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by Rip Tanion
Thu Sep 02, 2004 4:01 pm
Forum: Zwol forum
Topic: To Boldly Split Infinitives
Replies: 12
Views: 27138

See for yourself- Menu shots found here. Good Lord! There's nobody piloting the ship! Get out of the way! Runaway starship! :P I don't remember the episode(s), although I think one of the first was the one about the shape-shifting-salt-sucking alien. Yeah, that was " Man Trap ". NBC chose it to be ...
by Rip Tanion
Thu Sep 02, 2004 3:44 pm
Forum: Zwol forum
Topic: that layout?
Replies: 24
Views: 49694

You mean we were guessing about a comic that you put up on the site over a year and a half ago? That was just downright sneaky, Greg. :cry:
by Rip Tanion
Thu Sep 02, 2004 3:37 pm
Forum: Hype!
Topic: My Personal Push Poll
Replies: 11
Views: 7188

Now that's just plain silly.

What the heck is a Neo-Con anyway? I know it's short for Neo-Conservative...but just what is a Neo-Conservative?
by Rip Tanion
Thu Sep 02, 2004 12:52 am
Forum: Zwol forum
Topic: that layout?
Replies: 24
Views: 49694

Am I allowed to make a second guess? Well, I making one anyway, because I know what it is...well sort of. I've definately nailed down the setting. Drum roll please... It's a courtroom proceeding! In the upper right panel...that's the judge sitting up on high, with the seal of the State (or something...
by Rip Tanion
Wed Sep 01, 2004 6:04 pm
Forum: Zwol forum
Topic: To Boldly Split Infinitives
Replies: 12
Views: 27138

The thing that's struck me most is the ligthting and colors that were used on the show. It's very impressionistic. I noticed over the years, the bridge lighting varied from episode to episode during the first season, but by the second season it was pretty uniform, and bright, as opposed to the dimm...
by Rip Tanion
Wed Sep 01, 2004 5:19 pm
Forum: Zwol forum
Topic: that layout?
Replies: 24
Views: 49694

Greg Stephens wrote:There is an online Star Trek animated-style webcomic, by the way.
Ah, memories of Saturday mornings past. Did they havta use that cheesy, low-budget '70s Filmation drawing style? And what was up with the guy with the third arm in his chest?
by Rip Tanion
Wed Sep 01, 2004 1:38 am
Forum: Zwol forum
Topic: To Boldly Split Infinitives
Replies: 12
Views: 27138

I watched..."Charlie X" this evening "He had a mean look. I had to freeze him. I like happy looks." WPIX used to cut out that whole rec-room scene, I remember, with Uhura singing, and Charlie doing card tricks. But they left in the girls doing cartwheels in the gym, which Sci-Fi cut out last time I...
by Rip Tanion
Wed Sep 01, 2004 12:45 am
Forum: Zwol forum
Topic: To Boldly Split Infinitives
Replies: 12
Views: 27138

Re: To Boldly Split Infinitives

More Trek news - http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Entertainment/ap20040831_1923.html B&W, yep had one too. Of course in order to change the channel, you had to turn the dial on the TV. No remote!!! :D Two dials. One for VHF, and one for UHF. I had an aunt who had one of those radio remote controls, that w...
by Rip Tanion
Wed Sep 01, 2004 12:10 am
Forum: Zwol forum
Topic: Reservoir Dogs
Replies: 8
Views: 21508

Personally, I prefer Mr. Blue, Mr. Green, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Gray from The Taking of Pelham One Two Three . A friend of mine, who grew up Manhattan, told me a story about Lawrence Tierney (Joe Cabot). He said that when he was a kid, in the early '70s, he once decided to run away from home, and wound...
by Rip Tanion
Tue Aug 31, 2004 5:26 pm
Forum: Zwol forum
Topic: To Boldly Split Infinitives
Replies: 12
Views: 27138

To Boldly Split Infinitives

I may have to save up my shekels and pick up this DVD set. It's better than watching it on Sci-Fi Channel, where they butcher the show to pieces. OK, let's all reminiss about our first Star Trek experience. Hey, it's more wholesome than discussing some other first experiences :wink: . I've been a Tr...
by Rip Tanion
Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:46 pm
Forum: Zwol forum
Topic: that layout?
Replies: 24
Views: 49694

Three crooked men, in an unsavory hideout, plotting nefarious schemes.

