929-2012 RIP [Gone but not Forgotten] (2012-04-27 16:35) . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Denzel Crocker was RIGHT....HE IS history and over with. And Im not... (2012-04-27 16:42) 233
My 0 Person Audience of 400,000 people online (2012-04-27 18:33) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Yeah, you could get famous and go the rich and respectable Safe-Assed Hollywood route, go
all Tom Cruise on us.... (2012-04-27 19:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Puppy in My Pocket and other beautiful things..... (2012-04-27 22:08) . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Comics: Prehistoric Middle School Pages (Some of my earliest cartooning work) Before I Sold
Out and went all detailed (2012-04-28 03:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
BOOK OF NOTE (2012-04-28 07:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Awww. Yeah. Duality Nikka. (2012-04-28 08:07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
And So, Without Further Ado. I BRING TO YOU.... (2012-04-28 09:23) . . . . . . . . . . 242
Relationships are an important thing in business and life.... (2012-04-29 11:38) . . . . . . . 243
Psychology Wisdom of the Brain teaches us we always see our parents in the ones we love
essentially.... (2012-04-29 12:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
New Video (2012-04-29 19:01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
There, Done (2012-04-30 09:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Code Monkey get up get coee. Code Monkey go to job....Code Monkey have boring meeting,
with boring manager Rob. (2012-04-30 13:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Were in the Middle of a Worldwide Animation Renaissance, Particularly in the West
(2012-04-30 19:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
2.5 May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Study your ass o in school, kid (2012-05-01 14:15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
I am SO getting this anime! (2012-05-01 14:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
My dad nally replaced his older computer with a new one.... (2012-05-01 15:12) . . . . . . 245
WHEELS - WE GOTS US SOME: A MOTORCITYxMONO Fanart Tribute (2012-05-01 17:31) 245
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012. Week in Animation Review: Disney and Titmouse, Sitting in a Tree!
(2012-05-01 22:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Painting and Stu..... (2012-05-04 07:51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
How to Market your unpopular Blog....Yay. (2012-05-04 12:50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Heres how the Branding Name Game Works, at least partially... (2012-05-04 13:15) . . . 248
The REAL Beasties Story.... (2012-05-04 16:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
I have another new pet: The Moth (2012-05-04 21:32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
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Adult Action Shows on Networks.... (2012-05-04 22:17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Oh dear God, I AM a bad designer! YOURE RIGHT. (2012-05-05 11:37) . . . . . . . . . . 250
Being an Anime Character Conceptual Artist. In America (2012-05-05 11:55) . . . . . . . . 250
The Era of Anime Drawn and Written Exclusively by the Japanese...is OVAH! Hurray!!!!
(2012-05-05 19:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Dreams of the Master Builder: TIME and Inventors, Sitting in a Tree! (2012-05-05 19:11) . 251
Name Lineage... (2012-05-06 13:12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
The Greatest Test of Your Life (2012-05-06 17:12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Atonement (2012-05-06 19:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Youtube Page Not Working Right. Oh Well! Back to my 5,000 OTHER projects. Fuck
YouTube. (2012-05-07 05:02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Heres What Happened The Year I was Born (1983) (2012-05-07 10:10) . . . . . . . . . . . 253
A Pretty Good Book About Fortitude Actually... (2012-05-07 21:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Good Cartoon Shows and Movies Inventors Would Like (2012-05-08 17:55) . . . . . . . . . 253
Contest Entry Status... (2012-05-09 13:51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Work Productivity Stats (2012-05-09 18:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Why, Whoever Could That have been? Hmmm. I wonder (2012-05-10 12:54) . . . . . . . . 254
Stayin Here, or Getting a Job Path A or Path B (2012-05-10 17:46) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
When people say Cross-Dominance and Brain-Lateralization (2012-05-10 19:31) . . . . . . . 254
This Blog entry renovated to save time, some money, and Go Green! Uh-huh (2012-05-11 01:40) 256
Quick Shout Out (2012-05-11 02:45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Audience (2012-05-11 04:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Ive spoken to the HOLY GHOST... (2012-05-11 06:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Hmmm, Very Nice Indigoskynet..... (2012-05-11 06:50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
eh, Is it NORMAL? (2012-05-11 07:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
FUCK YEAH MAN. GOOD THINGS STILL DO HAPPEN TO ME.... (2012-05-11 07:49) 257
The Chinese Pan-Asian Social Network(?) (2012-05-12 09:23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
The Evil One, The Evil Twin (2012-05-12 13:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Culture Count Stats Report! (2012-05-13 11:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Bird of Prey, Right Next to Me! (2012-05-13 12:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Making Friends is Sem-Challenging (2012-05-13 19:55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Shopping List: Recently Acquired... (2012-05-14 09:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
New Story Arc of End Times (2012-05-14 12:38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Nice Form Youve Got There... (2012-05-14 14:12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Art and DRAWING: NO, It DOESNT Get Easier.... (2012-05-14 16:58) . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Bi-annual haircut (2012-05-16 11:53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
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Some Anime Box Set DVDs I Always Keep on Hand In my CD Wallet... (2012-05-17 11:35) 261
Toonami goes BACK ON AIR MAY 26/27th. Youre welcome (2012-05-17 11:55) . . . . . . 261
2012 in Pop Culture: YEAR OF THE BIG (THINGS) (2012-05-17 16:04) . . . . . . . . . . 261
Values: Purity of Heart (2012-05-19 15:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Bryan: A Psychiatric and Legal Analysis (2012-05-19 16:17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
No Shortcuts to Real Success. Youre gonna GET What you Deserve (2012-05-19 17:39) . . 263
90s and New Millennium (2012-05-19 19:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Lords Prayer... (2012-05-19 19:32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Neighbors (2012-05-19 20:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Anime: Hint, Hint! (2012-05-19 21:45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Have You Seen Me? J.M.s Dad... (2012-05-19 21:59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Dammit Why Not More Disc-To-Digital for indie manufacturers (2012-05-20 11:59) . . . . . 264
Oh man...! (2012-05-22 09:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Japanese Artists Who Could Denitely Use Some Form of Ocial Art Site (2012-05-22 09:57) 264
Character Design Time! Heres one of my older characters... (2012-05-22 11:04) . . . . . . . 265
But seriously though, Indeed I am... (2012-05-22 11:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Not just ANY Architectonics: Organic Architectonics (2012-05-23 13:47) . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Praise Jebus! The Devil Clouds are Lifting... (2012-05-23 18:08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Overall, (2012-05-23 18:15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Jeez people, if youre gonna read my blog entries...and your reading this right now
(2012-05-23 18:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Had Another... (2012-05-24 09:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Hey Publishing Company! Im With Adsense (2012-05-24 13:22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Animations a tough, tricky business. (2012-05-24 14:05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Not Saying That (2012-05-24 14:27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Been reading up on Japan.... (2012-05-26 09:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Much thanks to whoever the random stranger was that clicked on my ONE YouTube Banner
ad ONE time. (2012-05-26 15:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Some People (2012-05-26 17:21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
One Easy Way to Figure Out What Kind of Job Youd Be Good at is By Narrowing Down
Your Fields of Expertise (2012-05-26 20:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Secrets of Drawing Action and Fighting in Comics/Animation: Todays Lesson: Path of Action
(2012-05-27 11:47) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Running an Animation Studio: How to Draw Comics The Strebler Way! REQUIRED READ-
ING (2012-05-27 13:09) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
3 Diering Kinds of Update Schedules... (Bookmark these sites) (2012-05-28 09:49) . . . . . 274
Manga Studio - Sequential Artists Godsend (2012-05-28 13:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
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#ToonamiIsBackBitches; Lyricist Lounge Flow (2012-05-28 21:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Get Serious.... (2012-05-29 12:39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Yup. How Bout Them Stories. Flowin Prose (2012-05-29 13:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
So when I say Designer (2012-05-29 13:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
When I think Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics (2012-05-29 13:53) . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Johnny Cash Was The Greatest Goth.... (2012-05-29 15:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Guilds and Unions online (2012-05-29 22:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Incredibly DETAILED Cyberpunk Co-Production Films for Anime Fans.... (2012-05-30 14:26) 278
It should be noted...If you want to discuss what you JUST WATCHED last night on Tokyo
TV Networks...... (2012-05-30 18:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Anatomical Proportions in Art (2012-05-31 12:13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
By why converse with Lower, Scatalogically-faced Life Forms? (2012-05-31 15:50) . . . . . . 279
Aint Got No J.O.B. But Im back on the mic. (2012-05-31 20:42) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
2.6 June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
New Segment in my Blog. I call it: Whos The Culprit Whos Robbing Me Blind of All My
Money THIS Week (2012-06-01 11:10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Media Conglomerate Ownership and Proprietorship and Why Its Not Really Invisible...
(2012-06-01 11:22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
I have seen the future...and its Downloadable...Billions of times over. (2012-06-01 12:18) . 280
Robert Crumb is The Freaking Man (2012-06-01 17:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
No One In The World Ever Gets What They Want, And That Is Beautiful. Everybody Dies
Frustrated Inside, And That Is Beautiful (2012-06-01 18:08) . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Hey Now Children, Gather Round! Professor Dumble-Dack Wants to Read you a Childrens
Book! Lets read Hipira by Our Good Old Next Door Sensei, Katsuhiro Otomo!
(2012-06-02 16:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
W vs. Bin Laden Love Letter: Thanks for Keeping Me Employed (2012-06-02 17:50) . . . 291
Anime, Disney. Disney, Anime: The Bitter Rivalry.... (2012-06-02 19:23) . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Epic Rap Battles of History!!! Childish (But Famous) Rivalries Abound...Heres some Memo-
rable Ones (2012-06-02 20:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
I gotta hand it to Toonami (2012-06-02 21:16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Style Doesnt Always Equal Money or Prot. Ive Got Plenty of Style. No Money Though
(2012-06-03 11:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Anime, and Where Its Inuence Stands (With Me) (2012-06-03 11:38) . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Heres Where and How Many People Have Read My Blog, Internationally (2012-06-03 13:05) 294
Living With Family (2012-06-03 15:08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Doesnt Anyone read Archival Old Blog Entries Anymore??? (2012-06-04 11:44) . . . . . . 295
Page Count....5,000 tweets, 573 Blog Entries Online, 600 Pages Oine (2012-06-04 12:01) . 295
150 Pages of PURE FANTASY [literature] (2012-06-05 12:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
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Dream in my Nap (2012-06-05 19:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
28 or 29 year old Novelist and Screenwriter (2012-06-06 10:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Photoshop Training (2012-06-06 15:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Sketching with Photoshop....First Sketches of All Time (2012-06-07 07:27) . . . . . . . . . . 297
NEW-ER Photoshop.. (2012-06-07 09:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
I Present to You All, Everyones Favorite Post-Apocalyptic Barbarian...Now With Photoshop!
(2012-06-08 13:27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Contingency Plans....When your legal guardians die.... (2012-06-08 19:27) . . . . . . . . . . 300
Shout-Outs to the New Stu: Stu on TV Im LOOKING Forward TOO: Vol. 2
(2012-06-08 19:51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
2012: Era of the 20-Something Billionaire (2012-06-09 02:12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
And Now, a Man who Needs No Introduction....Jesus! (2012-06-09 04:19) . . . . . . . . . . 301
Like Secrets? Like Success? Then youll LOVE this personal favorite of mine...
(2012-06-09 04:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
The 2 Main Reactions My Black Art Gets.... (2012-06-09 11:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
2012 New Years Resolution (2012-06-09 13:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Since IM REALLY TIRED AND I WORK IN AN ASIAN SWEATSHOP SUBURBIA [not
really]... (2012-06-12 17:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Well, I guess it DOES gotta be me to do that one thing....That I do... (2012-06-12 18:08) . 303
Dear LiveJournal (2012-06-12 18:22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
No (2012-06-13 20:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
So much FUN! (2012-06-14 09:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Writing and Art: Drawn to the Natural (2012-06-17 12:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Screenwriter & Screenwriting (2012-06-19 14:42) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Today I write like William Shakespeare (2012-06-19 18:51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Temperament Sorter Lesson of the Day: Artisans and TV On Screen Behavior.
(2012-06-20 06:07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
The Budget for this Blog is $860,000.00 (2012-06-20 07:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Klout? Cmon man. Gimme a BREAK! (2012-06-20 13:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Eh. If Naruto Shippuden really IS canceled on Disney (which Im not sure if it is)....
(2012-06-20 20:45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
I do tend to glow (in the sunlight and especially in the Dark) when Im happy (2012-06-21 09:39) 305
OK then, art world....Lets see some of YOUR piles of sketchbooks you got laying around your
rooms! (2012-06-21 16:21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Remember This Thing? (2012-06-22 01:28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
6-Degrees Of Personality... (2012-06-22 02:02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Spendin the early morning with mah two homies, Alfred Hedgehog and Joseph Prince.
(2012-06-22 02:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
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What Im doing after the contest.... (2012-06-22 07:57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Suicidegirls.com (2012-06-22 09:17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
MY LITTLE BRONY! Friendship is Magic, and Why All The Other Childrens Animation is
Sort of....mean (2012-06-22 10:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Hey, Hey! Hold on now! (2012-06-22 14:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Cartoon Network: Their lineup is: 98% Charlie Chaplin, 2% Hamlet (2012-06-22 15:34) . . 307
Poignant Moments: A List for the Anime Healer (2012-06-22 17:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Has there ever been a Chinese American sitcom? (2012-06-22 18:28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
I know its not the most popular thing to say in the comics and animation community later in
life, but I gotta say it.... (2012-06-22 19:22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Fear.... (2012-06-22 19:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Education: Not The Same Thing as Skool (2012-06-23 11:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
International Communication (2012-06-23 13:08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
400 people viewed my blog today alone so far.... (2012-06-23 13:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Sweet Jesus! What the HELL is going on with formal religion!!?? (2012-06-23 14:01) . . . . 310
[Meanwhile, at Blogger Headquarters...] (2012-06-23 15:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Uninvented Software Thought of the Day- Video Broadcast Engineering software
(2012-06-23 16:47) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
The cure to bad TV during the day, is Depakote, so you can sleep THROUGH the daytime
torture. (2012-06-23 17:06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Big News in the Consciousness World: I think my sleep patterns are Shifting (2012-06-23 20:29) 311
How to Write Fiction: Hint You Already Are Writing it... (2012-06-24 14:42) . . . . . . . . 312
Reason No. 100 Why America is STILL Better Than Japan (2012-06-24 17:47) . . . . . . . 312
Being An Artist: The Dierence Between What you WANT TO DO and What you ACTUALLY
CAN DO (2012-06-25 11:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Told you, Bitch! (2012-06-25 23:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
I sometimes wonder if someone who knew more about me in real life would ever ask me
something like.... (2012-06-26 01:13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
2009: A Watermark Year for TV Programming Blocks Before the Ultimate one, Toonami
Came Back in 2012 (2012-06-26 01:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Suddenly, when it feels like EVERY LAST PERSON is COPYING YOU AND READING
YOUR EVERY THOUGHT.... (2012-06-26 04:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Favorite Kinds of Sites to Visit. When Im Bored... (2012-06-27 13:32) . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Say! What the! Wheres the sites that embed videos! (2012-06-28 09:47) . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Well, technically, (2012-06-28 17:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
So Frank Miller and Scott McCloud are the most popular people in comics currently?
(2012-06-29 09:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Why Id recommend Photobucket or Flickr over DeviantART (2012-06-29 09:30) . . . . . . 314
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Why should I care about the fate of Google a corporate entity (2012-06-29 10:11) . . . . . 314
Used Anime DVD Collection Appraisal: Did The Math!...$860 (2012-06-29 11:02) . . . . . . 315
My newest art gallery (with a lot of familiar material) is UP (2012-06-29 16:37) . . . . . . . 315
Its True. In terms of the future, pretty much all modern media is going digital, and will be
browsed, downloaded, and uploaded... (2012-06-29 21:22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Todays Haul (2012-06-30 10:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
How to Deal With Market Competition As An Animator-Cartoonist.... (2012-06-30 12:28) . 316
The Writer-Artist Revolution: Rise of the Artist-Writer (2012-06-30 19:22) . . . . . . . . . 317
2.7 July . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Horoscope time! (2012-07-03 13:07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Digital File Ownership: The REAL POLICY (2012-07-03 17:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Ah yes, YouTube (2012-07-03 18:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Heh, heh (2012-07-03 19:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Look people, I dont know how much this new video technology is worth, but....
(2012-07-03 20:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
*Goes Snoozin* (2012-07-05 11:51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
The Subjectivity of Money (2012-07-05 16:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Vertical Integration and Blog Organization (2012-07-06 14:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Secrets of Marketing: From A Market Master (2012-07-07 13:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
RE-Reading Making Comics Favorite New-er Scott McCloud Quote (2012-07-07 18:11) . . 322
Thoughts on Building and Running an Animation Studio (2012-07-07 19:48) . . . . . . . . 323
Being A Blogger is Easy. Its all in the Momentum... (2012-07-09 13:14) . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Good News! My series concept got featured in Animation Magazines July/August Issue. Want
proof? Here ya go. (2012-07-11 09:12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Actually, honestly, I have been known to be absent from certain websites even when Im the
biggest topic of discussion there.... (2012-07-12 09:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Well youve gotta hand it to the media... (2012-07-12 19:09) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
If I actually had a spare moment to myself, in my own fucking house... (2012-07-12 19:45) . 325
Im a bit like Mike Tyson, but with comics (2012-07-12 20:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Good at sketching, but not good at polishing your drawings? Feel like your draftsmanship is
mediocre, but still able to do cool concept art? (2012-07-13 14:00) . . . . . . . . . 325
So THATs why they put my face on TV but refuse to make me a showrunner...It all makes
sense now... (2012-07-13 19:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Still Working [sort of] (2012-07-14 12:36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Newest Art Technique: Black Flames (2012-07-14 14:01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Man Im hideously freakish looking....But on the plus side... (2012-07-14 14:32) . . . . . . . 328
Eragon is nally on CN! (2012-07-14 17:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
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What do you got, Char baby? What do YOU got? (2012-07-14 19:15) . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
GO AWAY FAME! NO ONE INVITED YOU! (2012-07-15 09:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Non-Google Website Recommendations... (2012-07-15 10:38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
And now its time for another boring session of HOW TO DRAW COMICS THE JM WAY!
Hey all right! (2012-07-15 17:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Why comic books (classic, mid, and modern) in America are dierent than animation....
(2012-07-16 12:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Yoshihiro Tatsumi, you have INSPIRED me...Thank you... (2012-07-16 13:51) . . . . . . . 332
Rest Assured, My Loyal Audience. More Mono Stu Is Being Produced (2012-07-16 17:17) 333
How to Get Pencil Mileage, The Marvel Way (2012-07-17 00:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Anime (2012-07-17 11:15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Sometimes You Lose Touch.... (2012-07-17 12:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
NOTICE: MANIFESTO UPDATE (2012-07-17 13:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Technically, Im an Author A Brief Bibliography of JM (2012-07-17 13:48) . . . . . . . . . 335
I always get the cool personality proles online, yet my private life can be so boring! Its a
little weird. (2012-07-17 15:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
My Best Friend (2012-07-17 20:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Hmmmm..... (2012-07-17 21:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
The Power of Loss (2012-07-19 14:59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Saying most modern animation is animated with Flash is only HALF the truth...
(2012-07-21 16:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Growing Into an Adult Inventor-Engineer-Broadcaster (2012-07-21 20:25) . . . . . . . . . . 336
Mysterious Secrets of Internet Commerce: How People Make Money Online (2012-07-22 12:50) 337
F**k, I kind of hate certain things about the weekend (2012-07-22 13:09) . . . . . . . . . . 337
So, how much money do you make as a (part-White, part-Tunisian, part-Berber, Part-
Mongolian, Part American, Part British, and Part French) comics and animation
writer anyway? (2012-07-22 13:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Well, you WONT nd me on Anime News Network, DeviantART or Wikipedia...They all
red me, now i am a SAD Panda. (2012-07-22 14:06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Dierences of Inuence (2012-07-23 11:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
I Dont Want to Actually Work to Achieve Anything (2012-07-23 12:09) . . . . . . . . . . 338
Wake Up United States.... (2012-07-23 13:41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Wow, I Lost 152 POUNDS!..... (2012-07-23 13:56) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Pokemon and Bleach Must Die. (2012-07-23 15:05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Well, if you REALLY want to draw and choreography people wielding swords....
(2012-07-23 15:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Unfortunately (2012-07-24 11:07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
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Honestly, I HOPE punk kids confront me next time Im out in public....Ive been waiting...
(2012-07-24 13:22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Dy-No-Mite! (2012-07-26 13:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Drawing and Writing (2012-07-26 13:50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
First 500 pages are free (2012-07-27 12:23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Manga and Indie Comic Books, and How Theyre More Alike Than We Think (2012-07-28 10:10) 340
Random JM Art Lesson: Artwork With Appeal (2012-07-28 11:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Followers: Put the Peddle to the Metal (2012-07-29 14:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Clocking in At The End of the Month (2012-07-30 14:45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
The Whole Power Lust Thing....The Real Truth: Chi Energy = Power (2012-07-31 14:09) 341
2.8 August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
I am a proud Scorpio, but if you wish you could be my friend, you should probably be a
Virgo, Aries, Sagittarius, and/or Leo. NOT a Taurus. Unless youre a famous Taurus.
(2012-08-02 16:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Obscure...things (2012-08-02 18:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Man. I really gotta nish my graphic novel, and i mean SOON! (2012-08-02 18:47) . . . . . 342
Comics. Planning your pages... (2012-08-03 11:05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Comics Training: The Ultimate Self-Teaching Challenge (2012-08-03 12:20) . . . . . . . . . 342
Best advice Ive gotten on drawing comics recently? (2012-08-03 12:59) . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Lessons in Teamwork - Support Groups - Do YOU Have Any (other than me)?
(2012-08-08 10:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Preview of (My) Graphic Novel [coming soon] (2012-08-09 11:23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Teaching Yourself How to Draw Manga and Anime (2012-08-11 08:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
How to Draw Manga, The JM Way... (2012-08-11 11:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
In the Future....It wont be ALL fun and games... (2012-08-11 15:53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Yeah, you should BE a LITTLE disappointed... (2012-08-11 17:27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Sorry, but NO ONE in Hollywood and L.A. is irreplaceable, no matter how much they get
paid or how famous they are.... (2012-08-11 18:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
You know me, Im open to opinions (EVEN if theyre wrong!...) (2012-08-12 13:26) . . . . . 345
Need to Hire a Freelance Publisher or Broadcaster? How bout me? (2012-08-12 16:13) . . . 346
Fear Not YouTube Fans....Ill Probably Upload Many more Video Clips and [maybe] Episodes
of Shows and Anime Openings at some point in the future... (2012-08-12 18:00) . 346
Anti-Marriage (2012-08-13 09:53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Lets Duel! (2012-08-13 13:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Does a beard benet an artist? (2012-08-14 17:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
The Only Reliable Person in Your Life on a Good Day, is You (2012-08-14 19:26) . . . . . . 348
Theres no such thing as an artist who does all good drawings, just artists who hide their bad
art well.... (2012-08-15 10:59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
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Fame = Jerk (2012-08-15 11:53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Why yes, indeed I do, like the other 4 million people.... (2012-08-15 13:02) . . . . . . . . . . 348
Charting the Progress (2012-08-16 14:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Odd Little Things (2012-08-16 21:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Drawing On Command.....Realistic Goal or Non-Realistic Goal (2012-08-18 12:42) . . . . . 349
And so, THEN the Boss said to me.... (2012-08-18 18:28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
INVADERS, CORPORATE ESPIONAGE, and IDENTITY THEIVES: PC Spyware and Other
Such Things: Defensive Countermeasures YOU or anyone else can take against them
(2012-08-18 18:41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
My Horoscope Warned Me About.... (2012-08-19 15:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
So I was talking to a friend one night....back when I was attending school... (2012-08-19 17:15) 351
Code Lyoko: EVOLUTION (2012-08-19 18:57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
High Points of Parallax..... (2012-08-19 19:10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Not Much (2012-08-20 12:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
What I Value... (2012-08-20 12:57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Hurricane Jay?? Who the hell is that!!?? (2012-08-20 16:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Encyclopedia Sub-Genres in desperate need of existing.... (2012-08-20 18:48) . . . . . . . . 352
Oveheard Conversations ABOUT ME With Angry Across-The-Fence Neighbors
(2012-08-20 22:06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Worlds Greatest Dad. Gee, Dad..... (2012-08-21 12:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Okay, okay, I admit, Today hasnt been a bad day, per say... (2012-08-21 14:35) . . . . . . . 353
NO TIME (2012-08-21 15:23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Favorite Designers, Illustrators, and Concept Artists (2012-08-22 04:45) . . . . . . . . . . . 354
To the American Manga Student who has a teacher(s) who doesnt like anime. How to deal
with it... (2012-08-22 09:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
There are so many millions upon millions of drawings used in TV and Feature Animation that
People Never See! Shame really (2012-08-22 11:01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Sin City comic books isnt a style... (2012-08-22 11:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Lessons my published artbook taught me... (2012-08-22 11:21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Me And My Popular-Yet-Controversial Manga-Comics Style (2012-08-22 12:05) . . . . . . . 356
You Need a Sta to Make Anime and Animation, Which is Why I Wouldnt Even Bother
CALLING It Real Art (2012-08-23 05:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
SIGH. So many artists. Such a miniscule amount of architectural, production design, and
perspective knowledge....so little time (2012-08-23 05:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Favorite Illustrative and Animation Artist of the Moment? (2012-08-23 06:47) . . . . . . . 357
Fun Trivia Facts You Probably DONT KNOW About the upcoming Disney XD Show: Randy
Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (Subheader: Why its easier to NOT hate Disney
XD) (2012-08-23 08:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
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Coolness Factor (2012-08-23 09:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Youll have to pardon my outbursts (2012-08-23 11:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Not Really.... (2012-08-23 11:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
I dont HATE geeks. I defend the weak from the predators as far as geeks and bullies are
concerned. Or at least, I did in middle school....For instance, in middle school, one
time (2012-08-23 17:46) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
The Friend Den (2012-08-24 14:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Will I Turn My Latter Years into a Globetrotting Epic Adventure Where I meet a Lot of New
People (2012-08-24 20:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Whoa! I had no idea how fun shopping in Tokyo and Paris WAS! (2012-08-25 11:53) . . . . 361
Japanese Books and Self-Publishing (aka world manga Dojin and Dojinshi) (2012-08-25 13:11) 361
Stats of my sites.... (2012-08-25 15:42) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Dah Ninjah. ... (2012-08-25 21:32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Freestyle Hip-Hop Anatomical Study, Provided by Beastie Boys (2012-08-26 18:55) . . . . . 364
Board @ Work Again (2012-08-27 14:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Typical Blog Update Times (LIsten Up) (2012-08-27 14:59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Sometimes, when the weight of the world is on your pen..... (2012-08-27 17:13) . . . . . . . 366
Perhaps I should explain (2012-08-27 17:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
You Know, Sometimes I Take My Insider Knowledge For Granted (2012-08-27 18:16) . . . . 366
Not bad for a guy who isnt being paid anything....or getting laid. (2012-08-28 10:52) . . . 367
Well.... (2012-08-28 12:15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
HEY CARL! WHY YOU SO LAZY!? (2012-08-28 13:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Wisconsin...WE HAVE A VISUAL! (2012-08-28 13:28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
My father just died. Dont feel sorry for me or anything... (2012-08-28 13:32) . . . . . . . . 367
Yknow (2012-08-28 14:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
And now its Preview Time....Today We Bring to You a Special Treat: (2012-08-28 16:42) . 368
Either make a Clone Double rip o of Barack Obama and dont credit him for it, or YOU
FAIL THE CLASS!!!!! (2012-08-29 10:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
And here I thought EVERYONE already knew I was an expert at animation production
including pre & post (2012-08-29 10:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Maybe Im biased in favor of my own race, but.... (2012-08-29 14:53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Lectures in Screenwriting...Tape Recorder (2012-08-30 08:38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Inbred unoriginality (2012-08-30 08:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Dunno about you, but I enjoy QUICK and PROMPT message board, cell, phone, and email
responses... (2012-08-30 09:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Thats odd.... (2012-08-30 19:59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
How to Be a Master Strategist (2012-08-30 20:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
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It is just the internet, world.... (2012-08-31 20:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
2.9 September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Its FUN seeing Far Eastern Fanart (2012-09-01 12:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
The Past is The Past (2012-09-01 15:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Okay?? No, it is NOT okay. (2012-09-02 14:57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Please note: I dont hate DeviantART. Dont know that I ever actually did in reality. [also,
the POWER AND LIE OF HOW THINGS LOOK] (2012-09-04 16:32) . . . . . . 370
22: Master Builder Writes a Script: First Screenwriter Journal Ever (2012-09-04 17:59) . . 371
The Internet and the Fight For Democracy and Against Censorship Worldwide
(2012-09-08 19:57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Im a Regular Todd McFarlane...LOL (2012-09-08 22:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Want to know a secret about art? Thats simple Dont Be An Idealist (2012-09-09 13:22) . 373
I had a weird dream...Prophetic? Maybe. (2012-09-10 06:55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Writing for Animation (2012-09-10 10:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Help Wanted: Want to help me with my websites? (2012-09-10 14:53) . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
September 22nd. R.I.P. Birth Father - Happy Birthday. (2012-09-11 12:40) . . . . . . . . . 375
Yes, indeed. I got my newest portfolio review (2012-09-11 16:15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Oh wow. Writing 20,000 words every 20 days is EASY! Im a GOOD writer. (2012-09-11 20:22) 375
My E-Book, THE IMAGINOMICON.... (2012-09-12 09:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
I Really Dont Know... (2012-09-12 13:36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Autumn is Here in 10 Days. Just about. (2012-09-12 15:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Pricing a Book Youve Authored so that itll sell? Yeah, that is the most DIFFICULT THING
IN THE WORLD! (2012-09-12 17:59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
BIORHYTHM (2012-09-12 19:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
So What happens when you strike it rich in Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Copycats. More
like CopyCUNTS (2012-09-12 19:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
According to Kred, my community inuence category percentage rate pans out like this on
social media. Thanks Kred! (2012-09-12 20:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
MORE Kred Stats on me. Best thing since Social Blade (2012-09-12 20:23) . . . . . . . . . 378
Im a Trend Follower. You Drawing Sucks! (2012-09-13 14:56) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
I dont know HOW to draw windows to the soul, big titties, swimsuits, or ANYTHING like
that really.... (2012-09-14 13:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Hatredcopter (2012-09-14 14:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Current Inuences of the moment... (2012-09-14 14:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Self Vs. Self (2012-09-15 16:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Spiritual Notations. Speaking as an Indigo Child (2012-09-15 17:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
As an Indigo Soul, I have MANY powers.... (2012-09-15 17:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
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IMAGINOMICON - Book Stats. Update. 9/16/12 (2012-09-16 12:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
IMAGINOMICON WILL BE AVAILABLE IN RETAILERS SOON..... (2012-09-17 04:53) . 381
There You Have It, Yin and Yang, Words and Pictures, Literature and Art. The Two Sides of
the Brain... (2012-09-17 04:57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Denial is the First Sign of Having a Problem. My parents deny a lot of things....
(2012-09-17 19:02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Favorite Commercial (2012-09-17 19:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
My Amazon Author Page is UP (2012-09-17 20:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
There are REASONS For These Things...I Like Veterans Better Than Manga Brats, with
GOOD REASON.... (2012-09-18 12:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
I accept payments of money of course. A job well done is NOT its own reward. Money is.
(2012-09-19 09:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
The best comic book drawing teacher is your pen and pencil.. (2012-09-19 11:11) . . . . . . 382
Duster (2012-09-19 13:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Art and Trenchcoats (2012-09-20 10:10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Drawing Takes a lot of Chakra (real concept, not just Naruto) out of a guy. Ive used a LOT
of Chakra...Chi. (2012-09-20 12:45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Not as worried about the state of daytime television anymore...... (2012-09-21 17:16) . . . 384
Is it really MY fault? (2012-09-22 11:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
New Comic Book Art: UP (2012-09-22 16:08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Genre-types Who Have the Best Understanding of My Creative Vision of an Apocalypse
Mythology... (2012-09-24 01:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
If theres one thing I love as much as comics, TV, lm, and animation, its MUSIC!
(2012-09-24 01:36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
FLORIDA (2012-09-24 01:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Time for Fall! Yay! And With Fall Comes Change! Shift: The Late Shift (2012-09-24 02:16) 385
The Night, It Is Wonderful. (2012-09-24 02:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Shambhala publishing COMICS NOW! YEH-HEH-HEH-HESS!!!! (2012-09-24 03:22) . . . . 386
Its True. Im denitely NOT an ONLY child. Far From it. (2012-09-24 03:43) . . . . . . . 386
I Want Candy (2012-09-24 03:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Recent Biographical Information (2012-09-24 05:07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Caution, Road Work Ahead: Lyricist @ Work (2012-09-24 09:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Why cant North America and Japan Be The Same Thing?? - An American and Japanese
Animation Industry Analysis (2012-09-25 08:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
The Pathway to Less Prot, er, I mean NO PROFIT. (2012-09-25 11:32) . . . . . . . . . . 387
Using Technology is So Annoying and Frustrating Lately Nowadays (2012-09-25 12:40) . . . 387
NICE ARTICLE NPR! (2012-09-25 13:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Autobiography (2012-09-25 14:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
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Honestly? (2012-09-25 17:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
I AM NOT, I REPEAT, NOT, QUITTING ON MY CAREER JUST BECAUSE IM NOT
DRAWING CURRENTLY (2012-09-26 06:47) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
International Competitions (2012-09-26 16:10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
There are advantages to being unpopular in comics..... (2012-09-27 10:46) . . . . . . . . . . 389
Well, (2012-09-28 09:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
And well, P.S. (2012-09-28 13:42) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Finally, $$$ (2012-09-29 10:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
My Adsense Earnings Still Arent Technically A Lot, However... (2012-09-29 10:34) . . . . 390
My Vast Worldwide Audience... (2012-09-29 10:38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Good News For You, My Beloved Worldwide Audience of Males AND Females! Today is JM
Posts His Online Art Day! (2012-09-29 10:59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
2.10 October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Story Time! The Curse of the Evil Death Art [DONT LOOK AT IT!!!!] (2012-10-01 10:29) 390
Nevermind the 29 (2012-10-01 11:39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
And the Science Gets Done and You Make a Neat Gun For The People Who Are Still Alive
(2012-10-01 12:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
So, sort of big stu is being worked on in my house (2012-10-01 19:22) . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
We All Knew It Was Bound to happen: JM MUSIC REVIEW (BACK IN ACTION!): Green
Day: Uno (2012-10-01 20:13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
You think theres a lotta work put into Imaginomicon? Wait until you see my hard drive
archives.... (2012-10-02 09:23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Shoestring Operation (2012-10-02 10:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
I will be red for not killing YOU That is my job Im a Hatredcopter (2012-10-02 11:48) . 392
(2012-10-02 17:50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Approval Junky - The Root of the Problem (2012-10-03 08:06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Lets see here....Family. Where to start. (2012-10-03 11:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
I dont really need money for the most part... (2012-10-03 12:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Dayum... (2012-10-03 15:47) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
This aint Gradeschool anymore, honey.... (2012-10-04 10:10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
No, thats okay. I LIKE making money online..... (2012-10-04 12:56) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
No no no, its not about who I KNOW... (2012-10-04 14:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
FAME WARS, FLAME WARS: Reacting to the Wars Of, On, and For Fame (2012-10-04 15:53) 394
About Inuential People Online, From The Book... (2012-10-05 08:10) . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Uplifting People and Their Value (Literally) (2012-10-05 09:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
I seem to be having actual luck ladies lately.... (2012-10-06 13:01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Monthly Horoscope Checkup (2012-10-06 18:33) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
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Decisions, Decisions.... (2012-10-06 20:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Drawing Webcomics (2012-10-06 20:38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Big Media and Social Media (2012-10-07 10:05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
According to New Studies, Streaming Video Will have an Even Bigger Online Monopoly by
2016.... (2012-10-07 10:13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Lets Discuss Mentors and Teachers For a Moment... (2012-10-07 13:38) . . . . . . . . . . . 396
0,qW-,],eIndie and Under-
ground Comics: A Short Introductory Guide for Japanese and Southeast Asian
Readers (2012-10-08 08:39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
The Plus Side of Banner Ads (2012-10-09 12:08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Theres a new Rurouni Kenshin anime being released over in Japan (2012-10-09 12:22) . . . 400
Im Recommending a Few Dierent Anime Today.....First Up: Yu Yu Hakusho
(2012-10-09 13:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
I live in Florida and dont have a license....Therefore Im NOT voting (2012-10-09 13:27) . . 401
New TIME Magazine Article: Why YOU Should Be MORE LAZY and NOT WORK
(2012-10-09 13:39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Youre Typical Americans Worst Fear..... (2012-10-09 14:15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
We all like to draw, dont we? But according to pop psychology, our art means something
about us individually & psychologically... (2012-10-09 15:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
,,],](],_(,__Ive
nally found inspiration for my artwork again, and it can b e found in own
(2012-10-10 09:47) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Warriors and Monks Are Distant Cousins in the Ancient Warrior Nations Food Chain
(2012-10-10 10:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
FORGET Persons of Interest! Lets Talk About Interesting STUFF!!!! (2012-10-10 13:04) . 404
;f!1,-OH-;6\,],_.S Film School One-Oh-One-Two:
New Technique For Filmmaking (2012-10-10 13:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Good Times At Christmas Bringing Tears to my Eyes (2012-10-11 01:14) . . . . . . . . . . 407
Being a Total Pro Comics or Animation Creator, or Both? (2012-10-11 02:31) . . . . . . . . 408
Lesson Learned....Programming Blocks (2012-10-11 03:02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
2000-2012 The Denitive Pop Culture Icons List, For Better AND Worse (But Mostly Better)
(2012-10-11 10:21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Oh well..... (2012-10-11 12:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Theres Power In Your Fortitude...I can wait out ANY thunderstorm (2012-10-11 15:05) . . 412
Comics - 1 Shot Pilot (2012-10-12 13:47) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Currently Listening To...My Chemical Romance: Danger Days (2012-10-13 13:14) . . . . 423
Projects Im Currently In Charge of.... (2012-10-13 20:32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Overcomparative Culture 2.0 (2012-10-14 13:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
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Newest Comic-Manga Layout, Hot O The Press (2012-10-14 13:53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Where to Find Good Japanese and Southeast Asian Art, online? Try scanlation!
(2012-10-14 18:36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Hey I know James! (2012-10-15 18:47) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Well actually.... (2012-10-15 20:32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Expat (2012-10-15 21:15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
If Youre Creative, You Dont Just BENEFIT FROM Schizophrenia and manic depression...
(2012-10-16 14:33) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Did he FINALLY STOP TALKING??? REALLY?? FINALLY HE STOPPED???
(2012-10-16 15:28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Easiest Ways of Promoting Your Self-Published, Self-Produced Printed Work, Documents, and
Papers? (2012-10-18 13:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Honestly? I HATE it! (2012-10-18 14:01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Hostility Level Orange (2012-10-18 14:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Used to Do That, but NOW.... (2012-10-20 21:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
My Schedule..... (2012-10-21 14:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Comics: How to Design a Lot of Comic Book Pages in a Day (2012-10-22 14:42) . . . . . . 428
How to Reach the Cloud (2012-10-22 20:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Looking At The Bigger Picture: Rules and Secrets of Web Trac (2012-10-23 08:37) . . . . 429
Aspiring to Feedback. Feedback is Enjoyable. More So Than Popularity.... (2012-10-23 09:09) 429
YO YO YO, HOMIE (2012-10-23 11:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Hi! Im Mr. Japan Rich Manga Dude! (2012-10-23 12:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
If I ever get really, really, REALLY rich.... (2012-10-23 19:10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Yes, Im an AUTHOR.... (2012-10-23 20:42) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
The Revolution: Its Coming! The Future of Video Formats: The Honest Truth (A Visionary
Vision) (2012-10-24 10:51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Okay, Ive prayed for Japan...And Egypt, and the Arab Spring, and the Death of Bin Laden
and the end of Terrorism (2012-10-24 12:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
As a Proud Literary and Art Self-Publisher....This Makes Me Very Happy (2012-10-24 13:39) 431
Jim Henson and his parody-inspiring inuence on YOUR 80s Childhood (2012-10-24 20:11) 432
Mentor is M.I.A. [Oine Writing Archive] (2012-10-25 09:36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Advice to Other Online Entrepreneurial Business Newbs On How To Make Money With Online
Content and Adsense (2012-10-25 10:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Champs, NOT CHUMPS. How to Win Friends and Inuence People, and be as Popular as
Me (Flies and Honey) (2012-10-25 10:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Heres Another List: ROLE MODELS, PIONEERS, AND REVOLUTIONARIES IN DIVER-
SITY (2012-10-25 11:06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
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Japon and France, Best International Friends FOREVER, and the African-World Equation...
(2012-10-25 14:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Financial Site List (2012-10-26 21:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
YouTube Issues: Video Upload Length (2012-10-27 08:06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Face It, Joe (2012-10-27 15:28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
It isnt going to be Easy Starting a Kickstarter Project (2012-10-27 15:31) . . . . . . . . . . 436
A recent vision of the future of anime appeared to me, of the future of popular anime production
(2012-10-27 20:28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
People dont seem to realize it mostly, but, when youre really, really famous....
(2012-10-28 12:09) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
EEEEEEEEK!!!!! A RAT!!! (2012-10-28 21:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Vote Black, 2012 (2012-10-29 11:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Hows Everybody on the East Coast holding up. Its Hell right now.... (2012-10-29 22:11) . 437
The Blessed Value of Animation and Comic Book Mentorship, but especially Animation
(2012-10-30 01:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
CD Players Are Almost As Obsolete as Cassette Tape Players Now! (2012-10-30 11:31) . . 437
Why is that exactly? Are you shamed by being Associated With Me Ocially? Seems kind of
silly to me. (2012-10-30 11:33) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
2.11 November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Black and White Comics: And Other Misunderstood Modern Day Art Forms (2012-11-01 20:14) 438
The Best Thing You Can Do With Your Career is NOT Listen to Anyone But Yourself
(2012-11-02 12:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Costume Design - WHERE HE GIT HIS STYLE FRUM - HE GIT IT FROM HIS MOMMA!
(2012-11-02 13:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Mythological Consciousness: The Master Designer Storyteller (2012-11-02 13:52) . . . . . . 440
Story Im working on... (2012-11-03 04:41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Hello China! Hello Mongolia! Hello Hong-Kong! (2012-11-03 07:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
29th Birthday. What Ive been learning about Control Issues (2012-11-03 11:38) . . . . . . 443
Bryan was the OG Original Disgruntled Columbine-Level Mastermind Media Member...
(2012-11-03 14:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Good Grief, Twitter and YouTube. How in the world did I become so popular...
(2012-11-03 15:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
I get a whole LOTTA emails from Michelle and Barack (2012-11-04 12:39) . . . . . . . . . . 444
No Celebrity Really Gets Actual Fanmail Anymore (2012-11-04 16:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Woo-hoo! (2012-11-07 13:32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Looking Back At Last Night, The Re-Election of the Re-Elected Commander In Chief
(2012-11-07 16:09) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Thoughts on the Re-Election? Yes please! (2012-11-07 17:55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
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So Many Social Issues....So Little Fiction Writing Work Time.... (2012-11-07 21:54) . . . . 445
Lets SmoochOWLHOWLHOWWLHOWLOWH (2012-11-08 13:57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Most Well Known American Manga-Ka? (2012-11-08 16:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
The World Conspires to Stop Work From Getting Done (2012-11-08 19:20) . . . . . . . . . 446
Lets face it.... (2012-11-09 09:13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
The Best Way to Improve at Drawing is Repetition and the 10,000 Hour Rule (2012-11-10 12:27) 446
Networks? What Networks? (2012-11-12 11:39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Anime as an Industry is DONE. Its ancient history.... (2012-11-13 15:18) . . . . . . . . . . 447
Encroachers, Encroachment... (2012-11-13 18:16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
My Earliest (and probably most oensive) Online Persona...First time I pretended to be
someone else online (2012-11-13 20:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
New Archetype: The Discoverer. If You Dig For Gold, You Will Find a Fortune.
(2012-11-14 14:50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Welcome to Disney XD...The Network.... (2012-11-15 13:01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Ya know... (2012-11-15 13:46) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
29 (2012-11-16 10:13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
If I Were the Most Powerful Animator in Hollywood, Los Angeles, [What Id Do]
(2012-11-16 10:41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Back in MY DAY..... (2012-11-20 12:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Not Really Much to Do These Few Days After My Birthday..... (2012-11-20 20:12) . . . . . 449
Lets Watch Television! Thats Always Fun. (2012-11-21 09:53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Im on a Pen and Ink Disney-Level Quality Production Design Binge, sooo........Heres what I
bought.... (2012-11-21 11:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Man Alive! (2012-11-21 13:47) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
No More Sketchbook Artwork for At Least a Few Months, if not Years From Now
(2012-11-21 15:38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
With All the Hours of Drawing Practice I Put In Over the Years,.....I LEARNED something...
(2012-11-21 17:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Cant really say much, cuz its early in the correspondence.... (2012-11-21 22:28) . . . . . . 453
Anime-Inuenced Things (2012-11-22 20:55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Horrible Parents and Historic Creative Projects.... (2012-11-23 08:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
World Art and Artistic Preference (2012-11-23 10:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Everyday I Draw The Book (2012-11-23 11:08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Why has no one invented a laptop where... (2012-11-23 11:16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
The Sentence That Helped Me Realize I Wanted To Work in Animation....The Words Ill
NEVER FORGET (2012-11-23 12:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Report, but DONT Interact. Okay? This blog has an absentee audience (much like an
absentee ballet) (2012-11-23 13:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
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Independent Manufacturing (Indie Manufacturer). Thats My Job (2012-11-23 18:42) . . . 456
Setting up an HTPC (2012-11-23 19:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
With Friends Like J.G., Callin You A Loser and Tryin To Steal Your Girl (and in Every
Episode, Too), Who needs Enemies??? (2012-11-24 07:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Brand New Book Out, Totally Similar to My OWN Art Style: Urban Sketching
(2012-11-24 08:45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Speaking of the Arab World as it Exists Outside of the United States... (2012-11-24 09:18) 457
UNMASKED: Its True Also (2012-11-24 09:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
WAH HAH HAH HAH HAH!!!! I always HATED that Muppet... (2012-11-24 12:38) . . . . 458
How to Draw MY BRAND of HIGH FANTASY..... (2012-11-24 13:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Now its MY Turn! Here Goes! (2012-11-24 14:38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
How Computers and the Internet Will KILL TV Eventually, Especially BAD TV....
(2012-11-24 16:09) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
About copyright, YouTube, and originality....If you ask me.... (2012-11-25 10:12) . . . . . . 461
Great! (2012-11-25 18:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
JM Ponticates on the New Rules of Fame..... (2012-11-26 20:15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
List of Sites I Visit Online When Im not Writing/Drawing Oine (2012-11-26 21:30) . . . 462
Cyber City Internet Cafe of Winter Park (2012-11-28 18:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
New Tech [Concept] Unveiled...Coming to YouTube, in 2015, New Software that Will Revolu-
tionize Uploading to the Web 2.0 (2012-11-28 18:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
You know, Ive always said If its good enough for my Bank Account Its Good Enough For
ME (2012-11-28 19:17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Crotchety Old Man Geezer Dad (2012-11-29 04:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Fashion Sense (2012-11-29 07:23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Promotional Tour (2012-11-29 08:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Ah, I see they have a pre-prepared response for EVERY SINGLE THING I will ever say.....Well,
in that case.... (2012-11-29 13:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
How to Get a Larger Audience on Blogger (From a Comic Artist Perspective) (2012-11-29 15:28) 464
Im Becoming Quite the Expert at Making Contacts in Hollywood and Los Angeles, Digitally
(2012-11-29 21:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Animation Race Card, Till recently... (2012-11-29 21:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
It Almost feels like action and martial arts comics have fallen out of fashion in Japan
(2012-11-29 23:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Im a little Disappointed with the Current Japanese comics publishing scene....Why? Read on.
Ill tell you...NO ACTION!!! (2012-11-30 10:06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
2.12 December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Well, Im happy for now... (2012-12-02 18:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
PSP? Probably... (2012-12-03 12:59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
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What? Yeah, Im stilll ALIVE, actually. Dont let the tombstone fool you.... (2012-12-03 17:59) 467
There seems to be a whole shitload of people.... (2012-12-04 09:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
My Future In Comics and Publishing (2012-12-04 11:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Not concerned about status (2012-12-04 11:50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
PSP, Awww yeah. (2012-12-06 11:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
The Pen and Page....of Destiny (2012-12-08 20:54) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Say, wheres the chapter on the history of Chinese Literature before the mid to late Twentieth
Century?? (2012-12-09 21:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Work Work Work! Time Is Money! (2012-12-10 16:41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Migration Patterns. I SEE Whats Happening Here... (2012-12-11 11:23) . . . . . . . . . . 471
Strategywiki.org? Where have you BEEN all my life! (2012-12-11 14:41) . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Shaving Beards, The Old Fashioned Way.... (2012-12-11 18:23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
So I had....The Most Wonderful Opportunity The Other Week..... (2012-12-11 18:50) . . . . 472
Unfortunately, my family and home state cant seem to function properly without me...Me being
absent, in ANYTHING (pretty much) is viewed as disruptive... (2012-12-11 21:48) 472
Code of Conduct (2012-12-12 08:51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Awesome Fucker I Am... (2012-12-12 12:57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
What I name myself online is ALWAYS a protable asco (2012-12-12 13:10) . . . . . . . . 473
All My Character Designs Look Like Withering Dying Trees, But Thats Just Because All The
Kids At School Cuss and Yell at me in Science Class (2012-12-13 10:24) . . . . . . 473
Paris & a .45 (2012-12-14 10:10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Heres What a Small-Minded, Small Time Web development operator will tell you...
(2012-12-14 16:09) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Visual Stimuli... (2012-12-15 05:12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Does a Cartoonist Ever Really Outgrow Saturday Morning Toons, Anime and Otherwise
(2012-12-15 06:03) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
What Ive been working on, since YouTube in my Tech R&D Dept. (2012-12-15 11:20) . . . 476
You Know Me, Im Pure Asian.... (2012-12-15 13:53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Got a business or book idea you want to advertise on TV? (2012-12-15 19:09) . . . . . . . . 476
With a Trusty Book and Trade Paperback By His Side (2012-12-16 18:16) . . . . . . . . . . 477
Unevenly Distributed Gifts..... (2012-12-16 20:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
TOGETHER (2012-12-17 12:56) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Top Tags Associated With My Name(s) and/or Celebrity Online (2012-12-17 13:21) . . . . 477
Yeah, One Person Rejected me and my Invention, Emphasis on ONE.... (2012-12-17 14:35) 477
Ever Since I became an Inventor and Engineer, My career so far has been short, but lucrative.....
(2012-12-17 16:16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
I have an Academic Dream.... (2012-12-17 16:41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
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What it Feels Like to Write One of the Longest Manuscripts in the History of the World (My
Achievement) (2012-12-17 19:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Word on the Street is...Google.... (2012-12-19 10:36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
When I get a house of my own.... (2012-12-19 15:28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
History Channel, you better air SOMETHING about lm, the arts, comics, animation, lit-
erature, and historic inventors and Big Business Entrepreneurs that doesnt suck....
(2012-12-19 19:40) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Annoying Fan Nerd Bastards (2012-12-20 14:05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
REAL Friends This Emo Moment Brought to you by the Emo Conglomerate
(2012-12-20 17:05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
If you DONT see me online much for the rest of 2012, theres a good reason for that Im not
telling any of you about.... (2012-12-20 17:21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Please, hold your calls.... (2012-12-20 20:13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Was Practicing Dramatic Portraiture The Other Day....Anything but Gags... (2012-12-21 14:50) 481
The Devil (2012-12-21 15:23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
When I rst got into Comics...I didnt realize a few things.... (2012-12-21 15:40) . . . . . . 482
The Horrible Horrible Terrifying Truth About Anime (2012-12-21 16:35) . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Ghosts and tortured souls keep haunting my monitor... (2012-12-21 16:47) . . . . . . . . . . 482
List: Classic Things That Inuenced Japan and Manga or Anime (2012-12-22 19:31) . . . . 482
DON WE NOW OUR GUN APPAREL, FA LA LA, LA LA LA, LA. LA. LA! (2012-12-23 10:30) 483
WHAAATAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (2012-12-23 12:22) . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
2012: A Year of Accomplishments, in Review (2012-12-24 11:56) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Just in time for the Holidays: No One Gets Rich in Self-Publishing. For the Most Part, No
One Makes ANY Money From Self-Publishing..... (2012-12-24 17:53) . . . . . . . 486
Hey! (2012-12-25 03:32) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Christmas Horoscope... (2012-12-25 10:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
And Now, a Glimpse of My Lesser Known Career and Media Half, My Job As a Screenwriter
(2012-12-25 12:09) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
I seem to be getting better at the whole Outline Writing Thing (2012-12-25 19:31) . . . . 488
Who is this Lee Wonders Fellow, you ask...Well, hes kind of my on page persona
(2012-12-25 20:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
The Internet is Democratizing and Changing a Lot of Genres and Mediums....
(2012-12-25 21:45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Time to Play Another Round of: Guess Why Joes Depressed! (2012-12-29 11:42) . . . . . 490
Detractors of being Multitalented (Hindrances, not just Advantages) (2012-12-29 12:07) . . 490
I dont actually go to Comic Book and Anime Conventions.... (2012-12-29 14:17) . . . . . . 490
Think of the CHILDREN! Stealing and plagiarism is wrong! (2012-12-29 16:11) . . . . . . . 491
Other People, and SHIT like that.... (2012-12-30 18:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
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In High School, I never actually SMOKED POT. Still never have.... (2012-12-30 20:25) . . 491
Why own 1 Black Katana, When You Can Own 2 of Them? (2012-12-30 22:53) . . . . . . . 491
Dont set out to draw manga..... (2012-12-31 11:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
The Diculty of the Present World Situation... (2012-12-31 11:36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
New Years 2013 (2012-12-31 18:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
3 2013 493
3.1 January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
The Advantage over competition I DO HAVE... (2013-01-01 15:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
I cant help it if I like NEW, INNOVATIVE, and ORIGINAL things (2013-01-01 15:36) . . 493
The Most Original Artist In The World (2013-01-01 16:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Staying Healthy (2013-01-01 16:50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Making An Animated Film (2013-01-01 18:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Secrets of Digital Software and Hardware Design... (2013-01-03 13:23) . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
Im NOT quitting on trying to break into animation..... (2013-01-03 14:30) . . . . . . . . . 494
Health Issues and Lifestyle Choices (2013-01-03 18:07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
Lineage (2013-01-03 18:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
1 Million Dominated by the 1% Theory (2013-01-04 09:22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
Orlando Tech Division? Indeed It Is! (2013-01-04 11:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
New Wars Emerging: The 2000s And the Popularization and Mainstreamization of Crime,
Criminal Activity, and Crime Stories (2013-01-04 12:02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Its Not Easy Being A Modern Day Tech Builder And Titan... (2013-01-04 15:59) . . . . . 496
I hate to tell you people this, but sometime, around a Decade ago, either during the late 90s or
rst 2 years of the 2001, Americas Success made people FORGET ABOUT GOD...
(2013-01-05 13:41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Chillaxing Wit Mah Homegirl, Stonergoth187 (2013-01-05 22:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
If you like being chastised and criticized (2013-01-08 19:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
Thats What Happens.... (2013-01-09 11:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
Reached the Half-Million Views Mark on My YouTube Channel Today.... (2013-01-12 08:36) 497
Im glad Im not Cartoon Network right now.... (2013-01-12 12:57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
Ah, Im good, Im good. (2013-01-13 12:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
FINALLY....I Did It. FINALLY, I DID IT!!! (2013-01-13 17:50) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
STORY(board) TIME! [Kids: YAAAAAAY!!!!!!] (2013-01-13 19:41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
How to be an Adult: When your Sleeping in a King Size Bed With Another Man....
(2013-01-13 21:46) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Drawing Manga (2013-01-14 14:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
In Comics, Novels, Film, and Animation for TV and Film.... (2013-01-14 17:25) . . . . . . . 501
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I Think I May Be Working Too Hard... (2013-01-14 20:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
New DeviantART Account (2013-01-15 13:21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Ill admit.... (2013-01-15 14:06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Now That Ive Gotten a Bit of Sleep, Ive Realized Something...Im Not Happy....
(2013-01-15 15:05) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Weapon of Choice - A Short Story, Starring Jim (2013-01-16 02:18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Ever since I stopped going to college, and ended up unemployed...And a recluse, my SENSE
OF TIME.... (2013-01-16 12:01) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Everyone Else (2013-01-16 13:59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
You know me, Im INCREDIBLY PRODUCTIVE at writing and art (2013-01-17 17:16) . . 504
Depression and the whole Bipolar thing (2013-01-17 18:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Further Discussion of Dual Hemisphere Access..... (2013-01-18 12:51) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
And Counting! (2013-01-18 15:12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Were so proud of you..... (2013-01-18 15:27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
It happens to the best of us...Crimes Against Cool Humanity Happen (2013-01-19 13:09) . 505
The Internet is Changing the Game and Face of Both Publishing and Self-Publishing Forever....
(2013-01-19 19:38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Heh-heh-heh, Butt-Heads Important, Heh-heh-heh (2013-01-19 21:30) . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Reasons why Im scared of working for CN, Adult Swim, Williams Street, and Production I.G.
(2013-01-20 19:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
You know, Im giving whats their face(s) WAY TOO MUCH CREDIT.... (2013-01-23 16:40) 505
Business Realist: First 10,000 Come, First 10,000 Served... (2013-01-23 20:41) . . . . . . . 506
The Dream - Popularity (2013-01-24 09:21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
Heres Every Art Book Ive Ever Owned by Someone Else.... (2013-01-24 15:20) . . . . . . . 506
Old Pirated Shows.... (2013-01-28 12:38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Top Collectors Items (IMO) (2013-01-28 13:08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
I Really Dont Know If Its Me Or My Generation Thats The Problem. Sometimes I Worry,
like a Mother, About Family (2013-01-28 21:38) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
Hmmmm..... (2013-01-30 05:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
Comics? Web comics? OEL Maga? International-World Manga? What is it???!!!
(2013-01-30 07:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
Writer-Artists-Author Exercise: Pick An Illustration, Add Words... (2013-01-30 07:48) . . 537
3.2 February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
The Teachings of a Master: Limitlessness (2013-02-01 13:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
Yeah, Ill BET your spending that money on ME, bitch. (2013-02-01 18:28) . . . . . . . . . 538
Im The Only 29-Year-Old Celebrity Writer-Artist-Cartoonist-Broadcaster-Technologist of My
Kind (2013-02-02 16:25) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
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What DO I want. Someone please just tell me....about it. (2013-02-02 17:59) . . . . . . . . 539
New Art Day: PORTRAIT (2013-02-03 12:10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
Honestly, in terms of comics and manga, I dont care about who WAS the Greatest. I care
about who IS and WILL BE the Greatest.... (2013-02-03 12:19) . . . . . . . . . . 540
TV Appearances (2013-02-03 13:36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
Shows we love to hate (2013-02-04 04:09) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
COMICS DRAWING: Career Goals, Inspiration, and Motivation (2013-02-04 05:57) . . . . 540
How to Succeed and Promote Yourself in Manga, Webcomics, Dojin, and Indie Comics....
(2013-02-04 07:48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
If theres 2 things I have that function on a high level, it would be my energy level and my
I.Q. (132) (2013-02-04 08:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
I just realized something about the country I live in...... (2013-02-04 10:19) . . . . . . . . . 541
First Rule of Comics is.... (2013-02-04 13:10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
Wanna TRY Something? (2013-02-04 17:57) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
BATMAN: The Dark Knight (2013-02-05 21:06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
A Little Atmosphere (2013-02-06 13:53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
Wow...Lotta worldwide readers.... (2013-02-06 14:02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
Indie Comics vs. Manga (2013-02-07 18:13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
Happy 20th Birthday, Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas! (2013-02-08 10:40) 545
Oh Dear Lord. Its FINALLY BEING UNLEASHED!!! LEGEND OF ZELDA HARDCOVER:
HYRULE HISTORIA!!!! (2013-02-08 13:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
Gang Turf War (2013-02-09 19:30) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
Favorite Online Filmmaking and Comics Auteurs? (2013-02-10 13:45) . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
Ive Always Had Weird Feelings About France and China....Ever Since I Saw Their Literary
and Cinematic Media..... (2013-02-11 14:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
In-Laws... (2013-02-11 22:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
Goals and Dreams: How to Write For Animation (2013-02-12 01:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
Disney Institute....Reborn as a Business School?? Pretty cool, man. (2013-02-12 04:51) . . 547
Skillz to Pay The Bills... (2013-02-12 05:55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
I dont have many actual friends. Then again, I dont get out that much. (2013-02-12 06:13) 548
SQUEE! (2013-02-12 10:21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
History....Beat Ya To It! (2013-02-12 11:28) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
Want to spam me and write me hate mail all day? (yknow you want to!) (2013-02-12 12:33) 548
Masters Degree In The Black Arts (2013-02-13 10:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Hi China! (2013-02-13 14:39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Okay, here come the really HARD questions about culture and new age knowledge. The Real
Mysteries. Ready? (2013-02-13 17:22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
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Finally, I get to put my psychic and paranormal abilities of vision, imagination, telepathy, and
intuition to the test..... (2013-02-18 20:07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Anime Brand Building In the American 21st Century (2013-02-19 04:53) . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Oh Good! I Pencilled It In! I Finally Pencilled a Real Panel! Ive Always Wanted to Do That!
(2013-02-19 06:36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
Inked My Own Pencils (2013-02-19 07:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
I LOVE HONG-KONG! WUXIA LIIIIIIIIIIVES!!!!!! [on Netix] (2013-02-19 10:30) . . . . 551
Oh boy! Its Tuesday, My Favorite Day of the Week! You know what that means! FANFIC-
TION DAY! (2013-02-19 19:47) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
Hey, writing that last script is kind of like sharpening a pencil when youre a penciller....
(2013-02-19 20:55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Favorite Multimedia Writers? Yeah, I Gots a Fews... (2013-02-19 22:03) . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Mystery Solved: It Totally Makes Sense [to me] Now! The Russian Insight... (2013-02-20 15:34) 553
Classic Scans...An Oldeey But a Goodeey (2013-02-20 21:49) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
The Facts You DONT Know About Me.... (2013-02-20 22:21) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
THIS ARRIVED... (2013-02-21 09:39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
Happy Birthday, Edward Gorey! (2013-02-21 21:04) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
Hmmm. END TIMES the manga and anime is having some inertia as a webcomic.....So,
(2013-02-23 08:36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
INFAMOUS Comic Book One Shot PRINTING AND FORMATTING ERRORS that LULU
and Amazon Keep getting wrong.... (2013-02-25 11:07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
Registered my rst script with WGA today.... (2013-02-26 18:24) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
These Are Facts... (2013-02-27 12:45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
Taking a Short, Undened Break....Yet Again (2013-02-27 19:22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
3.3 March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
End Game? (2013-03-02 06:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
The worlds changed in the last 12 years... (2013-03-02 14:17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
Lo and Behold Me, For I am the Southeaster Redneck Junction Fire Master (2013-03-02 14:46) 557
Selling a Show to Cable TV Animation is HARD... (2013-03-02 15:00) . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
Will Smith says Parents Just dont Undastand.... (2013-03-02 17:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
Shitty Life Test (2013-03-03 18:20) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
Glasses And Weak Eyes Make You a Better Artist Half the Time (2013-03-04 08:55) . . . . 557
Founding an Animation Studio (2013-03-04 10:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
None of that for me thanks. Im a weak, nerdy, small, spineless WIMP..... (2013-03-04 12:39) 558
Asian Live Action Cinema Favorites? (2013-03-04 13:37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
By now, if my private stats are any indicator.... (2013-03-04 13:43) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
Out of an Early Retirement..and BACK to being BUSY as All HELL! (2013-03-09 17:16) . 560
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Two Things You Should Never Let Go Of: LOVE, and VENGEANCE (2013-03-16 10:57) . 560
Gentlemen [and ladies]. I believe it is time to kick some ass: SOME ART.... (2013-03-16 18:11) 561
New Shit to Sketch down in my Books. SKETCH THIS SHIT, MAGGOT!!!!! GO GO GO!!!!
DRAW DRAW DRAW!!!! (2013-03-16 19:36) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
Im looking forward to getting my show on TV...Eventually, in a lookit the Dead Wikipedia
dude posthumous kinda way... (2013-03-16 20:46) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
Hey, cool! The INTERNET, TV, NEWS, Hollywood and RADIO Turned Me Into a Mar-
tyr...Ima jack a plane (2013-03-16 21:14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
Being Famous AND A Workaholic....kind of sucks... (2013-03-17 09:09) . . . . . . . . . . . 563
Daily Schedule (Weekdays) 4 a.m. to 2 a.m. (2013-03-17 10:27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
Ahem... (2013-03-17 10:41) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
Comics Page Artist Bookmark, Page 150 (2013-03-17 14:11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
If I Had to Pick a Career, and Proclaim I Had The Lookof Any One Specic Profession....With
My Dark Beard-Mustache and Black Curly Hair.... (2013-03-17 18:21) . . . . . . . 565
Superstar of the Family (2013-03-17 19:44) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
The so-called Mole Network exists.... (2013-03-18 14:29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
Hot O the Press Yo! Word. (2013-03-18 18:31) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
Rurouni Kenshin New Anime??? And they HATE it regardless? Wow, tough crowd....
(2013-03-18 21:26) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
I guess he sort of...left (2013-03-19 11:34) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
Mail, Digital Comments. Same Dierence.... (2013-03-21 13:12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
Headline: Cartoonish Cartoonist Draws Again (2013-03-22 14:52) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
Call it what it REALLY is demographically, Teen Swim, NOT Adult Swim (2013-03-26 10:09) 569
A Job that probably isnt that hard... (2013-03-27 22:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
Achieving Independence.... (2013-03-27 23:23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
The Danger of Relocation.... (2013-03-28 00:10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
Movin On Up (2013-03-28 09:10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
TV Show as Soapbox.... (2013-03-28 09:39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
Sexual Art Deviants, Adults Who Are Swimming, MegaEgomaniaTokyo. FORMER ALLIES
(2013-03-28 13:07) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
Airing Today On The All Time Favorites Tube (2013-03-28 15:19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
Why I Dont Judge The Tabloids (2013-03-28 15:22) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
Work, and Enemies (2013-03-28 15:39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
Jonny. You Inspire Me (2013-03-28 18:23) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
DevART Ironies: Yeah, I I want to work in OEL Manga, and draw as good as Otomo him-
self...But I live in a log cabin in Scandinavia. Is that a problem? (2013-03-29 11:48) 572
Its important not to work for rewards...EVER... (2013-03-29 12:58) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
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Things Ive learned about Katsuhiro Otomo from older interviews in his GENGA art book...
(2013-03-29 13:10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
Eh, Floridas Not So Bad...Once You BREAK OUT OF THAT STATE....I hear Berlin is
LOVELY this time of year.... (2013-03-29 20:59) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
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Chapter 1
2011
1.1 May
Started blogging again.... (2011-05-16 13:00)
What can I say. I get bored sitting around the house all day. I like writing. I need an outlet. End of story.
Not too much going on in my life right now.... (2011-05-16 13:12)
Im paying o IOUs and saving up for legal protection of my I.P. property basically. Ive been told by people
a lot more experienced in the biz than myself If you have something, protect it, because people WILL try to
take it from you. And Im certain by now...that he was right. People WILL try to steal your assets from
you, assuming you actually have any...which a lot of people really dont, so I guess a lot of people dont really
have anything to worry about. But I do...
Making Comics (For a Contemporary Society) (2011-05-16 19:33)
Oh, you know, its just me, Jim Macabre, sitting here, typing in this blog, while Im redening how comics
get seen, read, discovered, and made. Doing my thing. You know how it is.
Been a Productive Last 2 Weeks (2011-05-18 17:46)
In the last 2 or so weeks, Ive managed to draw around 15 sequential art rough pages.
And then I started screenwriting, and managed to nish around 5 pages of random scripting
All for Mono Comics. I seem to alternate between nishing stacks of 1 type of page at a time.
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The History of Action Cartoons/Film (2011-05-19 12:14)
Action is actually a relatively new genre in lm, anime, and animation. The Hollywood action movie genre
itself has only historically been around since the 1970s, allegedly according to Wikipedia. Before that, it was
samurai lms, westerns, Hong Kong kung-fu icks, and Acme anvils dropping on cartoon Coyotes heads.
Not many rearms and explosions and whatnot. Like I said, I dont do action movies. I do Existential Action.
Post-Modern Action for a Post-Modern world culture.
Minimalist Ukiyo-e and Tim Burton Art and their inuence on my artwork
(2011-05-19 13:22)
Much of the inuence on my sketchbooks of Mono in particular is highly inuenced by ancient Japanese
pen and ink and painted prints, or Ukiyo-e. In the same way John K takes inuence from Walt Disney
and Hanna-Barbera, I take inuence (in terms of rhythm and composition of my poses) fom Ukiyo-e, or
Japanese Prints. Im also highly inuenced in my sketchbooks by the sloppy artwork of Tim Burton as well.
I strongly believe one can do good simple drawings ad sketches, not just complex and detailed ones. Poetic
symbolism and simplicity in art can be its own beauty (see Tim Burtons sketchbooks and Japanese Prints).
You see, since Im drawing existential action cartoons, despite the fact that he draws comedy, and I draw
drama and action, I can still manage to really appreciate what John K. has done for animation in general.
He was a pioneer of he exagerate the SHIT out of that pose! school of TV animation, very much in the vain
of Tex Avery. This CAN apply to action cartoons as well, if you ask me...
Heres an example of an exagerated pose Ive made, a rough sketch. I like this one in particular.
[1]
-J.M.-
1. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZNPutyyZtqU/TdV_N8309-I/AAAAAAAAAhA/8Tx6mmgMPSA/s1600/Mono-Sword.jpg
Minimalist Conceptual Art and Production Designers (2011-05-19 14:23)
One of the best things about production desiners, is they dont need a complex drawing just to add complexity
to it in their own renditions. In Hollywood and TV, simple art sometimes makes the best production design
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detailing. Examples include Jhonen Vasquez (Invader Zim) and Tim Burton (Bo Welch). Neither of those
guys draw all that detailed all that often. But they do have vision. A simple conceptual design drawing
doesnt need to be complex to be transferred into a complex production design.
Future Publishing Strategy (2011-05-20 11:00)
Im generally focusing on the present moment. Which is to say Im not working on a publishing strategy just
yet. Whenever I get around to producing enough work for a book, THEN I will worry about publishing on
the web and in print, whether its in bookstores or the direct market, or (god forbid) both.
-J.M.-
Lets get one thing straight.... (2011-05-20 14:46)
I dont give a shit WHO you are. You even TRY to treat me like a joke, this only assures I will never, EVER
do business with you in the future. I only work with people who I respect, and if I have no respect for you,
because, say, youre a pathetic loser or something, and I dont like your attitude toward me, you will NEVER
be doing serious business with me. And if you already are, you never will in the future. No one discovers me.
Like Id ever let that happen...Thats a laugh. Im nobodys meal ticket, especially people who are DICKS.
-J.M.-
Afterall. Im a Scorpio. (2011-05-20 15:00)
You either love or hate me, youre either WITH or AGAINST me. I dont accept gray areas and middle
grounds when it comes to my relationship with ANYONE really.
I dont have any friend-enemies. I red all their asses.
Yknow... (2011-05-20 17:30)
It really is annoying having to contend with such vicious gossip being hyped about myself on the interthreat.
Why even bother focusing on my work if all people want to discuss is gossip about me and never my art?
Seems kind of self defeating to me. ESPECIALLY when this is not the only thing in my life I have going
on in my career. People like to gossip and start rumors about you, especially if you draw better than them
apparently. When people draw like shit, and you draw like Picasso, theres bound to be some rumors people
will try to perpetuate, in an eort to derail and undermine the quality of your actual art. Sad on their part
really. Are they really that untalented compared to me that they dont even want to make their shit about
the art itself?
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Directionless Style: Variety is an Anvil (2011-05-20 19:57)
Im going to be honest, Ive sampled (i.e. experimented in) a LOT of dierent art and writing styles during
my career. Its been hard to pick 1 style and stick to it. Like PDiddy with a sound byte, or Bill Gates
with access to Steve Jobs designs, Ive sampled at least 15-20 dierent art and writing styles, from Eugene
Delacroix, Edward Gorey, Frank Miller, Todd McFarlane, and Robert E. Howard, to Ken Wilber, John
Woo, Quentin Tarantino, Stephen King, Trigun, Ghost in the Shell, The Matrix, Chanbara, and Wuxia, to
Katsuhiro Otomo, Hiroaki Samura, Corey Senderov Jackson, and Yasuhiro Nightow.
When I sat down to make Mono Comics or Parallax, Id experimented with so many art and writing styles,
I wasnt sure which style to go with, there were so many dierent looks and archetypes to choose from. In a
way, Im still choosing. Whatever style I end up using to tell my stories is going to need to have a natural
vibe to it, even if that means leaving a lot of white space on my pages in the beginning.
-J.M.-
At Odds With Idealism (2011-05-20 20:19)
My ideals and my lifestyle are constantly at odds much of the time. My philosophy and aesthetic sense
goes so high and visionary (I grew up a virgin, my birth father was a Trappist monk, highly devoted to the
lord, and I grew up in a happy Christian middle American household, with conservative old fashioned moral
values), and yet some people portray me as so stank, nasty and depraved&It doesnt at all reect how I view
my own life history. These two elements are my yin and yang. Purity and depravity. Its weird thinking
about them in relation to yourself.
Thats life I guess.
Its the JM Strebler Drinkin Game!!! Huzzah!!!!! (2011-05-20 22:20)
List of Words and Names I Talk About the Most
Drinking Game
[Take a drink everytime I mention one of these words]
Steve Blum
Toonami
Mono
Parallax
Google
Adult Swim
Dragonball Z
Wuxia
Jhonen Vasquez
Anime
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Sean Akins
Williams Street
AnimeTV
-[adult swim]-
Florida Native..... (2011-05-20 22:41)
While it has waranted criticism as a state, there are good things about living in Florida too...
Need proof?
Heres something:
Famous people who have been to Florida. People who have visited or been to Florida for a short or long
amount of time, and in some cases, actually enjoyed staying here, like I do:
Marilyn Manson
The Dalai Lama
Steven Spielberg
Steve Blum (drink!)
John Lasseter
Dave Sim
Todd McFarlane
Ted Turner
Jared Hodges
Lindsey Cibos
Spookychan
Dave Barry
Matchbox Twenty
George Lucas
I guess I kind of get sick of the only idiots live there argument. Im not an idiot. I live here.
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Drawing Poses... (2011-05-21 11:29)
When youre drawing and designing ght and movement pose for the human body, in a 2-D illustrated context,
on paper, there are two types of people you should think like.
When posing characters and designing / drawing their poses, you should think like
1. An Animator
2. A Hong Kong Choreographer
The human body looks best when it has exibility, movement, dynamicism, and balance.
Ive seen artists who are amazing at things like character design, who draw incredibly detailed, and yet their
poses suck ass. Characters just standing or sitting around looking pretty or sexy is like food you dont get to
eat. Well, they did HALF OF the work anyway. Too bad their poses are so dull.
But yes, pose design can be simple, or complex. Bending the limbs and bones of your character without
breaking them can be a challenge, but the aesthetics of anatomy and animated or illustrated choreography
are a very satisfying thing. The more exibile a character is in motion, the more liberated we feel looking at
his or her design. Poses can be beautiful or ugly, just as costumes and anatomy are...
-J.M.-
Ive got an Contemporary Animation Industry Pressing Issue Id like to discuss...
(2011-05-21 19:06)
As one of the most outspoken people IN the animation industry, I think I should remind, or at least acquaint
all studios, producers, directors, writers, artists, animators, workers, fans, otaku with the following RULE.
Thats right, Im issuing a rule.
HAVE RESPECT, for GOODNESS SAKE.
HAVE DECENCY AND RESPECT FOR YOUR INDUSTRY PEERS, EVEN IF YOURE COMPETING
AGAINST THEM
Speak and act respectfully to your animation and comic book industry peers. No one likes a jerk or a
cyberbully with a potty mouth or people who brag about so-called scandal.
Respecting your fellow colleagues and peers demonstrates by example you have the decency to treat people
right. If you go around cynical, bashing everyone, badmouthing everyone, who do you really thinks going
to hire you, or even WANT to work with you for that matter? If you dont have respect, you shouldnt be
looking for work, because frankly, you dont deserve it. There are only so many self-proclaimed jerks that
hate everyone (no oense to whom it may concern) who can write things that disrespectful about their
peers and allegedly get away with it. The industry has been inundated with too many bad millionaire role
models as of late, who lead by bad example. If you cant respect you peers, shut your fucking mouth. The
world will thank you.
A lot of otherwise very talented people who would be working have been driven out or away from animation
because of all the negativity thats gone around in the last 12 or so years. Disrespect drives talent away.
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Im considering starting my own enterprise in the distant future... (2011-05-22 18:56)
Im considering funding and operating my own American-based animation studio at some point in the coming
decades. Ive got an inclination to manage media-business enterprises, so I gure, why not hire a handful
of talented people and start up my own operation, so I can stop sitting back and watching others live the
dream, and instead carve out my own dream, years from now.
EDUCATION: Probably one of the most insightful books written about running a studio, written mostly
from a producers standpoint (which is kind of in the same league as managing a studio in many ways, in
terms of the way its presented in the text) is the book Producing Animation by Catherine Winder and Zahra
Dowlatabadi. From a managerial logistical standpoint, the book is cohesive, systematic, and sound, just the
way I like my books. If youre interested in animation production from a managerial or logistical (i.e. 2 key
elements you need to RUN a studio) its a must read.
-J.M.-
Great Moments in Google Search Results!!! (2011-05-22 21:18)
I actually didnt nd out about a Spawn-related video being one of the main results to show up on Google
when you type in Todd McFarlane Animation. Considering how much Ive IDOLIZED MCFARLANE
SINCE LATE CHILDHOOD, that is no small achievement to me. They catalogued my upload! The one
about Spawn the Animated Series. Its actually the only unocial behind the scenes videos that shows up.
Who says you cant realize your dreams with Google. Thanks Todd! For not getting too freaked out at my
video tribute to your show...
The Horror Genre (2011-05-24 12:16)
Its weird how controversy isnt mentioned in the Wiki page on horror lm. Lets admit it right now. Horror
movies are a controversial genre, and its just as harmful emotionally, psychologically, and physically to
society as rap music. Just becuase no one mentions this doesnt make it any less so.
I mean, the facts speak for themselves:
In the same way rap has fucked up kids in America, horror movies have done the exact same thing: Desensitized
the mainstream media audience to violence, sociopathology, and blatant sadism, make people go out and
murder and kill people, shoot people, hit people and animals with vehicles, commit suicide, sadistically
torture and rape people, and mutilate people, in the same way rap music has been inspiring young retarded
teenagers and young adults to do the exact same things that cause chaos. It really is too bad the horror
movie genre rapes and warps young minds in America. Its not art when all your doing is throwing buckets
of fake blood at the camera just to get your jollies on. Theres something sadistic about the generally nature
of horror movies. Something that really does warp young impressionable peoples minds. And its like they
try to make as many violent acts in horror movies as imitatable as possible.
It sickens me.
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A Sixth Sense for Innovation (2011-05-24 14:39)
Im not trying to brag, but I have a very, very good eye for intuiting out or sning out true innovation. As
an innovator myself, I have an innovation sixth sense about not only myself, but other things, phenomena,
movements, and people. Internet articles and academic sites are great for pinpointing innovation. If someone
or some ones invent, create, design, start, fund, or build something fundamental, creative, intellectual,
philosophical, existential, texturally visual, for the rst time, now or any time in history, I generally have a
good nose for sning it out.
I know exactly when someone is doing something for the millionth, billionth time.
And I know exactly when someone is doing something new and inventive for the rst time ever in history.
This can apply to technology, entertainment, any entertainment genre or medium.
Im drawn to innovation, and rsts. Ive got a good eye for that sort of thing.
First Mover Visionary.
-J.M.-
Worldwide Fame (2011-05-24 15:16)
Not to brag, but...
Technically, Im more famous not only nationally famous, but also more famous worldwide or internationally
than a whole shitload of less popular American TV personalities, purely because Im a famous writer-artist-
creator on the internet.
Im one of the rst people of a self-made generation of writers and artists in America with worldwide fame.
The reason for this international credibility and enhanced worldwide (and not just local or national) fame
as a writer, commentator, and artist?
This shift from local and national issues in America to World issues in the last 10 or so years is made
possible by the distribution power of the internet. In terms of international publication and distribution, the
internet is more powerful, fast, inuential, and impactful on international culture than even TV or lm is in
some instances. Traditional publishing and lmmaking has a worldwide audience, if theres a mainstream
distributor, but it doesnt transmit things like whats being written by me right now) half as quickly as the
internet does in the same amount of time 1,000 times over.
I like being a world famous artist and writer of the Web Generation of New Creative Talent 2.0. Im the
MAN in Asia, Europe, and South America. Name ONE minor TV personality who has this kind of inuence
and worldwide reach and brand status I do, just by doing this (uploading, publishing, writing, and drawing)...
-J.M.-
Wikipedia: One of the Greatest Infotainment, Academic, and Information Circulation
Contributions and Inventions of the Early 21st Century (2011-05-24 18:31)
[1]Wikipedia is one of my all time favorite sites. Its revolutionized the way people take in information and
knowledge, and has made a signicant contribution to humanitys education, awareness, and edication that
will last for the next hundred years and more. Wikipedia has left the world with a great online educational
legacy of information.
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If you want to learn something new every day, research information and facts and stories on Wikipedia. As a
writer and reader, youll never run out of new material!
Great site. Truly great site. Up there with Google, Twitter, and YouTube, in terms of comprehensiveness.
Weve never seen anything quite like this website before.
1. http://www.wikipedia.org/
Animation Writing: Know Your History. Why Windsor McCay is STILL important,
and always will be... (2011-05-24 19:43)
Windsor McCay is my newly discovered personal animation-comics hero. Hes inspired and/or inuenced
nearly every major player ever to make modern or classic animation, Ill get into his career story in a minute.
First, his achievement/invention: Animation: Making drawings move on camera and on screen. He was the
rst traditional animator ever. He invented the category of animator IN GENERAL, even earlier than Ub
Iwerks and Walt Disney. He was animating before there was ever a studio to animate in! He inuenced
such artists as Walt Disney, the Fleischer studios, Chuck Jones, Osamu Tezuka, Moebius, Katsuhiro Otomo,
Shamus Culhane, Maurice Sendak, Bill Watterson, and anyone whos ever made experimental, traditional, or
modern studio or independent animation. Anyone whos ever animated a drawing owes something to Windsor
McCay. If you animate or produce or make animation for a hobby or living, youre borrowing from Windsor
McCay. He invented the medium: Animation, and was well aware of his own greatness in relation to history.
He predicted animation would rival or surpass traditional ne art one day, and (nancially, and popularity
wise at least), it did. To say nothing of Pixar, Toei, Viz, Funimation, Tokyopop, Production I.G., Walt
Disney Feature and Television Animation Studios, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, MTV Animation, Adult
Swim, and LucasFilm. All todays major players in animation owe him everything. Ive got a lot left to write
about Windsor McCay. Hes one of the most successful artist-writers, animators, storytellers, cartoonists.
Its hard to fathom that kind of inuence. Thats Bill Gates or Henry Ford level inuence. McCay created
such classics as Gertie The Dinosaur and Little Nemo in Slumberland, which was more comic than animation
really.
-J.M.-
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Sketch of th Moment: Drawn Today... (2011-05-25 16:03)
[1]
1. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nT2TzAmPjEw/Td2KbqZSFtI/AAAAAAAAAhI/0-rhf0tgxb0/s1600/Black+Flame.jpg
Commentary (2011-05-25 16:19)
So, its been said a time or twelve that all people really want in life is vindication. Well, if were talking
about publishing, I havent felt lacking in the vindication area for a long time now.
I dont really require anyone to justify or vindicate my art, writing, or publishing career. Im already published
many times over.
Ive published 7 comic books of various sorts
& 8 regular books, both hardcover and paperback.
Im actually becoming sort of a prolic underground writer. Why would I need vindication in this area?
Because YOU tell me I should? Im plenty happy with my publishing output, and Im kind of just getting
started. I have 1,000s of pages of unpublished art and writing as well. Thats more than enough to keep me
busy over the next 20 to 30 years now that I think about it.
I like self-publishing as a hobby, but Id like to also take it more seriously as the years progress.
-J.M.-
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Well, I suppose we could always play the see who takes teh longest to draw NO SHIT
AT ALL game... (2011-05-25 18:29)
Oh wait, thats just you.
Me, I actually like to update my sites, personally.
The Beast (2011-05-26 11:42)
[1]
Apparently, The Devil is angry that he apparently knows noting about you...He isnt happy
SATAN: You mean you dont spend your entire life online??? Im dissapointed in you
1. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gSIEt6lvBw0/Td6eydd19VI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/5q0pEn9M3Q8/s1600/The+Devil.jpg
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Shitloads of Shit... (2011-05-26 19:31)
Ive done a shitload of shit lately. Ive done a lot of layout pages. The art sucks, but they are layouts. Not
saying how many Ive drawn. Hows a couple sound to you?
Also, some scripts have been written, which are turning out dierent than my actual comics.
Oh well, chalk it up to spec.ulative work.
I think I try too hard. Im exhausted. Dead giveaway.
Weekdays are a torturous spectacle. A real torturous event. So much mediocrity in my daily life.
TV gets too mindless with the ller shows half the time. Its driving me fucking crazy, this daytime tv shit. I
want to go fucking postal while projectile vomiting on my driveway. Just pure, real shit during the day. I
fucking HATE it!!!! I need to draw comics to keep sane. I live for mornings, overnights, and saturdays. Not
sundays though. I think God hates me anyway, considering how much mortal beings do.
The Mighty J.M. (2011-05-29 17:56)
I feel like my strength in general has been at an all time high in the last week, including today and yesterday.
I was so caught up in my feelings of inner and outer power, it was like the internet didnt even exist in that
moment, and normally the internet is a very potent presence in my life. Not lately though.
1.2 June
Adventures in Unemployment... (2011-06-05 10:25)
Im not really any good at doing regular day jobs. The only thing I know how to do is draw and write
randomly in a non-linear, non-narrative manner. Thats actually what Ive been doing in life for the past 11+
years. Im not the most employable worker. Im terrible at traditional labor. All I know how to do is write
and draw stream-of-consciousness work. Theres a price you pay for only being good at one and a half things
(writing / drawing).
Amazon Spree (2011-06-07 19:53)
So I went on an Amazon BUYING FRENZY with some extra money I earned a few days ago. Bought sword
movie Ive always wanted to see, Heroes of the East. Ive seen bits and pieces of it on YouTube and heard
about it in Choreography books, but the damn movie is just so intriguing. Hong Kong lm is almost always
good when it comes to choreography and action, but damn, that lm seems one of the best even by Hong
Kong standards!
Bought some comics from Amazon.com U.S., as well as some comics from Amazon.fr and Amazon.co.jp. I
LOVE ordering from those sites! Really spices up my days, getting to order international books that are
untranslated. Honestly, words dont matter to me. If I want words Ill read Jean-Paul Sartre or Ken Wilber
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or John Steinbeck (which I actually do, I own those books too). I primarily like to buy untranslated art
books and comics from overseas (France and Japan) purely for the superior quality of their artwork. Getting
to see art like that makes the the steep shipping and handling Amazon fees worth it.
Thats about it
-J.M.-
No no, the TV must be on mute, I need to concentrate to write&And now an Article
about being an animation screenwriter (2011-06-07 20:48)
About Writing for Mature Animation:
Admit it or not, as far as the American market goes, few screenwriters in television are as envied as the
primetime and late night cable and network mature animation writers. Two obvious names to pull out of a
hat here would be (of course), Family Guy and The Simpsons. I said Family Guy FIRST because that shows
still actually somewhat popular.
Seriously though. What animation writer or aspiring animation writer DOESNT secretly (or openly) aspire
to work in a work environment free of the censorship and restraint (or in Spongebobs case, nonexistent
writers, And instead&Storyboard artists! Yay!) that childrens programming entails, even for anime.
But the thing is, heres where it gets interesting, now that Im addressing this issue in the animation production
community&.Mature animation (not adult animation, i.e. not to be confused with toon porn online) is
a sub-genre of animation writing where the writer has a unique and blessed freedom not just to push the
limits of what people will want to see in their animation, but also to achieve true cinematic narratology and
quality storytelling. Mature animation can be topical like Family Guy. It can be dark and morbid yet with
ironically and simultaneously humorous and dramatic undertones like Metalocalypse. It can be sub-urban,
tongue-in-cheek stereotypical, and topical and funny and action packed all at the same time, as seen in The
Boondocks. You can aspire to write anime, and you very well could one day, IF you know how to make manga,
or (this ones much harder than the former option) understand Japanese business and cultural politics, not be
a cultural imperialist, and read and speak uent kanji and Japanese, and know how to use Japanese screen
writing software. So in essence, to go way out and travel that journey (and not just be a voice actor who
writes ADR dialogue punch ups on the side), youd basically have to TURN INTO A JAPANESE PERSON.
Not exactly an easy goal. Im sure someones done it or is planning to do it somewhere though. The market is
healthy and diverse, after and without multicultural dreamers where would we be, but I digress. Batman the
Animated Series, in its heyday, was documented as having hired a novelist or few to write scripts on certain
episodes of Batman Animated, way back in the 90s, and thats one of the soundest methods of recruiting
mature animation writers, even to this day. Hire a novelist. They have a sound background in writing,
narration, description, and story. Or you could do what I started o doing and take to the internet and spew
words anywhere and everywhere you can. That works too.
Costume Design... (2011-06-08 10:22)
If you ask me, a costume is what can sell a book. Trigun and Spawn can sell books on fabric design alone.
Big eyes arent the only thing that sells online and in anime. Costumes and fabric do that too. Whether
costume design is more loved by males or females, I dont know. Recently, the demograph seems almost
50/50s for fans who like a well designed costume in and of itself.
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Replacing TV With Art (2011-06-08 14:11)
Color (2011-06-08 18:21)
In terms of my personal coloring and painting style, I do tend to like cool, low key, and dark colors with my
cityscapes. I like cities, particularly how they look illuminated by articial lighting at night.
New Sketchbook Art Out (2011-06-08 19:02)
[1]
My newest sketchbook art hits the internet today. Made by me. This one was quite FUN to draw!
1. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jwYgxSqKUKk/TfApT2GMaFI/AAAAAAAAAhU/gDu6oUzILZA/s1600/Architecture.jpg
The Art of Movies on Paper, or Paper Cinema (2011-06-09 14:24)
Ever since Ive been drawing comics seriously, Ive been trying to go for a distinct cinematic feel that can
also be found in manga like Akira and French comics. Or even books like I Feel Sick and Dave Sims Cerebus
The Aardvark. I take a lot of inuence from animated lm, anime, some manga like Akira and Dragonball
Z, and live action Hong Kong, French, and American Hollywood and international cinema. The best way
I can think to describe what I do would be Paper Movies, or Movies on Paper. I think more in terms of
cinematography, production design, storyboards, and choreography than I do in terms of actual art, though I
do view textures and detailing as important.
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-J.M.-
Lulu.com keeps screwing up the printing size of my books... (2011-06-10 13:11)
You request a normal size comic, a regular issue, and they mail you something 5 times too large. It fucking
sucks! Ive self-published 5 comics with this website, and every time they screw the print sizing up. I should
really just contact them directly, but seriously Lulu.com. Get your shit together. STOP MISPRINTING MY
SHIT!!!! Fuck this pisses me o. Theyve shat all over my publishing career.
And Now...A Moment With Tech Talk (Drivers) (2011-06-10 13:49)
What to do when your E:// drive wont work, and you cant play DVDs on your laptop. Chances are, if your
E:// Drive isnt able to read any DVD-Roms in your laptop computers DVD-Rom Drive, that is an indicator
you Media Drivers are out of date.
Comic Book Roughs Sketchbook...Finally... (2011-06-15 17:29)
After a long time of drawing on printer paper, the most ghetto of artist paper, Ive nally bought my own
sketchbook after going months drawing without even using one.
I call it a Comic Book Sketchbook. Its a sketchbook specically tailored to draw comic book sketch and
layout and cleanup pages on, whether with pencil or with ink. Its spiral bound on the side, with tear out
sheets of paper, with a structure similar to that of a book with blank pages. Ive drawn around 5 or so comics
pages in this book so far. Its easier to draw better comics pages when one thinks of it as regular drawing
t into panels, instead of some iconic association lumped in with specialized comic book pages, which is
the mind set I used to approach my work with, making it needlessly dicult. Ah well, doesnt seem to be a
problem to me when Im drawing now.
This just feels a lot more comfortable than the method and paper model I was using (computer printer paper).
In terms of drawing real comics pages printer paper kind of sucks. Almost every page I did ended up looking
like shit, with few exceptions before I got a comic-book sketchbook, and I was doing a lot of sketches, but
before I got a sketchbook tailor made to be turned into comic book pages, I was really, really struggling. It
felt like it was going nowhere no matter how much eort I put into it, and I in fact ended up with many
headaches upon attempting it the old way. I just wish I would have thought of this method and sketchbook
innovation sooner. Finishing the actual sequential art pages is quite important to me, and if those particular
types of art pages look like shit, in turn I feel like shit, because as we all know its the sequential art that
people actually see, which is part of why in the past I felt anxiety-possess everytime I even tried to draw one
or two panels on a blank page. *shudders*. Glad thats over with. Honestly, Im just glad I found a more
productive type of technical supplies and mental method. The previous one was driving me fucking crazy! I
failed in the beginning so bad! Auugh!!! What a nightmare. But like I said, its ancient history. Thats not
the the case anymore.
-J.M.-
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Anime, Manga, & Duplication (not always the same thing) (2011-06-17 19:28)
As animators and animation stas, the Japanese Southeast Asian animation stas and manga-ka are bigger
on stylistic copying, duplication, and replication of form and geometric or proportional perspective, anatomy,
drapery, and design, than they ever have been on actual innovation and originality. Theyre really all just
ripping themselves (the culture of artistic borrowing, i.e. the doujin market) and the rest of the world o,
visually speaking (see Tezuka and Disney), and through that imitative Eastern technique manifests into
eventual originality over time, years, decades, and centuries, leading all the way back to the days of Osamu
Tezuka. Each lm or TV show is a duplication of and an improvement upon the last one or specic genre
in Japan. This is a Japanese specialty. (which is normal for artists. Most good artists got good by copying
other artists) The fans and otaku glorify anything and everything Japanese as super detailed and super
original, even when a decent amount of it is clearly not (Its cute or sexy instead. not naming specic
titles of course). Americans, from what Ive seen of myself and other artists I know, want to create something
truly innovative and new. Some might say too much so. In America, we actually want to see more Jhonens
and Aaron McGruders and Dave Sims and Todd McFarlane and Genndy Tartakovskys and George Lucases:
Regardless of how expensive it is or how much work it takes: Innovation at any cost, damn the odds of
rejection. Something groundbreaking and inventive, that no ones ever seen before. Thats the nature of
American and French animation. And its the reason we glorify anime the genre so much, because thats
what the most inuential animation critics and fans and artists see in the best anime: Originality and detail
and action and cinema and invention. Because compared to what a lot of what we American Westerners and
gaijin have produced recently, when you compare the two by surface, it does seem better. But is that even
a fair assessment, to judge everything through the lens of young adult audiences, thirsty for rebellion and
violence, on the surface? Yes and no. Theres always exceptions.
[4TheInternet] or [4Yourself]? (2011-06-20 15:38)
Are you drawing pictures for people on the internet, or are you really just focusing on what YOU want to
do? (the latter being way more important).
We writers and artists never used to have to ASK weirdo questions like this, before the web 2.0 and
anime/manga. But now, because of the nature of the internet and anime, you pretty much HAVE TO ask
weirdo questions like this. See how technology terrorizes and changes things?
Anywho, I was thinking about that very thing, and at one point, I really got swept up by my own online
so-called Audience of The Undead, and assorted college students and anime people, and before I knew it, a
while back, for a while there, I was creating all my work, all of my art, and a lot of my writing just to pander
to my newfound, and much beloved audience of people who thought they actually know something about me
that I dont actually put out there, which they dont. At the time, I was just happy to have a mainstream
audience of some sort, and some popularity. Before 2003, I was not used to having such things, because I
never DID have those things. In other words, being popular (even if just online) was a new experience for
me. Im not accustomed and never have been until recently, to people being all up in my grill, speculating
a million stupid fucking rumors, speculating on my wereabouts, throwing bricks at me when Im standing
outside with love notes tied to them (okay, that last problem didnt happen, but now that Ive actually
written it!...) But I digress. Its a bad idea to pander to your own audience, no matter how small or big. At
one point I became way too caught up in the people actually paying attention to me, that I forgot to factor
in what I really want to draw or write.
Lately, Ive been absent from the internet online for the most part from my usual hangouts online for a very
good reason, at least in my opinion: Ive gone back into my pre-internet-existence mindset, where I ask, rst
and formost, What entertains me? What do I like? What kind of stu do I want to actually see? Instead
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of What does my audience want? If you pander to your online audience, youre probably no better than a
lame-o TV channel polling its readers with surveys and focus groups, in an eort to give the people what
they want, even when its stupid and watered down.
With the internet also arrived a new, needier, instant-gratication-worshipping younger generation of artists
and writers, some very talented, with one fatal aw: They only care about how some guy (i.e. me, you,
or anyone else of course) will react to it online. Cant say I entirely blame them. While indie comics and
literature set a good example of publishing auteur motivs, Hollywood sets and incredibly irresponsible and
bad example to todays artist kids, with its perception is everything motto and philosophy. Hollywood
only cares how things look on the surface, even when its an illusion, so not surprisly, international anime
Hollywood Jr. follows the same mindset. Not the deepest philosophy, but youd be surprised how inuential
some of the famous superstars that live by this code are.
Well, no more of that shit!
I draw comics and art for myself. Just because you have a scanner and are you does not mean you should
bomb DeviantART or any other website with everything youve ever created. That can really fuck up your
mind, actually. Next thing you know, youre emo. Or worse yet a scene kid porn star. And nobody wants
that.
Torn...And divided.... (2011-06-20 17:27)
Im split 50/50 about which path I should go down.
For once, the journey ahead of me is pretty clearcut. But I am aware its dicult to have your cake and eat
it too, and especially travel both these paths at the same time. Ill admit Ive been very secretive about what
Im in the process of doing. I havent exactly been very forthright talking to myself online.
But from the way it looks Im going to either be a business thing licensor, or a full-time comic book creator
or screenwriter. Im able to do either one without too much diculty, but having to choose between the two
career goals. One of these careers pays, and one basically makes a lifelong dream a reality.
Its never easy having to choose which of your dreams to take the most seriously. And then theres the media,
and dealing with them. The actual work is really fun, but the industry politics fucking piss me o sometimes.
On the plus side, no matter which road I travel, I DO have a future that shows a lot of promise, so thats
always benecial. Being an entrepreneur is tempting though.
Right now, Im a part timer. But I am making a considerable eort to transition to full-time.
What kind of work would it be? Actually, Im not really comfortable discussing work online. It never works
out when and if I do. So I guess Im just going to have to keep people in the dark I suppose. Apologies.
Well, actually, Im not being entirely honest with my audience here. Ive lled up countless spiral notebooks
with business and career planning notes, and Ive done stacks of sketches and writing and lled up numerous
notebooks, especially for my comics goal. Ive been working on my goals part time for a while now, especially
comics. This is not new. Ive been doing the work behind closed doors, that most dont really see. It really
boils down to attaining more resources and working harder. I work hard in terms of achieving my goals, right
here and now. But I aspire to work a lot harder than I already have been, in an eort to turn my part-time
hobbies into full-time jobs. But the important part is, Im already a workaholic at these hobbies now.
My brother once said Damn, you talk about that computer like its an actual full time job or somethin.
Well, actually, it already sorta is! Excuse me for working harder than you.
Poor, poor dismissive and insane doubting brother of mine. If only I could tell about what I was actually
working toward. Well, I suppose I could do that, but hed just laugh at me...viciously derisively and called
me mentally delusional (Talking online. Thats not talking to real people)!! Because working a day job is
so much better, of course.
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Wake up dreamer! You cant trust NOBODY.
Unfortunately, I live with a bunch of dirty commies who think you should share everything and not recieve
anything of your own. Kinda sucks. For this blog report, they argued No communist comment!
My birth Mom is actually pretty cool... (2011-06-20 19:24)
I was talking to my birth mom on the phone 20 or so minutes ago, and the subject of her art career came up.
She was telling me about one of the pieces she drew that she sold to a museum for $1,000 or so.
It was a portrait of a woman, screaming in horror, to express the horror she felt, based on newsreel footage
of the crowd that had gathered to see John F. Kennedy when he was shot and killed. taken the day John F.
Kennedy was assassinated when she saw it in the news.
Thats really cool mom! I told her. Sounds interesting. Whats your medium of choice?
Oh, you know, number 2 pencil. Nothing fancy.
I use the same kind of materials! Thats cool!
Willpower...Perseverance...Resolution (2011-06-20 20:19)
If I only drew when I wasnt being criticized by someone, Id have quit the game a long, long time ago. There
are many that openly despise my art. Thats not the reason you should draw.
The only reason I continue to draw today, and will continue to draw until I die and probably never stop,
is primarily because of my (rather cocky) ego (I might add). Im driven by ego and the power of my will.
Im driven by a need to express both my ingenuity and power, and paper is the most convenient outlet for
that. What people say about me, what I do or what I produce, quite honestly, doesnt mean shit to me. Im
compelled to dynamically express myself on paper and on computer. I could care less if fans (or anyone for
that matter, even family) see it. Im driven to express myself with art, both visually designed and executed,
and written. Quality is irrelevent. As long as Im drawing SOMETHING, my purpose in life is fullled. An
audience and fans are not a necessary means to that end. I keep drawing because on some level my ego
senses Im good and Wont Let Me stop. Productivity is the only thing or goal I REALLY desire. Satan
puts plenty of obstacles in my way of doing what The Lord wants me to do: Manifest art. My will shall
remain. No amount of opposition sent by The Devil shall ever change the willpower of my resolution. Ill still
be working every month or week, if not every day. Go ahead, called me any and/or every character insult
you can conceive. Call me anything you like. Try to hurt me all you want. Im gonna keep drawing. You
dont matter to me, youre weak and hide behind your words. And Im going to treat you how you should be
treated. Worthless compared to what I produce. Worthless compared to Gods will, which is essentially my
own will, so it evens out.
Does my life story make me a martyr? Would a lot of people give up if they had to live the life Ive lived,
and faced the opposition I have? Without question. I like to think of myself as quite resolute. Nothing too
boastful. Ill let history debate the whole martyr thing.
GOD GAVE ME THE COLOR BLACK..... (2011-06-21 10:31)
To me black is a sacred color, not a wrong color. Its the color the Heavens wanted me to use the most.
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Resolution, and Creative Blockage (2011-06-21 12:57)
While I do have enormous resolve, I also have one of the worst cases of creative block in the world sometimes.
Which is yet another test of my will power and resolve, the constant pressure from society that attempts to
block my creative work, which also battles with my resolve.
Internets been kind of dead lately... (2011-06-30 18:19)
Yuh-huh.
1.3 July
Proper Beard Maintenance (2011-07-02 19:17)
Proper beard maintenance at the age of 27 begins at home.
Gray hair (2011-07-03 13:16)
Im starting to see some gray hairs grow in on my scalp. Not a lot, but a few. Doesnt really bother me. I
dont really fear the aging process like some people do...
Secrets of Hollywood: Its all about perception. Looks Matter (2011-07-03 16:43)
What you look like in L.A. and Hollywood, and your stature, as seen by the people with the power will always
aect whether youre hired and have a continuing career or not.
Frankly, the guy who LOOKS LIKE a director/producer/writer is 20 times more likely than the guy who
doesnt. 70 % of the time, actually getting the part does involve Looking the part, no matter how much
actors rail against type casting. Doesnt matter. Hollywood CARES about how it looks
In Los Angeles and Hollywood, its ALL about keeping up with appearances. I dont just write. I LOOK like
a writer.
Retirement? (2011-07-04 14:18)
Im considering retiring, from art more than anything else. Just thought Id say that. Drawing well is too
hard. So no more of that, perhaps.
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Respect Knuckles (2011-07-07 20:03)
Actually now that I think about it, Im not exactly the kind of guy online and on TV that commands
respect. Actually its almost always the opposite. I attract the opposite of respect: Hatred, animosity,
skepticism, uncertainty, mistrust, and DISrespect from most people. Especially from people who dont like
ME in particular. I wish I had some of their reactions on video. Some scary shit, their verbal-facial reactions.
Thats just how it is. By now Im quite accustomed to this kind of reaction and eect I have on other people.
Certainly doesnt stop me from getting work done on my own names behalf. My innovation is at odds with
the status quo of the times on many levels. Particularly the way I look to strangers who see me in person
who dont know who I am. Thats pretty much everyone I meet, nowadays...
Caetextia: Drawing With the Right Brain, Writing With the Left (2011-07-10 08:39)
Caetexia more than 60 % of the time essential makes it possible for a person to have access to both sides
of their brain with equal eciency and ability. If a person with caetextia is creative, and pursues creative
hobbies or jobs, as I have, theyll not only be able to draw (right brain), but also write (left brain). This
is rare, even among artists and writers: The ability to do both with equal eciency and productivity. Im
still waiting for someone to write a book about caetextia as it relates to the creative process of drawing and
writing, and how it can make a creative person more versatile. Because it denitely can.
Ahhh. My Great Collection of Old, Incredibly Weird Comics (Ive own 100s of these!
Im addicted to collecting cool and weird comics/animation things) (2011-07-10 11:15)
[1]
HECTIC PLANET
ISSUE 6
This is an image of one of my favorite classic indie comics. Take Hectic Planet for example: Its probably the
rst Evan Dorkin comic book I ever bought
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You see, theres a story behind this. Before I was an unhealthy internet recluse. I was a slacker comic shop
denizen. I used to love going to the comic book shop, back when there actually were some around where I
lived. I would go to my local comics shop, on average, at least one or two times a week, when I wasnt going
to school, and Id just accumulate a huge collections of very cool, very weird, very obscure comic books. I love
comic books. Now there arent any so I mostly just hit up Amazon and the internet for my tradepaperback
and indie webcomics x. Plus at one point I sort of forgot about comics, or at least, collecting and buying
them anyway. I had every cool indie comic in the early 2000s and 90s from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac to
Spawn to Bone to Blue Monday. Ive always had this comics philosophy that the best comics are the ones
you havent heard of. And I still believe that. And recently I dug up my classic collection of comic collection
boxes that had been sitting there collecting dust for a decade. Brings back so many positive memories. I
learned everything I know about production, costume, and character design from that comic book collection.
-JM
[alternative name to this post: And then theres all the hundreds of obscure and awesome weird comics that
DIDNT make it onto Wikipedia]
1. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WXc_Xt44VPw/ThnsIP9ywOI/AAAAAAAAAh4/62DAbhQ1_es/s1600/Hectic+Planet+Comic+Book.
jpg
Im With [Bang Zoom!] by J.M. de la Strebler (2011-07-10 14:08)
My relationship with Bang Zoom Entertainment. You know, I know to some in the know in anime, it is a
point of fascination to some in the otaku community. A small group of people are sort of AWARE of it, or at
least it seems that way, so I may as well write about said topic. I still do like Bang Zoom! Entertainment
and [1]AnimeTV. I dont DIS-like them. I never have disliked them. Why would I? Theyve never really
been mean to me, so I have no grudges. But an email every once in a while out of courtesy would be nice.
