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Hello to you all, fellow Gluemeaties! As you may have noticed, I did some tidying up around the site and finished up with this design. I tend to like it; it’s not a re-design, but a definite improvement. Hope you folks like it!

As for The Ball movie, I worked a little on it but not enough. I tried to get it to work on a Winbox, but still no go. Even some Mac machines are having a hard time. Stupid compression codecs… I’ll keep toiling hard to bring you the movie in many viewable formats during the course of the week. TRUST ME.

The work on the Gluemeat Wikipedia entry continues to amaze me. I just checked it today and saw, among other things, that Dweeb-O and Robot-Dude were added to the site as well, not to mention a nice little picture of me so that I may be properly stalked in public. You’re all doing amazing work, and thank you again!!!

It’s late and I needeth my beauty rest. Enjoy today’s comic and we’ll be in touch over on Wednesday! Huzzah!

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Right, so I’m sorry that I couldn’t get The Ball movie working sooner folks, and I’m honestly still working on it. I’ll hopefully have a workable version up on Monday in time for the comic update. But try to have a good weekend anyway!

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Enjoy the movie, folks!

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Happy Victoria’s Day everyone! Day off for me! Three cheers for the Commonwealth!

Fellow Gluemeaties, today marks a very big and auspicious occasion. After much discussion and parlaying, we are now ready to open up a brand new, fan-only section of Gluemeat which we affectionately call “Meatgrinds.” Based off TN’s idea of running a Gluemeat Photoshop contest, we talked it over and thought it would be great if there was a big and special dedicated area of the site reserved strictly for Gluemeatie initiatives and inspirations. TN has graciously decided to take up the reigns of the section, so he will be overseeing updates and new content, as well as kicking off some contests and stuff, and for that we must thank him very much. The cool thing is since I will be somewhat removed from the operation of the Meatgrinds site, I’ll be just as surprised as you are to see the stuff. So why don’t you go on over right now and check out the the first three Meatgrinds who have made it there and leave some comments as well!

But be warned: neither me, TN, or anyone else working on the project take no responsibility for the opinions, views, or tastes of the art featured there by Gluemeat fans. Read, look, and listen at your own discretion.

Oh, and to all of you who told my son to teach me how to draw a mouth: on Saturday he comes up to me and says “Dad, maybe we should go open up Illustrator so I can show you how to draw mouths.”

Pfft. That’ll teach me to nurture his talents. See you on Wednesday for a new Gluemeat Moving Pictures production!

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Thanks to everyone who left those great comments for Mathias’ comic on Wednesday, because they really made him feel good. As for you snarky bastards who took the opportunity to mock me, you have all been added to the list of people I LOATHE. In fact, I didn’t have a list of people I LOATHE before Wednesday. And, well, it’s not really a list, I just tried to remember your names in my head, but I’ll end up forgetting them because I’m going on a bender tonight, so you’ll all be safe come Saturday.

In any extent, Mathias has said that he will do more Robot-Dude and Dweeb-O comics down the line. I wish I had more kids. I could have a sweatshop.

Have a great weekend everyone!

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Yes, fellow Gluemeaties, this is my son Mathias’ first ever comic with his experimentations in Adobe Illustrator.

I cannot stress enough the following points: I did not help him at all aside from pointing him to the right tools for what he had in mind. I did not select colours for him. I did not lay my hand a single time on our mouse as he was doing this. What I did do was type in the text he told me to write, do the curvy lines from the dialogue to the character’s mouths, and align it all so that it would look okay.

Notice his use of both the rectangle tool and the rounded rectangle tool on Robot-Dude. Fear his Copy-And-Paste technique. Skillz.

My son rules. I will be reading him the comments you guys leave, so say nice things OR BE BANNED!!!

On another note, TN’s MEATGRINDS project is about to hit a new high next Monday as we’re all preparing something pretty cool. Hope y’all check back!

