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Turbines To Speed
A webcomic about ragtag group of mismatched college students tries desperately to deal with everything from minimum wage to psychopathic superheroes.
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Movie Madness
3 panel strip today instead of the usual 5...sorry ><;
Annnywwaaaay
It all started when Sean sent me This Link, to the new Iron Man trailer.
As I watched the clip of them show his origins in it, I naturally had a few questions like......
Did they really not notice this "Not Bomb But Tony Stark Shaped Armor"?
And
Where are the sentries making sure he makes the bomb?
So as we were joking around about it, I started saying random things about what I think really happened, and so this strip came to be. xD
I hope you enjoy it ^_^
- Mike
P.S. IIII AAAAMMM IIRRROOON MAAAAAN
posted by Xerokuzai @ 25 Mar 2008 12:28 58 am - 3 comments
In the mean time...
until the next comic is out...
entertain yourselves with some randomness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM5MMqNgUzM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BleRSTZ7CpQ
posted by Xerokuzai @ 11 Mar 2008 10:49 32 pm - 0 comments
No comic this week...
I'm sorry, but due to a hectic schedule between school, work, and other commitments I won't be able to get a comic up this week at all. Next Monday, however, I will be back on schedule with another strip. Sorry about the delay.
posted by ryuoku @ 11 Mar 2008 03:47 09 pm - 0 comments
War Locked
My relationship with World of Warcraft is a sordid tempest of love and loathing. On one hand, there is a part of me which recognizes that a rather sizeable sum my money is slowly being funneled into Blizzard's pocket. This, of course, is the stifled voice of rational thought as it desperately tries to drag my addled mind back from the bitter euphoria induced by massively multiplayer gaming. However, anyone who has actually played World of Warcraft recognizes that Blizzard has somehow managed to lace their game with a peculiar quality far more common in narcotics than in games.
I first started playing WoW in the middle of open beta. From there, I played the game on and off for quite some time before that tiny, rational part of my brain managed to convince me to quit altogether. The simple fact of the matter was that I was no longer having fun. As a huge fan of the Warcraft series, the initial draw for World of Warcraft was that it was the World of Warcraft. However, after playing my warlock to the prestigious level of 60 (which was the level cap at the time), I found myself realizing that, while the game certainly had the "world" aspect of the game down pat, it seemed to be missing quite a bit of the "warcraft" part. So, as many children are wont to do when a new toy loses its luster, I cast WoW to the wayside and devoted my time to more productive endeavors.
I had been clean for quite some time when Blizzard launched The Burning Crusade. To my credit, I initially ignored this new development with the notion that Blizzard had lost sight of their original vision, and that no mere expansion pack could remedy this.
I made a grave error.
One year after the launch of Burning Crusade, I began to undergo a severely belated withdrawal. My soul itched for another MMORPG, a stigma which was certainly not alleviated by the persistent goading of my friend Kevin. Needless to say, I succumbed to the game's siren call a mere month later.
My reactivating my account filled with a mixture of joy and despair. By this point, the armor that I had worked so hard to acquire was now obsolete, and the general populace had moved on in my absence, leaving me with a large amount of catch-up to do. But even in the face of this seemingly insurmountable obstacle, there was new content. The endgame was no longer home to a slew of nameless and insignificant beasts. Instead, players now faced such legendary adversaries such as Archimonde, Kael'thas, Vashj, and Illidan Stormrage himself. With these new additions, new life has been breathed into the land of Azeroth. Certainly, the game seems poised to hold my business for a little while longer, if only to the point where I discover whether or not Champions Online will ultimately be worth my time.
posted by Elvon @ 05 Mar 2008 10:30 37 am - 0 comments
I'm running behind already!
Gosh, second post and I'm already a day behind! The webcomic's 2nd strip has been delayed due to quality! Sorry about the delay. We'll be up as soon as I'm done fixing some issues.
posted by ryuoku @ 03 Mar 2008 11:45 36 pm - 1 comments
Welcome
Welcome to Turbines to Speed
We hope you enjoy the comic ^_^
The site is still under construction so don't expect this to be the finished product
I'll make it look better I promise xD
- Mike
posted by Xerokuzai @ 25 Feb 2008 11:44 42 pm - 0 comments
There is no Bathroom
It was several months ago when my associates and I sat down to seriously deliberate the possibility of writing, illustrating, and producing our own webcomic. Though Turbines to Speed is, in many respects, my brainchild, I was initially skeptical as to whether my singular talents would be equal to the task at hand. As something of a perfectionist, I was compelled to set the bar at an unreasonably high level, striving for a state of perfection that would have been completely unreasonable even for a veteran comic, much less a fledgling production such as this. Obviously, we haven't attained that lofty goal (nor do I think we are anywhere close), but I do think that our finished project is something that we can all be proud of.
As I sat down to pen the script for our first comic, I found myself recalling my previous tenure as a Day Camp Counselor. To this day, the memories of that place grip me with such an overwhelmingly bizarre sense of nostalgia and horror that nausea nearly always follows. It's not as though the job didn't have its rewarding moments, it's the simple fact that each and every one of these moments was reciprocated by an equally potent amount of stress and frustration, the end result of which could very well have led to an excruciating aneurism. Fortunately, my period of employment expired just short of that terrible breaking point, and I was spared the complete and total collapse of my mental sanity by a hair's breadth. Nevertheless, I'm thankful for the experience that I had there, if for no other reason than the fact that it's provided me with just the right amount of inspiration to finish writing this first strip and see Turbines to Speed to Launch. Special thanks to Mike for helping me polish the script. Enjoy.
-Sean
posted by Elvon @ 25 Feb 2008 11:24 44 pm - 0 comments