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Posted by Luis - July 28th, 2008


I'm still quite tired from a jam-packed weekend over at San Diego's Comic Con. I think this was probably my favorite of all my past appearances in San Diego. It was still just a blur, but I felt like I was able to leave with a greater understanding of other artists on the site which is what I wanted all along.

Much thanks to Tom and them for that Behemoth Party on Friday night. It had a really great ambiance.

I'm in the process of gathering pics and shit, so if you have any feel free to drop me a PM or comment below so I can dump them in with the rest of the ones that I've got and gotten from others. I'm hoping to have a photo gallery ready by the weekend. May be overly optimistic, we'll see.

Next Stop: London

Comic Con 2008 Aftermath


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Posted by Luis - July 21st, 2008


This post is mostly a regurgitation of Rubber Ninja's but he stopped updating his cause hes on vacation and comic con goes by like such a blur, it would be unfortunate for people to not have run into someone they wanted to run into but didnt find out they were going till after the fact!

If you dont know what Comic Con is then go HERE

To view a live webcam of the NG booth and its visitors from July 24th-27th, go HERE

I SHOULD be able to have our hotel webcam going during the event.. maybe when the comic con shuts down for the day i can take over the camera and have it just point into the hotel room.. doubt we'll be in there a great deal but who knowzzz

ON TO THE LIST ...........
STAFF
Tom Fulp
Mike
Bob
Tim

MODERATORS & AFFILIATES
Afro-Ninja
luis
RiftMaster
Mockery
DanPaladin
The Super Flash Bros
Blue Hippo

EVERYONE ELSE
Rubber Ninja
Egoraptor
Danomano
Kirbopher
Rtil
BryceMilburn
NathanMilburn
Frosted Muffins
Buzzwerd
Almighty Hans
Cycon
Mongoid
Tomorrows Nobody
Redmongoose
Jimtopia
CZ-Backlash
Leafworthy
Anigen
Rina-Chan
Krinkels
Frank
JonBro
Junkdog8
Toonimated
Rob Heath
drankmade
Atomic Noodle
The-EXP

If i missed anyone, let me know. Unlike Rubber Ross I'll actually update this :)

lmao this video still makes me laugh i feel it necessary to replug it. Its from Comic Con 2007

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Posted by Luis - July 13th, 2008


I'm giving away $1 per day from now until Tom leaves for Comic-Con on July 20th. To participate in the raffle, all you need to do is post on here ONCE. I'll pick a random post everyday and send you a dollar! So pretty much today is the easiest day to win considering theres only 30 mins left! You dont have to deposit SHIT!

ON JULY 20th... AS A GRAND FINALE ILL BE GIVING AWAY $5.00 !!!! AY DIOS MIO!

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07.13.2008 - Todays winner was TheMexicanMuffinMan
You can see the screencap of the results here. Results

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07.14.2008 - Todays winner is Funkycaveman
You can see the results here Results
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07.15.2008 - Todays winner is KevnSevn
You can see the results here Results (yes i know i misspelled it)
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07.16.2008 - Todays winner is LilG
You can see the results here Results
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07.17.2008 - Todays winner is HoeLoe
You can see the results here Results
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07.18.2008 - Todays winner is Tuckerfast
You can see the results here Results
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07.19.2008 - Todays winner is GreenGiraffe
You can see the results here Results
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07.20.2008 - Todays winner and grand prize $5.00 recipient is JoshuaDavies
You can see the results here Results
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Win $1 from now till 07/20!


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Posted by Luis - July 5th, 2008


Well i finally got around to finishing up the photos from the mod meat last weekend.

View it here

Ehhh heres a video from the stickam madness from the thread Live @ Mod Meat

It was supposed to have music and all these fancy things but fuuck thatttt this is straight out my shitty camera.

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Posted by Luis - July 3rd, 2008


Every month I take an hour to pry into the lives of other flash authors. I then spit out our back and forth here on newgrounds and on my site! This month we meet
LazyMuffin

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Luis says:
Greetings, it's a new month, which can only mean that errr it's a new month! ... and that i have another interview to release, today we are joined by Yotam Perel, otherwise known as LazyMuffin to us weblings. So without further ado, lets kick things off with a brief bio...
This is pretty much the only part people will read so try to be exciting to get to know!! What got you started in the flash scene? When did you start and have you made anything we might have heard about???

