[Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal We believe that people who love erotica are more than just faceless members sitting at a computer looking at photos of nameless models. We are a community, a cooperative, a society of people that are more than the dollar amount of their site memberships. Deviant Nation We believe that people who love erotica are more than just faceless members sitting at a computer looking at photos of nameless models. We are a community, a cooperative, a society of people that are more than the dollar amount of their site memberships. We are striving to combine community, subculture, artistic expression and erotica all at once. Deviant Nation satan@deviantnation.com Girls,Pinup,Tattoo,Pierced,Goth,Punk,Rockabilly,emo,Metal,Subcultures yes http://deviantnation.com/girls/Mr_Riot en-us Copyright 2003-2008 Deviant Nation, Inc. satan@deviantnation.com Sat, 15 Mar 2003 07:00:00 GMT Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:50:19 GMT 60 DN Logo http://i.deviantnation.com/i/dn-logo-small.png http://deviantnation.com Deviant Nation 76 144 I'm going down to Dunwich... http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/70663 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <br /> ...please don't bother waiting up.<br /> <br /> Wow. It's only been a little over two months this time. I'm getting better!<br /> WOW! New <a href="http://www.deviantnation.com/girls/Miesha">Miesha</a> set! What great timing I have! I loves the Miesha greatly!<br /> <br /> Jesus...where to start?<br /> <br /> The comic(<a href="http://thepath.olddyingkitty.com">The Path</a>, for those of you with an attention span as short as mine)&nbsp;has been selling REALLY well. On-line, at conventions, in the stores that are already carrying it. It's been pretty awesome. I haven't really had time to slow down and breathe yet. I've been to about 10 conventions already since the last time I posted. That doesn't sound like a lot, but trust me. It is. There are at least 6 more to go until the con-season ends. I'm not complaining, though. Each one I go to, more and more people are recognizing me and the comic. More and more people are coming to the panels I do. More and more people are giving me MONEYS. Which, yeah...artistic integrity and all that...but money is nice, too. Money keeps me fed and my apartment from going away. Even better than con-goers and internets people giving me money is that Diamond Distribution is picking up the comic, too. Which means that in a few months, it'll be in stores nation-wide! All part of the plan.<br /> <br /> I don't know if I mentioned this here yet, but we were approached by both a Dreamworks rep and an ADV rep about doing something animated with The Path. I had &quot;meet-and-greet&quot; meetings with both, and they're actually genuinely interested. I've been working on storyboards and animatics to use for the full pitches (thank the gods for that animation internship I did a few years ago). Through my own connections and footwork, I got&nbsp; &quot;8 Simple Rules&quot; star <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0203221/">Amy Davidson</a>&nbsp;to do the voicework for the female lead, Kat. We're aiming high on Chance: trying to get Kurt Russell (who the character&nbsp;is based&nbsp;on)&nbsp;to buckle and say yes. Our main weapon? Videos from readers begging Kurt to do the part. I've got about 250 videos so far. Feel free to contribute! The more help, the better! Our secondary weapon? Investors. I've actually managed to line up a few. Also, if anybody knows a band looking for exposure, we're about to start an open-call &quot;audition&quot; for theme songs. Right now I'm eyeing &quot;The Darkest of Hillside Thickets&quot;, because their music is 95% Lovecraft-themed, but I've already gotten a few tracks from other bands. So if you know any bands that would be interested, give them my email: <a href="mailto:jriot@olddyingkitty.com">jriot@olddyingkitty.com</a>. <br /> <br /> There's more I should be posting about. Like, personal life and all that...but this HAS been my life since last time. I'm hoping to one day aquire normal sleeping habits, too. I certainly won't stop drinking excessively. That would be silly.<br /> <br /> Nothing but love for DN,<br /> -Riot!<br /> Blog yes ...please don't bother waiting up.

Wow. It's only been a little over two months this time. I'm getting better!
WOW! New Miesha set! What great timing I have! I loves the Miesha greatly!

Jesus...where to start?

The comic(The Path, for those of you with an attention span as short as mine) has been selling REALLY well. On-line, at conventions, in the stores that are already carrying it. It's been pretty awesome. I haven't really had time to slow down and breathe yet. I've been to about 10 conventions already since the last time I posted. That doesn't sound like a lot, but trust me. It is. There are at least 6 more to go until the con-season ends. I'm not complaining, though. Each one I go to, more and more people are recognizing me and the comic. More and more people are coming to the panels I do. More and more people are giving me MONEYS. Which, yeah...artistic integrity and all that...but money is nice, too. Money keeps me fed and my apartment from going away. Even better than con-goers and internets people giving me money is that Diamond Distribution is picking up the comic, too. Which means that in a few months, it'll be in stores nation-wide! All part of the plan.

I don't know if I mentioned this here yet, but we were approached by both a Dreamworks rep and an ADV rep about doing something animated with The Path. I had "meet-and-greet" meetings with both, and they're actually genuinely interested. I've been working on storyboards and animatics to use for the full pitches (thank the gods for that animation internship I did a few years ago). Through my own connections and footwork, I got  "8 Simple Rules" star Amy Davidson to do the voicework for the female lead, Kat. We're aiming high on Chance: trying to get Kurt Russell (who the character is based on) to buckle and say yes. Our main weapon? Videos from readers begging Kurt to do the part. I've got about 250 videos so far. Feel free to contribute! The more help, the better! Our secondary weapon? Investors. I've actually managed to line up a few. Also, if anybody knows a band looking for exposure, we're about to start an open-call "audition" for theme songs. Right now I'm eyeing "The Darkest of Hillside Thickets", because their music is 95% Lovecraft-themed, but I've already gotten a few tracks from other bands. So if you know any bands that would be interested, give them my email: jriot@olddyingkitty.com.

There's more I should be posting about. Like, personal life and all that...but this HAS been my life since last time. I'm hoping to one day aquire normal sleeping habits, too. I certainly won't stop drinking excessively. That would be silly.

Nothing but love for DN,
-Riot!
]]> Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/70663/#comments 7 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/70663 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/70663 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:01:36 GMT Take-offs, Landings, and Break-Ins. http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/65450 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot Yep. It's time for my semi-annually check in! Has it really been since November? Goddamn, I'm useless around here now.<br /> <br /> I started out the new year with a car accident and my apartment being broken into. I'm still in the process of replacing everything of merit that was stolen. Of course, I didn't have renters insurance. I do NOW, though. The worst part was that they got ALL my computer equipment, even my external hard drives...so I've been at the agonizingly slow task of re-doing several years' worth of artwork, and trying to keep clients from going somewhere else while I redid all their work. Woo. But it's cool, I'm the Goddamn Riot. I prevailed.<br /> <br /> In about 10 days I head back to New York for the New York COmic Con, and the big &quot;debut&quot; of my comic, The Path. Yeah, I've been spouting crap about this comic for almost two years now, and was even self-publishing it, but now a real studio is footing the bill. So now I get to go back to just worrying about the comic itself and leave all the business end crap of it to someone else. This is a concept I enjoy. Especially since Dreamworks is interested in the book. That's right. Dreamworks. I've been stalked by them at about three conventions now, and at the last one they invited me to a pitch meeting. They like all my mental-instability-induced ideas and The Path is going to be coming to the little screen (DVD) in the next few years. Once we finish hashing it out over some of the more disturbing aspects of the story that I don't want to tone down.<br /> <br /> It looks like I'm done with Platinum Studios. It's a shame, because I had fun working for those guys...but the way the new regime there is shaping up, it's not a good place to be. There's still about 8 months on my contract with them, so it's kind of super-happy lawyer time to get out of it. I'm letting the lawyers hash that part out. I don't really care if I wind up losing money in the deal, I just don't want to work for them anymore. They've been treating creators like crap, their employees even worse, and...while that hasn't trickled down to me yet...I want out before it does. Plus, their VP of Digital Publishing works for me now as Marketing Director anyways. So i really have no use for the place. As cold as it sounds I'm on to bigger and better things.<br /> <br /> The site looks great. There are so many new girls, all of them so beautiful, I don't even know where to start. Same thing with journals and messages. There are about 4,000 to start sifting through. It's gonna take a while.<br /> <br /> That's it for now. I'll leave you with a comic about when my friend Chris made me go to one of those speed-dating things. For some reason, my friends can't stand the fact that I'm single. You know the drill: click it so you get full-sized, not screwed-up clean-ness.<br /> <br /> <img alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_noj8pFR15BQ/R_AkwbI7U2I/AAAAAAAAAN8/LbRLK6pGw0k/s1600-h/speeddating.jpg" /><img alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_noj8pFR15BQ/R_AkwbI7U2I/AAAAAAAAAN8/LbRLK6pGw0k/s1600-h/speeddating.jpg" /><img width="551" height="854" alt="" src="http://i.deviantnation.com/m/116250/" /><br type="_moz" /> Blog yes
I started out the new year with a car accident and my apartment being broken into. I'm still in the process of replacing everything of merit that was stolen. Of course, I didn't have renters insurance. I do NOW, though. The worst part was that they got ALL my computer equipment, even my external hard drives...so I've been at the agonizingly slow task of re-doing several years' worth of artwork, and trying to keep clients from going somewhere else while I redid all their work. Woo. But it's cool, I'm the Goddamn Riot. I prevailed.

