K #3

Like I said when I talked about the middle act of this play by Crisse and Ramos, I started losing interest when things became more metaphysical, which would be early in the second issue. In this last chapter of the story, everything turns out to be a struggle between gods with cataclysmic consequences: universes are destroyed, dimensions are crossed, and civilizations go extinct as they get caught in the midst of the eternal battle between incredibly powerful beings. Well, there might be an audience for this kind of story, but it sure isn't me, which is a shame, because the artwork and (especially) the colors are really neat. Anyway… Anybody interested in buying these from me?

The Second Pig

This is the picture that I drew after sketching the first pig and before actually finishing it. I like it better than my first attempt, but I think it doesn't look kid-friendly at all, which is why I went back to the first sketch and finished it. After seeing both pictures finished, I started considering perhaps drawing a third pig to give to my student, but I didn't feel like drawing yet another pig, so, after thinking about it for a couple of days, I ended up giving her the first one, and I kept this one for my personal files. Let me know which one you like best!

Go Go Battle Shrimp!

The Battle Shrimp is back in a new adventure! Or something along those lines… I drew this picture during one of my Cartooning Club sessions. One of the girls asked me to draw a monkey, and I thought "Hey, wouldn't it be fun to draw my old friend the Battle Shrimp?" And as it turned out, it was a lot of fun. I hope you like it!

Witchblade #134

Issue #134 guest stars Aphrodite IV, who looks great in that black suit Stjepan Sejic drew her in. Aphrodite IV had already been seen in Witchblade a few moths ago, and this time she is back with a vengeance. This issue is the first part of the Almost Human story arc, which seems to revolve around Aphrodite IV. As Sara tries to determine who she is, more and more information is revealed, and different elements from the old Top Cow universe are brought back in a neat an interesting way along with some newer characters, such as Argent from Hunter/Killer. More on this soon!

Living Bacon

One of my girls wanted me to draw her a pig, and this is what I came up with. Actually, I abandoned this picture halfway through, and started a second porcine drawing. After finishing that one, I came back to this one and finished it as well. I kind of like it, but I think I like the second one better. If you would like to judge, all you have to do is wait for the second pig to grace this blog very soon. Enjoy!

K #2

I read the first issue of K back in December 2006, and, as I told you then, I loved it. Well, it's taken me over three years to read the second issue of this series written by Crisse and illustrated by Humberto Ramos, and, unfortunately, I didn't like it nearly as much as the first issue.

The artwork is still great, and the colors by Eduardo Olea are the strong suit of the book. However, the story starts getting more and more metaphysical, and I hardly ever enjoy that kind of tale. When you have characters getting into other characters' minds, and the whole world is about to be destroyed by some strange galactic cataclysm, that's when I start losing interest. I was sad to see how what I thought was going to be a fun story after reading issue 1 became something I didn't care much for. And things would only get worse in the third and last issue of the series. Oh, well...

Ring Again

I love The Ring. I have it on DVD, and I think it's a really cool movie. However, I had never seen the sequel, which I had heard wasn't all that good. Well, they were right.

My girlfriend and I watched The Ring Two, and we both were pretty underwhelmed. She had seen it before, but all she remembered was the scene with the (obviously CGI'd) deer, and I wasn't even sure whether or not I had seen it. As it turned out, I hadn't, but I hadn't been missing much. I didn't care too much for the characters, and the ultra creepy kid (who, incidentally, my girlfriend thought was cute) didn't move me in the slightest. The dead girl wants to take over his body? Fine by me.

Still, the movie managed to be somewhat entertaining, but there were a handful of loose ends that bothered me. (Who found the doctor? Who was blamed for that? Did they go look for the kid who had simply walked out of the hospital? What about Max?) Therefore, I must say I wouldn't really recommend this movie unless you don't mind chatting with your girlfriend while watching it, as the less attention you pay to the film the better time you'll have watching it. A contradiction, you say? Perhaps, perhaps...