Meta tags:

Headings (most frequently used words):

2024, july, thursday, blog, march, 2026, sunday, august, tuesday, 30, saturday, 27, friday, 26, 25, wednesday, february, 2023, search, this, archive, amazon, about, me, statcounter, the, menu, september, 2022,

Text of the page (most frequently used words):
the (213), and (70), that (70), you (51), for (32), was (30), origins (30), with (27), what (26), dhampyr (26), horus (23), july (20), avatar (20), alamat (20), march (18), would (18), story (17), #august (16), september (16), one (16), not (16), have (16), november (15), may (14), just (14), but (14), can (14), all (14), see (14), june (13), october (13), february (13), this (13), from (13), december (11), has (11), time (11), page (11), april (10), january (10), comments (10), more (10), your (10), issue (10), about (9), some (9), hopefully (9), did (9), idea (9), then (9), space (8), monkey (8), 2024 (8), read (8), really (8), those (8), out (8), into (8), vampire (8), them (8), section (8), characters (8), superman (8), labels (7), posted (7), particular (7), his (7), get (7), still (7), will (7), any (7), should (7), who (7), been (7), carl (7), vergara (7), which (7), book (7), writing (7), menu (6), most (6), here (6), they (6), dave (6), drink (6), six (6), same (6), things (6), david (6), hontiveros (6), budjette (6), through (6), there (6), actually (6), volume (5), night (5), second (5), leave (5), title (5), restaurant (5), head (5), now (5), oliver (5), its (5), got (5), addendum (5), tan (5), please (5), answer (5), made (5), other (5), question (5), half (5), set (5), down (5), also (5), main (5), first (5), 2022 (4), trese (4), posts (4), black (4), took (4), category (4), script (4), end (4), world (4), than (4), slowik (4), enough (4), many (4), like (4), after (4), family (4), written (4), how (4), grant (4), comic (4), memory (4), came (4), make (4), point (4), mentioned (4), questions (4), over (4), goth (4), very (4), definitely (4), another (4), narrative (4), when (4), before (4), different (4), inspiration (4), could (4), where (4), become (4), left (4), cover (4), art (4), since (4), given (4), pages (4), matt (4), 298 (3), 2019 (3), bloodlines (3), 2026 (3), home (3), shyamalan (3), list (3), michael (3), apparently (3), comedy (3), credits (3), cabin (3), van (3), trust (3), island (3), are (3), told (3), runs (3), twelve (3), during (3), pulumbarit (3), maybe (3), god (3), quite (3), certainly (3), stories (3), wanted (3), note (3), masquerade (3), feel (3), free (3), probably (3), fact (3), circle (3), didn (3), take (3), away (3), were (3), way (3), write (3), having (3), interesting (3), think (3), father (3), inspired (3), these (3), new (3), pitch (3), posting (3), uncut (3), cutting (3), room (3), floor (3), content (3), intros (3), prepping (3), conducted (3), trio (3), covering (3), tattoo (3), back (3), original (3), presented (3), hero (3), stas (3), daly (3), while (3), bathala (3), chance (3), scenes (3), fine (3), 225 (3), sanctus (3), brian (3), balondo (3), 2023 (2), message (2), blog (2), nope (2), hbo (2), entourage (2), score (2), though (2), even (2), awards (2), film (2), under (2), horror (2), going (2), screenplay (2), steve (2), desmond (2), sherman (2), knock (2), appeared (2), initial (2), upcoming (2), dyke (2), silberman (2), don (2), massive (2), exactly (2), full (2), either (2), sheet (2), fiennes (2), telling (2), food (2), chef (2), doesn (2), without (2), life (2), largely (2), aware (2), class (2), sea (2), day (2), presents (2), piece (2), noted (2), tell (2), toto (2), morrison (2), doom (2), patrol (2), around (2), again (2), addenda (2), early (2), decreator (2), thing (2), karen (2), decades (2), conversation (2), notes (2), series (2), between (2), had (2), hand (2), much (2), thursday (2), live (2), comics (2), both (2), mind (2), sure (2), because (2), awesome (2), people (2), aesthetic (2), human (2), hybrid (2), today (2), period (2), something (2), towards (2), specific (2), created (2), rpg (2), possibly (2), campaign (2), ran (2), darkness (2), coming (2), plus (2), btw (2), already (2), pantheon (2), opportunity (2), itself (2), material (2), return (2), battle (2), shadow (2), archetype (2), character (2), loved (2), tattooed (2), core (2), brothers (2), their (2), reprinted (2), twin (2), why (2), twins (2), dark (2), beloved (2), only (2), elevator (2), honestly (2), tiercel (2), crippled (2), him (2), appears (2), ala (2), super (2), special (2), well (2), 100 (2), doing (2), creative (2), guy (2), cape (2), whose (2), taken (2), wrote (2), learned (2), highway (2), journey (2), approach (2), refer (2), numbers (2), string (2), subsequent (2), sequence (2), 234 (2), jump (2), 237 (2), 238 (2), 301 (2), 302 (2), 239 (2), etc (2), 306 (2), copy (2), lives (2), ants (2), laurent (2), keller (2), gordon (2), ant (2), mighty (2), festival (2), instinct (2), solo (2), skip (2), statcounter, view, complete, profile, amazon, 2007, 233, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, emerg, archive, search, subscribe, atom, older, courtesy, impawards, com, record, abels, award, fair, hmma, categories, giving, bodies, seem, torn, nominations, fall, colin, stetson, nominated, hollywood, music, media, thriller, rewritten, directed, sheets, draft, titled, adapted, paul, tremblay, novel, carey, shane, filmed, credited, katie, dykes, getting, worry, darling, kevin, etten, tom, gormican, unbearable, weight, talent, alongside, screenplays, eat, less, desire, deserve, yeah, movie, smart, biting, commentary, killer, cast, yes, indeed, anya, taylor, joy, begs, relished, savored, say, risk, ruining, wonderful, surprises, indicated, featuring, perhaps, curious, seek, makes, exciting, storyteller, give, rules, red, flags, run, obsessively, practically, cult, manner, boat, phone, service, described, entire, charges, self, involved, entitled, richies, 250, privilege, lowik, always, keenly, history, risen, ranks, celebrated, chefs, exclusive, hawthorne, named, acres, forest, pasture, surrounded, bounty, explained, guided, tour, harvest, ferment, slaughter, marinate, liquefy, spherify, gel, each, starts, hours, prep, work, mark, mylod, known, directing, major, titles, takes, seth, reiss, tracy, darkly, humorous, conscious, sees, ralph, celebrity, julian, succession, game, thrones, earchlight, pictures, invites, experience, opening, cards, cking, kidding, right, eating, rolex, fifty, turn, profit, otal, customers, wednesday, timawa, gerry, alanguilan, soon, hope, picked, intend, pick, chronicles, our, efforts, anyhoo, dunno, man, smh, three, ago, fans, recognize, description, chilling, ever, sadly, translation, adaptation, want, however, happens, age, recall, secondly, afterword, she, firstly, develop, centered, covers, random, observations, put, bigger, context, part, compli, copies, thanx, rome, coordinating, few, next, weekend, boom, broke, ceiling, manila, critics, establish, blowing, humbling, win, rule, voting, judges, needs, unanimous, considered, winner, anything, reality, inaugural, proud, able, achieve, extremely, pdbs, dressed, remember, launched, synergy, halloween, highly, doubt, least, wouldn, look, year, beast, entirely, general, frame, present, ahem, fangs, filed, visual, standpoint, whatever, reason, eventually, turned, scene, birth, late, recent, drift, certain, elements, subculture, mainstream, emo, two, ways, layout, beyond, dysfunction, felt, fantastic, strip, genre, markers, occult, stuff, functional, son, trying, come, terms, absentee, wreckage, caused, person, worth, key, inspirational, element, group, players, included, none, carlo, himself, setting, drenched, san, francisco, spectacularly, brought, influenced, extension, white, wolf, universe, aside, create, vampires, reunions, pain, neck, such, looking, freak, adept, hunting, blood, sucking, freaks, readers, interested, friday, sometime, week, 340, creator, 339, tony, used, kai, legaspi, actual, incarnation, fulfilling, letter, shot, effectively, polishing, text, cases, further, underscore, plot, points, themes, remaster, settle, mentor, mentee, frequently, themed, villain, influence, spandex, solar, among, course, cross, foundational, thought, concept, apply, ages, thus, days, filtered, egyptian, myth, lens, gave, last, name, voice, actor, tim, dead, giveaway, enjoying, adventures, animated, version, bones, contention, begin, rear, ugly, heads, published, seed, foregrounded, static, growing, unable, escape, popular, sibling, aren, alike, plays, constantly, background, unfold, torturous, emotional, wringer, undergo, emerging, side, long, fascinated, executioner, motif, betrayal, brother, pointedly, revisited, conclusions, kind, tension, powers, crazy, insanity, ensues, gifted, college, athlete, wake, morning, arm, allows, change, freaking, superhero, saturday, ensure, too, somewhere, line, prologue, chapter, final, offer, saul, turns, additionally, request, issues, lettering, difficult, matter, increasing, font, size, rather, remastering, publication, oversized, essentially, shrunk, dimensions, proportions, lettered, sake, readability, war, unwittingly, trained, reach, isn, happy, ending, imagine, culmination, whole, terra, armada, subplot, manipulative, sob, positioned, heroes, pawns, expendable, pieces, chessboard, common, knowledge, reached, milestone, retrospect, rut, metaphor, lost, guessing, leaning, embracing, attitude, adopted, ideas, someone, ability, move, freely, suddenly, fly, significant, amount, sustained, seemed, potent, pursue, wasteland, tired, inhabiting, rescuing, nothing, process, drive, popped, stop, consideration, comes, later, molding, kicked, tires, deemed, sound, road, worthwhile, headed, intriguing, destination, slam, keys, rev, engine, years, never, impetus, excited, best, friend, jimmy, olsen, youthful, sidekick, brutal, supervillain, oblivious, sinister, machinations, behind, own, origin, third, tuesday, find, yourself, scratching, blink, above, clarify, nicely, pertinent, parties, wonkiness, errors, rectified, print, follow, correct, need, till, 235, 236, 299, 300, 303, confused, teleporting, travelling, blinking, sequences, below, randomly, flipping, wonky, bunch, reasons, yet, everyone, else, afforded, printing, proper, earlier, relettered, remastered, sunday, kajo, baldisimo, elisabeth, avenida, shoutout, lisabeth, helped, inform, overall, malevari, let, show, snag, hilasterion, operates, company, against, colony, demons, centric, salvo, pushed, believe, elsewhere, past, wasn, iunctura, scripts, along, throughline, crossover, team, dakila, contains, higher, decision, aka, emerged, aether, informing, expected, release, philippine, held, mega, trade, hall, megamall, sidebar, five, legged, iguana,

