Happy New Year to all friends of Age of Animus past, present and future! I hope 2015 is finding you well. A special greeting to my friends Fab and Lyne who welcomed their brand new baby boy, Owen, over the holidays, the best present a family can receive.
My holiday vacations came to an end today so it was back to the office. It was an easier return than I feared, but still harder than I would have liked. There was a kerfuffle over emails that went on way too long, but otherwise it was a quiet day.
I spent most of my last weekend off working on the mock card backs for the G.I.Fur mash-ups, complete with file card write-ups for each character. The file cards were fun to write. With a finite amount of space, I had to be as succinct as possible (normally I like to ramble). I posted them all to the Age of Animus Facebook page instead of directly on the site for reasons.
As I mentioned in Friday’s flashback post, I drew the last of the scheduled flashbacks, which should go live on January 23rd. The feature I’ve chosen to replace the flashbacks will begin on January 30th. It’s a new strip featuring the Pickle Patch Bandits. It occurs to me that I could be drawing the long-awaited FnF-AoA crossover but I was inspired by recent events for this new Bandit story so I want to go with it while the idea is still fresh. Perhaps the crossover can be the next new feature.
Still no Skylanders news this week. I haven’t been able to get my hands on the new Light and Dark Skylanders or the Magic Trap Master so I haven’t played. I got new games for Christmas to occupy my time anyway (Lego Marvel Superheroes, Lego Batman 3, Captain Toad’s Treasure Tracker and Batman Arkham Origins for those wondering).
When I get to the video game talk, I know it’s time to wrap things up so, this I believe concludes my first blog post of 2015. There will be others (51 to be exact). Check in every Monday to see what choice bits I have to share. Remember that new strips go up every Tuesday and Thursday. Also, Wednesday is Mash-up day and Friday is for flashbacks (until January 23rd) so there’s new content every weekday. Every now and then something will pop up on the weekends as well. Five minutes a day (depending on how fast you read) is all it takes to keep up with all things Animus. Maybe leave a word to show you’ve been by. I love to read non-spam comments! Okay, the plugs are done and so am I. Have a good seven and we’ll do it all again next Monday! Carja V.