LazyMuffin says:
I started messing around with flash when my brother downloaded it in 2001 or so (I was 10). He showed me some animations on Newgrounds and I found it fascinating, especially Xiao Xiao who I still go back to for nostalgia. Even before I knew of flash I made little flip-book animations for fun.

Luis says:
Ah cool so its more or less in your blood to do this stuff. So I've interviewed artists from all over the globe, but I think you're the first one to come from Isreal. What is the flash scene like over there? Have you seen it change / evolve as time goes on or are you still more or less an oddity? I've always been fascinated how an artists environment might influence his/her work, do you feel your location or even your upbringing has affected your work in anyway? If so, how? Sorry thats at least 5 questions bundled into one, but Im paid on a commission basis!(JK)

LazyMuffin says:
After he showed me the program I made him teach me the basics and since then I've been playing with it. Once I got more familiar with Flash and got out of the stick figures stage, I got into animated music videos due to Tim Frommeyers great animations. As for my animations, you may have heard of my Nameless series. At lease I hope you did.
Did you? ):
IF NOT, HERE'S IT'S PAGE ON NEWGROUNDS!
The flash scene in Israel... to be completely honest, I have no idea. I haven't really gotten into the scene around here, if there even is one. I sometimes see commercials that are made with flash, but that's about it. Hopefully one day once I finish all of my social obligations I'll be able to get more into that.
I don't think that my environment influenced my work... I don't make any political satire or anything involving Israel really. It may surprise some people, but I live a very normal life in Israel, It's not constant bombing and fear as some may think. I go to school, watch movies and ride camels like each and every one of you!

Luis says:
So as you've previously mentioned, your claim to fame has been the Nameless series, in an attempt to dive into a slew of questions related to that, lets start from the beginning. How did that series come about? Are the characters loosely based on real life people and if so who?

LazyMuffin says:
The beginning of the Nameless series make me laugh since it was something so unintentional and retarded that people liked. It started when I was bored one day at the soft age of 13, so I decided to record myself. I ended up recording a stupid "sketch", the punchline was that Crippleboy was crippled and had a voice of a baby (Go here). I submitted it and it got (somehow) to the front page of Deviantart, so I just made more.
The characters aren't really based on anyone I know (I don't know any cripples or people made out of chocolate), I just try to make them outlandish and fun.

Luis says:
Why 'Nameless' anyway, do you have some sort of strategic masterplan for naming it 'Nameless', or was it just something that you decided on a whim? I THINK I already know the answer but indulge me....

LazyMuffin says:
The only reason I chose the name 'Nameless' is that I'm horrible at naming stuff; thus Crippleboy (A boy who is crippled), Chocolateman (A man, made out of chocolate), Chocolatelady (A lady, made out of chocolate) and Chocolateman'smom (I just never bothered to name her).
For a while I was considering changing the name of the series to "Sweet and Crippled", but it just wouldn't be the same.

Luis says:
Yeah it wouldnt be the same. Maybe it woulda been better. ZING. Ok so now that you're 6 volumes deep into the series and you've naturally improved over the years, both in your delivery and execution, how far do you see yourself going with the series. Do you see yourself introducing new characters / phasing out others / or maybe neither? How do you feel the series has changed as you've developed it over the years, do you think its stayed faithful to your original vision of it or on the otherhand are you more pleased by how it has strayed and gone beyond what you originally envisioned?

LazyMuffin says:
I'll go with the series as long as I feel it hasn't worn itself out. Once I really struggle writing and feel really unmotivated working with the same characters I'll probably end it. I don't see that happening soon though, I already have two more volumes planned for episode six, and from there I'd like to make shorter episodes in order to pump em out faster. I love playing with characters, so I can see myself adding characters, but Crippleboy and Chocolateman will always be the protagonists of the series.
I feel the series developed very well for something that started out as a joke. There was nothing to stay faithful to though, it started as just fun, and it still is. Only now It's fun that comes with a plot and not-only-random jokes.

Luis says:
Yeah, personally I think your series is finally beginning to pick up real steam now. It was like a pedal boat when you started it and now i see it more like a steamboat. Oh, here's a philosophical question which you are welcome to apply to the Nameless series if you wish... Pretend you had a time machine and you were able to take your skills today and go back in time and redo one of your pieces. Which one would you want a second crack at and why, or perhaps you wouldnt want to touch any of them in which case id ask why not?

