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100 Big Ones! (Issue #4)
Woo! I just have to share the news so here it is -
The News!
I'VE HIT 100,000 WORDS WITH THE SYMBIOT VENGENCE!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO! It feel fantastic, it really does :D. I know in many ways it is arbitary but hitting a big, solid rounded number like that feels really special and like an achievement I can pat myself on the back for before returning to my usual whithering self-criticism lol!
In other news, I've given the Symbiot Awakening a cover overhaul. I asked for advice and I was lucky enough to get it in spades and it all told me my cover at best failed to do what it needed to and at worst sucked. So, a big rethink and redesign later and I came up with a new one, which I hope works a LOT better!
The Video!
Well, the video for this week is for the Potterheads out there (like trekkies we could all be Potheads! Oh, wait, that's an awful idea). Potter Puppet Pals works on the level of turning Harry, a modest, brave and courageous character, into a complete monster and this video shows Potter at his worst - with Draco Malfoy! Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_kD5w...
Cool Stuff 8)!
This is cool. This is supercool. On both a metaphorical and literal level. Voyager 1, the craft launched in 1977 (ironically the year the first Star Wars film was released) which was primarily meant to examine Jupiter and Saturn and their moons and which carries Sounds of Earth golden disk on board, is right on the edge of the solar system and is sending back very strange reports of strange magnetic activity, suggest an interconnection of magentic force fields in the universe. This noble craft, containg the processing power of 100,000th of that gifted to an 8gig iPod Nano, is now 11 BILLION miles from the sun and is right on the very edge of the solar system, hoped to leave completely in anything from a few months to a couple of years and with on board instruments (cameras long since turned off to preserve energy)able to stay active until 2020 and a few hopefully until 2025, one wonders, if the fates allow and nothing stops working, just what else Voyager might discover as it truly "Boldly goes where no machine has ever gone before"!
My Reading!
Well, reading has yet again been tightly limited by time but my comics give me solace for my lack of time for prose. And this week Fear Itself kicked off in the U.K.! So, how is it? Well, this week I'm getting the Avengers portion and the X-Force tie in and I have to say I like one better than the other. The main event is looking pretty impressive and I have to say I find the Asgard situation intriguing. But the X-Force tie-in is amazing. Really, Before the Devil Knows We're Dead has started in fine fashion indeed! Not only is the artwork terrific but also the story is fantastic and is doing everything X-Force is good at. It is brutal, contraversial, questioning, real and is bringing a fresh take on the whole Purifier dimension. Shot through with devastating shots of dark wit, genuine shock and surprise moments, vicious action and bad guys who do not loose unreservedly, this is shaping up to be one fine tale!
The News!
I'VE HIT 100,000 WORDS WITH THE SYMBIOT VENGENCE!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO! It feel fantastic, it really does :D. I know in many ways it is arbitary but hitting a big, solid rounded number like that feels really special and like an achievement I can pat myself on the back for before returning to my usual whithering self-criticism lol!
In other news, I've given the Symbiot Awakening a cover overhaul. I asked for advice and I was lucky enough to get it in spades and it all told me my cover at best failed to do what it needed to and at worst sucked. So, a big rethink and redesign later and I came up with a new one, which I hope works a LOT better!
The Video!
Well, the video for this week is for the Potterheads out there (like trekkies we could all be Potheads! Oh, wait, that's an awful idea). Potter Puppet Pals works on the level of turning Harry, a modest, brave and courageous character, into a complete monster and this video shows Potter at his worst - with Draco Malfoy! Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_kD5w...
Cool Stuff 8)!
This is cool. This is supercool. On both a metaphorical and literal level. Voyager 1, the craft launched in 1977 (ironically the year the first Star Wars film was released) which was primarily meant to examine Jupiter and Saturn and their moons and which carries Sounds of Earth golden disk on board, is right on the edge of the solar system and is sending back very strange reports of strange magnetic activity, suggest an interconnection of magentic force fields in the universe. This noble craft, containg the processing power of 100,000th of that gifted to an 8gig iPod Nano, is now 11 BILLION miles from the sun and is right on the very edge of the solar system, hoped to leave completely in anything from a few months to a couple of years and with on board instruments (cameras long since turned off to preserve energy)able to stay active until 2020 and a few hopefully until 2025, one wonders, if the fates allow and nothing stops working, just what else Voyager might discover as it truly "Boldly goes where no machine has ever gone before"!
My Reading!
Well, reading has yet again been tightly limited by time but my comics give me solace for my lack of time for prose. And this week Fear Itself kicked off in the U.K.! So, how is it? Well, this week I'm getting the Avengers portion and the X-Force tie in and I have to say I like one better than the other. The main event is looking pretty impressive and I have to say I find the Asgard situation intriguing. But the X-Force tie-in is amazing. Really, Before the Devil Knows We're Dead has started in fine fashion indeed! Not only is the artwork terrific but also the story is fantastic and is doing everything X-Force is good at. It is brutal, contraversial, questioning, real and is bringing a fresh take on the whole Purifier dimension. Shot through with devastating shots of dark wit, genuine shock and surprise moments, vicious action and bad guys who do not loose unreservedly, this is shaping up to be one fine tale!
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