It’s well known fact that I love retro things. Cartoons, video games, it’s all cool in my books. Well, my son today went and bought (with his own money) the entire series of the Super Mario Bros. 3 cartoon. No, I wasn’t there to influence him. I fact, my wife made it clear that this would take pretty much all the money he had on him. He didn’t care and bought it anyway.
I couldn’t be more proud. ^_^
So a friend of mine has got me watching a new cartoon. It’s called Venture Brothers. I’d never heard of this show before but he said that I might like it. He said that it has the feel of an older cartoon, like Jonny Quest, Rocket Robinhood, Spider-Man and little Scooby-Doo and he knows that I dig that kind of stuff.
To be honest I wasn’t so sure I was going to like it but I found that with in two or three episodes, I was hooked. I found that the show really plays off the ridiculousness that those classic cartoons showed off as serious. Plus the show seems really put together. I was impressed at how much consistency they have put in to this cartoon. They set up things in early episodes that they totally follow up on in later ones and make it a major plot point, which you don’t see that often in cartoons.
In short… I really like this cartoon and I too recommend it fans of the older cartoons of yesteryear. It’s fun and stupid and unlike anything you’ve seen before. Now if you’ll excuse me… I should try and draw a picture of Dr. Girlfriend. ^_^
This art from the season 1 box is so boss I just had to show it too.
When was the last time you bought yourself new clothing. If it wasn’t for my wife I’d probably still be wearing what ever I had out of college. I tend not to buy myself new things to wear. It’s just not a priority for me. I generally wait for Christmas to cash in on socks and boxers too. The reason that bring this up is that I just received in the mail a new Super Mario shirt that I was able to get for free with my Club Nintendo Points. Before this, I couldn’t tell you when I actually went out and bought myself something to wear. Who knows what I’d look like if I wasn’t married. ^_^
Oh man, I’m so glad the weekend is over and I can go to work and get some rest. It’s been a long time since I’ve worked this hard in a one week. Helping with home renos and helping some one move and unpack is enough to wreck a guy. I can’t imagine what it must be like to do that for a living. o_o
So everyone knows what I did on the weekend. What did you do? Was it exhausting as what I did?
Holy crap am I tired today! For the past week my wife and I have been preparing out basement rec room for the new carpet. So we’ve been sanding down drywall mud, painting and cleaning the area and removing the last bits of carpet. After the carpet went down on Friday I spent about 5 hours putting together a lot of out of the box shelves. But today I got a break from all that… helped my Mother move to the city I live in. So I got up really early to get a U-Haul and drove it 4 hours to get her and her stuff. Packed it up with family help (my van was so full it looked like I was driving up hill all the way home) and then drove it 4 hours back and unloaded it. I did have help with that too though so it went fast. Now I’m ready to fall over I’m so damn tired. Tomorrow I get to go help her unpack boxes and then come back and try to straighten up my laundry room because that is still crazy after the whole new carpet instal.
It’ll all be over soon right? Then I can relax again… right?
I read this article today regarding a man in Japan that drew some smutty drawings on commission and then got arrested for them. Why? Did he get busted on drawing parody characters? Was he drawing loli drawings? No, that’s not why he found himself in hot water. What did it was the drawings where not censored. As many of you may know, in Japan it is illegal to sell or distribute uncensored pornography. It’s not illegal to own it, just to sell it. That’s gotta suck. Being in the business of smutty drawings myself, I feel for the guy.
How much was he selling his drawings for? $19 bucks. That it, he’s got himself arrested for $19 of uncensored porn that he drew himself. I realize that the law is the law and he broke a rule, but the censorship of art and free speech is just wrong. To tell someone what they can and can’t draw or write frees draconian to me. I don’t care what the subject is. Could you imagine if all my work had to be censored? I don’t think would even bother to be honest.
I wonder what the pictures where of… (no, the drawing above is not one of those drawings)
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