2005 Alpha-Rants
Our Rant for: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:55:00 CST
The Animation DVD is finished. Newgrounds - Stirring up the Bees. Ham! Republican and Democrat grocery stores. Narnia pre review. Monkey Movie!
Our Rant for: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 01:35:00 CST
Pages 120-124 And DINO-Sores
Our Rant for: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:05:00 CST
Should you have to read the book to fill in the spaces?
Our Rant for: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:05:00 CST
Email questions answered. New website design? The thing with advertising is... Selling your comic to book stores. Is Alpha Shade a copy of X? Good writers inspire us to read more books... by them. Alpha Shade is overly busty? Chapter two summary.
Our Rant for: Sun, 18 Nov 2005 20:00:00 CST
Call of Duty 2 review. Video Games. Webcomic News - three webcomics to be published. Job talk.
Our Rant for: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:00:00 CST
Joe's new iPod. Sticking it to the man. Webcomics are all four panel strips!? Gas WarZ Alpha Shade's 2006 con list. Ads on BuzzComix. The pitfalls of starting an adult comic site.
Our Rant for: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:00:00 CST
Biting the chair. Ad banners and you. Dealing with Ad Kits. Webcomic Nation. How to disguise your copied ideas as something original. Labeling pages. Blood isn't strawberry jam. Learn your Symbols.
Our Rant for: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 10:45:00 CST
Cheerleaders! Developing main characters. Crappies = Crappy. Flash 8 disasters. Nicole and pink. Molly deals with embarrassment. What we are working towards. Storyboards!
Our Rant for: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 10:45:00 CST
Vote! Creative common = lol! You'll hear more things. Here Kid, lick the plate. Cutting out an audience. Email Questions. Anime and Manga wrap up. How manga's popularity opens doors for webcomic artists. Iron man! The gateway superhero. Alpha Rant animation update.
Our Rant for: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:50:00 CST
Wikipedia and Alexa.com, Joe's help desk. One big Happy. Kurtz a cartoonist with a plan. Emails! Good for You... Video games. Cats! Joe's peek-a-boo story.
Our Rant for: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:50:00 CST
Pages 113-116. The stone concepts. Visualizing space. Kayla's sword. Glowing eyes. Powers! Angels 2200 guest page.
Our Rant for: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 02:50:00 CST
Alpha Shade at FallCon. Check out my portfolio! What's that word that starts with C? Clean... To sell something you have to sell it. Basing your work on copyrighted material. The Way of the Samurai
Our Rant for: Tue, 10 Oct 2005 14:15:00 CST
Serenity review, Your comic isn't coming out fast enough. Megatokyo aftermath. What is the point of creativity? Super Heroes. Claims Adjuster and Abominable Snowman team up for adventure in Raiders of the Lost Cart.
Our Rant for: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 02:25:00 CST
What's new, Angels 2200, I'm sick! Megatokyo talked about in The Webcomics Examiner article The Artistic History of Webcomics. Highlights include but are not limited to - Being lumped into the genera you created, stories need time to develop and Art takes time. Bonus topic, FallCon and tracing your favorite super hero.
Our Rant for: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 03:40:00 CST
Corpse Bride stick a fork in me it's done! Do people like things simply based on a Name Brand. Some things we like! Dub vs Sub with Examples. Why you shouldn't quote Monty Python.
Our Rant for: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 12:00:00 CST
Email Questions Answered, Down with 800x600!
Our Rant for: Mon, 18 Sep 2005 04:30:00 CST
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy review, Star Wars radio serial, Future Times, Sleepy-time cheats and hints, ADD TV, Samurai Champloo, Best Try, Flawed Angel, Emails = New Topics, Oh Larry!
Our Rant for: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:20:00 CST
Page 111 Editing Podcasts, Talk shows. My comic pitch. Is this comic okay for my child? P112!
Our Rant for: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:20:00 CST
Redesigning the store. French Bread. Showers and Water Towers. Little Cloud : My life as a water droplet.
Our Rant for: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 2:10:00 CST
Page 109-110. Characters pages? We compare the first and second chapters.
