Last ten hours of the Consentacle Kickstarter! We met all our stretch goals so now there’s no doubt about what you’re getting, except an awesome freakin’ product, bro
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/990619951/consentacle-a-card-game-of-human-alien-intimacy/
Blogged this to the wrong blog. Here it is again on the right blog
The Consentacle Kickstarter is in its final week! We’re thrilled that we’re finally going to be able to bring this game to you as a thing you can buy and own (at least, if you don’t dawdle)
All 34 pages of Mouth Baby will be published in Issue #288 of @heavymetal, out next week. September the 27th! Mark the date! I have not read it recently but I’m told the recent issues, under Editor-In-Chief Grant Morrison, are the best the magazine has been since the late 70’s. With that said, I’m proud to be a part of this. Heavy Metal was an important and influential magazine when it started, and it sounds like it’s on track to being that again.
Our kickstarter is still rolling on. Here’s Naomi Clark with some news about stretch goals:
“We’ve blown past our first two stretch goals, described below… and much faster than anticipated! So we’ve been making plans and measuring feasibility for further goals that won’t compromise the quality of gameplay just for an overstuffed box. (OK, we know some of you like overstuffed boxes and excess libidinal energy, but we tried to pack a lot into Consentacle in the first place!)
Here’s the deal:
If we reach $130,000 in pledges (it can be done!) then every backer will get a free download of a 12-page Consentacle comic book. On top of that, every box of Consentacle will come with the first two pages as a preview in the back of the manual–that way, you’ll get some nicely printed comic art as well. This comic will tell a brief story of how Kit and Dup met, and what stood in the way. Most of all, it’ll be full of more great artwork by James Harvey! Here’s a collage of multiple comic-book pages by James from Batgirl and We Are Robin (for DC Comics… yep, that Robin – but also very different Robins than the shopworn ones):
If you’d like to see more of James’s range, check out stopjamesharvey.com or heck, check out them search results! I’m likely to help some with plotting and dialogue, but I’m keen on visual storytelling first without over-prescribing. (If you’re really curious, you can check out my speech-bubbly writing work in games like Egg vs Chicken and Miss Management.”
I was blown away to find out Naomi worked on Miss Management because it was one of little James’s* favorite games way back in 2007. Anyway, here’s the kickstarter again: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/990619951/consentacle-a-card-game-of-human-alien-intimacy
*i.e. 24-year-old
I continue to be bad at telling Tumblr what I’m up to but you can see part two of my comic “Midnight In The Phantom Zone” in the back of Bug! The Adventures Of Forager #4. It’s an attempt at telling an epic quest in a handful of 3 page instalments. It’s going pretty well so far. I’m way more active on Instagram these days, so here’s a link to that: link!
Also don’t forget the Consentacle kickstarter is still on for a few more weeks. I got interviewed about it here.
The art I did for the forthcoming Madman And The Atomics special is now available as a print. Thanks Mike Allred for letting me do this!
You guys! The card game I made with Naomi Clark about consensual tentacle sex is now up on Kickstarter. It’s definitely one of the coolest things I’ve been involved with and I’m proud that it’s finally a thing you’ll be able to hold in your hands.
Naomi made a video that can explain this thing far better than I can, so head on over the the Kickstarter page and check it out.
(Oh yeah, and I’m holding off on any big announcements until I’ve finished tying up all the loose ends, but psst: we finished Bartkira the other day and volume 6 is up online right now).
The official Simpsons tie-in books used to have this tradition where all the books are dedicated to Lisa’s dead cat, Snowball, so we decided to continue that tradition in Bartkira. Of all the Snowball dedications we wrote, this one remains my favorite.
We just got reviewed in issue 3 of France’s ATOM Magazine- yes, a review of the whole project! This comes hot on the heels of our Paris show which got a lot of people talking over there. Meantime, we’re still putting the finishing touches on Volume 6, hoping to release at the end of this month.
Here’s the review. I had a couple of friends help with with translating the text—thanks to Cyrielle Gulacsy and Aude Yukiko.
Neo-Springfield, 38 years after the Third World War, 2030. Bart, Milhouse and others are racing through the streets on their bikes when they cross the path of a strange young boy who will lead them, after many adventures, in contact with a fabulous being with powers as immeasurable as they are dangerous. His name… is Ralph.
Yes, Bartkira takes on almost shot-for-shot Katsuhiro Otomo’s visionary masterpiece, replacing all the characters with the heroes of the Simpsons, and giving total visual freedom to more of 500 artists who reproduced the six volumes of the original manga in their own way- while always respecting the work of the master. The result is a protean monster celebrating Otomo’s vision in a large stylistic orgy that increases even the initial shock of the original manga by giving it a new level of depth (the relationships between Groening’s characters bringing a fresh light to the material).
The quasi-gonzo succession of precise, raw, respectful or anarchist styles plunges the reader into a constant creative cataclysm, always on the brink of implosion, but always strengthened by its powerful singularity. While mash-up culture often comes down to the tricks of petty thieves who stand with cynical and postmodern posture, this time the experience gives birth to a meta-text of genuine substance that stands on its own while breathing new life into the universe from which it draws. No less.
Here’s a painting I did for @morganwolman. It’s on a REMO Vintage Emperor drum skin, hence the dude’s jacket. This is a title page for an imaginary story, something akin to The Raid told from the perspective of the people in the building. I guess you could also call that “The Seven Samurai in a tower block”. (Would that be a good movie, or a bad one? Luckily, it doesn’t matter because this is make-believe). Also! You should check out the other paintings Morgan’s commissioned over on his feed. There’s work on there by @simonbisleyart, @jimmahfood, @chrisvisions, more. (Bonus: here’s my IG, too)
The awakening of Bartkira
Now bartkira is finally finished here is the original post that started it all
Will post the photos from the Paris show very soon!
I’m going to blog about the final Bartkira show that just occurred in Paris pretty soon, but until then I just wanted to let you guys know you can read the whole of Army Man on armymans.tumblr.com.
Army Man was a comedy zine created in the 80′s by George Meyer, who led the group rewrite sessions on The Simpsons. He’s credited with having shaped the comedic sensibility of the show, and many of the contributors to Army Man went on to become Simpsons writers. You can see the genesis of many of the comedic tropes we came to associate with The Simpsons in this zine- it’s hard not to read these skits in the voice of Kent Brockman, or Homer, or whichever characters fit the bill. There’s even a proto-Kodos (or Kang) in the page I shared above. The true starting point for The Simpsons isn’t the Tracy Ullman shorts or even Life In Hell- it’s this. Take a look.
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Black Panthers dir. Agnès Varda (1968)
Glad we’re here again and more aware than ever.
