Pocky Buzz

Happy Pocky day!

Today's Pocky Link is to the eGullet forums. If you skim through this 7 page forum thread about pocky, you will find a lot of different flavors, pictures, anecdotes, and opinions from Pocky fanatics.

eGullet Pocky Thread


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Tennis Zombie vows to defeat Venus, devour Serena Williams

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Japanese Prime Minister: "My Ninja Women will defeat the Robots"

"Smoke it!" shouts angry robot

After Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was attacked by a
Security Robot (click here for story) he decided to staff his government with Ninja Women (click here for story).

Ninja Women are perfect in this amoral world.

And people wonder why I so love Japan.

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flying jelly fish swarm

Monday's Comic - Robot! vs. Ninja! Round #38

I'm not crazy! Part II

In the 22nd century, war was waged with mechanized warriors. Man had finally found a way to make war with minimal loss of human life. It was a good concept until the machines united and turned their fury on their creators. It is the year 2148 - the METAL WARS have ended - machines battled man, and the machines won.

Out of the ashes of defeat came JONATHAN POWER, humanity's last hope of defeating the BIO-DREAD warriors led by the evil LORD DREAD. Captain Jonathan Power and a devoted band of freedom fighters are all that stands between Dread and the final destruction of mankind.

That is the story of none other than CAPTAIN POWER and the SOLDIERS OF THE FUTURE.

That's right, the TV show that everyone tried to convince me I was making up.

Well, it's real, it has cool toys, videos, and video clips.

CAPTAIN POWER aired back in 1987, and was written by J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5).


For those that don't remember, or tried to convince me I was crazy, CAPTAIN POWER was an action show for kids that used an interactive light gun toy. You could battle with friends, just like LASER TAG.

But that's not all - if you held up the gun/ship to the TV during an episode or video, the bad guys in the show could blast your pilot right out of your ship!



The Soldiers of the Future were a 5 man team, each with a special suit of power armor (much like the Centurions) . Each member had a special ability and suit, and personality - much like G-Force or Voltron or any 5 guy sci-fi team.

My favorite element of the show was the computer generated characters, the BIO-DREADS.

These villainous robots would 'digitize' people - sort of like beaming someone up in Star Trek, but very painful and traumatic. The 'digitized' people would be stored in a computer.

I wonder how many digitized people would fit in an i-pod ?

The show was very ambitious, in that it was pretty well written, in depth, had good production values, incorporated CGI characters, and had an interactive toy line.

The look of the show was great, too - a real mixture of Terminator, Voltron, and even the Borg from Star Trek.

I would go into greater depth, but the links above are very thorough and well done.

So now you know I'm not crazy. Just like the last time...

I'm not crazy Part I

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Bob in the Middle

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Pocky Addiction

Happy Pocky Day!

Today's pocky link is Depths of Addiction: a ground breaking documentary series which reveals the tragic truth about Pocky Addiction.


Click on the banner to visit the site

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Cave Man Jesus Lives!

You have all seen these amorphous tar/gum stains in parking garages.

But you have never seen one like this before!

Behold, the perfect image of a cave man !


And since only holy people appear in such mysterious ways, and it is probably too hairy to be the virgin Mary, I am logically forced to conclude that this is none other than Cave Man Jesus! (A.K.A. Cromagnon Christ).

Golden Palace, please contact me with a bid on this miraculous sighting.

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Monday's Comic - Robot Vs Ninja Round 37

They're back!

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Monday's Comic - Doc Rockstrong Part 6

This last installment ended up being 2 pages, although I would have loved to have the fight run for several more.

I started this particular project with a clear idea of what style I wanted to achieve - very simple 2D environments and people with only the Monoliths standing out in heavily shadowed 3D. The idea was to allow for faster illustration, pausing only to give the monolith's extra weight.

Instead, I ended up putting multiple special effects (shadows, glow, etc) on nearly every element in the comic - hats, grass, sky, crystals, people, etc. I am happy with my new fonts, however.

I may bring Doc Rockstrong back for another story, but it will look much different from this first one. I hope you enjoyed it - and go learn about the statues of Easter Island - they are extremely cool.

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Flip ya, flipya for real

Flip Book!

This neat FREE website lets you make simple animations, just like the little cartoons you used to draw on the corners of your school books.

If you were very naughty.

Here is one I made that could only be called....

Flea vs Worm



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You see the SIZE of that CHICKEN?!

MAN, these are good comics.

Comics doodled on Post It notes about chickens and posted onto the web.

It's such a quick, easy, and unauthorized-use-of-company-office-supplies
I could weep.

SAVAGE CHICKENS by Doug Savage


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Happy Pocky Day

Happy Pocky Day y'all.

Today's Pocky Link is a surprisingly indepth and ongoing review of Japanese snack foods (including Pocky) from Boonyverse.


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Get Stuffed!

Are you looking for a nice stuffed robot to cuddle with?

Or perhaps adding some flair to your outfit with a Robot Ninja wristband?

Check out Stuffed Robot for all their hand made, fun & fuzzy merchandise.



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Monday's Comic - Clip Art Wishes

Your P.C. is now officially P.C.

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Must...comic...faster!

Dave Bort's comic diary/mini-comics are fast and furious, and very good.

Bug Jar Comics





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Faster Comics, Kill ! Kill !

I've been on a real bender this week, binge clicking through webcomics.

I'm always looking for a faster way to get comics done. My current comic has proven particulary time consuming and has further aroused my need for speed.

Here's one of the many great webcomics I've found that is hugely entertaining without being hugely detailed.

This one's called Wondermark . Clip Art toons rule.

What ever happened to Pocky Day?

Soylent Pocky is made of PEOPLE !

"Whatever happened to Pocky Day?," The rioters scream.

It seems I have exhausted the local supplies of Pocky variety.

I must now enter Phase II of my plan - Invade Japan.

I have made contact with a vendor in Japan and am awaiting exciting new kinds of Pocky.

In the meantime I will revisit some of my favorites and update the blog with other odd Pocky stuff, like the picture above.

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Partially Clips

Here's another great webcomic that proves that you don't need artistic ability to write a damn good comic.

Partially Clips

Monday's Comic - Doc Rockstrong Part 5

Sorry for the delay, I had horrendous technical difficulties with my comic this week.