How much is your blog worth?

OoOOooO...the previous post was the 50th one! Good old 50...strange subject matter for a "milestone" post though! No matter.

Anyway, I just chanced upon this little site which purported to tell us how much our blogs are worth:

My blog is worth $2,822.70.
How much is your blog worth?

What!? This blog is worth $2,822.70? I wonder how they calculate this or is it just some random number thrown in. I've tried it again and nope...it's still the same value. Hm! Ah well...making money off our blog...ka-chink!

Attracted to Magneto!

More Ian McKellan mayhem!

Panel 1 - Dialogue box: "And even more outtakes from Sir Ian McKellan's vault!"


Panel 2 - Wolverine is stretched out in mid-air, courtesy of Magneto's powers. Magneto approaches Wolverine with an arm stretched out and a clenched fist. He's eyeing something in Wolverine's nether regions...wanna guess what?

Dialogue box: "X-Men!"

IM: "You must be Wolverine. That remarkable metal doesn't run through your entire body, does it?"

Wolverine: "What do you want with me?"


Panel 3 - Silence. Magneto, with his arm still stretched out, slowly opens up his fist. As he does so, a bulge in Wolverine's spandex suddenly grows bigger...or longer. It depends how you want to illustrate this panel and not make it look TOO graphic. ;) Wolverine's eyes go wide (0.0) as he comes to a realisation as to what Magneto really wants.


Panel 4 - Wolverine stares down at his package with his eyes still wide open. Magneto reaches out and...grabs/caresses/fondles Wolvie's bulge.

IM: "My dear boy, whoever said I wanted YOU? Don't you know what *I* really want?"


Panel 5 - All of a sudden, the Spice Girls burst into the scene in the background. Wolvie and Magneto turn to look at them in astonishment.

Baby and Sporty Spice: "So tell me what you want, what you really really want!"

Posh and Scary Spice: "I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna..."


Panel 6 - Silence. Magneto suddenly thrusts out his free arm towards the Spice Girls and they either all get blown violently off panel, or their heads explode with blood covering the panel, courtesy of Magneto pulling the iron from their bodies.


Panel 7 - Magneto, looking back at Wolverine. Wolverine has fainted. Magneto speaks with drool gushing out of the side of his lips.

IM: "I wanna really really really wanna zigazig ha."

Gandalf the Ghey!

And after that serious script, needs to come a less serious one:


Panel 1 - Just another dialogue box: "And now, by popular demand, outtakes from the movies of gay rights activist, Sir Ian McKellan!"


Panel 2 - That famous Balrog scene where IM slams his staff into the ground, blocking the Balrog from the rest of the party. The Balrog, for some reason, is wearing shorts and it's very noticeable that it has a big...uh...tool.

Dialogue box: "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers!"

IM: "YOU !!! SHALL NOT !!! PASS !!!"


Panel 3 - IM looks down at the Balrog's package and his eyes go wide (0.0). Make his eyes pop out of his head, staring if you want to. Some drool trickles from IM's mouth.


Panel 4 - IM gives a knowing wink at the Balrog and makes a nasty suggestion. The Balrog has a o.O face and slowly backs away from IM.

IM: "Not at least until you make a PASS at me first, big boy. Roooowwwwwwr."



Panel 5 - IM and Elrond are chatting in a chamber. This scene immediately follows the one where Frodo is recovering after having been scratched by the Nazgul.

Dialogue box: "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring!"

Elrond: "The time of the Elves is over. My people are leaving these shores. Who will you look to when we've gone?"

IM: "It is in Men that we must place our hope."


Panel 6 - IM and Elrond still chatting.

Elrond: "Men? Men are weak. It is because of Men the Ring survives. No, you need someone with bigger and more powerful...tools."


Panel 7 - Silence. IM and Elrond look into each other's eyes, longingly.


Panel 8 - IM and Elrond in a full embrace and liplock. Their hands furtively caress each other's backs (and backsides).

IM: "Why did I think I could place my hope in men? I need the other white meat...only found in elves!"

Elrond: "Oh hold me and never let go, Mr Anderson!"


Panel 9 - IM and Elrond still "exploring" each other's bodies, but IM has a quizzical look on his face (o.O).

IM: "What was that?"

Elrond: "Shut up and kiss me, Magneto."

Sir Ian McKellan Vs Singapore

Ok, because Theo so nicely asked and even provided the link to the original article, here's one of Sir Ian McKellan of LOTR and X-Men fame:


Panel 1 - Just a dialogue box that says: "And now, some words from a very special guest."


Panel 2 - Profile of Ian McKellan. IM is walking about Singapore. You can clearly see the Benjamin Sheares bridge in the background.

IM: "Hello. My name is Sir Ian McKellan. You may remember me from such blockbuster hits as the Lord of the Rings and X-Men trilogies."


Panel 3 - Same. This time, we can see the Merlion.

IM: "You may have recently heard the Singapore government banned me from appearing nude in the production of William Shakespeare's "King Lear"."


Panel 4 - IM has stopped walking. The camera is starting to pull out and we can start to see a bit of the Esplanade in the background (don't show too much just yet though!).

IM: "What century do we live in? Surely the people in charge can see that this performance is of an artistic nature, and not some graphic attempt just to show off my naughty bits! As a sovereign state under former British rule, surely you can tell the difference between the two!"


Panel 5 - An eye-in-the-sky view of the Esplanade. IM is a tiny talking head who's gesturing rudely at the Esplanade building, or more accurately, the two durians/fly's eyes.

IM: "I mean, really. You ban me from exposing my bits for artistic purposes, but at the same time, you've got those two grotesque and perverse non-artistic balls at the waterfront which you call your "Esplanade"."


Panel 6 - The camera has zoomed back into IM's profile.

IM: "I rest my case. Come watch me in "King Lear" and if you're lucky, I might get naughty flash the audience!"

Gandalf the G*ey?

Ian (not McKellen), are you thinking what I'm thinking? Hurhurhur... new comic ideas! "Gandalf the Ghey subjects poor Frodo to his whims!" *gasps* Hehehe... Or maybe saying to Wolverine (a very aghast Hugh Jackman): "I find you...very attractive, Wolverine" and then lifting him up with his powers. LOL!!!