Text of the page (random words):
ould reach its end at that point and well it really isn t actually a happy ending honestly would that make it super special enough p and there you go while i also re lettered avatar it was more for the sake of readability because the original publication was oversized it was essentially shrunk down to the dimensions proportions of alamat origins if i d left the original lettering as it was the issue would have possibly been a difficult read so it was a matter of increasing the font size rather than a full on remastering ala horus additionally since the request was for first issues that s what appears in origins the main story in avatar issue 1 but there s actually a prologue chapter which ran in the final issue of pantheon with art by the one and only carl vergara where we see tiercel make the offer to the crippled saul that turns him into the new avatar maybe hopefully we ll get to see that one reprinted too somewhere down the line i think that s all i ve got for now honestly not sure if i ll be back with more origins posts but if you have any specific questions about avatar or horus or dhampyr then that would ensure my return so any questions please feel free to leave them in the comments section and i ll see what i can do to answer them you can t drink just six dave posted by space monkey at 8 08 pm no comments labels alamat avatar carl vergara david hontiveros origins superman toto saturday july 27 2024 alamat origins addendum 3 2 of 3 in prepping alamat origins budjette tan conducted a trio of q a s with me covering avatar horus and dhampyr some of the q a content made it into the story intros in origins most did not so i ll be posting the q a s here uncut so you can all see what was left on the cutting room floor second up horus 1 same first question what s your elevator pitch to get people to read horus you re a gifted college athlete and you wake up one morning with a tattoo on your arm a tattoo that allows you to change into a freaking superhero crazy awesome insanity ensues 2 what inspired you to have twins as your main characters and what kind of tension did you have in mind by having only one of them get the powers i ve long been fascinated by the beloved executioner motif the idea of betrayal coming from a loved one like a brother or more pointedly a twin it s an idea i revisited in bathala where i took it to some dark conclusions my end point for the daly twins in horus is certainly not as dark as what we see unfold in bathala but it would have hopefully been a torturous emotional wringer for both brothers to undergo before emerging on the other side some of the bones of contention between the brothers begin to rear their ugly heads in the published horus stories one seed in particular foregrounded in the story reprinted in alamat origins while the static of growing up unable to escape the shadow of a more popular sibling a twin so why aren t we exactly alike plays constantly through the narrative background 3 which version of superman inspired you in your writing of horus definitely superman the animated series from the second half of the 90 s i m also really enjoying my adventures with superman btw the fact that i gave the main character the last name daly after stas superman voice actor tim daly is a dead giveaway for those of you who were with alamat from the early days you may note that horus is really tattooed but filtered through an egyptian myth stas lens i loved the foundational idea of tattooed so much that i thought it would be interesting to take that core concept and apply it to a more all ages title and thus we have horus 4 if horus could have a cross over with any comic book character who would it be and what would they do given the stas influence definitely superman who has become over the decades the comic book spandex archetype of the solar hero among many other things of course they d settle into a mentor mentee set up one of the many things i frequently return to in my comic writing and battle some darkness shadow themed villain probably set and there you go since the opportunity to re letter horus presented itself i took that shot to effectively remaster the story polishing up the text or in some cases writing new material to further underscore plot points or themes so even if you d already read this issue in its original incarnation in pantheon 1 the story as presented in alamat origins should hopefully be a more fulfilling read btw on page 339 of origins the cover tony used for horus is actually the back cover of avatar 3 art by kai legaspi since we didn t have an actual horus 1 cover plus on page 340 the creator credits should read david hontiveros and