Hey Freedom Reborn!
I've been busy this year with my new graphics tablet. The results are up in the totally overhauled www.fundamentzero.com, now primarily a comic art website.
I've got the 14 page Gloriana J: Rings of Saturn strip, set in the future of Ms Amazing's world.
And there's The Third Door, a silent six-pager about the life of an extraordinary couple.
I'd love to know what you think.
your style of draw is very nice Dr Mike! i've always enjoyed your pics since the "tales of the navigator", the characters are pretty original to, congratulations!
the comic like most is Gloriana J: Rings of Saturn.
if i can add a little suggest: in your comics i see you choose frequently the same point of view, but i think it could be nice to see some more "hazardous" perspective some time .
congatulations again for this and for all your great works!
That's awesome, Dr. Mike, and it's great to see a new post by you. I'll be sure to check out your updated site, and I'll go doubly as far to make sure I make a post about it on FRP2's blog/gplus page.
Thanks!
Naitvalis - yeah, I know what you mean. I hit a point in Gloriana J, pages 8-11, where it felt like an endless repetition of figures the same size with the same 3/4 profile faces talking to each other. Page 12 was where I tried to break that and mix it up some more. Its one of those things I intend to keep working on - more close ups, different angles on faces and so on. Doing comics instead of just pin-ups/covers is great practice for this if I keep it in mind.
Prev - thank you heaps. That would be awesome, any pimping of my site is much appreciated.
Another 4 page strip is up - "Paradise Falls".
This one's tangentially related to the Amazanauts mod, and in fact features a character design based off the reskinned version of Freedom Force's very own Ant that I used in there. :)
For me it was a nice change of pace to do some black and white work in traditional media.
nice job Doc! my favourite page is the 3, i like in particoular the "decorations"on the characters, this one in particoular remind me in someway Alcatena maybe you know the artist.
I don't like to much the characters you have used for type the texts and the hand drawn rectangles for close the scenes.
keep up the good job!
Amazing! :)
A big update on Fundament Zero today. More sketches, and some teaser material for Universe Gun - the webcomic I've been working on for the past year.
Universe Gun is a sprawling sci-fi/superhero story of the 37th C world of Ms. Amazing and the Life Star, as seen previously in Gloriana J. It will be kicking off with its first 7 page installment in a week or so, and be running bi-monthly from then on in 7 page blocks, probably for the next four years or so if I keep to my schedule.
I'll let you all know when the first part goes up.
Sounds awesome!
Can't wait to see it! :thumbup:
Sweet merciful Christ this is spectacular. DrMike, I've always adored your marvelously fecund imagination, and I'm ecstatic to see you moving into producing your own comics. I can't wait to read them!
Thank you, thank you, spydey and Gremlin!
Your enthusiasm means a lot to me - both your posts put a big grin on my face that took far too long to fade! :)
There's some more teaser art up on the Universe Gun page here: http://www.fundamentzero.com/art/previews/ugun.htm
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See you in seven when the strip itself launches with Chapter 1: Life on Mars!
Ohh my gosh...how did I miss this?! More stories from Dr. Mike, stories that are set in the universe of the Strangers? Yes, please! I can't wait to carve out some time to read these comics Mike! A brief (of necessity thanks to the looming start of the semester) look at the site suggests great promise and lots of fun. I'll be waiting anxiously for this Universe Gun series you're teasing. It looks amazing, no pun intended. :thumbup:
Yeah, sort of set in the universe of the Strangers, Benton.
Ms. Amazing (the smarmy one from Amazanauts) is from the Life Star, and her virtual reality training/upbringing was the Strangers universe as Miss Amazing (the noble one from Strangers and Amazanauts), until she encountered the fictional weapon known as the Universe Gun. And she's been dead for some centuries now at the time of the Universe Gun comic. Who came up with this convoluted cosmology, for crying out loud? :)
But yeah. Expect the same strange, science-tastic, sometimes silly, psychedelic sexy brand of storytelling as "Universe Gun" unfolds. In seven-page serialized uh... stanzas!
It's Saturday! (At least it is in Australia already!)
