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Standing on the shoulders of giants

Sockpuppet — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:00:18 +0000

Trev says: A trend that’s been occuring on the interwebs recently is artists mapping out their influences in what is referred to as an influence board. Using only squares it’s an eay way to identify big and little influences. With that in mind i thought i’d knock one out for you. Click on the pic to see a bigger version.

While i’ve talked about Smith a bunch a lot of these guys I don’t speak about and if there’s any interest I might go into more depth in the future about some of these guys and also some really inspiring people I had to leave off this board.

double comic week

Sockpuppet — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:16:35 +0000

Trev says: Hey folks, this weeks comic left me with a bit of a conundrum. at 10 panels with was pretty dense, but cutting it in half would mean you’d have to wait a full week for one page’s worth of payoff.

With that in mind, I split the page in two at the last minute* and this week there’ll be two updates. Check back Wednesday the 8th for part two of this page or follow us on twitter and i’ll remind you all!

*so last minute i haven’t told Jen yet, sorry for breaking your page Jen.

184 – Don’t Be A Chicken

Sockpuppet — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +0000

iPad thoughts

Sockpuppet — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:32:27 +0000

There’s been a lot said about the iPad since it was announced last week, from comments on it’s functionality to the comical name that begs to be mocked. I won’t say much about it as I fear I’ll be repeating others far too much but I will say that this new tool in combination with the good old automatic sliding door means that we’ve officially entered the future. It may not be this particular iteration but rest assured that technology very much like the iPad will be increasingly the way in which we access information and entertainment to the point that it will become THE dominant way.

The second thing I’ll mention is that on a personal level I don’t have a use for it yet, that doesn’t mean it’s a dud it’s just that I might not be the platforms intended user. I already have multiple laptops and look for high end performance in my tablet technology because I use it for processor intensive work like drawing my comic. Having said that I WILL be looking at ways to optimise this comic for users who want to use the iPad. I suspect that since it allows the user to zoom in and flip through pages far more efficiently higher resolutions will be handy which makes this comickeer who works in 700mb files a happy chap.

Once again. Welcome to the Future. One to beam up.

163 – Differing Opinions

Sockpuppet — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Sorry this is a little late folks, sometimes my brain thinks that the mere act of finishing the comic magically uploads it to the site. Sadly no such magic exists.

Kagemono-Tooth and Claw

Sockpuppet — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:00:24 +0000

Well i’m still slowly chipping away at my Armageddon booty. Kagemono was something I wanted to read first but it’s hefty size scared me. With comicking and work recently I’ve not had much time to read for fun and the 80+ pages took a while to get through.

Kagemono is a horror anthology put together by Jason Franks but under the banner of horror there’s a rich and diverse group of stories. Jason mentions in his foreward how horror is much like comedy, there’s a set up and a punchline, it’s a rule I like to apply to most of my short stories in any genre. But Jason and fellow contributors really have mastered the art of that punchline. Be it in the form of a very gothic horror turned comedy with a deft turn of mood or a mildly scary story which with a reveal punches you right in the guts with it’s darkness.

Jason works with about a dozen collaborators in this effort mostly artists from around the globe interpreting his words each in completely different styles. Some work, some don’t. The most interesting contrast however is between Jason’s writing (he does the bulk of it) and James Andre’s. James contributes a story to the pool and there’s a darker edge to his writing, even with the story of a world bombarded with chocolate James uses language that makes it feel a little bit more macabre. Jason’s writing on the other hand has characters with some really interesting voices. Maybe it’s because horror isn’t my thing or my soft spot for Tarrantino but because of Jason’s bantering dialogue I think I found myself with stronger lasting memories of Jason’s stories.