But then again, maybe the fact that I ocially contributed to certain episodes of AnimeTV and have the
whole guilty by association fame thing going on should be satsifaction enough. Still, I miss contacting them
openly, like it happened when I rst started writing reviews for them.
I guess the thing was, I was never really sure exactly how close they DID consider me, if at all, if ever,
particularly now. The producers emailed me in the beginning regarding the show, but I do kind of miss that
time of my life, around 2007. Though that was an awkard time for me in some ways, what with my rst TV
experience working from home, Im not going to lie. Ive ALWAYS idolized many of the people they employ,
and many of the shows they worked on. Ive always liked what theyve done in the dubbing world. Theyve
dubbed half of the titles in my private DVD collection. Id still like to work with them on something in the
future and I hope they keep me on le, even if its just for a mailing list. I like being on mailing lists. They
took a lot of heat for doing a live action show, Im well aware of that, and I probably didnt help in that
regard. I acknowledge that much. But that doesnt change their actual anime track record. Who cares if they
threaten to stop dubbing. As long as I still see them working on SOME kind of good production (hopefully
anime related) Ill always be loyal to them, even if they dont email me anymore. Its still been a lotta fun.
1. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1705081/fullcredits#cast
Internet Favorites List: Best and Worst...Whos got their shit together....
(2011-07-10 17:31)
Most Defective Website Ive Encountered (counting the most amount of times the website acted fucking
weird)?
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Yahoo of course.
LEAST Defective Website With Fewest Amount of incindents involving hacking, slow loading time, bugs, or
glitches, where the website just works well, loads fast and is genuinely hassle free?
YouTube! YouTube is the perfect website! The site hardly ever gets any real noticeable bugs for me.
The Tactician: Why Barack Obama is a Good President (2011-07-10 19:34)
Hes a master strategist and ecient speaker, a communicator. He knows what to say, and what not to say.
He knows when to move, and when not to move. He knows when to speak, and when not to speak. His
trademark sense of superior strategic timing and rhythm is the best Ive ever seen in a president in my entire
life. He has power, but unlike many presidents with power, hes also a good decision maker. The man knows
how to run a country. He doesnt just have intelligence. He knows how to apply that intelligence, even under
pressure.
Businessness (2011-07-14 20:41)
Havent been on the web as much lately, though I do love being on the web most of the time.
Been a tad bit busy with the whole writing thing. Finished my rst real script today. Its formatted and
whatnot. Im in the process of revising and rewriting, but as far as format goes, I pretty much got Version
1.0 of my shit together now. Which is a relief. Fortunately I nally got one element of my arsenal working or
up and running.
-JM
(2011-07-16 21:02)
In the next world war
In a jackknifed juggernaut
I am born again
In the neon sign
Scrolling up and down
I am born again
In an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe
In a deep deep sleep of the innocent
I am born again
In a fast german car
Im amazed that I survived
An airbag saved my life
In an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe
In an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe
Airbag
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Radiohead
OK Computer
AMVs and Webcomics: The Current State of Independent and Alternative
Anime/Animation and Comics/Manga.... (2011-07-17 14:35)
Theres still plenty of alternative and underground animation and comics titles. Underground comics and
animation is far from selling out and is produced by underground engineers who usually go by funky aliases
on the internet. A lot of its on the web.
Indie comics are: Webcomics on various webcomics and webmanga sites like Smack Jeeves, and DeviantART.
Underground animation is homemade bootleg and pirated anime websites (YouTube, Veoh), and DIY DVDs
people like me make, and do share with friends and family, but dont really sell for the most part. Some
people sell them, but many dont.
Theres also online streaming Anime Openings and AMVs/MADs (anime music videos).
Good stu, good stu. Dont be hatin. Hip-Hop kind of took o in a similar way.
Peace Out, Homies (2011-07-20 13:33)
Word.
Howd I make my MILLIONS and MILLIONS of dollars, 3 houses, and 20 manservents
while not giving YOU ANY OF IT?? (2011-07-21 19:34)
Well, wouldnt you like to know.
HINT: The Secret is in my Hairstylist....The hair is the secret to [1]ALL OF YOUR SUCCESS. Right
Yohann??
1. http://images.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1280&bih=512&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=rat%27s+nest+hair&oq=rat%27s+
nest+hair&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1631l4357l0l4637l11l10l2l6l8l0l220l313l1.0.1l2
Speaking of Rats Nests: Whats The Deal With That???? (2011-07-21 20:32)
That one rats nest geek scalp is the color black, and it has pieces of garbage I threw away last Friday in it.
And yet his eye brow color just above his BUDDY HOLLY GLASSES is BROWN. WHATS THE DEAL
with that!? I wonder if it hurts ungluing the wig from his scalp after theyre done lming.
Hmmmm. I WONDER. Nah. Must be ah coincidence. Funny.
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Most Inuential Lists, and other Bullshit (2011-07-22 11:04)
People who write those Most Inuential People lists really expect people to believe THEYRE the most
inuential list, when one of the most inuential people of all (yours truly) isnt even on that list? What a
crock of shit.
Its okay artist-type person. Just leave Japanimation to the Japanese (2011-07-22 11:54)
Technically what I draw isnt really anime. I used to think it was, because like the Japanese, I make the
eort to make my concept designs cinematic, and I come from an engineering standpoint.
I dont really see my artwork as anime anymore. Ive never taken things like big eyes or squeaky voices, or
chibi, for that matter, seriously. Honestly, Id rather draw from Dr. Suess than any of that cliche stereotypical
anime crap. Why would I draw from that when there are things like Akira and Ghost in the Shell out there?
Its really closer to science-fantasy and neo-goth than Japanese. The Japanese dont really do gothic for
the most part, black trenchcoats and all that. They kind of turn their noses up at the bleak, dark, and
macabre, from what Ive seen online mostly. They shy away from portraying dark and gothic things, with
rare exceptions. Oh well, more for me.
Why I hate 90% of mainstream entertainment...YOURE A DUMBASS
(2011-07-23 12:22)
Most of these showbiz folks are the dumbest sons of bitches in the world. And yet by some evil act of
misdirected perception on the publics behalf, society equates sales and protability with intelligence and
profundity. Its the biggest system of bullshit Ive ever seen: The Entertainment Industry.
Sell one platinum record, create one hit TV show or movie (in other words LUCK OUT and GET LUCKY
through no real intelligence or ingenuity of your own in reality)...in other words, BECOME POPULAR
(which is what it really boils down to), and the majority of society is dumb enough to mistake you for Einstein
or a fucking Nobel Prize Winner, or some other person who actually thinks about things.
Fucking pisses me o to no end, that society is gullible enough to buy into this bullshit, just becuase people
make fraudulant propaganda for it (or as some call it, the news and PR industry). Dumb is still dumb.
And most people are dumb enough to swallow the shit the media tries to shove down the worlds throat.
Popularity is not intelligence. Popularity is the ignorance to buy into your own bullshit hype. Fucking hate
it!!!
Do guys even still bother to read manga nowadays in bookstores... (2011-07-24 11:27)
Or is it all girls now? That strikes me as a little odd. The gender politics of Japanese comics imported to
America.
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Its con season. Id love to attend more comics and anime conventions...AXE, Comic-con,
the like (2011-07-29 22:05)
But Im afraid Im a WEE bit camera shy.
Not exactly a fan of walking around convention halls that are lled with 400 dierent cameras that broadcast
all con activity to 500 dierent online podcasts and video sites that oer obsessive coverage. I just cant seem
to nd a thing to wear...other than all black. Smile for the hundreds of cameras!!
I went to Megacon in the 90s once, but video technology hadnt caught up to comics and anime back then.
My how things change...
1.4 August
This blog is overdue for some refreshment...as manifested by a new post (2011-08-09 21:31)
but what to talk about. There are a million things one COULD talk about, but is there an audience for all
of those things? Are people really so selective? Just thinking in print here (i.e. aloud).
I suppose I should hurry. Aqua Teen Hunger Force is airing on Adult Swim, either now or so. I never miss
an episode really. I know theyre reruns, but ATHF is comforting. It really is. I can really relate to Frylock,
in a supergenius kind of way I guess.
-JM-
Drawing: Mental, or Physical? (2011-08-13 13:22)
I did a web search on this topic, and didnt nd much. Drawing requires both mental and physical energy,
but it actually doesnt seem like either aspect of drawing is the universal majority for all artists. Some artists
eat healthy. Some dont. Some artists are well groomed, some arent. Some artists are attractive, others not
so much. The thing is, drawing IS part mental and psychological, and part energetic and physical.
The only real reason I bring this up is that in the past Ive found heavy amounts of drawing to be physically
fatiguing, draining, and exhausting. When I was very young and had tons of energy to burn and was more in
shape, I was less drained by my drawing process. But as I got older, and fatter, I found drawing was less easy
with the more out of shape I got, to the point of me barely practicing at all, purely because of how much
energy it drained from me whenever I attempted it. It was a stressful period of my life, and I did a LOT of
stress eating, and got very little exercise.
Though it varies with the artist, drawing does take a certain amount of physical energy, particularly detail-
heavy drawing where the whole page is lled up or drawn on an epic size and scale.
-J.M.-
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Pre-Production Hobbyist (2011-08-13 14:02)
I produce pre-production artwork (storyboards, character design, concept design, lighting concept design,
production design) and scripts as a hobby, not as a profession. Its doujin or fan pre-production, in other
words. I draw art in the form of speculative animation pre-production artwork because its fun, and Im
obsessed with the animation production process as an animation fan, artist, and would-be professional. Its
only natural Id have a desire to draw and write my own rendition of it, regardless of whether its professional
enough or not. Its still a valid form of self-expression and recretational hobby, even when its a lot of hard
work thats never going to get seen. Thats just how I roll. I like designing imaginary TV shows in my head.
Unpaid spec work and spec project or spec is the key word here. I used to wonder why I did spec
pre-production work if all it was going to do was sit around on my desk, and never actually get used in TV.
Now I know. Actually, Ive already got a decades worth of experience prolically developing and producing
spec work. Im just really, REALLY good at working for free. 1,000s of pages worth, in terms of artwork.
Lighting Design (2011-08-14 11:17)
Aside from returning to sketching, Ive been exploring a hobby or two.
Current hobby of the moment:
Lighting Concept Design; Lighting Concept Art
I was looking at my The Art of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Animated Series book, and I LOVE that book!
I love lighting concepts that explore the lighting element of concept art.
The type of lighting concepts I design are often in the Notan / Neo-Noir Style, but Lighting Concepts
nonetheless. The reason I love the Star Wars production art book is it made me realize Im not alone in my
design pursuits.
If I had to describe my lighting concept (art) style, in one word, Id say its both Japanese and American
and East Meets West. Notan is a very Japanese thing. Neo-Noir is a very revivalist American thing. But
I like how theres a rich heritage of design in both Asia/Japan AND Europe/America. Black and White
artwork reects this combination quite perfectly in my opinion, and on paper.
New To American Animation: Innovation in Animation (2011-08-14 12:27)
List of Production Elements That Seem to be On The Rise in Western TV Animation:
Fight Design; Fight Choreography
Production Design; Architectural Perspective (Fantasy; Science-Fiction)
Mecha; Machines
Costume Design
Lighting Concept Design
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Conceptual Art
Screenwriting
Intense Action
Firearms; Weapons
Aspect-To-Aspect Transitions (Storyboards)
Some of these production aspects and elds orginated in anime, and have been adapted by Western Artists.
But some seem to have caught on in the animation industry seemingly out of nowhere. Thats right, were on
the cutting edge of innovation in animation here...
Fame and Support (2011-08-14 13:55)
If theres one thing fame and success give you, that you dont ever achieve at, say, my level, it would denitely
be re-assurance. Even when Im most successful, due to the nature of the way I live with a family that doesnt
actually support me, I never have the comfort and empowerment of re-assurance. Plenty of people look over
my shoulder (often without my permission or consulting me), but hardly anyone ever gives me feedback in
the form of re-assurance. No one ever directly comments on my art. Far as I know know one knows who I am
and everyone hates what I do. Due to the fact that no one reassures any of my decisions (or decision making),
whether from higher ups OR lower downs, far as I know no one gives a shit about anything I do. And people
wonder why I make the decisions about my art that I do. YOU TRY not getting any direct fucking input
from the public about what you do, and well see how happy you are....I work based on intuitive assumption,
not input. Im really the only one who approves ANYTHING I do...in general.
Lack of 20-Something Professionals in The Adult Art and Literary World....
(2011-08-15 20:10)
Is there a typical age when an artist or writer become a professional? Do any pro artist-writers reading this
know of any consistent answer to this mystery?
How many 20-somethings out there actually nd work as a writer and/or artists at such a young age? It kind
of seems like, as far as animation and comics are concerned, age and experience go with success...
Favorite French Art and Literature Related Things (2011-08-22 12:25)
Favorite French Things:
Favorite French Film:
Le Samorai
Favorite French TV Animation:
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Marathon Animation
Oban Star-Racers
Code Lyoko
Favorite French Artists:
Moebius
Serge Pelle (Orbital)
Francois Schuiten
Juanjo Guarnido (Blacksad)
Enki Bilal (Beast Trilogy, etc.)
Favorite French Comics
Blacksad
Orbital
Metronom
From the J.M. Theory Vault: Scientic Theory: Experiential Contextualization
(2011-08-22 17:18)
History and the passage of time gives contextual and symbolic weight and meaning to people, places, things,
and events as they travel through time and space. When something is rst invented or discovered, it lacks
the layered context of meaning. Only by passing through time does an event, personality, object, and data
attain meaning.
From the J.M. Theory Vault: Scientic Theory: Experiential Contextualization
(2011-08-22 17:18)
History and the passage of time gives contextual and symbolic weight and meaning to people, places, things,
and events as they travel through time and space. When something is rst invented or discovered, it lacks
the layered context of meaning. Only by passing through time does an event, personality, object, and data
attain meaning.
Yknow, if I wasnt such a slacker, Id be all over that.......dudes. (2011-08-23 08:36)
Seriously though, yeah, I should probably draw more of that sort of thing. It IS a good idea.
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MOAR COMICS ART, PLZ!!!! (2011-08-23 12:34)
I did in fact draw some new pages of artwork today, and Ive been kind of on a roll with unpublished
sketchbook practice art in the last 4 to 5 days, but I havent published any of it to my Photobucket or
Webcomics Nation account like Ive tended to do. Primarily because Im superstitious about my work.
Uploading the rst thing I create in a while always jinxes me, and never anyone else. Its like everytime I
upload 1 good sketchbook study, suddenly, as soon as its out there I get sketchbook and comic book panel
block, and suddenly Im blocked for (literally) weeks(!), and Ill produce nothing but crap for a while right
after I publish that one or two really GOOD drawings(!). I always have better luck with my drawing process
if I dont publish everything right away...Sorry, I really wish I knew how this art inspiration and energy level
thing actually worked. wouldnt that be nice.
Its a vicious cycle I tell you.
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Architecture and Perspective Studies (2011-08-24 05:49)
[1]
Been practicing with some architectural perspective excercises lately...Just practicing really.
1. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-25l1ppDB-T8/TlTzJnUHJII/AAAAAAAAAjQ/V9MF3oQRQKI/s1600/City.jpg
Popularity Indicators (2011-08-24 15:35)
Google
YouTube
Twitter
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Blogger
Adultswim.com
DeviantART
Goanimetv.com
Manga.com
[various lesser known others]
I didnt realize before, but Im actually pretty well known to the communities of some of the most popular
websites in the world. My fans seem to resent being called fans though, for some reason.
Someone please email me and inform me how I became one of the most popular people in the world. I cant
for the life of me gure out how I ended up in such a prominent spot.
-J.M.-
Not Exactly Simon Cowell Here...Good? Bad? (2011-08-24 22:27)
Honestly, I wish I could make this a more review centric anime-specic blog like so many pro critics have lately
on their ocial press websites, but as much as Id like to take a more journalistic approach with this blog, I
tend to gravitate more towards the free spirit element of it, even though I know a lot of people discovered me
specically through my initial literary review status on the AnimeTV site back in the day. I do love hearing
what people like Miley Yamamoto and Roy Pitts have to say on things. Im actually a pretty big fan of what
they do, which is act, host, and commentate.
Well, theres the Jack Kerouac approach, and then there is the whole shortness of time / Doing a million
things online at once thing KIND OF eats into my schedule.
Style to Spare (2011-08-25 11:59)
If there are three distinctive elements of my current style, thematically and visually, that seperates my visual
stylization from a lot of regular stu out there, Id have to say, if there were certain key art and literary
motifs in my literary stories, they would be:
Black and White Noir
Post-Apocalyse World
Martial Arts Anime / Hong-Kong Action Fighting
The Samurai
These elements of my current style...Ive denitely noticed many other established auteurs and lmmakers
picking up on them. Im not the rst person ever to use these elements, but I am one of the rst to use them
in the distinctive way that I do.
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Action Comics (2011-08-25 13:44)
So for those wondering, if End Times / Parallax is going to have much action...
Ill say this much...I love the action genre. I love ght choreography. I even own numerous books on martial
arts and whatnot. However, theres a reason I havent done comics that are entirely ghting comics yet. Im
pretty sure I will at one point. But as I found out when I rst started practicing, ghting is one of the hardest
elements of comics to draw. Ive been developing a lot of ghting artwork in my sketchbooks over the last few
years actually, but Ive showcased very few of them. To be honest, Ive been working on ght choreography
for a while now, but to vastly simplify the matter of how I approach drawing it, its still being developed. IT
WILL make its way into my published works at some point, when I feel a bit more comfortable with it...
International Animation 101: Growth Industries (2011-08-26 11:20)
Three countries on the rise in the international original television and theatrical animation community:
France (Franime, Renaissance feature animated lm)
China (The Storm Riders: Clash of the Evils)
Korea (Wonderful Days, Dead Space, Avatar: The Last Airbender TV series)
Moving Overseas vs. Working Locally (2011-08-26 17:42)
Its becoming a well known fact that animators in Japan do not earn much money. Most of the names in
Japan making money are the ones most of us American fans are already familiar with.
From how it seems, at least in terms of salaries, original American animation doesnt always pay a ton
(especially for the unglamorous positions) but it DOES pay better for westerners than working in Japanese
animation.
I dont know the actual gures, but after reading a fair amount of articles on animation in Japan and the
U.S., and interviews with voice actors, there does seem to be a partial consensus. Japanese anime doesnt
pay all that well, and the amount of passion being put into anime is not proportionate to how much money
the industry makes as a whole.
Excerpts From a Non-Fiction Book Written by Me: Manifesto, Vol. II, pg. 259
(2011-08-30 18:32)
I thought up an idea about a story: It could be about two people, probably coworkers, an atheist and a
Catholic. The Catholic does make anywhere near half as much as the atheist, who makes millions of dollars
a year. The Catholic keeps praying to The Lord and wondering Why Father? why is the Catholic, a person
of Faith, not being blessed with as much money as a person who doesnt believe in God one bit Why is God
not providing him with enough money to live comfortably? Why hes struggling more than the atheist. The
atheist believes that any type of a God does not have anything to do with it, that he (the atheist) simply
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works harder than the Catholic and had to work his way up to a nancially powerful position, and that
theres a logical humanistic explanation for the circumstances. The Catholic then realizes something. Hey
may not have money, but he has love for people and his family loves him, and thats more important in the
end and you can take that with you after you die, but not the money. The atheist is envious of the Catholic
because he wants the same love, and he compliments the Catholic on his good human values, because he
believes that even though he does believe he feels as much love, he clearly believes that the act of love goes
beyond the dogma of good and evil. The Catholic forgives the atheist for not believing in God, and the
atheist still feels sorry for the Catholic for buying into mythological principles. This would just be one of
those theological and/or moral stories.
Never did novelize it though.
End
Harsh And Uncompromising Words: The Epic Novel (Based on a True Story)
(2011-08-30 20:23)
Chapter 1: Adolescent Angst
Chapter/September 2: Do you Love America: Freedom Watch
Chapter 3: I Know Why You Hate Me: The Stalker and The Death That Followed
Chapter 4: The (p)Redator Squad
Chapter 5: The Best Revenge: The Rise of a Black President
Chapter 6: Penny Lane is in the (Middle) East. Tweeting Live From Everywhere
Chapter 7: Vanquish Thine Enemies With Divine Retribution
Afterword: Life After The Internet: See The Wiz.Pay No Attention To The Crotch-Rot Behind the Curtain!
Sorry, Thems The Breaks, Kid(s).
PRESS COVERAGE ON A LOSER NOBODYS BOOK THAT SOLD ONE COPY, BOUGHT BY THE
AUTHOR HIMSELF!
BIZ MAH-KEY SAYS: Dizz book is ah muthafucka!! Its the shiz-NITE! You Gon read it and yous not gon
put it down! Yo.
A book by an author so good and amazing, youre not legally or contractually allowed to say his name on
any of your companies shows! Aw yeah. Bend ova baby.
Most polite ways to address a person you just met? (2011-08-31 01:44)
Hey you little freak. Im a skanko pornstar!
Hi, Im a social disease
Wow, what wise people you are...
The Number 1 Advice I Can Think to Oer to A Beginning Comics Creator: Stalk the
Bestseller List (2011-08-31 03:24)
That right, check Amazons manga and graphic novel and anime bestseller lists daily, if not hourly, to spot
trends and what themes and titles and creators are selling. There is a lot of quality literary material on the
Amazon manga and comics bestsellers lists. You dont study the bestseller lists to produce a knock-o (well,
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I suppose you can, but I highly dont recommend it), but instead to keep an ear to the ground and observe
what people want, what people read, and what they are actually willing to (get this) pay money for.
Essay: Failing and Being Challenged (2011-08-31 03:52)
Failing and Being Challenged: An Essay
One of the best ways to get good at something, become an expert at it, or master it, is by failing, many times
over, before you succeed. This can build stamina, conviction, and resilience which can all strengthen a person
and make it seem to them as if all obstacles, diculties, and setbacks seem absolutely insignicant when
compared to the nal and ultimate goal. Failure is an integral part of intellect, progress, and the creative
process. There is no such thing as the perfect sketchbook. Sketchbooks actually seem more to me like books
that chart creative and artistic progress or evolution, rather than a gallery of masterpieces. If a person does
create a masterpiece, there is usually no way to tell if the work-in-progress will end up that way or not. This
is because you cannot observe the essence of the whole until the whole is nished, which is why its important
for an artist not to judge his own work too much, unless its for constructive self-critique, which is often the
source responsible for the artists progress.
War Lyrics - Why Cant We Be Friends? (2011-08-31 06:05)
This one goes out to Hitler:
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
I seen you round for a long long time
I really membered you when you drink my wine
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
I seen you walkin down in Chinatown
I called you but you could not look around
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
I bring my money to the welfare line
I see you standing in it every time
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
The color of your skin dont matter to me
As long as we can live in harmony
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
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Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Id kinda like to be the President
so I can show you how your moneys spent
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Sometimes I dont speak too bright
but yet I know what Im talking about
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
I know youre working for the CIA
they wouldnt have you in the Maa
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Why cant we be friends?
Whats my next non-ction book you ask.... (2011-08-31 07:08)
Thats easy:
Fanboy Loudmouth Haxor Maa: How Doujinshi Websites, Copyright Nazis, and College Aged Fanboys and
Girls RUINED the enjoyment of ANIME for EVERYONE. by Otomos Best Friend
HA HA HA HA HA!!! Suckas!!!! Die!!!!
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Ever wonder what inspired the Vision of Parallax/Mono/End Times? (2011-08-31 13:45)
I came up with the concept for my comic book back in 2004. I remember it specically when I drew a Rugged
Young Man in a trenchcoat in a then-simple character design sketch in a spiral notebook with all my other
earlier drawings. I remember it was 2004 when I dated the page.
There are three titles in specic that were the driving inspirational force behind the Vision of Mono and
Parallax, where all my martial arts action violent comics started.
The First and Foremost thing that inspired Mono was Quentin Tarantinos 2003 lm, Kill Bill Vol. 1. I never
got around to watching Volume II I loved Volume I so much! I loved the anime sequence by production IG
and the nale sword ghting wuxia sequence of the lm the most. After that, I knew Kill Bill had established
a new kind of Female Martial Art Ass-Kicker Archetype, and I didnt want to rip that element o. I know I
wanted to create a male action-hero protagonist of some sort, a sort of Brad Pitt Fight Club with Kill Bills
The Brides new-fangled Woo-Ping Yuen choreography routine But instead of make it a movie, make it a
storyboard animation movie in comic book and-or manga format.
I remember seeing the lm in the theatre with a friend when it rst came out, and thinking This lm is as
good as Ghost in the Shell was when I got that on VHS. It was so...Violent! And Action-y! And...Yellow!
And Choreographed! And BLOODY! And I began sketching random things in my sketchbook, not having
any idea how much Tarantino and Kill Bill Vol. I would ultimately end up inuencing my own vision. I
remember wanting to do something visually similar to many aspects of Kill Bill, except, instead of Bright
Yellow, I wanted to take that Bright Yellow and ink it pitch black, so it eventuall evolved into a Blade of the
Immortal type Frank Miller Noir Sin City thing as well, with guns and trenchcoats and all that. But black
trenchcoat lms like The Matrix, Versus, and A Better Tomorrow also ended up being some pretty heavy
inuences. I owe everything to those lms/manga. If it werent for those lms, if they werent made the way
they were, I might not be writing and drawing comics today ([1]www.webcomicsnation.com/jm), and if I was,
Id probably be drawing something else.
1. http://www.webcomicsnation.com/jm
National Talk Like A Transylvanian Day! Oh Happy day. (2011-08-31 16:30)
So technically, my Webcomics Nation Site and my Photobucket and Artakes.com sites are functioning as
my current online de-facto original art galleries (ever since I closed my DeviantART count a year or two ago
anyway). Just to let everyone know.
1.5 September
HAPPY BIRTH-DAY!!!!! (2011-09-01 13:10)
HAPPY BIRTH-DAY JHONEN VASQUEZ!!!!!!
2 Diferent Series, 2 Dierent Directions... (2011-09-01 17:45)
So, the 2 series Im developing are taking on two seperate styles.
[1]PARALLAX: THE LEGEND OF MONO JUBEI is a mature audiences Samurai-action manga-comic series:
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[2]OLIVER-E: QUANTUM SORCERER, (which I just announced today on my website) is an all ages series
that also has action but is more action-adventure all ages mecha and magic.
Groovy!
I like doing dierent strories in dierent visual styles.
1. http://www.webcomicsnation.com/jm
2. http://www.webcomicsnation.com/jm/profile/index.php
SATURDAY OF NEXT WEEK: Manifesto History Quotes September 11th 2001 Edition,
To be published, This Saturday, around Midnight (2011-09-01 18:16)
An American Writer and Author (myself) specically addressing one of the biggest tragedies and unjustied
attacks on America in the History of the World. A special quote of entries written by me in my Florida home,
witnessing the events in the media and in my journal AS IT HAPPENED...in my journal, on the afternoon
of September 11th, 2001 as I attended high school and my former day job at the local grocery story in my
hometown.
...Dont Miss it. Me Writing about History in the making, to be Quoted: This Saturday after this rst one at
Midnight
September 11th, 2011 A.D.
BE THERE!
-J.M.-
10 Reasons the SoapBox Spotlight I Have Is Like Krack Kokane! (2011-09-02 10:04)
1. EVERYONE LISTENS TO YOU
2. EVERYONE LISTENS TO YOU
3. EVERYONE LISTENS TO YOU
4. EVERYONE LISTENS TO YOU
5. EVERYONE LISTENS TO YOU
6. EVERYONE LISTENS TO YOU
7. EVERYONE LISTENS TO YOU
8. EVERYONE LISTENS TO YOU
9. EVERYONE LISTENS TO YOU
10. EVERYONE LISTENS TO YOU
...Shits addictive, man!
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That is kind of the price you pay for choosing to have a job where they dont force you
to grow up... (2011-09-02 14:34)
Thats what happens when you pursue a career in comics, webcomics, literature, anime, and animation. You
stay a kid or child at heart...FOREVER!
You end up living in your parents house well past the age of 27 years old. But hey, YOURE the one who
chose a career where you dont have to do any REAL work.
Well, actually, considering the state of the economy, NO ONEs working a job now and in a roundabout way,
EVERYONEs living with their parents, so it kind of evens out. And everyone knows how much pimps and
bitch magnet sex machines live at home with their parents at the toddler age of 27. Yeeeyeyuh!
Things I No Good At...Ug. Me Caveman. (2011-09-02 15:34)
Food
Driving
Money
Dating
Sex
Sports
Fighting
Hygeine
Health
Social Interaction
Courage
Cleaning
Manliness
Socializing
Going Outside
Real, actual employment
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[Sword] Design Secrets Revealed: How to Draw The Blade (With a Pen). The Design
Pen Is As Mighty As the Sword (2011-09-02 19:11)
Ah yes. One of my favorite design topics. Swords. And even more specically, not so much Chinese Swords
or Barbarian Broadswords, but Samurai Swords. To be even more specic, Long thing blades. Perhaps even
just one thin string of light on a page, lightsaber style.
Let me explain something about American animation, and how it diers from Japanese animation, or anime.
Up until, say, the last ve to seven years or so, the way Americans drew swords in comics also, but especially
animation, were short and fat. Even Samurai Jacks usage of sword design is questionable in this respect,
as Jacks sword is not entirely thin and long. It was longer and thinner than usual, and well done, well
wielded by Jack in one sense, but it wasnt until, say, around 2006 when Avatar the Last Airbender (with the
Sokka kung fu sword master-apprentice themed episode Sokkas Master), the Boondocks Stinkmeaner Huey
Freeman Samurai dream sequence, and a few years later especially with the light saber design in Star Wars
the Clone Wars, and later, various others. And some might even say some of my own sword designs I used
online with Mono Jubei, my own original character, who a lot of artists took inspiration from as well. That
was not an intentionally or conscious decision on my part. I just tend to like drawing my blades really long
and really straight and thin or slightly curved and thin. As far as Im concerned, a blade can never be long
and/or thin and/or straight enough (your welcome). Even when its a katana. It just looks cool. One of the
things, the main elements that make sword anime so cool, that has ALWAYS made them cool, is the fact
that the Japanese ARE observant enough to draw swords like they really look. The realist sword physics
approach. I guess I just kind of picked up on that from watching samurai anime, sword comics like Blade of
the Immortal, and sword anime, notably Rurouni Kenshin, Jubei Chan, KARAS, Samurai Champloo, and
Blood: The Last Vampire, among others.
Yeah. Swords are cool. Lesson over. Any questions?
LIST!: Favorite Authors, Producers, Artists, Designers, Illustrators, and Storytellers to
be Featured in a Coee Table Art Book (2011-09-04 11:47)
Because I love coee table art books
Juanjo Guarnido (Blacksad)
Todd McFarlane
Min-Woo Hyung
Akira Toriyama
Musashi Kishimoto
Tite Kubo
Jared Hodges
George Lucas
Lindsey Cibos
Kristy Lijewski
Yasuhiro Nightow
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Brian Konietzko
Michael Dante Dimartino
Greg Capullo
Katsuhiro Otomo
Bruce Timm
Alex Grey
Production I.G.
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Yoshitoshi aBe
Moebius
Syd Mead
Paul Pope
Glen Murakami (Batman Animated)
Jhonen Vasquez
LeSean Thomas
Shinichiro Watanabe
Osamu Tezuka
Felipe Smith
The Structuralist Academic Approach: Learning the Structure by Doing (2011-09-04 20:08)
To adjust to writing for TV animation, I teach myself to learn how to write and complete one experimental,
free form 24 page script, which Ive already done. Once you write 1 script, it tends to get easier to adapt to
the format structure, and your career builds from there.
LIving Around (2011-09-05 04:52)
There are really three places Ive lived:
Ann Arbor Michigan, Washtenaw County
Central Florida
South Florida, haunted Sunrise Hall Living Area, Ft. Lauderdale (yes, I attended the Art Institute.
Thats why I lived there for a short amount of time)
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Doctors Suck (2011-09-05 09:08)
Social Security, Psychiatry, Medical Doctors, and Health Care are so messed up. You have to pretend your
crazy and disabled just to get a social security check. But I suppose some money is better than never getting
paid anything because people refuse to hire anyone.
I kind of like getting $250 paychecks each month from the gov for being a crazy loser. Dear mentally ill
loser, here is your monthly paycheck for $250 you didnt have to work for which obviously proves youre a
crazy loser. Sincerely, Social Security. Its been that way ever since Bush was in oce.
The Asian-American Market (2011-09-07 11:55)
Its not just the publishing world that likes Asian art and culture. Its the digital world as well.
Im a voracious reader and collector of pop culture, or quasi-pop culture. Anything weird and designy, funky
and/or epic, cinematic, literate, and mythological Im into. Asia: Japan (and to a lesser degree, China and
Korea) produce such art and literary styles by the boatload.
I know theres a market for American and European works of Asian origin or inuence. I know this for a fact
because Im part of that market demand.
Some books Ive seen lately that reect this demand:
Fight Choreography: The Art of Non-Verbal Dialogue by John Kreng (Chinese-American Choroegraphy
pro reveals many secrets of Asian cinema ght scene choreography in this book)
Drawing Cutting Edge Fusion: My parents bought me that book as a gift. Fun light art reading.
How to Draw Manga: Series that covers just about all the fundamentals of anime/manga drawing/design
The Manga Start-Up Guide: Pen and Ink (has a Trigun cover). A bit more advanced.
The Asian Inuence on Hollywood Action Films by Barna William Donovan (one of my all time favorites.
Takes a Western literary scholar approach to the best kind of action movie there is: The Asian Kind)
The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga: One of the best Coee Table Biographical books on an
artist to come along in a long time.
Akira Club, by Katsuhiro Otomo. One of Dark Horses most beautiful and insightful books and
collectors items ever.
I am a voracious academic, supporter, and collector of Asian production art reprints and knowledge about,
and appreciation of, Asian pop culture. I read any book I can get my lthy little hands on, and study
any wikipedia page that pops up on the subject. Lately Ive been reading a lot of Wiki material on the
French-Japanese connection, and the mutual respect and admiration the Japanese and French art scenes
have for one another, Japanese and French artists have been collaborating quite a bit recently, and yet it
isnt considered by the Japanese to be Westernization the way world manga from America is. I nd this
connection (that in a way almost seems like a pro-european double standard or bias in Asia) just fascinating.
The French dont get half as much shit from the Japanese as Americans do for aping the Japanese style in
other words. Its an interesting aspect of Europe, America, and Asia, to say the least. I keep asking myself,
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what can we (American artists and writers) learn from that kind of collaboration? Can American art be that
successful internationally one day? Who knows?
Fanc Story idea, Horror Story: Jason Vorhees Gone Wild (2011-09-07 16:45)
The life and times of a young hacker-entrepreneur who is employed as the webmaster of a webcam hacks
website is stalked and killed by famous rapist-murderer JasonVorhees who nds out about his operation and
henceforth sets out on a sociopathic revenge mission to hunt him and kill him, upon getting listed on his site.
The webmaster is decapitated and dismembered with an ax by Jason Vorhees at the end of the story.
9-11: 10 Years, 1 Decade Later (2011-09-10 21:00)
Writings on September 11
th
, 2001
By J.M.
Foreword
On the evening of September 11
th
, 2001, on the day of the attacks in New York City on the World Trade
Center by Muslim terrorists who were masterminded by Osama Bin Laden, a true villain and monster of
history whose evil legacy rivals that of Adolf Hitler, the moment I got home from work and school that day,
one of the rst things I did was write in my journal, I had a feeling that day meant a lot of very sad, very bad
things, but I also kneweven back then before everyone had the whole thing sorted out to a degreethat I
had to contribute something, I had to do something, I had to write about it. I was uncertain of how I could
contribute to this nationaland ultimately, internationalloss and historic event. So I did what I knew how
to do best: I wrote. Here is my account of those events, written 10 years, a decade, ago, on the very day of
those events.
September 11
th
, 2001
Today is a sad day. Its a day of tragedy and the starting point of future remembrance. If the people of this
country need compassion and support (including my own support of them, which will be without question),
they denitely have it. And so the tragic story begins.
This morning the World Trade Center near the center of New York City, was hit by terrorist attacks, and is
now nothing more than a ring and smoking pile of debris, but I didnt truly realize how serious the situation
was until I got home from school and saw the morbid, World War III-esque, apocalyptic, and horrible images
being broadcast on nearly every channel on my satellite TV. The number of victims and dead people is
estimated to be reaching the tens of thousands. Intelligence ocials believe the terrorist attacks are believed
to be related to a terrorist group led by the Middle Eastern terrorist Osama Bin Laden. The images on
television looked big and monstrous. When I rst heard of the events at school when the teacher announced
what had happened, to the entire class, I didnt even technically know what the World Trade Center looked
like, (even though now the two buildings are completely demolished), and didnt think it was that big of a
deal at rst. I didnt know it was those two towering buildings that you always see in wide angle shots of
New York City. As a matter of fact, I assumed it was just another over-hyped news story, but now I realize
it is a monumental historical event and a world crisis. Leading members from nations all over the world are
oering condolences to the United States. The terrorists hijacked four commercial airlines and crashed them
into the New York City World Trade Center buildings and the Pentagon. President Bush was in Sarasota,
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Florida when this happened (how ironic). When I looked at the news on TV, it looked like a monstrous
nuclear bomb was set o in the heart of New York City. It was undeniably frightening
You could see people falling to the ground from near the top of the building, the cameramen were running to
avoid being consumed by smoke and debris, as were all the people on the streets that went as far away as a
couple blocks from the World Trade Center, people were bleeding and mangled, screaming, crying, hiding
behind cars, on the ground, many of them covered with dirt, ash, and dusty material. Innocent people form
all walks of life have died because of this. Seeing the whole thing and getting a sense of it made me absolutely
sick to my stomach. This was an unprovoked attack, and these terrorist attacks consisted of considerable
amorality and evil. These terrorists are misguided. New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani and the British
Prime Minister delivered eloquent speeches trying to comfort the American people. This is a time when are
allies are going to have to show their true support and when we see if George W. Bush can really hold his own.
And if he really was a good choice for this country. I agree that whoever is responsible needs to be punished
and feel the consequences of their actions, of their unprovoked attack. Not because I hope for vindictive
things, but because the United States, the strongest and most powerful nation in the worldbut apparently
also a vulnerable oneneeds to send a message that these kinds of actions and irresponsible foreign act of war
are not acceptable. No amount of malice, evil actions, wrong actions, and hatred of this level is acceptable.
They, the foreign people, dont deserve this type of sabotage, and neither do we. So as a classmate at my
school asked me, Whats Einsteins opinion on this? and apparently he was making reference to me and I
guess since Im a thinker to people I know, I should at least try to come up with an answer. At the time
I tried to give a philosophical response, so I replied by saying Conicts are an invariable part of human
existence. But of course I think the problem goes much deeper and gets more complex than that. It raises a
lot of questions, including moral ones, about now and the future of the world. Were the terrorists Afghans
who committed this act connected to Osama Bin Laden? Was Osama Bin Laden directly responsible, and
did he motivate the attacks? If so, how big of enemies are the United States and Afghanistan now and then?
Keep in mind that I walked into my workplace today, and asked someone if he saw the news today, and
my boss said Dont make me kill you. Ill kill you right now. I come from New York. I was confused and
said huh? and he said I looked like ah Middle Eastern person, and I understood, but was shocked hed
respond in such a malicious way verbally, that my own boss would actually make a death threat purely based
on how I looked to him at the time. This really helped me to get a gauge on how big the underlying societal
international tension is right now. Is terrorism the new world evil, even more menacing than war? What was
the reason for such an attack, if any? Will this change the way people in this country live? Is our security
good enough? How big of a historic event will this be from now on? Many say it reminds them of Pearl
Harbor, or that it looked like something out of a movie. Combine that with the fact that this is the worst
and most heinous or merciless act of terrorism in U.S. history, both contemporary and ancient. Worse than
many other news stories of the last decade in timeWorse than practically everything. Will the United
States and whoevers responsible go to war, and even if we dont, how bad will the U.S. retaliate? Whats
the Buddhist perspective on this? How does this coincide with the path to enlightenment or Nirvana?
So heres my take on the whole thing:
I realize that these acts of violence are horrible and amoral, but despite national security paranoia going on
across the country currently, Im not going to let this fear that seems to be in at least a little bit of everyone
stop me from living my life. We must not let lack of hope, or the feeling of fear consume us, otherwise why
would we want to continue living? I have no need to fear or worry about what I cannot change or take control
over. I simply acknowledge it. Nothing more, nothing less. I dont fear ghting or battle. If this country
goes to war, we can rest assured and confronted that our many American allies, the foreign allies of the
United States, as well as God perhaps, will be there for us, standing with us, supporting us and backing us
up. We will have ourselves as well. We have the power to go on with our lives and recover and Heal from this
tremendous tragedy and as long as we dont let it pierce our spirit. I saw images on the news that showed
Middle Eastern citizens outside doing mad celebrations in the streets, burning American ags in the name
of this victorywhich is anything buteven though no one has won this battle. People are dead. Period.
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There are no winners in war. In the event of war, collectively, all we end up doing is mourning the deaths of
the ones who have died ghting, and condemning the lives and acts of the ones who have killed them. There
are no winners in the act of war. Only people who live, die, and survive(d). Since we live in a contemporary
society, one would think the world would have transcended such brutish acts as war and national attacks, a
long time ago, but as it turns out, such is not exactly the case today. It is truly one of the saddest days in
American history. It symbolizes more than merely the collapse of two buildings and the deaths of many. It
symbolizes the attempt to suppress and oppress both freedom and democracy, and today is more than a day
of Tragedy. It is the day of reminder of an example that proves that the act of oppressing and suppressing
freedom, liberty, and democracy is truly an evil act, and that it has taken many lives to do nothing more
than manifest or demonstrate that the act of oppressing free societies has taken more lives than one could
ever count over nearly a lifetime. Today has made me a little sadder, but also made me a little stronger in
spirit, and a little wiser about very important things, like getting closer to attaining world peace. Im not
sure if well ever actually attain this goal, but we can at least strive to get a little closer to it
I guess apparently the America, this great nation I live in, has been brought to its knees, for now.
Not Even I Could Accept The Fact That I Actually Do Have Talent At Art
(2011-09-12 14:35)
I remember I used to lack condence, and lots of it. Even when I drew an amazing drawing, looking back at
my journals I had trouble accepting my own ingenuity as a reality.
For instance, when I drew this in an art class when I was 17 years old:
[1]
I thought it was a uke, and proceeded to write the following about it in my private journal:
It looks beautiful, like it wasnt drawn by me (knowing what Im capable of) but instead was drawn by a
professional and accomplished artist who had superior draftsmanship skills.
Thats the thing about ingenuity. When it rst manifests in your art and writing. If you do a hyperliterate
or hyper realistic or hyper detailed page or form, when it rst manifests itself right under your nose, if youre
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anything like me, your humility wont even allow you to feel like you can take responsbility for it. You dont
recognize yourself in it anymore. No, this cant be me. This must have magically been put on my page
by an artist far more ingenious, far more work-intensive, and far more talented and visionary than I could
ever hope to be. No way I could have produced such a masterwork. People have to actually believe in your
abilities for that to happen, right?. WRONG! If you have talent, you have talent. Period. Accept it or retire
and be grateful that God gave you as much talent as He did to begin with. Theres a certain mind-boggling
disassociation that goes with creating high level art and writing. You dont want to accept the fact that
youre capable of rivaling the best of them, which you are of course. Great talent is often accompanied by
great self-doubt and years of post masterwork self-skepticism.
1. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BWxvUV9yomI/Tm56WacEGII/AAAAAAAAAlo/D5SWiuEgm4w/s1600/Woman+in+Gown.jpg
Whats Happening? (2011-09-12 16:07)
It used to be there were a fair amount of artists who liked to keep there drawings to themselves. A secret and
all that. Young artists growing up today that the internet never used to be a showcasing option. So instead
of only having 3 people looking at your artwork, which is the case now on sites like DeviantART, a whopping
NO ONE would look at your art when there was no internet to showcase it on. I miss those days. Maybe Ill
go back to my old art concealment ways, and not show my art to anyone. Im sick of trying to gure out
what YOUR reaction is.
Comics Art and Suering (2011-09-13 11:53)
Comics are in fact just what Ive noticed as Ive created them. Each panel and page is a lot of hard work
over a long period of time. If comics are made quickly and easily, it will show. Slow, tedious, and painfully
laborious work is the only way to go. Comics are suering. Art is suering. It takes suering to create good
art. If you draw, you will suer and feel pain, if your any good.
Masters of Magic: Fantasy Grand Masters (2011-09-13 19:03)
Walt Disney
JRR Tolkien
JK Rowling
J.M. Barrie
Steven Spielberg
George Lucas
Robert E. Howard
Michael Moorcock
Osamu Tezuka
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Tim Burton
Jhonen Vasquez
Fritz Lang
Lewis Carol
Dr. Seuss
Stephen King
Je Smith
John Lasseter
Rankin-Bass
Otomo Katsuhiro
CLAMP
How to Be Intiutive, the JM Way. A psychic survival guide (2011-09-16 17:19)
Psychic test. Heres one way of being intuitive: Go about your day, observe lesser actions, and when youre
expecting someone to do something, or some action to take place, but arent entirely certain that it will, tell
yourself, If I turn on the TV and Show A is playing when I hit the power button, then Winter is going to be
awesome. If I switch on the TV and its show B or any other show for that matter, the rest of the year is
going to suck, so Id better prepare. Being intuitive often amounts to merely playing a guessing game with
the outcome of actions you arent entirely in control of. This technique (psychic intuitive, call it what you
will) is one Ive used for a while now to determine intuitive decision making. This technique of foreseeing
events through intuition is a good way to test proof of events and actions before they happen. Adjust your
schedule accordingly.
HOW can I know Ive passed this self-applied Intuition test? You ask? Shouldnt it be obvious? Simple. If
the answer to your question turns out right the vast majority of the time, congratulations, youre like me,
the NF and/or NT. An intuitive.
Webcomics Nation (2011-09-17 09:41)
What a gip. If I keep drawing comics at the rate Ive been going on, Ill probably stop uploading to
Webcomics Nation altogether. Ive grown fed up with that site, and if my comic page drawing rate keeps
up, Im considering not uploading to that site at all, primarily because its a black hole. Not as bad as
DeviantART, but still, pretty bad.
That is all...
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Photobucket and the old drawing board... (2011-09-17 18:35)
Somehow Ive managed to shake o my demons and fatigue, and have ended up sitting at the drawing table
more than usually, as opposed to lying in bed watching cable TV, Alfred Hedgehog, and CW4Kids all morning
and day. Yeah, thats right, I watch Alfred Hedgehog, bitches. I see nothing wrong with this. Its a great
entertaining kids show. Fun to play as background noise and soundtrack during the day, where Im not really
watching it so much as letting it be the soundtrack to the paper Im looking at as Im tracing over it to clean
it up with a lightbox. More enjoyable than youd initially think upon not doing such a thing.
Aaaanyway, Spongebob got beat up by ladies today. Freaking hilarious. Maybe Im a bad inuence *deletes
stab at popular TV shows post*
Welcome to the Internet (2011-09-18 10:56)
Land of communicating telepathically with Asian people who consider you their pal online, but who would
probably ban you from their country if they met you in real life.
Uh, hi? So, uh, Ch-hin-soo-ying? How bout those...football teams. They have an Superbowl and NFL in
Japan, right? Oh.
Things People Dont know About Japanese Business: Lesson 6 (2011-09-18 13:07)
Most books on Japanese and Chinese business will tell you that there is a deeply ingrained tradition of family
owned and operated businesses. Japan is no exception. Actually, Japan sets the standard for that sort of
thing.
Theres not only a slim chance the Japanese will hire foreign creators and writers, ESPECIALLY amateur
and unproven ones with no track record of being mainstream or bestselling. Its not just unlikely, its
impossible, it doesnt happen. The Japanese read some foreign comics, but many dont like them, and thats
about as far as they go. American writing of young writers is about as popular with the Japanese anime
industry as the Japanese publishing industry is with the high-bro American literary community, which is to
say, theres no interest there in any way whatsoever.
Japanese business (yes cinema and television business as well) has a strict and cherished business philosophy
of keep it in the family, and AWAY from American foreigners.
Achieve something good on AMERICAN TV or in AMERICAN publishing (books OR comics). Yes, that is
still possible, but it takes an entire lifetime of discipline and work. American business is not family owned
and operated the way Chinese and Japanese businesses are. American media companies hire people they
know and/or people whose agents submit quality work to them. You may be talented as a writer or artists,
but the Asian industry is full of what I like to call cultural landmines. Venomous traps that if stepped on
accidentally, will more than likely cripple your chances of EVER being big in Japan. Abandoning your
own home country is not the answer to creating quality books, comics, and television or lm or animation.
Geographical self-hatred and self-loathing is nothing but self-SABOTAGE.
The New Anime Problem(s)... (2011-09-18 14:07)
Recently, Japanese animation screenwriter Dai Sato spoke out against Japanese screenwriting recently, stating
that many Japanese have lost the appreciation for unique strorytelling, and that the Japanese have grown
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to prefer cute, supercial stories in place of those that deal with reality and real problems.
The reason this trend in anime disturbs me so much is because every time I see it, it reminds me of why anime
sucks now and I dont like most anime anymore. I used to watch anime in the 90s for the very things I could
get away from Disney with: Violence, sexual angst, detail, dark stories, angst, technology, architecture. Those
were things you wouldnt nd in Disney. Now when you watch the rst anime someone online recommends
to you, its like Jesus Christ all this is, is watching MORE Disney. Cute, colorful clich, supercial, faggy,
pussy shit. Dear God, somebody please fucking kill me.
The Changing Face of Publishing: From Print, To Digital, to Simultaneous Print-&-
Digital (2011-09-19 18:34)
Technology is creating a revolution in publishing, one I didnt notice before, before I read an article about it
in TIME magazine.
There will be a YouTube and DeviantART of literature one day, and no Im not talking about Fanction.net or
just Goodreads. Its about more than recognition, sales, or respect. Its about altering the face of publishing
distribution. Traditional print, the printing press, books, and printed out paper publications, be they books,
comic books, or magazines, are going to be increasingly digital. This newfound movement on the internet is
going to be called New Publishing, and its a partial oshoot of the Web 2.0.
Old Publishing is print books on paper, print comics on paper, print magazines on paper, and bookstores.
Its writing querie letters to agencies, and getting paid.
New Publishing is like anime and hip-hop all over again. Its you selling copies of your latest book straight
out your trunk, just like early hip-hop musicians sold mix-tapes out their trunk, and early otaku traded VHS
tapes of anime shows out of their basement or room or whatever.
New Publishing is Amazon, Amazon Create Space used to upload and sell Word prose and ction writing
documents straight from your computer through a Kindle Digital Reader. Its Print-On-Demand self-
publishing like Lulu, Art websites like ArtFlakes and DeviantART, and high quality hidden gems that you
can access through websites you stumble upon that were created either by marketing stas or the creators of
the works themselves being showcased. It will also be about linking, Blogging, Tweeting, Banner Ads, And
it is about getting paid if someone notices you and enough people actually want to purchase copies of your
digital print materials.
Either way, this looks to be a fun and democratic next Millennium for Publishing. Hopefully it will turn out
good like YouTube has.
Know whats one thing I dont get? (2011-09-20 11:10)
Why are there no TV and lm production design, architecture, and background design art galleries online,
that are labeled as such. I cant be the only guy who likes to look at cities and architecture in art form, can I?
Here are some of the most inuential shows and anime of the last eight to ten years...
(2011-09-21 07:26)
Metalocalypse
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The Boondocks
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Robot Chicken
Ben 10
Danny Phantom
Naruto
Gundam
Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds
Generator Rex
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Thundercats 2011
Monster (anime)
Naruto Shippuden
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Code Geass
Blood Plus
Bleach
Death Note
Does this blog actually have any readers yet? (2011-09-23 20:28)
Dunno! Maybe maybe not. Ive had bloggers block. I write tons of stu everywhere else, just not on blogger.
Kind of gives me Michigan Jay Frog syndrome.
YouTube on TV Every So Often (ESO) (2011-09-23 20:46)
I was watching Generation YouTube on ABCs 20/20. If theres anything I take away from that encounter,
its that the internet revolution I helped build is probably a whole lot bigger than I tend to give it credit for.
Awhole lot bigger. YouTube, Adult Swim, Toonami, Google, DeviantART, Twitter, Blogger. Its all quite
a bit larger in scope and inuence than it looks on the surface. Youtube and the revolution is epitomizes
is one of the biggest revolutions in the history of the world. Im glad I could be a part of it, even if it is
quasi-anonymous success. They sure as hell recognize me on the TV shows I watch though.
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The Look-Alike Retard Clone Epidemic: Blackface Plague (2011-09-24 11:40)
I used to wonder if the kids I went to school with would recognize me if they saw one of those look-alike
things on TV, looking like I look now and putting words in my mouth, on TV.
Id be more worried the peers I grew up with would be getting the wrong image of me like that, but then every
time I see some guy with thick black glasses, I realized, no one who grew up with me and attended middle
and high school with me would actually see or recognize my former likeness in that, seeing as I didnt start
wearing glasses or gain weight until well after I had stopped attending college. The version of me my peers
recognize had a similar facial structure to the one I have now, but its a Clark Kent - Superman situation.
Wears glasses* - Girl on street: Wow sexy stranger, who are you? Didnt I see you on TV?
Takes o glasses* - Girl JM??? Is that YOU??? I havent seen you since Middle school! When did you start
wearing glasses? What have you been up to all this time? Are you a famous artist yet?
Puts glasses back on *- Girl: Whered JM go??? Oh, its that nice man in glasses again! How are you today
good sir? Have you seen JM? Im looking for him. You obviously arent him, but I thought you might know
where he is, seeing as you two are living in the same city.
Funny : )
Shallow or Supercial Popularity and How it Drives Business Sales... (2011-09-25 16:03)
Unfortunately, the rage of the good entertainment of the 90s has died o, making many people who HAD an
edge in the 90s LOSE their edge, and as a result, their prots and sales as well.
Unfortunately, in the post 2010 era, popularity sells. A lot more than presence. Hell, Im here every day and
EVERYONE sees me, but do I have ANY money. Nope. For the obvious reason that I have no detectable
popularity or fan following, or the bad guy, and the bad guy loses money, he doesnt make money in the
showbusiness world.
Tragically, you wont make a prot if the press/fans/internet lashes out at you, or doesnt like you, or doesnt
percieve you as some form of a mindless idiotic-groupie magnet. More losers than ever are succeeding because
theyre popular, and yet theyre also these annoying and ignorant and talentless hacks with no real technical
prociency.
Apparently the high school in-crowd at your local high school has gone mainstreams, as has the psychosis
and sociopathology that accompanies it.
Aging n Stu (2011-09-25 21:07)
Apparently, Morgan Freeman actually has an acting career so established and ancient, it goes back further
than my entire family tree. Was watching a Documentary Channel Documentary episode on him, and thats
impressive. In my opinion its not just about being successful or having a hit, its working on a lot of stu
over long amounts of time too, entire series of decades, like 20 years spans at a time. Same thing with Peter
Cullen and all the rest. Adult Swim and even Toonami are actually pretty young in terms of broadcasting
history and Hollywood historical standards. Sometimes a 20 year career history doesnt even start until you
turn 30 or so. Sometimes even 40. Im just now starting to realize this. Im getting older. Anyone whos
career predates my birth year (1983) Im 10 times more likely to respect, worship, and appreciate than any of
these Young Hollywood Tikes. I mean, yes theyre successful, but they havent even been alive as long as I
have. How wise could they be? You too DeviantART&
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Finding Actual Watchable American-made shows... (2011-09-27 10:02)
There really hasnt been a watchable American-Produced-Directed-and-Animated TV series since AT LEAST
Thundercats (2011), Generator Rex, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Adult
Swim. Other than that its been a barren wasteland on TV in terms of American-made animation, dating
back until at least the six years between 2001 and 2006.
Shows made in the 90s are still very watcheable, as are many French shows and Japanese anime.
But we all know it will be a snowballs chance in hell that well ever see those amazing OTHER shows on air
now, or any time soon, if ever at all. I think it has to do with broadcasts and networks on TV themselves
actually being lazy enough to say Eh, we dont want to rebroadcast cartoon shows that are 20 years old, or
import good looking shows, or making anything new that looks all that cinematic. Just go buy the DVDs
and help us out dudes. Why? Becuase were fucking lazy and hate you all.
Gee, how courteous these TV people are, arent they?
Bonjour! Contemporary French Comics Class 101 is now in Session! (2011-09-28 18:21)
2011, Viva La France
About French Comics & Manga, or Franime
I couldnt help but notice the dierence in the American comic book & graphic novel market as it relates to
Japanese anime and manga, and the French comic book & graphic novel market as it relates to manga, or at
least the dierences Ive seen in stores like the American and French editions/versions of Amazon bookstore
online, which is pretty much where most people shop for comics of any sort now anyway. Or at least, that is
where I go to buy comics mostly, with rare exceptions.
First lets talk about the similarities and interactions between French comics and Japanese comics. Both
French and Japanese comics take an extremely layered, extremely eloquent, technical, and delicate approach
to background perspective and linework or line weight in terms of inking.
Both French and Japanese comics tackle the science ction (SF), science ction fantasy, and heroic fantasy
genres equally well, and have cottage industries (correct term?) around such genres. Quite a bit more so
than most publishers and comics in the United States that arent Dark Horse.
Artwork in both French and Japanese anthologies, in both cases, is often quite beautiful to behold and look
at. Both industries (French Tomes and Japanese manga tankobon and anthologies) inuence each other and
appreciate one another, a mutual cross-polination and cross-cultural respect.
American OEL, or world manga is quite a bit more new and less established internationally than Japanese
manga and French Tomes in certain ways.
Denitley a growing and expanding part of the overall international comics industry though. Looking forward
to seeing how it develops. Keep up the good work, French and Japanese comics artists! Big fan here.
Conspiration Conspiracy Theories (2011-09-29 20:45)
Im not sure when or why the world began conspiring against me in an epic organized eort to stop me from
picking up a sketchbook and lling it up with hideous art, using ANY MEANS NECESSARY (no matter
how genocidal, destructive, racist, or epically conspiratorial.). I just know they DO conspire against me.
But picking up a sketchbook and lling it with forms isnt THAT hard for me, fortunately. Even if it is a
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conspiracy that reaches the highest levels according to some nerds conspiracy theories. All I know is Ive
got a job to do. You play no part in that really, whoevers reading this, so never you mind. Retirements for
when you die.
Maybe TVs to blame. It brainwashes everybody with propaganda. What you really want to do is capture
your visual impression of whatevers appearing on the TV, whether its a TV show or a DVD, with a pencil,
in your sketchbook, day and night. For the good of humanity.
Its kinda weird, but not bothersome though. This afternoon, when I was in the midst of drawing 5 thumbnail
pages of comics art, when I reached the 5th page, suddenly a near-painful amount of blood pressure went
rushing to my hand all at once, almost like some malicious supernatural black magic force from a distance was
attempting to control my hand and stop me from sketching productively, something I havent done in a while,
apparently for reasons like this. Paralysis VOODOO?? Paralysis Ninjitsu?? You say? You be the judge. Its
weird, Ive never had too much blood rush to one of my hands when Ive been at the word processor, like ever.
Its almost like someone, some presence is trying to use supernatural forces to paralyze me and stop me from
drawing. So what do you guys think? This theory a little too far out there? Little too paranoid. Odd that it
happened right as I was drawing. Weird. Almost too good of timing to be a coincidence or random occurence
if you ask me, considering I am a bit superstitious. Well, I beat that paralysis voodoo/ninjutsu/Dark Side
Mind-Hand Tricks, so fuck you whoevers doing that! HA! 5 pages bitchnuts.
Eh, who cares. I dont care about bitches that much. Moving on... (2011-09-30 15:03)
Why waste time arguing with people who arent really even a real part of my life anyway?
Internet Power... (2011-09-30 15:32)
Truth is, yes the internet gives you a lot of power. Though I dont normally bring it up, yes, the Internet has
given me a lot of media-based raw inuence and power. Im a new generation of powerplayers, who have tons
of power, but not money to go along with it.
Because Technology online literally gives a lot of power to people young and old who wouldnt have any
otherwise, perhaps even for an entire life time, power newbies, as I like to call them, will sometimes cyberbully
other people online and abuse what little and inferior amount of power they acquired in such a limited
amount of time. The vast majority of the time, these power newbies are so power mad and high on
power that theyll abuse their power repeatedly, to get their way, by manipulating or scaring others and
intimidating/manipulating those in their little sphere of inuence with fear and bullying. This is not cool, and
it mostly backres in disasterous ways, often landing said individuals in places like jail or juvenile detention,
(and sometimes, even seriously hurt or dead) where theyre anything but prepared for the suering the results
of this abuse will bring them.
And the thing is, Im more powerful than all of them. Not saying how I got to be this way, but I am. So when
they attempt to manipulate me this way, Im blatantly aware of the fact that they ARE a power-newbie.
Most of the time I dont try to ght back in hopes that theyre not as hell bent on killing themselves through
me as they look on the surface. Sorry Kevin Smith. Not really.
Anyway, power dynamics and politics on the internet is a new subject. But not so new that I have no
experience in that area. I do, but unfortunately most people are ignorant of either A) Technologys power
(and therefore they mock it or deny it exists, quite condently I might add), or B) Its function and the scope
of its sphere of inlfuence. Thats why I dont advertise my power. You never know what kind of reaction
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youre going to get from people, whether theyre trying to sabotage you or seduce you, sexually. It can be
hazardous territory. In a way, its like having a lot or money, only with inuence.
In other words, youre not going to win if you want to boss others around, attempt to make others less
popular on purpose, or last and very much not least, attempt to hurt others maliciously using your power.
Bertrand Russel needs to update his little power book with a chapter on technology power.
There are ways to attain my kind of individual power. Not all of it is a miracle though some probably is.
You can attain a lot of power (over time) through:
Hard Work, Discipline, and Will Power
Humility
Being present to a lot of people all of the time
Being in the right place at the right time (like on the internet during its biggest growth period)
Not betraying those loyal to you. Treat people who believe in you well
Practicing your craft on a daily basis
Never fully believing the hype about yourself, or letting criticism or lies/slander/libel generated about
you get to you
Being original. Do your own thing. Not someone elses. It will show.
There are ways to reach this level. Its not all mystical magic and miracles.
1.6 October
The French and their silly old Perspective-based comic books. How silly. Everyone
knows comics never use perspective! (2011-10-01 13:37)
The French denitely like their share of dark romanticism and science ction fantasy based comic books that
look kind of like manga in certain ways. Very much in tune with my own style of narrative sequential art.
Current American Comics (2011-10-02 11:59)
Comics in America aint what they used to be. Honestly, I draw comics, but I havent found a current comic
book on the mainstream American scene, that I actually like, since at least a decade ago. Honestly, the ony
contemporary comics I actually like are French Tomes.. Hardly anyone in America seems to read french
Tomes like those of Blacksad and Orbital, but their artwork is more anime-like than pretty much anything
being produced in the United States today. I stopped going to comic book shops in my hometown years ago,
after I stopped nding anything I liked as much as the early 2000s stu. Much as I dont want to rain on
anyones parade, I dont know why so much of the current American published comics industry is getting
so much mainstream media coverage. Its almost all horrible, if not all of it. What gets featured in the
mainstream from current American comics is just so shitty. At least the French can still draw.
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When the Felonies Became Funny. Modern TV Comedy and Why it is Morally
WRONG. (2011-10-02 19:39)
Why is every comedic animation protagonist on late night animated sitcoms a rst degree criminal or oending
felon at some point? When did it become okay to normalize rst degree oenses, felonies, and crimes by
making light of it by making all of your shows so-called heroes criminals? Therefore comedy protagonists
are not heroes anymore. Theyre felons. Family Guy, American Dad, Squidbillies, King of the Hill. South
Park. Superjail. You name it. If its on the early hours of the evening, and on cable, it has a part time felon
as a protagonist. This desensitization to moral evil and crime in generally has me more than a little worried.
When did Americas rap albums become its animated sitcoms? On a moral level, I nd this kind of lazy and
hypocritical writing deplorable, and hope this trend doesnt continue indenitely.
Sincerely,
Some guy who hates watching comedy shows written about nothing but felony-commiting losers. Its not
that Im oblivious to crime and justice. Far from it. I watch CNN like everybody else. But when you make
light of the act of commiting a felony on a nightly basis, in so much of your programming, it becomes like
rap music was in the 90s where it can attract a crowd that deep down you know you dont want to attract,
and it blurs the line between realism of criminal behavoir and what is essentially promoting such nefarious
conduct. I guess Im just trying to make TV producers and writers, etc., more aware of just how much TV
still inuences the public to this day. Crime is not okay. I myself have never been to jail or commited a crime,
and I cant say I feel like I can relate to TV characters and shows that show people who do. I cant relate to
that. If anything, I nd it more disturbing than entertaining.
Unrealistic Sales Figures (2011-10-03 13:30)
The truth about most indie comics is that indie comics sales gures arent real sales gures at all. In truth,
most black-and-white indie comics in the 90s, if they were lesser known, sold, on a good sales run, 2,000 to
4,000 copies in comics shops. And that was when indie comics were most popular, the 90s. The only comic
book series that sold more than that low market gure were the ones everyones heard of.
So in indie comics its not really about getting rich. Sales are pretty much irrelevent. No ones getting rich o
of sales gures that low, and yet its still considered the norm to publishers of black and white indie comics.
Hey Jealousy (2011-10-03 15:40)
Yay. For the rst time since childhood, no ones jealous of me. I love having a nice, freedom-centric jealousy-
free life. Ive been so used to people being jealous of my success and early achievements, and I was getting so
used to people saying all this nasty crap about me because they were jealous of me. Now Im free and pretty
much a regular person. Feels great.
Gotta Admit... (2011-10-04 20:17)
In terms of UGC (User Generated Content), the absolute worst, whether its DeviantART or YouTube is
the corporate stu being whored about in the most amateurish manner possible by some 6-12 year old who
shouldnt even be allowed on a computer, let alone the internet. Just a big embarrassment for everyone, when
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you see some corporate based gure like Naruto or Sasuke being traced, photoshopped up, or AMVed up in
a vain attempt to get famous online. Just some of the most pathetic shit Ive ever seen, EVER. Youre
not expressing yourself girlie. Youre whoring a corporate image on an independently funded website, or any
user-generated content website for that matter, in what is just the worst, most unnappealing, untalented,
and hideous looking aborted fetus of freedom of speech ever. Making this abortion of creativity and fanart
or fan content even worse is the fact that these little girls dont even know this is what theyre actually
doing. Theyre not even aware of their crimes against the humanities. In what little exists of their sanity
and trend-following minds, in their minds theyre just doing Whats cool. i.e. conforming to digital peer
pressure, which is most certainly a pathetic form of peer pressure no one should ever listen to. Musashi
Kishimoto wouldnt pay you in a million year to ever produce something that debauched and horrible. Its
like paying for your own shit, literally.
Do I hate this shit? You be the judge.
Rest In Peace Steve Jobs, Apple Computers, 1955-2011 (2011-10-05 17:51)
Steve Jobs was a truly great man on many levels. Great Man. Great Celebrity. Great Inventor. Great
Promoter and Businessman. Great Entreprenuer. And of course one of the main minds that gave birth to
Pixar. He was one of my heroes growing up, right next to Bill Gates and all the rest. Jobs was not only a
Business Titan, but a Science and Technology Titan. He set a great example to all others till the very last
moments of his life when he lost his tragic battle with Cancer he had been dealing with primarily in private.
He will be missed by many
True Genius
Steve Jobs
Rest in Peace
Youve Earned It
1955-2011
Ill arm wrestle you for it.... (2011-10-06 21:23)
Well ah will...
List: The Toon Illuminati (2011-10-07 15:39)
The Toon Illuminati
Google
YouTube
Adult Swim
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Cartoon Network
Pixar
Funimation
Tokyopop
Bang Zoom Productions
Manga Entertainment
Adult Swim Message Boards
DeviantART
Oni Press
Slave Labor Graphics
The things they dont tell you about ahead of time. (2011-10-07 16:09)
When I was a teenager and decided I wanted to draw indie comic books for a living, before the internet was
fully available to publish and promote my work online on (ironically, computers are the primary way people
are aware of my comic book and manga work now. As far as traditional shop and bookstore publishing
goes, the more successful I got at paving the groundwork for a new generation of online comics in the new
millenium, the more and more submitting my work to actual traditional publishing houses for editing and
revision seemed futile. At the time I reconsidered traditional publishing and had developed somewhat of a
reputation as a creative type online, I wondered if I really wanted to, or if I could really endure or even stand
the publicity and celebrity of traditional publishing, in the future, or at all for that matter. I worked my
ass o as an online comics artist in the last 5 years. Publishing and promotion through sanctioned print
seemed like a big pain in the ass in some ways, whether its being forced to attend conventions, or not being
able to say whatever it is you want, or even just not having full control over my own career. For whatever
reason, now that online publishing is kind of starting to take o a little, traditional publishing (not counting
self-publishing and local distribution by hand, which I have done both of), traditional publishing just seems
like a massive pain in the ass, especially if your books dont live up to expectations of the publisher and
market. Its like theres no exit in that kind of career in some ways.), I was far from fully aware of what
working in comics was really like.
One part of drawing comics I dont know if I ever could have prepared for would be the fact that drawing
comics often feels like a ght. Youre ghting to sell youre books, youre ghting critics and haters, some of
whome wish you quite a bit of ill as active competitors, and youre ghting for acknowledgement. You get
that kind of impression from some people online that they seem to just assume without any real provocation,
perhaps blinded by the status of pros on the market, that if not everyone already knows who you are, you
must be untalented and undeserving of ever making a living at comics if youre not already famous and have
a built in now-online fanbased that just magically transferred in from the 90s and rst half of this decade.
Not exactly a level playing eld. If youre starting from the bottom up in the comics profession, more than
likely youre going to have a ght for recognition on your hands. Maybe even a war. Just ask Dave Sim.
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I Like My Cartoons BLACK Just Like I LIke My Metal... (2011-10-07 18:42)
Ever since I found out that Noir is the French word for the color Black, Ive been fascinated by, and
addicted to, the aesthetics and execution of the Noir genre. Whether in comics or animation. Interest in this
genre is at an all time high in the mainstream and in the international lm and comics world. From the
Sam Noir graphic novel, to the French animated lm Renaissance, to the anthropomorphic Cerebus-esque
painted comic book Blacksad, to the live action adaptation of Frank Millers equally neo-noir comic book
Sin City, to my own comic book cover style. Noir, or Black Cinema and Comics seems to be everywhere,
particularly in French comics and animation, and in live action lm. Black, while seemingly one dimensional
and traditionally considered evil on the surface, allows for much expressive potential in the arts, literature,
and cinema.
Im quite proud and more than happy to at least appear like and feel as though somehow I pave a path to in
other peoples eyes, somehow come across like Im one of those modern day auteurs who have his nger on
the pulse of something like that. Or not.
The French were some of the rst appreciators and connoisseurs of the Black Cinema movement, the Noir
Thing.
To me, Black and Dark are the same genre. Noir Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Gothic Fantasy. Future Noir (Future
Black; Blade Runner). Noir and Goth. German and American Expressionism. Though other people dont
always think this way, theyve always been integrated in the creative parts of my mind. The words and terms
can be translated and intermixed both ways. Not just one way. Noir is not as big in Japan, but if you ask
me, its only a matter of time, what with stu like Darker Than Black, Hipira, Big O I & II, Black Jack,
Ghost in the Shell (Noir), Berserk, Akira, Strait Jacket, X/1999, Hellsing, Vampire Hunter D, Trinity Blood,
Sword of the Stranger, and Karas I & II. I dont know if the color black will ever be as heavily used in Japan
as big eyes, but WHATEVER direction it takes over there, it seems well beyond being on its way.
The French Animation Scene (IS there an animation scene in France???) (2011-10-09 05:42)
French Animation Productions
Co-Production Market
Totally Spies
Valerian and Laureline
Marathon Animation
Oban Star-Racers
Code Lyoko
W.I.T.C.H.
Martin Mystery
Fantastic four: Worlds Greatest
The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog
Magi-Nation
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The Amazing Spiez
Team Galaxy
Gormiti
Redakai
Bots Master
Its clearly anime and manga inuenced, yet quite distinctive and dierent from those styles and
genre-mediums. They all have realistic backgrounds, use a lot of perspective and stylistic
character design. There are a lot of angles and sharp edges in the clothing and character design,
and fashion savvy costumes; vibrant color scheme and color composition. Their production
values are profound, cinematic, and high standard, much like anime.
French Animation and Co-Productions:
The French TV animation market was built on co-productions. French animation on TV is very co-production
friendly. Its the entire market. The concepts of co-production and French animation are interchangeable.
So why are so few TV shows available in America on DVD. This ones, that aspect of it, is a mystery to me.
The French television animation style is actually a very distinctive style of Western animation.
Academic Theories: Surrealism Makes You A Visionary (2011-10-10 15:45)
I like Surrealism, and Ive derived a scientic psychological-developmental theory around it. I saw a lot of
surrealistic imagery as a child, and not surprisingly, I grew up to be a very creative designer and general
artist.
That is why I cant help but suspect the following scientic theory:
If you view a lot of surrealistic images at a young age, in print (comics, childrens books), on TV, and on
computers, (NOT anime. Surrealism. Dierence.), your brain will automatically become highly imaginative
and creative visually. Visual intelligence.
My theory is similar to the notion that Listening to Mozart makes you smarter
And because other than Science ction and fantasy, Surrealism is the most creative visual art, and it will
likely broaden your creative mind, and make you a better visual stylist when you grow up.
I wonder if psychologists will ever test this theory and conduct research related to it...Hmmm.
The most feared man ever to walk the earth...BLAH! (2011-10-11 15:28)
I am the most feared man in entertainment. My enemies have got some big ass balls, primarily because they
have the audacity to talk back to someone as powerful as me. You got balls, kid. I like that.
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My current Teacher in Art... (2011-10-12 20:49)
So I remember my most recent teacher, [1]Donna Frank of Orlando, once telling me in person how in terms
of her current cityscapes, the production design and architectural designs Ive drawn for Parallax inuenced
a lot of her painted [2]Impressionist cityscape interpretations of Downtown Orlandos Architecture. I was
kind of honored that Im now actually directly inuencing a member of the ne arts community, not just
anime online, which is a tad bit dierent than what Im used to. Usually its just teenage Asian girls online
who want to copy Monos trenchcoat and draw their own renditions of it. Its nice to talk to a fellow local
artist directly. Hasnt happened before now for a while. She did receive some of her art education in France
and Italy during her career at one point. So technically, even though I havent been to France to study art
myself (yet!), Im still the protege of an older artist who DID have some of her art education take place in
France for quite a while. Better than nothing I suppose.
1. http://www.dfrankart.com/
2. http://dfrankart.com/gallery2.html
Stop thinking of yourself for once, prick.... (2011-10-14 15:09)
And START thinking about people who are richer and more famous than you! How are they gonna eat, huh?!
Now theyre gonna have to drive in a limo HALF that size and jerk o on a pile of money one third as massive
the size!
Asshole!!!
Trendspotting: Story, Literature, and Japan (2011-10-15 09:58)
Fiction writing, screenwriting, and literature all seem to be on the rise in popularity with younger male
readers in Japan. There are more Japanese novels being released in the United States than any time before,
with things like light novels based on anime, and fantasy and science ction novels such as Brave Story and
All You Need Is Kill. And famous Japanese scriptwriter Dai Satowho started writing professionally at
the age of 19starting his screenwriter consulting company StoryRiders as recently as 2007. Never has the
Japanese love for literature and the printed word been so strong collectively. I cant wait to see how this
develops in the future.
Ive been into anime and manga for a long time now, and I dont remember Japanese printed literature that
wasnt primarily visual, like novels, scripts, and whatnot ever having this much visibility in the American
anime mainstream. Personally, Ive always been a writer since at least the age of 16 or so, but its nice to see
a visual medium like anime seeming to really start considering story and literature more.
The Story of HERE (2011-10-15 20:26)
I sit at this laptop, typing yet another blog entry. On my desk is a stack of printed computer papers and
sketches. In my closet, on a dresser, is a unworn annel tee shirt draped over dual kendo shinai bamboo
blades.
Seriously. Yup. That is the story of my life in one paragraph
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2011: A Productive Year (2011-10-16 12:44)
2011 felt kind of long for me.
I got a lot of work done during 2011, probably more than usual.
I produced some spec.ulative work as a screenwriter, concept artist, production designer, and storyboard
artist. Ive expanded the range of my portfolio of work by quite a bit. I didnt publish much of what I did
this year online, but then again, why should I?
-JM
Story System Structure Map: Writing Fiction (2011-10-17 09:18)
STORY
DEVELOPMENT OF A NARRATIVE STORYTELLING SYSTEM
BeginningMiddleEnd
Inciting Incident (Setup)Conict (Confrontation)Resolution (Solution)
BEGINNING, MIDDLE & END
(BEGINNING, MIDDLE, END) How do these three segmented parts-elements relate to the supporting
cast of characters- &-villains?
(BEGINNING, MIDDLE, END) How is the setup-inciting incident, conict-confrontation, and resolution
solved for each major character-player of the narrative?
(BEGINNING, MIDDLE, END)What do we know about the characters/world at the beginning, middle,
and end of the story as it relates to the beginnings (setup), middles (conict), and ends (resolution)
essential elements. In other words, how does each character interact with and inuence the beginning,
middle, and end of the story.
BEGINNING
(BEGINNING): When does the inciting incident really happen? When does it start and end? Can
there be more than one inciting incident at the beginning?
MIDDLE
(MIDDLE; CONFRONTATION; CONFLICT) What kind of buildup and rising action or tension
helps get us through the storys narrative? Whats causing the suspense and drama? How does the
confrontation dene that suspense and drama?
(MIDDLE; CONFLICT): What is the nature of the conict-confrontation? Nature, Society, or Super-
natural/Scientic? What is the Conict, and who/whats causing it?
(MIDDLE): CONFLICT: Who/what is leading/causing/instigating the conict/tension/events of the
story? Character action or the situation/events?
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END
(END) Where does this element/segment/act/nal scenes truly begin/end? And with who, which
characters, one or more?
(END): How is the story problem-confrontation completely resolved-concluded-solved?
(END) Is there an emotional-psychological resolution too for the audience- &-characters, or is it just
physical-temporal?
Do Not Forsake Me (2011-10-17 14:12)
O, do not forsake me, my indolent friends
O, do not forsake me though you know I must spend
All my darkest hours talking like this
For I am one thousand years old
One thousand years old
Sure, you think thats old
One thousand years old
But what do you know?
In my darkest hour Im talking like this
For I am one thousand years old
Oh, some have forgotten the ower of speech
And walks through the garden where I go to defend
Misbegotten notions while talking like this
For I am one thousand years old
One thousand years old
Sure, Id say thats old
One thousand years old
But what do I know?
In your darkest hour, my indolent friends
Well be one thousand years old
That Plan (2011-10-17 14:14)
In my prison cell I think these words
I was careless
I can see that now
I must be silent
Must contain my secret smile
I want to tell you
you my mirror
you my iron bars
When I made a shadow on my window shade
They called the police and testied
But theyre like the people chained up in the cave
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In the allegory of the people in the cave by the Greek guy
No one understands
No one knows my plan
Why the dancing, shouting
Why the shrieks of pain
The lovely music
Why the smell of burning autumn leaves
No one understands
No one knows my plan
Why the dancing, shouting
Why the shrieks of pain
The lovely music
Why the smell of burning autumn leaves
In my prison cell I bide my time
Always thinking
Always busy cooking up an angle
Working on the tiny blueprint of the angle
Sketching out the burning autumn leaves
No one understands
No one knows my plan
I must be silent, must contain my secret smile
I want to tell you
you my mirror
you my iron bars
No one understands
No one knows my plan
Yep (2011-10-17 14:40)
Well, exactly 1 month to go until I oicially survive that silly 27 Curse thing.
Smart Mind, Inferior Physique (2011-10-17 17:31)
I heard from watching the science channel that the body of a man with Aspergers ages faster than those who
dont have the condition. Your body fails on you faster. So technically, I have the brain of a super-genius
rocket scientist, but the body of a 45-50 year old man. Not EVEN joking. When youre a supergenius like me
and your brain works at such a hyperecient level, youre body basically fails at adjusting and cant cope,
therefore making many people with Aspergers physically disabled and weak, while the brain functions in the
1 % (genius level, the highest level possible).
I mean, hell, if you check the history books and the headlines, most real life geniuses dont survive past their
50s, if they even make it that far. Ill be lucky if I see 55.
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Hate to say it... (2011-10-18 12:59)
I hate to say it, but Google is the only company thats actually bothering to fairly monetize the interweb.
The rest, like Time Warner, Disney, and Viacom (traditional media companies) dont GIVE A SHIT about
you or I, only volumizing pre-existing prots for their pre-existing employees. And for the most part they do
a terrible job of integrating pay scales to the web. They want slaves, not contributors....NOT internet users
and prosumers (i.e. random peeps and me). At least someones trying.
Newest Project (2011-10-20 21:29)
Submitted a little something to Film France, which I read about in the trades. Hopefully Ill get a response
of some kind...Sounds like a fun prospect.
-J.M.
And Another Thing. Commercial Animation Isnt Real Art. Not YET. (2011-10-22 11:11)
Anime is fun and all, but it isnt real art. Its commercial, and therefore not entirely pure, just like animation
in every other country. There are a lot of fans that dont agree with this kind of objective sentiment. But
ultimately, like Hollywood and videogames, anime and manga arent real art. Theyre entertaining, and they
use creativity, yes, but that isnt the same thing as being Leonardo or Picasso. Theyre Commercial art and
commercial media, which means theyre not real art.
Animation CAN be art, and there can be exceptions, but to me animation is more media and entertainment
than it is art.
Real art is pure. Real art is on paper, or in some cases digitally painted.
But the thing about anime and animation is, yes Disney Studios lms (at the start) are cinema, and Production
I.G. does real art. But not every single show that sees airtime on Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon is REAL
art. If that were the case, those crappy commercials for brand products would be art, too. That shit aint
the truth. Art has real meaning. Art makes a statement on society, humanity, anything really. Most shows
on TV are not art. And many anime, are not art. Theyre pure ller, designed to sell advertising space, and
be forgotten about when theyre replaced by newer shows.
The more it wants to sell you on a product, the less artistic credibility it has.
But MOST importantly, REAL art is more personal than could EVER be commercial...
(2011-10-22 11:34)
One should never be discouraged from picking up a pencil, or opening photoshop, and just putting lines on a
page. THAT, my friends, is real art, not some TV show that was anonymously made to annoy and irritate
you. That has no real meaning. You or I putting lines on a paper to create simple geometric shapes, THAT
is art. Simple shapes or forms on a page IS art. Half that shit you watch on daytime television every day?
Sorry. That aint art. It doesnt have to be hyper-realistic or ultra detailed just to be art. And it doesnt
need to be big bug eyed anime girlies to be art either. DeviantART and Cartoon Network in particular,
are, quite frankly, solely responsible for fucking up an entire generations view of what real art is. Now an art
history book isnt art to a 13 year old. A fucking stupid ass hentai online is though??? Thats pretty fucked
up, man.
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Anyway, I said my thing. Anonymous shit on screen isnt actual art. Lines on paper created by a human
BEING, (even if they look incredibly simple and crude) ARE. See the dierence? Its actually more democratic
than some of these kids nowadays think.
Let me tell you a little bit why I hate the fact that people actually (and thoughtlessly) consider DeviantART
anime and Cartoon Network to be real art when its pure shit most of the time. Real art isnt manufactured
or an imitation, or duplicate. Most of what surfaces from the abyss of CN and DA isnt real art by traditional
standards, and instead is junk food and diarhea of media, BECAUSE its not personal. It feels algorithmic
and automated, like a robot with a crayon. Not personal at all, and therefore ller shithole. Anything you or
I put down on actual (get this) PAPER(! Wow, paper!), is art, because it was produced by an individual.
Anonymity, as far as Im concerned, is one shitty substitute. It doesnt MATTER that you can automate
and mass produce and manufacture thousands of crappy ass random, anonymous, and non-identity images
(not art, IMAGES, and random ones at that) a day. Thats not prolicacy. Its lunacy, fucking crazy ass
stupid retarded insanity, coming out of the ass of a corporation like turds get shot out of your ass. Art has
an identity. Art has a name. Its not manufactured by an anonymous group of nobodies.
THEE END
Fiction Writing Publishing (2011-10-23 10:36)
Ive decided to try something new at WCN. Im publishing some of my ction writing prose online over at
WCN [1]http://tinyurl.com/3bptxet.
1. http://tinyurl.com/3bptxet
Injunction (2011-10-23 20:44)
Eventually, I will be pursuing a legal injunction against my adoptive parents and my psychiatrist and therapist,
essentially for making me a medical prisoner of my own home. But thats neither here nor there. Nothing
will happen for a while. Moving on.
Submissions (2011-10-24 09:04)
Got an email back from France Film today. Theyre interested in hearing more about my submission. Im
quite happy about that.
Its Clear Now: DBZ is the Most Popular Anime in the World History of Anime...
(2011-10-25 14:49)
And as much as I like most anime,
even Ill admit:
More popular than Pokemon
More popular than Naruto.
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And more popular than Sailor Moon.
And more popular than Cowboy Bebop, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Yu-Gi-Oh.
And its lasted just as long as a franchise if not moreso than all those shows, a 24+ year history
DBZ is the most popular anime show in the world, with popularity and devotion rivaling that of Star Wars
and Harry Potter.
Not only a major and highly protable franchise through not only Japan, but America, and the world, dubbed
by two seperate studios (FUNimation (a studio DBZ helped build, launch, and found overall through the
90s and 00s) and the Ocean Group), adapted into a major (albeit not as popular) Hollywood live action lm
(ironically enough), and syndicated on not just CN (Cartoon Network)s most popular programming block
of all time, Toonami, as well as on 2 other major networks, Nicktoons and Kids WBs newest incarnation,
CW4Kids. Not to mention spawner of numerous parodies and websites. And thats just in North America
alone. Which is actually amazingly successful for a show thats an anime in America.
Venture Industries (2011-10-26 14:30)
To think, I spent all this time, at least 4-5 months nonstop venturing into the big business and tech
manufacturing world as a freelance inventor entrepreneur, and yet, now that I technically CAN talk about it,
even with such legal freedom, I dont really much feel like talking about it. Im just so used to not talking
about my big business negotiations and adventures online. I should be spilling my guts to the world like
usual, and yet this time around, I just dont feel up to issuing a public statement about that time of my life...
Exit to a Film... (2011-10-26 15:13)
Now I will admit, I did kind of leave my last job in the media with both my middle ngers raised high into
the air, straight at America and most of the world. But no more of that...probably.
Still though, sometimes you dont want to put up with asshole crap.
You know, I really, REALLY hate writing by internet-accessible computer.
(2011-10-27 15:35)
God only knows whats sneaking into your CPU.
Trying to write with a non-wireless, hacked computer and compose literary compositions iss like being a
musician trying to tune your electric guitar before a concert, where the stadium is ALREADY FILLED with
a drunk, drug induced, and disorderly studio audience who show up at your rehearsal space...BEFORE THE
FUCKING CONCERT EVEN STARTS. Just this massive impossible task. Its impossible to practice writing
in such insane safety conditions. Essentially not possible, no matter HOW MUCH eort is put into it on the
authors behalf. Not everything from the performer is a performance, and yet the audience (my audience)
seems to relish in reacting this way. Fucking scary.
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New Fiction Piece Im Working On (2011-10-28 12:00)
Multi-Race: An Autobiographical Short Story
Synopsis: A young baby with a mysterious Eurasian past and high visionary creative sensitivity and
intelligence is adopted by loving white parents, but eventually grows to question his community, peers, mind,
and ultimately, his own identity and place in the world after his life is threatened by a sociopathic acquaintance
who stalks him and wants him dead, and the comforting innocence of the young mans childhood has faded.
Strategy and Family: A volatile mix (2011-10-28 17:54)
If my father were a war general in another lifetime, his strategy would be this:
Do the most obvious, most direct, most naked thing possible, and dont anticipate any strategic or defensive
moves on any of your enemys parts. Theyll just let you into their home base of course!
&
Full frontal assualt on the main road, fully advertised to the enemy, and full exposure of all defenses that
are easy for enemies to spot
Good luck with that, Dad. Go let someone kill you, because they denitely will.
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[1]
1. http://jigjids.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/strategic-planning-for-dummies.jpg
Me n Da Industry. Da Industry n Me. (2011-10-30 11:31)
For a long time, Ive wanted to break into traditional comics publishing as an artist or writer. Perhaps
because it was always (and always felt like) more of a challenge to succeed in commercial print bookstore
and comics shop publishing than it did to succeed in digital publishing and webcomics, even though the
latter doesnt pay much if anything most of the time, and the former does. But with new media becoming
increasingly more popular, and traditional media like books and comics losing sales, one has to wonder where
the readers money actually is going: To digital or to print. Or are readers PAYING FOR anything at all?
Im not a commercial publisher. I dont have tabs on this kind of information. It would make my job easier
if I did, but I dont, so like everyone else I read blogs, online articles, and the trades. But deciding where an
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upstart artist and writer like myself ts into the industry, be it manga, indie comics, or webcomics, is no easy
task. If I cant pinpoint it, I have doubts anyone else ever will.
And NOW, Ladies and Gentlemen, Id like to talk to you about a subject near and dear
to my heart...The remains of Adolf Hitlers corpse during World War II (2011-10-30 19:58)
As the legend of deserved death goes: Hitler in his bunker on his las legs, took 2 cyanide pills, stuck a revolver
in his mouth and blew his brains out as the cynanide pills were taking eect. BLAM! Choke. BRAVO! And
the crowd goes wild! At which point not far afterward the Russian army ew over head and bombed the
shit out of his bunker. POWPOWPOW!!! The Russians didnt nd a CORPSE. They found the smoldering
remains out of PIECES of a corpse and did God knows what to it. Its a mystery. Now if only that could have
happened 10 million times over thered be real justice in the world. But unfortunately, there isnt Justice in
this world much of the time
Good Night Boston!
1.7 November
Let me explain a little something to you dear reader. Why Im not famous...
(2011-11-01 16:23)
You know, some people online actually consider me (of all people) to be a famous celebrity, just because there
are rip os of my look(s) (whatever look THAT is) in movies an on TV.
Id be more inclined to buy into such a bullshit claim IF I actually was an actual celebrity.
But think about it. No, seriously, think about it. When people think your famous, they dont think you have
to deal with hassles. Do I?
Am I happy? Can I nd a girlfriend of ANY sort? Am I rich with three children and perfect health and
hygeine? Do people respect me? Can I nd a job? Do my neighbors and family not hate me with a passion?
Ill give you a small hint. I wouldnt answer yes to any of these questions. This speaks volumes about how
delusional some peoples perception of the reality of my life is.
I aint famous.
Update on work report (2011-11-01 20:36)
So, Ive drawn and written a lot of pages that have accumulated over time, and by now I have a stack of
pages of art and literature I created, thats around 2 feet thick, made entirely of 50 % typed up writing and
50 % sketchbook pages. Im happy with my progress over the last 5-10 years. Its manifested in that 2 foot
tall/thick stack of papers. Glad Im nally upgrading to a faster scanner...
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[1]
1. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2WW9Nj55ZjE/TrC_abFjZuI/AAAAAAAAAqw/pyYgqN2dCRc/s1600/Phat+Stack.jpg
Manga...or things like it... (2011-11-02 19:00)
Havent written about manga and anime in a while. Still a fan, but even I can see that the simultaneous
death of both Borders AND Tokyopop, and on top of that Floods and Earthquakes in much of Japan, have
done a LOT of damage to the anime and manga industries. Thats billions of dollars in losses. Which kind of
leaves me asking, just where exactly IS the anime and manga community. Online feels a bit isolating in some
ways. I will admit though, 2003 was a horrible year for me personally, but it was probably one of the best
years in recent anime and manga history
I have been working on Parallax, until I realized no one really cares about what I draw all that much. What
I review maybe, but not what I draw online. If you think dierently you can always email me at my email
address and convince me otherwise at [1]spindack@gmail.com. No one ever really does that though, except
one person who ended up lling in as a guest artist on my WCN JM Magazine. But other than a few
supporters of that kind, most people just arent interested in what I have to draw and probably write.
1. mailto:spindack@gmail.com
Something, Something, The Sage is a River that Flows Beneath Valleys, You can be one
too? (2011-11-02 19:34)
Ah yes, the [1]RIVER passage. This is my philosophy about inuence and being inuential in the media and
web in general actually.
1. http://wayist.org/ttc%20compared/chap66.htm
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Random Fact of Chi (2011-11-02 21:47)
If I stand up in my room, and clap my hands together and continue putting pressure between the two palms,
close my eyes, and breath deeply as though I were practicing meditation, I consistently give the back of my
upper spine goosebumps. At one point I was able to create goosebumps on my upper spine 4 to 5 times in a
row. Its like the room has electricity in the air or something. I never used to think goosebumps and hairs
standing on end could be controlled. Looks like I was wrong.
Sketchbook = Visual Journal Manifestation Time Chronicle Tome (2011-11-05 20:42)
A sketchbook isnt just an art practice document. Its also a visual journal of your visual thoughts chronicling
your visual thought process on paper. Sketchbooking is one way of using a literary device (paper) to chronicle
the manifestation of your artistic, design, and visual forms, thoughts, and pencil mileage on paper for future
generations. Sketchbooks dont necessarily need a thematic narrative. The forms and lines on paper and the
time and space that art travels through to be made manifest is narrative.
I always found free form expression with lines on paper just as literary as writing in a written journal all
day, but I never thought to write an artistic statement to go with my creative accomplishments, Now that I
bought a highly expensive (around $250) Neat scanner, which can scan artwork, if your willing to seek out
some freeware that converts PDF documents. I scanned well over 300 pages in 4 to 5 hours with that sucker,
condensing a weeks to months worth of work into less than 24 hours.
so there you go...The rst paragraph of this blog is my artistic statement on sketchbooks, or nonsketchbook
compilations of ballpoint pen linework on printer paper stacks and the like. Either way, my artistic statement.
Vanity Press n Crap (2011-11-06 21:23)
If my schedule permits it, Ill be publishing a 300 or so pg artbook through print on demand publishing.
If you want to purchase a copy once its on sale, and you want to create demand for my publishing work
in any way, be sure to let me know if you like my art and want a copy of my art book, and Ill make it
available to the general public where people can buy it. But it helps to know if anyone actually wants to
buy a book i publish before I go all out and invest time in marketing it. Ill probably make a free extra
dierently formated exclusive version available online, if anyone contacts me at my gmail account (JM, c/o
[1]spindack@gmail.com) to let me know someone actually wants to buy my art. No one bought any of my
Art Flakes prints, so that bombed. Maybe this upcoming bookll be dierent. Kind of doubtful if no one
contacts me about it though. Worth putting some eort into I suppose.
1. mailto:spindack@gmail.com
I can say your day all day long, but I guess you cant say mine! (2011-11-07 14:24)
I can namedrop the names of Time Warner and Viacom all day long, and they cant even SAY my full name
on their shows or anything. If they could, its obvious they would have by now. Theyre too afraid of getting
sued for name dropping. Therefore Time Warner and Viacom are my bitch, NOT the other way around. You
cant make someone your bitch if youre too legally castrated to say their name without somebody suing you.
Sucks being you I guess. First names and face clones dont count. Thats for pussies. You can say my rst
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name for millions of years on end all day long, but its kind of obvious your too much of a bunch of legally
entangled PUSSIES to say my FULL name. HA HAH HAH, pathetic.
Fight Dictionary (2011-11-11 12:25)
So I came across a choreography book (one of my favorite books of late) with a ght term denition archive
in it. But NO ONE bothered to put it on the internet, maybe because no ones seen it but me (theory).
Anyway, yeah, compiling an amateur ght choreography Glossary or Dictionary. Or am I the only one
that cares about that sort of thing (cool action)?
Cel-Shading with Black (2011-11-12 07:11)
My art style is a mixture of gothic aesthetics, pen- &-ink techniques, and digital cel-shaded Notan compositions.
Its my own brand of Goth-Noir. Im interested to see how my black and white digital inking style would look
animated using animation cel-shading techniques. After all, Ive already been using a brand of cel-shading
techniques in my inking style without even knowing it.
Let me tell you a little something about BLACK, mr. WHITE...SUPREMECIST
(2011-11-12 14:40)
You cant get any leverage out of a single page of art. Believe me, Ive tried. Art is a continual process.
Doing just 1 page doesnt reect well on you as an artist. Black and Dark Pages look better than White
Pages, both technically and aesthetically. This is how I prefer to do things. Take it or leave it. Nothings
going to change this, my love for Black. I am part Goth after all. Black pages appeal to intelligent, mature,
and sophisticated readers who like dark and macabre things, and other innovative creative visuals. White
pages lack not only maturity, experience, and wisdom, but also age and creativity. I know with most white
pages Im not going to get anything truly adult. White pages are for children. Black compositions are for
mature adults and have a sense of sophistication and timelessness. Black pages arent just meant to portray
death and horror. They also represent wisdom and creativity. White may be pure and cute, but at least
black has some experience behind it. And no ones going to sell me a counter opinion any other way either.
Far as Im concerned my mind is already made up. Black is better than White. Fuck white. Fuck purity.
One of my unconventional aspects has to do with my usage and philosophy on color, or more specically,
Power Colors. I believe Black can make just as much of a healing color as white does. Most people, when
they think healer, they think white, and when they think evil, they think black. I see it in reverse much of the
time. To me the purity of white, theres something fake and untrustworthy about it. Whites initial innocent
impression can easily be used to deceive and lie and exploit trust. Black is a constant. Hardly ever does it
change or get darkened. Black absorbs all, including pain. This sounds like Goth Poetry, I knownot that
theres anything wrong with Goth Poetrybut it truly does express how I feel about White and Black. Black
gives me a sense of power, and therefore paves and pioneers the way through fear to a sense of acceptance,
peace, and comfort. Power cravings arent always bad. Power represents stability and security in some ways,
and therefore has a strong potential to be used for Healing and by Healers. White isnt the only color that
puries people. Black can revitalize and sooth.
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Animation Writers (2011-11-12 20:42)
Perfectly protable profession. Not as competitive as being an artist for the most part. You can actually
have talent and succeed, assuming the right people see your script. Simple. As. That. But I should clarify.
Theres really only a handful of REAL American animation screenwriters who ARENT subliterate drunkards
and potheads, to the best of my knowledge. Im including decent Japanese screenwriters for good measure.
The rest can go to sub-literate hell:
Those actual good animation writers ARE:
Aaron McGruder
Jhonen Vasquez
Michael Reaves
The Avatar Team
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Dai Sato
The rest (unless Im forgetting them or am unaware of them) for the most part should be ashamed of
themselves. This BLOG ALONE has more literacy than the majority of American animation scripts.
A Book You Can Buy, Which No One Will...My Art Book (2011-11-12 21:02)
Link to a retailer selling my self-published portfolio book, Art Manifested: The Art of J.M. Matthews.
[1][LINK]
Online PDF Download coming...eventually.
300 pages of shifting and evolving draftsmanship quality, as manifested on 300 pages of paper, as I lounged
and drifted about my house. Nice.
1. http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/art-manifested-the-art-of-jm-matthews/18627239
Secrets of Business Success Management From a Web 2.0 Master. Why? Because I like
GIVING... (2011-11-13 15:30)
Media Business Rules: by SplitAtomBoom
Managing You Tube
Advice From A Business Pro (Me)
I didnt start o using these rules, theyre more like maxims of advice for people wanting to run a successful
web business who are willing to listen to someone who helped one of the most successful websites in the
world, in its formative years.
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Encourage originality, but dont be an originality-nazi. Let more than one person do the same thing if
they want to.
Let people common gut reactions determine the laws and standards of decency.
Copyright Ownership: Dont Ask, Dont Tell. Need to know or enforce basis.
Let people know how inuential they are by showing them their audience stats
Dont emphasize prots and so-called bottom line (money) over employee appreciation
If you contribute signicantly, youre with us
Say whatever you want, within reason
Eciency of Function is Everything in the World of Technology
Let people do their thing. Encourage others not to discourage said people. Be nice
Dont exclude people for any specic reason, probably not any reason unless its a blatant violation.
Everyones in charge, not just one person, not just us. There is no us vs. them here.
Dont penalize those that just want to have a voice and express themselves
Photobucket Artwork Prole (2011-11-13 18:35)
My Photobucket art gallery prole is getting pretty massive. There are at least 500 or so pages on there.
[1]LINK to Photobucket
1. http://s168.photobucket.com/profile/Spindack
Rampage (2011-11-14 12:49)
So I was watching this action movie I had never seen before. Rampage. Told from the point of view of a lone
gunman who goes on a killing spree. Not as shocking as one would imagine, but still pretty fun if you like
ballistics and cinematic violence. Which I do. Pretty dark psychologically speaking. Available on Netix.
Much better than Gamer.
(2011-11-14 13:08)
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Mama-Mia! (2011-11-15 16:28)
I actually got a fully grown mustache ah goin on! I dont even really care for mustaches that much, but yeah,
I got one. I gotta ah mustach-sha!
Never thought Id see the Day (2011-11-16 02:01)
American entertainers, conforming to Japanese cultural standards on various levels?
Dunno.
When did it suddenly become cool to copy anything from Japan? Or go to Japan? Or comform to Japanese
standards in any way whatsoever, kids? Why is it suddenly cool to emulate such a weird culture?
Just wondering.
Because I dont really do that. I draw like an American. I dont speak or read Japanese, and am damn
proud of myself and the country I live in (America) regardless. Japan cant touch us in terms of computer
manufacturing. For starters...
Telly Awards (2011-11-16 04:11)
A year or two ago, I got a notication in the mail that because of my achievements on YouTube through
making the Spindack and SplitAtomBoom YouTube channels, I was actually eligible to be nominated for a
Telly Award, for innovations in broadcasting. Honestly, its just kind of cool knowing theres people out there
who think Im as innovative as I probably am. Yeah, Im the man. Was that ever in doubt?
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Success, and Learning to Accept Criticism (2011-11-16 13:48)
Successful living = criticism from people all over the place. Everytime my popularity is at its highest, I get
some negative input. I just&wish I responded to negative comments better. Its a natural part of being
successful in art: Being criticized.
The Scenes, They Are Arriving... (2011-11-20 19:18)
Finished writing the rst draft outline for around 10 ctional scene outlines, for upcoming ction Im working
on. Not too torturous, unlike my art. Yeah, when I actually focus, in my opinion Im not TOO bad. At least
Im doing the work nally. Outlines are enjoyable to write.
So, what kind of action cartoon would be good for Adult Swim, you ask me?
(2011-11-20 20:33)
That ones easy. Video Games anime knock-os!
[insert the title of whatever videogame franchise AS is currently airing/advertising during their commercial
breaks here]
Voila! The next Dragon-Age Funimation anime co-pro!
Works like a well oiled Machine every time. Heh.
Heres some Pro Tips:
Zelda: Skyward Sword
Modern Warfare
Assassins Creed
Saints Row
All are acceptable for anime cutting edge mimicry.
A Few Words on Writing Words (2011-11-21 13:20)
Im by no means a standard, old fashioned, or conventional screenwriter. I dont do the gag writing thing,
though I hear it pays $50 million a year. Sure it seems like an incentive to stick to the animation status
quo, but all the writers I admire broke away from their generations status quo. When I draw a blank and
get writers block (not that I ever get blocked when Im writing; its pretty much a continuous ow), I dont
generally turn to classical animation for inspiration, even though yes, I am an animation writer-in-training
to some degree. For inspiration I turn to stu like pulp fantasy, Hong Kong lms, contemporary French
comics, and things like Mario Puzo and Tom Clancy books, when Im not thumbing through classic literature
I have occupying my bookshelf and littering my studio oor. I write animation like I would a live action
lm or novel, because to me, if someone succeeds at writing that way, others would probably follow that
example. Once you have ONE Yoshiyuki Tomino, fast forwad a decade, theyve breeded, and you have
MANY Yoshiyuki Tominos, albeit not quite as prominent as him in status, but still nonetheless cranking out
awesome friggin scripts for TV, movies, and comics.
But if you want to be a successful writer, just as it is with art, if you want to succeed, you WILL write every
day by any means necessary, come hell or high water, come Apocalypse or not.
I do have quite a bit of hidden discipline and will power. I dont have the discipline to stay directed forever
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like a Dave Sim or a Osamu Tezuka or an Otomo. My willpower and discipline is a little bit dierent. I
have the discipline to write a lot of words just about anywhere, in almost any format: Daily. I developed
my writing discipline by keeping a journal I started on my computer around 2000. By 2010 a solid decades
worth of free epic nonlinear work later, I had a giant word processor of folders and a giant stack of papers
written and lying about my studio. I wrote over 10 years nonstop in an attempt to teach myself the discipline
of a real writer. I wrote when people saw me writing and when people didnt see me writing. I wrote when
the world focused on me and when it didnt. I wrote in emotional traquility and stability and also while in
instability, domestic chaos, and inner turmoil. The point is, I wrote. I wrote, and wrote, and wrote, then
when I caught my breath, I wrote some more, for just a few more hours. I wrote out of emotional instability
and out of creative compulsion. Something I have yet to do with my art. While the world dissected and
scrutinized my artwork and designs, which were at the forefront of my public persona, I kept my writing
routine in the background, kind of subliminal, and at a safe distance, like that sort of annoying commercial
that keeps airing when you watch TV that you dont really mind, but also dont really hate because its just
kind of there, doing its thing, regardless of what you or I or any spectators think of it or assume about it.
-JM
Every Accomplishment is a Tragedy in the Art World (2011-11-21 15:10)
Every time I celebrate nishing the manuscripts for the 2 Tomes of Manifesto Volumes 1 & 2 I wrote is really
just compensation for the fact that I never wrote War and Peace.
Welcome to the world of nishing your projects...
Comics as a Cohesive Individualized System (2011-11-21 20:20)
Probably one of the most challenging things to do involving drawing comics, is deducing how to construct a
visual narrative and aesthetic language, cohesive consistency, or internal logic of each page and the series of
pages of sequential art that makes up a comics serial. Though all pages look dierent on the surface, even for
individual books, if you look hard enough at the mechanics of page composition, you will nd each comics
title for the most part, has its own visual patterns, from the kind of camera shots used to the way the pages
are inked, to the composition of each page. Good comics and manga, and good creators have their own
unique hidden langauge (if you will) of cohesive artwork, a system that starts from Page One and stays
consistent, continuing to The End of the Series.
Its almost kind of like a Zen Riddle. You SEE the comic book sequential art, but do you truly SEE the
internal logic of the (sequential) art? It very much goes beyond mere panels and pages and extends to
composition, rhythm, and timing.
Good Creators Create their own Sequential art visual storytelling narrative style and system with its own
hidden logic, much that is left unsaid, the vast majority of the time. But if you really look for the hidden
sequential art logic, you too CAN see it. The closest lmmaking technique I can think of to compare to such
an exercise is to study the editing of cinematography and camera cuts in Hollywood or Asian lms.
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1.8 December
Sentimentality and Audience Demographics (2011-12-01 21:24)
If theres one thing Ive learned Broadblasting Retro TV Cartoons and Anime programming on my youtube
channel, and who watches it, well, it kind of breaks down like this, in terms of old shows and old reruns.
