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What’s in the BOX?!

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Working on a new project at the moment. It seems quite superior to a lot of the other stuff I’ve done lately. Yeah, kinda superior. It’s not a boast. It’s a fact. Come October 2010 you’ll see. You’ll ALL see. *cackle*

I’m taking a quick break to talk about SOMETHING. Not anything specific, but something actually substantial. Hopefully. Because for the past several months I seem to have done nothing much on this blog but PLUG something. Jeez. The last thing I want this blog to be is a blog that does nothing but PLUG stuff. I would hate that.

Ok, I will talk about something now. Something maybe shallow, something almost inconsequential, but it’s something honest about me. Something other than comics and videos and short films.

I’ve been sitting on a BOX for the last couple of years. It’s a box that I sit on when I draw.

It’s actually been comfortable to sit on, but it’s pretty unstable and the cushions tend to move around a lot under my ass. There comes a point when the cushions form something a bit pointy and well, neighbors have heard my screams once or twice in the middle of the night.

Today I decided to just go ahead and buy myself to a nice ergonomic chair. As a famous comic book artist once said of his Herman Miller Aeron Chair (est $950): “Nothing’s too good for my ASS!” Although an Aeron chair would be nice, I can’t afford it so I settled for a nice basic office ergonomic chair. I can sit back now, relax, play with the hydraulics and contentedly declare: “There’s something too good for my ASS! But this will do!”

My wife asked on Twitter, “What’s inna BOOOOX???” Yes, my wife and I converse on Twitter. That’s so sad. But that way I can avoid the flying plates. Ah see? I’m using the old noggin’ there. That’s sound advice to you sensitive type husbands out there.

To answer the question, no, what’s in the box is NOT the head of the wife of a popular British band. They’re just comics. Books and more comics. There’s a Rocketeer graphic novel in there somewhere. A bunch of Superman: Birthright original artwork, Graphic Classics, X-men Stuff, and oh yeah, a big-ass Marvel Treasury magazine featuring Barry Windsor Smith’s RED NAILS. If you are a comic book fan and don’t know who Barry Windsor Smith is, stand back as you witness the spectacle of my eyes popping out of their sockets. You might want to shield yourself.

That’s it for this post. Stay tuned for the next one where I may or may not talking about Tony Soprano’s damned ducks.

Comments

9 Responses to “What’s in the BOX?!”

  1. Gilbert Monsanto on July 21st, 2010 1:37 pm

    Sitting in a box is maybe another way of you THINKING out of THE box hehehe.

  2. Gilbert Monsanto on July 21st, 2010 1:38 pm

    O meant sitting ON a box, sheezh LOL!

  3. Ed on July 21st, 2010 7:02 pm

    If my chair didn’t break or if it did, I would have fixed it. I tried fixing it but I wasn’t comfy, so I bought $250 office chair. Very comfy, you can have short nap on it.

    But that box looks comfy too, Gerry.

  4. noel cervantes on July 21st, 2010 9:34 pm

    i thought its was just another typical box…and just i have read your article,,,i get amazed hehee,,haaa its an improvized chair!..thats nice..i also did that kind of stuff!…filipino’s are very resourceful!,,–:-)

  5. noel on July 23rd, 2010 3:59 am

    You’re working on the millar-written, leinil-drawn Superior? That’s amazing, sir gerry!

  6. dj on July 23rd, 2010 2:15 pm

    i would like to help you unload some of the contents in the BOX. i am willing take those Birthright original pages. if you are not willing to part with those, then i will accept the BWS’s Red Nails :)

    just kidding sir :) (on second thought…no i ain’t kidding about the original pages. hehehe…)

  7. Tatong on July 24th, 2010 12:10 am

    With all the stuff in it?
    I would say its a treasure chest!
    Sir, you’re sitting on a treasure chest hehe…

  8. Steven Pabalinas on July 25th, 2010 8:44 pm

    sakit sa likod ‘tong upuan na to…

  9. Jay David Ramos on July 26th, 2010 3:33 am

    Oh man, you’re working on that Millar/Yu project! C’mon, admit it, sir! hehehehe