Ian McKellen: It's about time Singapore grew up
-Recognise gay rights, McKellen urges Singapore
-Repressed Singapore Tells Ian McKellen: Don't Get Naked

British actor Ian McKellen has urged tightly-governed Singapore to loosen up and repeal its archaic laws barring homosexual acts.


SINGAPORE, July 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Unable to find a "gay bar" or display nudity in an upcoming performance of Shakespeare's "King Lear", British actor Ian McKellen has now called upon Singapore's government to overturn laws against homosexuality.

McKellen, 68, is known to millions around the world for his roles as "Gandalf" the wizard in the "Lord of the Rings" and for his role as the evil villain and mastermind "Magneto" in the "X-Men" Trilogy and has used his star-power to promote homosexual issues.

"Coming to Singapore where unfortunately you've still got those dreadful laws that we British left behind... it's about time Singapore grew up, I think, and realized that gay people are here to stay," McKellen said in an interview with Class 95 radio station, a member of the state-run MediaCorp.

Singapore's Penal Code Section 377A prohibits homosexual acts and solicitations as "gross indecency with another male person" with prison time of nearly two years. The law dates back to the city-state's colonial 19th century administration by the British Empire and is supported by the Singapore's largely conservative population.

McKellen is performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company touring productions of William Shakespeare's "King Lear" and Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull." The Company's world tour starts Thursday in Singapore at the Esplanade, South-East Asia's most modern performing arts centre. McKellen agreed to forbear on his planned nude scene where Lear is sent into exile, in order that minors under 18 in the tiny city-state could attend the performances.

"Call it censorship, call it advice, it gets in the way a little bit. I think it's a little bit silly," McKellen was quoted as saying at a tour briefing.

"As a gay man invited here with the full cognizance of the government, how can they not notice that my right to have sex are inhibited by the country?" McKellen complained in an interview with Reuters. McKellen told the press agency that he only cared to discuss acting and homosexuality saying, "I am just public on those two issues."

Source: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jul/07071908.html

Which is your favourite script so far?

Alrighty! I've just started a poll in the side column where readers of our blog (yeah, all two of you, not including Theo and myself) can vote for which ones they want to see made into a comic strip.

To read all the scripts in detail, go to Labels, also in the side column, and click on script. Read, enjoy and vote for your favourite!

Hey Theo, we should probably try and "advertise" this site out to as many people as we can and get people voting! Any suggestions as to how to go about doing that? It'd be great if we could get some feedback from some comcis professionals and stuff...one small step at a time though.

Perhaps contact your friend who owns Living Between Wednesdays and see if she likes our site and vote for her favourite?

I think it's probably fair that Theo and I don't vote ourselves, so that we can get some sort of unbiased indication as to which scripts are people's favourites.

Justice for all!

Ok, about time I get some creative juices flowing!

Panel 1 - The Justice League, from that terrible cartoon from the 70s/80s, "Super Friends". It'd be great to pay homage to them while they're in this pose (minus the words below):



Dialogue box across the top of panel: "And now, a special service announcement brought to you by brought to you by the Justice League!"


Panel 2 - Superman in the left foreground. Batman can be seen in the background punching out the Joker while Wonder Woman is using her bracelets to deflect bullets from the Joker's goons.

Superman: "Hey kids, ever wish you could be a superhero and be part of the Justice League?"


Panel 3 - Same shot, but with different characters in the background. Flash is running rings around Gorilla Grodd while Green Lantern has just created a giant boxing glove from his ring to punch Sinestro in the stomach.

Superman: "You don't need to be an alien, or filthy rich, or an Amazon, or have a magical ring, or can run really fast, or be able to swim underwater and talk to fish...


Panel 4 - Superman stops and turns to look at the background. Aquaman is talking to some fish while Black Manta, his archenemy, laughs on and simultaneously fries up some seafood with his heat gun (or other suitable weapon).

Superman: "..."


Panel 5 - Superman has turned back to face the reader again. Aquaman is now swimming away as fast as he can while Black Manta gives chase, laughing maniacally. You can see scores of dead fish (and other underwater creatures) all lying at the bottom of the panel, some half charred while others have been completely burnt to a crisp. Think burnt fish fingers/sticks.

Superman: "Errr...scratch that last bit. Anyway, you don't need super powers to be part of the Justice League!


Panel 6 - Apache Chief and Black Vulcan in the background, posing, but with sad faces, indicating how useless they are to the Justice League.

Superman: "After all, we let Black Vulcan and Apache Chief join our ranks!"


Panel 7 - Zan and Jayna in the background. Both of them are in the middle of transforming, Zan into a blanket soaked and dripping with water and Jayna into a platypus. Why platypus? Because they look funny. :p Gleek the monkey is flinging poo randomly and a big turd hits Superman in the side of the face. Superman looks unperturbed though.

Superman: "So if you want to join our hallowed ranks, contact us today!"

Zan: "Form...of a wet blanket!"

Jayna: "Form...of a platypus!"


Panel 8 - Batman again, this time with a huge cheesy grin and both his hands giving thumbs up signs. He's got huge dollar signs in his eyes.

Superman: "All we need is your credit card number and for you to sign a waiver allowing us to use it whenever we need to."


Panel 9 - Batman doing a little dance, throwing money and bags of cash in the air. Superman has his hand cupped to his side of the face as if he's whispering to the reader. His left hand thumbs in the direction of Batman.

Superman: "After all, how do you think Bruce pays for all his nifty little gadgets?


Panel 10 - It's a dialogue box engulfing the entire panel.

Dialogue box: "So, join us today! Dial 555-JUSTICE! That's 555-587-8423! Hurry, membership is extremely limited! While stocks last and batteries not included."

Tiny font at the bottom of the panel: "One-time membership fee applies: $1,000,000,000 in cold hard cash, non-refundable except in circumstances of the extinction of your entire race."

Ok. I haven't run out of ideas, in case anyone was wondering. I've got LOTS of them. It's just that I don't feel inspired to actually sit down and put those ideas onto paper (or on VIRTUAL paper, as it were).

