Happy
Holidays! -
December 16, 2002
While
I spend my Christmas vacation getting caught up on various
comic projects, my buddy DAK
was cool enough to send me this excellent KU-2 and
El Quatro holiday piece!
Thanks, DAK! Have a great
holiday season, everyone - and I'll see you in January!
Logan
Weekly
Plug: I keep saying that the reason I'm taking
December off isn't just for giggles, it's so I can wrap
up other comics projects, and the proof is in the puddin!
In this case, it is musty 3000 year old green
puddin, but ...
Head over
to Modern Pulp
Comics where writer supreme Brian Meredith
and I serve up a 6 page comic called The
Harborside Hackers staring Brian's ultra-cool
hero from the forgotten age, The Jade Mummy!
Part One is live right now, and Part Two will be up
in January. ENJOY!
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Okay,
I take it back. PANIC. -
December 9, 2002
The good
news: This week's page of KU-2:
Old Haunts wraps up part one of the current
storyline. I'm very happy with how everything is unfolding
so far, and hope you enjoy reading it half as
much as I have in bringing it to you!
Now the
bad news: page 1 of Old Haunts Part 2 will
be hitting the site on Monday, December 2nd -
two weeks from today. There are a number of reasons
for this, not the least of which include some additional
comic art commitments I have currently cooking. I know
I usually take a week or two in between story chapters
- but believe me when I tell you that I'm going
to be spending every available minute of this "break"
at the drawing board.
I think you'll
be very, very pleased with the results.
Till then,
be well - have a great Thanksgiving, and I'll talk to
you soon!
Logan
Weekly
Plug: I keep saying that the reason I'm taking
December off isn't just for giggles, it's so I can wrap
up other comics projects, and the proof is in the puddin!
In this case, it is musty 3000 year old green
puddin, but ...
Head over
to Modern Pulp
Comics where writer supreme Brian Meredith
and I serve up a 6 page comic called The
Harborside Hackers staring Brian's ultra-cool
hero from the forgotten age, The Jade Mummy!
Part One is live right now, and Part Two will be up
in January. ENJOY!
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Okay,
DON'T PANIC! -
November 17, 2002
The
good news: This week's page of KU-2:
Old Haunts wraps up part one of the current
storyline. I'm very happy with how everything is unfolding
so far, and hope you enjoy reading it half as
much as I have in bringing it to you!
Now the
bad news: page 1 of Old Haunts Part 2 will
be hitting the site on Monday, December 2nd -
two weeks from today. There are a number of reasons
for this, not the least of which include some additional
comic art commitments I have currently cooking. I know
I usually take a week or two in between story chapters
- but believe me when I tell you that I'm going
to be spending every available minute of this "break"
at the drawing board.
I think you'll
be very, very pleased with the results.
Till then,
be well - have a great Thanksgiving, and I'll talk to
you soon!
Logan
Weekly
Plug: Mutant chicken superheroes. Evil talking
dogs. Proctology gone horribly wrong. These are just
a few of the bizarre elements that make up the fabric
of Jeff Kidd and Brandon Carr's Crater
City. With a healthy archive and steady Tuesday
updates, it's a must read in my book!
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Your
planet is doomed. DOOOMMMED! -
November 11, 2002
Needless
to say, I'm not thrilled with the results of last week's
election, and we'll leave it at that.
Now, go read
some comics.
See ya in
seven,
Logan
Weekly
Plug: I know Mike Pusiteri from the early
days of UO's Siege Perilous. While I was wearing DTM
green or running with OGD, he was out selling cookies
to PKs. (If this makes no sense to you ... well ...
like the Chili Peppers said "If you have to ask,
you'll never know.")
Anyway, Mike
summed up the whole last week thing a hell of a lot
better than I can. Check it out in this
rant from his Cruft
BLOG.
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Power
to the People -
November 4, 2002
Forgive me
for a moment if I get serious. I know my readers come
here to be entertained, but what good is an opportunity
to speak to a large group of people if you don't actually
use it on occasion? If you don't want to hear
me talk politics, you're welcome to skip this week's
Aloha and go straight
to the comics with my blessing.
Tomorrow,
November 5th, is Election Day here in the States.
