I feel like I've made this exact joke before, but can't remember where, and the mere fact that there's so many possible shows that I COULD have made this joke about means that it totally bears repeating.
AND SPEAKING OF REPEATING: it had to happen eventually, but I've actually managed to ge...
2023-09-22 20:33:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Guess who wasn't paying attention and accidentally deleted the photos of the Raleigh Convention Center that were supposed to be the background elements to this comic? No, seriously, this page served as a vivid reminder of why I prefer to stick with photo backgrounds these days. It too...
2023-09-22 00:46:51 +0000 UTC View Post
I mean, from what I've heard, even Gainax themselves didn't realize just how big Gunbuster would go by the end while they were still working on the early installments. In that respect, it's kind of funny that MY experience is the exact opposite. I already know how the end goes, so now...
2023-09-21 06:09:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Yeah, I really should have more of a plan in mind before I start referencing something in advance, shouldn't I?
But seriously, this is one of the most legendarily botched episodes of any major anime series. It's probably a matter of personal judgement whether the art in this episode i...
2023-09-13 20:23:52 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't even know how controversial this opinion even is, I just take for granted that starting ANY sort of conversation about Evangelion online is going to result is somebody somewhere getting irrational about something. Combine that with the established fact that publicly preferr...
2023-09-13 20:04:46 +0000 UTC View Post
There's a real meta aspect to this, because I legitimately forgot that Max and Milia's meeting in this episode DIDN'T immediately lead to their infamous date. So my first idea for this comic, doodled out while I was still in the middle of watching, had "knife fight" grossly emerging out of ...
2023-09-07 10:20:56 +0000 UTC View Post
I know, I know, the whole first half of the episode is the conclusion to the fight that started in the previous episode. The thing is, I'm not just talking about the basic "But violence is really exciting to watch!" problem that so many anti-war works struggle with. I'm talking about ...
2023-09-01 08:53:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm assuming this is what people who go to parties look like. I mean, I sit in my room drawing cartoons all day. Do you think I know what party people look like?
2023-09-01 02:46:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Just Google it, but only if you want even more proof that anime was a mistake.
...but seriously, what happened here? Did they just forget they were drawing literally GIANTS for a moment, and it's just a continuity error? Or did the Macross folks literally make a file-sized Minma...
2023-08-25 21:21:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Proof of how little we thought this through: We'd initially planned to drive down in the same vehicle, and it wasn't until basically that Thursday morning that we realized we would need to come back home at different times that night. Hence the last-minute bad planning.
And speaking o...
2023-08-19 16:12:28 +0000 UTC View Post
The last line is funny because it implies that there's any sort of discipline in wrestling companies in the first place. Case in point, I came up with several additional joke ideas for this, but they all revolved around wrestlers it's either not cool to talk about anymore, or you just can't...
2023-08-18 20:22:29 +0000 UTC View Post
There probably wasn't any doubt, but the winner of the "Animazement Dealer's Room Haul" comic competition is Gunbuster! For anybody who wasn't paying attention and doesn't know what's going on: I'm gonna do some extra comics specifically for Patreon based on the first three episode...
2023-08-11 15:24:06 +0000 UTC View Post
...because they're dirty otaku, don't you know.
Actually, if there's one thing to really regret about the making of Macross (oh, only ONE thing?), it's that this show happened before the concept of the Weeb had truly manifested. I mean, think about it: the Zentradi are all ex...
2023-08-11 13:47:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I mean, granted, it's hardly the first time the Macross obliterated an entire city without even trying... or the second... or really even the third if you count dragging an island out to Pluto and shooting a massive energy cannon over the roofs as separate instances. Man, maybe the UN is ri...
2023-08-04 04:49:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm a bad person and I make no claims to the contrary.
Case in point, my main thought was and continues to be "How did Roy not leave a mess trailing behind him all across Claudia's room?"
2023-07-26 02:24:41 +0000 UTC View Post
It's like when room service checks the mini-fridge and charges you for any drinks that've been opened.
2023-07-24 14:55:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Any wannabe rock star trying to pull off a really tricky guitar solo knows that, when you mess up, all you need to do is repeat that mistake a few more times until it sounds like you totally meant to do it in the first place. In that spirit, remember when I screwed up the Weekly Anime Comic...
2023-07-22 23:03:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I can totally admire and respect the ingenuity and creativity in something but still not want to have to sit through it. I think the idea of reusing old animation with new audio and using the "dream logic" excuse to stitch together scenes that never had anything to do with with each other i...
2023-07-21 21:57:47 +0000 UTC View Post
You know, for as much as I was complaining about Kaifun last time, I'd actually COMPLETELY forgotten there was this thing about Misa being hung up over him. Gee, it's almost as if there's already more than enough soap opera plots in this show as it is, or something. That, or my brain ...
2023-07-13 22:12:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Look, I'm not a COMPLETE idiot; I know that's the whole point of Kaifun. And I'll be honest: the contrarian side of me DOES find some amusement in the fact that this rebellious, anti-establishment character who would probably be the hero in most shows turns out to be the most toxic person i...
2023-07-06 19:08:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Actually, this isn't even true. The first time I watched Macross, I'd already heard about what a mind trip episode 17 was... which left me all the more surprised and disappointed when 14 hit, and it was NOT that. Alas, that would take a rather long comic to communicate visual...
2023-07-01 06:42:10 +0000 UTC View Post
...aaaaaand there it is! The official last page on Ret-Con 2023! Anything else left languishing in my notes after this will get recycled as ConCONcon material somewhere down the line.
And for those of you paying close attention to the comic but HAVEN'T seen any of the pictures I...
2023-06-29 02:14:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Fun Fact: Part of the reason for this LATEST lull in Jenna comics is because the page you see before you now was SUPPOSED to only be around half of a much larger page... but that page turned out to be way too large to actually pull off. So yeah, there's a second half to this ya'll haven't s...
2023-06-28 21:49:49 +0000 UTC View Post
See, episode likes THIS were why I held off ragging on the frame rate in previous episodes. Episode 13 may technically be more fluid, but HOLD CRAP is this one of the more legendarily ugly ones. And yet, it somehow still manages to NOT be the absolute worst. Oh, we will travel d...
2023-06-21 20:01:21 +0000 UTC View Post
So, I already brought up the screening of Manos on Saturday morning in the main comics, and mentioned in the commentary what a different experience it is to watch without any riffing to make it go down easier. ...
2023-06-21 04:28:13 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't like bugs. Like, at all. This time of year especially, when I can't go a day without doing battle with a centipede or take out the trash without having to fight through a hundred slugs or be outside for more than five minutes without having half my blood drained by mosquitos. ...
2023-06-13 19:56:08 +0000 UTC View Post
"...and don't shake the jar to make them fight!"
For the record, my first instincts were to try and make a joke about how episode eleven has, like, a dozen frames of animation... but there are fewer and fewer days when I feel brave enough to point and laugh at how bad somebody ELSE'S sloppy...
2023-06-06 15:48:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Seriously, it's funny to me every single time. A little piece of the world was lost when Google Translate became available.
Also, just an aside: the UN Spacy officer uniform, when presented just in line art form, actually looks a lot more like the classic Klingon uniform than I expect...
2023-06-01 00:22:35 +0000 UTC View Post
It's funny when Ichabod gets hurt.
2023-05-31 06:32:41 +0000 UTC View Post
I mean, I'm pretty sure that's how those three Zentradi will view her eventually, but they've only just been introduced in this episode.
Seriously, though, I'm generally willing to let the silly misuse of resources demonstrated through this show slide, because it's honestly a pretty accurat...
2023-05-24 02:27:37 +0000 UTC View Post