For the most part...older shows appeal the most to whatever generation that saw them when they were rst
distributed. So advertise to the age groups that best understand the retro classics, the ones who cherish and
remember their impact and intensity the best: The people who saw that animation as kids and/or teens, who
are now young adults or older, whether it was in theatres, on old VHS tapes their/my parents had, or live on
TV when they rst aired on their respective networks.
Obviously, the new generation has certain members who are open minded that can appreciate older stu, but
in terms of advertising dollars, the biggest payo is in the generations that remember the classics the most
fondly, IF theyre even still around, which of course they are if you air your stu late at night past 10 p.m.
i.e. Adult Swim style timeslots.
[Retro Adult Swim Hour]
Thank the interwebs for making this newfound marketing demographic possible
OK, deleted. Finally. Just checked. (2011-12-02 17:24)
It is oine.
End Times: The Prep Work Document (2011-12-04 13:54)
The rst major compilation document of work done for my dramatic comic book series and saga, End Times,
which I wrote, designed and created (to construct my comic book stories) is now complete, sitting pretty at
right around 200 pgs of scripts, scene outline bits, narration, and comic page layouts. Ive done a lot of work
on this book. Got a lot of work to go too, technically, but this does sort of feel like a bit of a benchmark.
Getting to 200 pages of actual real content takes a lot of time and work. No small task. Ill admit its
ambitious, but I honestly do feel Im still able to manage the whole saga (and its ultimate end product rst
draft) on my own. I have a vision in my head, and Im not going to rest until I completely build the series
and manifest it down on paper.
In terms of being online, Im actually quite...booked... (2011-12-04 18:07)
In terms of my digital life, Im more busy than Im typically comfortable actually admitting: Writing books,
writing documents, drawing comics, writing scripts, posting in my blog, tweeting, posting on message board
forums, viewing other peoples online art and writing, updating my YouTube site, uploading artwork to my
Photobucket account, checking emails, analyzing the market, lling up sketchbooks. Keeping up with anime
titles. I mean, I have free time, but not much.
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Lies Beautiful People Tell...About Nerds (2011-12-06 04:37)
Yes, Ill admit, I am a bit of a science, tech, and comics- &-animation nerd. For a while there, I boycotted the
term nerd when sexy, physically attractive and hideously shallow female pop tarts started using that term
to describe themselves and their mates. That was the gayest shit Ive ever seen in my life. Ive never seen a
few idiots (The Beautiful People) fuck up such a great and appealing word (Nerd) in horrible and horribly
gay TVThe Big Bang Theory, certain neo-alterative musicians, pop music, the press, porn actresses, Teen
Hollywood MTV, VH1, Disney Channel, and G4in such a short amount of time. When stu like that
was on TV, I disowned my nerd roots. I boycotted that term (Geek in particular), just like I boycotted
Designer. Attractive, ignorant jocks and preps like the kinds in those shows make being a nerd (and at
times, a designer as well) so uncool. With them, its a fashion statement. Its shallow. Its the verbal and
categorical equivalent of fashion runway model. Just a lot of beautiful and dumb fucks trying to be cool
by doing what is marketable and trendy and marketing approved. Thats like Chris Rock saying hes a
civil rights activist because hes a black actor who just happens to take nothing seriously, including civil
rights!. Just a sad, sad, very sad attempt on behalf of someone trying to be either something theyre not, or
something deeper than they are in reality. I dont see Bill Gates or Steve Jobs proclaiming themselves to be
nerds, even though theyre big time nerds. You dont get the shallowness and creepy nothing underneath
vibe from Gates and Jobs though.
Interesting Theory (2011-12-06 15:07)
I was thinking about scientic systems. I was thinking about renewable energy sources, and it got me
wondering.
What if instead of electricity, the worlds technology ran entirely or primarily on thermal and solor energy?
What would happen if this energy source could generate electrity?
I dont know if anyones doing this yet. I havent studied up on it, but the idea just sort of came to me. I
thought it would be an interesting concept to share in my blog. Get on that, Scientists and Engineers!
Lotto Fever (2011-12-09 16:16)
In a bottle of noodles
I found a small green sh
Who told a sh story
He could grant me any wish
OK! I said, That sounds great
I think I understand
The sh rolled up his sleeves
And said Your wish is my command
I want a box of gold
And a palace of pearls
A nice big pool for my sad-eyed girls
I want a car that can y
And X-Ray eyes
Id wish for more wishes
cause it cant get better than this!
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So there it was, thats it!
I can quit my job
Ive got better things to do all day
cause in my spare time
Im in a Rock n Roll band
And in my full time
I just sit and wait
For my box of gold
And my palace of pearls
A nice big pool for my sad-eyed girls
For the car that can y
For my X-Ray eyes
Id like more wishes
cause it cant get better than this!
I can do anything
cause Im wishing for everything!
It could happen
It could happen
Will it be?
You tell me?
Does it get much better than this?
When I woke up
I found the bottle was gone
Someone took it away
I guess Ill just have to wait
For my box of gold
And my palace of pearls
A nice big pool for my sad-eyed girls
For the car that can y
For my X-Ray eyes
I wish I had more wishes
cause it didnt get better than this!
I can do anything
cause Im wishing for everything!
It could happen
It could happen
Will it be?
You tell me?
Does it get much better than this?
Currently? (2011-12-11 12:58)
I write like
[1]James Joyce
I Write Like by Mmoires, [2]journal software. [3]Analyze your writing!
1. http://iwl.me/w/d760c1b4
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2. http://www.codingrobots.com/memoires/
3. http://iwl.me/
JOY RIDE: A Short Story (2011-12-11 13:21)
[Authors note: The Following Story is for mature readers. It contains foul language, drug usage, violence,
and supernatural events. Reader Discretion is Advised. This story does not contain events related to the
End Times Universe. The following events are not related to any particular literary universe, other than the
one in the authors mind]
Brian Jason, 370 lbs., or Santa Clause as some referred to him as, sat down at the coee table with a silver,
metallic suitcase handcued to his left wrist. He punched the numeric lock combination, opening the case,
revealing a large pile of narcotics sealed, hidden, within.
Brian tossed a small bag of cocaine onto the table, took the shaving blade out of his pocket, and cut the
cocaine into neat little lines, then promptly snorted it, covering his face with white cocaine dust. He stood up.
Those fucks wont stand a chance against me! he barked at himself, the small house being empty and poorly
maintained, dirty all over. No one stands up to Brian Jason! Not this time! I win this time! Fuck yeah!
Brian had already left his house and was making his way to the pickup truck in his driveway, when he realized
he had forgot to clean the cocaine dust o of his face when a young girl walking with her mother on the
sidewalk, looked over and pointed to the man. Why does that man have so much sugar on his ugly fat face
Mommy? she attempted to whisper and ask. Fuck you too, bitches! Brian shouted back at the little girl
and her mother, causing them to walk quite a bit faster. He was impatient, indignant, continuing to attempt
to enter his truck by jamming the key at the lock on the drivers side. Realizing what the girl had said, he
tried to wipe the cocaine o his face with a dirty towel he had stowed away in his truck as he put the key
in the ignition. He had a less owery looking face now, much less pure white from the cocaine anyway. He
backed out of his driveway with a honk, so fast he almost ran over the 6 year old girl and her mother as
they barely managed to avoid him and got out of his way just in time to save their lives. Then the pickup
truck sped away down the street, tires screeching loudly, as smoke from the burning tires left a trail up in
the air. As it exited the suburbs, Brians truck increased in speed. No nigger music for me, thanks, he
said condescendingly as possible, turning up the classic rock, quiet at rst, but shortly afterwards, as loud
as it could go. Brian liked, Really liked watching people in trac look uncomfortable. He liked making
them look uncomfortable. He considered that his Gift From God. Any method of annoyance he could use
to torture his fellow drivers with discomfort, he did use. The more suering and disruption others had to
experience on his behalf, the better. This is America, he thought. And annoyance and agitation is Pure
White America, which is why he considered himself to be, and if you DONT think that, Ive got a present
under my drivers seat for you, he thought. This was Brians Life Philosophy. Screw Others Over as often as
possible. Be annoying and the Lord will provide, in America anyway. No one fucks with Brian Jason! He
thought with copious amounts of aggression and cocaine rage. Hallucinations began appearing everywhere in
his perception surrounding him in his truck. Suddenly he forgot how fast he was going, or what direction
he was headed in. A small white line appeared through his windshield in his line of sight. He swurved left,
cutting o two other cars, then swerved right, cutting o another three, making some of them crash into
other cars. But he himself found he couldnt avoid a crash. His car crashed rst into the car in the opposite
lane beside him, and then ultimately was taken out by the telephone pole at the busy intersection, which he
drove right through bypassing oncoming trac and a light that had been red, as tires screeched, horrible
crunching sounds lled the air, blood splattered all over numerous cars, and resulted in a 20 car pile up.
Brian Jasons vision then faded to white.
Brians body felt weird, primarily because he was dead. He didnt have a body. Brian was now a formless
Witness, unseen by anyone around him. Now that he was cognizant as a spirit, Brians spirit oated upward
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to get a look at the local devastation he had caused. There was smoke, re, esh, and blood everywhere
(including his), mangled cars, mangled and mutilated corpses, police cars, ambulances, retrucks, helicopters,
and people yelling, screaming, ghting, and generally panicking. Sirens, horns. It looked like a trac
Apocalypse. There was no real life, positivity, or hope to be sensed anywhere. Black crows swarmed over
head in a ock. What a good job I did! the disembodied spirit thought. Surely for hurting others so much,
God wants to reward me in some way. Brians Spirit hovered around the morbid scene of the pileup for
another 20 to 30 minutes, watching the events he caused unfold. He came to his own terrifying realization.
Hey wait a second! Even when I take that many people out with me in the big nale, no one cares about
ME?? Why does no one care about Brian Jason! Its like theyre TRYING to piss me o! Ill learn them a
Real Lesson, the Spirit said to Itself, diving into the helmet of one of the police ocers nearest to him
Ocer Rick Marx had been having an o day. He had attended to some speeding violations, but other than
that, it was a peaceful day, not too many clouds out. Until now. Marx didnt know what to make of this 11
or so car pile-up. It saddened him a bit. Then Marx felt a chill go down his spine. And suddenly, he passed
out onto the cement of the street. He regained consciousness as a dierent person.
Brian suddenly found himself breathing and feeling again. He then realized he wasnt in his own body but
the body of an ocer dressed in a police uniform. He began walking in the opposite direction of the accident
nonchalantly, when another ocer, Randal James grabbed his shoulder, stopping him from walking.
And just where the hell are you going? asked Randal.
Uh, Im going...to le a police report, said the cop who now had one set of creepily vacant eyes.
Oh. Well okay then. Best of luck, said Randal, as a chill went down his spine, not sure what to make of the
blank and emotionless expression on Marxs face, even for a police ocer.
Fucker, Brian thought. How Dare he try to stop me. How Dare any of them not weep for my death, even
when I killed all those people. Brian got into Marxs police car and drove away. No one CARES that Im
dead?!! Brian thought in furious rage. They Will ALL Pay.
Propaganda and Subjectivity (2011-12-12 13:29)
Unless you have a lot of money and connections to have complete and utter control and power over some form
of propaganda machinewhich is biased and questionably manipulative anywayyou cant really control
how other people perceive you.
Buh-bye. (2011-12-12 17:02)
Buh-bye Iraq War! You have yourself a Merry Little Christmas too.
Honestly, Im just glad the ghting has been decreasing worldwide.
Anime and You (2011-12-12 20:59)
You know, if I still do end up drawing anime as a manga-ka after all this, it certainly wouldnt be for any kind
of money reward. Theres just no money in American manga. AT ALL. Its questionable whether that will
ever change. I dont set out to draw anime OR manga really. I appreciate it from an aesthetic viewpoint,
I love Japanese culture for the most part, and I take inuence from the anime and manga aesthetic, detailing,
and pacing style, but aping the genre itself? Seems kind of like a hopeless thing to do, considering how much
backlash companies like Tokyopop generated against said genre with things like the name OEL Manga and
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the neat little packing of the whole thing, almost like they were trying to get rich o of it before it even had
a chance to make money for publishers to begin with. Bad move Tokyopop. REAL bad move. Priest movie
and manga are and look pretty cool though.
These are a few of my favorite things... (2011-12-13 10:57)
I invent new topics, then read them on Wikipedia
I start a trend that lters into the media
Topics and Subject Matter tied up with string
These are a few of my favorite things
Subject matter and topics with hundred year history
That I discovered intuiting willy nilly
Yet no ones written books about it that we see
If no books exist on it How Is That History!
When the dog bits
When the bee stings
When Im feeling sad
I just discuss my favorite Wiki themes
and then I dont FEEL....
Sooo BAAAAD.
[bows]
Hero, or Anti-Hero? (2011-12-14 13:11)
Mono Jubei. Yeah, actually, now that I created his character, Im having trouble deciding (becuase of the
gothic attire thing) whether hes a Rugged Hero, or a Rugged Anti-Hero. I see a lot of heroes AND villains
based on him in pop culture, and as a result, me as well. Pretty cool. I like being a muse for complete artistic
strangers.
Did I mention I like hang-gliding and general airborn sports.... (2011-12-14 13:16)
Yup. Me likes ight and being way up in the air.
It all started way before the New Millenium, when I was little, a mere 8 or 7 year old and got to y on a
commercial ight to Chicago and back numerous times to see relatives.
I LOVE being airborn! Being indoors 24/7 is kind of dull in comparison.
No wonder Mono is able to take ight...at certain points in my narrative. Being up in the air is liberating!
Life Lessons From Experienced Folk (2011-12-15 15:52)
If theres one thing Ive learned from achieving many of my life goals at the age of 28, whether big or small,
its that now that Ive actually achieved a lot of my early childhood goals on some tangential level, its that
success does not necessarily guarantee you be treated like royalty. Especially in young adult hood. Actually,
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in their own lifetimes, for many of Historys Biggest Figures, when they were alive, their treatment was
ANYTHING BUT royal. Quite the opposite actually. Many of them were treated like garbage and abused
a lot more than any of their peers were. Thats what I like to call Greatness Hazing for later years
So let that be a lesson to anyone whos failed at something. Dont let others short sightedness deprive you
of your self worth. You dene your own self worth through the actions you choose during your lifetime for
the most part.
Well WhatEVER That Thing Was... (2011-12-15 20:14)
Im glad that chaotic timespan is over with.
Whats gonna happen next week? Getting bored on reruns waiting? Dont be. Just
change the channel! Stay tuned! (2011-12-15 20:51)
Tune in next Thursday for an all new episode and material. Actually, tune in any time, day or night for new
episodes/volumes/chapters/footage/fans/articles/message board posts/ blog posts/ celebrity appearances/
bannable oenses/criminal oenses/ condescension and facetiousness/ addicting video footage/ fan and
producer and executive appearances, and essentially anything and everthing 24/7. Internet and TV. Always
churning out new material they are. Even right now! When theyre pretending not to! And instead do so
subliminally!
Strawberry Shortcake: Actual wholesome TV entertainment? Well its better than
bronies anyway. (2011-12-16 09:53)
Is Strawberry Shortcake the most wholesome child friendly, innocent, not mean show on TV? Probably. Nice
work Hasbro.
When a Nickelodeon Executive Roles His Eyes... And other such necessities of innova-
tion (2011-12-16 10:21)
Secret L.A. Animation Hollywood Pro-Innovation List
The Top 11 Things that are guaranteed to make you unpopular with Television animation executives on basic
cable, that are impractical on the surface, yet have come to dene many of the Greatest American Television
Animation Cartoons of All Time, that will probably make a Nickelodeon executive yell at you:
1. Perspective
2. Fabric and Cloth
3. Deep Black Canvas Ink
4. Notan and Expressionist Noir
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5. Hyper-Detailed Production Design
6. Mechanical Design
7. Martial Arts Choreography
8. Science-Fiction and Fantasy
9. Realistic Anatomy
10. City Architecture in perspective
11. Military and Ballistic Firearms
Einstein and his Breakthrough: A New Era (2011-12-17 12:37)
What does the theory of Relativity really mean? On a nonscientic, symbolic and mythological level.
Einsteins accomplishment was not a normal one. Relativity and Einsteins biggest theories werent just an
accomplishment and breakthrough.
With Relativity: Einstein was ripping a giant black hole in the very fabric of the Human Conception of Time
and Space itself! Nothing was ever the same after Einstein made his breakthrough.
It changed not only science and theoretical physics, and therefore human knowledge...
And the Nature of Reality
Not very Christmasy, but it just occured to me. Einstein was important.
The REAL Reason America doesnt yet produce its own anime. Suprise surpise! It
doesnt because it CANT! (2011-12-17 15:16)
Because of the production sta mentoring system in the Japanese anime industry, On a technical and cultural
level, Asians are the only ones not self-taught in that area of production, drawing that way. Talent in
production design and choreography in martial arts, in Asian in America. How many people can draw ghting
and guns and production design and storyboards in general, in terms of animation population of stas in
Asia, France, and American: What you see is what you get, in terms of how many people can draw in that
way. The main reason we dont see anime in America as much, is not something America is doing by choice.
We dont see more American anime because Americans DONT KNOW HOW and ARENT ABLE TO, make
anime. What you see a country do with animation is a reection of what it is actually able to do. Theres no
big conspiracy. If America isnt making anime, its because it A) Isnt able to because no one or not enough
people can draw that way, and B) Because no one in America knows how, with rare exceptions.
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Most of Who Dislike Monsters, Like You Girl (2011-12-17 18:33)
Caught you
Sning my boxers
Who the fuck does that
At Red Lobster?
Creepy
When DJ Andrews laughs
Thats how your nger
Felt in my ass
Im gonna come to your house on the back of a horse with
A bunch of villagers carrying torches
Most of whom dislike monsters like you, girl
The way
Your kisses tasted
Skeeve me the hell out
Like shitting naked
Why would
I wanna stay friends?
Rather get raped by
Clowns again
Im gonna come to your house on the back of a horse with
A bunch of villagers carrying torches
Most of whom dislike monsters like you, girl
Im gonna go to your house on the back of a horse with
A bunch of villagers carrying torches
Most of whom dislike monsters like you, girl
I rub the lotion on the skin
Or else I get the hose again
I rub the lotion on the skin
Or else I get the hose again
I rub the lotion on the skin
Or else I get the hose again
I rub the lotion on the skin
Or else I get the hose again
I rub the lotion on the skin
Or else I get the hose again
I rub the lotion on the skin
Or else I get the hose again...
Psychic Mind...OVERWHELMED. Being an empath is hell if you dont sleep.
(2011-12-18 09:19)
Feeling all those minds, trying to invade mine online and on TV, trying to get inside my head.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
BACK OFF FUCKERS!!!!!!!!!
BOUNDARIES. EMPATHIC BOUND-ARIES
GET THE FUCK BACK BEEYOTCHES!
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How to Fall Asleep (2011-12-18 10:28)
The Secret: Just think of a topic that bores the shit out of you.
For me its politics smalltalk and legalese and statistics
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Oh Girlfriend (2011-12-18 12:43)
I miss you
And I wonder how you feel about me too
Do you miss the way we would play
And waste our time away?
Suddenly, were apart
And I cant see you everynight
Though we ght I love you so much
Now I cant feel your touch
Oh girlfriend
Thats the end
And Im lost without your love
Oh love
In your arms
I was happy as a little boy could be
Taking pills and mellowing out
Now I just want to shout
For your love
Cause Im drifting further from you everyday
Driving by your place everynight
I used to feel alright
Oh girlfriend
Thats the end
And Im lost without your love
Oh love
Feeling fancies everynight
When I dreamed to be alright
Oh love
Oh love
Oh girlfriend
Thats the end
And Im lost without your love
Oh love
In your arms
I was happy as a little boy could be
Taking pills and mellowing out
Now I just want to shout
[humming]
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Now I just want to shout
[humming]
Now I just want to shout
Not getting paid what youre worth.... (2011-12-19 13:55)
Can your likeness, work, productivity, and inuence make millions and billions of people worldwide happy
and satised just as much as the biggest names in media, yet never get paid ANY credit or money for it on
a legal level, let alone millions of $? Is that even possible for some people to make no money and get paid
nothing for being really really successful, while others easily do for doing a lot less. Hell yes you can help
billions of people and they refuse to pay you any money for ANYTHING. I know FIRSTHAND this is true.
Legally, I can attest to that. And technically, Ive resisted the urge to take legal action and never ended up
suing people and corporations over it. Lucky them. Fortunately, Ive taken the high road. Itll pay eventually,
Im pretty sure. Id sue certain people BIG TIME if I WASNT certain I will be paid money for my eorts
one day.
Yeah, Im denitely not at all paid what Im actually really worth. Not by a LONG SHOT.
Must be the black hair, tan skin, and glasses. I knew they were a liability in the media but JESUS CHRIST,
is that whats costing me million in lost prots? How sad is that on the worlds part?
Anime and Language... (2011-12-20 13:02)
Though I dont necessarily agree with it, because Im technically an American and language is not a big
deal in America much of the time because we take it for granted here in normal American society, because
language is very important in Japan, there actually seems to be this mindset that if something is speaking or
written in Japanese, that automatically qualies it as anime. Well, Im not going to debate, that language
is crucial to Japanese culture in the opinion of nearly all (if not all) Japanese, but language should not be
the only thing that denes anime.
Im starting to learn how to speak a little bit of basic conversational Japanese in my spare time. Im not
uent but I know a few basic phrases.
These cultural dierences between anime in Japan and anime in America is probably something important
to take note of though. Many American anime fans dont speak any Japanese. This fact isnt meant to
oend the Japanese. Its merely a cultural dierence, not an insult. Speaking from observing the fan
community...Japanese is a hard language to learn in the eyes of the American public and media, but not
impossible if you have good linguistics skills (in general) and a desire to learn foreign languages as a gaijin...
Google Music: Tryin it out (2011-12-20 19:45)
Since I am a former-musician and a huge music fan (always have been) I love seeing music videos and listening
to music online and o.
I like Pandora, and iMeme (even though iMeme doesnt really work now) and am giving Google Music a shot.
Easy enough to use so far...My windows media library is loading.
Since I know Google might be reading this: Suggestion: Google really needs a system for WMV video les
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to, Like YouTube, but with webbrowsing storage devices of video hard drives, for video collections, not just
MP3s.
Windows Live: SkyDrive (2011-12-22 11:20)
Finally, I have a place OTHER THAN YouTube to store my MASSIVE collection of anime and action movie
videos online for free. Skydrive is where its AT (for video sharing)!
Heres some anime videos...
IFRAME: [1]https://skydrive.live.com/embed?cid=CEC5075593DCF24C &resid=CEC5075593DCF24C
%21107 &authkey=AMtiaxDLX2u-hGc
1. https://skydrive.live.com/embed?cid=CEC5075593DCF24C&resid=CEC5075593DCF24C%21107&authkey=AMtiaxDLX2u-hGc
Little Man (2011-12-24 17:25)
Keep both my eyes transxed on the prize
A high-rise to the blue skies my piece of the pie
Theres a hole in my heart that I know how to ll
Thats to light my cigarettes with a hundred dollar bill
Its all about cash ow the California dream
To make the grade you gotta make the green
My friend Im the champion Ive no time for losers
Never ask for nothin cause beggars cant be choosers
Lookin our for number oness a full time occupation
Ill give to me myself and I my own salvation
Some people try to tell me God can save me from my sin
But God can take a number and Ill pencil Him in
Busy oh so busy I got no time to search
My Sundays are all booked Ive got no time for church
Thats for those poor souls, dry as a stone
God bless this child cause this childs got His own.
Oh, let my pride fall down Im a little man
He who gets the most toys and dies is the winner
Im livin the high life with lobster tail dinners
My Lexus, my yacht, my gold chains and rings
These are a few of my favorite things
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But most of all I keep my billfold the closest to my heart
House decorated with million dollar works of art
Roll with the Bigwigs they think Im the man
But then I stop and look and think about how big I really am
Mammon is an unforgiving God, I cast him away
I live my life to God, not to get paid
Money cant save your soul, dont think I can
I look to God and I feel like a little man.
I had a dream last night.... (2011-12-26 13:47)
That my christmas present was someone writing another Uncyclopedia article about me and how amazingly
great and ballsy I am. I love those guys. At least SOMEONE talks about me LOL.
Then I woke up. Oh wait, their servers still down from the....Uh oh, looks like the Denial of Service Hitmen
are striking again. I guess Anonymous and Tite Kubo dont like their closet gay homosexual tendencies being
discussed in a public forum, but they sure as hell like to talk about others.
I like Uncyclopedia. Theyre awesome and quite a bit more honest about jerks in the public domain that just
about anybody. And they use said jerks actual names (Gasp! Surely theres a law against this SOME where!
Using actual NAMES instead of 40 year old professional speaking in gay ass code with gay ass Corpacorp
nicknames.)
Say no to American Communist Media Censorship, kids!
The Jerk (2011-12-26 16:11)
I dont know if its the fame and internet that made me a jerk, or just all the hype and abuse other people
give me when they single me out and scapegoat / censor me. Either way, I probably fucking hate you.
Am I too smug? (2011-12-26 18:17)
Well, the ENTIRE WORLDWIDE ANIMATION INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY has embraced and become
addicted and comfortable vegging out on digital technology I helped engineer. I did play a big part in that.
So if there were ever a time to be complacent and satised with my place in the world, now would probably
be it...
Bruce Lee (2011-12-27 17:18)
[1]
1. http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u191/Spindack/BruceLee.jpg
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My dwahwing wook juss wike yoas (2011-12-27 19:03)
It suk big don-kee baws.
U go 2 hew. u goh 2 hew nao fat Amerikajin swob!!!!
Anime = Production Studio Sweatshop (2011-12-28 13:44)
Animation and comics are hard work. Anyone who makes it look easy and presents it that way is probably
just trying to deceive you. Animation and comics (anime and manga included) are not easy to make. Its
strenuous, nerve-wracking, high pressure, and back breaking work and 24/7 obsession and labor. The only
people who can make things like that look easy are millionaires in print and on TV, and 12 year old frauds on
the internet. The Japanese only make it look eortless because they culturally, socially, psychologically, and
emotionally socially-conditioned to perform that way. Their producers beat them within an inch of their lives,
sweatshop style, if theyre not overachieving 24/7. We dont have that in America. In America, we work hard,
but Im afraid we dont have sweatshops that pass for teenage bedrooms and professional animation studios.
The Japanese are brainwashed by their own society to conform to doing everything like perfectionists. Its
not human. At all really.
Anime = High Class Production Studio Sweatshop.
Im working under dierent conditions than the Japanese are. No wonder they make me look stupid.
Article Online About TV Animation. Perfectly Explained: The End of an Era: The
Creator-Driven Era of TV Animation (2011-12-29 20:24)
Creator Driven Animation on Television
[1990-2010]
R.I.P.
Apparently my own career goals were a bit more farsighted than I ever could have imagined, as proven by
the concepts about the animation industry in America, pointed out by Animation Brew.
[1]http://tinyurl.com/23zlz4n
Other than me, and, say, Brad Neely, just who is there to stand up for the Creator-Driven Animation cause
exactly? Nobody thats who! Not at the cable networks and Fox anyway.
In terms of whats getting made and greenlit, its:
A) Creator-driven shows from the generation that actually could do creator-driven animation, that the
networks are still leaching o of (Simpsons, South Park, Peter Grien, Spongebob. Theyre a lot more prot
driven than theyve ever been creator-driven.
B) Non-American animation from France, Canada, and Japan
C) Revivalist shows of revivalist franchises that were never created with the intent of artistry to begin with.
This generation is not one of visionary auteur operations, with nothing more than a 2 % exception (Adventure
Time, Regular Show, etc., and theyre mostly following that example for the glory (i.e. bragging to your
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stoner and geek buddies at Comic-Con you SOLD a show. Whoopeeeeee!!!), not because they actually have
any actual innovative, new ideas)
Other mediums than TV animation seem to oer a lot more hope for people with new ideas to oer,
independent, and/or online stu. Self-produced stu you design yourself in your bedroom and upload. You
know the deal.
1. http://tinyurl.com/23zlz4n
mmmmmm (2011-12-30 10:07)
Where again am I supposed to look for the ones who actually want to have sex with me?
Now wouldnt that be nice. Screwing hot girl after hot girl. Most guys can only dream of such things.
Eh, those girls are all spectacle, no action.
I bet if I asked them in real life if they wanted to have sex, theyd say Nah. I dun wanna.
LULZ.
You know... (2011-12-30 19:48)
It never was my job to lie and tell the world, the market will take care of itself and be all right, just keep
stigmatizing those you already do.
Primarily because the industry ISNT going to be all right. Primarily because of how psychotic, narcisistic
and greedy Hollywood, celebrity culture, and big business are (all three of them.).
So fuck it. You guys are on your own.
As of 2012 (2011-12-31 09:40)
The median age of the worlds population is the age of 28. Thats how old I am!
The Destructive Nature of Social Value and Worth (2011-12-31 10:25)
Anywhere theres social value and worth, there is also social chaos and unrest. A lot of violence is rooted in
social fear and jealousy.
Why else would a place like Los Angeles be such a violent, crime, and sex/prostitution/porn industry-ridden
place. Mostly because thats where mainstream fame, showbusiness and entertainment is. Its where the
so-called beautiful people who are better than the rest of us live and play and work, and therefore eventually
we read news stories about the underside and excess of this activity.
Thats right. Success, status, and fame isnt just protable. Its also pretty nasty, empty, shallow, excess-ridden,
and disgusting on the inside.
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Getting kind of hard to trust men who kill God... (2011-12-31 12:25)
Makes enough sense.
Late news, but. Uh-Oh! Anonymous vs. Viacom. The Battle to End All Battles
(2011-12-31 17:24)
Apparently Anonymous is quite pissed at [1]Viacom
1. http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2068860/anonymous-lines-viacom-operation
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Chapter 2
2012
2.1 January
The Power List Propaganda: And Why Its Bullshit, Why You Shouldnt Ever Draw
For Money (2012-01-01 12:49)
I used to be fooled by propaganda, just like everyone else.
The media wants us to believe that the only people whose art is worth anything are the ones that get media
attention, press releases, and paychecks.
Bullshit I say!
Money does not dene how good an artist is. It never has and it never will. Only art does that. Just because
another artist is famous and more powerful (i.e. makes 1,000 more prot and money) does not make him or
her better. Thats the biggest crock of shit I ever used to believe, just like most artists do. Its a lie. Its a
fantasy. Money does not dene worth in art. It never has and it never will.
You want power media? You want fucking power???
OK. Here goes.
Barack Obama. Anonymous. Me. Steve Jobs. Charlie Sheen. Britney Spears. Mark Zuckerberg. Justin
Bieber. Twitter.
You control thee conversation, you control the power. You ARE the conversation. You ARE the power. The
medias too full of shit to tell you this.
If all you can do is talk about or mimic me, then that really only means I have power over you, doesnt it.
Just because youre dissing me doesnt mean Im not controlling your conversation. Controlling ALL dialogue
and conversation really. That is what I do. If all you can do is talk about me and only me every 5 minutes,
that means Im the one that controls the power. The subject of the conversation, the one who is responsible
for the conversation, the subject being discussed, is the one WITH the power. NOT the losers discussing it.
2012 Entries: Money (2012-01-01 13:43)
Back on the subject of money. If youre just starting o as an artist, or want to become a Master artist like
myself, dont worry about money. Concern over getting paid will only take away from your art, distract you
from your art and get you into trouble. Plus it will reduce the quality of your artwork. Many of the best
drawings I did when I was thinking about enjoying drawing. Money had nothing to do with it.
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Leave money worries to your producers, agents, publishers, studios, and editors. Let them assess things
nancially, and your agent as well. Dont strategize about money if youre just an artist trying to do good
work. Money gets in the way of quality, far as art is concerned. Thinking about money will do nothing more
than simply always and inevitably lead to you realizing youre never getting paid enough, or what your worth,
or at all. Money concerns dont help people become better artists.
As for the market! Its simpler than it looks. TV works like this: Whoever is actually on TV, whoever has
the show that YOURE WATCHING on TV is doing pretty well for themselves. Is Spongebob constantly in
your face yelling things at you through your TV that annoy you. Well, the Spongebob stas doing pretty
well for themselves if thats the case. Is Steven Colbert and Seth MacFarlane lecturing you again. Gee,
wonder how they got so rich. In TV, in big media business: Getting airtime and viewer attention (but only
on a contractual basis) = a bigger paycheck. Whoevers got your attention on TV is the one making the
most money. It doesnt necessarily work that way most of the time online though. The pay structure on the
internet is a little more shady legally, and a little more harsh. Scratch that. A lot more harsh.
My Google Adsense Salary. How much Google actually pays me for what I contribute...
(2012-01-01 14:37)
Estimated earnings
$0.01
Today so far
$0.02
Yesterday
$0.01
This month so far
$4.94
Last month Finalized earnings may be slightly lower than estimated
Finalized earnings
[1]Details
$12.33
Unpaid earnings Prior to Dec 1, 2011
1. javascript:void(0)
Well, (2012-01-01 16:08)
Ive survived o of parental employment / generosity, social security, and luck, and managed to keep o the
streets and away from Death by not being too unfortunate for this long. I doubt Ill make a living on my
aspirations either. Its just like being a hobo and vagabond, except I live in a North American house and
always stay in one place. No ones going to give me jack shit other than what already is provided me.
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Drawing Process Strategy (2012-01-02 11:39)
So just today, as in just recently, Ive realized I should probably start incorporating strategy and strategic
elements into my drawing process. For pencilling and inking if nothing else. And your pencilling process
starts with the art and drawing supplies you use. Ive realized my pencil methods up till today had been
primative and ass backwards. I used a mechanical pencil for pencilling my pages. No wonder I kept messing
up the lines. Until today, I didnt actually wrap my mind around the fact that good pencilling often happens
in stages and revisions, not all at once. For my pencilling rst draft, Ive begun using a light blue Prismacolor
pencil for pencilling rst attempts.
Sure, it has its drawbacks (you can barely see the image your pencilling at rst, the line is so delicate and
light, no matter how hard you pencil.)
But once I went over the blue line rst draft pencil sketch with a cleaned up darker pencil, I made noticeably
fewer mistakes with my line textures, and my pencilling line was more clean and less shakey.
Worked like a charm! I cant believe I never tried to incorporate strategy into the drawing process itself
before. Drawing supplies need strategy too, if you want to take art seriously.
And this is after only 2 to 3 attempts and very simple sketches WITH the light blue Prismacolor erasable
pencil. It really did make that much of a dierence in my art. Just thought I felt the need to write about it,
to help other artists who might be heavy handed and have problems with line weight.
Youll never work in Tokyo again! (2012-01-02 19:02)
Eh. Ive done a million online videos and message board posts. I guess I can live with that.... XD
Todays drawing log: 5 p.m. - 11:17 p.m. (2012-01-02 20:52)
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Break at 11!
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Page 11 COMPLETE!
YOU EAT A DICK NYUGA!!! YOU EAT A DICK!!!!!
And to the few Enlightened souls who have hung out with me on my blog, on some
godforsaken .com gutter at 1:11 in the early morn while Im watching TV (2012-01-02 21:46)
I thank you. You is now Spiritually Enlightened. And probably embarrassed by me singling you out. You
happy now.
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Where I was in the Yalta, er, I mean ARGONAUT conferance in 1945.... (2012-01-02 22:16)
Is none of ya damn bizness, biznatch. So stop askin!
So... (2012-01-02 22:26)
Do I get the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes NOW, or does your jury wait until AFTER Im dead to pay me a
million Bucks of Peace? Isnt anyone going to tell me how this whole thing WORKS??? Cmon! Throw me a
BONE, dammit!
Biggest Mystery In The World: Success and Failure (2012-01-03 12:47)
Im nobody. I dont make any money. So why does one of the most powerful, famous, and downright rich
and spoiled Hollywood animation producers in the world (who makes a $50 million salary no less)...why is
he so psychotically obsessed with me? Why does he want to live my life for me in his stupid TV shows he
created. Why is someone so rich, famous, and powerful obsessed with being little old me, and living MY life.
I have nothing. He has everything. So why does he want to be me? Why does he keep trying to be me?
Whats his motive? What does he stand to gain from such exploitation?....of me.
I nd myself asking myself that a lot. Why him/them? Why me? How can someone so successful be so
dissatsied and bored with his own million dollar Hollywood life and still want to live through the life of
someone else, who has next to nothing?? That would be me.
I dont get it. I dont understand the motivation behind such actions. I never have.
Why are people with so much, who are so spoiled so obsessed with someone who has it so dicult? I cant
for the life of me gure this one out. Its not like hed ever admit why hes stalking me. And his show is full
of lies, so its not like Id nd any truth there either.
I cant wrap my mind around it. If I had that kind of money, Id probably ignore someone like me. Id be
satised with my own life. I dont know, maybe success makes it too easy for us or something. But why does
someone with such high status and whos so very, very rich, obsess over and write about someone whos so
very very unlucky and poor. Ive always admired and been obsessed with rich and famous people...until I got
a taste of my own obsessive admiration medicine from people who were already where I wanted to be at that
age, at least in terms of career status.
Such confusing feelings these TV shows create, they do.
And yet, while our lives are dierent, I do kind of see the point hes trying to make. We have some things in
common.
He has a great sense of humor. I have a great sense of humor.
Hes a prominent writer. Im a prominent writer.
Hes an animation fan/professional. Im an animation hobbyist.
He covers a wide variety of subject matter. I cover a wide variety of subject matter.
And even though he does comedy and I do drama (for the most part), Im aware of the commonalities.
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Media, Free Speech, and The Internet: For Better and Worse... (2012-01-03 13:37)
If there were no internet, I certainly wouldnt be as talkative of a creator as I am. I think that goes for
a lot of creators who would otherwise only be a book in your hands and not an opinion on your screen if
there wasnt the limitless freedom of speech that the internet oers. Everyone is so much more animated and
opionated on the internet. Its seductive to shoot your mouth o online, instead of just drawing comics pages
or writing chapters in a book and calling it a day.
My original intent was not to become opinionated. The internet kinda made me and many others that way,
because of its free, topical, and uncensored nature. Ill have to work on watching my mouth. So far no ones
really ever punished me for speaking out. Not direcctly anyway.
Parental Advisory: Explicit Content: A Disclaimer About Fan Websites (2012-01-03 13:48)
If there IS anything inappropriate material of me circulating on the web, its the work of illegal hacktivity,
and it certainly isnt sanctioned by me. If it was Id say so. If there is any inappropriate material of me on
ANY website, it was not attained with my consent or knowledge. And it still isnt either. Ive never even seen
any websites like that in reality, so as far as I know Im the subject of rumors I suppose, not much more...
High Praise for American Comic Books, from Animation Magazine: The Best American
Comics (2012-01-03 14:30)
Article quote:
Review: The Best American Comics
Not only are most of these oerings cleverly drawn and beautifully observed, but they also show how fortunate
we are to be living in this renaissance period of the art form. If more animated feature producers look at
this fertile ground to nd inspiration for their projects, wed see less CG animated nonsense about loud and
annoying critters in our movie theatres.
High praise indeed.
Black Multiracial 2012 Apocalypse Diversity in the Media Workplace: Cant We All
Just Get Along (2012-01-04 14:16)
Well, I do gotta hand it to the anime, co-production, LucasFilm, Dark Horse, Tokyopop, videogame, webcomics,
comic book, JM Animation, DeviantART, Funimation, YouTube, and Hollywood industries: They get an A+
for diversity.
In media, there are primarily two kinds of diversity in the entertainment and media industry:
Diversity, and Token Diversity. The Former is progressive, the latter is a facade.
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Being a Digital Designer: The Next Generation of Animation and Comics Design Submis-
sion (How to get your character/costume/background designs on TV) (2012-01-05 10:06)
Getting one of my designs to show up on anime art sites and on TV, manga, anime, comic books, or movies is
often as simple as uploading, or submitting my designs to the public domain of the internet, public internet
art hosting sites, where people working on TV and lm animation stas can see them and incorporate some
of my design elements into their own design. You dont get credited for this kind of thing, but yes, this kind
of submissions process is how it works.
The more other artists and designers at studios and on websites see your designs online and emulate them,
the more inuential you become.
I could go into further detail about the legal and nancial hazards and complications that go with this area
of design, but why ruin the secret to my success. If you want to be on top, you have to learn to take the
good with the bad, and not be so possessive about your own design work. If you design a true archetype,
youll soon learn often, the truth is everyone borrows from it (your work), but no one credits you for it as the
original designer. Thats just how it is sometimes. You wont always get credit. But the people who see your
design, even if theyre the ones copying from it, will know youre the originator, as in the rst one they saw
produce the archetype.
But yes, the internet has created a new kind of submission process to comic book publishers and animation
studios and sta artists in media storytelling. One primarily in the public domain, that exists on a semi-honor
system.
Am I... (2012-01-05 19:50)
The only person who would read one of Quentin Tarantinos early novels that he wrote but never nished
because he directed Pulp Fiction? I remember him mentioning that in a Rolling Stone interview once, about
Kill Bill PR.
Something tells me hed write like a cross between Carl Hiaasen and Mario Puzo if he was oically a novelist.
I dont know what kind of books hed write, but Id sure as hell read it...
I mean, if James Cameron can be a production designer
Quentin Tarantino could write novels.
2012 Entertainment Product, Distributor and Publisher Review: The Best Thing Since
Slave Labor Graphics and Image Comics (2012-01-08 14:14)
Heres the List:
My Favorite Products and Companies Ive discovered in the Last Few Years (Companies that show a TON of
promise)
Roku Streaming Media Player
Roku Player Channels
Planet Stories Publishing (Science Fantasy Publishing company)
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Dragon Dynasty DVD Distributors (Hardcore Action Martial Arts Asian Cinema, with actual GOOD
ght choreography. The best actually, straight Hong Kong Fresh)
Shout Factory DVD Distributors (90s animation, vintage cartoons, and quirky international and comedy
shows. I love their DVDs!)
Revolutionary Studios
Lions Gate Films
Boomerang Network
Nicktoons Network
I dont much care for Disney XD, Naruto and Kick Buttowki aside.
#90sAreAllThat
Uncyclopedia
The disease-ridden Hollywood sluts and whores on SyFy channel original series (kidding! sort of)
The Hub
Marathon Animation Studios (Paris, France)
Focal Press (Information-Educational Animation and Media Books)
Ovation TV
Twitter
All you guys get a ve star review in my book, for putting out great products!
Do they still give out the Pre-School Good Apple Award to little kids in school?
(2012-01-08 21:28)
I dont know Im not a kid. Nor am I a parent. But I sure as hell won me a good apple award in pre-school.
And an art award for my hyper-realistic recreation of Van Goghs Starry Night. With Crayons!
Yeah, I was a cool kid. At least I still remember SOME things about my early childhood.
Is Cartoon Planet on CN... (2012-01-08 23:01)
Ever going to be available on DVD, Amazon Instant, Hulu, or Netix Instant?
For the love of god hopefully eventually.
JM: The Evil Twin Saga (2012-01-09 09:02)
My life is an epic mythology saga, just like Mono and New-Earth. So of course theres going to be an Evil
Twin Saga Archetype. Im not the rst celebrity to battle an army of evil twins.
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EM (2012-01-09 19:31)
So Ive actually managed to learn how to execute some beginner techniques in Energy Manipulation (EM). I
actually gured out how to create a Chi Ball and everything. Very amazing stu. Helps with Meditation,
Energy, Zen, and learning to teach myself stu.
Ive been pursuing the spiritual, mystical path lately. My Chi Ball/Egg color is Violet.
Badass! I can bend the nature of the spirit of reality!
Because my Chi energy-ball color was Violet, that would probably mean that:
My most powerful Chakra is: Sahasrara: The Crown Chakra
[1]Sahasrara, which means 1000 petalled lotus, is generally considered to be the chakra of pure consciousness,
within which there is neither object nor subject. When the female kundalini [2]Shakti energy rises to this
point, it unites with the male [3]Shiva energy, and a state of liberating [4]samadhi is attained. Symbolized by
a lotus with one thousand multi-coloured petals, it is located either at the crown of the head, or above the
crown of the head. Sahasrara is represented by the colour white and it involves such issues as inner wisdom
and the death of the body.
Its role may be envisioned somewhat similarly to that of the [5]pituitary gland, which secretes hormones
to communicate to the rest of the endocrine system and also connects to the [6]central nervous system via
the [7]hypothalamus. According to author Gary Osborn, the [8]thalamus is thought to have a key role
in the physical basis of [9]consciousness and is the Bridal Chamber mentioned in the Gnostic scriptures.
Sahasraras inner aspect deals with the release of [10]karma, physical action with meditation, mental action
with universal consciousness and unity, and emotional action with beingness.
[11][25]
In Tibetan buddhism, the point at the crown of the head is represented by a white circle, with 32 downward
pointing petals. It is of primary importance in the performance of [12]phowa, or consciousness projection
after death, in order to obtain rebirth in a [13]Pure Land. Within this chakra is contained the White drop,
or Bodhicitta, which is the essence of masculine energy.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahasrara
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samadhi
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituitary_gland
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_nervous_system
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalamus
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalamus
9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness
10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma
11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra#cite_note-24#cite_note-24
12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phowa
13. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Land
The Extreme Polarity of Publicity (2012-01-10 17:49)
There are no real gray areas in the way people are presented in the media to other people. Truth is, people
for the most part only want their heroes to look real good (good beautiful heroes), or real bad (evil, ugly
villains). The concept of self-deprecation is lost on the media. When you put your image out there, or
someone else does&Youre either going to look REAL GOOD or REAL BAD. Beautiful or ugly. Because the
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media thrives on image, it also, as a result thrives on the extreme polarity of image elements as well. No
one looks moderately ANYthing in the world of publicity. They either look good or they dont. The media
personality, and business people think in this way. Ive learned this from doing business with them.
Overnight Chess Match Marathon.... (2012-01-11 04:15)
Chess is such a dicult game
Theres so many pieces
So many squares where you can go
So few promises
Never you mind all the others
Anticipating your next move
I know its hard
Cause you got a lot to do
Street signs and trac lights
Ever confusing me, too
Stop left, go right, no U-turn
Wheres the God damn exit?
Never you mind all the others
Inuencing your next move
I know its hard
Cause youve got a lot to prove
La la la, la la la
Sex and drugs and rock and roll
Pieces lie right before you
This puzzle cant be done wrong
So come along while you can
Never you mind all the others
Anticipating your next move
Never you mind all the others
Never you mind what they do
Dont let them get you down
Cause if they do
Youll be trapped forever under their shoe
Here is a paintbrush of gold
I know its hard
Cause youve got a lot to do
La la la, la la la
-
Dayum. Pardon my French. Im a bit on edge from insomnia. Couldnt get that song out of my head while I
was playing video games for 5+ hours on my computer console. I miss being a gamer. Particularly an RPG
gamer.
I was up all night, from 9 or 10 p.m. until, like 2 or 3 a.m. playing 22 straight nonstop EPIC Chess matches
against my computer on Chess Titans. El. Oh. El! Lotta fun stayin up till the early mornin, playin with
myself. It always is! Well, at Chess matches anyway. I lost all 22 matches. My tactical board game and
strategic tactical skills apparently suck.
Peace! Im out for this second.
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MSTV3K (2012-01-12 13:24)
Well send him cheesy TV. The worst we can nd. La la la.
Hell have to sit and watch them all and well monitor his mind, la la la.
No keep in mind Joe cant control when the TV begins or ends
Thats why he used his special bots to make the YouTube Friends
YouTube Roll Call
Google
Adult Swim
Toonami
Crow
Turned on the TV the other day. (2012-01-12 16:15)
moneymoney, money money money money money money money money money mone money the only thing
we care about is money money. Moneymoneymoneymoney,money,money,money,money. And now for our 2
hour long commercial break!
FUCK!!! Click.
Theres a saying I remember hearing somewhere... (2012-01-12 17:09)
That goes something like Childhood teaches us what we want to do. Adulthood teaches us what we cant
actually do with the older we get.
Its true
Youth teaches us values and ambitions
Maturity teaches us realism and limitation.
Doesnt matter who you are. Everyone has limits. I know I do. At some point, you WILL meet your
limitations. And it might not be the most peaceful meeting or encounter. But it will teach you a lot about
making realistic (and not just idealistic) self-assessments. Things factor in: The economy. Business. Society.
The market. The culture.
Realistically speaking, there are MANY impossible things that exist for many people. Only a very select few
people live with few impossibilities. Most people are all too aware of the impossibilities in their life. But the
thing is, its not so bad once you know other people have tried and gone through similar experiences. That is
how the world works. Maturity is not knowing exactly what you can do. Maturity is knowing when to stop
and knowing exaclty what you cant do. And what others cant do for you. And why all that is.
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Newest Fiction Writing Badges from I Write Like . Dot Com (2012-01-13 11:16)
Story 1 World War II Narrative
I write like
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I write like
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I Write Like by Mmoires, [5]journal software. [6]Analyze your writing!
For my Dialogue Writing, I got this:
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Click the Writers Name Badges to see THEIR books
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9. http://iwl.me/
Cult-Following Indie Internet Brand Status (2012-01-13 15:03)
I didnt realize how successful and recognizable I was compared to other creators of similar stature, until now,
and...Because of my popularity on the internet and YouTube, and all the struggle and strife (and success, not
nancially of course, but thats normal for an indie artist) Ive had in the public eye, locally and nationally,
nationally and internationally. I now have one of the most recognizable faces, properties, and names in all of
animation and comics, for better AND worse.
Design Inuence (2012-01-14 15:33)
For the most part, I appreciate the artwork and design in manga, but for a long time now, I pretty much
never copy from manga. I used to emulate Trigun Maximum, Priest, Evangelion, Blade of the Immortal, and
AKIRA.
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But in terms of intentional borrowing, theres really only 1 artist who Ive borrowed a lot from, and hes
American. Todd McFarlane and Spawn, the 90s version, not so much the current one. In Middle School,
I copied from Spawn a LOT. Todd McFarlane is a real master of Fabric and shading, in both comics and
animation. Ichigo was pretty irrelevent. Ichigo looks like a pussy compared to Spawn. Hed break Ichigo
Kurosaki in HALF like a twig if the two ever met. Im aware of Bleach, but I was never all that impressed
with it. Certainly not impressed enough to copy from manga crap like that.
Death of creator driven animation? What death? Im/Were all still here.
(2012-01-15 12:56)
The title says it all.
The Children Are Expecting Me, So Please Come To Your Senses (2012-01-15 13:58)
Though the state of Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, and the other of the big 3 childrens networks looks
dire, as does publishing superhero books, if youre an aspiring creator, or writer, or author, theres a lot of
awesome stu in growing industries you can still do. Career-Wise, you WANT TO be a generalist, not a
Specist or Specialist.
Things any writer, artist, or creator can still do:
Write a book or novel (a REAL book or novel. None of this light novel crap)
Author your own webcomic, and publish it to a website
Draw manga in the United States for just about any publisher of World Manga, who ISNT Tokyopop.
Write a script of just about any sort (Comics, Movies, TV, Animation, Anime). Scripts lead to work
more often than portfolios.
Broadcast content online (Be a general content provider. Even smaller content providers online like
myself have their place in the industry. Dont let the trashtalkers fool you.
Sell an idea to up and coming animation studios in America or France. Not Japan though. Sorry. Even
the BIGGEST diehard down syndrome Bleachtard can probably see Japan kinda has its hands full at
the moment, due to how much demand shows like Naruto and Bleach drum up each year online.
Oh GOD, Hes BLOGGING AGAIN!!!! Everybody take shelter!!!! Agggggghhh!!!!
(2012-01-15 17:52)
Uh, yeah. Um, well, anyway, Ive started adjusting the size of the blank paper I draw on. Im increasing the
size of the paper I draw comics on. Im easing back onto 11 x 17 paper. Far as I care, the bigger, the better.
Id draw my comics pages on the side of a fucking BUS if I could, but theres no buses around here, so its
11 x 17 comics, industry Golden Standard. Most professional comic book artists who work for the biggest
publishers typically draw on 11 x 17 and Im beginning to see why, easier to ll in with details, and looks
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more crisp and nely rendered when one scans it and shrinks it down. How does one scan an 11 x 17 page
at home and not at a publishing house though? Im baed by this. The 11 x 17 inch paper Ive drawn my
comics page on wont t in either of my scanners. Seriously. Sucks.
But hey, looking on the bright side, Me! At least the details stand out more, as opposed to using this dinky
little shitty ass computer paper that hates detailed art.
I love visiting whores, I mean DeviantART. They ALWAYS whisper sweet nothings in
my ears (2012-01-15 19:19)
Youre...like, Everything you said you were never gonna be...baby. N like some junk
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[1]
Recognize this face? I thought so. If you said yes youre a fucking perv, just like me. Sort of... Eh, not
really.
1. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-baoGrTkVR_8/TxOXA9Zn8oI/AAAAAAAAA0I/lkaaegeE75I/s1600/images%255B4%255D.jpg
Screw hypnosis....Use reverse psycho-logy. (2012-01-15 19:48)
Fuck hypnosis for getting real work done. Use self-directed reverse psychology. Its eective as all hell
How? Easy. You dont have to sell or convince yourself. But you need to have what I like to refer to as a
double mind, where your mind is 2 places at once.
Just lie to yourself, and say I have to get around to doing [insert useless hobby here], screw [real work], its
slowin me down man. I gotta not do the [real work] thing.
My work rate increased by 40 % in 1 week alone.
Mono vs. Mono a New Comic That Will Probably Never Appear on the Internet.
(2012-01-16 12:20)
MONO VS. MONO: Its a ght sequence where mono duels against himself and kicks his own ass! In some
ways, Mono doesnt mind Mono. In other ways, Mono fucking hates Mono. Especially the one thats not
really him. So there must be a duel between the two Monos at some point. And Im currently drawing that
duel now.
I love kenjutsu swordghts.
The length of the ght has yet to be determined. Maybe 1 page, maybe 20. You never really know with me.
Feel free to attempt talking me out of drawing my comic in your usually-sad-pathetic-wannabe-internet-way.
Which is annoying I might add. I doubt youll actually succeed. Thanks for trying though!
Gay. Truly gay. Uhp! Whats that? School bells! Class is in session. Dont you have somewhere to be thats
not here? Dont you have a teacher to fuck, girl?
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OKAY! WHO PUNCHED ME IN THE NUTS!!! Rise of a Webcomics (2012-01-16 20:50)
I took End Times down for a limited time (NOT FOREVER OF COURSE, people like my comic too much
to let it vanish), Had to get into like 5 seperate stghts with my webmaster to take it down. He really
wanted to promoted and didnt want to let my little thing go. But I got it back. Jeeze, I had no idea that
comic was such a big deal to some peoples BUSINESSES. But thanks, I guess.
The Hiring Process...Interview Questions.... (2012-01-16 21:37)
A: Do I like you. Do YOU like ME? Can you DRAW like me?
B: Can you work for free until there actually is any money? (honestly, I dont know why this question in
particular gets some young and inexperienced artists so riled up. I worked on a TV show, in what was
essentially an intern like position contributing writing content, wasnt paid a dime when I worked for a famous
anime dubbing studio, And Ive had voice actors do readthroughs for one project of mine and they didnt ask
for anything in return. He just thought it was a cool thing to do, and it was!, but for the show I wrote for,
my name went into the credits, as does any intern get their name credited onscreen who usually worked for
no pay. This is suprisingly common in the broadcasting industry. Experience can lead to money. Or at
least lasting work in the beginning, and a killer demo reel.
C: Do you love anime and animation and/or comics?
D: Do you know how to format a script or be an art director/voice actor?
These are the types of things you ask people you hire.
Surely there must be some college art and animation school majors interested in learning the ropes of
storybaording, writing for animation, production theory and tactics, and business administration, from an
animation studio standpoint. Central Floridas not THAT bad of a place to live. We have good burgers and
radio.
Anyway, yeah, starting my own production studio might actually work out if I save up some money to fund
it. But Im going to need to eventually interview and hire some writers, animators, and suits. Maybe some
art directors and storyboarders, if Im not already doing half those production jobs myself.
But yeah, I denitely wanna hire co-producers at some point, hopefully ones who understand the Euro and
Pan-Asian markets and their growing lists of potential clients. I could also use some form of an organized
support team research and writing sta. Im really gung ho about starting up an operation. Maybe start as
an indie comics manga operation and expand outward into TV Pilots at some point, assuming we ever get
the budget to handle such an undertaking. We dont discriminate. Cant aord to.
JM (aka James A.)
Unnamed Company
Gmail: [1]spindack@gmail.com
Twitter: @ManjiBlade
1. mailto:spindack@gmail.com
Spoke to a (media and defamation) attorney today: (2012-01-17 16:46)
Total settlement amount I would recieve if I WON my suit against certain media companies, collectively:
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Total Money Earned From Settlements: $295 million in loss & damages, IF I pursue them.
Not a bad haul actually. And honestly, it would be like suing Enron. It would be so easy to win that suit if I
pursued it. This isnt over. Not at all.
Stepping Up Security Measures (2012-01-17 21:54)
Ive never written ction over an extended period before. This is a rst for me. I might be writing more and
more outline sheets by hand from this point on, to combat Hollywood plagiarism and people who want to
release my ideas before theyre actually completed.
Blackouts over for now. Thanks World... (2012-01-18 21:19)
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CongressLookup?new=yes
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CongressLookup?new=yes
Bonjour, Zee French Science Fiction auteur comique booques. (2012-01-19 18:47)
Zey may look aye leetle scay-lay on zee suoce. But the interior artworqu is tres magnique.
The MYSTERIES and AWE-INSPIRING WONDERS of 3 a.m. cable TV.
(2012-01-19 19:29)
So, Im channel surng. Or I WAS the other day, when I saw the most incredible thing on TV. Tom Cruise
actually being a nice guy. Hes such a NORMAL and NICE guy. I cant believe how normal he looked in
his new reality show. Thats what it was: A reality show, and a damn confusing one at that. I was ipping
through channels, then I turned on MTV.
ME
Is that&Is that TOM CRUISE. On MTV?? Whats he doing there? I thought he was a jerk.
Tom Cruise on the TV is on the street, wandering about, walking up to random people, who dont actually
recognize him on the street
TOM CRUISE
Hi there
OLD WOMAN ON STREET
Oh hi. Who are you.
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TOM CRUISE
HI! Im Tom Cruise, and Im here to prove what a nice normal celebrity I am, just like you, the viewers at
home, or anyone else really. Would you like me to show you that?
OLD WOMAN
Of course. Oh wait, youre not GAY are you. I hate those GAY reality TV show hosts.
TOM CRUISE
Im sorry. What?
OLD WOMAN
I said GAY! Youre not GAY are you? I hate fags.
TOM CRUISE
FAGS!? Ill SHOW YOU A FAG
AT which point on screen, tom takes a butcher knife from out of his pants that was resting no his back, and
stabs the old lady, repeatedly, in the chest, leaving numerous open chest wounds.
OLD WOMAN
Geeeee!!!! Why god WHYYYYY!!! WHY DO I HAVE TO DIE LIKE THIS!!! What I ever do to you god,
huh, HUH!!!!
The old woman then vomits blood, and collapses face rst onto the concrete in a pool of her on blood.
CAMERA MAN / PRODUCER
You do&like. KNOW your on TV. Right TOM?
TOM CRUISE
Riiiight. TV. Yeah, TV. Im on TV. Livin the dream. Look, I gotta get the heck outta here.
Tom Cruise then proceeds to run o screen, down the street. Credits roll.
Im never watching you again MTV! Why do you fuck with peoples minds! FUCK YOU!
Man. I gotta stop watching Man Bites Dog. But I love Criterion so much!
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Boos and Hoos: Some Comics-Based Hollywood movies that are actually really crappy
by regular movie standards... (2012-01-19 20:31)
Nobody asked you, INTERNET!
1) The Dark Knight
2) Watchmen
3) Kick-Ass
4) 300
5) Sin City
6) Iron Man
These, to me, are overhyped by pro-superhero websites. By top Hollywood director standards Im pretty sure,
theyre pretty fucking bloated and retarded. Bloated scripts, bloated cinematography. Bloated everything.
But still REALLY protable, just like Transformers. Sin City and Dark Knight had MOMENTS and nothing
more. Id hardly call any of these anything more than bloated budget Michael Bay school of lmmaking
suckfests. I dont care WHO directed Sin City. It was sti and bloated. It sucked. If they had real balls,
theyd do a Sin City HBO animated show, like Spawn on HBO or something. The two are brothers in arms.
I dont see why not.
Now, now before you write me hate mail, ask yourself, do you want to watch a comic book movie (fuck no if
you ask me) that blatantly cowtoes and panders to the most mindless fanboy pseudo-ultra-nerd mainstream
demographic of loser stereotype, or do you want to watch a REAL movie that just happens to be based on one
of your favorite works of graphic ction. Tim Burtons Batman, AKIRA (the 80s anime), and Ghost in the
Shell became classics not by showiness, boastfulness Hollywood connections and Transformers/Matrix-like
theatrical Broadway-esque spectacle (i.e. business), but instead were:
A) Trying to achieve real art through lm.
B) Werent Transformers wannabes (Peter Cullens still the man. Michael Bay isnt.).
C) They had real directors with actual real visions that went somewhere, that built something.
D) They werent trying to be Transformers. Transformers is entertaining, the CGI and lighting is good, but
unfortunately its become the de-facto adaptation and lighting cinematography style of almost all Hollywood
so-called Junk-culture adaptations. These movies would be better if they WERENT so blatantly driven by
box oce performance, nal-box-oce gross gures, and an overeagerness to please the so called internet
critics. That wasnt even in existence in the era of anything made in 1995 and 1994, with Pulp Fiction,
Ghost in the Shell and essentially anything made earlier than that. There were websites, sure, but they were
NOT powerful, inuential, and destructive enough to destroy small countries like they are now, in the case of
the biggest websites, like YouTube and Twitter.
But the internet isnt the only important factor at play here. Comic book movies never used to attract the
MTV typical jock, bimbo, fratboy, John Stewart, Superbowl crowd either. Now they do.
And then theres that Im making money. And youre denitely NOT thing. Collectively even lower budget
comic book movies, like Scott Pilgrim make a whole boatload of prots, with the highest budgeted ones like
The Dark Knight making billions in Box Oce and DVD sales. Thats going to attract what I like to refer to
as The Greedy Celebrity Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll Excess crowd. Those people we counterculture types
love to bash and hate. You know the ones, the guys/gals Kurt Cobain killed himself over, Back in the day,
for lack of a better terms. Thats the kind of stu thats at stake here. But the Frank Millers of the world
arent going to tell you that. Its the truth of the situation though.
Thanks for reading, All of Hollywood,
-Sincerely
JM Strebler
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Good Warmup Exercise(s). OC Anime Design/Practice Doodles, by Me
(2012-01-21 10:36)
[1]
[2]
Once you get ONE anime face/head in proportion, not so hard to do it over again. These are my rst anime
heads outside of Mono that I consider to be in proportion to your typical anime in some ways. It actually
wasnt painful to draw at all, which is uncommon for me. Usually drawing well is a pain in the fucking ass.
These? Eh, essentially painless. Proportions are easier when youre focused and paying attention to what
your drawing. Being Mindful as Zen refers to it.
1. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-prtjb7x6lms/TxsFiMhWBPI/AAAAAAAAA0s/Pj_53wXVlKU/s1600/Anime+OC.jpg
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2. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xkF9RxIw7vw/TxsOddCNCII/AAAAAAAAA00/VauS13cHq-8/s1600/anime+OC+2.jpg
Yknow, kids. I may be old, but I also have a good memory. Goosebumps wasnt that
scary back in the day.... (2012-01-21 20:13)
Now lets talk about REAL scary stu: Cult horror movies and cult horror directors like Wes Craven.
Speaking of those, which is the more vomit-inducing and scarier movie?
Killer Klowns From Outer Space? Or the original Nightmare on Elm Street w/ Freddy Krueger?
Both I cant stomach, but I saw parts of each movie, and yes, they did in fact scare me shitless as a kid. Not
recommended for children. Well, not children like the kind I was anyway, which is to say mute and sensitive.
The Dierence Between Nerds/Geeks and Actual Smart People... (2012-01-21 20:35)
Nerd has become a poplular trend in pop culture. But because its become such a popular classication with
stupid as fuck models and actresses on TV, its lost all recognizability and respectibility. Being a nerd is
NOT cool in my opinion...BECAUSE the stereotype nerds we see ARENT smart. What smart things do the
douchebag actors on the Big Bang Theory actually say. Theyre self-hating self-defeatists, never uttering a
single word thats SMART OR INSIGHTFUL.
Cool Smart Things is what Im into, NOT being a nerd. The fact that people make up a social category for
it only proves how Darwinian its becoming to call yourself a nerd. Its like calling your self a jock. Youre
only there to chase the vintage Hollywood-actress-pussy.
Actual SMART people like myself. Now theyre actually cool. People with beards on PBS, the Science
Channel, and C-SPAN. Daniel Dennet, Richard Dawkins, Billy Gates, Michio Kaku, Dexter of Dexters
laboratory. Ken Wilber. Classic philosophers and authors from history. Albert Einstein. Grown men who
authenitically care about science and systematic analysis, without that pretentious empty sitcom or talk show
element to it.
Those guys are the denition of Cool!
Not some drama fag playing pretend, watching Adult Swim or G4 in a pair of Buddy Hollys. Thats the
opposite of cool. Its an insult to REAL intellectuals. Clowns.
Low-Budget Live Action TV and Video Footage (2012-01-22 09:58)
Live Action TV footage isnt Live Action TV footage without Hong-Kong style martial arts choreography,
directed by Hong Kong choreographers. Everything else is mighty boring.
Hyah!!!
[EMBED]
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Let me guess... (2012-01-22 10:25)
Awww. Too bad. Poor Bay-Bee! (2012-01-22 11:18)
[1]SOPA and PIPA postponed
Speaking of greedy and invasive, wheres MY money anyway, boss? Oh wait, thats right, you were trying to
use my salary money which you never paid me for my work for fund your precious SOPA and PIPA Bill!
Totally forgot! Thanks anyway! Worst of luck to you.
1. http://techland.time.com/2012/01/20/sopa-officially-postponed-until-further-notice-pipa-too/
Control Freaks on the Other Side... (2012-01-22 12:00)
I dont know if its some kind of twisted game, or people get o on taking their own control by attempting
to deny me power. I dont know why people try to push that bill. Its insane, just like them.
How in the world are you going to pretend MY power doesnt exist. Im already well aware of it. Its too
ubiquitous for anyone to NOT notice it. How in the world are you going to attempt to hide MY power. Its
everywhere. You cant hide something ubiquitous. You cant hide something thats everywhere.
Im well aware of the scope of my own power, on numerous levels and accounts. Most people dont have what
I have. I dont have a monopoly on power, and im not the only person WITH power, but I am well aware I
control the media and communications market, business, and medium. In General. Does the public and big
business media types really think Im unaware of this power level of mine? How are YOU going to step in
front of that to block my vision of it when its pretty much out in the open, pretty much everywhere we
go? Especially TV and the web. You cant go 20 feet without someone copying, quoting, looking like, or
referencing me. How in the world do you think Im oblivious to all this. Im not. Im well aware of it. And it
all started with the internet. Nice.
On a certain level, even though they are quite oblivious to the obvious sometimes, my familys aware of it too,
even though they dont enjoy talking about MY inuence (at all really), not half as much as my friends do.
But no, theyre not THAT stupid. They know whats going on with me and the media. Theyve admitted it
on numerous occassions. My family is gullible, but not THAT gullible, to think that the world and me have
nothing to do with eachother even though we look exactly alike. Gee, who ARE these people trying to fool
anyway. What you thought you could pull an epic PR plagiarism stunt and no one in my family but me was
gonna call you out on it. Doesnt work that way.
Welcome to Hell, Where You Are Welcome To Sell... (2012-01-22 14:41)
WHY should I have to conceal my name like its a loaded weapon or something again? Why am I putting
up with liars again?
Do tell!
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Super Fun Documentary!: Searching For Bobby Dingly.... (2012-01-22 15:45)
BLACK EXPERT AND GUEST COMMENTATORY
Bobby Dingly? Oh yeah, Bobby Dingly. Wayel, Id like to say I knew Bobby Dingly and tell you the
inspirational tale of his in-progress life story, but two days ago these people with cameras broke into my
house by shootin the lock oa thah front door, put a sack over my head, duct taped it up so I could barely
breath, toss me into the backuva van, let me sit there for a day, shihtin mah britches, then after that horrible
night of torture was over, they took my bag and tape o, shoved me into a Documentary Channel TV studio,
started lmin me right now, and told me Say somethin good about Bobby Dingly bitch!, and so I did. But
wait. WHO the HELLs Bobby Dingly! Did you make that name up? Why wont you let me on Wikipedia!?
If you want me to talk about someone on TV as an expert, you could at least let me look dey ass up ohn
Wikipedia!. Oh lawdy lawd!
Whatevs.... (2012-01-22 17:06)
Youd think with all the power I have in TV, one would think Id actually be able to get more actual good
shows on TV during the daytime. But daytime cable TV program scheduling is one of my LEAST powerful
areas. If theres one area Ive NEVER controlled, its whats playing on TV at the moment, during the day,
any day. Im actually pretty powerless when it comes to scheduling what plays on Daytime TV, When, and
Why it does. I have no clue how to control that. Quite the opposite of that actually. Its well beyond my
control. Im not sitting at some master control room. Nope.
Maybe I should talk about my art book thats about to be released.... (2012-01-22 18:15)
Eh, dunno. Its kind of the Sears Catalogue of Art Of books.
Thanks Internet (Thank You World Audience Speech) (2012-01-23 14:30)
A lot of people helped me get to where I am today. Thanks YouTube. Thanks to them, Im not worried
about succeeding anymore. I already have. We already have. They and I already have.
Because of my ingenuity on the web...
my engineering work has helped over 1+ Billion People in 6 Continents
(...according to estimates)
Youre welcome. Guess I was right after all.
If There Were No Oceans, If Earth Were Still Pangea, Wed ALL be neighors and friends.
(2012-01-23 18:39)
Its true. So very true.
People are less likely to hate, misunderstand, and not judge other people they know and live with, and often,
live around as well. The internet and technology travel across millions of miles of oceans, day and night,
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every day, 24/7, and because of that, people have become less afraid and biased toward one another. The
Internet increases communication, contact and understanding that transcend tribalism or entertainment, and
promotes understanding of our fellow humans, mending the very fabric of human culture.
Think About it.
I didnt get straight As in all my English Classes for nothing.
Older Journal Excerpt - Being Famous (2012-01-24 10:18)
Being a famous artist is a lot more restricting than I thought. If youre Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, youre work is
your prison. Your movement is restrictive, restricted, and limited. As a matter of fact, that doesnt just go
for celebrity artist. It goes for celebrities in general. Ive begun to understand what Damon Albarn meant
when he said In America, they box you in. Youre not allowed to act outside of your fans set of expectations
for you, and if you do act outside that line, it upsets the fans and they want to punish you for being a talk
show host or pundit.
Word Association (2012-01-24 10:29)
Words That Describe Me As An Artist:
Arrogant. Non-Spiritual. Secular. Unsteady. Unreliable. Sensitive. Iconic. Abstract. Aesthetic. Textural.
Lacking Condence. Simple. Ignorant. Sloppy. Lazy. Lost. Human. Grounded. Undisciplined. Weak-Willed.
Temperamental. Emotional. Blind. Lethargic. Afraid. Embarassed. Slow. Conspicuous. Heavy. Mechanical
Pencil. Shaky/Unsteady Hand. Fragile. Delicate. Beautiful. Mysterious. Guarded. Public. Ink Pens.
No money. Poor. Crappy. Simplistic. Detailed. Heavy (black). Black. Patterns. Composition. Bleak.
Gaunt. Macabre. Wannabe Virtuoso. Wannabe Epic. Auteur. Cinematic (sort of). Graphic. Filmmaking.
Partially Productive. Sometimes Productive. Unproductive. Vulnerable. Afraid. Mocked. Cyber-Harassed.
Cyber-bullied by envious people. Seniority. The more praised/discussed of the two manifestation talents.
Heroic
Classics From the JM Journal Vault: (2012-01-24 19:15)
My art confused and shocked my brother. He thinks the drawing I did today (5/11/11) was the fault of the
drugs Im taking, and admitted he doesnt see the person in it. That does NOT look like a person! he
shouted.
But its not supposed to look like one! Its abstract art! Analytical Cubism! It was a whole art movement
Pablo Picasso started
He then drew a stick gure on a small piece of paper. This is a stick gure. Its a person. Thats not a
person, he lectured rather loudly. You USED TO be able to draw people. The stu youre doing now is
just fucking weird and crazy.
Oh well.
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Aftermath of the 2011 TMhoku earthquake and tsunami: My Take on That Thing
(2012-01-25 09:51)
Before the earthquake and tsunami, it was always this thing where Every Young Kid studying animation and
anime on the side wished he could go to Japan one day.
After all this, is that Japan Tourism dream still alive, or is the industry dead?
Do people still want to visit Tokyo and Japan as American tourists and expatriates to learn about anime
and manga, after such a frightening disaster?
As for me, I might want to one day, but I have to see how the recovery plays out.
In the meantime Im going to Paris or China, heh.
Hmmm... (2012-01-27 19:40)
Yknow, maybe I SHOULDNT rely on piracy to save the day, every day, every time....
Nah! What am I sayin. Im a pirate, and damn proud of it. Why x whats not broke anyway....
If Adult Swim can keep relying on something as shitty as Family Guy for royalty money, instead of original
shows they actually created themselves, intead of, you know, Pirated Fox Show Licensing, I can rely on piracy,
too. Pretty much evens things out.
Fear, and His Much Vilied Little Adoptive Brother: Actually Attempting Things in
Real Life (2012-01-27 20:11)
Before I became an animation screenwriter professionally, Iused to be very afraid of writing for animation. I
dont understand the logic. How do I structure someone elses world in a medium constructed of artwork?
I would ask&until I wrote what is now documented by Historians as The Most Original and Complex
Animation Script Ever Written in the History of the Medium, based on my own idea. After a while it was
Hey! This isnt so hard! I dont know why I never tried this before! Im great at this! As an animation
writer, Im amazing! And now Im a screenwriter, when Im not a novelist or a cartoonist. Its always harder,
or looks harder until you try it yourself. Then its quite literally the easiest thing in the world.
Im a writer who just happens to write for animation too. I write the ideal brand of animation for adults and
mature adult audiences. Something not so childlike, infantile, simple, humorous, or traditional. I write about
all sorts of topics that would be taboo in a childrens program, which is why I dont write those. I write
about subject matter I either appreciate or understand. And things I nd cool and that apply to my own life.
Topics that fascinate me, or that come from my subconscious, which would therefore make it all me. In the
world of Adult and Mature animation writing, Ive come to realize that for all innovators in the eld of adult
animation, the subject matter and topics you write about (and what form you take to write about them in),
ultimately comes down to one question, if its innnovative and not terribly stereotyped. That question any
mature write must ask is What does it mean to be an adult? What is being an adult really about? Is it
about mindless sex and booze and working. Or is it about being a real, chivalrous, honorable masculine man?
Or is it about the meaning of life and culture and society and politics in general? Only you, the writer and
author of the screenplay, will determine that. Its an existential challenge. If youre truly going to write great
adult animation, one must rst decide and determine just what exactly it means to be an adult, and not
a child, which is a type of person who could never truly write an adult script, because theyre not entirely
in that state of mind (adulthood) yet. Adult animation writing needs to be written...by adults. Not teens.
Not kids. Adults.. Ive always felt the best mature animation is about more than just the alleged fanboy
fundamentals: Curse words, sexual content, drugs, blatant sadistic violence, and a snarky attitude. In other
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words, 80-90 % of what we see nightly on Adult Swim, sans the former anime lineup they did some years
back. Adult animation was originally just intended to be vulgar and oensive. I strive for something that is
at least a little complex and deep in content, story, and form. But yeah. Way back in the early days of the
rst pioneering American Adult Animation in TV and lm, it was one big party - sex, drugs (both on screen
AND o), violence (pretty much only on screen, if not completely), and rock and roll. Stu like Ralph Bakshi,
The Simpsons, MTV Animation, South Park. It was primarily animators and storyboard artists (writers),
and a few Actual Writers, doing things...because they could, a primal reaction, that the censors previously
wouldnt allow, because it had previously been targeted at families and kids, and you dont want kids seeing
that stu, lets be honest here. It was censored initially for a reason, because the older audience demographic
wasnt there in America in the very beginning, just in Japan, which led to sophisticated animated things like
Ghost in the Shell, and Akira. Which inuenced more sophisticated American Adult Shows like Batman:
The Animated Series, Spawn, Adult Swim, The Boondocks, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars, along with
some equally sophisticated childrens shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender on TV, Code Lyoko, Oban
Star-Racers, Toonami, and Thundercats
Current Favorite Book Im Also Making an Eort to Read? (2012-01-28 20:49)
How To Write Science Fiction & Fantasy, by Orson Scott Card
For everything you wanted to know about writing speculative ction, but were afraid to ask...
To sum up, Do you like the strange and exotic? Do you have powerful visions you cant control? Do you like
building your own characters, worlds, and universes?
Then read that book!
Being on the Losing Team (2012-01-29 10:41)
The Harsh reality? No American manga-ka, or American manga creator, has ever sold 1 million copies or
more of anything, pretty much. Ever. Manga made by Americans doesnt really sell. I dont see why so many
American artists want to draw manga and anime. The market points out quite obviously that world manga
doesnt really sell. Some of it looks pretty good, but for the most part no one really pays it much mind. They
never have. It makes a miniscule amount of money at bookstores. Its pretty much neither marketable nor
protable.
Battle - You want to battle ME? (2012-01-29 11:21)
Gangstarr (gang Starr) - Battle
{*scratched: What? You wanna battle ME?* }
{*scratched: Yo man, how much money you got?* }
{*scratched: What? You wanna battle ME?* }
{*scratched: Yo man, how much money you got?* }
[Guru]
I used to guzzle 40s, and own a beat up Caddy
Since the hood still love me, Ill turn the heat up daddy
I went from mackin y honies on the train
to straight relaxin on the beach, countin money gettin brain
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Soon as you rappers get a chance you wanna oss a lot
You buy a iced out watch because it cost a lot
Then you in the club, stylin with dough
Prolin with hoes that we boned, a while ago
You rookies havent done enough laps around the track
You had one hot single, but then your album sounds wack
Son you bore me with your war stories
You aint even do that shit, so thats just more stories
How you expect us to take you seriously?
The look in my eye punk, has got you scared of me
Im blastin your sons, Im snatchin your funds
You catch a royal ass-whoopin, youve been askin for one
{*scratched: Im bout to slap rappers around and bruise the game* }
What.. what? {*scratch: We thorough to the end* }
Yo man.. You know the drill
{*scratched: Im bout to slap rappers around and bruise the game* }
What.. what? {*scratch: You wanna battle me?* }
Yo man.. How much money you got?
[Guru]
Bitch you dont even know, the half about me
I bring it straight to your chest, ask your sta about me
Im just a little bit older, plus a whole lot wiser
I might advise ya, or I might pulverize ya
I can visit any city, get respect in the street
While you alone in your room, shook to death of the streets
Ill take a second to speak, I keep my weapon in reach
I aint talkin romance but youll get swept o your feet
I keeps a ghetto chick, that loves to blast and she peddle shit
Groupies fake moves, I get her to settle shit
You cant compare to the status right here
Legendary worldwide, we can battle right here
Listen junior, Ima tear back your wig
This aint TV but Ill show you what a Fear Factor is
Stop grillin me, and all that frontin is killin me
You leave me no choice but to hurt your feelings G
{*scratched: Im bout to slap rappers around and bruise the game* }
What.. what? {*scratch: You wanna battle me?* }
Yo man.. How much money you got?
What.. what? {*scratch: We thorough to the end* }
Yo man.. You know the drill
{*scratched: Im bout to slap rappers around and bruise the game* }
{*scratched: Im bout to slap rappers around and bruise the game* }
{*scratch: We thorough to the end* }
{*scratched: Im bout to slap rappers around* }
You know the drill
{*scratch: We thorough to the end* }
{*scratched: Im bout to slap rappers around and bruise the game* }
You know the drill
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Better Than It Was (2012-01-30 09:34)
Once I had it all planned out
My dirty ngers moved about
to make a mess of everything around me
Now I dont claim to know my way
I still run in circles every day,runnin around half blind
Life can be unkind
But its better than it was
Its better than it was
Oh, I complain very little because
its better than it was
I get to remembering we
had a lot more money then
to make a mess of everything around us
Now that money comes and goes
a bit faster than my condence grows
Everybody knows
there aint nothin new about money woes
But its better than it was
Its better than it was
Its better than it was
Its better than we ever could have wished it to before
It was bad awhile ago,better this I know
Its better than it was,
Better than it was
I complain very little because its better than it was
Better than it was
Better than it was
Better than it was
2.2 February
The TRUTH about Manic-Depression. The Upside: FOCUS (2012-02-01 08:22)
Doctors go on and on about how dangerous mania is, but they fail to note its benets.
Mania doesnt just give you a boost and energy. It gives the person who experiences it hyper-focus.
Why is more focus a bad thing according to doctors.
The truth is, people need a lot of focus to get a lot of work done.
And I have this theory that isnt really documented very much, but I am quite certain its true:
The theory is:
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Energy level and Focus Level are Correlated. Energy makes Focusing on Your Work, Art, Writing, and tasks
the easiest thing in the world.
When one does not have energy in their system, one is unable to focus. If you dont have energy, you WONT
focus, and will probably suer from depression, lack of focus, and high amounts of sloth, tiredness, and
fatigue, thus making it impossible to be a truly productive worker.
There are benets to mania. But its energy in general that benets our attention, focus, and concentration
levels.
Im okay, Im okay! I think my spine exploded, but other than that, Im ne!
(2012-02-02 15:36)
Just need...some...recovery time. Had a big day today.
[insert slogan here] (2012-02-03 12:42)
If I post ANYwhere on the internet OTHER THAN YouTube (the voice of the people), my views generally
fall on def ears. Nearly every time. Its fucking weird.
It was a beautiful day in my house outside. One of the most beautiful Ive ever seen...
(2012-02-03 16:15)
Normally, people just yell things at me. BAD Things.
But a few days ago, I was perplexed after briey leaving my house to get a whi of fresh air. I walked down
to my mailbox. I usually avoid all contact when I do this. And yet, for some reason I couldnt understand or
fathom, I saw this excited little 7 year old kid leave his house at the same time. He had a sparkle in his eyes
I noticed, even from three houses away. He was running down his driveway excitedly, and then it hit me why
he was so excited.
He was looking at...me.
That kid was excited to see Me! Of all people! It was like he was thrilled over nothing more than the fact
that I was out of my house, outside and he got a chance just to LOOK at me. Ive never seen someone, an
innocent little kid so excited and happy just to see me, from as far as three houses away. It warmed my heart.
Are people actually now starstruck by me?
-JM
Drama: The End (And The Beginning) (2012-02-04 16:14)
ME: Mom. Ive got a little surprise for you. Im moving out! Starting a new life, as an ADULT, on my own,
nally living the dream.
MOM: No. Youre NOT. You CANT. Youre NEVER going to leave my house! Youre my prisoner. You
know youre a prisoner of your own room.
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ME: Not for long. Mom.
MOM: How&DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU! HOW COULD YOU. I provide EVERTHING for you
EVERYTHING!!!!!! And you become a Hollywood CRIMINAL!!!!??? GET OUT OF MY SIGHT YOU
FELON! Im never speaking to you again! How DARE you leave this family.
ME: Yeah, well, sorry, but now I know why the caged bird sings. DEAL with it. (Walks out front door and
calls cab on his cell phone, never to speak to his family again after that day.)
Now that I think about it, yeah!....Yknow, thats right! (2012-02-09 08:24)
Now that I think about it, why are Americans deprived of ANY animation produced in Japan? Why CANT
there be a streaming website or HD DVD for every Japanese animated series and lm ever released. If all
(and I mean ALL, and not just popular) titles were available on Digital Disc and online on an individual
case by case basis, sales would probably go up, not down, considering websites often save production costs. I
WANT THERE to be a place I can go to see every single last piece of animation production FROM Japan.
Not just some of it. Screw seeing some. I want to see all! Any real anime fan does, too.
Google Chrome: A Review (2012-02-10 10:33)
Google Chrome is awesome. Its safety and privacy features are closer to a Macs level of functioning than a
PCs. PC security sucks and everyone knows it, or at the very least, everybody should.
The brutal truth of the matter is, Macs are 10,000 times safer than the PC operating system, just as Google
Chrome is 10 times safer from hacktivity than regular Google. Plus its free and doesnt cost anything. Now
Im never going back, even though I was hesitant to embrace Chrome at rst...
Favorite TV Show? (2012-02-11 10:57)
I like to watch the TV shows no one else is watching, or at least the ones it seems like no else is watching.
Most of the time, you can get by on rum and cigarettes.... (2012-02-11 12:59)
Other times, we must go without. Much to the detriment of the arts.
Well say! What do ya know! *hiccup* Now Im actually drunk enough to read 100+ pages of novel(s) Ive
written! Hey, not bad!
Why would I post ANYthing.... (2012-02-12 19:43)
.....when I can just sit around drinking and sleepin all day? Fuck the internet. Seriously.
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You know, many people like me USED TO think animeis a Time Warner thing....Its
not! (2012-02-15 16:37)
Yes, in the 90s and early 2000s, Time Warners Toonami and Adult Swim developed an anime monopoly
where the common knowledge was Anime is a Time Warner Thing. Wrong! Time Warner doesnt OWN
anime. Broadcast all the anime you want, legit or not, sanctioned by a real network or on YouTube. Theres
too much anime out there for one nation, city, state, network, or website to claim it. Anime belongs to
everyone, not just Japan and Time Warner. Forget those guys. If they stay in power, anime could die
altogether. They DID have power in the area of anime, but sometime between 2005 and 2012 when they
killed Toonami and stopped playing adult anime on any day but Saturday. Anime is good ANYWHERE,
with ANYONE, ANYTIME, ANY DAY. Its precious, its a commodity, but it shouldnt be selshly hoarded
by a few shortsighted broadcasting multimedia conglomerates, ESPECIALLY when they dont actually own
the Dubbing RIGHTS OR OR DVD Distribution Rights.
Drink it in kids. Anime needs us all to stay alive. Dont Forget about anime, and it will NEVER DIE. Tom
has passed on, but what he stood for still stands...
But really, I never thought YouTube should be a full on hate Toonami for cancelling itself zone. That was
unexpected. It reects a lot of pent up rage in the fans at being deprived of something so good.
But the thing is, Toonami, Adult Swim, and YouTube/Google arent all that dierent. Both make money,
both air anime, and both win fans repeatedly. They have all the popularity in the world with Otaku. Its just
that anime aired on regular TV is sanctioned and contractually obligated by Japanese anime and American
dubbing studios, licensed by them. But in a way, Time Warner is pirates too. After all, they broadcast the
shows to the fans at home. They dont own any of the DVDs other than the shows they comission, so CNs
money obviously isnt in merchandise or DVD sales. Its in their ratings money, which goes to their budget.
But that budget better as hell at least partially go to re-embursing costs of FUTURE anime licensing, and
not go to stu like, oh I dont know, Squidbillies, and other rotten shit like that? More of the studios excess,
in other words. Money made from anime should go to creating MORE future anime. That is the model
Osamu Tezuka set with his manga and Japanese anime studio, and that should be what EVERY anime
dubbing company, studio, merchandise house, and broadcaster should do..take chances on new properties,
but essentially bring us, the fans, more of the same. PLEASE! Im asking nicely...I am the Lorax. I speak for
Dr. Seuss!
AMVs. Whoa. What fun! (2012-02-18 12:04)
Just watched an old hidden Naruto AMV I have stashed away on my computer. The timing and rhythm of
the video was actually very fast and very good! I liked it a lot. I think I might shift back to AMV-making
mode again. You never know, I just might. AMV-making is one of my new favorite hobbies! I am kind of the
King of YouTube. Wouldnt hurt to contribute to the already healthy AMV culture on there I guess.
Heres what you need to make good AMVs:
Songs that DONT suck. A good taste in music and a good music collection.
Ripped anime footage. From actual good anime.
Rhythm and Timing (you should really understand this part of music education if you want to make
music videos)
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Good nonlinear video editing software (know how to use it, read the tutorials and learn how. Either
buy the software or download it)
[Master Has Spoken, Kids!]
WHAZ GOOWD NYUGA?? WHAZ REELLY GOOD! Grab ya popcorn
(2012-02-18 14:10)
Ill tell you whaz good. KILL BILL: VOL 2. The lesser seen sequel to the rst movie! Hellz yeah! Thanks
Spike TV! Play more wuxia.
I saw volume 1 a long time ago in the theatre in 2003. Glad theyre airing pt. 2 on TV more. My laziness
kept me from searching for it on Netix.
If the adult-type channels on TV like Spike, AMC, MTV, VH1 Classic, Ovation, The History Channel, The
Science Channel had better stu to air, and actually aired it, Id watch those channels INSTEAD of CN or
Nicktoons. Im tired of watching kiddy networks nonstop. Kinda makes you feel like a loser after a while
when you realize many of the quirky kids shows are actually more annoying, less deep and less mature and
sophisticated than the adult shows. Whatever ever happened to older demographic TV for smart adults?
And not just adolescent crudeness and chauvanism. Sorry, but REAL men dont party. Thats for children,
kids and boys and twerps. Piece of shit teenagers. REAL adults discuss current events, drink in their home,
alone. Watch their video collection. Sound familiar guys? I thought so, men.
You know, I noticed something...about Wikipedia. Anyone else catch this?
(2012-02-18 19:44)
When you look up animated series on Wikipedia, every country has a broadcaster listing BUT Japan. What
are the main broadcasting channels of anime in Japan that have aired all these famous anime. Do you know?
You might want to ll that info out on that list then.
Regions. Goddamned Fucking Regions... (2012-02-18 20:14)
Part of the thing I dont like about traditional general mediums like TV and DVD, is that, when content is
distributed digitally on the web through sites like YouTube, or on another website, the signal is universal,
and not hindered by regional technological blocks vaguely referred to as region coding. With YouTube and
Funimation.com, you can watch stu at the same time as people in Japan and France, Britain, Canada, South
America, and Germany. All the major players in animation on a world scale. Region coding on DVDs and
localized signals or broadcasts of TV broadcasts blocks people in America from seeing whats really getting
played on TV in another country instantly, and vice-versa. The internet is a truly international broadcasting
tool, in terms of how its used on sites like YouTube. Local and National TV is like Radio. We only see
whats local. Not whats international. It sucks that its divided like that!
Take good old Huntik for example, just now being seen in Canada online.
Simulcasting just might be a solution to such a cultural-technological divisiveness problem.
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IFRAME: [1]http://www.youtube.com/embed/Y74ucOrGFU8
1. http://www.youtube.com/embed/Y74ucOrGFU8
Best Software for Editing an AMV (anime music video)...Final Cut Pro and Pinnacle
Studio 15. (2012-02-19 11:00)
If you have a lot of money, Final Cut Pro is the Hollywood standard of editing.
I dont really recommend Windows Movie Maker, as its not good at synchronizing shot clips.
Probably the best kind of editing software would be the current version of Pinnacle Studio, Pinnacle Studio
15.
It can be found here: [1]CLICK HERE
The reason I like Pinnacle 15, is because it divides each video camera shot, or clip individually. Theyre
pre-cut in certain ways, so it makes it easier to mix and remix together various camera shots with other shots.
I edited what is probably my most famous video, Anime Megamix 1, on Pinnacle software. It really makes
each cut seamless, and makes a PC-based editors job a whole lot easier and simpler. The current version
of Pinnacle (15) is around $50 bucks, but if youve devoted your life to making a hobby of amateur anime
remixing and re-editing like I have, youll probably nd Pinnacle to be well worth the cover price, once you
get the hang of it. You can also author DVDs on Pinnacle software, if Im not mistaken, but Im not sure if
its Pinnacle Studio 15 that does that, but one version of Pinnacle DOES author DVDs, so that way if you
want to, you can give copies of your AMV work, on a few DVDs youve made, to friends, as gifts, like I do.
So yeah: For Editing AMVs: [2]Pinnacle Studio Pro 15
For authoring AMVs to DVD for gifts: [3]Pinnacle Dazzle Video Creator Platinum
1. http://pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Products/Consumer+Products/Home+Video/Studio+Family/Studio+HD+15.htm
2. http://pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Products/Consumer+Products/Home+Video/Studio+Family/Studio+HD+15.htm
3. http:
//shop.avid.com/store/product.do;jsessionid=16D1FF5C47FC9AF2E682D7F41D626D78.ASTPESD2?product=325095936940048
Started a FaceBook account today (2012-02-20 17:03)
Over at [1]here.
1. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003508939754
Time-Consciousness; Time-Conscientiousness (2012-02-23 12:56)
I didnt notice it until recently, but in terms of my drawing process, Im actually probably incredibly
unconscientious of the amount of time I spend drawing, and the amount of time I spend on each drawing
and illustration. I mean, Im sort of aware of how much time Im spending on each drawing, but I just dont
know on a more quantied and specic level. This is because time tends to stand still when I draw.
So I decided to download a digital stopwatch, and have begun timing how long each sketch and drawing takes
to complete. some take a few minutes, like my sketch archive. Some take 2-3 hours (the most detailed ones).
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My workdays for actual art production in the past have been short. I think being more time-conscious will
increase the amount of time I spend on my art process.
People yelling stupid crap at me, laughing at me, mocking me, talking down to me,
ignoring me...you know. Stupid shit like that.... (2012-02-23 14:40)
I drink and smoke, mostly just to forget about that kinda shit. Id rather get cancer than remember the kind
of bullshit Ive had to deal with in interacting with other people....Fuckin assholes.
Not really ashamed ah bein ugly... (2012-02-23 21:44)
Were ALL ugly in American TV animation. And we LIKE it that way. I dun wanna be pretty!
I gotta hand it to LucasFilm. At least theyre actually honest, and not LIARS like some
people in art.... (2012-02-24 17:54)
At least LUCASFILM isnt running around trying to convince the world they came up with MY OWN
DESIGN(S) before I MYSELF DID, unlike SOME anime artists...
I gotta hand it to LucasFilm. At least theyre actually honest, and not LIARS like some
people in art.... (2012-02-24 17:54)
At least LUCASFILM isnt running around trying to convince the world they came up with MY OWN
DESIGN before I MYSELF DID, unlike SOME anime artists...
Anime and Art (2012-02-24 19:17)
The best example I can think of that reminds me of how people react to anime and manga now in the art
world, would be Cubism. Cubism is Western. Anime ( &) Manga are Eastern. But location matters very
little. Key point is, theyre both art. Both made a lot of money in the same time they were appreciated and
known about in.
The biggest criticism both schools of art faced (aesthetics aside) is that they both had many detractors that
said they werent real art. BUT, the same thing was said about Walt Disneys work in his early cartooning
and animation career, and look how that worked out. Manga is cartooning. Anime is both design-based
animation and lmmaking.
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This is Japan kid. We dont know how to do Black Goth here... (2012-02-26 08:30)
You could never do a Jhonen Vasquez or Ted Naifeh comic book in Japan. Not like how you could in America.
Black will always be considered villainous in Japan. In the 90s, half the countercoulter was goths who listened
to metal music about murder, violence, and suicide. The anti-hero is a Western hero. The Japanese know
NOTHING of real anti-heroes. In Japan they have a belief-Fail in terms of realizing Black is Good.
Pure-heartedness is not the only element of aesthetics that matters, and I say this as one of the more
pure-hearted. In my earlier years, my life and heart were so incredibly pure and white at the beginning of my
life that during my adolescence, I found myself very in love with the dark-hearted Black Noir Goth aesthetic
side of life. When I was a child, everyone, my parents, family, teachers, classmates, and friends, couldnt
stop talking to me about how pure, innocent, kind, happy and light I was. They all admired the innocence
and purity they perceived in my heart, because I never got in trouble for anything. It got kind of boring
to me after a while, always being viewed by others as innocent, justied, and good, Are you an angel?
one frightened old woman in a hospital once asked me, when I was staying at a hospital once and had been
singing to myself in the other room when she overheard me, apparently mistaking me for a real life angel.
Made me yearn for something a bit darker and more macabre and especially black. Something that wasnt
really what I was in real life, but that I found cool, and stylish anyway.
Then again, maybe its the dierence between the collective psyches of the United States and Japan. I guess
the worlds perennial hero (America) simply reacts dierently to power colors than the worlds perennial
victim (Japan). Or SOMETHING like that, I guess.
Pig (2012-02-26 19:28)
Chinese Pig Zodiac people need to focus on their daily work and do not make any unforgivable mistakes,
otherwise (or else) your competitors will take advantage to ruin your reputation.
Chinese Horoscope
Ladies and Gentlemen! And a lot more Gentlemen than Ladies! (2012-02-26 19:50)
They respond to you, and therefore you have power over them. You forced their hand to speak and announce
things, without even having to really even try very hard. They have no power. Not when theyre the ones
scurrying around like roaches and rats exposed to light, to react to what you say and not the other way
around.
BOOM! BOOM! (2012-02-27 16:03)
Oh no! Giant footsteps! The GIANT found me!!!
fwup fwup fwup fwup fwup ccrrrrUMM EEEEERRRRRRRRR CRASH!
Oh no, he just destroyed the ghetto copter that was ying over my house. Not GIANTS! I HATE GIANTS!
Im scared of GIANTS! Im allergic to them!
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A Little Book Promotion (My Own) (2012-02-27 17:05)
OK, heres the breakdown.
In the beginning of February, this month, I self-published my rst book, an art book, [1]Art: Manifested by
J.M. Matthews. Published through Greater Amazons and Barnes & Noble online outlets everywhere.
Heres the [2]Ocial Press Release
So far the book has been in various news write ups 16 times, at least according to my co-publisher.
Anyone can buy a copy of the book. Im happy if anyone owns my publishing work.
Available now.
Enjoy!
-J.M. Matthews
1. http:
//www.amazon.com/Art-Manifested-J-M-Matthews/dp/1469950332/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328496947&sr=1-1
2. http://www.prnewschannel.com/2012/02/15/
eclectic-range-of-artwork-inspires-artist-to-create-book-of-his-drawings-sketches/
2.3 March
So.... (2012-03-01 18:18)
Been arguing with my bodygaurd, er, I mean older brother recently. He really needs to nd his own place to
live...eventually. Its cool that he always wants to share his rearm collection with me. Its cool and all, but
yknow, time to man up, bro. Thats what we (his family) keep telling him anyway. Hes a man like me I
guess. But youre not a full edged man until you own your own place in some way. Thats just my opinion
though.
The Only American Manga-Ka Anyones Heard of (2012-03-02 09:31)
Nyanko-Chan
Piro
Felipe Smith
Lindsey Cibos
Jared Hodges
Paul Pope
Adam Warren
Svetlana Chamakova
Bryan Lee OMalley
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Its ACTION TIME! OEL Action Manga Prop Study! (2012-03-02 16:14)
[1]
Random Handgun study, for an OEL Action Manga series Im working on...
1. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wUabh6g81eI/T1FiTcxJF-I/AAAAAAAAA4Q/plS3geixO9w/s1600/Manga+Gun.jpg
News: Art: Manifested, My Book, Now Available Online at Amazon Japan
(2012-03-02 17:29)
This is the rst time anything Ive ever published has ever been distributed ocially in Japan, in anyway
whatsoever. Pretty exciting for me, when I think about the fact that Ive wanted to draw manga for a long
time now. This technically is an art book with manga sensibilities, so I think some manga fans in Japan
interested in the designs of American Cartoonists and Designers might dig it.
[1]LINK AVAILABLE HERE
Pleasant Night People...
1. http://www.amazon.co.jp/Art-Manifested-J-M-Matthews/dp/1469950332
OEL U.S. Publishing Market (2012-03-03 02:52)
Me myself? So far Im primarily, if not entirely, self-published.
However, if you like to draw Manga and live in North America, though Tokyopop, the number one publisher
of OEL Manga folded, there are still places that will publish American manga-ka. Two main names that
come to mind (who publish world and OEL manga) are Seven Seas and Yen Press. Im sure they still get at
least some submissions, if not a whole lot. And Self-Publishing through CreateSpace or Lulu to develop a
portfolio of books is also another way to go about breaking into American manga.
But the most important part is that you at least try to draw every day if possible (even after your published),
and put a lot of time into your drawings. Manga isnt AS hard to draw if youre willing to invest the time
needed to draw the amount of detail manga requires.
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New Background Design: Science-Fiction (2012-03-03 18:13)
[1]
1. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--Bj4ps-PvX4/T1LPsfvtfRI/AAAAAAAAA4s/7wMGKM-zbDs/s1600/Patterns+Architecture.jpg
TECHNICALLY, Im not ocially for or against ANYone really. I react to other people
BASED ON how you treat ME, rst and foremost.... (2012-03-04 13:27)
Hell, Ive ranted about Viacom when it sucked plenty of times, but even Viacom has done its share of good
in the past, animationwise. They employed my boy Jhonen at one point, and as an executive produceer he
hired one of my favorite production designers in all of animation, Corey Senderov Jackson who did much of
his best work on Zim. Sadly, Coreys site is down and he vanished. No one knows what the hell happened to
the guy.
Respect is earned by Loyalty,
You WONT HAVE TO BEEF WITH ME if A) You dont say may name, like an idiot, and B) you show
respect and loyalty, the same way I do to everyone else. Respect is not a 1 way street. Especially not with
me.
Sheeyut! Bitch, Im So Famous.... (2012-03-04 14:14)
Bitch, Im so famous, I dont even NEED PR to be beloved and famous. Bitch Im so famous and in demand,
I have an instant audience of 50,000 marketing moles broadcasting my messages just by TURNING ON MY
COMPUTER, without even GOING ON THE INTERNET. BITCH!
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BITCH! TOP THAT!
Thats right. Youll NEVER top my DIRECT AUDIENCE communication. People are beating down the
doors of my house on an HOURLY BASIS just to broadcast and hear what I have to say! BITCH!
BITCH, Im so ICONIC... (2012-03-04 14:28)
Bitch, Im so iconic you may as well already be broadcasting the contents of my computer screen on the
JumboTron 500 in Time Square. Why would that be any dierent than how famous I am now?
Fuckin IDIOT!
So THIS... (2012-03-04 15:17)
IFRAME: [1]http://www.youtube.com/embed/kJO9vsjvUbg
...Is now whats being Broadcasted Live and Uncensored by, by moles?
...on all the BillBoards of Times Square?
Like, WOW! I, like, totally DIDNT know that! Thats actually pretty cool.
Yup Looks like Everybody is aware...
of the DragonBALL Z Kai OP!
[2]Huh huh huh. MOLE. Heh heh heh
1. http://www.youtube.com/embed/kJO9vsjvUbg
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(espionage)
Business Term I thought of: Reputation Franchise, Reputation Brand. The Ultimate in
Self-Promotion (2012-03-05 09:30)
While, true, my real product is not a bestseller, and I dont own a media franchise, I own my likeness, and
reputation, which can be a Franchise and a Brand unto itself!
Want proof:
I have prominent personal and public accounts active and established on a whopping SIX (6) out of the TEN
(10) Most Popular Sites In the World, Out of the Entire Internet and World:
Google. Facebook. YouTube. Blogspot. Twitter. & Amazon
My reputation is in peoples thoughts, if nothing else, so I have a certain amount of mindshare online. Thought
Equity is VERY valuable to me.
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CHANGE: We ALL want and need change in our lives.....But Change does NOT come
easily. It never has. (2012-03-05 11:12)
Listen otaku. I know how much we anime and animation fans and aspiring professionals want and pray and
wish and hope for active change in our lives. But I learned something important today that changed my
outlook, on human nature.
Human nature doesnt change, especially not quickly.
Heres how you can answer ANY question about your future (says the psychic).
Lets go with the question Where will I BE in my life 10 or 20 years from now?
Where youll BE... Where your destiny will take you is probably exactly where you already are...UNLESS
some radical shift in the market happens, but even then its doubtful everything, from human nautre to most
peoples life and career path, will actually change that much.
Bottom line:
Wherever you are now is where you will be 10 to 20 YEARS from now as well
(95 % of the time)
Id love to be all idealistic and preach radical change, but radical change isnt realistic. How things are now,
is! Do what you already can do, not what youve always wanted to do. It will be much more likely to pay
o doing what you already know how to do or are already doing. Theres plenty of tactics for change that we
already KNOW how to do, thats available to us, but were ignoring it in favor of idealistically dreaming and
fantasizing about ourselves in the so-called Ideal Future. The future builds on the present, not the other
way around.
Its the Newtonian Law of Inertia as applied to idealism and Taking Action Socially or in terms of Work and
Career. Dreams in motion tend to stay in motion. Ambitions action at rest tends to stay at rest.
We want things to change, we WANT to change our ways, we WANT to change our lives, and transform our
lives and habits, but unless we do small things now and take the initiative with the resources available to us
NOW, those hopes will NEVER be realized. 4 Yer Healthhhhh
One of the best things you CAN do, if youre feeling stuck or stranded, as I have felt much of the time, is not
to be complacent, but focus on the work and labor you CAN do. Exploit and prot from the strengths YOU
ALREADY HAVE, stop focusing on the talents you think you might one day want to have, or eventually
MIGHT have. Idealized assets do nothing more than distract us from our tangible ones we actually do have
that we can all build upon.
Has Late Night TV and the Overnights on Cable TV Always Been This MORBID?
(2012-03-08 20:47)
If you browse through a digital cable TV program description listing on all the academic and grown up
channels, a good 1/3 of them will have all this morbid crap written into show descriptions. Everywhere you
look, its almost just like reading a black death metal and/or gangsta-rap lyrics sheet:
Everything listed reads like crime, justice, law. Deranged neighbors, deranged people, deranged family
members. Murder murder suicide murder. Homicide, rape, pandemonium and destruction. Death terrorism,
death, death, death, sex change operation, kill, kill, kill.
Is this supposed to be the New American Dream were selling on TV. All this morbid crap. Kill and torture
and mutilate everyone regardless of gender or age? Kill Thy Neighbor.
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ALMOST As bad as daytime reality TV shows and sitcoms. Daytime is gross and tasteless and crass and
cruel and chauvanist. Nighttime is just morbid crap. Oh boy! What fun! Suering! Sounds like such fun,
TV!
Get a clue.
What kind of anime fan are you? (2012-03-09 17:21)
I represent the kind of anime and manga fan who aspires to make his own version of comics at some point.
Not one day, because that day is today, not some day in the distant future! Theres nothing stopping me
from drawing comics right here, right now. When you graduated school a long time ago you tend to have
that kind of freedom.
How To Categorize My Comic Book (&/or) Manga Work.... (2012-03-09 17:40)
Well, rst o, Im an American born and based Cartoonist of ambitious sequential art projects of various
type, genres, and styles. I write my own stories, but Im also a general, illustrator, author, and writer, as Ive
already written a 6,000 page journal, and a 200 page art book, the latter work being sold on Amazon.
I love manga, and its denitely the in thing right now. I believe Americans can draw manga like the
Japanese do in certain ways (perhaps not in terms of culture), but at least in terms of format, style, design,
storytelling, and pacing.
I do hope to draw trans-genre comics that can be interpreted either way. The artwork I produce is in black
and white primarily, so it could either be an independent American comic book series, OR a manga series, as
both are in black and white, going for a kind of goth-noir Frank Miller meets Jhonen Vasquez artistry thing.
Other characteristics of my work that appeal to both manga and comics fans is the action elements. Lots and
lots of action like Shonen Hero Books, and then theres the science ction, cyberpunk element, and depth of
eld in certain instances, as well as an illustrative quality, with many full page stand alone images.
I didnt set out to draw this way. This is just what emerged from my sketchbooks, over time.
Hmmmm... (2012-03-10 07:12)
I wonder who [1]Nicole is...Oh wait! I remember now, shes the on thats hotter than you other girls reading
this.
Just a former gal pal. You know, nothing out of the ordinary. Well, shes been my gal pal at one point,
borderline romantic. Nothin special. Just a hot girl I used to spend time with in art school.
