Kris' Ramblings

Oh. Wow. So, I haven't managed to attend any conventions for several years. Thus, jordannamorgan sent me this autograph from a convention that had gathered all four original, 1980's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle voice actors for a meet-up. Donatello's voice actor, Barry Gordon, of course having also voiced Razor.

Thank you! To her and to Barry Gordon!

So, I saw this awesome surprise from SWATKATS.info this morning - a collection of original tracks from the series' score provided by Randall Crissman:



It's entirely too short, but I love the "Resolve" track at the end.

And, while I'm talking SWAT Kat music, I'm also reminded of this fantastic fan arrangement of the opening themes:

This is entirely Sage's fault. Also, co-authored by her as we were tossing this dialogue back and forth in texts. Still working on a better title.

( Promotion (SWAT Kats) )

So, this year is SWAT Kats' 30th anniversary. Wow... I can't believe it's been that long. Anyways, I have a longer piece coming but got tied up with a surprise kitten. (I found him under a car in the parking lot at work.) Yes, kitten pictures are coming. In the meantime...

( Retrospection (SWAT Kats) )

Wow, it's been... well over a year, but the SWAT Kats Fan Art Page has finally seen an update! There are five new art pieces from new-to-the-site artist Fluffy.

Wow. So, it looks like more SWAT Kats may finally be in the pipe after all this time!

I'm... I'll be honest, my feelings are cautious optimism. Remakes or revivals of old favorites have a fifty/fifty track record of success for me. Especially in a case like this when it's been so very long. Even with the SWAT Kat creators, the Tremblays, on board, the rest of the creative staff - writers, artists, even voice cast - is likely to be completely different. (Some definitely different as a number of the voice actors have died since.) Will it even feel like SWAT Kats with a new look, new voices, and probably new writing style? I don't know.

Still, the promotional art looks pretty great. (Though the backward sweep of the new TurboKat's wings will have to grow on me.) So, here's hoping it will at least be a solid new show in the same vein as the old one. I'm ready for that kind of adventure again.

So, here's a bit more SWAT Katty-ness:

First, I decided to color a little doodle I did of Felina. It's not much, but I'm slowly trying to get back into my art groove.

Then, one of the YouTube channels I follow recently covered SWAT Kats!

Well, I've gotten a few little things done lately. Namely, updating the SWAT Kats Fan Art Page with five new pieces from returning artist Cody.

I've also updated my main SK site, but it's not really anything of note. Just taking down the Christmas decorations (yes, I know I'm late) and doing some backend clean-up.

In fannish news, I'm excited to see that "The Devil is a Part-Timer" series is finally getting a new animated season! I loved the first season and have been slowly reading my way through the translated light novels the show is based on.

Otherwise, I'm currently watching the short "Pacific Rim: The Black" animated series on Netflix. The first episode had some great and some meh. I want to like it because "Pacific Rim", but we'll see how it goes.

I'm late to SWAT Kats' anniversary, but I wanted to try and continue my series on the early days of Chance and Jake setting up what they'd need to become the SWAT Kats. So, here's a little double drabble.

( Armored (SWAT Kats )

Soooo, Christmas!

It was a good, if oddly busy season. Thanks to a new job (and some happy timing with the weekends), I've now enjoyed the longest Christmas vacation since college. It's been awesome! I've spent most of the time with family doing last minute shopping, eating out, watching movies, etc.

And, of course, I made it my mission, as I do every year, to get my hands on everything peppermint I could find. Here's this year's haul. (Many thanks to my enablers, chiefly my aunt and jordannamorgan.) I also tried my hand at making my own peppermint bark. This is my second, prettier batch. Though it still got a little crumbly when I broke it up.

Also, while I was late, I did manage to finish some Christmas art. I made an odd choice this year and opted to do a SWAT Kat version of that ubiquitous red truck with Christmas tree.

Gift-wise, I got some nice fandom goodies - the second season of the anime "Assassination Classroom", a couple more MCU blu-rays for my (very behind) home collection, older favorite movie "DragonHeart" on blu-ray, some vintage "Ultraman" for my kaiju collection, and a few cute Ao no/Blue Exorcist goodies. Then there's my two big items - the former which I bought for myself after making some extra money - the complete collection of classic/Showa Era Godzilla films and the final, all-in-one "Fullmetal Alchemist" manga art collection.

The only downside to this year was that there was no Fandom Stocking. So, no flood of shorts from me in early January. But, I will try to get more "Pact" and "dragon!Roy" coming along soon.