And I liked it!
Its a good film and like Scott Pilgrim deserves, a bit more audience and $$$.
But like Scott Pilgrim, no one really went to see it.
May it be because of the advertisement or just for the fact that there is no well known hero character inside.
Kick-Ass also has the problem that it might look different from the outside (posters, trailers) than it really is:

While, staying with the flower allegory, it is way more like this:

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I also read “STARTING POINT” by Hayao Miyazaki

And while not being a GREAT BOOK by itself, it did manage to ignite the flame of DRAWING LOVE and to make me think a bit more about:
working harder/drawing more/wasting less time/not drowning in the internet as much.

It is “a collection of essays, interviews, and memoirs that chronicle his early career and the development of his theories of animation.”
They all show his dedication towards the art form as well as his opinions on things like the Fleischer Studios,
Osamu Tezuka and “where popular culture” is heading towards.
He tends to hate pretty much everything and this golden thing fits well (same goes for John K)

But again, good book and worth the money if in need for more information about him or
if in need for the re-assurance that oneself is not drawing enough.

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And look, my girlfriend made magnets for me.
FUCKING INCREDIBLE MAGNETS!

Oh and I play Yoshi`s Island a lot.

I have 309 lives BUT NEVER NO EGGS!

Hope everyone has a good week,

OVERANDOUT

First some things for Issue #2 of NARAKA, containing stories about Portland, Montreal and more “personal stuff”

Then some drawings made for a friend to add some spice into a presentation about a specific bone:

And random hip looking people:

ETPLUS:
- Iron Man 2 was OK but felt too long
- I have a COLD! and that seems cosmically unfair considering the unbelievable summer weather here in Montreal
- The new albums by THE NATIONAL and Hannah Georgas are fun!
- Valve just releases Half-Life 2 with its episodes for the mac!
- I`m reading Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace and it is hard to put down

I also don’t like the fact that they are not DOING anything. They pose for an invisible camera and the panel tells nothing more than show their faces. Hmpf..
My deadline is still far away in the next year so fumbling around like this is OK but it still sucks to waste so much time and it does not feel good.

ON A HAPPIER NOTE:
I finished THE HOBBIT and its a way looser and quicker book than I remembered.
It really feels like something that could be read to children over a couple of weeks.
One thing that made me wonder though..

Balin`s (one of the Dwarfs) clear love for our main Hobbit.. was Tolkien hinting at some small-men-love going on?
Here is a drawing of Balin saying farewell to his “friend”.

Happy holidays to everyone in Germany and everywhere else, I will post some Seattle pictures after the weekend and I hope everyone gets very expensive stuff they dont really need but REALLY want.

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I just realized that there are nearly no humans EVER in my photographs. WEIRD!

Vancouver was nice, the hostel was great and it was entertaining to talk to all those travelling folks.

Not so nice:

- very loud snoring Korean guy

- the US boarder people harassing and mind-raping me

- a big headache

But I now have a Work and Travel Visa and everything worked out great.

Also:

Thanks to the formidable Sam Bosma, I started reading the Hobbit again (the last time being more then 14 years ago). And I’m proud to say that I must have bought the best edition available, look at this cover:

Its fat Ricky Garvais!

I’m now off to work on a Illustration thing containing Ninjas, Turtles and some teeth!

Have a good week!

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this is what I drew while sitting on the train, traveling to my parents home:

(all while having to deal with a garlic smelling seat neighbour)

ALSO:

AND please note that ninjas, zombies and pirates are DONE and make room for the new guys:

Astronaut, Mummy, Yeti!

(thanks also to Ms. Tiff for the plug on her excellent blog)

and

Have a great weekend!

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