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Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Four – Frame Two

The majority of the setting is still unchanged, but Grimmsy has begun to withdraw the long arm of death (scythe handle of unusual size).

As he is doing so, a faint, translucent white form of some sort in the appearance of a gaseous cloud has begun both emerging and forming at the same time, apparently from the dead body – rising up.

There is both an ominous and somewhat noble air about this rapidly coalescing figure, and its appearance seems to indicate that it is not sentient, not self-aware…at least not yet. That it is being “born”, in a sense, from the death of the man both literally and figuratively.

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Four – Frame One

Setting: The background – and very close to the exact detail – of the last frame of Strip 3; any imperfections and/or changes appear to be attributable to either a very small passage of time, a very small change in circumstances, and/or the illustrator starting to draw from scratch again.

Grimmsy is still gazing over at the now-deceased man lying on the ground, and still appears quite less than enthused over his “victory”.

A Tribute To The A$$hole Fans Out There – Part 1

Have fun with this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60WR8dB0H-s

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The Latest From ESPN, Puppy News Division

Celtics beat Hawks 4 games to 3!

In an amazing, remarkable, even incomprehensible turn of events, the Boston Celtics have come back from a 2-4 series deficit to win the series 4-3!

When asked how he felt about the comeback, coach Brad Stevens said:

“I LOVED it. MUCH better than ‘Cats’. I’m going to think about it again and again.”

Echoing a fairly similar sentiment, every member of the Celtics responded, in a dull monotone: “We loved it. Much better than ‘Cats’. We’re going to do it again and again.”

Surprisingly, the Atlanta Hawks were very good sports about it, some even going so far as to wish the Celtics luck in future rounds thusly: “We loved it. Much better than ‘Cats’. We hope they do it again and again.”

When asked for his thoughts on how Celtics players probably were celebrating the victory, Stevens added “They’re loving it. Much better than ‘Cats’. They’re going to celebrate it again and again.”

The Credibility Of ESPN – A Derogatorial

ESPN – A Derogatorial, V 1.1

Since my internet connection MYSTERIOUSLY, SUDDENLY, and COMPLETELY froze – even though I was running nothing else that would POSSIBLY make that happen – while I was trying to make this post about the selective allowing/”editing”/removal/etc of information (aka “Propaganda”…great Wikipedia article, check it out) the first time, I’ll try again, and this time I’ll make sure to use A LOT MORE words.

Basically, ESPN edited out Curt Schilling’s “bloody sock” game from its “Four Days In October” special (which I’ve seen several times).

Now, I don’t know much about Curt Schilling. But from what I GATHER (could be wrong) he’s very conservative. So would I like HIM, the person? Probably not. Would I agree with most of his views? Probably not.

But (in this context) I don’t give a fck if he’s, hypothetically speaking, the most terrible person in the history of the world IN THAT: for the purposes of that program, it MAKES NO DIFFERENCE.

“Four Days In October” is not a political commentary. It’s not a moral commentary. It’s not expressing ANY opinion (Unless you consider “I like the Sox” and/or “I like/hate the Yankees” and/or “I like watching exciting baseball plays” to be highly debatable, complex opinions).

It’s a FCKEN SPORTS DOCUMENTARY. And the opinions, WHATEVER they are, of ANYONE involved in said documentary about SPORTS – OUTSIDE OF SPORTS – have exactly NOTHING to do with the documentary, and hence absolutely NOTHING to do with whether they should be included or not.

What should be included in a documentary about the near-miraculous and first-ever-in-MLB-history postseason comeback from a 3-0 series deficit to win that series…hmmmmm…I mean, I’m not a qualified sportsologist, but I’d have to go with “things involved in the comeback from 3-0 to the series win”. So like…ummm…maybe, game 4? And then, I’d follow that…PROBABLY…with…hmmm…game 5, I think. And well, I’d probably include game six…and WTF, I guess I’d include game 7 too. And…I dunno, maybe get some commentary from the people involved on the most interesting parts. And I guess I’d have to not show EVERYTHING because, it being a one hour program and four baseball games taking say 12 hours or so, or whatever. So I’d have to edit out some stuff. And based on the exciting blueprint established above, I think I’d edit out the boring stuff and leave in the exciting, memorable, thrilling, series-altering, history-in-the-making-revisited stuff. Maybe, I dunno.

