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A lengthy Far Out There ramble.

A lengthy Far Out There ramble.

(This is actually one of several blog posts I started working on at the same time, but it's the only one I'm making available to the public.  Don't worry, loyal patrons, you'll have some exclusive stuff again shortly)

I havenā€...

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Conventional Wisdom: Giant Gorg - page 5

Conventional Wisdom: Giant Gorg - page 5

This is another case of me planning to save an idea for the very end of the set of comics, but then several of the pages that were supposed to come in the middle didn't work out and suddenly it'd been another whole month since the last "weekly" co...

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Far Out There: Character Soundtrack - Stilez

Far Out There: Character Soundtrack - Stilez

Last time, when we were doing Bridget’s playlist, I blathered on and on about how she’d only like some very specific breeds of heavy metal, since she’d like the speed and energy, but a lot of it would be too clean and technical for her taste...

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Conventional Wisdom: MAGfest 2019 - page 3

Conventional Wisdom: MAGfest 2019 - page 3

I was even more stressed out by this little bout of the butterfingers than I'd normally be, because this was my NEW phone (well, new to ME anyway, and newer than my previous one was when it finally exploded) and that was on its first con trip this...

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Conventional Wisdom: MAGfest 2019 - page 2

Conventional Wisdom: MAGfest 2019 - page 2

This probably isn't as clear as I wanted it to be, thanks in no small part to my inability to get a picture at an angle that showed everything clearly.  The motel had two parking lots, a big one on the side of most of the rooms, and a little ...

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Conventional Wisdom: MAGFest 2019 - page 1

Conventional Wisdom: MAGFest 2019 - page 1

While the ever-mounting mechanical quirks of my increasingly-aged van probably don't mean much to anybody else out there, this DOES speak to a more universal aspect of this year's MAGFest: it wasn't very cold.  Like, it was a bit chilly after...

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Far Out There: Character Soundtracks - Bridget

Far Out There: Character Soundtracks - Bridget

Okay, so if the previous Character Soundtrack was too gentle and boring for you, fear not, ā€˜cos this one is ALL RAWK. We did Alphonse last time, which of course means that now it’s Bridget’s turn! And let’s get it out of the way right off ...

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Conventional Wisdom: Giant Gorg - page 4

Conventional Wisdom: Giant Gorg - page 4

I snark, but I actually like how quickly the show moved past this moment.  I see so many anime these days where all forward momentum grinds to a halt so that characters can spend multiple episodes moping through post-Evangelion breakdowns, it...

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Far Out There Character Soundtracks: Alphonse

Far Out There Character Soundtracks: Alphonse

  

Well, last time we talked about Tabitha, so it only stands to reason that we move on to her kids next.  And weirdly enough, the two kids who are incapable of uttering sounds have perhaps the most explicit acknowledgement of...

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Conventional Wisdom: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2018 - page 6

Conventional Wisdom: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2018 - page 6

Yeah, I don't know what's up with that either.  I tried to think up Atlanta-related names and logos that don't exist anymore, and for some reason, I just immediately went for defunct sports teams.  And hockey teams, at that; we've got th...

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Conventional Wisdom: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2018 - page 5

Conventional Wisdom: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2018 - page 5

I used to ride past Margret Mitchell's house all the time, just sayin'

Anyway, yeah, I know.  People still haven't stopped giving me grief over this, and they absolutely shouldn't  Don't worry, this really was the last time I'll ev...

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Conventional Wisdom: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2018 - page 4

Conventional Wisdom: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2018 - page 4

No, seriously, this is what my childhood looked like.  It's one of those things that never even registered to me at the time, since that's just how childhood works, but having gone on to live in other places it AMAZES me just how much of my f...

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Conventional Wisdom: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2018 - page 3

Conventional Wisdom: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2018 - page 3

Every trip down to Atlanta, I'd always strongly conciser carving out some time to head downtown and take some touristy pictures with Servo and Scribbles.  Inevitably, there'd never be time (plus the prohibitive logistics of both getting downt...

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ConventionalWisdom: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2018 - page 2

ConventionalWisdom: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2018 - page 2

Yes, then first "Atlanta landmark" I thought of when I started drawing these was a fast food restaurant.  Look, you gotta remember that Atlanta honestly doesn't have THAT many big old visually impressive historical sites, thanks to one Genera...

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Conventional Wisdom: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2018 - page 1

Conventional Wisdom: Anime Weekend Atlanta 2018 - page 1

Yeah, so much of my comic notes for AWA were wrapped up in the whole van camping experience that I didn't really have much left for Patreon comics OR anthropomorphic cartoon animals.  Also, with my "no more hotels or out-of-state cons" rule g...