Now I know its going to give some faggots a sad bear face when I say this, but
SHES 30. And shes NOT yours. Yep, shes mine. Back o. Ill save the real freaks for you. I know you like
freaks.
Ok. Discussion over.
1. http://www.myspace.com/photoport
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UPDATE TIME! Keep your eyes pealed (2012-03-10 10:49)
Its Saturday. Ill PROBABLY be doing a Moebius mini-essay write up later today, as Moebius has been a
STRONG inuence on me and my work as a cartoonist during these last few years. His very recent death
must signify something, though Im unable to derive the big picture out of his passing as of today.
-J.M.
R.I.P. - Moebius (2012-03-10 12:36)
Jean Henri Gaston Moebius Giraud
Genius
May 8, 1938 March 10, 2012
How does one Moebiuss younger and newer fans go about writing an article on Moebius exactly?
His Works in comics and production design for science ction lms, of which he became a visual grandmaster,
are vast and numerous. The art team that worked on Blade Runner took much of the inspiration for Blade
Runners city and architectural design from Moebius illustrations, comics, and books. As did George Lucas
in many of his Star Wars works.
Moebius primarily lived and worked in France, primarily in the subgenre of French Comics, but through
his vast amount of detail-and-imagination oriented artwork, he attained an iconic status among the comics
community, as one of the Grandmasters of Architectural design and detail, primarily acknowledged for the
most part by fellow creators, authors, manga-ka, production designers, and authors in France, America,
and Japan. While alive, he maintained open communication with such famous Japanese and iconically
respected creators as Hayao Miyazaki and Katsuhiro Otomo, both among many others of whom his work
inuenced&heavily. If its cinematic and hyperdetailed, chances are Moebius had a hand in its creative design
inuence in origin, considering he was one of the originators of the postmodern and contemporary detailing-
&-perspective technique.
Its not easy to quickly describe Moebiuss visual style, seeing as it encompasses so much and covers so much
ground.
For the last decade or so, Moebius practically went o the map, in terms of PR. Hardly anyone was publishing
new articles about him. Translated American editions and art books of his work have been notoriously
expensive and hard to nd online, let alone in a bookstore. I was well aware of Moebius prior to his death by
at least 2 to 3 years, which makes the timing of his passing seem all the stranger to me.
Moebius was truly a God, Pioneer, and Revolutionary of both comics and animation. I still remember rst
reading about him being described that way by Scott McCloud when I read Understanding Comics in the
year 2000 or so, completely unaware of how obsessed with his work as an artist I would become in my adult
years. But he was humble, and people do not consider him one of the egotists or boasters, precisely because
that is NOT what he is. With Moebius, it was always about the design, the architecture, the perspective, the
vision, and the art&for starters.
Heres to many more years and many more awakenings to getting lost in the imaginative and vivid worlds
Moebius created. Under many dierent names. Moebiuss literary imagination of Visionary Creativity in
sequential art, animation, literature, and lmmaking (for both television and cinema worldwide) (i suspect)
is destined to live on, for many decades, if not a lot longer, whether its in Paris, Tokyo, Los Angeles, or any
other world cultural megahub for that matter. When youre as good as Moebius was and is (and Moebius
was that good) history will not forget the legend your vision attained.
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How to Draw: Shoulder or Wrist (probably wrist) (2012-03-12 10:38)
If you want your drawings to have appeal and detail, draw with your wrist (Not your shoulder). Illustrators
draw with their wrist. Animators draw with their shoulder. Drawing with your wrist gives you more control
over your lines, and more control over texture and small details.
When I drew with my shoulder I achieved none of this.
What Im saying is, when youre drawing on paper, Wrist, not shoulder.
Some teachers will try to teach you the OPPOSITE of this method. But those teachers are ANIMATORS,
NOT illustrators, and that is why they prefer shoulder to wrist.
Bottom line? If you want real control over your own lines, draw through your wrist. Shoulder wont help
you, especially if youre the analytical, technical artist, high I.Q. type, like myself
Heres an example: I drew the Paul Pope fanart sketch rendition below through the process of ONLY using
my wrist, never my shoulder.
[1] I like how it turned out. Also... 2nd Attempt, drawn
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entirely with wrist (not) shoulder [2] Gendo
Ikari Wrist drawings help with line control, delicacy of line application, and textural control. AND....3 [3]
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I decided to take a stab at drawing Mono Jubei in a more American-Comics oriented style, which basically
means I dont care if it looks eloquent or not and can go abstract on the fabric, instead of conservative...
1. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2pkrXQe493g/T145hdgxKNI/AAAAAAAAA5U/ECwtFq6AceU/s1600/Wrist+Sketch.jpg
2. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9H9PTYdSpnk/T15IcU9cbHI/AAAAAAAAA5c/_wOhHxjb9l8/s1600/Gendo+Ikari.jpg
3. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EUBSnyBmTzo/T15S7mMCBkI/AAAAAAAAA5k/fKOzlBfPhd0/s1600/Mono+1.jpg
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Newest Costume Design - Ink Study (2012-03-12 17:25)
[1]
Based on the pencil sketch drawn earlier today. A mixture of Digital and Hand-based inking
1. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AYxIXR2yUVo/T16TwpMIZiI/AAAAAAAAA5s/UG5vHpXWIAw/s1600/Costume+Design+-+Ink+Study.
jpg
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More Anime Studies... (2012-03-12 21:51)
[1]
Probably one of the prettier portraits Ive done. From Neon Genesis Evangelion paperback.
1. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6LGALkHcIhE/T17SL_krNzI/AAAAAAAAA50/x2zzZtx6ymY/s1600/Eva+Fan+Portraiture.jpg
Twitter = Protable...for someone... (2012-03-13 10:06)
I do paid links. And I did get 60 paid link clicks from my Twitter account. Twitter is actually one of the places
I DO make theoretical money. From paid links. I dont know if theyll ever do Twitter Feed-Banners, but
they should. That would be hella awesome.
Sorry, my diagnosed entrepreneurial internet tendency is acting up again....
Business Model (2012-03-13 11:54)
Ive wanted to develop a animation- &-comics production studio and small business model (that deals
completely with independent comics, adapting comics to animation, international animation co-productions,
and digital media) for a while now. But to develop a business you need funding, and Im afraid Im fresh out
of that. So its a waiting game, in some ways. In the meantime I produce My Own Material, where I create
the material that may found and guide the sta of those studios and company (or companies) some day.
In the meantime, Ive done a few interesting things in my spare time.
In 2011, I was working as a freelance stay-at-home inventor-engineer, working pretty closely with a patent
attorney, ling for a patent. The entire tech industry is technically a form of American manufacturing.
Computers and Tech is a Giant of American Manufacturing. The patent attorney I worked with was employed
by HP (actually, he still is). My primary mode of communication with my patent attorney during the patent
application process for one of my inventions was by phone and email. In a way, in many parts of the tech
industry, communication, for how electronics gets made, is a lot less direct and in-person than animation is.
I in fact did not have to meet anyone in person, and I didnt have to attend any corporate business meetings.
One of the pluses of being a freelance inventor.
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SHONEN is for STRONG MEN who dont need that fancy stu. You call that THROW-
ING A MANGA PUNCH??? Thats not how you throw a punch! (2012-03-14 15:58)
THIS is how you throw a punch. Actually, a FLURRY of MARTIAL ARTS PUNCHES, to be precise and
specic...
[1]
Its a trick animators in Japan and manga-ka in Japan invented. This one of my rst attempts of an American
interpretation of it. Keep in mind, its a LAYOUT. I havent eshed anything out yet, like the circles. I call
this technique, Fist Mapping. Somebodys getting K.O.d, heh heh : D
Authorship Note: Please Note, if youre wondering where I thought of this technique, it came to me when I
analyzed one of the numerous series of VIZ BIG DBZ manga trades, towards the later issues, Akira Toriyama
himself used the technique a lot (for all I know, he invented it, or at least pioneered it), but I didnt realize
it was drawn that way until I real sat down, and studied-analyzed the ghting styles of DBZ. The Naruto
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Manga-Anime is also famous for this subliminal technique. I sense many American studios, if they nd out
about this technique, might also swipe it for their TV shows as well, and who could blame them. Its a great
technique, but I dont own it. Its like costumes. Its more of an Eastern Animation archetype than an actual
design form. Kind of like thin swords. Hard to do because many people dont know this technique exists, or
dont know how to draw it, because theyre so used to seeing punches and kicks move in shows like DBZ and
Naruto at a million miles an hour.
The Science of it boils down to a motion mirage. Instead of drawing one punch in one panel or cell or frame
like they do in Superman or Batman, etc., comics and animation, the comic artist or animator or storyboard
artists draws 2-6-7 moving blurred out (by speed line) arm and sts punching all in one cell. You THINK
the animation reel is moving a million miles an hour, but what youre really seeing is numerous punches
and kicks on screen at a time. If youre a new generation Shonen or Seinen artist in America, I recommend
experimenting with said technique and seeing what YOU come up with.
All you have to do to achieve this technique is draw a bunch of circles oating next to a warrior or ghters
torso, but dont draw the arm itself. Just draw parts of the arm and esh out the circles into sts, and
connect em all with speed lines as they call it in the manga industry. Not too tough to learn if you really
want to and/or try to.
Your Welcome!
1. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xx5eILMWcwQ/T2Eh_VzI3gI/AAAAAAAAA64/Y2qh_TK3dZo/s1600/2+Minute+Sketch.jpg
And NOW were getting to the GOOD stu....Water (2012-03-14 18:37)
Finally got to do a nished art. Well sort of. I could clean it up more, but I believe it demonstrates my most
recent manga ghting concept...
[1]
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You put water in a bottle, it BECOMES the Bottle. You put water in a cup, it BECOMES the cup...
Be Water, my friend
-Bruce Lee
1. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TbIjPDjRed8/T2FHrl3JcOI/AAAAAAAAA7A/jacNpoW3n_0/s1600/Flury+of+Punches.jpg
Why there isnt much Asian-related Academia in the United States, or Asia for that
matter... (2012-03-17 11:45)
Theres a story there, not many people in America are aware of. Theres a reason Asia does not have much
ocial academia of the arts (martial, lmmaking, or animation) in America or Asia.
It has to do with secrets and tradition.
In Asia, knowledge is considered Sacred and Mystical, in much of the past, and still to the present, not much
if any of the top knowledge of Asia was meant to be taught to dirty heathens, foreigners, or outsiders.
Asians teaching Asian academics in American elds is rare, precisely because that form of knowledge sharing,
historically speaking, was considered taboo in China and Japan. Teachers and Teaching of the mystical,
martial, and technical variety are considered VERY taboo to historical Asian culture. It wasnt until Bruce
Lee and a few others (in the eld of martial arts especially) BROKE the taboo, and taught westerners what
was previously secret techniques and sacred knowledge
On the Plus Side, in Retroville, on Boomerang and 90sAreAllThat.... (2012-03-18 22:38)
The original pioneering cable animations shows, Doug, Beavis and Butt-Head, Dexters Laboratory, Johnny
Bravo, and Cow & Chicken arent just back on air, which is a wonder in and of itself, but on top of all that,
theyre even in heavy rotation in primetime and late at night. Ill admit that element is pretty cool. In the
last few years, I was very vocal about missing Beavis and Butthead, Doug, and Dexter on various message
boards. Like, usual, I did my big or small part to make the miracles and magic happen on air.
So in a way, Mission Accomplished, at least on my part. Now if we could just get more action and adventure
and science ction fantasy cartoons made...
Jesus Christ I am so sick of seeing nothing but fanart.... (2012-03-20 09:03)
Why do almostn no artists draw anything original or make anything up anymore? Thats all I see online is
fanart and doujinshi of whatevers trendy in the animation and comic book world. Just re-interpretations of
copyrighted and pre-existing characters. Why do people think its so hard to make ideas up? Or characters
for that matter. Originality matters to me, thats why Im dissapointed nearly every time Im on an art site.
No ones using their imagination. Remember that thing?
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Well, there is a good side to my experience points... (2012-03-20 11:09)
End Times / Parallax / Chronicles, in OTHER news...
Im currently sitting on somewhere between 10-12 solid
storyline ideas for Chapters/Episodes/Volumes/Subplots/Whatever the hell Im going to ultimately call
it. At this point I dont know what the hell kind of medium or genre Parallax belongs to. Probably a bunch
of dierent ones. The good part is, its adaptable to ALL KINDS of mediums/media/genres. The bad part
is, its hard to pin down and dene, and therefore sell. I do see it as having the potential to one day be some
kind of media franchise. But thats not going to be for a while, if at all really.
Im independently developing outlines, scripts, novelization, character designs, production design, storyboards,
and some rough comics interpretation. Im doing a lot of the pre-production work singlehandedly, mostly
because Im a control freak with a singular vision for the whole series of books, chapters, and episodes.
New Studies From The Time Magazine Show That Obama Isnt to Blame for You LIving
With Your Parents, but rather the fact that.... (2012-03-20 17:24)
You never nished your fucking MANUSCRIPT AND FUCKING SOLD ANYTHING TO ANY-
BODY....primarily because Cartoon Network simply wants to keep selling you THEIR OWN SHIT...Not
mine.
There, problem solved. Your welcome, Obamacracy.
Not getting a whole lot done today... (2012-03-21 11:31)
Probably because I spent the majority of my time hanging out with my oldest friend, who Ive known since
preschool. He was visiting our old neighborhood today and was in town for a change. He moved up north a
while back. It was a nice change of pace. I dont have many friends, but the ones I do, most of them Ive
known since childhood.
This is a pretty Left Brained Art Blog, so... (2012-03-22 13:26)
Im making some adjustments. In the future, these entries will probably shift to something resembling more
of a visual mode, with more imagery I nd here and there.
Everything seems to be going digital in publishing.....INCLUDING posthumous stu....
(2012-03-22 17:55)
Decades from now, after or before I die, due to how long the manuscript for my journals has become, if it was
printed and published traditionally, it would look like a collection of Encyclopedia Britannicas! It really is
that long! Or very close to ending up that long some day. All my oine journals have been written digitally
and stored in a word processor on both my computers.
I suspect that due to how dicult printing copies of my journals in book form would be, it would probably
be better to publish them digitally online someday, years or decades from now, probably for SOME kind of
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historic literary and artistic online author archive. Everything I write or draw and scan onto a computer will
be available online some day. Have fun waiting around for that day to come.
[Ratings Report: High Ratings for this post] Writing Pictures That Tell A Story, Chapter
1, The Investigation pg. 1 (2012-03-22 20:46)
[1]
Word of advice to OTHER artists who see this. Dont read Blacksad, whatever you do. It will warp your
mind into scripting & drawing comics made of PURE AWEOME...Like this!
OK, now about the technical elements of my approach to creating this page. Between the years 2002-2012,
until THIS page actually, I had consistently tried (and failed) to draw a comic book page on computer printer
paper. Lesson learned. Computer Printer paper SUCKS, in terms of page and line and pencil led or ink
textures, and printer paper will FUCK UP your comic book pages. This is partially because printer paper
wasnt engineered for drawing on, it was engineered for printing ink patterns on. Printer paper = fail. For
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this page, I used a mechanical .7 pencil (thats right, it only LOOKS like ink on screen. If you scan a pencil
drawing to your computer in black and white mode, it tends to automatically look inked), and for my paper
I used the sketchbook texture paper I always used when using special paper: Strathmore Drawing Paper,
Medium Surface, ring binded. This page was the rst page attempt in this particular sketchbook so I suppose
Im o to a pretty good start. Bottom line, non-specialized non-art paper can really ruin a good attempt.
Yes, the right paper WILL make you a better artist. The Right Tools are important. Ive used the Wrong
Tools in my art for long enough to know how frustrating using non-drawing paper to draw with is.
1. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YDhB61EhVXw/T2vx44kPvDI/AAAAAAAAA7I/C7P5NDMl_Xo/s1600/Investigation+Pg.+1.jpg
Strategy in Comics Making Essentially = How To (2012-03-23 12:06)
One of the number 1 mistakes artists (including me in the past) make when attempting to draw comics and
sequential art, is thinking you can approach a page merely with talent and artistic vision and intuition.
One thing many young artists and writers overlook in their process and technique is the importance of
STRATEGY. What is strategy and how do you dene it?, you ask? Simple: A strategy is a technique, a
method, and a plan. Strategy is the HOW of things. When you look at How-To tutorials online, youre
essentially learning about basic strategy. If you dont have an actual PLAN you use, learn from other artists,
or make up to assist your process in constructing sequential art pages, you probably wont FINISH the
page(s), because there wont be anything cohesively organizing the components of your art.
Strategy = How
If you dont know HOW to construct a comic book page, you probably WONT construct a comic book page.
Strategy involves analyzing diculties and problems along the way, and problem solving by nding solutions
to problems that are stopping you from achieving your goal (In this case, lets say the goal is to produce a
page of sequential art). Bottom line? If you have a plan, problem solving process, and approach, or technique,
and know HOW to do something, then you already HAVE a strategy.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
I Speak in Zen Riddles (2012-03-23 14:06)
Im no longer concerned with animation and my involvement in it currently. For the moment, it could be the
Future, but as far as I know it also might not be.
Animation is the Potential of Tomorrow
COMICS is NOW. NOW Im drawing comics, NOT animation. The only way to truly embrace tomorrow is
not by concerning yourself with it. All you can really do is focus on what youre doing TODAY, in the Now.
And for me, comics are now, so that is what Ill focus on now. Ill burn that animation bridge if and when I
actually come to it.
Comics takes a lot of focus. Its a Primary Focus. Focusing on the potentials of a Secondary Focus (animation,
anime) really only detracts from the Primary Focus, which is comics. The more distracted you are from your
job drawing comics now, the worse of a job youll do, primarily because youre distracted by What Ifs that
dont apply to the task at hand. That would be Comics.
Heres how our industry works: Los Angeles was built on pre-existing connections. People who sell movies
and TV ideas generally already have industry connections. You know, people who work at studios who buy
and sell ideas.
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You dont already have connections, its generally a hazardous thing if you move to Los Angeles hoping to
selling something without already having connections and having done the networking beforehand.
So where does that leave you if youre creative, want to do creative work, but have no connections? Simple.
Thats essentially what the comics and literary industry is for: Books and comics are a perfect t for creative
people without connections (who go through agencies and publishers submissions process. Thats pretty
much how it works.
A) Finish a rst or nal draft of a project in book or comics form.
B) Get representation and publish and distribute
C) If producers in Los Angeles are interested, they buy the adaptation rights to your property from you.
The Investigation Pg. 2 (2012-03-23 18:54)
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So I ordered a digital comic from Comixology today... (2012-03-24 15:35)
The comic itself (Beyond the Fringe 5A), was great! I have no complaints for the comic, it was twisted
and good like a lot of things Im into. Once I get some actual real money, Im sure Ill start ordering from
Comixology and Graphic.ly more often...
Addiction to ME and MY FACE is a funny sort of thing...isnt it? (2012-03-24 21:05)
I like Cheese, I like Cheese, I like Cheese, I like Cheese.
Yeah, you wanna quit, dontcha! But you wont. You SAY you will, but I know you wont.
We all know YOURE fulla shit. At least in terms of quitting....keeping tabs on ME.
Yo Ho Yobbledee-dee, its the PIRATES LIFE for me! Yaaaar! (2012-03-25 12:23)
Thank you Bit Torrent. From now on Im watchin Anime at The Pirate Bay!
Yaaaar!!! Sgood fer ya! Yaaaar!
Building an American Manga...In 2012 (After the Bubble Burst) (2012-03-26 13:28)
Im an indie / self-publisher (so far at least)...Most people dont consider my comics manga, but they ARE
still comics, and I do derive tons of aesthetic inuence from manga and anime.
Because Im not really much of an actual popular creator, I dont get paid like some comics creators do. Most
likely, Im a Manga-Ka Hobbyist. Im not a creator of the commercial variety. Actually, I never was one
of those to begin with. Creators like myself are producing comics based on passion and drive alone, never
money so far. Creators driven BY money are nding it tough to produce anything OR survive, online or
anywhere else. But because I dont rely on prots of the industry for survival, I exist in a comics publishing
context OUTSIDE OF industry sales. Youll only do it forever if youre doing it (comics) for free. Which
I AM. Industry sales dont aect my productivity because Im not involved in industry gures or sales of
comics in any way really. Im getting older, but am I worried about quitting? No.
Ill be drawing comics and manga (more than likely) in 2012 and beyond for MANY years. The American
manga industry is only partially built on money, and its a very small amount. American manga is like
American indie comics. It doesnt rely on sales to continue being produced. Just encouragement, positive
reinforcement, and passion, and passion is the only aspect of comics making NOT in short supply of those
three things lately.
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Gritty Black Noir....arent really Eastern Concepts... (2012-03-26 14:33)
Its really more of a Western Civilization thing. Kinda like the PC revolution and alternative rock.
I knew my adoptive brother was strong, but... (2012-03-27 09:25)
Working a transient job...at a gym? Tough guy, eh?
Categorizing the Apocalypse.... (2012-03-27 13:43)
Theres the Black Death Metal Apocalypse, The Anime Apocalypse, Those Gay Assed Zombie and Vampire
Apocalypses (sellout!), The My Little Ponypocalypse. And the conservative nutjob Rapeture and Rapeture
Preppers.
Mmmmmyeah. I dont recommend those last three.
Did I cover all of them? Good.
Because Dragonball Z was and still is the most watched animated series in the history
of the world, that means 2 or more things, lets do the math... (2012-03-27 16:29)
If Dragonball Z is the most watched cartoon in the history of the world...
That would mean that internationally, Dragonball Z has the largest audience viewership overall this side of
YouTube, probably partially BECAUSE OF YouTube.
Therefore, if we do the math, we can deduce from the facts by putting 2 and 2 together, and we realize, because
DBZ is anime, Japanese television animation (NOT American) has the largest viewership internationally, in
the entire world. Anime often doesnt get the largest ratings in America, but because of the fact that anime
has such a large audience base worldwide, INTERNATIONALLY, not just nationally, that would make anime
the most popular form of television animation ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, IN GENERAL. There ARE
NOT American animation conventions, other than as a novelty sideshow at Comic-Con and the like.
So, thereFORE, if you want to create the next GLOBAL FRANCHISE (not just Family Guy or The Simpsons
or SpongeBob, or Disney), there are some elements you need to be familiar with that shows like Dragonball
Z mastered. First of all, the only shows that SELL to an international audience are in fact the only cartoons
that dont Lecture or or Talk Down To a Global International Audience. One of the least pleasant elements
of American Animation that can really make an American animated series BOMB internationally, especially
in Asia, is condescending and racist racially based stereotypes. Yeah, racism. Not gonna go over well in the
international world selling market. Animation with real international world credibility has always promoted
diversity and tolerance and compassion. Racist and Stereotypical American animation and TV writing and
acting and design is JUST THAT: Ignorant American shit. And thats Exactly how overseas viewers see it
too. But you dont have to take MY word for it.
A a show with a Worldwide Global Franchise Audience in America, Europe, and Asia (among other places)
needs to speak a global visual iconographic story language, and that language is:
Action. Adventure. And a sense of anime aesthetics (i.e. a visual and literary inuence) inspired by whichever
animes and mangas the creator and creative production team behind the show like.
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Aging and Comics... (2012-03-28 07:54)
One thing Ive always wondered, but never nd anything on the internet for is the question How old are
most professional comic book creators/writers/artists when they reach their goals, the start of their career,
or their peak.
For novelists, the age seems to be mid-life. But with many mainstream comics publishers and animation
studios in the 40s and 80s, the age seemed to be somewhere around 18 or 17, or 21 for some of the famous
comics and animation names of today.
Tis a mystery. Maybe one day someone will crack The Batman Age Code.
I know a lotta readers and otaku anime fans are going through that oh so LOVELY time of life we call
PUBERTY and therefore only wanna talk about AGE if SEX and SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS are involved,
but get your prepubescent noses out of the yaoi tabloids, girls! This is success and WISDOM and EXPERI-
ENCE were talking about here, girls. I know fans have NONE of that, but still, I cant help but feel age is
an important topic to address in terms of discussion of career success.
Gettin Older! Im With Adulthood. (2012-03-28 08:52)
Im turning 29 this year! Thats 1 year away from 30! Whoopity Doo!
I like getting older and being an adult.
Not going to be 28 until November though.
The Oppression of Success (2012-03-28 12:12)
Let me explain why signing a contract, for anything creative, would be a bad thing for me at this point in my
career. A Non-disclosure agreement for anything other than one of my inventions would make it impossible
to continue doing what Ive been doing online, which is shoot my mouth o, and post my opinions about
things. Just talk. When youre under a non-disclosure agreement, its technically a violation of contract to
talk about anything you make money from that isnt an invention made by an inventor (i.e. me). And my
non-disclosure freelance patent agreement I signed with my patent attorney last year when I was in the midst
of negotiating my potential terms, was just as airtight. But I never talked about it at the time, just as my
contractual obligation required of me said to do. I did my job.
You Lose Some, You Lose Some (2012-03-28 12:33)
Id love to buy a comp with a better security system against Intruders. But unfortunately THAT kind of
computer would cost over $1,000. I dont MAKE that kind of money. You need a job to buy a computer like
that. I dont have a real job either, so no computer for me...to defend against future threats to my livelihood
and reputation with. No job, no computer security. Theyre both tied together, and no one will ever just
give a person like me that kind of money or security. It really is a vicious cycle, technically speaking. People
attack you, and you want to defend yourself, but that costs money, and no one other than me seems to realize
money equals surival from attacks. Poor people like me have no defensive barriers, whether they want to
defend themselves from intruders or not.
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Pretty much how it works, folks.
$ = Defense.
The most $ People = The Most Well-Defended (for the most part).
I sure wish I could aord a Strategy Business and Social Defense Budget, but I guess thats just too rich for
my blood.
We dont need no water let the motherfucker BURN, BURN motherfucker, BURN.
(2012-03-28 17:57)
Burn
This world rejects me
This world threw me away
This world never gave me a chance
This worlds gonna have to pay
I dont believe in your institutions
I did what you wanted me to
Like cancer in the system
Ive got a little suprise for you
Something inside of me has opened up its eyes
Why did you put it there did you not realize
This thing inside of me it screams the loudest sound
Sometimes i think i could
Burn
I look down there where youre standing
Flock of sheep out on display
Saw your lives burned up around you
I can take it all away
Something inside of me has opened up its eyes
Why did you put it there did you not realize
This thing inside of me it screams the loudest sound
Sometimes i think i could
Im gonna burn this whole world down
I never was a part of you burn
I am the agent i never was a part of you burn
I am corruption i never was a part of you burn
I am the angel i never was a part of you burn
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Of your destruction i never was a part of you burn
I am subversion i never was a part of you burn
Secret desire i never was a part of you burn
I am your future i never was a part of you burn
Swallow down all that re
Why is it always... (2012-03-28 18:21)
so obvious that the ones most hell-bent on exposing others are also 95 % of the time the ones doing the
primary corrupted corrupting into corruption to begin with? Answer me that riddle, huh GOD!
Like the bible says,
its the Blind leading the Blind.
The Guilty Leading the Guilty.
And just how do you actually spell the word Blind anyway, as the talk shows in Florida ask?
You spell it like THIS:
Meaning
Uninformed and incompetent people leading others who are similarly incapable.
You mean I look Exactly Like Harry Potter, but with a Jewfro, Middle Eastern Person
Skin, and a light beard.... (2012-03-28 20:30)
Well WONT I be a hit with the ladies!
mmmmmm-hmmmmm. I wonder... (2012-03-28 20:40)
Considering how conspicous my presence seems in the States, I cant help but wonder if Id stand out more
or less in the oh-so famous and well known countries of Tunisia, Mongolia, & Morocco than I would here, (ok,
so maybe theyre NOT so famous) where everybody sort of AUTOMATICALLY resembles me on a biological
level. The most famous person from my descendents historical home town was Genghis Khan. Clearly not
a warrior, guy, whatever, to be messed with. Clearly. How do you explain somethin like THAT to people??
You DONT explain it. Thats how.
Lets move there and FIND OUT! Yeah! Im driving!
Sometimes I really HATE being adopted... (2012-03-30 13:30)
It often seems like my birth father had all the respect in the world when he was alive. Me I dont get ANY
respect, so on some level the ties to my real family have been severed.
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Today, I write like: Mark Twain (2012-03-30 17:22)
I write like
[1]Mark Twain I Write Like by Mmoires, [2]journal software. [3]Analyze your writing!
1. http://iwl.me/w/cfe536cd
2. http://www.codingrobots.com/memoires/
3. http://iwl.me/
Credibility is in the Eye of the Beholder: They kind of have credibility, and they kind
of DONT also. (2012-03-30 20:52)
That describes probably just about EVERYBODY working in showbusiness. Every successful entertainer
and media gure whos successful in any way, generally doesnt have credibility everywhere (no one is loved
by all people), but rather, some people have credibility some places, yet no credibility in others.
For example:
Seth MacFArlane: Does he make more money than hell? Yes. Has he been on Inside the Actors Studio, and
the Emmys? Yep. Do his shows have a viewership. Does he have a Wikipedia page? Yep. Could he ever
write a successful NOVEL? Doubt it. Could he ever make an actual anime, or have ANY respect from me or
an anime fan of most sorts? No way in HELL. Is he considered highly annoying? Kind of yes, kind of no.
But his shows are VERY Annnoying, but also VERY funny at times.
Cartoon Network: Does it have tons of viewers? Yes. Does it have a religious cult following among its fans
online? Yes Does it have anime credibility anymore? Open to debate. Certainly not as much as it used to.
Musashi Kishimoto and Eichiro Oda: Are they rich? Yes. Do they have internet fans the world over, and
more fan devotion than most creators? Yes. Do their shows succeed in America as much as Family Guy? I
like them a lot better than family guy, but then again, who am I anyway. It really depends on who you ask&
Obama: Republicans and Good old boys? No / Democrats and Blacks? Mostly.
So yeah, now a days, it truly is hard to have your cake and eat it too, even when your on the very top of the
food chain. Never forget that. Go where the love is.
Well, since the Naruto Shippuden dub aparently may have gotten cancelled from Disney
XDs Lineup... (2012-03-31 05:40)
Guess Id beter get crackin on buyin those DVD and manga releases, huh?
Outsourcing Our Animation: Not Really Necessary in Reality (2012-03-31 06:56)
Im like Pixar and Adult Swim / Cartoon Network. For the most part, I dont endorse outsourcing in
animation. The only reason America plays any anime on American TV in the rst place is because its to
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ignorant to learn how to make its own cinematic and literary animation of that variety of its own. Apparently,
American producers are too ignorant to gure out how an anime or manga could be made in America. Well,
American manga more closely resembles Japanese products than American anime does. Unless its French
with Franime co-pro, in which case the resemblance is uncanny
Generally speaking... (2012-03-31 20:11)
There are only 5 titles you need to know about to totally sell out to cool Japanese and American teenage
otaku kids online these days (the supposed IT Crowd), and those 5 titles would be...
Naruto
One Piece
Bleach
FMA
Dragonball Z
Just make a fanart or fan AMV of one of those and Youre In Like Flint! Yeah! lol.
The Hierarchy Works like this... (2012-03-31 20:24)
Most people, even the rebellious, while caring, are not free thinkers, are not leaders. They are followers, and
they consider whatever their favorite show is to be what leads them.
Generally speaking, if a cartoon show makes it on TV and has enough ratings, it will have followers
and fans somewhere.
If a comic book creator makes it past the editors desk and gets published in any type of mainstream
way, it will also have some form of popular following.
That leaves the people aspiring to do such things without much, if any real support from anyone. Its not an
easy road to go down, not an easy journey. But if you DO somehow make it to the bulletpoint side, generally
you wont have to try very hard to do much of anything. People who reach bulletpoint status generally have
everything handed to them. Finishing a project is hard. STARTING a project and seeing it through till
completion is even harder. Its a hard journey, and many are overlooked, but some do eventually make it,
assuming they nish a project and know what to do with it.
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2.4 April
April 1st, Midnight, Anime Excitement. A Day for History: Toonami: The [Adult
Swim] Run (2012-04-01 09:08)
So with no marketing whatsoever, other than 2 single posts on Twitter from Steve Blum and Lance Heiskell
themselves, [1]Toonami hit the air again as an April Fools Joke. But if it actually was an April Fools Gag
What an Epic and Dramatic one it was. Absolute Appointment Television. They started o with Bleach,
but then it got REAL serious when they started playing Vintage Toonami Shows like Dragonball Z, then
Gundam Wing, then all the rest(!), all their most famous, iconic, and highest rated show, and that is when
you knew it was on. That moment they announced the lineup of their old shows that WASNT listed on the
DVR DirecTV schedule was the moment when you KNEW it was gonna be a party, and not to leave the
internet or your TV in your room. Very well one of the greatest surprises in Television Animation History.
Easily one of the Top 5 Moments in Great Broadcasting in my Book. Im glad I was able to post a handful
of messages to their forums while it was happening, along with the 700 or so other people on the ASMB.
According to Wiki: The shows, order aired, and episodes: Dragon Ball Z #191, Gundam Wing #10, Tenchi
Muyo! Ryo-Ohki #19, Outlaw Star #25, Big O #1, Yu Yu Hakusho #110, Blue Submarine #6 #1, Trigun
#23, the original Astro Boy #1, and Gigantor #1.
If nothing else, this proves Williams Street could still handle doing a new, or perhaps new-ish version of
Toonami today or in the near future. Its left many asking if Toonami really is coming back to the airwaves,
which in and of itself would indeed be a Miracle. Ah hell, it already WAS a Miracle seeing it as a one time
thing, but it would be an even more Epic thaumarturgy if it really actually was permanent. And Im not
the only one.
Steve Blum is on the side of the fans. He too hopes to one day see the return of a Toonami series, but even
he doesnt seem to know whether the Toonami comeback has been temporary or permanent. Or does he?
Hmmmm.
Yes, I know its hard to believe this claim.
Thats why YouTube and Toonami Digital Arsenal have Proof!
IFRAME: [2]http://www.youtube.com/embed/YTEcjSQRn o
[Only Toonami]
[4.1.12]
[Adult Swim]
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toonami#April_Fools.27_Day_2012
2. http://www.youtube.com/embed/YTEcjSQRn_o
Daily Schedule (2012-04-02 12:16)
In terms of my daily schedule. Im a bit of a 1-theme-or-motif-a-day man. Ill nd 1 subject or area of study
(short stories, architectural drawings, noir covers, rough action poses, sci-, density, scripts, journals), and
will often only get excited in my studies by one or two major themes a day, and that will generally be all I
draw, the only thing or subject matter I draw for that entire day, for a handful of newly created pages of art
and/or writing for that day.
Today, for me, it was architecture buildings and drawings of buildings / downtown areas.
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Q: Any Advice For Artists With a Lot of Talent Who Want to Make a Living With Art?
(2012-04-02 21:29)
A: Yeah, rst and formost, WATCH YOUR BACK. There are a surprisingly high number of so-called high
prole artists just waiting in limbo for a random upstart (at least in their view) to ram into and get into a
high prole feud with, for the sake of promoting their comics and career with. Youre probably best ignoring
ALL OF THEM, and certainly dont devote time in your stories to them, as they thrive on negative publicity
and negative reaction from others.
Yup. Harry Potter denitely has the INTP Scorpio Look (2012-04-03 06:18)
Dark short hair, glasses, kinda nerdy but powerful. Kind of like Bill Gates (who is another Scorpio other
than myself with short hair and glasses), but with darker hair and thicker darker glasses. Thats kind of my
own look, too. Its mah brand!
Social Inuence In International Territory (2012-04-03 08:35)
Apparently if a 13 y.o. Japanese girl writes of youre artwork online Its horribly crappy, apparently they
really think the opposite, that youre the greatest thing around. Why is this? Well, if we look up social
inuence, and its sub-chapter, Culture on our good friend Wiki, unlike American kids and teens, Japanese
kids and teens belittle and show indierence towards that which they know everyone else likes.
As the article says:
Japan likewise has a collectivist culture and thus a higher propensity to conform; however, in a 1970 Asch-style
study, it was found that, when alienated, Japanese students would be susceptible to anticonformity (given
answers that were incorrect even when the group coincided on correct answers) one third of the time.
So in Japan, its opposite day EVERY day? Wow! How totally good, er I mean HORRIBLY CRAPPY.
I suppose cybercommenting is no exception. Ah, the weirdness and deception that is Japanese psychology.
Earnings... (2012-04-03 18:26)
Well well well. Made a not so bad amount of $40 from book sales so far. Primarily from selling spare copies
to my best friends and family who really like me. Im not worried about the commercial book market. Im
perfectly happy only selling to friends and family. For now. Some people I know buying copies is still better
than no one doing so. Thats my advice to indie authors. Sell copies, in person to friends and family you
know. If you know a lot of people (I only know some) you can make a decent amount that way.
Ha! Selling something to a network or publisher? Thats RICH.... (2012-04-03 20:31)
Id be surprised if theyd even bother to let me clean their oce toilets as a JANITOR, let alone sell something
as an author.
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Oh boy, how I LOVE those amazing shows! (2012-04-04 10:14)
J: Yeah, but, arent those shows kind of infamous enough to be the equivalent of if they did a modern day
reality series promoting the Red Scare.
60 Year Old Father: Theyre WORSE, actually.
J: REALLY! And youre not even my age. That IS interesting....! I knew I wasnt the only one who hated
that shit!
Father: Are you KIDDING me. Its GROSS. Theyre gross. That garbage is GROSS. Its SICK. SICK in the
Head. Its TV for sadists, for sickos. Thats who theyre making it for.
J: Yeah. I call it TV for sociopaths People who enjoy inicting pain and suering onto other people
entertainment. Youve been around a long time. Has TV always been this sick and WRONG and bad.
Father: Hell no TV hasnt always been this sick. You never even used to be allowed to show a kiss on TV,
let alone suicide, murder, masturbation, fecal matter, and statutory rape....
J: Oh man. What a fall from Grace TVs done. And now theyre losing all their money to the internet. So
its like theyre being sickos in an attempt to steal money from the internet. Just sad. Very, very sad.
Father: Of COURSE it is. And thats why its TV.
Awesome, Awesome.... (2012-04-04 11:11)
[1]Awesome, awesome...
Probably benecial to me, if I do say so myself. So I aint exactly complaining about that.
DISSING or slandering me online SHOULD be a crime. Id LOVE to criminalize people who write slander,
libel, and insults to me online. Id LOVE to see that day arrive!
1. http://techland.time.com/2012/04/03/arizona-looks-to-outlaw-internet-trolling/?iid=tl-main-mostpop1
Remembering the Olden Times.... (2012-04-04 20:41)
Been a while since Ive drawn anything, with weapons, in my Trademark style for public display. So here ya
go!....
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[1]
Checks Deviantart 2 second later. Did I manifest the inspiration for that somehow?
[2]awww Yea! Still a badass.
1. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4smIz5Py_FM/T30UTS46l7I/AAAAAAAAA8I/0pcUJIgEbwM/s1600/Mono+New+1.jpg
2. http://browse.deviantart.com/manga/#/d4v552u
Anime WMV TV Episode Garage Sale (2012-04-05 09:04)
There IS a huge market in selling downloads of individual episodes of TV shows from youre WMV animation
episode harddrive storage online, through sites like Payloads, if you know how to turn DVD episodes into
video les by the downloadable boatload (like I do), but due to copyright laws might be kind of tricky. That
is why studios really need to get on that whole Amazon-On-Demand style type thing. I dont think Id
have a problem with paying a dollar to download an episode of my favorite TV show to my harddrive
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Hey Hey! Its New Art Day! (2012-04-06 10:37)
[1]
1. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FhldK61fiAI/T38pqU8mQyI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/y7aecAkk3FE/s1600/New+1.jpg
Art and Time Management: How many hours working? How much time spent on each
drawing...? (2012-04-06 11:26)
On average, on the days I do spend an average amount of time drawing, my art workday lasts anywhere from
1 to 2 hours a day...
Upon timing myself with a stopwatch, most of my really good art takes 40 minutes to 1 hour per drawing to
do...
Any more than that per day tends to exhaust, stress out, and fatigue me a bit, as I suer from chronic fatigue,
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so Im denitely not the hardest worker. I kind of doubt I have the physical requirements or capabilities to
be the hardest worker in art. But I AM one of the most strategic.
The secret to succeeding in the art world....is to never quit. (2012-04-06 12:55)
You have to learn to not give up when you get hopeless, stressed, mocked, discouraged, dissed, intimidated,
lazy, fatigued, tired, lonely, or insulted. Most artists have a dicult time with art. And most quit. Most
artists who succeed are the ones who stick with it for their whole lives.
But never quit if you have aspirations to make it in the art world. Thats not even an option if you actually
want to succeed.
Just because you cant nd work as an artist, or arent being paid to draw, or just because someone doesnt
like some or all of your art, is no reason to quit. Its okay to quit for the day, if you want to take the day.
Just dont quit on the drawing lifestyle. Youll never succeed while your alive if youre a quitter. BAD! Very
Bad! Never quit drawing entirely. Take breaks. Take hiatuses. But NEVER quit!
The good part about being an artist nowadays, is that no matter how lazy, bad, freakish, or untalented you
think you and your work are, I guarantee you there are at least 20 other artists in this world somewhere who
are at the same exact level. Mosts artists only think most of their work is mediocre. I assure you, whatever
artistic level youre at is normal. Theres no such thing as an abnormal level of drawing. And therefore
theres no abnormal level of productivity. If youre drawing, AT ALL, you are on the right path. The point
should be productivity. Not nished drawings. Sure, nished, polished drawings are important, and they
matter, but most artists do more bad work than good. Bad in your own mind is normal, in terms of art.
Productive but mediocre in your own mind is the new artistic normal in my opinion. You dont need to be
proud of your work. You just need to keep working.
Actually, Im NOT talented. Im MULTI-TALENTED. (2012-04-06 13:48)
And like most multi-talented individuals, I have trouble focusing on any one area of study and practice for
more than an hour or two at a time.
The world has yet to familiarize itself with the true social and psychological nature of multi-talented people
like myself, the Howard Hughes, Syd Meads, Todd McFarlanes, Frank Millers, and Katsuhiro Otomos of the
world. When in training and when I was taking art lessons at one point at the age of 17 or so, I recieved
what was pretty much just about the most horrible advice a multi-talented person or student can recieve
from an art teacher, or any teacher in school for that matter. Pick one thing and be good at it. Dont be
a Jack of All Trades, Master of Nothing. If only I was dumb enough to t that mold, I might be able to
follow advice like that, but when youre multi-talented, you despise getting ANY and ALL advice that says
only do one thing. Because multi-talented people know better than most (except maybe some pschologists
and professionals), that when youre multi-talented, its INCREDIBLY dicult to nd a job, and basically
IMPOSSIBLE to just do one thing and be good at it. All my creative and intellectual heroes growing up
(or at least a whole lot of them) were multi-talented, just like me. But they became famous because they
found an outlet for their genius that was protable, that was in tune with their multi-talents. NOT because
they made themselves master just one thing.
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Achting (2012-04-07 20:05)
When youre me, when youre an on-screen Actor: You have to be willing to let them truly think thats you.
Thats what all actors must learn to accept. Im no exception.
New Webcomics Sketch Folder Is Up on WCN (Im back up on Webcomics Nation BTW)
(2012-04-08 19:34)
[1]HERE!
1. http://www.webcomicsnation.com/jm/lighting/series.php
Social Life (2012-04-09 14:29)
Not too busy lately. Just hanging out in my house, alone, for the day/week. Been trading emails with Joey
Manley of Webcomics Nation, trying to gure out my resurrected account, and StonerGoth187 of the ASMB.
Yeah, I tend to send email inquiries and talks when I get bored. Being alone is great!
Its time for the rst Round of My New World Culture Analysis Game: Are They
Compatible??: Tonights Edition: Britain and Japan (2012-04-10 20:31)
Britain and Japan: Are They Compatible? - America World Edition.
Britain and Japan, two very dierent, very historic and old cultures, in some ways as dierent as night and
day, but not completely.
Lets look at their socieites: Both emphasize honor and chivalry. And both respect the past and admire the
old to a degree.
Imports:
Britain: Music, TV, literature, art, publishing, religion.
Japan: Martial Arts, animation, comics, food, cinema and lm, technology and electronics, car manufacturing.
Do the Japanese and British get along? Well considering Ive never seen a British person and a Japanese
person in the same place, you kinda of gotta wonder.
Friends or Foes? Not necessarily either. Both countries exist on the same land, but the connection between
the continents of Europe and Asia is about as tightly knit as the connection between the landmass of
Canada and America. Theyre technically both the same continent like Japan and Britain in Eurasia, but
there is a world of dierence between the two socially.
Either way, if you ask me it breaks down to historic geographic tribalism between dierent races and nations
and continents and geographic cultures. Its geographic tribalism. And that is why no one makes any A
Beatle and a Buddhist Monk walk into a bar jokes. Im skeptical as to whether people are even aware of
these things in our society.
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Cartooning Talk, Do the Math - This Time: Its Epic (2012-04-11 14:51)
Lets do a little compare and contrast...
Dave Sim, when he was young, began experimenting with drugs in his early years, at the age of 23, specically
with LSD in particular, which resulted in his being hospitalized in a psychiatric ward right around the same
age. His stay in the hospital and his experience taking LSD inspired him to later go on to produce the
ongoing, but ultimately nite series, Cerebus the Aardvark, which was 300 issues long. The Cerebus project
of 300 issues and 6,000 pages of story (not counting all his pre-production sketch and notebooks) and artwork
took Sim roughly around 27 years to complete.
Im 28. Since Im starting work on a literary Odyssey this year, in 2012, by the time Im nished with it,
if I invest the same amount of momentum Dave Sim, the irony of my potential success would be that Id
complete the same time span of work (27 years) at exactly the age of 55, 27 years from now, in the year 2067.
Thats the exact age my biological father died of emphysema at, according to his death certicate. So Id
literally be working nonstop from now, this year till my dying year and day, for the sake of completing a book.
But clearly it would not be an ordinary book. I would be inventing a whole new way of making comics and
animation, and independent comics, and webcomics, and graphic novels, and cartooning, and storytelling,
and graphic ction. I dont know if I want to nish my greatest work on the exact same year as my death.
But 55 is apparently the magic number here, or at least double numbers are.
Parallax is not a mere comic book. Its so much more of an investment than that for me. Its a life project.
An Epic Journey and Quest, with a beginning, middle, and end, which could very well span 27 years, to the
very year of my own death potentially. Not intentionally so. Even if that does end up being the case it would
not have been an intentional move for timing to be so life and death like that. But that just further proves
that creativity storytelling is my Pathway to God. Its my Pathway to Destiny. It goes beyond life and death.
Not intentionally, But Im so devoted to my work it almost feels like its turning into life and death. Cerebus
to me is an unspeakably impressive achievement, one that is hard to trivialize, especially with the older and
more historic Dave Sims achievement in comics gets. I have an almost religious devotion to the creative and
narrative work ethic of Dave Sim: Unpopular with fans, but silently powerful.
New Webcomics (2012-04-12 12:33)
[1]RANDOM...THINGS pg.1 NO.W. A.VAIL.A.BL.E
1. http://www.webcomicsnation.com/jm/jmactioncomics/series.php
So I was thinking about driving..... (2012-04-12 13:30)
You know....FOR FUN. It would be easy to do right about now. I dont normally have the opportunity to
just go cruisin. Eh, Ill drive later. Ill leave that for some other day...
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
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DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERP
LETS MAKE SOME FRIENDS..... (2012-04-12 18:54)
.....48 hours laters. Back from going postal.
Okay, so we can rule out the INTERNET and the local NEIGHBORHOOD as a place to make
friends....hmmmm. Where to look
O.M....G!! Rough day at the oce? Yes? Wanna rest? Yes? DONT. ITS NOT OVER.
(Pregnancy scare) (2012-04-12 21:32)
Whew. That was a close call.
My dad called me no the phone.
I picked up the phone, home alone, holdin down the fort for my family. I had been at war with my neighbors
earlier that evening.
Jay?
Yeah?
Hi, how are you?
Been Better. Whats up?
Yeah. ****** (sister in law)s not answering her phone. Ive been waiting for her for an hour and a half or
so. Forty ve minutes or so. Im not that worried but Im starting to.
Really?? Why??
Well, since she cant come to the phone, she hasnt called me, and I dont know where she is. I think she
might be delivering.
Oh...Well, what should I do?? Should I do anything?
No thats all right. But ******, our father to be, IS away in Ft. Lauderdale. You okay?
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Yeah yeah. Im ne. Im trying to keep calm.
Me too
He was unaware of this situation at the time.
At that point I tried not to panic.
Got another call back 5 minutes later.
Jay. Son?
Yeah?
Turns out shes NOT having her baby...yet.
Man. Being an Uncle twice over is stressful...Dodged THAT bullet.
Comic Book & Animation Mentors (2012-04-13 10:11)
Maybe Ill become a mentor or teacher when Im older. There arent enough of those. Especially Comics and
Cartooning Mentors.
When I was in my adolescence, I had my very own personal animation mentor, a guy named Phil who
has professional 90s cable TV animation work experience at networks like MTV and Nickelodeon. He was
my private teacher/mentor in animation for a long time. He was a generous, caring, funny, condent, and
compassionate man who was incredibly passionate and enthusiastic about animation, working, and teaching
people like me animation and especially drawing and art. I dont know if Id be as good as I am today if I
hadnt of had an older father-like gures guidance such as his in my early years.
Kids need training. It sucks that there ARENT more teachers, coaches, and mentors in academic elds.
With the internet, its sort of complicated things. The internet was still struggling when Phil was coaching
and teaching me animation, that was 2000.
Dey Locked me up der inna mental hospital, mmm-hmmm (2012-04-14 12:36)
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Hey budday. Nice negro afro. Mind if I borrow it. mmm-hmmm.
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These are a few of my Favorite Things. I just remember my favorite things, then I dont
feel...so bad. Shhh. Lets just keep this between YOU and ME... (2012-04-14 14:26)
[1]
All right. I LOVE getting hand-me-down gun literature! I also love bullies!
So young, so stupid, so vile and venomous, so stupid, so begging for death.
Ho hum.
I wont talk maliciously about my penis and sex life if YOU dont! I wont tell if you wont! Or shoot you for
the hell of it maybe. My penis is actually a .45 in real life. Bullets come out. Not children.
1. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ytVHwUXmqds/T4nrCZbnIkI/AAAAAAAAA8g/hb-izr0E4Bs/s1600/mags.jpg
Favorite Writers List (2012-04-14 20:37)
Favorite Writers and Authors and Screenwriters
Quentin Tarantino
Aaron McGruder
George Lucas
Jhonen Vasquez
Seth MacFarlane
Katsuhiro Otomo
M. Night Shyamalan
Evan Dorkin
Neil Gaiman
Scott McCloud
Roger Ebert
J.K. Rowling
Stephen King
Homer
Dante
John Woo
Dave Sim
Genndy Tartakovsky
Frank Miller
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Yoshiyuki Tomino
Brian Michael Bendis
Todd McFarlane
Bram Stoker
Tom Clancy
Mark Twain
Ernest Hemingway
Ayn Rand
The Dalai Lama
John Steinbeck
Michael Moorcock
Robert E. Howard
Arthur C. Clarke
Philip K. Dick
Jack Kerouac
HP Lovecraft
Dan Brown
Anne Rice
Joyce Carol Oates
JRR Tolkien
Roald Dahl
Marilyn Manson
Lewis Carol
Johnny Cash
Isaac Asimov
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Drake & Josh, the New Episodes, Rated TV-MA (2012-04-15 10:29)
Heres an outline for a new script Im writing as the newest sta writer on the new season of Drake and
Josh! I love that show so much. It was an honor getting to write for TeenNick. It really was...Heres a
preview....the outline for one scene in its entirety. Gotta love it!
Josh pulls out a knife from behind his back
Josh digs the knife into Drakes chest
The knife is now lodged in Drakes chest
Blood pours and squirts out of Drakes newly stabbed chest
Drake doesnt die, and turns into a Zombie
Drake ties Josh up and proceeds to rape Josh up his fat ass with a knife, sticking the blade into Joshs asshole.
Ouch
Joshs rectum is bleeding out onto the ood, as he then ends up lying in a pool of blood.
Drake grabs a shotgun from his dad and mom. Hey Dad and Mom, he says. Watch me shoot Josh!
He then res of 46 rounds into various parts of Josh, until he is a raped, bullet ridden corpse.
The market is so overcrowded and high-pressure now. (2012-04-15 13:01)
Its enough to almost make a guy not wanna draw comics at all, and not even BOTHER&Why even bother
trying to compete. Its just gonna get lost in the internet and TV shue. Why even bother. Well, I dont
quit at what I set out to do, but if I wanted to really quit it certainly wouldnt be that hard
Manga and Ethnicity (2012-04-15 16:33)
How well you draw manga is essentially tied to just how Asian you actually are, in spirit and consciousness,
if nothing else. Drawing manga must be some kind of divine test, that makes you ask yourself, How Asian
am I?. Metaphorically, if not literally.
Manga Creators in the United States, and the 10,000 Hour - 10 Year Rule, and Why it
Applies (2012-04-15 16:44)
Getting good at any craft, sport, skill, or art, no matter how dicult it is, whether its drawing or writing,
takes time to develop your skills in, if youre serious about it.
If you want to automatically and quickly get good at drawing manga, and youre just starting, draw
manga for the next 10 years, REGARDLESS of its popularity.
The new buzz theory in science and pop psychology is the 10,000 hour rule, meaning, to practice something
for years on end and master it takes a decade, 10 years, of 3 hours of work a day, for 10 years straight and
very few, if any breaks.
Think very hard. Are you willing to invest 10 years of your life drawing comics. If not, throw in the towell
now and walk away. Take up knitting, or at the very least, writing in a journal instead, because almost no
one masters any skill in less than 10 years. However much you pursue it after that is your call.
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So, see you in 2022, a Decade from Now, when were living in an alternate reality than the one we live in
now? Yeah, I thought so.
Right Brain - Left Brain ; Artist - Writer (2012-04-15 18:06)
I know a lot about writing.
& I know a lot about drawing
But can I combine the 2 Fields?
But do I know how to balance and inter-mingle the two pursuits?
Im 50 % Left-Brain (Writer), 50 % Right Brain (Artist)
I dont write and draw at the same time. Thats impossible to do. You can only do writing and drawing at
separate times. Its impossible to write while you draw, at the same time.
Being a Creator-Writer-Artist is the task of a multi-talent, a polymath.
Working in mediums like comics and animation is one big excuse to indulge my multi-talent approach to
narration, narrative, story, and storytelling.
What about the internet? How much of it is Right-Brained, and how much is Left-Brained?
When youre doing two separate lines of work (art and literature), youre actually doing the work of integrating
the workload of 2 separate people, which in many ways is more dicult, other than maybe the fact that
the 50/50 split of creativity takes place on two separate side, and takes up less time for each side, as a
psychological response to the increased workload.
Ive done good art and good writing.
Ive lled books, and Ive lled sketchbooks. Im not lacking in productivity. Im lacking in the other 50 % of
my talent spectrum, the raw drafting, and compositional chops of my artwork.
Ive published books of my art, and Ive published books of my writing, but I have yet to publish a successful
meeting of the two. The true power of my Caetextia.
Im aware creators like Jhonen Vasquez, Rob Schrab, Frank Miller, Todd McFarlane, Tezuka Osamu, Katsuhiro
Otomo, Moebius, and Aaron McGruder have all told stories tied together with art and words, and some have
even done projects with nothing but words on their behalf, in a collaboration with artists.
But Im pretty certain Im one of the rst to divide the two aspects of my creative mind so extensively,
doing thousands of pages of both, for each side (drawing and writing), but always keeping them segregated
for the most part, which isnt too dierent than how Hollywood or the literary publishing industry works.
Other than magazines and comics, the two forms of expression, art and writing, often are segregated out of a
paranoid fear of confusing the reading and viewing public. (please see: Scott McClouds book, Understanding
Comics, for further explanation of Right-Left Brain Divisiveness in print, lm, and broadcast media.)
Disc-To-Digital? Awesome! (2012-04-17 13:20)
Disc-to-Digital transfer sounds awesome. Now make a WEBSITE that does that through a data website from
my own house (IN STEAD OF WAL EFFING MART) and Ill be a loyal customer forever. I got so many
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DVDs I want to put onto some form of online account. Hopefully this service will be available online, and
hopefully sooner and not later.
My 2 cents
P.S. - If you want my Prediction on the future of high tech stu yet again (the famed prophecy) I foresee PC
hardward, PC Software, home electronics equipment, and compatible website this side of Vudu pretty much
duplicating this patented technology and putting out the exact same thing making this technology more
accessible to all within the next 3 to 20 years. Thats a good thing. WalMart can really only hoard such tech
from competitors for so long. Just like I can only hold onto my own tech ideas for so long before someone
else makes money at it without consulting me in any way whatsoever.
Number 1 Ways to Make A Phat Stack ah Money Online that Google and Twitter Dont
Want You To Know About... (2012-04-19 14:03)
1. Being compensated by Adsense clicks that show up on the Google search results of your own namesake
(NOT The same thing as Adsense for Search.)
2. Enabling Adsense compensation on your general YouTube CHANNEL (NOT individual videos)
3. Adsense Ads on your Twitter-Feed.
These are all potential ways to make a lot of money online, But Twitter and Google are scared of listening to
me on these subjects as they Fear having to dip into their BILLION dollar bank accounts to pay what is
obviously less-famous users (like moi) chump change compared to how much they make each day.
Google and Twitter. What more is there to say? Clearly not very big fans of the whole Fair Compensation
Revenue-Sharing Business Model thing.
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Mono Art: April 2012 Edition (2012-04-19 20:48)
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The Narration of My Life Story, As Narrated By Me.... (2012-04-20 12:35)
Chapter 184, of the Literary Narrative of My Life, is Complete.
So There.
[To Be Continued...]
The Literary Calendar Chronicle Creating a Narrative Through Long Spans of Time
(2012-04-20 14:56)
I wouldnt be drawing as much and as frequently and consistently as I do if I didnt see a correlation between
images and literature. If Im going to be an actual artist, which I sort of am, there must be some redeeming
value that Im able to see in visual concepts, be it props or anatomy and costume design: a.k.a. Literary
GraphicsGraphic Literature. I am an author of not only words and story structure, but also of images and
graphics as a literary device used to further a narrative-based, literary agenda. I have to stay with what Im
comfortable with: And that is literature and a daily literary graphic record and daily documentation, for
both my career and personal, private life (a sketchbook and journal); documentation of daily pencil and ink
mileage throughout the passage and unfolding of time, in sequence in the form of a growing, increasing, and
ever expanding literary-graphic mosaic chronicle. In this case, its the life story of Mono Jubei of New-Earth,
the world I designed
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I call the sketchbook morning pages a Calendar Chronicle Narrative. As in youre counting the days as
they go by while building a narrative with each passing day I mark o the calendar. Im chronicling each
day of work as it goes by, and watching the vast volume of pages of art and literature stack up and collect
in a stack of papers, and eventually a bound, printed book collection over time. Its a day-by-day Literary
Chronicle and Collection of image and words. By this logic, the narrative cant help but be epic and long,
with a fat manuscript every time. Its daily work and raw fortitude or perseverance over many years.
[according to my counter, 24 peeps who ARENT me saw diz post]
First End Times Published One-Shot....Is Complete (2012-04-21 19:03)
Though I can think of millions of ways of improving the artwork and actual execution, I have indeed nished
my rst published comic book one-shot. Just got a copy of the End Times one-shot back from the printers
today. Its 20 pages long, 6 1/2 x 10 1/2 and everything.
The story feels more like cartooning, with limited amounts of panels for each mini-segment or scene, but
yeah, 20 pages of artwork that is completely End Times and Completely my own.
I had to wait a long time to see myself reach this point. Took me over a decade to learn single page full
page illustrations arent comic book art, but instead only sequential art is. But once I made the distinction
between art and sequential art, getting to this point was a lot easier. Not as much fretting about not nishing.
Becuase now my rst ocial attempt is nished.
Me N AnimeTV (2012-04-22 11:37)
Far as I know, that project doesnt really associate with me anymore.
Why, you ask?
Simple. Theyre a dubbing company. They specialize in employing voice actors and dubbing artists. I create
webcomics. From the beginning, our interests and goals were kind of divided and dierent. I dont have
anything against them. They treated me well when I DID work with them, but it wouldnt really make sense
for me to continue collaborating with a dubbing company if Im a writer-artist author. Strikes me as me
being more than a little out of place there.
Well, considering that Ive created a MACHINE of ANONYMITY around myself I cant
seem to get out of or walk away from.... (2012-04-22 21:00)
I cant help but wonder what exactly will happen to the industry if I DO die? I predict it wont happen for
a while so I probably dont have to worry about it now, but if I end up homeless because I can no longer
support myself with money, and Im on the streets or dead and will never touch a computer again because
Ill be homeless or dead, and incapable of choosing an actual successor or replacement, and since hardly
anyone who was close to me was aware of the MACHINE of a MEDIA EMPIRE I WAS RUNNING ALL
ON MY LONESOME, in a shitty run down ghetto bedroom where no one close to me knew what I was up
to during that time, wouldnt that be the equivalent of a popular TV Network going o the air and just
showing dead airtime for YEARS to come, until someone discovered my network (or the fact that I founded
and ran the network, and in secret no less)? Yeah, far as I know it kind of is like that. If I died, because of
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the disassociation of my web persona and secret superhero identity, when I die, if things are like they are
now, the public might not even be made aware of my death and it would be unreported until years, perhaps
even decades later.
Im okay with this situation, Im dead, right? What do I have to worry about. But where does that leave the
fans anyway? Not that they really gave a shit about me to begin with, right? So why even bother telling
them? Yeah, screw it ALL. What do I care? Im dead.
Current Wage: $4-a-day (2012-04-22 21:42)
Pretty much. Not much but at least Im getting semi daily payments for something...Actually, technically,
starting next month Ill be getting paid $8 every OTHER day, instead of a lump sum of $120 at the beginning
of each month (and nothing else for the rest of the month, which is how it was). So not as much waiting to
buy books, DVDs, CDs, art supplies, food and whatnot.
For the most part, I only watch dubs, never stu with Japanese voices. (2012-04-23 11:40)
Japanese voice actors are annoying sounding as fuck. English dub voice actors are not most of the time. And
at least I can understand whats being said in English for Godsake.
The thing is, I discovered anime in the beginning by only hearing anime on TV with English voices, on TV,
shows like Cowboy Bebop, Wolfs Rain, Gundam, Sailor Moon, and DBZ. Even the most annoying North
American voice actor isnt HALF as annoying as a Japanese animation actor. Subtitles is not what got me
into anime. It never has been and it never will be. Im not some dumb college kid whose cultural values are
screwed up and is too arrogant to like English animation. I LIKE hearing English voices in anime. As a
matter of fact, thats ALL I want to hear from now on: English ADR. Get on that English ADR studios!
Dont be fooled by anime nerds: those brats are WRONG. English is better.
Folk Wisdoms about Television Animation (2012-04-24 20:20)
Whether you want to work in animation or some aspect of co-pros and dubbing of anime, if you want to
work in TV animation of any mainstream level, the number one folk wisdom most industry insiders will tell
you (whether you approve of it or not) is, sooner or later, youve got to live in or near Los Angeles. I for
one procrastinate about this advice, mostly because Im broke. But if you have MONEY saved up to pay
for travel expenses, let me say right now, even though Im a member of one of the youngest generations of
auteurs, even I can acknowledge this as good advice. Los Angeles is where animation gets made for the most
part, with CN and FUNimation being two of the extremely rare counter-examples. Heres how it breaks
down. You can MOVE TO Los Angeles and GET WORK (if you actual bother looking for it and making an
eort in that area) OR you can stay right where your at and pace around your house like I do wondering
to yourself Hmm. Why is it so dicult to nd work in this small two-bit town. I may not be doing the
former thing and instead, do the latter thing, but at least Im aware of it. At least Im aware of how the
politics and system are set up to begin with..You see, I was reading the latest issue of Animation Magazine
(longtime reader of this publication), and was reading the 25 Year Anniversary Issue, celebrating the last 25
years of animation, where it listed the 25 most inuential American shows of the last 25 years. And while,
yes, all the shows on the list just about are dierent, and the face of animation is changing, one thing that
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isnt changing is where the majority of American animation on TV gets produced and made: One Place for
the most part: Los Angeles. So theres your answer.
Fear Not Kiddies, theres some Good Shit Comin Down the Line! (2012-04-25 10:51)
Ive been sitting back and sort fo keeping a low prole online, but I cant resist the urge to write about what
exactly it is Im looking forward to on TV in 2012, that hasnt already premiered between 2011 & 2012
(Korra, Monsuno, DB GT remix, Thundercats, Redakai)
Theres some amazing stu coming in 2012. Heres my list of awesome stu YOU should watch out for in
2012, in TV animation:
Motorcity (Disney XD)
Tron: Uprising (Disney XD)
Black Dynamite (Adult Swim)
Dragonball Hoshi (Probably [New Toonami? wishful thinking?] or Nicktoons
but most importantly, the potential return of Toonami, which CN and Adult Swim is in fact considering in
all reality and seriousness, so get back to tweeting #BringBackToonami
Visually, these shows look better than a lot of stu on TV, and they look to have amazing timing, design, and
general movement composition, whether theyre anime or not. For once, Im actually happy with upcoming
stu on TV. I wasnt certain there for a while. But then again it aint 2012 for nuthin !
Layout Practice.... (2012-04-26 13:54)
Spotting Blacks? Meet your new friend, Perspective....
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Im SO HAPPY I CANT STAND IT!!!!! (2012-04-27 07:50)
Im going to cry, I think.
TODAY, I GAVE BIRTH TO
BRAND NEW IDEAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!
GENIUS!!!!
SOME OF MY BEST YET!!!!
EUREKA!!!!!
Cant talk about them publicly yet though, cuz of competition. But they do sound promising, to say the
least. Best thing Ive come up with since my most famous projects.
Thoughts on Fame and Success in Animation, Anime, and Comics... (2012-04-27 09:52)
If you count how people are treated at conventions, and convention media, the fame of being a creator, in
comics and animation (what with youre every behavior and move being observed by hundreds or in some
cases, even thousands, of people and analyzed on a physical and psychological level, at least, at conventions
for anime and comics), the treatment of public gures in anime isnt that dierent than the treatment of
hyper-famous celebrity actors and musicians in Hollywood or any other cultural place. It can either be
euphoric or terrifying. At public events, the treatment of creators, artists, producers, voice actors, and
directors is the same way. For me, its been both, its been happy AND scary.
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Work Status Update: ESSAY WORK and SKETCHING.... (2012-04-27 11:34)
Hi dear readers!
Busy as a bee lately. Been doing some browsing on various trade magazine-esque sites for research, Twitter
viewing and reading to check on some of my favorite peeps.
As for my workload, Im hoping to do some more sketches, which probably wont get scanned or posted at all
today (takes too much time), but that might get made. I already did SOME drawing, but am hoping to do
more.
At the top of my priority is is to do something anime-industry related. And at the top of my list is an essay
Im going to be drafting later today.
The topic?
Dening Anime.
Yes, that will probably be the title.
I feel this issue is important, seeing as how much industry veterans argue about it online right alongside
publishing companies, Japanese artists, studios, and distributors, networks, and the fans. Im no stranger to
essays. Ive written over 100 essays in the past, usually about purely philosophical things like Change and
Brotherhood. Writing essays for career subjects like anime is brand new territory for me. I look forward to
writing it, just like I look forward to writing everything else I write.
In terms of my writing online, I break my writing work up into segments. If its not a big deal to me, like
a tweet, or random short blog entry for instance, Ill write it as a post to my message board post, twitter
account, or Blog, On The Spot (OTS).
If something that I write is more planned or structured, like a story, journal oine, script for spec TV
animation or comics, an online review for AnimeTV, or speculative ction, Ill put a considerable amount
of work into a pre-production process. Like an artists does preliminary sketches, for my writing I write
preliminary drafts, to get a good feel of the content and form of my writing. I dont have a set word count
quota for the day. I write however much I need to most of the time. When youve written over a million
words in your lifetime like I have oine, you can aord to take such luxuries.
THE END/
To Be Continued...
ESSAY: WHAT IS ANIME? An existentialist Essay (2012-04-27 12:21)
What is anime?
" A style.
" A genre and a Medium
" A region-based form of animation and animation production
" An art form
" Animation made in Japan
How do we gure out how to dene anime? By The Famous Look? By The Production Method? By
Wheres Its Located and Produced? By the nationality and ethnicity of the sta, artists, and creators who
make it
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Well, we know anime is a very REAL thing. A very protable, aesthetically appealing, complex, and enter-
taining thing. But can it be so narrowly (or in some instances, broadly) dened, simply due to how popular
it is and has become?
Technically speaking, pretty much all anime is rooted in 2 Things (there are others but heres some): Japanese
technique, and co-production. All anime, by nature is transnational and collaborative, and is therefore a
more traditional form of what industry vets and industry fans refer to as co-production. A production done
in two separate locations (for instance, a title can have production done in Tokyo, but the dubbing of what
Americans see is done in Los Angeles, California.
There is a danger in dening anime too narrowly, as that can lead to an exclusionary attitude among diehard
fans.
But there is also a danger of dening anime too broadly as well, which could potentially, in the worst case
scenario, lead to any and all animation eventually being qualied as anime which just isnt the case.
I believe the solution lies somewhere in the middle.
But one of the main things about dening anime, one question we all must ask ourselves and everyone else
about anime, is the big one: WHO, if anyone, gets to DEFINE anime? Certainly there is no limit to how
many people have partaken in this discussion? I would say something like Only the Japanese and Japan can
dene anime! but thats not right either, seeing as part of what gave anime its general denition to begin
with (other than Wikipedia, and including on Wikipedia, king of denition) has be vocal online American fans
to begin with, from day one. So Americans (even if its only in articles in the press, websites, and message
board forums) have come to give anime just as much denition as its Japanese production companies, at
least in terms of PR power and thought inuence. So why are we so picky about who gets to make it, but
not who gets to dene it? Wouldnt that be a little hypocritical, theoretically speaking? Would it not?
If theres anything Ive learned from observing otaku and anime and anime production industry, community,
and culture, it is the fact that just like the production of Japanese anime needs to be dened collectively, by
gauging majority opinion. No one person should dene WHAT anime is, no matter how highly opinionated
they are. If theres one thing I learned from online, its the power of collective collaboration. Dening anime
shouldnt be a product of rogue cultural, business, media, internet, or fan opinion. If theres ever going to be
an agreed upon denition and meaning of anime, it needs to be a team eort. EVERYONE should agree on
it. Include most fans and industry people in an extensive, FRIENDLY, and thoughtful, but also analytical
debate (NOT ignorantly hostile) debate, and there MAY one day be a collective consensus of what exactly
anime is and what qualies as anime.
Being in an empty house?...Denitely makes a dierence.... (2012-04-27 13:19)
Its nice working in a big, empty house. I seem to shift into FULL-ON MULTITASKING WORK MODE,
when left alone.
All the better, I suppose....At least, for me.
For the time being, Im all too aware of my status as every nimrods favorite punching bag. But there ARE
benets that go with such a job. How could there not be? Being on the map (as an egy and punching bag)
is still BEING ON THE MAP.
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I think people would be shocked if they realized I wasnt as dumb (or) lazy as I looked on the surface. Well,
I know better than to buy into that B.S., and since Im RUNNING AN ENTIRE HOUSE BY MYSELF,
SINGLEHANDEDLY Currently (and probably temporarily), it doesnt make a dierence to me.
You know, responsibility isnt all that bad. You should try it sometime, yknow, if you havent already of
course.
FORMULATING EQUATIONS! [dont do] The Math.... (2012-04-27 14:03)
As a business person or entrepreneur, I know rsthand how tempting it is to keep score on and tabulate
everything involving your career. How many people youre inuencing. How wide your inuence is. How
many people know who you are, what youre up to and what youre about. But if youre not a journalist,
and you value your mental heatlh, take my advice. Dont. Dont do ANY of that crap. If you really want
to Rise Above, youve got to do the opposite, which is put all your energy and focus on YOUR work, not
anyone elses, and just have faith that things will work in your favor and let the pieces fall where they may.
I used to be all for sitting back and counting gures and tabulating various forms and measures of success.
But the more I did that, the more the opposite happened. It caused me to STAGNATE. The energies of the
universe only work for you if your entire BEING is aligned up with the energies of the universe. Meaning,
you cant just want to do one thing and think another. If you want to do one thing, youre entire BEING
must become that thing. Only when you are focused on your task in mind, body, and being, on ALL levels,
will you EVER truly be at peace with the goals you set for yourself. Its a Zen thing.
Next Month, Kids! (2012-04-27 15:55)
Come May, Ill be receiving small payments on a regular basis, almost daily.
While this might not seem like a big deal on the surface, its a big deal to me, even if its only a little bit of
money regularly. Why? It shifts the balance! Instead of only being able to aord things because Im paid
at the beginning and end of each month, Ill probably be able to buy books, DVDs, and other things on a
more consistent regular basis, meaning I can do reviews and things of old and new products I buy more often
in this blog here. You heard me. MORE REVIEWS! If it interests me enough. Knowing me, it probably
will...And we all know how my buying habits (if the public knows about them) sway things. Or at least, I
do...BIG SMILEY FACE.
Dick Clark, 1929-2012 RIP [Gone but not Forgotten] (2012-04-27 16:35)
Tis the End of an American Institution.
I always liked watching the New Year Celebration, right until even the nal year. He held the fort down like
a REAL trooper. Im gonna miss him.
How timely. Its like he held on till the very year people said things would Change in a Big Way. I say that
in my very best Mooninite voice.
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Denzel Crocker was RIGHT....HE IS history and over with. And Im not...
(2012-04-27 16:42)
Im never talking about him publicly again, probably, even when he nally dies. Because hes OVER WITH.
No one cares about him anymore. His ultimate paranoid fear was that the world would see him as a fool.
And it does. Mission Accomplished. Period. I put a stop to him, and thats that.
My 0 Person Audience of 400,000 people online (2012-04-27 18:33)
My stats counters have always and will always say 0. Nice trick...
But Im well aware 95 % of my audience is comprised of something I like to call Trojan Trac
Look it up...
Yeah, you could get famous and go the rich and respectable Safe-Assed Hollywood
route, go all Tom Cruise on us.... (2012-04-27 19:35)
Or you could just do the easy thing and up and join a Vampire Cult of the White, Pink, and Damned to
Hell, like I did back in Summer of 69. Youll get all teh sex u can handle! YEah baby! Heh. Oh yeah, and
surviving the whole thing. But thats never a guarantee.
P.S. - Thanks for watchin back then everybody! You all make a good audience for that sort of sick and
twisted thing! You guys are teh BEST!!
Puppy in My Pocket and other beautiful things..... (2012-04-27 22:08)
How am I supposed to compete with people with reputations as squeaky clean as the cast and crew of Puppy
in my Pocket.
All Ive got is anger and imagery you cant actually show on television. How am I supposed to compete wit
Puppies. Awwww! Puppies!
I want a puppy to looooove
Its straight from above
Im a total homo. Cant help it. I gotta big heart sortsa.
Comics: Prehistoric Middle School Pages (Some of my earliest cartooning work) Before
I Sold Out and went all detailed (2012-04-28 03:43)
Okay, I dont know who knows about this early stu I did, but I used to draw really, REALLY humorously
and cartoonishly, and there was a time when I wanted to emulate shows like Je Smiths Bone, Tiny Toon
Adventures and Fox Kids in my comics, and wanted to be the next Je Smith, back in the middle of the 90s
when I was in Middle School. I dont remember whether I drew these pages in 98 or 93. Beats me. So long
ago it was. I used to NEVER strive for realism. That was when I NEVER felt pressure about drawing! The
good old days. These layouts are simple, but theres a reason for that. Though at the time, when I was a
kid still, I mostly drew to please my friends and family. I had a desire to get published even when I was 13
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(when I drew these, before the Detail Era), but I do recall mostly drawing them to please myself. This was
simply the way people drew in America back then...in the 90s era.
The premise of this ancient comic book work, you ask?
Simple. I called it ZOUNDS!, inspired by the Calvin and Hobbes Spaceman Spi sequences Calvin had.
ZOUNDS! Is the protagonist. A sti browed Alien who happened to wear a kilt every day in his time o.
As a job he worked for the FBI (an alien), and he would hang out at the barber shot with his friend, the
wise talking robot, orkie (always spelt with a lowercase f) who has super reachy and wrap around eye
sockets, arms, and legs (thats his power, to stretch his appendages). The Dynamic Duo, the Two Heroes
of this cartoon world, Zounds and orkie would ght against the Evil ruler, Pumpkinhead, and his lacky,
mechanical builder and semi-evil genius, Dunce, a gnomish looking fellow.
HA HA! Had a BLAST with that series. If it were animated today it would probably having timing like
Family Guy and Spongebob. Yes, I too used to draw like that, Im not ashamed. Even back then, when my
style was cartoonish and simple as all FUCK, I still placed an emphasis on cartooning action and adventure,
even if it WAS cartoony. I am very violent.
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BOOK OF NOTE (2012-04-28 07:35)
[1]THIS BOOK...would not seem all that out of the ordinary in and of itself....
UNLESS you count the fact....
that its ranked at #35 on the Amazon Manga Bestseller List.
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THAT MANY PEOPLE want a job like mine??
THAT IS SO COOL!!! ha!
They should do a revised edition specically about Manga and Anime Reviewing Online...
IN SCOTT MCCLOUD UNDERSTANDING COMICS FORM!
Now THAT...would be awesome.
1. http://www.amazon.com/Doing-Literature-Review-Imagination-association/dp/0761959750/ref=sr_1_35?s=
books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335623462&sr=1-35
Awww. Yeah. Duality Nikka. (2012-04-28 08:07)
Two great things that go great together:
Peanut Butter & Chocolate
Hip hop & Metal
Rap & Rock
Movies-TV & Comics
Comics & Animation
TV-Radio & Internet
Indie Comics & Manga
Hip-Hop & Anime
Acting & Music
Sports & Celebrity
Hong-Kong & Tokyo
Florida & California
New York & New Jersey
Asians & Blacks
White & America
Animation & Asia
Jazz & Prog Rock
Books & Film
Martial Arts & Film
Martial Arts & Music/Acting
You Feelin This?
Duality nikka
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And So, Without Further Ado. I BRING TO YOU.... (2012-04-28 09:23)
THE MOST MASCULINE, MANLY COSTUME DESIGNS IN THE FUCKING GAY ASS WORLD!!!!!
YAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now BULLSHIT-FREE!!!!
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Relationships are an important thing in business and life.... (2012-04-29 11:38)
Business are started on relationships, not by one person. I didnt realize that growing up. Now I do. The
power of teamwork is powerful indeed. No matter how powerful you are, you can become more powerful in a
group.
Lovers, friends. These are the main people who can help you out who arent your sibling or direct family.
Meaning, you can borrow money from them in some instances, get gifts from them, give them gifts. And
they give great advice.
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Relationships are great for business. Groups of people are great for business. If you dont HAVE any friends,
nd some online in a trusted place online. Somewhere you trust. Use your intuition. It pays in the long run.
Psychology Wisdom of the Brain teaches us we always see our parents in the ones we
love essentially.... (2012-04-29 12:44)
No wonder I love my girlfriend so much. She reminded me of my Mom, who as I grew up would always defend
me and love me unconditionally.
It teaches us a valuable lesson. We dont fear the people who we think love us, we fear the ones who we think
hate and want to destroy us. This One Truth manifests itself in everything we see before us.
If youre parents treat you well, or one of your parents treat you well at least, everything good we see will
remind us of the ones who were always good to us, if anybody was. Some people, the unfortunate ones, dont
feel loved by anybody. And they are the ones who need the MOST love, not the most hatred.
Why thank you. I accept this Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of my adoptive mom.
New Video (2012-04-29 19:01)
IFRAME: [1]https://www.youtube.com/embed/4LjboWTkhX4
1. https://www.youtube.com/embed/4LjboWTkhX4
There, Done (2012-04-30 09:24)
Finished applying for a credit card. Dammit, I wanna gamble!
Code Monkey get up get coee. Code Monkey go to job....Code Monkey have boring
meeting, with boring manager Rob. (2012-04-30 13:49)
NOMAINWIN
PROMPT What is your name?; name $
NOTICE name $ + ? Thats not a very good name.
END
Were in the Middle of a Worldwide Animation Renaissance, Particularly in the West
(2012-04-30 19:34)
For the First Time in Ten or Twenty YEARS, at least a decade or two, Im as content with the American
animation market as I am with the European and Southeast Asian Animation Market. There are enough
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European and Asian Art Directors and Animators and Storyboard Artists and Character Designers working
in New York and Los Angeles and Atlanta that if you work in an American studios, in some ways it feels just
as international as working in a French or Korean or Japanese studio. The detail level of American television
animation is at an all time high with certain shows. And while I may still move to Paris at some point to
pursue comics in the French market, as a Moebius-like pioneer of comics and animation with my own studio
in either France or America, Ill still spend a lot of time in America, and Ill also live in America much of
the time too. Im happy living and working just about anywhere nowadays. As long as Im WORKING, it
doesnt MATTER where. HAPPY! TECHNOLOGY! ART! DETAIL! YEAH!!!!
Im not stressed like I was in the past, and that fact has LIBERATED and FREED me.
2.5 May
Study your ass o in school, kid (2012-05-01 14:15)
That way you can earn a whopping $0.11 daily from copyrighted uploads online, like me...
I am SO getting this anime! (2012-05-01 14:52)
IFRAME: [1]http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=ze01-20 &o=1 &p=8 &l=as1 &asins=B0066O104Y &ref=tf
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Broken Blade on Blue Ray
Ch-Ch-Cha-Check it OUT sometime. Preferably by clicking on MY link (its easier to click links than
Googling stu actually). The detail is incredible.
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My dad nally replaced his older computer with a new one.... (2012-05-01 15:12)
Still getting used to using HIS new computer, and not just my old laptop.
For his PC, the SCREEN is HUGE!!!!!
Seriously, it makes the blogger GUI look small!
WHEELS - WE GOTS US SOME: A MOTORCITYxMONO Fanart Tribute
(2012-05-01 17:31)
Man, Im really jumped about the premiere of that new show Motorcity, by genius-creator-producer Chris
Prynoski and crew at Titmouse.
I fuckin LOVE THAT SHOW! Ive watched the premiere 2 twice now. The second watching inspired the
following art piece. I wanted to pay homage to the Wheels of Motorcity by showing Mono Jubei of New-Earth
driving his OWN set of wheels with samurai katana swords extending outward while on his Chopper. Here it
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Tuesday, May 1st, 2012. Week in Animation Review: Disney and Titmouse, Sitting in
a Tree! (2012-05-01 22:25)
Ive watched episode 1, the Premiere Ep of Motorcity 3 times so far. Its the future of American animation!
Powerful, intense, loud, heavy, and Black As Hell. Just as good as Invader Zim and Megas XLR, and Avatar,
and Boondocks, maybe even a lot better. Who knew American animation could be so visually powerful in
terms of stylized design. The only shows that can really rival Motorcity, visually, are Tron: Uprising (Coming
Soon), Spawn, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Japan not included in this equation. When the characters
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of Motorcity are driving their cars, there is a certain kind of extreme digital foreshortening used that Ive
never seen used before. The crew of Motorcity, in particular, Creator, Writer, and Executive Producer Chris
Prynoski, who I spoke to on Twitter today (lucky me, it was an honor), is inventing entirely new techniques,
types of digital and Flash animation that can be used for television, and is inventing an entirely new type of
production process for cinematic AND TV animation for television that Ive never seen before. Motorcity,
is Disney returning to its roots as an innovative leader in animation production worldwide with shows like
Motorcity and Tron: Uprising. Its clearly doing things with animation that are returning the company to a
player in the innovation game of animation, something its always done in Feature lms, but hasnt done in
the medium of Television, much, if ever. Clearly (as I can sense) Disney Television Animation, with sister
shows Tron: Uprising and Motorcity, is doing something with animation its probably secretly wanted to do
for a long time, which is: Bring back the quality to their animation. Well, that and do a science-fantasy
and science-ction genre series with a lot of Blade Runner style architecture, trac line design, and spotted
blacks. Youll notice Disney hasnt done much science-ction until just now. Not of Blade Runner Warner
Brothers caliber yet anyway. But I can denitely see that as the one form of genre Disneys always wanted to
do well, but never got around to, maybe because no other potential SF lms look this good. Im a fan of
Walt Disney the person, and Im no channeler of thoughts from the deceased, and I dont know what a guy
like John Lasseters opinion is on this, but I suspect even he might agree, if Walt Disney the Person was alive
today, even though he primarily made animation paying tribute to C.S. Lewis (out of other candidates like
Tolkien and Philip K Dick, which is more historically Japanese and TV territory in animation history) and
if Disney were to be alive past the 60s and watch the lms of Star Wars and Blade Runner, Im sure hed
personally approve of shows like Motorcity and Tron: Uprising. Hed also approve of stu like The Nightmare
Before Christmas, Pulp Fiction, and The Sixth Sense (all produced by Disney related subsidiaries, I might
add. Seeing a pattern emerge here). All as Black and Noirish or Expressionist or horror based as the midnight
sky, all masterpieces of exactly what Walt Disney stood for in his lifetime: Art. Just cuz its a black backdrop
doesnt mean Disney the Filmmaker wouldnt approve, especially in the last 3 decades. They partially have
Titmouse (whos also worked with Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, and Nickelodeon) to thank for this one on
Motorcity at least. But since Disneys the producer, I suppose I could do them the favor of giving Disney
the benet of the doubt and including them in the Titmouse equation. Disney liked art, and Gothic and
Dystopian and SF Epics like Akira are exactly what Disney WOULD do if he were still making lms and
TV, NOT rainbow striped pre-school shows. But still, whats going on with Disney Television Animation
and the two aforementioned shows are exactly what Disney should be. Youre welcome, John Lasseter. In
the 1960s, if you look at Batmans rst TV Series with Adam West, clearly if Disney was alive at that time
he got the wrong impression of Batman (Codename Batman). He didnt have the pleasure of surviving long
enough to see Bruce Timm, Frank Millers, Greg Capullo, Jim Lees, Todd McFarlanes, and Tim Burtons
gothic-noir-expressionist visions of Batman, which are beautiful and progressive. He would have denitely
approved. But when Batman debuted on TV, it was WAY too Disney. Now Disney is way too Batman.
But you can NEVER be TOO Batman. Batman is Japanese level cool to American viewers and readers. Ask
any American whos cool and youll see. In the 60s, Batman was too Disney. In the New Millenium, Disney is
pure Batman. See how things suddenly reversed. But the latter works. The former (Batman Doing Disney)
doesnt. Disney lms werent gritty, but thats because Bruce Timm and Erik Radomski werent born or old
enough yet to show Disney that animation SHOULD be gritty. He makes quite the persuasive argument.
Painting and Stu..... (2012-05-04 07:51)
My friend keeps bugging me to paint stu for him like the paintings I do with acrylics. His wife runs a Fine
Art museum and he really wants to show more of my acrylic and charcoal work to his wife so they can put it
in a museum up north somewhere. Im kind of business working on the Pitch Party for Animag, but once
Im nished doing work for that contest, who knows? Maybe Ill take him up on that oer.
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Well, I forsee a lot of acrylics and Flash animation in my future, if not also charcoal studies as well. Pretty
much it for now...
How to Market your unpopular Blog....Yay. (2012-05-04 12:50)
Yay. Posting your recurring name, your nationality, links to your blog to every web prole you have does
WONDERS for your blog ratings!
Believe it or not, people want to see your website all the time, if they know who you already are and have
reason to do so.
The fewer amount of pseudonyms you use on each website you visit, the more people tend to want to follow
you. Maybe the reason my ratings are so low on some of my proles is because they dont know Im that
J.M. Strebler guy.....oh yea! I forgot to mention Im also that Spindack and SplitAtomBoom guy. [We are
one: Spindack/SplitAtomBoom/Strebler]. Dunno really. Well, that and the fact that I think of a new public
name for myself every 5 minutes....Partially because of how krazy my audience is IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Heres how the Branding Name Game Works, at least partially... (2012-05-04 13:15)
I market brands all day long, wanna know a secret?
Names mean a LOT to people, especially YOUR audience.
One truth is, while the market does tend to hype the new and undiscovered at least 50 % of the time (they
HAVE to, thats part of their job.), people dont tend to gravitate towards new and unknown, or young
names with little experience. Thats just not how it works. Youre not going to get to the top of the world
with a new name. You get there with an old established one. The older a name gets in media, the more
famous, valuable and recognized it gets. Most people dont remember a name they have just heard. But
they sure as hell remember that name if its been around for 5 to 15 years. Who hasnt?
Why? Look in the psychology of names and words.
People associate old with established, valued, important, trustworthy and wise Why do you think Jesus
and the Buddha are so popular. Jesus very death is the starting point of the Roman Calendar and pretty
much all mainstream calendars in general. Why is this? Cuz Jesus isold.
Bottom line? Age accumulates respect, not just value. New is unpredictable. People dont know what theyre
getting from new. It hasnt been around long enough to prove itself the masses, to prove PEOPLE, wrong
OR right. This applies to names as much as life stories. Right Adam Yauch?
HEY LOOK! I DID A SHOUTOUT! Now you can write your little SHITTY HEADLINES NOW! AFTER
THE FUCKING FACT. FAGGOTS!
I dun get PAID! Therefore I aint going to feed that machine. I got better things to do than pretend to be
hip with the music nowadays like the journalists who DIDNT report on that (i.e. EVERYBODY), but you
sure as hell can bet if I said that name sooner, people would have. Behold my power.
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The REAL Beasties Story.... (2012-05-04 16:58)
Yeah, enjoy Sabotage and all the shitty techno-hop remixes of Beasties songs, cuz you aint gonna FIND
the regular Beasties songs on YouTube yet, cuz of copyright ban. Thanks Youtube and Copyright. Now
we HAVE NO legit way of honoring MCA....You could say look elsewhere, but everybodys already ON
[1]YOUTUBE. Third or whatever number it is next to Google and Facebook. Duh.
1. http://mostpopularwebsites.net/
I have another new pet: The Moth (2012-05-04 21:32)
Moths are actually kinda cute for insects. All fuzzy and tiny. A moth got into my room somehow and ew
right up to me, landed on my shirt. I named him Norman. I dont kill moths. Theyre too fuzzy and they
like to y to you. Well they do me anyway. And if I dont have to kill a bug I wont do it. According to
Buddhism, insects are sentient beings too. So I let him stay for the time being. All guests are welcome in
MY room.
Adult Action Shows on Networks.... (2012-05-04 22:17)
While they do get good ratings in Japan and on VENUES like Toonami, take it from a guy whos been around
the block, non-family action is the HARDEST KIND OF SELL. When Spawn and Beavis and Butthead
were on the air, maybe, but now youre better o doing a webcomic and just keeping youre ngers crossed
someone licenses it from the internet if you get enough web ratings.
With industry TV power players adult = hard sell.
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If youve got something violent, you can either A) Tone your violence, sex, and cussing down and make
a REAL franchises (because adult shows arent real franchises in the eyes of networks), i.e. PG-14 Level.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle style.
or B) Struggle with rejection. and no sale.
Just because Adult Swim uses the word adult in their name doesnt mean theyre giving a greenlight for
everyone to sell adult shows. Graphic content is the hardest sell there is. Dont dumb it down, but yes, if
you want to make a TON of money, there will be a 90 % certainty networks WILL want to tone your work
down. Its a casualty of war. Accept it or make a webcomic. Theyre the future you know...
I mean, for chriminy sake, look at Jhonen. Do you really think if Jhonen could have made Zim an adult show
and had the political TV industry power to do that by now, he WOULD HAVE?? Of course he would have
done Zim on MTV or Adult Swim instead of Nickelodeon. But as anyone in the industry is aware, Jhonen
had to make his share of compromises to get his show on air, almost just as many as ANY childrens show
creator. He sold to Nick what he was ABLE to sell. Which is not to say Zim didnt recieve the TREATMENT
of having an adult edge. It did. But dont think for a second Jhonen would have Toned Zim Down for the
Censors and Network business agenda if he wasnt forced to at knifepoint by the decency Police. Well, that
and he didnt want the show to fail by being a completely adult show, as much as the most adult shows like
Spawn and Spicy City.
Oh dear God, I AM a bad designer! YOURE RIGHT. (2012-05-05 11:37)
Yknow youre opinion MUST be truthful. Those Japanese animators and character designers over in Tokyo
must be using MY original costume designs because they just HATE my work. Yeah, thats it. My designs
are being used in hardcore Japanese anime produced in Tokyo because I have NO talent. Yeah, it doesnt
take ANY talent to inuence JAPANESE artists...Yeah, IM buying it. I love bullshit lies like the kind you
talk about.
Being an Anime Character Conceptual Artist. In America (2012-05-05 11:55)
Though I dont really get any ocial fanmail or kudos, technically, yes, Im an American conceptual artist
who designs conceptual art that gets used in Japanese anime. That was a dream I had ever since I was 13
and learned someone actually draws such detailed things.
But my background isnt Japanese, its American. I know American culture. Ive never lived in Japan.
But I love anime with all my heart and soul. I love Japan with all my heart and soul, regardless of what I
say on the surface.
Im one of the rst non-Japanese American conceptual artists, designers and cartoonists to have his costume
and character designs used in Japanese anime & manga at a frequent level. Its been an honor and a privilege
to see such a personal miracle happen. That the Japanese approved of my art enough to draw and write it
into their shows.
Thats what I wanted, wished, for and dreamed of all along. Technically thats what Ive achieved. My name
isnt in the credits unless its unocially, but technically everyone already knows Im the guy that designed
That. The black overcoat, w/trac lines and/or swords x guns rugged look. Doesnt take a rocket scientist
to spot a contribution like that.
I get the ULTIMATE HONOR at the end of my life and career. I get to point to the screen and say to myself
and anyone around me, HEY! I DESIGNED THAT! FUG YEAH MAN!
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Want to be an anime designer for a living like Ive managed to do?
Heres some things you need:
A Japanese work ethic. Always strive to work as hard and as fast as the Japanese. It doesnt matter if
you succeed ocially. All that matters is that you try. People respect an honest eort.
Strive for design originality and detail. Always work on improving your designs, even when your light
years beyond the competition.
Build a strong web presence. Draw and Publish as many webcomics and illustrations as you can. But
comics especially. Dont be shy about displaying your work.
Accept criticism as part of the job. People are going to criticize you. You think its any dierent for
Masashi Kishimoto or Eiichiro Oda or Akira Toriyama? No Japanese artists get just as much ack
from fans as Americans do. As we all know, Im no exception to that rule. And you shouldnt be either,
if youre any good.
And THATs all she wrote.
The Era of Anime Drawn and Written Exclusively by the Japanese...is OVAH! Hurray!!!!
(2012-05-05 19:04)
Tis.
Dreams of the Master Builder: TIME and Inventors, Sitting in a Tree! (2012-05-05 19:11)
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I had a dream before I woke up this morning, where I was in a dream where I was living in this photo,
at Steve Wozniaks house in his living room, we were hanging out, until he showed o his tech skills by
assembling an Apple II prototype of the rst personal computer out of a data processor, keyboard, and old
school TV Monitor. Right in front of me, in his California living room.
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Name Lineage... (2012-05-06 13:12)
That is correct. My Biological fathers side of my family (well, technically anyway) is tangentially related to
William the Conqueror in 1066.
It is pretty cool being a distant illegitimate American relative of the ancient British Monarchy.
The Greatest Test of Your Life (2012-05-06 17:12)
Ah, dont sweat it. You made it this far, didnt you? The less of a big deal you make out of it, the less of a
chance there is of Monsters From The Depths of Hell Eating You Alive.
Just sayin.
Atonement (2012-05-06 19:49)
Yes, Im no angel. You dont have as much power as I did at one point without ghting people and trashing
people and things for it, and I did enough of that in my day.
Hitler Jr., Central Florida, Comedy, The TV News, American Animation, The South, My Neighbors, My
Family, Disney, Viacom.
I trashed em all. Some I still would, but not ALL of them.
Some of them were aware of these facts, and plotted against me from the moment they found out I trashed
them.
Im DONE living that way. Power isnt worth anything if you have to destroy others to get it.
I never apologized to them, and they ESPECIALLY didnt apologize to me.
Youtube Page Not Working Right. Oh Well! Back to my 5,000 OTHER projects. Fuck
YouTube. (2012-05-07 05:02)
YouTube really only interfered with my oine work anyway. Not a big deal if you ask me.
If YouTube wants to abuse its power by banning or borderline banning me, I couldnt care less.
That just means its back to my creative projects. Back to the old screenwriting software, Microsoft Word,
and Drawing Desk to produce more comics, animation, and other things, like webcomics.
Wow, now I dont have a conict of legal interests in my career. What a tragedy.
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Heres What Happened The Year I was Born (1983) (2012-05-07 10:10)
TIMELINE OF 1983
Michael Jackson (Moonwalk Invented; Thriller Released; First Music Video)
Tokyo (Disneyland Opens)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Declared
I.M. Pie wins Pritzker Architecture Prize
Katsuhiro Otomos Domu was Published, Became a Bestseller in Japan and won the rst manga
to win the Science Fiction Grand Prix Award
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Apple introduce Apple Lisa (First Computer with a GUI)
God of Manga-Anime (Osamu Tezuka) Meets God of Franco-Belgian Comics (Jean Giraud
Moebius at Angouleme Comic Comic Convention in Angouleme, France)
Star Wars: Episode VI (Return of the Jedi) Opens in the American Box Oce, grossing $475
Million
Fist of the North Star Premieres
Manga, Manga! The World of Japanese Comics is First Published
Miyazaki and American Studios joint venture co-production, Little Nemo feature is produced,
but not released due to squabbling among American and Japanese stas.
Scarface sees Box Oce Release
Stephen Kings Christine horror lm is released
A Christmas Story is released
Sony Introduces the CD-ROM Player or CD Player
A Pretty Good Book About Fortitude Actually... (2012-05-07 21:29)
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Decent book. Very decent. Nice way to learn how to increase your tolerance for fortitude.
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Good Cartoon Shows and Movies Inventors Would Like (2012-05-08 17:55)
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Meet the Robinsons
Dexters Laboratory
Megas XLR
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Frylock is an Inventor)
Iron Man: Armored Adventures
Because on this blog, we love innovation. And patents.
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Contest Entry Status... (2012-05-09 13:51)
Contest Entry is 50 % complete. Just need to nish this bad boy up.
Work Productivity Stats (2012-05-09 18:31)
Total number of printed pages of Art and Literature produced:
5,445 Pages
Total number ofmulti-media manuscripts produced:
27 Manuscripts
Why, Whoever Could That have been? Hmmm. I wonder (2012-05-10 12:54)
James doesnt look TOO bad. For a bearded blogger.
Oh would you look at that, hes invisible again...
Stayin Here, or Getting a Job Path A or Path B (2012-05-10 17:46)
You know, Ive got a good thing going here on Blogger, the Adult Swim Boards, Twitter, Adsense, and
YouTube. Part of me thinks thats pretty cool, and is intimidated by moving onto work that actually pays
well, and demands real work. Such confusing feelings. Its being pulled in two directions, Path A) My Small
Fanbase, which pays nothing but celebrates my holiday every day, and Path B) Corporate Payday, but few or
no friends and a whole lotta loneliness to go with all that money. People like and respect me on those sites.
They talk about me, and pay attention to me. Giving that up to pursue a corporate Hollywood or Silicon
Valley Job. Well, yes I could buy anything I want, but theres more to life than money! I just know there is!
The only thing is, Path A is Jealous, Malicious, often Unsupportive, and Jealous of my other Loves and
Interests. Path A and Path B are two Pathways of my life that dont necessarily know about each other,
so i dont know exactly how theyd interact, to tell you the truth. I suspect if Path A found out I was
Courting Path B, it would be like a jealous x who would stalk any of my new potential girlfriends, and
demean them because WHY CANT YOU STAY BROKE, HAPPY, and IN LOVE WITH ME!!!??? WHY
WHY WHYYYYY!!!!!!!!!
Its a hazardous road, having a career. But thats how fans are. Thats how fans are in regards to a little
man with big dreams (aka me).
When people say Cross-Dominance and Brain-Lateralization (2012-05-10 19:31)
They hardly ever talk about how it factors into art, literature, creativity, and multitaltedness. Being a
polymath like me, Benjamin Franklin, and Leonardo, in other words.
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There really isnt much denying that most writer-artists like myself, people who can switch from doing
something Right-Brained (art, design, images) to doing something Left-Brained (Writing, literature, science,
words) comprise a HUGE percentage of the cross-dominance population. Many of us (not all, but most) Im
pretty sure are real life geniuses. Rationals, Multi-talented, ingenuity, Cross-Dominance of Brain Hemispheres,
Aspergers. Yeah, theyre all linked. Make a note, doc.
Famous People who are multi-talented
Bill Gates
Larry Page
Todd McFarlane
Dave Sim
Steve Jobs
Steve Wozniak
Jhonen Vasquez
Sean Akins
Aaron McGruder
Bruce Timm
Glenn Murakami
Genndy Tartakovsky
George Lucas
Spielberg
James Cameron
Chris Prynoski
Akira Toriyama
Katsuhiro Otomo
Musashi Kishimoto
Eiichiro Oda
Osamu Tezuka
Shinichiro Watanabe
Plenty of animation and lm producers
ME!
And those are the ones that are still alive. Many people in Silicon Valley are. So are many of the people
RUNNING Hollywood and the comics and animation industries, particularly the ones like Jhonen who
somehow managed animation AND comics.
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This Blog entry renovated to save time, some money, and Go Green! Uh-huh
(2012-05-11 01:40)
IFRAME: [1]http://www.youtube.com/embed/brwDOZLb0rs
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Quick Shout Out (2012-05-11 02:45)
To the Dozens of Russian Readers I seem to now have. Word, homies.
Audience (2012-05-11 04:52)
I can worry about discipline for my art process Later. In the mean time, I have to focus all my energy to
mastering the international animation contest I seem to have ended up in, which will be guaranteed to be
witnessed by 120,000 loyal readers in 100 countries. That will be the biggest direct audience my design work
has ever been in front of. No pressure.
Ive spoken to the HOLY GHOST... (2012-05-11 06:24)
I was even gonna hire Holy Ghost to be part of mah little rag tag crew. Until I learned...It evaporates into
dust when you most want to hire him. Live and learn.
Hmmm, Very Nice Indigoskynet..... (2012-05-11 06:50)
Though I never admitted to him in direct conversation, as an American Art Director, Production Designer
(anyone in animation kind of knows theyre kinda the same thing. The guy who does the eects and
background and props), Indigoskynet was a HUGE inuence on my best production design. If I hadnt seen
his artwork, (well, him and the work of Katsuhiro Otomo who in my opinion is his Japanese equivalent), if it
wasnt for those guys, my layouts would be shit. They inspired me to NOT cop out in terms of portraying
perspective and architecture in my stories. Dont go with traditional Hannah Barbera style (aperspectival),
strive for something a little deeper, more Japanese/French. So THANKS, Indigoskynet. If it wasnt for your
work in animation and illustration, I wouldnt be striving for anything.
eh, Is it NORMAL? (2012-05-11 07:20)
Is it NORMAL to feel like projectile vomiting all over the room because youre so happy youre spontaneously
combusting inside over how TALENTED some people you know are? Im so happy Im gonna puke! Seriously,
I might not know what Ive signed onto just yet, but Im starting to. Getting closer to working in animation
is like being on a Apollo Spaceship.
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FUCK YEAH MAN. GOOD THINGS STILL DO HAPPEN TO ME.... (2012-05-11 07:49)
For Starters, I still CAN draw....!
See???
[1]
Another Mono Print. Hot o deh presses, Bocha.
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The Chinese Pan-Asian Social Network(?) (2012-05-12 09:23)
A powerful thing it is indeed. But its not that people dont have access to it. Its that they get lost in
the untranslated language barrier. Next to Japan, or perhaps transcending Japan even, China has one of
the two biggest social networks online next to the United States. Any social network that ubiquitous and
instantaneous, Id like to be a part of. After all, I do have Chinese ancestors. May as well try to reconnect at
least a little. I mean I know theres stu like YouTube and Deviant art to keep in touch with the Chinese,
but what about all those Chinese social network 2.0 sites. I cant think of the name of a single one! Id
particularly like to be more involved in the social network that like martial arts, lmmaking, art, comics, and
animation. Chinese sites and Chinese people online love to talk about this stu, and I love talking to them!
So if youre Chinese, feel free to send me an email at [1]spindack@gmail.com with some website recommenda-
tions.
1. mailto:spindack@gmail.com
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The Evil One, The Evil Twin (2012-05-12 13:04)
HAS been reported to a private investigator, as of today. Just spreading the word. Take that!!
Culture Count Stats Report! (2012-05-13 11:37)
There are 66 Russian people, 25 Americans, 3 English People, 2 Japanese people, 1 Canadian Person, and 1
German person reading this blog currently. Thanks for reading world! Stop by any time!
Bird of Prey, Right Next to Me! (2012-05-13 12:35)
See, I was watching TV in my living room, when suddenly, this big old foot tall HAWK swoops down and
perches on the fence facing my living room window, peering in at me, just watching me. A Hawk, watching
me watching TV.
Local Wildlife are Cool.
Making Friends is Sem-Challenging (2012-05-13 19:55)
As of the last ve or so years, Ive actually made a decent, but small amount of friends in California:
Indigoskynet, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Animation Magazine. Jhonen Vasquez Oh yeah, and some guy
named Steve Blum. Whoever that is.
Shopping List: Recently Acquired... (2012-05-14 09:48)
Things I ordered from Amazon yesterday:
Jhonen Vasquez National Design Triennial
Peter S. Beagles Secret History of Fantasy
Psyren manga Volume 1
The Best of HP Lovecraft
Berserk manga: Volume 1
External DVD-RW Drive
New Story Arc of End Times (2012-05-14 12:38)
New Storyline for Parallax - End Times: Shadow Op 7 vs. The New-Earth Drug Lords.
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Nice Form Youve Got There... (2012-05-14 14:12)
[1]
Wow!
[2]
Nice Form youve got there
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[3]
No really! Youre form is very nice!
[4]
UNLESS, of course, you actually wanted to make contact and HIT me.
In which case, you kind of suck and are a weak opponent.
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Art and DRAWING: NO, It DOESNT Get Easier.... (2012-05-14 16:58)
Will practice make you a better artist? Yes.
Will your acquired skill at art and daily practice make the actual drawing process any easier?
Will it ever become easier?
No, it DOESNT get easier. You have to force yourself to do it every day. It will ALWAYS feel torturous
every so often. Sometimes it hurts less, but not, when youre drawing at my level of skill, fame, and intensity,
drawing NEVER becomes the most pleasurable activity you do. Actually its one of the LEAST pleasurable
activities one can do during the day.
Drawing will ALWAYS be stressful, even if and when its just the stress leading UP TO the daily pencil
mileage.
You cant wait to feel inspired just to get to work drawing. But you can get into a state where you do it a
bit more compulsively.
Bi-annual haircut (2012-05-16 11:53)
Those are always fun....
Some Anime Box Set DVDs I Always Keep on Hand In my CD Wallet... (2012-05-17 11:35)
Heat Guy J
Yu Yu Hakusho
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Series I & II
Gundam Wing Seasons 1 & 2
IGPX: The Immortal Grand Prix
Im ready to marathon those suckers at a moments notice!
Toonami goes BACK ON AIR MAY 26/27th. Youre welcome (2012-05-17 11:55)
Nu said.