So for games 4-7, in terms of the info I’d include, I’d PROBABLY lean towards showing said exciting, thrilling, near-miraculous stuff as opposed to the relatively boring, unexciting, mundane stuff. So like, if I had to choose between showing the Dave Roberts stolen base that kept the entire series alive by the margin of maybe an inch (or just a TINY stumble), and showing footage of and commentary on a weak grounder to first or a shallow fly to center in the early innings, it’d be a tough choice, but I THINK I’d go with the Roberts stolen base. But hey…I don’t work at ESPN, what do I know.

A few things:

1) You have to separate the ARTIST from the ART.

– Ty Cobb was a vicious, disgusting, racist slimeball that TRIED TO injure people by bringing his (very real and quite sharp) spikes into their legs as he slid into second.

Should he be removed from the “Greatest Hitters Ever” discussion? Should his numbers be removed from Baseball History? Better yet, hey…since he was so nasty, why not LOWER his numbers, so he was a HORRIBLE hitter? I mean, he was a slimeball, so he didn’t DESERVE those high batting averages. So let’s just…hmmmm…there we go. Now he hit .237 – PERFECT. Now, excuse me while I go out and campaign against deception in political campaign ads.

*SATIRE…SATIRE…SATIRE*

(You see, I HATE propaganda as much as the next person, but the way to show you HATE propaganda is to POINT IT OUT and CRITICIZE it, not to USE IT YOURSELF!!! WTF is wrong with you people???)

I mean, these MORONS who HATE Curt Schilling for his POLITICS but then USE PROPAGANDA POLITICS as an excuse to edit something entirely a-political. I’m not saying they’re morons for hating Curt Schilling. I’m saying, that’s the equivalent of being so against violence that you’d just KILL anyone for even contemplating war. Or ABSOLUTELY DESPISING people that have any hate for anything. Or being ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE that an absolute is NEVER correct.

– If you removed every classic rock band from radio rotation and played based on how nice they were as opposed to how TALENTED they were, rock radio would be pretty FCKEN dull. (See “Hicks, Bill” on his music preferences).

– Never met Stanley Kubrick. Don’t know him, didn’t know him. But if a million people came up to me and told me he was a horrible person, I would not suddenly remove ‘The Shining’ and ‘A Clockwork Orange’ from my “A List”.

1a) HERE’S WHY: Propaganda is propaganda…there is no “good” propaganda.

Propaganda is the selective “bending” (or breaking) of information and/or truth to achieve a desired result.

‘1984’ is about a society controlled by propaganda, where The State decides everything that is true, “always has been” true, and will be true and totally controls every aspect of everyone’s life.

Now, they happen to be vicious, cruel, and evil about it…

However, it’s not any more “ok” when they’re relatively “nice” about it (‘Brave New World’) or less TOTALLY controlling about it (‘Gattaca’) or it works REALLY well and it’s not COMPLETELY controlling…(‘The Return Of The Archons’).

Propaganda is propaganda. Either (PREFERABLY) don’t use it, or get off your fcken moral high horse when other people do. Idiots.

It’s LAUGHABLE that ESPN – which routinely criticizes “excuses” for things by professional athletes that are quite obviously…ummm, well, nudge nudge wink wink grin grin snap snap SAY NO MORE! – edits out UNARGUABLY (unless you’re insane or you enjoy tedium) one of the MOST memorable parts of the series and then pretends they did so for “logistics” or “time constraint” reasons.

I mean, talk about hypocritical. It’s your d@mn documentary, so edit it if you want. Hey, even change the outcome if you want, to get Yankee fans! Have TWO versions!!! Make a SERIES out of it!

But if you’re GOING to edit it because you don’t LIKE Curt Schilling, have the GUTS to say “Yeah, well, we don’t really like Curt Schilling so we cut his bit out” or have a brief graphic at the beginning like “There Now Follows A Documentary Edited By People That Don’t Like Curt Schilling”.

NOTE: This is a post containing SUBJECTIVE OPINIONS. Your subjective opinions may or may not be the same or similar. Everything you read should be subjected to something called “thought” and given something called “consideration”, if you even care about it, which of course you don’t have to. Individual results may vary. Verify all “facts” before accepting them as so. Shake well before serving. Does not include certain models. On the bottom of the box after Monosodium Glutamate. Eat at Joe’s. In small print so as not to affect the sales. Close cover before striking. This post may be a fire hazard if you light on fire the thing you’re looking at it with. Hot coffee may be hot. You love it. HOTSEX MUCH better than ‘Cats’. HOTSEX You’re going to read it again and again. HOTSEX.

5/3/16: “Whose harmony? Yours? Plato wanted Truth, and Beauty; and above all, Justice.”

If propaganda is a tool of nasty, horrible people, what does that make someone who uses propaganda to exaggerate actual facts about how someone else used propaganda? (“Hmm…this is HORRIBLE…but in order to get people involved we NEED to show it’s even MORE horrible…so, here…ok. Now, all references to the North Korean leader’s ex-girlfriend actually still being alive are gone. Minitru!)

Nasty, horrible people don’t require propaganda to attack.

I can say “Kim Jong-Un is an incredibly dorky evil scumbag” without having to remove any actual facts that diminish HOW MUCH of an incredibly dorky evil scumbag he is. Like, the fact that, since his ex-girlfriend is ALIVE (according to several articles I’ve read, check for yourself), he PROBABLY didn’t have her executed by firing squad, as had been reported.

10/16/16: Hey, someone actually read this. Which made me look for how high I was in the search results (not very). BUT, it also made me read other articles related.

So when you get past all the BS on all sides, it comes down to two things:

– Are you stupid enough to believe that, given a number of less important parts, ESPN edited this out for “time constraints”, AND

– As I said, it’s a sports documentary. Sports has nothing to do with politics. Or opinions (outside sports). So a SPORTS network should probably do its best to show SPORTS programming, as best it can. I mean, I know that it would be a great tragedy not to be able to see the quarterfinals of the All-Essex Badminton Championship, but game six of the ALCS is PROBABLY more important…and more interesting. It doesn’t MATTER who Curt Schilling is outside of baseball. Not on a SPORTS network.

The other argument I read is that people are only upset because they’re Red Sox fans, and also the same people are upset about ESPN’s reporting vis Tom Brady.

May I direct you to the MANY other posts I’ve made pointing out bullsh1t and denouncing propaganda. I don’t think Tom Brady is a choir boy, nor do I think that God himself reaches his omnipotent hands toward Gillette Stadium on Sundays to guarantee a Pats victory, cuz he’s a fan.

How important is cutting Schilling’s part in the grand scheme of the universe? Not very. But NOTHING on ESPN is vital to the grand scheme of the universe. It’s SPORTS. They’re GAMES. If you’re going to make a network that’s dedicated to being the “Worldwide Leader In Games-People-Get-Paid-Huge-Amounts-Of-Money-For”, you should PROBABLY show the most important (and most important parts, given time constraints) of such games. Which would be the most popular, and the most “significant” in regard to such games and the history of such games in general.

Phew…now, to get ready for the game. Om… *Divine Light* GO PATS!

Re-Kill (2015)

It’s about how kids have really bad taste in television, and watching too much of it is NOT good for you.

OR

It’s about “infected” hunters that (OMG/OMLG!) find infected.

Either way, there isn’t a single flicker of life in any of the predictable scenes, shapeless characters, or horrible lines.

