he died yesterday from cancer!!! wtf. i know Mark said he didn’t really like Kon’s movies but i figured i’d put this up anyway. Zach, remember Dan’s silly interpretation of Perfect Blue and the endless debates about it and how stubborn he was despite so much evidence contrary to his theory? good times. T_T

i was going to write a review of river night(s) but i haven’t gotten around to it.

RIVER NIGHT NEXT WEEK!!! Zach and Mark, are you pumped?! i’m trying to figure out what movies we should watch. maybe some Andrew Davis flicks. should i make a couple metal mix CDs, Mark? XD

OKAY, let’s try this post again. i had it up earlier (sorry for your lost comment, mark!) but i kept fearing some kind of backtracing from the blogs i was linking to, like remember when Zach accidentally lured people to RS like that Kevin Church guy and wasn’t there another one, some political blogger who was really mad? anyway, i didn’t want to start a shitstorm here on the blog, even a small one, so i’m starting over and being less moody.

anyway, wasn’t sure what category to put this in.

thought i’d do a Shadoweyes-related post since it’s supposed to be Shadoweyes Month here at RS, and the San Diego Comic Con was pretty slow and uneventful this year, and most of the good stuff i can’t talk about publicly because it involves specific people so there isn’t much left to talk about. anyway, other than the advance review by Kelly Thompson from a while back, there are a few new reviews: one really good one on Amazon, a stellar one on ComicBitsOnline.com, and one mixed not-so-good review at Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie (you have to scroll down a little for that one). check ‘em out.

i’m still hard at work on the second volume, Shadoweyes In Love. i’ve been running a behind-the-scenes kind of interactive series of posts on my livejournal where i put up cover sketches and color tests and get people’s opinions as i narrow it down with each installment, inching toward the final cover, and i realized i should have been putting them up here on RS, too. i have a friend who’s also trying to put together a live-action Shadoweyes short film, he’s already contacted special effects people including Stan Winston studios about getting estimates for building a Shadoweyes suit. i’m pretty excited about it, and my job right now is that i have to write a script or outline or something for what happens in the film (not sure how long it’s going to be, probably less than 5-10 minutes) but i don’t have any ideas!!!

i was supposed to go see Inception with Dan today but he ended up having to hang out with his dad so i’m not sure when i’ll get out to see it. WHATEVER, it probably sucks anyway. sorry again that i lost your comment, Mark, but i liked how you said you’d see “an Inception” with me, haha. do you want to see it without Dan or should we wait for him? his schedule is really packed.

i’m back. it was a pretty uneventful con other than hanging out with friends which was cool, and all the good/bad/funny stuff are things i can’t talk about publicly because they involve people in the industry, hehheh. the coolest thing was that one day when i was at the Oni Press booth, Alia Shawkat from Arrested Development came by and got Wet Moon 5 and a print. she is way more freckly in person. more later.

I’M GOING TO SAN DIEGO on Wednesday!!!!!!! ARGH. i wish i could stay home but i gotta go. there hasn’t been much Shadoweyes shit for Shadoweyes Month at roaringshark, but maybe i’ll have something to write about post-convention. i’ll write a post regardless, i guess, hopefully something interesting will happen.

Mark: Dan and i are going to see the new movie “Splice” on this coming Sunday as a matinee and then we might hang out afterward, not sure, do you want to come?! Splice has Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley and a genetically-engineered mutant girl in it.

Zach: since Splice is a matinee, do you want to move gaming to Sunday night instead?

this is my new way of contacting people.

i’m going to make some real posts again, i swear. i’m going to post some top 10 movie reviews at some point. in the meantime, here’s a logo i did for Dave’s softball team, the Has-Beens: