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Ladies & Gentlemen, I Present You “Henching”.

by Protoclown on 07/13/2009, 11:38 pm

Henching - a new comic by Protoclown debuts next week at the San Diego Comic-Con!

Many moons ago, I said I was putting together a comic book to have ready for the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con. Believe it or not, I wasn't lying. Through the help of this very blog, I hooked up with my wonderful artist, a talented Canadian named Sharon (check out her Deviantart page here) who had just the style and wit I was searching for. This is a project that has consumed us both (her far more than me) for the last several months, and I am thrilled to report that the comic will be printed and ready in time for the Con!

Seeing as how I'm promoting this book at the I-Mockery table and on the I-Mockery site, it seemed appropriate that I do a humor book, one which parodies the superhero genre and makes fun of many of the typical cheesy conventions you see in those comics. This book follows four friends who happen to hench for various ridiculous super villains, as they reminisce on all of the bullshit they've had to put up with in their daily lives working for those idiots and assholes.

It's a black and white book (due to time and money constraints) and it'll cost ya three duckets, because I want to be able to pay my artist decently for her hard work. The initial print run will be available at the SDCC at I-Mockery's table #A10, and following that you'll be able to purchase it online, so don't worry if you can't make it out to the Con. You'll still be able to buy the book. And if there's enough interest, a color printing is certainly possible in the future (assuming Sharon wants to do it).

I had a damn good time writing it, and an even better time watching Sharon bring the words in my script to life. After all this time writing about comics, it's about time I got off my ass and actually wrote one myself. I hope you guys enjoy this thing even a fraction as much as I enjoyed seeing it all come together.

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In Which I “Help” My Daughter With Her “Blog”.

by Max Burbank on 07/07/2009, 2:07 pm

CUPCAKES! CUPCAKES! CUPCAKES! NOTHING BUT GODDAMNED CUPCAKES!

My eldest received for her birthday a cookbook devoted solely to cupcakes. She was thrilled and immediately began plotting an obsessive compulsive new hobby, to with; baking complicated cupcakes. Since this is obviously not enough, she also planned a cupcaking blog. As she brainstormed a title she became increasingly frustrated and asked me, her father, a writer, for help. Doesn't she know you, you well may ask. She does, but sometimes her memory fails her. Herewith, a list of some of the titles I suggested:

-Genocide Cupcakes

-Cupcake Jihad

-Li'l Cups o' Hitler Cake

-Hate Crime Cupcakes

-A Fistful of Cupcakes

-Kick You in the Cupcakes

-Sucking Chest Wound Cupcakes

-Rancid Pork Loin Cupcakes

-Cups of Poisonous Cake

-Not For Consumption Cup Cakes

-I Wouldn't Put This in My Mouth Cupcakes

-Li'l Debbie's Headless Torso Cupcakes

-Hidden False Tooth Cupcakes

-Spoiled Dairy Products Cupcakes

-Puscakes

-Ground Glass Cupcakes

-Serial Killer Brand Meaty Cupcakes

-Unending Vomiting Cupcakes

-Killed your Mom Cupcakes

-Test Your Will Cupcakes

-Unpleasant Cupcakes

-Kweazy Kupkakes

-Ebola Cupcakes

-Irritable Bowel Cupcakes

-Nazi, Nazi, Nazi Cupcakes

-Cupcakes for Morons

-Headcheese Cupcakes

-Hideous Eyeball Injury Cupcakes

-Psoriasis Fingers Cupcakes

-Missing Pets Cupcakes

-Sociopath Cupcakes

-Probably Cupcakes

-Ipecac Cupcakes

-Maybe Mercury Laden Cupcakes

-Them Ain't Cupcakes

-Cup-a-Soup-Cakes

-Mister Deadly Cupcakes

-You Didn't Eat That, Did You Cupcakes

-Obese Leering Registered Sex Offender Cupcakes

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Happy BBQ & Fireworks Weekend!

by -RoG- on 07/04/2009, 9:19 am

Happy Fourth O' July Weekend! These colors DO run, but only if you forget set your washing machine on the delicates cycle.

Alright people, you know the drill. Share your plans for the holiday weekend in this blog thread. Non-US citizens, share your plans anyway because you deserve to set off explosives just like the rest of us. And speaking of fireworks, here's an updated article from the past that might help get you in the mood for blowing things up:

The Underappreciated Art of Firecracker Labels!
The Underappreciated Art of Firecracker Labels!
http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/firecracker-labels/

I've just added an all-new third page of firecracker labels to the piece, so be sure to check it out and submit any labels of your own that you happen to photograph before they get blown to bits!