Incredibly boring. So generic you can’t laugh at it, which would be the only redeeming thing about it.

Time spent watching movie and writing review to make sure YOU DON’T WATCH IT: about two hours.

Grade: F-

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Three – Frame Eighteen

Frame size back to normal.

Grimmsy’s eyes have resumed their normal look; no longer focusing. The way they are drawn indicates perhaps a bit of sadness mixed with a matter-of-fact note that he has accomplished what he set out to.

Man’s body has fallen over (drawn to indicate movement), off the bench, sandwich dropping. He is crumpled on the ground, obviously deceased.

END

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Three – Frame Sixteen

Man notices Grimmsy and frowns, extreme irritation mixing with surprise/WTF. He starts to speak to him, speech bubble drawn to show mood.

The staff apparently moves forward (gently) JUST a bit…just enough to touch the man. On the lower leg, since it’s not very far off the ground.

DIALOGUE: “WHAT THE-“

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Three – Frame Fifteen

Man seems more WTF? now than startled by the sheer absurdity (and unlikelihood) of what he’s looking at.

Grimmsy has appeared about halfway from behind the tree: enough to show that he is holding (somewhere) whatever is now close to the man. His eyes don’t appear gloating or triumphant at all; in fact, if anything they seem a bit grim, as if he’s not happy at all with what he’s doing.

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Three – Frame Fourteen

Frame size back to normal.

Man seems startled – he glances toward the ridiculously long staff that is now quite close to him (the base of it), approximately horizontally, and from the end (near him) all the way back to the tree, about a foot off the ground, to scale.
He seems to have completely forgotten his lunch – the suddenness of the new entry (if nothing else) obviously taking his full attention.

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Three – Frame Thirteen

Frame is MUCH smaller than the others, to indicate very quick action. Everything is drawn to scale.

Man looks to be in mid-bite as what appears to be an impossibly-long shaft has fallen suddenly and quickly toward him from behind the tree, motion indicated by the way it is drawn and a “swish” through the air drawn from where it was to where it IS; said “swish” is approximately a forty five degree angle. Appearance is uniform throughout the shaft: it is obviously one piece, not a conglomeration.

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Three – Frame Ten

Basically the same as frame eight: man turns back to his meal, the bottom of what looks like Grimmsy’s scythe (sort of) has emerged JUST A BIT from behind the tree, at the same height and angle as before.

(minor changes, man isn’t sitting EXACTLY the same way, etc, so it appears normal rather than a simple duplicate of frame eight)

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Three – Frame Nine

Man repeats his look of irritation and attentiveness, pausing eating again as before to look toward HIS left, this time more towards the tree itself, which is drawn slightly “behind” him (in the depth of the frame). What had been at the top of the tree is now gone, and all appears normal.

Means

The valiant and heroic attempt to establish a peaceful, orderly society through vicious and violent repression and control:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVZe2qd6xPY

This applies exactly the same to all who pursue this noble cause, by any means. A tyrant is a tyrant: a tyrant of fear, a tyrant of pleasure, a tyrant of reason, a tyrant of tranquility.

Some people need to remember why, exactly, they’re complaining about certain things.

Here is the fictional achievement of said cause:

Ironic that the tyrant, Landru, – thought of as a “God” by the people – is actually a purely logical computer. Just as tyrannical, either way.

And ironic that Spock – quite logical himself – aids in Landru’s destruction.

FAIR USE: CRITICISM – I hold no rights to either clip, they are being used both as things to be criticized and forms of criticism.

What Is The Meaning

“Tsunetomo believed that becoming one with death in one’s thoughts, even in life, was the highest attainment of purity and focus. He felt that a resolution to die gives rise to a higher state of life, infused with beauty and grace beyond the reach of those concerned with self-preservation.” – Wikepedia on Yamamoto Tsunetomo

There’s nothing morbid about this; not when you understand what it really means.