2012 in Pop Culture: YEAR OF THE BIG (THINGS) (2012-05-17 16:04)
A Week in Review:
" Peter S. Beagle Short Story Anhology
" Boondocks Season 4
" Toonami Is Back
" Men in Black 3
" Tim Burtons Dark Shadows Remake
" Motorcity
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Values: Purity of Heart (2012-05-19 15:49)
There are some things I value in other people: Willpower, discipline, patience, honor courage, chivalry,
fortitude, autonomy, and of course, innocence. I value innocence in myself and others.
Not much scares or bothers me, except MAYBE the concepts of these virtues being taken, stolen, ransacked,
or robbed from their owners by other members of society. To violate these values is an injustice and crime i
cannot abide by.
Innocence and naivety, while feminine in their form of human nature, matter very much to me. Accidentally
making others frustrated or cynical is one thing. Intentionally setting out to rob others of their innocence,
naivety, and purity through trickery and deception is a crime I cannot tolerate. You (spiritual thieves and
sadistic pillagers) have no right to take such holy things from such blessed people, of ANY age, young OR
old. Innocence and naivety is not exclusive to children. Innocence and purity exists (albeit in dierent guises)
in any person, of any gender, or any age. This preservation of purity, if disrupted, disrupts me down to my
very SOUL. Something I dont much care to tolerate.
Bryan: A Psychiatric and Legal Analysis (2012-05-19 16:17)
Bryan was a complex character. Hero to himself. Villain to probably everyone but his parents. Upon peering
deep into his soul with my owl eyes, and observing his actions, crimes and all, I realize, he probably just
wanted what any adolescent of high aspiration would want: Fame, respect, authority, power. And if he were
a normal person whose nature wasnt so ruthless, he could very well have had those things, if only he had
followed the Zen path as I did and learned patience. His intellect and genius for computers didnt get in
the way of his lofty ambitions. It was his ultimately unscrupulous and malicious nature, which, to his credit
in an odd way, seems to have been at least partially the product of drugs, steroids, and alcohol. It was
the chemicals in his body which turned him from Dr. Jeckyl to Mr. Hyde with 1.2 million clones at his
disposal. Ultimately it was either an unclean soul, heavy amounts of chemicals, or his own tendency towards
sociopathological deceit, and sadistic lack of respect for humanity and life that was the nal nail in the con
of his public reputation. I think, in the end, it was his own twisted psyche that did him in. He went some
places that were incredibly darkhearted. He wanted something, ANYthing to blame (EXCEPT HIMSELF)
for his ultimate failure in life and his perennial status as a nerd loser with incredibly bad luck, maybe even
cursed. And because he attempted to pile it onto other people and the world, never realizing he was the
root of all those peoples suering, that one element of his unconscious mind was what was his dead weight.
The only real dead weight in Bryans life is Bryan. End of Story. How about trying to Blame Bryan next
time Bryan Commits an actual Crime, instead of blaming society for calling you fat or a nerd or whatever it
is that manifests itself as the chip that sits on his shoulder.
He saw me as a threat to his own power from day one (when at rst I didnt even notice him around me) and
his desire to portray me in such a way was not only ill founded, it was the ultimate unraveling of his twisted
internal logic. His arrogance and deception and all the drugs he took somehow fooled him into thinking he
wasnt to blame for EVERYTHING BAD IN HIS LIFE, when objectively, he WAS responsible for his own
ultimate failure in life.
Not my fault. If he simply would have learned to think of others rst for once in his life, his life might not
have obliterated itself, along with many others.
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No Shortcuts to Real Success. Youre gonna GET What you Deserve (2012-05-19 17:39)
In life, in my life, there are no shortcuts to money or anything else valuable. Only after years of honest,
strenuous hard work will you Ever be able to reap what you sew. If youre ME. This fact that hard work and
only hard work over long periods of dicult time will ever bring nancial gain, applies to me and no one else.
Others help themselves to getting rich o of dishonesty, cheating, manipulation, and general shortcuts and
substitutes to a hard and honest days work. Playing fair is the ONLY way Ive ever gotten ahead.
Reap What You Sew
90s and New Millennium (2012-05-19 19:11)
Theres no place for my kind in the New Millennium. I dont t in anywhere. Not even in my own place
where I live.
At least in the 80s and 90s I felt like I belonged for the most part. Ever since the early 2000s, nowhere feels
like home to me. Im what I call a 90s Drifter. A person who t in, in the 80s and 90s, but got the iron boot
in the New Millennium. Im going to bed.
Hey now, whats this? My new H.P. Lovecraft ctional prose book is lying on my bed. Id better read this
one.
Lords Prayer... (2012-05-19 19:32)
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it
is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass
against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Neighbors (2012-05-19 20:26)
Neighbors. Cant live next to em, and cant brain em. Well you can brain em, but youll face prison time
for murdering your neighbors. Not a bad act in and of itself, but if youre in jail, its impossible get comics
drawn.
Anime: Hint, Hint! (2012-05-19 21:45)
Hint Hint! In a place as culturally sensitive and temperamental and touchy as the anime industry, if you
want to work in anime or anything resembling it (Sci-Fi, Action, avant-garde), youre an International
American-Asian Diplomat First, an Entrepreneur and Businessman/woman second, a Filmmaker Third, and
a Cartoonist and-or Animator Fourth.
But above all, you gotta be nice to people, otherwise its easy to be mistaken for a mere fan.
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Have You Seen Me? J.M.s Dad... (2012-05-19 21:59)
Heres the deal. Im adopted. I wasnt raised by my biological father and never met him. He had his own
very prestigious, very important life with the clergy and automotive manufacturing to deal with before I was
born.
But I really wish I knew what he looked like. I know what I look like, but Ive never actually seen my
birth fathers face. 5 free anime DVDs from my collection to anyone who can track down a portrait or
photo-portrait of my biological fathers face. He doesnt have a famous face like I do. Id like to say I could
just take my looks, age it forward and voila. But, no, thats not really how it works. I might NEVER see an
image of my fathers face. My birth mom doesnt have any actual photos of my father, even though they
were best friends for a while. Odd. I remember my birth mom when I caught up with her stating my birth
father had a big gray beard.
Dammit Why Not More Disc-To-Digital for indie manufacturers (2012-05-20 11:59)
Why cant someone invent a Disc-to-Digital rip and store on demand video technology that rips DVDs, of
any sort, both recorded and bought, and stores the video on a DVD Player or Blu-Ray Player and a website
database, using a Google-sized database that stores and plays videos as easily and awlessly as YouTube,
where you can store and watch 2 videos or 2 million videos youve owned and created as part of your website
or home electronics collection.
Why has no one thought to do that yet?? HUH!? HUH!? WHY!!!!!
Oh man...! (2012-05-22 09:26)
You used to be able to nd all the cool stu at the bottom of the sales charts. Now its just one big discount
bin.
Japanese Artists Who Could Denitely Use Some Form of Ocial Art Site
(2012-05-22 09:57)
Katsuhiro Otomo
Hiroaki Samura
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Yasuhiro Nightow
None of these guys have ocial sites, which could be useful to them for project documentation, galleries, and
whatnot.
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Character Design Time! Heres one of my older characters... (2012-05-22 11:04)
Tome Title: I love being 1/4th Chinese & 1/4th French: Episode 222.
Juh Juh Juh Juh Jah Jah, Jah JEN.
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But seriously though, Indeed I am... (2012-05-22 11:34)
I am indeed a Bastard Son. Ive never lied about that, or tried to hide it. Its just a matter of fact.
If youre multiracial and you dont know anything about your genealogy, because you were raised in a closed
adoption like I was, the best thing you can probably do if you want to know more about your genealogical
heritage is get a DNA test. Thats how I found out I was part French, Part Australian, Part French, Part
British, Part Chinese, Part Arab, and of course, Part American. I aint making this stu up. Where do you
think I got it from? A DNA test of course. Otherwise if I HADNT taken an ancestral DNA test, all Id
know about myself was that I had black curly hair, brown eyes, and tan reddish skin. Thats no way to go
through life. Get a DNA test. Find some answers if you dont have any, like I did.
Not just ANY Architectonics: Organic Architectonics (2012-05-23 13:47)
My architectural philosophy, though primarily fantastical and ctional, is a mixture of organic architecture
and architectonics and my Design Imaginatorium. The shapes and forms just make sense to me. Their
freakish eccentricity speaks my language, the language of organic design.
Other Organic Designers: Moebius (probably the greatest organic fantastical architect of all time, in terms of
fantasy) Jhonen Vasquez, Katsuhiro Otomo, Syd Mead, Corey Jackson (Indigoskynet).
Design Countries with organic architecture in real life: Germany, Japan, China, France
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Look it up. Thats how I draw buildings. From an organic architectonic perspective. Otherworldly. Alien-like.
Praise Jebus! The Devil Clouds are Lifting... (2012-05-23 18:08)
After years of audio torture, that noise, nasty, EVIL family who lives down the street on the cul-de-sac, three
or four houses down from my house, is high tailing it out of the neighborhood.
Those DEVIL KIDS are GONE! Jesus be praised! Im gonna throw a party. A GOOD RIDDANCE EVIL
NOISY NEIGHBORS party.
Overall, (2012-05-23 18:15)
Good Riddance To Bad Rubbish: A Commemeration
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Well aside from celebrating the Devils Departure from my Neighborhood, which was in a VIOLENT STATE
OF ANARCHY for a while there, Ive also been sketchin. Now that the noise down the street is leaving, I
can celebrate the noise in my head with actual REAL value.
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Jeez people, if youre gonna read my blog entries...and your reading this right now
(2012-05-23 18:18)
Bear with me and read through them all. Dont just skip a bunch of entries and go with only the ones that
sound fun
Theyre ALL fun!
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Had Another... (2012-05-24 09:31)
$ $ $Money $ $ $ dream this morning. In the dream I was looking at myself, either from outside myself or
in the mirror, and I was standing their, with a grin and a big wad of cash in my hand.
Hey Publishing Company! Im With Adsense (2012-05-24 13:22)
ME: Hey Adsense! My project nally earned $22. I believe thats the minimum I need to actually get paid
for what my work earns! How about a paycheck nally?
ADSENSE: Up! WHOOPS! Did we say them minimum was $22?? Whoops, we lied! Since our books are
selling more, the minimum is now $200. Youll STILL get nothing and LIKE it! Go back to Chapter 11. We
dont need your kind on our publishing roster. Youve got some audacity to say we should be paying you.
Were not obligated for that, dont you read your contract??
ME: WHATEVS MAN...
Animations a tough, tricky business. (2012-05-24 14:05)
When going into animation, theres already a system set up thats both very ecient and very defective.
There really isnt a battle between American and Japanese animation.
It comes down to one question?
Do you want to Get Rich & Suck Out Loud, or do you want to Be Cool and Go Broke.
Because you cant and wont have both. You HAVE TO choose your career path at some point. I guarantee
that much.
Generally, the unwritten law is:
The more $ you have at your disposal, the less popular youre going to be with the intelligentsia.
Not Saying That (2012-05-24 14:27)
Im not saying rich and powerful and famous people are the happiest. Theyre NOT and never will be.
Spiritually devout people are the happiest, historically speaking.
But rich, famous, and powerful people are certainly well enough o to realize their words online have
consequence due to the weight of their status, which is exactly the reason you dont see them running amuck
online ranting and cyber-bullying the way BROKE COLLEGE KIDS and teens and TWEENS (the easily
inuenced) living in GHETTO NEIGHBORHOODS and APARTMENTS do.
Young, inexperienced, and broke people (what is essentially kids and teenagers and college kids, anime fans
included) have the biggest mouths online. The reason is obvious. They have the least amount of shit to lose.
The more power money fame whatever, or material possessions you have to lose by saying the wrong things,
the less wrong things you will learn to say.
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Been reading up on Japan.... (2012-05-26 09:58)
And if theres one thing Ive learned, its that theres more to incorporating Japanese inuence in ones work
than merely making everything cute, simple, at, and drawing every with big eyes.
Theres an entire cultural value system in Japan. Most storytellers just want to imitate the art style. But
what of incorporating long standing Japanese values in American storytelling. Everything from humility to
ambiguity. Theres quite a few of them...
Much thanks to whoever the random stranger was that clicked on my ONE YouTube
Banner ad ONE time. (2012-05-26 15:04)
Thanks! You earned me $0.04 cents in royalties. Ill take all the spare change I can get!
ahh, I LUV when random strangers are charitable enough with me to click my banner ads. Every click you
make on my ads contributes to my survival and being able to bring You all more of whatever the heck it
is I do that you love so much. Support of my habit of writing blog entries and uploading videos is much
appreciated.
SPLITATOMBOOM@YOUTUBE
If you REALLY want to benet me and pay me back for entertaining you people, the number one thing you
CAN do to support me bringing you more cutting edge material (other than visiting my sites) is to click my
ads within my videos and blogs, as the prots go directly to me primarily. I dont know if anyone cares if I
say this or not, but I kind of doubt anyone does care if I say how Im actually paid for my work.
And before you ditch me when the TV humming in the background of the room your reading this in pressures
your to turn away from me, just remember, who do you trust? Me, or a lying TV show? Which one has a
better track record of treating you, the audience well? Me, or that monopolistic tool the TV? After how
much the TV lies to steal your business from me and keeps you from knowing me as I really am, the LEAST
you can do is click on my ads, IF you like me better than TV of course.
Stick with me kid. Youll go farther with me than you EVER could TV, the Lie Box.
Thank you for your time, and Goodnight.
Some People (2012-05-26 17:21)
There really isnt any such thing as a typical rags to riches or success stories. Success stories come in wide
varieties.
Some people wonder why Im so rude to shut my family out of my work.
Others thing I dont rag on my family anywhere near enough
My parents have never consciously tried to STOP me from making a living as an artists, but they have
accidentally sabotaged my moral by being a bit too demanding, COMMANDING, and strict.
They dont seem to have the same respect for the medium I have. Primarily because my family doesnt have
the gift for it the way I do. Theyre also quite a bit more grounded in the so-called real world than I am.
Where was I going with this entry again?
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One Easy Way to Figure Out What Kind of Job Youd Be Good at is By Narrowing
Down Your Fields of Expertise (2012-05-26 20:00)
So for starters if you want to know what youre good at in terms of employable skills, get a notepad and pen
and make a list. List all youre Strongest Areas and Fields You Can Potentially See Yourself Getting Hired
in, and Narrow it Down to Your Strongest Fields and Employable Skills....I tried this technique myself:
Heres my own Business Media Bucket List:
Trademarks
Pitching Ideas
Getting Creative Ideas
Registering With a Creative Guild
Seeking Representation with an Agency
Graphic Novels and Comics
Animation Bibles
Broadcast Studios
Film Editor
CD Mixer
Video Engineer
Comic Book Publisher
Character Design (Animation)
Costume Design
Light and Shadow Design
TV Animation and Live Action Screenwriter
Executive Producer
Creative Consultant
Production Designer / Art Director
Storyboard Artist
Novelist
Webmaster
Blogger, Tweeter
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Secrets of Drawing Action and Fighting in Comics/Animation: Todays Lesson: Path of
Action (2012-05-27 11:47)
Cartoon Action Fight Force and Momentum Is Always Visually Horizontal
Fighting Poses are always more intense and dynamic when Theyre Horizontal
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Please refer to How to Draw Comics: The Marvel Way: Page 59: Action
Always lay out anatomy poses with a path of action.
When Drawing Action and Fighting, Keep the Path of Action Sideways and diagonal (Horizontal)
Nearly All Major Action Panels & Camera Shots feature a horizontal path of action
Striking an opponent is a sideways force, NOT a vertical force, unless the characters are in ight. But even
then theyre throwing punches, kicking, and striking horizontally the vast majority of the time.
No matter what kind of action scene or sequence your watching in animation or reading in comics, whether
its manga, superheroes, or TV action cartoons and anime, punches, blocks, and kicks, their force will 99 %
of the time be horizontal.
And thats all there is to that...Oh. Wait. Come to think of it, art students like visual examples, dont they.
Very well. Here are some poses I drew to demonstrate my theory. Note the curve of the torso / path of action
/ spine...
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For more information on this comics ght drawing technique, check out the most classic book on comic book
ghting: [5]How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way. Though the artwork is a little dated, its a must read for
any artists who wants to portray action in their comic book illustrations and sequential art. If you want to
draw Shonen or Seienen manga, its also useful. Action is a universal language in comics and animation, so
really, people shouldnt care if youre using a Marvel academic book to help you draw manga, indie comics, or
anything else for that matter. Action is a universal language, regardless of lmmaker, illustrator, publication,
country or genre. Fists move at the same pace in any language.
[6]LINK TO THE BOOK
1. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G9gdx-IrdC4/T8J0v4EpWvI/AAAAAAAABEQ/kERq_LwgU5k/s1600/Path+of+Action.jpg
2. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BhzYMxbyQiI/T8J9YsKNn2I/AAAAAAAABEc/KUxY_qY5msM/s1600/Pose+1.jpg
3. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J2n4DNef17I/T8J9hoygBuI/AAAAAAAABEk/7wv4doIuP5Q/s1600/Pose+2.jpg
4. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AbStirgiEEY/T8J9qiCyEGI/AAAAAAAABEs/7l8iNm_6FvA/s1600/Pose+3.jpg
5. http://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-Comics-The-Marvel/dp/0671530771/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338146901&sr=8-1
6. http://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-Comics-The-Marvel/dp/0671530771/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338146901&sr=8-1
Running an Animation Studio: How to Draw Comics The Strebler Way! REQUIRED
READING (2012-05-27 13:09)
REQUIRED READING: The Only Books Youll Ever Need to Start Your Own Animation & Comics Studio:
Here are the books I Own, Refer To, and Never Put Down:
[1]How to Draw Comics The Marvel Way
[2]Batman: Animated
[3]The Art of Oban Star-Racers
[4]AKIRA and [5]AKIRA CLUB by Katsuhiro Otomo
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[6]Pulp Fiction: A Quentin Tarantino Screenplay
[7]Fight Choreography: The Art of Non-Verbal Dialogue by John Kreng
[8]Start Your Own Business: The Only Startup Book Youll Ever Need by Entrepreneur Magazine
[9]How to Write for Animation byJerey Scott
[10]Story by Robert McKee
[11]Drawing on the Right Side of theBrain by Betty Edwards
[12]The Natural Way to Draw by Kimon Nicolaides
[13]How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott CArd
[14]Producing Animation by CatherineWinder and Zahra Dowlatabadi
[15]Animation: From Script to Screen by Shamus Culhane
These (for the most part) academic books will teach you everything you could want to know about being a
cartoonist, designer, screenwriter, production designer, or producer. Some books are better for certain elds
mentioned here than others. But the more skills you learn and teach yourself from studying and copying
from books, the better. Regardless of your level of talent, you will nd every single one of these books is a
classic in their eld just about.
1. http://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-Comics-The-Marvel/dp/0671530771/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
1338149233&sr=1-1
2. http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Animated-Paul-Dini/dp/006107327X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
1338149190&sr=1-1
3. http://www.amazon.com/The-Oban-Star-Racers-Savin-Yeatman-Eiffel/dp/1848563701/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=
UTF8&qid=1338149151&sr=1-1
4. http://www.amazon.com/Akira-Volume-1-Katsuhiro-Otomo/dp/1935429000/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
1338149098&sr=1-1
5. http://www.amazon.com/Akira-Club-Katsuhiro-Otomo/dp/1593077416/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
1338149056&sr=1-1
6. http://www.amazon.com/Pulp-Fiction-Quentin-Tarantino-Screenplay/dp/0786881046/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=
UTF8&qid=1338149015&sr=1-1
7. http://www.amazon.com/Fight-Choreography-The-Non-Verbal-Dialogue/dp/1592006795/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=
UTF8&qid=1338148962&sr=1-1
8. http://www.amazon.com/Start-Your-Business-Fifth-Edition/dp/1599183870/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
1338148907&sr=1-1
9. http://www.amazon.com/How-Write-Animation-Jeffrey-Scott/dp/1585674281/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
1338148872&sr=1-1
10. http://www.amazon.com/Story-Substance-Structure-Principles-Screenwriting/dp/0060391685/ref=sr_1_1?s=
books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338148837&sr=1-1
11. http://www.amazon.com/The-Drawing-Right-Side-Brain/dp/0874774195/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
1338148773&sr=1-3
12. http://www.amazon.com/The-Natural-Way-Draw-Working/dp/0395530075/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
1338148773&sr=1-1
13. http://www.amazon.com/How-Write-Science-Fiction-Fantasy/dp/158297103X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=
1338148720&sr=1-1
14. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0240815351/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_g14_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=
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15. http://www.amazon.com/Animation-Script-Screen-Shamus-Culhane/dp/0312050526/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=
UTF8&qid=1338149459&sr=1-1
3 Diering Kinds of Update Schedules... (Bookmark these sites) (2012-05-28 09:49)
My various websites I run can be grouped into 3 or so categories, in terms of major updates:
Get ready to update your bookmarks when you click these links! That way I dont have to REMIND you to
visit them!
Video:
[1]http://www.youtube.com/user/SplitAtomBoom
Writing:
[2]http://www.jm-macabre.com
[3]http://www.jm-essays.com
[4]http://www.jm-manifesto.com
[5]http://www.millenniumpoetry.com
[6]https://twitter.com/ #!/JM Strebler
Webcomics:
[7]
[8]http://www.webcomicsnation.com/jm
[9]http://www.monocomics.com
VISIT THESE SITES CONSTANTLY AND BOOKMARK ALL THESE SITE URLs!!!!
NOW!!!!
1. http://www.youtube.com/user/SplitAtomBoom
2. http://www.jm-macabre.com/
3. http://www.jm-essays.com/
4. http://www.jm-manifesto.com/
5. http://www.millenniumpoetry.com/
6. https://twitter.com/#!/JM_Strebler
7. http://www.blogger.com/goog_466590575
8. http://www.webcomicsnation.com/jm
9. http://www.monocomics.com/
Manga Studio - Sequential Artists Godsend (2012-05-28 13:19)
Manga Studio is a Godsend. It makes designing sequential art a thousand times easier. Now I can focus on
just drawing really good pictures. Sizing the art up and tting it to scale in the panels wont be a problem,
and when all thats approved, I can print the page out and move onto the next page.
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Honestly I dont have that much diculty drawing the actual pictures. It was the tting them to a comic
book format that kept tripping me up. But with the Art Importing and Panel Drawing options available in
Manga Studio, it makes things so much easier, I can leave comic book retirement!
Thats really all I wanted all along, was an easy way to structure panel compositions and t my artwork into
panels on comic book printer paper.
#ToonamiIsBackBitches; Lyricist Lounge Flow (2012-05-28 21:20)
I dont think of my prose for the most part as traditional literature. My writing style, my unconscious writing
style would appeal to hip-hoppers. Poets and freestyle lyricists of the hip hop world, in the same way the
Beastie Boys lyrics and lyric sheets on the albums and the Beat Movement of the 60s did. My teachers in
high school always used to go on and on about how my words have a certain ow to them. And while Im a
terrible rapper, Im a pretty good non-musical written word lyricist. I do listen to my share of rap, rap-metal,
nu-metal, hip-hop, and progressive hip-hop.
Ive checked out the websites and mp3s of Richie Branson and MC Chris. I think those nerdcore cats are
onto something here.
But Im also big on Busta Rhymes, Eminem, Bloodhound Gang, and the Beastie Boys, as well as my man,
Jack Kerouac. I guess my words and rants do kind of have a hip-hop drum n bass lyrical beat generation
vibe to them, considering I write essays, poems, journals, along with scripts and ction. Word ow is very
important to me though.
R.I.P. Adam Yauch
Get Serious.... (2012-05-29 12:39)
Lets get real here.
If youre not you, and youre not BEING You, who the hell ARE You? Youre a Nobody.
If youre not even trying to be yourself, and not anyone else, youre really striving to be a Nobody.
An Unimportant Nobody. No one respects someone who cant really be themselves deep down.
If youre not really trying to be yourself, youre really just a loser.
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Yup. How Bout Them Stories. Flowin Prose (2012-05-29 13:18)
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Yup. I gots me some stories and scripts written
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So when I say Designer (2012-05-29 13:48)
When I think designer, I think and say character designer. Specically Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Bruce Timm,
and Jhonen Vasquez.
And when I think and say indie comic book I pretty much only think Johnny the Homicidal Maniac.
All the other stu, the FLUFF. The things youve HEARD, is whack.
When I think Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics (2012-05-29 13:53)
I think:
Eminems The Marshall Mathers LPand The Slim Shady LPand Marilyn Mansons Antichrist Superstar
And when I think metal, I think Marilyn Manson, Pantera, and Primus
When I think black, I think Metal Music and Noir
And when I think Cyberpunk, I think Ghost in the Shell, Blade Runner, and AKIRA.
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Johnny Cash Was The Greatest Goth.... (2012-05-29 15:00)
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Man In Black
Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, theres a reason for the things that I have on.
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because hes a victim of the times.
I wear the black for those who never read,
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
About the road to happiness through love and charity,
Why, youd think Hes talking straight to you and me.
Well, were doin mighty ne, I do suppose,
In our streak of lightnin cars and fancy clothes,
But just so were reminded of the ones who are held back,
Up front there ought a be a Man In Black.
I wear it for the sick and lonely old,
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold,
I wear the black in mournin for the lives that could have been,
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Each week we lose a hundred ne young men.
And, I wear it for the thousands who have died,
Believen that the Lord was on their side,
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,
Believen that we all were on their side.
Well, theres things that never will be right I know,
And things need changin everywhere you go,
But til we start to make a move to make a few things right,
Youll never see me wear a suit of white.
Ah, Id love to wear a rainbow every day,
And tell the world that everythings OK,
But Ill try to carry o a little darkness on my back,
Till things are brighter, Im the Man In Black.
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Guilds and Unions online (2012-05-29 22:04)
You know, online broadcasting and webcomics really need a labor guild and union. Hollywood has one. No
wonder the online world is such a mess. No ones getting paid anything, so they feel the need to act out I
guess.
Incredibly DETAILED Cyberpunk Co-Production Films for Anime Fans....
(2012-05-30 14:26)
Im in the midst of watching [1]Sky Blue: Wonderful Days on Blu-Ray, which I now own a copy of.
If you like John Woo style action and Ghost in the Shell and Moebius level detail, I give it 5/5 stars.
Masterpiece. The Film Has No Flaws.
You can buy it on Amazon under the title Sky Blue, available on Blu-Ray.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderful_Days
It should be noted...If you want to discuss what you JUST WATCHED last night on
Tokyo TV Networks...... (2012-05-30 18:52)
Well, I suppose if you really WANTED TO do that here, you could, as some of my readers live in Japan, but
Id recommend posting such things in places where youll nd people who have the same privilege (i.e. not
me or most people who go here). Were stuck in America here. Cant speak for other websites. Heh.
Anatomical Proportions in Art (2012-05-31 12:13)
My current art teacher. Her skill at precision measuring of proportions in ne art, whether its pencil, pen,
gouache, or acrylics, just impresses me. I love artists who can get proportions right, even if what theyre
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drawing is conceptual art and funk-died character design like some of the stu I draw.
I get impatient with proportions especially, so since Im being taught by someone whos mastered proportions
in their ne art over the years, shes applying all this scientic and international knowledge to her sketching
and painting that I wonder if Ill ever get right on a personal artistic and stylistic level.
Ah. Youre GOOD, Teacher. Must be all that art education she accumulated in France when she lived there.
By why converse with Lower, Scatalogically-faced Life Forms? (2012-05-31 15:50)
.....When you can innovate anyway?
Not really much of a comparison in quality, if you ask. You never do that though.
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Aint Got No J.O.B. But Im back on the mic. (2012-05-31 20:42)
Should I stop accepting social security health care paycheck from the government for mental illness claims
on behalf of my doctors/therapists in favor of nding actual work? Well, if I ever did nd a job, which I
probably wont ever), the government would stop writing me checks. And Id have to rely on J.O.B. money
instead, but because no one seems to be able to hire me, we all know thats not happenin anytime soon. So I
guess its government money for the time being.
For now Im excelling in a very rewarding career as an internet hobo.
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2.6 June
New Segment in my Blog. I call it: Whos The Culprit Whos Robbing Me Blind of All
My Money THIS Week (2012-06-01 11:10)
Whos robbing me of my money like a bank robber:
For this week, it would be Slipknot and Dethklok who are robbing me of my money. Good music! Here. Take
my money, Slipknot and Dethklok. Youre welcome!
Media Conglomerate Ownership and Proprietorship and Why Its Not Really Invisible...
(2012-06-01 11:22)
Thats right. You Heard me. Often when studios release albums or TV shows or movies, they seem to only
want the fans and viewers/listeners/ and readers to think about the nal product not the media conglomerate
that owns it, because that elementss not important to us. Well, sorry, but YOURE blind, worlds biggest
media companies, if you think which company and media conglomerate you are doesnt factor into your sales
gures. Because it does.
If Im watching Adult Swim, pretty much every night I watch it or every day I watch Time Warner owned
channels, I think to myself, Huh. So this is how Time Warner rolls eh?
And when I watch Nickelodeon or VH1 or MTV, or a Paramount Pictures movie, I think So. THIS is how
Viacom throws a party?
This law applies to rudeness in a product. If youre media product is rude to its audience / viewer, that
impression youre sending out reverberates all the way to the senior management.
Time Warner, Disney, Viacom, News Corporation, Sony, General Electric.
I got my eye on ALL of you. For I am the internet. Dont think I dont know what the people at the very
top of the hierarchy are up to, just because you force feed the masses the bottom. NOT the way it works.
That is how politics work.
I have seen the future...and its Downloadable...Billions of times over. (2012-06-01 12:18)
Ive downloaded, say, 21 albums o of the Amazon mp3 albums section in the last few days ago. And when I
was listening to those downloads on my Sony mp3 Walkman (mostly metal and hip-hop), I said to myself,
whoa, maybe theres something to this. Like the whole future of lm, TV, and music.
What am I talking about? Paying to download songs and TV anime and animation episodes from e-commerce
stores, like iTunes and Amazon (my preference is Amazon).
One of the best things about mp3s online is you can download a lot for a decent price, or if you dont have
much money, instead of downloading the album, you can download your favorite tracks you already heard on
YouTube.
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Robert Crumb is The Freaking Man (2012-06-01 17:25)
Im pretty sure Robert Crumb was the rst real indie artist and underground comic book artist. He was a
cartoonist on a drug trip. I used to nd his work so very ugly, and I always liked stu like Bone, Tank Girl,
Jhonen, Chynna-Clugston Major, Adam Warren, Sam Keith, Evan Dorkin, and Jim Mahfood better, truth
be told, but looking back, seeing who he inuenced with his comics and animation, its tough to hate on him.
O topic: No one buys houses anymore. No one can aord to. The benets of home ownership dont apply
to kids nowadays.
People like Jhonen, Robert Crumb, Jamie Hewlett, and Jim Mahfood taught me something valuable about
my career. Its real. It doesnt pay, but I DO have a career and work. Im an UNDERGROUND celebrity.
Like Jack Kerouac or Robert Crumb. But much like them, Im not comfortable with mainstream fame or
press coverage. The Machine. I dont trust that, so I sort of ended up a recluse of sorts. Which is dierent
than a regular celebrity. I function outside of the mainstream eld and press. Webcomics are the new indie
comics, and I own that arena. This blog is pretty big. End Times is pretty big. Not Hollywood big, but big
enough to be considered public (How can it not? Its the World Wide Web).
I like trying to emulate stu like Tolkien and Star Wars. But money-wise, its denitely not the same thing.
It doesnt make any money, and therefore gets no love from the mainstream press. Thats also the political
reason people like Jim Mahfood and Evan Dorkin arent all that much more famous than little old me. Its a
nancial thing. None of us are all that famous because we DONT make all that much money, especially me.
-JM
No One In The World Ever Gets What They Want, And That Is Beautiful. Everybody
Dies Frustrated Inside, And That Is Beautiful (2012-06-01 18:08)
They dont teach you this in school, because people go out of their way to spoil children and ruin the youth
of this nation, but if youre in the 99 % of the population, and you live a NORMAL life, you DONT GET
what you want. Dont think of it as a song lyrics. Its so much more than that. Think of it as a widely known
fact about circumstantial living.
For the most part, the majority of people, nearly all people are sitting around WAITING for shit (stu they
simply ASSUME is good shit) to happen. And for the most part, people dont get what they want. Namely,
sex, respect, control, inuence, condence, charisma, a job, a house, good family, normality, money, fame,
power, peace, and quiet. Chances are none of these things will EVER come to you, especially if youre the
hypercompetitive type who cuts everyone o in trac and tries to nd other ways to cheat to get ahead.
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Hey Now Children, Gather Round! Professor Dumble-Dack Wants to Read you a Chil-
drens Book! Lets read Hipira by Our Good Old Next Door Sensei, Katsuhiro Otomo!
(2012-06-02 16:24)
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Yay! Now can you tell us which ones are the Good Guys and which one is the Bad Guy in this story, kids?
No cheating!
Thats a Very Good answer! Evil ALWAYS loses!
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W vs. Bin Laden Love Letter: Thanks for Keeping Me Employed (2012-06-02 17:50)
[1]
Always Thank your Employer. Heh heh!
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Anime, Disney. Disney, Anime: The Bitter Rivalry.... (2012-06-02 19:23)
While there are peacemakers working on the Disney / Anime Frontline, such as Studio Ghibli and Pixar,
theres really no denying theres some bad blood between Disney and Anime. Between Japanese and
American animators. Id hardly call such a rivalry good-natured, seeing as it borders on primal tribalism
and xenophobic outbursts here and there.
It dates back to as far as WWII, when Disney and anime actually, literally joined the War movement and
went to war with one another.
Numerous anti-Nazi, anti-Japanese lms were produced by Disney.
Numerous anti-Disney, Anti-American lms were made by Japanese studios
And it was ALL Bankrolled and encouraged by (who else?) the opposing governments. Not a pretty scene.
The spirit of said National Animation Rivalry exists to this day among both countries, and is deeply ingrained
in the minds of MANY professional and veteran animators and directors in the United States and Japan.
Theres some serious animosity there, in that rivalry.
When will the madness end, is what I wonder. WWII ended a long time ago. And Japan has long renounced
Nazism and war crimes and is by now a very strong, very open minded American ally.
Epic Rap Battles of History!!! Childish (But Famous) Rivalries Abound...Heres some
Memorable Ones (2012-06-02 20:04)
Viacom vs. Google
Anonymous vs. Viacom
Microsoft vs. Google
Apple vs. Microsoft
Microsoft vs. Apple
Mac. vs. PC
President Obama vs. Fox News and a whole shitwad of Republicans
Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates
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Disney vs. Anime
Anime vs. Disney
Rap vs. Metal/Rock
DeviantART vs. Anyone whos NOT an otaku
Anime News Network vs. Anyone whos NOT an otaku
Warner Bros. vs. Disney
Jerry Seigel and Joe Schuster vs. DC
Marvel vs. DC
Comedy Cartoons vs. Anime and Internationally Friendly Action Cartoons (check the forums, youll
see)
Adult Swim vs. 5/10ths its fanbase
Superheroes vs. Counterculture Comics
Superheroes vs. Manga
American Animation vs. Anime
Anime vs. American Animation
Seth MacFarlane vs. EVERYBODY
Trey Parker / Matt Stone vs. Everybody
Sumner Redstone vs. All Other Media
East Coast vs. West Coast
North vs. South
Kevin Smith vs. Most Other Filmmakers
Quentin Tarantino vs. Established Hollywood
Howard Stern vs. Spielberg
John Stewart/Steven Colbert/Comedy Central vs. Planet Earth
And while I dont like getting political in my coverage in this blog of rivalries for the most part, I will add
one:
Mubarak vs. Cairo, Egypt. Theres other culprits, but lets not go there, shall we?
I think thats pretty much it
No one said we were all adults here. Only some of us
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I gotta hand it to Toonami (2012-06-02 21:16)
They DID get me to start watching Bleach again, after years of being turned o by ller, Toonami has made
Bleach QUITE A BIT more watchable. I cant say how exactly, but it has...People who hate Bleach, but like
Toonami, are now watching Bleach (at LEAST 1 million, a HUGE ratings boost for Bleach) purely because
its in the opening Toonami slot. Thats actually a pretty smart move on their part if you ask me...
IFRAME: [1]http://www.youtube.com/embed/fOpmJWPKEmM
1. http://www.youtube.com/embed/fOpmJWPKEmM
Style Doesnt Always Equal Money or Prot. Ive Got Plenty of Style. No Money
Though (2012-06-03 11:04)
Every artist has a natural style theyre most comfortable with.
Actually, I may not have money from my artwork, or appreciation or respect, but I do have style. Tons of
style actually. Ive got a very powerful multi-style. Ive got style to spare. But style doesnt always pay the
bills. Mine certainly dont.
Anime, and Where Its Inuence Stands (With Me) (2012-06-03 11:38)
I already have a style, and technically its not anime.
As a matter of fact, the only anime that actually inuences my art is the older stu that came out in America
either anime around 1995 or manga that came out around 2001, and a few others.
None of the newer anime inuences me really. AT ALL.
New anime isnt all that original. The most ORIGINAL anime was released years ago.
There IS NO new and innovative Japanese anime and manga. Its all the same shit. Cute and simple. It
USED TO be so detailed. Not so much recently. America and Korea are producing more detailed work
nowadays, but Japans reduced a lot of its detail in recent works. NOT impressive, compared to what Japan
DID at one point. Oh well.
Anime looks pretty for the most part, but in terms of my current stance on anime, its not so much the
art of anime I have a problem with so much as the double standard ideology behind it. I guess Im just
old fashioned like that. Im the type of geezer that actually believes that if someone wants to put one of
your designs in their art website prole or TV show or movie, they can at least credit you for it, which is
something some artists go out of their way to avoid doing when they borrow my work.
Maybe its a cultural dierence. My theory about this form of borrowing is that Japan isnt a literal society.
Osamu Tezuka borrowed the aspect-to-aspect transition stylistic camera shot-angle element from Maya
Derens lm, Meshes of the Afternoon (her and Salvador Dali), but do you ever see their names credited in
anime and manga for inspiring Osamu Tezuka and many manga-ka and Japanese storyboard artists when
they do close-up aspect-to-aspect transitions of hands, eyes, and feet? No. When the Japanese borrow
elements from Western literature and lmmaking, they arent always verbal about who theyre borrowing
from. Japanese taking inuence from you is a highly coveted and valuable position to the Japanese. If the
Japanese borrow stylistic elements from you or your designs (be they character, layout, costume or camera),
your in a luxurious position. Just dont expect a shout out.
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Its a cultural thing. Americans like giving other Americans shout outs. Japanese artists and American
artists, not so much. A Japanese shoutout is a sacred thing to the Japanese. Im more okay with it if I view
it that way.
Heres Where and How Many People Have Read My Blog, Internationally
(2012-06-03 13:05)
United States
1,549
Russia
170
United Kingdom
25
Germany
15
Canada
11
India
6
Indonesia
2
Japan
2
Mexico
2
Australia
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Living With Family (2012-06-03 15:08)
Part of the reason Ive stayed with my family so long, other than having not enough money to move out,
has to do with trust issues. Unlike a lot of people on the internet, my inner circle never shares any of my
info with the media, never speaks out publicly, never compromises my privacy. And they never leak stories.
With fame, the trust issue arises. When Im around my close knit circle of family and friends, I never feel my
privacy is compromised with said people. Thats one of the main reasons I havent left them.
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Doesnt Anyone read Archival Old Blog Entries Anymore??? (2012-06-04 11:44)
Why is it the only blog entry of mine that ever gets read is my current one. Ive written, like, a million blog
entries, and yet people only seem to want to read what I wrote 2 minutes ago. How about reading my older
stu???
Page Count....5,000 tweets, 573 Blog Entries Online, 600 Pages Oine (2012-06-04 12:01)
Between now and the time I started writing all 573 entries of this blog, From May 2011 to Now, the start
of Summer 2012 ALONE, I ended up writing over 600 pages of unpublished writing like the kind I posted
yesterday in this blog.
Kind of weird how the drawing-writing ratio works out. Im obviously more writer than artist, even if I am
both.
For starters, I had all the encouragement in the world from academics, teachers, family, friends, the media,
and parents to draw, and yet I didnt do it. Did I draw at a level that matched anyones expectations? NO!
And no one even really encouraged me to write. It was more of a compulsion and habit than anything else.
Unfortunately, while I may be a natural at writing, Im not so much of a natural at drawing. Art appreciation
maybe, but not procedural drawing.
150 Pages of PURE FANTASY [literature] (2012-06-05 12:11)
Yup, thats right...
The manuscript of outlines, ction, and scripts is around 150 pages long.
It goes in ALL SORTS OF directions. Its becoming a bit labyrinthine. But I suppose that tends to happen
when you reach the 150 mark....
Dream in my Nap (2012-06-05 19:25)
I had a dream, that I was crossing the peaceful waters of the Atlantic ocean, all that beautiful blue non-violent
water, in an enormously long monorail train. Very peaceful. The sea was peaceful. This is the rst dream I
ever had where Im NOT being violently attacked by water or something to come out of the sea. Nice change
of pace
No airliner crashing into the ocean. No world ooding at the stroke of midnight. No sea monster cave. No
home state ood catastrophe. No rising tide levels in the middle of the night. Just light clear bright blue
summer daytime water with no rough currents, in the middle of the summer daytime. Odd. Maybe Im on
the right track.
dreammoods.com
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28 or 29 year old Novelist and Screenwriter (2012-06-06 10:43)
28/29s actually a pretty young age to be a science-fantasy novelist and screenwriter, if you look at the
average age of the typical well known authors in said genre.
Photoshop Training (2012-06-06 15:48)
Finally got a copy of Photoshop. So Im in the process of reading various tutorials to practice with, train in
digital painting, and get better at it. Im nally going digital. Bout time. Ill still be doing art by hand. But
Ill be editing it and coloring most of it with Photoshop, assuming I can gure the damn thing out...
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Sketching with Photoshop....First Sketches of All Time (2012-06-07 07:27)
[1]
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[2]
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2. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IEQ_fHcDvn4/T9DQdnxuHMI/AAAAAAAABHc/N9ub8bVdcjk/s1600/1.jpg
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NEW-ER Photoshop.. (2012-06-07 09:34)
[1]
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I Present to You All, Everyones Favorite Post-Apocalyptic Barbarian...Now With Pho-
toshop! (2012-06-08 13:27)
Mono! Voila!
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[1]
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Contingency Plans....When your legal guardians die.... (2012-06-08 19:27)
Many people who arent that dierent than me are afraid of the death of their families if theyre not paying
their own bills and dont have a job yet. You dont have to have a job or money just to have contingency
plan for in case your parents die from old age. The key word here is social contacts. I have a few people I
probably COULD live with
Hell, my brothers former wife was beaten by her parents, blatantly abused and they kicked her out, so we let
he live in our house for a while. Well, I didnt, but my parents and brother did. They didnt let me have
any say in the matter, so I had to adjust. Well, actually she did put a lot of eort into adjusting to living
with her husband and my family in our house, she TRIED to be polite and well mannered, even if she did
argue with her husband quite a bit. But it wasnt the END of the World for her because she had no place to
live. At the time we oered her one. Till she pissed o my parents and pretty much had to live with her
husband an apartment from that point on. She still does to this day.
For the unemployed, its not the end of the world if you cant aord to buy or make payments on an apartment
or house. Just nd friends, relatives, and long lost relatives who love you like family the way my friends and
relatives do in regards to me, and youre good to go. Fortunately Im a good house guest, so people I know
are always visiting me and welcoming me to their apartments and homes as courtesy for how well I treat
them and how much I love them. Im adopted, its in the beginning of my life story. I know what its like to
risk being out on the street or in a bad situation if good friends and especially parents and legal guardians
dont take a liking to you. Im so used to my parents initial decision to adopt me and take me in back in
Ann Arbor Michigan when I was a newborn babe in 1983. Im so used to growing up only remembering living
with and growing up with former strangers (my adoptive parents) that I often take it for granted that Im
living where I am by chance and luck. Because some parents wanted to adopt a child, and they decided to
adopt me. You never forget a beginning of your life spent that way, even long after youve moved out and
become famous and rich (well, ideally anyway).
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Shout-Outs to the New Stu: Stu on TV Im LOOKING Forward TOO: Vol. 2
(2012-06-08 19:51)
Real Cartoons for Real Cartoon Fans
Aqua Something You Know Whatever (ATHF)
Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters (Hub)
Metalocalypse (New Episodes of Season 4)
Redakai (New Episodes)
Huntik (NickToons)
The Boondocks (Season 4)
Toonami 2012 (All Episodes)
New Episodes of Motor City
Tron: Uprising Premiere
Naruto Shippuden (if it ever actually returns and isnt actually cancelled. No one cleared that one up.
Hows that for irresponsible TV making?)
2012: Era of the 20-Something Billionaire (2012-06-09 02:12)
Pretty much
And Now, a Man who Needs No Introduction....Jesus! (2012-06-09 04:19)
Jesus is a man thats considered so sacred, so Holy, so important to humanity, that his old hometown where
he used to hang out (Jerusalem) has been at civil war with itself ever since he was crucied. I guess
JERUSALEM never got over the fact that its hometown hero died and was killed. If Jesus was really such
a peacemaker, why has his hometown been at street civil war with itself, ever since he died, even to this day?
Is this really how people resolve their conicts? What kind of legacy (war?) is that for a Holy man to have
anyway?
Give Peace a Chance.
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Like Secrets? Like Success? Then youll LOVE this personal favorite of mine...
(2012-06-09 04:40)
I read this book a LOT growing up...
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sp asin til &fc1=000000 &IS2=1 &lt1= blank &m=amazon &lc1=0000FF &bc1=000000 &bg1=FFFFFF
&f=ifr
1. http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=jmstwi-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B0002P0VN4&ref=qf_sp_asin_til&fc1=000000&IS2=
1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr
The 2 Main Reactions My Black Art Gets.... (2012-06-09 11:54)
Generally, when my art is on public display, I get a very divided reactions.
People genuinely react to my art 1 of 2 dierent ways, and they couldnt be more dierent.
Theres the haters who mock and demean me.
And theres the fans and worshipers, baed at my genius.
Reaction A) Negative 1:
Tsh. Crap. Youre an asshole and your art SUCKS and is crap. I could draw that. ANYBODY could. Its
crap!
Reaction B) Positive 2:
O...M....G! Oh. My. God. Ive never seen noir done so beautifully. Its the most beautiful kick ass thing Ive
ever seen HOW DO YOU DO IT!!! I want to make all my work just like yours one day! I love you!!!!
Yeah, I like letter B. Dont really know why though.
Truthfully, for me, theres not much more to it than that. The shadowy White Costume and Architectural
compositions emerging from the BLACK, and the BLACK itself IS the Artistic Statement.
Dont make it more complicated than it needs to be. My message is simple: BLACK. The End.
If Picasso makes a whole PERIOD of his career out of BLUE, I can make something out of BLACK.
n
2012 New Years Resolution (2012-06-09 13:40)
Learn to have more faith in myself, Despite cowardly and accusatory character attacks and criticism from
others.
Believe in Yourself. I dont do that anywhere near enough. I aim to change that.
Since IM REALLY TIRED AND I WORK IN AN ASIAN SWEATSHOP SUBURBIA
[not really]... (2012-06-12 17:34)
Lets save MY OWN promotion of myself for some place where Im not the only person READING what I
write. I mean that IS what the people tell me whenever I ask, isnt it?
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Well, I guess it DOES gotta be me to do that one thing....That I do... (2012-06-12 18:08)
And,...As a Legendary black ski mask wearing Ninja man on YouTube once said..
If I dont...WHOS GONNA!
Dear LiveJournal (2012-06-12 18:22)
Current Mood: Excited about potential success, and just a tad bit overwhelmed and intimidated by the
intensity of the Giant Limelight Beam shining down, from the Cosmos, on me.
No (2012-06-13 20:40)
Theres got to be a way to be a cutting edge artist of Asian descent that draws cutting edge detail heavy,
without, you know, people thinking you WORSHIP THE DEVIL and SACRIFICE VIRGINS TO THE
VOLCANO GODS OF ULTONOM and stupid shit like that....Hmmm. How to solve this dilemma
So much FUN! (2012-06-14 09:00)
Cant get enough of THOSE guys. Like that one time. Like remember the time you STOLE his identity and
tried to cyberstalk him with it? Yeah, what a blast! What great memories!
Writing and Art: Drawn to the Natural (2012-06-17 12:18)
My style isnt good or bad. Thats just the style and fashion of my process. Its my natural style. When
developing a writing or art style, go with what feels natural. Some things will come more naturally to some
artists and writers. Its best not to deny or ght it. For instance, Im naturally drawn to warriors, swordsmen,
and lm noir. And Im by nature a slow screenwriter and novelist, so I need to give myself time to write
things, be it a script or novel.
Screenwriter & Screenwriting (2012-06-19 14:42)
Turns out Im actually a pretty good screenwriter after all. I feel a strong need to write things, and
screenwriting fullls that need.
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Today I write like William Shakespeare (2012-06-19 18:51)
I write like
[1]William Shakespeare I Write Like by Mmoires, [2]journal software. [3]Analyze your writing!
1. http://iwl.me/w/f0797b6c
2. http://www.codingrobots.com/memoires/
3. http://iwl.me/
Temperament Sorter Lesson of the Day: Artisans and TV On Screen Behavior.
(2012-06-20 06:07)
When watching TV and actors portraying roles on TV, look not for Idealists, or Rationals, or even Guardians
most of the time (though not always).
Instead look for the Artisan. Television acting is dominated and overrun by Artisan behavior. Flamboyant
and Bombastically Loud Personalities that Like and Are Comfortable Acting Out and being seen in front of
the masses.
There are more actor Artisans than any other temperament. The Artisan Group also has the largest amount
of attractive women. These are facts.
The Budget for this Blog is $860,000.00 (2012-06-20 07:24)
Neat huh?
Klout? Cmon man. Gimme a BREAK! (2012-06-20 13:11)
Like its actually accurate. All it measures is how many people follow you on Twitter ( &) FaceBook (yes, I
said the F Word, my apologies) AND NOTHING ELSE. Klout CLAIMS to measure Blogger and YouTube
credibility, but I have my doubts about whether or not those things even get factored in. And I dont just
say that because my score is puny, which it IS.
Eh. If Naruto Shippuden really IS canceled on Disney (which Im not sure if it is)....
(2012-06-20 20:45)
Eh, Ill just continue watching the series legally online on the corporate streaming sites until they air the
subbed nal episode, and a dub of the nal episode is available. Then Ill probably go back and collect the
series from start to nish.
Well, IDEALLY anyway. Narutos got TONS of episodes. That might be a tall order. I guess Ill just have to
wait until that time comes.
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I do tend to glow (in the sunlight and especially in the Dark) when Im happy
(2012-06-21 09:39)
Im a lamp!
OK then, art world....Lets see some of YOUR piles of sketchbooks you got laying around
your rooms! (2012-06-21 16:21)
Is knows yous gots some! And I am TIRED of showcasing all of mine. Everyone already KNOWS what my
art looks like, and Im in too lazy of a mood to draw more. Sorry. Thats why Im calling out to OTHER
artists.
Remember This Thing? (2012-06-22 01:28)
[1]
Remember the clone-o-MATIC machine? I do? Hermiones already had her turn. Now wheres the page on
Harry?
1. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E5z0imVy25g/T-QsQTHcJPI/AAAAAAAABJU/kjB_Vjqy6-w/s1600/Redhead.png
6-Degrees Of Personality... (2012-06-22 02:02)
Out of one personality-temperament, one can derive MANY dierent characters. Never let it be known I
wasnt interesting....
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Spendin the early morning with mah two homies, Alfred Hedgehog and Joseph Prince.
(2012-06-22 02:20)
LOVE those guys!
What Im doing after the contest.... (2012-06-22 07:57)
Soon as the animag contest is nished, and I have some free time, Ill probably go back to updating my
webcomics more often. Input would be a welcome change though. If anyones feeling so inclined.
Suicidegirls.com (2012-06-22 09:17)
Suicidegirls.com
YUM!
Because whats a JOE without his puss and some porn?
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MY LITTLE BRONY! Friendship is Magic, and Why All The Other Childrens Anima-
tion is Sort of....mean (2012-06-22 10:11)
Bullying and Childrens shows. Bullying and Primetime Shows. Incivility and Childrens shows. Lewd
Incivility and Primetime Shows.
Is There Too Much Bullying in Childrens Cartoon Shows These Days?
While I hesitate to name names, some childrens shows and primetime programming is clearly not made with
good apples like me in mind. Im okay with that, but when inuential Childrens Shows like Family Guy,
American Dad, SpongBob SquarePants, Phineas and Ferb, and Avatar the Last Airbender go out of their
way to promote bullying even if its just the badguys, lets face it. Being an asshole is being an asshole.
Mean is Mean, and bullying is bullying. If the goodguys are bullying the bad guys, they cease to be bad guys,
and hence mutate their character and internal moral drive into that of the sociopath.
But yeah, Bullying in kids TV. Not something people used to have to deal with in the 80s and 90s. There
WERENT any bully kids shows in the 80s and 90s. This is a reection on the times, and a serious reection
of the decline of the society we live in, that even childrens animation is encouraging you to bully others.
Im not a bully in real life, I never have been, but I know a bully when I see one. And I seeplenty of them in
Hollywood recently. If bullys are running the show, which they are, suddenly EVERYONE becomes a bully!
Do we really want our society to turn into this???
Hey, Hey! Hold on now! (2012-06-22 14:58)
Now I know I said publicly in this blog at some point that I want to run my own small biz subcontractor-esque
animation- &-comics local / international co-pro studio if Im not doing said thing on my youtube channel
(SplitAtomBoom) and Webcomics Nation (WCN - http://www.webcomicsnation/jm ) already, so I can tell
my own stories with an Audience. But I never said I wanted to run the animation, anime, comics, and manga
business IT/THEM SELFs! That kind of task is too big for EVEN ME! Dont put me in charge of everything
just YET! I need to meet more collaborators and work with a lot of people before Im running ANY large
enterprise that isnt just indie.
Cartoon Network: Their lineup is: 98% Charlie Chaplin, 2% Hamlet (2012-06-22 15:34)
Cartoon Network in an odd way, is like Shakespeare. They have a ne dual appreciation for both the tragic
and the comedic:
How so, you ask me?
Well, allow me to explain.
The vast majority of the day and night, they just want you to laugh at really messed up stu.
But on rare occasions, when they CARE about you, care about EVERYONE viewing really, theyll make
room for dramatic animated programming from around the world: Tragedies and epic dramas that often fail
in the ratings, but deliver us lord from every evil:
Shows like:
Star Wars The Clone Wars
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Ghost in the Shell
GI Joe RESOLUTE
Naruto
The Animatrix
Metropolis
Alexander
Cowboy Bebop
Gundam
Thundercats
Redakai
also known as THE BEST OF THE BEST.
Every once in a while theyll take the high road. And I dont just mean an elevated expressway, I mean the
door to Heaven Itself. What a wonder to behold.
Poignant Moments: A List for the Anime Healer (2012-06-22 17:44)
Ive watched a lot of animation, since around 1985 to today.
Heres the most moving stu Ive seen in animation, all of which made me sob for a long time. Maybe it was
the soundtrack....
[fair warning: Biggest animation spoilers in the history of time]:
Toy Story 2 - Sarah McLachlan - When She Loved Me Montage
The Ending of the Final Episode of Cowboy Bebop - Yoko Kanno - Blue
X/1999 Final Scene - X Japan - Forever Love
Naruto Numerous episodes featuring the Sadness and Sorrow song
The Last Unicorn - Final Scene - America - The Last Unicorn
If youre in the mood to watch something heartbreaking, watch these DVD - YouTube Clips
Has there ever been a Chinese American sitcom? (2012-06-22 18:28)
White American Sitcoms. Teen Sitcoms. Nerd Sitcoms. High School Sitcoms. 70s Sitcoms. African-American
Sitcoms. Latino American Sitcoms. Britcoms. Animated Sitcoms. Sketch Comedy Shows.
Wheres the Chinese-American Sitcom? Diversity anyone? We need more than just Kahn from King of the
Hill, Jackie Chan, and Jake Long. We need to give Panda-Kabob his own series. LOL
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I know its not the most popular thing to say in the comics and animation community
later in life, but I gotta say it.... (2012-06-22 19:22)
I NEVER would have said this as a young kid or teenager, or even late teenager, but because I was so
deprived of it at a young age, when you succeed you realize the ride never really stops if you dont want it to.
What does that mean.
Im considering Furthering My Education in Higher Learning. Maybe getting an actual degree in some
academic eld thats a bit more complex, like history, or ne art. I had a TASTE of higher education when I
was younger, but that plan was tragically cut short due to unlucky circumstances and poor health. I never
got to get a degree from an art school, college, or university.
If I wasnt so successful in a a folk Walt Disney / Ted Turner dropout kind of sense Im starting to wonder
what I really could have made of myself if I wasnt solely focused on animation and Television the way I am.
Fear.... (2012-06-22 19:52)
If theres 2 phobias I have, its ying and the ocean, and maybe the third being the dark.
I could do so much, go so many places if I just overcame my fear of the ocean.
I know why Im afraid of the ocean too. It was the time I was swimming in the ocean at Daytona, on the
beach when I was 14 or so, and having fun, splashing around all innocent like like any other kid at the beach,
unafraid of water, having fun, not fearing a thing, when what do you know, 3 to 4 feet away from me a baby
shark (or ADULT shark) n (couldnt tell which) protruded through the surface of the water, like suddenly
it went from a sunny day at the beach to being in the movie Jaws, which I never watch (for obvious reasons).
I COULD HAVE BEEN EATEN! Ive been scared of going underwater or even looking underwater (even in
my own swimming pool) ever since. Never mind the murky depths of the Mariana Trench. With support and
encouragement I might be able to conquer my fear of being in water one day. But not unless. Ive had my ll
of non-social adventure, and Ive been terried of facing it again some day ever since, even though I have
a deep wanderlust and a deep need to travel the world. I can feel it, it could be my destiny to be a world
traveler if I just overcome some of my more primal fears.
Education: Not The Same Thing as Skool (2012-06-23 11:14)
Why Post-Secondary Education is Valuable Sometimes
While most primary education is stressful and a pain, thats primarily because when I got my original
education, I was forced to do so, under a lot of pressure, and I wasnt motivated to learn things at the time.
Its DIFFERENT when you dont HAVE TO learn anymore, yet somehow, either by divine accident or
ingenious human nature, you still want to.
post-secondary education benets one in a number of ways in later life: It makes you more well rounded. It
increases your knowledge to new levels. You get to meet new people and educators and often employers. A
degree and schooling looks better on a resume and in a portfolio than nothing.
You dont need a degree just to work at a job and get work done. Nothings stopping you from sitting at a
computer and typing up a manuscript or screenplay of some sort.
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School and work are linked, though. Just because school doesnt always lead directly to work doesnt mean it
wont benet you from being well rounded in your choice of career. You need knowledge TO work.
Pursuing education isnt really the point of education anymore.
To do well in school, you need to:
A. Be internally motivated to learn, and see how it can benet the quality of your life by increasing your
knowledge.
B. Naturally have a DESIRE to learn. Its often hard and impossible for anyone to learn and pursue a real
education if theyre not interested in learning in general (smart) and motivated.
But let me clarify: Education. Not School. Not the same thing as school. Dierent situation. They call them
school shootings for a reason. Because school IS a prison. Education is not. Real education is not anywhere
as terrifying or intimidating or full of bullies as school. Never forget that. Sure, there can be jerks in college,
but theyre not half as racist and bigoted and evil as skool kids.
International Communication (2012-06-23 13:08)
My personal career, cultural and social desire as an American to achieve respect, credibility, and open
communication in the world and international community is a long standing desire of mine. But Ive also
known, for a while now, this open-minded view on international relationships of a social and business variety
is not always accepted or embraced by my family, friends, and peers. Ive heard many people around me who
are American mutter or proclaim many ignorant statements about the international community, as if its an
area of communication and collaboration thats not worth pursuing, simply because its not in America. This
ignorant form of social stereotyping, racism, nationalism, and xenophobia often frustrated and infuriated me
in the past. I would always as myself, Why cant most people just accept cultures and nations dierent from
their own? Why God, why!? Why does ignorance prevail in not only business, but culture in general so often.
Whether ignorance from or toward a dierent culture is forward or reversed, it is unacceptable in this day in
age. War and nationalism are meaningless to me.
400 people viewed my blog today alone so far.... (2012-06-23 13:44)
Thats a new record for me! Thanks everybody. Keep coming back. Theres always something new to see
or read here. If theres one thing youre guaranteed here a lot of other places cant guarantee you its new
material, DAILY.
Sweet Jesus! What the HELL is going on with formal religion!!?? (2012-06-23 14:01)
Sweet Jesus theres some messed up stu thats happened with religion in the last 15 years. Pedophile priests?
9-11? Radical Islam? Terrorism preaching arab superiority? My father must be rolling over in his grave.
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[Meanwhile, at Blogger Headquarters...] (2012-06-23 15:18)
Here comes the Webmaster Expose!
Ive had some serious problems at DeviantArt, ASMB, WCN, and Blogger, who all practice a form of click
fraud that they victimize users with known as click concealment. If you dont want someone to be popular
online, its a stealthy and popular technique to use against that person, to send a false message about them
to their audience that no one likes them online. A lot of the clicks to my material are concealed, staying
at 1 and 0 when in fact I hear dozens of people in the media paraphrasing those quotes directly, not even
making an eort to conceal that they visited my webpage. Those same sites that get quoted by the quoter
who obviously visited my webpage at least once along with whoever their audience is who saw it with them,
visited the page, and yet the counter for it someone still mysteriously remains at 0, alleging no one saw the
post, when Mr. and Mrs. lets quote the post sure as fuck did.
YOURE listening to me, are you not. Point made. Point 1 goes to JM.
Uninvented Software Thought of the Day- Video Broadcast Engineering software
(2012-06-23 16:47)
Engineering and R &D video editing-publishing software that lets a user create the next YouTube or Hulu.
The cure to bad TV during the day, is Depakote, so you can sleep THROUGH the
daytime torture. (2012-06-23 17:06)
Big News in the Consciousness World: I think my sleep patterns are Shifting
(2012-06-23 20:29)
Which means less sleep. More Toonami and Adult Swim and overnight programming on TV. Or at least I
suspect it could be a strong potential shift. I guess well just have to see...
I am nocturnal by nature, but that was mercilessly suppressed by my doctors, relentlessly for the last decade
and a half or so. No more of that.
Being conned to a sunlit world of crazy makers and day dwellers, the worshippers and denizens of daylight,
the sun, and the day in general. Having to be around such blind people is TORTURE.
Im an owl. Batman. A Vampire. A Nocturnal. A creature of the night. I was in my adolescence staying up
to watch stu like the music videos of MTVs old 120 minutes, Aeon Flux, The Maxx, and Mystery Science
Theatre 3000 in the middle of the night without sleep in the 90s, and I was edied for the experience. Sleep
was not meant for nocturnal and morning creatures. People whos favorite time to be up is 2 and 3 a.m. in
the morning and 4 a.m., 6 a.m., and 7 a.m. in the morning.
Day dwellers follow the light.
Nocturnal Night Dwellers Follow the Dark, like the comics I draw.
Glad I could FINALLY get back to my bleak roots.
Now I can watch as many late night cartoons as I want. Im so happy!
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How to Write Fiction: Hint You Already Are Writing it... (2012-06-24 14:42)
I write at least 1 story a day. Every single day, I write a new story. Its called life. Living life. The linear
narrative sequence of the events of life. Id do well to remember that. Whatever you did that day or night is
your story for that day or night, which you are free to embellish and add on to or ctionalize in any way you
see t. Just by being alive, were already writing stories every single day, even if we choose not to write them
down.
Reason No. 100 Why America is STILL Better Than Japan (2012-06-24 17:47)
1. Our IT Industry is better / more innovative by a mile (Japan openly admitted this in at least 1 article
they wrote in an industry-academic journal. They already know their IT industry is behind ours!)
2. Were the only ones that actually innovate anything in reality
3. Were RICHER.
4. Japanese dont know how to write real literature to save their lives.
5. WEVE never been cool with socialism or German Nazism.
Show me a person who DOES think Japan is superior to America who ISNT exposed to anime and manga
cultural subliminal messages and propaganda, and Ill show you an exception to the stereotypical rule about
Japanophiles. Yes, yes it IS only the people who watch anime that believe such a silly notion. Thats how
indoctrinated most of them are. And here I thought it was just about the art, which is an America value I
might add, NOT a Japanese one.
Being An Artist: The Dierence Between What you WANT TO DO and What you
ACTUALLY CAN DO (2012-06-25 11:40)
When you reach your later art years, when trying to decide what you can do and will do, and what youre
able to do, look not so much to What you want to do or What others do that you want to do. Look
instead to All that you have already done. What youve already done and What you are doing right now
is What you are and always will be able to do.
Told you, Bitch! (2012-06-25 23:35)
I TOLD YOU the Insomnia was back! But did you listen? NO!
I sometimes wonder if someone who knew more about me in real life would ever ask me
something like.... (2012-06-26 01:13)
Is it lonely / isolating / frustrating being the only prominent multiracial comic book creator-writer-artist?
Well, yes and know. Most people dont know Im multiracial, among many other characteristics, because Im
often unseen. If my genetic background wasnt so shrouded in mystery, even from myself in some ways, Id
probably write about it a lot more.
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2009: A Watermark Year for TV Programming Blocks Before the Ultimate one, Toonami
Came Back in 2012 (2012-06-26 01:52)
Heres a list of the major programming branded blocks that aired in 09 (according to my journal)
Har Har Tharsdays (Thursdays)
Ani-Mondays (Mondays)
MTV 2 Legit (Fridays)
Adult Swim ACTN (Saturdays)
4KidsTV
You Are Here (Fridays)
Suddenly, when it feels like EVERY LAST PERSON is COPYING YOU AND READ-
ING YOUR EVERY THOUGHT.... (2012-06-26 04:35)
Suddenly having say-so in everything and a constant last word actually starts to seem kinda pointless. Why
bother saying anything to them at ALL. They already KNOW what Im gonna SAY. Someone else less famous
than me will probably blurt it out in the popular comments section with haste to spare.
Seriously, whats the point in even talking anymore.
Favorite Kinds of Sites to Visit. When Im Bored... (2012-06-27 13:32)
Measure Your Online Inuence (http://www.klout.com)
Online Video (http://www.youtube.com, http://www.hulu.com)
Analyze Your Writing (iwl.me/)
News Algorhythms (http://www.genieo.com)
Streaming TV Shows / Movies (http://www.netix.com)
Say! What the! Wheres the sites that embed videos! (2012-06-28 09:47)
Wheres all the free royalty based sites that pay you to embed video. VideoForward.com is okay, but that
site kind of sucks because they charge you for the service, and the other paid embedding site, Flixya.com,
doesnt work. Both sites kind of suck! Neither site does what it should.
Paid-embedding sites could make a lot of money, dude!
Well, technically, (2012-06-28 17:18)
I did singlehandedly invent and discover how to write American animation action-ght scenes in screenwriting
form (that isnt just storyboards and no script), though I am happy with that accomplishment, I still feel
I have a lot left to do. Who knows, maybe Ill write and illustrate a tutorial some day. I had to build my
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action sequences from the ground up. I made all the ght and ghting descriptions, for my action series, up.
And in the grand tradition of Shaw Brothers and Jackie Chan, I denitely feel like I could write a million
more scenes and sequences. Most people just draw it. I write everything in great detail. But one can also
benet from drawing a comic or storyboard sequence on top of all that scriptage.
So Frank Miller and Scott McCloud are the most popular people in comics currently?
(2012-06-29 09:11)
Well, theyre the rst comics-related proles that emerge from a google search.
So technically, yes, they are. Them and Garth Ennis.
The most popular manga creator names that come up in an manga Google search would be:
Masashi Kishimoto, Tite Kubo, and Akira Toriyama
So, according to Google, at least for now, partially due to Twitter and multimedia, theyre now the go-to
guys in their elds.
Why Id recommend Photobucket or Flickr over DeviantART (2012-06-29 09:30)
Do you know what Im going to say here? If so, good for you! Pat yourself on the back, your one of the
smart ones in the audience.
I dont recommend using DeviantART to publish your artwork no matter HOW low down on the totem pole
you are. Theres a bunch of anime art thieves that mimic anything they see manifest on that site. Often,
when you see one really good image on DA, a cloned duplicate knock o image that was traced from the
original will be displayed right next to it, hence cheapening the ownership of the designs REAL author.
Do you really want to put up with all this plagiarism nonsense? No, then I recommend starting your own
website outside of DeviantART. The way I see it, in terms of getting your work out there, ANY site is better
than DeviantART, the teenage wasteland. You just have to look.
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Why should I care about the fate of Google a corporate entity (2012-06-29 10:11)
Why should I care that theres a billion channels on YouTube.
I dont care if theres TEN BILLION channels on YouTube.
If TEN BILLION people are contributing work and content to YOUTUBE,
Then TEN BILLION of those channels need to be MONETIZED and PAID, assuming theyre not hate
mongers or pornographers of course.
Bottom line, if you dont want to pay 1 BILLION CONTRIBUTORS, Dont LET 1 billion people CON-
TRIBUTE CONTENT!
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You already have MANY billion dollars. Who CARES what YOU want, Google. If you dont want to pay
people part of what you make, dont use other peoples work (like mine) without paying people (like me).
And HOW DARE YOU give my millions of dollars I earned away to charities. Fuck charities. I want my cut.
Used Anime DVD Collection Appraisal: Did The Math!...$860 (2012-06-29 11:02)
If I were to sell my used DVD collection, and each disc sold for $4.
My collection would be worth $860 or more.
My newest art gallery (with a lot of familiar material) is UP (2012-06-29 16:37)
@ [1]http://daily-art-upload.blogspot.com
1. http://daily-art-upload.blogspot.com/
Its True. In terms of the future, pretty much all modern media is going digital, and
will be browsed, downloaded, and uploaded... (2012-06-29 21:22)
TV Shows
CDs
DVDs
Comic Books
Animation
Film
Hollywood
Anime
Novels
Its all going to be available digitally to download, upload, purchase, and store online and on your computer,
(some of it for free, and some for a price) in the future.
But I suspect even though it will all be digital, one will still be able to store the data in home entertainment
systems and general home electronics hardware that syncs up with all of it.
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Todays Haul (2012-06-30 10:30)
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How to Deal With Market Competition As An Animator-Cartoonist.... (2012-06-30 12:28)
Im the guy who could write the book on this topic, because frankly, more losers want to compete with me
than anyone else, and its entirely because of how well known I am. If I wasnt well known, no one would
even bother to attempt competing with me, and life would be easy.
My competitors are denitely more noticeable than the competitors of my heroes. Ive never even heard of
them. EVERYONE knows who MY competition is. Mostly because of how much shame they lack. Apparently
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they all think theyre justied in competing against me and ONLY me so blatantly. Copying everything I do
and whatnot, just like Apple and Microsoft.
I try not to focus on competition though.
The Writer-Artist Revolution: Rise of the Artist-Writer (2012-06-30 19:22)
Sometimes, it can be hard to choose between writing and drawing when you do them both so well. But in
some ways, you dont have to choose. Here are some notable gures who are known as both Writers AND
Artists. All Pioneers in the eld of storytelling in general, but also pioneers in being Writer-Artists.
Todd McFarlane
Jhonen Vasquez
Dave Sim
Bruce Timm
Rob Schrab
Evan Dorkin
Ted Naifeh
Je Smith
Herge
Moebius
Bill Watterson
Akira Toriyama
Masashi Kishimoto
Aaron McGruder
Jim Mahfood
Henry Darger
Osamu Tezuka
JK Rowling
Marilyn Manson
James Cameron
Katsuhiro Otomo
Frank Miller
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Scott McCloud
Mike Judge
Matt Groening
Seth MacFarlane
Fred Gallagher
Les Claypool
Masamune Shirow
Genndy Tartakovsky
Craig McCracken
Peter Chung
Tim Burton
Butch Hartman
John Lasseter
Hayao Miyazaki
Naoki Urasawa
2.7 July
Horoscope time! (2012-07-03 13:07)
You can create cooperation with amazing ease, even among those coworkers who were previously plotting
each others demise. Oh, and during your lunch hour, oer your services as a hostage negotiator.
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Digital File Ownership: The REAL POLICY (2012-07-03 17:18)
No legal documents have been instituted by congress saying one way or the other of digital ownership.
So if you want to know the real truth, You CREATE or INVENT or ENGINEER it, YOU OWN IT!
That includes digital les of your favorite shows. Do you own the show, no, but you own what you DID
create, which is the digital video le. You CREATED that le on your computer, therefore you own it. Just
like if you make your own computer from scratch, you shouldnt have to pay Microsoft or Apple for your
OWN WORK. Unless someone commissioned you to invent, engineer, or create that video le, if you created
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it on YOUR home computer, its yours. Its YOUR PROPERTY, NOT a media company/studio.
See Fair Use Clause of Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Possession is nine-tenths of the law. You own the les you created and store on your computer. Their in
YOUR possession. Theyre YOUR property. Its like creating art or writing content. You create it, you own
that too.
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Ah yes, YouTube (2012-07-03 18:14)
Im a big fan. Especially since that site makes up the bulk of my royalty income.
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Heh, heh (2012-07-03 19:29)
Disclaimer: I own nothing related to this video other than the Flash video le I uploaded and the 5,000,000
views I earned from uploading that le, since Im the one who uploaded it where YouTube showcased it, not
the anime company.
fess up dood. joo had ah helpin hand in this video thingie. But thats not a bad thing dood!
Cmon internet otaku. Give yourself a LITTLE credit. Dont let anime brainwash you into thinking you
dont contribute. Believe in yourself like I believe in myself.
Still convinced anime owns your youtube channel? I got $0.75 spare change in my pocket leftover from my
own thing that says otherwise.
YouTube accounting has more to do with private negotiation than public opinion. HINT HINT.
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Look people, I dont know how much this new video technology is worth, but....
(2012-07-03 20:04)
Im not stupid enough to think its anything resembling a small amount. Not when you consider how much
Google paid for youtube. Look it up or ask your friends if you dont know.
And with that, debate class is in session.
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The Monetization of YouTube, Twitter, or any other social or media site the Internet is not set in stone, but
it is evolving. That means how people get paid is evolving too. Or at least in a fair and just business world
that is what it means.
Im of the type of group that believes if someone makes a video of any sort online, and that video is original
or re-packaged as to be dierent and not the same as before, that person who made that happen, the video
Creator, should be fairly compensated. Who the **** was the person who said the internet should be like
Americas Funniest Home Videos on Crack. Id like to shoot that person, the fool. That **** aint the truth.
AMV makers are like hip-hop musicians. Theyre creating art too. Theyre taking samples to make their
mixes too. And by that logic, if their video does well, they should be compensated with any advertising
revenue their video and channel accumulate. Thats work too. I dont see why you should not be paid for it.
If youre creating market value, you should be allowed to share in your own market value YOUVE created.
Just because YouTube or any other websites not paying you doesnt mean your worth any less than me or
anyone else. Let the online ratings decide who deserves to be compensated and who doesnt, by the number
of views their ad-supported video gets.
Okay. Class Dismissed. Now get out there, and make me some cool videos to watch.
If you do something obscene and evil and mean, no thats not worth anything.
But if its innovative and creative and new, it has a market value, or at the very least it should be negotiable.
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*Goes Snoozin* (2012-07-05 11:51)
Wake me up when YouTube and Twitter allow user accounts to utilize HTML.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
The Subjectivity of Money (2012-07-05 16:24)
Laws are set up to limit us.
Constitutional Amendments are set up to limit AND help us.
Because all laws, including copyright laws, are man made, they are awed just as man is awed, and therefore
not exempt from scrutiny.
We get certain things for free. We get paid for certain things. And some of us charge money for certain things.
Again, just because people yield to these often obnoxious and silly demands dreamed up by the government,
the senate, lawyers, and big business, that doesnt change the fact that theyre founding nature is subjective.
Why do we have laws? Whos supposed to follow them? And when is it okay to break them (see segregation,
slavery, and genocide)
Truth is, what people choose to charge and claim and not to charge and claim is subjective.
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There may be laws in place, but because time changes reality and society changes, and the laws governing
reality are created by individuals whose wills and decisions are governed by their own personal human all
pervasive subjectivity, and the subjectivity of whatever the generation in power is, all governing principles
are vulnerable to change.
Is it right to charge money for water and electricity, when people die without it? Is it okay to NOT give
things away to the third world because its our property even though sharing our property with The
Other creates a greater sense of equality?
The same theory applies to licensing property on the internet.
I AM SMARTER THAN THAT!
What I preach is not anarchy. It is a literal interpretation of utilitarianism.
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Vertical Integration and Blog Organization (2012-07-06 14:19)
So Im organizing and vertically integrating my blog. Its more ecient now, times a million.
The thing is, Im in charge of around 5 dierent blogs if you dont count twitter and my YouTube Channel.
Having links to the series of blogs at the top of each page makes it easier to navigate from site to site. That
way I dont have to check my dashboard or type in a URL just to drift from site to site as the blogs owner.
Im not updating my less popular sites as much as Id like to, but those blogs will be updated more often in
the future at some point. Ive got a lot of material on my computer to publish...eventually.
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Secrets of Marketing: From A Market Master (2012-07-07 13:20)
Wanna know what sells?
Ease, eortlessness, peace, and happiness.
Wanna know what doesnt?
Awkwardness, spite, and real life confrontation. The butting of heads.
Argue, confront everyone, raise a ruckus, and your numbers will go to zero soon enough.
Confrontation doesnt sell. Its not generally popular.
And theres a good reason for that.
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RE-Reading Making Comics Favorite New-er Scott McCloud Quote (2012-07-07 18:11)
Scott McCloud - Commentary
Style and the Four Types of Storytellers
Style isnt really something you can choose o-the-shelf like a scarf or a pair of socks. Its roots go much
deeper than that. And you dont always choose your style. Sometimes it chooses you.
Style usually describes surface details like Line Quality, a way of drawing faces, or ones use of dialogue.
But mannerisms like that are just byproducts of the artists attempts to present the world as they see it.
And to capture the aspects of comics that may have captivated them as readers.
Behind that struggle lies their fundamental outlook on life and art
A Statement of their passions and priorities
An echo of the times Times and Places theyve come from
And a signpost to Where they want their chosen art to Take Them.
Discovering your own style is a deeply personal process which can take years, and it cant be taught in a
book.
There are The Classicists, The Animists, The Formalists, The Iconoclasts
The Classicists
Values:
" Mastery of Craft
" The Quest For Enduring Beauty
The Formalists
Values:
" Understanding of Comics Form
" Experimentation with the Comics Form
" Loyalty to the Comics Form
The Classicists and Formalists share a focus on Art for Arts Sake
Classicists
" First is the devotion to Beauty, craftsmanship, and the Tradition of Excellence and Mastery.
" The desire to create art that our descendents could dig up in a thousand years and still think Hey, This is
good stu!
" The understanding that Perfection may not be attainable in this life but that thats no reason not to
Strive for it
Formalists
" Then theres the devotion to Comics Itself, to gure out what the Form of Comics is capable of.
" The Eagerness to turn comics inside-out and upside down in an eort to Understand the Forms Potential
more fully
" The willingness to let craft and story take a Back Seat if necessary, in pursuit of New Ideas that could
Change comics for the better.
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Thoughts on Building and Running an Animation Studio (2012-07-07 19:48)
How to Found and Run an Animation and Multimedia Studio / Publisher
First o, websites and TV have one of many things in common: The Hiding Behind The Screen Illusion
Eect.
We see whats on screen for both TV and internet websites, but thats all we see. How its made, organized,
funded, managed, delegated, and operated remains a mystery to the viewer.
In the best case scenario, you dont know the production sta is there.
In the worst case, they make their presence brutally obvious, even to the point of seeming childish (Well call
this Deviant Teenage Screen Syndrome) TV is the opposite of this.
There could be 1 person behind the website or TV show, or 1,000. 1 or an Army.
It could be produced from an oce, or it could be broadcasted or published by a kid in his bedroom. Most
of the time we dont really know which it is.
Hollywood Studio Producer vs. Solo Home Studio Producer: Compare and Contrast
Too many kids growing up on animation, when they think animation, they think teamwork, they think what
Ill refer to as the Disney System or the Marvel Way of Production, where its an assembly line operation, the
same kind of operation thats been running most of traditional Hollywood and Los Angeles since the early
1900s. This is always what we mostly see in DVD documentaries, even in anime. The 1-person home studio
demo reel pilot model of animation and comic book production is underappreciated and underrated. But one
advantage that method of production has is it costs nothing or almost nothing, and it can be more ecient
and faster in some instances, no teamwork required.
The former is all of what we see on TV. The latter is half of what we see on YouTube and Online
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Being A Blogger is Easy. Its all in the Momentum... (2012-07-09 13:14)
Being a professional writer or Blogger is easy. Its a mixture of being a writer and a talk show host.
Its not a matter of coming up with anything new or having something to say. When you write everyday,
you always HAVE something to say. You never run out of things to write about. I never run out of steam.
This is kind of what I was born to do. Ive been writing my whole life. I just havent been doing it with an
audience until just recently. Ive never gotten writers block. Ever. I let my keyboard ngers do the walking.
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Even when I have nothing to say, I still nd myself unconsciously coming up with numerous things to write
all day (and at night too sometimes).
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Good News! My series concept got featured in Animation Magazines July/August Issue.
Want proof? Here ya go. (2012-07-11 09:12)
Animationmagazine.net
I entered the 2012 Animag Pitch Party this year. Youll be able to see my entry showcased at the Comic-Con
2012 Animation Magazine Exhibitors Booth, along with all the other entries, the entries that won (not
myself), etc.
That sounds good to me that my artwork will be at [1]Comic-Con 2012 (Exhibitors Booth 1535).
Parallax technically debuted as a webcomic,
so it seems appropriate itd be at a comic book convention.
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Actually, honestly, I have been known to be absent from certain websites even when Im
the biggest topic of discussion there.... (2012-07-12 09:44)
What can I say? Not a big fan of the limelight. Ill often leave places even when I AM the center of attention
there.
Not sure why I avoid real praise. I guess I just like being behind the scenes, not on stage...
Well youve gotta hand it to the media... (2012-07-12 19:09)
When they [1]blacklist famous people....they really [2]blacklist famous people.
They dont skimp on you. They go ALL OUT.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklist
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklist
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If I actually had a spare moment to myself, in my own fucking house... (2012-07-12 19:45)
If I had a spare minute or two of uninterrupted time when I wasnt being pestered by family, or other people
LIKE my parents, I might actually be able to draw more comics to post online....
But such freedom is not a luxury society and my own family and local community provides me with
unfortunately. Apparently I dont have any freedom in my own house of all places, so comics production has
come to a halt. Life is just getting in the way.
Maybe one day life wont interfere with my work so much I can one day nish a graphic novel or comic
book issue thats actually not scrapped together and un-publishable looking. But the forecast isnt looking
promising. Not for the next year or few anyway.
Sincerely, the Management.
Until those circumstances change, feel free to enjoy my blogging and tweets, which is kind of just throwaway
material in my eyes...
Im a bit like Mike Tyson, but with comics (2012-07-12 20:37)
Now that I think about it, no one HAS survived a direct hit from an encounter with me.
Im proud of that record and I plan to KEEP it that way too.
Thats how the action biz is. Im a Scorpion.
That means, like MANY Scorpions, I get my ass kicked day and night, EVERY DAY by MY OWN family
and neighbors, and local community. Thats how the Southeast is apparently. They beat you up with no
remorse. But when in my element, on the screen/page, you step to me, I obliterate whoevers in my way. I
script and storyboard ghting and action better than most. Denitely an asset in comics.
Good at sketching, but not good at polishing your drawings? Feel like your draftsman-
ship is mediocre, but still able to do cool concept art? (2012-07-13 14:00)
Well I have just the job for you my friend?
If you draw like me, but dont know how to animate, but are equally bad at cleaning up your drawings, do
what many artists in animation do (even for the more detailed projects this counts as a job)...
BECOME A STORYBOARD ARTIST!
Storyboards are often rough and unrened. But the really cool part is, in some ways drawing storyboards is
similar to drawing cartooning and comics!
Even shows like Dragonball Z have certain panels and camera shots in their storyboard (THE Storyboards,
the ones used in the shows) that look like a Danny Antonucci napkin doodle! Every show and movie has
simple boards (except ones storyboarded by Katsuhiro Otomo, cuz he does very detailed storyboards)
Storyboards are often not detail heavy. But they are style- and storytelling-heavy.
Perfect job for the cartoonists who dont know how to clean up...like me.
So THATs why they put my face on TV but refuse to make me a showrunner...It all
makes sense now... (2012-07-13 19:52)
If I GOT A SHOW, that would probably result in the END of TV as we know it. Or not. Just a theory.
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Still Working [sort of] (2012-07-14 12:36)
Well, Ive been doing a lot of art journaling. So far Ive got around 90 pages of printouts, new artwork, and
new writing.
I drew this thing today,
[1]
so I havent gone completely defective....Good old Jubei Chan....
How did you become such a Master of Fast Timing and Pacing, Jubei?
1. http:
//2.bp.blogspot.com/-NN7_E3ptr7c/UAHKDX4orEI/AAAAAAAABVw/KCe6i0QrZvo/s1600/Jubei-Chan+(Sacred+Eyepatch).jpg
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Newest Art Technique: Black Flames (2012-07-14 14:01)
Using fractal lines to draw free owing exaggerated fabric.
[1]
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[2]
Black Flame. It is Quite Metal in my opinion.
Finally I get to combine my Stylistic-but-Eccentric Notan Fashion Sense with my Mad Cartography Skills!
Fug yeah man! FUN!!!!
1. https://picasaweb.google.com/118346046607127603051/20120714#5765132891649560034
2. https://picasaweb.google.com/118346046607127603051/2012071402#5765133106361789186
Man Im hideously freakish looking....But on the plus side... (2012-07-14 14:32)
Ive put design before myself and my family. Ive put my art and writing before family, naturally.
Perfectly ne, but I look rather hideously freakish lately. Naturally, TV doesnt help.
Ive done some amazing things with art, literature, lmmaking, comics, and technology....Im a genius.
But at what cost?
Ill tell you at what cost. At the expense of my body. At the expense of my looks.
All this intellectualism and focus on creativity and intelligence has mutilated my body.
Im now a mutant.
Oh well, I can live with that. But yeah, not the best looking scientist. Then again, thats kind of what
happens to most geniuses, engineers, and scientists. They end up physically mutated. Thats the price of
being a visionary. You neglect your body language and health.
Science is a very cruel mistress to the physique of the scientist. Its one of the prices of ingenuity.
It doesnt look good in real life. It only SOUNDS good in theory.
Oh well...
Quite frankly Im not an artist trying to be an engineer, so dont treat me as such.
But I AM an engineer trying to be an artist, which will inevitably make people treat you like a freak.
Everybody cares about artists.
No one cares about the lives or accomplishment of engineers the way they care about artists.
Engineering is not GLAMOROUS, and it WONT MAKE YOU FAMOUS.
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But it does alter the fabric of reality, time, and space in a big way.
No, I DONT look normal.
No, I DONT LOOK LIKE an ARTIST. Im not a long haired brunette bitch.
I LOOK LIKE an ENGINEER.
Eragon is nally on CN! (2012-07-14 17:11)
Speaking of Eragon, I do like that movie. I havent read the book series yet, But I like the books author,
Christopher Paolini, too. Aside from the fact that he in some ways has a face that looks just like mine, hes
the exact same age as me (28), and He was born on the same day, the same month, and the same year as me
(November 17th, 1983). So he and I share a birthday and were both fantasy authors. Were both Scorpions.
Is that a SIGN? Or just a cool coincidence?
What do you got, Char baby? What do YOU got? (2012-07-14 19:15)
Ive accomplished plenty of crap by the age of 28 that people would know if they knew I was the one who did
it. But unfortunately, all my accomplishments were incognito, and none of them had my regular name on
them. So really, I HAVENT accomplished anything by the age of 28. Not if were talking about mindshare...
GO AWAY FAME! NO ONE INVITED YOU! (2012-07-15 09:58)
(Begins running away from it)
Non-Google Website Recommendations... (2012-07-15 10:38)
If youre in the mood for good, international French and Japanese art, there are 2 main sites Ive found that
deliver ten times over on nding new generation international art from France and Japan, thats untranslated,
(but you dont really notice it being untranslated because the art is so good)
For Japan, theres an art book site that goes by the name of Halcyon Realms: [1]http://halcyonrealms.com/
Last year, I think, in 2011, I ordered an artbook from Japan, about [2]Ogura Hiromasa, a Japanese production
designer. The title is [3]Of Light & Darkness. The book is read right-to-left, and is in kanji. Great book!
For France, theres Amazon Frances Comic Book Section: [4]http://www.amazon.fr/bd-bulle-comic-
angouleme-livre/ b/ref=amb link 84604713 1?ie=UTF8 &node=301133 &pf rd m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96
&pf rd s=left-2 &pf rd r=1N00K29MT1NMYWN8FKP1 &pf rd t=101 &pf rd p=291812947 &pf rd
i=301061
1. http://halcyonrealms.com/
2. http://cdn.halcyonrealms.com/anime/of-light-darkness-ogura-hiromasa-background-art-book-review/
3. http://cdn.halcyonrealms.com/anime/of-light-darkness-ogura-hiromasa-background-art-book-review/
4. http://www.amazon.fr/bd-bulle-comic-angouleme-livre/b/ref=amb_link_84604713_1?ie=UTF8&node=301133&pf_rd_m=
A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_s=left-2&pf_rd_r=1N00K29MT1NMYWN8FKP1&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=291812947&pf_rd_i=301061
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And now its time for another boring session of HOW TO DRAW COMICS THE JM
WAY! Hey all right! (2012-07-15 17:03)
Okay, heres how you can draw exactly like me (i.e. the most glamorous and expensive supplies in the world).
FIRST, you uh, you need yer pen.
Like so...
[1]
Then, you need everything else....
[2]
Clipboards and wooden boards in general are good for keeping your paper in place.
Paper like...
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[3]
This here HP Printer Paper. Disposable, but ecient, especially when you produce a million pages of notes
and artwork a month for your crazy art theories, strategies, thumbnails, and sketches, as I do.
[4]
And then youre gonna need to store all those thousands of pages somewhere.
Most of this stu can be bought at Staples and Oce Max. Nothing fancy shmancy for me.
And so, thats that.
Thats how you can be me.
Figured I may as well give advice because everyone tries to anyway, even WITHOUT my advice. Suckers.
1. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CgOCOW63B0o/UANZX-ArSFI/AAAAAAAABWk/uoMWLHb2LsQ/s1600/Pen.jpg
2. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wK846T1mBEk/UANZhTdojBI/AAAAAAAABWs/Q3JUqkYtR0U/s1600/Clipboard.jpg
3. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3O6m0NQvwzU/UANZwBF9mPI/AAAAAAAABW0/MfIlvr3CsZI/s1600/HP.jpg
4. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kksjE9ECCys/UANaGZquXEI/AAAAAAAABW8/FIluDr1kD6E/s1600/Folder.jpg
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Why comic books (classic, mid, and modern) in America are dierent than animation....
(2012-07-16 12:26)
Unlike animation, which is a group eort, comics oers one advantage to modern television animation.
Unlike animation, for American comics (webcomics notwithstanding), all the production is done in-house.
Comics arent outsourced. They may be weird, but theyre a 100 % American product that isnt outsourced.
People who DONT outsource:
Pixar
Star Wars
Marvel
Image Comics
SLG Publishing
Oni Press
Williams Street (Toonami and AdultSwim promo material, and Adult Swim shows that arent anime)
Windsor McCay
Walt Disney in the 40s
Hollywood Live Action
People who DO outsource:
Pretty much all Los Angeles based 2-D TV animation studios in their post-production departments
You want something done for more money, ya gotta do it YOURSELF
Thats a good thing.
Animation wasnt always so heavily outsourced. It gradually shifted into a kind of LA-based status quo.
Yoshihiro Tatsumi, you have INSPIRED me...Thank you... (2012-07-16 13:51)
I just got A Drifting Life in the mail today. Its Great! I LOVE IT! Its like a Japanese version of Craig
Thompsons Blankets, which I also own and cherish. I love big thick books, and Drifting Lifedelivers.
Simple artwork to emphasize dialogue and plot, Tezuka style! Up till now, I wasnt even aware there was
an alternative manga scene in Japan, but apparently Yoshihiro Tatsumi is a leader of said movement. I will
cherish this book.
In other news, Im also considering getting some of the manuscripts Ive written reviewed by some editors. I
also got my complimentary copy of Animation Magazine in the mail. The one that has an ad for my project
in the middle-end of the issue for Pitch Party.
-JM
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Rest Assured, My Loyal Audience. More Mono Stu Is Being Produced (2012-07-16 17:17)
[1]
Yup.
1. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WlwLEhjIads/UASvGAKknAI/AAAAAAAABXY/09MXZo5C1uE/s1600/Comics.jpg
How to Get Pencil Mileage, The Marvel Way (2012-07-17 00:29)
Just Do it. Do the Work. Surprisingly, the act of attaining pencil mileage IS that hard...
Truth is, one could write numerous books on the art of the start in comic book page drawing. Sure, youve
got to create a page and take it one to four panels at a time, even for long stories, but theres a lot more to it
than that. Thats the problem with books that teach how to draw comics. Truthfully, if you have what it
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takes to draw 1 nished or sketched and roughed out page, you have the potential to draw a lot more than
that. One could author NUMEROUS books on the hazardous challenge of comics book fatigue and inertia.
Truth is, getting experience in comics is one of the easiest things in the world, if youre approaching it the
right way, meaning youre actually bothering to make the EFFORT to build and design some pages. The
fastest way to get ahead of the rest of the industry is to stop talking sh*t like the rest of the industry, and
actually make the eort. Even if youre just trying to draw comics by making the eort of putting pen or
pencil to paper, the fact that youre pencil or pen is connecting with paper, that puts you ahead of 60 % of
everything else. Youre number one weapon for battling competition IS the process of drawing new comic
book pages. Opening a BOOK on comics making isnt making comics. The only way to survive in comics is
through the attainment of pencil mileage. How to gain such experience is easier than it sounds, assuming
you dont make a big deal about it and waste your time accumulating much ado about nothing.
Anime (2012-07-17 11:15)
I like anime, but I wouldnt dare call myself an anime fan, as that term gets a rather bad rap lately, in both
America AND Japan. Japanese anime fans, or so-called otaku however, are 10 times more infamous than
American anime fans, as anime doesnt have anywhere near as many criminally infamous fans in America as
it historically has in Japan. Anime is kind of the rock-and-roll music of Japan. Theres a certain amount of
obscured controversy associated with it in Japan.
Calling yourself an anime fan or nerd is kind of a risky venture lately, as both phrases are rather loaded
terms, particularly on the internet (which is why I shall not go there).
Now here is an essay of why I fear and hate sex. Oh wait, you mean I DONT hate sex? Im confused.
Sometimes You Lose Touch.... (2012-07-17 12:35)
Sometimes I forget this isnt regular TV and local radio, and I forget that I DO in fact have an international
audience of people from all over the world. This blog is worldwide, which is exactly how I intended. But
because of the lack of reader feedback, if I went by comments alone, Id think I didnt have any readers....But
I do.
These blogs have readers in the United States, the Ukraine, Russia, China, Hong Kong, the UK, Germany,
Canada, India, the Netherlands, and the Philippines. Thats pretty cool
NOTICE: MANIFESTO UPDATE (2012-07-17 13:24)
Siste Blog[1] J[2]Ms Manifesto Quotes[3] has been[4] updated.
1. http://www.blogger.com/goog_1910968111
2. http://www.jm-manifesto.com/
3. http://www.jm-manifesto.com/
4. http://www.blogger.com/
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Technically, Im an Author A Brief Bibliography of JM (2012-07-17 13:48)
Bibliography
1. Book-Zine
2. Animation Magazine Ad for Parallax
3. END TIMES
4. MANIFESTO VOLUME I
5. MANIFESTO VOLUME II
6. COMMENTARY
7. Art Manifested (Artbook)
8. Variety Hour
9. The Phantom, The Voice, and the Phone
10. Shadow Walker
11. December Waits
12. The Essays: A collection
13. Parallax Pilot Script
These comprise the bulk of my written and illustrated literary work
Some are available to purchase. Well, ONE of them anyway. And some got scrapped.
I always get the cool personality proles online, yet my private life can be so boring!
Its a little weird. (2012-07-17 15:03)
For instance, Im into new age stu.
In Astrological terms, Im a Scorpio on a Sagittarius cusp.
In the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, I score a 50/50 NT / NF Rational / Idealist,
Im a general INTP Architect/Thinker or INTJ Mastermind/Planner
And in Numerology, I score a 4/22, or Master Builder
I like reading personality reports online. Its always fun to learn new stu about yourself and your personality
I score as being in the minority genius analytical and mystical type on most of those personality tests.
Says here in this Keirsey Temperament book, NTs are just as reluctant to ask for credit for their intellectual
products as they are to falsely give credit to others. Credit is a problem for them that they are usually unable
to solve
My Best Friend (2012-07-17 20:34)
My best friend has been my best friend since preschool. So weve been friends for over 25 years. Went to the
same preschool and everything. My success kind of makes things...weird with us.
Everytime he calls me on my cell every few months or so from up North, he goes on and on about my art
book, Art Manifested, and how much of a fan of it he is, and how much he loves my work. He even goes so
far as to constantly bring up the fact that he wants me to sign both copies of the artbook for him.
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The compliments are nice, but Ive never seen someone so close to me so enthusiastic about my creative work,
other than my second best friend back in middle school who was into drumming and drawing just as I was
and for art still am.
I sure do have some happy friends.
-JM
Hmmmm..... (2012-07-17 21:43)
Disney Junior or Adult Swim? Disney Junior or Adult Swim?
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse or Squidbillies? Mickey Mouse Clubhouse or Squidbillies?
Both would be age appropriate.
Dear LORD such DIFFICULT LATE NIGHT VIEWING DECISIONS!
Yup. The buck stops here. heh heh.
The Power of Loss (2012-07-19 14:59)
Sure, my ability to take those in power with a lot of power out of power, has given me a considerable amount
of social power. But its not like you can buy food and shelter with that kind of power. That kind of power
doesnt earn you any money. If anything it means you have a lot of future enemies...
That saying To the Victor Go the Spoils doesnt come from nowhere. And technically, Ive been a victor
of ALL my confrontations and struggles. Ive WON all of my ghts. And Ive fought some of the nastiest
monsters in social existence. At least according to the media anyway.
Saying most modern animation is animated with Flash is only HALF the truth...
(2012-07-21 16:34)
True, the Flash is used to actually make things move, but studios seem to always forget to mention most
digital art is drawn straight onto a computer screen using a digital pen (also known as Wacom) to draw each
character design and animation cell. Wacom pens (usually Bamboo) and tablets make the actual linework.
No wonder Ive been progressing with digital art so slowly. I have yet to buy my own Wacom pen and tablet.
I have the digital software, but not the digital pad and pen. Cant aord it yet. But SOME day...I will.
Growing Into an Adult Inventor-Engineer-Broadcaster (2012-07-21 20:25)
Growing up as an adolescent, my ultimate professional goal growing up was to Make a real anime or a
facsimile French or Asian-American Co-Production Replication Thereof. As a young adult, I must have
repeated that career goal (I want to make an anime, I want to make an anime series co-production) in my
mind endlessly. I was obsessed with nding the means to the end.
So when I realized that the process of making real anime was either impossible or one of the tallest orders
imaginable for someone of my stature, size, age, nationality, ethnicity, track record, WHATEVER(!), I decided
I could do the next best thing.
So I invented a new way of broadcasting and WATCHING anime, on the internet, almost by accident by
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uploading the contents of a DVD I edited together with downloaded content I found on a pre-existing video
content website. Lo and behold, my insane scheme to change the way people watched anime WORKED, of
all things.
And the REST....is HISTORY.
Mysterious Secrets of Internet Commerce: How People Make Money Online
(2012-07-22 12:50)
People who run websites get paid the same way Television executives do....
By how many people visit their sponsors.
Its not about selling products or charging you money for a product for people who entertain you online or
on TV.
Its about viewership numbers / clicks, sponsorship patronage.
That is how TV / Internet people get paid, by sponsors.
The logic banner ads and TV Commercials go by is similar:
The bigger the sponsor, the more the sponsor pays the people bringing in advertising dollars
F**k, I kind of hate certain things about the weekend (2012-07-22 13:09)
I hate the fact that I dont get any emails from anyone on Saturday and Sunday usually,
at spindack@gmail.com.
Weekdays may suck, but at least most businesses and email senders send you stu on weekdays. Well, thats
what they do to me anyway (send me stu).
So, how much money do you make as a (part-White, part-Tunisian, part-Berber, Part-
Mongolian, Part American, Part British, and Part French) comics and animation writer
anyway? (2012-07-22 13:18)
Hmmm. Good question.
I believe the answer is not much.
Well, you WONT nd me on Anime News Network, DeviantART or Wikipedia...They
all red me, now i am a SAD Panda. (2012-07-22 14:06)
But you WILL nd me on Google, YouTube, Uncyclopedia, and Animation Magazine.
Eh, Ill take what I can...
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Dierences of Inuence (2012-07-23 11:58)
Theres a dierence between being acknowledged for being inuential, and just plain being inuential without
being acknowledged by anyone.
My inuence is the latter. Its unacknowledged and unknown. But its there anyway.
Not all power and inuence is something people are aware of...or that anyone acknowledges.
Inuence is an intangible concept, therefore it isnt always quantied.
Thats life.
I Dont Want to Actually Work to Achieve Anything (2012-07-23 12:09)
....Coming This Fall to a TV Set Near You
Wake Up United States.... (2012-07-23 13:41)
.....This is the rst time Ive ever seen this many delusional people in the media.
You bastards and bitches need to WAKE UP!
Lets face the facts.
If people dont have jobs now [and they DONT of course]
Why and how the fuck would anything be dierent a decade from now, and suddenly everyone gets laid and
gets high paying jobs.
If it aint happening now, it aint happening INDEFINITELY!
CORPORATE AMERICA? Well theyre full of shit
No money now means no money ever.
Stop dreaming. Its ANNOYING.
Wow, I Lost 152 POUNDS!..... (2012-07-23 13:56)
And all I had to do was STOP taking my court-mandated medication!
Pokemon and Bleach Must Die. (2012-07-23 15:05)
And I mean, like, RIGHT NOW! This Garbage Needs to Stop or BE STOPPED.
Well, if you REALLY want to draw and choreography people wielding swords....
(2012-07-23 15:35)
You could always own your own wooden or steel swords (either is appropriate) and shoot some self-shot
photos of your SELF wielding swords for reference, in photographs. No makeup required.
Thats my technique for drawing sword ghts anyway.
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Unfortunately (2012-07-24 11:07)
Yes, I AM in a co-dependent relationship with my family. They hire a lot of doctors and teachers to pin
the blame of this co-dependent relationship on me, unfortunately, but fortunately I know better than to
accept those kind of lies, especially since these people are being paid by my parents to feed me this bullshit.
I depend on my adoptive family for too much for me to ever be comfortable with or accept.
Honestly, I HOPE punk kids confront me next time Im out in public....Ive been wait-
ing... (2012-07-24 13:22)
Ive been WAITING to punch someone in the f ace who recognizes me from TV (and wants to confront me
about it) for a LONG TIME NOW. I can actually punch really fast now. If I punch you in the face, I might
just break your nose. Wouldnt try it if I were you, neighbor.
Dy-No-Mite! (2012-07-26 13:14)
So I had this dream, where I was demolishing my neighborhood in the middle of the night.
I was lling random empty houses up with lots and lots of dynamite sticks and bombs, and then getting
really far away and lighting the fuse.
I got to watch a great many of the houses in my neighborhood (the ones I really, really hate) get blown up
with dynamite.
BY ME!!!!
YEAH. Im Wile E. Coyote, bitch.
Drawing and Writing (2012-07-26 13:50)
Writing has always come naturally to me. Im naturally inclined to write, just as I am naturally skilled and
talented at writing and words and driven to write. I dont need a million compliments just to know I can
write.
And yet I have such a dicult time drawing much of the time. Im not naturally skilled at art the way I am
with writing. Drawing is 100 % work. Writing is 100 % play. It really is that simple.
Drawing Progress comes slower than literary progress.
First 500 pages are free (2012-07-27 12:23)
After that, you can buy the printed version...
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Manga and Indie Comic Books, and How Theyre More Alike Than We Think
(2012-07-28 10:10)
Article:
American Indie Comics & Korean and Japanese Manga
Seperated At Birth?
Similarities and Commonalities
Growing up, the two types of comic books I read the most were not fantasy and superhero, but instead black
& white, pen & ink indie and manga comics. It wasnt until after I had been reading both for a while that I
noticed how similar they were in certain ways, particularly in format.
Both used nely drawn and rendered pen and ink artwork
Both were designy and stylistic
Both could be dark and fanciful
Both used a lot of black ink and a technique I would later come to know as spotting blacks
Both were in black and white and used black and white artwork for the majority
Both dealt with mature and adult subject matter like violence and sex
Many indie comics creators such as Frank Miller, Scott McCloud, Jhonen Vasquez, Paul Pope, and Rob
Schrab modeled their sequential art after the kind found in manga.
Both mediums, genres, and style use a creator-friendly approach, where the creator approaches panel design
like a lmmaker and auteur.
The main dierence between the two dierent mediums was not so much format but genre and style. Their
design forms looked dierent, and yet they share so many similarities.
Manga and American indie comics are often one and the same, especially in format.
Random JM Art Lesson: Artwork With Appeal (2012-07-28 11:26)
Theres a qualitative element of drawing which I like to call appeal. If a drawing has beauty, is aesthetically
pleasing, or is dynamic and pleasing to the eye in general, than it has appeal. Appeal is not to be confused
with detail or complexity, as there are plenty of detailed drawings that are still nonetheless very aesthetically
unappealing and ugly. When you draw, it helps to be objective. Do you get a gut reaction from your art
that tells you in your gut your drawing is pretty to look at, fun to look at, or aesthetically pleasing in some
way? Then yes, your artwork or a part of your artwork has appeal. Dont just like drawings because you
drew it yourself. You have to be able to objectively sit back and say, if I was a stranger who never saw any
of my work before, Id still say I like the way this artwork piece looks. THAT...is the nature of appeal.
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Followers: Put the Peddle to the Metal (2012-07-29 14:48)
Huh. They still followin us?
No. Pretty sure theyre not.
Good. I think we LOST EM in all the subplots.
Clocking in At The End of the Month (2012-07-30 14:45)
Okay, if I count the amount of Art Journals, Sketches, Drawings, Comic Book Pages, Script Pages, and
Fiction Pages Ive created this month, between July 1st and July 30th.....
My output amounts to around 215 pages of art and writing material for the month of July, so thats 1 month
of output and productivity Ive been keeping track of so far.
So technically Im producing a book a month for July.
The Whole Power Lust Thing....The Real Truth: Chi Energy = Power (2012-07-31 14:09)
The truth about me and power is, were good friends. Yes, Im very powerful. But truthfully, Im not
technically obsessed with power. Im just very good at controlling power, and Im good at sensing and being
aware of chi, energy, or power levels in things and people when they cross my path. I have a certain kind of
psychic or 6th sense for spiritual, emotional, and physical power. Im both very powerful and very aware of
power, especially power in others.
2.8 August
I am a proud Scorpio, but if you wish you could be my friend, you should probably be
a Virgo, Aries, Sagittarius, and/or Leo. NOT a Taurus. Unless youre a famous Taurus.
(2012-08-02 16:11)
Based on the Zodiac signs of the people and friends I actually like. Im not too fond of Geminis either,
especially my adoptive parents, who are both Geminis. Geminis make good romantic peers though.
Obscure...things (2012-08-02 18:20)
Was digging through my old comics boxes. Turns out I have a Honeymooners comic book, that was published
in 1987, that I bought in 2001!
Howdthat happen? That comic is dated as hell!