LazyMuffin says:
I don't know if I would like to change anything. As much as I might not like some of the beginning episodes of Nameless, I like to keep em the way they are just because I love seeing how the jokes, the graphics and the voices change. ACTUALLY, I have a funny story regarding voice change: I started recording Crippleboy when I was about 13 and my voice hasn't changed yet, and once my voice changed I felt it's a whole new character, so I killed him off. That's why one of the episodes just start with Crippleboy being hung in his room.

Luis says:
Hmm I never considered puberty into the equation.... damn that opens up a whole new can of pubescent worms but i wont get into that. Easy transition time! Aside from the Nameless series what else are you up to?

LazyMuffin says:
For now, Nameless is the only thing really planned. But overall, I never know. If I think of some funny sketch, I write it down and animate it. If there's a song I feel I'd like to animate, I try and do some once in a while.

Luis says:
Oh speaking of not having a plan. I've actually been asked this a couple times and dare I say I have trouble answering it so for the sake of filling in other people who will undoubtedly ask AS WELL as filling ME in on how to respond... What is the RWD? What differentiates it from the usual stream of clocks, locks, star syndicate, kitty krew, jesus crew, etc. I made that last one up btw

LazyMuffin says:
Jesus Crew might be our spinoff crew.
The RWD started when I saw Nogfish's animation 'A KITTY CREW BEATDOWN' and commented about how I don't like them since most of their stuff are effortless loops like many of the crews you have mentioned.
I decided we should open a crew that only publishes quality spam, thus differentiates us from most crews. We also made up a silly background for the group that may take part in future RWD related animations. Were villains who create quality spam, That's about it.

Luis says:
Oh, that wasnt as complicated as I thought it would be. While you are in a flashback mood heres a question for you. So Back in 2003, when you got your start, artists were pretty much doing flash purely for the love of it (aka not getting jack shit in regards to compensation)... fast-forward 5 years and now we are in an age of sponsorings and ad-served opportunities, do you have any observations as to what sort of impact you've noticed in the flash scene as a result and more importantly what sort of impact do you see it making in the longrun?

LazyMuffin says:
I don't see the sponsoring as a bad thing, I think it's a good motivator since everyone loves money. I was sponsored by Newgrounds for Nameless 6 vol 2 and I just see it as a reward for all of the time I put into it, I don't think now that I'm sponsored I'll put less effort into it. From my point of view, It's all pretty the same, except changing trends regarding whats popular. It used to be violent games, stick figures etc and now it's, of course, game parodies. I don't see it making much of an impact, the people who put a lot of effort into their animations will get sponsored and continue to do so... then again, maybe I'm just being naive.

Luis says:
VERY naive of you. Anyway enough of that shit. Lets lighten the mood a bit! Name an animation you've enjoyed this past month and what you liked about it. We spend so much time talking about the interviewee in these things that it might be refreshing to plug something else that someone might enjoy!

LazyMuffin says:
To be honest, this month there wasn't anything that I really really liked. This month had a lot of game parodies and sprites which I'm also not really into. I really enjoyed 'sherry enema: #2' due to its quick witty humor and great timing. It reminds me of the radio stations in GTA, which I find hilarious. Also, 'Dollar' made me laugh. These picks make me look like I only like social satire... oh well.

Luis says:
Yes you are QUITE the social satirist (is that a word?) but whatever I'm not judging. Youre still fairly young, but have you thought about animation in terms of a career at all? where do you see yourself in the next 5-10 years when i reinterview you.

LazyMuffin says:
Animating as a career would be ideal for me. I would love to do something where I can implement my writing skills and animating skills. A series of my own would be reaching for the stars, but I would love that.
Before I start working as an animator(if possible), I feel like I should have a crappy job for a couple of month's just so I can appreciate being able to animate for a living completely.
In 10 years I'll be filthy rich and will never let you in my yacht... or internet browser.

Luis says:
Well my toilet is currently backed up you are more than welcome to start your crappy job career there if you want. It would be for your own good of course :D
Ok laaaast question, may as well end it in contraversy... you mentioned you didnt care for game parodies.. want to elaborate on them, and how you do think they fit (or shouldnt fit?) into the flash animation scene?

