Vincent Macropod in “Back in the Saddle”
Reverend Matt
“Hellboy: Blood and Iron” was super-awesome, and don’t let anyone tell you different. Especially the goon who runs this site. (I kid! I kid! He may well love it!) I must, however, reserve final judgment for the DVD, as it seems to me that this was a film that placed much stock in atmosphere. And the Cartoon Network respected this goal by putting in a commercial break every five minutes, literally, I think. There’s nothing to kill a dark, horror atmosphere like fucking Naruto.
Going in sort of a new direction with the cartoon. What do you think? In any case, this one’s dedicated to my brother Josh.
There is, my friends, an annotation below the orange letters. I hope you enjoy it.
- Oddly enough, there is an artistic reference in this one: Vincent’s eyes are based on those of Cynicalman, by Matt Feazell - the best stick-figure superhero ever. Cynicalman, I mean, not Feazell. Feazell’s the runner-up.
March 21st, 2007 at 12:33 pm
This seems very meta to me. I kind of like it, actually.
March 21st, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Man, if one more person tells me that they ‘actually’ like my stuff, or that they read ‘even’ it, so help me…
“:)”
March 21st, 2007 at 3:26 pm
Through the miracle of a borrowed DVR machine, I was able to edit out the 2 dozen or so commercial breaks during Blood & Iron, which does help make things better. But, just like Sword Of Storms, the Cartoon Network presentation is too dark and compressed in comparison to the DVD. And there are a lot of scenes in near darkness to begin with. On top of that, CN keeps flashing their logo in the corner and that TV-14V warning after each commercial break…cuz this thing is damn violent. Despite all that, it’s well worth catching instead of waiting 3 months. It blows away Sword Of Storms, seriously. Stones & Co kicked everything up to a much higher level. See it ASAP.
March 21st, 2007 at 4:07 pm
I actually even liked this cartoon
Man, Pac-Man isn’t looking so good these days. It’s good to see him working again after his TV show got cancelled, though.
March 21st, 2007 at 5:13 pm
As a person who subconsciously says “actually” in front of everything I love (ie. “actually, this lasagna is awesome…” and “actually, I don’t think that shirt makes you look fat at all”) I’d like to register my … uh… protest? I’ve got nothing to protest. Moving on.
… the comic is awesome. VM is looking sharp. And pointy.
March 21st, 2007 at 7:06 pm
I liked it, in spite of myself.
Now see? See what you’ve kind of actually started?!
March 22nd, 2007 at 12:35 am
Man, if one more person tells me that they ‘actually’ like my stuff, or that they read ‘even’ it, so help me…
I suppose you expect me to enthusiastically embrace change. You know me better than that, Rev. Don’t ask for things you know are impossible!
March 22nd, 2007 at 7:18 am
Well, if it makes you feel better then, I didn’t like it at all.
March 22nd, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Brilliant. Even after weeks of anticipation and build-up, “Vincent Macropod: stick figure kangaroo” still delivers!