Probably works out well anyway, since it'll give Theo time to actually start/finish those drafts of scripts which have already been posted up so far. The last thing we'd want to do is to give him even MORE scripts to draft and have a backload of unfinished stuff.

I'll wait until your ready! Just give me a sign.

Transformers and M.A.S.K.

Say, you all ever noticed how the 2007 film version of Prime looks just like the Rhino vehicle from M.A.S.K.?

Away for a bit.

Well, I'm going away for that 3 days 2 nights Lorne trip so I won't be able to post anything here for a while...until Thursday at least! However, I've got my trusty pad (that's drafting/scripting pad...get your minds out of the gutter!) with me to scribble my ideas down on, and Theo's given me more ideas about possibly including my favourite cartoon of all time, Animaniacs, to our scripts. Not sure what there is to do at Lorne, so if I'm not doing too much during my down time, I'll flesh out some scripts.

We'll see if I can overload this blog with new posts/ideas when I come back, eh? Hopefully I'll have a lot of material to work with when I'm back...which means I'm overloading Theo even more! Haha!

OoooO...two fans perhaps? Let's spread the "gospel" of this blog, Reverend Theo!

With regards to the "40 days in the desert"...I think you'll have to ask Sharon about that one. Not sure who's kept it, if it's even BEEN kept!

Labels

For the compartmental and categorical freak in each of us, there's now Labels on the sidebar. Makes it easier to search for what you want. Anyway, to see drawings, click on the "Draft" label. I've only drafts so far, still experimenting with panel layouts etc etc to get a feel for things since it's the first time in a very long while that I've drawn a comic.

Ian, think there's any way to get a copy of the "40 days in the desert" comic that Sharon and I drew for Fr. Barreteau (spelling) all those years ago in SPP?

Don't we all just love Bruce Campbell!!!

Andddddd to prove my loyalty to the great Bruce Campbell...





This probably gives me a very good source to get all the classic Ash lines, famous poses etc etc correct to try to do justice to BC and his dear ol' Ash character. Hehehe...

A list of....

Wooo, sorry for the lack of drawing updates so far everyone! Been a lil tied up with my revision.

Anyway, here's a list of what I hope to finish soon!

- Demolisher
- LadiesMan217 (BotLover69), revised to 8 panels
- Chris Latta(mania)
- 300 vs Transformers
- Batman vs Frank Miller (I sooo wanna do that "goddamn Batman" line!)
- I'm The Best At What I Do (Wolverine and his misadventures with the BBQ)
- BC's various auditions
- and all the Capt A ones

Wait..I think that's going to be just about every script that's posted here..hahaha, what the heck, I might as well say "Everything!"

Ok, I hope to finish everything soon!

Dear readers, feel free to vote too which script you'd like to see come out first! :oD

Spider-man: Swinger!

And now, for a script WITHOUT Bruce Campbell in it!


Panel 1 - Spider-man, with his costume tattered and torn, perched atop the Empire State Building, looking down.

Spider-man: "Some days, I just hate waking up in the morning."


Panel 2 - Spidey still in his tattered costume, fighting with the Green Goblin in mid-air. The Goblin has his hands around Spidey's throat while Spidey is trying to land a punch on Goblin's face.


Spider-man: "Who am I? I'm nobody special. I'm just the ordinary kid who lives his life each day, struggling to make ends meet."


Panel 3 - Spidey, this time fighting Doc Ock on the street. Ock has got three of Spidey's limbs trapped with his tentacles, while trying to catch Spidey's free arm.


Spider-man: "A great man once told me, with great power, comes great responsibility."


Panel 4 - Spidey, back in his apartment, with his back to the reader, taking off his tattered mask and flinging it onto his bed. His wardrobe is open and you can see spare Spidey costumes (red and blue and Venom black) hanging on the inside.

Spider-man: "But what he failed to tell me...."



Panel 5 - Spidey, all of a sudden in a brand new costume (make it the Venom black one if you want to), in the middle of the dance floor of a swanky nightclub, boogey-ing and dancing with two ladies who appear to be Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane Watson!

Spider-man: "...was that great power also came with great perks!"


Panel 6 - There's a big chocolate milkshake on the counter, kind of like those you see in 60s - 70s movies. Spidey (facing the reader) leans forward and drinks through the straw of the milkshake. Gwen Stacy and Mary Jane, on opposite sides of Spider-man, both learn towards him and simultaneously kiss him on each cheek.

Spider-man: "Some days, I just hate waking up in the morning. But on others, it just feels good to be me!"


Panel 7 - Spidey, swinging in the air with both MJ and Gwen Stacy in either arm. Spidey cocks his head towards the reader and gives us a knowing wink and a thumbs up.


Spider-man: "I just love this swinging lifestyle!"

More unseen audition footage of Bruce Campbell!

While Theo's asleep, Ian comes out to play...and write more scripts!


Panel 1 - Completely empty, with just the words filling up the panel.

Dialogue box: "For the first time ever! Never before seen audition footage of Bruce Campbell!"


Panel 2 - Darth Vader and BC, in full Jedi gear, in combat on the Death Star, lightsaber and chainsaw interlocked together.

Dialogue box: "Star Wars!"

Darth Vader: "I've been waiting for you Obi-Wan. The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was the learner, but now I am the master."

BC: "Honey, you got reeeeal ugly."


Panel 3 - BC and Vader are still locked in combat, Vader whirling his lightsaber while BC waves his chainsaw around like a madman.

Darth Vader: "The force is strong in this one."

BC: "Say hello to the 21st century! Come get some."


Panel 4 - BC as Indiana Jones, seated in one of those mining carts from The Temple of Doom. Shorty (that annoying Asian kid from Temple of Doom) is seated next to him with an anguished look on his face. Shorty's hands are clasped to both sides of his face, a la Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone. BC snaps his whip to release the clutch/lever to get the mining cart moving off the track.

Dialogue box: "Indiana Jones!"

Shorty: "Indy! They're behind us!"

BC: "Buckle up bonehead, 'cause we're going for a ride!"



Panel 5 - The boat from Jaws. BC is dressed as the grizzled Captain and Roy Schneider (the doctor from Jaws) has just seen the Great White shark and backs into the cabin of the boat uttering the most famous line from the movie.