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The Obligatory 2019 Blog Post

The Obligatory 2019 Blog Post

  

Well, it’s a new year, so I guess it’s time for a new splurge of indulgent self-examination and vague speculation about the future. Don’t worry, I won’t go so far as to make any resolutions or anything like that, but the...

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Far Out There: Character Soundtracks - Tabitha

Far Out There: Character Soundtracks - Tabitha

  

Well, we talked about the musical tastes of Avatar last time, so this time around let’s discus one of her biggest fans, Tabitha! Between the giant boots and black gauntlets and general Hot Topic vibe she generates, you may hav...

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Conventional Wisdom: Giant Gorg - page 3

Conventional Wisdom: Giant Gorg - page 3

You thought I'd forgotten about this stuff, didn't you?  I wouldn't blame ya, I was hoping to get a few extra pages of Patreon stuff done before the December crunch started... but you just need to take one look at the AWA comics to see how th...

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Far Out There: Character Soundtracks - Avatar

Far Out There: Character Soundtracks - Avatar

Well now, this a challenging one: what kind of playlist would Avatar have? As a person who’s supposed to posses the entirety of all recorded human knowledge, wouldn’t she be sick of every song ever by now? But seriously, what DOES a person like A...

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Conventional Wisdom: Giant Gorg - page 2

Conventional Wisdom: Giant Gorg - page 2

Oh, Japan, you and your wacky xenophobic racism.

I mean, dude on the boat here isn't even the worst case of "ways you really shouldn't be drawing black people" in the first episode, Yuu's trip through New York has several even more cringe-worthy ex...

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Far Out There Character Soundtracks: Layla

Far Out There Character Soundtracks: Layla

Last time I made a big, huge deal about how innocent and naive Trigger is, and how he’d listen to bright, happy music as a reflection of that. Well, now we’re talking about Layla. Layla is many things, but ā€œinnocent and naĆÆveā€ are not among ...

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Conventional Wisdom: Giant Gorg - page 1

Conventional Wisdom: Giant Gorg - page 1

Okay, so I'd PLANNED to not start up the next set of anime comics until after the last of this year's convention comics were finished, on the assumption that dividing my attention would drag that update out longer than it ought to take.  Well, g...

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Far Out There Character Soundtracks: Trigger

Far Out There Character Soundtracks: Trigger

  

I’m glad I didn’t have the idea to make character playlists until after I’d decided Trigger would crush on Skye and go all flower child. I can’t even imagine what I would have had him listen to when he was just a kid who smiled...

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Far Out There Character Soundtracks: Ichabod

Far Out There Character Soundtracks: Ichabod

(First off, some housekeeping: since posting the intro, I’ve been clued in on a VERY helpful site that checks the geo-restriction status of videos, so I’ve been able to start going through and swapping out stuff that’s blocked in half the w...

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Far Out There Character Soundtracks: Intro

Far Out There Character Soundtracks: Intro

  

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I’m a big ol’ dorky nerd. This is well established. But while Far Out There contains numer...

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Conventional Wisdom: Otakon 2018 - page 5

Conventional Wisdom: Otakon 2018 - page 5

Poor Yoink.  Since I generally try to avoid directly referencing other people's jokes these days, she tends to get the shaft way more than the other Mascots.  This was a HECK of a lot of fun to draw, though.  In fact, I may need to ...

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Conventional Wisdom: Otakon 2018 - page 4

Conventional Wisdom: Otakon 2018 - page 4

Because, you know, coming back a week later really isn't an option.

And I exaggerate SLIGHTLY.  I did take a ton of backgro...

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Conventional Wisdom: Otakon 2018 - page 3

Conventional Wisdom: Otakon 2018 - page 3

Insert reference to previous examples of how hard it's always been to find people at Otakon. 


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Conventional Wisdom: Otakon 2018 - page 2

Conventional Wisdom: Otakon 2018 - page 2

For those who don't know, Otakon 2018 was sort of DBZ-con.  They were hyping the ever-loving CRAP out of the new movie, and a part of that publicity blitz was a big ol' exhibit in the Dealer's Room full of Dragon Ball memorabilia.  Or, more...

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Conventional Wisdom: Otakon 2018 - page 1

Conventional Wisdom: Otakon 2018 - page 1

I mean, it's not like I didn't do ANY con stuff this Otakon, there was still Awesomely Bad, but besides that, 2018 was sort of a pallet cleanser Otakon.  And boy, did it work wonders.  This seriously was the first Otakon is years where I wa...

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