Our Rant for: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 2:10:00 CST
Hate Mail! Animation updates. Why are theater movies loosing audiences? Serenity preview review. YAY Funny joke time! French villains = lol. Copyrights and you. The world after Napster.
Our Rant for: Sun, 29 Aug 2005 12:30:00 CST
Joe goes to Baltimore. Joe eats out. Joe looks around. Joe talks a lot...
Aeon Flux comic book preview!
Our Rant for: Sun, 29 Aug 2005 12:30:00 CST
Nature is dangerous? Moving next to airports?? Bicycle helmets... Joe ponders technology. Constantine!! Ad blockers.
Our Rant for: Sun, 29 Aug 2005 12:30:00 CST
Podcasts! Ways to build traffic to your webcomic. Word of mouth, Links and Ads.
Is the secret ingredient content?
Our Rant for: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 3:00:00 CST
The current scene and new characters.
Our Rant for: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 3:00:00 CST
Rival Comics!!1! Where's my Fast cash? Being an artist without knowing what art is about. Alien VS Predator review... At Last! Video game preorder boxes?? The thing that's been up on the site that no one noticed... Attack of the show! POSTERS!
Our Rant for: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 11:30:00 CST
Posters! Dealing with fellow co-workers. Baltimore equals Tax-U-More... Movies we like and how bad movies are made.Why do pay movie channels suck? The exposition crutch.
Special Guest star Steven King!!
Our Rant for: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 11:30:00 CST
Little Orphan Annie and Rich Cream Ovaltine. Special guest star Mr. AM!
Webcomic reviews Reman Mythology Fantasy Realms.
Our Rant for: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:30:00 CST
Merchandising, why isn't your store filled with crap? Old Mother West Wind, Flash Category relabeled Media Enhanced Comic. Joe's animation project. Special guest start Cricket!!
Our Rant for: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:30:00 CST
Gun nut forum shoot out, Best Buy stories, 1980 to 2000 Space Exploration's dry years, Webcomic chat, Apple Geeks, 9th Elsewhere, Red String and Pointless.
Our Rant for: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 03:30:00 CST
Webcomic news and interpretation. Who is qualified to be on a Webcomic Panel??
Living the Artist life- webcomic lifestyles. Forums! Joe's cool page 101 frame tutorial.
Our Rant for: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 03:30:00 CST
The Sound Track Special-Joe unveils the New Alpha Shade Rant CD Box sets. Soundtracks to work by - Raiders - Ghost in the Darkness CD Re-release Outland?? Stargate symbols... Lemony Snickets Unfortunate Review
Our Rant for: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 06:40:00 CST
Page 104. Joe Rants about Flash awards. Repairman Troubles. I don't want to deadhead.... Ever. 80 -20 loan equals ripoff. Railroad Chat.
Our Rant for: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:05:00 CST
Alpha Shade wins 3 WCCA awards, the bug voice isn't the Homestar voice with demos, Think for yourself, Voting, Audio Ads, Reactionary Punishments, Art Assignments, One Shot Submissions, Art, Proper tools, AMAZING products, Why Cats? AND Ch1 Deleted scenes.
Our Rant for: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:05:00 CST
Page 103, Megatokyo Omake, Crazy Cat Week, Jittery Squirrel, West Wing, Different opinions= GOOD, Turkish delight! Young Sherlock Holmes special guest star - Tinky Winky!
Our Rant for: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 01:35:40 CST
Light bulb demons. Page 101-102 Page and Story concepts. Someone insults the Wasp's Yellow cars. Storyboards - special guest star - Monkey!
Our Rant for: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 01:35:40 CST
Dangerous Sparklers will burn your fingers."SpaiXico" Joe gets health tips. I can't buy your T-shirt, I wear sweaters. You can't talk to crazy people. The great Firework shipment of 86
Our Rant for: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:35:40 CST
Joe talks about why striving to do well is a good thing. Sometimes you make money to do what you want to do in life. Why the "Art" life style appeals to people. What motivates us to do a webcomic. Old guys and video games. RTS equals Real Time Spaz?
Our Rant for: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 00:35:40 CST
Our War of the Worlds review. How did they trick anime girls to eat raw fish?