And I just want to remind any of you of voting age who
is registered to please go out and VOTE. Our
system only has a snowball's chance in hell of working
if we the little people remember to participate.
I can't stress how much I mean this.
In the 2000
Presidential election, if just a handful more bored
Democrats actually picked their asses up from their
comfy chairs in Florida, we wouldn't be in the fucking
mess we are in this country with President Un-Elect
at the helm, and his band of corporate scavengers picking
our bones clean. Bomb Iraq, Dubbyah? How about paying
attention to the mess in your own back yard before you
go knocking on your neighbor's door?
And before
you make any snap judgements about my political affiliations,
let me tell you that I have no love whatsoever for the
Democratic party in this country. I just loathe the
right wing, bible thumping, corrupt Republican party
soooo much more. The lesser of two evils, and all that.
See ya in
seven,
Logan
Weekly
Plug: You want timely links for this election
week? Here are a few. These guys say it as they see
it every damned day, and do a much better job at it
than my little rant above:
From
the Protean Void Links Page
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Get
Your War On
You go read it. I'll be hiding out on
Dick Cheney's invisible nuclear fucking
helicopter ...
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Strong
words. -
October 28, 2002
When I first
wrote this page of KU-2:
Old Haunts I sat back and looked at the page
for a while. There was a scene I wanted to get across
to the reader, where I was attempting to capture the
random violence and pointless anger of a bar fight.
And although I'm happy that I managed to convey that
emotion in the finished page, there was a lingering
bad taste in my mouth.
Words can
hurt. Sometimes a lot. And as a writer, it can become
damned uncomfortable putting yourself in the shoes of
someone who, for the sake of the story, personifies
the darker side of human emotion. Racists. Bigots. Haters.
I can write a campy supervillain with a planet-threatening
death ray any day of the week or plot the movements
of a mindless monster with a thirst for blood, simply
because these beings don't exist in the real world.
The type of villain from today's page, sadly, is
all too real.
I hope I
got the point across without sounding too heavy handed.
I also sincerely hope I don't offend anyone. But at
the end of the day I have to admit, I'm happy with the
page.
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That little
bit of soul searching out of the way, I just wanted
to wish all of you a very happy and healthy Samhain,
or Halloween. Whatever way you celebrate it,
enjoy yourself.
And save
a couple of packs of Smarties for me. Damn,
I love those things!
See ya in
seven,
Logan
Weekly
Plug: In keeping with the holiday season, I
wanted to send a shout out to one of the few daily webcomics
I make it a point to read: Oh
My Gods! by Shivian Montar Balaris. It's
a very funny pagan-centric strip that pokes fun at religion,
tradition, superstition, icons, and most importantly,
itself. Just a damned funny read. Treat yourself
to some Samhain sweets over at Shivian's!
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Clicky
clicky lub. -
October 21, 2002
Not a lot
to say this week. The 9-to-5 job has been more of a
7am-to-9pm for the last couple of weeks, so it's been
kinda hectic here in Casa de KU. Old Haunts is
moving along nicely, and the
KU-2 Store was very well received, with the
KU-2 Retro Lunchbox being the most popular item,
far and away. I believe the lunchbox is seasonal,
so if you have any intention of picking one up, you
might not want to put it off. Big thanks to any of you
who bought KU-2 and Protean Void gear
- it's always a pleasure to know folks are enjoying
the comics!
And hey,
one thing you CAN do to support KU-2 that won't
cost you a dime is to click on one or both of those
VOTE buttons in the column at left each and every
week. Both the Top Comic Book and the Top WebComics
sites list the highest ranked comics and direct more
traffic back here. And when you're crankin' out a free
webcomic purely for the love of the artform, increased
traffic is always a welcomed reassurance that you're
doing something right. :)
Okay, I'm
outie. Back to the salt mines.
See ya in
seven,
Logan
Weekly
Plug: Every once in a while, you come across
something that is just refreshingly different.
A few weeks back, I was lucky enough to find such a
thing in Fiddle
and Burn. It's a daily webcomic, updating Monday
through Friday. Nothing unique in and of itself there,
right? Except as creator Jason Pomerantz describes
it, Fiddle and Burn is "A Daily Comic
Strip in Prose." What does that mean? No
pictures. I have to admit, when I first heard the
concept, I was skeptical - but after reading it, I was
a doubter no more. It's funny, quirky, and memorable
... all the things a comic strip aspires to be. Go check
it out, I think it's well worth the read. Even
without pictures.
