Exasperation

I have returned from my Pilgrimage.  Thanks for your patience while I took the week off!  I hope today's strip finds you well.  I haven't featured Amazona, the women's P.E. teacher, too heavily, so I thought it was due time to give her a moment to shine.

We had an amazing time in the Smokys (which is apparently how it's spelled).  If you want to see some pics, I put some up on my Tweeter.  I loved everything about the area we stayed in, but it was just slightly not awesome enough to justify my running off into the mountains, never to be seen or heard from again.  Mainly, I think my knees would eventually get destroyed from all those inclines and declines.  But that was it, though; literally the only thing about the region that didn't put me in "immediate relocation mode" was the fear of knee-pain. I'm becoming a formidable hiker, but I prefer my hikes to be a little more horizontal.  That, and I'd like to grow the majority of my own food one day, and doing so in that part of the Smokys would be next to impossible.

Everything else, though?  Was amazing.  It was wonderful getting to spend so much time with my wife and kid and my parents, and the area was even more beautiful than I allowed myself to imagine.  Those mountains were alive in every conceivable way.  Those forests and creeks and rivers are exactly what I need in my life.  The trip back "home" was not an easy one.

The Walters Files: Amazona

Amazona is sort of a mixture of Darwyn Cooke's Wonder Woman and Queen Maeve from Garth Ennis' "The Boys."  I can imagine Amazona being a heavy smoker and drinker.  Like Daemon, having lived for so long and remembered so much, one of the few things left to do is drown the days away in a bottle (but actually Daemon's alcoholism goes much deeper than that).  But we'll see; I haven't used Amazona much yet, and I don't have any plans as of now to elevate her status beyond minor character, though Jason did set up some nice back-story tie-ins between her and some important characters...

It should come as no surprise that I'm not a huge fan of Wonder Woman.  It can be argued Wonder Woman is among the best superhero role-models for girls, but I think a lot of that is negated by her outfit.  Nevertheless, I can't argue Wonder Woman's importance, and when picking the parody superheroes for the faculty of Super U., I knew I had to represent her.

Super U. Strip #56: Staff Infection

Staff Infection

Doing a little better this week.  Got out this weekend to Bok Tower, which is about an hour from my apartment.  And my wife ran across this incredible thing that we are planning to make a whole weekend out of during their "Hatsume Fair," which I gather is some sort of spring festival.  We had no idea such a place existed in Florida, let alone only a few hours from here.  Knowing there are things like this outside of Tourist Hell, Florida is helping me to come to terms with the reality that I may be living here for the next third of a century or so.   It's nice to have something to look forward to.

A short strip this week.  I had some ideas where I would introduce Dean Clobber, Disciplinary Head, in the third panel, and I wanted to give him a ridiculous "It's Clobberin' Time!"-esque catchphrase, but I drew a blank.  But, nevertheless, I like how it came out.

I think once I hit the end of Chapter One on the "official site" I'm going to ditch Interrupted Reality.  It looked promising at first, but it has yet to bear fruit.  I still plan on, after the end of Chapter Two here in another 23 strips or so, taking another hiatus to YouTube-ify the Chapter, with the goal of 2 movies a week, I think.  Maybe I'll spread them out to trick myself into thinking the sites are getting more attention than they truly are.

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Self-Ostracization

No time for blog, Dr. Jones!

Enlarginate

Gladiophilia

Here it is, the highly-anticipated second strip of Super U., where we introduce our resident heroine, Raine, a character I've literally been drawing since seventh grade. No, really. Over the years, her appearance has gradually decreased in Jim Lee-esque knockoff qualities and she's become a sort of emo biker chick. And also you get to meet the first of many teachers, Amazona.

Been playing Arkham City like a madman. Hands down one of the best games ever made, 'nuff said. Gliding around the rooftops of Gotham at night is one of any fanboy's dreams, and this game does not disappoint. It does an amazing job of making the environment feel authentic, and seemingly no dark alley has been left without the tiniest personalized details. Doing absolutely nothing at all in this game is fun as hell.

But being the savior of Gotham is probably going to go to the wayside in a couple of days when Skyrim comes out. If Arkham City fulfills every fanboy's dreams, then Skyrim is going to satisfy every geek's fantasies. At least, that's the hope. Because holy shit does this game look beautiful, and incredibly deep, and if it's even remotely like Oblivion then it's also going to be a massive time-sucker, which I have absolutely no problem with whatsoever. I'm going to be a tiger-ninja...

So, in light of Skyrim coming out, and taking into consideration my general lack of ambition, I've actually already finished Strip 3, which will come out next Wednesday. It's important for me to stay ahead of myself, so I can keep up with this weekly thing. Plus, my actual job tends to pick up big time in December, and I don't know how much I'm actually going to feel like drawing during my free time (i.e. my daughter's nap-time) when I'm drawing all night.

Lastly, as of this writing, the site still only has one member, my awesomeness consultant, J. I appreciate the love on the Facebook Fan page, but let's get some members, y’all! All you need is a yahoo or gmail account, or even an AIM, and you're good. And what the hell, leave some comments, too.

-Matt

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