Tuesday, December 26, 2017

A25U Flashback: Christmas Special!

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas, and here's a seasonal Flashback for you all. Every Christmas issue in A25U history, I think.  I left out stuff like New Year's, but I might post those in the next Flashback.  There's a new Number's New Year's Newsletter on your way.

Hope you were good this year!

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Saturday, December 23, 2017

A25U Flashback: We Like Roy!

The snow is falling, the cold winter breeze is in the air, and it is the perfect time of year for one thing:

REVENGE.

Ladies and gentlemen, this week's A25U Flashback takes us back to December 2011, with the story arc that introduced Cobra Stinger Driver Roy, Cobra Supplier Relations Agent Meredith, and a settle to score with Clutch.  Created by D.Chan for use in the comic, Roy and Meredith became fan-favourite characters, and they'd have to be if they're to take down Clutch himself!

Roy's story originally ran from #171 (December 2011) to #187 (April 2012), and if Roy has his way, One-Eight-Seven will be true indeed.

They're winter-themed issues that aren't Christmas-themed, so the next Flashback will look at our Christmas issues over the years.  Some were jolly.  Some were silly.  Some were a bit too optimistic.  Others less so.

#400 will not be done in time for Christmas, so I suppose that's one more Christmas I've ruined, but we'll see if reliving the Roy can make up for it a little.  Maybe.

Merry Christmas and I'll report back soon with more Flashbacks.

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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

A25U Flashback: Batteries Not Included - The Final Charge

I'm still trying to get #400 done for Christmas.  No promises but I'm trying.

This week's flashback is a continuation of last week's, when we revisited Ages 25 & Up's long-lost sister comic, Batteries Not IncludedBNI ran exclusively on CrimsonMonkey.com from 2010 to 2012, but I had to pull the plug in order to work on #200.

Since then, there's been no trace of the comic as Crimson Monkey has grown over the years, and the unexpected shutdown of the imaging hosting service I was using at the time meant my own archive was lost.  So basically, BNI hasn't been online in years, and other than on my old laptop's hard drive, pretty much forgotten.

I figured it might be a good idea to feature the old comic in last week's Flashback, since many of you might never have had a chance to check them out.  This week's Flashback is the last batch of Batteries Not Included, with many strips lampooning some kind of pop-culture goings-on of the month during which they were originally posted.

See what you think, and see if you can jog your memory and figure out just what the hell the comics were referring to.

CLICK ON ANY OF THEM FOR A LARGER VERSION.

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Monday, December 4, 2017

MIA? AFK? BNI! A25U Flashback: Batteries Not Included

Stop the presses! Hold the phone!

I'm alive!

 I can't believe it's been about a month since my last post.  (I'm sure the feeling is mutual.)  Crap's been pretty nuts on my mind, and real life unfortunately has to come first, but that's no excuse for not at least keeping you guys up to date.

Really, guys, I'm sorry, and I will aim to do better.  I don't want a repeat of #200 but it's kind of shaping up that way, isn't it?  I want #400 ready in time for Christmas, to the point that I've written some seasonal material for it, which requires shooting, voicing, and editing.  If the short isn't ready in time, I'll scrap that Christmas bit, or find some other way to use it that won't reveal #400's surprises.

Speaking of #400, here is one of the frames taken from the shoot.  Provided without explanation or context!

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But what could this mean?  Mild-mannered newsman Dick Wanker (formerly of CUNL, now with ITV, International Terrorist Videos) standing next to the legendary Solid Snake?  What is Dick doing?  Why is Snake casually pointing a FAMAS at the back of his knees?  How can Snake be calmly smoking while Dick freaks out?  Why is Snake standing in a puddle of blue stuff?  Where the hell is the background?  Could this be a still from an effects shot, without the effects edited in?

Only time will tell!  (Gone for a month and this is all I'm willing to reveal so far?  Call my the Cryptic Keeper, eh?)

Of course, a Flashback post wouldn't be a Flashback post without actual A25U Flashback content.  This time, I want to go way back to 2010.  Back then, I was contacted by pop-culture website Crimson Monkey in regards to making a monthly comic strip for their site.  I decide to go for a short, three- to four-panel newspaper-style strip that wasn't "ha ha" funny, but rather "I see what you did there" amusing.  Many strips would be inspired by the pop-cultural and/or seasonal goings-on of the month in which it was posted (holidays, movies opening, games launching, etc.), but not all of them.  It also had its share of running gags, the humour value of which is debatable.

It was called Batteries Not Included, and it is Ages 25 & Up's long-lost sister comic.  What do I mean by that?  I'll explain next week, when I'll post the second batch of BNI strips and explain its fate.

Until then, here's a buncha BNI comics for you.  CLICK ON ANY OF THEM FOR A BIGGER VERSION.  See you in seven-ish!

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