In about 10 days I head back to New York for the New York COmic Con, and the big "debut" of my comic, The Path. Yeah, I've been spouting crap about this comic for almost two years now, and was even self-publishing it, but now a real studio is footing the bill. So now I get to go back to just worrying about the comic itself and leave all the business end crap of it to someone else. This is a concept I enjoy. Especially since Dreamworks is interested in the book. That's right. Dreamworks. I've been stalked by them at about three conventions now, and at the last one they invited me to a pitch meeting. They like all my mental-instability-induced ideas and The Path is going to be coming to the little screen (DVD) in the next few years. Once we finish hashing it out over some of the more disturbing aspects of the story that I don't want to tone down.

It looks like I'm done with Platinum Studios. It's a shame, because I had fun working for those guys...but the way the new regime there is shaping up, it's not a good place to be. There's still about 8 months on my contract with them, so it's kind of super-happy lawyer time to get out of it. I'm letting the lawyers hash that part out. I don't really care if I wind up losing money in the deal, I just don't want to work for them anymore. They've been treating creators like crap, their employees even worse, and...while that hasn't trickled down to me yet...I want out before it does. Plus, their VP of Digital Publishing works for me now as Marketing Director anyways. So i really have no use for the place. As cold as it sounds I'm on to bigger and better things.

The site looks great. There are so many new girls, all of them so beautiful, I don't even know where to start. Same thing with journals and messages. There are about 4,000 to start sifting through. It's gonna take a while.

That's it for now. I'll leave you with a comic about when my friend Chris made me go to one of those speed-dating things. For some reason, my friends can't stand the fact that I'm single. You know the drill: click it so you get full-sized, not screwed-up clean-ness.


]]> Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/65450/#comments 10 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/65450 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/65450 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 01:46:12 GMT These, my friends, are the end-times.... http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/55830 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot ...because I'm posting TWICE in one month. My. God.<br /><br />So, I just got back (and by &quot;just&quot; I mean &quot;four days ago&quot;) from Wizard World Texas. There are few things in life I enjoy more than being at comic conventions, because I get to live like a rockstar for four days. Nice hotel, good food, women, people asking me to sign shit...yeah. I could get used to that.<br /><br />The added bonus was that my table did, like, a thousand times more business than the studio poster-boy's table. A fact which made him hate me more than he already does. His hatred sustains me, mainly because it means that I'm still doing this whole comics-thing right. Arthur Suydam (Marvel Zombies) liked my comic and helped my table get a TON of extra business, cute girls kept coming by for sketches, and we got told that we're pretty much REQUIRED to be at every Wizard World convention next year.<br /><br />On the flip-side, I've been on two dates in recent times...both of which ended in disaster. The first one was a blind date, and the girl &quot;next&quot;ed me. Which I probably would've been mad about if I didn't find it so damned funny. The second ended when, half way through dinner, she began a tirade about how &quot;...we're doing the LORD'S work over in Iraq...&quot;. I'm not sure WHY I keep trying the dating thing. Women in CA are at least 23% crazier than women everywhere else. This can be proven through imaginary mathematics. Trust me. <br /><br />Still waiting on the final proofs for the coloring book from the printers. Soon as I know, you gals will. After Christmas I'm planning to get cracking on volume 2 of it...seeing as how we've got a LOT more lovely ladies around here.<br /><br />That's it for now. I realize my portfolio on here is woefully blank. I should do something about that. Until then, go check out my <a href="http://www.olddyingkitty.com">on-line studio.</a><br /><br />I'm going to go off like this: Oh, monkey hands....and frozen legs...<br />-Riot! Blog yes
So, I just got back (and by "just" I mean "four days ago") from Wizard World Texas. There are few things in life I enjoy more than being at comic conventions, because I get to live like a rockstar for four days. Nice hotel, good food, women, people asking me to sign shit...yeah. I could get used to that.

The added bonus was that my table did, like, a thousand times more business than the studio poster-boy's table. A fact which made him hate me more than he already does. His hatred sustains me, mainly because it means that I'm still doing this whole comics-thing right. Arthur Suydam (Marvel Zombies) liked my comic and helped my table get a TON of extra business, cute girls kept coming by for sketches, and we got told that we're pretty much REQUIRED to be at every Wizard World convention next year.

On the flip-side, I've been on two dates in recent times...both of which ended in disaster. The first one was a blind date, and the girl "next"ed me. Which I probably would've been mad about if I didn't find it so damned funny. The second ended when, half way through dinner, she began a tirade about how "...we're doing the LORD'S work over in Iraq...". I'm not sure WHY I keep trying the dating thing. Women in CA are at least 23% crazier than women everywhere else. This can be proven through imaginary mathematics. Trust me.

Still waiting on the final proofs for the coloring book from the printers. Soon as I know, you gals will. After Christmas I'm planning to get cracking on volume 2 of it...seeing as how we've got a LOT more lovely ladies around here.

That's it for now. I realize my portfolio on here is woefully blank. I should do something about that. Until then, go check out my on-line studio.

