… for now. Some of those drawings are so old I’m wondering who drew them. Eventually I’ll get tired of looking at them and I’ll have to whip up a new Chuck or Clayton, but at least there’s a rendering for every character now; or at least every character that I consider significant. I suppose some die-hards are wondering why I’m showing no love for Ruiz or Ron from Los Vicios or Sleazy Strip Club Owner or Hot Tub Guy or Hot Tub Guy’s Hot Sister. I dunno, maybe you’ve got a point. There have been times I’ve regretted not having Miriam and Ron from Los Vicios hit it off.
April 11, 2009
“Who’s Who in Out There” updated
And how. Took me all damn day. New bios for everyone; they were horribly out of date. Still need to add color to a couple of the drawings, but it’s time to rest now. Check it out, it’s on the new Links & Stuff page.
April 8, 2009
The Store is Open
I’ve made a slight change to the site navigation. I combined the “Links” and “Stuff” sections, and created a new “Store” page. And that’s the news for today. Note that I never said it was interesting. See why I don’t post something here everyday?
March 30, 2009
iPhonemania
Out There No. 3 now available at the iTunes store. A steal at ninety-nine cents.
March 20, 2009
I’m So Cutting Edge
Dude—Out There is now on the iPhone!
Actually, a whole bunch of Keenspot comics are being made available as iPhone apps—check it out! The plan right now is to release a new Out There app each week. Each app contains 24 strips (four weeks in Out There time), and we’ll be starting way back at the beginning with strip #1 from June 12, 2006. I’ll be drawing and coloring a “cover” for each app, because it’s the thing to do. Lookee, here’s the first four covers:
Cool, huh? You can download the first app for free at the iTunes store; the subsequent releases will cost you 99 cents a pop. That’s cutting-edge marketing, man—it’s the way all successful drug dealers do it.
The first two apps are at the iTunes store now. Get ’em while they’re hot!
February 23, 2009
Danny’s Butcher Cover
Long-time readers of this quasi-“blog” will recall my friend Danny, who drew a parody cover of Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home featuring Miriam and Sherry. In case you’re not a long-time reader, it’s in the post is right below this one; it was nineteen days ago (to me, that sometimes seems like a long time).
Ah, but if you’re really clever, you’ll recall that Sherry was still sporting her long-ish black locks nineteen days ago, and in the graphic below, she’s resplendent in her spankin’-new platinum bob. That’s because Mr. Green was a regular Danny-On-The-Spot and quickly edited his original image because he knows one must stay current in this modern world of shiny fast-moving items.
If the name Bob Dylan elicited at least a nod of recognition (rather than sending you scurrying for your Wikipedias), then chances are good that the “Butcher Cover” reference makes sense to you as well. If not, there’s yet another indication that I’m way to old to be attempting to connect with you youngsters. In any event, if you did happen to download Danny’s now ultra-rare original image, hold onto that sucker; you’ll be able to sell it for many quatloos sometime in the World of the Future™.
Danny also submitted another T-shirt idear; a link to it is on the “Stuff” page. Someday I may get around to making T-shirts or mugs or other things that can sit in a warehouse for a long time. If there’s a demand for these things, let me know. I know some of you already have, but unfortunately three requests isn’t quite a “demand;” it’s more like a “sheepish request.” I can’t fault you loyalists for being too few in number; I can only curse your unenlightened brethren. Well, I could blame you, as well. As Charlie Brown once said, “Why aren’t you two ponies?”
February 4, 2009
Miriam’s Farm
Here’s a real visual garden of delights, sent my way by my old partner in crime Danny Green:
Danny and I used to draw comics together way back when, before webcomics even existed. Yes, it really was that long ago. I know, I know. Yes, we used pencils and pens and paper. I still use pencils and pens and paper. Anyway, we’re getting off the subject.
These days Danny is a professional cartoonist/illustrator, not a wannabe like me. A gallery of his artwork can be perused here.
Hip (or old) readers will immediately identify the above graphic as an homage to the iconic LP cover of Bob Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home, starring Miriam as Bob and Sherry as Sally Grossman (hence the cigarette), but hopefully they won’t stop there; the beauty of this is in the details. Details such as Clayton on the cover of Time, Araceli as Jean Harlow on the back cover of the magazine Miriam is reading, and the replacement of Dylan’s musical library (albums by Robert Johnson, Ric Von Schmidt and Dylan himself) with the quirky selection of The Beatles’ Rubber Soul, The Stooges’ Fun House, Peter Frampton’s Frampton Comes Alive, The Rolling Stones’ Aftermath, Supertramp’s Breakfast in America and Dylan’s own Highway 61 Revisited (which, as an added anachronistic detail, immediately followedBringing It All Back Home). I’m also guessing that the obscured text on the fallout shelter sign in the foreground reads “Gimme Shelter,” which happens to be my favorite Stones recording.
Click here to see an enlarged version (it might be actual LP size!) of this, and here to see a nifty T-shirt idea Danny also submitted. Anyone interested in buying an Out There T-shirt? Let me know. I wanna be a professional too. Oh wait, I already said that.
January 6, 2009
This is Pretty Cool
Serge Stiles, an Out There Forum regular (one of the few… the proud… the FEW), rendered this nifty portrait of John, which again shows that almost everyone who reads Out There draws better than I do. I know I say that every time someone draws one of my characters but you gotta admit these folks do an awesome job. Or you can choose not to admit it, and look damn silly in the process.
January 1, 2009
The New Direction
I warned you.
For the next three days, we at Out There embrace Internet culture and present three consecutive days of TOILET HUMOR.
We’ll resume with our usual slightly-above-the-lowest-common-denominator fare on Monday.
