Inflammable toy – but only from direct sunlight!

The other night I dreamed I was a contestant on Project Runway. Each contestant was given a bag of materials to work with. My bag contained an almost fully made dress so it was super easy. To punctuate my ensemble I made a mortarboard-like hat with a firecracker on top that went off during the judging. I won.

Who knows a good program to edit mpgs and convert them to avi (not necessarily in that order)? I’ve got cartoons on VHS that need to be converted to DVD for the Saturday Morning Cartoon Party!

Cinema Salon: Brett Butt presents MILLER’S CROSSING

[CSMIL] Cinema Salon
USA, 1990, 115 min
Directed By: Joel Cohen
Cast:

Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, Steve Buscemi

A moody mixture of the Coen brothers’ drama, suspense and dark comedy, the Capone-era set Miller’s Crossing follows a crime boss’s aide trying to play both sides while in love with the boss’s gal. Strong performances by top Coen regulars including Director of Photography Barry Sonnenfeld, composer Carter Burwell and cast members John Turturro and Steve Buscemi.

Presenter: Brett Butt

Brent Butt is a stand-up comedian and the creator, star, and executive producer of Corner Gas, the most successful Canadian sitcom in history. The show has become a staple of Canadian television and has won countless Canadian Comedy, Gemini, and Writers Guild of Canada awards.

Tuesday, MARCH 3 // 7:30 pm
VanCity Theatre

http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/vifc/filmguide/event.php?EventNumber=1578

Dude, it’s marked!

Direct to DVD.

Pacing and animation look good, I’m hopeful.

Deanna and I are going down to Seattle to visit the Sci Fi Museum and….the Emerald City Comicon this year! It will be my first time. I know a bunch of people from Van who are going down including sometime associates of mine Critical Hit Comics and Cloudscape Comics…to name a couple.

I won’t have a table for myself but I may be able to horn in on some space if I beg pathetically enough, and I’ll be taking my Rhinosferatu sketchbook with me to try to get some more drawings (do you think Bruce Timm does sketches for free?)

I’ll have to bring a bunch of my pens down and get some proper cards made up, as well as some “tear sheets” of my art. Maybe I’ll even find a publisher for a WWFJ series. What say you to that, true-believer?

Speaking of which, today I updated the WWFJ page:

http://www.thickets.net/toren/world-wildlife-federation-of-justice/

I just thought the blogosphere should know, I traded in my old 3.5 Edition Dungeon Master’s Guide for a new 4th Edition DMG, and then sold that DMG for $10.

Now if I am going to be a Dungeon Master again, it will be totally freeform. Take that rules lawyers everywhere – I don’t even care!

This sounds awful, especially the stuff I’ve put in bold:

Cartoon Network Orders Season of “Marvel Super Hero Squad”

Variety is reporting that Cartoon Network has acquired a full 26-episode season of Marvel Super Hero Squad, bringing some of its most iconic superheroes to the screen in late 2009. Cartoon Network has picked up 26 episodes of the all-new Marvel Super Hero Squad animated series to debut on the network in late 2009. Marvel Super Hero Squad is an action-packed show featuring super-stylized versions of its most popular characters including Captain America, Silver Surfer, Hulk, Wolverine and Iron Man.When the greatest heroes on the planet unite to face the world’s greatest villains, you get the biggest, most family-friendly Super Hero team-up in TV history… Super Hero Squad. It’s no small job protecting Super Hero City from VillainVille’s infamous criminals… but Iron Man, Wolverine, the Hulk, the Silver Surfer, Thor and the Falcon are always up for the job.

Shouting “Hero Up!” as they rush into battle, the Squad must keep Dr. Doom’s allies from gathering pieces of the Infinity Sword. Otherwise, Doom will use the Sword to rule the universe! Luckily, the City is filled with Marvel Super Hero guest-stars to help out in a pinch. These brave heroes totally deliver the action – but with plenty of humor on the side.

Dupligator is a hard one because his powers don’t really speak to any particular look. Apart from drawing a costume with lots of tiny Dupligators that would look like pyjamas….

And Morals