What's all this, then?

Work continues on the secret project, though I can't say it's going fast enough for my tastes.

Get moving, guy!

OH WAIT - that's me.

(I keep pushing the due date because I don't think we'll get it done otherwise.)

So Mike and Mikki threw a little party this past weekend - it was a wedding, I think? Oh yes, it was a wedding. They got married. It was pretty cool. It was a ton of fun for all of us guests as well (Heck, I even wound up on the dance floor at one point - though it was definitely Mayra who was on her feet for the entire afternoon) and it was great to see everybody for more than one day at a time. It's too rare that we get together for more than an evening.

Congrats to Mike and Mikki, two of my great friends. I love 'em both.

(And don't forget - November 1st, ladies & gentlemen. Big things are happening.)

Big Plans

Big things are in the works.

Ted and I spent the day brainstorming for a new project. As soon as I can get Photoshop, or get the GIMP working on my PC, things should start looking up.

If this works out, it'll be a nice way to finally get back into the (creative) swing of things. The last time I did any serious artwork was a random sketch of Mayra back when I was still living with my folks a few months ago. The last time I did an real writing was even longer ago. It's going to take a while to get comfortable doing this stuff regularly again, but I'm really looking forward to it.

I'm saying it now: November 1st will be awesome.

(You just might want to catch up on your required reading, first: http://sites.google.com/site/aplmnocomic/ )

Scott Pilgrim is a psychopath

I picked up the Scott Pilgrim books about a month ago and have now read through them several times. They're really good! They're super fun and are big on the gaming references, so you know I like them.

For anybody not following the series, the basic summary is that 24-year-old Scott Pilgrim (of the frigid Canadian north) is in love with the mysterious Ramona Flowers, but they can only date so long as he defeats her seven evil exes. It's all very lighthearted and fun, but something's been bothering me:

Why doesn't anybody care that Scott Pilgrim is killing a whole bunch of people?

He's seriously up to serial killer levels right now and not only does he show no remorse, but nobody else seems to care. It gets even more disturbing in Book 4, when we see Ramona hanging out with Roxie, one of her exes, and is even worried that she might be hurt when she falls off a balcony. Yet, not five pages later, Scott's chopped Roxie in half (and she explodes into a pile of bunnies.)

I get that it's all done in a comedic fashion, but it's still kind of unsettling. Everybody seems pretty okay with all these hipster kids killing each other. It's like some sort of weird spin-off of Battle Royal or something.

Regardless, I'm super-psyched and really looking forward to both the last volume (Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour) and the upcoming movie. They're going to be awesome.

How do I know?

C'mon. It's Scott Pilgrim.