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the week of
Sep. 24th, 2012 12:44 pmIt's the week of AWA! For the past 18 years this week has filled me with dread and excitement. Seriously. There's a tense feeling in the pit of my stomach and I'm jittery and nervous, and it's all because of this convention. It's not as bad as it has been in the past - the first five years were absolute nightmares of stress - but it's always there. That's part of why I was happy to "retire" from "con chair". I'm a worrier and I will find something to worry about, and GIVING myself big whacks of things to worry about, things patently out of my control in the first place - well, it's not healthy.
There are new pages of ZERO FIGHTER and THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE up at Mister Kitty for you to read. I'm at page 160 of Zero Fighter. I realize these are smaller "pages" than traditional comic book pages, but still, this is the longest continuous narrative I've ever done. As a loosely scripted thing I can't say for sure, but I'm past the half way point to be certain. What you're seeing up at Mister Kitty could be compared to the raw footage of a movie - when I'm done with the story I will be trimming parts, adding narrative, and creating something that will move with a tad more flow. Probably not the most efficient way to create a graphic novel, but so the hell what? Nobody's paying me and I'm enjoying myself.
Anyway this will be the last Mr Kitty stuff from me until I'm back from Atlanta next week sometime. I may even take next week off from Stupid Comics. Who knows?
Yesterday we went out to Aberfoyle Antique Market to wander the stalls and see what's up. Didn't find a whole lot, but we did find one dealer with this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPER-ACTION-GIANT-GORG-REMOTE-CONTROL-TAKARA-B-O-1984-/270721289102?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item3f083f0b8e
That's from Kimono My House's eBay auction, but it's the same item, a little Giant Gorg toy with a little wired remote. It rolls around. We were in the guy's shed and spotted it in the display case. That's a 'what the hell' right there, a Gorg toy in an antique mall in Ontario. I asked the guy about it. He said, and I quote, "that's a Micronaut toy from the 1960s. Very rare. $175." So while my eyes were rolling in the back of my head, he dug his way back to the display case and pulled the thing out. I did my due diligence as an anime nerd and informed him of the object's provenance, namely it's from the 1984 series GIANT GORG and is not a Micronaut nor from the '60s, and countered with $40.
Of course he couldn't let it go for less than $100. That's your call, pal. It's still there in Aberfoyle and will likely be there for a while if anybody feels like overpaying for a Gorg toy. I am probably the only guy in Ontario likely to buy the thing.
I'll go $60, I can do that.
There are new pages of ZERO FIGHTER and THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE up at Mister Kitty for you to read. I'm at page 160 of Zero Fighter. I realize these are smaller "pages" than traditional comic book pages, but still, this is the longest continuous narrative I've ever done. As a loosely scripted thing I can't say for sure, but I'm past the half way point to be certain. What you're seeing up at Mister Kitty could be compared to the raw footage of a movie - when I'm done with the story I will be trimming parts, adding narrative, and creating something that will move with a tad more flow. Probably not the most efficient way to create a graphic novel, but so the hell what? Nobody's paying me and I'm enjoying myself.
Anyway this will be the last Mr Kitty stuff from me until I'm back from Atlanta next week sometime. I may even take next week off from Stupid Comics. Who knows?
Yesterday we went out to Aberfoyle Antique Market to wander the stalls and see what's up. Didn't find a whole lot, but we did find one dealer with this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPER-ACTION-GIANT-GORG-REMOTE-CONTROL-TAKARA-B-O-1984-/270721289102?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item3f083f0b8e
That's from Kimono My House's eBay auction, but it's the same item, a little Giant Gorg toy with a little wired remote. It rolls around. We were in the guy's shed and spotted it in the display case. That's a 'what the hell' right there, a Gorg toy in an antique mall in Ontario. I asked the guy about it. He said, and I quote, "that's a Micronaut toy from the 1960s. Very rare. $175." So while my eyes were rolling in the back of my head, he dug his way back to the display case and pulled the thing out. I did my due diligence as an anime nerd and informed him of the object's provenance, namely it's from the 1984 series GIANT GORG and is not a Micronaut nor from the '60s, and countered with $40.
Of course he couldn't let it go for less than $100. That's your call, pal. It's still there in Aberfoyle and will likely be there for a while if anybody feels like overpaying for a Gorg toy. I am probably the only guy in Ontario likely to buy the thing.
I'll go $60, I can do that.
