Oct11

Tony Update: The Nickstarter

by tonyd on October 11, 2012 at 2:05 pm

Hey Bros!

Just a quick note in case you didn’t see it.  I’m doing a Kickstarter for a comic I do called Post Apocalyptic Nick. It’s really awesome and has all kinds of swag for your Kickstarter donation.

The five dollar pledge gets you a pdf copy of the comic and a bonus pdf of Super Frat: Rush Week.  So if you never got the print copy, now’s your chance!

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Oct10

Twitter in Focus: Bill Amend

by tonyd on October 10, 2012 at 12:01 am

Hey Bros!

Welcome to Twitter in Focus where media comes to die. Today’s contestant is one of my favorite cartoonists, Bill Amend from Foxtrot! His strip is hilarious, let’s see if his tweets match up.

@billamend

September 21st:  “So I went to my local Apple store after dinner to see the iPhone 5 and there was a %#&*ing line to get into the store STILL.”

For the prices they charge, there should be no line.  Or at least waiter service with the line.

September 22nd:  “My son’s 7 billion simultaneous anime bittorrents are messing with my weekly Springsteen YouTube fest. Tempted to cut a certain cat6 line.”

But where will he get tentacle porn then?

September 22nd:  “For those suggesting QoS/throttling as a solution, I’m pretty sure my Airport base station won’t let me do that.”

Wow, I’m pretty nerdy and I have no idea what you said.

September 23rd:  “”Wait… What happened to my totem bar?!” http://bit.ly/SeoD4g #foxtrot”

Take that WoW!

September 23rd:  “Love this Scott Pilgrim themed marriage proposal… http://bit.ly/SepX7e (via reddit)”

Ah, yes.  Soon there will be the sound of tiny padawans running about.

September 23rd:  “Cool! RT @Chasingsol: Yay, you’re on the front page of MMO-Champion! http://bit.ly/TnmcUj !”

I thought I was nerdy, then I read this feed.

September 24th:  “Haha I was just in WoW trying to clear bag space before the xp and someone in trade chat asked if anyone else had seen today’s FoxTrot.”

I imagine if I could draw, I would be a lot like Bill.

September 25th:  “Launch night! Panda town here I come! pic.twitter.com/m8PJmUpA”

The happiest place on Earth…unless you’re broke.  Then it’s just depressing.

September 30th:  “Two words for you, Jason: Plastic sheeting. http://bit.ly/QDi3rV #foxtrot”

Heh.  Nice.

October 3rd:  “Woohoo I went to B&N and they had my new AAAA! book on display! Not really “diary fiction,” but whatev. pic.twitter.com/R7elEBKL”

Good deal.  I’ll have to stop by and read it over a latte.  That’s conveniently located on the way to the bathrooms.

October 6th:  “Jealous that my daughter gets to take the SAT today and I don’t. I know, I’m weird.”

Oh to be 17 again.

Okay, let’s rate Bill’s tweets.  I give him a 9 for Style, 8 for Mustness and a 10 for Insanity.  That’s an overall score of 9.  You gotta follow Bill, if only to get the scoop on the latest Foxtrot stuff.

And if you have a suggestion for Twitter in Focus, email us here.

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Oct08

Is Cincinnati a Curse Word?

by tonyd on October 8, 2012 at 6:59 pm

My nephew and his friends made this video. I thought it was funny.

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Oct08

Frat Boy At the Movies: Looper

by tonyd on October 8, 2012 at 12:53 am

If you heard Looper was a decent time-travel movie worth seeing, you heard right.  It’s pretty good.  Starring Joseph Gorden Levitt and Bruce Willis as a hitman in the future, Looper hinges on a couple of elements that you will need to accept to enjoy the movie.  The basic deal is this: It’s 2044.  Sometime in the future, time-travel is invented, but the technology is outlawed.  Unfortunately, organized crime gets a hold of it.  They crimelords use the technology to dispose of bodies in the past.  Joseph Gordon Levitt is one of these hitmen or Loopers.  But when an older version of himself appears, things change and it’s hard to describe any more without giving away the plot.

Emily Blunt plays a love interest, but this isn’t your typical Hollywood flick.  It isn’t just Levitt changing his ways to save Blunt and himself, the time travel plays a more important role.  And the great thing about the ending is that it doesn’t flinch from the only logical conclusion.  Directed and written by Rian Johnson, the movie moves well and doesn’t pull any punches.  Jeff Daniels plays a crimelord and his character isn’t as intricate to the plot as one might think.  Still, it’s fun to watch Levitt do his Willis imitation.

Bottom line, it’s totally worth seeing, especially if you like your science fiction dark and full of action.  I give Looper 8.5 keggers out of 10.  Go see it, bros.

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