Monday 24 December 2007

One Day To Go.

Yep, just one day to go until Christmas and I’m all set (more or less). I’ve got a nasty cold going on which wasn’t part of the plan, but apart from that Christmas is going pretty well.

I thought I’d post the second full page of Dirge as a kind of Christmas present, you never asked for. I was going to keep it till closer to new year, but since I haven’t been able to post any recent work because it would give to much away so I’ll post it today. It one of the rare pages that doesn’t have any of the main characters on and probably one of my favourite pages from Dirge 2.


Anyway Merry Christmas and hope you’re having (and have) a great one.

Thursday 20 December 2007

These Things Take Time.

You know a videogame going to be good, when in been in development for more then ten years and they’ve only just released a teaser trailer.



Wow I remember playing the first Duke Nukem 3D back in the mid 90’s. It seems hard for a videogame to have a good sense of humour about itself, but there was something very unapologetic about Duke Nukem 3D that I liked. It was differently one of the best videogames when I was growing up. Can’t really tell anything from this trailer about the new Duke Nukem game and no ones actually said Duke Nukem coming out in 2008. I’m also guessing only the strongest, most upgraded PC will be able to play this game when it does come out. Not my shitty laptop PC, which is held together with chewing gum and plasters.

I’m really glad I finished my Christmas shopping today. Things were getting a bit cut throat in the shops over the last couple of days. Yeah I’m pretty set for Xmas by now. Just going spend my time now playing with that long cardboard tube you get at the end when all the wrapping papers gone and pretend it a lightsaber.

Monday 17 December 2007

Hard Lessons In Life.

I think it widely excepted that Googling your own name is a bit of a dirty habit. Oh sure most people do it but it not to be encouraged. Anyway if nothing more brings home this fact then when I thought I’d try typing my own name in to youtube and came across this video.



I just want to point out that it only namesake going on here. Still a bit of a shock when I saw it come up. {Note} I was going to start making jokes about the only sex crime I’ve committed is not getting enough, but then I decided to take the higher ground and skip it.

Friday 14 December 2007

Temper, Temper.

Latest panel from Dirge part 2.


Pretty much sum up how I’m feeling at the moment as well in a weird way. It becoming a mad rush to get everything ready for Xmas. Tried to order a new TV online for Christmas and keep getting told it was out of stock. I thought it would never be in stock before Christmas until one morning a couple of days ago when I got an email telling me it was now in stock and I could order one if I followed the link. So after pressing the link and being taken to the ordering page feeling like a weight had been taken off my shoulders, I started to fill in details again, only to be told again that it was out of stock. Wow, what a mean trick to play at Christmas I thought. So the next day I went down to my local store to see if they had any in store and ended up buying one and having to carry it home myself. Problem solved but I think I’ve pulled my arms out of they’re sockets doing it.

Thursday 6 December 2007

Ho, Ho, Ho.


Another year, another Christmas. It more the run up to Christmas I like, with all the ways you plan to treat yourself on the day before these plans go tits up. All the movies you hope will be on TV at Xmas before finding out it all shit films and repeats. All the things you plan to buy before finding out they’ve sold out (a pain I am experiencing at this moment “sob”) or cost too much.

Yeah the run up is in many ways better then the day itself. People are a little nicer (well…a bit…ish). They’re a buzz in the air. And people can stuff they’re faces for a short period, guilt free, which all comes to an end after Christmas. Plus you can mess up a lot more around Xmas and you more likely to be let off.

The downside to Christmas is it tends to exaggerate your mood. If your happy and in a good place your be feeling twice as loved up at this time of year and if your not, your feel twice as shitty. Yeah, it a tricky time Xmas. It also because you know the year is almost run out and you didn’t do half the things you planned. But then saying that if you had a shit year then knowing it was almost over should cheer you up.

I plan to get through this Christmas with a couple of good DVD’s, some Cookie flavoured ice cream and if I can sort it out in time maybe a new TV. But that a bit up in the air at the moment.

Wednesday 5 December 2007

Art Show.


When Illustrator James Holcombe isn’t drawing horny old people on days out, his putting together artshow’s. Next week his sharing a show with two other artist. There also a private view going on this Friday. Should be a good night although I work Saturdays so I have to be up early the next morning which means I’ll be running home right after the show (just like Cinderella) so I can get some sleep.

Should be a good night and show and James says your all welcome.

The show runs until the 10th.