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Over at Brawl in the Family, they are doing an awesome rendition of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” It features Mario as Scrooge, Wario as Marley, Luigi as Bob Kratchet, Rosalina as the Spirit of Christmas Past, Kirby as the Spirit of Christmas Present, and many others. CHECK IT OUT!
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Alright, everyone, CHECK THIS OUT! An awesome album of 8-bit Christmas music, done in the style and way of the old 8-bit NES music. You can listen to the music on the player on their site, or buy the album for $4, from which the proceeds will go to Child’s Play Charity. No better way to get your geek on this Christmas season!
Movieline is reporting on a rumor that John Malkovich is in talks to play The Vulture in the upcoming Spider-Man 4! I have to say, he has ALWAYS been my number one choice for this villain, and if this correct I would love it!
They’re also reporting that Anne Hathaway will be playing Felicia Hardy (aka Black Cat). Some wierd stuff going on there, and I’ll let you read for yourself. Cool none-the-less.
I wanted to make a note concerning my future plans for Team Jetpack 104. I initially started this comic back in September to help me get drawing again, and as a creative exercise and challenge. It has definately done that; I have gained some kills in Photoshop that I never thought I would be able to achieve, and I’ve learned more or less the technique I want to use from here on out.
Having said that, I am not beyond the fact that the artwork is not as clean, polished, or snappy as it should and CAN be. I have also found that the standard three panel format is not fitting for the kind of story telling I’m trying to do here. However, while scanning the Internet for other web comics, I found one that inspired me to do better, and have decided to adopt their format for TJ104 in the future.
Kiwi Blitz is a great comic, and the artist’s format has inspired me to no end. So, after this arc, I will be taking a short break as I prepare for the new and improved Team Jetpack 104. I will be updating the team’s look a bit, more fully polishing ideas, and writing a script for the first arc. Hopefully my new format will enable me to better flesh out the characters, as well as deliver better dialogue, stories, and villains. As a treat, I have included the pencil sketch of the “New and Improved” Captain Amazing. I will be doing these type of references (eventually in full color) for all major characters.
Thought you guys would like to check this out! I was recently interviewed for a Lethbridge-centric blog known as Lethbian Love, which incidentally is Jonathan Ruzek, who contributed the guest strip “Hit the Books.” We did the interview over Google Wave, and I think it turned out pretty well!
When I began this project, I severely underestimated both the amount of time I would have to invest in creating content, as well as how much school would distract me from creating said content (actually, the comic is distracting me from school, but anyways…). I’m currently working on getting Part 2 of the Multiplayer Mushroom Mayhem arc finished, and hereby promise to finish it before the end of the week. I might, yet again, change the posting schedule, but such is the life of a hobby cartoonist. Thanks for sticking around, everyone!
On November 15, New Super Mario Bros Wii launches, and I couldn’t be more excited! There’s something about this game that has completely captivated me, and I look forward to playing it. Its funny too, because I have never been super excited about a Mario game before, but this one for some reason is calling my name in all sorts of ways. Definately a day one purchase in my books.
Also, continue to watch the web comic as Dorgon, Tree Frog, and Pakkoderm battle their way through the Mushroom Kingdom, and discover where the heck Captain Amazing is! This is, after all, a four-player game!
For pics on the box art of New Super Mario Bros. Wii, check out this bit at Kotaku.
Man oh man oh man. I am busy as all get out this week. School is officially going to kill me. Dead. Really. Just a heads up that I will try to have a comic up Wednesday or Thursday. Thanks for your understanding and patience. I’m really excited about the new arc coming up, in which the gang gets sucked into a video game! (the first time, but definately won’t be the last)
So today I was looking around and discovered (thanks to @jaruzek on Twitter) a great new way to do comments on the site: Disqus. You will now be able to comment on the comic with your Facebook or Twitter account, or your Disqus account if you have one of those.
Now, for the bad news: all previous comments on the comics and blog posts have been lost. I apologize to those who have contributed up until now, but quite frankly, the majority of you have not been commenting (which is fine, don’t feel like you need to). For those of you who DO want to leave comments and engage in discussion, the new system should work well. Just click on “Comments” at the bottom of each new post, then proceed to use the Disqus interface.
Thanks for all the patience as I make changes to the site to increase the usability, enjoyability, and interactivity of Team Jetpack 104. DERP!
EDIT: Thanks again to @jaruzek! Comments are currently being moved from WordPress to Disqus. Old comments should be there soon.