Blue Milk Special

Hello BMSers. Unfortunately, I’m not sure if there will be a new BMS this Friday as the strip I had in mind is a bit crude for our typical standards. It means I have to replace it with a new strip and I don’t know if I’ll have time. It’s a pity I can’t share Friday’s strip, but I think in the long run it’s for the better! We now have our very own lost scenes that we will never show anyone, just like Lucas!

In the meantime there’s plenty below to keep you busy. Also, thanks for voting for us! We moved up from 60 to 30 in the space of a couple of days. It seems the Anal Probe Droid is a hit. 🙂 Scroll all the way down to the bottom to leave a comment. We also have an exciting competition announcement below AND a new guide from T. Gatto himself on how to make the Blue Milk Cartons!!!

Star Wars Begins Fan Documentary

Superfan Jambe Davdar has spent an awe-inspiring amount of time piecing together three absolutely must-watch Star Wars fan documentaries — essentially, the original trilogy re-cut with alternate takes, deleted scenes, concept art, original audio, production footnotes, and commentary from the cast and crew. Click here for a list of all the episodes.

The documentary includes pieced together reconstructions of the deleted scenes now only known to exist in the Lost Cut (the original first edit that Lucas has locked away in a vault somewhere). For more on those scenes you can always visit the Star Wars Cut Scenes website.

And now for a special announcement!

Hi fellow BMSers;

It’s me again (T. Gatto). This will (probably) be the final installment of my Milk Carton Madness series (at least for now). Once again, after an incessant amount of badgering, Rod has agreed to let me write an article on my cartons, for his blog section of Blue Milk Special (Thanks Rod). (Rod: all true!) This write up will contain 2 parts; first a simple bit on how to assemble a BMS Milk Carton; second a little fan carton design contest for any interested party. I call this blog:

MILK CARTON MADNESS FOR THE BMSer

To read Part 1 (Skorr the Great assembly instructions) click here.

PART 2 – The GREAT BMS Design it Yourself Carton Contest.

OK, I’ll make this quick, since the first part is so long. Attached is one Blank carton template.

I have now given you all the tools (except for Computer, a printer, and those listed above) that you need to make your own cartons (BMS or other). I would love (and so I presume would Rod and Leanne) to see anything you make (Rod: He presumes correctly). Please if you design your own carton send a photo and PDF file (or JPEG or Bitmap, or whatever) to BMS. Just go to the Contact us section and bother Rod.

Since I do not have any Idea what kind of response this request will yield, or how long you all need I’m going to set a tentative time frame of 1 month from the posting of this blog for a little Carton Design and Assembly contest (may be extended a bit as needed).

The following simple rules apply.
– Rod, and Leanne will act as the judges and (if asked) I may be called to settle any tie. We will, of course, not be eligible to submit our own entries. Other regular BMS contributors will be welcome to try.

– We may pick a winner, winners or lots of honorable mentions depending on how many entries are submitted (if any).

– All reasonable entries will be acknowledged, and we will post as many as possible (directly to the site or linked somewhere).

– You can submit any carton you like, using my template, a modified template, or your own design, but the theme must be at least somewhat related to Star Wars (used in parody) or Blue Milk Special. We would still like to see other cartons but they will not be counted as entries. If you design a non-carton BMS model, it can still be posted and considered for honorable mention.

– If you are rank amateur or professional artist (or whatever) please let us know, so that we can take your background into account.

– You must submit a sheet model (up to 3 pages), along with a photo of the completed model, for consideration. The original model can be hand drawn and scanned or drawn using the computer (I’ve already worn Rod’s patience thin by submitting too many cartons without building them first).

– Please no copyright infringement. Draw your own pictures; parody is OK but no cutting and pasting from other artists. Also no perverted images will be considered (but I might make them to take to work and show my friends, just kidding).

– All submissions will be considered the property of BMS for purposes of posting, and should you want them removed from distribution later, the answer will be “No.

– If you have any questions or concerns contact BMS, and if they cannot answer your question I’ll try to.

– The Grand Prize will be 1,000,000 BMS points (a moral value only), World Peace (certain exceptions apply), and a cool carton (which you made and BMS will display). (Rod: the winner will also be flown all expenses paid to the Maryland headquarters of Blue Milk Special for a tour and demonstration of a new strip’s production…. All expenses paid by themselves that is!). You will also have bragging rights for at least 1 day of comments on the page. Other prizes may be considered, for other entries, but I wouldn’t count on much from the Hannah’s non-profit page, and a cheep ass like me.

Good luck, May the Force be with You, and may the best carton win.

Until next time (if any) kids remember “You can’t make Chicken Salad from Chicken shit”.