Just a Girl You Want

I haven't collected comics since the nineties but one of my favorites at that time was "Tank Girl." Tank Girl is a post apocalyptic story set in Australia, about a punk rock girl who lives in a tank and hangs out with kangaroos. This British comic was originally created by writer, Alan Martin and Illustrator Jamie Hewlett (co-creator of the virtual band, The Gorrillaz).

Here are the opening credits to the feature film starring Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts and Malcolm McDowell.



I was recently reminded about this comic by stumbling upon a podcast called "Comic Genius" hosted on a website called Gamebreaker.tv which is mostly about video games.

What excited me most about it was that the new Tank Girl comics, called Tank Girl The Gifting, was illustrated by Rufus Dayglo (whom I am not too familiar with but like his style), Ashley Wood (I know from my friend Adrian's, borderline unhealthy obsession with his figurines) and Mike McMahon (the latter whom, again, I am not familiar with).

I found a preview of "The Gifting" on Popcultureshock.com.

To close here is some of Mr. Hewlett's work on the Gorillaz video (that could not be embedded), "On Melancholy Hill." This is the best mix of 2-D and 3-D animation I have ever seen.

~enjoy

Blue Bomber paint job or Quit hitting me, it's not a real helmet

This past weekend, My buddy Dean (Hank) Barkosky along with his dad and step mother came to visit and take in a Bomber game. Hank usually makes it in for one Bomber game a year and loves to paint up his face for it. In the past the quality of paint combined with mismanagement of time resulted in some pretty weak attempts at face painting. So this year Hank wanted to make sure that we would give it a solid effort.


Here is Hank before we shaved him and started painting.

Hank's dad also known as Mr. B, didn't want to be excluded so I prepare a design for him as well.


I thought it appropriate to have the senior Barkosky sport a retro logo since I was doing the current Bomber helmet on his son.




In the end, the Bomber's enjoyed a convincing 47 – 21 win over the Edmonton Eskimos and a good time was had by all. With exception to the Eskimo fans and players, so let me rephrase that. A good time was had by all that matter.

OUCH! Wouldn't want to be a Eskimo fan after this post.

See more photos at the orange kid flickr photostream.

Big Bang Big Boom

New (to me) from the folks at blublu.org, "Big Bang Big Boom" looks to be their most ambitious animation to date. Their fantastic, graffiti animation style has been among my favorites since first introduced to their work in college. You can see more of their animations at their Blu animations and other videos on youtube.

Oranje ist OK

FIFA World Cup in South Africa is well underway and in honour of my Dutch heritage, I offer this wallpaper of the Netherlands national team KNVB. KNVB is an acronym for Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond ("Royal Dutch Football Association").
They haven't reached the finals in the World Cup since it was held in Argentina when I was four years old and hasn't won a title since the 1988 Euro, but they are currently ranked fourth in the FIFA world standings and should prove a formidable force this year due to their crisp passing and a great balance of youth (Their under 21 team won the worlds championship in 2007 and 2008) and experience.

I have been a fan of the Netherlands since my Mother's aunt Mimi visited us from Holland when I was eight. She brought my brothers some trinkets with windmills on them and for me, a tee shirt with a cartoon lion bumping a soccer ball on his foot with the slogan "Oranje ist OK!" underneath. I remember finding it quite funny how modest the slogan sounded in English. When it comes to our national hockey team, you will never see claims that team Canada is just "okay". It probably loses something in the translation.


I was able to find a partial photo of the tee shirt on the Dutch site, Markt Plaza. Markt Plaza looks like an ebay type site, so maybe I'll ty to buy it. It apparently has more text to it that has been cut off in this picture.

The Netherlands will next meet Japan in group E of the World Cup.

Go Oranje!

General Buck Turgidson 2007 - 2010

In the early hours of Sunday, May 9th, 2010, General Buck Turgidson, our beloved Betta fish, peacefully passed away in his home. Buck is survived by his room mates, Doug and Rae Rae. A donation can be made to the BFCIBFC (Betta Fish Constipation and Irritable Bowel Foundation of Canada).

"Fish on"
~Primus 1991

Challenge For The Collective Blog

The Orange Kid would like to welcome, friend, Cara to the blogosphere with her first blog called "Challenge for the Collective" on which she explores the possibilities in using social media for corporate learning programs. If you have any input or interests on the subject of the uses of social media, be sure to check it out at www.challenge4thecollective.blogspot.com

Cara also brings my follower count up to three! Probably more like two because the OrangeBane probably accidentally hit the follow blog button. So I'd like to thank James D. for being my first follower.

How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love My Betta Fish Buck

This is my newly adopted Betta Fish named Buck after General Buck Turgidson from the Stanley Kubrick movie, "Dr. Strangelove or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb." This is my favorite movie of all time and general Turgidson was brilliantly played by the late great George C. Scott.


Fish Buck was adopted from my friend C-Mac360, who had to part with Buck (originally named Ashley after one of the Olson twins, but I think he looks more like a Buck), because he is in the process of moving.

Now for a scene from Dr. Strangelove featuring the good General.

Enjoy!