Dialogue box: "Jaws!"

Roy Schneider: "You're gonna need a bigger boat."

BC: "Now whoa whoa whoa right there, spinach chin!"


Panel 6 - BC advances to the stern of the boat and spots the Great White. He pulls out his shotgun and waves it frantically in the air.

BC: "Look here you ugly mug, this is my BOOMSTICK!"


Panel 7 - The shark swims away.

BC: "That's it, go ahead and run. Run home and cry to mama!"


Panel 8 - BC is dressed as Gandalf, in the famous scene from Lord of the Rings where he "sacrifices" himself to block the Balrog's past.

Dialogue box: "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring!"

Frodo: "Gandalf!"

BC (turning backwards): "Who wants to know?"


Panel 9 - BC raises his chainsaw in an attempt to scare the Balrog off.

BC: "My name's Ashley J. Williams. I work in S-Mart. Housewares. That's right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. You got that? Run home and cry to mama."


Panel 10 - BC slams his chainsaw down onto the ground.

BC: "YOU !!! SHALL NOT !!! PASS....WIND !!!"


Panel 11 - The Balrog looks confused for a moment, then advances.


Panel 12 - BC tries a different approach.

BC: "Uh...klaatu varada nikto?"

Mary Jane you wench (a continuation)!

As my last contribution before I go offline and fetch Aeris from the train station, thought I'd finished this up. Thanks to Theo for the idea!


Panel Y (actually, let's just call this Panel 8) - As Captain Ash and Spider-man charge towards each other, Superman, who was a casual observer several panels ago (talk about foreshadowing!) all of a sudden flies down and swoops up Mary Jane in his arms.


Panel 9 - Captain Ash and Spider-man stop momentarily and look up to the sky. Spider-man points upwards.

Spider-man: "Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane!"

BC: "It's some schmuck in red undies with your girlfriend, you moron!"


Panel 10 - Up in the sky, Superman has Mary Jane in his arms. She doesn't look afraid though...she's embracing Superman with her arms around his neck!

Mary Jane: "So...are you really more powerful than a locomotive? I mean...everywhere?"


Panel 11 - Mary Jane looks down at Superman's...uh...package.

Mary Jane: "Please don't say you're faster than a speeding bullet."


Panel 12 - Superman nods and Mary Jane leans in and kisses him on the lips.


Panel 13 - Superman gives the reader a knowing wink.

Superman: "Hail to the SUPER king, baby!"

Capt A and.... The Matrix?

Right, Ian and I were discussing our Lord of The Rings jokes quite a long time ago and how we'd have Hugo Weaving saying to Frodo: "Welcome to the Matrix, Frodo" and Gandalf proclaiming that he is Magneto... then in all the Captain A(sh) furore, I came up with this:

Agent Smith (asking gravely and pointing at Captain Ash's forehead): What's the A on your head stand for? Anderson?
Capt Ash: Who wants to know?
Agent Smith: I am Agent Smith. Agent of the Matrix, some time rebel leader of the elves, leader of the Decepticons and anarchist, V.
Ash: Well hello Mister Fancypants. Well, I've got news for you pal, you ain't leadin' but two things: Jack and shit... and Jack just left town.
*points double barreled shotgun under Smith's nose and shoots*

Ian: Just added that red bit there since Hugo Weaving also voiced Megatron in the live action Transformers movie!

Hail to the A, baby!

Alas...'twas too good to be true for our hero, Ash.


Panel 1 - Captain Ash poses with the American flag in his left hand, while he gives a salute with his right han...uh...chainsaw.

BC: "And I will continue to fight for truth, justice, and...and..."


Panel 2 - same as the first, but the flag drops.

BC: "uh...klaatu varada nikto! Yeah."

Voice balloon from off-panel: "CUT!"


Panel 3 - A director approaches Captain Ash. He tries not to meet BC's eyes.

Director: "Thank you Mr Campbell, uh...we'll let you know if you...uh...get the part."

BC: "Wasn't I great? Remember: I want my full name to appear on the credits. That's 'Ashley J. Williams'. And I want a hotty to play Sharon Carter. That chick from sporting goods at S-mart would be perfect."


Panel 4 - Both men just stand there. Silence.


Panel 5 - Captain Ash talking to the director again.

BC: "What? Was the acting not good enough? Look, maybe I didn't say every tiny syllable, no. But..."


Panel 6 - More silence.


Panel 7 - Captain Ash talking.

BC: "Could I at least keep the costume?"


Panel 8 - Captain Ash, still in costume, standing atop some electrical appliances in S-Mart. There's a huge S-Mart sign to show where he is.

Dialogue box: "My name is Ashley J. Williams. I work at the Housewares section of S-Mart. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart."


Panel 9 - The camera starts closing in on Captain Ash. Only his profile fits the panel now.

Dialogue box: "Sure, I could have been a star. I could have been the king of Hollywood. But in my own way, I AM king."


Panel 10 - Close up of Captain Ash's face. His finger is pointed at the "A" on his forehead.

Dialogue box: "My name is Ashley J. Williams."

BC: "Hail to the A, baby."

Mary Jane you wench!

Panel 1 - Captain Ash has Mary Jane Watson in his arms and about to kiss her. MJ clearly has a disgusted look at her face and her hands are trying to push Ash back.

BC: "Gimme some sugar baby."


Panel 2 - All of a sudden, Spider-man swings out of nowhere and kicks Captain Ash in the face.

BC: "Oof!"


Panel 3 - Spider-man and Captain Ash face down each other. Spider-man shoots some web fluid at Captain Ash, who easily cuts it away with his chainsaw. You can clearly see Superman in the background, with red underwear on, flying past, watching the fight.

Dialogue box: "In the most astonishing crossover movie this summer: It's a fight to the death as Captain America and Spider-man fight for Mary Jane Watson's affections...TO THE DEATH!

Spider-man: "You stay away from her, freak!"

BC: "Looks who's talking, you effeminate screwhead! Who dresses up in their underwear to fight?"


Panel 4 - Spider-man puts himself between MJ and Captain Ash.

Spider-man: "To get to her, you've got to go through me!"