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Hello fellow Gluemeaties! Look at me! Back from a full week’s disappearance!

If you read the Glueboard over there on the upper left, you probably know that I was on the outs and sick after an intervention in hospital late last Sunday evening. Thankfully, it didn’t have anything to do with my notorious back issues (which I’m thankful for), but now it seems that I am a full-blown, clinically proven asthmatic. I’ve been equipped with all sorts of inhalers and stuff, all designed to keep me breathing as best I can. So I decided to take the week off and get my lungs fully rehabilitated, especially since I was playing single parent for the whole week, as my girlfriend was gone to visit family in Calgary. Hopefully, you will all forgive me.

One of the good things about last week is that I sat my six year old son Mathias in front of Adobe Illustrator last week and taught him the ropes. He’s been playing around with it, doing all sorts of vector art characters and enjoying himself a great deal. He recently revealed to me that he wanted to be a “drawer” when he grows up, so I immediately took to teaching him whatever basic skills I have, but only after informing him that his occupation’s name did not imply people putting their socks and undies in him.

So on Sunday, Mathias sat himself in front of the iMac and told me he wanted to do an internet comic. I, of course, discouraged him and insisted he not follow in my footsteps, lest he become a bitter and close-minded individual like BoxJam me. But he pressed on, and having absolutely no free will of my own to speak of, I guided him through the steps of the creation of his very own internet comic.

Thus, this Wednesday, you lucky Gluemeat readers will be treated to my son’s very first internet comic which he designed and scripted all by himself. Once you see how well a child can do it, every webcomic on the face of the net will lose all credibility. Except mine, of course, because, you know, I’m important.

Till Wednesday!

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Many thanks to my umbrella holder TN for the inspiration for today’s comic!

Cookie Monster has always been my favourite Sesame Street Muppet. I’ve always adored him. His drive for eating cookies blinds him to everything, even to achieving a better grasp of syntax and verb tenses. He is linear, yet layered, comedic, yet tragic, a true antihero for whom we cheer for when he caves into his cravings. He is a creature in which we recognize our failings. Imagine the disappointment when many years later I turn on the television and see that Cookie Monster had now taken to eating vegetables and fruit, because some parent’s group somewhere thought that his eating nothing but cookies was a bad influence on children, since a show like Sesame Street should be teaching better eating habits. Yeah, of course, forget about teaching kids on how to be kids and just have fun, laugh, and be goofy. Let’s make sure that our children tow the line real, real soon. Edutainment before plain fun. Sometimes I think we adults are so bitter about having left childhood so quickly we won’t allow our kids to make the most out of the short span of time they have before we start asking them to make class choices oriented towards their career.

Ooh! Rant!

Hey, the Wikipedia entry is HUGE. I’m amazed. Seems to me every day I check there’s something new. Work has started on character summaries, and I think it’s Gluemeatie Personman who added that Moko browser you kids have clamouring about. It’s really something to see, but what’s great is that it’s a true Gluemeatie project with folks working together to do something cool. There’s just one thing I need bring up: the entry says that I’m in a mock feud with BoxJam. Who ever said it was a “mock” feud? The guy’s a jerk and I wish he had boils instead of eyes.

See you on Friday!

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Okay, listen everybody, I am really touched and amazed at the work that has been/is being put into the Gluemeat entry in the Wikipedia. I am totally taken back by it. I will find a way to thank you all in an appropriate manner. That last sentence should be read without a hint of sarcasm. The best part, fellow Gluemeaties, is that if you wish to contribute or have an idea, you can just toss it in there, as well! It’s really cool.

By the way, my Australian soulmate, Dan “The Beast” Beeston has started up a brand new comic over there under the planet, which he has entitled Genesis 2. Looks like he’ll be giving us his take on biblical creation. Booyah! Sacrilegious fun for all! It will be updated weekly, so don’t forget to drop in for a hello. Vegemite snacks for the first 200 visitors!

Have a great week, Gluemeaties!

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