| Giving or Getting a Scott Pilgrim Poster |
[Nov. 28th, 2009|08:03 pm] |
The posters are now on sale at Page 45 in the city of Nottingham, UK, for £4.99 each.
They are also still available on the Oni Press web store (which I believe only ships to the USA).
I believe the Beguiling (in Toronto) has/had some of the posters, and they should still be selling the t-shirts (which they ship overseas!).
I can't send you a poster if you live elsewhere in the world. Sorry! I don't have any posters.
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| December Equals Tales of the Tall-Heads |
[Nov. 28th, 2009|04:57 pm] |
Well, December is going to be interesting for me. I will spend about half the month out of town and on the move, making comicing difficult. I really should just make a buffer of comics to tide me over, but nearly three weeks worth of buffers is not something I can really pull out of my ass.
SO! My solution is something kind of odd, a fusion of my daily comics and the somewhat defunct Tall-Head Adventures. Basically, you, the readers, will again offer suggestions as to what will happen from update to update, but this time rather than an adventure game presentation it will be a comic. I envision you guys being able to suggest lots of different aspects, from dialog to plot direction to character actions.
But just to make sure this kinda crazy thing will actually work, I am going to start early, basically making all of December (and then some) the month of Tales of the Tall-Heads. So let's get started!
As in the past, I would like to put as much control in your hands as possible. Starting with what the characters actually look and act like!
Please choose two or three that you like, keeping in mind that your choices will not only inform such critical aspects as hair style but also personality. I decided not to force you to choose among costumes as I am sure you guys will be re-dressing them as the story go on anyway, if Tall-Head Adventures is any indication.
Second, how should these things be colored? Clearly I'm going back to an aliased look.
An explanation of the above styles:
1 - Monochromatic in gray. There would be no limit to the number of shades.
2 - Monochromatic in a hue. Again, no limit to the number of shades.
3 - Full color. I would like to avoid this, as a time issue, but I thought I would put it out there in case you guys demand it.
4 - Monochromatic a hue, this time with a limit on the number of shades, say only three or four.
5 - Same as 1, only no shading.
6 - Same as 2, only with black outlines.
7 - Same as 5, only no shading.
8 - Plain ol' vanilla black and white.
This whole thing could be an awesome great time, or a total flop. Only way to find out is to give it a try!
WHAT SAY YOU!?!? |
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| Holiday Homeless Pet Food Drive (Please Help) |
[Nov. 28th, 2009|06:28 pm] |
Hey kids -
My daughter and her friends are organizing a holiday pet food drive to benefit a number of local no-kill shelters, and they could really use a helping hand...
If your holiday budget allows, please consider pitching in for one or more 8-pound bags of high quality dog or cat food, which we're getting a discounted price ($6 for one bag, $14 for three bags or $21 for five bags). Our goal is to distribute 800 pounds!
Thanks in advance for your kindness & generosity... and for caring about homeless cats and dogs this season. I'll keep everyone posted on our progress. :)
P.S. If you prefer, you can also purchase a copy of my Calendar of Horrors, and I will donate all of the proceeds (minus postage) to the girls' food drive. |
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[Nov. 28th, 2009|10:49 pm] |
WOW.
I need this so much.
This could revolutionise modelling for games.
Imagine if you paired it with a reprap. "hey, that thing's cool. I'd like one. pass it here a minute..." (scan/cleanup/duplicate).
FUUUUTURRRRRE! |
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| Well hot damn. |
[Nov. 28th, 2009|03:43 pm] |
Here are today’s stats for the fabulous urban fantasy adventure about a neurotic vampire/thief and her wealthy blind client, now with Bonus! Cuban drag queen and military intrigue:
Project: Bloodshot
New Words Written: 4985 (Some added last night; only about 4000 today)
Present Total Word Count: 94,570 words
Goal: Draft Zero by December 12 -ACCOMPLISHED
Things Accomplished in Fiction: Wrapped it up, baby. Wrapped up all of it. This, ladies and gents and all others, is a Draft Zero.
Things Accomplished in Real Life: Virtually nothing. This has been eating my brain and I had to get it out, out, out. And now - best of all - I have almost 2 whole weeks to batter this puppy into a Draft One before sending it back to Anne! [:: does a little dance ::]
Reason for Stopping: BECAUSE I CAN.
[Crossposted to/from my website. If you'd like to comment, you can do so either here or there.] |
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[Nov. 28th, 2009|03:43 pm] |
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(Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.) |
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[Nov. 28th, 2009|10:01 pm] |
Random acts of kindness ftw :)
a mate just sent me a hearwarming text out of the blue.
thankya, dude :) has much improved the gloom i was in! |
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| "Willful Waste Brings Woeful Want" |
[Nov. 28th, 2009|01:33 pm] |
Hat-tip David Desalvo...
Even as millions of people starve the world over, residents in United States are wasting food like never before...
A new study finds food waste per person has shot up 50% since 1974. Some 1,400 calories worth of food is discarded per person each day, which adds up to 150 trillion calories a year, reports Livescience.
The study, authored by researchers from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, was recently published in the open access journal PLoS ONE. Researchers conducted a calculation of the difference between the U.S. food supply and what’s actually eaten, which was estimated by using a model of human metabolism and known body weights. According to the findings, about 40 percent of all the food produced in the U.S. is thrown out.
The study also found that food waste now accounts for more than one quarter of the total freshwater consumption in the U.S. and more than 300 million barrels of oil per year.
To put all of this in context, consider a few equivalencies:
• According to the CDC, Americans consume about 2600 calories a day on average. Based on that estimate, 1400 calories is roughly a meal and a half of food wasted every day.
• According to the USGS, total freshwater consumption in the U.S, is about 350 million gallons per day. Based on that estimate, the present study indicates that food waste accounts for about 85 million gallons of water a day. That’s the equivalent of daily water use in the states of California and Texas combined.
• 300 million barrells of oil is about the equivalent of annual oil consumption in the state of New York, or a country the size of Singapore or Thailand.
Previous research indicated that more than 29 million tons of food is wasted in the U.S. each year, or enough to fill the Rose Bowl every three days, with a cost equivalent of more than $100 billion annually.
Meanwhile, a recent report by the USDA finds the number of U.S. homes lacking “food security,” i.e., their eating habits were disrupted for lack of money, rose from 4.7 million in 2007 to 6.7 million last year.
About 1 billion people worldwide don’t have enough to eat, according to the World Food Program. |
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[Nov. 28th, 2009|12:53 pm] |
My brain could tell I needed to be happy last night, btw. I dreamt about hanging out with my family... and kittens. Lots of kittens. Seriously.
And now I see this...
KITTENS! |
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Grateful
GTFO
satisfied
bitchy
Bon Appétit