Alex Robinson's Blog, page 135
February 2, 2012
I think Dave Sim has some type of standing order, 'public domain' copyright on Cerebus so I'm curious what kind of a Cerebus story would YOU do? When you were a teenager, what did your envisioning of the series' end, in the event of Sim's death, look like?
My teenage self imagined the story ending with an enormous war, with an aged Cerebus making one last attempt at attaining/preserving an empire. Keep in mind that when I came up with this idea Church and State was still in progress, so it seemed kind of natural that the scale of the stories would get bigger (obviously the opposite turned out to be true as the supporting cast in the last third of the book was much smaller than in the first 2/3—somewhat to the book's detriment, I think).
A long time ago Dave Sim saying he was looking forward to doing a story with Lord Julius as an old man, hoping to capture the spirit of how the real Groucho evolved as he aged but the structure of the story (mainly the big time jump that happens during Latter Days) forced him to abandon it. I was sad that he had to give that up and I still would love to see him tackle that subject. He's adamant about not doing any Cerebus sequels or spin-offs but there's nothing to stop him from doing a story about the actual old Groucho, right? (If anything Groucho's controversial relationship with Erin Fleming would fit right into Sim's dim view of women).
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My pal J.K. Woodward did this terrific version of Marla the...
My pal J.K. Woodward did this terrific version of Marla the Barbarian who you may recall from my Lower Regions. I like seeing other people draw my characters (http://comicbookalex.com/WallofFame.html) and seeing them done in J.K.'s style is amazing.
Check out his behind-the-scenes-look at how he did the painting. I can't wait to hang this one up!
http://jkwoodwardart.blogspot.com/2012/02/closer-look-at-alex-robinsons-lower.html
A great live-action political cartoon
A great live-action political cartoon
February 1, 2012
Recreation of the cover of Cerebus #74, originally by Dave Sim...
Recreation of the cover of Cerebus #74, originally by Dave Sim and Gerhard.
January 25, 2012
ilovecharts:
thefrogman:
This one might require some thinking...
This one might require some thinking or knowledge of polar bear riddles.
::slow clap::
Karen—who seems to be nervously realizing she's a...
Karen—who seems to be nervously realizing she's a character in my new book
January 23, 2012
January 22, 2012
I watched the movie Fire and Ice and found it surprisingly fun...
I watched the movie Fire and Ice and found it surprisingly fun to watch. I mean, don't get me wrong: it's poorly written, adolescent, sexist junk but it has a primitive quality that made it very interesting view. It's almost like they put a 12 year-old metalhead in charge of a big budget animated movie—it features monsters, bloody fight scenes and a mostly-naked woman moaning a lot. I laughed out loud during the awkward dialogue between the hero and mostly-naked woman, a classic example of two characters falling in love because they're the leads of the movie, rather than any genuine chemistry between them. If I didn't know better I would suspect it was a conscious effort to parody the mindset behind adolescent power fantasies but given that it was created by Ralph Bakshi and Frank Frazetta you know these guys are true believers.
In general I'm opposed to rotoscoped animation but in this case it added a funky, dreamlike quality that fit perfectly with the tone of the movie. The fight scenes were especially well-done, and the pleasure those stoned animators felt drawing mostly-naked woman is pretty palpable.
January 20, 2012
Yes, there are some male characters in my new book as well. This...
Yes, there are some male characters in my new book as well. This is Billy.
