Webcomic goodness

Out of sheer boredom and a mood for experimentation, I have created a sprite webcomic.

For those who haven’t got a clue what I’m talking about, a sprite webcomic is basically a comic made outof sprite-sheets of characters from videogames. It seems that Mega Man is a favourite amongst spriters, but generally they suck. Like, really suck.

Mine, however, is about Arthur King, a noble man with no other purpose than to have adventures in a world stuffed with random game characters that I have found sprite-sheets of. The general purpose? I’m not sure. Maybe I’m trying to show that a sprite-comic doesn’t have to be bad. Then again, maybe I’m just bored and I felt like doing something in photoshop. Who knows.

In any case, it’s called “Arthur, King“, and the first page has been uploaded just now, so go check it out. I’ll be trying to update it every day, and if not that, every two days.

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Exclusive Iron Man footage

Hell yes! Most of you must’ve seen the Iron Man trailer by now. If you haven’t, go see it right now.  That’s right, it looks sweet. Damn sweet.

But it’s pretty much nothing compared to what crossed my path today. I was just googling my way through the interwebs when I stumbled across a full scene from the movie, featuring Iron Man in full battle. Seriously, what the fuck!? I’m usually not this giddy about movies, not even Marvel movies, but man, this blew me away. I’m not sure if it’s CGI or not, but even if it is, it’s amazing.

Ok, I won’t start a rant, best way to convince you is to show you, so go check it out. Get ready to be blown off your seats.

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Tao

I went to see Tao yesterday. For those who have no clue, Tao is a Japanese drum- and percussion band. From Japan. They’re like, Japanese.

Anywho, I saw their show last night, and it was amazing. I’ve never seen so many short people bang on so many large drums with such precision, speed and coordination. Incredible.
The show was divided into two parts. Before the break they all appeared in (what I assumed to be) traditional robes and played a very disciplined show. After the break the decor had changed from black cloth into metallic, industrial structures with huge drums on top of them, and the drummers had changed into something resembling a wetsuit. Needless to say, the part after the break was one big drum-fest. Closer they came to the end, the harder they started beating the drums. I swear to God, I saw one beating the dust out of one of the biggest drums they had. That’s hitting hard.

They did one encore before disappearing from the stage, but they gave everything during those last few minutes. Running and jumping around with huge drums and such, it’s amazing no-one up there got hurt. The choreographer must’ve had a field day with this.
The most beautiful moments  were those in which they all were drumming simultaneously in the same rhythm. All movements were exactly the same, no-one missed a beat, no-one missed a step, everything was perfect. It’s incredible to see so much discipline on such a little stage.

For every fan of good music and for every fan of the Japanese culture, I can highly recommend seeing this show. You can find all about them and their tourdates on the website.