Things to do at 3am

September 11th, 2009 | by Marc
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The inks in progress

The inks in progress

So early this morning I’m kicking around in bed. Tossing and turning. Not really achieving what people call “rest”. I decide that the attempt has been a major fail and I should probably get up and do shit instead. I suspect it has a little something to do with the soft drink I consumed the evening before. An error of judgement on my part perhaps?

Usually at that time of the morning there isn’t a hell of a lot to do. It’s not like I was gonna go out an grab a coffee. If I drank the stuff though, I’m sure it would have helped.

I could have done the usual thing when you have some down time. Which is watch a couple of videos from YouTube. Seemingly you’ll always find something entertaining to watch on that site. My wife has been digging on this one of the fonejacker. She has probably watched it a few million times. I think the charm is finally wearing off now. If you haven’t seen it yet, you might enjoy it?

Like a well trained ninja, instead of being distracted by the glories of the internet I decided it was best to put my skills to use and get on with some inking on one of the pages I have. It feels decidedly old school to go back to the art board and Rotring pens and ink brushes after my tablet practice the other day. Still, once I have finished the book I’m sure I’ll look back and enjoy the accomplishment that it is. I could have so easily strayed off course. I’m happy that it is almost done, and I’ll soon be able to focus on getting stuff up online.

If you have creative endeavours that you are in the middle of and still have not found a way to finish off. Get to it! There is nothing stopping you except your own procrastination. Like me, use your ninja powers and keep on battling!

Thanks for reading.

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Comics worth reading – Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.

September 9th, 2009 | by Marc
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Nextwave

Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. is such a weird series to summarise. I picked this book up off the stands from the first issue, and was immediately hooked. Warren Ellis has a twisted imagination. Stuart Immonen handles the art chores, and as always does a beautiful job. Each new series he has to draw, he seemingly switches his style up for it, and I dig that. His stuff is never stagnant.

The series follows a collection of Marvel characters who have been unused for some time, and have been given a refresher via this series. It’s not something you’d expect. Turning Marvel comics serious approach to story telling on its side, readers will find this series quirky, weird, zany and fun. The biggest let down about this series is it was cancelled after only 12 months. Which was a bummer, but understandable. It probably wasn’t a big seller, and Immonen moved onto Ultimate Spider-man, which was a larger profile book for someone of his artistic status.

One of the characters, called “the Captain” has a flashback origin story – somewhat similar to the Green Lantern’s. Except, instead of aliens entrusting him with a power due to his exceptional potential for heroism. He is handed this power while he is completely drunk out of his mind. Once the power is bequeathed to him, he beats up the two aliens that gave him said power because they ruined his shirt.

This kind of comedy is all the way through the series, and every character gets a few laugh out loud moments for sure. It’s definitely one of my favourite comic series of all time. If you’re looking for a good read, with spectacular art. Check this series out. You can pick up either the trade paper back (softcover) or hard cover editions through your local comic shop, or order it from one of the many retailers online.

Check out Warren Ellis further at his website: http://www.warrenellis.com/

and Stuart Immonen here: http://immonen.ca/

Thanks for reading.

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