Fri, December
19 - 1:45 AM
Sorry for the massive delay--it took way longer than I expected.
I wanted to do this musical-style montage from the moment I thought of
the Grinch story, and I couldn't resist making a complete parody song
to go with a bunch of visual gags. Due to this mainly being
inspired by the animated Grinch movie, the art style in this strip is
more along the lines of cartoony cel animation (while the next part
will be back to the look of comic 114).
About the song, I wanted to record it from scratch to really go all
out, and include some Nintendo musical references as well (and raise
the tempo). I did have some help from site designer Chris,
who
did a nice job providing the non-keyboard percussion parts!
There was a lot cut for time as well. I had another stanza
bashing Ubi Soft's support of the Wii, as well as several other visual
gags (like Dedede stealing the Master Sword from its pedestal and aging
quickly as a result) that couldn't make the cut either.
It's different, anyway. And the coloring took way, way longer
than I anticipated due to the absolutely massive number of panels
(although it's a fast-paced comic, considering). I think more
than any, this strip really displays my love of animation and cartoons
considering it's essentially a giant, colored storyboard.
I hope you enjoyed this musical silliness today, but if not...well, at
least there won't be any more fruity singin' for the rest of the story
arc!
-By Matthew
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