Posts Tagged ‘Roll-up’

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HEAT #385 – I Was Fixing It!

by Jeff on April 4, 2016 at 11:22 pm
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #385 – I Was Fixing It!

It’s actually way easier to write tag team matches using the lucha libre rules, since I can change the legal wrestlers without having to engineer tags. I can just have chaos happen and have people bail or get knocked to the floor as I need them removed.

I watched WrestleMania with a bunch of friends last night, and had a blast. Watching it with friends and not really caring about the booking made it a ton of fun, which seems fairly different from the reactions I read online later.

CONVENTION ALERT: Thursday, April 7th to Sunday, April 10th, I will be at Emerald City Comic Con, at table D-14 in the artist alley. Stop by, say hi, and buy some books! Where Is Zog? will be available there for the first time!

Next Week: “He’s going up top, could this be the Fatty Bomb!?” Find out now on Patreon!

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HEAT #334 – Transform And O’Conner Roll Out

by Jeff on March 16, 2015 at 11:32 pm
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #334 – Transform And O’Conner Roll Out

This page exists because around the time I was writing it, I really wanted to draw an O’Conner roll. I don’t know why, but sometimes I just get a move or a spot stuck in my head and really, really want to draw it into the comic. Although I suppose impulses like that are why I’m doing this comic in the first place… at any rate, O’Connor rolls are fun to draw.

Speaking of things that were fun, I’ve been learning to colour more efficiently lately, and I did what I think is a pretty cool HEAT piece for the Patreon folks. You can check out cool bonus stuff like that, as well as get some sweet rewards, for as little as $1 a month! And for those of you interested in HEAT Volume 2 becoming available? Patreon is something you should check out.

Next Week: A lot of Spanish Gibberish. A lot. Check it out now on Patreon!

 

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HEAT #128 – I Continued to Fight the Law and it Punched Me Really Hard

by Jeff on May 25, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #128 – I Continued to Fight the Law and it Punched Me Really Hard

While the spots in this match are a lot simpler than the ones in the Rod Black/El Gangster II match, they presented similar problems in terms of how to pace things out. Whereas the problems in the last match stemmed from the constant motion and the wrestlers frequently ending up fairly far apart at the end of a move, this match gave me issues because it’s pretty scrambly in a lot of places, like on this page. The script also called for Meyers’ roll-up attempt to look like “a sloppy version of a Magistral cradle,” which proved to be really difficult to figure out how to stage, or even what that would look like. I ended up going with whatever it is I drew. I think I’ve seen it used before, but I don’t know what it’s called.

In other news, HEAT: The Space Age of Pro Wrestling Volume 1 is now finished. Should be off to the printers Friday or Monday.

On Saturday: Being hugged like a bear is only slightly less desireable than being hugged by a bear.

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HEAT #14 – Roll-up!

by Jeff on February 17, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #14 – Roll-up!

I have no idea why the roll-up from behind is called a “schoolboy.” Not that commentators call it that anymore, since most of them don’t seem to have a clue what any moves are called nowadays. For the most part, anything more complex than a suplex is “what a move!” Anyway, calling the roll-up a “schoolboy” just makes it sound kind of creepy, though, which is evidenced by the YouTube search I did to try and find a video of the move in action. “Pro wrestling schoolboy roll-up” resulted in a lot more dirty results than I anticipated.

The first panel on this page was easily my favourite part of it to draw. Mostly because it was complicated. This might also be the first instance of the scale issues that I have with Wooly Bully. I’m currently drawing his second appearance in a match, and he keeps getting bigger. It’s not really intentional, it just kind of happens every time I draw him. My first conception of him was a more exaggerated Taz build (short, stocky, bulky, and mean-looking), then he just kept getting bigger every time I drew him. Now he’s like a slightly smaller Big Show, except he can move.

On Saturday: The end of Chapter 1!

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