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The Top 10 Marooned Songs! #10

by Major Tom on September 1st, 2010
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Welcome to the top 10 Marooned Songs list! What is this list? Well, for fun I decided to put together a list of songs that somehow embody the spirit of Marooned. It’s a somewhat eclectic list, but I think one you will enjoy.

During the week on non-comic days, I’ll be counting down one song, starting today until we reach #1! Can’t you FEEL the EXCITEMENT building already?! :) As each song is posted, I’ll explain why I chose the song and you can tell me if you think it fits. Sound good? Okay, let’s get started!

Marooned Song #10: The Star Blazers Theme!

Ah, Star Blazers! When I was in Junior High and High School I loved watching this show. It’s quite cheesy of course, but that’s partly what made it good. Here we have a flying battleship in space, trying to save the fate of Earth and humanity with only one year to do it! Drama! Battles! Love! What more could you want?

I was always enamored by the spaceship Arcadia. There’s something incredibly cool about a battleship cruising in space, and pounding the daylights out of its enemies. Even better, this ship is also intertwined with the Captain Harlock series (which also shares some characters, it’s somewhat convoluted). I also really enjoyed the Harlock series (in fact, that might be the better series). So here you go, the Star Blazers Theme to get us rolling. Come back tomorrow for Song #9!

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Sneak Preview: Mike Maihack Story

by Major Tom on August 24th, 2010
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Some items have slowly begun rolling into me from artist friends that I asked to do something for the next book. Over the weekend I got a one-page story from the talented Mike Maihack. Here’s a little sneak preview:

How fun is that? Mike’s work on the Marooned characters is just great! I wonder what Ugo has in his eye? Hmmm…. You’ll just have to wait until the book comes out.

Hopefully you are reading Mike’s wonderful comic Cleopatra in Space! (Of which there is already a comic book). Mike also used to do Cow & Buffalo, which is still online for reading and another comic you shouldn’t miss. Thanks Mike!

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The Superfogeys Big Deal

by Major Tom on August 13th, 2010
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My buddy Brock Heasley has big things in store for his webcomic Superfogeys. Read more below:

If you’ve never read the SuperFogeys or it’s been a while since you have, now’s the time to check it out! Launched in September of 2006, the SuperFogeys has steadily developed into a hilarious and dramatic saga that’s far and away from its gag-a-day roots. Throughout its nearly four-year run, one villain has loomed over the residents of Valhalla-Home for the Supertired more than any other, the Third Man. We now know he’s secretly Dr. Klein, the founder of Valhalla, but what does he want? Who is he, really? And how do Spy Gal, Captain Spectacular, Swifty, Dr. Rocket and all the rest fit into his plans?

Everything has been leading up to the bomb creator Brock Heasley will be dropping on Thursday, August 19th. Early reactions to the revelation (by those lucky few) have varied from “That’s a total mind screw” to “Holy Sh—!” (Okay, so that’s not a lot of variety. Reactions are pretty much the same across the board!)

To celebrate, SuperFogeys will be running four updates August 16th-19th, Monday-Thursday. Then, in the week after that (after everyone’s had a chance to calm down!), seven consecutive daily updates August 23rd-29th, Monday-Sunday.

It’s time to catch back up with SF. What are you waiting for?

www.superfogeys.com

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Sick, no comic today :(

by Major Tom on August 12th, 2010
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Sorry everyone, there will probably be no comic today. In addition to the hacking of the site last week which set me back, I’ve gotten a horrendous summer cold that has just knocked me out. If I feel better and get some time, I may try and get it up late Thursday or sometime Friday, but don’t count on it. Probably Monday will be the next update. It’s rare I miss an update but it can’t be helped.

I know the site is also a complete mess, for the same reasons basically. It’s going to take me awhile to get the site back up to snuff. Luckily, reading the comics isn’t an issue.

Regarding the RSS feed, I am getting reports the comic isn’t showing up in the feed. It doesn’t show up for me. I apologize for this, it seems to be something with WordPress 3 perhaps, but I’m not sure. I’m trying to figure it out but nobody seems to have any ideas. For now, you’ll have to visit the site. I apologize for this. Hopefully I’ll be able to fix it.

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“Thanks for Nothing” Sneak Peek from Steve Ogden

by Major Tom on August 8th, 2010
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Behind the scenes work on Marooned book #2 (still untitled) is going forward, even though the date has been pushed back a smidge. Above we see more of the awesome work by my bud Steve Ogden, of Moon Town fame. (You ARE reading Moon Town right?! You better be! And he just started updating 1x a week again.)

Steve is contributing a 2-page Marooned short story called “Thanks for Nothing.” It’s a really fun little ditty about John and Asimov. As you can see, it already looks great! Can’t wait to see the colors. Of course I’ve seen the preview of both pages and it’s looking awesome.

There’s a few other artists working on stuff. I’ll share other sneak previews as I can as they roll in.

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