Well, about a week and a half ago I managed to strain my arm quite severely while in kendo class. For that duration, I've been unable to draw anything at length without a round of shooting pains. But the comic's finally done and up, and I'm better so no more excuses. This comic actually came out quite nicely, and I think I've settled on a way of constructing panels and adding backgrounds, etc. Everything in the background was added in with Photoshop, as opposed to my usual ink work. This method works much more nicely for crowds and lighting I find, but I'll continue to do most buildings and interiors with pen.

I went to see Kill Bill Vol. 2 with my uncle yesterday. We're both big on martial arts movies and general pop culture. For a guy who's not "in style", my uncle certainly keeps up with what's spiffy and tends to move with the times quite easily. Thankfully, he's not one of those "teenagers in an adult body" though. But I digress. Kill Bill Vol. 2 is markedly less violent and bloody than the first part, and a far, far better movie for it. It allows sufficiently more character development, especially on the part of Budd, Elle, and Bill. The part with the Chinese kung-fu master Pai Mei is especially well done, especially a certain scene involving chopsticks. Those who've already watched it know what I mean.

I'm rather mortified to hear some reactions people had to the movie though. A couple of my American friends from down in Texas told me that when a certain someone gets an eyeball plucked out, the crowd started laughing. There is absolutely nothing funny about the scene. Nothing. It's gory, it's fairly icky, and it has a "whoa" factor to it, but it's not funny. But hey, some people are twisted.

Anyway, I've got class today so I'm heading off to catch some shut-eye. Enjoy the comic, folks!

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