A Teddy Bear Tale

by shaggy on December 16, 2011 at 7:47 pm
Posted In: Reviews

When my friend Dan started spreading the word about a special project he was involved with, I quickly jumped in to support it. Little did I know that this project was as special and sweet as A Teddy Bear Tale. I’m quite glad that I put forth the money to give this book a helping hand.

A Teddy Bear Tale is a children’s book that tells the story of one stuffed up animal’s last night protecting his owner. The author, Nick Davis, did a superb job at reminding his readers that you are never too old to thank those special toys that watched over us during our youth. Dan Nokes did an amazing job with the illustrations and gave just the right visuals to spark ones imagination into action.

While this is a children’s book, anyone would benefit from reading it. You are never too old to imagine. You are never to old to play. You are never too old to believe.

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The Royal Lancers

by shaggy on December 15, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Posted In: Miscellaneous Debris

My father and his brothers were all musicians and they played in various bands over the decades. While searching through my parents basement, I came across a ton of reels that contains many voices from the past including my Dad’s old band, The Royal Lancers. As a Christmas present to him and my mother, I’m convert a bunch of stuff off these reals to digital so that they can listen to these past voices. The song below is just the a sample of what I found.

The Royal Lancers by theshaggyfreak

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In The Coming Year

by shaggy on December 13, 2011 at 6:32 pm
Posted In: News

2012 is already shaping up to be very busy year for me. Aside from the typical comic, I’ll be doing several conventions including my first appearance as an artist at Katsucon. I also plan to keep going to conventions such as Anime USA and Intervention.

On the music side, I’ve decided to take some orchestration classes from Berklee to get me on the right track with a production of Julius Caesar that I am on board with. I also hope to complete Binary Birth so that I can get back to performing live again. These two projects may force me to alter my comic schedule somewhat so that I can make sure everything is completed on time. I’ll keep doing three comics a week for as long as I can but I may miss a day here and there. If it becomes too much, I may go down to twice a week but I’ll just play it by ear.

With only a few weeks left in 2011, I still have a few things that I want to complete before the first of the year. I have to finish my gift for the Webcomic Secret Santa gift exchange and I’m working to complete my first video game music remix. I also need to get back to work on a piece of music that I’m writing for another webcomic friend of mine. With Christmas coming up, though, that last bit may have to wait till after the first of the year. If only I didn’t require so much sleep.

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