Degeneration

What kind of generation is degeneration.Anyone watching the what was it,i don't care.The American Billboards awards.All I can say is lock your doors&hide your kids from nicki manaj,as in minaj a' twaw'.All she did was get down on it on little wayne.One of the many degenerate role models for children these days.If I did have kids.They wouldn't be able to watch this shameless display of nihilism.Which decoded means:"a belief in nothing",in the darkness.

Now I am no moralist who tells anyone how to live but what happened to class of expressing something from the heart.Now I know Justin Bieber won a few awards&thanked his mom&all that but he pulled a fast one. saying"I want to thank my saviour Jesus Christ".Not that I don't believe in any holy entity as I consider myself as a backslider of christian faith.No confessions here from me it's just that after seeing about an hour of this stuff and missing Bruno Mars.A guy that can really sing&play though he was discovered by "the voice" if you can believe anyone talented could be discovered from these types of dumbed-down corporate mainstreamers.

What I did come away from watching this was one of my favorite shows "Once upon a Time"was not on tonight and in it's place was this.This one of too many award shows that shouldn't be awarded anything to increase these egos and the many entourages they might spawn.Hopefully not!

The only performers I like were of course J. Lo (Jennifer Lopez) looking great as usual.Super sexy but with class and (the artist) Prince although I don't need two suck up's pumping up Prince like he's some god,but Prince is different and a true talent in music.No Prince I don't believe in gun control to protect only celebrities .How bout' the fans that support your music?So no,ignore the "gun control" subliminal sign right next to the binary codes.Which brings us back to Nicki Minaj almost having sex w/ Little Wayne onstage on national sunday night tv,giving new meaning to the song"get down on it".The light show was mesmerizing&almost looked like holograms seeping through each performer.You can can them artists so they can get dual pay but not me I'm both,too feisty&and rebellious.Don't say I didn't )post)warn you which is too late!

The second page on this blog is a rough pencil to page#2 of "Bathy's Fear".Will try to upload the finished pencil,complete w/ the text later this week.

Bathysphere page #1

Hi everybody!I know...know it's been too long.Being always fascinated with Bathsphere's since a kid and undersea creatures,the unknown.So here is a little 3-4 pg. (i haven't decided yet?).It depends on how the story's flowing.Love these quick impact short stories.Hope you like it!

Now on to page 2&beyond with "Bathy's Fear".Thanks for tuning in and be here or be square by next week (maybe earlier) until pg. 2 until it's epic climax.Didn't mean to get so excited!-Enjoy!Watching all you're progress on my international google chart to see what countries are viewing me.All very exciting my friends and do leave a comment or two,though not required.

Please tell your friends about Cinematic Comics!I've more free time these days and want to get faster at my pages so you'll tune in.Desperately need confirmation from the outside universe somewhere.Should have listened to my brother years back.He said:"Bob,move to France"" at least there they'd"- "Get you"!!!

That's what the internet's for..? (Rob) (Here's the complete pencilled page below)

Here's a black&white copy of the same page.This scan doesn't look the clearest.It's two views in one.

Past&Future

As promised I'm back from my week's rest.You can excuse the sarcasm but I welcome all my new followers.Not Rev. Jim Jones and his crazy cult but true I guess fan boy followers,or regular ones,whatever that is?

If someone calls me normal which I used to look at as getting some kinda' respect I now take as an insult.

When my jealous brother hits me with a term like "your drawings could have used more work"?Answer:"Well I'm a work in progress,are you"?Hymm,he was a little drunk so I forgive him.

Critics no matter where they come from are just that-Critics.With the power of the internet which the big boys want to shut down dear friends in the case of a crisis?Marshall law?Too outrageous to happen?Nothing is in this day&age.Which is why I choose to be an island &shut the outside world out for now,though I need to go outside.Wanting to be in touch w/ nature (central park).Looking for those Owls I want to see...

Slowing down the pace through meditation which I wished I'd cracked the case earlier.Anyway it feels great.Not getting so frustrated&out of focus before.Most of us are on automatic anyway,including myself.

So I'm not so normal so what?Not fitting in with the corporate scene and was whisked asunder.That's why J.K. Rowling will always be a hero of mine.She used her time on welfare to write all those Harry Potter books.Although I like company&like to talk shop it's less than ever before because there's things to do.Secret things creatively that I'll let you in on and you don't have to spend on any expensive texts.

Just I'll be more of a presence on here than you tube cause' I feel my own community left.There will be other videos probably even posted here.Keep you posted.Ah, the power of repetition only Andy Warhol knew.The bohemian scene needs to flourish not to burn out&that includes comics,fine/pop art/music/dance/animation/mime.Maybe some new art form.Computer art is one.Although I'll stop from judging it's just too cold for me.I'll stop judging.See you thought I was serious,I am serious and different/weird.Americans unlike myself just don't get me.