Our Rant for: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 22:40:00 CST
What motivates webcomic creators? attitudes towards Penny Arcade. Scott McCloud's Infinite conundrum. Joe discusses the possibilities of the Internet, uses the term "Webcomic Industry" Pay VS Free. why free wins. 50 good comics?!!? Joe explains what a meme is. Chris talks about context and the origins of the phrase "read between the lines". Joe's worst side project. Sports are to Webcomics as Fans are to Spectators. A fans role in webcomics. Tools and tips for creating podcasts.
Our Rant for: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:55:00 CST
Intros cut Chris's momentum. Chris talks about Reman Mythology, We discuss the validity of criticism, "Where's YOUR movie?" Infomercial podcasts, telemarketer +3. Joe's Vacuum cancer story. A-Kon revisited, Professionals vs. The NotSos. "Pineapple - S-s-alad"
Our Rant for: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:55:00 CST
Discussion of Page 99 and page 100, Send in your 88 Buick LeSabre Wagon pictures! Voting, and we discover that we really don't miss being on a toplist. Batman Begins soundtrack.
Our Rant for: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 03:30:00 CST
Preparing for reviews is a good thing. Voting and why you should. Mosquitoes and you, Bug spray = Yuck! Holy Cow Batman, It's My Forum...
Our Rant for: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 03:30:00 CST
Batman! The Adventure begins with trying to get there... Batman review = Yay! Movies that scare Joe... Why we love soundtracks. Special guest star... Rodney McDowell
Our Rant for: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 02:30:00 CST
We discuss pages 94-98. The ideas and themes behind the pages. German myths and tying past pages in with the current scenes.
Our Rant for: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 02:30:00 CST
Podcasts sounding professional is a good thing. If good has gone bad, it's time to bail. Marketing crap to you.
Our Rant for: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 02:30:00 CST
Going to the comic book store. The fall of Animerica. As an adult, why is it harder every year to find a video game that appeals to me. Why do I have to do everything in video games?
Our Rant for: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 01:30:00 CST
Alpha Shade at A-Kon Part 1
Our Rant for: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 01:30:00 CST
Alpha Shade at A-Kon Part 2
Our Rant for: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 01:30:00 CST
Megatokyo vs. the Notsos
Our Rant for: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 08:30:00 CST
You can't bring it with you.
Our Rant for: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 08:30:00 CST
Chirs's Air Con is broken, and Joe turns his on for the first time this year.
Our Rant for: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 08:30:00 CST
Finger pointing at pop culture.
Our Rant for: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 08:30:00 CST
Prep and the Adventure
Our Rant for: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 08:30:00 CST
Quote of the week
Our Rant for: Wed, 25 May 2005 01:30:00 CST
Pandering to the "NotSos" PLUS Superhero comics = a big wrestling show?
Our Rant for: Wed, 25 May 2005 01:30:00 CST
Revenge of the Sith Review
Our Rant for: Wed, 25 May 2005 01:30:00 CST
Appleseed review/Buffy tangent
Our Rant for: Wed, 18 May 2005 01:30:00 CST
Alpha Rant Interview Series 1 Part 1
Our Rant for: Wed, 18 May 2005 01:10:00 CST
Alpha Rant Interview Series 1 Part 2
Our Rant for: Wed, 18 May 2005 01:10:00 CST
Alpha Rant Interview Series 1 Part 3
Our Rant for: Wed, 18 May 2005 01:10:00 CST
Alpha Rant Interview Series 1 Part 4
Our Rant for: Tue, 10 May 2005 20:13:00 CST
Schedule? That would make it less fun for everyone!
Our Rant for: Sun, 08 May 2005 04:40:59 CST
General Chat about the first three pages of Chapter 2 of Alpha Shade.
Our Rant for: Sun, 08 May 2005 04:40:59 CST
Chapter 1 is in and it looks AMAZING O_o
Our Rant for: Sun, 08 May 2005 04:40:59 CST
Comic podcasts are our new listening distraction, and they should be yours too. Since we couldn't seem to stay on topic for very long, this will most likely be the first in a series of comic podcast related rants.
