Blue Moon Blog

This is totally Geek City, but I must at times plead guilty to being a resident. I can’t believe this dude spent so much time planning, practicing and recording this, but admire him as it is so well done.  Kudos, bro! Great harmonies, funny lyrics and perfect bits thrown in to spice it up. I love the part about “kiss your brother” as that’s a running joke in our house while we’re watching our favorite Star Wars flicks. And he’s nailed the “whiny Luke” voice, too. He’s right, too, John Williams is the man.

A couple backsides sketches: Mitchum in Crossfire; “Chuck” from ABC’s delightful Pushing Daisies.

Roughly, in Latin: Candidati Perturbus. It’s been a long campaign for them, too:

She plays Olivia on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (which has been awful good this season so far). It’s a pretty grim show, so Mariska doesn’t get to display her naturally sunny disposition often. Either way, she’s gorgeous (must be the genes), now in her mid-40s, winning Emmys and accolades for her work on the show, now in its tenth season. That’s great to see, since she spent so many years in the trenches before it clicked for her with L&O.

Len with “Big Mike”, awaiting the bride.

I didn’t end up taking many photos at the recent Minnesota comic book convention, but at least snagged a few from the off-the-wall and poignant wedding that took place that Saturday night after the first day of the show. It was held at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds main grandstand. My long-time pal, writer and professor Len Strazewski officiated, having overseen a good handful of weddings over the years, and I’m sure this one was the most…different.

Folks and family were encouraged to dress in costume (some already decked out from the show), and the “flower girl” role was filled by our own Terrance Griep (alias wrestler Tommy “The Spider-Baby” Saturday).

Father Len, Big Mike, and Spider-Baby Flower Girl

Leaving the show Sunday, my buddy, Alex Grecian’s son, Graham gave us a Spider-Graham pose!

Well, this is not the Cubs illustration I thought I’d be drawing next. I had something else in mind, more like my last Cubs post.

But they blew it again, in classic horrendous fashion, perhaps reaching new depths, beyond any suck or choke in their history. What I present above signifies not only how the team performed, but the point of despair to which they’ve brought every Cub fan on the planet.

I’ve come now to believe no Cubs team will ever win a World Series again. As the first pitch approached for their first playoff game, I went from excited to nervous. And while watching before the game began, the crowd at Wrigley was eerily silent. It felt like all of Cubdom was holding its collective breath. And then the Cubs played just like that…again. Cubs players can say they don’t pay attention to or believe in curses, but when it comes down to it, there’s a tremendous pressure that I’m not sure any Cubs team will ever overcome. Many said all year “It’s Gonna Happen.” I’ve got news for them: It’s never gonna happen.

Sure, hope springs eternal, and maybe I’ll sing a different tune come April, but if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go cheer myself up and watch the DOW.

I’ll have a couple new Bedbugs tees available at the Minnesota FallCon this weekend, like so:

You can also preview pages of the PROOF short story that looks now to appear in issue 16. Issue 12 was just released, marking the first anniversary of the on-time, monthly comic by Alex Grecian and Riley Rossmo. Meet the fabulous Mr. Grecian at the con, and grab the trade paperback which collects the first five issues, so you can catch up and hop aboard as a regular reader.

See you there!

Great actor, even better guy. We’d heard this was coming, but still so sad.

Growing up, Paul Newman was one of a pair of actors of whom I was most aware. Both about the same age, they’re gone the same year, only a few months apart.  I drew Heston when he died in April.

I’ll post another Newman drawing, and a list of my favorites of his movies, as soon as I’m able.

Continuing yesterday’s schtick, here’s an alternate take to the perfect cast of Deadwood, thanks to suggestions by my pal, Alex Grecian:

Seriously, I can’t decide which I like better. Dom Wu has to be in either way, right?

My pal, Alex and I were talking about the Emmys, which we barely paid any attention to, but were pleased that a couple of our favorite current shows, Madmen and 30 Rock received the top awards for drama and comedy, respectively. That’s good news, not only to see quality rewarded, but for extra exposure to shows that need larger audiences to survive. So, if you’re not already, please watch!

The flip side, of course, is when certain actors get nominated that make you think of the old Sesame Street song and game, “One of these things is not like the other….” Somehow, that lead us to imagining a different cast for HBO’s Deadwood, a list which I’ve expanded and present to you now, complete with graphics. Perhaps with an altered cast, Deadwood may have lasted beyond it’s truncated three seasons. The original cast is on the left, the new, improved cast on the right:

Much better! Just imagine these actors in your favorite Deadwood scenes. Now, that’s a show I’d watch!

Here’s a larger version of the ultimate Deadwood cast:

And my favorite cast member and character, Mr. Wu!

Sorry to those Deadwood fans who are used to more graphic language — this is a family-friendly blog!