carl vergara and having mentioned avatar also co created by carl the q a for that should hopefully go live sometime in the coming week if you have any questions about horus or dhampyr please feel free to leave them in the comments section and i ll see what i can do to answer them you can t drink just six dave posted by space monkey at 11 43 pm no comments labels alamat carl vergara david hontiveros horus origins superman tattoo friday july 26 2024 alamat origins addendum 2 1 of 3 in prepping alamat origins budjette tan conducted a trio of q a s with me covering avatar horus and dhampyr some of the q a content made it into the story intros in origins most did not so i ll be posting the q a s here uncut so you can all see what was left on the cutting room floor first up dhampyr 1 for new readers what s your pitch that would get them interested in dhampyr you re a half human half vampire hybrid who s become quite adept at hunting down those blood sucking freaks but you re really looking for one freak in particular your father family reunions can be such a pain in the neck 2 aside from vampire the masquerade what inspired you to create these characters and that world of vampires as you ve noted vampire the masquerade and by extension white wolf s world of darkness rpg universe was the main inspiration for dhampyr a key inspirational element here was the vampire campaign i ran with a group of players that included none other than carlo vergara himself dhampyr s setting that very particular goth drenched san francisco spectacularly brought to un life by oliver was also influenced by that vampire campaign beyond that rpg inspiration i also wanted to write about family dysfunction and i felt that if i could write something fantastic where you could actually strip away all the genre markers the vampire occult stuff and still have a functional narrative a son trying to come to terms with an absentee father and the wreckage of his family caused by that person then i could possibly have a story worth telling 3 if you created dhampyr today in 2024 do you think you would end up with a different set of characters a different layout for the world interesting question two ways to answer that one if for whatever reason the specific idea for what eventually turned out to be dhampyr came to me today it would then be a period piece in that there s something very particular about the goth scene in the 90 s when the 80 s and goth s birth in the late 70 s were still a recent memory before the drift of certain elements of the subculture towards the mainstream see emo so i can t quite see that dhampyr narrative set in the present day without having its ahem fangs filed down certainly from a visual aesthetic standpoint so the story we told in dhampyr characters and all would still probably be set in that time frame the other way to answer your question if a general idea came to me to write about a half human half vampire hybrid in the year 2024 that story would definitely not be the story we told in dhampyr but another beast entirely i highly doubt that it would have that goth aesthetic either so at the very least the characters wouldn t look the same 4 what do you remember from the night the book was launched in synergy during halloween that sea of pdbs people dressed in black so awesome d so there you go after all this time i am still extremely proud of what oliver and i were able to achieve with dhampyr the fact that dhampyr was the title that made the manila critics circle establish a comics category is still both mind blowing and humbling for me sure we didn t win because the circle has a rule that the voting of the judges needs to be unanimous for a book to be considered a winner but that doesn t take anything away from the reality that dhampyr was the inaugural title for the circle s comics category it broke through the ceiling boom the next q a probably horus should hopefully go live over the weekend if you have any questions about dhampyr please feel free to leave them in the comments section and i ll see what i can do to answer them you can t drink just six dave posted by space monkey at 4 35 am no comments labels alamat budjette tan carl vergara david hontiveros dhampyr masquerade oliver pulumbarit origins vampire thursday july 25 2024 alamat origins addendum 1 so i got my compli copies of alamat origins thanx so much to rome for the coordinating and wanted to note a few things firstly that this will hopefully develop into a series of posts centered on origins and the stories between its covers that i had a hand in writing random notes and observations to hopefully put those stories in the bigger context that they re a part of secondly in karen s afterword she notes a conversation in which an un god is mentioned now time and memory will do this to you but i for one do not recall this conversation time and memory and age it happens i do want to point out however that the un god is certainly not my idea at all fans of grant morrison s doom patrol will recognize the description as that of the decreator still one of the most chilling things grant has ever written that sadly did not quite