Fear Not Of Comics

Mos Def has this track called “Fear Not Of Man”, you can hear it at youtube, but there's a part of it where he's just talking about hip hop, and I always think that you can take out “hip hop” and put in “comics” and it still makes sense.

This is the bit...

Listen.. people be askin me all the time,
"Yo Mos, what's gettin ready to happen with Hip-Hop?"
(Where do you think Hip-Hop is goin?)
I tell em, "You know what's gonna happen with Hip-Hop?
Whatever's happening with us"
If we smoked out, Hip-Hop is gonna be smoked out
If we doin alright, Hip-Hop is gonna be doin alright
People talk about Hip-Hop like it's some giant livin in the hillside
Comin down to visit the townspeople
We are Hip-Hop
Me, you, everybody, we are Hip-Hop
So Hip-Hop is goin where we goin
So the next time you ask yourself where Hip-Hop is goin
ask yourself.. where am I goin? How am I doin?
Til you get a clear idea
So.. if Hip-Hop is about the people
and the.. Hip-Hop won't get better until the people get better
then how do people get better? (Hmmmm...)
Well, from my understanding people get better
when they start to understand that, they are valuable
And they not valuable because they got a whole lot of money
or cause somebody, think they sexy
but they valuable cause they been created by God
And God, makes you valuable
And whether or not you, recognize that value is one thing

Official Trailer!

So, with a little bit of hard work, a touch of swearing, a tiny aspect of luck, and a whole butt-load of ingenuity, I have managed to get The Official Trailer to The Young Offenders up at youtube.

And here it is.



The music you hear is "Tokyo Drifter" by Chris Public. He's better known (to some) as Lo-Ki from BTK, the fresh young Canadian Hip-Hop group from late 90's Toronto.

I'm a huge fan of Chris Public. The band BTK has been a huge inspiration on me, my writing, my lifestyle, my marijuana consumption, my comics, and like, my soul, since I first heard the Peppyrock single, during my last days of High School.

As much as it is an honor and privilege to get to create my own comic with Peter Severinson, that I get to combine the whole works with one of the most incredible musical artists I've ever heard, just makes it all the sweeter. I can't thank these guys enough. Hell, I don't even know if I thanked them at all.

Anyway, enjoy the tunes and the foreshadowing. I'm sure, if you're reading this, then you've already read most of the story, but that ain't the point. The point, I think, is to create something that's to be enjoyed.

Goings throughs the motions.

Here kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty!

Struggling to upload. Nothing too major, just fudging around with trying to get a high-quality video posted up to youtube. I'm trying different ways to make it happen, different methods of moving files around, different extensions to save them under, different ways to get the best visuals popping as I can.

It's a bit of a task. It's a nice time to get some laundry done. It's a very yellow point in october.

Still can't believe we're moving out of this neighbourhood! Surreal! Only 10 days to gooooooooo!

Turn, Churn, Burn, Spurn

Savage Henry Lee says, "Look out behind you - radioactive man!"

Drama to follow!