Found the portrait of Harvey Hammersickle.
He made the best TV of the 1950’s— before he was blacklisted that is.
AAAAAHHHHH!!!
Image Comics puts out a lot of comics that we love, but one of my personal favorites of their releases - and arguably one of the most underrated runs of their line-up - is Chris and Shane Houghton’s Reed Gunther. This all-ages book combines some of our favorite things - cowboys, riding bears, catchphrases, monsters, humor - into one incredible package, and one that has frequently triggered me to compare it to Pixar’s films in its ability to entertain audiences both young and old.
Today at MC, we have a Reed Gunther contest for all of you readers out there. Leave a comment on this post with your favorite Pixar film and your email address before noon tomorrow (Janurary 20th Alaska Standard Time!), and you might just win yourself a Houghton Brothers signed copy of Reed Gunther’s first trade paperback. It’s a random drawing, so all you need to do is enter the once and you might win this great prize.
If you haven’t checked out Reed Gunther yet, the first issue is FREE on ComiXology!
Check back here tomorrow afternoon to see who the big winner is, and thanks to the Houghton brothers for working with us on this great contest!
Comment on MultiversityComics.com to win a signed copy of the first REED GUNTHER trade paperback!
My favorite Peanuts strip.
Hey Drive, nice palette.
Similar to Escape from New York most of Drive is filmed in the dark, leaving only car headlights, streetlamps and other road lights to properly light a scene. However, when color and fully lit scenes are utilized, they are extremely emotive. One small example from above: Irene is visually described as the warmth in Driver’s life—she’s bathed in warm orange tones and wears cozy shades of red but as the Driver’s situation worsens throughout the film, Irene loses some of this visual warmth. Desaturating these warm colors and replacing them with pale, dull blues and grays makes the scene feel hopeless and sterile. Irene’s affection for the driver is tender and lingering but for the most part, the red shades develop in other scenes of violence later on in the film.
I love hearing folks talk about colors. I want more stuff like this in my life please.
In the summer of 2010 I flew to North Carolina and spent 2 weeks with my friends and bandmates from the Woods. It was a wonderful time spent with people I don’t get to see often enough. We wrote and recorded six short songs together- I feel the first real collaborative effort we’ve made since living in Tallahassee together (we came out with an EP a couple years ago, each member contributing their part over the internet). It has a different feel than our previous stuff and I really love it. The project is called Tiny Ridge Walkers, having to change our name because of the popularity of another band called Woods.
It’s a free download from bandcamp, so I hope you take some time to listen to it and share it with your friends if you like it. Thanks!
I listened to this EP with the lights dimmed and laying down in Dave’s room, not saying a word until the entire album had played through. I can’t remember the last time I did that— if ever. My buddy Dave Geis and his amazingly talented friends have put out a fantastic album. These guys know how to jam.
I would gladly pay a bunch of money for this incredible music, but these fools are giving this album away for free! Don’t be a sap, you should check this jam out.
See you tonight!
2011—
This was my first year working entirely as a freelancer. I left my video game desk job at the very tail end of 2010 to see if I could make it in LA using skills I came out here to use.
This year I actually made money while holding the following job titles:
I’m pretty sure 2011 officially named me Professional Jack of All Trades.
Edgar Wright finally met Dave, Shane and Me last Friday.
And It was not awkward at all.
Nope. Definitely not awkward at all.
One time Edgar Wright really wanted to get his picture taken with us. Whatever.
It’s true. Edgar Wright really wanted to meet us but we were kinda busy. Oh well, at least he got that photo of us that he really, really wanted.
In a heroic last move, my car jumped in the way of a falling tree branch during the insane wind storm last week and saved Dave Geis’s car for certain destruction. My noble Hyundai lost it’s life after being totaled by that tree. Dave’s car has a cracked bumper.
To repay me, Dave has agreed to drive me to Trader Joes today so I can buy some groceries.
