Modern Moonlight (page 5)
Fitz on May 2, 2008
I'm late - AGAIN :) I think I should put that up in the comic's banner: “Updated: LATE!” ;) But of course you forgive me. I know I forgive myself :P
Thus, episode 6 has come to a conclusion. So, as usual, you get a splash page! A surprising amount of thought went into this one… It has an unusual amount of dialogue for a splash page. But the thing that had me thinking for quite a while was: who would fit the part of hotchick25 best. Originally, it was supposed to be a little girl, based on “Two and a Half Men's” Jake. Then I thought: how about a 300lbs 50-year-old bald guy in a wife-beater? With beer and pizza! Theeen I thought: how about a 300lbs 50-year-old, scruffy tranny? Think Chris Crocker in thirty years. I even resorted to www.uglypeople.com and found a bunch of interesting candidates. But none was the proverbial IT. So, instead, I googled some more. And I found IT! Oh, the gems you can find when you google: “sexy granny”… LOL! Seriously! I think I saw Morgan Fairchild there, too. But this one… Faye Dunaway, eat your heart out ;)
As for the upper part of the picture… It's supposed to look a bit like the Matrix, with letters breaking into digits. Though I'm not sure if it's clear enough in this picture, and I guess I'll redo it at some point when I'm not as lazy as today :P
In other news… A Bit Cheesy is one year and three days old! Yup! On April 30, 2007, I sat down, put a pencil to paper - and the rest is History! A history of blood, sweat, tears! ;) And of sleepless nights and conjunctivitis. No birthday party, though ;) Not even a B.Y.O.B. one ;) I need rest! Got a couple days off from work. Ah, Labor Day - glorious remnants of our commie tradition ;)
Next episode… sometime in two weeks. Won't name any exact date - because I know I'll be late. But it's going to be pretty special :) So, see you then!
Fitz at 8:34AM, May 8, 2008
Midge: Thanks! I like it, myself, I think it's one of the funniest endings, right up there with the reveal at the end of episode 1 :) Trevor: Glad it made you laugh :) Nepath: I'll *try* to make it in time with the new one. Though, as always, we'll see, we'll see :) It'll be a bit experimental, so the experiments might take a while. KingOfSnake: I agree with you. I put my birthyear in some of my e-mail addresses, instead - think: dorkydude80. And, following that logic, I used to wonder how come half of the people I met online in my early online days were born in 69! LOL! Took a while before I got that one. Anyway... come to think of it, the e-mail address hotchick25 makes perfect sense once - 25 is not her age, but her birthyear, too! LOL! Dawn: OK so she's not strikingly feminine, but it's a lady :) I'm pretty happy with the face, myself (except for the wrinkles, maybe) - it's just that the "straight in your face" light makes the shading look a bit unnatural. I'd like to try natural lighting sometime. D0m: Hey, haven't seen you around in a while! Thanks for stopping by!
D0m at 4:42AM, May 7, 2008
Really cool last panel.
dgriff13 at 8:38PM, May 6, 2008
amazing rendering of the old guy's face. Erm, I mean "hot chick". This can only end in hilarity. For us readers, that is.
kingofsnake at 8:45AM, May 6, 2008
I never got the whole "put your age on your email address" thing. Wouldn't you have to, theoretically, change your email address every year? I always think, there are a specific number of hot chicks and of them she is the 25th.
Nepath at 5:21AM, May 6, 2008
Excellent chapter. Looking forward to more, late or not the updates are still great!
trevoramueller at 2:28PM, May 5, 2008
LOL!
TheMidge28 at 6:39AM, May 5, 2008
really funny nding to this storyline.
Fitz at 1:25AM, May 5, 2008
Vickie: It's a woman :) Maybe the haircut isn't very obviously female - but usually men of that age are completely bald on top of their heads. And I'd have to disagree - I know a bunch of chicks whose e-mail containted the word "chick" ;) Flapjack: Thanks! Nice to see a new face among my readers! :) Abt: Sending the original e-mail was part of the original script. But as usual, the story develops in strange directions as I go. Sometimes that bothers me - but then again, otherwise I'd be stuck doing one-pagers. Walrus: Thanks! AngusWaffle: That is a scary thought... But oh well, you can't be always sure of everything in life ;) Gary: You're into grannies now? ;) Does your wife know? LOL! Tantz: Thanks! I'm never sure if my comic's funny - at least not after I go through the script 20 times ;) Bocaj: I like the general concept - but I think the white squares are just TOO big. And It could use some transparency effects. Oh well, I'll get to that at some point :) Amy: The original "referrence material" wasn't that scary. It was a nice, grinning grandma - but the classes were a bit creepy ;) TTyler: Thanks! Glad to see you visiting my humble comics! Jeff: Not nearly as disturbing as things I stumbled upon while doing research... Believe me! :| Ghostrunner, Nibbi: Thanks! LBA: Oh you have NO idea! I wonder how I can sleep now! Maybe because I can clear my mind of the ghastly images and focus on Morgan Fairchild?
lba at 6:24PM, May 4, 2008
I'll bet you came across some pretty graphic pictures too searching google for "sexy granny". Someone needs to work on their logic skills. It would take a miracle for that to actually be her real address.
Coyotejeff at 10:56AM, May 3, 2008
Wow that is Just... Disturbing. Another great splash panel.
ttyler at 10:11AM, May 3, 2008
LOL!!!!
antcomics at 9:50AM, May 3, 2008
Whoa! Skeeery!!
Bocaj at 9:35AM, May 3, 2008
Very funny page! It also really gives off the computer-y feel, I think you were going for.
Tantz_Aerine at 9:17AM, May 3, 2008
That was so funny! :D Excellent work as always.
Loud_G at 7:28AM, May 3, 2008
Great, absolutely brilliant! Granny is so hawt. :D
Anguswaffle at 6:34AM, May 3, 2008
This follows the stereotype that 10% of internet users are female and 10% of those users are actually female.
Abt_Nihil at 2:55AM, May 3, 2008
Thank God "hotchick25" only received the mail adressed to Bob... no telling what would happen if he'd sent his mail the way he first intended to! :-D Great ending to another great chapter...you're the master of quality control.
usedbooks at 10:06PM, May 2, 2008
Lol. I can't tell if it's a man or a woman. With that email address, probably a man. So few women of ANY age would call themselves "chick."