Panel 5 - Ash spits on the ground and pulls out his boomstick.

BC: "Yo, she-bitch! Let's go!"


Panels 6 onwards - As much of a fight scene as possible. Please take creative license here Theo...have Captain Ash fighting dirty and cram in as many cheesy "Wham! Bap! Pow!" bubbles like those on the Batman TV series.


Panel X - Spider-man and Captain Ash, clearly tired, their costumes torn and tattered and both men sweating and bleeding, hunch over and face each other for the final time.

BC: "You still want a piece of me? Huh? Come get some."



Alright. I was inspired by this seemingly crazy crossover, but now I can't seem to think of a proper ending that will do this justice. Suggestions, Theo? At this rate, we can have a weekly strip of just Bruce Campbell as Captain America!

When Captain Ash throws his mighty shiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeld...

By popular demand (from the one other person who actually comes to read the stuff we post here): More of Bruce Campbell's misadventures as the Star Spangled Centurion - Captain Ash!


Panel 1 - Captain Ash and Iron Man, standing some distance away, like one of those showdowns you see in Westerns. (Camera angle: Perhaps starting from Iron Man's waist, and you see Captain America in the background. To emphasise that it's a "Western" kind of showdown, you could have one of those dust balls blowing across the panel)

Dialogue box: "And now: Outtakes and deleted scenes from Bruce Campbell's Captain America audition tape!"

BC: "Buckle up ironhead, coz you're going for a ride!"


Panel 2 - Captain Ash throws his shield towards Iron Man, who easily evades it.

Dialogue box (musical lyrics, so if you could add a note or two beside the text to indicate it's music...): "When Captain America throws his mighty shiiiiiieeeeld....."

BC: "That's it, go ahead and run. Run home and cry to mama!"


Panel 3 - Iron Man sticks out his tongue at Captain Ash with the words "neener neener" surrounding his head. Don't ask how Iron Man can stick his tongue out through his helmet...

Iron Man: "That the best you can do? Haha, you're a jerk! You're a goody little two-shoes!"


Panel 4 - Close up on Captain Ash's face. He has a raised eyebrow, a la The Rock.

Off panel Iron Man voice balloon: "Goody little two-shoes!"


Panel 5 - Captain Ash's expression has changed to anger. He reaches for the boomstick strapped to his back.

Off panel Iron Man voice balloon: "Goody little two-shoes!"


Panel 6 - Captain Ash shoots Iron Man in the face...metallic helmet pieces fly everywhere and we can see part of Iron Man's brain exploding out! A big caption of "BANG!" can be placed somewhere in the panel.

Iron Man: "Goody lit..."


Panel 7 - Captain Ash stands over the body of Iron Man and kicks him in the nuts.

BC: "I'm not THAT good."

Bruce Campbell as Captain America

Hey Ian, how about this image drawn as the panel before the one where he points to the "A" on his head? Imagine him going: "What's that? Surrender?"



And then the next panel is the classic Capt A one. Hehehe.. :oD

Bruce Campbell is Captain America!

Still on Captain America and Bruce Campbell...this one MUST come immediately after the previous one, because I'm still establishing Bruce Campbell as Captain America.


Panel 1 - Bruce Campbell, in Captain America outfit (still with the chainsaw and the shield) posing, a la THIS image.

Dialogue box: "Exclusive! Secret tapes from Bruce Campbell's audition for the Captain America movie: revealed for the first time!"

Bruce Campbell (BC): Klaatu varada nik*coughcoughcough*to!


Panel 2 - Captain America slugging Iron Man (Theo: If you could make it such that it looks like the cover to Captain America #1, that'd be great! Perhaps show BC's chainsaw also ripping into Iron Man's armour)

Dialogue box: "See Captain America fighting for leadership of the Avengers!"

BC: "Well hello Mr Fancypants. Well, I've got news for you pal, you ain't leading but two things: Jack and shit. And Jack left town."



Panel 3 - Bruce Campbell throwing his shield into some A.I.M or Hydra agents.

Dialogue box: "Watch as Captain America protects our land from terrorists!"

BC: "Alright you primitive screwheads, listen up! You see this? This is my BOOMSTICK! Errr...shield. Sorry."



Panel 4 - Close up of Bruce Campbell pointing at the "A" on his forehead. (Theo: You MUST use this classic image right here!)


Dialogue box: "Witness Captain America's passion for the red, white and blue!"

Bruce Campbell (BC): "Surrender? SURRENDER?! You think this letter on my head stands for France?"


Panel 5 - Bruce Campbell puts his hand to the side of his mouth, as if he is whispering to the reader.

BC: "It actually stands for Ash. Ashley J. Williams. Who wants to know?"


Panel 6 - Bruce Campbell bends a hot chick backwards (think one of those trashy romance novel covers) and is just about to kiss her.

Dialogue box: "See Captain America save the day and then get the girl!"

BC: "Gimme some sugar baby."


Panel 7 - Captain America in a traditional "US Rules!" pose (Perhaps something like the background image here)

Dialogue box: "Come watch Captain America: the sure-to-be highest grossing blockbuster movie of 2008, coming soon to a cinema near you!"

BC: "Hail to the king, baby."



I think these two scripts have been by far my favourites to write, especially this one!

Captain America: Groovy.

I wanted to do something about Captain America's death, and since you were talking about Bruce Campbell, I thought this one up!


Panel 1 - Image of Captain America surrendering to Iron Man (check out pages of Civil War #7 for a shot). Perhaps he could have his arms together, stretched out, as if presenting himself to be handcuffed. (It'd be funny if someone threw something at Iron Man's head and it bounced off...or splashed like a tomato)

Dialogue box: "In 2007, Captain America voluntarily surrendered to S.H.I.E.L.D and the forces led by Iron Man to end the Marvel Civil War."


Panel 2 - Image of Captain America being handcuffed and led away.

Dialogue box: "Captain America was arrested and put on a very public trial."


Panel 3 - Captain America, lying on the ground bleeding to death. (Check out this picture for reference)

Dialogue box: "But a single bullet from an assassin's rifle ended his legacy."


Panel 4 - completely black, with only the text in white.

Text going across the middle of the panel as large as possible: "Or did it?"


