COMIC: Chinese Soap Opera Characters are so Honorable
Since coming home, I’ve joined my family in watching some Chinese soap operas at dinnertime. No, I don’t hate Chinese soap operas haha. But some of those shows do tend to focus on honor, filial piety and food to the point of silliness.
Speech bubbles courtesy of the program, Comic Life.
[Originally published on October 20, 2011.]
COMIC: That Creepy Geisha Ad from “Blade Runner”
[Originally posted on October 6, 2011.]
All my future movie briefings will probably be illustrated from now — it’s way too fun. Please enjoy my stupid humor in this new one about the movie Blade Runner.
The one thing that stuck out to me in Blade Runner was the 4-5 times they kept showing the extremely weird geisha skyscraper ad. The way she was smiling at me while delicately eating candy seriously gave me the creeps. I can’t be the only one who felt this way.
I really, really, really think she’s going to reappear right outside my window, grab me with her giant pincer-like fingers and pop me into her mouth. Itadakimasu!
COMIC: Why yes, I did watch Reservoir Dogs recently…
And I couldn’t recall anything quite as menacing as Mr. Blonde’s dancing. Lyrics from the song, Stuck in the Middle with You, by the Stealers Wheel.
[Originally posted on October 20, 2011.]
COMIC: My Recurring Dreams
Oct. 23, 2011 | Are you interested in how I’m making my comics? I draw on binder paper with a black Sharpie and colored pencils, then organize the images on the program Comic Life.
May 16, 2012 | There was a comic idea I had in mind that fizzled and went nowhere. Here are two drawings from it of me where I still had long, bright red hair.
Color pencils and Sharpie.
Something Old: An Unfinished Comic
COMIC: Simon Cowell Looks like the Head of a Drug Cartel #XFactor
Oct. 23, 2011 | I don’t have a DVR anymore so Mike has been posting his favorite X Factor USA clips on my Facebook Wall each week, or of whichever singer he thinks I’d find interesting. Earlier last week was the Judges’ Houses performances so we got to see contestants sing for their life in the poolside backyards of each judges’ gargantuan hillside mansion.
I was especially amused by Simon Cowell’s patio wear. Like jeez, dude, can you be anymore relaxed?
Barefooted. BAREFOOTED!
This is my absolute favorite. Imagine him cackling: “HAHA! Oh, poor people.”
Look at the glistening sunset reflecting off the pool that's also reflecting off Simon's bare chest.
When I mentioned it to Mike, he pointed out something very important:
“Sunglasses, deep tan, white linen shirt unbuttoned down to his navel. He looks like he’s the head of a drug cartel.”
HOLY COW, I went, he does! Now I can never unsee it. Honestly, why can’t Simon be real with us? You know if X Factor USA wasn’t marketed as family-friendly television, he’d really be sitting on that couch flanked by sultry vixens while barking orders at the contestants: “Give me talent! Give me sob stories!”
See for yourself what I mean:
Something Old: The Cover Page to a Mini-Comic I Never Got Around to Finish
Oct. 24, 2011 | I’m cleaning again! And found more drawings. This was the cover-page to a mini-comic I thought of when I was in high school but never got around to completing. The plot was about a dying friendship.
COMIC:
Huffington Post and the “Alleged” Gaddafi Rape Video (Trigger Warning)
Trigger Warning for survivors and the weak-stomached. Read at your own discretion.
Oct. 25, 2011 | This was the phone conversation I had with Mike earlier tonight. I emulated his minimalist style in honor of his old webcomic, Don’t Forget To Validate Your Parking.
I’m not linking that stupid HuffPost article but by now, I bet you can find it anywhere in the blogosphere.
