This is The Skeleton. Say hello.

He is a Hallowe’en decoration that has, for some reason, never been returned to his fellow ornaments and is continuing to linger around here. He now resides on my desk.

He is a very strange Skeleton, even aside from the eerie nuclear green glow.

He is approximately six inches tall, made out of a soft plastic that I can only assume is non-toxic. His chin is somehow connected to the center of his ribcage. The ribcage is unnatural and seems to have several more ribs than any human ought to have. He has no shoulder blades. His spine is long and flat. He has red eyes, but also a red nose. He has no teeth, but rather a structure of bone resembling the lips of an ape. His legs somehow grow out of the wrong section of the hips. He has no actual hands, but rather five fingers of similar length which are growing directly out of the end of his forearm. He has this same deformed structure attached to the bottom of his shins instead of feet. His legs are far too short.

It is like this is the skeleton of a young child’s drawing.

I can not leave the skeleton alone. This poor soul is under a constant barrage of torture from me, which I inflict unwittingly. I punch him, twist him in painful ways, pull on his arms and legs, slap him against hard surfaces, dangle him upside-down by his ankles, tie him in little knots, squeeze him within my hand, jab him with my fingers, crush his head, make him slap himself, and drop him on the ground, all without thinking about what I am doing.

Please be nice to The Skeleton, because I can not.

He is my only true friend.

Sayonara.

Today marks the 3rd anniversary of the SykoGrafix.com domain name being opened to the public. Word.

It’s no coincidence that I let this place loose on the first Hallowe’en of the 2Ks. Getting this place off the ground was important to me, and still is, and I wanted to make a bold statement right off the bat.

I like Hallowe’en a lot. It suits my personality. Other holidays are based on love. Christmas is based on love. Blech. Valentines day is based on love. Please. Thanksgiving is based on love. Give me a break.

Hallowe’en is based on fear! Now that’s a holiday for me!

It’s too bad that I’m not really in the mood to celebrate the only day of the year where I’m not a complete freak, but that doesn’t really matter. This is SykoGrafix, and here, every day is Hallowe’en!

Sayonara.

The long awaited Transformers art book has finally been released. I was able to scrape together enough money to buy a copy this week, and let me tell you that after going through each and every page several times, it is amazing. It’s totally full of awesome artwork from all of the various generations of Transformers. Dreamwave covers and lithos, CGI shots from Beast Wars and Beast Machines rendered by Mainframe, convention exclusive characters, and a whole wack of some of the best fan art you’ll ever see.

Not only is this book nice to look at, but its release is a very important event in the history of Transformers fandom. A book like this proves the far reaching influence that the Transformers have had, and continue to have, on a lot of people. The artists featured in this book have been inspired by Transformers to create great artwork in a wide variety of styles, and I think that says a lot about the power that a franchise like this can have over people’s imaginations. Transformers isn’t a dumb fad or a trend or something childish without merit. It’s the real deal. It has a rich history and a wide variety of characters. It’s here to stay. And this book, appropriately labeled as “Fine Art“, proves it.

What’s more is that this is just the first half. The next part, to be announced later, will contain official artwork from Hasbro and Takara. I do hope that these books are met with a lot of success, and that perhaps further volumes would be released in the future. If that were to happen, I’d personally do my best to be one of the included artists.

If you have any interest in Transformers at all, please buy this book. It’s worth every penny. Not only will you be getting over 100 pieces of awesome artwork, but your purchase will also be proving to the world that Transformers rock!

My hat is off to 88MPH Studios for a job well done against seemingly impossible odds.

Sayonara.

The response for my “Stupid People HATE Ninjatron” article has been tremendous. I’m really glad that I was able to make so many people laugh. Just read some of the reactions at the Allspark, here. And of course, I’d still love to know what everyone thinks, so please let me know! I really appreciate it.

I’m way behind on buying comics. I just bought Dreamwave‘s TMNT #4, and it was great. It’s an adaptation of the 4th episode of the animated series, but mostly from the perspective of Casey Jones. It’s really a fascinating twist on the old story. Casey is really messed up! Highly recommended. Next issue is when original stories will start, so be sure that you’re reading then.

On Friday I was at a basketball exposition game between the Toronto Raptors and a team from Greece. The Raptors played well and really took it to them, leading by well over 20 points. But with less than a minute left to play in the 4th quarter, something really weird happened! The power kicked off and out went the lights! It was crazy. It happened right before my eyes and I’ve never seen anything like it. They couldn’t figure out what happened so after a while they just called the game finished. It was crazy.

Sayonara.

Ok, so we got new updates. Whoo.

This week the site was visited by several Germans! Interesting. I wonder what exactly brought about this German influx, but it’s welcome all the same. “susi” sent me some sweet kisses, which is a European thing, I guess, and “schmitti” said “nette seiten“, which bablefish translated as “Nice Sides“. Thank you, schmitti! I have been working on my sides! I also think that they are coming along nicely.

Please enjoy this temporary Hallowe’en design. It’ll be around until early November. But don’t worry, our 3 little Trick-or-Treaters will have a permanent spot in the art gallery at that time. Thanks to all of the board members for their fun suggestions.

I hope you dig my new written digital smackdown, “Stupid People HATE Ninjatron“. I think it’s pretty funny, and the irony of it all is quite intentional. Let me know what you think of it, and anything else, new or old, that you see around here, on the message board.

If you’re on the mailing list, then the newsletter should have gone through. If you did not get it, please let me know. There seem to be some problems with sending it, so I don’t know if it worked or not. In fact, even if you did get it without any problems, please let me know any ways so that I know it worked (and so that I know people are reading it!).

Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians out there.

Sayonara.