Three can keep a secret if two are dead.
by Rip Tanion
Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:41 pm
Forum: Morning Improv
Topic: Music!
Replies: 96
Views: 282555

I guess the plan is to bore the Fantastic Four to death with six hours of Garcia playing scales. ;-) Hey, Jerry only played scales for half the show; usually the latter half, after he had taken a bunch of drugs during internmission. :P Actually, I saw the sans-Jerry Dead at Jones Beach , a few week...
by Rip Tanion
Sun Aug 29, 2004 5:21 pm
Forum: (Web)Comics Theory: ART
Topic: How does somebody become a comic book editor?
Replies: 5
Views: 8472

Re: How does somebody become a comic book editor?

So how does somebody "break-in" as a comic book editor? One of the teachers I had at SVA, who was a veteran of the comic book biz, would have answered that question "Remove your brain, cut out your heart, and poke out your eyes." Of course, I had a few other teachers who actually were, at one time ...
by Rip Tanion
Fri Aug 27, 2004 3:18 pm
Forum: Zwol forum
Topic: What's That Man Movin' 'Cross The Stage?
Replies: 0
Views: 9364

What's That Man Movin' 'Cross The Stage?

permalink in case you missed the entry. Even so, far more information about [Jimmy] Page than the actual thing they're supposed to be reporting. Or aren't sidewalks exciting enough to report on? That's because Jimmy Page is God! I'm glad to hear this. Zep never did get the same kind of respect in t...
by Rip Tanion
Fri Aug 27, 2004 3:04 pm
Forum: Hype!
Topic: Looking for a critique
Replies: 10
Views: 6583

I was thinking of heading to the stationary [store] and picking up some actual screen tones. Gees, G, where do you get screentones (aka zippatone) nowadays? The art store I used to buy them from stopped selling them years ago. The guy there said "Dey got dose computers to do dat stuff now."; which ...
by Rip Tanion
Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:20 pm
Forum: (Web)Comics Theory: ART
Topic: Any Tutorials online?!
Replies: 42
Views: 57753

Thanks. I'll look into it.
by Rip Tanion
Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:18 pm
Forum: Morning Improv
Topic: www.scottmccloud.com
Replies: 28
Views: 86621

Eric is only telling half the story. Scott also declared that is now a right-wing Republican, and will be stumping for Bush. The current Morning Improv is called "Four More Years". :P
by Rip Tanion
Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:37 am
Forum: Hype!
Topic: Tales From Science: Evolution
Replies: 4
Views: 3275

Good strip, Becks, if a bit cynical.

Gotta disagree with that theory of random mutations. Personally, I believe in Divine Evolution, i.e. evolution guided by a higher, universal intelligence, call It God, or what you will. But that's a theological discussion for another day.
by Rip Tanion
Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:28 am
Forum: (Web)Comics Theory: ART
Topic: Any Tutorials online?!
Replies: 42
Views: 57753

Pretty interesting, Greg. Sadly, I'm still using the free webspace offered by my ISP, which doesn't have PHP suppoert. I'm trying to use Javascript to do a lot of things PHP can do, but it's very clunky. I wonder if you can point us to any good web hosting services that are PHP enabled...and cheap.....
by Rip Tanion
Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:05 am
Forum: Morning Improv
Topic: A house full of McClouds
Replies: 6
Views: 13506

William G wrote:It's like Kamp Krusty.
Gees, I hope not. From what I remember, the kouncelors at Kamp Krusty were only slightly less vicious, cruel, and sadistic than the guards at Kamp Buchenwald.
by Rip Tanion
Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:07 pm
Forum: Hype!
Topic: cowboy's and samurai
Replies: 13
Views: 7577

I just mentioned the whole Jew, Bronx, and Flatbush thing because these are three words are usually not assossiated with the Wild West. Growing up in the Bronx, it seemed I was the only kid who wanted to play Cowboys and Indians, while everybody else wanted to play Cops and Robbers. Yet, after all t...
by Rip Tanion
Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:52 pm
Forum: (Web)Comics Theory: ART
Topic: Png experiments
Replies: 24
Views: 27964

While this is pretty interesting and all, I'm wondering: what are the practical uses for all of this?
by Rip Tanion
Tue Jul 27, 2004 12:14 am
Forum: Hype!
Topic: cowboy's and samurai
Replies: 13
Views: 7577

OK, checked out rest of it. Code of Bushido meets the Law of the West. I'd like to see where this story goes. I also, like Eric, would like to see Part One. And also, like Eric, I'd like to see more of the western genre in comics. Yes, even though I'm a Jew from the Bronx, I love westerns. Hell, my ...
by Rip Tanion
Mon Jul 26, 2004 1:05 am
Forum: Morning Improv
Topic: www.scottmccloud.com
Replies: 28
Views: 86621

I'll let you all in on a little secret. It's part of a vast right-wing conspiracy. McCloud must be silenced! Does Clear Channel own your ISP? :wink: :wink: