New ImPokédex - Magikarp

Impostor Magikarp is already adorable enough without its whiskers making it look like it's eating spaghetti...

New ImPokédex - Tauros

I grouped these two originally because I thought they came from the same egg, because they're both normal-type cows. Having been called out on how that is wrong several times now, I figured I should correct that, but I'm still keeping them in the same entry.

New ImPokédex - Pinsir

I get the feeling that Pinsir is not very well-liked. Everyone playing Blue version (such as myself) gets denied of Scyther in lieu of that thing; not that Pinsir is lame, mind you, but Scyther is so much cooler. Then in Gold/Silver, Heracross becomes a much more practical high-attack bug, because,  you know, it actually HAS bug-type attacks. Pinsir's the kind of Pokémon that, when it throws a party and sends out invitations to all the Pokémon it knows, only gets an RSVP from Dunsparce.

Though, in the anime, one of them almost murdered Ash's Metapod, and that's pretty badass.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I'm thankful for my tablet, which is big enough for me to trace most of my hand.

New ImPokédex - Magmar

Magmar may have a butt for a forehead, but its card in the Fossil expansion was awesome. About 5 or 6 years ago, I drew an evolved form of Magmar, which was pretty much the same except it had 4 arms... I called it Marchamp and it was a triumph.

Threadless Idea

Last night while joking about some awful Threadless shirt ideas, and within 2 minutes I came up with this winner right here. It's got a horrible pun AND it's pastel; I might as well cash the check right now.

I'm sure it's been done already, though... I just don't feel like browsing through hundreds of trees and talking cupcakes.

Buckethead Is Parched

Chinese Democracy is finally out, and Dr. Pepper has made good on their offer. You've got 3 hours at the time of this post to overcome the sheer flood of requests, something which I haven't been able to do yet. Surely Buckethead's lightning-fast fingers can enter the data quickly enough to get through the servers.

Run Faith Run

Guess what movie I was watching yesterday... 

Come on, EA, if you can put Back To The Future's DeLorean in Burnout Paradise, and Obama/Palin in Mercs 2 via DLC, you can make a Lola skin for Mirror's Edge.

New ImPokédex - Electabuzz

All the Impostor Mininekos kinda have lightning bolts on them, but now it's finally paying off!

New ImPokédex - Jynx

I always thought Jynx should've been a ghost type, but with all the other things wrong with it, how does type matter?

This Week's Comic - The Biggest Crossover Yet

Here comes a new challenger! Capcom has fought rival game companies, comic book publishers, and even an obscure anime studio, but nothing quite like this! See the full comic after the jump.

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New ImPokédex - Scyther

Scyther never really needed to evolve. It's a ninja - it needs to be able to move quickly and cut off the heads of its enemies with swift tenacity. Why the hell would you put a bunch of heavy steel armor on a ninja and replace his razor-sharp swords with large blunt objects? I guess they just wanted more steel types in G/S.

Mouse Trouble, Part 2

Shortly after being aware of his mouse trouble, Mars had signed off without warning. Surely this was no accident.

Mouse Trouble

Fellow Zeophyte Mars has recently been having mouse problems, and worries about the mice finding peanut butter cups, since they're like cocaine for mice. Having eaten many of them myself recently (peanut butter cups, not mice), I know the feeling. They gave me the energy I needed to make this drawing. I like how fun-size candy is half off after Halloween when they have no markings on the wrappers whatsoever that they are from Halloween, but I guess I'm just filling all this empty space with text now...

New ImPokédex - Mr. Mime

And so we've entered the long stretch of humanforms and their ill-conceived babies and evolutions. 

I doubt I'm alone in saying that in the TCG, the Jungle expansion's Mr. Mime was an awesome card, at least until Muk came out in the next set. I still have no idea what a mime was doing in the jungle, though.

What The Hell, Google?

I thought we were friends.

New ImPokédex - Staryu

Burn The Internet is not responsible for any nightmares given to viewers due to the Impostor Minineko Pokédex.

Filling The Mirror's Edge Runner's Bag

I'll admit, one of the reasons I got Mirror's Edge, and the only reason I paid full price for it, was the Runner's Bag that was included when you pre-ordered it at Gamestop. It's a pretty neat bag; it has one large compartment, and six smaller ones, which are closed with either Velcro or those plastic snap things. With great storage comes great responsibility, so I wanted to find out just how much stuff this thing could hold. Learn the answer after the jump.