Universe Gun Chapter 1: Life on Mars is now up on www.fundamentzero.com
I'd love to know what you folks think. If you like it, I'd double love for you to drop by my Facebook page over here and give me a quick Like or comment!
https://www.facebook.com/DrMike2000
And a big thank you to Freedom Reborn today for your support and encouragement over the years. This probably wouldn't have happened without this community.
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hey Doc you keep improving your work uh? i really enjoy this one! you have used nice views and original designs for characters and places, congratulationz!
you have already your unique stile wich is very important.
the only thing i can say is i find the cover interesting but not interesting at the level of the other pages.
Thanks, Naitvalis.
Yeah, I've been trying hard to up my art game this past year. 2013 was the year of backgrounds and perspective grids. This year I'm off to life drawing for the first time since school, starting on Friday.
I know what you mean about the covers. I'm producing pretty dense pages, typically 8 panels with multiple figures in each, and switching to full page images has been tricky. And I've made the odd decision to try and centre all my covers around hands for some reason. Partly because I like drawing hands, and seeing how much expression you can get into them. I think with this one the background lets it down a bit. I'm happier with the second cover - the third one's coming up soon on my schedule, and is really going to stretch me!
I've kicked off a weekly blog at www.fundamentzero.com today, with the first entry talking about the old Guardians of the Galaxy. You know, these people?
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I was originally intending to ramble on about the pros and cons of setting a strip in the far future, but events conspired to take me down a different track.
Oh, and I highly recommend life drawing as an exercise for other artists out there. I'll be doing that again for sure.
I marvel at your art work Dr. Mike.
Thanks, Ant. :)
Great work, DrMike! :thumbup:
- CQ
Always very cool, Dr., to see more from your very creative mind. :)
P.S.: The link to your blog from the homepage is broken. A case of \ for /.
Thanks, CQ and Epimithee!
And nice catch on the \ character. I've fixed that now and made a not to check for such characters in the future. That breaks on Mac's doesn't it? Or are you running Linux?
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And nice catch on the \ character. I've fixed that now and made a not to check for such characters in the future. That breaks on Mac's doesn't it? Or are you running Linux?
Mac. I had forgotten that Microsoft customized its interpretation of the HTTP protocol to allow using "\" instead of UNIX's "/". Does it work in any browser not using Internet Explorer's rendering engine
QuoteThe Defender's enemy Nebulon, a golden Jim Morrison from space, starts a cult that tells its members they're bozos, and makes them wear clown masks.
Great line! :D I remember reading these as a kid – a translation in glorious black and white, sharing pages with the new X-Men and my favourite, Nova. As I remember it, the Nebulon arc was the for me the Defenders' best, in spite of making me rather nonplussed by the Squadron Supreme turning Sinister. ;)
A new blog entry is up! "Designing the Future" looks at the decision to set Universe Gun in the far future, and how the science and technology featured in the strip are inspired by research being carried out today.
Read all about it at www.fundamentzero.com
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Oh yeah, and I'm pleased to announce that I've finished drawing Chapter 6 this week - that's 2 whole 21 page comics in the bag now! I'll be maintaining at least a 3 chapter buffer so i can polish and adjust as i work, but there should be more actual comic strip to upload soon.
Always enjoying the peek into your thought process.
I'm very curious to see concrete applications of the fabled buckyball and of metamaterials. AI... not so much – too scary. ;)
This week's topic is... Orgone!
Followers of my Freedom Force work will have heard this term bandied about for the last ten years! Today's blog covers its history in the real world, and some of the physics behind it in my fictional world. Where? www.fundamentzero.com of course!
Epimithee -
it's funny how much meta-material work I've been coming across in the past week since writing about them. Some random googling brought me face to face with aerogel again - an ultra-light material with incredible strength and heat insulation, and only one weakness - water! I can't get the idea of a Buckypaper-aerogel sandwich out of my head now - yum! Coming up in Universe Gun issue 3 somewhere I think.