We’re all going to die. Make sure that when you die, your life will have been one worth living.

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Three – Frame Eight

Man has turned back to focus on his sandwich, raising it to take another bite. If one looks carefully at the top of the tree, what appears to be the bottom of Grimmsy’s scythe (the end of the shaft) has emerged from behind it JUST a bit. It is at a forty five degree angle as if it is being shifted downward thusly. It seems somehow slightly different: if studied it isn’t EXACTLY like the bottom from the first two; VERY slight variations in wood pattern, color, etc.

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Three – Frame Seven

Man’s head has turned toward HIS left, the far right of the frame. Gaze is at the general area, and he doesn’t seem to be specifically looking at the tree. Areas drawn just before “off frame” indicate in some way there may be other trees about. His expression still “interest/attention perked up a little, very mildly annoyed”.

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Three – Frame Two

Man (from 1 and 2, obviously, mildly altered (clothes, etc) as normal) has entered the frame on the far left. He appears pretty much the same as before in terms of “mood”, expression, etc. He seems to have wandered in from just outside the left edge of the frame (position even with the “front” of it), and paused just to look around, take in the view, etc., at least briefly. He has a small bag in one hand, obviously filled (with something)…it looks like the sort of bag that would hold food or something similar; a little mark on it indicating some sort of logo, though it’s not “visible” – it’s drawn so small that it’s only obvious that it’s there, not exactly what it is.

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Three – Frame One

Slightly larger box than the normal ones for strips one and two. Things are drawn in such a way to indicate that the larger box equates to a larger area in scale than before.

Scene background obviously altered from first two…there is a tree on the far right of the frame, drawn showing that it’s “back” just slightly from the “front” of the frame. Tree is fairly generic in appearance, leaves on it indicate spring or summer.

There is a small, plain wooden bench on the far left of the frame.

Distance from the tree to the bench and height of the tree seem approximately the same.

The background is drawn in such a way (besides the solitary tree) that it suggests a somewhat foresty area; perhaps a park, some land set aside for aesthetic purposes, etc…

Daytime is indicated by the Sun, random clouds (no discernible “match” with strip one or two) which seem to be still.

(clouds stillness remains during the course of the strip).

If one studies very carefully, the cloud formation at one point would appear to very roughly and vaguely (and naturally) look similar to a “J” next to a “G”.

Pupdate – Grimmsy Grimmling FAQ

These are the questions I imagine people would ask about the Grimmsy comic if people asked a lot of questions about the Grimmsy comic.

Q: Are you going to make more?
A: Yes…I have lots of ideas, it’s just a matter of transferring them to proper written form as opposed to jumbles of notes.

Q: When are you going to post the next Grimmsy strip?
A: Well, let me put it this way…no idea. If I had to be more precise, I’d say…SOMETIME between this exact MOMENT…(I guess not) and the moment right before I’m dead.

Q: Why are you going to make more?
A: Because I like it. He’s adorable, and he’s a real (thought out, detailed) character.

Q: Is every comic going to be him trying to take that guy’s soul?
A: No. That’s what I’m doing now, but the comic will NOT become an eternal (haha) Wile E. Coyote/Roadrunner bit.

Q: So what else will the comic be about?
A: He’ll develop a (noticeable) personality, things will slowly be worked in, things will build on other things, etc…you know, like how a character develops in a movie. Or a book. Or an illustrated comic strip.

Q: Can you tell me more about Grimmsy?
A: Just read and imagine. He’s not totally one-dimensional.

Q: What exactly does Grimmsy look like?
A: Not having an illustrator, that’s difficult to say. It’s sort of like role-playing…when someone writes a description of what their character is doing, you have to IMAGINE what that description would be in picture form. If the description is good enough, you should be able to come up with a decent picture…and your picture may be slightly different from someone else’s, that’s the beauty of imagination. The basics (pretty much all you should need for a picture) are in frame two of strip one.

