Sunday, April 20, 2014

Space Team Go!

Space Team Go! will be an old fashioned action sci-fi comic strip appearing here each Sunday.  This strip will be completely improvised-what that means is, each week I will draw this cartoon strip  making it up as I go.  Although I have a basic plot in mind, there will be no script, no outline, and the drawings will be done in one day; without the use of rulers, templates, etc. (although probably some white-out now and then).
The strip itself is a throw back to the sci-fi stories like those of the Buck Rogers comic strips of the 30's and 40's, the animated show Space Ghost, and a sprinkling of the Stars both Trek and Wars.
It should be fun!!

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Improvised Comic Strip!!

Space Team Go! will be an old fashioned action sci-fi comic strip appearing here each Sunday.  This strip will be completely improvised-what that means is, each week I will draw this cartoon strip  making it up as I go.  Although I have a basic plot in mind, there will be no script, no outline, and the drawings will be done in one day; without the use of rulers, templates, etc. (although probably some white-out now and then).
The strip itself is a throw back to the sci-fi stories like those of the Buck Rogers comic strips of the 30's and 40's, the animated show Space Ghost, and a sprinkling of the Stars both Trek and Wars.
It should be fun!!

Sunday, February 9, 2014

The Original Star Wars-on Laserdisc!

 The original on laser disc!

 "Star Wars".  No "Episode IV", No "A New Hope".  Star Wars.  The film didn't have "Episode IV" attached to the crawl until the 1981 re-release.  Even after that, the first film was still referred to as "Star Wars" until the Special Editions came out in '97.  That's when the DVDs had "Episode..." on the case spines.  Then, when the prequels came out, the first three began being referred  to by their episode numbers.
 Chapter notes for ESB.
 The commentary tracks on the laser discs are great-much better than the later dvd audio tracks.  However, when no one is speaking, there is silence; unlike their dvd counterparts which replaces the audio with the actual soundtrack during the commentary lulls.  The discussion of the effects during the end battle on Star Wars is great!
 The player.  Pretty hefty! Thanks Dave McDowell!
 The laaaaaarge discs.  Star Wars alone is three, two sided discs.
 One of my favorite shots...excised from the Special Edition.
 More cut shots.
The player in the studio.
Next on order, the original version of THX-1138!

Sunday, February 2, 2014