I'm going to go off like this: Oh, monkey hands....and frozen legs...
-Riot!]]> Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/55830/#comments 6 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/55830 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/55830 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 10:48:48 GMT *insert witty subject line here* http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/54964 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot Ok, seriously. What the fuck is wrong with me that I can't make time to check the website with the HOT NAKED CHICKS? I blame work...and whiskey. No, that's not true. I never blame whiskey. I love whiskey. I take it back, darling!<br /><br />ANYWAY...it's time for my once-in-a-god-damned-blue-moon update!<br /><br />I broke my drawing hand and spent almost three months in a cast. That drove me fucking insane. I tried drawing WITH the cast on, but it came out looking like the deranged scribblings of a retarded monkey.<br /><br />I am now addicted in every way to The Mighty Boosh. If you have not seen this show, for the love of all that is holy and unholy, you need to fucking see it! Watch it now, thank me later. <br /><br />My love life (or complete lack thereof) is in the shitter, like usual. This is just the constant state, and I've stopped being upset by it. Besides, I'm starting to live my life-long dream with the comic book stuff...eventually the love-life thing will fall into place. Right...?<br /><br />Signed with a new publisher, the old one tried to change my comic too much, so I told them to fuck off. The new publisher is way cool, isn't trying to change my story at all, and has already gotten Diamond Distributors lined up to distribute my comic. I'm signed for a 2-year, 24-issue deal and might actually make some decent $$$ off of this. Badass. Also, Nightgig studios picked me up on-line, so now there's yet another place you can go to read my crazy shit (those kooky bastards are hosting my stuff like a crazy mother-bitch). <a href="http://www.olddyingkitty.com">Old Dying Kitty Studio: Stupid Name, Awesome Comics.</a> That's the new site. As good as they've been to me, I'm slowly moving away from DrunkDuck and Platinum. There have been a lot of changes over there, and I'm not too thrilled with where they seem to be going. What was once a cool, unique community is now going the way of every other corporate quagmire...which is disappointing. But such is life.<br /><br />More bad-ass news: guess who might have a story published in Weird Tales? Oh, that would be me. The modern incarnation of the pulp mag that launched the careers of Robert E. Howard and my hero, H.P. Lovecraft has selected one of my stories for possible publication. The story's called &quot;Ihrem&quot;, and it's about a squad of Marines lost in the desert and set-upon by the Eaters of the Dead and other forgotten horrors.<br /><br />I FINALLY got the proof copy of the <strong>Deviant Nation Funtime Coloring Book </strong>(I bet you all thought I'd forgotten) in the mail the other day. Apart from some lay-out changes and editorial touch-ups, it's good to go. Once I fix the lay-out on the pages to the publisher's new specs, send them in, then get another proof copy to &quot;OK&quot;...we'll be good to go and it'll finally find it's way into your crazy hands.<br /><br />Anybody who lives that way, I'm going to be at Wizard World Texas this weekend (16th-18th) at the Arlington Convention Center. Anyone who comes by and is a member of DN gets a free comic and some stickers. Just head over to the Artist Alley and look for the bearded guy in the Bad Religion shirt (or just call me 310-809-7222).<br /><br />Two jobs, school, the comic stuff and conventions pretty much kill any time I have. I'll probably do a post from WWTX, though.<br />&nbsp; <br />Hope everybody's doing well out there in DN land. One glorious day I'll be an active member of the community again. <br />Until then, I remain your in-absentia Riot. Blog yes
ANYWAY...it's time for my once-in-a-god-damned-blue-moon update!

I broke my drawing hand and spent almost three months in a cast. That drove me fucking insane. I tried drawing WITH the cast on, but it came out looking like the deranged scribblings of a retarded monkey.

I am now addicted in every way to The Mighty Boosh. If you have not seen this show, for the love of all that is holy and unholy, you need to fucking see it! Watch it now, thank me later.

My love life (or complete lack thereof) is in the shitter, like usual. This is just the constant state, and I've stopped being upset by it. Besides, I'm starting to live my life-long dream with the comic book stuff...eventually the love-life thing will fall into place. Right...?

Signed with a new publisher, the old one tried to change my comic too much, so I told them to fuck off. The new publisher is way cool, isn't trying to change my story at all, and has already gotten Diamond Distributors lined up to distribute my comic. I'm signed for a 2-year, 24-issue deal and might actually make some decent $$$ off of this. Badass. Also, Nightgig studios picked me up on-line, so now there's yet another place you can go to read my crazy shit (those kooky bastards are hosting my stuff like a crazy mother-bitch). Old Dying Kitty Studio: Stupid Name, Awesome Comics. That's the new site. As good as they've been to me, I'm slowly moving away from DrunkDuck and Platinum. There have been a lot of changes over there, and I'm not too thrilled with where they seem to be going. What was once a cool, unique community is now going the way of every other corporate quagmire...which is disappointing. But such is life.

More bad-ass news: guess who might have a story published in Weird Tales? Oh, that would be me. The modern incarnation of the pulp mag that launched the careers of Robert E. Howard and my hero, H.P. Lovecraft has selected one of my stories for possible publication. The story's called "Ihrem", and it's about a squad of Marines lost in the desert and set-upon by the Eaters of the Dead and other forgotten horrors.

I FINALLY got the proof copy of the Deviant Nation Funtime Coloring Book (I bet you all thought I'd forgotten) in the mail the other day. Apart from some lay-out changes and editorial touch-ups, it's good to go. Once I fix the lay-out on the pages to the publisher's new specs, send them in, then get another proof copy to "OK"...we'll be good to go and it'll finally find it's way into your crazy hands.

Anybody who lives that way, I'm going to be at Wizard World Texas this weekend (16th-18th) at the Arlington Convention Center. Anyone who comes by and is a member of DN gets a free comic and some stickers. Just head over to the Artist Alley and look for the bearded guy in the Bad Religion shirt (or just call me 310-809-7222).

Two jobs, school, the comic stuff and conventions pretty much kill any time I have. I'll probably do a post from WWTX, though.
 
Hope everybody's doing well out there in DN land. One glorious day I'll be an active member of the community again.
Until then, I remain your in-absentia Riot.]]> Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/54964/#comments 12 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/54964 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/54964 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:06:35 GMT BOOYAH! http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/48003 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>So, my horror comic, <a href="http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Path">The Path</a>, is actually up for a few awards. Including Best Horror of 2007, and Best Line Art!</p> <p>Some people may say it won't win, but suck it, world! Mike Mignola's on my side!<img alt="" src="http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Path/gfx/messagegod.jpg" /></p> Blog yes So, my horror comic, The Path, is actually up for a few awards. Including Best Horror of 2007, and Best Line Art!

Some people may say it won't win, but suck it, world! Mike Mignola's on my side!

]]> Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/48003/#comments 11 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/48003 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/48003 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:57:41 GMT All work and no play makes Riot something something... http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/46996 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>Wow. I woke up at 5am today (as is my schedule on my rare days off from work) and sat at my desk and began working on pages for the various projects I'm responsible for. It is now 6:45pm and I'm looking up from said desk for the first time today, really. Day off almost completely gone. I have about five more pages of artwork to do before I can call it a day and go soak my sore-ass drawing hand in whisky.</p> <p>I'm not complaining, though. This is the happiest I've ever been in my whole life.</p> Blog yes Wow. I woke up at 5am today (as is my schedule on my rare days off from work) and sat at my desk and began working on pages for the various projects I'm responsible for. It is now 6:45pm and I'm looking up from said desk for the first time today, really. Day off almost completely gone. I have about five more pages of artwork to do before I can call it a day and go soak my sore-ass drawing hand in whisky.

I'm not complaining, though. This is the happiest I've ever been in my whole life.

]]> Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/46996/#comments 3 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/46996 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/46996 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:59:45 GMT *poke* http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/46597 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>So what has it been this time? Three months? Four? They all kind of blur together when you don't sleep. I find myself talking like Grimlock from Transformers quite a bit these days.</p> <p>My life these days is pretty much just comics. More so than it was before. <a href="http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Path">The Path</a>, and my superhero comic, Jetgirl both got picked up by studios for publication. So I've been working a lot on those. The Path may actually become a movie! Which is pretty freaking sick. Thanks to some friends in high places, the idea got pitched to studios like Revolution and Dreamworks...and there were some bites. So I'm doing story treatments, storyboards, designs...shit like that. Writer Jerry Ahern tracked me down to do the art and assist in storytelling duties for &quot;Still The Greatest American Hero&quot;, the continuing story of highschool teacher Ralph Hinkley and his super-suit...and another comic called &quot;Rise and Fall of the Argonauts&quot;. I have a meeting with Lilo and Stitch co-creator, Jason Wolf, to get started on a 60-page comic adaption of a movie he has in the works. <a href="http://www.drunkduck.com/civil_war">The Drunk Duck Civil War</a>, a spoof on Marvel Comics' Civil War event (started by myself and my buddy Zac)has become...well...we're pretty sure it's the biggest community event in webcomics ever (500+ steady participants, encompassing more than 250 webcomics...250 webcoics that I have to read, mind you). On top of all that, I'm working on crossovers with other creators, commissions, and pretty much living at comic book/anime conventions this year. Life is good. Busier than fuck, but good.</p> <p>I went back to school, too. Working on getting my graphic design degree finsihed up. </p> <p>The new Bad Religion album (got a copy a few weeks ago) is fucking AWESOME. That is all I will hear on the subject. Any who feel otherwise, please shoot yourself in the face and save me the trouble.</p> <p>That's about it. This has, pretty much, led to no personal life to speak of...but I still manage to get myself trashed at least once a week, Saw Transformers...*sigh*. I know everyone in the world is saying how awesome it was...but it was a typical Bay movie: just bigger. All flash, no substance. And, with 20+ years of Transformers mythos to pull from, there was plenty of substance to be put in. This is what happens when you put a really shitty director, with absolutely no respect for the source material, in charge of a project. And it is on RECORD that he has no respect for the source material. He's said it himself. It was an ok movie. It could've been great.</p> <p>That's about it. How's everyone doing here? I see I missed a bunch of sets. I'll have to catch up on those...not to mention messages and a billion journal entries.</p> <p>Damn you, internet, and your endless reading materials!</p> <p>Catch you hip cats and kittens later.</p> <p>-Riot</p> Blog yes So what has it been this time? Three months? Four? They all kind of blur together when you don't sleep. I find myself talking like Grimlock from Transformers quite a bit these days.

