The Wife talked me into going to see WALL-E last night (this was not difficult). Awesome. Awesome, awesome, awesome awesome awesome.

Awesome.

Go see it.

Now.

Leave work.

It’s worth it.

Seriously.

Go.

I was not planning on doing a post today. I figured it is Memorial Day, I’m allowed to take it off. However, after meeting some excellent cartoonists this weekend I was inspired to make some goof off art today, which you see above.

What you see above are the characters from the comic In His Likeness (by James Hatton) done in Sculpey. Except for the orange and white dot. I just had to do a Frances dot. Had To.

I highly recommend checking out James’ comic. It is funny, irreverent and addicting. I’m actually quite jealous of how entertaining he can make frikkin’ circles.

If the 3d approach intrigues you (and you like pirates) I’m going to also suggest you check out Dear Pirate. I got a chance to hang out with Darren, the creator and all around cool dude, this weekend and I hope to be doing so even more (official time, house-to-house: 12 minutes).

Above is a little bit of fan art for my most recent comic discovery. A week or two ago I stumble upon Imagine This a cool little Mon-Fri webcomic. I’m so new to it I can’t even tell you the names of the characters I’ve drawn with out looking them up (Dewey & Clovis, BTW) but I love it.

The archives aren’t very long, so I suggest starting at the beginning.

Any comics out there you all think I should give a try?

Oh yeah. I know there are a bunch of you out there that not only can tell me what I watched this weekend but also tell me what version.

That’s right, DUNE.

While by no means a loyal adaptation of the Frank Herbert novel, I love this movie. I think I’ve watched it a good 10-15 times. It is great for a rainy night no brainer. Which is exactly what I needed yesterday.

What movie do you have that you can watch over and over again?

I finally felt human enough to get out of the house yesterday, so what did I do? Spent a couple hours in the local movie house watching Iron Man.

Best. Decision. Ever.

As promised, Friday’s sketch pushed to Saturday. If you don’t recognize the character I’ve drawn today… all I can say is go check it out.

Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai is one of my favorite comic properties. A smartly written and beautifully illustrated look into feudal Japan. Don’t let the fuzzy bunny fool you. This series is a great read and deals with some heady subjects.

I really am a geek at heart. I love hearing about tech stuff even though I can’t use or afford most of it. About 2-3 weeks ago I stumbled across a podcast named GeekBrief.tv hosted by Cali Lewis (sketched above). They had me hooked from the first episode I watched because they actually talked about a piece of equipment I am looking to get someday.

Anyway if you like getting your tech news in an EXTREMELY happy, perky manner I highly suggest this show.

It makes me not miss Tech TV (I am way too old for G4) anymore.