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Misc,
etc, etc. -
October 14, 2002
I
finally got my arse in gear and did some work on the
Protean Void
Hub site this past week, so there's a couple
of disjointed treats out there for all you KU-2
fans:
1)
The Protean Void Store is now open for bidness!
If you ever had any desire for some KU-2 swag,
now's your chance! With everything from a black Protean
Void Baseball Cap to Up from the Depths t-shirts, My
Black Irish Love beer steins, and a cooler-than-thou
KU-2 Retro Lunchbox, it's got everything your twisted
little heart desires. PLUS CafePress is currently offering
big honkin' discounts on all of its original merchandise!
That means a BIG price drop on t-shirts, coffee mugs
and the like. Check it out!
2)
Son of Cool Links! Once again, I have updated
the Protean Void Links page to include some new
friends, services, and just plain kickass web comics
to the list, as well as adding some new banners for
the various Protean Void comics themselves. Enjoy!
See ya in
seven,
Logan
Weekly
Plug: I've got a whole mess of webcomics and
other sites I've been wanting to bring to your attention,
but sometimes I just have to repeat myself.
Jay Mcleod's
Migrayn
just wrapped up the final page of it's origin story,
Into the Void, last friday here at our own Protean
Void Comics Network. I can't tell you guys enough
how jazzed we are to have our old buddy Jay and his
ultra-hip, styalized comics here as part of the family,
so I'm sure you're thinking "Well, you HAVE
to plug it, Logan!" Untrue. I plug Migrayn
because I dig Migrayn! It's just a great
read, and Jay's work just seems to get better and better
with every passing page.
Just yesterday,
Jay shot me a sneak peek at the first couple of pages
of his next story arc, which launches this coming Friday,
and all I've got to say is wow. I was blown away,
and you will be too. Check it out now, and don't forget
to hit it again on Friday for the beginning of the new
story!
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All
plugs, all the time -
October 7, 2002
I love my
little opportunity to chat with you peeps every Monday,
I really do. I dig the opportunity to spread some news
to you, and pass along a plug to another site I think
you might like. But sometimes, the comics are so
good that the news is the plug.
Plug
1: Last Monday my favorite webcomic updated.
I know that "favorite" is a strong
word to use when you're a creator yourself, but I challenge
you to find a flaw in this excellent comic.
Dewclaw
is a science fiction gem that instantly sucks you into
an immersive world where an intelligent Canine race
is fighting for its very survival against rebel factions
in its own midst.
With top
notch writing and gorgeous art, you couldn't ask for
much more in a free webcomic - but creator Matt Johnson
delivers the goods in what I consider to be some of
the best use of Flash I've ever seen on a webcomic.
Subtle uses of movement to enhance an already beautiful
sequential art page show Matt to be a master of the
digital medium - it's never gratuitous or overstated.
This is Webcomics as its own artform - the child of
the printed page, but an entity deserving of it's own
recognition.
Plug
2: After a comic like Dewclaw on Monday, the
rest of the week's webcomics must be pretty thin by
comparison, right? Wrong. Dead wrong. The
webcomic's world's hardest working man in showbiz,
DJ Coffman, dug one of his oldest, fan-favorite
print comic creations this past Friday, and unleashed
it upon the unsuspecting web.
Zombieopolis
is resurrected as a brand new, serialized original webcomic
at MoviePoopshoot.com,
that bastion of media review and hype left over from
Kevin Smith's movie Jay & Silent Bob Strike
Back. Although DJ has been doing a lot of great
comic work for them for a while now, this is the man
at his best - great story, with some of the best art
I've ever seen this multi-talented guy produce. Trust
me - you'll be hooked from the first page!
The
most amazing thing about all this is that it's a serial,
meaning that DJ (along with co-writer Bob
McDeavitt) is serving up not one page
of ghoulish goodness every friday, but an amazing three-to-five
PAGES every week! I swear, I don't think the
guy has slept since 1998.
And
best of all, it's ZOMBIES! I mean, who doesn't
love zombies, right?