My life these days is pretty much just comics. More so than it was before. The Path, and my superhero comic, Jetgirl both got picked up by studios for publication. So I've been working a lot on those. The Path may actually become a movie! Which is pretty freaking sick. Thanks to some friends in high places, the idea got pitched to studios like Revolution and Dreamworks...and there were some bites. So I'm doing story treatments, storyboards, designs...shit like that. Writer Jerry Ahern tracked me down to do the art and assist in storytelling duties for "Still The Greatest American Hero", the continuing story of highschool teacher Ralph Hinkley and his super-suit...and another comic called "Rise and Fall of the Argonauts". I have a meeting with Lilo and Stitch co-creator, Jason Wolf, to get started on a 60-page comic adaption of a movie he has in the works. The Drunk Duck Civil War, a spoof on Marvel Comics' Civil War event (started by myself and my buddy Zac)has become...well...we're pretty sure it's the biggest community event in webcomics ever (500+ steady participants, encompassing more than 250 webcomics...250 webcoics that I have to read, mind you). On top of all that, I'm working on crossovers with other creators, commissions, and pretty much living at comic book/anime conventions this year. Life is good. Busier than fuck, but good.

I went back to school, too. Working on getting my graphic design degree finsihed up.

The new Bad Religion album (got a copy a few weeks ago) is fucking AWESOME. That is all I will hear on the subject. Any who feel otherwise, please shoot yourself in the face and save me the trouble.

That's about it. This has, pretty much, led to no personal life to speak of...but I still manage to get myself trashed at least once a week, Saw Transformers...*sigh*. I know everyone in the world is saying how awesome it was...but it was a typical Bay movie: just bigger. All flash, no substance. And, with 20+ years of Transformers mythos to pull from, there was plenty of substance to be put in. This is what happens when you put a really shitty director, with absolutely no respect for the source material, in charge of a project. And it is on RECORD that he has no respect for the source material. He's said it himself. It was an ok movie. It could've been great.

That's about it. How's everyone doing here? I see I missed a bunch of sets. I'll have to catch up on those...not to mention messages and a billion journal entries.

Damn you, internet, and your endless reading materials!

Catch you hip cats and kittens later.

-Riot

]]> Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/46597/#comments 12 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/46597 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/46597 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:05:50 GMT I am a MACHINE! http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/42023 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>So, since Platinum wants me to pitch pretty much ANYTHING I've ever worked on...I've ben spending every waking moment going through old stories and artwork, redrawing things, redesigning characters...or scraping entire projects and starting from scratch. I've got two superhero comics, a zombie story and two weird-tales type books in the works.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Path">&nbsp;The Path</a>&nbsp;TV pitch is going suprisingly well. The fact that I just might see my character running around in glorious technicolor has me working three times harder on it. Revising the story to fit an hour-an-episode format and all that jazz is a lot more fun than I thought it would be. I've ever won most of the &quot;Well, you might have to change this...&quot; arguments so far!</p> <p>On top of that, my new buddy Zac and I took a retarded inside joke and turned it into one of the most popular comics on DrunkDuck.com...<a href="http://www.drunkduck.com/civil_war">The Drunk Duck Civil War</a>! An obvious spoof of Marvel's recent &quot;Civil War&quot; storyline, it deals with a site's administration bringing a &quot;Screen Name Registration Act&quot; into effect, forcing users of DrunkDuck.com to register their real names as their screen names. Zac is for it, I'm against it. It sounds retarded, but it's been a ridiculous amount of fun...and we're averaging about 2,000-3,000+ pageviews a day. We update the comic seven days a week, and it's taken DrunkDuck by storm...with literally hundreds of users getting involved, signing up on sides, and even starting tie-in comcs that we're plugging on the comic's main page.</p> <p>Then...on friday...the bestest thing of all: <font size="2"><strong>BAD RELIGION! </strong>Yup, friday night I'm seeing Bad Religion, The Briggs, and Tiger Army!</font></p> <p><font size="1">I'm living the dream!</font></p> Blog yes So, since Platinum wants me to pitch pretty much ANYTHING I've ever worked on...I've ben spending every waking moment going through old stories and artwork, redrawing things, redesigning characters...or scraping entire projects and starting from scratch. I've got two superhero comics, a zombie story and two weird-tales type books in the works.  The Path TV pitch is going suprisingly well. The fact that I just might see my character running around in glorious technicolor has me working three times harder on it. Revising the story to fit an hour-an-episode format and all that jazz is a lot more fun than I thought it would be. I've ever won most of the "Well, you might have to change this..." arguments so far!

On top of that, my new buddy Zac and I took a retarded inside joke and turned it into one of the most popular comics on DrunkDuck.com...The Drunk Duck Civil War! An obvious spoof of Marvel's recent "Civil War" storyline, it deals with a site's administration bringing a "Screen Name Registration Act" into effect, forcing users of DrunkDuck.com to register their real names as their screen names. Zac is for it, I'm against it. It sounds retarded, but it's been a ridiculous amount of fun...and we're averaging about 2,000-3,000+ pageviews a day. We update the comic seven days a week, and it's taken DrunkDuck by storm...with literally hundreds of users getting involved, signing up on sides, and even starting tie-in comcs that we're plugging on the comic's main page.

Then...on friday...the bestest thing of all: BAD RELIGION! Yup, friday night I'm seeing Bad Religion, The Briggs, and Tiger Army!

I'm living the dream!

]]> Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/42023/#comments 9 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/42023 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/42023 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:49:27 GMT Wizard World '07 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/41311 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>Ho. Lee. Crap.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Seriously. Wizard World went...well. Very well. </p> <p>Highlights included:<br />Pretty much being HANDED a publishing deal for <a href="http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Path">The Path</a><br />Having big-wigs from Platinum Studios tell me how much they love The Path and that they read it every day I update.<br />Aforementioned big-wigs telling me that they have artwork of mine printed out and hanging up on their walls in the office.<br />The guy who started DrunkDuck.com telling me how much he loves everything I do, and that I HAVE TO pitch more ideas to him so we can pitch them together to Platinum Studios to get made into a series or movie.<br />Stores agreeing to carry The Path<br />A slow, but steady stream of information on when I'll be doing the in-store signing over at &quot;The Comic Book Guys&quot; over in Long Beach.<br />REALLY hot Black Cat</p> <p>All I've ever wanted to do in my whole freaking life was get this kind of project going...and have people read my comics. Now that it's happening, well...still processing it.</p> <p>Also: Cerah has yelled at me for not being on the site and interacting as much as I used to. I'll be working on that...right after I find this Hellboy torrent.</p> Blog yes Ho. Lee. Crap.

