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I did some scribbles for this awesome alexeia_drae fanfic 'Lina's Girls'

I wanted to illustrate every chapter. But I moved back in December and my drawings got mixed up in the shuffle. I thought posting what I already have might be a good motivation to start drawing this story again!


Here's a brain-storming of different hair-dos for Min




And here's my ideas for designing teenage Dianna and 13 year old Attie





And here's poor, soft-hearted Gourry bringing Kenneth to his home to meet his family. I liked the idea of young Kenneth having a mullet. So I ran with it






Dianna trying to bond with Kenneth over lunch






And finally, Dianna forever destroying her relationship with her future brother-in-law

 Legendary voice actress June Foray passed away today at the age of 99.

I felt the need to post about this because I had the good fortune to meet June about a dozen times throughout my life and have a few one-on-one conversations with her. And I just wanted to say that she deserves EVERY accolade she's ever gotten. Not only has she done so much for animation (both as an actress and as an industry person), but she was also tremendously sharp even into her 90s (she continued to work until around the age of 95) and very kind and grateful to her fans.

I met her because one of my Grandfather's friends hosted a Holiday party every year that she attended. And the other guests were always eager to talk to her once they found out who she was. And she was always VERY happy to converse with anyone who sat down at her table and asked her to sign stuff. 

One of my favorite moments with her was when I brought a Ducktales comic with a Magica DeSpell cover for her to sign. I was embarrassed when the pen I brought didn't write very well on the glossy cover. Without skipping a beat, June reached into her purse and grabbed a HUGE Ziploc baggie full of different types and colors of pens, took one out, and it worked perfectly. She told me she's had this problem with fans before; so she made a point to keep that baggie of pens in her purse.
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Normally, I don't like to elevate the opinions of celebrities. But this statement was the perfect reaction to recent events:

nazis enacted anti jewish laws on the eve of jewish holidays-exactly as @POTUS has done on eve of Hanukkah. Don't light candles 2night, BHO!

— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) December 24, 2016

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Liberal US Jews just helped Obama condemn the Jewish State to worldwide #BDS and Terrorism. If they light Hanukkah candles 2night= <g>

— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) December 24, 2016

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"Israel can be Jewish or democratic. It cannot be both." ~ John Kerry.
But a Palestinian state can be Islamic? You can't make this up!

— Tennessee GOP (@TEN_GOP) December 28, 2016

In case you haven't been following the news:
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President Barack Obama’s White House is certainly closing out its final weeks with a no-holds-barred approach to Israel, following the Friday vote on United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, which blocks the Jewish state from establishing settlements in land the Palestinians claim as their own.

In a Wednesday speech that sounded more like a diatribe against Israel, outgoing Secretary of State John Kerry explained the Obama administration’s decision to abstain from — rather than veto — the 14-0 vote on the anti-Israel resolution, skewering the country for advocating a one-state solution.

“If the choice is one state,” Kerry said, “Israel can either be Jewish or democratic. It cannot be both.”
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TL;DR All of the Muslim countries are allowed to be Muslim (and oppress women and slaughter non-Muslims & homosexuals with ZERO condemnation or retatialitation from the worthless United Nations). But the ONE Jewish country on the entire planet is not allowed to be Jewish and defend itself against the people who are openly bound and determined to enact a second Holocaust.

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I know a holiday post should be "cheery". But I thought it would be better (and more in keeping with the holiday) to reaffirm my peoples' right to exist.

Shabbat Shalom, mother fu*kers!!

This cartoon basically describes how I feel right now.

RIP Alan Young. He wasn't the first Scrooge McDuck. But he was the best (he still did a brilliant job when reprising his role in Ducktales:Remastered at the age of 90!). Whoever replaces him in the new Ducktales reboot will have BIG shoes to fill.

No. Seriously. THIS IS HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!!! o_0

I’m torn between being THRILLED that a new generation will grow up with Ducktales and TERRIFIED that this new show will be a badly written CGI atrocity.

IMO, Disney would be smart to just use the old theme song as is. That thing is the most notorious earworm EVER and (it’ll stand out among modern cartoons that don’t use epic theme songs anymore).

Also, sad to say, they’ll likely use new VAs for Scrooge and Magica (since Alan Young and June Foray are over 90 years old now). And I’m betting on Greg Ferguson being Young’s replacement (mainly because his Scottish accent is authentic). And I’m betting on Tress MacNeille being the new Magica.

Here are all the winter holiday art prompts for the scooby_doo community! I got them done just in time! :)
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I finally got to see this just before Thanksgiving. And the experience was something else:

--Despite the fact that the movie had been out for about two months at that point, the theatre was nearly half full!
--The audience (which was mostly Mexican families with young kids) was really into the movie. They laughed a lot and even stood up and applauded when the credits rolled!
--The movie's soundtrack is....unique. It's a VERY weird mix of American pop songs and traditional Mexican guitar music that somehow manages to mesh well together (for the most part).

--Also, I was happy to see Doug Langdale credited as one of the writers. IMO, he's one of the most under-rated cartoon writers out there (he's best known for creating the 90s cartoon "The Weekenders"). He is VERY skilled when it comes to writing groups of friends without inserting romantic bullcrap. And even in this film (where a love triangle was central to the story), he never forgot to make the trio convincing as FRIENDS before introducing the romantic drama. And it was a thrill to see him credited in a major film (here's hoping this leads to him getting more projects!)

I DID NOT DRAW THIS!

This drawing was a gift to me from a friend. And I wanted to show it off and also provide a link to this friend's web-comic because he's awesome and deserves some free promotion.

This is a Yiddish slang term. "Nosherai" is the word for snack (it usually pertains to junk food). And "nosh" is a verb to describe snacking.

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Bubkis: Yiddish slang for ""nothing" or "worthless"






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