Q: So you’re glad you don’t have an illustrator?
A: No, I’m just making the best of it.

Q: So, you still want an illustrator?
A: For the love of God, yes.

Q: Why would someone want to illustrate your comic?
A: Well, if they like the idea…they would get credit for being the illustrator, of course, and that could be good publicity since my website is extremely mildly visited.

Q: Do you really think it’s worth it for that?
A: No, not really, but that’s the best I could come up with.

Q: Does Grimmsy have hands? Or a body?
A: None of your business.

Q: Why are you being so grouchy?
A: I’m NOT…being “grouchy”…I just want to finish my work.

Q: Well, I’ll ask more questions later then.
A: *pause* Random Questioner, let me explain something to you…whenever you ask me questions about the comic, you’re breaking my concentration; you’re dis-TRAC-ting me, and it will then take me time to get back to where I was.

Q: *blink* *freaked out look*
A: Alright…we’re gonna make a new rule…whenever I’m thinking about the comic, and I’m typing. *TYPE* *TYPE TYPE* *TYPE* or whether I’m NOT typing, or whatever the FCK you hear me doing, when I’m thinking about the comic, that means I’m WORKING, THAT means, DON’T ask questions about the comic. Now…do you think you can handle that?

Q: *short, stunned pause* Yes.
A: Fine. Why don’t you start right now and shut the fck up.

Q: *see above* …Ok.
A: *TYPE* *TYPETYPE* *TYPETYPETYPETYPE*

Coming Soon: All work and no play makes Grimmsy a dull soul escort.

*rimshot*

The Fly (1958)

Goodness knows it’s not that I can’t enjoy an old movie.

I understand that FX stunk in 1958. I understand that things were different in 1958. I understand that horror films had to have obligatory EXCITING! opening music in 1958.

But I saw a movie released in 1956 called ‘Invasion Of The Body Snatchers’ that was pretty darn good (I think I under-rated it, actually…oops).

The difference between ‘Invasion’ and this?

‘Invasion’ takes a great idea and plays it out well using decent acting, directing, and writing.

This takes a great idea and plays it out badly using wooden acting (except for Patricia Owens, the female lead), and poor directing.

Owens is working by herself most of the time, surrounded by puppets and cliches, and that’s how she looks.

I mean…at the end, when they’re walking away from the camera, the boy LIFTS HIS FOOT AWKWARDLY OVER a croquet hoop, instead of, you know…breaking the “perfect” symmetry of the departing line by stepping slightly to the side, just to keep the “perfect ending” in place.

No need to re-take that.

We’ve come full-circle. In 1986, this was remade to salvage a great idea with: good acting, a much better script, and better directing. The FX are improved too, of course…but that’s not what makes it a good film.

Now, we’re remaking films from about thirty years ago and making them suck with slick, robotic acting and bad scripts; hoping that the GREAT FX and all the AMAZING visuals will hide the fact that they suck.

About 54 minutes in: “Perhaps booze would alleviate this situation…”

A short time later: “This house has sho gone crazy!”

Upped a notch for inspiring the 1986 remake.

Grade: D

4/21/16: Instant re-review – I loved it. Much better than ‘Cats’. I’m going to watch it again and again.

Criticism Of Criticism – Part One

Let’s start with the best of them…critics, that is.

http://www.robertchristgau.com/

“Abba
Arrival [Atlantic, 1977]
Since this is already the best-selling group in the universe, I finally have an answer when people ask me to name the Next Big Thing. What I wonder is how we can head them off at the airport. Plan A: Offer Bjorn and Benny the leads in Beatlemania (how could they resist the honor?) and replace them with John Phillips and Denny Doherty. Plan B: Appoint Bjorn head of the U.N. and Benny his pilot (or vice versa) and replace them with John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Plan C: Overexpose them in singing commercials. Plan D: Institute democratic socialism in their native land, so that their money lust will meet with the scorn of their fellow citizens. C” – Robert Christgau

This is what you call the “so unnecessary you can just randomly mock it” archetype.