Okay, that's it for me. Go read this week's installment
of Old Haunts,
with a cameo by a well-known webcomics force
of nature. Then go enjoy the hell out of Dewclaw
and Zombieopolis.
You've got
your homework assignment - go!
See ya in seven,
Logan
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Yer
a right gadge, ye are! -
September 30, 2002
This week's
page of Old Haunts introduces a character previously
unmentioned in the KUniverse: El Quatro's
roommate Kennith Bain. Ken is from Scotland,
and although I've had a lot of fun writing him, I wanted
to try to make sure his slang and overall manner of
speach was as close to real as possible.
To this end,
I contacted a Scottish cartoonist named James McEwan,
or Neomac, as he is known on The Blambot
Nexus. A damned talented cartoonist whose work I
dig a lot, as well as a very cool guy, James really
came through and hooked me up with some great stuff
for Ken's dialogue. (For example: in today's page,
Ken calls Quatro a "gadge," which means "crazy
person." Spot on assessment, I'd say!) Thanks,
James!
Hey, you can only watch the Trainspotting DVD
just so many times, y'know?
See ya in seven,
Logan
Weekly
Plug: On a week like this, who else could I
possibly plug, except Kennith Bain's speach coach James
McEwan. Go hit James' site, and take a spin
around the excellent work he's cranking out right now.
Well worth the time and a bookmark - this guy is
good!
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Sleepy
now . -
September 23, 2002
Monday
morning - time for the big upload. Hurry hurry! Gotta
get to the 9-to-5!
Ah, crap. I forgot to write this week's ALOHA!
Oops.
No babble from me this week. But the page is up,
and I'll see you in seven.
Logan
ps:
hit that plug for AdventureStrips.com
below! I
expected great things from my buddy Chris Mills and
his team, but their launch last week absolutely blew
me away! Well worth the cost of admission. I
recommend it highly!
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The
return of good TV. -
September 16, 2002
I'm not a
big fan of television. For the most part, it just leaves
me cold.
Inane half-hour
sitcoms taped over ridiculous laugh-tracks, syrupy over
acted implausible dramas (or worse - that horrific hybrid,
the "dramedy") - these things really just
don't hold my attention. Any time I sit down to watch
prime-time television it only frustrates me how that
time could be far better spent, as I feel my intelligence
ebb away.
Hey, I'm
just glad a show
worth watching is finally back.
And yeah,
maybe I'm a bit partial, 'cause I live in Jersey, and
know most of the locations they shoot at.
What.
You got a problem with that?
See
ya in seven,
Logan
Weekly
Plug: Today marks the official launch of a webcomics
group I have personally been very excited about. AdventureStrips.com
is the first spin-off of the successful Modern
Tales comics, one of the first webcomics subscription
programs.
A
group of extremely talented people from both the print
and web comics communities have come together to create
the reads at AdventureStrips.com,
and the whole shebang is headed up by the talented Chris
Mills of Supernatural
Crime fame.
Yes,
it's a pay comics site. But you get a lot of quality
comics for a lot less than you'd pay for their print
counterparts.
I'm
subscribing, and recommend you check it out, too.
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Rolling
Requiem. -
September 9, 2002
This time
last year a lot happened. In my personal corner of the
universe, my wife and I were blessed with the arrival
of our third child, my baby daughter Rowan. The
potential of life and everything that brings happiness
seemed all around us.
And then, a few days later, the Towers fell.
A lot of people more educated and eloquent than I am
have talked about this for almost a year. It is a permanent
scar on our social consciousness - and in a great sense
America's innocence died that day. It is a damned big
world out there, and like it or not, we are a part of
it.
A close friend of mine, John
Lyden, is a very talented and operatically trained
singer. In addition to his many other projects, he is
just one of the talents involved in Rolling
Requiem, a project to give honor to those lost
on 9/11. I think it is a unique and stirring tribute
to those who are gone now, and if you have the opportunity,
encourage you to visit their site and see what they
are doing this Wednesday.
Logan
Weekly
Plug: I first met Jay Mcleod back in the pre-historic
days before this website launched, and my only exposure
on the web was the graphics I did for a couple of online
gaming sites. The other cartoonist was some ultra-styilized
guy who called himself migrayn. Working together
on a couple of projects, we became fast friends and
were surprised to find out we lived around 45 minutes
away from each other in New Jersey.