April 15, 2009
“Who’s Who in Out There” finished
… for now. Some of those drawings are so old I’m wondering who drew them. Eventually I’ll get tired of looking at them and I’ll have to whip up a new Chuck or Clayton, but at least there’s a rendering for every character now; or at least every character that I consider significant. I suppose some die-hards are wondering why I’m showing no love for Ruiz or Ron from Los Vicios or Sleazy Strip Club Owner or Hot Tub Guy or Hot Tub Guy’s Hot Sister. I dunno, maybe you’ve got a point. There have been times I’ve regretted not having Miriam and Ron from Los Vicios hit it off.
April 11, 2009
“Who’s Who in Out There” updated
And how. Took me all damn day. New bios for everyone; they were horribly out of date. Still need to add color to a couple of the drawings, but it’s time to rest now. Check it out, it’s on the new Links & Stuff page.
April 8, 2009
The Store is Open
I’ve made a slight change to the site navigation. I combined the “Links” and “Stuff” sections, and created a new “Store” page. And that’s the news for today. Note that I never said it was interesting. See why I don’t post something here everyday?
March 30, 2009
iPhonemania
Out There No. 3 now available at the iTunes store. A steal at ninety-nine cents.
March 20, 2009
I’m So Cutting Edge
Dude—Out There is now on the iPhone!
Actually, a whole bunch of Keenspot comics are being made available as iPhone apps—check it out! The plan right now is to release a new Out There app each week. Each app contains 24 strips (four weeks in Out There time), and we’ll be starting way back at the beginning with strip #1 from June 12, 2006. I’ll be drawing and coloring a “cover” for each app, because it’s the thing to do. Lookee, here’s the first four covers:
Cool, huh? You can download the first app for free at the iTunes store; the subsequent releases will cost you 99 cents a pop. That’s cutting-edge marketing, man—it’s the way all successful drug dealers do it.
The first two apps are at the iTunes store now. Get ’em while they’re hot!
February 23, 2009
Danny’s Butcher Cover
Long-time readers of this quasi-“blog” will recall my friend Danny, who drew a parody cover of Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home featuring Miriam and Sherry. In case you’re not a long-time reader, it’s in the post is right below this one; it was nineteen days ago (to me, that sometimes seems like a long time).
Ah, but if you’re really clever, you’ll recall that Sherry was still sporting her long-ish black locks nineteen days ago, and in the graphic below, she’s resplendent in her spankin’-new platinum bob. That’s because Mr. Green was a regular Danny-On-The-Spot and quickly edited his original image because he knows one must stay current in this modern world of shiny fast-moving items.
If the name Bob Dylan elicited at least a nod of recognition (rather than sending you scurrying for your Wikipedias), then chances are good that the “Butcher Cover” reference makes sense to you as well. If not, there’s yet another indication that I’m way to old to be attempting to connect with you youngsters. In any event, if you did happen to download Danny’s now ultra-rare original image, hold onto that sucker; you’ll be able to sell it for many quatloos sometime in the World of the Future™.
Danny also submitted another T-shirt idear; a link to it is on the “Stuff” page. Someday I may get around to making T-shirts or mugs or other things that can sit in a warehouse for a long time. If there’s a demand for these things, let me know. I know some of you already have, but unfortunately three requests isn’t quite a “demand;” it’s more like a “sheepish request.” I can’t fault you loyalists for being too few in number; I can only curse your unenlightened brethren. Well, I could blame you, as well. As Charlie Brown once said, “Why aren’t you two ponies?”
February 4, 2009
Miriam’s Farm
Here’s a real visual garden of delights, sent my way by my old partner in crime Danny Green:
Danny and I used to draw comics together way back when, before webcomics even existed. Yes, it really was that long ago. I know, I know. Yes, we used pencils and pens and paper. I still use pencils and pens and paper. Anyway, we’re getting off the subject.
These days Danny is a professional cartoonist/illustrator, not a wannabe like me. A gallery of his artwork can be perused here.
Hip (or old) readers will immediately identify the above graphic as an homage to the iconic LP cover of Bob Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home, starring Miriam as Bob and Sherry as Sally Grossman (hence the cigarette), but hopefully they won’t stop there; the beauty of this is in the details. Details such as Clayton on the cover of Time, Araceli as Jean Harlow on the back cover of the magazine Miriam is reading, and the replacement of Dylan’s musical library (albums by Robert Johnson, Ric Von Schmidt and Dylan himself) with the quirky selection of The Beatles’ Rubber Soul, The Stooges’ Fun House, Peter Frampton’s Frampton Comes Alive, The Rolling Stones’ Aftermath, Supertramp’s Breakfast in America and Dylan’s own Highway 61 Revisited (which, as an added anachronistic detail, immediately followed Bringing It All Back Home). I’m also guessing that the obscured text on the fallout shelter sign in the foreground reads “Gimme Shelter,” which happens to be my favorite Stones recording.
Click here to see an enlarged version (it might be actual LP size!) of this, and here to see a nifty T-shirt idea Danny also submitted. Anyone interested in buying an Out There T-shirt? Let me know. I wanna be a professional too. Oh wait, I already said that.
January 6, 2009
This is Pretty Cool
Serge Stiles, an Out There Forum regular (one of the few… the proud… the FEW), rendered this nifty portrait of John, which again shows that almost everyone who reads Out There draws better than I do. I know I say that every time someone draws one of my characters but you gotta admit these folks do an awesome job. Or you can choose not to admit it, and look damn silly in the process.
January 1, 2009
The New Direction
I warned you.
For the next three days, we at Out There embrace Internet culture and present three consecutive days of TOILET HUMOR.
We’ll resume with our usual slightly-above-the-lowest-common-denominator fare on Monday.
Happy new year.