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Inertia from a Dead Stop

Friday - June 7, 2013

[Piro]

In the past three weeks I've done a pretty good job of recovering from my heart surgery. I'm feeling quite back to normal... but financially things are a real struggle - that recovery is something that will take a lot of work. Getting things rolling again from what was essentially a dead stop has NOT been fun, but the good news is i HAVE been feeling more than up to it. Inertia is a pain, but i'm looking forward to once again getting it back on my side.

I've been working my buns off the past two weeks to get the Megatokyo Visual Novel project off the ground. That was a lot more work than I thought it would be but the Kickstarter is almost done. I am, in fact, working on getting back into comic production and getting back to work my backlog of comissions. I've also finally been able to put in motion the long delayed Dark Horse Omnibus edition of Volumes 1-3.

Thank you for all the support i've received in the months before my surgery, it's been a REALLY rough year and I appreciate your support. Like a large ship, it takes a lot of effort to get things moving from what was essentially a dead stop, but i can feel things moving - just need to keep pushing. :)

I've put up a new selection of 8 Original Megatokyo Pencil Drawings available for purchase in the Megagear store... There are a few iconic pieces in there - in particular, the original Grey Erika drawing from the In Search of Broken Wings series i did years ago. I think it's a pretty decent selection, so take a look.

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Hearts, metaphorical and not

Tuesday - May 14, 2013

[RayKremer]

When I remembered the "my heart skipped a beat" line in comic [187] and pointed it out to Fred, his reaction was quite amusing. Idioms involving the heart are a common thing, many of them left over from primitive times when anatomy was poorly understood, people thought the heart was the seat of the mind and soul, and the brain was an unimportant squishy thing. In times like this though, the unintentional double meanings can be disconcerting. This morning as Fred went in for his surgery, it finally occurred to me to run an actual comic transcript search on the word "heart", and I must say, I'm a little spooked now too. Check these out:

[375]:
She has this unfathomable sadness that just breaks your heart.

[751]:
she *very* cute, make heart stop.

Fred might find himself agreeing just a little with [788]:
You think I don't know what you'd do to steal his heart? Oh, I know. I know what you'd do. But are you sure you want it that badly, Sonoda-san? It's a slimy, slippery thing.

And then there's L33td00d, where things get really creepy.
[9]:
3Y3 |\|33d j00 t0 g47z d4 d0c70r. 3Y3 g07z s0m3 b4d p4|n 1|\| m4 ch3s7, | n33d m4 p|11z!

[777]:
D4... d4 p41|\|...! [I think I feel pain in my chest.]
B4d... p41n... n33d... p1|_|_z... [Yes, it is pain. I probably should take my medication.]
uh33hh... -THUD- [No, I think I will fall down instead.]

[1211] takes that creepy and doubles down on it:
The heart may be strong but the will can abandon it. Have you not felt this yourself?
(Fred must have a hell of a strong heart to have lived with constant bigeminy without problems all those years, right up until a few months ago.)

[1148] gives us hope:
broken heart fix! 1000 yen.

[566] suggested something to think about during the ablation procedure:
His heart is up in the air. No one knows where it will come down.

I am happy to report that word has come down through Sarah that the procedure went well. If the swelling in Fred's heart finally starts to go down tomorrow, they'll know they hit the right spots. So finally, [301]:
Something had changed in his heart... just a little... and that was enough for now.

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