Marble Madness
Thursday — July 2nd, 2009

Marble Madness

Hey, everyone, it’s my first (of possibly many) comic referencing Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, the highest grossing badly reviewed money in existence. WOO! Personally I enjoyed the movie for the most part, there were some things that bothered me (much like the first movie), but I found it overall enjoyable. If your not afraid of spoilers and would like a somewhat more detailed explanation of my feelings on the movie, I guess you can read this.

While this strip references a specific scene from the movie, I don’t think it’s very spoiler-ish, and it makes fun of Bakugan more than TF: ROTF. For those that don’t know Bakugan is some weird Japanese imported cartoon show and toy line that kinda’ plays like a weird Yugioh version of marbles from my understanding. To be honest, I don’t really get it, but my step daughter is totally into it. Is this what’s it like when you start getting old? GET OFF MY LAWN!

Anyway, Bakugan are these little ball shaped things that transform into other things…yeah… supposedly they’re supposed to turn into robots, dragons, or monster… but really, they just look like the marble sprouts random things out of it… like I said I don’t get it, but seemly it’s all the rage with kids these days. Sigh… at least Transformers are still around so I can still relate with young’ens on that… right? RIGHT? Sigh…

Next post I can talk to you guys about the TF: ROTF toyline if you are interested in that since I’ve gotten quite a few figures since the movie came out and I wouldn’t mind taking some time to let you know what I think of them.

Also let’s give another round of applause for Chris Jones. His coloring just continues to blow me away. Also give an applause to my friend, Cary Woodham, he’s been my proofreader since the comic started. When I get some extra time a side, I plan to add both Chris and Cary to the Artists section of this webpage. Unfortunately my life has been a tad crazy lately, but I think we should be getting some calming down soon.

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New Fanart and Cameo!

Agito drew this most excellent picture of me… errr… Pembroke. Nice to know June and Shelly aren’t the only ones who can get fanart around here.







Looks like Robert Blake is selling a Shelly related cereal without my authorization. IT’S LAWSUIT TIME! GET ME PHOENIX WRIGHT ON THE PHONE! I DON’T CARE IF HE ISN’T REAL! I HIRE YOU TO DO, NOT TO QUESTION!

Cameo Time!

This cameo actually happened a while back and I keep forgetting to post it, I hope no one holds it against me… I’m a forgetful cuss.

Looks like Shelly and June got a tad lost in futuristic space thanks to HPKomic! I hope they don’t stay lost for very long, I got a comic to do.

New Femmy Fanart!

I posted some awesome new fanart today! Check it out!

Farthingale drew this awesome piece of fanart! It’s 80s-delic! Gem… I mean Farthingale is outrageous, truly truly outrageous!

Thanks again, Farthingale, you rule!

New Femmegasm Adventure Comic Published!

Hey, Femmegasm fans, want to get an extra dose of Shelly and June? Well, check out Furrlough #187 by Radio Comics for an awesome seven page Femmegasm Adventures comic. A story so epic it couldn’t be contained in a single strip and a story so weird I can’t tell you anything without ruining it. So check it, the picture of above should give you an idea of it’s insanity. So get a copy and let me know if you like it. It might encourage me to make more Femmegasm comics in this style.

Where Does He Get Those Wonderful Toys

I’ve recently moved to a new apartment and I’m in the process of unpacking all my stuff. As I’ve mentioned before, one of my many hobbies is toy collecting, especially stuff related to Transformers and Video Games (though there are some exceptions like comic book and anime characters). I figured I’d take a little time to show some of the toys I’ve currently got unpacked. I figured this would allow you guys to see some of the stuff I like, and also keep me encouraged to keep unpacking things. So here we go:


When it comes to Transformers I mainly collect my three favorite characters, Grimlock, Starscream, and Optimus Prime. I have more Optimus Primes than any other Transformer figure, not just because he’s one of my favorite characters or that he was my childhood hero, but because Hasbro/Takara makes more figures of him than any other character. So he’s definitely a big shelf filler.


Here’s a close up of part of my Prime collection. The highlights of this section is probably Armada Voyager Prime, Classics Voyager Prime, and McDonald’s Animated Prime. Okay, that last one might not seem like a big deal to most, but I like him. I think he’s pretty neat for a McD’s toy. He has a very G1 feel to him, transformation wise.


