MOVIES

i watched some movies recently and here's what i thought

REAL GENIUS - This flick, starring a very young Val Kilmer, still holds up. i love it. Kilmer is hilarious. it's cheesy but, you know, the good kind of cheese. definitely worth the $12 i paid at HMV. BRILLIANT
TROPIC THUNDER - this movie started off very good. i would say it had about 5, maybe 6, really funny parts, but it really drags on toward the end. i find that i don't like Ben Stiller in leading roles. i prefer Stiller in cameos or supporting roles. i don't think Robert Downey jr's role was as funny as everyone is talking about, and i think Jack Black didn't really get to do the best Jack Black can do. i am glad that actors Jay Baruchel and Danny McBride are getting more face time. PRETTYGOOD

BURN AFTER READING - this is a perfect movie. the Coen brothers are quickly becoming the best film makers in the biz. if you are a fan of Fargo or the Big Lebowski then there's no reason to not like this film. it's BRILLIANT. Brad Pitt is quickly becoming my favorite actor. he is incredibly hilarious as the hyper, super fit personal trainer. John Malcovich, Tilda Swinton, & George Clooney all give super great performances. Frances MacDormand's sad, surgery obsessed character is the best. i love this movie.

hulk - brush pen

FRED

i saw this dude at Wendy' a few days ago. this is how i remember him. he had a camouflage trucker hat but it said FRED in big bold yellow letters on the front. that's what i remember the most.
and yes, he was looking at me like that while i was busy looking at his hat.

i bet his name wasn't even FRED.

ComiCON - One Day Show

Hobbystar's ComiCON One Day Show

Team 'Awesome Marcus Ninja' will be in the artist's alley, promoting Awesome Marcus Ninja and selling our Tales of Awesome Marcus Ninja #1 for $5 (not available online). Joel and I , along with Iby from Digital Kontent will be doing free sketches all day. please come check out the show.

i was drawing with mr. Shum the other day and he challenged me to draw somebody getting their teeth knocked out. he doesn't care how, just teeth getting knocked out .

all of the above

Scott Pilgrim is the BEST!!!

i just re-read Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim, volumes 1-4 and i fuckin' love it!
there is not many books that get better every time you read them, but this is one of 'em.
each book is better than the last, which makes me very happy that volume 5 should be here in a couple months. this is just a BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT series and the world is a better place because of it.

cgc

i've never gotten a book 'slabbed' before.....until now. i've sent in my crisp, only-read-once, copy of Ultimate Spiderman #1 by Brian Bendis and Mark Bagley, with a Joe Quesada cover. i bought this originally the day it came out, read it once, didn't care for it, and put it in a long box. when i realized it was a hot commodity i put it in a mylar, just in case, and watched the value rise over almost a decade and the release of 3 movies. my latest wizard magazine says it runs about $120 ungraded, so who knows. i am hoping that i get a very high grade and i can sell it for some big $$$$$. it's about time i made some money off comics, instead of the other way around. worst comes to worst i'll hang on to it and hope it goes up in value. but seriously, who gives a shit? i only paid 4.50 for it.

subway sketch

cool dude

i just saw this kid in the mall the other day and the t shirt stuck in my head. he is in fact a cool dude.

President Obama

to be honest, i am very surprised. i wanted Obama to win but after 8 years of Bush i had little faith in the American voters. this is good for the United States this is good for Canada, and this is good for the world. suddenly , having Harper as our Prime Minister doesn't seem so bad.

Life Drawing on October 30th 08

so, we tried out the instructor less life drawing class once again. we did a solid 3 hours of drawing, with a few breaks in between.
the first 5 are 5 minute sketches.
the next 2 are 10 minute sketches.
there is one 20 minute and a 30 minute.
the last one everyone decided they wanted an hour pose. i personally felt that, for what i want to do, 1 hour is to long, so i dedicated about 40 of the minutes to make sure i do a real top quality pencil rendering. after that i try something different and used a blue brush pen. it didn't turn out great but it was different.