THE SIMPSONS NEWS

Went back to work earlier than expected. I got a call last week asking me if I could start this Wednesday. It seems that a show needed some help because an artist was going out of town or something and they need a replacement for the rest of the week. I agreed to come in so I started work. From the moment I got to my cubicle I had work. It was waiting for me on my chair. I didn’t really get a lot of time to settle in. I saw the work load and knew if I stalled, I wouldn’t be able to get it done, so I rolled up my sleeves and got started. An hour or two later, my director got into the office. He told me he left me the stuff and just wanted me to get started on it without any need to talk to him about it. I was way ahead of him. Not exactly the back to work experience I was hoping for.

The funny thing about being back to work this time around is that I got that weird nervous feeling that I’ve only gotten, when I was younger, on my first days back to school from summer vacation. That’s never happened to me before. Why do I feel like that now?

MOVIES

Do to the fact that both my wife and I were out of work and we had some crazy bills to pay last month, we haven’t really been buying things or going out at all. This meant the we hadn’t seen any of the new movies we really wanted to see that have come out lately. Well, since I was going back to work, I thought it would be a good idea to go watch as many movies as we could before I went back. So earlier this week I saw three movies, Hancock, Kung Fu Panda, and The Incredible Hulk (in that order). So I’ll do a really quick review of all the movies, beginning with:

Hancock

The movie was entertaining. I enjoyed it quite a bit. The biggest flaw I had with this movie was that you just about get the whole movie just watching the trailer. Fortunately the trailer leaves out one big twist that actually made the movie enjoyable. It’s a fun popcorn movie. I recommend it.

Kung Fu Panda

I loooooved this movie. First, because I love Kung Fu. Second, because I know Kung Fu. Third because it was funny and fun. This is the type of animated movie I wish was made years ago. Why hadn’t anyone thought of this before? It’s the type of movie I wished I’d worked on.

It had some really cool things going on. The style of the opening dream sequence was just awesome. one of the highlights of the movie. Watching the movie really made me want to go back to study kung fu again sooooo bad. I miss it. Haven’t done it in years. Go see this movie cause, I want a sequel. Which would probably happen even if it bombs. It’s a Dreamworks movie after all.

The Incredible Hulk

Exactly what I expected. Waaay better than the first Hulk movie. Compelling story even when the Hulk wasn’t on screen. It was fun and exciting. I still liked Iron Man a lot better. Still I liked this movie and I love The Avengers teasers that Marvel Comics is putting in all the movies. I tend to get more out of these movies than most people do because I read the comics and they often put a lot of “inside information” for all the comic geeks through out the movies. It’s like what was done with the Lord of the Rings movies. If you read the books you got more out of the movies than if you didn’t.

I highly recommend you read the Marvel Comics so you can join the fun, otherwise you just get annoyed by it. It’s easy to do too, it’s not like you have to read a novel or anything and they are fun reads.

Now we just have to wait for the Thor movie, The Ant-Man movie and the Captain America movie and we’ll have just about all the Avengers.

MY WEEK

Do to the crazy week I’m having, I really didn’t get time to draw. I did this quick doodle at lunch. I felt like drawing something different for a change. The lesson I got from drawing it? I need to go back to figure drawing class. It’s been a long time and apparently I’m really rusty.

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