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Man. I really gotta nish my graphic novel, and i mean SOON! (2012-08-02 18:47)
All the graphic novels on the top selling spots on Amazon? Nearly all GARBAGE. Those books SUCK!
Let me rst tell you WHY the Amazon America graphic novel bestseller list pretty much sucks.
What I DID nd on that list contained nothing new or innovative. Tired old comic book franchise based
books that oer nothing new, nothing we havent seen in the last hundred years of comics.
Then theres the adaptations of popular movies and TV shows. The only reason theyre ON the bestseller
list is because they have the name of a TV show on them. Or the fact that it was drawn or written by the
CREATOR(s) of said show. Brand name recognition and all that. Why do I want to READ a TV show.
Theres a void of creative interpretation and originality there. Just more of the same you can already get on
TV.
What original comics I DID see on that list (ranked at number 36 or lower on the list of course) was thinly
veiled product placement.
One of the only current graphic novels I DO like would be Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. But
Ive read my favorite parts of that book at least 30 to 50 times already, and I know those lines by heart
already. Wake me up when Scott McCloud release a NEW academic work that isnt promoting Google.
But I digress.
Bottom line: Nothing new!
Comics. Planning your pages... (2012-08-03 11:05)
Comic book pages need to be planned, if theyre going to have any kind of structure going on.
Comics really should have some kind of pre-written script for each page. Its more work to write out details
of the page, but writing eort can really guide one page into the next, which is kind of the whole point when
youre drawing comics.
Theres a REASON its called story, even if its comics: Because it has WORDS. Its near impossible to
construct a literate comic book narrative with just art, and without words. Words are necessary, especially if
the comic has dialogue and tells a narrative.
Comics Training: The Ultimate Self-Teaching Challenge (2012-08-03 12:20)
No ones going to sit your down and teach you how to draw a comic book. You can read books and tutorials,
but unless you attend the Joe Kubert school, thats about as far as youre going to go in terms of knowledge.
With animation you might get a bit more lucky, as theres plenty of stu and people out there to teach you
about drawing animation. Not so with drawing comics and manga. If you know other people who draw
comics also, consider yourself one of the lucky ones, as most independent comics drawing is a solo venture.
What you produce here and now, on the spot is the best of what you can do ever, PERIOD!
For how you draw here and now, this minute, this moment is the basis your foundation will be built upon.
The only real way to learn is by getting your hands dirty and doing. Only after youve dug the ditch will you
truly know what its like to have mastered digging ditches (i.e. nishing comics).
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Drawing comics, if Im going by my personal experience, it doesnt get any easier (you still have to force
yourself to develop habits for it and train to do it), but you do get better at it.
Unless youre really good at and have a really high aptitude for teaching yourself things, The rst 100 to 200
pages of comics are going to be brutal. Brutally bad. They most likely wont go anywhere and wont look
good in any way. And this is made even worse if you came up or are coming up from the Boondocks like I
did and have where you live in and were raised in a noisy, unpredictable, un-supportive, and openly hostile
environment that mostly isnt even conducive of creativity (i.e.pretty much anywhere thats not France, Tokyo,
and L.A.). But struggle and self expression can make pretty good bedfellows, so dont give up on making
comics just because the people around you dont support you in any way. Part of what makes good art is the
war and the struggle that goes on behind it in the background. What matters is the nal illusion, not whats
surrounding you and your environment right now. The vision in your head trumps your visualization of your
current reality any day. Because reality sucks ass and fantasy rules.
Best advice Ive gotten on drawing comics recently? (2012-08-03 12:59)
Yeah, I got my art critiqued by a Top Shelf editor online at one point, and he shared some good experiential
knowledge with me in his response to my email correspondence with him.
The number one thing I learned from a real life professional comic book editor is the following secret about
actually drawing comics:
Drawing (in general, sketching and full page illustration) and sequential art or comics artwork are not the
same thing.
Just because YOU can draw a full page sketch or illustration does not mean your comic book pages will look
even HALF that good. For all we know, you could kick ass as an illustrator but really suck OUT LOUD as a
comic book artist. I know I used to.
Ive gotten better at drawing comics because Ive been DRAWING COMICS and SEQUENTIAL ART, and
not one image illustrations and sketches.
Lessons in Teamwork - Support Groups - Do YOU Have Any (other than me)?
(2012-08-08 10:44)
IFRAME: [1]http://www.youtube.com/embed/GqrzHribz7U
Support Groups Are Important.
No, not THERAPY, thats not what I mean.
Im talking about COMMUNITY, whether online, on TV, on screen, or in your town.
Teamwork in support groups is good. For when you get lonely, or tired, or feel persecuted or penalized by
others.
Identifying a support group, locally or in the media really isnt all that hard.
Just ask, Do I FEEL supported by these people? Are they nice to me? Do they give me honest feedback?
Do they make me feel LESS isolated and not more. This can apply from anything to business to websites to
media groups like YouTube and Twitter, to TV shows on television that make you feel included in their little
teams.
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Its always good to have support. It helps combat bullying and social phobia and anxiety.
1. http://www.youtube.com/embed/GqrzHribz7U
Preview of (My) Graphic Novel [coming soon] (2012-08-09 11:23)
IFRAME: [1]http://www.youtube.com/embed/dIQ5PFUBfng
Comic Book Version Coming Soon
1. http://www.youtube.com/embed/dIQ5PFUBfng
Teaching Yourself How to Draw Manga and Anime (2012-08-11 08:03)
Learning and teaching yourself how to draw anime and manga is fun. And in time, if you keep it up and
dont get discouraged, it does get easier. It took me 9 years of training and practice at drawing manga in my
sketchbooks and on websites until I actually got to the level of comfort at drawing manga Ive attained now
(I started drawing manga seriously around 2004). Ive been drawing manga for 9 years, and I started o as
an extreme amateur. Ive improved though. And yes, the process does get easier and less stressful. The key
is to be diligent and persistent and never give up, because great things wait for you on the other side...
How to Draw Manga, The JM Way... (2012-08-11 11:24)
Heres My Story of My Career As a Manga-Cartoonist So Far
I have some formal artistic academic training. Not a lot. I attended an art school temporarily, but I used
the opportunity primarily to socialize and enjoy myself, not so much working and studying. Ive received
mentorship in classical animation and traditional ne art, and Ive gotten some training by taking some still
life and life drawing classes in painting and charcoal at the local Florida Community College, Valencia and
the Crealde School of Art.
My rst mentor I had hated anime with a passion. He would always say its all the same shit and refer
to it in derogatory terms. For as long as Ive been pursuing manga and anime, Ive had to pursue them
independently from my formal education for the most part, on my own, and Ive had to teach myself how to
draw in that style, and train myself independently. Like almost any skill, the more you train and practice and
make attempts to pursue it the better you get. I had a DeviantART account for a while, but I did not enjoy
how the other users treated me there. I got some hostility, and some people on that site openly discouraged
me from pursuing anime just like my old teacher did, only with dierent motives and reasons for doing so
than in the previous incidents. Theres good artwork online, but its not good for emotional support, unless
its one on one email correspondence with friends.
I learned anime and taught myself how to draw in the manga style by studying my general comic book and
manga collection, and copying from and emulating the artists I admired. I also pursued webcomics and
self-publishing, perhaps permanently, perhaps temporarily. Im still deciding.
In terms of drawing anime, Teachers discouraged it, my peers discouraged it, rivals in media discouraged it,
the media discouraged me, mocked and ignored me, my friends and parents mostly discouraged it. And the
market and the Japanese creative community denitely discouraged it and the pursuit of world comics-manga
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(You know Back o, sucky and primitive foreigners! Manga is our thing (not yours)!), with low sales and a
lot of public otaku and fan backlash against the genre and medium of world manga in general. The media
discouraged it. Some of them mocked and insulted me and my style. Ive been through my share of criticism.
But I choose to continue in my studies because on a personal level, I like it, and I only really listen to my
conscience, and it tells me drawing manga is the right thing to do.
My choice to pursue work as a manga can has been an almost universally unpopular one. With many people
attempting to uncharacteristically write me o as a foolish American amateur wannabe. But popularity is
not the reason you do something like this. And its not like anyones stopping me from working if I actually
do choose to work. On the plus side, since everyone does write me o, it frees me up to pursue my own
original vision and style, and do things my way, in my personal and mostly private style.
But enduring hardship in some ways just serves to make you work harder and be more diligent and self-made.
In the Future....It wont be ALL fun and games... (2012-08-11 15:53)
In the future, animation studios worldwide will be run and operated like small governments. Actually thats
kind of how it is in some countries. They call those operations committees in their native tongue.
Yeah, you should BE a LITTLE disappointed... (2012-08-11 17:27)
After all, I dont accommodate my entire life to quality user experience My life doesnt revolve around yall.
Its kinda the other way around if were being realistic. Lookit that TV schedule for Christ sake.
Sorry, but NO ONE in Hollywood and L.A. is irreplaceable, no matter how much they
get paid or how famous they are.... (2012-08-11 18:00)
As YouTube has eciently demonstrated by replacing half of them already...
You know me, Im open to opinions (EVEN if theyre wrong!...) (2012-08-12 13:26)
So tell me....
IFRAME: [1]http://www.youtube.com/embed/jiKn77Moq6M
HOW is this only for nerds again? I forget.
1. http://www.youtube.com/embed/jiKn77Moq6M
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Need to Hire a Freelance Publisher or Broadcaster? How bout me? (2012-08-12 16:13)
Thats right, I do freelance work, available to anyone, anytime, anywhere, through the internet 24/7, at the
following email:
[1]spindack@gmail.com
Im cheap and can work pretty fast, in terms of creating internet or digital content, be it publishing a video,
or making a booklet.
1. mailto:spindack@gmail.com
Fear Not YouTube Fans....Ill Probably Upload Many more Video Clips and [maybe]
Episodes of Shows and Anime Openings at some point in the future... (2012-08-12 18:00)
Honestly, its not a matter of being in short supply. Its a matter of nding suitable material to broadcast,
not an actual lack of material. I have hundreds of hours of anime and Chinese and American cinema footage
ripped and preserved from famous movies and TV shows and special interest DVDs in my big ol DVD
Wallets Booklets. Takes me forever to comb through. I cant help but think I could benet from showcasing
it online or through Windows 7 Shared video le network, if given the right venue. The audience potential
online would be HUGE. Maybe even huger than my already popular YouTube channel. I guess well just have
to see which lm, video, and animation showcasing options become available technologically in the future.
Its my own private video collection, but Id love the opportunity to share it with the world. Gotta wait for
technology to catch up to me I guess before I can upload, share, and showcase.
Anti-Marriage (2012-08-13 09:53)
Glad Im never getting married. Marriage is evil. Its for suckers. Ill die before I ever get married. Seriously.
Very much so.
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Lets Duel! (2012-08-13 13:40)
[1]
Careful! Dont Get Cut!
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Does a beard benet an artist? (2012-08-14 17:54)
Currently, I have more beardish facial hair than virtually all my favorite professional artists. Im quite hairy.
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The Only Reliable Person in Your Life on a Good Day, is You (2012-08-14 19:26)
Relying on others to deliver at important times in your life inevitably leads to misery and disappointment.
Dont rely on other people, much, if at all.
Learn to rely on yourself, 24/7. Other people will only disappoint you on every level.
Dont rely on other people, the media, TV, business, entertainment, strangers, or your family for being or
becoming content, happy, vindicated, respected, well-liked, important, inuential, powerful, or even satised.
You cant rely on anyone to make you successful and satised but you.
Most books and comic books disappoint on every page.
Most TVs disappoint on every channel.
Why? Because YOURE not the one in charge of them.
You have to be autonomous, or you perish, emotionally and eventually physically as well.
Grown ups dont rely on other people for either happiness or survival.
Only losers rely on other people for everything.
People who rely on other people to nd happiness, NEVER DO nd happiness.
The Other, as its known in philosophy, is disappointing by nature.
Theres no such thing as an artist who does all good drawings, just artists who hide
their bad art well.... (2012-08-15 10:59)
ALL ARTISTS, I REPEAT, ALL ARTISTS, HAVE AND WILL DRAW BAD ARTWORK.
No artists (no matter how young or old, dumb or smart, Tokyo to California) gets it right every time.
Joke of the day! :
Hi, I work at DeviantART, and your drawing failed because it didnt make me wanna whack o to it.
Fame = Jerk (2012-08-15 11:53)
Come to think of it, being in the spotlight ISNT glamorous anymore. The only people who get mobbed by
paparazzi nowadays are people who are in the tabloids to begin with. From Tiger Woods to Charlie Sheen.
The only people who are famous and talked about are the infamous celebrities. So if you want attention, be
infamous or antisocial. If you WANT TO be in the spotlight, BE the bad guy. These days, celebrity is just
another word for bad guy and jerk. Whens the last time you ever heard of an actual likeable superstar?
For the last decade, never really.
Why yes, indeed I do, like the other 4 million people.... (2012-08-15 13:02)
Technically, yes I own my share of martial arts items. I own 2 full size wooden kendo blades which I use as
reference for my artwork (quite a bit lately). And I own my share of martial arts publications and literature.
1 technique book, 1 Martial Arts Encyclopedia, and 2 Martial Arts Dictionaries, full of terminologies. Im an
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avid student of Martial Arts and its various schools. For a while after I stopped being a little kid, I stopped
studying the Martial Arts. Specically Tae Kwon Do. But I got bored with martial arts in my later youth,
but Im back again
Charting the Progress (2012-08-16 14:04)
Been doing some math with random charts, charting my output of art and drawing.
On a typical month, though Ive only now started checking my progress, Im averaging around 2 drawings a
day, on AVERAGE, which amounts to around 60 pages of sketches and art per month, for me, on a normal
month.
Odd Little Things (2012-08-16 21:14)
I always found it odd how people have never regarded criticizing or showcasing my copper skin pigment, my
writings, or political aliation as highly as my sex life or criticizing my artwork, weight, or hair style. If
its physical, people care. If its intellectual or cultural, people just dont seem to give much of a crap. Do
most people even know what adoption is, let alone multiracial adoption. My parents, god bless em, never
played the race card in my life, and it didnt seem to matter with the people I knew personally either. That
stu is only something someone cares about when your famous: Your physical characteristics. Hell man, Id
even go so far as to say that my adoptive parents didnt even know what interracial adoption was when they
adopted me. My skin color was invisible to them and my friends and family for the most part, other than as
a side note. Something thought but not said. My parents have never once used the term interracial parents,
children, or adoption the entire time Ive known them. The only reason Im aware of interracial adoption is
because of the internet, when I researched and looked it up on Google one day. Other than that, Im ALL
AMERICAN.
It almost seems like, traditionally speaking in society, thats the opposite of how your normally treated in
pop culture and society
Drawing On Command.....Realistic Goal or Non-Realistic Goal (2012-08-18 12:42)
There is denitely a dierence between drawing randomly and without consistency for months and years on
end, and drawing on command. Ive seen plenty of artists at in drawing classes who have actually trained
and practiced their art so much, that have mastered their talent so much, they can actually appear to turn
their talent on and o, and draw masterworks on the spot at will. This is one thing many professional artists
are able to do. Unfortunately, Ive never had this ability. Half the time, when I try to force art out of myself,
I end up drawing...like a 12 year old. But if I keep at it, I can usually get some actual good artwork out of
myself and onto paper after numerous failed attempts at sketches.
Artists who can draw on command at will are powerful indeed. They are like a lightswitch, or faucet. And
most of the people who are that way, and who do have it that easy certainly dont have a hard time nding
work, as being able to draw actual good art on the spot (and not bad) can make one very employable.
And then there are other artists who are like nature. Measurable and powerful once theyve done their thing,
but very hard to foresee.
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Im the latter not the former, because if I was the former kind of artist, who could draw well on command,
Id adjust my entire schedule around the times I knew for certain Id actually manage to get good drawings
out of myself.
At times I actually do wish my drawing process was as predictably reliant as certain other professional artists.
And so, THEN the Boss said to me.... (2012-08-18 18:28)
Whine all you want. We aint paying you SHIT for your SERVICES you provide us and we never WILL pay
you...
AHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Im not getting paid again. So then, we all had a good
laugh. Well, except me of course. I felt depressed as SHIT!
INVADERS, CORPORATE ESPIONAGE, and IDENTITY THEIVES: PC Spyware and
Other Such Things: Defensive Countermeasures YOU or anyone else can take against
them (2012-08-18 18:41)
Nows the part where things get interesting:
Regardless of how much anti-virus, anti-trojan, and anti-malware software you use, youll still get attacked
by people, without your knowledge if those jokers have any say in the matter. Theyll still have access to all
the inputs and outputs of your computer (i.e. according to the IT Security Handbook: Keyboard keystrokes,
screen display images, microphone, webcam) (Essentially these spies, crackers, and social engineers want
anything that can ruin you, i.e. the destruction of you and your friends and familys sanity and privacy.
Anything they can brag to their little online circle jerks about having gained access to. These people who
do this sort of thing to the comps of others play for keeps, if my experience in dealing with them is any
indicator, and it is). Its impossible to quarantine entirely. Some PC viruses always remain untraceable and
undetectable.
However there is one trade secret I learned about them by talking to a private investigator about them.
Unplug the wires of your laptop. Doing so cuts unsolicited access and entryway to a victims PC o entirely.
Wireless PCs (and signals that use sandbagging (Chrome / Mac) will not be detected or inltrated by Trojans.
A wireless, battery powered PC is a SAFE PC. Fake I.P.s help too but theyre not as important as going
wireless. Most PCs have a built in fake IP address anyway.
TAKE THAT HACKER FUCKERS!!!! HAHA AHAHAHAAHAHHHAH!!!!!
My Horoscope Warned Me About.... (2012-08-19 15:29)
The futility of trying to get around the traditional and established good old fashioned Hype and Marketing
Media System (Commercials, conventions, articles, interviews, press releases, TV Shows on
Networks, Mainstream Publishers, news, magazines, mainstream websites, agents, producers,
connections, contracts, submissions processes). And believe me, Im a big DIY player.
In the beginning I did almost everything IN my power to avoid getting sucked into the mainstream traditional
business hype machine.
Trying to take the more unconventnional, progressive, and modern PR approach to promote myself had
its ups and its downs. (everything from Blogging, tweeting, website publishing, internet, email,
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Instant Messaging, branding, message board posting, chatroom using, web 2.0, social media
hyping, online video broadcasting, uploading.) In terms of ways Ive used to promote myself, my art,
and my writing, anything not yet well documented in a lot of business and entrepreneurship books (but will
be one day), Ive tried. But you can really only stay broke and evasively maneuver around the Traditional
Media Hype Machine for So Long.
Why did I go to all this trouble to use innovative, hands on, and personal marketing strategies? Why go to
all that trouble to promote myself, my art, and my writing the non-traditional non-established way.
Well, I guess Im just a big time risk taker. Plus I didnt really start o established.
The former method of PR is the most powerful. Its worth the most amount of money in the eyes of business,
and it oers the largest return on investment most of the time. Its inclusive, and is built on close and formal
relations, not casual and non-serious ones. Its also harder to penetrate, getting into the fame game the old
fashioned way, by hiring a sta.
The latter method is not half as established, and not as trusted by many. I question whether its possible
solely on the latter group of options in GENERAL
So I was talking to a friend one night....back when I was attending school...
(2012-08-19 17:15)
Youre gonna rule the WORLD one day, Joey, she said.
Heh. Thats pretty funny thanks, I guess
Code Lyoko: EVOLUTION (2012-08-19 18:57)
[1]http://www.codelyoko.com/?lang=en
Yup, theres an ocial Code Lyoko: Evolution site now. I cant help but wonder why Cartoon Network didnt
sni that one out before I did though.
1. http://www.codelyoko.com/?lang=en
High Points of Parallax..... (2012-08-19 19:10)
Yeah, its been a pretty wild ride working on Parallax and End Times. The project has had its shares of ups
and downs and production adventures.
With some of the ups being
Speculative audio readthrough feat. Steven Jay Blum (Toonami, Cowboy Bebop) as the speculative
voice of Mono Jubei
Getting an ad featured in a recent issue of Animation Magazine
Distributing local printed issues to shops
Getting to show some early conceptual art of Mono to Jhonen Vasquez
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But now that Ive done those things, should I just continue developing sequential art, should I nish the
script, or am I missing something. Tough call.
Not Much (2012-08-20 12:04)
IFRAME: [1]http://www.youtube.com/embed/oEYMhjOqJ1U
I nd myself, sitting at my computer desk, often, just crying in the dark, unseen, thinking about how much
some people appreciate me and think I matter, in six continents. This newly discovered appreciation brings
many a tear to my eye. Yes, my success has brought MANY a tear to my eye.
1. http://www.youtube.com/embed/oEYMhjOqJ1U
What I Value... (2012-08-20 12:57)
Money is good. I value money, too. It comes and goes. But...
But what I really value and get joy from is appreciation, attery, and compliments. What can I say. I like
being attered. I appreciate people who show open appreciation of me. Thats my human nature. Ive always
felt very insecure about myself. Praise and attery help me get through the day.
Hurricane Jay?? Who the hell is that!!?? (2012-08-20 16:43)
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jay Myers (Hurricane Jay)
[2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tropicaljay
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jay_Myers_(Hurricane_Jay)
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tropicaljay
Encyclopedia Sub-Genres in desperate need of existing.... (2012-08-20 18:48)
Lambiek, Wikipedia, and Animation Magazine aside, why is there no denitive...
World Encyclopedia of Animation, Comics, Manga, and Anime Auteurs, Animators, Directors, Producers,
Writers, Filmmakers of Designers???
From ALL MAIN countries and industries / communities / mediums that produce comics and animation
Oveheard Conversations ABOUT ME With Angry Across-The-Fence Neighbors
(2012-08-20 22:06)
YEAH, I SEE HIM THERE. FUCKING FAGGOT ASS DICKNUT. Sits around his Moms house all day,
doesnt work, doesnt have a job. Fuck his lazy faggot ass.
Wow, what a good Carl impression! Kudos my friend.
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Worlds Greatest Dad. Gee, Dad..... (2012-08-21 12:29)
Think you could have at least TOLD ME you signed up for a youtube account IN MY OWN HOUSE???
Yeah, its not like I ALREADY HAVE A YOU TUBE account with HALF A MILLION VIEWS AND
ENGINEERED THE ENTIRE SITE or anything....
I appreciate my family thinking so highly of me....
I knew there was a reason I was seeing so many ANNOYING AS FUCK Romney adds in my videos....
Lets face it. Romney...IS FUCKING ANNOYING.
Okay, okay, I admit, Today hasnt been a bad day, per say... (2012-08-21 14:35)
I guess I just NOW noticed Im ranting online a bit too much. My venom is pretty dangerous. Its dangerous
to try to get me to secrete that venom. My blood is made of it after all.
God forbid someone is unaware of my power level and truly angers me on purpose. Id like to warn people
how dangerous bullying and teasing me like a know it all is. But some people just got to learn things on
their own. Possibly by dying or being severely injured by their own karma misfortune at the hand of having
slighted me or anyone/thing I like. Just ask my gay stalker. He apparently has a de facto restraining order
issued against him I didnt even KNOW about and no one told me about...until I read about it. Or the guy
who tried to clone me, but had his cloning laboratory raided....by the FBI.
I do nothing to said people. That would only make their self-inicted misfortune worse. They kind of all do
themselves in eventually. Still, sometimes I wish I could warn the media and public about the whole playing
with the power of re thing.
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NO TIME (2012-08-21 15:23)
[1]
1. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LH9h49t8ZR4/UDQKTg4kUwI/AAAAAAAABes/PS68JOEK7OM/s1600/Longcoat.jpg
Favorite Designers, Illustrators, and Concept Artists (2012-08-22 04:45)
Favorite Designers, Illustrators, and Concept Artists
Moebius
Tim Burton
Yoshitaka Amano
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Jhonen Vasquez
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Hiroaki Samura
Enki Bilal
Min-Woo Hyung
Shigeru Myamoto
Katsuhiro Otomo
Dr. Seuss
Yasuhiro Nightow
Frank Miller
Thomas Romain
Frank Frazetta
Syd Mead
To the American Manga Student who has a teacher(s) who doesnt like anime. How to
deal with it... (2012-08-22 09:14)
If you have a teacher at your school or college, or a mentor who hates anime, as some do (Disclaimer: Not all
art teachers hate anime, only some).
I suggest not trying to convert your anti-anime teacher to anime. If someone doesnt like anime, trying to
get them to watch it is pointless. They probably wont. BUT, you can do the smarter thing. Try to make
youre teacher aware that there are just as many technical elements that can be learned, studied, and reverse
engineered from copying anime drawings as any other style of comics and animation.
Any teacher who actually knows what he or she is talking about should know that art students can learn from
ANY art style that exist, no matter which country or time period it comes from, how new to the establishment
it is, or how commercial and established it is. Teachers should ALWAYS encourage learning, and not just be
biased against something because its pop culture or foreign or whatever reason that particular teacher has
for not liking certain styles, whether its indie comics, pan-asian cinema, or European and Asian literature,
whether graphic or narrative.
There are so many millions upon millions of drawings used in TV and Feature Animation
that People Never See! Shame really (2012-08-22 11:01)
Animation is great because it has whole archives, just whole studios somewhere, overowing with beautiful
and complex hidden and secret art. ESPECIALLY in Asia.
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If I were a Publishing God or Editor God, if I had my way, EVERY animated show from every COUNTRY
would have its own art book, along with every detailed video game, anime series, and French animated series
and comic book. Who cares about sales! Dont these animators and designers in the industry want people to
see their work in print??
Sin City comic books isnt a style... (2012-08-22 11:04)
Its a future GENRE. Well, at this rate it WILL be a subgenre one day if I have anything to say about it.
Lessons my published artbook taught me... (2012-08-22 11:21)
My personal philosophy towards artbooks (of which is a business I participate in on some level) is this. Art
books are true art, in a publishing sense and in a design sense. It shouldnt just be about raw supply and
demand. Artbooks should be about aesthetics. NOT JUST BUSINESS. After all, why even CALL IT an art
book if it isnt about the art? Thats just stupid.
Me And My Popular-Yet-Controversial Manga-Comics Style (2012-08-22 12:05)
Some people hate calling my work manga. As a matter of fact, many anime fans outright refuse to make
such an association. They say my work is ugly and too simple or too western.
Thats partially because my work ISNT entirely manga. There is also a lot of Western Cultural Symbolism
and elements there. From Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill to Sin City and Johnny The Homicidal Maniac.
I go with what LOOKS GOOD. Not style conformity.
I take a lot of inuence from the Japanese, but Im not out to prove Im Japanese, because Im not. Im
American. But Im not inferior to the Japanese in any way either. I love Japan, but Im not out to prove
Im from Japan or am Japanese in anyway (like some wannabe creators do) either.
Okay. Im nice and sweet again.
You Need a Sta to Make Anime and Animation, Which is Why I Wouldnt Even Bother
CALLING It Real Art (2012-08-23 05:18)
Art is made by Individuals and NOT COMMITTEES
I REPEAT
Art is made by individuals, NOT COMMITTEES!
Anime and Animation is about as creative and artistic as a factory made candy bar or automobile.
Which is to say not really at all.
TEAMWORK isnt art. Its just teamwork.
If no one person can claim authorship of it, it ISNT ART.
Dont be fooled by the hype and slick Asian marketing.
Art is only art if its all on the page. Art is only art if it has the ngerprint and soul of ONE artist on it, and
ONE ARTIST ONLY!
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KATSUHIRO OTOMO is one of the most real and authentic artists in animation and comics
because he DOES DRAW ALL THE DETAILS HIMSELF AND EVERYTHING ON HIS OWN
just like his inuence MOEBIUS did. Theyre good examples of REAL artists.
SIGH. So many artists. Such a miniscule amount of architectural, production design,
and perspective knowledge....so little time (2012-08-23 05:48)
Dear DeviantART,
Honestly? I dont give a shit how realistically you draw anatomy in PHOTOSHOP. Stop selling out. Draw
some background and production design fer Christsake!
Dont any of these newfangled cartoonists and aspiring manga-ka anime artists in their 20s / teens even
know the rst thing about composition and perspective? About placing a character in an atmospheric and
contextual SCENE? The JAPANESE sure as hell do. So how do you plan to impress them if you cant even
get perspective right. You think Japanese professionals, or ANYONE at the top in animation and comics,
CARES that you only know ANATOMY and COSTUME DESIGN???
I KNOW THESE KIDS can draw anime anatomy. But 95 % of the artwork on that site has no background.
Theyre all afraid to draw buildings or mountains or grassy elds or towns or Tokyo or WHATEVER (!),
Theyre afraid to study landscaping and architectural photography and sketching, because they seem to be
afraid people will think less of them if they attempt a background and fail. Look, its not that bad. You
wouldnt BE SO BAD at backgrounds if you drew them half as much as you drew female anatomy. Are they
really that scared of drawing badly. Hell, you all know how good I am at cities. Well most of you do. But I
didnt always draw in perspective. I used to draw cardboard boxes in my panels TOO, kid. Until I actually
worked at it.
Contrary to popular opinion online, Drawing things in perspective, with backgrounds, in a fully eshed out
scene, and with scenery of some sort, whether made up or from photographs WONT KILL YOU. It will
only numb your brain for a few weeks and make your brain hurt a few times until its chemicals recongure
themselves to accommodate your newly found knowledge of three dimensional forms on a ground plane. ANY
Background is better than no background. The more you draw backgrounds, the better you will probably get
at them...Just like the French!
Favorite Illustrative and Animation Artist of the Moment? (2012-08-23 06:47)
I gotta say, I stumbled across the website of [1]Steward Lee, and his stu reminds me of my own. I LOVE
his ACTION DRAWINGS! Id LOVE to work with him on something one day...
So yeah! Im nally starting to have favorite artists who arent just creators and character designers.
Im nally starting to develop an appreciation for artists who ll the more so-called obscure roles in
animation production. Storyboard artists, writers, producers, production designers.
Some of my current favorite Animation Artists and Writers...Feel free to Google and observe them. I do.
Writers:
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Jerey Scott
Seth MacFarlane
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Matt Groening
Mike Judge
Michael Ryan
Michael Reeves
Seth Green
Matthew Senreich
Jhonen Vasquez
Douglas Goldstein
Hamid
David Willis
Thomas Romain
Dai Sato
Shinichiro Watanabe
Chiaki J. Konaka
Aaron McGruder
Chris Prynoski
Production Designers:
Syd Mead
Ted Blackman
Thomas Romain
Corey Jackson (Indigo)
Jhonen Vasquez
Katsuhiro Otomo
Storyboard Artists:
Katsuhiro Otomo
Steward Lee
Thomas Romain
Disney
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Bruce W. Timm
Glen Murakami
LeSean Thomas (or at least Im pretty sure he storyboards)
Not gonna lie. Theyre pretty much all geniuses when it comes to their specialties. Highly innovative laborers.
1. http://stewardlee.com/
Fun Trivia Facts You Probably DONT KNOW About the upcoming Disney XD Show:
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (Subheader: Why its easier to NOT hate Disney
XD) (2012-08-23 08:34)
Heres some reasons why RANDY CUNNINGHAM will be WORTH WATCHING alongside Motorcity and
Tron: Uprising. My new motto for Disney XD is #XDLookForThePitchBlack Heh heh : P
Tron and Motorcity have proven their metal as great, well made, innovative, and entertaining shows, and
while [1]Randy Cunningham is getting promoted, the current commercials dont do the show justice. Watch
the OP on Youtube (which is now up) and youll see what I mean.
Two of the most notable (and concealed for reasons unknown to me) aspects of the show (and this is a
whopper of a tidbit) is that Randy Cunninghams character designs were provided by NONE OTHER THAN
[2]JHONEN VASQUEZ (as conrmed by Mindspill), which they are LOOSELY based on (clearly not intended
as a ZIM clone, to the point of being unrecognizable for what they actually are!) I shit you NOT.
And secondly, [3]Jhonen isnt the only auteur contributing material to Randy Cunningham. The theme song
animation sequence is quite awesome as well, and as I found out by reading Mindspill, Passion Pictures, the
mastermind animation studio thats similar to Titmouse, or probably its Brit Equivalent (they animated
every last one of the Gorillaz music videos Jamie Hewlett directed, INCLUDING Clint Eastwood)
The things they dont tell you in commercials. Sheesh! LOL.
There, edited in some links for proof, for the skeptics in the audience.
1. http://www.questionsleep.com/mindspill/?p=2675
2. http://www.questionsleep.com/mindspill/?p=2675
3. http://www.questionsleep.com/mindspill/?p=2675
Coolness Factor (2012-08-23 09:43)
Lets face it. Im denitely not as cool as Jhonen Vasquez or Naruto. But Im denitely on my way....
Youll have to pardon my outbursts (2012-08-23 11:34)
Yeah, I care about money too, idiots, but I also care about the survival of mankind, and the Middle East. A
tad bit more important than obsessing about money in my opinion.
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Not Really.... (2012-08-23 11:52)
Not really at the center of the universe of money or my own free will....
But is ANYONE at the center of the universe with such things. Kinda doubt it.
I dont HATE geeks. I defend the weak from the predators as far as geeks and bullies
are concerned. Or at least, I did in middle school....For instance, in middle school, one
time (2012-08-23 17:46)
When I was 11 or 12 My gifted class was at a seperate middle school. And there was this one kid, by the
name of Tommy, who I always sympathized with. He was one of the three most picked on kids in my class,
purely because he was one of the least attractive looking. He was a ginger with groaty kind of out of control
hair. Like carrot top, but not as UGLY.
Well anyway, they would make us have gym class in school for our gifted program, back in 92, 91 or so. And
we were jogging track in a group, with kids from our school, and kids from my school.
When we were in the middle of jogging rather slowly, Tommy was minding his own business, when one
Prickish seeming kid with straight black hair who looked all normal (for a bully) turned his head and took
a glare at Tommy. He then lurched around all creepy and aggressive and predatory like, swooping in like a
hawk on Tommy or something.
Hey RAT FACE!! he yelled right in his face. I saw the whole thing and was jogging 3 to 4 feet away in the
crowd. This bully didnt care about me. I didnt stand out. But TOMMY did.
I then proceeded to lose my cool and get mad as I found this furious kind of anger taking over my mind. Was
this.....The Power of Sympathy. I like Tommy, hes smart and tries really hard, and no one respects him and
everyone makes fun of what people would now call his ginger looks. I intervened on Tommys behalf. I knew
Tommy was too terried and afraid to say anything back. He had a vulnerable look on his face, humiliated. I
Felt REALLY BAD FOR TOMMY.
So I rushed up to the bully real stealthy like, and got right back in his (the bullies face).
HEY DONT SAY THAT TO HIM. DONT PICK ON HIM. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF SOMEONE
DID THAT TO YOU LIKE IM DOING AND GOT ALL UP IN YOUR FACE?? HUH!?
That shut his ass up right quick. Talking back to a bully that wasnt even targeting me, but a kid I felt sorry
for. And that was my rst experience with talking back and intimidating a bully right back. Speaking their
own language.
I HATE bullies. I dont worship nerds or anything. But I know how hard nerds have it in school. Tommy
wasnt at all a nerd to me. Especially not after I saw him have to endure THAT. The THINGS he must of
had to go through growing up. He never did anything rude or wrong either. Never even cussed or anything.
THE END.
The Friend Den (2012-08-24 14:04)
I visited my best friends house today, and I realized something. Chris is the best friend in the world. They
have the best, biggest HOUSE in the world. Theyre the best FAMILY in the world. Auugghh!! My friends
are TOO PERFECT. If I was anyone else and had this information, Id HATE ME! Id be so jealous! No
WONDER some people are so jealous of me.
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Will I Turn My Latter Years into a Globetrotting Epic Adventure Where I meet a Lot
of New People (2012-08-24 20:40)
I was forced to be holed up with no money and friends or human contact for the most part, with no one I
could related to outside of the internet community)....
for 10 WHOLE YEARS!!!!
OF COURSE IM GOING TO DITCH MY HOMETOWN and TRAVEL FAR AND WIDE.
I WILL GO WHEREVER THE WIND TAKES ME...
JUST AS SOON AS I HAVE THE FREEDOM TO DO SO
DUH! Well, Gee, whats JM gonna DO now that hes been locked away from society for an entire DECADE?
Ill bet hes just gonna stay put right where he is. Be a slave to his family and The Man FOREVER
Yeah, THATS DOABLE! NOT!
Whoa! I had no idea how fun shopping in Tokyo and Paris WAS! (2012-08-25 11:53)
The things you nd from looking up Parisian and Tokyo-based bookstores in Tokyo and Paris, France, from
online. I found all SORTS OF Japanese artbooks with kanji AND English Titles printed on their covers for
certain anime (only 25 American dollars not counting shipping & handling. BIG TIME Collectors items!).
Great, GREAT stu. You dont even have to be a master of the Japanese language to order it.
I guess I just realized there was something to the whole ordering from Amazon.co.jp (Japan Amazon) and
Amazon.fr (French Amazon). I learned its possible to nd bookstores WITHIN Tokyo and Paris that are
American friendly! NICE! But Im also learning the Japanese and French languages in my spare time.
Just in case the language barrier kicks in.
Japanese Books and Self-Publishing (aka world manga Dojin and Dojinshi)
(2012-08-25 13:11)
More and more up and coming Japanese and French auteurs and Design artists from the international
anime, manga, and art community are turning to self-publishing through sites such as Lulu and international
self-publishers. Even some famous artists like LeSean Thomas are doing it. The Japanese prefer to refer to
this genre and medium of comics as Dojinshi and the artists/writers who produce it as Dojin.
I predict that within the next ten years in Japan, America, and Europe, well be seeing more and more
self-published Dojinshi comics and art books. Self-Publishing is nothing new to America (We dont generally
refer to self published art as Dojinshi in America, but on a technical level, in many ways its the same thing,
an entryway to bigger things in comics and manga), but I dont know if international self-publishing actually
has a history or if digital self publishing in Japan is a new phenomena. I sense a potential publishing trend
there. Self-Publishing is also popular with webcomics artists, like myself and Raynart, whose work (Rayarts)
I love and have already bought o the Lulu.com site and cherish my copy of. Raynart is an anime pioneer.
The artists real name and gender is unknown, but Im pretty sure Raynart is a girl right around my age.
He/Shes always been one of my DeviantART friends. Im a big fan.
But a few notes on publishing in Japan, my experiences with it.
True, Ive never sold any copies of my book in Japan, but that doesnt upset me at all. I publish (or should I
say self-publish?) for the privilege of being published anywhere legitimate really. But heres some advice to
aspiring art and writing comics and animation publishing pros of the future:
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Publishing traditionally through mainstream American and Japanese publishers is great, but if everyone
rejects you as they did me, you have options. You can self-publish and still receive international distribution
through online bookstores such as Amazon. and Amazon of Japan. Thats what I did. Japanese Amazon
caries my book just like the American Amazon does, because I use Amazon CreateSpace, which is something
young and new authors might want to try that isnt just Kindle or Lulu.
Some Decent Digital Self-Publishers that are worth checking out if you want to self-publish:
I can think of 2.
[1]http://www.lulu.com
[2]http://www.createspace.com (in association with Amazon)
To the potential Japanese readers in this blog, there is a distinct cultural dierence between traditional
American self-publishing and Japanese Dojinshi self-publishing. New school Japanese self-publishing leaves
out two main traits found in traditional Dojinshi. With newer Japanese self-publishing, much of the eroticism
and fanart qualities found in traditional Dojinshi are both missing for the most part, and are replaced with a
higher amount of original work thats considerably less pornographic, if at all. American readers never grew
up associating porn or fanart with DIY self-publishing, but instead associate it with books such as Cerebus,
Scud the Disposable Assassin, Spawn, and Bone, which historically have been intended in a Western context
that is considerably more literary and commercial.
A WHOLE LOT of artists that hope to be published in Japan fail and never succeed at it is because they
only want to publish their manga or whatever if SOME ONE ELSE does the publishing and business and
promotional marketing work, where you have to format your own book using digital les and PDF documents.
Some artists say Why should I have to do all that? Why cant someone else? Man, Im an artist, not a
BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR! MAN! I JUST WANNA DRAW/PHOTOSHOP DOJINSHI FANART!
But the truth is, if you want to reap the real rewards, you DO need to go the extra mile (see Dave Sims
biography for starters. As he was one of the rst successful comic book self-publishers back in the day, and
still is as he runs the Aardvark-Vanaheim publishing company, a self-publisher he founded over 30 years ago.
If you want to publish your art and succeed in any legitimate way, you need to understand the PUBLISHING
and BUSINESS / MARKETING aspects of Japanese and American comics, NOT just the drawing process.
More knowledge pays o eventually.
Self-Publishing is not the most popular or thought of thing by young Japanese and American and French
artists, but it IS an option. Even if you only sell copies to your friends and family, thats still a wealth more
than most aspiring writers and artists. You have your name, pride, easier distribution, and dignity. Sweet,
right?
But if you do want to be taken seriously by retails, my advice would be, ALWAYS have an ISBN number.
NEVER misplace or mistype your ISBN number. This is very important as a self publisher. If you want your
work carried in retailers, whether online or in actual stores, the latter of which my work pretty much isnt,
you NEED an ISBN I.D. Its a business thing.
HOWEVER, if YOU DO decide to venture out into the world and universe of SELF-PUBLISHING, you must
always remember: DONT PUBLISH SHIT. Only publish your best, and most detailed and appealing work.
Youve got to be youre own harshest, but also most realistic critic, and be self aware of when you DO make
good art and writing. Self-Publishing MUST HAVE self-objectivity. Because there WONT be an editor
and publishing house there to hold your hand and tell you this or that drawing sucks and isnt ready to be
published. Autonomy of Aesthetics is an absolute requirement. You HAVE TO do your own thing (not mine
or someone elses) and YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HIGH STANDARD of REAL QUALITY ARTWORK. You
have to HONESTLY answer to yourself, if I saw this book i did, and it was made by someone else, would I
honestly shell out my own money to buy it because of my burning passion for good art that wanted that
good art book or comic so bad. Does it Look Pro? If your honest answer is yes, I myself like my work and
I do not honestly believe it sucks and no one would by it or edit/publish it then youre on your way. BUT
ONLY if you honestly like your own work. If you hate your own work, youre screwed, man! In publishing,
the honest, truthful answer about whats REALLY APPEALING IN ART is No one else is ever going to
objectively like a piece of art that you honestly OBJECTIVELY dont like yourself. Remember that.
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1. http://www.lulu.com/
2. http://www.createspace.com/
Stats of my sites.... (2012-08-25 15:42)
According to my SocialBlade statistical information I read....
I have just 1 year left until my YouTube videos will have received half-a-million (or 500,000) views.
I should celebrate, when that happens.
Dah Ninjah. ... (2012-08-25 21:32)
[1]
1. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WCjL4eqB-f8/UDmmROv4vdI/AAAAAAAABg0/lw0qbMaRYQM/s1600/DAH+NINJAH.jpg
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Freestyle Hip-Hop Anatomical Study, Provided by Beastie Boys (2012-08-26 18:55)
[1]
Soundtrack to this Art Piece, Beastie Boys, Root Down and Sure Shot, the mother/father of this sketch.
1. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nx98L8NiaEs/UDrTRS9mZjI/AAAAAAAABhM/_dFA2ut5Udk/s1600/Sketch1.jpg
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Board @ Work Again (2012-08-27 14:00)
[1]
[2]
To answer the question I know youre asking, yes, that is indeed Rin and the Ito-Ryu in a scene from the
Blade manga, IN STORYBOARD FORMAT. Yes, I went there. I MENTIONED Blade.
Just some training for my goal of eventually submitting my portfolio to CalArts, some years from now. I am
doing this thing for the long term afterall. I wonder if getting national press coverage and publishing and
artbook on Amazon will help me in that goal. Im a newb. Denitely not an expert at that sort of thing,
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knowing exactly how college submissions work.
Still a pretty good start if I do say so myself. I REALLY like how Rins hair and face turned out in blue ink.
1. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I_fuVcJe5xI/UDvfvEmos8I/AAAAAAAABik/blD2lND9uFo/s1600/Parallax+Swordfight+
(Storyboard).jpg
2. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MVrMPkp1liU/UDvfmQbstFI/AAAAAAAABic/0sf_x95Y42A/s1600/Blade+of+the+Immortal+
(Storyboards).jpg
Typical Blog Update Times (LIsten Up) (2012-08-27 14:59)
Tuesday and Thursday mornings, when anime is on TV.
Saturday (Mostly)
Evening and Afternoon.
Sometimes in the Middle of the Night
Sometimes, when the weight of the world is on your pen..... (2012-08-27 17:13)
It wont actually slow it down! Quite the contrary! It will speed it up and KEEP it in motion!
YEAH. Learned that one because sometimes I DO have the weight of the worlds troubles on my pen!
I learn from the best! Myself. And anyone else whos prolic.
Perhaps I should explain (2012-08-27 17:26)
The last ten years have been a period of renement and study for me, in preparation for the task of gathering
manuscripts, resumes, portfolios, and other employable or recruitable documents together, slowly, gradually
over time. I went to college in my early years, but it didnt work out in the way I hoped. I dropped out the
rst time. Everything that could have gone wrong DID. So I was returned to my parents house or my main
home, and did the only thing I could do at the time. Train and practice drawing and writing, in monk or
reclusive style isolation in the middle of the suburban southeast for 10 whole years, teaching myself everything
I felt I need to know, from drawing anime and manga and animation and comics, to screenwriting, ction
writing self-condence, patience, and hard work, WITHOUT a teacher or mentor for the most part. It was
a beautiful thing seeing myself improve, evolve, and progress, slowly, over time, while retaining learning
relatively quickly, assuming I put my mind to the task.
Im just now starting to get serious with my life. Finally, Im ready to start actually living a REAL life. And
not just a phantom-like internet presence devoid of social interaction in person.
You Know, Sometimes I Take My Insider Knowledge For Granted (2012-08-27 18:16)
I COLLECT Insider knowledge about media and pop culture.
And sometimes I forget its insider knowledge in general. And people try to exploit this knowledge I share.
But in a totally sellout selsh way.
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Not bad for a guy who isnt being paid anything....or getting laid. (2012-08-28 10:52)
But yeah. So far, for the year of 2012, Ive completed over half-a-thousand pages of artistic and literary work
this year alone.
Ive completed a total of 600 pages between the Months of January and August in 2012,
O to a GOOD start.
Well.... (2012-08-28 12:15)
Technically, American politics dont matter to me...
Im leaving the country in 4 years or so, maybe for good, so no big deal to me. Not like Im living here
anymore. Why live in a place that SUCKS?...Im paying for my books with Yen of course...
HEY CARL! WHY YOU SO LAZY!? (2012-08-28 13:18)
Hey Dad, whyd you sleep in so late? You didnt wake up until at least 3:20 this afternoon...
Yeah, JOE. I HAD TO WORK! I HAD TO GET UP AT 3 IN THE MORNING!! I DONT GET TO SLEEP
LIKE SOME PEOPLE. I WORK, UNLIKE YOU!
Oh, I dont need to work, Im unable too. I take medication that forces me to sleep. Remember?
Cary grumbles incoherently, like a Republican Mummy*
Heh heh.
Wisconsin...WE HAVE A VISUAL! (2012-08-28 13:28)
So technically well be touching down rather soon.
My father just died. Dont feel sorry for me or anything... (2012-08-28 13:32)
but NOW WILL YOU WATCH MY SITCOM!!!??? Cries like a bitch.
Yknow (2012-08-28 14:49)
You can MAKE a show that disses me blatantly. Theres nothing STOPPING you technically....
Just be sure to NEVER visit Florida.
My lawyers and the FBI tell me I now have to WARN people online when their lifes in danger before they
do The Stoopid Show.
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And now its Preview Time....Today We Bring to You a Special Treat: (2012-08-28 16:42)
A photo of the FIRST draft of my 4,000 page multi-medium epic manuscript!
BEHOLD MORTALS!!!!!
Thank you Hypergraphia! Youre a blessing.
[1]
Im writing and drawing the Great American Graphic Novel. But Im doing it my way. In scraps.
1. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VF9fJjeAiEQ/UD1XGPL2rCI/AAAAAAAABjE/Akcm0ZzzrIY/s1600/Manuscript.jpg
Either make a Clone Double rip o of Barack Obama and dont credit him for it, or
YOU FAIL THE CLASS!!!!! (2012-08-29 10:31)
And here I thought EVERYONE already knew I was an expert at animation production
including pre & post (2012-08-29 10:40)
Well you learn something new all the time I guess.
Maybe Im biased in favor of my own race, but.... (2012-08-29 14:53)
What the hell happened to Michael Jackson.
He spent the last half of his brief life looking like he got hit by a Freight Train. And its all thanks to WHITE
people.
Lets face it, the black community is hospitable. Theyre welcoming and compassionate. They accept anyone
who accepts them.
Black people dont do things like THAT to Michael Jackson
That dishonor of doing shit like THAT to Michael Jackson, King of Pop, belongs to WHITE PEOPLE.
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WHITE PEOPLE are FUCKED UP.
BASIC FACTS.
Lectures in Screenwriting...Tape Recorder (2012-08-30 08:38)
I nd having a tape recorder in your house with you and recording random conversations you have with
people is a good way to practice writing observational dialogue between 2 or more characters. If you want to
write dialogue like a Tarantino or Kevin Smith, tape recorders help...Its very dicult to remember random
casual in person conversations by ear alone. One needs the aid of technology. I have an MP3 recorder but it
kind of sucks and doesnt capture sound like my tape recorder does.
Inbred unoriginality (2012-08-30 08:48)
A lot of art on DeviantART has a very in-bred feel to it. A sense of artists ripping eachother o where no
ones actually trying to develop a real actual storytelling style. Copying can help you learn to draw, but its
important to be original too.
Dunno about you, but I enjoy QUICK and PROMPT message board, cell, phone, and
email responses... (2012-08-30 09:18)
dont other people?
Honestly, I HATE waiting days, weeks, or months on end for a response to my queries. Im not the patiently
waiting type.
Thats odd.... (2012-08-30 19:59)
By some cruel twist of fate, I seem to have deluded myself into thinking that the INTERNET community is
some kind of actual REAL community. What a cruel joke.
How to Be a Master Strategist (2012-08-30 20:54)
If you want to Master Strategy....Always have Goals, and Always make Lists with sequential steps to achieve
those goals. Easy, right?
It is just the internet, world.... (2012-08-31 20:25)
I stop using it (which I probably will) Im sure youll go to work nding a replacement that much faster. Get
on it. I leave and sit on my ass for the next two decades growing old, World keeps turning. Baddah boom.
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2.9 September
Its FUN seeing Far Eastern Fanart (2012-09-01 12:48)
You dont get the credit, thats kind of taboo, or so it would seem.
But you do get to see the birth of beautiful re-interpretations and re-congurations. Its a profound joy.
Learning how to let go is its own reward.
First Rule of Fight Club?
Copyright, Trademark and Legal and Proprietary Ownership Standards....
Are not followed the same way in the Far East as they are in the Wild West.
No one explains this element to you.
You just kind of eventually pick it up.
Im all for the pirates, in pretty much ANY nation. But in Japan especially copyright holds a lot of sway over
the law, way more than in the United States, especially since YouTube. The legal system regarding copying of
existing work for fan or commercial purposes is a slippery slope in much of the West. But American companies
nowadays, ever since YouTube, arent half as ruthless as the Japanese in terms of copyright protection. They
actively persecute violators. Not fair in my eyes, but its reality. Just another form of culture shock I guess
that many Japanese businessmen are uptight about copyright. Best to look before you leap, especially in the
Far East. Many dont seem to be doing that. They assume theyre living in a legal climate equal to Americas
legal climate. Oh how I wish that was the case, and how I wish pirates did have that much freedom in Asia.
They dont. Not yet anyway. Many people who copy videos in Japan would be much safer and better o
drawing Dojinshi, if theyre so obsessed with copying professional stu. Honest advice.
The Past is The Past (2012-09-01 15:11)
Sometimes I used to secretly have this wish that someone out of the blue, some stranger who was familiar
with me, would have pulled me aside from the crowd, sat me down in a work room and simply just said to
me You know, Joe, you matter TOO.
No one EVER did that though. Ah, who am I kidding, no one cares. No one does that STILL either.
In many ways, nothings changed from the past.
Okay?? No, it is NOT okay. (2012-09-02 14:57)
It is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Its BETTER than okay.
Please note: I dont hate DeviantART. Dont know that I ever actually did in reality.
[also, the POWER AND LIE OF HOW THINGS LOOK] (2012-09-04 16:32)
I did my share of ranting, but so did a lot of people.
But I cant help but notice the sites positive aspects.
Where else can one eavesdrop on some of the most amazing Asian Artists in their native habitat thats not
anime. That doesnt sound prejudiced does it because its not meant to be a negative statement.
I love Asians with all my BEING, but as a mixed blood Asian who grew up in a completely American white
family only, where else do I get to hang out with Asians that isnt DeviantART the internet and ChinaTown
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If some of them consider me a rival so be it, but I Refuse to accept Asians as my rival. WWII is history
to me and nothing else in my opinion. They are all kindred spirits to me. There IS a spiritual connection
there, not just a creative one. To me, we are one on some level. Sometimes I wish people WOULD notice
Im not just white but part Asian.
No one ever does though. To them Im just another white person trying to copy Asian culture. A
foreigner imposter with my crappy design and OEL. Im so misunderstood. By Asians too. Not just white
Americans.
French people seem to like me and take a liking to me. I just wish they werent the only ones...Ah well.
Lets talk about the LIE that is race and racial proling, stereotyping, and typecasting for a minute.
Probably the biggest line of bullshit reasoning and ignorance going on in America today, and pay attention
now because this is important to people in America, even though its a complete publicized LIE is the
following mindset:
The ignorant and short sighted mindset that you have to look like the race, class, national heritage, or
profession you are to BE the race, class, national heritage, or profession YOU ARE. This is racist bullshit.
What? You have to LOOK WHITE to BE WHITE??? You have to LOOK CHINESE to BE CHINESE???
You have to LOOK ARAB TO BE ARAB??? You have to LOOK WHITE TO BE WHITE! And if you
LOOK LIKE A CRIMINAL You ARE A CRIMINAL???
THE FUCK???
This is TVs fault entirely, for emphasizing looks over soul or heart or statistics.
What, you have to LOOK LIKE an ARTIST just to BE AN ARTIST?? You have to look like an EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER to BE AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TO BE ONE???
The list of stereotypical social positions you have to look like just to belong to in the eyes of others goes on.
Even in Asian culture looks are important, a culture that pioneered the eld of invisibility.
I for one am sick of all this media and social judgement from my peers.
Looks are often bullshit, always lie, and can often be faked. Just keep that in mind when you dont believe
the fact I have a dynasty of Eurasian Heritage in my Blood. Which I do.
Im tired of ignorance based entirely on how things LOOK. Your eyes deceive you.
And they deceive everyone else as a result.
22: Master Builder Writes a Script: First Screenwriter Journal Ever (2012-09-04 17:59)
Heres what I had to say in my journal 1 to 2 years ago when I rst made the decision to pursue screenwriting.
Im happy showing this because its a perfect example of how I approach (and often over-analyze) my major
professional hobbies before I ever actually attempt them. Still. The passion to write and pioneer is there in
all its newly planted glory in my mind...
I still do hold hopes of one day becoming one of the great modern day American episodic TV writers and
producers, or maybe just writer. I want to script an animated series. I want to Author a TV Saga, less like
Mike Judge and Matt Groening or Trey Parker Matt Stone, and more like Yoshiyuki Tomino, of Gundam
Universe fame. Now that I know hes the mastermind and Immortal TV God behind the entire thing, and
not just Hajime Yatate, which is nothing but a pseudonym for nameless others: Team Spirit.
I want to be just like a combination of Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira Toriyama, and Yoshiyuki Tomino when Im
their age.
In other words, I take this job incredibly serious. With Parallax: The Apocalypse Samurai, The Dream Lords,
and Oliver-E, I planning on penning all of the initial Volumes (Sets), Seasons (TV show), Story Arcs
(writing), Chapters/Episodes (scripts), and Bible Scripts that make up the heart of those three series.
I sense that if I really buy some good script formatting software to get used to working on, I can take TV
animation writing to absolutely new levels in the U.S., in a way that is not often seen as coming
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from the United States, but instead people are used to seeing it coming from Japan or Britain with such good
screenwriting. But Im a good enough linguist and general writer that if I worked hard enough at mastering
the art of narrative (and write enough scripts between now and then). I might use a pseudonym for
much of my work and I might not, Ill just have to see. Up till this point TV Writing in the U.S. has been
SouthPark, Seinfeld, and The Simpsons, and not much else, in terms of multidimensional writing. Studios are
always looking for good screenwriters, and if I can prove myself as a highly literate writer of television
drama, for animation no less, I could go very far, nancially, intellectually, and creatively. When Im 40
or older, I want to be a great dramatic serial animation screenwriter. I see shows like Avatar, The
Boondocks, and Samurai Jackand look at their stories, and get very excited about them and my own potential
to maybe be that good one day. It is possible to make up to $50 million a year screenwriting,
as a screenwriter or writer, but thats just about only for major networks like Fox. But not
through writing the kinds of things I want to...
Ill explain why I really, really like the Final Draft 8 software. Thats easy: Because it does everything for
you&EXCEPT write the actual words. It formats the pages, sets up a script writer interface type thing.
Though it is over $100, seriously! Who could ask for more than that! I love their slogan! Just add words
So simple and brilliantly concise. I fucking love that slogan! Thats all I have to do?? Fuck I love it. It
really speaks to me. It understands my situation. I do well over and more than enough words. Its just all
in the wrong format: Psychotic epistolary monologues. Im sick of writing that way. I want to write
fantasy monologues, epic storytelling narration, and great actionsequences. (Later in 2011: Then
this means I have to read those things by others too). Anything is possible with screenwriting. You can be
as epic as you want if youre a head writer, or at least literary bible supervisor, or even story concept man.
Eventually, I am planning on writing spec scripts in my spare time. I plan on writing out
all episodic scripts for Parallax, which pans out to a few hundred pgs of script, or half the
length of Manifesto, pagewise, because each speculative episode script of continuing sagas and
narratives would be approximately 25 pages in length each, which equals 25 minutes for each
30 minute episode. Honestly, I love writing screenplays and scripts so much that Ill even go
so far as to write 100 200 pages if I can. (Retrospective: I really need to stop doing the Number and
quantity jumping ahead thing. Its crippling me. Just start) Im not expecting all of my scripts to make it to
nal form. Ill leave what actually gets sold and optioned up to my producers and agent(s), whenever I get
around to getting one, if I get one that is. As of now Im just focused on the writing. Of course Ill do a lot
of note taking, revising, and strategizing in general, by hand, but when it comes to formatting, everything
(or at least most of my work) will be done through Final Cut 8 (Retrospective, what I mean to say is, CeltX).
Its just easier that way.
I love my newfound passion as an American action-drama and fantasy screenwriter.
The Internet and the Fight For Democracy and Against Censorship Worldwide
(2012-09-08 19:57)
After seeing how the web (a British invention pioneered in North America), Ive realize how crucial the web
has been to the process and development of the evolution of Free Speech in America. In nearly every country
BUT America, the social and political hierarchy reigns and persists to this day. Political gures, and people
in Supreme Authority Kings and Prime Ministers, are freely allowed to speak out (Within Reason and as
long as its not politically contrary), but the voice of the common people is forced into submissive silence, often
by violence and brutal deadly torture and force, as has been seen in the Arab Spring as it was happening. A
celebrity like myself, wouldnt even manage to survive or exist in the Middle East and other places especially.
America is the one of few countries, if not the only country, where a chaste system doesnt exist, freedom of
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speech is test every or almost every day, and censorship AND dictatorship is constantly attacked, questioned,
exposed, and scrutinized.
The internet brings democracy to places and elds of study and authority that severely need it, and it allows
us to challenge those we perceive as having too much power and authority. No matter WHO they may be or
how powerful and deadly they are, in almost ANY country.
It also allows us to ght censorship and state censorship when the occasion calls for it.
Im a Regular Todd McFarlane...LOL (2012-09-08 22:34)
Man I love drawing owing and wrinkly cloth and ares and folds and wrinkles in the anime style. One
of the best since Trigun and Spawn if I do say so myself. I like drawing drapery and folded, owing, and
sometimes wrinkled cloth and fabric in coats, jeans, shirts, and cloaks so much, I could just lie around my
house drawing cloaks all damn day. WEEEEEE!!! :D Ha ha ha! Seriously though, shit man, that stus
FUN! To me cloth studies and costume designs are more fun than work. LOVIN IT! I take a lot of inspiration
from artists like McFarlane, Frank Miller, Kazuki Takahashi, Yasuhiro Nightow, and myself of course. Ive
come to enjoy my own cloth studies just as much as that of the artists Ive admired from afar. Is this style of
cloth dominated by males? Yes. But I dont see why female artists couldnt draw that way too. I guess a lot
of people associate cloth with masculinity, like being a king in a robe or something. A symbol associated
historically with masculinity, much like swords.
If you want to draw like those guys, most of the time you need to approach drawing the basic shapes of
trenchcoats with a healthy eye for not just curves and wavy lines (which is very John Buscema), but instead
approach the ares of a trenchcoat in terms of basic shapes in the form of deformed mutated elongated
exaggerated, owing, and interconnected triangular, rectangular and angular shapes. You have to have a
strong eye for curves and angles that can take on a life of their own in the drafting stage.
Want to know a secret about art? Thats simple Dont Be An Idealist (2012-09-09 13:22)
By idealist I dont mean mystic. That kind of idealist is perfectly okay.
But dont be over idealistic about how you draw. NEVER FANTASIZE ABOUT SUCCESS IN JAPAN
OR AMERICA WHEN THE SECRET TO ATTAINING SUCH SUCCESS IS THE WORK YOURE
NEGLECTING TO PURSUE NOW, RIGHT THIS VERY MOMENT. I fell into that same trap years ago.
Dont x your eyes on the prize. How you draw NOW, AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME ON THE SPOT
(yes, even if your work sucks) is how you WILL DRAW 10 to 20 years from now. Theres no reason to think
youll ever get better at art if you dont realize how you draw now is the best youll ever do. Sure you CAN
improve, but the more you fantasize about improving at drawing a comic book page or illustration in the
future, automatically means youre NOT DRAWING NOW and ACCEPTING HOW YOU REALLY DRAW
NOW. Ive learned people dont judge you as an artist based on how you WANT TO draw. Editors, Fans,
and Other artists (automatically and unconsciously, often without knowing) will only judge you by what level
your at now. Dont assume things are MAGICALLY going to rectify themselves 5 or 10 YEARS from now,
When someone hires me, when I get published or When I nally go to art school.
If you really want to be a good artist, you have to accept how you draw NOW, TODAY, THIS MONTH,
WEEK, DAY, HOUR, AND MINUTE Because starting now is the only thing thats going to carry you
through to tomorrow.
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To be Good in the future, you have to learn to accept the present, even if and when you or anyone else thinks
it sucks. And even if it does suck, at least youre doing something about it now, which is more than most
beginning or intermediate artists can say.
You wont see results unless you learn to stop procrastinating today and have the patience to deal with
developing your art style now.
Too many people REJECT the Present and the People, Things, Circumstances, and Resources of the present
in favor of longing for or fantasizing on an ideal situation thats just out of reach. Its a Zen thing. NOW is
where the real POWER OF ACTION is. NOT the FUTURE. We can of course keep the future in mind, but
were not living in the FUTURE. WE LIVE HERE AND NOW. NO OTHER TIME.
I had a weird dream...Prophetic? Maybe. (2012-09-10 06:55)
The dream took place in the form of a TV documentary, kind of like those Benjamin Franklin documentaries
you see on National Geographic and the Biography Channel. Where they cover icons.
The documentary took place after I was dead, 50 years in the future, and was about icons of Asian Animation
and Cinema.
And smack dab in the middle of the textbook photo being pictured on TV being narrated by some old white
guy was a yearbook-trade magazine-esque photograph of what looked like an old bearded 50 year old version
of me, with dark hair and a face that resembled Darwin. The one featured in the documentary was ME!
Yikes.
The narrator kept going on and on about how important I Was to the history of cinema, and especially
Asian cinema.
Writing for Animation (2012-09-10 10:26)
My aspirations to write, professionally, for animation, are not widely shared. Every kid dreams of drawing
animation. Animation writing is something that not only do a lot of artists NOT ASPIRE TO DO, its also
a skill many who want to work in animation DONT WANT TO DO.
I dont nd writing for animation any harder than drawing for animation.
Help Wanted: Want to help me with my websites? (2012-09-10 14:53)
HELP WANTED: Co-Manager of Various Websites
I manage web accounts across YouTube, Twitter, Blogger, and WCN. With an overall audience of a quarter
million people if you count YouTube. But I could really use some help and communications for behind the
scenes stu I do involving these sites. Are you creative? Would you like a well known gure to promote your
ideas, images, art, and writing? Im looking for assisstants and co-producers of my web franchise. Its not a
paying gig, but it is rewarding in other ways. Im running at least 4 to 5 web accounts on incredibly popular
websites entirely by myself. If youre interested in contributing or helping me, contact me, the management
at spindack@gmail.com. Due to me furthering my education, my web duties seem to be getting neglected,
having more than just me managing all this stu would be quite awesome. Just email me and let me know
how you would like to help me out, if you want to.
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Best - JM
September 22nd. R.I.P. Birth Father - Happy Birthday. (2012-09-11 12:40)
11 Days from now, on September the 22nd, it will be my deceased fathers birthday.
Happy birthday Dad
Happy Anniversary Life
Yes, indeed. I got my newest portfolio review (2012-09-11 16:15)
This time it was by Korean-American lmmaker and L.A. based lm director Andrew Ahn. He denitely
seemed to like my art style. Gave me some advice about how to approach future art pieces.
Im glad he enjoyed my character design style.
Technically, Steve Blum aside, thats my rst real interaction with a Hollywood lmmaker.
Oh wow. Writing 20,000 words every 20 days is EASY! Im a GOOD writer.
(2012-09-11 20:22)
Writing that much in 2 weeks is easy as SHIT!! Especially since it seems to take an entire fucking month to
write FIVE-thousand words!
You know me, Im a friggin workaholic. You can always count on me to SAY Ill write MORE than you.
I never do though. Dont tell anyone.
My E-Book, THE IMAGINOMICON.... (2012-09-12 09:37)
The 600-pg. Memoirs. Coming soon to a digital bookstore near you
ALL 600 pages, Available for $0.99. at ner online retailers almost everywhere. Probably...
I Really Dont Know... (2012-09-12 13:36)
Though I am psychic and have written a lot online (more than most people), Ive written a lot more oine,
and I dont actually KNOW how people will react to my manuscript in the future. Because its as invisibly
inuential on the public as it is through all its plagiarists and rat bastard imitators who hacked into it in
the media, Ive decided people really need to eventually see this, because after all, the world ips out at
ANYthing I say.
I have no idea how people will take my ebook. I know some will read it. Its a book series. Im starting o
with Volumes I & II. Combined theyre 1,300 pages long. I didnt count the words. No reason to. NOBODY
CARES! Right?
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I began writing my rst book (formerly referred to as Manifesto when I was 17. I never STOPPED writing
it.
Wow, everyones ipping out. Must be a BIG DEAL! Gotta learn to let go eventually.
Autumn is Here in 10 Days. Just about. (2012-09-12 15:43)
Thank GOD.
Pricing a Book Youve Authored so that itll sell? Yeah, that is the most DIFFICULT
THING IN THE WORLD! (2012-09-12 17:59)
Get this:
I publish my rst book, Art Manifested. Cover Price: $30.
Unanimous Reaction: No onell PAY that much for an amateur ART BOOK!!!!!
And indeed no one did.
I publish my next book, a 600 pager. For $0.99, less than $1.
The Unanimous Reaction: Its too cheap! No ones going to buy something that cheap!
I CANT WIN! I mean, I never have won, but when it comes to pricing my various literary projects, I
REALLY CANT WIN!
BIORHYTHM (2012-09-12 19:30)
I was....EPICALLY unpopular with the opposite sex growing up. Girls at my school all hated me and made
fun of my looks.
Girls didnt warm up to me until I moved many cities away from home and attended art school where they
were practically ripping o my clothes, to be quite blunt about the whole thing, when it was much too late
to even bother with such a thing, at least in my opinion.
So What happens when you strike it rich in Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Copycats.
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According to Kred, my community inuence category percentage rate pans out like
this on social media. Thanks Kred! (2012-09-12 20:19)
still, I scored high in the reporter online community for some reason. Sure I keep abreast with current events,
and read articles about everything Im interested in, but I AM NO JOURNALIST! Im a Media gure.
I dont control the news. No way.
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Top Communities
Bloggers 16 % Animation 14 % Social Media 12 % Comedy 12 % Reporters 12 % Music 7 % Sports 6 % Tech
5 % Fathers 5 % Publishing
Publishing 4
MORE Kred Stats on me. Best thing since Social Blade (2012-09-12 20:23)
Total Inuence Points2,105
Im a Trend Follower. You Drawing Sucks! (2012-09-13 14:56)
[1]Your Drawing Sucks!
Wow, thats a lot of sucks. Or is it sucking?
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I dont know HOW to draw windows to the soul, big titties, swimsuits, or ANYTHING
like that really.... (2012-09-14 13:48)
All I really know how to draw is weird shit like Zoot Suites and trenchcoats....And squash and stretch cartoons.
Eh, who cares.
Hatredcopter (2012-09-14 14:34)
I y a gigantic monster,I am captain, evil stomper,I get to wear big black helmet,I pilot the hatredcopter!
I y the beast made of steel,Thick knives that cut the night,Gas tank is lled with vengeance,Machine guns
shooting spite,Cant nd the thing that makes this,Thing take a hard turn right,I follow where it leads
me,Prepare to greet our might,
You, will most likely die,By the hands of my arm,When I come and y,And take over your face,With the
front of my hatredcopter,
[scream]
I y a gigantic monster,I am captain, evil stomper,I get to wear big black helmet,I pilot the hatredcopter!
I y the hatredcopter,Im going to hunt you down,I get paid lots of money,For all the bounties found,Cant
seem to nd the button,That turns the radar on,Cant work the hatredcopter,The hunt for you is on,
I, am likely to nd,From my failure to y,That I will be red for not killing you,Cause that is my
job,Hatredcopter,You, will most likely die,From the hands of my arm,When I come and y and,Take o your
face,With the front of my hatredcopter.
[guitar solo]
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Current Inuences of the moment... (2012-09-14 14:37)
Je Smith and Windsor McCay
I kind of miss drawing actual cartoons, instead of all this pitch black Apocalypse Samurai stu.
I love the detailed stu I do at times, but Ill probably end up blowing my brains out if I dont draw something
Disney or Warner ish once in a while. My work is rooted in that style, in reality.
Ever wonder why my sketches often look so simple?
Well, now you know the secret. No one noticed me when I drew the old way.
EVERYONE noticed me when I drew Mono and THAT mythos. Kind of got sick of dealing with it, wanting
to draw the stu no one in the public eye ever cared about, and revitalize it, or at least just practice drawing
stu that way.
I go where the FUN is.
Also, I like McCays philosophy of art. Theres next to no artists alive like him today. Every artist nowadays
is like Oh mah gawd! Ah hope they worship me and like mah art!
McCay was the opposite. Its a documented fact he didnt give a shit if A) Nobody liked his art or everyone
hated it, and B) He didnt give a shit if he did a million bad drawings either.
The guy just liked drawing. He didnt give a shit if his style was too simple or too complex. He just shut
the fuck up and drew. Wow, an artist who DOESNT ANNOY AND IRRITATE THE SHIT OUT OF ME
WTIH HER INFERIORITY OR SUPERIORITY COMPLEX AND ONE UPSMANSHIP.
IMAGINE THAT! Im gonna be more like McCay. Might as well be.
And ANOTHER THING! ONE MOH THING!
People might not believe this, but there WAS a time in my life when no one knew who I was, and I literally
DID NOT HAVE a CARE IN THE WORLD. I cared and thought about 2 things: Drawing and Super NES.
Maybe Saturday Morning Cartoons as well, but that was as deep as it went.
Im a dierent person now. Ive evolved. Now Im an adult. And the world is less forgiving of adults than it
is of kids. The world doesnt care about my opinion of this matter. The worlds a NOISIER place now. A
more chaotic place now. I dont ever remember my life being as angry, complicated, involved, tedious, and
stressful 20 years ago, like it is now, in 2012. I often wonder if kids now really have the carefree lifestyle I had
the privilege of leading when I was the same age as a kid. The internet throws everything together, like an
evil BLENDER, so its really hard to say. If I was a parent, I wouldnt LET my kids use the internet unless
it was to play video games or watch childrens shows on Netix. Then again Im not a parent, so oh well.
Self Vs. Self (2012-09-15 16:30)
Self: You cant ght the system. Its too powerful. Why even bothering to try ghting the Man. He holds all
the cards and power. and money. He has a million and one cheat sheets, plagiarist spies, character assassin
henchmen, sirens, and unfair advantages to win a million ways to sunday
Me: Well I CANT JUST SIT HERE ON MY FUCKING ASS AND DO NOTHING. Im a hero. That means
even when most people are doing nothing or giving in, Im still making the eort, Im still trying.
Self: But the game is RIGGED!!! By him/them! You wont win. You cant Win. Minorities and the
downtrodden never win.
Me: Theres got to be a way to BEAT THIS GUYS! I refuse to believe anyones above losing.
To Be Continued: Oh the Drama!
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Spiritual Notations. Speaking as an Indigo Child (2012-09-15 17:25)
Some people feel drawn to some places theyve either been to or have never been to in their life. If youre a
mystic spiritualist, this is perfectly normal in the mystical, spiritual and religious energy world.
I feel spiritual energy every time I think of certain places. I get very strong vibes, mostly positive, spiritual
energy wavelengths and signals from the following places:
Tokyo, Japan
Hong Kong / Mongolia, China
Paris, France
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Great Britain, England
Los Angeles, California
Eurasia
Europe
Quebec, Toronto Canada
Illinois
Washington, D.C., Maryland
Phoenix, Arizona
Nevada
Colorado
Egypt, Tunisia, Berber, Morocco, The Middle East
As an Indigo Soul, I have MANY powers.... (2012-09-15 17:54)
But what does one do with all that power. The power of the Indigo Soul.
What do I DO with all this enormous supernatural power I have of new agey type stu?
Can it earn me a living? Because it hasnt yet.
IMAGINOMICON - Book Stats. Update. 9/16/12 (2012-09-16 12:52)
Nothing yet. Still waiting to be notied by Book tango on my publication status.
I hate waiting around and doing nothing waiting for something I write to reach people. Im so used to instant
publication gratication. Like everyone else, the internet has spoiled me.
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IMAGINOMICON WILL BE AVAILABLE IN RETAILERS SOON..... (2012-09-17 04:53)
Preview its words [1]HERE....
1. http://www.amazon.com/The-Imaginomicon-Volume-I-ebook/dp/B009AZ6AV4/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=
1347874759&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywor
There You Have It, Yin and Yang, Words and Pictures, Literature and Art. The Two
Sides of the Brain... (2012-09-17 04:57)
[1]Book 1 / [2]Book 2
[3]Left Side of the Brain / [4]Right Side of the Brain
[5]Writing / [6]Art
Imaginomicon / Art - MAnifested
1. http://www.amazon.com/The-Imaginomicon-Volume-I-ebook/dp/B009AZ6AV4/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=
1347874759&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywor
2. http://www.amazon.com/Art-Manifested-The-J-M-Matthews/dp/1469950332/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=
1347882852&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=Art+-+Manifested+by+J.M.+Matthews
3. http://www.amazon.com/The-Imaginomicon-Volume-I-ebook/dp/B009AZ6AV4/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=
1347874759&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywor
4. http://www.amazon.com/Art-Manifested-The-J-M-Matthews/dp/1469950332/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=
1347882852&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=Art+-+Manifested+by+J.M.+Matthews
5. http://www.amazon.com/The-Imaginomicon-Volume-I-ebook/dp/B009AZ6AV4/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=
1347874759&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywor
6. http://www.amazon.com/Art-Manifested-The-J-M-Matthews/dp/1469950332/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=
1347882852&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=Art+-+Manifested+by+J.M.+Matthews
Denial is the First Sign of Having a Problem. My parents deny a lot of things....
(2012-09-17 19:02)
For instance, since day one of my life, they denied the fact that my rst name was inspired by the name of
the Father of Jesus. I was named after SAINT Joseph! They even gave me a tiny metal Saint Joseph statue
(which Ive always kept at my desk, and still do) and would always say Look who you have the same name
as! Thats an admission if I ever heard one.
Not that I mind. But back to Imaginomicon
Favorite Commercial (2012-09-17 19:40)
Cant aord medical insurance?
Appraise your 20 year old 800 issue comics collection!
Easy-breezy.
Oh, wait, I made that commercial up and wrote the script.
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My Amazon Author Page is UP (2012-09-17 20:26)
And no, Im not J.M. Barrie Thats a dierent J.M.
[1]I am J.M. Matthews
1. http://www.amazon.com/J.M.-Matthews/e/B00760DFL8/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1347938610&sr=1-2-ent
There are REASONS For These Things...I Like Veterans Better Than Manga Brats,
with GOOD REASON.... (2012-09-18 12:04)
Todd McFarlanes been drawing in the public spotlight for OVER 20 YEARS.
How long have these manga BRATS online been around? Less than 10. Whos to say theyre not just a
TREND?? A Fad.
The MANGA BRATS havent been around longer than me, Ill say that much.
Longevity puts you in a class ABOVE the newbies. By principle alone.
I accept payments of money of course. A job well done is NOT its own reward. Money
is. (2012-09-19 09:31)
Figuring out how I want to be compensated for my contributions to humanity, culture, entertainment, the
internet, showbiz, and the media is easy. I want money. I want money and ONLY money, and lots of it. The
only thing I want IS money. Fuck you if you make it more complicated than that. Pay me and Ill take your
side and help you out like I helped out all the rest. You want to reward me, PAY ME MONEY. I accept
money payments in cash, credit-card, paypal, and paycheck.
The best comic book drawing teacher is your pen and pencil.. (2012-09-19 11:11)
The best teacher of how to draw comic pages is the act of drawing comic book pages.
Only by taking action and committing lines to paper will you learn how to draw comics.
Practice is the best teacher of How To Draw Comics (of ANY sort)
Sitting around writing, reading, or studying comics in your head will only get you so far.
You need to take action....Eventually. Sooner or later.
Duster (2012-09-19 13:35)
Got my rst duster today. Looks really good on me.
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Art and Trenchcoats (2012-09-20 10:10)
I used to think everyone was simply imitating ME. But then I realized its the opposite. Thats just my
psychic telepathic abilities. I know what certain people will do and say, moments before they do and say it. I
know when someones about to do something good, or positive. And I know when someone, someones, or
something is about to do something evil, or negative.
Drawing Takes a lot of Chakra (real concept, not just Naruto) out of a guy. Ive used a
LOT of Chakra...Chi. (2012-09-20 12:45)
Drawing and writing ction and publishing books and comics and other forms of creative labor takes a lot of
Chi out of a guy.
I did a TON of creative work during the last 11 years.
I know exactly why my creative performance is suering.
Its because Im tired, fatigued, and exhausted from overwork, and doing a thankless job.
I used up my energy, and never took time to revitalize and rehabilitate myself. Ill continue to deal with the
fatigue brought on by the last 11 years.
Many artists fail to realize real creative genius has a limit. No one can draw every day for an entire lifetime.
There will be breaks.
I might have a high power level compared to certain others, but even if thats true, which it might be......
I still know one thing remains constant.
Superheroes and Manga God Heroes ARENT REAL. This goes for AMERICA AND JAPAN, 2 of the
hardest working countries, if not THE HARDEST WORKING COUNTRIES.
Theres no such thing as an unlimited energy and power supply, even for people like Dave Sim or Katsuhiro
Otomo. Even the most powerful of us need rest and need to crash (aka sleep). Well die WITHOUT sleep, so
we really have no choice but to rest every once in a while.
Energy is not limitless unless were talking about the energies and chi of the cosmos.
But HUMAN energy and Chi. DEFINITELY NOT LIMITLESS.
The most productive writers and artists like myself have LIMITS to their energy and power.
The trick is making work that merely APPEARS LIMITLESS and INFINITE in real life.
Not that it actually really is it isnt.
ALL ARTISTS will recharge their batteries and energy levels at some point.
The usual: R &R. Rest and Relaxation. I nd meditation helps.
Speaking of energy. In terms of my own personal preference, (in terms of recent creative activity), I tend to
only pick up paper, pencils, pens and sketch in my sketchbook when my energy levels are at their highest.
This tends to be in beginning of a weekday afternoon, when most people are busy having LIVES with school
and work. I dont have such things to worry about other than my drawing work, so I get the most creative
work done when I notice not much is going on. Quiet times of silence and sunshine is what I feed o of in
terms of when I sketch, write, and draw. I hardly EVER draw in the middle of the night. Not a vampire.
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Not as worried about the state of daytime television anymore...... (2012-09-21 17:16)
I do sleep through most of that daylight torture anyway. I really had no choice but to forgo the day and
become more of a night owl as of late.
Is it really MY fault? (2012-09-22 11:54)
Is it really my fault I have psychic powers that tip me o to what the public truly wants on a daily/weekly
basis? Yep, I know...
New Comic Book Art: UP (2012-09-22 16:08)
New Comic Book Art is Up at my Creator Prole Page in the [1]Link To A Website.
[2]HERE
1. http://www.webcomicsnation.com/jm/profile/index.php
2. http://www.webcomicsnation.com/jm/profile/index.php
Genre-types Who Have the Best Understanding of My Creative Vision of an Apocalypse
Mythology... (2012-09-24 01:00)
Metal Bands of All Varieties
Goths
Science Fiction Fantasy Authors, Filmmakers, and Illustrators
These people somehow seem to have understood from day one that Parallax was not actually literally about
God OR the Bible, but instead about Heroes, Darkness, and Action. Among OTHER things.
If theres one thing I love as much as comics, TV, lm, and animation, its MUSIC!
(2012-09-24 01:36)
Yes, I still love music.
As a matter of fact I accidentally spent over $700 exclusively on MP3 albums from Amazon.coms MP3
section! Yeah baby!
Fuck yeah I still love music. Good music, not that modern music video radio pop shit though. Metal, techno,
alternative, ska, etc. Anything with an intensive, vibrant, and energetic sound really.
I dont know if Id go so far as to say Ill be writing musical album / song reviews.
But I WILL at least do more writing about what Im listening to at the moment.
One of the most addictive albums Ive come across recently, thats metal, was the rst Metalocalypse Dethklok
album. Its not just a TV show tie-in, contrary to popular believe. Its a carefully crafted music ALBUM.
Dethklok, the ctional world dominating metal band makes GOOD ctional music! Just like Gorillaz!
I AM considering subscribing to [1]Rhapsody. I can AFFORD $10 a month. Afterall their slogan IS All the
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music you want, just $10 a month. I saw that commercial. After much searching for good music for free
online, speaking from music shopping experience, $10 a month is around $2 less than what a single 10-12
song album would have costed in 1995.
That deals good enough to at least CONSIDER purchasing...
1. http://www.rhapsody.com/start-a
FLORIDA (2012-09-24 01:43)
I dont HATE everything about Florida. Thats a myth. I dont know why some of my neighbors assumed
that (without speaking to me of course). But everyone seems to talk about sports and nothing else. WHY?
I like the beach, I like church, I like the airports, I like downtown Orlando, I like the book stores and libraries,
I like the animals, birds, and lizards, I like going to college (Valencia and the Art Institute), and I REALLY
like museums and nature. Hell, man, even when you have a nervous breakdown like I did in the past, the
psyche wards in Florida are like a second home. Long story.
When the weather is nice, Florida is picture-esque.
Time for Fall! Yay! And With Fall Comes Change! Shift: The Late Shift (2012-09-24 02:16)
I seem to have ended up working much of this blog during the overnights.
Heres my schedule at night.
7:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M. - TV
11:00 P.M. - 1 A.M. -Sleep
1 A.M. - 12 P.M. Overnights TV, Computer, and Work. Let Everyone Else Sleep.
Daytime is still undecided. I kind of hate and resent the day much of the time, so I quit on it, and became a
loyal insomniac. A Creature of the Night Who Comes Out To Play In the Darkness...Like SPAWN!
The Night, It Is Wonderful. (2012-09-24 02:30)
Im here to say, Wake Up America! Youve Been Sleeping Too Much! Youre Losing Youre Weirdness and
Creativity by Sleeping Through the Night!
Im Here To Say: Its Okay to Stay Up Late. Its OKAY to be an insomniac who likes to stay up and watch
weird TV shows all night long. Theres NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU. You do not have mental illness.
You just like weird late night TV. Perfectly normal, perfectly healthy.
As a matter of fact, contemporary broadcasting, ever since MTV in the 90s started it (believe it or not)
theres been a long proud tradition of broadcasting weird intelligent creative shit in the middle of the night
thats been known to raise IQs and make you think more creatively. From Adult Swim and Gundam, to
anime, to MTVs The Maxx and Beavis & Butthead.
Matter of fact, if its pitch black outside, youre that much more likely to see something creative on TV.
Thats a known fact about the TV industry. Theres NOTHING WRONG with participating in this.
Sometimes the conservative parents of the world dont understand its OKAY to let your kids stay up. It will
probably raise their creativity levels.
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Shambhala publishing COMICS NOW! YEH-HEH-HEH-HESS!!!! (2012-09-24 03:22)
[1]Article
Ive been reading Shambhalas spiritual books since I rst started reading Ken Wilber at the age of 17 when I
rst started pursuing Buddhism, Transcendental Meditation, Taoism, Pantheism, Mysticism, Existentialism,
Ontology, Phenomenology, and general spirituality. Ive read my share of advanced philosophy and spirituality
books, from Jean-Paul Sartre to Immanuel Kant and Descartes / Nietzsche. Im also a fan of all the mystical
writings they publish. They were a big inuence on my philosophy in general. The fact that theyre publishing
comics about Miyamoto Musashi too is icing on the cake.
1. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-09-21/
shambhala-publications-to-publish-book-of-five-rings-graphic-novel
Its True. Im denitely NOT an ONLY child. Far From it. (2012-09-24 03:43)
People think Im an only child due to how much of a freak I am. Ehhhhhh!!! WRONGO BUCKO!
As a matter of fact, when I spoke to my biological mother, she conrmed the fact that I DO have siblings in
my family tree.
As a matter of fact, Ive got around 8 siblings, various brothers and sisters, all older than me by at LEAST 7
to 8 years. Jennifer was attending business school, or so Im told.
I Want Candy (2012-09-24 03:44)
IFRAME: [1]http://www.youtube.com/embed/diybDrSohHI
Too much ATHF will do that to ya!
1. http://www.youtube.com/embed/diybDrSohHI
Recent Biographical Information (2012-09-24 05:07)
Heres some stu Ive done recently that my audience may or may NOT know about me:
2012, Age: 28:
Published 2012 Book, Art Manifested, My Artbook, Available In Amazons Worldwide
Got a Press Release for Art Manifested, Which Was Published Nationwide
Compiled 2 Months Worth of 2 Scrapbook Art Journals
Participated In Animation Magazines Creator Pitch Party 2012, Parallax
Got a Portfolio Review From A Calarts Administrator, Renowned Filmmaker Andrew Ahn
Published An E-Book of My First Volume of Journals, The Imaginomicon Online in Late 2012
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Caution, Road Work Ahead: Lyricist @ Work (2012-09-24 09:37)
This is my freestyle verse. Im the greatest lyricist in the history of the World. I gots a rhyme sheet longa
than the Great Wall ah China.
Why cant North America and Japan Be The Same Thing?? - An American and
Japanese Animation Industry Analysis (2012-09-25 08:30)
They CANT be the same industry, purely because their natures, intentions, and structures are very dierent.
Heres a rundown.
North American Animation Industry
The American Animation Industry contains both males and females, is tied closely to the Hollywood system
ever since Disney, is run primarily by older people, but watched mostly by 2 to 12 year olds during the daytime,
has no clear internet subculture the way anime does, is the most protable and mainstream animation industry
by business standards, and is primarily more protable than cinematic or cultural.
Japan Animation Industry
Japanese Animation Industry is populated by both male and female fans, has a very visible internet and
convention based otaku subculture, is linked to international culture and is primarily Japanese. It is more
cinematic and cultural than protable.
The Pathway to Less Prot, er, I mean NO PROFIT. (2012-09-25 11:32)
Whether I publish it 2 years from now or 20 years, lets face it, Parallax wasnt destined to be protable. Its
fate doesnt relate to money. Because the internet steals all the money, just like comic books and anime, Ill
lose money. If anime and comics have lost money, theres no reason to expect anything dierent from the
e-retailer direct-path DIY route.
Using Technology is So Annoying and Frustrating Lately Nowadays (2012-09-25 12:40)
I cant do ANYthing on a TV or computer anymore without changing EVERYTHING.
NICE ARTICLE NPR! (2012-09-25 13:18)
I especially liked the paragraph about the [1]pedophile rapists, pornographers, and serial murderers who steal
names.
1. http://www.npr.org/2012/04/29/151654947/identity-crisis-your-name-is-famous-but-you-arent
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Autobiography (2012-09-25 14:31)
Im reading the Autobiography of Martin Luther King.
Now there was a bold man like myself with an impossible dream. A man who dreamt of change and revolution
on an obsessive and innite basis with limitless devotion.
He wanted Social Change and Studied Revolutionaries Before Him (Mohandas Gandhi)
I Desire Creative and Economic Change and am Studying Revolutionaries Before Me (MLK)
I have a dream, that one day co-productions and anime is ALL well ever see on TV.
Honestly? (2012-09-25 17:34)
I dont think I ever really desired to dominate or prot from my creativity, so much as I wanted to live in a
liberal environment that harbors and fosters creativity from open minded people in a creative community
and local culture. Be it an art college, convention, The Googleplex, or an animation studio, any place or laid
back, quiet, friendly environment where I can relax, hang out, and draw around other artists is really all Ive
ever wanted to do and where Ive always wanted to be. It just feels right. I just like being there. I dont have
that environment in my life now, but I miss the time when I actually did and had that privilege.
I went to art school in Ft. Lauderdale temporarily, where I lived quite comfortably in a dormitory, and have
fond memories of that environment, but it was short lived when I was forced to drop out for having a nervous
breakdown, due to my inability at the time to gure out how to deal with the stress of a rapidly changing
lifestyle. Well, that and I had just broken up with my newly discovered rst real girlfriend who I met there.
I mean, really. Im not one to brag, but while I WAS in a Ft. Lauderdale Art School, for the year of 2002,
for a short time I was KIND OF the most popular student in the entire school...It didnt last though.
Ive always wished I could do it all over, but my drawing skills were never good enough to get me into the
famous schools.
Because I am ALL ABOUT the REAL creative community (NOT the fake one).
I AM NOT, I REPEAT, NOT, QUITTING ON MY CAREER JUST BECAUSE IM
NOT DRAWING CURRENTLY (2012-09-26 06:47)
Im very exhausted from working in the public eye for the last decade nonstop, under much scrutiny and
attack, and I need the rest. I need a break.
This is a break. NOT a retirement. I repeat, IM NOT RETIRING
In a couple months or so, Ill probably be good as new Just need some meditation, sleep, and Ill be buying
some stu with my ss payments.
International Competitions (2012-09-26 16:10)
There are 2 main ways dierent countries of the world are widely known to compete among each other in
terms of diplomacy, world culture, sportsmanship,and goodwill.
Theres A:
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The Olympics
And B:
Entertainment.
Literature, lm, television, comics, novels, anime, animation, comics, manga.
Hollywood, Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York, Britain, France
So Sports and Entertainment are the most international worldwide categories of competition, and in many
instances the latter form of mainstream competing can happen purely through technology (internet content
websites like YouTube and DeviantART)
There are advantages to being unpopular in comics..... (2012-09-27 10:46)
Youre not under as much scrutiny or spotlight.
No one forces you to attend chaotic conventions.
No hate mail from disgruntled fans
No supercial asshole fashionista and otaku teenage hangers on name dropping you every two seconds
and trying to PAL AROUND with you every 3 seconds.
I dont know about you, but I nd shit like that kinda ANNOYING!
Well, (2012-09-28 09:25)
At least the Goths, Punkers, Literary, and Emo....people....seem to like my company...
What? You dont understand?
No, I mean that in a totally platonic non-opposite-gender-based way. Honest! Would I lie to you?? Well,
yeah, but just that one time...
And well, P.S. (2012-09-28 13:42)
Ladies with tattoos all over their upper and/or lower body are VERY....SEXY. Kinda turns me on a bit.
Finally, $$$ (2012-09-29 10:03)
After a lot (and I mean a LOT) of Google-pestering (and later, silently waiting), Im nally starting to earn
again.
And it only took me a mere 2 months.
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My Adsense Earnings Still Arent Technically A Lot, However... (2012-09-29 10:34)
By my nancial standards 2 months ago, in the last 2 months, my Adsense Earnings shot up by 100 %.
My Vast Worldwide Audience... (2012-09-29 10:38)
Blogger and YouTube: International Audience Status! My International Penpals
Here are the countries that read my blog and watch my videos, internationally speaking.
JMs Blog - Most Popular In:
United States, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, China, Germany, Latvia, Canada, France, Japan, Chile,
YouTube: SplitAtomBoom - Most Popular In:
United States, Germany, Mexico, United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Brazil, Russia, Columbia, Italy, Argentina,
Poland, Serbia, France, Greece, Spain, The Netherlands, Philippines, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand,
India, Taiwan, Singapore, Kazakhastan, South Korea, Israel, Georgia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, United Arab
Emirates, Cyprus, Armenia, Kuwait, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Venzuela, Ecuador, Uruguay, South Africa,
Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Kenya
My online audience is comprised of at least 40 dierent countries in 6 continents or so...
Apparently, my art, words, and lmmaker videos travel really well, and have a genius for traveling the globe.
Just like me!
Good News For You, My Beloved Worldwide Audience of Males AND Females! Today
is JM Posts His Online Art Day! (2012-09-29 10:59)
[1]Heres A LINK to MY COLLECTION OF ART IVE DRAWN AND DESIGNED AVAILABLE TO LOOK
AT FOR FREE ON GOOGLE DOCS.
1. https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B9ZUj1IsOcrcTGZyUlpFTzc1aGs/edit
2.10 October
Story Time! The Curse of the Evil Death Art [DONT LOOK AT IT!!!!] (2012-10-01 10:29)
There once existed a piece of art that became corrupted by forgery, and it all went downhill from there.
The artwork started o as an original, innocently enough, until one day a thief stole it from its creators
house.
The forged art went for millions of dollars on auction, by an auctioneer and serial entrepreneur who were
married, and in the past had visited a Hindu village, where a bitter shaman put a curse on them and anything
they tried to sell. Therefore, the art that went for millions of dollars on auction (which was stolen from an
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artiste with high ideals in the beginning) over time and being sold and traded about in auctions and garage
sales ended up bing CURSED, and legend has it anyone who paid for the art or stole it again (which many
did) DIED days after they acquired it or stared at it.
Nevermind the 29 (2012-10-01 11:39)
In November of 2014, Ill ocially be 30 years old. All right! Im old and wise now! Got facial hair to prove
it.
How long can one man remain a kid at heart. We will nd out.
And the Science Gets Done and You Make a Neat Gun For The People Who Are Still
Alive (2012-10-01 12:19)
I just realized:
Getting oended by being teased is such a childish, Childhood thing.
Only CHILDREN care if someone makes fun of them.
And only CHILDREN make fun to begin with.
Honest(ly)
Such childish crap. Who gives a fuck about being teased. You eventually stop caring and stop being 13 years
old.
Teasing is for developmentally stunted manboys.
So, sort of big stu is being worked on in my house (2012-10-01 19:22)
Got a new Tech project in the works Ive been planning during the last 2 weeks. My big follow up to
my previous well known tech projects. The usual: Furiously scribbling a lot of strategic notes into spiral
notebooks, watching the days go by. Not talking about it, but Im happy with where it seems to be going.
We All Knew It Was Bound to happen: JM MUSIC REVIEW (BACK IN ACTION!):
Green Day: Uno (2012-10-01 20:13)
Courtesy of my Rhapsody Account:
Better than American Idiot. 21st Century Breakdown was an amazing album, and was actually listenable,
unlike AI, which had a good concept, but felt boring compared to Green Days formative work like Dookie,
Insomniac, and Nimrod. Uno is quite listenable. Its rather catchy. Just like their peers like Weezer, Green
Days melodies are infectious and catchy as hell more often than not. Its denitely not hit or miss. Billy Joe
Armstrong has a very denitive sense of superior melody, even when hes not trying that hard. Hes also a
wicked good songwriter.
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You think theres a lotta work put into Imaginomicon? Wait until you see my hard drive
archives.... (2012-10-02 09:23)
Long Term and Short Term Goals? Thats simple:
Publish-Broadcast-Store The Entire Contents of My Hard DriveVideos, ction, art, nonction writing,
music mp3sonline in one or more big, huge archives which I can share with the world. So far, Im using:
Amazon Cloud
Book Tango
Google Play
CreateSpace
Vimeo
Google Documents
Lulu
If its a le, and its authored by me, I want to store it online for fun and prot.
Shoestring Operation (2012-10-02 10:26)
My method is grassroots on a shoestring budget. I think in terms of six gure budgets, but never actually
USE six gure budgets. I cant aord that! But I can fake it though&
I will be red for not killing YOU That is my job Im a Hatredcopter (2012-10-02 11:48)
copter, copter, copter!
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Approval Junky - The Root of the Problem (2012-10-03 08:06)
Ill admit it. Im an approval junky. Honestly, some times I care about the approval OF the drawing a lot
more than I care about the actual drawing itself.
I know exactly why this is if I think about it a bit more.
It has to do with parental neglect and growing up.
When I was a baby and a stupid little kid, my fucking asshole parents approved of EVERY FUCKING
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IDIOTIC thing I did, because you know, I was a fucking CHILD!
Oh boy was I in for a surprise.
Soon as I became an adolescent, and latter an adult, my parents revoked their approval of anything and
everything I was, did, achieved, accomplished, nished, started, began, any projects I worked on, and anything
and everything I stood for and did. They treated me like I didnt even deserve to be alive. That was how
they spoke to me my whole life growing up. It left a void in my emotional memory bank. The feeling, that
horrible feeling that everything you do is never good enough for ANYONE, even when it is that and well
beyond it. As a matter of fact, my asshole parents STILL FUCKING TALK TO ME THAT WAY TO THIS
VERY DAY. I could be STEVEN FUCKING SPIELBERG and theyd still call me a worthless piece of
garbagy Jewish shit! Its a losing situation with my parents. Theyre incredibly self-absorbed and arrogantly
conceited. Middle class trash.
Lets see here....Family. Where to start. (2012-10-03 11:26)
There are a LOT of members of my adoptive family I know of.
But my biological family is a bit of a mystery. No one knows anything about them.
Theres my twin cousin, unaware of his name.
My reclusive, very alive mother, M. Gaynor
My deceased monk and automotive industry worker father, G.R. Sorrell.
And my 9+ older siblings
All of whom Ive never met in person.
There are others out there, but Ive never actually been made aware of them.
I dont really need money for the most part... (2012-10-03 12:00)
I just need work. I need to be working on the page or screen developing things. I dont care if they get
made. Just working on my projects puts me at ease. Just having a project to work on calms me. It stopped
mattering to me, whether or not I had something to show for my eorts, a nished project, a while ago.
Work takes me away from thinking about just how much I hate everybody.
Dayum... (2012-10-03 15:47)
Damn I wish I had a friend who was as good of a friend as the kind of friends my friends have in me. I only
WISH I could have friends that good. As good as me of course.
This aint Gradeschool anymore, honey.... (2012-10-04 10:10)
Word of advice.....
Maybe you should focus on the art and message board posts youre making right now, and perhaps NOT only
focusing on me and nothing else all the time. Doing the latter makes you look like a childs-level amateur.
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No, thats okay. I LIKE making money online..... (2012-10-04 12:56)
I LIKE being part of the 0.00000000001 % of the population that makes actual money online, small amount
though it may be.
No no no, its not about who I KNOW... (2012-10-04 14:52)
This ones all about YOU....
FAME WARS, FLAME WARS: Reacting to the Wars Of, On, and For Fame
(2012-10-04 15:53)
Fame isnt just a battle. Its a war. A vast, great eort is being made on behalf of the media and public to
simultaneously build and achieve it while at the same time deconstructing and destroying it [Fame].
If theres one thing I know about being famous, its that due to the world being lled with haters, no questions
asked,
FAME IS A VOLATILE, WAR LIKE FIELD of STUDY and PRACTICE.
About Inuential People Online, From The Book... (2012-10-05 08:10)
According to the book, Return on Inuence:
As exciting as the future of inuence is to commercial and scholarly pursuers, I would sound a note of
warning: If people feel stalked or misunderstood or manipulated as these explorations are under way, the
whole enterprise (the web 2.0 and internet) will come crashing down. As Schaefer notes, this is the era of
Citizen Inuencers, and they will surely raise their powerful voices against those who exploit and mistreat
them
-Intro to Return on Inuence
Uplifting People and Their Value (Literally) (2012-10-05 09:37)
Heres something. Always go with the group of people that lifts you up.
Never go with a group of people if you sense that theyre tearing you down. Youll lose EVERYTHING.
I seem to be having actual luck ladies lately.... (2012-10-06 13:01)
Well, kind of....More luck and romance than I used to have anyway
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Monthly Horoscope Checkup (2012-10-06 18:33)
Newest horoscope (a Vedic one) says Im popular, and will have lasting wealth and fame.
NICE!
Decisions, Decisions.... (2012-10-06 20:26)
Deciding between talking to beautiful women, who arent my asshole parents, and creating your lifes work in
comics is dicult. It really is. No joke or irony. Its just a tough decision.
The decisions of my life come down to choosing between two things:
Partaking in rare social interaction, or working toward my lifelong creative publishing dream....
AAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGHHHHH!!!
Drawing Webcomics (2012-10-06 20:38)
From what I know about my own life and work, drawing webcomics is like drawing regular or scrapbook
comics or comics in traditional print, but with the social anxiety level being turned up to 10, and your every
upload being judged and analyzed.
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Big Media and Social Media (2012-10-07 10:05)
Media Companies most involved in social media? FUNimation, [adult swim], Cartoon Network. Toonami.
Theres really only a handful of media companies that COMPLETELY embrace social media and the web 2.0.
The rest are just kind of half-assed in their eorts.
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According to New Studies, Streaming Video Will have an Even Bigger Online Monopoly
by 2016.... (2012-10-07 10:13)
According to [1]This Article 90 % of online trac will be online video watching by the year 2016.
Bye bye TV!!
1. http://www.reelseo.com/90-percent-of-all-web-traffic-will-be-video/
Lets Discuss Mentors and Teachers For a Moment... (2012-10-07 13:38)
Ive had a fair amount of mentors and teachers. All specializing in dierent areas and elds.....
Heres My Most Enduring Mentors (and yes, they have websites now):
Phil Ferretti (Animation and Media)
[1]Ferretti Art
Rima Jabbur (Fine Art, Life Drawing)
[2]Rima Jabbur dot com
D. Frank (Fine Art, Illustration)
[3]D Frank Art
For the most part, I was never taught A) How to Write, or B) How to be a Cartoonist and Screenwriter.
I taught those things to myself. But I was taught a lot about ne art, general drawing, and perspective
growing up and being taught/mentored.
1. http://www.ferrettiart.com/
2. http://www.rimajabbur.com/
3. http://www.dfrankart.com/
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ground Comics: A Short Introductory Guide for Japanese and Southeast Asian Readers
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Indie and Underground Comics: A Short Introductory Guide for Japanese and Southeast Asian Readers
I love indie comics. And since I noticed there seems to be a growing audience in Japan for indie comics and
manga in Japan, and a desire among Japanese creators to emulate the Western style of indie comics, I
gured Id make this handy dandy guide!
Some of the main identifying traits of American and Western indie comics:
For the most part, indie comic books are NOT made for business or prot, but more for a small
handful of consistent young adult readers that number in the single-digit thousands, hundreds, or even
just dozens. Most of them are in black in white using pen and ink techniques and hardly ever use
Photoshop or color, outside of the books cover.
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Indie and underground comics are experimental, meaning they intentionally try new and innovative
things. Techniques, and visual styles that have never been done before which were pioneered and
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Artists, Auteurs, and Creators:
Robert Crumb
Moebius
Jamie Hewlett
Jhonen Vasquez
Jim Mahfood
Evan Dorkin
Dave Sim
Je Smith
Craig Thompson
Terry Moore

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Clerks: The Comic Book
Scud: The Disposable Assassin
Bone
Cerebus The Aardvark
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Milk and Cheese
Johnny The Homicidal Maniac
SQUEE!
I Feel Sick
Kabuki by David Mack
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The Plus Side of Banner Ads (2012-10-09 12:08)
The great thing about banner ads is that theyre like TV commercials:
People are seeing, watching, reading, hearing your content for FREE, they dont have to pay a single dime,
yet you still make money overall...!
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Theres a new Rurouni Kenshin anime being released over in Japan (2012-10-09 12:22)
Cant wait for it! Now is as good of a time as ever to complete my Kenshin DVD collection I suppose. I own
pirate stu of Kenshin stu a while ago, but I still wanna get the ocial DVD of the old series!
Rurouni Kenshin is one of the all time greats. I recommend you watch every episode if you can!
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Im Recommending a Few Dierent Anime Today.....First Up: Yu Yu Hakusho
(2012-10-09 13:03)
This is a show I normally favorite on my YouTube account. It has some of the best OPs and EDs in the
history of anime, if YouTube is any indicator.....But watching the DVDs IRL is quite the experience!
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I live in Florida and dont have a license....Therefore Im NOT voting (2012-10-09 13:27)
Not a big fan of local voter fraud, which is what this is shaping up to be. Fuck that man!
Id rather sit on my ass and twiddle my thumbs than vote in a state dominated by voter fraud and hacking
(cough cough, you know who!)
New TIME Magazine Article: Why YOU Should Be MORE LAZY and NOT WORK
(2012-10-09 13:39)
Yes do tell. Tell us all why we should sit on our asses and be incredibly UNproductive again...
Im not here to nitpick the news. That is someone elses job....
But society is a better place to live in when everyone is working harder. Not when theyre doing less
If you ask me, we live in a society of Try Harders and More, More, Mores.
If this is what people want deep down, which they do (most people want more in their lives), there isnt
anything wrong with giving it to them.
Workaholism isnt just good for moral. Its good for you nancially in the long run. Maybe not right away,
but a society that collectively Strives For More....
Is 100 TIMES BETTER than a society and culture t hat collectively Strives for Less
The fat lazy fat cats, the people who are already paid and rich, want less, because they already HAVE
EVERYTHING.
People who have nothing want more.
Its only right....
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Youre Typical Americans Worst Fear..... (2012-10-09 14:15)
Being humiliated and persecuted by the public he/she will soon not be considered a part of...Whether its
due to success, superiority, or failure and inferiority...People are scared shitless of being singled out, put on
the spot, and targeted by what Tim Burton once called The Big Stupid Thing.....
That is why it helps to have condence....Its the ultimate weapon, having condence and self-conviction.
I already have that technically speaking.
And what does it mean, what does it all mean? ?
Simple, that means I live the cowards (i.e. you the general publics) worst fear on a daily basis, without
batting an eyelash. Not one to brag about how brave I am in real life though, for the most part though.
But yes, I am pretty fearless in reality. I dont fear embarrassment OR being put on the spot. Plenty of
people commit suicide after only a brief taste of the scary real life situations Ive been through in the past.
Why, they couldnt handle dealing with the fear. They didnt have condence....
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We all like to draw, dont we? But according to pop psychology, our art means something
about us individually & psychologically... (2012-10-09 15:24)
Ive drawn ALL of the following things at some point, in an on again o again random kind of way. Heres
my symbols that populate my sketchbooks....
