So as written above, I saw Star Wars, and I enjoyed it. Quite a lot. No, it’s not perfect. It turns out a movie can’t be everything to everyone. No movie can hold up to the mythical status of the Star Wars franchise. What the movie actually is, is a new hope. Hope for more fun movies with fun characters, which is really what Star Wars was meant to be about.

Meanwhile, if I see one more think piece about why the prequels were more interesting, why the new one is flawed, why Rey is secretly a Mary Sue, why Finn is secretly the star, etc. I’m going to just sign off the Internet once and for all. Or for like 20 minutes.

If you want to talk about Star Wars in the comments below, I welcome it. Fight over it all you want, just keep it civil. And while I only lightly moderate these comments, watch out for spoilers. Because I don’t know what people will post.

As a site note, I work a lot these days, but I think about making new comics all the time. I don’t dare commit to a schedule that I’m just going to let you all down on, but I will say that I keep thinking about comics, miss making them, and hope to make more soon. Love you all, thanks for reading. Happy holidays and happy new year.

—Rosscott

Thanks to Clay, who helped me write this one.

Yep.

This weekend, I saw Pacific Rim. It was amazing. Can you tell?

My Jaeger is named Intense Edison, and his special power is the Plasma Calf. What’s yours? Post it in the comments or tweet it with #PacificRimJaegerNames

Special thanks to Systemic Allison who helped me come up with the idea for this comic!

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This is a poster I made for the Super Precious art show on blockbuster movies. I normally post this kinda thing on my Tumblr (and I did) but thought I’d share it here as well. It was really fun to make and write, and I owe much of the writing to my friend and Super Art Fight co-host Marty F’n Day, who is much more of a movie buff than I am (I haven’t bought a DVD in about 7 years and he owns everything on Blu-Ray). It was really fun to write and make all the little parody jokes, and we actually wrote more but couldn’t fit them. If anyone wants prints, let me know and I’ll post them on HilariAwesome.com (the online store of The System).

It was really fun to play with all the tropes of movie posters. The over-done grit and all the tiny type at the bottom (which is both funny writing and in Univers Ultra-Condensed). I’m mainly proud of all the texture on it, that’s not a style any client ever asks for so it’s fun to have a chance to experiment with stuff like this.

I’d happily do another parody movie poster, and am looking for ideas! Feel free to write quotes to use or movie ideas in the comments, I might use them.

Chanukkah + Inception. It was bound to happen, right? Right.

It’s an 8-bit game based on the cult midnight movie so-bad-its-good The Room. It’s a great movie in itself (well, in the same way Birdemic is a great movie) but the game is what gets me. It’s thorough. They have all the scenes broken down into a really fun little game, with Final Fantasy style dialogue and fighting, and even an 8-bit chiptune-style soundtrack. The real joy of it is the places the writers got snazzy with the things that were off screen. Be sure to explore what’s on the next block, what’s inside Denny’s room, and talk to all the people on the street. I got pretty far into it but had to give up. As my friend Cledwyn had to say, I got fed up with this wurld.

You can play the game here »
Here’s a Wired article on it where it Systemic Cledwyn found it »

If you’re looking for the comic, it’ll be up around 1pm EST-ish.

My homeboy in Charm City the miraculous Marty Day has found this great collection of business cards of and from famous movies and other pop culture companies. It’s nerdtastic to the max. I poked around and found the creator’s Tumblr (Fro Design Co), where he posts tons of great posters for sale (including all the business cards on a poster).

Marty’s post with the cards here »

Original Designer’s Tumblr here »

I think it speaks for itself. See you Friday!

I got offered free tickets from the distribution company of OSS117: Lost in Rio, a company called Music Box Films. Do you want a pair of tickets to see it at E-Street Cinema? First some info about the movie, then how you can get the tickets.

Here’s the trailer:

If you haven’t heard of this series (this is the 2nd OSS117 movie, but you don’t have to have seen the first) it is everything Austin Powers should have been. It’s a straight parody of Connery-era Bond movies, if Connery were played by Peter Sellers playing a complete idiot. Having seen it, I can attest, it is a fun movie to go and see. There’s fantastic locales, great style, hilarious scenes and luchadores and nazis. Really a win-win.

If you really need convincing, the first one, OSS117: Cairo, Nest of Spies is on Netflix Instant. You can go watch it RIGHT NOW! In fact, you should either way as it’s amazing.

All you have to do is comment on here with an account that includes your email address, and we’re good to go. I’ll email all the info to the first person that responds!