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HEAT #160 – International Object

by Jeff on September 21, 2011 at 8:09 pm
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HEAT #160 – International Object

The title for this strip comes from Mick Foley’s first book, Have a Nice Day, in which he tells a story about WCW becoming so PC in the early ’90s that they referred to foreign objects as international objects. I have no idea if that story is actually true, having not watched WCW at the time and being far too lazy to go look it up right now, but I think it’s ridiculous enough to be plausible. I think “Dead!” might be my favourite onomatopoeia of the last few months, and probably my second favourite of the series behind “Ptooth!”

Because I forgot to post it along with HEAT 158, here’s Dick and Ron’s entrance music (which is also Ron’s music as a singles wrestler):

On Saturday: Either Ron gets the three count, or gets kicked in the face. Maybe both.

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HEAT #159 – The Ol’ Smack ‘n’ Flee

by Jeff on September 17, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #159 – The Ol’ Smack ‘n’ Flee

Early update! Because I’m going to Real Canadian Wrestling’s show in Edmonton tonight, featuring the batshit crazy Teddy Hart and, hopefully, his menagerie of trained kittens. No, really.

There’s a lot going on in this page, but I don’t really have much to say about it, so instead I’ll mention that I just finished drawing HEAT 170, which was the slowest page to draw that I can remember. I started it last Sunday and finished it this past Thursday. Apparently my Education after-degree is doing its best to get in the way of drawing men in stretchy pants fight each other. Of course, I followed that page up with one for another project that only took three hours total, so that theory might have some holes in it.

On Wednesday: The brass knuckles aren’t just for show. They’re for putting dents in jerks’ bone structures.

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HEAT #158 – The Rematch

by Jeff on September 14, 2011 at 8:53 pm
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #158 – The Rematch

This is, in fact, the first straight-up rematch in the comic. “But Jeff,” you’re totally not saying “the first two matches were Dick the Bastard versus Wooly Bully.” But, fictitious fan, you must take into consideration that the first match was actually a gauntlet featuring two other wrestlers who were destroyed so quickly I didn’t bother to name them, so the following singles match was technically not a rematch.

More entertaining than that explanation is the conversation I just had on Twitter (follow @HEATcomic!) about my desire to see a death match between a bear and forty-two midgets in which floor seats come with plastic ponchos. Because let’s face it, it would pretty much be raining midget bits by the end of that one. If Hulk Hogan steals that idea for his midget wrestling federation (that he’s promoting over TNA, which I find hilarious), I’m going to be super pissed.

On Saturday: Let’s dance. But not literally. By dance I mean fight. With the violence and punch-kicking and whatnot.

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HEAT #154 – Bazooka Knee

by Jeff on August 31, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #154 – Bazooka Knee

Like John Bradley, I’m no doctor, but I’m fairly sure that one’s jaw bone touching one’s brain would, in fact, be enough to keep them down for three seconds. I think Rod Black’s pin on Wildman Harris in the third panel might be my favourite drawing of a pin so far, and I don’t think I even used reference for it. Or I did and can’t remember where it came from now. Both are equally plausible. The Bazooka Knee was referenced from a New Japan Pro Wrestling image of two guys whose names I don’t know, and the name comes from Street Fighter II (it was one of Guile’s moves).

On Saturday: We’re on our way to the match that will decide the Super Max Challenge Cup finals!

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HEAT #145 – Spinebuster!

by Jeff on July 30, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #145 – Spinebuster!

Before we get into the commentary, you may notice a shiny new DriveThru Comics button right next to the comic. If you click on that button, you’ll find that HEAT: The Space Age of Pro Wrestling Volume 1 is now available digitally for a measly FIVE DOLLARS. That’s right, if you’ve got five bucks in your pocket, you can have HEAT Volume 1, including an exclusive 14 page short story by future comics superstar Daniel Schneider. Pick it up, leave a review, and enjoy!

The hardest moves to draw are moves that include any sort of spinning, like, say, spinebusters. I think this one turned out fairly well, though, and at least a spinebuster isn’t as crazy as something like a phoenix splash, which I’m sure I’ll be dumb enough to attempt to draw at some point. My friend Jay probably just flipped his shit, though, since Invincinator did a move.

This update is a lot earlier in the day than usual, because I’m headed to PWA’s Summer Heat show tonight. It’s probably weird that the  match I’m most excited to see is the opener.

On Wednesday: First, go buy HEAT digitally. Then come back on Wednesday. Who can get it together and grab the advantage first? The answer is you, if you buy HEAT at DriveThru Comics.

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HEAT #143 – The Concrete Fought the Law. The Concrete Won

by Jeff on July 23, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #143 – The Concrete Fought the Law. The Concrete Won

I’m kind of surprised how many terrible Law jokes I’ve been able to come up with for strip titles, and I think I still have a few up my sleeve.

