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Weekly Anime Comics: Macross - page 26

I feel like I've made this exact joke before, but can't remember where, and the mere fact that there's so many possible shows that I COULD have made this joke about means that it totally bears repeating.

AND SPEAKING OF REPEATING: it had to happen eventually, but I've actually managed to get TWO comic ideas out of this one episode!  That means page 27 next week will ALSO be about episode 26!  See, this is why I mark these comics by PAGE number and not EPISODE.  Something ...

Conventional Wisdom: Animazement 2023 - page 2

Guess who wasn't paying attention and accidentally deleted the photos of the Raleigh Convention Center that were supposed to be the background elements to this comic?  No, seriously, this page served as a vivid reminder of why I prefer to stick with photo backgrounds these days.  It took twice as long to do, and the results are barely half as good.

...but anyway, how about those lines?  I dunno if the con staff were doing the thing where they had people line up somewhere ...

BONUS anime comic: Gunbuster - page 1

I mean, from what I've heard, even Gainax themselves didn't realize just how big Gunbuster would go by the end while they were still working on the early installments.  In that respect, it's kind of funny that MY experience is the exact opposite.  I already know how the end goes, so now the part that others would have taken at face value is the one that throws me for a loop.

Oh, and speaking of how things end, I should really be reminding people of how these comics are going t...

Weekly Anime Comic: Macross - page 25

Yeah, I really should have more of a plan in mind before I start referencing something in advance, shouldn't I?

But seriously, this is one of the most legendarily botched episodes of any major anime series.  It's probably a matter of personal judgement whether the art in this episode is actually worse than that of episode 13, but it certainly HURTS this episode much worse.  Between the inclusion of a knife fight, a space wedding, AND a dog fight, there's a whole of action in e...

BONUS Anime Comic: Gunbuster - page 0

I don't even know how controversial this opinion even is, I just take for granted that starting ANY sort of conversation about Evangelion online is going to result is somebody somewhere getting irrational about something.  Combine that with the established fact that publicly preferring ANY one thing over another thing automatically makes you the enemy of that other thing, and conflict becomes inevitable.  So might as well embrace the inevitable, right?

And look, I'm n...

Weekly Anime Comic: Macross - page 24

There's a real meta aspect to this, because I legitimately forgot that Max and Milia's meeting in this episode DIDN'T immediately lead to their infamous date.  So my first idea for this comic, doodled out while I was still in the middle of watching, had "knife fight" grossly emerging out of episode 24's torso, chestburster-style... and then suddenly the episode was OVER and I realized I'd misremembered a few things.  Now, to be fair to me, I WAS thinking "Wow, I remember the animati...

Weekly Anime Comic: Macross - page 23

I know, I know, the whole first half of the episode is the conclusion to the fight that started in the previous episode.  The thing is, I'm not just talking about the basic "But violence is really exciting to watch!" problem that so many anti-war works struggle with.  I'm talking about the basic quality of the animation itself.  For most of episode 23, and ESPECIALLY during the debate over whether or not to accept the defectors, this is another REALLY dodgy-looking episode with...

Far Out There: MadLib 5 - page 13

I'm assuming this is what people who go to parties look like.  I mean, I sit in my room drawing cartoons all day.  Do you think I know what party people look like?

Weekly Anime Comic: Macross - page 22

Just Google it, but only if you want even more proof that anime was a mistake.

...but seriously, what happened here?  Did they just forget they were drawing literally GIANTS for a moment, and it's just a continuity error?  Or did the Macross folks literally make a file-sized Minmay poster that just happens to have absolutely no lettering or logos or anything that would make it LOOK like a poster?  I mean, yeah, they could also have just gotten a giant-sized reproduction m...

Conventional Wisdom: Animazement 2023 - page 1

Proof of how little we thought this through: We'd initially planned to drive down in the same vehicle, and it wasn't until basically that Thursday morning that we realized we would need to come back home at different times that night.  Hence the last-minute bad planning.

And speaking of bad planning, I'd originally drawn this page with the intention of adding my usual photo backgrounds to it... only to realize waaaay too late that I'd failed to actually take the proper pictures to ...

Weekly Anime Comic: Macross - page 21

The last line is funny because it implies that there's any sort of discipline in wrestling companies in the first place.  Case in point, I came up with several additional joke ideas for this, but they all revolved around wrestlers it's either not cool to talk about anymore, or you just can't mention online without a fight breaking out.  Man, and people say the Zentradi are war-like...

Aim For The Top! Gunbuster wins!

There probably wasn't any doubt, but the winner of the "Animazement Dealer's Room Haul" comic competition is Gunbuster!  For anybody who wasn't paying attention and doesn't know what's going on: I'm gonna do some extra comics specifically for Patreon based on the first three episodes of Gunbuster, and possibly a second set covering the other three if the upper tier patrons vote for it.  I'm not gonna jump RIGHT into doing the comics just yet, I wanna get a few more...

Weekly Anime Comic: Macross - page 20

...because they're dirty otaku, don't you know.

Actually, if there's one thing to really regret about the making of Macross (oh, only ONE thing?), it's that this show happened before the concept of the Weeb had truly manifested.  I mean, think about it: the Zentradi are all excited about media from this entirely different society that's alien to them.  There's a LOT of ways the otaku meta-commentary already present in these characters could have been further spun into...

Weekly Anime Comic: Macross - page 19

I mean, granted, it's hardly the first time the Macross obliterated an entire city without even trying... or the second... or really even the third if you count dragging an island out to Pluto and shooting a massive energy cannon over the roofs as separate instances.  Man, maybe the UN is right to not want the Macross landing anywhere.