FACES
The expression on a doodled face is often a good indication of the mood or character of the person who has
drawn it. A nicely drawn, good-looking face suggests you see the good in others. If you sketch weird or ugly
faces, you are probably mistrustful.
Comic faces demonstrate a desire to be the centre of attention. Child-like doodles of faces suggest neediness.
Proles indicate youre an introvert.
CHESS BOARD
The black and white chequerboard doodle suggests patience and persistence. Perhaps you are weighing-up
various options regarding a tricky situation?
Its also the favourite doodle of people who are prone to mood swings.
INTRICATE PATTERNS
Busy, highly-detailed doodles are often drawn by people with an obsessive nature, who simply will not let go
of their ambitions or loved ones. This type of drawing is often a favourite with extreme introverts.
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STAIRS OR LADDER
Symbols of ambition and a willingness to work your way methodically up the ladder in life, drawings of
stairs and ladders also often indicate you have an important, long-term task in hand. They can represent a
spiritual quest, too, perhaps a desire to be happier or more relaxed.
HOUSE
This common doodle indicates a need for security. A neat drawing of a house suggests a secure home life, a
more messy-looking sketch (especially one without windows) indicates unhappiness with your home life.
A house pictured on its own on top of a hill suggests youre feeling isolated and lonely.
NAMES OR INITIALS
Doodling your name or initials is common for those who enjoy being the centre of attention. Teenagers often
doodle just their rst name or the initial of their Christian name, indicating a desire to break away from the
family and do their own thing.
Doodling someone elses name, on the other hand, shows they are in your thoughts perhaps romantically
or because they are a presenting a problem you need to deal with.
Not just scribbles: Initials suggest a desire to be centre of attention while boxes show eciency
STARS
Stars are often drawn by ambitious people. Lots of little stars indicate optimism. If youve drawn one big,
bold, embellished star, youve got a denite goal in your sights.
Neat, uniform stars suggest good mental focus, while freehand, asymmetric stars show an energetic personality.
SQUARES OR BOXES
Drawing a square indicates you want control of a situation that you are thinking through a problem.
If your squares progress to a cube or box, youre likely to be a very ecient, analytical person who can deal
with dicult situations with little fuss.
ZIGZAGS
Just as patterns made up of soft, owing, curvy lines suggest a romantic, female approach to things, patterns
made up of lots of straight lines, indicate more aggressive masculine characteristics.
Zigzags are a particularly common doodle and show energetic thinking and a desire to get on with things.
STICK FIGURE
Commonly doodled by highly successful people, the simple stick gure reveals someone who is in control of
their emotions and incredibly focused on their goals in life.
britishgraphology.org
This list of symbols describing design and art elements are also useful for categorizing what kind of art will
attract what kind of demographics. For example, curvy anime (sailor moon and Pokemon) will attract female
viewers, meanwhile angular jagged anime (like DBZ and YU YU HAKUSHO AND Samurai anime) will
attract male viewers (mostly).
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nally found inspiration for my artwork again, and it can b e found in own
(2012-10-10 09:47)
Now that my NOIR, or NOTAN series of illustrations is nished. Ive been contemplating what I would
draw next for a while, and I think Ive nally found a subject matter for this next illustration series:
WARRIORS
Inspired by the warriors of folk legend, literature, lm, comics, animation, manga, and anime. Any one who
wields a cool looking weapon, ghts, or strikes a pose. My nature is naturally militant and I have the warrior
spirit, so Im glad Im taking some time out of my day to at least try this kind of project...
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(2012-10-10 10:43)
My FATHER was a monk. LITERALLY. [1]He was LINKED to the Warrior Class of History, technically
speaking.
Im a descendant of a man whos linked to real warriors in both the public perception and historic terms....
Man! No wonder everyone wants to ght me! They smell my Eastern Warrior Blood unconsciously and want
to [2]Battle without giving it a Second Thought.
But yes, I LOVE ghting, but especially cinematic ghting, with swords.
My ghting style is naturally drawn towards both the Legs (Northern Leg Northern School Shaolin Kung-Fu)
and the work and ghting style of [3]Miyamoto Musashi, who invented the Dual-Wielding technique, another
one of my favorite ghting techniques. Thats why I bought 2 shinai, instead of 1, so I could practice dual
wielding. Im naturally drawn to aerial ghting styles using high kicks, aerial acrobatics, and dual wielded
swords and rearms. This isnt necessarily the kind of choreography that I can do in real life. But it IS the
kind of choreography I see in my mind, as a choreographer of the illustrated page....
Speaking of Fighting, what happened to DBZ anyway.
What happened to Childrens cartoons anyway? These gaming and strategy cartoons nowadays (Beyblade,
Pokemon, and the like) are TOO HARMLESS. You should really have your protagonist in danger of SOME
form of real harm if youre doing action cartoons. Otherwise how are you going to create suspense anyway?
Certainly not with a deck of CARDS(!) or PET ANIMALS(!)
1. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WarriorMonk
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8gYIMpXPQs
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi
FORGET Persons of Interest! Lets Talk About Interesting STUFF!!!! (2012-10-10 13:04)
JM Areas, Cultures, Movements, And Industries of Interest
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#Art
#Writing
#Literature
#Marketing
#Controversy and Taboo
#Violent Media
#Internet
#YouTube, Google, Wikipedia, Blogger, & Twitter
#Animation
#Comics
#Anime
#Social Media
#The Press
#Current Events
#Celebrity
#Manga
#OEL Manga
#Independent Comics
#Independent Media
#World Culture
#TV
#Broadcasting
#Film
#Filmmaking
#Web 2.0
#High Society
#Metal
#Hip-Hop
#Alternative Music
#Music
#Comedy
#Drama
#Action
#Martial Arts
#Religion
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#Spirituality
#New Age
#Psychology
#Education
#Talking
#Philosophy
#Technology
#Science
#Inventing
#Innovation
#Engineers & Pioneers
#History
#World History
#War
#Mythology and Apocalypse Mythopoeia
#Otaku
#Japan
#Europe
#Eurocomics
#Civil Rights
#Weapons
#Sex & Romance
#Porn
#Feminism
#Masculinity
#Adulthood
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New Technique For Filmmaking (2012-10-10 13:37)
Heres my own stylistic technique I invented, upon closer inspection and observation of well edited lms like
Maya Derens Meshes of the Afternoon and Mamoru Oshiis Ghost in the Shell.
Dance of the Camera
Choreographing the Camera Itself
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The Greatest Animation and Live Action Filmmaking doesnt just strategically place and choreograph the
actors on Camera, with various cuts and shots. The greatest on screen action (the rst one being Meshes of
the Afternoon) strategically places and choreographs the dierent types and styles of camera shots (wide,
close, up down, dutch, pan, cut) and cuts ALONG SIDE the actors. This is a metaphor and analogy. One
cannot just think of the characters as actors, or as the case has been, the background and production design
as actors (Katsuhiro Otomos AKIRA and other comics hes authored) as actors in the story. One needs
to also treat the camera, editing cuts, and camera movements and montages, or the actual composition and
arrangement of objects, props, backgrounds, lighting, and character poses as actors. In this sense, editing,
and arrangement and sequencing of frenetic, fast, and frantic motion or sequential images on page and screen
should be thought of as a school of acting and performance in and of itself. Maya Deren in [1]Meshes of the
Afternoon, and arguably Salvador Dali and his short avant-garde lm as well due to how she always referred
to choreography and editing in terms of dance and rhythm and not these static, motionless, lifeless things,
was one of my earliest predecessors of this philosophy.
Composition of a scene or landscape is a form of choreography, musical dance, rhythm, editing, and ballet in
and of itself. The best, most vivid lm scenes are like a song, poem, and ballet, at the same time. That is
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Good Times At Christmas Bringing Tears to my Eyes (2012-10-11 01:14)
The one lyric that always makes me teary eyed. There was always this one song my mom would always play
aloud through a Disney Christ Cassette Tape (circa 1990 or a lot earlier) that had all these Christmas songs
being sung by Disney characters, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, etc....
There was always this one or two moving lines when the chorus was repeated, which were so comforting to
me growing up every Christmas, t hat every time my Mom plays it in the house now, I get a bit teary and
feel like crying, the lyric sung by the narrator goes:
Santa knows were all Gods Children
He makes Everything Right
Rest in Bed
Snuggle up your head
Cuz Santa Clause Comes Tonight
Ahh. Poetry....
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Being a Total Pro Comics or Animation Creator, or Both? (2012-10-11 02:31)
Doesnt really go any higher, far as status in the industry is concerned....Thats the most inuential job in
the entire industry. But only if you have a real franchise (which of course, I dont).
Lesson Learned....Programming Blocks (2012-10-11 03:02)
This existed in 2009...
Har Har Tharsdays (Thursdays)
Ani-Mondays (Mondays)
MTV 2 Legit (Fridays)
Adult Swim ACTN (Saturdays)
4KidsTV (Saturdays)
You Are Here (Fridays)
Networks may last forever. But most programming blocks dont. That is why we eventually need Toonami:
The Network. Dont want it to vanish again in its prime.
2000-2012 The Denitive Pop Culture Icons List, For Better AND Worse (But Mostly
Better) (2012-10-11 10:21)
Here is a list of the Denitive Pop Culture Icons With The Current American Generation, Between the years
2000-2012

Cartoon Network
Adult Swim
Star Wars Prequels
Anyone can be a Celebrity
Reality TV
9-11
War on Terror
Internet
Tweencoms
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Nerd Pop
Pornography
The Neo Jew Fro
Trial-by-Headline
Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook
YouTube
Google
Family Guy
Avatar (the lm, not the show)
Avatar (the show, not the lm)
Anime
Manga
Japan
Scooby-Doo
Kill Bill
Bleach
Naruto
One Piece
Pixar
Shonen Jump
Barack Obama
Twitter
Gary Busey
Charlie Sheen
Justin Bieber
Michael Jackson
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Social Media
The Web 2.0
Memes
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Viral Video
Streaming Video
Streaming Anime
Cop Shows
The News and Pundits
Franime
Marathon Animation
Funimation Anime
Viz
Nerd Corp
Invader ZIM
Samurai Jack
Clone Wars
Ovation TV
The Hub
Toonami
Ben 10
Danny Phantom
Teen Titans
Regular Show
DeviantART
Nicktoons Network
DirecTV
Dave Eggers
Transformers
G.I. Joe
Claymore
Cowboy Bebop
Samurai Champloo
Afro Samurai
Shonen Jump
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Pixar
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Min Woo Hyungs Priest manga
Metalocalypse
New School Gundam
Camp Lazlo
Inuyasha
Toon Disney
Disney XD
Jetix
Oban Star-Racers
Fullmetal Alchemist
Disney XD
Tarzan
Robot Chicken
I Love The 90s
Ghost in the Shell
Eminem
Please keep in mind. Im including icons of the 2000s. Brands and pop culture phenomena that STARTED
DURING or GATHERED ITS MOST STEAM DURING rst 12 years of the 2000s. Im well aware things
like South Park, Jerry Springer, and Spongebob are all icons as well to many and are still going today for
the most part, but I really consider those to be more 90s than anything else. Spongebob is popular, but it
already had a name for itself by 2000. Same for the 90s. 90s is a favorite time of mine, but the 90s had its
day in the sun. This blog post is paying respect to anyone who built a name for themselves in the 2000s,
with the exception of the notorious people like Charlie Sheen, War on Terror, Jewfro, and Trial by Headline
Oh well..... (2012-10-11 12:18)
Cool is lame. Lame is cool.
Evil is good. Good is evil.
Popular is pathetic. Pathetic is popular.
Noticing a pattern here?
And THATS how you compete with a G.I. Joe!!!
Watch an EXPERT in action!
HAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAAHHHHAAH!!!
Clever.
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Theres Power In Your Fortitude...I can wait out ANY thunderstorm (2012-10-11 15:05)
Ive held my ground against a lot of bad things, a TIDAL WAVE of REALLY REALLY bad thing.
My Resistance, MY OPPOSITION IS AS FOLLOWS during the last 10 years ALONE!: A National state in a
complete state of disarray and chaos, 3-4 Hurricanes of epic magnitude (I forget which), cyber hackers spying
on me, a sociopathic stalker and sociopath who tried to use hacked information about me to destroy me and
my life from the inside out, Sociopathic neighbors who bullied me every day in my own house and online and
sold drugs and narcotics to other kids, one kid who tortured a kitten by lighting it in re and stung it in
a mail box, media witch hunts targetting me, hatredcopters ying around my house, a police state, a red
state, a robbed election in 2000, 9-11, anti-arab sentiment at my work place which led to me quitting my day
job, long bouts of unemployment, multiple hospitalizations from nervous breakdowns, parents who dont let
me live my life and be who I really am. An army of malicious clones on TV imposters trying to get on then
news and ruin my reputation, or being EMPLOYED BY the news to ruin my reputation and destroy the
army of online respect complete strangers feel for me, a house where Im never alone and its never actually
peaceful, tranquil, harmonious, OR quiet, 1 suicide attempt, years of ineective therapy, the FBI on my
ass because they were investigating my stalker who was trying to bury me. Constant severe thunderstorms
right outside my house. Power outages. Constant screaming matches between my Dad, brother, and Mom.
Financial bankruptcy. Mental illness. Roach infestations. Diarrhea with blood on the toilet paper every so
often. Constant ridicule and criticism from fans and the media. Yet despite all this, I still smile nearly every
day and face each day with an almost unjustiable brand of happiness and optimism. Zen and God give me
the power to survive things like this.
And Ive been afraid. Oh how terrifying it all is. I cant tell you how many times Ive been doing nothing but
sitting there in my bedroom, lying down in the fetal position on my bed, in the evening and afternoon dark,
with the blinds closed and the lights o, sometimes with covers covering my body, sometimes not covered
by blankets, just trying to hide from this Big Bad Evil World, hoping no one would come for me praying I
wouldnt have to interact with anyone for that particular day, just hiding in the dark like a mole, afraid to
ever leave my house. Just hoping the day would pass, huddled over, hiding from my terrifying life. It made
me feel so small. The Evil. I would often lie down in bed, literally hiding from my destiny to get out there
in the world and see everything, which is my REAL nature deep down. But that doesnt mean it doesnt
confuse me.
Point is, Ive weathered lifes challenges. Ive weather a LOT of challenges. Apparently Im powerful enough
to survive such socially and culturally and devastating private circumstances, so Ive got the whole Power
Survivor thing working for me. It has not been an easy ride. I just hope it gets easier at one point. You can
pray for me and my success, but I dont know how much good that will do. And while I know Ive had a
lot of tragedy, fear, and misfortune and other forms of suering in my life. Id hardly call it unsuccessful.
For some reason a lot of successful people gravitate to me. And lets not forget my awards and YouTube
Channels and vast web social media empire. So it isnt always bad. Just on and o.
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Currently Listening To...My Chemical Romance: Danger Days (2012-10-13 13:14)
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Projects Im Currently In Charge of.... (2012-10-13 20:32)
SplitAtomBoom@YouTube
JM/EndTimes@Webcomicsnation
WarriorSpirit@Twitter
www.jm-macabre.com
Blogspot Multi Accounts
e-book: Imaginomicon (syndicated)
Art Manifested @ Amazon / Amazon.co.jp
Pitch Party Entry 2012 @ Animag
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Overcomparative Culture 2.0 (2012-10-14 13:24)
We live in an overcomparative culture. Whats the mean, you ask?
Simple. All people want to do nowadays with innovative stu and brand new stu is compare it to old shit,
NOT judge it on its own merits.
Every time anyone comes out with something new, theres always that irritating now-mainstream attitude of
Thats nice....have you heard of the other, more blatantly established OLD SHIT?? No one looking at new
stu you or anyone else makes wants to give innovation or new things the time of day.
Why ARE people so obsessed with what exists (not what just got made up by the innovators) anyway?
ITS ANNOYING!
I suppose thats what Im saying. Plenty of people do new things. But the media only seems to want to
acknowledge what theyre already familiar with, regardless of how cutting edge, beautiful, or innovative a
new concept or thing is that get produced by un-established names. Part of it has to do with trust. Most
people would rather trust things they know than things that dont have proven results or a track record of
proven success.
New is valuable and important. It drives and evolves society. But new, innovative, and pioneering is not
popular with the public. Most newly innovative, and pioneering individuals ARE treated like The bad guys
because conservative society, the established status quo is comfortable with whats old and proven, NOT
with whats new and progressive. Old shit has way TOO MUCH POWER.
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Newest Comic-Manga Layout, Hot O The Press (2012-10-14 13:53)
[1]
Wanted to do some really kick ass sword ghting panels
So got to work on some sketches and this is the result I made in Manga Studio.
1. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fN54HHLbhUw/UHsmJOyGk5I/AAAAAAAACWM/FoRjc29wLpM/s1600/Comic+1.jpg
Where to Find Good Japanese and Southeast Asian Art, online? Try scanlation!
(2012-10-14 18:36)
Theres TONS of great comics online that only exist in the United States as scanlations. Its a great way to
browse and discover new art and books and browse them quickly and easily.
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I tend to browse the art more than actually read the dialogue myself, with the exception of sometimes.
Hey I know James! (2012-10-15 18:47)
Yes, hes the vice-president of Cartoon Network and Adult Swim.
Well actually.... (2012-10-15 20:32)
When I am ocially an expat, be it in 2 years or 10, it wont be out of anger. Angers normally only part of
the equation. Part of it is, living in a dierent continent just feels right. What can I say, I like leaving.
Expat (2012-10-15 21:15)
If I want to live out the rest of my days as an expat thousands of miles away, like an international recluse
comics creator, I can. Things have changed. Assuming I have a little bit of money saved up (which I will),
being an expat is ALWAYS a possibility. This option just started becoming more viable less than 2 years
ago. I kind of love the idea of quietly sitting at a drawing desk in Europe somewhere, alone in a room with
lots of cool architecture and foreign books, cartooning my little brains out for the rest of my life. Theres a
romanticism to that kind of lifestyle in my opinion.
Its about the comics, not me, silly.
Still, there is something QUITE enticing about pulling a Moebius on these bitches.
Seriously though, its quite nice knowing there is a way to travel to Europe nowadays directly from my home
city. Quite the convenience! There never used to be travel resources for traveling from the state I live in to
Europe available with such ease and convenience and lack of hassle and stress. Im LIKING THIS change....
If Youre Creative, You Dont Just BENEFIT FROM Schizophrenia and manic depres-
sion... (2012-10-16 14:33)
If you want to author a Great American or Asian or European Book some day, you dont just BENEFIT
FROM Schizophrenia, Manic-Depression, and Aspergers...
If you want to author a great media or literary work, you NEED paranoid schizophrenia, manic depression
and Aspergers! Everybody will be making fun of you as people do with the mentally ill, but in the big
picture, that doesnt mean shit because YOULL be the AUTHOR OF AT LEAST ONE MASTERPIECE,
and THEYLL never be able to claim that.
In the arts, lm, and literature, in terms of creativity levels, mental illness is the Greatest Gift the muse and
God Himself could ever give you. Its like being granted immortality, if you ask me...
Did he FINALLY STOP TALKING??? REALLY?? FINALLY HE STOPPED???
(2012-10-16 15:28)
Guess Id better put my serial killing spree list on hold then.
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Easiest Ways of Promoting Your Self-Published, Self-Produced Printed Work, Docu-
ments, and Papers? (2012-10-18 13:14)
Webcomics Nation ([1]webcomicsnation.com)
Lulu ([2]Lulu.com)
Amazon CreateSpace ([3]Createspace.com)
Book Tango ([4]Booktango.com)
Blogger ([5]Blogspot.com)
Twitter ([6]Twitter.com)
1. http://webcomicsnation.com/
2. http://lulu.com/
3. http://createspace.com/
4. http://booktango.com/
5. http://blogspot.com/
6. http://twitter.com/
Honestly? I HATE it! (2012-10-18 14:01)
Honestly, I HATE most new comics and animation. I hate things in the media that are produced by committee
without a real human sensibility or touch to them. Makes me vomit.
Comics of recent times, with rare exception dont have that 1-creator/writer/artist auteur appeal to them.
I miss the days when most self-made comics were made by just 1 lone person, NOT by committee.
I try to give everything I write, draw, and produce an individualist sensibility to it. To me it doesnt matter if
the creator is anonymous or famous, AS LONG AS theres only one main person behind the vision. Otherwise
it may as well be Marvel or DC.
Hostility Level Orange (2012-10-18 14:25)
The rumor? That I have the ability to sense the level of hostility, malice, and ill will in enemies? That is so
very true.
Used to Do That, but NOW.... (2012-10-20 21:43)
I used to dream of drawing comics for a living, which is what I do now, but only because at the time, I
thought drawing comics for a living meant youre got to live a stay-at-home lifestyle, where youre get to lay
around your house eating fast food and candy all day
Nah. Not really.
Comics is WAR!
Its more like joining the Marines. Except being in the marines is less degrading, and youre opponents in the
Marines have more compassion and actually WANT to see you live if theyre not a terrorist son of a bitch.
Nah, EVERYONE in manga is a terrorist, just about. Well, except your allies. THEYRE not.
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GO COMICS!
My Schedule..... (2012-10-21 14:04)
I pretty much only work on weekdays, just like most other jobs.
My prime work time is weekday afternoons Monday - Friday.
The sloth of the rest of the world kind of slows me down. Activity and business fuels me, and for the most
part there isnt much activity happening during Saturday and Sunday. EXCEPT Toonami of course...
Comics: How to Design a Lot of Comic Book Pages in a Day (2012-10-22 14:42)
Simple, or perhaps NOT.
Thumbnails.
One artist can place up to 8 layout thumbs or more on 1 piece of paper.
Generally how many thumbs and page layout thumbs on a page is in fact a pretty big indicator of how
productive you probably are or at the very least, WANT TO be as a comic book artist.
Normally art teachers will tell you the size of your drawings indicates how hard you work as an artist.
Well I was looking at Akira Club by Katsuhiro Otomo, and on one or 2 pages alone, he draws up to 14 comic
book layout thumbs on one page, and normally his work is very thick and big. The layouts Otomo starts
o with a tiny and many of them can t on one page. But that makes a ton of sense when you think about
it, seeing as he makes each rst draft thumbnail of each page layout so simple and small because he has an
enormous amount of them to draw. Its one of the greatest techniques for raising comic book page layout
productivity Ive ever seen. Big drawings are for designing the moment. Many small, simple sketches on one
page are for establishing the ow.
How to Reach the Cloud (2012-10-22 20:18)
I reached my Cloud today.
Im happy as a clam.
Im the happiest guy I know currently.
Whats my secret to being happy, and at Peace with Myself and My Life.
The Secret is: Ive Done Enough Work. Ive Done More Work Than I Ever Needed To For This Particular
Day.
Doing Enough Work For This Particular Day has Made Me Incredibly Happy.
Its Put Me At Ease and At Peace For The Day. I have no complaints, Mentally, Emotionally, Psychologically,
or Otherwise.
I feel Like Ive Made the Right Choices With my career, Im Old Enough (Almost 30).
I Already Got Started on my own projects a While Ago.
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And Im on the Right Path. Not Easy to Explain, but I can Kind of Sense It.
I Needed Very Little To No Input From Others At All To Achieve This Spiritual State
Doing Enough Work In My Self-Made, Self-Motivated, and Self-Assigned Career Makes Me Happy.
Why? Because Im Answering to Me. And For Once Im Happy With The Progress Im Seeing.
The End
Also, to go further explore this topic:
Howd I get so happy, you ask?
I took a page out of The Dalai Lama and Deepak Chopras playbooks. I focused on the Power of Now.
Probably one of my greatest Achilles-Heels in my entire career was when my social phobia/anxiety crossed
paths with my work ethic. My thoughts in terms of dealing with the future conicted with my isolationist
work ethic. Because cons get so crowded and chaotic and full of people from all walks of life, I kept picturing
myself living my greatest fear: Signing autographs for a long line of people. To me it seemed an inevitable
element of crossing over to the mainstream. Well, that and being photographed. Seeing as in a way Im
VERY photogenic, but also very NOT. Will they think Im fat? Will they judge me by my skin color Will
they judge my character in general merely by how I look
But recently I learned that that those kind of things are a bridge you cross AFTER you nish your body of
work. Theres no rhyme or reason to fretting about how youll be perceived at an overcrowded nerd convention
unless youve got the work ethic to attain any sort of following to begin with, let alone get on the map.
Worrying about anonymity or how others will perceive you in the future is no dierent than fretting over
making a living at your work to begin with. Its all considerably easier to deal with if youve done the
hundreds upon hundreds of FINISHED artwork and writing it takes to nish a book. If youre worrying
about youre public perception here and now, WHOSE DOING YOUR JOB OF PRODUCING THE PAGES
HERE AND NOW. Dont get ahead of yourself, even when you know your going to be the most famous
and inuential person in the entire world one day, I repeat, DONT GET A HEAD OF YOURSELF by not
DOING THE WORK. Put all your power into NOW and DOING THE WORK OF THE NOW, because
that is what your LIFE is now. THE WORK. NOT THE PUBLICITY. Its just PR. That PR stu is mostly
just supercial anyway in one sense, even in comics and animation.
Looking At The Bigger Picture: Rules and Secrets of Web Trac (2012-10-23 08:37)
Dont go onto unpopular sites thinking youll have an easy time being the exception to the rule and being a
popular online personality on an unpopular site. Aint happening.
The popularity of any given websites users is susceptible, vulnerable to, and reliant on the general popularity
or unpopularity of the general site itself.
You wont become popular on ANY site thats genuinely unpopular in and of itself, but if youre on a site
with billions of views and/or millions of users, your chances of shining are that much greater.
When considering youre own objective popularity and inuence online, you have to also take into account
the popularity of those hosting you. If the site itself is popular, chances are so are you. And if the site itself
is unpopular, chances are so to will you be. Its more statistics than magnetism and charisma.
Aspiring to Feedback. Feedback is Enjoyable. More So Than Popularity....
(2012-10-23 09:09)
I enjoy a private audience of 1 or a few friends and family and a few individual fans/supporters/sympathizers
online, as opposed to a whole national or international bestselling audience of thousands of people.
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Yes when I was young, say 13 or so, (as opposed to the age of 29), sure, I could have told you I wanted to hit
the big time and have an audience of a million or more. Now that size of an audience just feels like one big
headache and hassle to me.
As long as my audience is loyal, it can be the smallest audience in the world, and Ill still be proud to call
those people (i.e. YOU) MY AUDIENCE.
I like having family, friends, lovers, and relatives to share my art and writing with. I dont need an arena of
screaming fans to feel vindicated, or even the approval of the media. Its the Power of a Few Loyal People, as
opposed to many hangers on.
YO YO YO, HOMIE (2012-10-23 11:58)
Rockin the Pee Wee Herman Style up in dis BITCH!
HA HA BITCH!
Hi! Im Mr. Japan Rich Manga Dude! (2012-10-23 12:14)
Im all mysterious and stu. And I get paid a dollar per page as a yearly copyright income, plus merchandising
rights. But thats okay. Ive written and drawn 1.4 BILLION PAGES at the age of 35!
Ahhhhh, manga.
If I ever get really, really, REALLY rich.... (2012-10-23 19:10)
Ima buy a European Refurbished Castle for tens of millions of dollars. That would be AWESOME.
Yes, Im an AUTHOR.... (2012-10-23 20:42)
But Im NOT dead and I was NEVER abused as a child....
So stop pestering me with inquiries, goddammit. I dont endorse or talk about either of those things.
BECAUSE I have no experience with them, idiots.
The Revolution: Its Coming! The Future of Video Formats: The Honest Truth (A
Visionary Vision) (2012-10-24 10:51)
In The Future (and now to a degree as well), TV shows, anime, commercials, music videos, and lms
(both Hollywood and international) on le formats such as Windows Media Video, VLC, Real Player, and
QuickTime will evolve to be used dierently by the average viewer than how they have been in the past.
Video viewing will go from being immobile, stationary, and passive, to being mobile, portable, and active.
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Video les for videos from DVDs and internet video that have been ripped and downloaded to ones computer
will used in a fashion more and more like music and mp3 les. I know, AWESOME isnt it? People will be
able to watch anything they want in portable or stationary video form, any time they want anywhere, in the
form of playlists and video mixes and edits they created themselves. And there will be even newer YouTube
Follow Up Websites to coincide with these new innovations in media video evolution, which will turn quite
the prot by broadcasting and distributing these videos (ones that are popular or rare and hard to nd).
Some people, both corporations and proprietary prosumers online, will get very rich o of this new technology.
But Hollywood and Japan will both fear and condemn this new evolution just as they did the DVR and
ripping technology when it rst came out. Why? Simple, because it makes them that much LESS powerful
and rich, and it will make the average consumer that much MORE powerful and rich.
Okay, Ive prayed for Japan...And Egypt, and the Arab Spring, and the Death of Bin
Laden and the end of Terrorism (2012-10-24 12:11)
Now I cant vote because I dont have a license, so yknow, Im just kinda praying Obama wins so the balance
can remain intact and not be corrupted.
Its something worth praying for.
Honestly, as long as the 2012 Debate, Election, and Politics remain civil, Ill continue to pay attention to
them. Watching part of the debate on YouTube right now. Watching stu like that on Live TV nowadays is
just a little too nervewracking for me, so I watch the internet streaming video of it. Well, part of it anyway.
And those are my two cents...
IFRAME: [1]http://www.youtube.com/embed/-yyy2vSbzEY
1. http://www.youtube.com/embed/-yyy2vSbzEY
As a Proud Literary and Art Self-Publisher....This Makes Me Very Happy
(2012-10-24 13:39)
Im very happy to read about [1]the current explosion in self-publishing.
I helped revitalize that trend, just as I did anime, manga, and online video.
I dont normally admit to being such a trendsetter. But I noticed that too.
Ever since I started self-publishing online, the number of self-published books and comics on the market
has shot up into the massive numbers. Some of these books even have TV commercials and press coverage.
Its not small deal. While my books themselves dont sell tons of copies in and of themselves, theres no
denying Ive helped popularize it. My persona online and on TV in and of itself has helped sell almost any
cause I choose to promote. And Ive decided to promote my self-publishing eorts. It worked on SOME level.
Self-publishing is more mainstream now than ever before.
I cant speak for prots, but I can DEFINITELY speak for popularization of the medium.
1.
http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2012/bowker-nearly-250000-self-published-books-in-u-s-in-2011-growing-fast/
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Jim Henson and his parody-inspiring inuence on YOUR 80s Childhood (2012-10-24 20:11)
Even though Henson Productions got sold to the devil (i.e. Disney), back in the day, even a kid as cool
as me knew that Jim Henson puppets were the shit. They had a certain magic about them when Henson
contributed to the show. And dare I say they still do? Jim Henson is to puppets what Burton or Jhonen
were to goth...
Mentor is M.I.A. [Oine Writing Archive] (2012-10-25 09:36)
My 1 supporter in my private life, Phil, is now ocially out of my life. So without him, and no friends, its
back to being Me vs. The World again. Going back to the old way of doing things. I have no friends, and
plenty of enemies, now that I think about it. Not that Im mean or a villain. Being a Nice Hero wont always
make The World consider you its friend either. This is a the life of a Loner. I live my life as a Reclusive
Loner. I like it that way. I like being neurotic. And manic. What does the class clown do after he graduates
and drops out of school. Nothing, probably.
Advice to Other Online Entrepreneurial Business Newbs On How To Make Money With
Online Content and Adsense (2012-10-25 10:25)
Tip No. 1: Be Patient, and Dont Expect to Get Rich Quick. The rst one is necessary. The
second wont happen.
Dont panic if you dont make money fast or right away. Earning on Adsense is a slow, drawn out,
monthly, and Yearly process. Way more than a Daily One.
As a matter of fact Ive been on Adsense for 6 years now, and in the beginning it was all zeros. I still
dont make a ton or even a lot, but I am making a bit more than nothing nowadays. Its gotten better.
But Ive had an account since 2006, and it didnt start turning a prot until the fth or sixth year,
when I got my rst paycheck in 2012.
Champs, NOT CHUMPS. How to Win Friends and Inuence People, and be as Popular
as Me (Flies and Honey) (2012-10-25 10:40)
What you project to the world aects how people judge you and form opinions about you.
Through much trial and error and interacting with many dierent people, there are ways to make people like
you and not speak of you cynically for the most part.
There is one secret not everyone gets.
Whats the dierence between a Terrorist and the President of the United States?
Think about it. Whats the dierence between the Most Popular Man in the World (The Prez), and the
Least Popular Person in the World (A Terrorist)?
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Give up?
Ill tell you.
One person (the commander in chief) approaches every social interaction with THIS mindset, the mindset of
the non-sociopath and non-bully.
The Subtext to a Truly Popular Persons Speech Patterns and Socializing is this, with EVERYONE.
We Are More Friends Than Enemies
If you are approached by someone who you sense wants to be a friend instead of an enemy, you instantly like
that person more. That is why bullies and sociopaths, and sociopathic bullies are so unpopular. Theres a
certain shame and fear in their eyes, that only comes from true hatred and antagonism, which drives people
away.
If you want to make enemies and only think in terms of enemies and adversaries, you WILL make enemies.
If you want to make friends you will if you think of ANYONE and EVERYONE as a potential friend.
Antagonism leads to unpopularity.
Acceptance of Everyone Else Makes People MORE Popular.
Heres Another List: ROLE MODELS, PIONEERS, AND REVOLUTIONARIES IN
DIVERSITY (2012-10-25 11:06)
Men and Women, Role Models, of Color
[1]Michael Jordan
[2]Martin Luther King
[3]Michael Jackson
[4]Joseph Prince
[5]Bruce Lee
[6]Jimi Hendrix
[7]Chang Cheh
[8]John Woo
[9]Akira Kurosawa
[10]Osamu Tezuka
[11]Akio Morita
[12]Seal
[13]Katsuhiro Otomo
[14]Hayao Miyazaki
[15]Barack Obama
[16]Rosa Parks
[17]Whoopi Goldberg
[18]Michelle Obama
[19]Aaron McGruder
[20]Regina King
[21]HH The 14th Dalai Lama
[22]The Unknown Rebel
[23]The Buddha
[24]Lao-Tzu
[25]Geronimo
[26]Steve Chen
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[27]Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
[28]Oprah Winfrey
[29]Deepak Chopra
[30]Tuskegee Airmen
[31]George Washington Carver
[32]Pablo Picasso
[33]Christopher Columbus
[34]Gabriel Garcia Marquez
[35]Josephine Baker
I admire all of these people. Theyre ALL Pioneers of Diversity
You dont have to be white or part white just to achieve Greatness.
All you have to do is believe in yourself, believe you can regardless of your age or race...
And one day, you will too...
[links included for your convenience]
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jordan
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Prince
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lee
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_Cheh
8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woo
9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Kurosawa
10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka
11. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akio_Morita
12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(musician)
13. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsuhiro_Otomo
14. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki
15. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
16. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks
17. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopie_Goldberg
18. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama
19. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_McGruder
20. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_King
21. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso
22. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unknown_Rebel
23. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha
24. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lao-Tzu
25. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geronimo
26. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Chen
27. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi
28. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey
29. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepak_Chopra
30. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Airmen
31. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver
32. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso
33. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus
34. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garcia_Marquez
35. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Baker
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Japon and France, Best International Friends FOREVER, and the African-World Equa-
tion... (2012-10-25 14:35)
Heres a little known factoid about international culture......
Did you know that France and Japan are socio-cultural allies. They even have Treaties Written for this kind
of thing.
Japan and France are connected in many ways, on MANY levels.
But as much as I love Japan, historically speaking, theres no denying that theres one area Japan and
France Have Aggressively Diered in. Do you know what that is? The treatment of those with African
descent. While both cultures and countries strive for peace and tolerance, theres no denying that, other
than foreigners in general, black people and foreigners in Japan were discriminated against by the Japanese
at least 10 to 50 times more and have a historic track record of treating black people and especially black
foreigners 50 times WORSE (yes, Im talking about nationalism and racism against foreigners) than the
French have EVER people of African descent. In that sense, culturally and racially speaking, in terms of
historic cultural treatment Japan is way more discriminatory of blacks than France ever was.
Look of my previous posts link to the Wiki article on Josephine Baker for proof of this historical contradiction.
Financial Site List (2012-10-26 21:19)
Financial Site List
Adsense
YouTube
Blogger
E*Trade
Kickstarter
Amazon
CreateSpace
Lulu
Webcomics Nation
BookTango
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YouTube Issues: Video Upload Length (2012-10-27 08:06)
For as long as YouTube has been around, much as I love short 1 minute or 10-40 second clips with comedy
or amazing action scene value, Ive always been a big promoter of YouTube potential general upload le
video length expansion. Ive got like a million 22 minute episodes Id like to upload, but cant because their
length policy is such a shady one, where they dont let you upload longer videos if they dont approve of your
account. Should YouTube HAVE this type of control and power over shotening video length to begin with?
No, I do not think so.
Face It, Joe (2012-10-27 15:28)
You will NEVER achieve your life spiritual ambition of being the next Steven Spielberg, Dave Sim, or the
Last of the Unicorns.
NEVER!!!!
[to be continued....]
It isnt going to be Easy Starting a Kickstarter Project (2012-10-27 15:31)
You need a bank account and an I.D. before you can do ANYthing.
So Im o to do that.
Ill be back......Eventually.
A recent vision of the future of anime appeared to me, of the future of popular anime
production (2012-10-27 20:28)
First there was DeviantART
Then there was Pixiv and webcomics
Now theres the next big thing. Anime crowdfunding.
This style of co-production will open doors for a LOT of artists. I just know it will
People dont seem to realize it mostly, but, when youre really, really famous....
(2012-10-28 12:09)
Your career isnt just your career.
Your life, lifestyle, and the actions you take both conscious and unconscious IS your career.
When your at the topic, your being, your existence, IS your career. Not just your work but how youre
branded and perceived. It can be the dierence between calling the shots, landing that job, and getting
type-casted, over, and over again
From the internet to the tabloids.
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EEEEEEEEK!!!!! A RAT!!! (2012-10-28 21:20)
GET IT GET IT GET IT!!!! DONT LEAVE ME ALONE WITH IT!!!! ITS SO SCARY. TAKE MY
MONEY RAT, TAKE EVERYTHING!!!! JUST DONT HURT ME!!!!!
heh heh. Them rats are creepy.
Vote Black, 2012 (2012-10-29 11:48)
2012. A great year.
Hows Everybody on the East Coast holding up. Its Hell right now.... (2012-10-29 22:11)
Sandy is one angry bitch. CNN and twitter are all over that sucker. Least someone is.....
The Blessed Value of Animation and Comic Book Mentorship, but especially Animation
(2012-10-30 01:03)
[1]http://www.paperwingspodcast.com/
I cant tell you how happy it makes me to see professionally based animation mentor-based programs like
this.
There is so much value in animators with real industry experience as professionals helping out younger,
aspiring artists who hope to one day work professionally. Its SO MUCH MORE CONVENIENT than going
to college, which is innitely more expensive and less individualized.
If I didnt have MY mentor, Phil, in high school, who at the time even back then had a winning track record
in TV animation with shows like DOUG and Beavis & Butt-Head, I dont know if Id have turned out the
same way, if I didnt HAVE a mentor back in the day. Someone to answer your questions and critique your
work, and encourage you like a father or mother-gure. This kind of thing is sacred to me.
Now that Im more on my own, I can really appreciate that time in my life.
1. http://www.paperwingspodcast.com/
CD Players Are Almost As Obsolete as Cassette Tape Players Now! (2012-10-30 11:31)
Few exceptions aside, I havent used a CD player in, like, a million years!
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Why is that exactly? Are you shamed by being Associated With Me Ocially? Seems
kind of silly to me. (2012-10-30 11:33)
Why ARE you afraid of publicly admitting all your work is inspired by my own exactly anyway? Shy? Wary
of my bad rep? Cmon, you can tell me. No ones listening. Just look at the comments on my blog! Of
COURSE Im talking to myself!
Todd McFarlane RAWKS!!!! But shhhhh! Dont tell anybody!!!!11111 lulz...
2.11 November
Black and White Comics: And Other Misunderstood Modern Day Art Forms
(2012-11-01 20:14)
The Black and white style of art in modern comics, whether theyre Goth Expressionism or Neo-Noir, is a
beautiful movement, well protected from the grubby hands of Google search engines by a special kind of
sealing and protection jutsu by Ninja Wizards and Elders somewhere far o in Edo, Japan by the Ink Spirits
of Kamaragaru.
Seriously, its no joke, the sheer amount of blind ignorance and pretension surrounding real actual good
black and white artwork online could fuel a New York Power grid for a month. Its no small amount of
understanding. I feel no need to explain in terms of what makes good and bad black and white art, as most
of the comics I bought in the early New Millenium and late 90s WERE black and white comics, with rare
exceptions like Spawn and Marvel and Image Comics. SLG and Oni made some of the best B &W modern
classic comics Ive ever seen, as did much of Dark Horse in the 80s and 90s. Theres ONE place to start, with
that trio of publishers. They had really good editors back in the day who happened to have superior taste
in black and white comics. It was the bulk of what they produced, at least in terms of Oni and SLG...Im
talking about REAL black and white art, not this insincere high school fecal crap. p.
Honestly, in terms of online art, when it comes to black & white (pen and ink), and what Ive never seen
people So Young look So Egotistical and Pretentious and FAIL SO HARD at actually trying to be COOL in
this area. Pretty much the opposite of being cool in terms of online imagery. But thats my opinion. Love it
or shove it.
First o, no one seems to want to use ink pens or sharpie markers anymore. Digital is more gray than black,
unless your colorblind of course.
[1]
Jay and Silent JMs Secret Stash....bitches....
1. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RZoDmPj1o50/UJQQK3f34xI/AAAAAAAACbM/TG8LqJdoZnM/s1600/Black+and+White.jpg
The Best Thing You Can Do With Your Career is NOT Listen to Anyone But Yourself
(2012-11-02 12:00)
The Public, The Fan, Journalists, Critics, Online Trolls.
Seriously, fuck em. Fuck every last one of them.
Do things YOURE way. As long as its not secretly someone ELSES way, youll probably do just ne.
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I did...And I dont listen to pretty much ANYONE but myself.
Costume Design - WHERE HE GIT HIS STYLE FRUM - HE GIT IT FROM HIS
MOMMA! (2012-11-02 13:00)
[1]
Yup, my birth mom was a recreational fashion designer. She designed some of her own cloths.
Thats right, my Mom Loved designing clothes and fashion on paper by hand.
As a result, so do I....
ENJOY.
1. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DJsIhreci8Y/UJQl2ArZr-I/AAAAAAAACbo/k-VpjaebDGY/s1600/Costume+Design+1.jpg
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Mythological Consciousness: The Master Designer Storyteller (2012-11-02 13:52)
Once Upon A Times....In the Distant Future....I may or may not be a real life Shaman or Mystic. But my
mind is eortlessly and genuinely attuned to being a conduit for ancient mythology. From Knights and
Mountains to Surtr and Trenchcoats. My Creative Mind and Imagination Thinks in Archetypes and Mythos.
Its naturally epic. Even in my Journals and Dreams, without even trying, whether its on a page or screen,
Im naturally channeling world mythologies, both in my conscious mind and unconscious mind. I may not
look it in person Im naturally mythological. But then again, the hero never does look mythological...at the
BEGINNING of the story...There are Powerful Forces At Work in my Mind. All my favorite writers, authors,
artists, and lmmakers are also of a similar mindset and execution. Naturally attuned to the Archetypal and
Mythological. Timeless Symbols that Transcend Human Life and Existence.
Apparently I am Wise Beyond My Years. By About A Thousand Ancient Years...
The End [for now...]
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Story Im working on... (2012-11-03 04:41)
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Hello China! Hello Mongolia! Hello Hong-Kong! (2012-11-03 07:43)
So according to my stats, I have a pretty devoted and loyal blog readership base in China nowadays, which is
quite cool, considering China is one of my favorite places and cultures....
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29th Birthday. What Ive been learning about Control Issues (2012-11-03 11:38)
When I was young I wanted a lot of approval. Ive always had control issues, but it wasnt until I ended up in
the epic social power struggle with forces greater than myself that I learned its pretty pointless to continue
aspiring to do anything you cant successful do yourself without outer interference.
What do I mean by that? Simple, I dont control whether or not publishing houses and the internet react to
and whether or not any of them want to support me or my work. Thats a non-controllable area.
Theres no point in making decisions about things you want to have power over (competition, your fame,
sales, publisher acceptance), when there are things here and now that I can control (namely what I upload,
scan, and draw and write down on a piece of paper or computer screen. Whatever you see me design and
draw, thats one thing I have complete and utter control over: My creative vision at its most essential and
basic. No one controls my artwork but me.). My originality has inspired knock os (mostly UNINSPIRED),
but at the same time, Im not concerned about copycat artists. I dont control copycat artists. I only control
my own two hands and what I put down on the page, blog, or word processor software. So from now on, Im
only focusing on what I can control, not what I cant. Im focusing ONLY on where I HAVE POWER, not
where Im power-LESS (competing websites and shows, pretty much ANY corporation)
Coming to terms with my control issues is something I didnt learn till I was older and the internet had been
around for a while. Ive always had a certain amount of my own power, but its increased recently, and theres
enough of it at my disposal to make me feel secure in MY OWN Decisions nowadays.
Out of all the Power in the world and Billions of Control Points...Ive seized about 40 points or so out of Raw
Will Power Alone, which is actually more than most people, but a grain of sand compared to KKKorporate
Amerikkka.
Still, with the internets rise, its hard to nd someone nowadays who DOESNT have access to Control. Its
not really a matter of how much Power and Control you Have. Its really about how you USE whatever
Control you DO HAVE. Unless you work in Hollywood (which I probably never will) or Silicon Valley. Youre
genuine level of Raw Control will be limited. And because it IS so limited (and limiting), as opposed to using
raw energy and work ethic, is even WORTH keeping tabs and points on when you have such a small amount
of it in reality? Probably not.
Bryan was the OG Original Disgruntled Columbine-Level Mastermind Media Member...
(2012-11-03 14:37)
And ever since he commited murder and tried to stalk me, ever SINCE then the FBI has secretly spied on
EVERY OTHER media company (besides Viacom of course) and internet cyberstalker, troll, or heckler thats
targetted me. The funny thing about people with no conscience or compassion who think they can get away
with targetting me repeatedly and no one will notice is the very funny irony that, since theyve invaded MY
space, theyre also violating the FBI white shadows space. You know, the guy from the Boondocks. Hes
real you know. Theyve been keeping tabs on me for a long time, not because I did anything wrong, which is
what one agent told me at one point but because You attract dangerous people and situations. Im danger
and sociopath bait. The ULTIMATE DECEPTION. Truth is, you may think youre watching me, but if you
are, chances are if you ARE watching me, the Feds are watching you. Works both ways apparently. In that
sense being danger-bait works to my advantage. Because the FBI always seems to apprehend the danger and
sociopaths that cause it. Whether its a morbidly obese otaku Asian Panda Guy, or some disgruntled talk
show host, comedian, or journalist trying to steal my identity.
If your one of those people. I dont envy you. Matter of fact Id go so far as to say youre days until YOUR
ULTIMATE SLIP UP ARE numbered.
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Im not worried. At all really. Im the protected one. Not YOU...Oh well!!! Looks like we lost another one
guys!!
Good Grief, Twitter and YouTube. How in the world did I become so popular...
(2012-11-03 15:37)
Im not used to being so popular.
I have 77 followers on Twitter, 91 Subscribers on YouTube. Thats quite a large group of people.
Aww. Man. I never said I was good at managing groups of people.
I get a whole LOTTA emails from Michelle and Barack (2012-11-04 12:39)
Apparently theyre actively campaigning toward young people like me, ever since I subscribed to the newsletter.
And thats why I voted for him. He actually gives a fuck about me. Romney dont GIVE a fuck. My adoptive
dad and brother both voted for Romney. As if his PERSONALITY wasnt reprehensible enough, Romneys
got the rich pampered ASSHOLE vote too. FUCK Romney. He can go have gay sex with his husband.
No Celebrity Really Gets Actual Fanmail Anymore (2012-11-04 16:58)
Its all digital now. All correspondence, or the vast majority is on the computer. Everything is email, online
articles, PR Publicity, and video/article comments sections now.
Woo-hoo! (2012-11-07 13:32)
Net worth increased by $0.20 today. Normally it increases by $0.02. So its all relative.
By MY standards thats a 10 % increase. Good by my standard.
-JM
Looking Back At Last Night, The Re-Election of the Re-Elected Commander In Chief
(2012-11-07 16:09)
Im glad I donated. I believe it really is true what they say. Every last bit helps your guy win.
And it DOES. It did in November of 2012.
They made history!
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Thoughts on the Re-Election? Yes please! (2012-11-07 17:55)
Its November 7th, the day after the Election, and [1]Obama is now Re-elected, and Im very happy about it.
Most people are happy about Obamas 2012 victory over arch political rival Mitt Romney. Romney brought
a lot of Money, Power, and Persuasion to the Table, but like most of Twitter was saying, hes still no match
for Obama, ESPECIALLY in terms of popularity and voter diversity.
Florida is the Decider. Greeeat! Of all the Battle Ground States, much like in 2000, Florida is taking the
longest to get its shit together due to lack of support and the 2012 Romney voting scandal in Florida.
All in all the Re-Election Campaign had its scary moments, and its moments of triumph. And I was there
to see and contribute to all of it through donating to the Obama Re-Election Campaign, subscribing to the
Obama Ocial Website Newsletter and through Twitter.
1. http://swampland.time.com/2012/11/07/obamas-mandate-for-moderation/
So Many Social Issues....So Little Fiction Writing Work Time.... (2012-11-07 21:54)
I like Moral Orels spin on Retro-Family-Religious Values and American Conservativism.
And because of my recent issues with my own half-healthy, half-dysfunctional family, just tonight upon
watching Moral Orel....
I suddenly got the idea Id like to write a short story of ction...
A short story inspired by my own life that tackles tough issues Ive had to deal with and addresses them in
my own literary real world style, minus all the supernatural shit my other work tends to get bogged down in.
I want to write a short story that deals with contemporary issues in a timeless manner.
A suburban tale that deals with the issues of modern suburbia, modern family, siblings, violence and gun
control.
Its gonna be GREAT when its nished!!! Cant WAit!!!
Think Bowling for Columbine meets Disturbia. That, or David Lynchs Twin Peaks.
And YES, the story will take place in Central Florida. Dave Barry Big Trouble style.
Lets SmoochOWLHOWLHOWWLHOWLOWH (2012-11-08 13:57)
Gee, you must be a real master in the bromance department.
You kiss your mother like that?
Most Well Known American Manga-Ka? (2012-11-08 16:34)
In terms of manga-ka that emerged from America, theres Me, Piro of Megatokyo, and Nyanko-Chan. Maybe
Felipe Smith, Svetlana, Adam Warren, Bryan Lee OMalley, and Jared Hodges. Id say readers know who we
are. Everyone else is a virtual unknown. Publishing in print and webcomics is sort of a rite-of-passage for
American manga-ka.
Much as I LOVE character design and costume design. Story and Action/Adventure as well as the intensity
of a comics artwork can dene a creators works success as well. Action scenes that look cool and fast
motion that doesnt look cliche is one of the hardest things to draw in manga. Master those things and youll
be well on your way. Just dont expect to master them on the rst attempt. Or overnight. Developing your
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sequential art skills takes time. At least 2 to 3 years of 100s of BAD comic book pages no one in the public
domain sees. Thats what I did that I never bring up. Sure, online it LOOKS LIKE I only drew ve pages.
In reality I drew 150 SEQUENTIAL ART pages by hand! For mosts artists that are really good, your Dave
Sims and Todd McFarlanes, your bad art is going to outnumber your good drawings 10 to 1.
I think the 10,000 Hours rule ESPECIALLY applies to manga. Not just some of the time. The vast majority
of it. I still havent put in my 10,000 hours or 10 YEARS of drawing manga. Im a lot closer than I was
though. Ive been drawing manga since 2004.
The World Conspires to Stop Work From Getting Done (2012-11-08 19:20)
The Procrastination Conspiracy
The World is a Procrastination Conspirator.
The less actual work I get done, the more smug, arrogant, and self-absorbed the world becomes.
The more important the work being attempted is, the more vicious and reprehensible the behavior of this
world and civilization in America gets.
At some point, youve just got to teach yourself to put in some earplugs and tune it out. Silence it. Kill it.
Murder it in its sleep. Break its legs. Do whatever you gotta do to FINISH YOU WORK.
FINISH YOUR PROJECTS. THE WORLD IS A FUCKER. CIVILIZATION IS A FUCKER. YOUR WORK
IS THE ONE THING WITH THE POWER TO OVERTHROW THIS EVIL, CORRUPT WORLD OF
MOTHERFUCKERS. IT IS YOUR BEST WEAPON IN THE WAR ON LAZINESS.
Lets face it.... (2012-11-09 09:13)
Unless were talking about YouTube, the only person who is going to pay you for youre creative work is
going to be a mainstream publishing company if you get published, or an animation studio and network, if
you work on a show. Self-publishing and self-marketing doesnt pay jack Sh**.
The Best Way to Improve at Drawing is Repetition and the 10,000 Hour Rule
(2012-11-10 12:27)
The Best Way To Become a Prolic Artist.....
Is to draw one or more pages of art a day, Every Day, for The Rest of Your Life.
Seriously, think about it.
There are 365 days in a year. Thats plenty of free time to draw and do 1 or more pages of art sketching
a day. That would be 365 pages of artwork a year, even and thats merely from doing one page a day. Im
going with the lowest gure or page count to demonstrate a point.
What happens if you apply the 10,000 Hour Rule, and practice every day for 10 YEARS?
If you draw every day or almost every day for 10 years, at the most unproductive rate that would be........
3,650 pages of art or more. No small amount of artwork.
Seriously, no ones going to care if you do some crappy art here and there. Chances are youll do your share
of art that sucks, but chances are your work will be more good than bad.
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Networks? What Networks? (2012-11-12 11:39)
I dont really watch much TV lately. The only networks I really do watch lately are The Hub, [adult swim],
& Toonami.
Adult Swim and Toonami in particular, Im interested in watching expand as brands and network franchise
builders. And hopefully they WILL become the next Boomerang and nally sever the umbilical chord
connecting them to the big CN someday.
CN can be the most horrible of them all, what with horrible THINGS like Level Up and Annoying Orange.
I LOVE violence on TV. And I HATE TALK. Blah blah blah, whine, bitch moan.
Wake me up from my cough syrup induced dream when theres some one on the show punching and kicking
and roundhousing his fellow show characters. And shooting them and blowing them up. Pretty much the
only thing I want to watch nowadays. Violence. No sex, thanks.
Anime as an Industry is DONE. Its ancient history.... (2012-11-13 15:18)
The only shows kids and adults are watching are the old shows, over and over again.
The current state of TV isnt a healthy one....for anime.
Animes not ENTIRELY dead, but it might as well be.
Am I outgrowing anime, or just bored with it. Tough to tell really.
Encroachers, Encroachment... (2012-11-13 18:16)
Ive never felt so lost. All of my power and inuence comes from computers and the internet. Its misplaced
and misdirected power, because its not actually being harnessed properly or put towards a prot-based goal.
So its useless in a business sense, even IF everyone wants to take it by force, or hijack / steal it, and believe
me, they do. They all want my power the internet and computers have given me. Its just an army of people
trying to strip me of my coolness and power rank, pulling rank on me, trying to shove me o of my throne
and cloud, trying to seize power from me, by violent siege if necessary. Apparently they think violence and
hostility are important parts of seizing power from their newfound enemy. Its been one person after another
trying to seize my assets time and time again.
My Earliest (and probably most oensive) Online Persona...First time I pretended to
be someone else online (2012-11-13 20:52)
Had to be on the Celebrity Atheists Forums. I relished being the bad guy back in the day. Not so much now.
I role played the part of a rational atheist bigot, Jared, who was determined to wipe out Western Religion
and Christianity in particular.
Jared was rude, abrassive, a troll, ranting, cyber-bullish, foul mouthed, a racist xenophobic homophobic
mysogynist, who would talk about how God wants to rape us all, and make constant references to the
time-space continuum, consciousness, and existentialism. He was insulting people for their race our nationality,
when he wasnt reciting partial quotes from philosophy textbooks.
Yes. A total badass that Jared was.
Jared was....complex. A complex persona.
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New Archetype: The Discoverer. If You Dig For Gold, You Will Find a Fortune.
(2012-11-14 14:50)
Im not just an entrepreneur.
Im a Discoverer. I nd and discover things before the rest of the world does. Particularly in media, tech,
business, and pop culture. Truth is, Im not usually the rst to get rich or big o of something myself. But I
AM the rst to discover it and its potential for growth and prot!
When youre The Discoverer, you go digging for Gold. Rest Assured, ever half a year or every other year,
youll FIND GOLD.
Welcome to Disney XD...The Network.... (2012-11-15 13:01)
That SAYS it wants to have more male viewers...
Yet shows nothing but girl-oriented shows.
Way to fail.
Ya know... (2012-11-15 13:46)
Ive seen a lot of people, things, and places come and go in my 30 years of experience.
But...where was I going with this thing anyway?
Nowhere probably. Im just glad Im nally in my 30s! Fuck. Yeah.
People dont get YOUNGER. They get older, and I dont have a problem accepting that like some.
I LOVE getting older!
29 (2012-11-16 10:13)
Im turning 29 tomorrow.
If I Were the Most Powerful Animator in Hollywood, Los Angeles, [What Id Do]
(2012-11-16 10:41)
If I had enough power over Hollywood like Spielberg or George Lucas, and had the power and inuence to
get any lm made....I know exactly what Id do.
Id either produce or direct an R-Rated Animated Action-Adventure Feature Film, produced and Consulted
by Quentin Tarantino, and released theatrically by Legendary Pictures, Lions Gate, OR Miramax.
Ive always wanted to do the American equivalent of Ghost in the Shell or Pulp Fiction.
This was all inspired by Quentin Tarantino and Kill Bill Vol. I to begin with!
Heres the story behind it.
The last lm I saw in the theatre, was Kill Bill Vol. I. I saw the lm with a female friend. I had a GREAT
time!
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It was the O-Ren Ishii anime sequence in Kill Bill.
Imagine watching that anime short lm sequence in the theatre, and youll see where my enthusiasm comes
from. The theater me and my friend saw the movie in was half full. No one was talking during the lm.
Everyone was just watching, enjoying the movie, the anime O-Ren Ishii sequence, and that was the moment I
realized the truth about animation in theaters and said to myself Hey! This is a Miramax lm. Its R-Rated,
but its animation, and people are watching it like any OTHER movie. Was anyone protesting animation
being played in a theater? Was anyone oended or disgusted? Was anyone walking out? NO! This was
R-Rated Theatrical Animation (O-Ren Ishii Sequence), anime even! And people were enjoying it like any
other theatrical release! Changed my whole outlook!
I had a Vision in that theater that night. A vision that adults DO and WILL watch adult theatrical animation.
But with Theatrical Animated Feature Films, you need marketing, visibility, and promotion, but not the
WRONG kind.
A perfect example of all the ways promoting a feature lm can go wrong is the most obvious culprit, the Aqua
Teen lm bomb scare. It was almost sad to watch such a great show get such poor treatment theatrically
and be promoted so poorly. Clearly Adult Swim doesnt know how to promote lms. Just TV shows.
Miramax knows how to promote lms, and so does Legendary. NOT Williams Street.
The real sad part about the Aqua Teen Movie, the real reason it lost money and was one of the biggest bombs
of the entire year?
Simple, too much controversy and negative publicity. By the time the lm hit the few theaters that WOULD
accept it, it was a NEWS STORY. Not a movie. No one wants to buy tickets to a NEWS STORY.
SHITTIEST. MOVIE MARKETING GIMMICKS. EVER!!!! Thats never happened with Pixar, hence their
protability.
And just to prove that a pleasant movie going experience is important for business, lets look at sales gures:
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Feature Film (limited release): $5 million gross
Kill Bill: Volume 1: $180 million gross
Yes, negative publicity DOES kill lms.
Back in MY DAY..... (2012-11-20 12:44)
When I was growing up, all the cool stu WAS on TV. Well, that and literary retailers and CD Music Stores.
Very little of it was on the internet.
Now most of the cool stu is on the internet, but its concealed by a lot of stu we dont give a shit about.
Howd that happen?
Not Really Much to Do These Few Days After My Birthday..... (2012-11-20 20:12)
Except watch TV, watch the weather change, and snuggle with my pets, my cats, Baby and Sammy, while
watching TV and then theres the other cat thats afraid of....everyone.
That is right. Even the Mighty Majestic J the Lion enjoys aection from fellow sentient beings every once in
a while. It is humans that can be dicult to live and watch TV with. I get along with my pet cats GREAT!
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Lets Watch Television! Thats Always Fun. (2012-11-21 09:53)
Click.
Oh boy! Television. I grew up on TV! Its ALWAYS fun.
Wait a minute. Whats this. This isnt what I grew up on.
So ugly. Whats that.
Oh GOD. Feeling woozy. Feeling sick..
I think...The TVs...making me...wanna PUKE.
Uhllll. Oh God, so ugly. So annoying. I think Im gonna....THROW UP.
Oh god. Whats happening now!
This is the ugliest most disgusting, creepiest thing Ive ever seen.
Cant. Breath. Walls...CLOSING IN......OH GOD HOW DID TV GET SO HORRIBLE!!!!
Okay. So Im NOT watching TV today. Too horrifying.
Or Ever Again, from the looks of it.
Im on a Pen and Ink Disney-Level Quality Production Design Binge, sooo........Heres
what I bought.... (2012-11-21 11:00)
Heres some research and reference material I bought, purely for my enlightenment and entertainment.
Ive always loved these things, pretty much. Well, I liked that one Disney lms production design and Mass
Eects Production Design more recently. But Ive ALWAYS liked those comic book series and the publishers
that distribute them...Lately Ive been on a bit of a J Alexander and Ted Naifeh kick. Im a sucker for well
composed black/white Goth comics art. Gloomcookie is one of the better ones out there.....
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[5]
Yes Kiddos. This is the kind of material I turn to when I get artists block. Or often, not so much when Im
uninspired as when I need to look at something creative, well executed, and beautiful.
1. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j8xcJgFhLDU/UK0j8Z1d6LI/AAAAAAAACeM/m1Czy1A6CMg/s1600/Art+Of+1.jpg
2. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SKvBLHI13Vw/UK0kGtvmcyI/AAAAAAAACeU/WO1sKRvSxCc/s1600/Art+of+2.jpg
3. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j1VGHlLtRNI/UK0kPswKS-I/AAAAAAAACec/YFM4Hu0iVmE/s1600/GloomCookie.jpg
4. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZuUv5aY44bo/UK0kZLJ197I/AAAAAAAACek/CSF97Hwehgc/s1600/Queen+and+Country.jpg
5. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0xJgnV_FQpI/UK0kkD2QL6I/AAAAAAAACes/F0Zu891sYZU/s1600/Nocturnals+Book.jpg
Man Alive! (2012-11-21 13:47)
Being one of the most ubiquitous, inuential, and simultaneous voices and mainstream content providers
in broadcasting, internet, comics, and animation on a DAILY BASIS (and ugliest and most unfoto-generic
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according to Seth!) (with an audience of millions worldwide) really takes it out of a guy.
How do you shut this thing o???
No More Sketchbook Artwork for At Least a Few Months, if not Years From Now
(2012-11-21 15:38)
Thats the secret plan anyway.
I dont know if its a secret plan and strategy or not...
But from recently onward, the only comic books and sketchbooks Im going to devote any work to WILL
NOT BE published online for a good long while.
I found that the more stu I put online, the more grief I get, so no more of that.
You only have yourselves to blame for that one, not me Im afraid.
You WOULD HAVE Gotten more art uploads from me if you actually gave some feedback of my work once
in a while....which 98 % of you dont. So FUCK sharing it with you.
Hopefully thatll take some of the pressure o.
Id say Im being too punitive towards my fans, but how do you think everyone else makes ME feel?
With All the Hours of Drawing Practice I Put In Over the Years,.....I LEARNED some-
thing... (2012-11-21 17:14)
Im better with eects, color, painting, and CGI, and Eects Shot Design than I once thought.
Must have been all those years watching Dragonball Z and Industrial Light and Magic lms.....
I learned by osmotic power....
Cant really say much, cuz its early in the correspondence.... (2012-11-21 22:28)
But Im currently in talks with a mainstream animation studio producer.....about....stu.
Going well so far.....
Anime-Inuenced Things (2012-11-22 20:55)
A lot of people think Teen Titans and Avatar the Last Airbender were the rst anime inuenced shows. But
people in their late 20s and older probably know better. Teen Titans was one of the rst COMMERCIAL
mainstream anime-inuenced shows that MADE MONEY.
But Bruce Timm and Todd McFarlane were the rst quality anime-inuenced artists, what with Spawn
and Batman: The Animated Series. Spawn is even credited for helping to get the Japanese anime studio
Madhouse o the ground, which played a big part in Spawns early and later production during its brief run
on cable outlet HBO.
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Horrible Parents and Historic Creative Projects.... (2012-11-23 08:35)
I have 2 horrible adoptive parents and 1 really awesome creative project.
Hopefully at some point the positive will cancel out the negative.
Both my adoptive parents are a couple of Last One Percenters. All the MORE reason to hate them.
World Art and Artistic Preference (2012-11-23 10:30)
It wasnt until later in my career, and after seeing a lot of art by Americans, Europeans, and Asians, when I
noticed something on sites like DeviantART.
The motivations and desires of a Japanese or Chinese, or French Artist, are not necessarily the in the same
order of priority as the majority and/or minority of North American artists. Artists from dierent cultures
are raised and treated dierently. There is an element of culture shock and oend that goes with seeing
world culture on the internet.
Artists in Japan value honor and copyright in certain ways a lot more than American lmmakers. Piracy
and plagiarism exists both in Japan and America, but in dierent ways. It isnt viewed or treated the same
way. As a matter of fact, plagiarism is one of the most controversial and infamous things on the internet
worldwide. But if my character is emulated in style by a Japanese or Chinese artist, will I get as upset as
if an Americans doing it. SHOULD I get more or less upset? Should I be honored theyre copying me, or
oended theyre not doing their OWN thing. Seeing how artists react to and treat other artists and writers
online, when both sides exist in dierent regions and cultures, is interesting. But it can also be a bit shocking
if the interaction goes poorly. Unfortunately, due to the fact that I DO have international credibility, many
in Asia and Europe seem to view me as some kind of mentor, big brother type gure, and role model. So
theres that. The added element of respect and emulation I often nd
Unfortunately, while I view myself as just a guy trying to get by, some seem to view me as THE GUY...writing
THE RULES on INTERNET ETIQUETTE in general, trying to make me a Founding Father of the Internet
Generation, and other scary shit.
Le Sigh.
Everyday I Draw The Book (2012-11-23 11:08)
Everyday I Draw the Book
Dont tell me you dont know what love is
When youre old enough to know better
When you nd strange hands in your sweater
When your dreamboat turns out to be a footnote
Im a man with a mission in two or three editions
And Im giving you a longing look
Everyday, everyday, everyday I draw the book
Chapter One we didnt really get along
Chapter Two I think I fell in love with you
You said youd stand by me in the middle of Page Three
But you were up to your old tricks in Pages Four, Five and Six
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The way you walk
The way you talk, and try to kiss me, and laugh
In four or ve paragraphs
All your compliments and your cutting remarks
Are captured here in my quotation marks
Dont tell me you dont know the dierence
Between a lover and a ghter
With my penand my Strathmore Sketchbook
Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal
Id still own the lm rights and be working on the sequel
Why has no one invented a laptop where... (2012-11-23 11:16)
The interior is both a hard drive and a scanner. Sure would make it easier to get pages on your computer if
you could just lift your keyboard up, pop a piece of paper in there, and scan it up...
Why has no one made such a thing??!! Am I the rst to conceive such a technological function??
Certainly would be useful.
Maybe someone will read THIS blog entry, get inspired, and actually BUILD ONE.
Yeah, thatd be cool too.
But the real trick would be nding a glass surface, or imitation glass that was both clear and non-ammable
so laptops wouldnt get overheated.
Hmmm.....
Heh! Ha! I can already just picture a mincing idea-hungry Bill Gates tapping his ngers together as he looks
over this blog, plotting to steal my idea and package it as a Microsoft product, sitting back and laughing.
Maniacally.
BILL GATES
AH HAH HAH HAH HAH! FOOL! You know better than to give out free ideas mortal!! AH HAHAHAH-
HAAAHAHAHHHH!!!
Joe will not receive credit for this particular invention.
The Sentence That Helped Me Realize I Wanted To Work in Animation....The Words
Ill NEVER FORGET (2012-11-23 12:54)
Were words I heard an animator say in a Behind the Scenes Short of one of the NickToons, at the early-on
90s NickToons Studio.
One bearded animator in his 40s, I dont know who once said on TV, and Ill never forget this,
When you work in animation, you never have to grow up
SOLD! Words to live by.
And I know some of the more ruthless and coldblooded and humorless merrymaker clowns and comedians
in the audience for this blog broadcast to a humorless world may have trouble accepting or believing this
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modesty philosophy of mine, but its the truth. Unlike YOU bunch of happy little bastard bitches, I personally
never had the heart to MURDER the memory of my own childhood and become a RUTHLESS ADULT
WITH NO COURAGE OR HUMOR. Yeah, you know who you are. A COLD BLOODED BASTARD. Sorry,
but I dont trust the intentions of people who murder their own inner children....and lock them in a room
somewhere. Sorry!
Report, but DONT Interact. Okay? This blog has an absentee audience (much like
an absentee ballet) (2012-11-23 13:54)
The amount and volume of people eves dropping on my conversations with myself is actually quite staggering.
Got to be at least a few million.
Wish there was a better way to keep track of the response I get though.
Cuz I get a shitload. Tons of people keep tabs on just about everything I do. Used to it by now....
Theres always that fake outrage when I point this out.
Dont know why people are so touchy about admitting their members of my audience. WEIRD people.
With WEIRD responses. Pretty much 24/7.
TouchEY!
Independent Manufacturing (Indie Manufacturer). Thats My Job (2012-11-23 18:42)
DVD
Ripped videos
Websites
Blogs
Uploads
Comic Books
Books
Animation Studio
Comic Book Publisher
Media Company
MP3 Playlist
Inventions
Short Film
Software
HTPC
Ive manufactured my own brand of ALL of these things. Not RICH, but I guess you never know
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Setting up an HTPC (2012-11-23 19:44)
Setting up a home installation bare knuckles HTPC installation home electronics system is like selling
lemonade. No matter how much it sells, theres still a shitload of people who dont know how to assemble
one. Its like Steve Jobs selling the Apple-1 or something! HTPC is the lemonade stand of home electronics.
Knowledge is Valuable apparently. Well, Franchisable anyway.
With Friends Like J.G., Callin You A Loser and Tryin To Steal Your Girl (and in
Every Episode, Too), Who needs Enemies??? (2012-11-24 07:58)
Seriously. Why does that guy hate his friends so much?
Brand New Book Out, Totally Similar to My OWN Art Style: Urban Sketching
(2012-11-24 08:45)
The Art of Urban Sketching: Drawing on Location Around the World
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One of the cool things about this art book, aside from the textures of its architecture which is drawn freehand
for a dierent country on each page, is the fact that its the rst Art Book Ive ever seen that used a Praise
Blurb written by someone living in the United Arab Emirates. Thats right. It has an Arab review blurb,
and as insiders know, the Arab world is a part of the world notorious for NOT being artistic or creative.
They denitely could use some improvement in that area.
Well actually, technically, IM the Worlds Most Famous International Arab Artist, Illustrator, Writer, and
Designer, but I can appreciate when other Arab people are creative too!
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Speaking of the Arab World as it Exists Outside of the United States... (2012-11-24 09:18)
WHY IS the Arab world so....Muslim and violent? Why DO Arabs and Jews and Christians hate and kill and
slaughter each other so much anyway? Why are they so passionate about death and violence? Havent they
got better things to do than set car bombs o, fund concentration camps in Germany, and crash planes into
architecture? Youd think people would have better things to do with their time, ethically, and intellectually.
Israel, Palestine, and Jerusalem. Jesus and the Jews. These people clearly hate each other and dont get
along. Theyre like my own neighbors and brother, times a Million in terms of Animosity.
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It probably has more to do with the cultural history of the Holy Bible more than anything else. If the Bible
is so Holy, how come its setting and the location of its narrative is one of the most violent, uncultured
places in existence today. All that ghting, and what do they have to show for it. Certainly not a Renaissance
like Italy and Southeast Asia had in the late Twentieth Century.
And I say this as an Arab Man living in America. People want to understand Arab Culture, but honestly,
what is there to understand? War, the Bible, and Car bombing? Im glad I live in America and the Western
World, quite frankly.
UNMASKED: Its True Also (2012-11-24 09:30)
Honestly, I dont act like Woody Allen, contrary to presumptuous asinine beliefs in pop culture. And I dont
look like Jonas Racist Brothers so much as I look like some Arab World news footage guy and a Chinese
guy minus the narrow eyes. Berber, Moroccan, and Mongolian, to be specic. If you know what someone
(a late 20s young MAN with facial hair) living in Berber, Morocco, and Mongolia (China) looks like, you
know what I Look Like. Minus the sti personality and accent. TV Lies. I have the black frizzy unruly hair,
glasses, the copper skin tone, and the facial structure to verify this.
And also, Im a descendant from an ancient Mystical, Regal, and Eurasian Warrior Class on my Biological
Fathers Side.
STILL wanna date me, puny little teenage high school white girl?
Didnt think so.
But yes, my existence is the result of an interracial biological American parental relationship, a closed
American adoption, a white birth mother with a high I.Q., a multiracial father with diverse Eurasian heritage,
and a white American adoptive family with no interest or regard for my racial identity or the status of my
birth family (We ADOPTED YOU. Thats ALL that should MATTER.). Just lots of geographical and
racially statistical information and data thats been kept and concealed from me, purely because I grew up in
a closed adoption.
WAH HAH HAH HAH HAH!!!! I always HATED that Muppet... (2012-11-24 12:38)
[1]
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How to Draw MY BRAND of HIGH FANTASY..... (2012-11-24 13:19)
You really only need ONE book to vividly manifest MY BRAND of Happy Rainbow Colored Magical Gum-
drop Disneyland Fantasy.
And its THIS BOOK. How to Annihilate Everything, Manga Style....
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Seriously. I OWN a copy of this book now. And I FUCKIN LOVE IT!!!
Im all for wielding a Blade while Blowin the White Knights Brains all onto the Shrapnel littered canvas......
Seriously, my tolerance for Namby Pambers is a bit low
IFRAME: [2]http://www.youtube.com/embed/auCizZ bViE
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2. http://www.youtube.com/embed/auCizZ_bViE
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Now its MY Turn! Here Goes! (2012-11-24 14:38)
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How Computers and the Internet Will KILL TV Eventually, Especially BAD TV....
(2012-11-24 16:09)
Progress:
Turns out 2.4 billion people in 6 dierent continents worldwide are online at any given time each day. And
Google and YouTube make up an enormous percentage of that usage.
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Thats more than half as much as TVs total worldwide current broadcasting audience of 4.5 billion or so
Eventually the audience of the internet will match and surpass the audience size of TV within the next 40
years. TV is on its way to computer dependence, and undeniable obsolescence.
One day more people will use websites than ever will TV. Were already starting to see it all headed in this
direction already. Things are not looking good for non-digital TV.
About copyright, YouTube, and originality....If you ask me.... (2012-11-25 10:12)
Its OKAY to use copyrighted material like anime, music, and music videos or anime music videos (because
that is what the public demands and loves and wants to actually see. Audiences dont care about the legality
of YouTube, they just want their videos....Plus its a great way to make a few dollars on the side while you
work on your real projects), just so long as you dont do it for the rest of your life, and as long as you
at least strive to write, draw, produce, create, and sell your own projects in animation, comics, or internet
entertainment someday, which YOU YOURSELF own the rights too. Think of it as working your way up in
the industry.
Great! (2012-11-25 18:40)
Now some of my fans on YouTube are bragging about being the rst ones to comment on certain videos I do.
Not that Im COMPLAINING!.....I seem to have a large group of fans on YouTube...
Man, maybe I HAVE reached the next level...
JM Ponticates on the New Rules of Fame..... (2012-11-26 20:15)
Fame is a powerful thing. But one thing to remember about the power levels of fame.
In a fame chart that seems to reward more with less and less with more, its weird how celebrity works in
America especially. In Western society in general really.
Ive been around the block more than a few times, and therefore Im closer than ever to sensing and measuring
what my limitations are.
A) If someones the MOST famous. There are people camped outside their home or wherever it is they are.
They get mobbed. Its noisy everywhere. That is what a true superstar is. You cant do much without every
nanosecond of it being documented. Im closer to that level in the last few years, even when its by proxy.
But doing things by proxy still counts as doing things, technically in my opinion.
B) And then there are the people working in showbiz who are professionals, but their job or their lifestyle
isnt conducive to fame. They DONT get mobbed for autographs and pestered for comments, photos,
and interviews. Theyre more the creative and business stars, and not the musicians, real celebrities, and
performers.
Im somewhere between Crowd A and Crowd B.
The truth is, the more famous your lifestyle is, the less easier it IS to work, and the less work youre going to
be ABLE to do. Fame interferes with both life and work, be it positive or negative. Famous OR Infamous.
When youre a workaholic, both types of fame, celebrity and infamy, suck.
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List of Sites I Visit Online When Im not Writing/Drawing Oine (2012-11-26 21:30)
Sites I visit weekly
Adultswim.com
Boards.adultswim.com
Megatokyo.com
Funimation.com
Amazon.com
Gmail.com
Adsense.com
AnimeNewsNetwork.com
AnimationMagazine.net
YouTube.com
Webcomicsnation.com
Twitter.com
DeviantArt.com
Viz.com
Naruto.com
Blogspot.com
Google.com
Wikipedia.org
Manga.com
Anime.com
Rhapsody.com
Google Play
LinkedIn
Questionsleep.com
I dont visit all these sites each day, except sometimes, but within the course of the week, I drift to them, on
and o.
Yes, like everyone else out there, I CRAVE interaction with the fans. But unfortunately, many of the sites I
go to are deserted.
So if youre trying to nd where I am, Im probably behind the curtain on one of these sites...
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Cyber City Internet Cafe of Winter Park (2012-11-28 18:20)
Sounds like a fun place to log into my YouTube and Netix Accounts! Ill be stopping by at some point. I
want to see what thats all about...ever since I drove past it one day.
I think YouTube, Netix, and streaming copyrighted material are gonna help a LOT of edging internet cafes
catch up to Starbucks in the long run, IF they draw in enough business.
Might as well.
Finally, a place in public to hang out that isnt Borders! My needs are met.
New Tech [Concept] Unveiled...Coming to YouTube, in 2015, New Software that Will
Revolutionize Uploading to the Web 2.0 (2012-11-28 18:58)
YOUTUBE DIRECT DVD UPLOADER
This upcoming software will function as an all in one package that merges the technology of DVD le
management, Magic DVD Ripper, and the YouTube/Google Uploading System.
Just as soon as I nd a programmer to hire to build the technology.
Or if someone else beats me to the programming punch. Either way, YOUR DVDs are all gonna end up
getting uploaded to YouTube, or competing companies with more liberal uploading copyright policies who
will put YOUTUBEs copyright fascism to SHAME some day.
It WILL happen. Just you watch.
[Straight From the Source of the Upload Master]
You know, Ive always said If its good enough for my Bank Account Its Good Enough
For ME (2012-11-28 19:17)
Naw. Im just shitting you. Ive NEVER said that. I Dont even HAVE a bank account. But I WILL...
Crotchety Old Man Geezer Dad (2012-11-29 04:49)
My adoptive father is 63 years old, and he acts the part too. Pretty much being a crotchety old man whos
going senile and yells at me a lot. He eats food that resembles his own stool sample. Rot in Pieces, Cary.
Have fun choking down your 50 pills a day.
Hes such a nasty disgusting man its more than a little gross.
Im 29.
Fashion Sense (2012-11-29 07:23)
Hmm, lets see here. When Im not drawing Trenchcoats, cloaks, Japanese Young Man School Uniforms, and
Chinese Dynasty and Trappist Uniforms with my own spin on them....
Im drawing suits.
The biggest inuences on my suit design Japanese Silhouette aesthetic (this side of the John Woo / Jason
Statham, and Jet Li brand of Yakuza and Triad movies) is Tarantinos 2 most famous lms this side of Kill
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Bill (which also has suits). Of course, Im talking about the lms Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. Characters
such as Vincent Vega and Jules and their various hilarious and cool conversations and shenanigans in Pulp
Fiction, and the gangsters in Reservoir Dogs and Al Pacino lms, the Italian and Independent Miramax
brand of lmmaking, just kind of carried over into the way I draw many of my character costume design in
my manga. Wolfwood from Trigun, Heat Guy J, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Gungrave set the anime bar pretty
high in terms of fashion design and the rhythm of the clothing. The sleekness of it all. Young Adult Males
in particular LOVE this sort of thing! Even when theyre an organized crime member, they still look like a
million bucks.
As for AUTHORS and Screenwriters who most inuence the literature I produce:
They would include (currently, not all time) Tolkien, Frank Miller, Tom Clancy, HP Lovecraft, Mario Puzo,
Robert E. Howard, Aaron McGruder, and the Shaw Brothers Studio in the 1960s (good luck nding and
reading any of their scripts though. Im more inuenced by the actual choreography than the literary of
1960s Hong Kong. Script examples, online for 1960s Hong Kong Wuxia, are scarce. Asian cinema, from a
literary perspective actually has more journalism and scholarly text (by writers like me) written about it
in the United States and Asia than actual production writing and scripts on display. In other words, most
people dont know how kung-fu and Asian Wuxia and Japanese cinema is actually drafted and written by its
own authors. The emphasis, historically has been visual. Until I CAME ALONG of course! Heh. I always
found that kind of weird.
Promotional Tour (2012-11-29 08:30)
I do love Travel. God how I love Travel!
I want to Travel The World some day.
Id really like to travel the world to promote my mainstream work some day. If Ive got any mainstream work
to promote, and even if not.
Dammit, I just wanna get out!
Anybody want to fund my travel expenses?
Just thought Id ask. It would go to a good cause. Mainly the cause of getting me out of an away from my
parents house.
Ah, I see they have a pre-prepared response for EVERY SINGLE THING I will ever
say.....Well, in that case.... (2012-11-29 13:58)
Reads from the phonebook aloud...for the next ten years.
How to Get a Larger Audience on Blogger (From a Comic Artist Perspective)
(2012-11-29 15:28)
1. Always Link the Articles You Actually WANT the world to see, which would probably be all of them,
to your TWITTER ACCOUNT.
2. Use as many pictures in your article as possible. People enjoy picturess
3. Post comics youve created and your NEWEST work no ones seen before.
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Im Becoming Quite the Expert at Making Contacts in Hollywood and Los Angeles,
Digitally (2012-11-29 21:31)
Ive emailed at least 3 to 4 main players in the Greater Los Angeles Area in the last 3 years alone, and
because of my willingness to network in animation and comics through email, Ive gained some very inuential
contacts in my inbox.
Im surprised more artists dont think to sell themselves in this way (email).
Animation Race Card, Till recently... (2012-11-29 21:48)
I always felt like the online international Asian art community took me less seriously than 100 % as an artist,
ironically enough, seemingly because my genes are not 100 % Asian. The harder I worked, the more I realized
it had more to do with international reputation and stature in the Asian and American communities than
ANY kind of artwork I could ever produce. No matter what I did, and STILL do, no matter what I draw it
will probably never be taken seriously by white artists OR Asian artists. Many of elite artists despise me and
my so-called :big ego purely because I dont fully belong to any one specic culture, but am instead a new
generation of cultural artists: The Mutts. The Half-Bloods. The Mixed Bloods. The Multiracial artists.
But yeah, Ive always got that kind of reaction from the fans. THEY HATE IT. And I mean, the REALLY
hate it, American and Japanese anime fan alike.
To Americans, my style is too detailed, too Asian.
To ASIANS, my style is too simple, too white, too abstract, too American and Western
I get rejected enough equally by most artists in BOTH countries
The RACE CARD has always inuenced my popularity, or LACK THEREOF
Fine, I can accept this. Youll never accept me Asia. Great....
I have yet to see if the race issue aects my employment status in animation and comics.
I started o in this world with NOTHING. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Ground Zero. No money. No family. No friends.
No education. No overwhelming talent. No connections. NOTHING!!!!
Whatever legacy I leave on this earth at the end of my life, whatever revolution and empires I start in art,
literature, comics, animation, computers, technology, and media business will have been 100 % self made.
Built from the ground up. Built by an Builder and Architect who had to build his empire using NOTHING
to aid him at the beginning. Any money I earn from my career, any fame I achieve, any power I have, CAME
FROM ME. I inherited a big fat NOTHING from my family resource and connections-wise. Even my genetic
lineage is questionable. But it does exist somewhere, far o in posterity records of future researchers and
outer space.
It Almost feels like action and martial arts comics have fallen out of fashion in Japan
(2012-11-29 23:49)
The era of great ghting manga that isnt just shonen coming out of Japan seems to be over, or at least
on hiatus. I go to the Japanese comics stores online, and what do I mostly see? Porn. Cute girls. Hentai,
fanserice. And boatloads of it. Arousing, but not to testosterone!
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If you want action shows and comics, watch stu like Toonami. Because chances are you wont nd that kind
of thing in Japan mostly. Toonami packages its anime and action in its own branded way. Toonami action is
way more intense than most manga in Japan.
Japanese anime is slightly better and less vulgar than manga. It still makes porn, but not as much as Japanese
manga does!
Im a little Disappointed with the Current Japanese comics publishing scene....Why?
Read on. Ill tell you...NO ACTION!!! (2012-11-30 10:06)
Am I inuenced by most modern manga? Hardly. Modern manga retailers in Japan these days are so deprived
of the modern day Katsuhiro Otomos and Hiroaki Samuras. I log onto Japanese Amazon, and all I see is
sexy girl manga, or really perverted hentai, or eloquent boys love or Yaoi. Nothing like what Im used to
in the states. Its all very naughty. It left me high and dry. Where is all the ACTION and Manly Martial
Arts Comics I wondered. Does Japan even make real action comics anymore. Shows and studios like Avatar:
The Last Airbender, Teen Titans, The Boondocks, and Titmouse have got Japans comic books beat in the
contemporary action department, hands down. I guess all this isolation from Japanese society left me blind
to the reality of it. That most Japanese manga nowadays is just porn!
But not all Asia has lost its martial arts way like Japanese manga has. Fortunately for readers worldwide,
theres two countries in particular that make comics of the manga variety with TONS of good old fashioned
ASIAN Action Martial Arts and Ass-Kicking in them: China and Korea.
Chinese and Korean comics are still being made quite often today, and its obvious the Koreans and Chinese
know how to draw ghting and martial arts in sequential art form just as much as the Japanese do. Theyre
picking up a lot of the slack Japan is leaving lately when it neglects action and martial arts combat in favor
of pornographic imagery.
Some actual GOOD comics that are action?
Avatar The Last Airbender
Naruto
One Piece
Bleach (Lotta ller material though)
Rurouni Kenshin
Priest
Jackal(s)
Tales of the Blood Sword
Trigun
Claymore
Berserk
Dragonball Z
Star Wars Comics
Blade of the Immortal
Felipe Smith
Batman
Spawn
Scud: The Disposable Assassin
Tank Girl
Queen and Country
The Gunwitch
The Nocturnals
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2.12 December
Well, Im happy for now... (2012-12-02 18:18)
Things seem to be looking up for me. Im on the verge of a breakthrough with my work and have gotten
noticed by an important animation producer in Los Angeles, and as a result, Im not depressed and fatigued
anymore.
PSP? Probably... (2012-12-03 12:59)
Probably gonna buy a PSP system. Ive wanted to start buying and playing games again for a long time
now. Been waiting a long time for the opportunity to be a gamer again. Lots changed since Ive last played
a game on a game system I own. SNES is collecting dust. PSP is the what Im gonna get. They got a lotta
great titles from Square Enix, one of my favorite Japanese publishers.
What? Yeah, Im stilll ALIVE, actually. Dont let the tombstone fool you....
(2012-12-03 17:59)
Alive enough to draw this thing anyway.....
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[1]
Soundtrack to this Thing: #ToonamiIsBackBitches, Richie Branson
On a technical level, I dont see anything this wicked out there on TV or the internet. I STILL DONT SEE
ANYTHING EXACTLY LIKE IT....anywhere pretty much. So Im not worried. This kind of style is hard
rip o. Well, its hard to rip o successfully anyway. Better play Johnny Bravo....!
What?? No, I didnt mean it like that! How could you even THINK such a thing about my intentions. I dont
do this sort of thing to get press coverage in the Ninja World....Ah, you got me. Okay, maybe a little...But
ONLY SORT OF.....Actually, I do this because I love it. Press is good to me half the time though, so thats
a bonus...
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There seems to be a whole shitload of people.... (2012-12-04 09:18)
Who just seem to want to do what I do, and follow in my footsteps.
Why on earth anyone would want to face THAT MUCH hostility & rejection [from EVERYONE] is BEYOND
ME.
Kind of confuses me a bit. Trying to perfect your art can be dicult when so many people only want to pay
attention to your surface details and personality.
Eh, its a living.....
Well, actually, I remember I at one point really admired Dave Sim, then when everyone accused him of being
a misogynist in the media and online because of shit he wrote somewhere and the shitstorm of shallow
animosity it unleashed on him, I very well could have been foreseeing my own controversy and destiny....one
of great conict and animosity from the public and peers. I remember seeing how HATED Dave Sim was,
just as I am now, and thinking to myself Wow. That guy gets under certain peoples skin just for bashing
feminism, a stupid concept anyway. He is SO FUCKING AWESOME!!! I love the hated guy. I always
have, ever since the 90s. Probably because I AM the hated guy. Thats one aspect of celebrity and publicity I
can relate to: Being hated. The hated guy is almost always the one that reects the truth about how nasty
society really is. How were always ready to throw a brick and a stone on the guy (or girl) who really doesnt
commit a crime, but instead commits the crime of showcasing the worst aspects were afraid of seeing and
especially confronting in ourselves. From Marilyn Manson to Fred Durst to mugshots. I love it all! I love
watching people acting like bitches about stu. Its fun to LAUGH at the stupidity and thoughtless lynch
mob mentality of the biased and bigoted (among other things) general public.
But Cerebus is quite the comic. I always sense an unrened RAGE and ANGER and HATRED about Dave
Sim and his best work, Cerebus. And I like Gundam too. In their prime they were driven by Anger and
Rage. And Hatred. So is Metal and Hip-Hop. And Goth culture. Is this a dangerous element:? Maybe, but
emotionally, channeling Anger, Rage, and Unfettered Hatred into An Epic Narrative and Lyricism is VERY
appealing. Go ahead and KILL THOSE BITCHES. Youre creative spirit will be eternally grateful to you.
Channeling Anger and Rage into narratives, lyrics, and art is okay in my opinion. Theres a certain virtuosic
quality to approaching art and narratives in that way. But if youre anger ceases, youll be less inspired.
Angry Masterpieces are Better. They JUST ARE...
Its an Unspoken Truth, that sometimes to Reach Paradise, Heaven, sometimes we have to channel and invoke
the the Wrath & Flames of Hell Itself. We often must risk Damnation to Attain Transcendence.
I dont know if its just me, but currently, most cartoons on TV feel a little Prozac Happy, with fake ass
characters, fake ass motivations, fake assed design and fake ass smiles. There are so many fake smiles and
fake corporate happiness on TV recently. None of its real. Theres a dierence between being a person with
a burning passion and rage of life whos gonna annihilate something, and just being a worthless, uptight
PRICK DICK Just another phony.
My Future In Comics and Publishing (2012-12-04 11:11)
Honestly, Im still in love with real indie comics and manga. I dont read as many new titles. Most of the
better titles in comics are older and were published around 2001, a golden era for modern comics if you ask
me.
But in case they ARE reading this, Id love to eventually team up with either SLG and/or Oni. Id LOVE to
do an End Times / Parallax miniseries with EITHER ONE of those publishers. Working with Dark Horse,
Image, Oni, or SLG would be a high honor for me if I ever attained it. Just as much of an honor as working
with an anime studio.
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Oni and SLG (and to a degree, Dark Horse and Image) from the black and white artwork to the eccentric
storytelling are very in tune with my own sensibilities.
To me, thats quite the step up from Webcomics Nation. I know I have a good thing going ALREADY, but I
still do want to one day work with a normal publisher. I dont plan to only self-publish for the rest of my
life. When I nish more work, either written or illustrated, Id like to pursue a relationship with a more
mainstream publisher in a more conventional sense. Theres still a lot of honor in printed publishing, if you
ask me...Not to mention more money....
Not concerned about status (2012-12-04 11:50)
If Im being completely honest about what motivates me. Its the fans positive reactions to my artwork. That
makes me feel the best.
Getting a positive reaction from the press, media, and fans (even indirectly or by proxy) for my work, and
especially my artwork that positive feedback is really all the incentive I need to continue drawing indenitely.
I love when people notice and acknowledge my artwork in a positive way.
As long as I keep getting positive feedback, Ill keep trying my best and giving my all, and ultimately doing
more comics....
PSP, Awww yeah. (2012-12-06 11:25)
Got a PSP recently.
The Pen and Page....of Destiny (2012-12-08 20:54)
I made a vow to myself before.
I once made a promise to myself Id draw a comic book one day.
Some odd years back, I said to myself I MUST nish work on completing a graphic novel, before I get old
and die.
Ive nished my rst attempt at a graphic novel, imperfect though as it may be. And I couldnt help but
notice, Im still alive!
Thats a load o. Well, I nished my rst graphic novel before I DIED. So Im good.
Say, wheres the chapter on the history of Chinese Literature before the mid to late
Twentieth Century?? (2012-12-09 21:19)
WHAT history?
There never was, and still often is no FREEDOM of speech in China. Not without invoking the wrath of
bloodthirsty government funded Maoists anyway.
Truth is, you wrote about mysticism, spirituality, freedom of expression or speech and press, and religion
ANYwhere in China anytime before the year 2000, chances are your own countries GOVERNMENT would
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in all reality COME AFTER YOU and make great eorts to silence you, maybe even kill you if you say
ANYthing contrary to the government.
In a country like China, writing is a democratic luxury most Chinese COULDNT AFFORD TO FEEL THE
UNADULTERATED JOY of expressing oneself with words until only just in the last few years.
Work Work Work! Time Is Money! (2012-12-10 16:41)
Well it is with me anyway. My net worth increases every, oh, lets say, SEVEN HOURS or so, every day of
the week.
Migration Patterns. I SEE Whats Happening Here... (2012-12-11 11:23)
The anime industry is putting a lot MORE eort into going digital and being on places like Amazon, Netix,
iTunes, YouTube, and Roku.....
And its putting a hell of a lot less eort into being on Nickelodeon, Time Warner, and Disney....
Ones been deserted in favor of the other..and its made fans of anime PISSED.
And when the fans have become THIS PISSED, one must wonder, are anime execs doing the right thing?
Apparently, we anime fans dont HAVE anything to veg out on, on a couch and shut our brains o to.
Better get comfortable in that computer chair...
Strategywiki.org? Where have you BEEN all my life! (2012-12-11 14:41)
I stopped playing video games right around the time most of their graphics when digital. Something about
the none 2-D Depth Perception of the level wandering threw me o and oended my perception. I was always
used to everything on screen being so...at, and not getting lost in this nonlinear world, where you DONT
follow the formula of walking from Point A to Point B.
Now, Im actually making an eort to get back into games.
I recently purchased a copy of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, the prequel game to FFVII, and Im digging
it. Was doing some internet research about strategy guides for RPGs on StrategyWiki.org, but noticed how
many games HAVE strategy guides online nowadays that anyone can browse and read to beat any level of
pretty much any game recently...It was just recently when I realized something about gaming and strategy
guides. The game publishers DONT REALLY WANT YOU TO FIGURE EVERYTHING OUT ON YOUR
OWN. Thats why I uses strategy guides and walkthroughs for the games I play. Or at least I do from now
on.
Shaving Beards, The Old Fashioned Way.... (2012-12-11 18:23)
Bout a week, week and a HALF ago, I shaved my beard. I do that sometimes. But this particular time I
shaved the beard with a traditional razor, as opposed to an electric one.
Sometimes in my daily/nightly routine I like to swiggidy switch it up.
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So I had....The Most Wonderful Opportunity The Other Week..... (2012-12-11 18:50)
To talk to an animation insider through digital correspondence. Ben Kalina of Titmouse Inc. (Motorcity)
fame. And though I didnt talk to him a lot, the guy knows his stu! I love the fact that he knows exactly
how much it costs to be a producer, tactically AND logistically. Supervising producer as is the case with him.
Ben Kalina knows his stu.
Unfortunately, my family and home state cant seem to function properly with-
out me...Me being absent, in ANYTHING (pretty much) is viewed as disruptive...
(2012-12-11 21:48)
Not exactly the fairest deal. But I blame myself. For being BORN.
Like my pet cats. They feel abandonment issues almost every time I leave them alone in a room. Give them
enough time theyll start scouring the earth in search of me.
MYEOW!!!
Well, being needed makes me feel good and loved, but seriously, why does everyone in my life seem so helpless
without me there?
Code of Conduct (2012-12-12 08:51)
Have a good creative and innovative imagination, be ingenious in your own eyes, work hard, be honest most
of the time, treat others with respect, play fair, ght to be treated fairly, neva stop hustlin (like any good
entrepreneur gangsta), and one day maybe you CAN be as good as this!
Awesome Fucker I Am... (2012-12-12 12:57)
Name is mc. Hey ladies, please gather round my balls.
One at a time, get in line, this is a cattle call.
I will inspect via sex if youve got what it takes.
Time to disrobe all your clothes and give my tube a taste.
I hit the bush and the tush, shes screaming 9-11.
I make her gush in the puss, shes leaking like a levy.
I got her legs in the air like theyre TV antennae.
Ill ll her box with my cock and make her cable ready.
Fail to foresee that mc was such an awesome fucker.
All the ladies beggin please. I say, Hey, take a number!
Let my dick rest, it is raw, now is the time for slumber.
When I awake I will take control and bring the thunder.
Im like a boy in the barn. Ill fuck you by the horses.
Im like the guy on the side who makes girls get divorces.
Im like the coach that you poke while youre at tennis practice.
I like my balls in your throat, this is a dirty racket.
I like to fuck in my trunks, yes I prefer jacuzzi.
I fell her nails, hear her wail then I impale her cootie.
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We make a mess for the guest and fuck up the lter.
I guess I get her head wet, but thats how Jesus built her!
Fail to foresee that mc was such an awesome fucker.
All the ladies beggin please. I say, Hey, take a number!
Let my dick rest, it is raw, now is the time for slumber.
When I awake I will take control and bring the thunder.
Fail to foresee that mc was such an awesome fucker.
All the ladies beggin please. I say, Hey, take a number!
Let my dick rest, it is raw, now is the time for slumber.
When I awake I will take control and bring the thunder.
Fail to foresee that mc was such an awesome fucker.
All the ladies beggin please. I say, Hey, take a number!
Let my dick rest, it is raw, now is the time for slumber.
When I awake I will take control and bring the thunder.
To Nicole...
What I name myself online is ALWAYS a protable asco (2012-12-12 13:10)
...Much like your whore moms kootchy.
All My Character Designs Look Like Withering Dying Trees, But Thats Just Because
All The Kids At School Cuss and Yell at me in Science Class (2012-12-13 10:24)
Hey, WE ALL dont like being abused by others.....I think?
The key is to keep persevering. Thats what I did anyway.
Actually, I still do that. Not as much as before the internet though.
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Paris & a .45 (2012-12-14 10:10)
[1]
Thats Very Funny. A Fly Marrying a Bumblebee....
Artists Notes:
Foreground and character design drawn on Nov. 10th
Background (sky, ground, Eiel Tower) rendered Today
Im digging through old designs, concept art, and illustration, and adding things like backgrounds and
perspective to them, adding a richer sense of compositions. I always did like full compositions more. I
know I tend to draw the opposite of that way (with just the character in the foreground with white or black
background, but even I tend to like full page compositions better than compositions that only have 1 character
on them and nothing else.....
Story behind it:
Ive been wanting to add more detail and a fuller, more dense and crowded composition to NUMEROUS
older drawings Ive done. In truth Ive done a lot of dierent drawings, but often a lot of them look almost
too simple for me to be happy with them. Either theyre not polished or truly eshed out, or they lack
textural variety, or theyre at with no perspective or depth in the background. Ive wanted to go back and
remaster and touchup old sketches Ive done for YEARS now. But it was just today that I DID go back
and add some depth and density to a handful of them..I dont know whether it was laziness or artists block,
but I always felt some kind of heavy and negative energy eld interfering with me reconnecting with older
sketches and adding density elements to them, like perspective, hatching, eects, backgrounds, and a dense
composition (i.e. what Katsuhiro Otomo and Moebius do), because truthfully, once I stopped working for
one day on a 10 to 30 minute sketch, Id add it to my pile/stack of sketches, and would never hear from it
again. Left me with a big sense of incompleteness on the bulk of my work. Now I seem to have entered some
kind of Revisionist and Polish Mode where going back and correcting my compositions with more depth
and perspective IS possible. Which is considerably less depressing.
Secrets of How He Did It:
How I got the likeness of the Eiel Towers details right: Simple. I used 2 things: Cross hatching for the
metal, and a ruler on the proportions. I was looking at a photographic reference of the REAL Eiel Tower
when I drew its architecture. I used a construction line that was essentially 1 vertical line drawn WITH a
small ruler I own to size up the proportions of the tower. If you want your backgrounds and costume to look
REALLY good, dont always draw EVERYthing by hand. Most, if not all realistic architecture in Japanese
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anime and in detailed animation and comics is drawn with a ruler, as are swords and other props. Dont be
afraid to Draw with a ruler for your backgrounds. Its how you make your backgrounds look professional.
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Heres What a Small-Minded, Small Time Web development operator will tell you...
(2012-12-14 16:09)
When you tell him youd like to nd programmers to help you because youre interested in starting your own
dot com business in the tradition of streaming video sites like YouTube, but you leave out the small detail
youre the guy who BUILT most of YouTubes functionality....singlehandedly, by being a pioneer engineer.
Are you living in a FANTASY world or something?? Your idea sounds like a guaranteed failure. It would
never work. How many people do you think would be INTO your website business idea anyway. I can assure
you, in terms of video uploading, youre nowhere near their league. Besides, I can tell just by talking to you
youd never be able to aord the monthly costs of maintaining anything at THAT level&
This was what an operator at a programmers for hire site told me when I told him I wanted to start my own
website business, but left out its because the one I already built refused to pay me any money or royalties for
my free labor.
What I didnt tell him was that Im the guy who was the rst person to upload copyrighted material to
YouTube. WHAT other websites are doing what I want to do?? Oh, you mean the ones, or should I say the
ONE I BUILT MYSELF?
Pretty frustrating&What a schmuck.
I hate being NOT RECOGNIZED. Cant a guy catch a break.
Visual Stimuli... (2012-12-15 05:12)
Its important to look at something when you draw. Always be adding onto and touching up old drawings,
and always have some art object to trace in your mind. Never only use a blank page. Always use other art
as reference. Never just try to pull something out of the void in and of itself. Youll fail unless you do have
and use a page-sized ruler and comic book art to look at.
Does a Cartoonist Ever Really Outgrow Saturday Morning Toons, Anime and Other-
wise (2012-12-15 06:03)
Seriously....I NEED my Cartoon Network First thing I do after I wake up and drink coee 8 a.m. Pokemon-
Beyblade mornin coee time toon x! Its like oxygen. Morning toons are like energy drinks, attened eggs,
and morning exercise. They energize me and help me prepare for my day, mentally and physically. In the
morning, everything is clean, new and fresh. Especially if I wake up before my everyone. Its heaven. From
the chirping birds in the backyard, to the morning dew covering the front and back lawn.
Theres a sacred beauty to the morning that heals me, gives me vitality that the afternoon and evening dont
give me.
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What Ive been working on, since YouTube in my Tech R&D Dept. (2012-12-15 11:20)
Ive been experimenting with algorithms. Streaming digital video algorithms, to be specic. Almost got a
patent it with an attorney, but the lawyers said he found certain patents that were already attained which
were too similar.
Lately Ive been working with Windows Media Player, and video algorithms. Video A.I., so to speak. If my
newest tech development assessment is correct, one day TV network shows wont be broadcasted by humans,
but shows will air one after another based on an algorithm. Youll be able to make a list of [video] les, and
whatever order you arrange the lenames in is the order of the list that will be broadcasted. I discovered this
new form of video showcasing and broadcasting algorithms when I was experimenting with my ripped video
collection and le management skills. I love toggling with my computer les and arranging them....Video
sequence arrangement was the next logical step. Some websites already do similar things, but theres so much
more we can do with the technology! We havent even scratched the surface of algorithm technology! Some
day, theyll gure out how to get a computer Windows Media Player-esque video le to replace a Master
Tape, WITHOUT skipping, scrambling, or losing its signal. YouTube plays billions of videos a day, and the
majority of their signals dont even get disrupted. You mean to tell me YouTube can get digital videos to
play for billions of hours without skipping or losing a signal, yet TV networks dont want to bother investing
their budgets into developing technology that broadcasts a digital signal on TV from a video computer le? I
mean, computers run Hollywood theaters and movie special eects, yet TV is still doing...what is it, analog?
Master Tapes? It probably WILL happen one day. People just have to gure out how...
Thats right! GIR [from Invader Zim] is the next Programming Executive, the next Sean Akins and Mike
Lazzo!!! LOLOLOLOLO!!!!!! Robots will be running TV one day just like the internet websites are most of
the time.
[1]AUTOMATE THIS:
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[3]I STILL GOTTA READ THIS BOOK, but I WILL. ITS RELEVANT.
Thats right. This Law of Robotics [see Asimov and I, Robot] will someday apply to Network Television
too, once they stop relying on Tapes to air shows and instead use computers, if that happens. I suspect its
only a matter of time.
1. http://amzn.com/1591844924
2. http://amzn.com/1591844924
3. http://amzn.com/1591844924
You Know Me, Im Pure Asian.... (2012-12-15 13:53)
That means I believe in Crushing My Rival Totally and Tapdancing on his Grave...
...Before he HAS the opportunity to do that exact thing to ME....
Its a Darwinian Thing...
Got a business or book idea you want to advertise on TV? (2012-12-15 19:09)
Googles got you covered....
Googles now made it possible for anyone to produce a commercial and upload it directly to TV for all sorts
of products, YouTube style....
Check this link for details...
[1]http://www.google.com/ads/tv/
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1. http://www.google.com/ads/tv/
With a Trusty Book and Trade Paperback By His Side (2012-12-16 18:16)
I gotta tell you the truth. The only books and comics I keep by my side and read like the bible, is the ones I
self-publish and self-print and that exist exclusively within my own library of books. Im addicted to liking
my OWN work. I read it more than the Bible itself! SOME day others will be able to read it all, but for now
Its All Mine!
Unevenly Distributed Gifts..... (2012-12-16 20:37)
Yknow, my ART is often nothing more than the mongoloid cousin of my literary abilities, which are perfect.
But god loves all our babies, does He Not?
Just as [Adult Swim]s Comedy portion of its programming is the slow Mongoloid Cousin of its Action and
Toonami Programming, so too are the inferiority of my art when compared to the inferiority of my literature.
Its tough to explain, but Im passionate about both, even if Im only good at one most of the time. Im not
bad at art all the time. Just a lot of it. I draw like Tim Burton and Genndy Tartakovsky more often than
Frank Miller, Michelangelo, JMW Turner, or Eugene Delacroix.