Now,
a couple of years later and with the focus of our art
changed to webcomics, it was inevitable for Jay and
his great comics at migrayn.com
to join us here on the Protean
Void Comics Network. If you're a fan of sword
& sorcery, a fan of cool-assed cartoons with a life
of their own, or just a fan of good comics, I suggest
you hit migrayn.com every Friday!
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Old
Haunts on so many levels. -
September 2, 2002
Welcome to
KU-2 Comics! If you're a new reader - come on
in! Kick off your shoes, pour yourself a pint of the
good stuff, and dig in. There's a nice chunk of archives
here. Enjoy!
If you're a returning friend, I'd like to offer both
a welcome back to these familiar grounds, as well as
an apology for my long absence. I won't waste your time
or whittle away at my dignity with excuses for where
I've been or why there haven't been any new comics for
the last couple of months. Lets just say that all the
other commitments I had to take care of are now put
to bed, and I'm thrilled to be rolling up my
sleeves and crankin' out the comics for you again. Plan
to see new pages of KU-2 Comics here every
Monday for a long time to come!
The new storyline, Old
Haunts, premiers today - and it's the tale of
El Quatro's somewhat less-than-triumphant return
to his old stomping grounds of Hoboken, New Jersey,
after the life changing events from his Hawaiian vacation
with his newfound Alien Android buddy close behind him.
The surroundings may be familiar, but something is
very unsettling …
Coming back here to make the comics I love feels like
returning to my Old Haunts as well - but believe me,
unlike El Quatro, I welcome the return with a smile.
Thanks for reading! I'd love to hear what you think
of the return on our new forums,
and I'll see you in 7 days.
Logan DeAngelis
Weekly
Plug: What ... Still plugging these guys?
Yup. My buddies in "round headed comicness"
over at Q-Balls
are relaunching today as well. New site design, new
comics, new forum ... the works. Swing by and check
it out!
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Gone
fishin. -
April 22, 2002
Wow.
Feels like ages since I said ALOHA to all my
friends here in the KUniverse! I've been getting a lot
of work done on my break between KU-2 stories, and look
forward to kicking off the next story line soon.
In the meanwhile,
why not take a trip down memory lane with me to 1979,
before KU-2 was born. A time when a 10 year old Logan
was crankin' out the mini comic adventures of ... The
Shadowed Man! Guest commentary by by buddy Chuck
"Q-Balls" Morrison.
Talk to ya
soon!
Logan
Weekly
Plug: It's four times the Quantum Foam Fun
with Los Bros Morrison (and redheaded stepchild
Morripagliason), with the adventures of Quantum,
Invisoblaster, Megaball and Quantum
Foamies at the one and only Q-Balls.com!
... for the love of god, don't forget the hyphen!
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April
Fools? -
April 1, 2002
UGH.
What a week. What a month. The workload at my
9-to-5 have been roughly doubled for the last month,
and keeping my KU deadlines has been difficult to say
the least. (Especially since this week's page is
2 days late!) One more time, all apologies for the
delay. I hate missing a deadline, believe it or not,
and had been pretty happy that this short storyline
would be finished on time. Ah well.
But hey,
the good news is the page is done - you can go
read the conclusion to the latest in the KU-2
story, Hi, Ku!
in all it's glory! This short has been a bit of a departure
from what came before, but I had a hell of a lot of
fun with it. Big ups to my co-conspirator and all around
POA, my lovely and talented wife Jodi for her
assist in scripting the haiku for the story. Love
ya, hon!
So, what's
on the horizon? Quite a bit, actually.
First off,
as is my habit, KU-2 will be taking a little break before
the next story kicks off. I'll take the next couple
of weeks to wrap up the Protean
Void hub site finally, and get a head start
on the next Ku story, so I canhopefully keep
to my normal schedule of a new page every Monday.
In the meantime,
updates will continue every Wednesday at Mr.
E's Cartoonin.com as we continue his Ghetto
Trading Cards series, and rumor has it the next
issue of The
Shadowed Man may rear it's ugly head in the
next week or so. Watch this space for details!
And before
you know it, KU-2 will return with its 4th story
arc, as El Quatro returns to Jersey after his
Hawaii vacation with his new alien buddy, and can't
help feeling like an outsider in his old stomping grounds
in a tale called "Old haunts."
Talk to ya
next week!
Logan
Weekly
Plug: This week saw the launch of what I have
to say is one of the best resouce sites I've ever seen
for Indie and Web comics, The
Small Press Magazine. Featuring news, reviews,
articles and contests by and for the indie comics community,
I give TSP my highest recommendation. (And I'm
not just saying that because their first webcomic review
was of this site!) Check it out now!
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Missed
it by THAT MUCH! -
March 26, 2002
The last
3 weeks at my 9-to-5 have been more like 7am-to-10pm,
and weekends little more than a memory of yesteryear.
Still, I wanted to keep on schedule with my Monday updates
here at KU-2 ...
Ah well.
You know what they say about the best laid plans, right?
This Monday's update comes 24 hours late - but at least
it wasn't a full week. :)
See you next
week for the conclusion of Hi, Ku!
Logan
Weekly
Plug: With a weekly installment of KU-2
like this one, it somehow seemed only natural that the
weekly plug point to my man Lightfoot's comic,
Pulse, the Blue
Bombshell! Cool comics, adventure ... and
really really large breasts. Check it out now!
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Mine's
a Pint. -
March 18, 2002
Busy BUSY
little Logan these days, folks. I've been keeping just
one step ahead of the Sheriff in getting your weekly
dose of KU-2 to you, but unfortunately dropped
the ball this past Wednesday when I failed to update
Mr. E's Cartoonin.com.
In switching gears between his run of Charlie Black
strips and the upcoming Ghetto Trading Cards,
I forgot I had planned a week intermission to tweak
the site and get the cards all web-ready. My bad, and
the new stuffs will appear this week!
And somehow
I let last Monday pass without wishing all my peeps
a happy St. Patrick's Day, and dropping the obvious
link for My Black
Irish Love.
I hope everyone had a few pints of the dark stuff and
some home-made corned beef. I know I did!
Slante!
Logan
Weekly
Plug: It's a rare occurance that I stumble across
a webcomic that pulled me in as much as Matt "Akita"
Johnson's fantastic comic DewClaw.
From the original concept and story to the beautiful
art and design - DewClaw truly stands out as
my fave new read of 2002. Go check it out now!
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Happy
Birthday to KU! -
March 11, 2002
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One
year ago this week, a little web comic called
KU-2 made its first appearance online.
An
odd tale about a punk from New Jersey and a childlike
alien android from the stars, KU-2 is all
about bringing the fun back to comics, at a time
when the genre is too bogged down with gun-toting
"heroes" and borderline pornstar "bad-girls."
Currently
in the middle of it's third story arc, the comic
plans to stick around and entertain its loyal
readers for many more Mondays to come.
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Thanks for reading KU-2. It's you readers that
make it all worthwhile!
See you next
Monday,
Logan DeAngelis
Weekly
Plug: Okay, so it's self-indulgent - but I just
wanted to take the time to once again direct your attention
to the other two comics on the Protean
Void network: Mr.
E's Cartoonin.com and my own sword-and-sorcery
tale, Wyrms.
This Wednesday
kicks off a new arc of comics from Cartoonin,
as Mr. E brings it back to the streets with his
Ghetto Trading Cards - they're a must see!
Updated Fridays,
Wyrms is currently at the half-way point in it's
introductory story, as the young Shamus steals
away in the dead of night to attempt to rescue the tormented
Dragonpriest Choqua. If you haven't taken
a look at Wyrms yet, it's a pretty interesting
departure from my work here at KU-2. Hope
you enjoy!
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Chibi
Chibi! -
March 4, 2002
Wow! I’m posting this week’s ALOHA
a day late, thanks to how busy I’ve been at my
9-to-5 job, and I just have to say that it looks like
the readers are really enjoying Hi,
Ku! This week’s page has gotten more response
than I expected - it's great to see that folks are enjoying
it.
A while back, once I had the whole story plotted out,
my beautiful wife Jodi and I sat down with a bottle
of wine to jam-script the Haiku stuff - it was really
a lot of fun! That’s the reason for her credit
on page one - although she deserves a co-creator credit
for everything I do - she's so utterly supportive
of my webcomic work. Love ya, honey!
