Blue Milk Special

Mal Reynolds makes his second small cameo in Blue Milk Special, this time alongside his trusty ship, the Serenity. I know there are a ton of Firefly fans out there, so I hope this strikes the right chord. A special thank you to Geoffrey Padilla for providing the rendering of the Serenity that I needed for the strip. With a touch of mood lighting it was perfect! The idea for this strip was suggested by Fulongamer over a year ago. Yes… it’s taken a long time for us to work our way through the Empire Strikes Back parody, but at least the pace has been more manageable for Leanne and myself over the last few months. We cracked the top 10 at TopWebComics, we launched the podcast, and we have four translations, five if we count the Portuguese BMS translation about to debut. I don’t know if we’re keeping or building momentum, but there are definitely a few new faces among our core readers who come back twice a week to see what happens next. We’re very grateful to have your support!

I just want to say that any new purchases of Leanne’s Artbook Vol 2, or her Sketch Book 2012, along with sketch card commissions will more than likely arrive AFTER Christmas. The most recent batch were mailed on Saturday. If anyone has outstanding sketch cards, they are now in the mail. Fingers crossed they reach you safe and sound. Let us know if you suspect a problem.

This weekend we were in New York for Saturday Night Live and there was one special moment that occurred after we arrived. My Facebook post made minutes after sums it up: “Dave Grohl just grinned and squeezed my shoulder when we passed by on our way to the SNL writers room. I smiled at him and said “awesome! I hoped you would be here!” Wish I had a snapshot of that moment. Bring on the show! He looked so excited.”

I just assumed right away that him being there meant Sirvana would be playing. I smiled big and said what was on my mind in that moment, fully aware of his performance with the surviving members of Nirvana and Sir Paul McCartney at the 12/12/12 Concert for Sandy Relief. Leanne and I had talked about the possibility of Grohl & co making a cameo on Saturday Night Live given Paul was the musical guest. Leanne is a huge fan of both Nirvana and Paul McCartney, so it was a huge deal to encounter him backstage. Dave was so cool and seemed genuinely thrilled, like “you caught me!”.

Thinking about it afterwards, for all I knew at the time, he could have been there simply as a backstage guest like us. There were a ton of celebs there who made cameos in the night’s show, being a Holiday themed special. Martin Short, Larry David, Samuel L Jackson, Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks, Kristin Wig, Tina Fey, Krist Novaselic, Pat Smear etc. But we were right. On the program, lying beside us in the writers room, Paul McCartney’s new song with Nirvana, “Cut Me Some Slack” was on the list!

Dave was definitely laid back and genuine. Scott, our buddy who produces Weekend Update, told us how great Dave Gorhl has been at performing for fans and literally being helicoptered from one show to SNL for more and still be smiling. What sucks is I didn’t get a photo op with him later so I’ll just have to hang on to the memory of his huge grin and that pat and squeeze of my shoulder as Leanne and I walked by. Either no one else in our procession knew who he was or had the balls to say anything to him.

Later, just after the show ended and Paul McCartney was performing a couple of encore songs, we hurried past Grohl, Novaselic and Smear on our way to the studio floor. Wish we had taken a moment to stop and congratulate them then and there.

As recently mentioned, I am collecting Star Wars action figures and have a list I am willing to trade BMS prints and memorabilia for. Thank you to Neil, who has come through in a big way with 4 figures on my list. Below is an updated list of what I need. Unless otherwise noted, Power of the Force and Power of the Jedi figures are acceptable, however I am looking for the newer releases with their superior articulation wherever possible. Email me if you think you would like to trade.

As of 12/17/2012 I am looking for…
Star Wars Episode 1: Adi Gallia
Dr. Cornelius Evazan (New Vintage line)
Ponda Baba
Owen Lars or young Owen Lars in his gray outfit
2XP Security Droid
Tusken Raider (SAGA collection or newer)
Rebel Ground Crewman
Jek Porkins
R2-A5 – astromech droid from new hope
R2-Q5 – black evil R2 from new hope
R2-Q2 – Biggs Darklighter’s X-Wing astromech
R2-X2 – Theron Nett’s astromech from new hope
R3-T6 – astromech ANH
R4-E1 – astromech ANH
R4-I9 – astromech ANH
R5-A2 – astromech ANH
R5-D8 – Jek Porkins ANH
R5-K6 – Garven Dreis astromech ANH
R3-A2 – astomech from TESB
R3-T2 – astromech TESB
R5-M2 – astromech TESB
FX-7 – Medical droid TESB
Dengar SAGA
Bossk SAGA
Zuckuss (Legacy Collection)
Dengar (New Vintage Collection)
4-LOM (New Vintage Collection)
J’Quille SAGA
Tanus Spijek SAGA
Hermi Odle (Baragwin) (30th anniversary)
Barada Skiff Guard (SAGA 2006)
Weequay Skiff Master (Legacy Collection)
Nikto Gunner “Nysad” (Legacy Collection)
Wooof (Legacy Collection)
Kithaba (Legacy Collection)
Snitkin
Giran Rancor Keeper (Legacy Collection)
Death Star Procession (Janus Greejatus, Kren Blista-Vanee)
R5-J2 – Imperial astromech ROTJ
Tycho Celchu (30th anniversary)
Keyan Farlander (Legacy Collection)
Mon Mothma