LazyMuffin says:
I've been thinking about that lately and I'm finding it hard to come up with a conclusion. I was always into people making animations for fun and the enjoyment of others, and the game parodies do provide entertainment to a lot of people. On the other hand, I feel like it's almost too easy. The crowd loves it so they should keep going, but I think it lowers the standers for people who put a lot of effort into their animations. People copy (admittedly) Egoraptors style, which used to be rushed and poorly animated (HE SAID THAT!) and get a shit ton of views, while someone who may put a lot of effort into his animation gets a quarter of that. But it's the demographic, and in the internet, the demographic likes video game parodies. I try not to get frustrated though, there's no point. I can't change what the people like.
Although seeing three game parodies on the front page worries me, especially where one has been there for over a month but I can't do anything about it since that's what the people like.
My plan is to get some big gaming company to make a game based on Nameless, then my animations would be a sensation.
I'm a bitter, bitter man.
THANKS FOR THE INTERVIEW, KISSES

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Past Archived Interviews:

- 06/2008 | Leafworthy
- 04/2008 | AloneIntheDark
- 03/2008 | Tom Fulp
- 02/2008 | Luis
- 01/2008 | Dr NeroCF
- 12/2007 | Buzzwerd
- 11/2007 | Rtil
- 10/2007 | AlmightyHans
- 09/2007 | Marc M
- 08/2007 | The-Swain
- 07/2007 | TimFrommeyer
- 06/2007 | NegativeOne
- 05/2007 | SickDeathFiend
- 04/2007 | Psychogoldfish
- 03/2007 | Mindchamber

AOTM July: Interview w/ LazyMuffin


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Posted by Luis - June 27th, 2008


Castle crashers is done now his beard is gone

Tom Fulp to go back to being gay


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Posted by Luis - June 24th, 2008


Back by popular demand. If you are unfamiliar with what the sketchbook is, use the links below to see what was done the past two years. In a nutshell its a giant collaborative who's-who of ng artists and personalities merged into a sketchbook which eventually winds up in the ng office.

Due to overwhelming interest, the project is now all booked up. If you strongly feel like you need to participate send me a PM.. who knows i may give you an extra.

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Below is the list of the usernames that will be getting a sheet at some point. If you want to monitor whether your sheet has been mailed out goto this Google Doc and look it up. Updated weekly.

Previous Sketchbook Tours:
2007
2006

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1. Tystarr
2. Gmagnum
3. LilG
4. st1k
5. lenkobiscuit
6. Gi-go
7. element-2
8. djnet
9. sirsloth
10. lalo
11. activeobjectx
12. fierras
13. rickmarin
14. dante224
15. theemokiller
16. Jeinu
17. spite-skater
18. jmtb02
19. Aeonstars
20. vortex00
21. swiftstylerX
22. el-presidente
23. chillyphilly
24 mrat
25. JadetheAssasin
26. Vousielle
27. Cz-Backslash
28. Matt-Porter
29. Hylian-Mafia
30. buzzwerd
31. kajenx
32. 23450
33. rucklo
34. notorious
35. salted-tator-tot
36. sardonicsamurai
37. danomano65
37. kupaman
38. jazza
39. 2good2b4goten
40. deuceNine
41. AlmightyHans
42. TurkeyOnAStick
43. Kirbopher15
44. henry-nougat
45. darkshadow8181
46. criminal-duder
47. middleFingerRings
48. theHappySheep
49. lazymuffin
50. egoraptor
51. pezboy440
52. mynamewontfitin
53. timfrommeyer
54. deadspread83
55. spikrodd
56. hammi
57. shirtturtle
58. s1nt3ch
59. j1mp
60. the-super-flash-bros
61. senti
62. ansel
63. catoblepas
64. zombie-pimp
65. sk8rGirl14
66. bomtoons
67. adman1993
68. fetusdoctor
69. UnderARock (x2)
70. Needle
71. Decade
72. Krinkels
73. SpencerMann
74. CrazyChihuahua
75. NegativeOne
76. chluaid
77. the-swain
78. JimmySavage
79. BlackmarketKraig
80. Coolio-Niato
81. PunchorBePunched
82. Dekuboy
83. BryceMilburn & NathanielMilburn
84. jakbaronKing
85. kuro
86. pezzo
87. JoSilver
88. bifftheTimid
89. sunglasses
90. just2pale
91. leafworthy
92. bizarroJoe
93. enjoyshaun
94. dude4001
95. Nogfishes
96. knoxfan25
97. Tomfulp
98. Mindchamber
99. Anigen
100. JohnnyUtah
101. UMREE


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Posted by Luis - June 13th, 2008


I finally got my ass in gear and put together a small mini-gallery of the NG @ NY Big Apple Con shenanigans. I merged photos I've found floating the forums as well as 40 of my own. That should just about wrap up that whole experience. Again thanks to everyone for coming along to show your support for that.

