In this sub-series, we will begin deconstructing the artwork of Brent Duncan; wise to the pen-thrust of the power galactic. In this first entry, let’s check out his satirical look at the life of a young Pat Sanders, as he develops a stern allegory through the use of aviation and the inclusion of his recurring foil character, Gordon Chiu.
Is there a punchline? Perhaps. Is it remotely legible? Not really. Truly, scholars will be debating his work through and beyond our lifespan.
I am not the type to play silly jokes on my readers, so you were all spared the humiliation of April 1st!
This post is a good start for a new week and a new month, and is probably most beneficial to any newer readers we may have with us. Extend to them your experienced hands. Guide them through my kingdom; bathe them and treat them nicely. Do not mock them for asking who I am!
I am Joseph Luster. I am a writer and fancy myself somewhat of a dandy! This is where you can find me:
Kung Fu Cult Cinema: Semi-regular contributions as a reviewer/editor; Asian Cinema and such. Full Metal Tracksuit is a very irregular column I do on KFCC, but I like writing about this stuff a lot. Tokusatsu is among every cool person’s most favourite things in life.
Got Next: TV game writing. I’m the “home video” editor or something? I’m supposed to write about anime, but I like writing about games even more. You should play some with me sometime on the Xbox 360!
Animerica: I am the Features Editor for the Best Buy and Borders issues… which are the only issues, but I felt I should specify that they physically exist in the wild. Please pick one up and read my words. You may then do whatever you like with it.
Come June you will see my writing in the future hit magazine Otaku USA! I am excited, are you!?
I like to draw comics. This is but one of them.
Bigwig Productions: I make movies. My friends and I are very awesome and we work hard to entertain you. I have also been writing for the screen and maybe I’ll talk about that stuff in the future?
Rabies Babies: I am in a rap group.
More to come!
I wasn’t always a lot of awesome things that I am now. Though my striking and alluring visage has remained as visually palatable as always, intrepid time explorers would find a much more sinister mind in a younger Joseph Luster. That’s right, at the age of ten, I was a full-blown expert in plagiarism.
Many of you might recall a fairly popular comic called “Calvin & Hobbes.” However, in the same way that some peoples of the Orient know Doraemon as “Ding Dang,” children of a 5th grade private school class in Kentucky knew Bill Watterson’s classic as “Zac & Mac.” Z&M is essentially like a knock-off you would find in Chinatown that never looked quite right; a pink and copper superhero with dog ears called Oltraman.
In place of a stuffed tiger is a stuffed panda (Mac), and in place of a spiky-haired young ne’erdowell is a spiky-haired young ne’erdowell (Zac). Joseph wasn’t alone in this fraudulent endeavor; co-artist and co-writer Neil Dey must also fess up to this heinous act! The jokes are exactly the same as Watterson’s strips, and in some instances the name Calvin was struck out and replaced with Zac! Truly, Joseph and Neil’s very writing utensil was the telltale heart of the comic book world.
But enough talk… have at you!
Please click on them for full enjoyment!
All told, there were about 60 pages of Zac & Mac produced in 1991, collected in three “anthologies.” The first is self-titled, the second is called “Jack Attack,” and the third is lost to time! When will these pirates pay for their crimes? Is reprinting unfunny comics truly penance enough? Will Joe Shieh cry foul when he sees I’ve returned to my old ways by loosely stealing the concept of his latest blog entry?
What do you think the age limit is for being even remotely relevant nowadays? I’m trying to think of the youngest film critic that has let time completely wipe them of any sense of progression so I can countdown from today until the time they either stop writing about movies or die.
This comes up because, with the advent of some recent movies, I’ve heard way too much talk about something being “like a video game.” Let’s not waste any time here, this is some lazy fucking criticism. What does it even mean for something to be videogame-like? Are there interactive, Shenmue-style moments in which the audience is prompted to press A to make Gerard Butler dodge a sword? No, it’s a pompous and dismissive way of saying that a movie has too much CG. Is that all a game is? I don’t see anyone complaining that the latest Splinter Cell cutscene “looks too much like a movie.”
I’m not even really defending CG here; I’ll always be in love with traditional FX . But I even read similar comments recently in response to the new TMNT flick. Can a fully computer-animated movie have too much CG? That’s like saying Aladdin was too cartoony. It’s a statement parroted by out-of-touch old men (and aspiring old men) and, realistically, it means absolutely nothing.
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