Now to introduce some pages from the past&future.A tour through the museum-Enjoy&thanks for tuning in!No I'm not a role model-HA!

(A few pages from the upcoming graphic-"fanatikal".Yes I did copyright it so beware!) There's too pages I can't find at the moment but I believe I posted them months earlier.So scroll,scroll..!No Troll,troll!

This is an almost fully pencilled rooftop scene from that same production.


(Here's another from fanatikal.A page at the convention w/ Coby visiting w/ his dad/granddad?)

I'm including the poster.Which will be for display also on www.mandy.com.Anyone interested in a poster of the cover of "the mysterious woodsman" or the "hotel distortion" poster.You'll see more info/prices on my profile on the mandy site.

Another pencilled,semi-inked pg. from the distortion graphic.

An earlier one-pager of a mysterious shadow conspiracy

that supposedly runs the world.

An unused "preview page"that might be included in the future w/ more "mysterious woodsman"publishing/printings.

Last but not least.This is the page of a new pencilled project,3-pager/sneak preview w/ words to be uploaded sooner that you think.Check back in a day or so.Or even later today?Well on that note.Stay tuned worldwide friends for more fun&renaissance.

r.a.f.

"CHEATED OF WINTER....

As a kid (and I still am!) my fav season was the fall (autumn).Because of the northeast,changing leaves,bright-bursting colors,long-sleeved shirts,brisky cool and of course,Halloween and Thanksgiving.Now I see the pagan ritual's of Thanksgiving to be a genocide of turkey's and football.Count Christmas in there too as a genocide of trees to be replaced .... by DISSEMBLING NATURE".

Winter's become my fave season.Not because I'm cold,though I've been unjustly accused.First as an artist you get to see the whiteness of snow against the inky blacks of shadows,knarly bare trees that temper the imagination,snow on a cat-o-nine tail in the swamp.As a red-winged blackbird appears singing-chirp..chirp....eeeee!Brighty colored birds at the bird feeder.

Other reasons to be explained but basically you've stolen the last two winter's from me!!!My first indy movie was special because of it's cold,wintery feel&plenty of snow.Although I've come to despise the holidays,any holiday because of the obligations&rampant consumer commercialism and for one month of December in which I was born,people are nicer to each other so it's not all bad.

Nothing ever is.Ah' the Christmas (not holiday) spirit.No for the millionth time.It's a Christmas tree.Holidays are for the rest of the days off.That's because I'm still basically a christian,not a doubting agnostic.Nor do I beling to any state or government,but nature which is free!...FREE!

They why is winter no longer here as before?Sometimes it just happens.Could it be Earth's changing acne.Haarp?Or fukashima meltdowns,depleted uranium,chemtrails,weather modification or the ultra-elites playing God-Most likely.

See you next freaky blog.Next week,or earlier.

r.a.f.

Beliefs of the Unknown

The unknown world's long fascinated me.Especially as an adventurous boy.Not to be negative but I've lost some of that magic.As an acquaintance/friend told me recently,knowing of my past escapades-"I thought you were more adventurous"?

Just because I've lived&toiled without vacation in the colossus that's New York City doesn't mean I've lost my sense of adventure.In anything I draw,dream or write about it's there,believe me.

Comics,books,even evil video games take us on journeys.Which is why we venture into them so much.So that it makes people fall in a "trance"a bit!Which is the name of moviemaker Danny Boyle's new,interesting film.One I'll be seeing this weekend!The Boyle of 'Trainspotting","28 Days Later"&"Slumdog Millionaire"fame.What's up Dog?

Although I've great respect for science and/or scientists,I don't buy their penchant for disbelief in anything that can't that can't be logically proven by undeniable fact.

Science fiction&Comics go hand-in-hand.Today's books haven't followed that blueprint.Which is why it needs a shot of wonder in it!Even the talky comic strips that I draw have something of a belief in the bizarre,or unreal.Which is why I'm a natural for graphic comics I think....hymm?

Whether one believes in the dinosaurs that live in Africa's world's largest swamps,Big foot,the Dover Demon,Jersey Devil,the Thunderbird,the Bermuda Triangle,the Loch Ness- Nessie"doesn't stop their legend.We tell tall tales by nature and if I want to believe in them I will!

The dumbed-down effects of the mainstream media are affecting us to stop dreaming as children of faith in their unwavering belief system.Who want to fly like birds until grownups tell us we no longer  can.

r.a.f.


See you next week!-Or before?!!

P.S./ Try to guess which Monster legends are on the page?See if you can until next time my friends-Ha!