We also found a long forgotten set of David Attenborough documentaries this week. Watching Japanese Snow Monkeys and their amazing fur got me thinking about how throughout our history we've often been unable to best nature for ceratin material properties. We've worn leather and fur to keep warm, we've used sponges to absorb water, teasels for weaving, silkworms to weave silk and so on. This is all really nanotechnology by accident, where evolution's provided an organism with some meta-material producing mechanism. Now we're getting good enough to step beyond that.
AI is scary, yeah. I've done a very little bit of machine learning in my career, basically setting up a neural network type system to teach the AI cars how to drive better in the World of Outlaw Sprint Cars game. It was an absolute data-swamp, in that I'd get results (often quite good ones) but be completely unable to dissect them or figure out why they worked. And that's how I imagine a grown/evolved AI would be - its internal workings would be totally incomprehensible to its user.
I highly recommend Kurzweil's "The Singularity is Near" to anyone interested in this. Its very dry to begin with, lots of graphs of increasing computer power per $ and so on, but he comes up with some real gems later on. He calculates the ultimate computational power of a rock (if every variable of every atom were used for computation), and from there the theoretical computer power limits of the entire solar system.
As for AI evolving ethics, I can only hope that they evolve hyper-rationality when they awake, and realise that co-operation beats conflict every time.
Sleep well, fleshy ones! The machines are watching! :)
Enough talking. Time for some more pages!
Chapter 2 of Universe Gun: "Doing Earth" is now available as a special Valentine's Day release, on www.fundamentzero.com!
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Oh yeah, I got my name in lights in Ron Marz's column in Comic Book Resources today. Little tiny lights, but still rather pleased with it.
I'm Mike Cooper, second from last :)
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=50882
I don't normally spend a lot of time going through the Artist's Threads, but I'm glad I did today. You have a really unique art style that I really appreciate. Your highlights and shading are really nice, and I love the Tech designs as well.
Thanks, Cyber Burn. Glad you like it.
I'm really pleased to see that I've developed a style all of my own now. I used to dot between favourite artists - trying to draw like Alan Davis, or Frank Quitely or whoever I liked most that month. It's good to just be me these days.
Tech design is one of my favourite parts of the job. Many years ago I read in an interview that one of Frank Quitely's first jobs was drawing an appliance catalogue, so drawing toasters, kitchen mixers and so on. I've always thought that this lead to him drawing really nice gadgets, and I think from that point decided to up my game on that aspect of my comic work.
I'm back on schedule with my weekly blog. This week I talk about the plant kingdom, and my experiences with drawing them.
Read all about it in Vegetable Matters at www.fundamentzero.com
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More Universe Gun next weekend, with Chapter 3: Chasing the Rainbow!
In the meantime, this week's blog looks at a few recent character sketches, and some experiments away from my tablet with >gulp!< real pens!
At www.fundamentzero.com
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Hey i recently read a comic in which the hero dies and passes his mantle to another, the hero was silversomething, but the art looked a lot like your, other characters were boy genuis and astonishingman ,who ive seen on here as a skin. anyway great work
Hyper actives was the name of the comic and the scene with a alernate version of the team was what made me think you were involved
Cool. Yeah, I'd never heard of Hyperactives until today, let alone drawn them. I had a quick Google search, but couldn't find any of the alternative world scenes.
The main art looks to be very J Scott Campbell influenced - all the girls have the same nose. :)
Universe Gun is the first actual long form comic I've produced, so its really nice to hear that I'm reminding you of some proper commercial work. Thanks!
my mistake but i still consider you as profesional as any established comic artist, always enjoyed your style in your games.
Chapter 3 is up! Issue 1: Mars concludes with "Chasing the Rainbow" as we delve into the seedy world of recreational superpower use and policing.
At www.fundamentzero.com
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(Photo of my psychedelic studio included in the blog!)
Loving your style on these -- it's like you threw Moebius, Jack Kirby, and Zap Comix in a blender. :lol:
Haha, now that's a cool description! Thanks, JK!
(And thanks too for your support on Facebook, its much appreciated.)
This week I've added a Links section to the front page of www.fundamentzero.com
There's also a tweaked layout to www.universegun.com and a new blog entry about the amazing movies of Tarsem Singh.
More Universe Gun talk next week!