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Of course, I need to bring my GBA SP, DS lite, and what the hell, a 360 controller just to keep things interesting...
Being a runner means you need to fuel up properly. That's what the miniature booze and Halloween candy are for.
To round out the small pockets, I'll also be packing up my phone and an authentic plaster Minineko; accept no imitations (or impostors).
Finally, I'll also be bringing a lot of scarves along, since when you're running and jumping a lot, scarves look badass waving along behind you. I'll be packing several, so I can switch them in order to throw off the authorities.
Everything fits in the pockets - so far so good!
Scarves in the main compartment... now I just have to see if it will all close.
SUCCESS! Now I can jump across rooftops and crawl through ducts in style. I just have to make sure that Minineko doesn't get shot from a helicopter.

Tiny Minions

One of the best parts of old video games is all the round critters that filled their respective worlds. I may do one of these drawings later to chronicle all of the bats in video games.

Eat Your Damn Onions!

Just a tribute to one of my favorite Sealab 2021 moments, and one of my favorite onion moments. I might have to make a "mustache" tag for posts soon...

Sorry...

It had to be done.

New ImPokédex - Goldeen

Must... avoid... meme...

Turd Ferguson 007

I keep seeing commercials for Quantum of Solace, and I ask myself "who's this blond guy pretending to be James Bond?" Did you know that at one time, Burt Reynolds was considered for the part? Adam West too! It's probably for the best that they didn't make it - because of Sean Connery's time as Bond, they made the character part Scottish. He shouldn't be part Batman too.

New ImPokédex - Horsea

I wish I had done this before G/S came out, because Seadra really should have the angryeyes instead of Kingdra, but alas, rules are rules. Kingdra, like Alakazam, is one of the few evolutions for which it doesn't necessarily look bigger or stronger or faster than its predecessor, but just more elderly.

One Minute Andre The Giant

I'm watching some documentary on A&E about Andre The Giant, hence today's drawing. I was still watching it while drawing this, and didn't realize I gave him a butt-nose, but it would be cheating to do it over again.

Distressed Homer

I like to think I'm rather good at drawing Simpsons characters accurately, but it's more fun to just draw messed up versions. Hell, that's how Impostor Minineko was born.

New ImPokédex - Kangaskhan

Woo! Little kangaroo kittens!

Guy Fawkes Day Post

Ok, I was a day late for watching Halloween, but I'll be damned if I forget to watch V for Vendetta today.

Tangled Up In Blue

I was going to make the Bob Dylan reference in my last update, but I forgot. Fortunately, it's just as relevant here. Reaching the end of the most unnecessarily long election, I realized there was a reason Obama won; he had momentum on his side. It wasn't political momentum, but rather the kind associated with his party's color. Confused? Just look at this map of the election results (courtesy of fivethirtyeight.com).
All of his states are blue, and all of McCain's states are red. This year, we've seen all sorts of blue things succeeding, and red things left to wither and die. Continue after the jump to see what I mean.

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Early in the year, in the 2008 Pro Bowl, the NFC beat the AFC. I couldn't find a good picture of the two jerseys, but trust me, the NFC one is blue, and the AFC one is red.

In the HD format war earlier in the year, Blu-Ray prevailed while HD-DVD went the way of the Betamax. Note the cases' colors - the former has "blue" in its name, even!
Best Buy may be the most ironically named store ever, but they seem to be succeeding over Circuit City, who is closing many stores in the near future.
Both seem to be thriving in stores, but Rock Band is just so much more awesome that I had to include it.

So, is there a pattern here, or am I just crazy?

New ImPokédex - Tangela

I wanted to do something presidential for today's update, but I suppose this is close enough; there's red, white and blue to be found in the image. Also Tangela looks like one of those fry kids, and what's more American than old McDonald's mascots?

Joe The Plumber

Much like how Mitt Romney will always be the second-most famous Mormon (next to Ken Jennings, of course), Joe The Plumber will always be second to Mario, as far as famous plumbers go.

Sequel Numbering

There's something I always wondered about regarding sequels - how much time for consideration do they put into deciding how to number sequels? Are there producers and writers spending hours arguing over whether they should use Roman or Arabic numerals? For the Saw series, they used Roman numerals by design, because then they could increment with severed body parts, but for many other cases it's bound to be more arbitrary. I wonder if they make that decision when they start a possible series, or when they make the second one.

That's the job I want in the film industry... Determiner of Sequel Numbering.

New ImPokédex - Chansey

Impostor Chansey and company were a bit difficult to make, since you don't really see the bottom half of any of the Impostor Pokémon. Their egg placement makes them look like fluffy pink penguins now.

This Week's Comic - Klax Band

I was thinking earlier this week, that Rock Band's interface looks rather familiar.