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Mike - August 01, 2010

Our friends over at the podcast TGT Webcomics have just started up their 2nd annual tournament for best episode of the year, and guess what? We're OUT of the running... but we're backing another horse, namely the comic "Sarah Zero". All you need to do to help us out is head on over to the voting page here and vote for "Stef / Sarah Zero" which is actually an episode of TGT Webcomics that I co-hosted. Oh and while you're at it you can vote in all the other brackets as well for your favorite matchups.

If Sarah Zero ends up winning this tournament, we'll be putting our heads together to make something extra special for the world to see. What will it be? No clue! We've gotta win first! XD

Mike - July 04, 2010

Mike - June 03, 2010

Heya people, I usually don't post things like this, but I was on a website just a moment ago writting out a comment on
this article about movies and I guess it got WAY too long... so instead of just sending it back into the ether whenst it came I figured that I should post it here.

There are far too many movies coming out that are unnessessary sequels trying to milk the franchise, remakes that are re-hashing old stories to milk the nostalgia factor of the originals, or movie adaptations of old TV shows/cartoons that just borrow the names to draw fans but ignore the subject matter entirely. This is all lazy, uninspired, greed-induced movie making passed down by corperate offices looking at statistics and profit margins instead of true movie-makers. Come up with something original or do the source material justice... I just get so sick of seeing movies that come out that only vaugely have anything to do with the inspired material.

The new "Karate Kid", why call it that if only to stir up nostalgia? You could have called it anything and it could have had appeal, and yet all he name does is alienate the fans of the original.

Transformers, GI Joe, or any other cartoon/videogame adaptation... holy hell why did you turn my youth into a bad joke?? They already HAD storyplots and they were good... use them!!

Sex and the City 2, okay fine the first movie was a conclusion to the series but why a sequel? Who's left to milk on that one?? Did the actresses really just want work THAT badly???

Shrek 4... compared to the first two, the third one sucked. This franchise is at least is an original concept, but the excitement is over please let it die with dignity. The same with Toy Story 3... maybe start a new movie in the same universe-setting, jump around a bit, but by golly how long can we care about these toys? No wonder Andy wants to get rid of them.

The point of all this? It's not just movies, but most of the entertainment industry seems to have been usurped by the corperate boardrooms. Movies, music, or television, it all seems to be headed up by suits with flowcharts and research departments trying to find the safe bets that may not be fantastically sucessfull but will at least make their budgets back. There are hardly any true boxoffice flops these days (they go right to DVD), but boxoffice smashes are few and far between as well. As special effects technology increases, focus on acting, plot, and character development seem to go out the window. The consensus seems to be that an action-packed visually impressive movie will occupy our ADD-induced brains well enough that they don't NEED to include substance... as long as the movie seems to be about something you know already, it's big and shiney, and it has a based statisically-accurate general audience appeal, it's a sure winner. Unfortunately it doesn't really work like that, but I guess it works well enough for them to keep doing it.

Mike - April 30, 2010

Wow what a sucky week... I'm still in the hospital at the moment, but my leg is slowly getting better and I hope that pretty soon I'll be able to go home to continue to recover there instead. That at least will give me acesss to my main computer again and so maybe I can FINALLY start making comics again. Man, I really want to finish off the current storyline and its very close to being done too.

For the moment, I'm going to give you guys a little classic Brentalfloss musical action that seems apropriate enough for the occasion.

Mike - April 04, 2010

Mike - April 01, 2010

"Prepare to Die" in association with Webcomic Planet has just started an Easter Egg Hunt! The Collective Members participating have hidden one or more Easter Egg Pictures within their Archives. They can be:
•Hidden in a comic blog post (blurb below a comic)
•Hidden within a comic strip itself
•Some webcomics have up to 3 eggs hidden within their archives, no more.
•The winner will be the one finding all (or at least most) eggs hidden throughout the participating websites.

If you'd like to participate and maybe win yourself some very spiffy prizes, head on over to The Webcomic Planet and check out all the offical rules and then head out into the eather to find some eggs. The contest runs from now until Easter Sunday on the 4th, so get to searching!

Mike - March 16, 2010

I have returned from Anime Milwaukee, and I must say it was a pretty good time. Not only did I get to hang out with Alan from Rival Angels and Trevor of trevoramueller.com, but I had a very interesting conversation with Little Kuriboh of YGOTAS fame and his man Kroz about the future of children's trading cards. Oh yes, and many many people in costumes... inclusing this devilish duo who seem to have replaced their Meowth with a much more effective and somewhat more familiar fighter.

Mike - March 11, 2010

Tonight I'm going to appearing on ANOTHER podcast, and this time it's to talk about Prepare to Die... yes, time to get off the WAGON for a moment and actually talk about this little webcomic we've got. Anyone interested in listening in, you can do so On Talkshoe at about 9pm Central.

In other news, tomorrow morning I'm heading out for Anime Milwaukee to spend the weekend playing games and snapping pics of wonderously overdone costumes. I'm hoping to run into Litte Kuriboh there and get some nice shots with him and his "Screw the Rules" card, simply because you can't miss an opportunity like that.

Mike - March 06, 2010

*Steps up onto the podium and clears his throat.*

My fellow webcomic enthusiasts... fanboys, trolls, lurkers... I am not a violent man. I am not one to take up arms without reason, to lay waste simply because it is within my power... but a gauntlet has been thrown down onto the battlefield and this is a challenge that MUST be met! No less than twenty-four hours ago, war has broken out among the collective members of Webcomic Planet. This war is quickly growing, and we, the citizens of The Lands, have been shunted aside as inconsequential. Well I ask unto you, will you stand by and take this insult?? I think not... we shall rise up! We shall move like a swarm over these so-called Mad Geniuses of Webcomic Battle and show them exactly what terrible force of Chaos they have unleashed!

I say onto you, our beloved and faithful readers! Go forth across the internet and wave the banners of "Prepare to Die"!! Leave no corner safe from our blinding multi-colored halogens of TechnoMadness!!! Together we will build a mighty tide that shall wash away this blight of war and leave only devastation in our wake. The GameMaster is rolling double crits, so let's get out there and GM SMITE them all!!!

Mike - February 26, 2010

This past Sunday I made an appearance co-hosting an episode of the TGT Webcomics Podcast. Our extra special guest for the show was my friend and yours, Stef of Sarah Zero. Head on over to their sites above, and maybe take a listen to the recorded episode now up online.

In other news, a CHALLENGE has been issued to me from my fellow webcomickers. What challenged? Well, as we journey down to the Road of Penguicon and the first WAGON Webcomic Battle Tournament, we will also be participating in a Penguicon Weight Loss Challenge. Oh yes, this challenge this challenge will be met and all competitors will be CRUSHED... but not as crushed as much as they would be, as I will be lighter than I am now. More to come I'm sure, as progress reports will be made!