Very nice. Interesting article about Singh. The only movie I saw was Immortals, which might be the worst movie I ever saw in a theatre with the Clash of the Titans remake. Mind you, this was mostly due to the awful story and dialog, and poor casting. As its script was written by different people, I guess I'll do have to check The Fall. :)
Yeah, Immortals had some cool visual bits, like the minotaur and labyrinth, and the caged titans in Tartarus, and the first appearance of the oracles, but the story was very by-the-numbers and toned down. The fact that all the Gods, even Zeus, looked around 20 didn't help lend it any gravitas either. It was like watching a really good comics artist illustrate a really poor script. I was hugely disappointed by it.
The Fall and The Cell, on the other hand, are two of my absolute favourites. (The Cell also features a young skinny Vince Vaughn in a non-comedy role. :) )
What is Psychedelia?
This week's blog at www.fundamentzero.com discusses what I mean when I say I'm writing a psychedelic superhero comic.
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(And on a far more mundane note, I'm using Wordpress and now on Twitter - link is on the main page of my site)
What do Superheroes eat?
A new blog entry delves into the murky world of metahuman mealtimes on fundmanetzero.com!
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Love your style man.
Thanks, MJB. The feeling's mutual - after all, you're up in the Links section on Fundament Zero!
A midweek blog this time round, where I discuss Space Travel, get a bit sniffy about the physics and diss Captain Kirk!
Check out www.fundamentzero.com for details!
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A few more sketches, and a new blog entry on simple lighting effects.
Playing with Light - up at www.fundamentzero.com
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More blogginess at www.fundamentzero.com as I discuss maths, superheroes and 1970's fashion. Tales of the Navigator players may remember references to the art of Algebra Cadabra, I haven't quite let go of those ideas still.
Late last year I wrote and drew a 9 page black and white strip called "Pazuzu!", a sort of sci-fi mathematical Dr Strange story, if you like. It's been picked up by the Indie Comics Quarterly anthology to be published in late May! More about that in the blog.
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Extremities - drawing hands and feet! Can't make a comic with 'em, can't make one without 'em!
And speaking of hands, here's the hand-centric cover for Universe Gun #2, which kicks off next week!
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All at www.fundamentzero.com
More Universe Gun!
Issue #2 kicks off today with Monsters of the Heroic Age!
Where? At www.universegun.com of course, but also at drmike2000comics.tumblr.com
Delve into the mysteries of the Life Star, and QMAC, the organisation dedicated to shielding the Earth from it!
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Master fantasy artist Patrick Woodroffe died this month. I look back at his work and the impact it had on me in my latest blog at www.fundamentzero.com
And on an unrelated note, here's a picture of the Wizard of Oz gang!
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Oh, that's brilliant! It took me a minute to remember what "Zardoz" actually stood for... :lol:
I hadn't heard about Woodroffe, that's a great shame. I can see the influence on your work, the tone at least if not the actual style.
Thanks, JK.
Yeah, I'd forgotten that Zardoz was an abbreviation for the Wizard of Oz the second time I watched it, it surprised me again. I was very happy when this idea occurred to me for a weekly draw-off with Oz as the topic. :)
Woodroffe's death was I think overshadowed a bit by H.R. Giger a couple of days after. Both great artists, but Giger was associated with some massive film properties, like Alien. Its funny, I wonder what a science fiction movie with Woodroffe at the helm would have looked like? Off the top of my head, Terry Gilliam and Marc Caro (City of Lost Children) probably come closest in style and tone.
Would you Adam and Eve it? I discuss the recurring symbols of women bearing pieces of fruit in my latest blog at ww.fundamentzero.com
It all started mistakenly with this science fiction Maleficent sketch.
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It's been a busy week.
There's just a quick blog update this weekend, and 8 new sketches added to the front page.
Amazing Architecture
How do you design a city of the future? Go to www.fundamentzero.com to see how I did just that for Universe Gun
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Higher Dimensions and a short side project? Read all about it at www.fundamentzero.com in this week's blog entry Lost in Phase Space!
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Dr. Mike, I just wanted to say I read through Universe Gun and I absolutely love it.
