November 2007

Fires Rage as "According to Satan" Premieres

By Alan Smithey

San Diego, California, 11/1/2007

All right all you cats and kittens out there, here's the scoop. Outside, the sky is highlighted with white smoke - the good kind. If it turns black, then things would be very different. As a half a million people are being displaced from their homes due to the fires raging in San Diego, inside the walls of a dilapidated garage just off El Cajon Boulevard, Brian Canini and David Grant hammer out the final details for the first episode of their webshow, "According to Satan". Dave massages the muscles in the back of his neck and struggles for a way to convert a multi-gig video file into the slim 100 megs it will need to be in order to make the curcuit of youtube, myspace, and the countless lesser known sites that feature user videos. Brian is editing a commercial in which Satan and Jesus debate the merits of the marine based superheroes.

Just the night before Dave had fallen asleep on his keyboard. Brian wheeled him in front of his webcam and shot a vlog of celebration to recognize the simultaneous launch of 'Satan Verus Supermaid!' and the newly refurbished website Drunken Cat Comics website. The boys are tired, but they have art pumping through their blood as the last gasps of creativity simmer out of them.

Just a few days earlier a wall of fire had surrounded El Cajon on all sides as if the devil himself had risen from the bowels of his domain to herald in the arrival of his webshow. Brian and Dave, in the face of what seemed to be only a matter of time before they would be displaced from their home, prepared their important belongings to be easily accessible in case of an evacuation. Dave gathered up the "According to Satan" footage next to his computer in the garage and Brian scanned the newest pages of Ruffians into his computer and put a couple boxes of Ruffians back issues into the trunk of his car. All the while, in the midst of the flames that had engulfed San Diego, the boys continued to work. Every day bringing them one step closer to their dreams.

Then, as if the Man of Steel himself had come to save the day, the fire was out. El Cajon and Brian and Dave's dilapidated garage had survived unscathed and within the next few weeks life in San Diego went back to normal, thoughts of the fires becoming a distant memory. "According to Satan" is now on the web, the newest issue of Ruffians is now out, Dave having mastered the file size nightmares now begins editing the second episode, and Brian continues his work on his next issue. The boys are still tired, but their dreams are still holding strong. Until next month, may the comics be with you.

word of the month

stirfry

Function: verb
Date: 1959
transitive verb
: to fry quickly over high heat in a lightly oiled pan (as a wok) while stirring continuously
intransitive verb
: to prepare food by stir-frying it

Hello everyone! Lard Man here prepping my stomach for that annual fat fest, the time of year where you're not done until the button on your pops off and lands in the mashed potatoes. So in celebration of this feast this month we have recipes for a main course, side dish, and a dessert. This year we'll be having "Oven Roast Beef" with a side of "Potato Casserole" followed by "Green Stuff" for dessert.

SUBMITTED BY: Louis "Nana" Grant

Oven Roast Beef

Mix 1 tsp of:
Paprika
Basil
Salt
Pepper
Garlic
Mix with oil to make a paste. Rub roast with the mixture

Place the roast in a pan flat side up, place in preheated oven. Do not cover or baste the meat. Cook for 1 1/2hrs, turn off oven and let set. Pour 1 cup of water over roast.

Potato Casserole

Mix above ingredients, leaving out 1 up of cheese
Place into a casserole dish and bake at 375 for one hour
Add remaining cup of cheese to the top about 5 minutes before completed cooking time

Green Stuff

Mix cottage cheese for a few minutes in a large serving bowl
Fold in cool
Add lime jello powder slowly into the cool whip, mixing until sugar powder is blended with the cool whip
Fold in the drained crushed pineapple
Refrigerate for several hours, or over night, before serving. Do not use aluminum foil to cover. Cover with plastic wrap, or lid that fits the bowl. Top with nuts and cherries before serving.

Until next time, bon appetite.

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I do realize that this may be nepotism of sorts, but I am Satan. I don't care. Besides, the art should stand for itself, and if there isn't anyone else out there that will talk about this stuff, then I am going to.

First, I want you to take a look for yourself at what I'm talking about.

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Whether it's "She’s a Super Freak", "Lab Monkeys", or anything else he puts the ink into, Andrew Gregory Grant is a master at his craft. And it's not by accident either. This perfectionist not only takes his portfolio to famous comic artists at conventions, but he asks them to butcher it for him. "All of my friends tell me it's good. I don't want to hear that," he tells the pros. "I want you to tell me what's wrong with it. Tear it apart and tell me what I'm doing wrong." It was in an instant like this that he learned about properly giving both eyes perspective rather than just simple symmetry, for example.

One night several years back, Andy stood outside of a stage with his then current work, "Dead Man", the story of a boy who mistakes zombie dust for cocaine. He sniffs and wakes up dead. Of course this didn't stop him from living his life. Decomposition takes it's toll, and so does the army. For some reason he couldn't quite explain, he wanted the musician he had just seen to in turn see his own art. He wouldn't leave until the roadie took the book to the rocker, and Andrew stood outside the bus and watched the amazed reaction spread across the man's face as he looked at the sequential madness. Looking up at Andrew through the window, he gave an impressed thumbs up and autographed the folder that held the book: "Death lives! Rob Zombie"

Andrew Gregory works closely with Drunken Cat Comics, bringing a totally different style and approach to the table. "Lab Monkeys", for example, is written and lettered by our own David Grant and colored by DCC founder and president Brian Canini.

"Seeing a murder on television... can help work off one's antagonisms. And if you haven't any antagonisms, the commercials will give you some. "

- Alfred Hitchcock
Director (1899-1980)