TOGETHER (2012-12-17 12:56)
ToGETHER, with my trusty sidekicks, SUICIDE GIRLS, HR GIGER, and Hugh Jackman, We Shall Dominate
The Remains of Humanity AND THE UNIVERSE!!!!
AH HAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHHHAH!!!!
Quite the team we are...
Top Tags Associated With My Name(s) and/or Celebrity Online (2012-12-17 13:21)
Blogging, Comedy, Animation, Anime, Social Media, Algorithms and A.I., Twitter, YouTube, Inventor,
Author, News and Reporters, Music, Tech and Silicon Valley, Father, Europe, Asia, Design, Epic, Noir,
Action, Fantasy, Lolita, Nerd, Artist, Comics, Comic Books, Webcomics, Architecture, Voice Actor, TV,
New Media, Adult Swim, Toonami, Barack Obama, Cartoon Network, Co-Production, France, China, Japan,
Digital, Erotic, International
Yeah, One Person Rejected me and my Invention, Emphasis on ONE.... (2012-12-17 14:35)
Im still pursuing my technology and unlicensed invention. Some guy on the phone told me No Way and I
ALMOST let it crush me for good. I guess negativity gets to me THAT MUCH. That Id give up on a great
idea just because some guy on the phone criticizes me.
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Thats only ONE REJECTION.
Todd McFarlane got rejected by over A HUNDRED publishers!
Truth is, you cant let one guy telling you No make you give up.
I almost DID give up after that indignation, but Im NOT giving up. NOT anymore.
Never GIVE up. You can do and engineer anything you set your mind to. In some ways I already did. But I
could do so much more...
Ever Since I became an Inventor and Engineer, My career so far has been short, but
lucrative..... (2012-12-17 16:16)
If I just count raw ideas, in the last three years Ive invented 20 dierent concepts for 20 entirely new, entirely
innovative inventions. Im a regular Howard Hughes.
My Inventors Notebook is actually starting to get more thick, full of online articles, theories, functions,
commands, hand drawn schematics. The Works.
I have an Academic Dream.... (2012-12-17 16:41)
And its the study computers and engineering at The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and/or
the University of Michigan.
If I really am as good with computers and engineering, reverse-engineering as everyone else seems to say I
am, maybe I should further my education in computer science. I already mastered basic computer science.
Its the math and code based elements I dont entirely understand. A lot of my knowledge about computers
is intuitive. I let my intuition and technical knowledge guide me when making web applications.
What it Feels Like to Write One of the Longest Manuscripts in the History of the World
(My Achievement) (2012-12-17 19:44)
Its a deeply gratifying achievement, reaching and going over the Million-Word Manuscript Realm.
Ive written one of the longest manuscripts in the History of the World. One of my Bigger Secrets involving
my Literary Career.
-J.M. Matthews
Word on the Street is...Google.... (2012-12-19 10:36)
Is losing its edge because it thinks social media is more important than everything and abandons its actual
innovative eort and R &D in an eort to compete.
I dont agree with this. Just because I use Twitter doesnt mean Im not using YouTube and Search as well,
because I am.
Stick with what youre good at, Google, which apparently isnt social media...
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When I get a house of my own.... (2012-12-19 15:28)
I am so putting a Tech R &D Laboratory in that thing.
Boy and his toys.
Tis the Season....
Im a Better Technologist Than Most....And my Ideal Life is going to reect that....
History Channel, you better air SOMETHING about lm, the arts, comics, animation,
literature, and historic inventors and Big Business Entrepreneurs that doesnt suck....
(2012-12-19 19:40)
Considering how SCARY the current Family and Kids Channel Landscape is (meaning its an unforgivable
wasteland, thered BETTER be some high culture programming on that isnt a cartoon for a change.
Im ready for mature but sophisticated LIVE ACTION TV
Cartoons on the telly now are just so wrong and depressing...ESPECIALLY ADULT SWIM!
I dont think I could LIVE WITH MYSELF if I spent the rest of my lifetime lying on a couch watching
nothing but WORTHLESS PUPPET HALF-ASSED AMERICAN cartoon shows.
Bring on the real life.
Annoying Fan Nerd Bastards (2012-12-20 14:05)
My annoying fan bastards are EVERYWHERE. I cant get a moments peace with these people. The
funny thing about fans is, no matter how much you hate on your fans theyre still stupid enough to follow
you....EVERYWHERE.
I used to want to be nice to my fans, but theyre annoying, persistent jerks, bastards, bitches, and freaks.
Fans r dumb. Thats why you can be mean to them and they stay fans.
REAL Friends This Emo Moment Brought to you by the Emo Conglomerate
(2012-12-20 17:05)
What the fuck are you talking about? My friends in middle school, my best friends, ALWAYS accepted
me as I was. They were always honest, never bullshitted me, didnt abandon me. They werent a bunch of
sociopaths, tyrants, moles, rats, and backstabbing gluttons and greedy backstabbers like the people in my life
now. The Supercial Crowd that only hangs on my nuts cuz they think they can get something from me....
But theyre NOT HERE ANYMORE. After things got dicult in all your lives, They skipped town and
moved on with their lives. They knew better than to stay in this shit pit of a small shit town chasing silly
ideals that have long gone stale, where all your neighbors are pricks and asshole jerkos. Face it, your friends
left you and never looked back.
Yeah? Well that doesnt mean Im ever gonna forget or get over them.
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If you DONT see me online much for the rest of 2012, theres a good reason for that
Im not telling any of you about.... (2012-12-20 17:21)
More than likely you wont see me online much because Im brooding. In some ways I am the most emo, of
emos.
Though I have built an enormous empire of media, art, and technology out of nothing, even I miss how
things....used to be. Despite my success and immense power, things felt better when I HADNT grown up
enough to make my family resent the adult me.
Fan Trivia about my YouTube channel: Nearly all of the retro content on my channel was hand picked by
me. All the songs, TV shows, and music songs, albums, and anime and animation and clips that existed
before YouTube, but made it into my favorites section in the present, was based on the experiences and
visions in 90s, 80s, and early 2000s media and video that moved me on a personal level as a wayward youth,
as a child, or as an adolescent. I found the most truth in escaping to an alternate universe built up and stored
in my mind and memory, lingering in a favorite alternative rock album or anime VHS tape or something.
That was where the real inspiration for my brand of YouTube lies. In the emotions I got from the past, not
the empire I built in the present. Sometimes the past DOES build the bridge to the future. Even if that one
video doesnt make sense now, it meant a HELL of a lot to me at the time, the rst time I saw it in real life,
not online.
Take care. And Be Good to one another, for goodness sake.
Please, hold your calls.... (2012-12-20 20:13)
Sorry folks.
I dont do cool ass Samurai Ninja Blade Worlds Greatest Vigilante Detective stu around Holidays or
weekends.
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Was Practicing Dramatic Portraiture The Other Day....Anything but Gags...
(2012-12-21 14:50)
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The Devil (2012-12-21 15:23)
The Devil denitely enjoys a Good Laugh more than most saints, with perhaps the only exception being The
Buddha himself.
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When I rst got into Comics...I didnt realize a few things.... (2012-12-21 15:40)
For one, without an editor there to tell me otherwise, I never realized what a big deal describing a title your
working on before you actually nished the nal page or the rst chapter WAS a big deal.
Then after I opened my big mouth, I saw 1,000 bad knock os of the concept I described, and I kind of had
to sit back in awe. So THATS why youre supposed to be secretive about your work! Competition cheats
and rips you o, and steals from anything you put online! Duh!
The Horrible Horrible Terrifying Truth About Anime (2012-12-21 16:35)
Most anime of the last 5 years only gets licensed in America for DVD IF and ONLY if its made with 14 year
old underage pervert artist girls in mind as a demographic. Obviously theyre the only ones WATCHING
THAT SHIT.
Ghosts and tortured souls keep haunting my monitor... (2012-12-21 16:47)
HELP....meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....................
HELP, Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee........................
My soul wont rest.......................
HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE....................
Damn buddy, wish I could help you out, but apparently... Yer a GHOST!
List: Classic Things That Inuenced Japan and Manga or Anime (2012-12-22 19:31)
John Woo
Hollywood
Walt Disney
Film Noir
Batman
Heavy Metal / Death Metal / Thrash
Punk
Alternative Rock
Pop
Hip-Hop
Pornography
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France
French Comics
Moebius
Fleischer
Windsor McCay
Henry Darger
Todd McFarlane
George Lucas
Star Wars
Maya Deren
North America
Canada
Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino
The Matrix
The Wahowski Brothers
Gun Fu
Chinese Folklore
Chinese Martial Arts Choreography
China
Mythology
DON WE NOW OUR GUN APPAREL, FA LA LA, LA LA LA, LA. LA. LA!
(2012-12-23 10:30)
Merry Christmas, From Action Movie Halloween Town.....
Heres an all new comic...
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WHAAATAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (2012-12-23 12:22)
[1]
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2012: A Year of Accomplishments, in Review (2012-12-24 11:56)
2012
A List of Accomplishments and Activities for This Year
Finished work on Art Manifested, my First Commercial Art Book
Issued a Press Release for Art, Manifested, My First Commercial Art Book
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Started an Art Journal Scrapbook collecting all my creative notes
Entered Animation Magazine Pitch Party 2012 Contest
Got my Artwork Portfolio Reviewed by Andrew Ahn, an administrator at Calarts
Released The Imaginomicon, My Second Commercial book, a book of Journals through Book Tango
Traded @Tweets w/ Anipipo
Contributed Online Promotion to Barack Obama 2012 Re-Election Campaign
Traded emails w/ Supervising Producer @ Titmouse about animation business logistics
Considered Teaching Classes About What Im Good At
Just in time for the Holidays: No One Gets Rich in Self-Publishing. For the Most Part,
No One Makes ANY Money From Self-Publishing..... (2012-12-24 17:53)
TV and Film actually pay people, and if you create a hit, you dont HAVE TO worry about money anymore
if that does happy, and therefore pay better (but rst you must realistically ask yourself, realistically and
statistically speaking, how many people who arent named Todd McFarlane, Frank Miller or Jhonen
Vasquez does fortunate events like THAT realistically and statistically happen to?), but good luck getting
any actual new ideas past most Hollywood and L.A. based execs these days.
Sad, but true.
Hey! (2012-12-25 03:32)
Everybody! Hope you all get the gifts you want this year, and give other people in your life gifts THEY want,
and have a great holiday season.
Christmas is one of my favorite times of year. A time of peace, festivity, cold weather and generosity.
Christmas Horoscope... (2012-12-25 10:48)
I got a new horoscope today. Christmas.
It says I work hard, am unrelenting or unwavering, and Im very giving and give a lot of myself for the sake
of other people.
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And Now, a Glimpse of My Lesser Known Career and Media Half, My Job As a Screen-
writer (2012-12-25 12:09)
Heres an excerpt from one of the scripts Im working on for my Animation Work on Parallax, the End Times
Adaptation. This is what people in L.A. call a spec script. Heres a sample....
[1]
Ive written about 22 pages of this script or so, so far, enough for 1 episode. Im quite thrilled with how the
rst draft ended up. I nd my screenwriting tends to linger on a lot of humorless drama like The X-Files or
the Sopranos, but also packs in a lot of violence and pitch black darkness. More than should probably be for
a commercial animated series. But then again, thats kind of the reason I love my animation screenwriting
style. Its unusual for an American animation writer. Im not interested in writing what traditionally works,
comedy, slapstick, and other lighthearted merriment. Tom and Jerry or whatever. I write every animation
script as though I were David Freakin Chase himself....
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CREATORS NOTES: Why Im showing o script pages for an un-produced show, bottom line:
You see, I got an AMAZING book from my parents this Christmas. I spent the whole day looking at it today,
like at least 5-7 hours just reading the creator comments on his artwork. The Art of Todd McFarlane, which
is topping the Amazon Manga Bestseller list. I can see why quite easily. Its one of the most worthwhile book
purchases Ive attained in recent memory. That book is fucking AMAZING! I always liked Todd McFarlane.
Now that Ive seen the progression of his career in retrospect in artbook hardcover form, I like the guy, and
his art and writing even more. Truly a class act of comics. Unlike some comics artists, McFarlane is a very
prolic designer, artist, cartoonist, and illustrator. Then I nally got to one of the nal sections of the book,
the one where McFarlane explores his prestigious animation career as an anime-inuenced pioneer. People
think Im copying Bleach, Ichigo, or whatever. EEEHHHH!!!! You are incorrect sir. I dont read Bleach
pretty much EVER. Todd McFarlane is the main guy I borrowed a lot of my style from. Spawn and his
animation work with DC Animation veteran Eric Radomski on HBO primarily. Everything from silhouettes
to glowing ghost eyes, to cloaks and cityscapes. Browsing through that wonderfully enlightening book The
Art of Todd McFarlane oered many insights into not only how McFarlane draws and thinks, but like any
good artist biography, analyzes, from the artists own perspective, What makes a McFarlane TICK exactly.
He is a fascinating icon of a man, and Im proud to call myself a diehard fan. I have been ever since the
90s. Theres a lot of interesting material from his formative years. Anyway, back to my point. In Spawn
for HBO, when they write about the HBO series, they chose to omit the artwork from the rst series, and
instead showcase work from the as yet unanimated and unreleased, but seemingly still very beatiful to look
at second animated series thats going to be on TV sometime in the future, and I said to myself, well damn.
If McFarlanes showcasing his own very valuable upcoming but unnished project in mid production process,
hes the innovator, and artistic role model, not me, so I said to myself, why not. So I decided I guess it IS
okay to showcase your project online or in print even if its not released yet or complete. Granted, Ive been
showcasing Parallax and End Times for years now online, with lots of writing and artwork, but thats the
rst time Ive seen an established MODERN TV ANIMATION AUTEUR show his work, which means we
probably WILL see Spawn: The Animation on TV at some point. Exciting, very exciting.
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I seem to be getting better at the whole Outline Writing Thing (2012-12-25 19:31)
I wrote this story purely for fun, probably not for actual publication. As a writer, sitting around my house
all day long allows me the luxury of not just writing published stories, but ones I write for pure fun, to pass
the time....I invented a semi-autobiographical exaggeration of myself (tan skin, unruly hair) by the name of a
Young Man Named Lee Wonders.....Here goes...
Those who can, write ction. Those who cant, write outlines.
Lee Wonders Meets His Father, the reclusive Historical Giant
Lee must spend Christmas Eve alone, and this drives him on a Quest to meet his real father by The
New Year, 2013, In the face of Mayan Prophecy and the Shaman Madman who created the Mayan
Calendar Curse.
Lee Wonders travels back in time, to meet his Deceased Father, who is still alive in the past somewhere.
Lee doesnt reach out to his own family initially. Initially through some twist of fate, at the hands of
a villain who threatens Christmas and Lees family Legacy, they start the encounter by reaching out,
from the past, to him.
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Lee nds a time machine at a garage sale, in a local bunker somewhere.
Lees birth fathers Biography and Legacy.
The villain, Silas, is a social engineer and Evil, Corrupt Time Lord who likes to destroy elements of the
present and future by traveling into the past with technology he contributes to.
Lee Travels through time to 1945 in 1940s New York City. He somehow ends up getting sought out
the maa, who want to use Lee Wonders powers as a future Time Lord for criminal activities in 1940s
New York City. 1945 was the year Lees father was born on a ship sailing to New York Harbor, carried
in the arms of a mother who wanted a New Life separate from the life she had once lived in Italy.
Who is this Lee Wonders Fellow, you ask...Well, hes kind of my on page persona
(2012-12-25 20:19)
I wanted him to have many of the same characteristics of myself. I decided to have him actually look kind of
like me, minus the spectacles, mostly because at the pinnacle of my youth I never actually wore spectacles.
I wanted to describe his skin color as copper pigment, with green pupils, and scruy short black hair, except
more athletic, and therefore able to actually go on crazy adventures like the kind I see my on screen personas
going on all the time. I wanted this to be my trademark-stamped contribution to that popular cultural lore
in recent media and entertainment, which is strange in some ways considering hes not WEARING glasses
like I see most of the Mes in media do.
What is Lee Wonders? A young man coming of age. A world traveler and courageous adventurer, exploring
all sorts of cultural, geographic, and supernatural themes. Hes my literary self-portrait, with some liberties
taken.
As for his racial identity, thats never really completely decided. Hes of prestigious lineage, most of which
is kept and concealed from him, either physically restrained or sealed o by authority gures, so due to his
unawareness of just how special he really is, hes more down to earth, humane, compassionate, and friendly
than most people who maintain the same level as his social stature in all objectivity.
All Lee knows is that hes of mixed blood and cultural heritage, as he was orphaned at a young age, and
raised by Caucasian parents who never put an emphasis on race, and just wanted him to feel accepted and
loved by his family. An illusion that is shattered by lifelong and ancient enemies of his biological side later in
the series. Some say Lee is Italian, or Canadian. Some say Lee is Chinese or Hawaiian. No one really knows
for certain....not even the Federal Bureau of Investigation (The FBI). Any way you slice it, Lee Wonders as a
character does not appear Traditional (aka completely white or Caucasian). But he is denitely multiracial,
and not of one lineage, but a combination of mixed lineages, making him a mutt race and a target of many
racist local bullies in his city.
The Internet is Democratizing and Changing a Lot of Genres and Mediums....
(2012-12-25 21:45)
The most dynamic shifts from recently as compared to the past that this enormous shift and democratization
has brought about can be found in such diverse elds as Video, File Sharing, Broadcasting, Comics, Interna-
tional Culture (Asia, Europe, and America), Social Communication, and Politics. Each of these discussion
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topics probably do warrant their own individual academic books that document and discuss this change.
Eventually. But Im sure theyll all inspire nonction books, in time.
Time to Play Another Round of: Guess Why Joes Depressed! (2012-12-29 11:42)
Topic: Animation
Heres the deal. As browsing through a Wikipedia Page about TV animated series (of recent years) will
attest, there are 2 main qualities lacking in modern American TV Toons: Not quality, as some of these shows
still manage to be entertaining.
But 2 qualities consistently lacking in American TV cartoon shows would be: Productivity and Originality.
Much like Hollywood, TV in L.A. has become so popular with people everyones becoming scared to do
anything original and new and instead they just greenlight whats already been established and and proven
to be popular. Shit that already works in producers eyes.
Nowadays, everything is a Franchise series, or spino, or sequel, or prequel, or a namesake
TV is an imprecise science and that denitely factors in. Comics are a precise science. Novels are a
precise science. Hollywood movies and TV shows? Where theres hundreds of people contributing. Thats an
imprecise science at best. No one person makes the whole thing. For better and worse. Mostly worse.
So if youre reading this, and you plan on making your own show one day, regardless of whether you have the
resources of a rich guy/gal or not. Trust me on this one, make shit up. Play in your own world. Make UP
your own world. Do a Motorcity, or a Regular Show, Aeon Flux, or an Oban Star Racers, or an IGPX, or an
Invader Zim, or a Batman. Dont just linger in someone elses world your whole career.
What this industry needs currently, is people who want to try something new. Go in directions that no ones
gone. Not being afraid to make mistakes and lose money is the SOUL of L.A., even if it is a highly lucrative
business.
Detractors of being Multitalented (Hindrances, not just Advantages) (2012-12-29 12:07)
1. You feel drawn in a million dierent directions. Youre never sure which path to pursue indvidiually.
2. Jack of All Trades Syndrome (Master of Nothing)
3. You end up in a routine where youre so busy pursuing multiple goals that you forget to spend a lot of
time on just one or two things.
4. You get good with a lot of careers supercially or temporarily, but master or progress nancially in
NONE of them.
5. Your audience in each pursuit wonders Where is he? Whats taking him so long to update??! all the
time, if you leave them in the dark about the fact that youre multitasking.
I dont actually go to Comic Book and Anime Conventions.... (2012-12-29 14:17)
Im not going to endanger the safety of my audience like that. Knowing how psychotic some of the people
who follow me are, its safest just to let people admire me from their computers...and NOWHERE ELSE.
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Think of the CHILDREN! Stealing and plagiarism is wrong! (2012-12-29 16:11)
That must be why Im one of the most stolen from artists on TOP OF being one of the most famous,
innovative, and inuential, eh?
Hello? Yes, police? Id like to report a theft and robbery from my house? Where? Well, actually, they broke
in through my computer and stole my ideas and concepts by the hundred...Yes? Yes? Well, actually, I didnt
get their name or what they look like. They were INVISIBLE, like ninja! Or somethin....
Other People, and SHIT like that.... (2012-12-30 18:20)
OTHER people in entertainment may need to feed o of lurid obscenity to stay sane, but that is not a
healthy lifestyle, and I certainly dont. Especially not currently.
In High School, I never actually SMOKED POT. Still never have.... (2012-12-30 20:25)
But I did hang out with the potheads and stoner-slackers a lot. They had the best sense of humor. I was
really only oered pot once growing up. I turned it down.
Nah, man. No thanks, I said with a wave of my hand.
Aw right man. Its cool. Dont worry bout it.
Why own 1 Black Katana, When You Can Own 2 of Them? (2012-12-30 22:53)
Better yet, why FIGHT with one katana, when you can ght with two of them, Miyamoto Musashi style (?)
Dont set out to draw manga..... (2012-12-31 11:11)
Most people who set out to draw manga in America end up drawing on the cliches.
Drawing on manga ELEMENTS is ne, but trying to replicate the entirety of the style is kind of pointless.
Im not setting out to draw manga. Im setting out to draw general comics, which utilize certain manga
archetypes, just not all of them.
American comics, even oel manga, arent really seen by a Japanese audience, and the Japanese ARE the
number one demo for manga and anime. If theyre not seeing your work (and theyre not), theres really no
point to it all, is there?
Just draw regular old comics. Not manga. Not superhero. Create youre own entirely new genre. Its better
that way. More natural. Reading manga and watching anime is ne, it makes great reference material like
any other form of local or international comics and animation, just dont try to blatantly imitate the format.
Youd be trying to live up to a standard thats impossible to meet. At least in America you have the freedom
to draw how you want, not how youre readers want you to draw.
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The Diculty of the Present World Situation... (2012-12-31 11:36)
There was a time when drawing comics and cartoons felt easy. Well, to me it did anyway. It really did.
But the honest truth is, the landscape is changing...And its gotten harder to pursue work and projects that
are innovative and new, according to experts and industry veterans. Its dicult to get funding and the
support of the corporates, and its dicult to get anything new greenlit for production. And if you do manage
to do something new, theres a high probability critics and audiences will reject it.
Drawing comics panels is hard work. People who can master drawing comics pages, panels, and full
compositions are doing some of the hardest work there is
My philosophy used to be pursue what is easiest. In the past that was cartoons and animation....But due to
the changing landscape, evolving industry, internet information overload, and the ination of aggressive and
unfriendly competition in most instances, animation and cartooning has kind of gone from being one of the
friendliest, kindest, most welcoming industries, to the other end of the spectrum: One of the most aggressive,
hyper-competitive, and at times, meanest. Not an easy industry landscape to work in.
It still is and still can be rewarding, but theres a higher probability of torturous pain and stress being
involved.
Animations a lot harsher now than it was when I was growing up and rst decided I wanted to pursue it as
a kid.
But what of the industry leaders, you ask? The Modern Day Masters? The Frank Millers, Todd McFarlanes,
Dave Sims, Je Smiths, Genndy Tartakovskys, Otomos, Jhonen Vasquezes?
Im sure some of them do ne and are still just as good as ever, but Ive read up on numerous industry
leaders. I do that, always have, I read articles about and interviews with them in the trades, and most of
them struggle just as much as any other artists with things. High Prestigious reputations can be deceptive in
some regards. If someone is a media icon like them, its easy to think they can easily always get whatever
they want, which isnt always true.
Despite being dicult to succeed in the industry, drawing in and of itself is worthwhile if youre just doing it
for yourself. Ive always wanted to see a certain type of cartoon, but before I designed it it didnt really exist,
so I built that style myself. The same one I hoped somebody else would design, build, and draw, but nobody
did in reality. Even to this day, my art and writing represents my own style. One no one else is doing in
exactly the same way. Ive built the artistic and literary style Ive always really wanted to see.
New Years 2013 (2012-12-31 18:29)
Spare some change? Online handouts ROCK!
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Chapter 3
2013
3.1 January
The Advantage over competition I DO HAVE... (2013-01-01 15:18)
I may not be trying enough, but fortunately for me, one advantage I do have (maybe the only one) is that
everyone else isnt even trying at ALL!
At least Im putting in my best eort most of the time.
I try, meanwhile, no one else tries or even bothers with art, writing, storytelling, and design.
Ill always have more motivation / initiative than the next guy/gal.
I cant help it if I like NEW, INNOVATIVE, and ORIGINAL things (2013-01-01 15:36)
Even DeviantART, which has new uploads every other second is lled with cliches and clones of work by
more original more new-style artists.
When I sit down to draw, Im not producing cliches. I was shocked when I learned I was one of the only
people in mainstream media who always produces something, either writing or art design, thats genuinely
new. Anime is pretty, but a lot of it is cliche or just fanart of pre-existing shit.
The Most Original Artist In The World (2013-01-01 16:19)
I AM THE MOST NEW AND INNOVATIVE ARTIST IN THE WO-OR-ORLD!
I WAS BORN, TO DOMINATE THE FIELD.
I AM THE MOST NEW AND ORIGINAL IN THE WO-OR-ORLD
I WAS BORN TO PIONEER THE FIELD
INNOVATION RUNS THROUGH MY BLOODSTRE-HE-HEAM
EVERYTHING I DO IS THE NEWEST OF THE NEW
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Staying Healthy (2013-01-01 16:50)
Ever since I got discovered (allegedly), Ive been neglecting the HELL out of my exercise training and
Transcendental Meditation sessions. Im not a big fan of having a heart attack at 47, so I have my reasons
for doing these kinds of things.
Making An Animated Film (2013-01-01 18:34)
Walt Disney, Windsor McCay, Osamu Tezuka, Tim Burton, Mike Judge, Peter Chung, Genndy Tartakovsky,
Jhonen Vasquez, Savin Yeatman-Eiel. All these lmmakers and more got into animation the same way, and
this is one of the best ways to break into animation.
PRODUCE YOUR OWN SHORT FILM OR FILMS
You can go to art school, or base your knowledge on art lessons you had at a young age. As long as you know
the fundamentals of writing and drawing, and the fundamentals of the animation production process. Find 1
to 2 or more reliable collaborators, and get to work on writing, designing, boarding, animating, and lming
your own short lms. Save up some money if you have to. Beg your friends and associates to help you. Do
whatever you have to do to make it happen, whether its animated by Flash or ink and paint.
And technically, thats kind of where I am. Right at the point where Ive decided I want to make my own
lms eventually, from scratch.
Secrets of Digital Software and Hardware Design... (2013-01-03 13:23)
If you want to be an inventor like me, one secret Ive learned is, inventing isnt just about source code, science
formulas, electricity, and mathematics.
Its also about function, design, structural organization, and creativity and re-arrangement.
Thats where I come in.
You dont have to make devices out of nothing. The rst Home PC was built by Steve Wozniak by doing
nothing more than primarily just cross-wiring a TV and keyboard, with a little programming and hacking to
connect the two.
A lot of new technology is and can be conceptualized by creative methods of tweaking, integrating, combining,
cross-wiring, and cross purposing various market versions of PC and Home Electronics hardware and software.
The key is getting the inspirations for functions, NOT formulas.
-J.M.
Im NOT quitting on trying to break into animation..... (2013-01-03 14:30)
But the industry is slow and hyper volatile and competitive right now, and many of the only people still
working a jerks. So until I nish a bit more practice and training and sharpen my skills a bit, catch up on
old projects, if at all, Im on hiatus from pursuing work in animation.
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Health Issues and Lifestyle Choices (2013-01-03 18:07)
While I am perceived by many people as a regular guy, in a way I can only wish that were true.
Manic-Depression and Aspergers sees to it for all I know, I might never nd a way to nd steady employment
or live on my own. Its not a pleasant fate, socially and economically speaking. Mental illness makes it hard
to exist outside your familys home.
I might never own my own car, home, or ever get married, or any hallmarks of adulthood.
Kind of sucks. When you have a disability, its like God himself wants to force you to just sit on your ass,
watching OTHER people live their lives, while he forces you to watch days go buy and do nothing, all while
every day looks the same.
Theres no job that completely ts with my skill set.
Lineage (2013-01-03 18:35)
There are no other major artistic or literary or media gures in my family. Well, other than me of course I
guess.
1 Million Dominated by the 1% Theory (2013-01-04 09:22)
Theres a saying, or at least there is now, that the detriment or well being of those in charge aects the well
being of all.
If the lives of a Nation and Worlds Most Powerful and Inuential People are in Balance, well see peace and
genuine harmony in the atmosphere everywhere.
If those lives and activities of the worlds most powerful and inuential people are out of balance or chaotic,
it disrupts, depresses, destroys, and slows down everything and causes disharmonious chaos everywhere.
Whoevers at the center of the universe aects the BALANCE of the Universe. Chi Energy makes this
possible.
Orlando Tech Division? Indeed It Is! (2013-01-04 11:00)
Yeah, I thought something FUNNY was going on.
According to a recent Tech-Friendly City Ranking in The Houston Chronicle, Orlando (the city I live in) is
considered one of the very top up and coming hubs of the National Tech World, a playground for engineers,
programmers, and small businesses.
Thats odd in some ways, because if thats the case, National Newspapers like the Houston Chronicle are
acknowledging Floridas tech scene (which does exist) a hell of a lot more than Florida and Orlando itself
does. As anyone whos lived in Florida for years now like myself can attest, local papers and TV networks
are run by barbarians who only want to write crime and punishment stories. Not a good look for Florida,
local JOURNALISTS. Clearly Florida would be better o if it started more of its own local Tech Papers and
Trade Publications.
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Hell man, Id read that. But traditional local news only focuses on Crime Stories, almost like thats all
Florida really wants to sell to the world is Crime and Disorder. The Orlando Sentinel above all other papers
is the MOST guilty of this problem. Crime crime and MORE crime. COME TO DISNEYWORLD, COME
TO DISNEY WORLD! CRIME! AH CHA CHA CHA CHA!
Essentially, what Im saying is, when you only report on crime and punishment and disorder, that BECOMES
your brand. A lot of crime HAS happened in Florida, and because Florida advertises and reports on crime so
heavily, its unintentionally made that appear as part of Floridas Brand. L.A.s got tons of crime too, but
its got so much media power, crime gets outbranded by technology and glamour. L.A.s got a positive brand
to fall back on. Florida has had that in the past, but it lost a lot of it when it branded its own local crime
activity. Thats got to be one of the main mistakes Ive seen my hometown make. They say What we think
about, we bring about. But its also, what stories we report, we bring about just as much as what we think
about.
New Wars Emerging: The 2000s And the Popularization and Mainstreamization of
Crime, Criminal Activity, and Crime Stories (2013-01-04 12:02)
My parents refuse to address issues like this in their speech. Fortunately, Ive got the fortitude to go there.
Of course, its a self-perpetuating thing. Sexual and Violent Crime are still Sexual and Violent Crime.
Branding crime as counterculture is still branding of crime as counterculture.
Shit is still shit, even if we want to dress it up in a wedding gown.
Its Not Easy Being A Modern Day Tech Builder And Titan... (2013-01-04 15:59)
Then again, no body said it was impossible either...
I hate to tell you people this, but sometime, around a Decade ago, either during the
late 90s or rst 2 years of the 2001, Americas Success made people FORGET ABOUT
GOD... (2013-01-05 13:41)
I think we all know what happened after that...
And frankly, due to this countries economic and nancial success in the past and all the karmic sins people
have commited WITHOUT EVEN GIVING IT A SECOND THOUGHT...America has become one of the
most Spiritually Defenseless Countries In the Entire World. Americas power, excess, and nancial success
in the 90s led to Blatant Corruption and Destruction of Morals and Ethics ALL THROUGHOUT the rst
decade of the 2000s.
If America had better spiritual values, it would indeed be better spiritually protected. A secular, scientic
world WITHOUT GOD is not necessarily a safe or ethical world. Just a smart and dangerous one.
For The REAL Secret to a Truly Harmonious and Peaceful World and Culture, see The Maharishi Eect
for more details.
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Chillaxing Wit Mah Homegirl, Stonergoth187 (2013-01-05 22:14)
Me and my homegirl stonergoth187 groove together like peanut butter and chocolate.
Yeah, shes hot for a science girl.
She blinded me with Science. SCIENCE!
If you like being chastised and criticized (2013-01-08 19:29)
Talk to me anytime....Ahhh. Im half kidding.
But seriously, friends, if anyone were ever to be as heavily criticized as me, it would be people who are
associated with me. I can take that heat, but I just wish I had a better way of warning my online and oine
friends about this hazard zone...I love making friends. But its not always easy to say associate with me,
and theyll proceed to direct that negativity at you too. And yet it is so. Price of fame I guess.
Thats What Happens.... (2013-01-09 11:14)
When you dont really have to answer to anyone and ARE YOUR OWN boss for a while. But with no
accountability, from anyone. Power isnt always good.
Being one of the most powerful people in the world can create its share of ugly manifestations. Thats the
part no one warns you about. Theres nothing, no one to keep you grounded when youre more powerful
than your peers. They often invent creative ways of displaying their blatant envy and resentment of me. Big
surprise.
You REALLY SHOULDNT just surround yourself with neutral ass kissers who only want to tell you how sexy
and amazing you are. If you do something that foolish, youll probably eventually go psychotic. And people
will actually still treat you like its business as usual...BECAUSE THEYRE TOO STUPID TO REALIZE
WHATS REALLY GOING ON!
The media encourages psychotic behavior, it rewards it. It doesnt neutralize it.
Reached the Half-Million Views Mark on My YouTube Channel Today....
(2013-01-12 08:36)
[1]Awwwwwww yeeeeeeeeaaaahhhhhh............SplitAtomBoom
Somewhere around 100-300 views or more a day by now...
1. http://www.youtube.com/user/SplitAtomBoom
Im glad Im not Cartoon Network right now.... (2013-01-12 12:57)
Hounded relentlessly by millions of fans to play and air a type of animation that does nothing but make you
LOSE money.
Family Guy still sucks donkey dick though.
America = Money but no resources to attain good animation.
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Japan = Good animation but no resources to attain money.
Its a vicious cycle in all honesty.
The two markets have ended up specializing in their own niches so much, theyve screwed each other over.
Youd think each one could learn from the others cultural and economic shortcomings and mistakes.
And yet they never do. Theyre complacent with their selves. And thats fucking ANNOYING.
Ah, Im good, Im good. (2013-01-13 12:31)
Got suckerpunched in the face by Mike Tyson, repeatedly, 500 times over. Thats okay, walk it o. Is that
really your best shot? Thats pretty sad actually.
Seriously though, when I was 7 or 6 years old, I really did want to be a professional boxer. Thats the only
sport I ever really aspired to in real life when I was young. I never did know when to back down in school. If
someone insulted me, Id just ght them. Not that hard to do. We didnt hide behind our little websites like
a bunch of FUCKING PUSSIES back in my day!
FINALLY....I Did It. FINALLY, I DID IT!!! (2013-01-13 17:50)
I actually somehow gured out how to successful draw a background-based landscape composition. And how
Im going to draw a lot of the Post-Apocalyptic Landscape in my black and white comic book. Took some
experimental sketches, but now Im nally understanding how to draw fuller, richer, more three-dimensional
compositions and panels. If you actually truly WORK at it (and Im talking about REAL work, not just
dabbling), it ISNT super hard to gure out. Im happy. Now I can continue on my mission.
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STORY(board) TIME! [Kids: YAAAAAAY!!!!!!] (2013-01-13 19:41)
[1]
Mr. Oliver the Boy Sorcerer HIMSELF! HURRAY!!!!!! Vs. Some kind of Bird....man....THING. Heh.
Soundtrack by: Rudy Coby and The Aquabats! Every song. Every Goddam song in the whole bullet proof
goddam arsenal.
1. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N7wlZhE7BRk/UPN-NURYBmI/AAAAAAAADjY/cwC9M73xKP4/s1600/Oliver.jpg
How to be an Adult: When your Sleeping in a King Size Bed With Another Man....
(2013-01-13 21:46)
Only cuddle if HE wants to. Dont do anything I WOULDNT DO! In the arms of another man. Hah hah
hah hah hah!!! Heh heh!
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Drawing Manga (2013-01-14 14:11)
Manga created by Foreigners, particularly American Foreigners (as opposed to Korean, Chinese, or French
Foreigners) has always been controversial in Japan and even in America itself, oddly enough.....
Thats why you gotta bring your A-Game and be on your best behavior.
People of my generation (Somewhere right between Generations Y and X I think) the Boomerang generation,
are setting a historic example in cartooning that could potentially be imitated and followed by future
generations for many years to come. Its nice to have things become a little more normal. Was getting hard
to work on my projects a few years back...
I cant help but ask though...ARE my comics being judged on their merits and art and writing alone, or are
they being judged by my behavior, lifestyle, nationality, ethnicity and other geographic, social, and cultural
elements, supercial career elements that really have nothing to do with the actual work itself.
If you want to draw manga in America, you must have faith in your ability to work hard and set a high
standard of design. Its not realistic to expect praise, congratulation, or re-assurance when your drawing
manga in America. People will automatically be critical of you and your style and criticize you by association
alone.
Will American manga be accepted in Japan? No one, fan, professional, artist or publisher of ANY sort has
enough history or experience behind them to know the answer to that question. The industry is brand new,
and right now its mostly a bunch of young kids that A) Want to draw comics really well and B) Want some
form of reassurance or acceptance from either Japanese culture or the fan community. But no ones really
going to know if theres a sustainable OEL industry until years down the road. Most artists take to the
internet. The truth about manga in America is, most of the people who WANT to see it are the young artists
like myself who make various attempts at DRAWING it themselves. Its like indie comics, the audience can
be found in the people who produce the art themselves. Thats how Osamu Tezuka and GAINAX started in
Japan. They wanted more animation from Japan, so they drew it themselves and eventually the audience
DID catch up to it, but not until years later.
My advice to new and young artists. Stop worrying about your popularity or whether youll be successful
enough, and use that energy of desire, and put it into action, the action of developing your own style and
your own comics pages. Im no dierent than any other manga artist. I know if I dont draw it myself, theres
no guarantee anyone else is going to bother drawing it at all, let alone in exactly the same way.
You cant just focus on Japanese publishing. If you live in America, youre competing in the American
market, whether you want to admit it or not. 80 % of the time youre REAL market is dened by the country
and state you live in, like it or not. You dont need or have to view yourself as a prisoner of the American
market. You can always move once you make enough money to do so, but just because you live in Texas
doesnt mean youre doomed to never succeed in manga or anime. Hell, think about it, if you live in Texas,
FUNimation itself is probably a couple blocks down from you. Why not ask for a tour, why not show your
manga to FUNimation if you live in Texas? Just because they dont make manga doesnt mean they dont
appreciate it. Same thing with Atlanta and Cartoon Network. Think locally in terms of the resources of your
career, build something in your house at your drawing desk or computer locally with friends and family as a
test audience, THEN promote and branch out nationally, maybe internationally. Japan may be HUGE in
America now, but where exactly do you think it had to prove and test its metal rst. In Japan and Tokyo of
course. The Japanese artists knew they had a special style, but thought locally, and the world eventually
sought THEM out...It all starts with your drawing chops in and of itself. You have to be honest with your
SELF about the quality level of your very OWN drawing chops before you start competing with ANY thing
really.
If you want to draw manga, but are not Japanese or American, it is okay to emulate the style of your favorite
Japanese or Asian artists. But dont just limit yourself to Japan, copy any decent art style, from Romanticism
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to science ction. Dont be a carbon copy of your favorite artist(s). Use manga and other forms of art to
draw inspiration from. You cant use other peoples projects as your own, but its okay to copy your favorite
drawings. I call that Master studies. When I was studying ne art and life drawing in local art classes, one of
the homework assignment was Master Studies. Pick a famous artwork from an Italian or French Renaissance
master and copy it. Copy is okay, as long as it ends up building your skills to eventually develop and produce
form and structure for your own ideas. In Japan, every artist almost starts o drawing Doujinshi studying
manga and anime DVD frame pauses to get good, and many become original enough to land their own series.
Often artists dont start o original, they END UP ORIGINAL and unique after time spent honing their
own style. Imitate until youre able to originate, OC (original characters and whatnot.)
And just because your white or American or just half Chinese or whatever failure excuse you want to give
yourself to not at least attempt to draw comics doesnt mean you wont make connections in the long run.
France is in fact a very Western country, but the top French Cartoonist, Moebius, was friends with all the
top Japanese manga-ka of Japan, and had a precious relationship with all the Major pioneer of Japanese
manga. Katsuhiro Otomo, Hayao Miyazaki, Osamu Tezuka. He was friends and colleagues with all of them.
They LEARNED from each other. The inuence did not go in one direction. It NEVER has. and it STILL
doesnt. It just SEEMS that way. And honestly, I dont see this kind of relationship changing. Top Artists
of America often end up making connections with the Top Artists of Japan and Asia. Whether its John
Lasseter and Miyazaki or John Woo and Tarantino. The appreciation should and always has been mutual
between North America, France, and Asia. Birds of a feather and all that.
-JM
In Comics, Novels, Film, and Animation for TV and Film.... (2013-01-14 17:25)
One great way to get a leg up on the competition is to self-produce everything. Instead of waiting around
for some producer you dont know at a studio thats never worked with you before, create your own short
lm on your computer, using Wacom Tablets and Adobe Flash. In Canada nowadays, nearly all animation is
Flash or CGI. And while the design quality itself is poor, shows like Motorcity prove theres a lot of room for
aesthetic improvement in these areas. And animators like Don Bluth and Bill Plympton can give plenty of
examples of one man independent lms.
Just do as much of the work as you can yourself, using paper, pencils, pens, paint, Wacom Tablets, Photoshop,
FLASH, and general computer animation and illustration software. Youll have to do something very similar
to that in college if you attend art school (making a short lm to graduate) anyway, so you may as well do it
of your own initiative, instead of waiting around for the stress pressure of some teacher scolding you over
being late on a project.
I Think I May Be Working Too Hard... (2013-01-14 20:52)
I accomplished the following things in under 2 days....
Drew 44 pages of drawings in 2 days.
Developed New Back/Mid/Foreground Composition technique
Launched Kickstarter Project on Imaginomicon II
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Yet I still felt dissatised, still felt incomplete like there wasnt any closure. STILL felt like I wasnt doing
enough. Even when I do a lot of work, my high energy levels still make me feel restless and dissatised.
Maybe even depressed. Reading Animation Magazine cheered me up a little.
Depression sucks.
New DeviantART Account (2013-01-15 13:21)
I took a break from DeviantART for a while, but Ive done more artwork since my last 2 accounts there a
few years later. So I started a new account there:
http://retroneojay.deviantart.com/
Ill admit.... (2013-01-15 14:06)
Not everything I endorse survives. I once spoke out in favor of the Evangelion Live Action project, but it got
mired in lawsuite complications among the anime companies responsible for the anime its based on.
AnimeTV kind of lost its way and never became a regular TV show, even though it was designed that way.
There are other things Ive been associated with that didnt stay in one piece.
Not everything I approve WORKS. Ill admit that much. But some of it does work.
Where am I going with this. Ah yes. No one is right ALL THE TIME...
Because of my own comic projects complications, some people in the Hollywood PR circuit attempted to
brand me as some kind of odd Action and Science-Fantasy Development Hell Dude or some other such
nonsense, which I nd kind of odd. Im the guy all the producers think of rst when some studio gets
stuck with this or that ambitious project that ends up in development hell, whether its John Carter,
Robopocalypse, Spawn the Animation, or Evangelion Live Action to name some Certain people in Hollywood
automatically go Oh, it must be another Joe project. Can it! Were not funding it or greenlighting it.
Nothing that guy does works
No comment on that whole thing....
Now That Ive Gotten a Bit of Sleep, Ive Realized Something...Im Not Happy....
(2013-01-15 15:05)
Im not happy....Unless Im working and busy.
As a matter of fact, having other people around me or not, Im NEVER HAPPY...UNLESS Im multitasking
and doing 10 dierent things, working on 10 DIFFERENT PROJECTS, in 10 DIFFERENT MEDIUMS, In
8 DIFFERENT MEDIA AND GENRES AT ONCE.
A lot of the hard work I do will never be seen by anyone and will collect dust on a shelf in my house or in
media obscurity, on the internet in a folder or database somewhere.
But I like it that way, I wouldnt have it any other way. Sure Im a very obscure little creative man with an
obscure creative vision. But Im happy being active. I dont know if Id have this kind of freedom to work on
so many dierent things if I had 4 million fans and was making 10 million a year, or however most people
dene success in media.
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I like the multitasking, and I like the diversity and variety in the work and in the people I get to deal with.
No one or hardly anyone appreciates the fact that I wear 20 dierent hats on 20 dierent websites every other
day. But Im perfectly okay with this thankless, egoless kind of work for now. It makes me happy as long as
I get to be busy and work on something somewhere, even if its in solitude half the time. I dont have many
friends, but my work keeps me company.
Weapon of Choice - A Short Story, Starring Jim (2013-01-16 02:18)
The Accident
The gunshot pierced the dark midnight air, echoing throughout the deserted streets. Jim lowered his gun as
heat and smoke bellowed from its gray barrel.
Well, that takes care of that, Jim said condently.
About 40 feet away rested the car with the cracked, shattered, bullet ridden, blood-stained passenger window.
Don rested, slumped over the steering wheel with a bullet hole wound gaping down the side of his skull.
He denitely seems dead, Jim thought, walking away from the wreckage of the car crash Jim left Don with
upon shooting him.
Jim proceeded to tuck the beretta into his belt and draped his annel shirt over it as he began walking away
from the dead body in the wreckage, as smoke and ames began consuming the blue Volvo.
The End
Ever since I stopped going to college, and ended up unemployed...And a recluse, my
SENSE OF TIME.... (2013-01-16 12:01)
Ever since that, my sense of times been all dun fucked up. Im at home when most people are at school
(kids) and work (adults) all day. So I have no idea where everybody is. My neighborhood is a ghost town.
Kind of eerie how it seems like everyones disappeared in the middle of the day. Then I remember: Other
people have lives, which is apparently something I dont have.
Everyone Else (2013-01-16 13:59)
You know, sometimes I get so caught up in the details of how I live that I forget to consider how everyone
else lives. Recently Ive begun to wonder just that....How do other people spend their time. How do all you
other people live.
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You know me, Im INCREDIBLY PRODUCTIVE at writing and art (2013-01-17 17:16)
When Im not INCREDIBLY depressed, that is....depression and all that.
Depression and the whole Bipolar thing (2013-01-17 18:00)
Sometimes I forget I dont need to be happy all the time, and that sometimes you will be too depressed not
to be bored all day. TV and the internet can increase depression, depending on the person and what theyre
looking at...
Further Discussion of Dual Hemisphere Access..... (2013-01-18 12:51)
As a writer-artist, Ive mastered both sides of my brain. The only thing I HAVENT gured out is how to
Integrate and Unite Both Sides of The Brain....
In other words, not JUST creating art and images, and not JUST creating writing and art, but identifying
and producing work that represents BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. Magazines, comics, TV, lm, books.
Anything that uses words and pictures simultaneously.
Then I Invented an exercise that integrates both hemispheres in one exercise. Simply go the caption
writing route. Pick an image of any sort, real or imagined, and write a story or narrative about it. Make a
story or book about it, or make it a chapter IN a book. Most people think in terms of Left OR Right, not
Left-AND-Right.
This is a great exercise if youre a comic book creator, as you have to think like a lmmaker, in both a literary
and visual-artistic sense, with both Content AND Form.
And Counting! (2013-01-18 15:12)
2,000 Journal Pages. 1,111 blog entries. 8,274 tweets. Thousands of ASMB Board posts. And counting!
Were so proud of you..... (2013-01-18 15:27)
We love you, son. And as long as you continue to t the characteristics of a racist stereotype in our eyes and
on a statistical level (not being famous, not being wealthy, being unemployed, strugglign, not driving, not
owning your own home, and not dating), and continue to live with us in a place that was Formerly dominated
by the KKK (Florida, the South) we will continue to not disown you as parents. Fair enough, right?
Know your place....boy.
Gee, thanks, pops!
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It happens to the best of us...Crimes Against Cool Humanity Happen (2013-01-19 13:09)
We rebellious counter culture all fear the day when it happens. The day when suddenly every moron in
your class knows what the hell kind of stu your into due to a changing industry and society. For instance,
how suddenly, one cursed day in modern history, by some unlucky streak of bad luck, the uncoolest, most
obnoxious annoying whore bitch slut GIRL in your class suddenly discovers your hobbies. Its a true horror
story. Suddenly, the classroom sluts become aware of all the precious underground shit you used to actually
like, BEFORE the classroom slut became a fan of it, too? Suddenly, one day the classroom slut knows what
metal music and Jhonen Vasquez is. Fucking horric how much that ruins things! Its the ultimate horror
story: The uncool ones suddenly one day discover and therefore ruin all that stu you like that used to
actually be cool. Thanks, fuckin DeviantART! You ruined all my favorite fucking shit!
The Internet is Changing the Game and Face of Both Publishing and Self-Publishing
Forever.... (2013-01-19 19:38)
Its changing the general nature, structure, and direction of the multimedia publishing market.
But is it for the better?
Heh-heh-heh, Butt-Heads Important, Heh-heh-heh (2013-01-19 21:30)
Uh-huh-huh-huh. Head. Uh-huh-huh, Ive got a head I matter uh-huh-huh-huh.
Reasons why Im scared of working for CN, Adult Swim, Williams Street, and Produc-
tion I.G. (2013-01-20 19:49)
Why would I not want to work for them, you ask?
I DONT want to work for them.
Unlike Disney Feature, Pixar, and the old MTV and Nickelodeon animation studios....Running THOSE billion
dollar studios Operations (IG, CN, and AS) is run more like a military or government INTELLIGENCE
ORGANIZATION than it is like running an actual animation studio. Animation is secondary to them. Spying,
corrupted and abused power, and intimidation come rst.They care way more about being threatening and
powerful than they do about being a REAL actual animation studio.
You know, Im giving whats their face(s) WAY TOO MUCH CREDIT....
(2013-01-23 16:40)
By ever having bothered to write about him/her here. Bad idea. They WISH they had an audience and
power as big as mine!
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Business Realist: First 10,000 Come, First 10,000 Served... (2013-01-23 20:41)
The rest of you guys gotta wait cuz Im SOLD OUT.
The Dream - Popularity (2013-01-24 09:21)
I had a dream a famous friend of mine went postal and on a rampage downtown in Downtown Orlando, and
began spraying bullets everywhere, mass chaos ensued, people were dying and panicking and running amuck
in the streets, and as it turned out, as small as I felt compared to the gunman, I was the only one who could
communicate with him without getting killed. At rst I hid from the monster like everyone around me, then
I decided to get involved, which made my father mad at me. Dont go out there, Joe!!!! YOULL GET
YOURSELF KILLED, I FORBID YOU FROM JOINING THEM. GET BACK HERE!!! my father shouted.
I have to stop him I told him angrily, Im the only one who can, if I dont were all gonna die. I CANT
AFFORD to listen to you. So I did, and gathered all my courage to walk up to the monster/gunman/giant
terrifying thing. And so we had a talk. He never red any bullets when I was talking to him, and he just
sort of stopped. Then the giant screaming happy crowd was cheering for me and carrying me away. Then
the news came on. And so, the newscaster Walter Cronkite-type of guy said, In a surprise turn of events,
the convention in Orlando Florida was the only one that didnt lose money and earned more than 10 million
dollars in prot....
Heres Every Art Book Ive Ever Owned by Someone Else.... (2013-01-24 15:20)
Heres my rst cover Im going to show: The cover of an art book a promising new star on the Franco-Japanese
art scene (up there with Thomas Romain). Raynart Tradnor. Famous for his or her DeviantART account.
I bought this book from his or her Lulu store. Raynart, apart from being incredibly talented at art and
storytelling, is a very kind person in real life too.
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That is exactly why I...
COLLECT THEM ALL!
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3. http://images.darkhorse.com/covers/300/12/12538.jpg
4. http://comicrelated.com/graphics/solicits/darkhorse/apr10/ArtOfBladeOfTheImmortal.jpg
5. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51h6ScLTmPL._SS500_.jpg
6. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WN002CS0L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
7. http://luqmanmarzuki.com/files/images/article/m-1273402492-dermond-evangelion.jpg
8. http://redheadedmule.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/art-of-todd-mcfarlane-cover1.jpg
9. http://dyn4.media.titanbooks.com/products/ArtofObanStarRacers4.jpg
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13. http://cache0.bdcdn.net/assets/images/book/medium/9781/5958/9781595827685.jpg
14. http://www.musogato.com/avatar/merchandise/book-artofatla.jpg
Old Pirated Shows.... (2013-01-28 12:38)
I spend a LOT of time looking for pirated DVDs of shows that were broadcast during and cancelled during,
the 90s, 80s, and rst decade of the 2000s (Everything from Duckman, to Juniper Lee, to Doctor Kats, to
Swat Katz)....PURELY because Im a huge fan of them and am in desperate need of something of superior
quality to watch...that isnt anime of course. There may be a lot of unlicensed anime out there, but at least
its available in SOME form to watch online. The same principle does not apply to Retro Nostalgia American
Animated Animation.
Not trying to pull ANYTHING really, I just like really old shows from the high point of TV productivity.
MINE MINE MINE!!!!
Top Collectors Items (IMO) (2013-01-28 13:08)
1) Comic Book Floppy Issues
2) Trades of Comic Book Floppy Issues
3) Saturday Morning TV American, French, and Japanese Animated Series from 1982-2005)
4) 16 and 8 Bit Video Game Boxes and Cartridges
5) Back issues of Old, Then Popular Magazines (Anime Insider, Gamepro, Nintendo Power, Wizard)
6) Classic Computer Video Games
7) Classic Pulp Literature
8) Episodes of Classic 90s and 80s and 2000s TV Shows That Aired in France/Japan (Code Lyoko, Martin
Mystery, Oban Star-Racers, Totally Spies, Anything by Marathon)
I Really Dont Know If Its Me Or My Generation Thats The Problem. Sometimes I
Worry, like a Mother, About Family (2013-01-28 21:38)
Sometimes I feel concerned about my nephew and niece. I worry about my brother, and if he can handle the
responsibility of parent hood at such a young age, and in the long run. Actually, its not that young of an
age, but its still young by my parents standards.
I feel bad for my nephew and niece, knowing Im not the same likable kind of Uncle my own Uncles were
growing up. I dont devote the same kind of time my uncle devoted to me. Part of it is my brother creates
a cold, distant aura around his own family. It MAKES IT hard to get involved. I feel a bit sorry for that
family.
But never mind me complaining. Enough about my problems. Lets get back to talking bout anime! Yeah!!
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Hmmmm..... (2013-01-30 05:19)
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Okay, Im convinced. I guess I WONT be retiring from the comics industry forever after all.
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Comics? Web comics? OEL Maga? International-World Manga? What is it???!!!
(2013-01-30 07:26)
Anyway, Ive been pretty busy drawing some comics in the last 12 or so months. Heres my manga and
sequential art portfolio (well, a lot of it anyway) as it stands.
-BTW,
from now on, if I do publish my own manga online, it will be here, on my blog, so check back for more
updates with each passing month or so. I tend to do a few comics pages a month, but Im aiming for more
by the next 2-7 years. Trying to work on a schedule plan for producing new comics in the future. I know
some of these are sloppy, but my philosophy is what you produce isnt as important as the fact that you
CONTINUE producing and keep at it each week, if not every day.
Now before you go HATIN ON ME ALL OVER THE DEVIANTART or WHATEVER it is you kids do
nowadays, keep in mind, Im not emphasizing pure drafting ability here. Im emphasizing storytelling. Truth
be told I can dream up and poop out shit that looks 5,000 times PRETTIER than some of this if I really
wanted to and was doing individual illustrations and designs
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As I was saying, drafting ability isnt as important as working hard at your storytelling and sequential art
abilities. I could do a million of that noir type thing, but I realized, its not about how pretty your drawings
look all the time. Its about sequential art and VISUAL NARRATIVES. And drawing illustrations is NOT
the same skill as drawing comics pages, as I quickly found out upon attempting that very thing hundreds
of time in my oine pen and pencil archives. Many artists online are the best illustrators and Photoshop
users IN THE WORLD, but when you get to see them attempt drawing actual comics and sequential art,
(you know, 2 to 3 panels or more) theyre no better than people like me. BUT its important to realize, its
important to at least TRY.
So without further ado, more recent comics pages...
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2. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-isqGcZpELjY/UQk52JHLpMI/AAAAAAAADnY/XaCDPN7mao4/s1600/1.jpg
3. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QDMNNLJpCTo/UQk52-1Fn4I/AAAAAAAADng/KsRQEC-fkhg/s1600/2.jpg
4. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1jvTx8AF2Ss/UQk53Y_VmtI/AAAAAAAADno/cON2BCUtjRs/s1600/3.jpg
5. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--AaXehkoKa4/UQk54Uxk1_I/AAAAAAAADnw/bH9AeFYsGIs/s1600/4.jpg
6. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-T3XnZfxbdIw/UQk57F9PIYI/AAAAAAAADn4/3RBHBGPtjEM/s1600/5.jpg
7. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NOjTkeE1iKo/UQk59dj7UcI/AAAAAAAADoI/oda5Gce0jRY/s1600/AKIRA.jpg
8. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eZIpJtNwHq0/UQk5-VggyXI/AAAAAAAADoQ/_qakvnJHxRA/s1600/BG+Overlap.jpg
9. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6Gqcm3anw08/UQk5_rOavvI/AAAAAAAADoY/FPqQwzF66g4/s1600/Blade+of+the+Immortal.jpg
10. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Tt100uaLbYA/UQk6BhgrdLI/AAAAAAAADog/CBDzM3agprU/s1600/City+-+Power-Up.jpg
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Writer-Artists-Author Exercise: Pick An Illustration, Add Words... (2013-01-30 07:48)
Okay. Here goes. Heres an illustrated short story, using newer artwork of mine....
THE CATACOMBS:
Wielding my blade, I felt ready for any obstacle. Any obstacle, that wasnt this.
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Eventually, I made my way to the catacombs. Id heard about this place, but had never actually seen it up
close, or at all really. These places were famous for their deadly traps and nasty dead ends, or so the ancient
legend in the data-sphere goes. But we all know better than to believe what we read online, right?
As I wandered about the various corridors, I could hear the echoes of my footsteps ricochet through the dusty,
sand covered air. If you were a pharaoh, this would be your tomb. Good thing Im not a pharaoh.
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The Teachings of a Master: Limitlessness (2013-02-01 13:25)
Bruce Lee once said to a student that he only mastered the elements of martial arts he already knew, and
recommended his students do the same. He taught of the art of limitation, working around your limits, and
not worrying about being limited in skill, but instead master the skills you already have.
Todays art teachers could LEARN a thing or two from Bruce Lee.
We do best what we already know how to do, and we should amplify, further master, and rene what we
already know how to do. If we dont know how to get good at a certain area, theres no need to attempt to
get good at what you dont know how to do. By exploiting the areas were not limited in, were ALREADY
going BEYOND OUR LIMITS.
Yeah, Ill BET your spending that money on ME, bitch. (2013-02-01 18:28)
My parents collect my social security check on behalf of me and you know what the rst thing they spend
MY social security money on is? THEIR gambling debts. BITCHES! My parents stopped being ethical,
reliable, and non-negligent a long time ago.
I have no money to my own name anymore.
Im The Only 29-Year-Old Celebrity Writer-Artist-Cartoonist-Broadcaster-Technologist
of My Kind (2013-02-02 16:25)
I became a famous artist, writers, scientist, and cartoonist (high intellectual achievements) by 29 years of age,
which is how old I am now. Most people who are 29 and famous dont do so in writing, art, or animation and
cartooning. Pretty much all 29 year old celebrities got famous by 1 of 3 ways, which dont involve creativity:
They got famous by being an actor, a musician, or an athelete. With the only possible exceptions being
certain cartoonists like Kristy Lijewski and Silicon Valley startup titans like Mark Zuckerberg. THE REST is
ALL MINE.
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What DO I want. Someone please just tell me....about it. (2013-02-02 17:59)
Honestly, I dont think even I know what I want out of life anymore.
Ive succeeded in pretty much every eld I wanted to master. In unexpected ways, but still, success nonetheless.
So where do I go from here.
Im actually very happy staying right where I am, if not a little bit bored without a computer. Im not
unhappy. Im not sad, depressed, miserable, or angry. Im a little bit confused over where I should take my
life to go to from here.
New Art Day: PORTRAIT (2013-02-03 12:10)
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Honestly, in terms of comics and manga, I dont care about who WAS the Greatest. I
care about who IS and WILL BE the Greatest.... (2013-02-03 12:19)
Nu said.
TV Appearances (2013-02-03 13:36)
So far, in the last hour and a half, I count roughly about 15 dierent TV stand-ins and appearances.
GOOD FOR ME! Ill keep counting and posting updates....sooner or later, assuming Im bored enough.
Shows we love to hate (2013-02-04 04:09)
Fosters Home and Gym Partner?
Probably the 2 most faggiest, self-indulgent shows CNs ever encouraged.
No wonder they were 2 of the networks BIGGEST FAILURES.
COMICS DRAWING: Career Goals, Inspiration, and Motivation (2013-02-04 05:57)
Its important not just to have research material and inspirational reference material, but also big, hairy
audacious goals to strive for as well. Its important to never forget what youve always been working toward,
no matter how impractical or grandiose it may be. Whatever gets you out of bed or to the computer in the
morning is the same thing you should be making comics and art to work toward. Inspiration doesnt have to
be practical. It can be egomaniacal as hell, but if it gets results, thats really all that matters. Means to an
End.
Its infamously hard to do a decent theatrical adaptation of a comic book, or any adaptation into mainstream
media, for that matter. But that doesnt matter. Its comics, logic isnt the point. If you truly want to work
in comics for no other reason than to create movies adapted from them, then go with that. If thats what
inspires you, visualize yourself succeeding. Most artists dont and WONT get any work done if they have no
dreams or career goals to inspire them and visualize down the road. Attaining goals isnt as important as
working towards those goals every day.
How to Succeed and Promote Yourself in Manga, Webcomics, Dojin, and Indie Comics....
(2013-02-04 07:48)
Well, aside from the obvious options, like working, training, and practicing a lot, if you want to build youre
reputation as an artist, online is a great way to do it. Love it or Hate it, take it or leave it, Webcomics Nation
(and other webcomics sites), Lulu, and DeviantART are solid reputation builders and powerful PR Tools, as
are Blogger and Twitter. YouTube is more for editors and lmmakers.
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I dont really use Tumblr or Instagram.
This worked for me for the most part anyway.
Artists dont get much more well known than Jhonen Vasquez, Fred Gallagher, and Jim Lee, and theyre
very involved in new and social media. But thats not counting the dozens of lesser well known artists who
became well known by these methods.
Nowadays, social media self-promotion is just as inuential in establishing a famous artists name and portfolio
of work as traditional publishing is. Unless youre Japanese and working in Japan where the vast majority
of artists still nd the majority of their fame in print, if not an occasional appearance at Anime Expo and
assorted Japanese art, anime, and manga conventions overseas.
If theres 2 things I have that function on a high level, it would be my energy level and
my I.Q. (132) (2013-02-04 08:49)
Im actually very miserable if Im not functioning at a high level of energy, or chi.
Drawing ghting comics takes high levels of energy. Its hard to draw ANY action and ghting comics without
exerting at least SOME physical energy. Being a choreographer for comics and animation doesnt just take a
lot of talent and vision. It takes a lot of physical energy, because youre probably going to be acting out at
least half the action poses you draw numerous times in your sketchbook. Drawing ghting requires a physical
method acting approach. You can only really visualize so much in your mind. Eventually you have take a
method acting approach to providing your own physical reference.
Drawing action doesnt just take enthusiasm and inspiration. It also takes physical energy and movement,
to capture the physics of the storys ghting and combat. A whole book of ghting is also a whole book of
acting. The longer your comic book is or manga is going to be, the thicker the book ends up being, the more
energy out of you it will require and take to manifest. The choreographed martial arts, whether in animation,
lm, or graphic literature, is not for the lethargic, sedentary, fatigued, and lazy.
I just realized something about the country I live in...... (2013-02-04 10:19)
If youre seeking to attain traditionally animated and hand drawn animation, which is the best kind of
animation, aesthetically speaking, and the least ugliest, and you live in the United States, youre living in
the wrong country. You need to look to Europe (France) and the Far East. Sorry about that, the whole
American animation geographic displacement thing. America sucks at hand drawn animation compared to
Japan. They make us look downright retarded in an aesthetic sense. Its so shameful! Weve been dethroned
by Tokyo. But fortunately people like me still care.
First Rule of Comics is.... (2013-02-04 13:10)
You cant let public sentiment, opinion, or what people think, do and say in reaction to you aect you in
any signicant way. You cant AFFORD to care or give a shit what the media or ANY celebrity or writer or
artist for that matter thinks of you, or if they even know who you are, let alone track your every word and
move maliciously to form any kind of opposing sentiments or ill wills. What you CAN aord to think about
is the pages, and how youre going to produce new ones today or any other day. The more I worry about
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what public opinion of me is or any potential shit people might be talking, the less power that gives me over
my own pages and work for the daily quota. Paying ANYONE else mind, at ALL, only slows me down.
Yes there are people that love and worship me, just as there are people who hate, mock, and insult me. If I am
a polarizing gure, that fact would in reality derive from how much I care about my work, which inuences
how much I dont GIVE a FUCK what you or anyone else on the internet is thinking, saying, or doing. Fuck
that noise. Just work. I have no desire to discover whether I am unanimously loved or a polarizing gure.
None of that matters in the big scheme of things or historic sense. The pages matter. Opinions dont.
If you care what ANY TV SHOW thinks about you, whether its a childrens cartoon show or a talk show,
you are mentally ill and not worthy of pursuing comics for a living.
Wanna TRY Something? (2013-02-04 17:57)
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BATMAN: The Dark Knight (2013-02-05 21:06)
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Its Batman, Drawn in My Own Style.;
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A Little Atmosphere (2013-02-06 13:53)
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Stylin.
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Wow...Lotta worldwide readers.... (2013-02-06 14:02)
Apparently my largest current amount of readership is people in China. I currently at the moment have three
times as many Chinese in my blog audience than I do American or Russian readers. Cool!
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Indie Comics vs. Manga (2013-02-07 18:13)
Too me, theyre on the same level, and have many characteristics in common.
Im a little bit of a manga artist, and a little bit of an action-science-urban sword-fantasy indie artist. In
other words, I steal from all the good stu.
Happy 20th Birthday, Tim Burtons The Nightmare Before Christmas!
(2013-02-08 10:40)
I cant believe I was only 9 years old when I saw that movie with my mom in the local theater!
That lms a classic. Its my favorite lm, and the best Tim Burton movie, creatively, artistically, and
cinematically.
9 was good, but a lot of people dont even known 9 exists.
Oh Dear Lord. Its FINALLY BEING UNLEASHED!!! LEGEND OF ZELDA HARD-
COVER: HYRULE HISTORIA!!!! (2013-02-08 13:20)
I pre-ordered a copy 1 or 2 YEARS ago. Ive been waiting a long time for this day, when my copy ships
(Feburary 12). Mark your calenders, kids! This is one book thats been incredibly highly anticipated.
Gang Turf War (2013-02-09 19:30)
So last I heard, I was wanted for recruitment into 2 seperate online community gangs. But they both hated
each other, so each one used a dierent code name for me.
And thats how I got 2 names, gringo.
Favorite Online Filmmaking and Comics Auteurs? (2013-02-10 13:45)
Favorite international online media auteurs whose work I follow? I have 2 favorites currently: 1 an AMV
lmmaker, and the other a web-manga self-publishing artist:
Broken Element (AMV)
Raynart-Tradnor (Franco-Japanese indie and self publishing manga/anime)
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Ive Always Had Weird Feelings About France and China....Ever Since I Saw Their
Literary and Cinematic Media..... (2013-02-11 14:44)
Where all comics are detailed and designy, everyone is quiet and peaceful in person mostly, and lm and
comics are actually detailed and lled with philosophy and well choreographed action....
Thats NOTHING like the mainstream of America,
But the weird part is, it IS a lot like me and what I stand for....
Almost all the oddities and things Im into that no one else is into in the United States, is mainstream and
common place in China and France, or Hong Kong and Paris.
Attention to detail MATTERS?
Philosophy MATTERS?
Martial Arts MATTERS
ARCHITECTURE MATTERS?
Architectural Martial Arts and Philosophy MATTERS!?
Oh. MY. GOD! I gotta go to those countries some time! I love the French and Chinese!
Its like some weird parallel world where everyone there is the same as me, instead of the polar opposite, like
it is in America. No wonder I like travel so much. Great way to make new friends.
In-Laws... (2013-02-11 22:43)
Yeah, I have a Trinidadian sister-in-law that Im not exactly fond of mentioning here. I feel like she thinks
everything is about HER. Shes ALMOST as self-absorbed and angry as I am. ALMOST. The mother of my
nephew Anthony and niece Alyssa. If she knew I was actually talking about her online, shed probably brag
about it somewhere. Meh. Forget her! My brother is raising an interracial family. Hes all white, but his wife
(my sister in law) is black, and both their children are bi-racial. My familys a bit more diverse than it used
to be. My adoptive brothers personal life is very dierent than my own. My brother is 100 % white, but
started an interracial marriage and family, much to the dismay of his original family. I attended my brother
and sister-in-laws wedding to one another. It was actually a much less awkward social occasion than most
people probably think. They were both smiling as they walked down the aisle and said their vows some odd
years back. So thats good. Im kind of not at all like that. My preference is Caucasian, and Eurasian, but
brothers family aside, all my adoptive family is white. My family tree is like the Harry Potter family tree.
SOMETHING like that!
Goals and Dreams: How to Write For Animation (2013-02-12 01:35)
Precisely 3 years ago, in February of 2010, I put a marking in my journal of my newer or newest career goal
I would dedicate myself to working toward. I set out to achieve the impossible. My goal was inspired by
Japanese animated serials from the early era of anime especially, from shows like Gundam and Dragonball Z.
I wanted to ll a void not currently being lled. Why is there no Yoshiyuki Tomino (Gundam head writer
and creator) of American produced animation and animated action shows in America. Where is the action?
Where is the WAR and militant ballistics?? Where are the martial arts?! Where is the drama, suspense, and
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dramatic storytelling!!!? Huh!!!??? Where are the big sweeping epic sagas of American animation, like what
Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Generator Rex are both doing now? There wasnt nearly as much of that
on TV when I wrote that journal entry three years ago. That void can still be felt to this day. Its not the
most popular thing in the world to take a more sophisticated design, and cinematic-dramatic storytelling
approach to animation the way Yoshiyuki Tominino, THE animation pioneer did with his scripts and novels.
But I gured, since I do have this level of literary productivity and power over my words, I may as well use it
for good, and not abuse it for evil (i.e. most comedy and comedic cartoons of the modern era).
In that resolution to pursue the dramatic and intense visuals in my scripts and screenwriting, I could literally
feel the Builder and Visionary in my consciousness coming to life.
Then a few years later after a lot of hard work, step No. 1 was complete in that plan. I wrote the rst
draft of my rst 22-page spec script. The rst ever written by me. I was incredibly happy with it. In nearly
every way, that script manifested and personied the ideals I believed in about animation storytelling and
production, in a way I had been longtime failing at in comics and sequential art. That might change, but
for now Im far superior at writing over art. Im aware of that now. I may be a pretty good artist, a rst
class designer, and good illustrator and sequential artist, but Im a Great American Writer. And nothing
in me would doubt that proclamation for a second. My condence in my abilities seems to come from how
productive I am at doing something. The more often I draw or write, the more comfortable and condent I
become with it.
Disney Institute....Reborn as a Business School?? Pretty cool, man. (2013-02-12 04:51)
Ive had my share of training with things related to the Disney Institute.
The thing people now might not know about the Disney Institute is...
Theres 2 Disney Institutes.
The Old Animation-Process Centric Disney Institute that was mostly for kids and families at the theme park.
The Newly Re-Invented Big-Business Centric Disney Institute.
I trained under a guy from the Disney Institute V. 1.0. That was a lot of fun, and I learned lot. Plus, he went
on to become one of myself and my parents best friends and he ended up being my closest mentor, and a
person who I got a lot of advice from. Under Phils supervision, I felt like I could do anything his personality
was so inspiring and professional. He had complete faith in me completing just about any animation task,
even when I didnt want to believe in myself at the time. I really just wish everyone was lucky enough to
have a friend-mentor of the caliber I had.
The Disney Institute has re-adjusted to the times. The Tweet world, the big business training world, training
managers and whatnot. I actually think that decision is pretty cool.
If theres two famous local lesser known pros Im friends with who are famous locally, Id say those people
would be Matt and Phil.
If theres 2 things I know, its music and animation. Matt taught me music. Phil taught me animation.
Matt C. ended up becoming close friends with Rob Thomas and the entire band of Matchbox Twenty, when
they were merely another struggling local band in Florida. And hes still friends with them to this day, if Im
not mistaken. I was in the same middle school band class as Matt C. and my other friend Johnny B. We were
all in the percussion section of the school band. But we would always goof o in class and joke around, read
comics, draw, and just do drum licks the whole time, showing o our skills to one another. Good times. One
time I even got to go to Matts house where we formed a temporary alternative rock garage band, and we did
a few songs on the spot. Johnny and I took turns on the drum set, and Matt played electric guitar. Our best
song was a song Matt C. called The Surf Song where we played a California-style surf rock vintage melody,
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that sounded like a mixture of Dick Dale Del Tones and Smash Mouth. If I remember correctly, there was no
singing involved, just instrumentals. We kicked ass with music. That was one damn catchy song. Too bad
we didnt record it. This was before Yourself or Someone Like You was released, and Matchbox Twenty was
still called Tabithas Secret, if Im not mistaken.
Phils sessions were more formal and I worked on cartooning stu instead of music with drums, but yeah, we
freestyled a lotta art, drawing sketches on the spot, testing my chops. This was around 5 to 6 years after the
Jam Sessions.
Skillz to Pay The Bills... (2013-02-12 05:55)
I think I get my English, linguistic, and artistic skills from my birth mother.
My birth mother taught high school English for a living at one point. She majored in and taught English at
some point in her life. Its probably biological.
I also get my fashion savvy from her I think. When she got married one time, she designed the dress she
wore at one of her own weddings, in her sketchbook, she told me over the phone one time.
I dont have many actual friends. Then again, I dont get out that much. (2013-02-12 06:13)
I can count my greatest friends on one hand: Chris, Johnny, Amanda, Jason, Nicole.
SQUEE! (2013-02-12 10:21)
[1]Gotta love that kid.... Such evil entities he must confront. To say nothing of the fact that he lives next to
a famous serial killer.
1. http://www.z99store.com/product/squee-headshot
History....Beat Ya To It! (2013-02-12 11:28)
Making HISTORY?? HAH! Please. I WAS documenting my life in written texts and books before the media
ever did. I WROTE the rst chapter on the story of MY life...
Want to spam me and write me hate mail all day? (yknow you want to!) (2013-02-12 12:33)
Feel free to hate on me all day long at spindack@gmail.com. Or you could, yknow, TALK to me about
whatevers on your mind if youre bored all day long like I am....
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Masters Degree In The Black Arts (2013-02-13 10:58)
No, not the Dark Arts, though thats cool too.
Black Arts.
Artwork with a lot of black in it, and genuinely dark and macabre stories and visions in literature, lm
making and art.
Silhouettes, Positive & Negative Space, Pen and Ink, Black and White Images, Notan, Noir, Neo-Noir,
Expressionism, Dark Fantasy, Goth, Cyberpunk.
I get an A+ in any and ALL these classes, with honors.
Hi China! (2013-02-13 14:39)
Obama sure is paranoid about the international internet.
Okay, here come the really HARD questions about culture and new age knowledge. The
Real Mysteries. Ready? (2013-02-13 17:22)
Ready for some actual CHALLENGING cultural and spiritual questions?
Good. Here:
What is the dierence between chakra and chi?
Are publishers in France conspiring to keep Americans away from awareness of authentic French culture and
comics. Is more authentic French culture being concealed from America in favor of perpetuating negative
PR and stereotypes?
Finally, I get to put my psychic and paranormal abilities of vision, imagination, telepathy,
and intuition to the test..... (2013-02-18 20:07)
I had my rst phone interview with the Parapsychology Foundation today. This is completely of my own free
will and based on my own personal curiosity into psychic and paranormal phenomena.
Anime Brand Building In the American 21st Century (2013-02-19 04:53)
Ive narrowed down my brand image quite a bit. My brand is my job and what I create and design. In
other words, my brand is Mono and Parallax. Manga, fantasy, webcomics, anime just kind of go along
with that, in terms of the context Mono is in. Mono actually makes for a pretty kick ass brand for me to
utilize. It goes back to Branding 101. Why is Monos style a brand? Why do I consider it that? Because
Mono sells. Whooping ass sells. Manga sells. The internet (if done right) sells. Action and fantasy sell.
Up till this point, the longcoat thing has primarily been an cinematic Asian Triad and Yakuza thing, and
a Highlander thing, ever since John Woo and whoever did Highlander created that fantasy archetype (the
longcoat) in their movies, Highlander: The Movie and John Woos classic A Better Tomorrow. But up till
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this point, its primarily been the forte of Asian artists and lmmakers. Im the rst white American artists
to draw longcoats in that way, other than, say, Todd McFarlane (Sam and Twitch) and Frank Miller (Marv
in SinCity). Other than that, it was later the Wachowski Brothers with The Matrix trilogy, classic noir lms,
and cyberpunks own longcoat archetype, which was Blade Runner (which is almost guaranteed to stimulate
an artists imagination upon watching it). Actually, now that I think about it, it is kind of hard to know
WHO started it. But Im participating, at the very least.
Oh Good! I Pencilled It In! I Finally Pencilled a Real Panel! Ive Always Wanted to
Do That! (2013-02-19 06:36)
[1]
Now all I need to do is INK this bad-boy, and it will be a nished illustration
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Inked My Own Pencils (2013-02-19 07:19)
[1]
[2]
I think in terms of positive and negative space a lot. I like how this one turned out...
1. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GyJFDseuL88/USOX0iGZWpI/AAAAAAAAD5w/kLnPrHJbKLQ/s1600/Penciller.jpg
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I LOVE HONG-KONG! WUXIA LIIIIIIIIIIVES!!!!!! [on Netix] (2013-02-19 10:30)
Netix is amazing. Thats where I discovered the cinema of Hong-Kong and China.
Home of the worlds greatest choreography arts and choreographer masters.
Current non-anime martial arts title being watched? Wu Dang [release date: 2012]
There is a trenchcoat and a blade on the lm cover. A strong selling point for me.
Im a sucker for blades and coats. How can I say no?
Oh boy! Its Tuesday, My Favorite Day of the Week! You know what that means!
FANFICTION DAY! (2013-02-19 19:47)
Todays Chronicle:
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Grand Theft Auto: Fear & Loathing at the Border
Fade in to:
Mexico - South American Border Desert - Dusk
Open wide on the Mexican Border Desert. Its mostly desolate and deserted, but there are people in raggedy
clothes standing around, and Border Patrolment, helicopters, and trucks, armed with ries and shotguns.
Mexican citizens are wandering about.
Cut to:
Mexican Border fenced eld - Further out west at the border of South America.
A tiny car approaches on a wide shot of the horizon, its a green cadillac. If we didnt know any better, we
could say it looked like Hunter S. Thompson and his hispanic crony, Benicio Del Toro
Hunter S. Thompson
Where are we?
Del Toro
Were in Mexico, essay. About to cross the border.
Hunter S. Thompson
Whatever you do, dont stop
Del Toro
Why essay?
Hunter S. THompson
We cant stop here! This is BAT COUNTRY.
Hunter S. Thompson proceeds to ip out in one of his trade mark drug trip sequences. Bats cover the sky
.
Hunter S.THompson
Alright Paco. Did you stash the cocaine? Hide the revolver?
Del Toro
Uh-huh.
To Be Continued....!...MAYBE!!!
Hey, writing that last script is kind of like sharpening a pencil when youre a penciller....
(2013-02-19 20:55)
Gotta poop out a random script to keep the skills sharp, dontcha?
Favorite Multimedia Writers? Yeah, I Gots a Fews... (2013-02-19 22:03)
George Lucas, Tim Burton, Jhonen Vasquez, Busta Rhymes, Method Man, MC Chris, Bendis, Dave Willis,
LeSean Thomas, Katsuhiro Otomo, Aaron McGruder, John Lasseter, Todd McFarlane, Dave Filoni, Eminem,
Marilyn Manson, Seth MacFarlane, and Quentin Tarantino. Thats all of em....Pretty much.
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Mystery Solved: It Totally Makes Sense [to me] Now! The Russian Insight...
(2013-02-20 15:34)
Russia isnt as famous as America by modern standards, but technically it makes natural and perfect sense I
have a lot of Russian readers for this blog (I have a few hundred weekly, if not every day). Russia is one of
the most, if not THE MOST literate and Literary countries in the world, historically speaking.
Its only natural a Russian audience would want to read something very very dense and long.
Classic Scans...An Oldeey But a Goodeey (2013-02-20 21:49)
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The Facts You DONT Know About Me.... (2013-02-20 22:21)
Im overweight.
My prolic online work is a nightmare to my parents
I watch Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Squidbillies Religiously Every Night
I DONT entirely hate Family Guy
I watch Boomerang more than CN half the time
I watch the Hub a lot
There is a lot of Orange Soda in my Bloodstream
Id LIKE TO lose weight
THIS ARRIVED... (2013-02-21 09:39)
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AWWWW YEEEYUH BOIIIII!!!!!!!!
Im so excited to look through this one!!!
1. http://img2.targetimg2.com/wcsstore/TargetSAS//img/p/14/33/14339972_130122223000.jpg
Happy Birthday, Edward Gorey! (2013-02-21 21:04)
[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward Gorey
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gorey
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Hmmm. END TIMES the manga and anime is having some inertia as a webcomic.....So,
(2013-02-23 08:36)
Get ready for END TIMES: THE VIDEO GAME!!!! Written, Storyboarded, and Designed by Me, Me, and
Me.
Weeeelll...Sort of anyway.
INFAMOUS Comic Book One Shot PRINTING AND FORMATTING ERRORS that
LULU and Amazon Keep getting wrong.... (2013-02-25 11:07)
Lulu:
What they get right:
Page Size: Proper Size of a Comic Book: 6.63 x 10.25. oddly enough Amazon distributes books of this
size proportion, yet doesnt PRINT and PUBLISH them in create space. This NEEDS TO be changed and
amended, so say I!
Print Binding Format: Key Element: Saddle Stich Binding. Lulu makes sure authors have the option to
saddle stitch their books, which is how books from all the pros (like Dark Horse, Marvel, DC, Image, Oni,
SLG) are printed
What it gets wrong:
Unlike theyre book books. The auto formatting at LULU, makes all the interior pages of the book as glossy
as the exterior cover pages. A HUGE UGLY MISTAKE! It even does this to black and white pen and ink
artwork. BAD!!!! GOD I HATE THOSE KINDS OF PAGES!!!!
Amazon (CreateSpace):
What they get right:
Page Texture. The interior pages are rough and newspapery, as a traditionally published book or comics
pages SHOULD BE.
What they get wrong:
Interior page formatting. Sizing mistakes with interior artwork (they make your artwork way too big and
crop it)
Print sizing: Unlike Lulu, which actually has an option for REAL comic book sizes (6.63 x 10.25), I was
forced to use a size of page that was 7 x 10 which is not industry standard, much as I hate to say it.
One would think comic book self publishers could get their formatting issues right. But THESE above
mentioned things are the main mistakes made.
Heres the problem: Amazon and Lulu arent LEARNING FROM each other. Theyre ignoring each others
aws, weaknesses, and strengths, and not learning from them in order to make their services better and
making their services more suitable for authors/customers
to put it ANOTHER way. It almost seems like, in terms of formatting errors,
What Amazon gets right, Lulu gets wrong,
Or...
What Lulu gets right, Amazon gets wrong!
FIX THIS, NOW!
(Goddamit.)
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Registered my rst script with WGA today.... (2013-02-26 18:24)
I wanted to protect my script, so I registered with the Writers Guild of America.
These Are Facts... (2013-02-27 12:45)
For all we, the fans, know, Jhonen could do nothing more than sit around his house smoking crack and
beating his meat all day long.
But does he get numerous credited residuals everytime we see Zim on the telly.
Fuck yeah he does!
Thats how it is for EVERY creator. Nobody who youre familiar with and who sees airtime in L.A. is getting
ripped o by the system.
Taking a Short, Undened Break....Yet Again (2013-02-27 19:22)
Im going on a brief blog vacation, probably. This blog thing is stressing me out. I gotta get away from my
websites. Im a little TOO involved in this...non-residual-rewarding (i.e. ONLINE) work. I need a break, so
Im giving myself one. Be back soon
-The Management
3.3 March
End Game? (2013-03-02 06:34)
Thats funny, I dont remember ever saying or writing down I actually had one. But I like to let people use
their imaginations.
The worlds changed in the last 12 years... (2013-03-02 14:17)
Its amazing how the public wants to know me. Well, I can assure you its not a mutual understanding.
Some people think they know me very well. But if thats true, why do I not know them.
I live on a hostile, abrasive planet. I certainly dont know my family anymore. Whatever knowledge I have of
the society that used to be, is gone.
I live in Afghanistan, apparently.
I used to know plenty of people, but due to being isolated from the world for so long, the world I knew has
been replaced by an aggressive, angry, alien society.
How can anyone truly know me when I dont actually KNOW anyone anymore. Which I dont. The people
I knew growing up have changed. Im surrounded by people, every single day, yet I dont really know anyone.
Everyone around me has changed. And apparently not for the better. Im still the same person, albeit older.
Im not famous, but I am isolated from society. All I see are strangers, alien life forms, and of course, phonies.
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Lo and Behold Me, For I am the Southeaster Redneck Junction Fire Master
(2013-03-02 14:46)
Burning road Controlled Fire state-funded pathways with State Fires to keep the timid masses boxed into
one state. Thanks for staying, but YOU CANT LEAVE.
That seems like a lot of work just to get me to stay in one....city.
Burning down a whole forest?? FOR ME??? Aw shucks, you shouldnt have...paid o the state government
to seal the exits o.
Nothing suspicious about that.
Selling a Show to Cable TV Animation is HARD... (2013-03-02 15:00)
Yeah, especially since my passion with and obsession for creating TV shows incindentally elevated its status
from obscure and glamour-less to THE MOST WANTED SHOWBUSINESS JOB IN THE WORLD! Yeah,
my bad. Sorry for making society want my job so badly. But hey, at least I landed a SWEET, SWEET
media empire online! So not all is lost.
I must be the rst trendsetter in history who gets left in the dust in every wake of all 22 pop cultural and
media cultural trends he DOES set. Doesnt pay a dime.
Will Smith says Parents Just dont Undastand.... (2013-03-02 17:44)
But Private Eyes and anti-Trojan manufacturers do! Perhaps you should email them for safety advice.
Shitty Life Test (2013-03-03 18:20)
Life is a test. Did I pass. Huh, huh? Did I??!!
Glasses And Weak Eyes Make You a Better Artist Half the Time (2013-03-04 08:55)
The Proof? Look at all the photos of animation and comics artists. How many where glasses? Lots!
Jhonen Vasquez
Katsuhiro Otomo
Osamu Tezuka
Miyazaki
Thomas Romain
George Lucas
Steven Spielberg
Scott McCloud
Bill Watterson
And dont get me STARTED on writers and that glass-wearing = genius connection.
Being nearsighted, farsighted, or having astigmatism or any other sight deciency and having to wear glasses
for it can make you a visionary!
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Founding an Animation Studio (2013-03-04 10:14)
Founding your own studio STARTS WITH Good art. Thats why you need to be or work with artists who
know how to make CLEAN Drawings. If its not clean on the computer or page, its not going to be polished
on the TV screen, either.
Good, Great Art literally makes or breaks an indie or co-production animation studio...
Before you can succeed in setting up an operation, youre drawings must rst be good. Your vision has to
live up to its OWN potential. If it doesnt look good on paper, it will look just as bad in the video reel.
None of that for me thanks. Im a weak, nerdy, small, spineless WIMP.....
(2013-03-04 12:39)
Just call me BITCH.
Say, would you like to borrow one of my books. Teaches me all the wimpy things I need to know how to be a
wimp that doesnt ght....!
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2. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JWP5NbDjSP8/UTUGWfhPxbI/AAAAAAAAJZM/Fp37PMzbKTo/s1600/Project2.png
3. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PZoqd0E7jEU/UTUGZS_FKyI/AAAAAAAAJZU/GM7kcttqRbo/s1600/Project3.png
Asian Live Action Cinema Favorites? (2013-03-04 13:37)
Favorite Hong-Kong and Japanese live action Films?
Yes, thats right. Ive watched enough Hong Kong Wuxia by now I now actually have a list.
Dance of the Drunken Mantis
Wu Dang
Last Hurrah for Chivalry
The Zatoichi: Blind Samurai Series
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Hard Boiled
Hero
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Versus
By now, if my private stats are any indicator.... (2013-03-04 13:43)
60 % of my audience lives in China...
Out of an Early Retirement..and BACK to being BUSY as All HELL! (2013-03-09 17:16)
Finished a few small stacks of the following, which are now sitting on my desk:
Script
Short Story Collection
Comics, Shaded and Revised
Image Boards (mix between storyboards and layouts)
Honestly, I was GOING TO log back on sooner and give some form of one of my little stats. reports, but
I couldnt nd the time. I had family over at my house, and they stayed for a LOOONG time. A LONG
FRIGGIN TIME! Roughly about 62 hours. Needless to say, I dont get much work done when I have guests
over....
The bad part: I still got miles to go on this journey. The good news: Im so far past the starting line of this
marathon, I cant see the starting line anymore.
Two Things You Should Never Let Go Of: LOVE, and VENGEANCE (2013-03-16 10:57)
The world can TRY TO make you suppress your true feelings. But some feelings are not meant to die. Some
feelings last forever, whether positive or negative.
NEVER FORGET....THE POWER...OF YOUR FEELINGS.
They are the foundation of Life and Having a Soul.
-JM
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Gentlemen [and ladies]. I believe it is time to kick some ass: SOME ART....
(2013-03-16 18:11)
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Image Boards 2013
1. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5RzIUNxbaMw/UUUX-pgWJxI/AAAAAAAAJcg/je_ZmZICKkk/s1600/3.jpg
2. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K007OHanaCw/UUUYAeRD1KI/AAAAAAAAJco/TFFZCOOTBCw/s1600/1.jpg
New Shit to Sketch down in my Books. SKETCH THIS SHIT, MAGGOT!!!!! GO GO
GO!!!! DRAW DRAW DRAW!!!! (2013-03-16 19:36)
Advertising Commercials
American PR Brandwashing Propaganda
All Cartoon Networks
Krin
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Crows
Biker Gangs
Red Scare
Soviet Art
Muslim Architecture
Dance of Shiva
Lady Liberty
FireBlade
Arab Spring
Egypt
Mubarak
Twitter
YouTube
DeviantART
That One Repetitive and Oh so Popular Viral Perv Video Website
Barack Obama
The News
New-Wave Horror Movies (The Ring, Saw, Weird Shadow Figures in Dark Rooms)
Squid (regular and giant)
Ship at Sea
Helicopter
Country Expressways, Grassy Valleys with Highway Roads and Fields/ Trees
Trees
Forrests
Winnebagos
Floods
Giant Holes
Mitt Romney
France
Weapons
Genga: Original Pictures by KATSUHIRO OTOMO
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Fire
Water
Brushres
Car Chases
Dialogue Scenes
Sanford
Trac
Driving
Crime Shows
Neighborhood Hooligans, Swords, Drugs, Toddler Bullies, and Martial Arts
Im looking forward to getting my show on TV...Eventually, in a lookit the Dead
Wikipedia dude posthumous kinda way... (2013-03-16 20:46)
Dont sweat the small stu kids. Im looking forward to watching it from the grave. 20 years after I die
in my 50s and stu. Cartoon Network will be cancelled by then, so theyre out of the running. Whoopsie.
Misjudged THAT trajectory..
Ce La Vie...and death.
Hey, cool! The INTERNET, TV, NEWS, Hollywood and RADIO Turned Me Into a
Martyr...Ima jack a plane (2013-03-16 21:14)
Clearly I no longer rule the overnights. In the 90s yes. Now, no.
Im the King of the Early A.M. Now.
Being Famous AND A Workaholic....kind of sucks... (2013-03-17 09:09)
The whole celebrity thing kind of tends to eat away at my writing/art work schedule....
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Daily Schedule (Weekdays) 4 a.m. to 2 a.m. (2013-03-17 10:27)
4 a.m. - Noon - Wake up, Watch TV (mostly cartoons)
Noon - 1: Eat Breakfast, Check my inbox, Energy Drink, Begin Prepping for Day
1-2: A little bit more TV
1:30 - 6 p.m. : Drawing and Writing and Reading and Websurng, o and on, interchangeably
7 p.m.: Winding down, Calling it a day, TV,
1:30 - 2 a.m.: Generally this is the time I fall asleep
Ahem... (2013-03-17 10:41)
So I walked up to the prison front door.
Yes? The front gate guard said.
Yes, is this the jail where they provide you free room and board, with TV and a laptop and books, by
yourself in a prison cell? Id like to rent a cell.
Son, I dont think you understand this place, what its about, OR the justice system. You have to commit a
crime to end up in a jail cell. You cant just volunteer.
Does watching Girls Gone Wild count?
No.
Dammit!!!
Comics Page Artist Bookmark, Page 150 (2013-03-17 14:11)
Ive done a books worth of comics pages by now. I have no idea how many panels Ive drawn. A lot.
Out of those 150 comic book pages that range from shitty to clean, 20 are actually good.
1 out of every comic book pages I pencil in is actually decipherable.
And now. Onto the NEXT 150! Looking forward to it.
Took me a while to get the hang of drawing sequential art.
One of the secrets Ive learned is you can often tell how much time went into a panel by its textural density.
Either way, I feel like progress IS being made on this front, the comic book front.
My compositions started o weak enough, but gradually, over time, with the more work I put into it...
They EVOLVED. My style and abilities evolved. Certain pages Im very proud of. Others, not so much.
DeviantART, though it does serve its purpose, is hated for a reason. MANY reasons, actually.
One of those reasons I sort of hate deviantART is because theres no real manga and comics archive. Just
doujin. Where is the DeviantART of amateur comic book pages? Id be on that sucker day and night.
But Ive come to realize comic book page-type DA-equivalent sites are in short supply.
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This is because there is a dierence between sketchbook and sequential art.
Sequential art is HARDER TO DRAW! If it wasnt it would ow just as much as sketchbook art.
For a while now, lets say for the last 1 to 2 months or so, Ive completely forgotten about my WCN Account
(webcomics nation).
So there is WCN
But being one of the best webcomics artists around, I did LEARN a thing or two from my early days in
webcomics (The 2007 and 2008 era).
...Just as all real anime is built to not be like anime and manga, but as anime and manga, the best
webcomics art not just to be drawn like regular print comics but instead as regular print comics. Just
because you dont get as many rewards as the big names doesnt mean you shouldnt try and get back to
work! The greatest webcomics artwork can rival most regular printed comic book and manga artwork. If
youre going to reach my level or better yet, go beyond it, you have to take what you do seriously. Take your
artwork, training, and practice serious. Its important. So it should be treated as such.
When I logged o of WCN, I was returning to my traditional art training roots, both literally and guratively.
Now after taking some time o, I feel like I can better compete with my own pioneering rate I set for myself,
initially and to begin with.
And yes, End Times is still very much alive. Itll be back in time more than likely, one way or another if my
current quality work rate is any indicator. I just happen to believe if you have to choose between putting out
shit and putting out nothing tangible, you should go with the latter and bide your time until you actually
have something decent and new. Ive kept a pretty low prole lately. But I doubt thatll last.
If I Had to Pick a Career, and Proclaim I Had The Look of Any One Specic Profes-
sion....With My Dark Beard-Mustache and Black Curly Hair.... (2013-03-17 18:21)
Id say I look like a Novelist.
Im a Novelist and Novelistic in every sense of the word.
I denitely look more like a writer than an artist.
Superstar of the Family (2013-03-17 19:44)
While the media and regular fans frown upon me, with my family and friends Ive always had, Now Im a
superstar in their eyes. Ive signed autographs in 2 copies of my art book friends and family own.
Apparently when your friends and family buy your book, they still want an autograph from you (the author)
half the time. I guess its meaningful to THEM....
But where am I going with this. Hmmm. I guess I forgot.
The so-called Mole Network exists.... (2013-03-18 14:29)
Purely due to how envious others are of my high amount of POWER to begin with.
Much of the time, people DO spy on me because they ARE jealous Im more powerful than them, and they
DO seek out my weakness.
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This same thing happens to all powerful people of my stature, give or take. It happens to all powerful people,
no matter how small their power and inuence is.
People are envious and jealous
And rivals will always attempt to seek out your achilles heel for their benet and exploitation
They will also make attempts to dig up your always innocent followers and punish them for believing in you
This feeds the mole spy Traitor (rival actually) factual prole quite a bit.
Hot O the Press Yo! Word. (2013-03-18 18:31)
[1]
Heerooooooooooooo!!!!!!
Oh Relena :D
I believe the success of this page in particular, if I had to pick one element and factor, is time.
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I spent 50 minutes on this page, once I added the songs I listened to while pencilling. Ive never sat my but
in a chair to draw comics, continuously, for that much time. Bit of a Breakthrough for me.
1. http:
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Rurouni Kenshin New Anime??? And they HATE it regardless? Wow, tough crowd....
(2013-03-18 21:26)
IFRAME: [1]http://www.youtube.com/embed/C4Pg7jEzSKw
....Personally, Im in love the look, design and cinema of this new anime. Its graceful and just as well
animated as the original. But if you scroll down to the comments section, some of the die-hard Japan fans
left some negative remarks that just kind of make me think, WOW, Tough crowd I guess, that Japan....I
think Americas gonna love it though, when it nally gets the dub and sub treatment.....
1. http://www.youtube.com/embed/C4Pg7jEzSKw
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I guess he sort of...left (2013-03-19 11:34)
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Mail, Digital Comments. Same Dierence.... (2013-03-21 13:12)
.....
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Headline: Cartoonish Cartoonist Draws Again (2013-03-22 14:52)
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Some textural practice
1. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IdVrdYfr8CE/UUzSeFb32ZI/AAAAAAAAJgQ/_U6B2itg4qA/s1600/0+-+Patterns+3.0.jpg
Call it what it REALLY is demographically, Teen Swim, NOT Adult Swim
(2013-03-26 10:09)
Adult Swims demographic is much lower than mine. Theyre trying to court teenage viewers obviously. No
one over the age of 21. Adult Swim isnt Adult at all. If Adult Swim actually wanted an actual REAL adult
audience, theyd emulate CBS primetime, Military, ION TV, VH1, History Channel, AMC, Boomerang, and
Ovation, ( which are tailor made for old people, or so its been said), NOT Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network,
G4, Comedy Central, and MTV, which are for immature teen viewers. A schlockfest.
Adult Swim is far from mature. Especially lately. Cowboy Bebop is probably the most mature show theyve
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ever aired. I actually dont feel guilty watching DVR tapings of that show with my 62-year-old dad. He
actually likes Cowboy Bebop quite a bit (and hes a Frasier and NBC fan, not at ALL an anime fan, but he
does like Cowboy Bebop.) He HATES Family Guy and Aqua Teen.
Theres a dierence between audacious and shocking (but immature and crude) teenage rebelliousness, and
its older viewer polar opposite: Wisdom, Experience, and Maturity. Shows like Frasier and Cowboy Bebop
have maturity. Family Guy and King of the Hill dont. Theyre just more White Trash. Garbage to throw
away. No thank you.
A Job that probably isnt that hard... (2013-03-27 22:58)
Im considering getting work as a retail cashier. Maybe not before I move though. I worked with and around
a LOT of cashiers when I bagged hundreds upon hundreds of groceries at my towns Winn-Dixie.
I remember actually kind of enjoying that job at the supermarket. Never got too crazy most of the time. Not
enough to stop me from collecting a lot of paychecks at $6.50 an hour. Back in 2000.
One thing I know about cashiering, most cashiers keep a calculator handy, for the calculations they cant do
in their head. You dont have to be a math expert just to take peoples money.
You want a receipt with that?
If my second/rst best friend can move and nd a job at a sporting goods store, then dammit! Maybe I can
get some day job too. Comics career aint going anywhere...
Achieving Independence.... (2013-03-27 23:23)
Genuinely if you choose to relocate, and its not with anyone, you need to nd a job. My adoptive dad
manages a pharmacy, and works 8 hour days to support his family (i.e. me and my mom and brother). He
works 8 hour days, 5 to 6 days a week on his feet running a local pharmacy to support himself and his family.
Im starting to get old enough where I can appreciate the nobility of a lifestyle choice like that more than I
used to. My writing work ethic always has been inspired by my adoptive fathers work ethic. No one really
can say hes not a hard worker, because he is a hard worker. He sacrices a lot of things to make my life
easier. The older you get the more you do tend to relate to being a cog in the machine I guess. You cant
ALWAYS dream your way into the dreamy perfect powerful life youve always wanted and lusted after,
no strings attached like all the self-mastery new agey books talk about. Sorry, if youre like 90 % of the
population, you gotta work, not dream. And theres no guarantee your dream wont destroy your life as mine
has done to my lifestyle anyway...
The Danger of Relocation.... (2013-03-28 00:10)
Im not actually any more vulnerable living somewhere other than where I have been if I were to have the
proper resources. Im actually pretty resourceful, IF I have the right tools to work with.
I didnt realize until just now that when I do nally relocate to somewhere else, Ill be responsible for more
of the physical aspects of relocation than I had initially planned. I put to much faith in my adoptive parents,
and they ended up betraying me and stabbing me in the back on numerous accounts.
If I DO relocate in actuality, whether sooner or later (no matter to me, I can wait years either way), it
probably WONT be with any sort of favorable blessing from my parents.
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But the desire to pack up and move, even if Im traveling solo ultimately could be harsh, but thats kind of
the whole point of everything. You know Starting a new somewhere entirely by yourself just may be what I
was destined for. Considering what Ive already been through and all the dangerous situations Ive already
been put in, seriously, how bad a little travel. I LIKE travel. I get wanderlust. Thats just how I am. In my
later years I probably will be ying solo, by necessity, both literally and guratively.
Movin On Up (2013-03-28 09:10)
I submitted a tech idea to DirecTV, and its actually going to get reviewed by the higher ups. Powerful people
in the company that run DirecTV will be viewing my tech invention. Maybe even applying it. Anthony
Wood himself might even be seeing my handiwork, which would be a HUGE honor. Considering hes one
of my personal heroes, in the same league as such people as Bill Gates, Ted Turner, Lawrence Lessig, and
Tim Berners-Lee. For those NOT in the know....Anthony Wood founded Roku and invented Netix Instant
Streaming, and DVR. As a Founding YouTube Upload Engineer, I can appreciate achievements like that...
TV Show as Soapbox.... (2013-03-28 09:39)
Using your TV show as a soapbox to point out others shortcomings, like South Park and Teen Titans?
Kiiiiind of a DICK move. Not FaceDick Level Dick. But still, pretty penis-ish.
In theory if youre using your power to discredit others for abusing power, in theory youre committing the
same crimes youre penalizing everyone else for.
DICKS.
Sexual Art Deviants, Adults Who Are Swimming, MegaEgomaniaTokyo. FORMER
ALLIES (2013-03-28 13:07)
Emphasis on FORMER.
Airing Today On The All Time Favorites Tube (2013-03-28 15:19)
Todays Menu
Death Note: The Finale Episode (continuing yesterdays theme)
Its Going Down - by X-Ecutioners
Cain and Abel, The Bible Cartoon (spoilers posted in tweet)
Big Shot - Billy Joel (Still Image Music Video). Is that a rock?
Why I Dont Judge The Tabloids (2013-03-28 15:22)
Well, the New Testament says not to do it, so I dont
Good enough reason not to for me anyway. Cant speak for heathens, I mean OTHERS!
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Work, and Enemies (2013-03-28 15:39)
Would you go out and promote your work when you have as many enemies as I do?
SHOULD YOU go out and promote your work when you have as many enemies as I do?
CAN YOU go out and promote your work when you have as many enemies as I do??
You tell me. THEN Ill decide.
Jonny. You Inspire Me (2013-03-28 18:23)
Jonny is the same old Jonny. Hes evolved, but he still has that good old fashioned positive attitude of his I
always admired. Not even a steamroller could stop him. And its already tried to, time and again. He never
gives up. Just gets right back up and keeps moving forward. Jonnys got quite a bit of strength too, just
like all my greatest personal friends in my private life do. We may have our assorted vulnerabilities people
arent as aware of, but were all strong in our own ways. This bonds us as friends. Or, it does for me anyway.
Were all heroic warriors that have all faced setbacks, but we have not allowed those setbacks to dene us.
We just didnt realize it in the beginning.
IFRAME: [1]http://www.youtube.com/embed/VLljOExtW6E
1. http://www.youtube.com/embed/VLljOExtW6E
DevART Ironies: Yeah, I I want to work in OEL Manga, and draw as good as Otomo
himself...But I live in a log cabin in Scandinavia. Is that a problem? (2013-03-29 11:48)
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Well....Uh.....you see.............well, I........*Sigh*
Its important not to work for rewards...EVER... (2013-03-29 12:58)
The drawing and writing work on comics, scripts, and novels itself needs to be its own reward.
The work on your projects needs to be perceived as a reward in and of itself.
You can draw like Katsuhiro Otomo or Moebius, if you learn to teach yourself not to work for rewards and
learn to be rewarded by the work and ONLY the work.
How is that possible, you ask?
Because Moebius and Katsuhiro Otomo both used that technique...
Katsuhiro Otomos biggest reward has always been his work and projects themselves.
And it shows...
And when an artist only draws for rewards...THAT shows, too.
Rewards include MONEY, FAME, POWER, STATUS, ONLINE COMMENTS, MEDIA PRAISE
Pretty much AVOID working for ANY of those things.
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Things Ive learned about Katsuhiro Otomo from older interviews in his GENGA art
book... (2013-03-29 13:10)
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Otomo believes its a bad idea to work on comics for rewards
Otomo believes the struggle and process behind a work is important and valuable, not just the nal
image
Otomo has said that if you really are a true comics artist, all your secrets will be laid bare on the page
in one sense. It is important to confront yourself and shadow self, because that is what youre readers
will see in your comics: YOU, HIDDEN PERSONALITY AND ALL
That last one really gets me. Really moves me. It rang true to me. When youre an author, a manga-ka, you
cant necessarily just pick and choose your subject matter and what youre going to write and draw all the
time. You cant always leave the things youre running or hiding from in your personal life out. You will nd,
with the more involved in writing and drawing you get, the more your demons WILL come calling. All those
unpleasant aspects of your personality and life you would rather forget. Your demons.
You have to put those in. Otherwise not putting your demons and secrets into your stories will result in being
creatively blocked. I had that for a while. I found I was leaving the things that made me uncomfortable,
(that drew strong reactions from people in their real life raw form) out of my work, ESPECIALLY my art.
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The things I was truly AFRAID OF. I found I had a lot of them (in my life) but I kept unconsciously leaving
them out, because they made me feel sad, awkward, angry, hateful, or depressed or whatever. I eventually
found, the more I put those monsters, those demons in, the more material I had to continue and work with,
as a writer, and ESPECIALLY as an artist.
And THATS How to Draw Comics: The Otomo Way!
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Eh, Floridas Not So Bad...Once You BREAK OUT OF THAT STATE....I hear Berlin
is LOVELY this time of year.... (2013-03-29 20:59)
.....Yup. Berlin and Australia.
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