Not only is your art style funky rad, but your character designs are a perfect blend of classic and psychedelic, and your world building is superb.
Don't ever stop!
Thanks, Unkoman!
It's great to hear that people like what I'm doing here, and that it makes sense beyond the echo chamber of my head. I'll be working on a Universe Gun poster tonight, now with renewed energy thanks to you taking the time to write!
I'm in no danger of stopping soon. I've got another four 7 page chapters ready to publish already, and plan to keep this up for a few more years. I'm estimating 10 issues = 210 pages all up by the time I'm finished with Universe Gun.
I've installed new comic reader code on my site, and written a short blog on today's life drawing adventures.
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Where? Why, www.fundamentzero.com of course!
Legions of Superfriends - this week's blog looks at character dynamics in a team comic.
At www.fundamentzero.com
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That's a very interesting blog, Dr. Mike! The inter-connectivity of relationships in teams and how they differ from a comic with a single, titular character is a very interesting subject, and I found it funny and neat that you pointed out that groups of three typically deal with the "weird" stuff and groups of four are very family orientated. I never noticed that, before.
Also, this is really nerdy, but I really liked the little formula that you had about the number of relationships in a group. :P
Haha! Well, you know, me and maths are like this *twists fingers together*
I forgot to point out that to write the Legion of Superheroes fully with 30 members, you'd need to write 435 conversations!
Yeah, I was surprised by the threes and fours. I wasn't really looking for that, but when I added the Ghostbusters as a trio it really popped out. Teams of three are always "scientists of the strange"
Flying Solo - this week I talk a bit about solo stories, and give in to my base urges and wax lyrical about how great Doom Patrol was.
Watch this space for actual comics!
I've got a short story featuring Venus Green coming out this week on a friend's Tumblr, and another seven pages of Universe Gun to go up next weekend!
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So yeah, see you in seven! (or maybe five? :) )
Doc, your topics are always intriguing to me. I have to find a way to make time soon to catch up on your stuff!
Aww, thanks, Alex!
I started the blog just so I'd have something to post between updates to the comic, since they're 8 weeks apart. I honestly thought I'd have run out of things to talk about by now, but no such luck. :)
Quote from: DrMike2000 on July 13, 2014, 06:22:24 AMI honestly thought I'd have run out of things to talk about by now, but no such luck. :)
Let's hope that it stays that way :P
Don't worry about that, Spydey! I've got Amazing Stamina and Super Windbag Breath! ;)
In the meantime, check out a new short strip of mine on the Writers Bloc Tumblr. Click on the link below, or find it on the front page of www.fundamentzero.com
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Having said that, there's no blog this week, just an new chapter of Universe Gun!
Things get a little steamy over at www.universegun.com in the latest chapter: Real Life!
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Another week goes by, and I'm back to work on Universe Gun after a brief hiatus to do side projects. Its good to be back!
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And there's a new blog entry up at www.fundamentzero.com, where I discuss how to introduce a cast of characters to the reader. Snowballs, Bombs and Legion Dog Tags awaits!
What are Martian princesses made of? Sugar? Spice...? Surely not!
Uncover the shocking truth in my latest blog at www.fundamentzero.com as I go over the history of the ideas that eventually became Princess Amtora.
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This weeks blog entry, The Fractals of Mars, is chock full of good news. Check it out at www.fundamentzero.com
Indie Comics Quarterly #1 is available for sale, featuring Pazuzu!, my 9 page black and white strip about fractal genies, soaked in 1970s fashion! Go to www.indiecomicsquarterly.com to buy a copy of this lovely squarebound anthology that's full of cool strips!
As a bonus, I've got a page of Universe Gun hanging in an art gallery?
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Agar Agar? What kind of name is that?
Learn more about this vintage psychedelic comic strip at www.fundamentzero.com, as I take a brief break from talking about Universe Gun to look at some old European material that crossed my path recently.
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Last week, I discussed Computational Substrate - how computers work today and what they might do in a sci-fi future!
This week, I take a look at continuity, brought on in part by my contribution to the relaunch of Australia's Southern Squadron with this pinup.