Since everyone, by this point, already knew what ABBA sounded like, and since he saw no change in their music, and really no point in them continuing to churn out the same music – which he saw as bad, his “C” does not mean “Average” – he decides to simply indulge himself in mostly-silly musings, incorporating references you may (or may not) get and may (or may not) like. The point is, he does, and he does.

And really…think about it: would you rather read this, or an “in-depth” examination of the music, when that examination would be pretty much exactly the same as an examination of their PREVIOUS album, which would basically say, not in so many words: “This is annoyingly-catchy cr@p.”

I go with this. It’s not one of his best, but it’s an intro.

Grade: B-

Criticism Of Criticism – An Explanation

The idea is this…

Scour reviews (of books, movies, music, etc) for the BEST and WORST written reviews.

Not reviewing what they’re reviewing…not reviewing what they THINK of what they’re reviewing…

Reviewing the quality of the REVIEW itself.

THINK OF IT!

-Puppy >.< Yip!

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Two – Frame Thirteen

Man is now turning away, apparently his mind switching to other, more important, things.

Grimmsy (and scythe) are moving through the air very rapidly to the left of the frame. Position is still horizontal and gravity-defying, and appearance is unchanged except that the top of the scythe and Grimmsy’s “head” (cowl, at least) are appropriately the furthest-to-the-left parts of him, indicating the manner in which he was flung.

Grimmsy himself seems a bit forlorn as he is hurtling away from the man, apparently having been flung rather strongly. His eyes reflect an appearance of what would be, were he still somewhat land-based, “gazing down”; disappointed, sad. Poor little guy.

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Two – Frame Twelve

Grimmsy remains exactly as he was in the previous frame; nothing has moved, though his eyes have lost a bit of their “command” and “focus” despite his best attempt to remain stoic under the circumstances.

Man blinks in surprise, holding Grimmsy/scythe horizontally, head tilted just slightly in curiosity, as if taking a moment to admire something odd or to recover from a momentary (mild and undisturbing) surprise.

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Two – Frame Eleven

Man’s eyes narrow a bit – expressing that he is expending much more force/effort – as he lifts the scythe, which brings along with it Grimmsy, still firmly “attached” to it, presumably where it disappears into his garment where his “hands” would be, if any. Man seems – very briefly – focused on the situation and non-bored.

Grimmsy’s eyes widen; he seems somewhat surprised, but at the same time attempting to maintain his majesty and dignity whilst being held horizontally in the air.

The law of gravity is clearly violated here – or Grimmsy has some sort of power – as his appearance is EXACTLY as it was before he was lifted: save the expression of the eyes, everything is exactly (proportionally) where it was. Nothing has moved, the cowl is in exactly the same position, the bottom of his cloak merely ends into the sky background as opposed to the grass one in exactly the same shape, etc.

The horizon in the background verifies that he is, in fact, being held quite horizontally.

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Two – Frame Ten

Frame is smaller than the others (as above) to indicate this action takes place in a very short time.

Man furrows his brow slightly as he obviously attempts to pluck the scythe away, to no avail. Hand and body drawn to indicate the attempt in some way; momentary and slight confusion at his failure.

Grimmsy’s adorable little purple eyes narrow, he seems thoroughly focused and intense, as if putting all his will into something and emerging triumphant.

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Two – Frame Nine

Man reaches out toward Grimmsy’s scythe and wraps his hand around the shaft of it, as if to pluck it away again. He seems vaguely annoyed and also vaguely bored, almost like he has mentally moved on to “well…what now?” (post-Grimmsy) already.

Grimmsy seems resolute and unphased, and makes no movement whatsoever, though his eyes drop from glancing up at the man’s to glancing at the hand that grips the scythe. He seems quite prepared for this, unphased since he had planned for this contingency!

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Two – Frame Eight

Grimmsy remains as he was, purple eyes taking on a BIT more of a “commanding” look in shape as they remain firmly on the man’s eyes.