Rights of Freedom

How I envy animals.Which are more dignified than most humans.How many lies have we been told through our own lives from the so-called authorities.The courts,the judges,senators,politicians and cops.Who are becoming more just more well-paid thugs for big government that has long been out of control.

Each day it seems most of these paper tigers tell us more&more how to live.As evidenced by our illustrious mayor michael bloomberg.Who is essence is a billionaire globalist.Far removed from any empathy for either the poor&and/or working poor.Working poor,you mean there's no middle class?There is they're just not living the middle class lifestyle of years back.Just don't tell them.

Another issue is freedom.Are we truly free?Free as the red-tailed hawk I saw over the weekend letting the winds do the work for his wings as he circled around the swamp.Now that's free!

As americans we take for granted our freedoms compared to other countries,but what about Iceland?Their courage of refusing to let the mega-banks tale over their economy&spiral them down in debt,strikes me as heroic & free in this alternative reality.Especially putting them in jail where these scumbags belong.

Too bad we couldn't drum up some guts here & jail our own bankers,the federal bankers,the federal reserve,the irs and all the crooked judges,politicians,lawyers & corrupt police that defend the 1% over the public's well being.

Extreme? A tad,but desperate time's call for desperate actions.Also,knowing one's rights which most american's aren't aware of.

We're being scammed on a mass scale and before you judge me as cynical.Know that it doesn't bother me in the least.Aware is more like it!

As a boy I grew up saluting the flag.Saying the "pledge of allegiance".Now the only allegiance is to foreign countries over our own.We have a lot of starving people & homeless in this modern-day america.We also have more empty houses and apartments just sitting there,available,than the homeless population.

There's your "kinder/gentler nation"?You can choose to see the realities or forever stay in denial.

See you next week/next exciting blog-Thanks for visiting.

r.a.f.

Monopolies=Opportunities?

America,the land of the free,home of the brave.So we are told.When we begin to think for ourselves,instead of herd mentalities,our bubble of denial bursts.Reality filters in quickly revealing there are only so many slots left to fill for hopeful stars in the many professions we dream of.

On the other end of the spectrum (whatever that is...),are monopolies.For instance McDonalds,Starbucks,Nike,Starter,Mac,Windows,Calvin Klein.You get the picture.

What I've noticed is all the Mom&Pop stores are going out of business because of the huge rents.Choices are being taken from us daily till' only honey is left for the corporate worker bee.

Have you noticed the trend in maybe the city you live in?Less comic book stores,hipster clothing hangouts,bohemian coffee shops and sprouting quickly in their place are just another bank,pharmacy or Walmart-Ugh!"Variety is the spice of life".Choice isn't the same meal,same song,same dream.

Take away a human's (only w/ humans!) Dream no matter how big or small and that creature  becomes a lifeless shell of routine.Which is why I'm now meditating daily.-Well almost...

...Meditation takes us out of that same twisted pattern. (more on this another time/ask on request!)

Monopolies are the opposite of opportunity.Every person (especially in America) has the right (human right) to have opportunities and live a quality,affordable life,but most are not because we've made soulless greed the new reality.You altering reality man?

What made America great was our independence from the rest of the world.Why does this country have to get so involved with the internet spreading worldwide is beyond me?!!Now we're a foreign lobbyist posing as the U S of A.

We used to be the Kings of invention/enterprise.That was before foreign oil,wars,debt,Nafta/Cafta/Gatt,nepotism,the war in small business inflation which are hidden taxes,interest and empowering corporations,CEO's,politicians&banks to decide our futures.

Oh yeah we also invented comic books which the Japanese-style of anime'/manga has almost morphed our own originality away into predictable same stuff-different cover.You would think all our artist's are outsourced but living here.Where oh' where are the new Jack Kirby's?Steve Ditko's/Jim Steranko's/Barry Windsor Smith's/Neal Adams/Frank Miller's/Paul Gulacy's.Does former Cable artist for Marvel/DC still draw comics?Who's excellent!Mixing a european& Kirby-style.My other complaints I'm helpless to do anything about is.For one,go back to printing on pulp paper.You'd save cost to the fan as books wouldn't be so expensive.Makes perfect sense as it will all come out in collected works later!

Indy artist Shannon Wheeler of "Too much Coffee Man"recently stated."You see panel after panel of people just talking-Boring"!(He's a friend on FB too..)...Why must I name drop.-Oh Well....

Hope you like this effort-I did.Where going to have some interesting stuff coming up I promise.With sneak peek pencilled pages of "Fanatikal".I can't reveal any more yet on it as it's more of an art tease until it's completed+new collage's,photos&the usual else.

See you next week-Tune In.


(r.a.f.)