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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 7, 2009 18:24:30 GMT
I'm currently re-running my old TF parody strips over on the main page of my website - located here www.pixel-cel.com/weirdwithoutendThe update schedule is Monday - Wednesday and Friday as I work my way through the older ones. I may post some random stuff in the off days/weekends depending on time and does this mean some all new strips at the end of it I hear you ask? Well, yes - but you will have to wait a while longer to get to them. Andy |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 19, 2009 9:23:50 GMT
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Post by grahamthomson on Mar 19, 2009 10:36:28 GMT
That Wolverine! He must have a movie coming out, or something.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 19, 2009 10:46:07 GMT
You know I think you may be right there, but even so a quick scan of Marvel solicits on a monthly basis usually gives you six comics at least for the Wolverine fan.
Andy
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Post by blueshift on Mar 19, 2009 10:49:01 GMT
Well as obviously moneygrabbing as possible, it might encourage people to pick up titles that they haven't in the past.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 19, 2009 10:53:17 GMT
There are 8 Wolverine titles, plus mini-series and one-shots every month. And appearances in x-men team books. I counted them up from solicits a month ago and was stunned!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 19, 2009 10:57:56 GMT
The problem is it doesn't. The titles don't get a sales spike from his appearances anymore. It's generally crossover events that give titles a shot in the arm but after that they generally slide back down.
In fact the only title that has had a permanent (so far) shot in the arm from a crossover was Green Lantern Corps for DC.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 19, 2009 11:42:46 GMT
Some titles get a sales spike from variant covers but usually dip back to usual numbers straight after. Case in point: the Obama variant of a recent issues of Amazing Spider-Man. Pulled in an extra 300,000 readers. The next issues sales numbers revealed that, apparently, not one of those extra 300,000 stayed around!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 17, 2009 15:25:20 GMT
Death WishThanks to Charles making an off-hand comment on Facebook, there will be a sequel or two this. The first of which will be coming on Monday. An all new one pager the first of the new TOS. With more to follow soon. Andy
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 17, 2009 17:07:10 GMT
'Tis funny, but I think the alternate names detract from the humour because they sound like they're supposed to be jokes but aren't funny - unlike the main gag of the strip, which is superb - but the alternate names are too distracting and spoil the flow - just calling it as I see it! (I mean I'd have laughed more heartily with the names Primus and Unicron un-altered. Dunno why - maybe because I could have read it as taking place in mainstream continuity, which makes the ending more absurd - but not after the changed names have already established it's a spoof.)
Martin
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 17, 2009 17:42:12 GMT
To be honest I've toyed with the idea of changing the names to the normal ones. Quite often when I am writing the scripts the names are a curious mish mash of parody names and the proper names.
Perhaps a poll is in order.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 18, 2009 0:28:04 GMT
Well only a few folks have voted but I can see how it will turn out. I've already re-lettered Death Wish and given the parody names are on the outs the title of the strip has had to be changed too.
Bye bye Tales of Scifibertron - long live Weird Without End.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 18, 2009 21:26:56 GMT
 Doesn't go live on the website proper till Monday at 9am, but you are getting it ahead of schedule. Andy |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 18, 2009 21:29:15 GMT
Not showing up!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 18, 2009 21:30:38 GMT
Fixed now. Typo in the url.
Thanks to Charles who prompted the idea for this strip.
Andy
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Apr 18, 2009 21:48:21 GMT
Outstanding. No complaints this time!  Martin |
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Apr 18, 2009 21:54:29 GMT
Ho ho ho! ;D
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 18, 2009 21:55:51 GMT
Cheers!
It does read so much better with the proper names, so I bow to your judgement on that one. I'll be relettering the older ones during the week to sort the names out. Death Wish III is on Wednesday and as far as I can tell will be the last Death Wish, as the joke will be run into the ground by then. Again, all-new stuff. Then back to reruns for a little while longer yet.
Andy
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Post by grahamthomson on Apr 20, 2009 8:31:46 GMT
Brilliant stuff!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 20, 2009 20:22:46 GMT
Cheers G.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 22, 2009 8:05:00 GMT
The third and final (at least for now) part of Death Wish is now up. www.pixel-cel.com/Andy |
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Post by grahamthomson on Apr 22, 2009 8:18:15 GMT
Fantastic! Such a simple, effective joke!
Also enjoyed the step by step feature as well!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 22, 2009 10:29:56 GMT
Thanks Graham.
Thought it would be dull to recycle the same gag a third time, but I wanted a nice capper to the idea and that came to me in a moment of inspiration.
Cheers. I've been using Illustrator a lot for my art of late and getting to grips with it, hopefully to the point that soon enough it will look pretty much like my non-digital stuff.
Andy
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Post by grahamthomson on Apr 22, 2009 11:03:00 GMT
And now I gotta wait until Friday for the next one.
*watches clock*
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 22, 2009 11:07:10 GMT
Well it's back to the older ones for the meantime unless any random idea hits me.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 22, 2009 11:11:53 GMT
*throws random idea*
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 22, 2009 11:16:08 GMT
ouch!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 22, 2009 11:23:53 GMT
There's nothing you can do to prevent the catharsis of spurious morality!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 24, 2009 10:31:06 GMT
Yes there is. Now if you want to write a jokey Cuddly Colin meets the Transformers during Trial of a Time Lord then I suggest you get cracking!
Now today's strip is how the GI Joe vs the Transformers crossover would actually go.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 29, 2009 11:40:04 GMT
Probably my favourite of the original run of strips is now online.Andy |
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