As MegaHitlerNixon destroys everything in sight (including Nick), the two Petes (along with the FutureNazis and Stephen Foster) have finally arrived in 2069.
As you read this, I'm on my way to jury duty. And while I don't really feel like going, I think it's important to remember that jury duty is a luxury unavailable to the few brave souls who still survive in the year 2069. FutureNixon has abolished the modern American legal system and replaced it with an obscene dictatorship that amounts to widespread savage injustice.
Speaking of widespread savage injustice, Pete and I are collaborating on something else this week -- Super Haters. It's currently day four of Pete Borrebach Guest Week, and Pete is in the middle of a twisted story about the enigmatic circle of light known as Degenerate Dwarf.
The podcast by indie comics creators for indie comics creators gets to work!
Traditional vs. non-traditional work methods! Dan thinks most comic book artists are hybrids nowadays, while Nick isn't even sure how to define traditional. SHOUT OUT TO BYRON WINTON! Shawn thinks that this discussion would have been more of an argument 15 years ago, but now digital is commonplace for comics creators.
Nick would love to go totally digital, while Shawn still loves drawing on paper. And Dan wonders how much home scanners have changed the game for comics artists.
Then everyone describes their typical work process for creating comics -- from drawing materials to penciling to inking to scanning to coloring and beyond.
Neal's cousin interviewed Larry Flynt, Nick doesn't eat steak, spotlight on Justique, Henry Winkler in Out of Practice, duck = smack and soup = smack, crappy business analysis, Texas oil Muppets...
Kenny, Nick, and their special guest recap the arcade intro (watch here it here!), and Alex drops some knowledge about the movie* itself...
And then it's time for the Street Fighter: The Movie the game conversation!!! Ridiculous moves, hilarious backgrounds, arcade vs. console, super moves, Akuma???, exploding health bars, and so much more.
Warning: DON'T PLAY THIS GAME ALONE!!!
*BTW, Street Fighter the movie is brand new for only $3.94 on Amazon right now (for the special edition DVD, natch), so if you ever wanted to buy it, now's the time.
BONUS VIDEO: Street Fighter: The Movie the game boss fight, Chun-Li ending, and end credits (with Nick commentary).
MegaHitlerNixon killed Nick by shooting a giant rainbow death beam from the unicorn horn on the top of its head. Now FutureShawn and Shawn are running for their lives!!! FutureSlavePaige should be running for her life too, but (as you can see below) she's a bit upset right now...
And that's why I'm posting it late, because sometimes things just don't line up. See...
Pete had his script done early, and Shawn had his pencils in on time. But Paige was a bit late on the inks, and then I was a day late on getting the inks scanned and formatted for Justique. That means Justique didn't start coloring until yesterday (and I should know this next part by now but I always forget) and she has a tough time getting it done on deadline when she starts working on it the day before it gets posted. That's just natural. I understand why. And by the time the two of us finally finished the colors, I was already late with the lettering. And this one was a wee bit tricky in terms of balloon placement (not to mention the fact that Shawn forgot to draw the ropes on Stephen Foster (and I didn't even notice that until today, which is totally my fault as editor because it's easy to forget who is and is not tied up at any given time in ACT III)). SOoooooo...
THEN: Longform storytelling! Ross prefers longform and sorta hates working on short stuff. When it comes to reading, Nick likes long stuff that has a (somewhat) finite end. Ross used to try to make stuff up as he went along, but he's been planning more nowadays for Wet Moon and Shadoweyes. Nick enjoys longform storytelling but wishes he didn't let Mind's Eye and Destruct-O-Tron have sex early on in Super Haters.
Back to the basics... it's just Neal and Nick. BOOOORING!
Neal saw Transformers: Dark of the Moon and he's wondering: WHERE HAVE ALL THE DINOBOTS GONE? Meanwhile, Nick's been rewatching Cheers on Netflix and he's loving it.
ALSO: Neal's developing a Time Log app for Android devices (see above for an example of an early prototype design). And now he's starting work on a Super Haters app. Hopefully it'll be out by late July/early August!!!
PLUS: A little Sports Night conversation, followed up by some word association... and a question for you (yeah, that's right -- I'm talking about you... the one reading this right now).
Did someone say "SET THE AGE TO 99"??? It's Jaime Pressly, Devon Aoki, and Holly Valance in... DOA: Dead or Alive!
Spoilers abound! Kenny hits the most insane plot moments with his recap, Nick grabbed some sweet screen caps, Gen Fu's costume is awful, and there's NO IZUNA DROP!!! Kenny gives the movie a high C+, while Nick gives it a solid B.
Join in on the fun this Tuesday when Ross and I review X-Men episode 40 and episode 41 as Jean Grey returns for the start of the animated Dark Phoenix saga!
EDIT: This episode was originally hosted by YIBR, but they've recently taken down all of their old podcasts, soon to be re-uploaded. So here's the audio of this episode instead of the normal YIBR video version. *NOTE* this is the raw audio of the conversation that I provided to the YIBR gang for editing purposes, and there's about a minute and a half of dead air at the beginning. SORRY ABOUT THAT! The conversation begins at excactly 1:31.
That right there? That's 1.5 hours of superhero movie discussion. Yes, I know. It's really long. And it starts off with me ranting about Batman movies. Be forewarned. I geek out kinda hard.
But in all seriousness, I had a fantastic time recording all of the A Month of Yamagato podcasts. MEGA CRAZY HUMONGOUS THX to Beeslo, Mongo, and Link.
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