 

Seriously. Wizard World went...well. Very well.

Highlights included:
Pretty much being HANDED a publishing deal for The Path
Having big-wigs from Platinum Studios tell me how much they love The Path and that they read it every day I update.
Aforementioned big-wigs telling me that they have artwork of mine printed out and hanging up on their walls in the office.
The guy who started DrunkDuck.com telling me how much he loves everything I do, and that I HAVE TO pitch more ideas to him so we can pitch them together to Platinum Studios to get made into a series or movie.
Stores agreeing to carry The Path
A slow, but steady stream of information on when I'll be doing the in-store signing over at "The Comic Book Guys" over in Long Beach.
REALLY hot Black Cat

All I've ever wanted to do in my whole freaking life was get this kind of project going...and have people read my comics. Now that it's happening, well...still processing it.

Also: Cerah has yelled at me for not being on the site and interacting as much as I used to. I'll be working on that...right after I find this Hellboy torrent.

]]> Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/41311/#comments 17 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/41311 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/41311 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:45:04 GMT They're coming to take me away, ha ha! http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/40233 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *breath* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p> <p>Whew. Much better.</p> <p>Wizard World draws near. ComixPress has royally fucked me and I will NOT have printed comics for the convention. I have 4ft of table space and only some prints with which to cover said space. My table is going to be amidst PROFESSIONALS who will make me look like some stupid kid with crayons.</p> <p>For the first time in my life I'm feeling rather artistically inferior.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm going to go drown this feeling in whisky.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>And Michael Bay? You're still on my list.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>On a side note, does anyone out there own a copy of the 1991 direct to video live-action Captain America movie? I'll be your best friend if you can fast foward to the credits and tell me who plays a song in the film that I believe is called &quot;Memories of you&quot;...but it's been a few years...I could be wrong.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Blog yes AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *breath* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whew. Much better.

Wizard World draws near. ComixPress has royally fucked me and I will NOT have printed comics for the convention. I have 4ft of table space and only some prints with which to cover said space. My table is going to be amidst PROFESSIONALS who will make me look like some stupid kid with crayons.

For the first time in my life I'm feeling rather artistically inferior.

 

I'm going to go drown this feeling in whisky.

 

And Michael Bay? You're still on my list.

 

On a side note, does anyone out there own a copy of the 1991 direct to video live-action Captain America movie? I'll be your best friend if you can fast foward to the credits and tell me who plays a song in the film that I believe is called "Memories of you"...but it's been a few years...I could be wrong.

 

 

]]> Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/40233/#comments 4 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/40233 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/40233 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 05:32:04 GMT Beating a dead horse... http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/39328 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>So...those of you in the LA/Long Beach area need to get your act together in late march. You know why? Because &quot;The Comic Book Guys&quot; comic shop in Long Beach is doing an in-store signing. &quot;But James....why would we care about THAT?&quot; Well, my dear lads and lasses, you care because I'M the one doing the signing!</p> <p>Yes, to celebrate the release of <a href="http://www.drunkduck.com/The_Path">The Path</a>&nbsp;in super-awesome published form, those kooky cats at &quot;The Comic Book Guys&quot; are hosting an in-store creator signing with yours truly.</p> <p>So, really...I'm gonna need people to come down and pretend they like the damn comic so I don't sit there twiddling my thumbs all day. </p> <p>I'll have an exact date and time for you guys as March rears it's ugly head...but until then start practicing your &quot;I love this comic!&quot; squeals so I look cool.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>...and, as always, I fucking hate you, Michael Bay.</p> Blog yes So...those of you in the LA/Long Beach area need to get your act together in late march. You know why? Because "The Comic Book Guys" comic shop in Long Beach is doing an in-store signing. "But James....why would we care about THAT?" Well, my dear lads and lasses, you care because I'M the one doing the signing!

Yes, to celebrate the release of The Path in super-awesome published form, those kooky cats at "The Comic Book Guys" are hosting an in-store creator signing with yours truly.

So, really...I'm gonna need people to come down and pretend they like the damn comic so I don't sit there twiddling my thumbs all day.

I'll have an exact date and time for you guys as March rears it's ugly head...but until then start practicing your "I love this comic!" squeals so I look cool.

 

 

...and, as always, I fucking hate you, Michael Bay.

]]> Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/39328/#comments 13 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/39328 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/39328 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:41:44 GMT Cowabunga, motherfuckers! http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/38468 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>So, what with my blinding rage over the Transormers movie and Michael Bay's obvious need for a firehose enema...I missed a golden nugget of joy.</p> <p>THERE'S A MOTHERFUCKING TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES MOVIE COMING OUT IN A SCANT TWO MONTHS!!!</p> <p>It's all cgi, and it seems to be based more on the newer cartoon than the older ones...but it looks so freaking good. I can't wait to see it. It don't see WHY I should have to wait to see it. I should be able to watch it NOW. </p> <p><a href="http://tmnt.warnerbros.com/">http://tmnt.warnerbros.com/</a></p> <p>Go there. Watch the trailers for the new TMNT movie. </p> <p>This is going to be totally tubular.</p> <p>In other news, the first issue of The Path (<a href="http://www.drunkduck.com/the_path">http://www.drunkduck.com/the_path</a>) should be hitting shelves around the end of february. I'm going to be about as broke as broke can be running the convention gauntlet to promote it, so buy a copy. Please. Think of the CHILDREN...</p> <p>...that I may have one day...</p> <p>...with Asia Argento.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Blog yes So, what with my blinding rage over the Transormers movie and Michael Bay's obvious need for a firehose enema...I missed a golden nugget of joy.

THERE'S A MOTHERFUCKING TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES MOVIE COMING OUT IN A SCANT TWO MONTHS!!!

It's all cgi, and it seems to be based more on the newer cartoon than the older ones...but it looks so freaking good. I can't wait to see it. It don't see WHY I should have to wait to see it. I should be able to watch it NOW.

http://tmnt.warnerbros.com/

Go there. Watch the trailers for the new TMNT movie.

This is going to be totally tubular.

In other news, the first issue of The Path (http://www.drunkduck.com/the_path) should be hitting shelves around the end of february. I'm going to be about as broke as broke can be running the convention gauntlet to promote it, so buy a copy. Please. Think of the CHILDREN...

...that I may have one day...

...with Asia Argento.

 

