Lots of special effects in this strip; I think every single character had some sort of post-production work. Sandstorm is doing something called matter surfing, which is what Iceman did in the old Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends cartoon. He[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for 02. OMG! Giant Robot!
This is another special effects strip. I’ve grown to loathe working on them, but it just has to happen with a superhero strip. If I didn’t want to design special effects, I would have done something else entirely, like take[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a format I have borrowed from the TV show Family Guy. What happens is there is a brief flashback/jump cut to a scene directly relevant to current events.
I’ve never been to Poughkeepsie. I had never even thought about it before writing the script to this strip. Thirty seconds of internet research helped me to learn all about it. Now I want to go, just to stay in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the best ways to avoid the problem of characters blocking other characters in a setting with lots of people is to place them all along one side.
A BFG-9000 is a weapon from the video game Doom. A Deuteronic Frombotzer was mentioned in a GURPS game book, although I don’t remember which one. The Colonial Marines in the movie Aliens used M41A Pulse Rifles, and the Jedi[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I can’t say I really have a favorite character in the S-Team, because I like all of them, but I really enjoy Slick’s wide-eyed enthusiasm and Science Guy’s dry wit.
Stretch is JUST the guy you want to have on your side in battle. He’s loosely based upon a mixture of Plastic Man and Elongated Man, both of DC Comics. Both of them were irreverent scoundrels, much like Han Solo,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And the first appearance of the giant robot, which stood just under a foot tall. That would be the equivalent of something like four stories in normal human scale.And the first appearance of the giant robot, which stood just under[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…