ALSO: Don't forget that voting is still open (for $2 and up patrons) on 2023-08-04 04:49:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Weekly Anime Comic: Macross - page 18

I'm a bad person and I make no claims to the contrary.

Case in point, my main thought was and continues to be "How did Roy not  leave a mess trailing behind him all across Claudia's room?"

Far Out There: MadLib 5 - page 12

It's like when room service checks the mini-fridge and charges you for any drinks that've been opened.

IT'S VOTING TIME AGAIN

Any wannabe rock star trying to pull off a really tricky guitar solo knows that, when you mess up, all you need to do is repeat that mistake a few more times until it sounds like you totally meant to do it in the first place.  In that spirit, remember when I screwed up the Weekly Anime Comic voting settings, and tried to make up for it by doing some extra pattern comics about a DIFFERENT anime, and letting upper-level patrons vote on THAT?  Well, let’s do that on purpose this time...

Weekly Anime Comic: Macross - page 17

I can totally admire and respect the ingenuity and creativity in something but still not want to have to sit through it.  I think the idea of reusing old animation with new audio and using the "dream logic" excuse to stitch together scenes that never had anything to do with with each other is a genuinely smart way to give cut the animators some slack.  I especially pop for the reuse of the opening credits footage... complete with playing the theme song again.  That's some prime...

Weekly Anime Comic: Macross - page 16

You know, for as much as I was complaining about Kaifun last time, I'd actually COMPLETELY forgotten there was this thing about Misa being hung up over him.  Gee, it's almost as if there's already more than enough soap opera plots in this show as it is, or something.  That, or my brain just tries to shut out as much of Kaifun as possible.  Both are likely.

Weekly Anime Comic: Macross - page 15

Look, I'm not a COMPLETE idiot; I know that's the whole point of Kaifun.  And I'll be honest: the contrarian side of me DOES find some amusement in the fact that this rebellious, anti-establishment character who would probably be the hero in most shows turns out to be the most toxic person in the entire cast.  But that's on the conceptual side of things.  It doesn't change the fact that, while I'm in the process of just sitting down and WATCHING the show, I hate having to look ...

Weekly Anime Comic: Macross - page 14

Actually, this isn't even true.  The first time I watched Macross, I'd already heard about what a mind trip episode 17 was... which left me all the more surprised and disappointed when 14 hit, and it was NOT that.  Alas, that would take a rather long comic to communicate visually, and it already took me too long to get around to finishing this week's comic as it is.

Conventional Wisdom: Ret-Con 2023 - page 3

...aaaaaand there it is!  The official last page on Ret-Con 2023!  Anything else left languishing in my notes after this will get recycled as ConCONcon material somewhere down the line.

And for those of you paying close attention to the comic but HAVEN'T seen any of the pictures I tweet out from cons: Yes, Servo really did have a matching mask of his own.  When I start a joke, I frickin' COMMIT to it.

Jenna & the Fanclub from Planet Heart Throb - page 66

Fun Fact: Part of the reason for this LATEST lull in Jenna comics is because the page you see before you now was SUPPOSED to only be around half of a much larger page... but that page turned out to be way too large to actually pull off.  So yeah, there's a second half to this ya'll haven't seen yet.

Weekly Anime Comic: Macross - page 13

See, episode likes THIS were why I held off ragging on the frame rate in previous episodes.  Episode 13 may technically be more fluid, but HOLD CRAP is this one of the more legendarily ugly ones.  And yet, it somehow still manages to NOT be the absolute worst.  Oh, we will travel down this road again...

But seriously, there's not exactly a "good" time for the subcontracted studio to turn out to be crap, but this feels like an especially tragic moment for everything to go ...

Conventional Wisdom: Ret-Con 2023 - page 2

So, I already brought up the screening of Manos on Saturday morning in the main comics, and mentioned in the commentary what a different experience it is to watch without any riffing to make it go down easier.  I did NOT mention this aspect, however, despite it being just as powerful.  You know that weird sensation when you hear a song you're familiar with from an album or playlist, and the song y...

Weekly Anime Comic: Macross - page 12

I don't like bugs.  Like, at all.  This time of year especially, when I can't go a day without doing battle with a centipede or take out the trash without having to fight through a hundred slugs or be outside for more than five minutes without having half my blood drained by mosquitos.  So seeing a bunch of tiny little hellions running amok just automatically made me root for their destruction.

And yes, I usually find myself compelled to root for the evil empire anyway, b...

Weekly Anime Comics: Macross - page 11

"...and don't shake the jar to make them fight!"

For the record, my first instincts were to try and make a joke about how episode eleven has, like, a dozen frames of animation... but there are fewer and fewer days when I feel brave enough to point and laugh at how bad somebody ELSE'S sloppy art.  If nothing else, I should really save that for the TRULY derpy-looking episodes.  Like, the art in this one isn't actually BAD, there's just not enough of it.

Weekly Anime Comics: Macross - page 10

Seriously, it's funny to me every single time.  A little piece of the world was lost when Google Translate became available.

Also, just an aside: the UN Spacy officer uniform, when presented just in line art form, actually looks a lot more like the classic Klingon uniform than I expected.  Those shoulder things and the belt are is JUST the right spots to distract me.

Far Out There: MadLib 5 - page 11

It's funny when Ichabod gets hurt.

Weekly Anime Comics: Macross - page 9

I mean, I'm pretty sure that's how those three Zentradi will view her eventually, but they've only just been introduced in this episode.

Seriously, though, I'm generally willing to let the silly misuse of resources demonstrated through this show slide, because it's honestly a pretty accurate depiction of human behavior. ("We're stranded in space and aliens are trying to kill us.  WE NEED POP STARS!")  But I still have to ask: WHO HAD THAT CROWN AND CAPE AND THRONE LAYING AROUN...