]]> Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/38468/#comments 3 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/38468 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/38468 Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:44:16 GMT Anime, manga, and con-going advice http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/38175 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <li class="f"><strong>Listening to:</strong> Dangermouse playing on my TV in the background</li> <li class="f a"><strong>Reading:</strong> Twisted Toyfare Theater</li> <li class="f"><strong>Watching:</strong> Fawlty Towers</li> <li class="f a"><strong>Playing:</strong> Lego star Wars (hey, it's fun)</li> <li class="f"><strong>Eating:</strong> pasta</li> <li class="f a"><strong>Drinking:</strong> mountain dew</li> <div class="text pp journaltext"></div> <div class="text pp journaltext">Now, I like me some anime. I like me some manga. I even like me some hentai (ok, I like me LOTS of hentai)....BUT COME THE FUCK ON, PEOPLE!!!<br /><br />Am I the ONLY one who's getting sick to fuck of it being EVERYWHERE?!? I can't even go to the john without some anime character staring at me from the damn toilet paper roll! I go into my local comic book shop and it's EVERYWHERE. I can't even by my damn comics without someone trying to explain to me that Innuyasha is the greatest love story ever told(I'm not even joking...that happened yesterday).<br /><br />That being said, I'm looking foward to Otakon this summer, because it's turning into the only time of year I get with some of my closest friends. The drive there and back is usually most of the fun. Though, last year I noticed a distinct lack of hot cat girls. I expect those numbers to be higher THIS year, people.<br /><br />A few points for the con-goer:<br /><br />1. Innuyasha is the WORST SHOW EVER. If I want to watch a bunch of angsty teens whine and moan about their feelings, I can always just pop down to Starbucks and listen to the emo kids talk about how their parents don't love them because they only got a BMW for their birthday. I liked Innuyasha the first time around when it was called &quot;Fushigi Yugi&quot;.<br /><br />2. I like Pocky. You like Pocky. We ALL FUCKING LOVE POCKY. We get it. Stop telling me that life as we know it would cease to be if pocky weren't readily available. If pocky were to suddenly be purged from the earth, I'm sure you'd drag your pimple-ridden ass down to the nearest corner store and find a new pre-packaged chocolate-covered ticking timebomb of diabetes to devour in mass quantities.<br /><br />3. You're not Japanese. Stop calling people &quot;baka&quot;. It annoys the shit out of me.<br /><br />4. Hot chicks. Keep up the slutty cosplaying! Seriously. Your sweet sweet jiggling breasts make standing in line at conventions with people who OBVIOUSLY cannot master the intricacies of their hotel's indoor plumbing almost worth it. But stop pretending that everyone's taking pictures of you based on your costume's merits. You and I both know it's because of your bouncing baby funbags.<br /><br />5. Ugly/Fat chicks. STOP the slutty cosplaying! I'm sorry. This might be callous and mean (even for me), but I'm telling you this for your own good. Look at an actual picture of the character you're about to cosplay. Does your body even REMOTELY resemble this character? No? Then perhaps walking around in a garter belt, spandex, and thigh-highs where other people (other people who, presumably, would like to keep their pocky down) can see you might be a bad idea. <br /><br />6. Guys. Please read #5. I shouldn't even have to SAY this to you...but, apparently, some of you feel the need to run around conventions in women's underwear...and nothing else. Begining with Wizard World in March, I will punch every guy I see running around dressed like Frankenfurter that isn't Tim Curry (let's face it, he had the legs for it. You don't).<br /><br />7. Fat lesbian chick and her ugly thin girlfriend dressed up as Innuyasha and Kagaome from last year's Otakon(seriously, these two needed to be fed to Star Jones). This is a pre-emptive &quot;Shut the fuck up&quot;. If I'm stuck on line next to you two THIS year and you start pulling that high-pitched &quot;Let us in!&quot; screaming nonsense after I've just endured a six hour flight followed by a six hour car ride...I swear to fucking Cthulhu that I'm going to feed you to the first fat Sailor Moon I can find. Issy, Kasey, Dan and Kristen will back me up on this one. Need I remind you of the verbal beatdown I gave you last year? <br /><br />8. I fucking hate you, Michael Bay.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div> Blog yes Listening to: Dangermouse playing on my TV in the background
  • Reading: Twisted Toyfare Theater
  • Watching: Fawlty Towers
  • Playing: Lego star Wars (hey, it's fun)
  • Eating: pasta
  • Drinking: mountain dew
    • Now, I like me some anime. I like me some manga. I even like me some hentai (ok, I like me LOTS of hentai)....BUT COME THE FUCK ON, PEOPLE!!!

    Am I the ONLY one who's getting sick to fuck of it being EVERYWHERE?!? I can't even go to the john without some anime character staring at me from the damn toilet paper roll! I go into my local comic book shop and it's EVERYWHERE. I can't even by my damn comics without someone trying to explain to me that Innuyasha is the greatest love story ever told(I'm not even joking...that happened yesterday).

    That being said, I'm looking foward to Otakon this summer, because it's turning into the only time of year I get with some of my closest friends. The drive there and back is usually most of the fun. Though, last year I noticed a distinct lack of hot cat girls. I expect those numbers to be higher THIS year, people.

    A few points for the con-goer:

    1. Innuyasha is the WORST SHOW EVER. If I want to watch a bunch of angsty teens whine and moan about their feelings, I can always just pop down to Starbucks and listen to the emo kids talk about how their parents don't love them because they only got a BMW for their birthday. I liked Innuyasha the first time around when it was called "Fushigi Yugi".

    2. I like Pocky. You like Pocky. We ALL FUCKING LOVE POCKY. We get it. Stop telling me that life as we know it would cease to be if pocky weren't readily available. If pocky were to suddenly be purged from the earth, I'm sure you'd drag your pimple-ridden ass down to the nearest corner store and find a new pre-packaged chocolate-covered ticking timebomb of diabetes to devour in mass quantities.

    3. You're not Japanese. Stop calling people "baka". It annoys the shit out of me.

    4. Hot chicks. Keep up the slutty cosplaying! Seriously. Your sweet sweet jiggling breasts make standing in line at conventions with people who OBVIOUSLY cannot master the intricacies of their hotel's indoor plumbing almost worth it. But stop pretending that everyone's taking pictures of you based on your costume's merits. You and I both know it's because of your bouncing baby funbags.

    5. Ugly/Fat chicks. STOP the slutty cosplaying! I'm sorry. This might be callous and mean (even for me), but I'm telling you this for your own good. Look at an actual picture of the character you're about to cosplay. Does your body even REMOTELY resemble this character? No? Then perhaps walking around in a garter belt, spandex, and thigh-highs where other people (other people who, presumably, would like to keep their pocky down) can see you might be a bad idea.

    6. Guys. Please read #5. I shouldn't even have to SAY this to you...but, apparently, some of you feel the need to run around conventions in women's underwear...and nothing else. Begining with Wizard World in March, I will punch every guy I see running around dressed like Frankenfurter that isn't Tim Curry (let's face it, he had the legs for it. You don't).

    7. Fat lesbian chick and her ugly thin girlfriend dressed up as Innuyasha and Kagaome from last year's Otakon(seriously, these two needed to be fed to Star Jones). This is a pre-emptive "Shut the fuck up". If I'm stuck on line next to you two THIS year and you start pulling that high-pitched "Let us in!" screaming nonsense after I've just endured a six hour flight followed by a six hour car ride...I swear to fucking Cthulhu that I'm going to feed you to the first fat Sailor Moon I can find. Issy, Kasey, Dan and Kristen will back me up on this one. Need I remind you of the verbal beatdown I gave you last year?

    8. I fucking hate you, Michael Bay.




    ]]>     Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/38175/#comments 8 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/38175 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/38175 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:06:38 GMT     Meery Ecksmahs! http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/37607 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>Merry Christmas to my dear friends and smokin' hotties of DeviantNation! I've been crazy budy getting ready for the Con circuit, and have been lacking in human interaction...'net related or otherwise. I was unable to go home for the holidays, so I've been spending mine painfully solo. Such is life.</p> <p>I'm sure you've all had traditional x-mas stuff going on, but I bring you the ONE THING that sums up the true meaning of Christmas more than anything else ever could. More than Jesus, Santa, and the whoring out of the holiday could ever mean to anyone...</p> <p>Optimus Prime. In a Santa suit. Yes, this is REALLY from the old comic.</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://xs510.xs.to/xs510/06521/Christmasprime.jpg" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://xs510.xs.to/xs510/06521/Arkchristmastree.jpg" /></p> <p>And he loudly exclaimed as he rolled out of sight,<br />AUTOBOTS, TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT!</p> <p>and for the grinches...</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://xs510.xs.to/xs510/06521/456px-MarvelUK-145.jpg" /></p> <p>Merry Christmas, gang!</p> <p>-Mr. Riot</p> Blog yes Merry Christmas to my dear friends and smokin' hotties of DeviantNation! I've been crazy budy getting ready for the Con circuit, and have been lacking in human interaction...'net related or otherwise. I was unable to go home for the holidays, so I've been spending mine painfully solo. Such is life.

    I'm sure you've all had traditional x-mas stuff going on, but I bring you the ONE THING that sums up the true meaning of Christmas more than anything else ever could. More than Jesus, Santa, and the whoring out of the holiday could ever mean to anyone...

    Optimus Prime. In a Santa suit. Yes, this is REALLY from the old comic.

