Archive for 23. A New Neo
The guns in this strip came as part of a special from Chris Doyle’s Buy-Me Mizer and featured custom creations by Brickarms.
That’s a recycling of Shaft’s outfit from when he visited the S-Team. I figured it would be appropriate for Charlie-er-Superbad’s look.
It was actually difficult to come up with a supervillain name that sounded as lame as Superbad. Isn’t it interesting that it starts with the letter S instead of T?
“Button masher” is a derogatory term for video game players who play their games by pressing buttons randomly as fast as they can, instead of employing strategy.
The special effects in this were created by double-exposing each picture, one without the figures and one with the figures supported by a minimum of bricks. Then using GIMP software, the figures without their support pieces were superimposed over the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Steve’s final line is borrowed from the blaxploitation spoof I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, where the elder hero is being followed around by a funk band. When questioned, he explains “That’s my theme music. All good heroes should have some.”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…