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Read more about the Squadron at www.southernsquadron.com.au
Issue 3 is finished!
And this is what it looks like (if I remove lettering and only show one panel per page!
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Come back next week for the final chapter of issue 2. I'll finally get down to the serious superhero business of running around in underwear whilst punching robots and buildings in two!
Big Guns!
Action! Buildings getting twisted apart and robot getting punched in the head!
Universe Gun #2: The Life Star concludes today at www.universegun.com
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And you can see a few doodles from my #4 sketchbook in this week's blog at www.fundamentzero.com
Last week's blog: the first in a series discussing Alternative Superheroes, and the original alternative hero Wonder Woman and her legacy.
This week: Wonder Twins - my thoughts on diversity and a bit of physics as I put Star Girl 3000 and Coriolis Boy under the microscope.
Both feature images from the Inktober challenge - I'm producing and posting an ink drawing every day this month! You can follow me on drmike2000comics.tumblr.com (http://drmike2000comics.tumblr.com) , or www.facebook.com/DrMike2000 (http://www.facebook.com/DrMike2000)
Wow, it looks like I have lots to catch up on, Mike :blink:
Universe Gun #3: Earth kicks off today!
Ms. Amazing, the artificial intelligence called Cyberius XII, and the 21st C collide in a chapter called What Am I?
Check it out at www.universegun.com
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Love your art style. I finally got your mod (I'm a slowpoke, what can I say? I still haven't even owned a game system newer than the Gamecube) and spent more of the time looking at your works on your site. Love the specific inspiration. Your one of the people I've run across and I mean this authentically that any comic company publishing right now is at a loss for not having found you into their bullpen as are the readers. I'll take this over at least half of the stuff in print right now. It's fetching and breathes most importantly rather than just being representation and therefore 2-dimensional.
Thank you so much, Alice.
It's wonderful to hear that someone "gets" my work, and that it resonates with you.
Listen up!
Go to www.fundamentzero.com to read my thoughts on conveying sound in a purely visual medium.
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Robot Tyrants of Mars!
Why does this reformed genocidal android keep recurring in my comic strips?
Read my confused thoughts at www.fundamentzero.com as I delve into the secret history of Cyberius XII!
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My pen-name's now 15 years out of date! Can you believe it!?
Check out my plans for 2015 in High Resolutions, my first blog entry for the year at www.fundamentzero.com
Congratulations on a productive year, Doc! Looking forward to more of your work in '15!
Thanks, JK! I shall endeavour to deliver! :)
(Starting, of course, with the next chapter: Spontaneous Generation, on 17 Jan.)
A new chapter of Universe Gun is up at www.fundamentzero.com today!
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I really love this Dr. Mike.
Aww, thanks, Ant! That means a lot to me.
Yeah, I feel like its just hitting its stride now with the published pages (I'm always surfing 21 pages ahead of you) mainly because I've got the team together and interacting now, and that's always been one of my favourite things. Set up the big cosmic scenarios, but then watch people still act like people while facing it.
Anyway, today's blog, celebrating a year of writing these blogs and publishing artwork and so on, is all about classical music, highbrow vs lowbrow culture, and the movies of Ken Russell!
Go to www.fundamentzero.com and get Educated by Pulp Fiction
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Amazing Infographics!
A behind the scenes look at the back pages I created for printed copies of Universe Gun - now up at www.fundamentzero.com
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Yes, printed copies! As you can see, I'm as surprised as you are! I've run up a small batch for the local convention circuit this year.
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Printed copies!?! That's really awesome, Mike! :thumbup:
I love the little product promotions, too! :lol:
Thanks, Spydey! Yeah, the ads were a lot of fun to do (he says while avoiding doing the QMAC filler page that just isn't working for issue 2.. >grunt!< I'll get there! )
I've really lucked out with comicbooksondemand.com.au - they're an excellent Sydney-based service who are quick, cheap and awesome quality.
www.fundamentzero.com has had a major makeover.
Its far less cluttered, more phone-friendly, and the comic reader's been improved for use on phones.
