Saturday, May 25, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Grandfather's Tale, Chapter XIV
It's been more than eleven months since the last chapter went up, and Chapter XIV isn't a long one--but I do think it's got a nice surprise at the end. I certainly don't PLAN for it to be another eleven months, but you know never know... In the meantime, here is the link to the Brickshelf folder (which should be moderated as of posting.)
...and the rest of the chapter: 02 03 04 05 06 07
...and the rest of the chapter: 02 03 04 05 06 07
Monday, May 20, 2013
Crossed Bricks: 001
Today I want to debut a new comic series here on Grandfather's Tales: Crossed Bricks. The idea is not to replace Aquazone Breakfast News, which should continue apace (and hopefully with no unscheduled hiatuses), but to add to it.
Unlike AqBN, Crossed Bricks is not narrative-driven or character driven. If you think of AqBN as closer to Peanuts, then Crossed Bricks is closer to The Far Side: single panel strips, with little or no continuity from one strip to another.
The major "device" behind Crossed Bricks is to make use of my approximately 1300 minifigs. If it has not come up before, it should be mentioned now that I enjoy cataloguing things and keeping track of them, and having done this in a few ways with my LEGO collection, I am able to "randomly" select minifigs from across my collection. The goal with Crossed Bricks is to do this--and then throw the selected minifigs into a photo together and come up with a funny caption.
Here's the first comic:
Selection Method: I asked my younger brother to select numbers between 1-300, 301-700, 701-1000, 1001-1300. Each of these minifigs is listed under a "census" spreadsheet under those numbers--the fact that we have two Castle figs and two Space figs is an indication of the high numbers of both types of those figs that in my collection.
Unlike AqBN, Crossed Bricks is not narrative-driven or character driven. If you think of AqBN as closer to Peanuts, then Crossed Bricks is closer to The Far Side: single panel strips, with little or no continuity from one strip to another.
The major "device" behind Crossed Bricks is to make use of my approximately 1300 minifigs. If it has not come up before, it should be mentioned now that I enjoy cataloguing things and keeping track of them, and having done this in a few ways with my LEGO collection, I am able to "randomly" select minifigs from across my collection. The goal with Crossed Bricks is to do this--and then throw the selected minifigs into a photo together and come up with a funny caption.
Here's the first comic:
Selection Method: I asked my younger brother to select numbers between 1-300, 301-700, 701-1000, 1001-1300. Each of these minifigs is listed under a "census" spreadsheet under those numbers--the fact that we have two Castle figs and two Space figs is an indication of the high numbers of both types of those figs that in my collection.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Friday, April 19, 2013
Aquazone Breakfast News: 143
I know, I know... so much for being back on track!
In my defence, my excuse this time was not laziness but getting a second job. Until this week, I had two days off in about three and a half weeks straight: Easter and the day I was sick. The job pace has since slackened--not so good for the bank account but welcome here, no doubt.
However, I know better than to promise I'm back on track this time... let's just cross our fingers, shall we.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Aquazone Breakfast News: 142
I know... I know... I'm two weeks behind. I have no good excuse for it either. "Life" got in the way, but it wasn't any particularly large or imposing element of life... mostly just laziness. I should be back to keeping up with AqBN, at least.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
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