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Nov. 1st, 2005 05:45 amNot only do we have a winner in the "What Costume is Allison Wearing" contest, but they were the only ones to EMail! Carpe EMail, folks....
Nov. 1st, 2005
Wizard needs cash badly!
Nov. 1st, 2005 09:12 amI got some help from an unlikely source! My mom called the other day, and asked me when I was coming down. I told her this weekend, and out of the blue she says "Oh, okay. I put some money in your bank account for gas."
While I'm worried that she seems to know my bank account, sure enough, there's $100 in there. I'm gonna fill the heck out of my truck, get some oil for it, and hope I have enough for both groceries and prints for the Houston festival.
Speaking of comics, the winner (and only entrant) in the costume contest not only guessed correctly, but we had a bit of a discussion about the use of the word "obscure." :) I still say she's obscure...although those that know who she is almost unanimously love the story. Well, almost everyone. The only real mention of her on the web I've seen is pretty negative (it's a rant against most Ameri-manga stuff from a purist).
So who is she? "Shuriken"
Shuriken was the story of a young woman named Kyoko Shidara who was a bodyguard that works for Morgan Enterprises, a front for Mafia/Yakuza-ish mob group. Shuriken refused to do any real "dirty" work and stuck with mostly body guard assignments.
In the first four episodes, Shuriken's friend Jean (a Lace punk-ish Madonna clone)'s boyfriend is killed by a ninja from Japan. Turns out her boyfriend was a Morgan Enterprises assassin, and now the Ninja has turned his eyes on Jean as the only witness. Shuriken is assigned bodyguard duty for her, to protect her and learn more about the Ninja. The ninja it turns out is Shuriken's brother.
She runs off to Japan to confront her brother, and basically takes down that specific organizations who gang of assassins except for her brother. The two pretty much fight to a draw when he gives up because he sees how much Shuriken is becoming like him.
She flies back to the US, and when she gets there, she receives her first termination assignment and quits on the spot. Surprisingly enough, Morgan lets her go without any stipulations. Or so we think.
Morgan sends his personal bodyguard/assassin, Megumo, to set her up by framing Kyoko for a murder. What Morgan doesn't know is that Megumo sees Kyoko as a rival and would rather have her killed than blackmailed back into the company.
After a few days on the run, Kyoko corners Megumo and pretty much loses the fight. Megumo was so enraged at killing Shuriken that she's actually shot in the back by the police. Shuriken, in an ambulance, decides then and there to kill Morgan herself in order to keep her friends from being used against her.
And that's where it ends...it doesn't go any farther because the B&W Comics Crash took it down. Sad, cause I thought it was a really good story. But to be honest, its the a good example of WHY the Comic Crash happened.
Shuriken had some EXCELLENT art, but was almost completely devoid of halftoning, giving a "coloring book" look to the art. While this wasn't bad at all, most of the Comic Crash comics had some TERRIBLE TERRIBLE art, making the books look uber cheap. Shuriken was great art in bad packaging, though.
The first five episodes had covers completely in Black and White with one color, adding to the cheap look of most comics of the day printed by tiny publishers. By episode #6 the covers were in flat color at least, and 7 and 8 were actually painted. But by then it was too late. However, this certainly wasn't the worst cover I've ever seen. One of my Crash Comics had a cover completely in Black and White with what felt like Corrugated Cardboard for the cover.
The paper used in the first 5 issues was very bad, as well, a very brown looking recycled newsprint that was just rough to the touch. Again, 6-8 had a better paper, but by then the Crash was well underway.
In all, it was an excellent series killed by the Comic Crash, if ocasionally campy (80s memorabilia EVERYWHERE, 80s celebrity name dropping, and even a whole episode where an unnamed Wierd Al Yankovic was shown throughout episode #6), and one that could be rewritten a little bit into Very Nice Stuff, especially in this day and age of "Sexy Girls Doing Amazing Things" Television.
While I'm worried that she seems to know my bank account, sure enough, there's $100 in there. I'm gonna fill the heck out of my truck, get some oil for it, and hope I have enough for both groceries and prints for the Houston festival.
Speaking of comics, the winner (and only entrant) in the costume contest not only guessed correctly, but we had a bit of a discussion about the use of the word "obscure." :) I still say she's obscure...although those that know who she is almost unanimously love the story. Well, almost everyone. The only real mention of her on the web I've seen is pretty negative (it's a rant against most Ameri-manga stuff from a purist).
So who is she? "Shuriken"
Shuriken was the story of a young woman named Kyoko Shidara who was a bodyguard that works for Morgan Enterprises, a front for Mafia/Yakuza-ish mob group. Shuriken refused to do any real "dirty" work and stuck with mostly body guard assignments. In the first four episodes, Shuriken's friend Jean (a Lace punk-ish Madonna clone)'s boyfriend is killed by a ninja from Japan. Turns out her boyfriend was a Morgan Enterprises assassin, and now the Ninja has turned his eyes on Jean as the only witness. Shuriken is assigned bodyguard duty for her, to protect her and learn more about the Ninja. The ninja it turns out is Shuriken's brother.