Panel 5 - Ash mimicking his pose from Army of Darkness but in a Captain America costume. The "wench" by his side is wearing a S.H.I.E.L.D uniform - Sharon Carter perhaps? (Theo: Perhaps for this, it'd be great to recreate the ENTIRE movie poster of Army of Darkness - click to see - but dress Ash up in a Captain America costume. His chainsaw MUST be seen though. Please put Captain America's shield in Ash's left hand though)

Dialogue box at the top of the panel: "Coming in 2008: Bruce Campbell auditions for the Captain America live action movie!"

Bruce Campbell: "Groovy.

Hm! Not a bad idea at all! I'll script that idea when I have the time. Perhaps you might want to create a script on your own for that too?

Tagged

Woot, tagboard up and running! :oD

Bruce Campbell auditioning for The Comedian

Hey Ian! Remember how I said BC looks perfect for the role of The Comedian in the coming Watchmen movie? How about a script of BC auditioning for the character, but still very much in his Ash mentality?

E.g. saying "Groovy." when given a form to fill in, or "Come get some." when it's his turn. And maybe one of the last few panels or something where one of the staff (a woman for our purposes) says he can't get the part. BC (Ash) then gets mad and says "Yo, she-bitch, let's go!!!" and then there's a full shot of BC in Ash mode complete with buzzing chainsaw and classic crazy Ash grin on his face.

OH!!! AND LEST I FORGET!! The reason why he's probably rejected is because he forgets his part!! Like you know how he forgets the magic word in the movie? Like "Clatto Verata Niii *cough cough*" Haha, get what I mean? :oD

Maybe a scene of him and the director of Watchmen could go like this too:

Zach Snyder: You're not one of my actors... who are you?
Ash: Who wants to know?
Zach Snyder: I am Zach Snyder. Director of 300 and Watchmen, Lord of the box office in early 2007 and leader of its fans.
Ash: Well hello Mister Fancypants. Well, I've got news for you pal, you ain't leadin' but two things right now: Jack and shit... and Jack just left town.

More quotes from imdb :oD

I'm the best at what I do!

Let's have something from Marvel Comics for a change:


Panel 1 - A close-up shot of Wolverine's face, with half his face burned off and the hair on that side of his head obviously singed and burning. His face is battle scarred and there are some open wounds and bleeds.

Dialogue box across the top of the panel:
"You wanna know what pain is? You don't know pain, bub, until you've met me."


Panel 2 - Wolverine fighting Sabretooth

Dialogue box: "I've been in more scraps than any one person could possibly have. I was born with a chip on my shoulder and a berzerker temper to match it. I'm the little guy, but unlike him, I'm no pushover and give as good as I take."


Panel 3 - Weapon X facility. Wolverine is naked in a human-sized test-tube, his face filled with anguish. Scientists standing around him are injecting adamantium into his pores (you might want to check the Marvel Comics Presents comics or any online image reference about the Weapon X project and how Wolverine got his adamantium, Theo) Wolverine lets out a loud scream of pain.

Dialogue box: "The Weapon X project taught me the true meaning of pain. When you get hot molten metal injected into your pores, you'll know what I mean."


Panel 4 - Wolverine getting the adamantium pulled out of him by Magneto a la the cover (and interior) of X-Men #25

Dialogue box: "And just when I thought the pain could get no worse, along came Magnus to show me how wrong I was."


Panel 5 - Wolverine with his claws popped and his finger beckoning, a la the Frank Miller cover of Wolverine #1 (mini-series) (Click on the link to see the cover, Theo! Perhaps a "Snikt!" somewhere in the panel would be good as well)

Dialogue box: "But whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger.


Panel 6 - Same panel as the last one, but with Wolverine's half burned face and singed hair, a la the first panel of this script.

Dialogue box: "I'm the best there is at what I do, and what I do isn't very nice."


Panel 7 - The camera pulls out and we can see Wolverine standing behind a BBQ grill, with the flame reaching just below his face. It has obviously all gone wrong for him with the flame burning half his face off. Stuck on each of his three claws that have been popped (lower down, so that they aren't visible in the other previous panels) are three separate sausages...feel free to use either chicken wings or whatever else you want to signify that he's at a BBQ.

There are several other X-men at the BBQ and they're all standing impatiently in line, holding plates. Jubilee (or Jean Grey or any other X-Man you can think of that would be funny for this scene) is first in line and she is tapping her foot impatiently.

Jubilee: "Are you done yet?"

Wolverine: "Shut up."

Batman Vs Frank Miller

I just can't get over how bad Frank Miller's "I'm the goddamn Batman" line is from All-Star Batman, so while I was waiting to pick up Aeris from the train station yesterday, this idea came to me and I fleshed out the script in about five minutes.

Knowing how much you love Batman AND Frank Miller, I hope you get a kick out of this, Theo!


Panel 1 - Dialogue box at the top of the panel. Batman is perched atop a roof (either crouched or standing) looking down at the streets

"I can smell the musty thick coat of dried blood on every corner. I can hear the screams of the women being beaten up and raped by big sweaty men. If you walk down the right back alley in this town you can find anything. This city reeks of evil. This city reeks of SIN."


Panel 2 - Image same as the first - figured out where Batman is yet?

Dialogue box: "Gotham is like Metropolis, compared to this cesspool of a town. No one knows fear here. No one has..."

Word balloon coming from off-panel, from the right:
"Oi! What the #$%& are you doing on my set?"


Panel 3 - Batman turns and looks to the right. Frank Miller has walked into the panel.

Batman: "What, are you dense? Are you retarded or something? Who the hell do you think I am? I'm the goddamn Batman." (Theo, if you could make this appear EXACTLY the way the word balloons appear in All-Star Batman [see this blog entry of yours] that'd be great!)

Batman: "Who the hell are you?"


Panel 4 - Frank Miller speaks!

Frank: "I'm Frank Miller."


Panel 5 - Both characters just look at each other. Complete silence.


Panel 6 - Batman: "Think I can play Dwight in the next movie, Mr Miller?"

Theo: That's pretty damned fantastic for a draft! I can only imagine how good it'd look with finished pencils/inks etc etc. Probably not necessary to have the inks, not until we get our property up and running anyway!