    And he loudly exclaimed as he rolled out of sight,
    AUTOBOTS, TRANSFORM AND ROLL OUT!

    and for the grinches...

    Merry Christmas, gang!

    -Mr. Riot

    ]]>     Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/37607/#comments 8 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/37607 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/37607 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 00:04:16 GMT     AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/36756 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>I'm begining to think I've bitten off more than I can chew. The comic, updates, the printing company keeps changing things, comissioned jobs, convention booths, art trades, new communities, work, no sleep, too much Mountain Dew for even MY mighty caffiene-fueled system to handle...</p> <p>I think my brain just 'sploded.</p> <p>If you guys hear about a lunatic in a Snake Eyes mask screaming about Cthulhu and page editing &nbsp;at the top of his lungs while sniping at people from the top of a building in L.A....well...that's probably me. Please videotape any news broadcasts and mail them to my mom back in NY. I'm sure she'd want to see them. I'd appreciate it.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>But i DID manage to find Stan Bush on Myspace...old school Transformers fans will know who I'm talking about.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Blog yes I'm begining to think I've bitten off more than I can chew. The comic, updates, the printing company keeps changing things, comissioned jobs, convention booths, art trades, new communities, work, no sleep, too much Mountain Dew for even MY mighty caffiene-fueled system to handle...

    I think my brain just 'sploded.

    If you guys hear about a lunatic in a Snake Eyes mask screaming about Cthulhu and page editing  at the top of his lungs while sniping at people from the top of a building in L.A....well...that's probably me. Please videotape any news broadcasts and mail them to my mom back in NY. I'm sure she'd want to see them. I'd appreciate it.

     

    But i DID manage to find Stan Bush on Myspace...old school Transformers fans will know who I'm talking about.

     

    ]]>     Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/36756/#comments 7 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/36756 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/36756 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:58:27 GMT     Can't keep up w/ everything... http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/36388 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>So...how's everyone doing? I don't even know where to start, I've been so freaking busy. Hope you all had a great Halloween/Thanksgiving and all that! I will, at some point, get back to regular postings and everything....there's just a lot on my plate.</p> <p>I've been working on my comic, The Path, to the point that it has affected my sanity...but I think it's worth it. It's getting great reviews, was featured on Drunkduck.com, some webzine has nominated it for &quot;Best new horror webcomic of 2006&quot;, and I'm awaiting word back from the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society about possible endorsement. Not to mention that this summer, I'll be at San Diego Comic Con, Otakon, and a few other small cons promoting it and selling the first collected volume and some other goodies. So...yeah. Most of my time has been tied up in that and work. I stopped sleeping months ago. Booth fees alone are the reason I've been working a lot of overtime. </p> <p>Looks like I've missed a lot over here. Lots of new sets and new people and all sorts of craziness. Not to mention a ton of messages and more missed journal entries than I'll ever have the time to read. Well...maybe I'll give it a shot.</p> <p>Taters!</p> Blog yes So...how's everyone doing? I don't even know where to start, I've been so freaking busy. Hope you all had a great Halloween/Thanksgiving and all that! I will, at some point, get back to regular postings and everything....there's just a lot on my plate.

    I've been working on my comic, The Path, to the point that it has affected my sanity...but I think it's worth it. It's getting great reviews, was featured on Drunkduck.com, some webzine has nominated it for "Best new horror webcomic of 2006", and I'm awaiting word back from the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society about possible endorsement. Not to mention that this summer, I'll be at San Diego Comic Con, Otakon, and a few other small cons promoting it and selling the first collected volume and some other goodies. So...yeah. Most of my time has been tied up in that and work. I stopped sleeping months ago. Booth fees alone are the reason I've been working a lot of overtime.

    Looks like I've missed a lot over here. Lots of new sets and new people and all sorts of craziness. Not to mention a ton of messages and more missed journal entries than I'll ever have the time to read. Well...maybe I'll give it a shot.

    Taters!

    ]]>     Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/36388/#comments 18 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/36388 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/36388 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:34:25 GMT     Join usssssss http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/34268 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>So busy lately, but i DID find time to get all zombified and go to a zombie walk and ransack hollywood. Met a bunch of my kind of people, found a kick-ass bar for me to go to all the time and spend all my money drinking, and a few naughtier things along the way.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>as usual, click to see full size</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://xs307.xs.to/xs307/06413/DSC00271a.jpg" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://xs207.xs.to/xs207/06414/DSC00266a.jpg" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://xs207.xs.to/xs207/06414/DSC00268a.jpg" /></p> Blog yes So busy lately, but i DID find time to get all zombified and go to a zombie walk and ransack hollywood. Met a bunch of my kind of people, found a kick-ass bar for me to go to all the time and spend all my money drinking, and a few naughtier things along the way.

     

    as usual, click to see full size

    ]]>     Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/34268/#comments 13 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/34268 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/34268 Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:15:03 GMT     Riding the storm out http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/33572 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>So, I got to work wednesday night, and it was like a shitstorm. The day guy did everything wrong that could possibly be done wrong...and I spent the entire night fixing his crap on top of trying to get my crap done and making sure that all of the jobs were covered. By the time 5am rolled around (my shift ends at 8am) I was so stressed I could barely see straight. When the bossman came in around 5:15, he was all yelling and &quot;Why isn't this done? How come that's not done? what the fuck did you do all night?!&quot; I then proceeded to tell him what I did all night...and what he could do with this job. When I was done, I think I scared him because he hid in his office until the end of my shift. I can't BELIEVE I moved out here for this shitty job. Every time I wake up, I half expect to be in my place back home, waiting for my buddy Issy to harass me about watching anime and going to Panda Express, or my friend Tom calling for one of our Toys R Us (we like to run around Toys R Us) then to Checkers outings. I can't believe how much I miss that stuff. I've been hardcore thinking about moving back home. I'm ridiculously tired of being lonely and depressed out here.</p> <p>Some random and strange points of the last week:</p> <p>I've discovered I can do damn near anything when inspired by the montage-inducing musical stylings of Stan Bush</p> <p>the &quot;hot chick&quot; my roommate was hitting on all night was quite obviously a man</p> <p>I got scouted by an mtv casting exec (I'm as confused as you)</p> <p>pizza in west hollywood sucks. seriously. even dominoes is better</p> <p>my friends out here always drag me to gay events/places to pose as their boyfriend because they're convinced they get hit on more if the other girls think they're straight...leaving me in a bar filled with lesbians who are used to straight guys that act like frat boys, so I get ostracized to the bar with my date, Heineken. And i wonder WHY I'm having a hard time meeting someone...</p> <p>I finished the visor for my Snake Eyes costume for halloween. I'm pretty hardcore about halloween and spend a lot of time on my costumes. This year's Snake Eyes costume's gonna be better than the one I did two years ago. But it'll be wasted on the night. why? I'm going to be stuck in west hollywood(again...) with my roomie and her friends for halloween. I'm so freaking tempted to fly back home for halloween and go into NYC with my friends for GOOD halloween stuff to do. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Lastly, here's a random pic I drew for&nbsp;<a class="member" href="http://www.deviantnation.com/members/cerah" rel="tag">Cerah</a> the other day...cuz I love her an' she always puts up with my immature crap.</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://xs307.xs.to/xs307/06395/meancerah.jpg" /></p> Blog yes So, I got to work wednesday night, and it was like a shitstorm. The day guy did everything wrong that could possibly be done wrong...and I spent the entire night fixing his crap on top of trying to get my crap done and making sure that all of the jobs were covered. By the time 5am rolled around (my shift ends at 8am) I was so stressed I could barely see straight. When the bossman came in around 5:15, he was all yelling and "Why isn't this done? How come that's not done? what the fuck did you do all night?!" I then proceeded to tell him what I did all night...and what he could do with this job. When I was done, I think I scared him because he hid in his office until the end of my shift. I can't BELIEVE I moved out here for this shitty job. Every time I wake up, I half expect to be in my place back home, waiting for my buddy Issy to harass me about watching anime and going to Panda Express, or my friend Tom calling for one of our Toys R Us (we like to run around Toys R Us) then to Checkers outings. I can't believe how much I miss that stuff. I've been hardcore thinking about moving back home. I'm ridiculously tired of being lonely and depressed out here.

