WHOA! What is this madness? It's what happens when I'm genuinely excited about a project I've wanted to start for a while, THAT'S what! Don't worry, I'm not gonna burn myself out trying to crank pages out ever twelve hours like this any longer, but I WILL try to get more than on...
2024-02-29 02:06:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Heck yeah I'm gonna reuse the art from that one print I did in this comic! I'm dang proud of it!
But yeah, it's hard for me to fully ex...
2024-02-28 12:19:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Heeeeeeey, remember how I made such a big deal out of the fact that I'd be doing more Digimon comics, but said I wouldn't start until after I finished those Gunbuster ones? Well, yeah, I did NOT expect to wind up doing as many of those as I have. I mean, I just a few hours ago posted ...
2024-02-28 07:42:14 +0000 UTC View Post
I do not generally consider myself good at doing caricatures, but darn if I'm not proud of at Hideaki Anno right there.
...and seriously, even setting aside the overall seriousness and shift in tone, it's really amazing to me just how much the final installments of Gunbuster look l...
2024-02-28 03:25:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It's funny how tropes absorb things that weren't originally tropes, isn't it?
Actually, it's funny that I make the "tragic dead Mom" joke in an episode with an atypically LOW amount of on-screen deaths for a Dirty Pair adventure. I guess a big benefit of being in the dead void of spac...
2024-02-25 00:23:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I'd have added a bit about being naked in front of the whole class, but this is an 80s OVA we're talking about. That pretty much goes without saying.
Also, I think it's worth noting that I don't actually have the infamous school-mare very often, but I DO have dreams of being at an ani...
2024-02-20 21:04:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm always saying how I love the random engrish text anime used to use as filler back before anybody could just type anything into an online translator and copy/paste the results. It really does open me up to a plethora of rabbit holes, though, and my Google Fu isn't always up to the task o...
2024-02-17 19:06:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I mean, the entire Dirty Pair idea originally came from Haruka Takachiho watching women's wrestling (the 3WA organization is literally named after the World Women's Wrestling Association) so it's only natural that the show would work in some references to that origin at some point. ...
2024-02-10 23:16:39 +0000 UTC View Post
No, seriously, there's documented evidence. This was a VERY dangerous thing for me to see. Basically, the only thing stopping me from just buying this whole box was the fact that I'd ALREAD...
2024-02-09 19:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, look: going three whole episodes without the big title 'bot doing anything isn't ACTUALLY that egregious, especially when you compare the pacing of Gunbuster's plot so far to that of other Mecha shows of the era. I mean, Giant Gorg doesn't actually introduce its titl...
2024-02-07 19:26:54 +0000 UTC View Post
AND WE HAVE A WINNER! ...that will surprise ABSOLUTELY NO ONE who has ANY idea who I am. I'll be honest, I left the vote open for a LOT longer than I really should have just to make absolutely sure nobody could claim I'd closed it down EARLY to ensure I got the result I wanted. Becaus...
2024-02-04 09:11:35 +0000 UTC View Post
(Repost because there was a typo in the comic and, for some reason, Patreon wasn't letting me edit the post)
Of course, the funny part is how, statistically speaking, that dress still covered more of Kei than her usual wrestler outfit.
Oh, and speaking of wrestling, that mutant they f...
2024-02-03 12:39:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Headline: "Local Man Draws Connection Between Evangelion and Literally Any Other Gainax Production"
Look, it was this, or me latching on to the line about the fleet returning to Earth in mid-2023 to bring up a bunch of awkward Ripped From The Headlines jokes about last year.
ANYWAY: T...
2024-02-03 07:39:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Granted, I'm saying this about a series that also suggests that people still write complaints down on paper and send them in the mail, all so it can have the gag of big stacks of letters on the boss' desk. I'm fully aware that the Dirty Pair universe operates on "because it's funny" rules m...
2024-01-28 00:10:51 +0000 UTC View Post
And today we learned that I cannot draw Hugo Weaving.
Alternate Quip: Why, it's almost as if The Wachowskis watched a lot of anime or something!
AND DON'T FORGET! There's still time to vote on wh...
