Oh, Hello Monday . . .

Last Updated on Monday, 1 February 2010 10:42 Written by Scott Wegna Monday, 1 February 2010 10:39

oh-hello-monday

. . .I wasn’t expecting you so soon.

Damn, what the hell am I supposed to blog about today . . .?

. . . The iPad perhaps?

Nah, screw that. Half the Internet is talking their faces off about that thing and the other half is screaming at them to shut the fuck up. So why add to the din.

I’m sure that one of my many friends named Brian, (in particular the one technology whore I know of in the group), will own one soon enough and then I can play with it and form a semi-intelligent opinion. Right now all I can say is that I bet Atomic Robo looks fly on one of those thick-ass things! And really, in my small world that’s all I care about.

So I don’t know what to tell you.

My ass sure still hurts, and when I cough or sneeze the contracting muscles in my back, abdomen, and general neighborhood of my anus hurt enough to bring tears to my eye. I didn’t even really know that your ass muscles did much of anything when you sneezed. Lookit me, learning something new every day. Yay!

What’s very interesting is how the pain and discomfort migrates as I recover. At least I hope this is what recover feels like. To put it in visual terms, its like one of those high-speed close ups of a pebble dropping into a still body of water that you see on PBS nature programs all the time. First came the sharp and crushing blow to the base of my spine, and then like ripples on a pond the pain has moved steadily outward while leaving areas of calm between the ripples.

So three days ago getting into the car hurt, but I was good once I was sitting. Yesterday getting in the car was much better, but damn did sitting hurt!

What’s working in my favor right now is that I have a sort of saddle-seat at my drafting table. No back, no sides. Just a butt-shaped stool really. So I can hang my fat ass over the back and pretend that everything is just fine. Until I have to get up for anything . . .

In Robo related new, Vol.4.3 is moving along nicely. Despite the fact that I HATE DRAWING DR. DINOSAUR it’s not so bad. 4.2 took forever and a day due to circumstances largely beyond my control, so it turned into a real grind and I was happy to see it done. This issue is flowing pretty smoothly.

Speaking of which I need to get crackin’! We’re visiting The Mom this coming weekend down in Shao Lin to start work on something that I’m finding very exciting, and which I will begin to tell you about next week when I have some photos to add color and contrast to the six hour lecture I have planned.

Have some Dr. D. While you wait:

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oh-hello-monday
  • If Bob Peck is Jenkins, then who is Jeff Goldblum supposed to be? Hopefully your answer is: Doc Dinosaur's lunch.
  • Scott... "The kids were annoying as hell"

    That's putting it mildly.
  • Scott!
    I saw Jurassic Park 4 times in the theaters. The kids were annoying as hell, but damn, the dinosaurs looked awesome.

    I always shed a little tear when Bob Peck's character gets killed by the 'raptors. He was the Jenkins of Jurassic Park.
  • One day Jenkins will have to say "Clever girl..." And then kill whatever it is, 'cause he's Jenkins.
  • Scott!
    I'm adding that to my list of things we Must Do. Right after Robo does the Brando scene from Apocalypse Now.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmW-igeE3kA&feat...
  • Going to a con with a t-shirt that says "My ass only hurts when I sneeze" should get you some publicity.

    As for dinosaurs... Those movies scared the crap out of me as a kid.
  • Inkermark
    Yeah, the rippling effect of pain is pretty normal. I nailed myself in the back and shoulder blade a few weeks back, and I'll be damned if it just moved across my whole back to the other side during the recov. Just damn annoying.

    Nice page dude! You still just doing pencils, or did ya go back to inking it?
  • Scott!
    IT's good to know this is "normal".

    And no, that's just pencils. There are some smudgy grey lines here and there -that's the blue led that I couldn't get rid of and was too lazy to erase in Photoshop. :)
  • How can you hate Dr.Dinosaur?
    He's based on an animal that's been extinct for millions of years with limited-to-zero pieces of reliable photo reference for help...
    C'mon!
  • Scott!
    You forget that he's based on a dinosaur that never even existed and was invented for the Jurassic Park movie.

    A real raptor would be the size of a turkey and be covered in primitive feathers.

    But the real reason that I hate drawing him is that without any reference I find it very hard to keep him consistent.

    And as a kid while I found dinosaurs interesting, they also sort of scared me. Their world seemed like a fucking death factory to me. It was depressing. Though I guess your average rodent looks at our world in much the same way.
  • Josh_B
    I thought he was just a deinonychus with male pattern baldness.
  • I'm not a whore! I'm just an equal-opportunity employer of technology. There's a difference. Besides, I'm not that into the iPad (feminine hygiene product references aside). My opinion might change once I see it in person, but right now it gets a "meh.".

    Why is Volume 4 taking so damn long to ship?! HeavyInk sez not until the 24th? That's like a *month* from now! *pout*
  • Scott!
    Because Vol.4 doesn't hit stores (including Heavy Ink) until February.

    Whore.
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