There ain't nothing gonna stop me now

New: fan art for The Princess and the Frog!



Also, 9 new Between Gears pages this week!

I was hoping for a chance to meet

Here's a new comic:



And 36 new photos on my Flickr stream!

What on earth are we supposed to do but scream bloody murder

EDIT: I really appreciate the response to this comic. Everyone has been respectful and sympathetic, and many people have offered their own experiences of this kind of thing. Check out these response posts by Kaebel Hashitani and Breanne Boland.

New comic:

I complain very little because it's better than it was

4 new Between Gears pages today! And I drew 2 more as a warm-up today. :D I think I'll do the same thing I did last summer: draw as many as I can during the week and update every Monday morning. 68 leeeeeeeeft.

I feel like a machine lately. Not only have I been churning out page after page, day after day, but I'm managing to fit in tons of fun/social things as well. Please let me keep this up!

And please make my neighbors shut up, because this machine runs partially on sleep. >:-/ They have been bad lately. Partying late, and being loud early. Today I woke up at 5:30 to what sounded like hammering (but couldn't possibly have been--who is that dumb?!). I make lemonade when I have to...so today I was at the studio by 7...but I would like to be able to sleep regular hours. X(

Momentum, for the sake of momentum

I went to a life drawing session tonight! It's so good for me--I'm going to try and go monthly. Eventually, I will be able to draw men!
Check out Joëlle Jones' sketches from the same session! Dzamn!




^The upper right sketch is my favorite :)

TSMI: The Rock

Why this movie:
The Rock was on my list of unseen movies suggested by friends. My two younger brothers started watching it and filled me in when I came home 15 minutes later.

What I knew going in:
Alcatraz? Actiony-suspense?

Things that surprised me:
Hahaha.

My take-away:
Oh boy. I was on my laptop, casually glancing up now and then, within 10 minutes of joining this movie. It was doomed for failure as soon as I realized 2 of my least favorite actors (Cage, Connery) were main characters, but the film did nothing to redeem itself.

Best part:
Sean Connery's quarter trick in the interrogation room. "Womack! Why am I not surprised, you piece of shit." :P

TSMI: Sherlock Holmes

(***Spoilers!***)


(I was totally there!!! In the second row! 8D)

Why this movie:
I've wanted to see this movie since the first trailer. I saw Robert Downey Jr., Rachel McAdams, and several crew members speak at Comic-Con 2009 about the film and fully intended to go home and watch it, but somehow never got around to it until now. I enjoy Robert Downey Jr., quirky genius main characters, the 19th century England aesthetic, and all of the action promised by the trailers. We were on a family vacation and democracy chose Sherlock Holmes for the family movie one night.

What I knew going in:
I had seen the trailers, 10 minutes from the film, and a Q+A with the cast/crew. It looked heartily enjoyable; budget, script, cast, and editing all coming together to form what looked like my kind of movie.

Things that surprised me:
How little I know about Sherlock Holmes. I feel like I have read a Sherlock Holmes story, but I can't remember if that's even true. I suspect that I saw The Great Mouse Detective many times as a child and later in life convinced myself that I had read some Sherlock Holmes. I felt like a lot of inside jokes were flying over my head.
**EDIT: HOLD UP. I TOTALLY read The Hound of the Baskervilles. Mystery solved!

My take-away:
This movie was a slam-dunk for me. I was fully entertained and satisfied throughout. I am excited about the prospect of a sequel this December. I really liked Rachel McAdams' character, and am glad to see her name near the top of the new movie's cast list.

Best part:
Holmes/Watson HOMOSEXCELLENCE. I feel like the actors were well aware of this and had fun with it. Holmosaucesome~!