make the translation in the tv adaptation so i dunno maybe time and memory did the same thing to karen three decades ago man smh but the un god is not an idea i came up with the decreator that s all grant anyhoo hope you picked up or intend to pick up alamat origins which chronicles our early efforts at comic book writing hopefully i ll be around here again soon with some more origins addenda you can t drink just six dave posted by space monkey at 11 27 pm no comments labels alamat avatar carl vergara dhampyr doom patrol gerry alanguilan grant morrison horus oliver pulumbarit origins timawa toto wednesday february 1 2023 the menu september 2022 the menu september 2022 twelve customers t otal a night how do they turn a profit twelve fifty a head that s how you re f cking kidding right what are we eating a rolex s earchlight pictures invites us to experience the menu or so the opening title cards tell us mark mylod largely known for directing some major hbo titles like entourage game of thrones and succession takes a script written by seth reiss and will tracy and presents us with this darkly humorous class conscious piece that sees ralph fiennes as noted celebrity chef julian slowik here we are family each day starts at 6 with 5 hours of prep work we harvest we ferment we slaughter we marinate we liquefy we spherify we gel s lowik who we are told has always been keenly aware of food as a history of class has risen in the ranks of celebrated chefs and now runs an exclusive restaurant on hawthorne island apparently named after the restaurant the island is twelve acres of forest and pasture surrounded by the bounty of the sea as explained during the guided tour a restaurant that charges largely self involved entitled richies 1 250 a head for the privilege a restaurant described by slowik as his entire life a restaurant run obsessively by slowik in a practically cult like manner on an island without a boat or phone service so many red flags trust me he s telling a story that s what makes his food so exciting he s not just a chef he s a storyteller and he doesn t give a f ck about the rules t o say any more would risk ruining the wonderful surprises indicated on the one sheet featuring fiennes so perhaps we should leave it at that for those of you curious enough to seek this title out not exactly a comedy but not really a full on horror movie either the menu is smart biting commentary with a killer cast yes that is indeed anya taylor joy on the second one sheet that just begs to be savored and relished as slowik would have it so go on and do just that yeah you will eat less than you desire and more than you deserve the script appeared on the 2019 black list alongside the screenplays for the unbearable weight of massive talent kevin etten and tom gormican don t worry darling carey van dyke and shane van dyke the screenplay as filmed is credited to katie silberman with the van dykes and silberman getting story by credits a nd the upcoming knock at the cabin what appeared on the 2019 list was the initial draft still titled the cabin at the end of the world adapted by steve desmond and michael sherman from the paul tremblay novel what we re going to get with knock at the cabin is the script as rewritten and directed by m night shyamalan on the one sheets the credits read screenplay by m night shyamalan and steve desmond michael sherman even the awards giving bodies seem torn most of the film s nominations fall under the comedy category but colin stetson was nominated for his score at 2022 s hollywood music in media awards under the horror thriller film category to be fair though the hmma apparently has no comedy categories and for the record michael abels took home that particular award for his nope score the menu os courtesy of impawards com posted by space monkey at 3 37 am no comments labels black list entourage hbo m night shyamalan nope the menu older posts home subscribe to posts atom search this blog blog archive 2026 1 march 1 trese bloodlines volume 2a message has just emerg 2024 5 august 1 july 4 2023 6 february 1 january 5 2022 20 december 4 august 1 july 5 june 2 may 1 march 1 february 2 january 4 2021 13 november 3 september 2 august 1 july 2 june 2 may 1 march 2 2020 18 december 7 november 3 september 1 july 1 june 1 april 1 march 3 february 1 2019 44 november 5 october 16 september 5 august 2 july 1 june 4 may 1 march 6 february 3 january 1 2018 49 december 3 november 5 october 18 september 2 august 1 july 1 june 3 may 3 april 7 march 2 february 3 january 1 2017 34 november 3 october 16 september 2 august 2 july 1 may 1 april 3 march 2 february 1 january 3 2016 47 december 5 november 4 october 10 september 12 july 2 june 1 may 2 april 8 march 1 february 1 january 1 2015 30 november 2 october 16 september 4 august 2 july 2 june 1 may 1 march 1 february 1 2014 46 november 7 october 20 september 4 august 5 july 4 june 1 april 3 march 2 2013 53 december 2 november 3 october 20 september 3 august 4 july 4 june 3 may 2 april 4 march 2 february 3 january 3 2012 65 december 2 november 8 october 18 september 1 august 6 july 11 april 1 march 10 february 5 january 3 2...