It's a hoot to wrap up something like Up
from the Depths, and just throw down a goofy
little romp like Hi, Ku! As I always say, I'm
simply having the time of my life with this - telling
the stories I've wanted to for so long - and I'm thrilled
all of you are enjoying coming along for the ride each
week.
Lots more fun to come!
Logan
Weekly
Plug: My buddy Jay "Migrayn" Mcloud
has fired up his site Migrayn.com
for another round of cool web comics! Check out his
unique style stuff with the ongoing Little Green
Men, cool gaming character sketches, and whatever
comic industry and gaming rants spill out of his fevered
brain at any given moment!
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Chuck
Jones 1912-2002 -
February 25, 2002
Picked up from one of my favorite sites, The
Internet Movie Database:
Chuck
Jones, one of the most influential animators and
animation directors of all time, passed away February
22nd, in Corona Del Mar, CA, of congestive heart failure.
He was 89. If you ever spent Saturday morning with "The
Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour," or waited in
trepidation and joy for "How the Grinch Stole
Christmas," sang "I'm going to kiiiill
the waaa-bbit!" or rejoiced over "the
Aludium Q-36 explosive space modulator" you
probably owe a great debt of gratitude to Jones. It
was under his watch that the Warner Bros. cartoons transcended
the mere "loony" and reached human proportions.
With Jones, Daffy Duck became a greedy, thoroughly
despicable, fully understandable scoundrel, and Bugs
Bunny fought for the little guy against the big
brute, even if he couldn't find his way to the Coachella
Carrot Festival...therein. Jones also created the Road
Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Marvin the Martian, Pepe
le Pew, Sam Sheepdog (and his co-worker RalphWolf)
and Michigan J. Frog. Jones won many accolades
during his full life, though Jones felt the very work
he did was reward enough. In his autobiography, Chuck
Amuck Jones said: "...if you are in that
trade of helping others to laugh and to survive by laughter,
then you are privileged indeed." Thanks Chuck;
the privilege was ours.
Chuck
Jones was one of my favorite cartoonists, and without
a doubt my favorite animator. We lost one of the greats
this weekend, folks.
Logan
Weekly
Plug: It seems a bit odd for me to plug User
Friendly by Illiad, mainly because it's
probably one of the most popular comics on the web.
But when my friend Jiff pointed out to me Illiad's touching
tribute
to Chuck Jones, I just had to pass it along.
It sums it up perfectly.
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Hubba
Hubba -
February 18, 2002
At long last, the Protean
Void hub site has finally gotten some attention.
Although it's a far cry from finished, the bare bones
of it are up. Finally more than a blank, black page
with a pic of KU-2 and Mr. E's Ghetto Tales,
you can now hit the PV site for a quick jump
to any of the 3 weekly Protean Void Comics.
I'm currently
in the process of moving the current KU-2 Links
and Logan
pages over there, as well as all the archived Short
Stories (which really had nothing to
do with KU-2 in the first place). There are new links
I'm adding as well - sorry to all the folks I've been
speaking with who I haven't gotten around to linking
yet - it's on it's way! And some cool-as-hell
new art for the Guest
Artist Gallery.
As much as
the PV site will be your jumping off point for KU-2,
Cartoonin
and Wyrms,
I'll continue to just run my mouth off here. I dig the
little soapbox this Aloha strip affords me, and
will yap at you every Monday for as long as you care
to read it.
Talk to ya
in a week,
Logan
Weekly
Plug: Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday Ron
Marshall brings us the cartoon grind of big-city
Police Detectives. Check out Ronski's tweaked humor
and a damned funny comic strip at Public
Eyes!
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Deja
vu & Hi, KU! -
February 11, 2002
Hey, folks! If you're a reader of the Protean
Void Forum, you know that I was knocked on me arse
last week with a particularly nasty flu. I made certain
that this didn't stop my intended release dates of any
of the Protean Void Comics, including the first
page of the new KU-2 storyline - but the end
result was less than spectacular to me. I hated that
Hi, Ku! launched with little fanfare and with
the old Up from the Depths homepage in place.
So this week corrects that.
Take it from the top! Welcome to the first installment
of the new KU-2 storyline: Hi,
Ku! It's a fun romp, and a nice departure from
the heavy monstrous stuff in Depths. It also
wraps up our heroes stay in Hawaii, so stick around
and enjoy - there's a lot of cool stuff on the horizon!