This section of my Prime collection has a lot of great figures, so picking just three is a bit tough… but if I had to I’d say the highlights are Powermaster Optimus Prime/God Ginrai, Alternator Prime, and Voyager Class Animated Prime, but that’s a hard call with all the cool ones in this section.


While this section also has a lot of great figures, it also has my three favorite Prime figures, so it makes it easy to give a highlight on. My three favorites are Masterpiece/20th Anniversary Optimus Prime (who is also my second to favorite Transformer I own), Big Convoy, and the original G1 Optimus Prime (who’s actually holding Big Convoy’s matrix). I think another reason I like collecting Optimus Prime figures is he gets a lot of the best looking figures most of the time. I guess that’s one of the perks of being the leader of the Autobots.


Ah, Starscream, I love that sneaky bastard. Here’s all my Screamer toys and figures. I had to put him in the tallest area in my shelf because of how huge Cybertron Screamer is. Due to this I make him share his space with Unicron, because he also can’t fit anywhere else. Not counting Unicron (who is pretty bad ass in his own right), the highlights of this section is Masterpiece Screamer (my third to favorite Transformer), huge ass Cybertron Starscream, and Animated Starscream. While I own the original G1 Starscream figure, I can’t say I’m a big fan of him. He’s really stumpy, his arms are really loose, and I never really liked the overall feel of G1 Screamer despite my love for the character. I also hate that you have to take his hands off when you transform him into jet mode, makes it really easy to lose them. Oh well.


Grimlock is my favoritest Transformer of all time, unfortunately there isn’t enough Grimlock figures to gill an entire shelf area so he shares his area with his fellow Dinobots as well as Universe/Classics Dinobot from Beast Wars. One of the neat thing about Grimmy and Co. is while I keep most of my Transformers in their robot modes I always feel the need to keep the Dinobots in their dino modes (with the exception of Alternator Grimlock and War Within Grimlock since they don’t turn into dinos), because I really like the weird robotic dinosaur look a lot of the figures have. The highlights of this collection are Generation 2 Grimlock (who is actually my favorite toy), G1 Grimlock, and Alternator Grimlock. Yeah, I know, Alternator Grimlock is kind of blasphemous for turning into a car instead of a T-Rex, but he turns into a Mustang GT, which is my favorite car model. So having my favorite Transformer turn into my favorite car is a pretty high level of awesome.


Here’s my collection of statues that I own. They mostly consist of video game girl, not just because I like girls, but because 90% of these figures tend to be of the female characters, thus there’s not much choice for me half the time. Which sometimes sucks since there are male characters I like and wouldn’t mind getting figures of. Also in this set is several DC related figures, a Lupin figure, a Wacky Races figure, and a Bone figure. The highlights are Tron Bonne, Baiken, and Catwoman. Though I will give bonus points to the Felicia because my fiance got it for me when she got to go to a con in San Antonio and I didn’t and the Hawkgirl statue because finding it was one of the highlights of one of my trips to Comic-Con.

My Legacy Begins!

Seemly Portal Of Evil also thinks I suck… and I draw bad. Yay.

Femmegasm Gets It’s First Review!

Webcomic Overlook did a review of Femmegasm today.

Seemly I suck. Ha ha ha!

Babble!

Hey, everyone! I’ve started a new weekly column on The Scienteers webpage. It’s entitled “Babble” and it will be about whatever I feel like talking about. The first installment can be read here. I hope you will enjoy it.

New Donation Wallpaper!

June, Shelly, and… um… me decide to start the New Year right… by getting drunk off our asses. Seemly June is ahead of us, but you can see it all in this new donation wallpaper!



Pretty cool, huh? Click on the picture above and give us a nice little donation and this wallpaper will be yours!

Daily SNK Gal Fanart

I’m trying to draw a fanart of a different SNK female character everyday for the month of January. I’m currently posting these at Deviantart and 1up.com. Check them out for some extra Pemmy art in your diet. It’s high in fiber.

This one is my favorite of the six I’ve posted so far: