Okay, in yesterday’s blog post I was talking about my experience with the care and feeding of reptiles. Today, we continue with that theme. Actually, we never kept snakes, so feeder mice were not a thing for us. Actually, that’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As a child, I didn’t have a lot of normal pets. My family moved around a lot, and my mother was too much of a clean-freak for indoor pets. Also, she didn’t like cats at all (but they loved her).[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What is it with dismemberment and Star Wars movies? Hands, arms, legs, entire torsos. Actually, I’m not sure if there have been any beheadings, but maybe they’re saving it for “The Force Awakens.” I’ve mentioned the walls with the red[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The guard tower is one of my cooler and more iconic Minions props, but I haven’t used it much, simply because it’s too tall for my old Minions lighting grid. The few panels that used it were mostly shot outdoors,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I thought this was funny, even without the clearly labeled button. This photo setup uses a couple of interesting prop. The star, of course, is the robot, a large, radio-controlled toy called Buster the Robot by EZ-TEC. He’s controlled by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Joelanta is one of the biggest, if not THE biggest events of the year for collectors and customizers of 1/6th scale action figures, including GI Joe, Action Man, Max Steel and others. The next convention will be held in March of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I expanded the Overlord membership of the Legion of Doom I tried to expand beyond the standard pulp tropes of the mad scientist, the monsters, the evil generals, and do something else. Doctor Wallstreet was one of my later[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Minions and dinosaurs. Oh, how I love them! This is one of those things that I could more easily get away with in single-panel cartoons: the “implied reset.” Looks like Number 9 is in pretty bad shape here, and it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is actually a bit of an in-joke, referring to the day when a bunch of my wonderful writer friends got together for “drywall day,” helping me finish my garage into an office and the future home of “Minions Studio.”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Really, the defining characteristic of a Minion is their ability to be blown off a catwalk at a moment’s notice. And so, one of the more elaborate (and often used) purpose-built props I made for “Minions at Work” was a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…