A number of people asked me if there would be a NG Sketchbook Tour this year... my original answer would have been no, it just takes a lot of time and effort to put together and I wanted to just be lazy all summer. However, due to the overwhelming interest in it I think I will go ahead kick it off at the end of the month. The specs on that will be provided then, my pal Mogly had a pretty cool idea for it that I want to spin-off of. This year I will definately limit the amount of entries. As much as I want to include everyone, it just becomes really hard to manage. So stay tuned for that. I dont have a concrete timetable but I'm thinking that you'll have all of July to express interest and for me to mail out all my entries. After July the mailing process will be over and you'll have roughly a month and a half to fill your entry and mail it back. If all goes well, maybe the project will be over by the next convention appearance later this year. More info later.

The last piece of news is that people have been asking me where the next newgrounds gathering is going to be next. For the sake of making your life easier i've provided some info of things I have in my radar:

Comic Con San Diego July 24-26

NG NYC Meet-up hosted by Timmy

PAX Penny Arcade Explo August 29 - 31

NG London Meet 3 August 30

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I've been talking to your pal Adam Phillips about getting a NG meet setup for Supanova Pop Cullture Expo in Melbourne on March 27-29th 2009. Its a bit premature but something to think about.

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Big Apple Con photos + Sketchbook Tour 08 update


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Posted by Luis - June 9th, 2008


I literally just got home, just wanted to say thanks to everyone that came out to show your support for the site. It was kind of a big gamble on Tom's part to step aside and see if we could pull it off this convention without him having to roll his sleeves up and I'm pretty happy to say that we held our own. I definately know that it could not have been made possible without the efforts of everyone behind the booth in particular. It's kind of a lame way of expressing thanks but you've all gained a HUGE amount of respect from me and im sure from newgrounds itself to not only getting yourself to New York but then making a proactive role in trying to make the NG booth as vibrant and exciting as the site itself.

I'll be throwing together a mini-site much like the Pico Day Art Contest thing that I did, I'll hopefully have that up by Wed., If you have any photos or would like to contribute any, please feel free to PM me .. in fact I highly encourage it.

Again, huge thanks to everyone that came out. We've set the tone and hopefully with repeated attempts the userbase will not only grow but become more vocal and proactive.

Thank you Tomamoto for your huge enthusiasm to fill in the cracks that we overlooked. Thank you Eric Black for working behind the scenes to even make the idea of the booth at this con even possible... Thank you Krinkels for making such a long trip over.. to The-Swain for being the face of NG's creative voice and spirit.... to Afro-Ninja for helping us out in prepping up the booth and handling all the book keeping... to Bob for prepping all the merch. at the office so all i literally had to do was pick it up. To EyeLovePoozy for 'making things happen' ... dont really need to explain it, we all already know what that means... you bailed us out of some close calls and you totally deserve kudos for it. Thanks to Tom and April for making the trip up and providing some street cred to the NG booth. Special thanks to everyone who helped us load shit up after the con was over, I'll do something more elaborate in regards to thanks later but i just wanted to just get that out there.

Last but not least thank you MindChamber, you were literally my partner in crime in this whole crazy idea, I'm extremely grateful for you knocking this out of the ballpark... and by that i not only mean this past weekend but waaaay before when it was just an idea.

Thank you everyone.. feel free to drop me a PM, i'll totally get back to you. See you at the next con.

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Posted by Luis - June 5th, 2008


Well im off to the office to prep for that Big Apple Con I've endlessly plugged. See ya thar!
If you come by the booth and say the phrase 'more cock jokes = more profits.' i'll give you a sticker. I think Tom was thinking of changing everything by everyone to that.

If anyone wants to mod over the weekend just drop me a PM!!!

lmao.

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