I also hope you've been enjoying the other 2 weekly
Protean Void comics:
Wednesdays we've got Efrem
Alston's Cartoonin.com featuring Charlie
Black, with some old school inner city flava.
Friday was the premier of my own Wyrms:
Zero - a sword and sorcery tale in a darker
style than KU-2.
And while Ku was away in January, I hope you read and
enjoyed another visit to my comic book childhood with
issue 2 of The
Shadowed Man!
With any luck the all new Protean
Void hub site will be up and running this week so
you can keep track of any new goings on with all of
the above.
Thanks for reading!
Logan DeAngelis
Weekly
Plug: Beautiful art, dangerous stories, and
a multi-talented creator - you get all of this and more
from Amanda Francis at her website Colorblind.
Pay it a visit, it's well worth your time!
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Hi,
KU! -
February 4, 2002
Hey everybody! It's been a heck of a few weeks since
I spoke at ya last, and it's REALLY great to
be back!
This week
kicks off page one of the new KU-2 storyline: Hi,
Ku! It's a fun little romp that I've been having
a blast with, and I hope you dig it too.
I'd love
to hang out and yap with ya now, but I'm sick as a dog
- flu has put me out of comission for the last
few days - which explains why the Depths front page
is still live, even though the new story is running.
I'll get all that fixed by next Monday's update ...
Talk to you
soon!
Logan
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KU-2:
Up from the Depths concludes! -
January 7, 2002
Thanks for joining me today for what feels like
a real achievement in my comics work - the conclusion
of KU-2: Up from the Depths. This has been the
longest and most ambitious story I have ever attempted,
and I couldn't possibly be more proud of the results.
But I didn't do it alone.
None of this website or any of my comic work would be
possible without the encouragement of my beautiful wife
and three great kids. It takes a lot of time to make
comics, and I'm lucky enough that I have a rare family
that wants to see me make those comics almost as much
as I want to make them. I humbly dedicate Depths to
them.
Just as important to the creation of this comic is you.
Every day the readers inspire me to keep going, weave
new tales, and push my artistic limits just a little
more. I can't tell you how much the support and reaction
from all of you have helped inspire me whenever I need
that extra push. I feel just like Sally Field …
"You like me … you really like me!"
(No, Virginia, Sally Field never drew comic books).
To all the other cartoonists I've gotten to be friends
with over the last year, I have to thank you as well.
You talented folks took me in as one of your own and
made a newbie feel like he had a place in the grand
scheme of things. I can't think of a more talented and
supportive group to be a part of.
This marks the conclusion of KU-2: Up from the Depths,
but it is by no means the end. Waiting in the
wings are more tales of weirdness, punks and alien funk
- and I can't wait to bring them to life for you.
For the next couple of weeks, KU-2 is taking
a break, as I get a head-start on the next story arc.
I hate missing deadlines, and if at all possible I'd
really like to get a nice stockpile of pages completed
before launching again.
But fear not! Just because KU-2 and El Quatro
are going to be kicked back on the beach sipping Mai
Tais, there is no reason you shouldn't get your Monday
Comics Fix! Starting next Monday, and running for the
duration of the KU-2 break, will be the return of the
most requested comic from last year's Shorts!
Join us here next week for Shadow-Man #2, Showdown
with the Living Demon!
And to give you a little more info on what else is coming
up from Protean
Void Comics, you'll be seeing the relaunch of
Mr. E's Cartoonin.com
with all new material. Want more? How about another
weekly webcomic featuring the character you saw a glimpse
of in the recent Short We
are the Playthings of the Gods. And last but
not least the new and greatly improved Protean
Void site, which will act as a hub to all of
these and KU-2, too.
So go visit us on the Forum
and say hey. Let me know what you thought of Depths
and the first year of KU-2 Comics. And I'll see
you back here in 7 days with more Shadow Man!
All the best,
Logan
Weekly
Plug: This past Saturday was the big kickoff
of Nate Piekos' Link
Mcree Online - the ongoing weekly longform comic
featuring Nate's fantastic characters from AKF
Comics. I'm a huge Lint fan, and these are some
great tales. Check 'em out now, and add the link to
your list of "must hit webcomics!"
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