Friday Flashback: ROBOT SATAN

I've been drawing lots of funky things lately, but unfortunately I am NDA-d up to the eyeballs, so I am reaching into the archives... all the way back to a time men called... 1997!

A few observations:

1. nice grasp of human anatomy there, 1997 Neill.
2. the "switched-on generation"? Did anyone ever say that?
3. giant robots, overuse of speed lines - man, it's either depressing or hilarious to see how many elements of my 'style' were firmly in place by this point. Lets call it both. Hilariously depressing!
   
4. I am aware that Futurama had a robot satan too, but I believe if you check the dates you will see that I WIN and should totally sue them.

This was a pin-up in the first issue of my small press magnum opus, Dumbass Comics. I put out a collection of all 3 issues a few years back, as Absolute Dumbass. Mostly, I admit, because I just amused myself so much with the title Absolute Dumbass.

I have a vague plan to put the whole thing up online some time, either as a webcomic or one of those eBook things, whenever I can figure it out/ have time. What can I say, I just like airing my embarassingly amateurish teenaged doodlings in public. It's time the switched-on generation got to see them!

In other news: my semi-brained brother James and I just posted a new episode of our podcast, Unified Review Theory. In this instalment, we contrast and compare two timeless works of epic heroic tragedy: William Shakespeare's Hamlet and Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. And then talk about Froot Loops for a bit, I think just to cheer ourselves up really. Why not go and have a listen?

Episode 7 - The Dark Prince of Froot Loops

Unified Review Theory

New URT Podcast!

Hey, we recorded a new episode of Unified Review Theory! If you want to hear two grown men talking about robots and Elvis, why not go and do just that?

In other audiovisual fun, here's what I used that Mary Jane pic from a few days ago for:



...yeah, a TAPE. We roll pretty old-school round here, let me tell you.

You'd be surprised how hard it is to actually make a tape these days. For starters you have to, you know, find a tape.

While I'm here: a bunch of other folks took up the Garen Ewing Moustache Challenge - check out the spectacular profusion of face-topiary over on Sarah McIntyre's blog!

HEAR! My amazing talking VOICE!

Over on my 'other' blog Unified Review Theory, my esteemed co-reviewer James and I have recently recorded our very first podcast, in which we debate the relative merits of TV series Quantum Leap and the Cameron Family Motto. I think it is quite entertaining, but then I probably would. Why not go and have a listen and judge for yourself?

Please note that the podcast contains some sweariness, a bit of rudeness and a lot of general nonsense. Probably not for kids!

(Oh, that picture at the top? That was just to get your attention, really. It's for the cover of that traffic-safety comic I was working on a while back. Coming soon to a school near you!)