Today's eye stab is from The Maketch Girl, just launched on Webtoons at Gods of Aazurn. Behold, the cold and soul culling Pleasure Planet Lusadd.
Last week I wrapped up my deconstruction of the Vega and Altair legend and, if it's one of your favorites, I suppose I've ruined it for you.
Not only does The Maketch Girl deconstruct Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl, it gives me an opportunity to look at the vast, dark world of Aazurn. You get to look, too.
Gods of Aazurn is here on Webtoons.
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Inks and coloring processes for the illustration above are posted for Patrons on Patreon here. You can join us there, we are an exclusive, odd band of devotees.
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Good news! Richard Bates Jr.'s first two full length movies are on TubiTV. Prepare to be freaked out.
Bates' films go deep into people's minds and souls, so be prepared to wince repeatedly. The horror isn't the worse of what happens. |
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In Excision (2012) a disturbed high school student in a bizarre, domineering home situation becomes increasingly delusional, needy and violent. Excellent acting, creepy slow burn, recommended.
Excision is free with ads here.
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In Suburban Gothic (2014) Bates plays with the same themes -- your hometown people suck and so do your parents -- in a comedy. A man is forced to move back in with his parents, where a vengeful ghost is terrorizing the house.
What I like about Bates is his distain for the current, cookie-cutter way of making movies. I have to agree. After a lifetime of enjoying movies, many today, to my eye, are very much the same beats and pacing.
(This is exactly what I'm attempting with my own storytelling. I want readers to come to me because they enjoy the unexpected.)
Suburban Gothic is free with ads here.
You may be interested in Penning Terror's discussion with Richard Bates Jr., where he talks about writing, directing, and selling movies. That interview podcast is here.
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Rejoice: Popeye strip reprints at Comics Kingdom are moving into 1934's Sea Hag story.
Popeye (actually called Thimble Theater) is always at his best when he's sailing off on an adventure to one of E.C. Segar's strange island civilizations. They are just beginning the build up to the voyage, pushing the mystery and fear before some big reveals.
You can read a week's worth at Comics Kingdom here without signing in to a paid account by dropping this address into your browser. Save it to return.
https://www.comicskingdom.com/thimble-theater
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Usually I would recommending paying their small fee to keep their great, vintage strips online, but the interface was unworkable even before their recent redesign, and constant problems reading my morning strips left me no alternative but to end my subscription.
I wish they were as dependable as GoComics. It's just web programming, guys, get it together.
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What a long, strange trip since my first coloring job, The Wedding of Popeye and Olive Oyl, written by Peter David. I didn't know what the future was going to be then. I don't know now. Neither do you. No one does. That, my friend, is true adventure! Get outside, somewhere where you can soak in sunshine and breath in spring.
Stay safe and be happy. Non-Comic Con Relaxational Week is coming!
In glorious service to our Aazurn overlords,
Gary Scott Beatty
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