Apr27

Twitter in Focus: Andrew Santino

by tonyd on April 27, 2016 at 12:01 am

Hey Bros!

Welcome to Twitter in Focus where media comes to die!  Today’s contestant is comedian Andrew Santino.  Let’s see what he’s tweeting.

@CheetoSantio

March 28th:  “Young Metro…Goldwyn-Mayer ”

Obligatory cat tweet.  Everybody gets one.

March 30th:  “Knock, knock Who’s there? It’s me, Hollywood Well! Come on in, my place is a mess, but that’s why you’re here right?!?”

Every time Hollywood comes to my door, it just takes the welcome mat and leaves.

April 1st: “ ”

Ha.  Nice!

April 13th:  “Do us all a favor, if your Snapchat name is honeybunny143 at least put your picture on your icon so we know who the fuck you are”

But I want all my ass pics to be anonymous.

April 14th:  “Umm…DISMISS ”

C’mon, I’m sure Amber had an important reason for this.

April 14th:  “So…this is a racist emoji right??? 😑”

Only if it’s followed by a tiny little white hood.

April 15th:  “Tonight at at 10pm my arch nemesis Andrew Santo will be performing. Come watch me ridicule him.”

Hey, it’s a comedy club. They only get so many letters.  How do you think Eugene Mirman feels when they run out of E’s?!

April 15th:  “Rap Names Drake = Aubrey, Common = Lonnie, Future = Nayvadius, Fetty Wap = Willie, A$ap Ferg = Darold, Riff Raff = Horst, G-Eazy = Gerald ”

And Ice-T equals Tracy.  Anyway you slice it, these guys changed their names for a reason.

April 16th:  “BOTH THESE DUDES JUST SAW THE SCORE ”

Sports can be sad.

April 19th:  “I’m voting for Ted Cruz because he looks like tapioca pudding Also, Bernie Sanders is a joke and Hillary is a coffee table”

Well, at least you thought it through.

April 19th:  “Welcome to Los Angeles, may I see your shitty tattoo? Great! Come on in!”

Dammit!  A new requirement?  Thanks a lot, TSA!

April 21st:  “My only wish is that everyone posts a picture of prince on Instagram today”

I don’t get why people are making such a big deal about the royal family this week.

April 23rd:  “The only way to watch ”

Yeah, without those cabinets, you might think you weren’t in a basement watching Canadians beat each other.

April 25th:  “One day I’m going to hit a speed bump while chugging this massive bottle of Pellegrino and it’s going to knock out my front teeth “

Preemptively remove the teeth.  Problem solved.

Okay, let’s rate Andrew’s tweets.  Strange, minimum plugs, definitely a mix of material and random stuff.  I give Andrew an 8 for Style, an 8 for Mustness and a 9 for Insanity.  That’s an overall score of 8.3.  Follow Andrew.

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

 

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Apr25

Webcomic Review: Stars on the Ceiling

by tonyd on April 25, 2016 at 2:05 am

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Webcomic:  Stars on the Ceiling

Creator:    Tim Aichele

Format:  usually three panels

Updates:  Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays

Genre:  autobiographical

Themes:  slice of life, comics, creator life

Characters:  Cartoon Tim, Cartoony Tim, Stick Figure Time, Abigail

Archive:  Goes back to 11/11/04

This is a stick figure, autobiographical comic by Tim.  Tim is a comic guy, like myself, and also a songwriter.  That’s about all I know from reading a few dozen strips.  I find the strips genuine, although a little unambitious.

I am not an artist, but I feel like I could draw this.  That’s not a slam against the comic, I just think it should probably come out every day.  I also think the panels should be bigger, they sometimes feel crowded.  But I really think Tim needs to give us more insight into the Why’s.  Why he feels one particularly way in a panel or in a scene.  I mean, okay, it’s autobiographical, but I’d feel I don’t know enough about Tim.  I like that he talks about the cons he visits, that’s fine.  In the About section, he says that the comic was partially inspired by American Splendor.  Harvey Pekar would often give us insight into his mind, his hopes, his fears, his dreams.  I think this comic needs more of that.  Open yourself up, Tim.