Our Rant for: Sun, 08 May 2005 04:40:59 CST
The ups and downs and our artistic origins.
Below are our Pre-Podcast shows for 2005
Our Rant for 5-7-05
General A-S pages 91-92-93
Alpha Shade Ch 1 Book
Comic PodCasts and some tangents
We give a general impression about Comic Podcasts,
and go off on a few tangents as we do.
Comicology by Neil Gorman
http://www.comicology.net/
Digital Strips by Zampzon and Daku
http://digitalstrips.blogspot.com/
Comic Rants by Matt Farr
http://comicrants.com/
Meanwhile by T. Campbell and Dave Bellmore
http://www.ironhorsecomics.com/meanwhilepod/
Collected Comics Library by Chris
http://collectedcomicslibrary.blogspot.com/
Comic Geek Speek by Geek bye and Peter
http://comicgeekspeak.blogspot.com/
Geek Foo Action Grip by Mur Lafferty
http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/
How we got into Comics
Our Rant for 4-14-05
General A-S Book Printing, Extras, Etc.
Chapter one is now complete! Fixes in Progress.
Chapter 2 discussion
Sin City - Incredibles trailers
Sin City Review
Compare and contrast, American Incredibles Trailer
vs. Japanese Incredibles Trailer
Email Questions
- Extras/ will we be adding the cut scenes from Ch.1
Publishing questions
Audio Review of AS - Scripting
Sound Effects Secrets Reveled
Stealing images ok?
Comic Communities
Top ten conundrums
Our Rant for 3-25-05
General A-S Pages 89, 90
Chapter one is now complete! Fixes in Progress.
Chapter 2 discussion
Cons, MegaTokyo, GITS 2 Review
Anime Detour Panels wrapup
MegaTokyo gets reviewed, we talk about that
Ghost in the Shell 2 Review
Does Alpha Shade Have a Point?
We discuss a recent forum thread
Discussion on Chapter 1 Chapter 2 and the
Alpha Shade story in general
Our
Rant for 3-7-05
General
A-S Pages 87, 88
General discussion on page 87, 88
Incentive Comic discussion
BuzzComix
- Reviewin' Scuffle
Only the first comic review counts?
Email
Questions
What do we think about various anime
shows our Anime Influences
Alpha
Shade Story Documentation
Test
Comic questions Analysis of the Flyer/Biplane battle
Publishing
advice
Our
Rant for 2-25-05
General
A-S Pages 86,Store,Incentives
General discussion on page 86
Our New Store / Shirts are in
The New Incentive Comic
Dramatic
BuzzComix thread reading
Evolution = link my comic?
Constantine
Review
good
Our
Rant for 2-14-05
General
A-S Pages 83-85
General discussion on pages 83-85
We talk about Rant frequency
Chris reminisces about Star Trek:TNG and Pudding Pops
Rant
Archives Redone - Quality Rant
Rant Archives have been made easier to browse
Hackers
/New IE updates vs. Firefox
Declining Quality of Food - What the hell?
2005
Conventions we will be Attending/T-shirts
T-Shirt
Follies
Anime Detour- Bloomington,
MN - March 11-13, 2005
Anime Central - Rosemont,
IL - May 13-15, 2005
A-Kon - Dallas, TX - June 3-5, 2005
Email
Questions Answered
1. Do the A-S people know about their ancient past?
2. Do
you take photos of locations as references?
3. What program do you use to record your audio commentary?
4. Fan art Contest Wrap up - How well did it go?
5. Which is faster a biplane or a flyer?
6. What kind of publishing offers you have gotten?
Our
Rant for 1-25-05
General
A-S Pages 78-82
General discussion on pages 78-82
Our first contest is over
Conventions
and T-shirts
Where are we going and what are we going to do?
Small break = T-Shirts ordered!
Our
Rant for 1-1-05
General
A-S Page 78
Working through Artists block, and other observations
of the day.
Comic
Sans vs. Digital Haggis Pro
Why we use comic sans, why people can't tell that it IS comic
sans if you tell them it's NOT, Letterer folies, and all sorts of
Font selection fun!
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