    Some random and strange points of the last week:

    I've discovered I can do damn near anything when inspired by the montage-inducing musical stylings of Stan Bush

    the "hot chick" my roommate was hitting on all night was quite obviously a man

    I got scouted by an mtv casting exec (I'm as confused as you)

    pizza in west hollywood sucks. seriously. even dominoes is better

    my friends out here always drag me to gay events/places to pose as their boyfriend because they're convinced they get hit on more if the other girls think they're straight...leaving me in a bar filled with lesbians who are used to straight guys that act like frat boys, so I get ostracized to the bar with my date, Heineken. And i wonder WHY I'm having a hard time meeting someone...

    I finished the visor for my Snake Eyes costume for halloween. I'm pretty hardcore about halloween and spend a lot of time on my costumes. This year's Snake Eyes costume's gonna be better than the one I did two years ago. But it'll be wasted on the night. why? I'm going to be stuck in west hollywood(again...) with my roomie and her friends for halloween. I'm so freaking tempted to fly back home for halloween and go into NYC with my friends for GOOD halloween stuff to do.

     

    Lastly, here's a random pic I drew for  the other day...cuz I love her an' she always puts up with my immature crap.

    ]]>     Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/33572/#comments 9 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/33572 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/33572 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:20:29 GMT     OWNED! http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/33147 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>TAKE THAT, NINJA GAIDEN BLACK! I <strong><em>OWN </em></strong>YOUR ASS, BITCH!</p> <p>So, I beat Ninja Gaiden Black. On <em>hard</em>. EAT IT, Dark Dragon Blade. EAT IT. </p> <p>This is what my life has come to. Being excited about beating a video game. I suppose ritualistic suicide is always an option.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Blog yes TAKE THAT, NINJA GAIDEN BLACK! I OWN YOUR ASS, BITCH!

    So, I beat Ninja Gaiden Black. On hard. EAT IT, Dark Dragon Blade. EAT IT.

    This is what my life has come to. Being excited about beating a video game. I suppose ritualistic suicide is always an option.

     

    ]]>     Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/33147/#comments 8 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/33147 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/33147 Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:08:07 GMT     Bionic Six first glimpse http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/32902 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>So, i figured here is as good a place as any to pop out a first glimpse of my redesigns for my Bionic Six comic, tentatively titled &quot;Bionic Six: Reboot&quot;. The rest of the team is up on my Deviant Art site (<a href="http://jamesriot.deviantart.com">http://jamesriot.deviantart.com</a>), but here's my favorite chatacter, Bionic-1. I'm pretty happy with how this came out...especially as a preliminary design. What say the rest of you 80's children?</p> <p>As usual, you might have to click it to see the whole thing. Journal always cuts off the edge a bit.</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://xs106.xs.to/xs106/06382/bionic1.jpg" /></p> Blog yes So, i figured here is as good a place as any to pop out a first glimpse of my redesigns for my Bionic Six comic, tentatively titled "Bionic Six: Reboot". The rest of the team is up on my Deviant Art site (http://jamesriot.deviantart.com), but here's my favorite chatacter, Bionic-1. I'm pretty happy with how this came out...especially as a preliminary design. What say the rest of you 80's children?

    As usual, you might have to click it to see the whole thing. Journal always cuts off the edge a bit.

    ]]>     Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/32902/#comments 9 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/32902 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/32902 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:52:53 GMT     Coloring Book Preview http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/32492 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>So...here ya go. As promised. A quick little preview of what you'll see in the coloring book. Hope you guys like it.</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://xs106.xs.to/xs106/06373/Chixor.jpg" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://xs106.xs.to/xs106/06373/Kortni.jpg" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://xs106.xs.to/xs106/06373/Miesha.jpg" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://xs106.xs.to/xs106/06373/Sunflower.jpg" /></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://xs106.xs.to/xs106/06373/Bridgette.jpg" /></p> Blog yes So...here ya go. As promised. A quick little preview of what you'll see in the coloring book. Hope you guys like it.

    ]]>     Mr_Riot Blog http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/32492/#comments 42 http://rss.deviantnation.com/comments/journal/32492 http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/32492 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:08:04 GMT     Bionics...ON, bitches! http://deviantnation.com/members/Mr_Riot/32464 [Deviant Nation] Mr_Riot's Journal Mr_Riot <p>So, here's my new thing: I'm dead-set on aquiring the rights to Bionic Six. Anyone else remember that cartoon? My love of Bionic Six rivaled my love of GI Joe and even Transformers. Plus, it had the best theme song EVAR. It had me wearing my watch backwards until I was 13. A few years ago, I wrote a comic based on Bionic Six. When I went home for a visit last month, I brought a TON of artwork and such back to CA with me and in that stuff was my Bionic Six studies. I want to do it and do something with it...but I don't want to pay anyone rights for the characters...I'd much rather own them myself. How will I afford such a thing? Well...I hear that whole male-prostitution thing makes decent money, and I'm a pretty good lay.</p> <p>Last I checked, the company that originally owned B6 had gone belly-up, so I'm trying to find out where the rights are now and who has them. So if any of you hip internet cats and kittens hear anything...</p> <p>I'm working way too much. I'm at work right now. I'm on day 3 of a 12 day overnight stretch. By day 6 I fully expect my&nbsp; brains to be jelly. So, for the two or three of you who read it, that's why I missed my update for The Path yesterday and will, most likely, miss it tomorrow.</p> <p><strong>Coloring Book Update: </strong>It's done. Well, all the artwork is and that fun stuff. I decided a week ago that I didn't like how it looked AT ALL, and decided to spend a few days just redrawing the whole damn thing. I never thought I'd be burned out on drawing nekkid ladies (especially ones so fine as you DN ladies), but I think I accomplished it. Between redoing the coloring book from scratch and other commissions, I cranked out roughly 120 naked lady drawings in 3 days. It may not sound like a lot...but it was. When I get home in the morning, I'll post a few pages for you guys to look at and tell me how bad they are. Now I'm just looking for affordable printing. Lulu is, apparently, still beta-testing their picture printing, and don't recommend ordering artbooks through them yet. That would have been so easy. Suggestions?</p> <p>I'm totally gonna marry Alyak. </p> <p>I'll be popping on here randomly through the night/early morning. Damned overnight shifts. Leave me some love. Or at least some like. </p> <p>Taters.</p> Blog yes So, here's my new thing: I'm dead-set on aquiring the rights to Bionic Six. Anyone else remember that cartoon? My love of Bionic Six rivaled my love of GI Joe and even Transformers. Plus, it had the best theme song EVAR. It had me wearing my watch backwards until I was 13. A few years ago, I wrote a comic based on Bionic Six. When I went home for a visit last month, I brought a TON of artwork and such back to CA with me and in that stuff was my Bionic Six studies. I want to do it and do something with it...but I don't want to pay anyone rights for the characters...I'd much rather own them myself. How will I afford such a thing? Well...I hear that whole male-prostitution thing makes decent money, and I'm a pretty good lay.

    Last I checked, the company that originally owned B6 had gone belly-up, so I'm trying to find out where the rights are now and who has them. So if any of you hip internet cats and kittens hear anything...

    I'm working way too much. I'm at work right now. I'm on day 3 of a 12 day overnight stretch. By day 6 I fully expect my  brains to be jelly. So, for the two or three of you who read it, that's why I missed my update for The Path yesterday and will, most likely, miss it tomorrow.

    Coloring Book Update: It's done. Well, all the artwork is and that fun stuff. I decided a week ago t