Comic Update: “If I could throw one web comic author under a bus it would be wildarmsheero.”
November 7th, 2009 at 21:52:17 by wahThis is one of them comics that only me and few other people will get. You can probably still derive a laugh from it, but you kind of need to know about this guy called MINAMIZAWA JUUHACHI. See, this fellow MINAMIZAWA JUUCHACHI (his given name means “18″) directed a bunch of ero anime in the early 2000s. The interesting thing about some of the ero anime he directed was that they looked very similar to the works of our beloved Shinbo Akiyuki. Furthermore, one of the studios that produced some of these works is said to be the alter ego of studio Shaft. So, basically, Shinbo probably directed porn. I’ve seen it. It’s pretty trippy.
But man! A year since the last Life and Times of Shinbo. The art kind of got better, but these last two panels still look a bit wonky. I have to say, I do quite enjoy my depiction of Yamamoto Yutaka. You have to note that this comic takes place before he got famous, which I think makes the attitude I forced upon him kind of funnier. Maybe he simply knows he’ll be famous one day. I don’t know if Shinbo and Yamamoto actually speak to each other as friends, but Yamamoto does talk about Shinbo all the time.
I don’t have much else to say, so I’ll leave it at that. No idea what to do for next week!
November 8th, 2009 at 00:58:44
I won’t pretend to have properly understood the joke before you explained it, but the first panel made me laugh until I cried. AWESOME WORK, and if you should feel inclined to include Yamakan in more comics in the future that would make me a happy reader indeed. J- just saying.
November 8th, 2009 at 10:17:56
.. so now I am going to seek out these ero anime
November 8th, 2009 at 13:40:52
Here’s Minamizawa’s illustrious resume: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=43323
Unbalance is released/torrented as “Sibling Secret”
November 8th, 2009 at 18:19:30
roflmao, very nice comic. It’s really been a year since the last life and times?!?!
November 8th, 2009 at 19:45:26
Very nice detective work. I’m impressed.
November 8th, 2009 at 19:50:33
All the credit goes to that doofus digitalboy, actually. He made me aware of Shinbo’s potential double life.
November 8th, 2009 at 23:35:33
I can’t say no to a good spittake.
November 9th, 2009 at 02:07:08
This comic reads much how I would have liked your previous comic to have gone. Shinbo’s nervous deflect in the third pannel strikes a happy medium between defensive and collected that is a good set up to the punchline.
November 9th, 2009 at 06:48:33
Can’t say no to good humor.
And wah, no, you don’t deserve being thrown under a bus. That belongs to Fred Gallagher (OH NOES A FAMOUS NAME MENTIONED).
November 9th, 2009 at 10:33:49
The only thing that comes to my mind for “Unbalance” is that show in a show in Genshiken.
Because the lyrics had Unbalance in it in badly spoken english.
November 12th, 2009 at 19:23:53
Enjoyed Yamakan’s epic poses there, especially with the smile in every appearance. And yeah, thanks to digitalboy for bringing up this interesting piece of information when he did. I still don’t know whether or not I’ll have more respect for Shinbo or be a little disturbed by him if this turns out to be confirmed.