2024-01-18 06:44:52 +0000 UTC View Post
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I LOVE to pick out all the wonky bits of engrish that would get sprinkled all over anime screens back before anybody could just type anything into Google and get a relatively coherent translation in seconds. Heck, we're watching Cat's Eye at Anime ...
2024-01-17 20:12:38 +0000 UTC View Post
ABSOLUTELY based on Real Life events. And the most embarrassing part is the knowledge that, while it's nowhere near THAT bad... it's also not exactly squeaky clean either, so I can't just get on my high horse and be all "Just watch it yoruself and find out!" Anime is bad and we're all...
2024-01-10 13:40:15 +0000 UTC View Post
...aaaaaaaaand we're done! With a comic that's admittedly more about the entirety of the Macross franchise as a whole than the final episode specifically, but I've had this one kicking around in my head for a while now, and just needed to get it out there.
Because yeah, when ...
2024-01-05 04:30:31 +0000 UTC View PostWhat with the whole starting of a new year and all that, I just wanted to take a sec and thank you kind people who've actually been willing to put money into what I do. Like so many other people, I've really felt the pinch lately, and last year in particular turned out to be a lot more expe...
2024-01-03 03:59:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I mean, of all the shows out there, Macross is the one that could most get away with actually doing this for real, in-universe. I feel like it probably took some self-restraint on the part of the staff to not have the resolution of Minmay's plot arc being her singing somehow poweri...
2023-12-29 18:59:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes, I’m STILL rambling on about what music I’ve been listening to all year. Look, until the world finally gives me uncontested control of my own network or radio stations through which to inflict my musical tastes upon the populace directly, I gotta find an outlet in whatever way I can...
2023-12-28 01:29:16 +0000 UTC View Post
You thought that the simple fact of it being after December 25 meant you’d be free of hearing me talk about Christmas songs. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO I AM. Yes, I have once again returned to my list-making ways and exhaustively compiled a detailed chart of my holiday listening habits fo...
2023-12-26 17:01:15 +0000 UTC View Post
THAT'S RIGHT! I miss doing Digimon comics every week. That was really fun! And if they're not gonna make a NEW Digimon series for me to watch every week, then I'll ju...
2023-12-25 06:23:30 +0000 UTC View Post
IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE! Since it turned out I'd already started page 15 MONTHS ago and literally forgot about it, I had enough gas in the tank after finishing up that to go ahead and do THE LAST...
2023-12-22 21:18:19 +0000 UTC View Post
So, I've pretty much always been in the "Minmay sucks" camp, but this most recent watch-through of Macross has really given me a new appreciation of just how much of that is the fault of the show's overall writing as opposed to the character herself. Like, Minmay trying to get Hika...
2023-12-22 14:25:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Well THIS is embarrassing. I actually inked and half-way edited this comic MONTHS ago, but had to set it aside to focus on getting ready for AWA. And then I forgot about it. Like, not that I just didn't get around to finishing the edit, but I literally forgot that I'd even drawn...
2023-12-22 11:48:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I know, I know, the end of episode 3 is nowhere near THIS bad, but it still strikes me as a bit funny that a military craft would be so lax about cleaning up that all the various traces of Smith's activities throughout the episode would still be out in the open for Noriko to stumble onto. L...
2023-12-19 00:25:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Well now, the timing of THIS sure worked out nicely! I mean, it'd have been even nicer if I was dropping this comic a little less than two weeks from now, and it'll seem REALLY out of date when this page goes out to the public next month, but just for now? Nice synchronicity!
An...
2023-12-14 16:26:09 +0000 UTC View Post
A few years ago I did a blog on the phenomenon of Christmas songs attempting to add brand new characters to the Holiday Cinematic Universe. You know, a new Rudolph or Frosty… or if we hate ours...
2023-12-12 12:12:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Look, after everything I've said already, I couldn't allow a moment like this to pass without some form or recognition, right? Who cares that the show's almost over? This is still worth a party!
Granted, it does bug me that Kaijun's last scene is handled in a way to make it try ...
2023-12-08 23:26:58 +0000 UTC View Post