What's going on?
Saturday, July 11, 2009 at 8:26PM As stated in the new episode, I will be ending the Hey, Shipwreck series with Episode 2-09. Instead, I will be starting a new series simply entitled Tube Daze which will be set on a modern day submarine.
So, you can think of Tube Daze: Season 1 as taking the place of Hey, Shipwreck: Season 3. Tube Daze will be 2-D animated and will also feature two coners standing watch topside trying to stay awake.
However, the Unified Space Navy will live on in a comic entitled XTechnicians, which will be more of a science fiction satire rather than a Navy satire. This will be my first foray into something mainstream targeted at a broad audience. Stand by for updates on that.
Also, I am still writing Join the Navy* and I have received a lot of excited correspondence about it. Please check out the comic strip in the meantime, and stand by for more updates about the film.
The new Season 2 DVD will be available real soon, and I’ll have those Hey, Shipwreck: Season 1 DVD’s back in stock even sooner!
So, to recap, we've got:
1. New cartoon Tube Daze: Season 1 taking the place of Hey, Shipwreck: Season 3
2. New webcomic XTechnicians in development
3. On-going comic strip Join the Navy* based on
4. Join the Navy*, an animated film in development
Questions:
Why the change from future to present day?
I wanted to differentiate my cartoon from the pool of First Person Shooter machinima that is populating the internet (such as Red vs. Blue, This Spartan Life, Spriggs, The Codex, etc.) I often get comments that the series is too similar to these other shows and now I can shake that comparison with a 2-D animated series that is a direct representation of the modern navy.
Why the change from 3-D to 2-D?
Since Join the Navy* will be 2-D animated, I will be able to practice traditional animation principles and attain proficiency with new software by making Tube Daze 2-D animated as well. Plus, I just really love to draw.
Why the sudden interest in producing comics?
I’ve always loved comics, and I’ll be getting to a boat soon. It will be very difficult to work on a cartoon during deployments due to the required computing power, but working on a comic is easily accomplished on a laptop. Plus, I just really love to draw.
I really have to thank John for putting this in my mind!
Why the name change to Tube Daze?
When I finally got stationed back on a submarine base, I found out that everyone referred to the series as “Tube Daze” and not Hey, Shipwreck. So I thought the name change fitting because of that as well as in connection to the series going in a new direction.
When is the recruiting movie coming out?
When it is done! I’ll keep everyone posted on developments, be please be assured this project is very much alive.
Any more questions or comments? Feel free to e-mail me!