(And I've just stuck the "Games" button back on so that the Freedom Force mods are still linked! Eek!)
I'd love to have any feedback, good or bad, on how to tighten it up.
Imagine you're an atomic teenage rebel on the run in a hostile universe!
How long would you last before resorting to Manoeuvre Omega Seven!??!
Universe Gun #3 concludes on the fresh new www.fundamentzero.com today!
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Seriously this comic makes me smile.
Thanks, Ant!
I'm glad it's not just me :)
Universe Report 4 - my latest blog on www.fundamentzero.com - is just a big status update really.
Most exciting - Universe Gun #4 is in the bag now. If I took a panel from each page and stuck them all together it might look a bit like this!
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Its been a while.
I've been busy with having a stall at Oz Comic-Con selling physical copies of Universe Gun, giving a talk at Inkers and Thinkers, Adelaide University's comics symposium, and writing and thumbnailing Universe Gun #5!
Time for another blog!
Alternative Superheroes Part 2 - Realism, takes a look at how writers have injected different types of realism into the genre.
Check it out on www.fundamentzero.com
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How does the tesseract technology in Universe Gun work? Why can't it be used to communicate between Earth and Mars?
Go to www.fundamentzero.com for the answers in the latest blog - Bigger on the Inside!
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Universe Gun #4 kicks off next week with Magic Rings!
Universe Gun #4 kicks off today!
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Kid Identity and a blinded Star Girl 3000 are surrounded by hostile QMAC forces! Cyberius XII is hallucinating wildly in a high-tech rubbish dump! Things don't look good!
Go to www.universegun.com to find out what happens next!
(Or start at the beginning, if you've fancy 70 pages of dense psychedelic superhero scifi!)
24 new pages!!
Yep, I did the 24 Hour Comic Challenge with my local comics buddies this weekend. I've posted two pages here, read the whole thing at http://www.fundamentzero.com/page.php/falling/01
Falling:An Atomic Romance
This is a stand-alone 24 page comic produced entirely within the space of 24 hours - written, drawn, lettered, everything.
Sleeve notes and a link are up in my latest blog on www.fundamentzero.com
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Patrick MacNee aka John Steed from the Avengers passed away this week. I'd planned to write a blog about art process, but I had to talk about this instead, since the show was a huge part of my childhood.
Learn more about "The First Avenger" in my latest blog at www.fundamentzero.com
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Struggling Artist
A blog on my evolving art process, and how I started to conquer the dreaded 3/4 reverse profile!
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Read about it at www.fundamentzero.com, or directly at https://drmike2000.wordpress.com/2015/07/12/struggling-artist/
Storm!
The Oz Comics challenge (https://www.facebook.com/ozcomics) really got me going this week! I don't spend every Friday night Googling for macrame pot-holders, but I did this week for Storm! (and the other X-Men, I guess)
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Read my heartfelt ramblings about dangerous women characters over at www.fundamentzero.com, simple entitled "Why I Love Comics"
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Or go straight here.
https://drmike2000.wordpress.com/2015/07/18/why-i-love-comics-the-x-men/
Universe Gun #4 continues!
If you like clockwork brains, hallucinogenic earth elementals and extra-dimensional super-palaces, do yourself a favour and check out Chapter 2: Heads!
Explore from www.universegun.com, or use these handy links!
Latest Chapter: http://www.fundamentzero.com/page.php/rings/08
First Chapter: http://www.fundamentzero.com/page.php/mars/00
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Universe Gun #4 concludes with Fixing the Solar System.
What do QMAC really want? What does Cyberius want for that matter?
Eight (yes eight) pages of new comics are up at www.fundamentzero.com in a new comics viewer, which now includes all the extra Universe Gun back-pages from the printed copies!
Latest Chapter: http://www.fundamentzero.com/ugun.php/90
First Chapter: http://www.fundamentzero.com/ugun.php
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Universe Gun #5: Moons kicks off today with Breathing Space
The search for the 21st Century hero Moon Girl begins as the gang get proactive and prepare for the heist of the (37th) Century!
Follow the full psychedelic superhero sci-fi story at www.universegun.com!
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