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She likes 'em with pecans. 😀

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Ah yes!  Filmation.  Its biggest draw for me, though, can be summed up in three words:  Hey, Hey, HEY!

Oh yes.  Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. 

  Also… they made a live TV series called… "The Ghost Busters."

Yeah, it centered around two characters, Spencer and Kong, and their ape Tracey, taking down their ghost of the week.

Later on, Columbia Pictures got Filmation's permission to use the title for the movie… the famous one with Peter, Egon, Ray, Winston, and that green ugly spud Slimer.

Filmation tried to cash in on it by making an animated series of the original TV show, but Columbia countered with its own cartoon series… "The Real Ghostbusters."  Which one the day.

Deservably so, I must sadly admit.

And I recall no animated King Kong… but I do know that Hanna Barbera did "The Godzilla Power Hour."

Hey, DCM, you recall something called Uncle Croc's Block?

Fat Albert is still one of my fondest memories of shows gone by; even the new ones in the early eighties were fun.

I remember Filmation's animated Ghostbusters from 1986 I believe it was, and while it was steeped in the cartoon cliches that Filmation had become known for, it featured much better art than most of its predecessors, and a staggering amount of diversity and creativity omong its character roster. I still recall the elaborately painted interiors of Prime Evil's Hauntquarters as well as the Bonetroller (the macabre pipe organ he used to cause all variety of trouble), and I still to this day am stunned with the sheer amount of detail they crammed into a lot of their static backdrops.

I think Bravestarr was the last series they produced, which arguably had the best art of any of their shows, and also used a good deal of cel-shading as there were frequent interplays between light and shadow.

Oddly enough I remember Uncle Croc's Block…Charles Nelson Reilly and Jonathan Harris, if I recall.

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"Hmmm big"

I've heard THAT line before…that's comic-artist-speak for "Dude, you're a freak."

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Nintendo will do well for themselves just as they always do. They may not be the industry leader anymore, but they still do turn a healthy profit for themselves. They're actually in the enviable position of being able to make the kinds of games they want to make and still do well regardless of which way the industry winds blow, and it's from that sort of environment that craetivity and innovation flourish.

Now if they'd just come up with something besides Mario, Metroid, Pokemon, and Zelda, I think we'd be in business. As much as I love Metroid, I think we really need to start seeing some new ideas from these guys, and hopefully the Revolution controller will be part of that.

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What the heck? Since when have they cut women from the season mode? Even the old Smackdowns on the Playstation used to allow that.

Good skinwork all the same.

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I wish I had as much sense to make such a pic. Your "fourth place" picture was great as well.

Thanks. 🙂 You know though, your work has always struck me as being very expressive and creative while being technically amazing. Me, I tend to create the character in my head before the lines hit the paper; it helps me to visualize things like expressions and body language.

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Interestingly enough, I've started experimenting stylistically because I'm bored. :p There's a lot of guys doing muscle art now (well, more than there were when I started a decade ago, anyhow), and I'm finding a need to start differentiating myself a bit more, or finding a new specialization of my own. I'm not sure if this is the right path or not, but it sure is nice not having to draw every muscle group's separations. 😀

You'll be seeing more thick/off season experiments from me, Ace in particular.

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Could be interesting considering their size differences.

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Sometimes people will quit the oddest habits when they're in love. 😀

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I have no doubt in my mind that it wouldn't have been anywhere near as good without the music as the backdrop against which to create.

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