About a month ago, just before I got sick (still a little sick, but at least my voice came back eventually), I got a fancy new phone, a Galaxy Note. My girlfriend has one, and I was jealous. Mostly because my old phone was a useless piece of shit. I could barely send a text without it freezing up, let alone anything more complicated than that. I had to restart the thing at least 4 times a day in order for it simply work. So, getting close to my contract being up, I went to Sprint and was able to get this new bad boy. It’s big, it works right, and the best thing is the S-Pen. Basically it’s a mini-tablet with an awesome, fine-point stylus. So, following my girlfriend’s lead and advice, I downloaded an app called Art Rage. It’s like a painty/artsy mobile photoshop. I’ve been playing with it a bunch. Here’s a doodle from it.
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Jason Young Fortni– wait. Nope. Sorry.
074 – Warbow
Here’s a thing that passed me by in my childhood, The Saga of Crystar. There was a comic and a toyline, but as far as the Shonborn household was concerned, it never happened. So, Jason Young Fortnight ends with Warbow, a supporting character from the Crystar mythos. It was not easy to find anything on this character. Also, not easy to draw or color.
Today also happens to be Jason Young’s birthday. The timing of this was absolutely coincidental. Seriously. I was gonna start scheduling these on April 1st before deciding to do something for April Fools. But then as I started queueing these pieces up, I realized it would end on Jason’s birthday. So, I saved this one for this ocassion. ‘cuz it’s a toy. So, I’m giving Jason an action figure for his birthday, like the big boy he is. Yay!
This fortnight has been an absolute joy. Thanks, Jason! Happy birthday! I love you, man.
Regular crap resumes tomorrow.
073 – Mr. Monster
Back to the things I’ve not read. Though this one makes no sense, because Mr. Monster seems right up my alley. While researching this character for Jason Young Fortnight, I discovered that Mr. Monster was actually a golden-age public domain Canadian comic character. Michael T. Gilbert took the character and made it his own. Anyhoo, he’s cool looking and fights monsters. Why am I not on board?
072 – Roachmill
Hey! I’ve read this one! Sorta. Jason Young Fortnight gave me the original run of the Roachmill series. I thought he was “giving” giving them to me, not to borrow. I was wrong. Because, as all books that I believe I own, it gets set in a pile and remains unread. I did read the first three or so of the issues. They were enjoyable, but I don’t remember them. I’ve since returned them to Jason Young Fortnight, and he has since probably sold them.