Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Nuke Troop: Pages 1-3

Hi there. Remember this?


I posted this cryptic picture way way back in late January of this year. There was a reason for that. I started doodling for a comic book idea I thought would be pretty fun of the story about myself, Atomic Angie, Count Dracula and the spirit of my dead cat banding together to be a super hero team who dispenses justice in post-apocalyptic New Jersey. It was my intention to put up a couple of pages every once in a while, and do a sort of ongoing story thing. You know, just something for fun.

So, in classic Dave fashion, I did three pages and then forgot about it forever. With 2014 pretty much over, I started to feel REALLY bad that I didn't deliver on my little promise, so, I present to you the initial 3 pages of my comic called NUKE TROOP. Before we start, I make the following disclaimers:

-Of course, I will be posting further pages SPORADICALLY, because I am lazy/incompetent/whatever. By now, you should come to expect this. I think this will be a fun project, though, and I have some story ideas I really want to do. I will publish the comic in 3 page spurts.

-There will be tons of spelling and grammar mistakes in this. This is because I am a dummy.

So, you have been warned.

PS: I set this to post at 11:59 pm on December 31st. See? I said it would be out in 2014, and I told the truth. I always keep my promises!

Friday, December 26, 2014

NUCLEAR CLOWN RADIO - EPISODE 132 BOXING DAY BASH UP


IN THIS FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE:
-Happy Boxing Day and to all a good jab!
-Nell Newman sexy farm time erotica tales!
-An Infamous Injustice of Destiny!
-Zombie sleepover party tent trap tragedies!
-How Paul Heyman invented everything!
-Batman + Van > Science/Reality
-Count Dracula: B-Baller extraordinaire?
-On the Irradiated ipod this week: Aimee Mann helps us celebrate this most ancient of underutilized holidays by providing the wonderful opening track from her vastly impressive album The Forgotten Arm, "Dear John"! 

Saturday, December 20, 2014

NUCLEAR CLOWN RADIO - EPISODE 131 HOLIDAY HOTLANTA HOEDOWN


IN THIS SHELTERED UPBRINGING:
-PS4 talkfest 2014 and the Great Next Generation misnomer!
-Return to the Trap?
-Sons of Anarchy meat stabby!
-The Lord Soth & Lord Soft connection!
-Cross dressing Pirate problems!
-Out of the Animus!
-How Ellie-drool will save every last one of us!
-On the Irradiated ipod this week: David Bowie sets sail with a bonus track gem from his album of homage Pin Ups, and sets anchor smack dab in the "Port of Amsterdam"!

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

NUCLEAR CLOWN RADIO - EPISODE 130 YEAR 4 ANNIVERSARY DAILY JUMBLE MTV JAMS CELEBRATORY CEREMONY


IN THIS MIRTHFUL MANTRA:
-Dracula Unshown?
-Return to the dark portal!
-8 hours walking through New Jersey as the Irradiated One!
-A truly touching Irradiated gift and the upsides of Undead gambling addiction!
-Super Mario domestic abuse scandal!
-End of an Attitude Era, please!
-Over 4 hours of non-stop Nuke!
-On the Irradiated ipod this week: Type O Negative bums everyone out with the absolutely outstanding title track from their all out bummer of an album "World Coming Down"!

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

NUCLEAR CLOWN RADIO - EPISODE 129


IN THIS SCUTTLED RAFT OF ADRIFT ASPIRATION:
-Goodbye, Kansas City!
-The book of Gene!
-Draenor breast theft and the great Warcraft makeover!
-Bass/Treble wars and defending the skinny bitch? 
-8 ain't 12!
-The long lost art of lost album art!
-Bigfoot problems and the rise of the Hermit Crab!
-On the Irradiated ipod this week: The Misfits play us out this week with a song from their album Famous Monsters, making us all card carrying members of the "Fiend Club"!

Saturday, September 20, 2014

NUCLEAR CLOWN RADIO - EPISODE 128


IN THIS CLERICAL OVERSIGHT:
-Calling all Cyberpunks!
-iphone6techtalkcelebritypicturescandalgate2014!
-Vincent Gallo problems and the return of KIDS! 
-Jack the Ripper: WE GOT 'IM?
-Suddenly Skynet!
-Yo, Prince!
-The amazing disappearing Arnold Rothstein!
-On the Irradiated ipod this week: We all take physics lessons from our old buddy DJ Shadow as everyone enjoys a song from his debut album Endtroducing..., "Building Steam With a Grain of Salt"!


BONUS: This is the little MTV special on Cyberpunk that makes me feel incredibly old. This is from a time when MTV actually had interest in Music. GO FIGS, right?


BONUS 2: Because the world needs more of this song and I am lost in the past and fear the world around me greatly. 

Friday, September 5, 2014

NUCLEAR CLOWN RADIO - EPISODE 127


IN THIS SUDDEN START FROM THE WAKING DREAM:
-Enter the Cosmos!
-A vicious cycle of Seth-hating!
-The single most important Philosophical question in the history of mankind?
-Game of Corn?
-Time Travel problems!
-How to instantly stop a Doobie Brothers concert, Re-Run style!
-The finer points of getting Hearthstoned!
-On the Irradiated ipod this week: Billy Idol takes a break from giving us all manner of Shadowrun inspiration and delivers one doozy of a tune, "John Wayne"!

Monday, September 1, 2014

Irradiated Art: Dave vs. Dracula

So, I've been pretty disgusted with my inking as of late, and have seen how absolutely WONDERFUL a lot of people online are with using a Tablet to ink their artwork directly into Photoshop. I bought a fairly-kinda-sorta-decent tablet some years ago, and used it MAYBE twice before putting it down out of absolute frustration.