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Doc Mock Episode #8 Premieres LIVE Tonight At 10pm PST / 1am EST!

by -RoG- on 07/03/2009, 7:42 pm

Hey guys, I'm just dropping in to give you all a quick reminder that the eighth episode of Doc Mock's Movie Mausoleum airs LIVE tonight (7/3/09) at 10pm PST / 1am EST, so be sure to catch it! You can watch the show and join in the chat room fun and either of the following two URLs:

http://www.justin.tv/thestreamdottv

http://www.stickam.com/thestreamdottv

The network goes on a one-week break after tonight, so don't miss this one! Hope to see ya there!

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RainbowPuke Is Back!

by -RoG- on 07/02/2009, 11:06 pm

RainbowPuke.com is back and chock full o' more puke than ever!

I'm sure many of you recall this little project I started a few years ago called RainbowPuke. The idea was simple: I wanted to create a site where people were free to submit their own artistic visions of rainbows puking up rainbows. To my surprise, the idea caught on quickly and I was receiving so many RainbowPuke art submissions each week, I simply couldn't keep up with all of them. An art professor at Virginia Commonwealth University even had his entire class do a project based on the Rainbow Puke site (you can check out their amazing puke projects here).

This "happy place for sad rainbows" had grown out of control. Well, I had other things (including I-Mockery) going on at the time, so I simply couldn't dedicate the resources to RainbowPuke that was required since the whole site was done in basic HTML. Had I known it was going to blow up and receive so many submissions, I would've planned it out better, but it was really just a joke that I figured a few people would participate in. I suppose I underestimated the lure of rainbows puking in technicolor.

So, I promised myself I would one day set aside the time to completely rework the site in a way that I could update it anytime I wanted with new individual art submissions rather than wait to update it with huge batches of pictures (which was always a time-consuming ordeal). Well, that day finally came this past week and I'm proud to announce the rebirth (or regurgitation, if you will) of RainbowPuke.com!

The site has been completely revamped with a simple interface and I've archived all seven original collections of the Rainbow Puke images. So from this point onward, you'll be able to enjoy all new RainbowPuke submissions on a regular basis. Plus, since it's set up as a blog, you can discuss each of the entries with your fellow Rainbow Puke pals. And for those of you who've sent them in over the past year, don't worry, I've saved 'em and they'll all be posted up on there soon! You can expect frequent updates to the site each week.

Don't forget, RainbowPuke is a project for EVERYBODY to participate in, not just professional artists. One look through all of the entries currently on the site and you'll see we have a wide variety of entries on there. So even if it means busting out a set of crayons and scanning in your own rendition of a puking rainbow, I hope all of you will submit at least one piece of Rainbow Puke art soon. You can email your submissions here.

Let the vomitous celebration commence once again!

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The Fictional Transforming Skyscraper Toy From “Big”.

by -RoG- on 06/29/2009, 4:42 pm

So I caught a little bit of the movie "Big", starring Tom Hanks as Josh, the other night and I hadn't seen it in years. It was always a fun movie as a kid and still holds up pretty well even today, but there was one scene I had completely forgotten about. After he gets a job at the toy company, there's a scene where Josh is in a meeting and they're discussing a new Transformers toy. It's a giant skyscraper that turns into a robot. After playing with it for a little while, Josh announces, "I don't get it. It turns from a building into a robot, right? Well, what's fun about that? What's so fun about playing with a building? That's not any fun!" and he then goes on to brainstorm ideas for a new line of Transformers based on insects. Yes, we all knew this was a nod to the Insecticons, but that's not what I'm here to talk about today.

I'm here to talk about the fact that I don't think a skyscraper which transforms into a robot (and vice versa) was really such a bad idea at all. Sure, it's not as cool as all of the Constructicons joining together to form Devastator, but it's still a nice big toy and it looks like it has red flashy eyes and a surprised look on its face. What kid wouldn't love a giant skyscraper with red flashy eyes and a surprised look on its face? I'll tell you what kid wouldn't want that toy. The kind of kid that should've been aborted.

Hasbro, if you're reading this, you missed a golden opportunity with this toy back in the 80s, but it's never too late to correct that mistake. If you make a giant skyscraper Transformer reminiscent of the one seen in "Big", I will most certainly buy one... and I'm sure many, many other people will do the same. To sweeten the deal, myself and the other I-Mockery readers will even lend you a hand with it - we'll come up with some names for the skyscraper-bot! Do we have a deal, Hasbro? Good.

To all the readers of I-Mockery: Post your ideas in this thread for what you think the skyscraper Transformer toy should be named! Corpotron? Skyscrape? Let's see what awesome names you guys can come up with.

It's high time this fictional movie toy becomes a reality, so let's get the ball rollin'. Who knows... this could be the impetus for an entire city playset that transforms into a robot. Crazier shit has happened.

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