She runs off to Japan to confront her brother, and basically takes down that specific organizations who gang of assassins except for her brother. The two pretty much fight to a draw when he gives up because he sees how much Shuriken is becoming like him.
She flies back to the US, and when she gets there, she receives her first termination assignment and quits on the spot. Surprisingly enough, Morgan lets her go without any stipulations. Or so we think.
Morgan sends his personal bodyguard/assassin, Megumo, to set her up by framing Kyoko for a murder. What Morgan doesn't know is that Megumo sees Kyoko as a rival and would rather have her killed than blackmailed back into the company.
After a few days on the run, Kyoko corners Megumo and pretty much loses the fight. Megumo was so enraged at killing Shuriken that she's actually shot in the back by the police. Shuriken, in an ambulance, decides then and there to kill Morgan herself in order to keep her friends from being used against her.
And that's where it ends...it doesn't go any farther because the B&W Comics Crash took it down. Sad, cause I thought it was a really good story. But to be honest, its the a good example of WHY the Comic Crash happened.
Shuriken had some EXCELLENT art, but was almost completely devoid of halftoning, giving a "coloring book" look to the art. While this wasn't bad at all, most of the Comic Crash comics had some TERRIBLE TERRIBLE art, making the books look uber cheap. Shuriken was great art in bad packaging, though.
The first five episodes had covers completely in Black and White with one color, adding to the cheap look of most comics of the day printed by tiny publishers. By episode #6 the covers were in flat color at least, and 7 and 8 were actually painted. But by then it was too late. However, this certainly wasn't the worst cover I've ever seen. One of my Crash Comics had a cover completely in Black and White with what felt like Corrugated Cardboard for the cover.
The paper used in the first 5 issues was very bad, as well, a very brown looking recycled newsprint that was just rough to the touch. Again, 6-8 had a better paper, but by then the Crash was well underway.
In all, it was an excellent series killed by the Comic Crash, if ocasionally campy (80s memorabilia EVERYWHERE, 80s celebrity name dropping, and even a whole episode where an unnamed Wierd Al Yankovic was shown throughout episode #6), and one that could be rewritten a little bit into Very Nice Stuff, especially in this day and age of "Sexy Girls Doing Amazing Things" Television.
Wizard needs cash badly!
Nov. 1st, 2005 09:12 amI got some help from an unlikely source! My mom called the other day, and asked me when I was coming down. I told her this weekend, and out of the blue she says "Oh, okay. I put some money in your bank account for gas."
While I'm worried that she seems to know my bank account, sure enough, there's $100 in there. I'm gonna fill the heck out of my truck, get some oil for it, and hope I have enough for both groceries and prints for the Houston festival.
Speaking of comics, the winner (and only entrant) in the costume contest not only guessed correctly, but we had a bit of a discussion about the use of the word "obscure." :) I still say she's obscure...although those that know who she is almost unanimously love the story. Well, almost everyone. The only real mention of her on the web I've seen is pretty negative (it's a rant against most Ameri-manga stuff from a purist).
So who is she? "Shuriken"
Shuriken was the story of a young woman named Kyoko Shidara who was a bodyguard that works for Morgan Enterprises, a front for Mafia/Yakuza-ish mob group. Shuriken refused to do any real "dirty" work and stuck with mostly body guard assignments.
In the first four episodes, Shuriken's friend Jean (a Lace punk-ish Madonna clone)'s boyfriend is killed by a ninja from Japan. Turns out her boyfriend was a Morgan Enterprises assassin, and now the Ninja has turned his eyes on Jean as the only witness. Shuriken is assigned bodyguard duty for her, to protect her and learn more about the Ninja. The ninja it turns out is Shuriken's brother.
She runs off to Japan to confront her brother, and basically takes down that specific organizations who gang of assassins except for her brother. The two pretty much fight to a draw when he gives up because he sees how much Shuriken is becoming like him.
She flies back to the US, and when she gets there, she receives her first termination assignment and quits on the spot. Surprisingly enough, Morgan lets her go without any stipulations. Or so we think.
Morgan sends his personal bodyguard/assassin, Megumo, to set her up by framing Kyoko for a murder. What Morgan doesn't know is that Megumo sees Kyoko as a rival and would rather have her killed than blackmailed back into the company.
After a few days on the run, Kyoko corners Megumo and pretty much loses the fight. Megumo was so enraged at killing Shuriken that she's actually shot in the back by the police. Shuriken, in an ambulance, decides then and there to kill Morgan herself in order to keep her friends from being used against her.
And that's where it ends...it doesn't go any farther because the B&W Comics Crash took it down. Sad, cause I thought it was a really good story. But to be honest, its the a good example of WHY the Comic Crash happened.