With regards to whether we're keeping this site as our ideas site or not, that's a good suggestion. We'll just keep this blog where we can bandy about our ideas and if we get something up and running, we'll get a proper website. OoOOo...getting excited!

Also, I'll leave it up to you to take artistic license over what actually appears on the panels. Everyone knows I can't draw and while I have a certain sense of positioning and camera angles and stuff like that, because you're the artist, you've had a better grasp of what looks better, storytelling-wise, than I do. I'm happy to just come up with the ideas and the crux of the story, but please feel free to make changes and alter stuff as you see fit.

With regards to the revised Ladiesman217 script, I think the 9th panel is probably unnecessary. With the original toothy grin, I think we get what Sam's intention is already. Plus, I really like that 8th panel, which further cements his predatory ways. But the 9th panel would seem a bit gratuitous...you know the saying "less is more"? If we leave out the 9th panel, we could leave it up to the imaginations of our readers...and they can think of some pretty nasty things!

LadiesMan217 first draft

First and incomplete draft.. :oP Apology to readers, for now you'll have to save the pic to see it in its entirety as 400 width doesn't allow much detail (e.g. the speech) to be seen properly.

Nonetheless, here's the 400 width one:

LadiesMan217

Wooo, hey Ian, did a bit of visualizing in my head and here's a little addition to your original :oD

Panel 1 - Barricade "interrogating" Sam.
(View from back with Sam down on his butt and his back facing reader, Barricade facing reader, in threatening pose)

Panel 2 - (Close up panel, side of Sam's and Barricade's faces)
Barricade: "Are you username LadiesMan217?"

Sam: "Uh..."

Panel 3 - Barricade advances more threateningly and asks more fiercely.
(Close up frontal face shot of a very enraged and impatient Barricade, with slight top of Sam's head at bottom of panel)
Barricade: "ARE YOU USERNAME LADIESMAN217?" (red LED eyes blazing)

Panel 4 - (Show top half of Sam's frightened face, sweat dripping down temple and forehead, focus is on his eyes)
Sam: "Uh, no...."

Panel 5 - (Show bottom half of Sam's face. Sam flashes a wide toothy grin at Barricade. Focus on evil predatory grin, showing bared teeth)
Sam: "I'm actually BotLover69."

(Panels 4 and 5 can be just Sam's full face, but split into two frames showing the two different emotions. Panel 6 just beside 4 and 5)

Panel 6 - (Barricade does a o.O face in surprise and (mouth in) revulsion)

Panel 7 - Barricade, with his arms out, leans back and slowly backs away from Sam.

Panel 8 - (Sam audibly "snaps" on latex glove on his right hand. Right hand in foreground, but not completely blocking Sam's face with evil grin)
Sam: "Playtime."

Panel 9 - (View of other part of "set", not showing Sam and Barricade)
Barricade: "Nuh..nuhhh... NOOOOOOOOO!!!!" (words go across panel)

End.

Hehehe..what do you think? Panel 1 and 2 could probably be combined together if necessary.

Hey Ian! Hmm, maybe this site can be where we throw our ideas and stuff in and maybe the preliminary gallery for our work till we get something like a www.28geekslater.com or something. Haha! Whatcha think?

Should we host the webcomics here or somewhere else?

Glad you liked it. Ideas were flying fast and furious in my brain and I wanted to get them all down, which explains the lack of descriptions barring the basic premise and the dialogue.

I like your interpretation of the Ladiesman217 script! Hey, I'm just thinking, if this does pick up like it might, did we want to send our communiques some other way and keep it so that this site becomes the actual host site of the webcomics, OR did we want to start another website just to host the comics?

I know I shouldn't be thinking TOO big, but I'm thinking PvP and Penny Arcade and stuff like that.

Haha, I love Ladiesman217 (poor Barricade), 300 vs Transformers and Chris Latta-mania. The rest are good too! But I love the ones I listed. :oD

Hey Ian! Love this one, hehehe... Fleshing out for some imagery, lemme know what you think too. :oD

Panel 1 - Barricade "interrogating" Sam.
(View from back with Sam down on his butt and his back facing reader, Barricade facing reader, in threatening pose)
Barricade: "Are you Ladiesman217?"

Sam: "Uh..."


Panel 2 - Barricade advances more threateningly and asks more fiercely.

Barricade: "ARE YOU LADIESMAN217?"

Sam: "Uh, no. I'm actually BotLover69."


Panel 3 - Sam flashes a wide toothy grin at Barricade. (focus on evil predatory grin, showing bared teeth)

(Barricade does a o.O face)
Panel 4 - Barricade, with his arms out, leans back and slowly moves away from Sam.

Barricade: "Uh ok. Sorry, my bad."

Fantastic art by Theo!

Theo: Absolutely brilliant! You're doing it more justice than I can do with the script! I don't have an artistic bone in me!

Think I'll stop with the ideas for now, since there are a lot of ideas I've just posted up so far. What do you think so far? Anything really good? Any stinkers?

Which one do you like the most?

300 Vs Transformers

Panel 1 - King Leonidas addressing his 300 Spartans, a la the famous scene from Braveheart.

Leonidas: "We have taken on ALL challengers and we have ruled the Box Office this year! We have shown that we're not just men, we're Spartans!"


Panel 2 - Leonidas continues.

Leonidas: "Spider-man? Pfah, what an emo weakling! Shrek couldn't tame us! The pirates were a bunch of sissy men! WE RULE HOLLYWOOD THIS YEAR! And Tonight! We will dine in hell! FOR SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"


Panel 3 - A huge robotic foot comes out of nowhere and stomps Leonidas flat. A speech bubble comes out from above (off panel).

Optimus: "Autobots! Transform and roll out!"


Panel 4 - The 300 disperse with random lines being uttered by random Spartans.

Line 1: "Well, it was good while it lasted."

Line 2: "Men in costumes just can't beat robots."

Line 3: "I can't believe Bay just pwned Snyder."

A miniaturised Megatron, hiding among the Spartans, turns to a miniaturied Starscream and says: "You fail me yet again, Starscream."

Are you Ladiesman217?

