I Spy a Spy

Here we are again. It's nice to blog once in a while. I'm not sure many keep up with this other than myself and MAYBE my friends, but it is tantamount to a personal journal for me than anything else. Though it's nice to have a site to quickly hand out so people can see what I've been up to lately. This is another installment of my favorite net pickatchas BUT following this is a slew of my own sketches over the last year or so. Study them fellow spies.

In my childhood, I fell in love with this cartoon. It was a formulaic after school special about a dog, a stoner, some other kids, and mysteries. I LOVE MYSTERIES. The slapstick comedy, the drug abuse undertones, the very human dog, the cheesy men in masks, the dollar-a-dozen mysteries. I love it all. I actually did a freshmen paper on all the drug undertones of Scooby-Doo. Scooby represented shrooms because without hallucinogens no dog would EVER talk like that. Shaggy represented ganja in his almost Reefer-Madness like existence. Daphne did designer drugs like coke, pills, and ecstasy-- always dancing, worrying about her appearance, and powdering her nose to solve the mysteries. Fred was roided out of his mind. Why else would he always be on the lookout for a mystery man's ass to kick? Then there's Velma. Oh, Velma. She was a square for not doing ANY drugs. Hello? She solved the mysteries like every other sober 12 year old watching this on friday afternoon.

Calvin and Hobbes. Another of my kickbacks in middle school. I used to buy the anthologies with allowance and read them in class. There was a time we had quiet reading in certain classes and I would always embarrass myself by breaking that solemn quiet with my boisterous laughter. Hey, come on middle schoolers, those Calvin and Suzie scenes were hysterical. My favorites were the ones where Calvin and Hobbes would be going to sleep and the monster under the bed would alarm them of his presence.

Kiki by Weno. I used to be sooooo annoyed by my sister. She'd rewatch Kiki's Delivery Service with her girlfriends every time it was on. Seriously. Miyazaki and Ghibli really did a great job animating that movie though.

I was watching a stream of West Coast Warzone this year and I saw the sneak preview of this game. It looks like an addicting fighting game as a man who loves fighting games. The character designs are so well made, the fighting dynamics look interesting and well balanced, and it's not even done yet. This is Skullgirls by Alex Ahad and Mike Z. These two are Cerebella [with the arms for hair thing] and Squigly [with the snake thing]. My favorite character is Valentine, the nurse ninja. Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait...

Remember that time I told you all about Greg Tocchini and his AMAZING pencils, but crap inking? Well, here are his pencils to a Countdown to Final Crisis tie-in he did. It's pretty badass, sorta. A monitor, Donna Troy, Jason Todd, and Kyle Rayner search for Ray Palmer on alternate DC earths and they just HAVE to visit Gotham by Gaslight. These pencils show only a modicum of Tocchini's abilities and pencil tightness.