A few weeks ago, I dusted it off and tried to honestly give it a go. I'm not at all pleased with the results, and I remember why I stopped using tablets in the first place. It feels utterly strange and funky to me, and takes approximately 8 years to get anything done. I figured instead of have this picture rot inside my hard drive forever, I would share with you.

I would really like to improve the inking quality of my work, and know that the only way to get my lines looking the way I want is to get good with inking using a Tablet. Many folks online are utterly AMAZING with these things, and I feel very ape-like and clumsy using one. Hopefully, in time, I will be a goddamn adult and actually practice this manner of art. In the immediate future, though, I think I'll keep trudging along with my crappy V-5 and V-7 pens. I still use AOL for my email, so, as you might imagine, I fear change.


So, here is the pencil sketch I scanned into my computer. The rest of the work on this picture was done using my Tablet and massive sausage fingers.


While I don't think this is TOO terrible for a first real attempt, I still think the lines look shaky and weak. I didn't want to mess up, so I zoomed in SUPER close as I inked each little spot, trying to make it look okay. Zoomed up close, you'll notice a lot of details that just don't stand out at all when you view the image at normal size. I'll have to try and find a happy medium as I experiment with this stuff! I was actually going to use this picture for a Poster for a Podcast episode, but I just don't like how brittle the lines look. I might just ink the original version the old fashioned way, color that in, and use it as a Poster sometime down the road.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Take a walk on the WildStar side.



PS: This is, by far, my absolute FAVORITE still shot of me in a video. The funny part is, this was the very first thumbnail that came up of the three that you can choose from (anyone who has uploaded a video via YouTube knows what I mean). LOOK AT HOW INTENSE I SEEM! That's drama, baby. 

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

NUCLEAR CLOWN RADIO - EPISODE 126


IN THIS KNEE-DEEP MAGMA POOL OF RESPECT:
-New Jersey blues!
-Enter the Tiger Stingray Night Force!
-NXT & the backpack Bliss Bunch!
-Here comes the WildStar! 
-Taking a bow with Madonna!
-Art of the sad ending!
-Divine inspiration and the rise of Barfbeard!
-On the Irradiated ipod this week: Faith No More shows us how to play the ladies with a sound gem from their album The Real Thing, here comes "Edge Of The World"!

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

NUCLEAR CLOWN RADIO - EPISODE 125 PRO WRESTLING MAIN EVENT EDITION


IN THIS FOREIGN OBJECT:
-Enter the Global Force?
-Red spray tanned gypsy Undertaker problems!
-The second generation curse and how to overcome it!
-Triple H: Miracle worker!
-Mr. T 3:16 says I love my Momma!
-Andre the Giant butt-bash tales!
-Judith Light/Charlotte shows us who's the boss of NXT!
-On the Irradiated ipod this week: MD.45 plays us out this week with a song from their album The Craving, giving us a bit of a "Segue"!

Monday, April 14, 2014

NUCLEAR CLOWN RADIO - EPISODE 124


IN THIS SILLY SIDEREAL SIDEKICK SIDECAR:
-Political bridge-clog-traffic jam-gate ultra scandal 2014!
-Science vs. Creationism: Who is deadliest?
-The return of Jeff Kober! 
-Irradiated philosophy time!
-Walking & Breaking & Throning & reviewing! 
-Quick Kick's daughter and the great big Cobra Commander Moon!
-Pro Wrestling and Star Wars: BANNED!
-On the Irradiated ipod this week: Megadeth chills out for a bit with a classic slice of sound from their highly regarded album Rust In Peace, we ride this day out with the "Dawn Patrol"!


BONUS: Here is the downright awesome debate between Bill Nye the Science Guy and Ken Ham the emotionless Vulcan cyborg of Christ. Enjoy!

Saturday, February 15, 2014

NUCLEAR CLOWN RADIO- EPISODE 123.5


IN THIS BREADTH OF CREATION:
-Ant Rudd!
-Jerry Garcia Hell tales and the great Art war of 1996!
-Astronaut food Chick-fil-A warm lettuce drab product problems!
-Big Bro cabbage romance!
-Emperor Claudius cell phone hump!
-Ain't no rest for the Oldman!
-Enter the Blackfish!
-On the Irradiated ipod this week: We set sail with Rasputina, who gifts us with a heavenly sonic boat from their album Cabin Fever! and sets anchor at "Thimble Island"!

Friday, February 14, 2014

NUCLEAR CLOWN RADIO - EPISODE 123 VALENTINE'S DAY LOVE-IN GROPE DOWN SPECIAL XOXOXOXOXO


IN THIS BOUQUET OF BALDERDASH:
-Marvel MILFs!
-Hunger Games and a love letter to Woody!
-Goodbye, P.S.H!
-The ballad of Johnny Utah!
-Loving the Vampire!
-Molten Core cakes and the foodstuffs of February!
-Return to New Vegas?
-On the Irradiated ipod this week: Sonic Youth shows us their soft side with a nice little number from their album Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, giving us a glimpse of some "Sweet Shine"!

Thursday, February 6, 2014

NUCLEAR CLOWN RADIO - EPISODE 122


IN THIS OMNIPRESENT OMNIBUS:
-In depth less-than-Super Bowl coverage and gambling blues!
-The Elder/Dynasty/Risk/Roboto problem!
-Doing comic books properly with the X-Statix!
-Incredibly self-entitled fans and the WWE Network!
-Shattered legs and the WEED MAN! 
-Monopolizing Azeroth?
-Dracula re-re-reborn!
-On the Irradiated ipod this week: Cracker is kind enough to lend us a song from their album Kerosene Hat this week, and asks us to kindly "Take Me Down To The Infirmary"!


BONUS: Seriously, the X-Statix Omnibus is an enormous goddamn book.