Panel 1 - Barricade "interrogating" Sam.

Barricade: "Are you Ladiesman217?"

Sam: "Uh..."


Panel 2 - Barricade advances more threateningly and asks more fiercely.

Barricade: "ARE YOU LADIESMAN217?"

Sam: "Uh, no. I'm actually BotLover69."


Panel 3 - Sam flashes a wide toothy grin at Barricade.


Panel 4 - Barricade, with his arms out, leans back and slowly moves away from Sam.

Barricade: "Uh ok. Sorry, my bad."

Transform and roll out!

And another! I'm on a ROLL today, haha!


Panel 1 - Optimus Prime, Bumblebee (the old one which turned into a VW) and a few other Autobots standing in a line.

Optimus: "Autobots! Transform and roll out!"


Panel 2 - all the Autobots except Prime and Bumblebee have transformed. Bumblebee looks at Prime and asks:

"Roll out?" The hell does that mean? Shouldn't it be "Drive", or "Speed away", or "Move forward", or "Let's go", or..."


Panel 3 - Optimus takes out his rifle/sword and shoots/chops off Bumblebee's head off his torso.

Panel 4 - The remains of Bumbleebee has fallen to the ground and you can clearly see his "feet" resembling the front of an old school Mercedes Volkswagon. Prime looks straight at the reader and says:

What? He was "bugging" me!


Off panel, or at the bottom right corner of the panel is the word: "ZING!" in bold font.

Chris Latta-mania!

And another!

Panel 1 - Chris Latta (the voice of Starscream and Cobra Commander) in the panel, delivering a monologue - (Theo: You might want to wikipedia him to see what he looks like)

"Hi, my name is Chris Latta. You may remember me as the voice of Cobra Commander from G.I. Joe and Starscream from Transformers. I was also the voice of Montgomery Burns in the first two seasons of the Simpsons."


Panel 2 - still delivering his monologue

"A lot of people might be wondering: Why wasn't I hired to do the voice of Starscream in the 2007 live action Transformers movie? I know a lot of you are big fans of Starscream and Cobra Commander, thanks mostly to my voice (which I'm sure is more recognisable than Peter Cullen aka Optimus Prime).


Panel 3 - still monologue

"Well, in case some of you don't know, I couldn't audition for the part. I've been dead for 15 years. That's how Hank Azaria got my role in The Simpsons..."

Some random dude sticks his head in the panel and yells: "You disappoint me again, Starscream!"


Panel 4 - Latta stares forward blankly.

Panel 5 - Latta about to leave the panel to chase down the random dude.

"Excuse me while I go kick some fleshling butt. And now you know why I wasn't a part of the movie. And knowing is half the battle. COBRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Demolisher 1st Draft

Wooo, ok, first draft to get a feel for panel layout etc.. how's it Ian? Have yet to finish the other panels from your script. :oP

Chronologically disabled!

Well, considering my contributions are ONLY Transformers ones...

By the way, this blog is set to Perth time. But whenever I post, I always change the time to reflect what time it is HERE before I click the "Publish Post" button, which is why the chronological order is screwed up. Do you want me to keep to Perth time to make things fit chronologically? I'll just edit the two Transformers posts to make it so.

Make it so. I feel like a Trek effort coming up.

LOL, ok, I think our diff time zone thingy just messed up the chronological order a bit. :oP

Haha, sounds good Ian! I like the Transformer ones! :oD Will go get some paper and start drawing soon. Hurhur!!!

Transformers webcomic contribution Take 2!

Hmmm...not that great, yeah? How about this one then?

Panel 1 - Optimus Prime and Megatron, in a scene from Transformers: The Movie (the 1986 cartoon version) about to engage in hand to hand combat.

Optimus: "One shall stand, one shall fall."

Megatron: "Why throw away your life so recklessly, Prime?"


Panel 2 - Optimus and Megatron, engaging in hand to hand cmobat.

Optimus: "That's a question I should be asking you, Megatron."

Megatron: "No! I'll rip out your optics!"


Panel 3 - The music/lyrics of Stan Bush's "The Touch" (from Transformers: The Movie) suddenly blares across the top of the panel.

"...You're at your best when the going gets tough, you've been put to the test but it's never enough...you've got the touch...you've got the power..."

Optimus and Megatron stop fighting momentarily and look upwards at the lyrical text.


Panel 4 - Optimus and Megatron walking off screen.

Megatron: "This movie blows. 'The Touch'? What the hell? Someone put us in a GOOD movie already!"

Optimus: "I heard Michael Bay was available. We need to do something about that pussy Bumblebee though...what a whiner. And who the hell calls their kids 'Spike' nowadays?

My first attempt at a webcomic script!

Somehow, I think we really should do something about the Transformers. After all, it's just it's only the biggest in-thing right now!

I was thinking something along the lines of that trivia stuff Theo put up in his blog?

Panel 1 - Devastator (the tank) is rolling across the street, crushing all manners of vehicles in its path.

"GRAH! I am Demolisher, puny humans! Feel my wrath!"

Panel 2 - Random editor sticks his head into the panel. He tells the robot: "Uhm, actually, since there hasn't been any Transformer by that name, we're changing your name to 'Brawl', since there's already a Combaticon by that name. Carry on."

Panel 3 - Devastator transforms and starts picking up humans and flinging them across the panel.

"GRAH! I am Brawl, puny humans! Feel my fury!"

Panel 4 - The same editor sticks his head into the panel again. He tells the robot: "Uh...just did some checking. Your name's listed as 'Devastator' in the movie, so that's what you're called from now on. Please continue."

Panel 5 - Devastator looks bemused and starts stomping on random vehicles.

"GRAH! I am Devastator, puny humans! Feel my power!"

Panel 6 - Same editor sticking his head in again. "Uh...I've been told by Hasbro execs that there's a Devastator already and he's one of the main characters in the next movie, so..."

Panel 7 - Devastator, obviously annoyed at the editor, tears his head off and chomps it down. Half of the editor's body can still be seen in the panel with blood dripping from the now headless neck.

Panel 8 - Devastator resumes the carnage.

"GRAH! I am annoyed at stupid continuity changes. Kill all fleshlings!"