Shuriken had some EXCELLENT art, but was almost completely devoid of halftoning, giving a "coloring book" look to the art. While this wasn't bad at all, most of the Comic Crash comics had some TERRIBLE TERRIBLE art, making the books look uber cheap. Shuriken was great art in bad packaging, though.
The first five episodes had covers completely in Black and White with one color, adding to the cheap look of most comics of the day printed by tiny publishers. By episode #6 the covers were in flat color at least, and 7 and 8 were actually painted. But by then it was too late. However, this certainly wasn't the worst cover I've ever seen. One of my Crash Comics had a cover completely in Black and White with what felt like Corrugated Cardboard for the cover.
The paper used in the first 5 issues was very bad, as well, a very brown looking recycled newsprint that was just rough to the touch. Again, 6-8 had a better paper, but by then the Crash was well underway.
In all, it was an excellent series killed by the Comic Crash, if ocasionally campy (80s memorabilia EVERYWHERE, 80s celebrity name dropping, and even a whole episode where an unnamed Wierd Al Yankovic was shown throughout episode #6), and one that could be rewritten a little bit into Very Nice Stuff, especially in this day and age of "Sexy Girls Doing Amazing Things" Television.
While I'm worried that she seems to know my bank account, sure enough, there's $100 in there. I'm gonna fill the heck out of my truck, get some oil for it, and hope I have enough for both groceries and prints for the Houston festival.
Speaking of comics, the winner (and only entrant) in the costume contest not only guessed correctly, but we had a bit of a discussion about the use of the word "obscure." :) I still say she's obscure...although those that know who she is almost unanimously love the story. Well, almost everyone. The only real mention of her on the web I've seen is pretty negative (it's a rant against most Ameri-manga stuff from a purist).
So who is she? "Shuriken"
Shuriken was the story of a young woman named Kyoko Shidara who was a bodyguard that works for Morgan Enterprises, a front for Mafia/Yakuza-ish mob group. Shuriken refused to do any real "dirty" work and stuck with mostly body guard assignments. In the first four episodes, Shuriken's friend Jean (a Lace punk-ish Madonna clone)'s boyfriend is killed by a ninja from Japan. Turns out her boyfriend was a Morgan Enterprises assassin, and now the Ninja has turned his eyes on Jean as the only witness. Shuriken is assigned bodyguard duty for her, to protect her and learn more about the Ninja. The ninja it turns out is Shuriken's brother.
She runs off to Japan to confront her brother, and basically takes down that specific organizations who gang of assassins except for her brother. The two pretty much fight to a draw when he gives up because he sees how much Shuriken is becoming like him.
She flies back to the US, and when she gets there, she receives her first termination assignment and quits on the spot. Surprisingly enough, Morgan lets her go without any stipulations. Or so we think.
Morgan sends his personal bodyguard/assassin, Megumo, to set her up by framing Kyoko for a murder. What Morgan doesn't know is that Megumo sees Kyoko as a rival and would rather have her killed than blackmailed back into the company.
After a few days on the run, Kyoko corners Megumo and pretty much loses the fight. Megumo was so enraged at killing Shuriken that she's actually shot in the back by the police. Shuriken, in an ambulance, decides then and there to kill Morgan herself in order to keep her friends from being used against her.
And that's where it ends...it doesn't go any farther because the B&W Comics Crash took it down. Sad, cause I thought it was a really good story. But to be honest, its the a good example of WHY the Comic Crash happened.
Shuriken had some EXCELLENT art, but was almost completely devoid of halftoning, giving a "coloring book" look to the art. While this wasn't bad at all, most of the Comic Crash comics had some TERRIBLE TERRIBLE art, making the books look uber cheap. Shuriken was great art in bad packaging, though.
The first five episodes had covers completely in Black and White with one color, adding to the cheap look of most comics of the day printed by tiny publishers. By episode #6 the covers were in flat color at least, and 7 and 8 were actually painted. But by then it was too late. However, this certainly wasn't the worst cover I've ever seen. One of my Crash Comics had a cover completely in Black and White with what felt like Corrugated Cardboard for the cover.
The paper used in the first 5 issues was very bad, as well, a very brown looking recycled newsprint that was just rough to the touch. Again, 6-8 had a better paper, but by then the Crash was well underway.
In all, it was an excellent series killed by the Comic Crash, if ocasionally campy (80s memorabilia EVERYWHERE, 80s celebrity name dropping, and even a whole episode where an unnamed Wierd Al Yankovic was shown throughout episode #6), and one that could be rewritten a little bit into Very Nice Stuff, especially in this day and age of "Sexy Girls Doing Amazing Things" Television.
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Nov. 1st, 2005 08:34 pmWoah...where did this "My LJ" come from? I kinda like it!
And guess what I got in my EMail today? A letter from Neil Vokes, aka co-creator of Shuriken! :D What a sweetheart. :) ::hugs him::
And guess what I got in my EMail today? A letter from Neil Vokes, aka co-creator of Shuriken! :D What a sweetheart. :) ::hugs him::