This year to celebrate halloween, I grew my own pumpkin. But instead of me carving it, I decided I would commission the local wildlife to carve my pumpkin for me. So, I left it outside and let them do their work, and here is the end result:
Instead of the traditional "carve a face out" strategy, it appeared to be a "gnaw at the top to make a face with the stem being a nose" type of strategy. And it looks like there's a little more gnawing than that in completely unrelated areas of the pumpkin.
Unacceptable. I think next year I should commission some more artistic critters. Or, I dunno, maybe do it myself.
Oh my god Bear might possibly be having emergencies! How can this be?
For anyone who doesn't know, WSU has a research center that is dedicated to researching bears. Outside of the cages are signs up that have emergency numbers to call. Out of context, most people would probably go "wtf" at this sign. And what if it's a bear attacking a human, then which one do you call? What if you were the one being attacked and you had to stay on the line? What if the bear was the one calling, how would they know how to spell your name?
In any case, I don't know what kind of emergencies bears could get into. It doesn't SEEM like they're in any imminent danger. I mean they just look so happy.
Two reasons: 1) It's a giant, 4000-calorie gummy worm 2) There is no way to eat it without making a penis joke. I mean, just look at it! 3) It is a real product actually available for purchase. YNTE special investigative report?
What is the world coming to when a man cannot break into someone's office at random, get naked and watch porn? I mean come on, who doesn't like a good porno every now and again?
Oh my god, bear is most defiantly hungry and a gymnast! It seems that our furry friend has gotten hungry and decided that berries and squirrels were just not cutting it. His new diet plan seems to involve some bird feed.
I've just added a new writer to the blog, so everyone give a warm YNTE welcome to our newest writer: Ryan Umemoto, aka "Umi".
Honestly, the only reason it took me this long to make him an account is because I basically just assumed he had one all along. I mean, seriously, we've been talking about him, have a tag about him, and have pictures of his purple car up. Even though he hasn't been writing for us, he's been a presence on the blog.
Umi is of course famous for the "Umi Joke", wherein he eiher takes something 3 steps beyond its humorous conclusion, or repeats exactly what you said and expects equal laughs. Or perhaps he will start telling a joke and forget the punchline, asking you midjoke what the punchline to his joke is.
It is your responsibility, dear readers, to make fun of him endlessly in the comments if it ever happens here. I know I will!
Looks like Google is being Google again. Making cars that drive themselves for some reason. And making possible every automated car personality a reality. Night Rider? Herby the Love Bug? Those Semi-trucks in that one Simpson's episode? All future movie cars that drive themselves? I'm sure there are more but I'm too lazy to research them.
This also opens up a whole new avenue for bear to be driving. How could we NOT let this happen?
There's a certain type of horror movie that I am a fan of: the Aquatic Disaster film. A film where a bunch of drunk college students, normally on spring break, get killed one by one by some sort of sea monster, normally a shark. It's bimboes in bikinis getting eaten. What's better than that?
Do these movies have complex plots or good acting? Absolutely not. All of them are objectively terrible. But, like so many other films that have been the subject of YNTE Movie Night, they're so bad they're extremely enjoyable.
For years, the reigning champ of the Aquatic Disaster genre was the made for TV "Spring Break Shark Attack". I was searching for a trailer to give you a taste of this cinema classic, but youtube didn't have one. However, somebody did upload the entire movie, and whoever owns the rights to the film didn't care enough to have it pulled, which should be an indicator of how much effort went into this film. Here's part one:
Good stuff, right? I thought no movie could ever be as good as that, and maybe I was right. But 4 films have come to my attention that could be challengers to the throne. They are:
1) Piranha 3d
2) SyFy Channel's Sharktopus
3) The Asylum's Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus
4) The Asylum's Mega Piranha
So, between now and the end of the year (or until Piranha 3D comes out on DVD), I will watch all 5 of these films and determine, once and for all determine what the best Aquatic Monster Disaster film of all time is.
But how much fun would it be if I did this by myself? You can help! Simply watch one or more of these movies, write up a review, email it to evan@jimmyandthehammer.com and I'll post them all up here in the ultimate showdown. A winner will be crowned.
The idea behind the event is twofold. Creating a comic book in a single day to see what deadlines can do for creativity, and having a social appearance for interaction with fans and other creators.
Well, I won’t be making a new comic from scratch. I’ll be working on Jimmy and the Hammer (though I may wander off and work on the Moongazer a bit). And I likely won’t be there for the full 24 hours. But I should be able to do enough that I can get ahead again.
But the second part is what really appealed to me. I will be hanging out all day in the Lets Draw Stuff chatroom at: http://www.letsdrawstuff.com/draw along with many other talented creators. And the genius of it all is you can come watch us draw, hang out, talk with us all, and have a generally awesomesauce time!
So once again, come hang out with me and watch me create the strip, tomorrow, October 2nd, at http://letsdrawstuff.com/draw ! I’ll be there as much as I am awake for, but I should be there at least from noon to midnight. I’ll also be twittering my experiences throughout the day, so if you can’t make it in person, be sure to follow me on twitter: @jathevan.
Matt and I have both pulled through another month. At this point I owe Matt a minimum of 20 dollars by the end of the year, but if he keeps up this consistency, it will be the full 50.
At this point I am declaring the gauntlet A SUCCESS. The blog has been doing better than ever, officially having the most posts of any year, and there are still many months to go.
So the question that crops up is this: How will we top it next year?
I've got some ideas, nothing final yet. Here's a few of the things bouncing around my head. -Upping the number of posts needed per month before a payout. 7? 10? 5.3? -Adding a per-post payment for mooks like Steve and Tom who don't hit the threshold (not as much as if they had) -Bringing in more writers (unpaid at first?) Umi? Jason? Rena? Who knows? -Alternate Revenue Streams (Maybe KFC will sponsor us, or at least send us some sweat pants) -A podcast? -More regular (monthly/weekly, etc) posts, like YNTE Movie Night -Sharing incentives?
That's what I've come up with so far, By the end of the year I should have it all fleshed out into a more solid plan. But I would love your input and ideas! Anything to add? Any ideas seem unreasonable? What do y'all think?
I Don't Know, I'm Not a Doctor Watching/reviewing every episode of Doctor Who, starting from his beginning in 1963 and going all the way up to (eventually) present day. Updates every Monday
YNTE Horror Night Examining the intricacies of horror films, especially old classic 80s slasher films like the Friday the 13th series. Updates on the 13th of every month
