I have a book called Tuf Voyaging by George R. R. Martin. It’s a great book – I highly recommend it. At one point a character is put in the unenviable position of having to earn his way across the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Don’t mess with scene changes, kids. It can ruin your whole day.
The Awesome Power of Science seems like it ought to always be accompanied by a growl of thunder and a swell of dramatic music. And, of course, that would be Science Guy’s theme. We haven’t seen the Technician around for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wipes were prevalent throughout the Star Wars and Indiana Jones series. I thought it might be fun to mess around with some cinematic techniques in the webcomic for this week.
You know on TV shows how people say stuff like “I wonder what he’s doing right now?” and then there’s a swirly, foggy special effect (that used to be done by putting Vaseline on the camera lens) and then a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Everyone seems to be forgetting that it wasn’t Slick’s choice to be abducted. Although I’m sure he didn’t miss monitor duty.
And so we come to the end of another edition of Cross Circuits. Expect to see it back again sometime in the future. Hope you enjoyed the latest installment.
I have to dig at George Lucas a little, because the first three Star Wars movies (meaning Chapters 4, 5, and 6) were great. And the latter three (Chapters 1, 2, and 3) weren’t very good in my opinion. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When Hollywood B- and C- (and Z-) list stars need some screen time, they go on the Hollywood Squares game show. It stands to reason that out-of-work robots need someplace to go as well, and Cross Circuits is it.
I first saw this “word from our sponsor” joke in a Garfield strip. This is my own take on the same idea. The cheerful fellow holding up the…thing…and the frog are also guest stars from the Brick House – in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…