Man seems to roll his eyes slightly, expression becoming that of one resigned to doing something necessary and mildly annoying/unpleasant.

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Two – Frame Seven

Frame size back to normal, background as above.

Grimmsy finally “speaks” (or “thinks”, or “projects”…as before, his thought bubble is just floating above him). The elegant and elaborate lettering of his thought bubble are almost Calligraphy-quality, retaining formality and composure in the face of the man’s dismissal.

Man is waiting with arms lazily crossed as Grimmsy speaks, expression more towards “get on with it!” now, facial posture slightly changed…mildly annoyed but also verging on boredom/tedium.

DIALOGUE: “Sir, it is my duty to escort you forward from this life and to your next. Your previous behavior was not appreciated, and I must insist that you come with me.”

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Two – Frame Six

Frame smaller than the previous ones (to scale, just smaller), as if to indicate that this takes place quickly after the last frame (moreso than normal).

Background as last frame (minor change only).

Grimmsy maintains his solemn, ritualistic politeness, gaze is the same. The man’s words do not seem to have phased him. Their eyes remain on each other, Grimmsy’s eyes glancing quite a bit upward of course. Apparently Grimmsy’s pause is longer than the man is willing to wait for a response…it seems as if the man is speaking very quickly, moreso than Grimmsy pausing eternally; politeness and all.

Man’s frown fades slightly as he seems resigned to another mildly-annoying encounter, and just wants to get it over with. He speaks in a combination of mild irritation, frustration, dismissal, and get-on-with-it!

DIALOGUE: “Well???”

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Two – Frame Five

No change in background except the position of the bird’s flight…very peripheral.

Grimmsy has moved to a polite distance from the man; closer but without intruding on his personal space. He apparently has stopped there, somehow drawn in a fashion indicating that. His eyes gaze up at the man and he appears solemn, as before; there is a bit of firmness in his gaze, not quite “anger” or even “irritation”…more “I hope you will behave properly this time…” He seems to pause a moment for “dramatic” effect, seemingly as a matter of formality, politeness, or the like. He seems quietly determined despite the man’s attitude.

Man’s frown is more pronounced, as if shooing away a persistent and annoying fly or somesuch. He speaks as Grimmsy hovers, text bubble normal as before.

DIALOGUE: “Not YOU again…”

Latin Insult Exchanges Of The Olllllld West

In case anyone’s interested, I found this pretty darn good-looking Latin translation site with a pretty darn interesting discussion on what was really “said” in the bottom-residing clip.

(Latin translation site): You’re not so bad yourself, big boy.

Oh, I bet you tell that t- NYAH!

Anyhoo, you may find this informative and/or interesting, as it shows that in Latin the “literal” translation isn’t always the “literary” translation.

http://latindiscussion.com/forum/latin/latin-conversation-in-the-movie-tombstone.6909/

10/16/16: FAIR USE: CRITICISM – Good scene from an ok movie. (housekeeping)

Grimmsy Grimmling, Escort Of Souls – Number Two – Frame Four

Background is relatively unchanged; the movement of the bird in the same lazy manner indicates that time is passing, but the background remains firmly IN the background, action obviously taking place in the “front” of the frame.

Grimmsy has floated (or walked, impossible to tell from the drawing and proximity to the ground) in fully, now close to the middle of the frame and apparently still moving from the way he is drawn (moving slowly and steadily, “elegantly” and formally; his best attempt at both at least). He appears pretty much exactly as he did before, scythe “held” (or whatever) at the ready in a manner more indicating elegant, formal “show” than any plans of aggressive use.

Man hasn’t moved from his position, but he has shifted his body toward Grimmsy, eyes now fully on the cute little thing.

He no longer seems curious, or even that attentive; more annoyed (indicated by his eyes, facial expression, etc) in the manner of “Oh no, here we go again…” with a small frown as he watches Grimmsy approach.