Day: June 30, 2005

Stolen from Dementia and Pandorah…

D'Arque Bishop

Some of you I hardly know at all, but you friended me and I thank you.

But here’s a thought: why not take this opportunity to tell me a little something about yourself. Random stuff.
Any old thing at all.

Just so the next time I see your name I can say: “Ah, there’s so and so…she wears mismatched socks.”
I’d love it if every single person who friended me would do this…especially those who rarely or never comment. Yes, even you people who I know really well. Then post this in your own journal…

The Wandering Age: Last Rites

D'Arque Bishop

It must be my week to talk about interesting media I’ve found.

Anyway, I was reading the latest news entries from Penny Arcade, when Gabe happened to mention that a company called FatKat Animation had done an animated version of their The Wandering Age story, “Last Rites”. (The Wandering Age is a bunch of quick storylines involving the Cardboard Tube Samurai, who evolved out of an apparent throw-away comic.) Apparently it’s included as part of the PAX ’04 DVD, but FatKat’s website has a low-res Quicktime version version available to view. I saw a few seconds of it (I AM at work, after all), and was impressed.

I might pick up the DVD, which is available here. If you want to see the video, just browse through FatKat’s website (linked above). If you want to read the original “Last Rites”, it’s located here. (Note that there’s a few sketch entries between the prologue and the other two parts.)