This page looked amazing in my head, then I sat down to draw it and realized how hard it was going to be to translate that onto paper. The first two panels came out fine, then I sat there trying to figure out how to draw Johnny Law hitting the floor in a way that didn’t look completely stupid. Still not entirely sure if I succeeded on that. The low bridge can now be added to the ever-growing list of simple moves that turn out to be way harder to draw than anticipated.

On Wednesday: The repercussions of Johnny Law attacking the floor with his face.

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HEAT #141 – El Krak

by Jeff on July 16, 2011 at 5:36 pm
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #141 – El Krak

I feel like this is what would happen if a normal-sized wrestler tried to hurricanrana Rey Mysterio and didn’t accomodate for the fact that he’s only three apples high. It’s also the first time that it’s ever really been highlighted that Invincinator is actually pretty short, since his last match was against the biggest guy in the Super Max Challenge. Incidentally, his height gives me no shortage of problems trying to draw him in scale with everyone else.

This update is a lot earlier than usual because I found out a couple of hours ago that there’s a Monster Pro Wrestling show about five minutes away from my house tonight, so I’m going to go check that out. I might do up a show review for it, but we’ll see. I also want to do a blog post at some point soon about The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA DVD which I’ve been watching.

On Wednesday: Gangster has a run-in with the Law.

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HEAT #140 – The Fattest Train in the Galaxy

by Jeff on July 13, 2011 at 10:15 pm
Posted In: Heat Comics
HEAT #140 – The Fattest Train in the Galaxy

This page layout seemed like genius until I realized just how much harder it was to draw full-scale than it was to draw in the thumbnail. The top half was easy enough, since I’ve drawn dozens of pages with two rows of panels stacked on top of each other, but trying to keep everything in scale on the bottom half was really tough, to the point that the bottom half took almost twice as long to draw as the top.

The Blorg and John Bradley’s vaguely combative relationship is a lot of fun to write, which isn’t something I would have expected considering how much I loathe Michael Cole ruining matches on WWE television by shitting on whatever the other commentators are saying. I think it might be because of the change in medium.

In other news, I drew HEAT 150 last night. Hurrah!

On Saturday: The debate about whether or not “being short” is an offensive move begins!

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HEAT #139 – Giant Stomp

by Jeff on July 9, 2011 at 11:09 pm
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HEAT #139 – Giant Stomp

This one’s a little later than usual because I was watching football (the Canadian Football League starts in July. Go Eskimos!) and then went on an NWA Hollywood binge after watching my hometown Eskimos curb stomp Hamilton. If you’ve never checked out NWA Hollywood, you should seriously take some time and watch a few episodes over at the NWA Hollywood website. They’ve got all of their shows (except, for some reason, episode 2) online for free, and they’ve got a great roster. They’re also very good at showcasing the entirety of the roster and keeping everybody fresh in your mind, which is something WWE could learn a thing or two about.

I don’t know the actual name of the move Dr. Fat is using on Invincinator, but it’s a staple offensive trick of giant wrestlers. Andre the Giant and the Big Show have both used it, although the reference I used for it was Antonio Inoki from a Japanese wrestling magazine.

If you’re in Alberta, you should definitely check out the upcoming indy show A Show of FORCE: Morinville, presented by FORCE Pro Wrestling. Why? Because it’s going to be a great show. Also, I’m illustrating the program.

On Wednesday: The Fattest train in the galaxy attempts to splatter Invincinator all over the tracks. Do people in 3010 even understand train references? I have no idea.

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HEAT #138 – Breadbasket Made of Previously Eaten Bread

by Jeff on July 6, 2011 at 8:51 pm
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HEAT #138 – Breadbasket Made of Previously Eaten Bread

John Bradley’s line about Dr. Fat’s breadbasket being surrounded by a few hundred pounds of previously eaten bread is the kind of line that makes me love writing this comic, because in the context of the series it’s not even that weird. Art-wise, I put the WWE photos back to work on the dropkick, which used a few different photos for reference. The third panel was from Daniel Bryan’s front dropkick off the top rope, and the last panel is a combination of said dropkick and a Gail Kim dropkick, the photo of which may be some of the only evidence that she’s actually employed by that company. I’ve drawn wrestlers hitting the ropes so much that I can do it from memory, but Invincinator being short and hitting the middle rope, a la Rey Mysterio Jr, was inexplicably challenging.

I also expanded my wrestling DVD collection a bit this afternoon after some fortuitous raiding of the clearance section at Zellers. After wading through easily a hundred old UFC DVDs I found the ECW December to Dismember PPV from 2006 (which I vaguely remember hearing was terrible, but it’s been pretty good so far) and The Spectacular Legacy of the AWA, which I’m looking forward to, especially if it’s in the same quality range as the Rise and Fall of WCW and ECW DVDs. Although for five bucks it doesn’t exactly have a high bar to clear.

On Saturday: Does kicking a fat man in the fat actually do any damage? If so, can Invincinator capitalize? Why am I asking you when I already know the answer? Just read it on Saturday.

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