After 12 years of posting, especially when you do ones that talk to the reader, you could easily do 6 panels or 9 by reusing the artwork.  Dig deep, my friend.  You did it in this strip, but I think you could do more.  That’s what we fans like to see in your comic.  I mean, it doesn’t always have to be bearing your soul, but when you do, that’s what makes the compelling moments in my view.  And they don’t always have to be dark, like Harvey.  Not everyone is dark.  Looking at the 2004 strips, I’m seeing some of that there.  I guess with such a long run, he probably felt he ran out of stuff or couldn’t do that anymore?  The earlier stuff did seem more compelling.

Also, his site is just screaming for a larger bio about the real Tim.  I mean, if you’re doing an autobiographical comic, you kill two birds with one stone doing a detailed bio.

Maybe I’m being nitpicky, but with a site with this kind of a library, there’s bound to be a storyline that can interest the autobiographical webcomic fan.  Check it out.

Previous Reviews

Druid City

Waffles & Pancakes

Pond Scum and Other Misc. Crap

Dodgy Comics

Don’t Hit Save

Things in Squares

Heck If I Know Comics

Tower 25

Bearded Comics

Conspiracy of Birds

Toonhole

Existential Comics

The Sorrowful Putto of Prague

Cancer Owl

BarteNERDS

Oglaf

Bigfoot Justice

Pepper & Carrot

BREAKING CAT NEWS

Pete Meets

Dumbing of Age

Gone Into Rapture

Disco Slick

Tales of Absurdity

Apples & Swords

The Sisters

Basic Instructions

Downhill Rage

Buni

False Knees

Forming

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Spying With Lana

Romantically Apocalyptic

The Black Wall

übertool 

The Oatmeal

The Frumps

Lunarbaboon

Stupid Snake

Fowl Language

Holding Pattern

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Apr24

Your Fratoscope: April 24, 2016

by tonyd on April 24, 2016 at 2:14 am

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If your birthday is this week:  Your birthday cake will be delivered by a Spiderman sporting a huge erection under his costume.  He really likes cake, apparently.

Aries:  Your angry roommate boils rubber bands with your ramen noodles.

Taurus:  Your pizza topping will spell out the lyrics to a Metallica song, so the band sues you for half the slices.

Gemini:  The stars say, they can see you when you take a shit through that skylight.

Lemini:  Your TV will decide that you’re watching too much nudity and violence.  Enjoy PBS for the next six weeks.

Cancer:  You’ll discover that living like the Fast & Furious characters really makes your car insurance go up.

Leo:  This week, you’ll be injured by a breadstick wielding waiter.

Virgo:  You will suddenly realize that the cast from the Blair Witch Project has been standing in your apartment this entire time.

Libra:  A gorilla will escape from the zoo, break into your apartment and play your video games.

Scorpio:  You will discover a new sex position on a public bus.

Sagittarius:  Take your time at work, your boss is going to fire your anyway.

Capricorn:  Your doctor advises you to take it ease masturbating before you permanently damage your wrists.

Aquarius:  A total stranger will point at your haircut and laugh uproariously, so yes, go with the hat.

Pisces:  John Kasich calls to ask for your vote and the phone call ends with him crying.

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Apr23

Movies You Missed: Spotlight

by tonyd on April 23, 2016 at 12:26 am

Based on the real life, journalistic investigation of the Catholic priest scandal, Spotlight is a compelling dramatization of the events around the Boston Globe. There’s a great cast that includes Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber and others. The stand out actor, however, is Mark Ruffalo. Ruffalo’s intensity as a relentless, dedicated journalist is just great. His accent and body language is so nuanced and natural.

For those of you that lived in a cave on the moon with your fingers in your ears, this is the priest scandal that broke wide open the Catholic Church’s hiding of pedophile priests. The great thing about the movie is that director Tom McCarthy doesn’t over dramatize the events. There’s not love story wedged in there and the characters’ actions and reaction feel very natural. It’s refreshing to see a movie that concentrates on telling the story without adding a lot of unnecessary flair.

Spotlight is a great flick. See it on HBO or On-Demand before it gets rotated out of the line up.

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