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<title>VAV #89</title>
<description><![CDATA[And part 3.
Finally no more speaking in rhymes...

If you have a better replacement for Jessica Simpson, please let me know. I just figured since she is a singer (or however you call it these days), supposedly not very smart and has her own fashion label, as well as being rather known, she might fit best - then again, I'm not really up-to-date anyway, so I'm thankful if you have someone that might be better suited.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<link>http://www.drunkduck.com/Vice_and_Virtue/?p=638854</link>
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<title>VAV #88</title>
<description><![CDATA[aaaand here we go with part two.

Sorry for so little commentary today, I'm in a hurry ;)
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<link>http://www.drunkduck.com/Vice_and_Virtue/?p=637905</link>
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<title>VAV #87</title>
<description><![CDATA[wee, a new arc...
The whole thing is based on Charlie Daniels Bands "The Devil went down to Georgia" - which you can listen to here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgvfRSzmMoU
I admit: I only know the song from Guitar Hero 3 :]

Odds and Ends: 
- I drew a violin!!! Mostly since the internet told me that "fiddle" in the english language describes both the old stringed instrument and the "modern" violin (in german "Fidel" & "Violine" respectively).
- the random dialogue in Panel 1: In Europe, we have the "eurovision song contest", a pretty obsolete show where each country is represented by some lame-o (usually pop)singer, and after each of them has sung their song, people get to vote their favorite and stuff. A few years ago, the winner of the contest was a finnish rock/metal/whatever band called "Lordi", which had ridiculous "demonlike" Outfits - as seen here: http://eloco.comze.com/lordi.jpg
I'm sure there are many other bands doing this stuff as well(I guess Slipknot would qualify, too), but that's what my initial thought was ;)
- Panel 1 is also supposed to represent the inside of a subway train *pauses for laughter*
- Devils speech bubbles were a pain in the ass. I had 2 awesome fonts for him, and neither was readable >_> So eventually I settled with this...
- And yes: if I had the money to buy a violin, I would go to a park and pretend to play it - I never would learn how to actually play it, anyway... and if by any chance I would, it still would sound horrible because my hands tremble like hell - which is also the reason why I didn't become a surgeon fyi.
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<link>http://www.drunkduck.com/Vice_and_Virtue/?p=637172</link>
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<title>VAV #86</title>
<description><![CDATA[FINALLY!!!

Good news:
- another week off for me, hooray.
- strips. not sure if I will be able to follow the usual schedule or if I will have to upload a tad irregular for the next time, but there will be strips.
- seeing as there is no journal-like function on DD, and because I don't want to create filler after filler, I made this: http://vav-blog.blogspot.com/ , which, at the moment, is empty, but will be updated in the next minutes ;) I'll probably put personal stuff there, as well as replies to comments from you and whatever the hell I can think of. That said, find the bad stuff posted there, because it will take a good amount of time to read through it.

'Nuff said, enjoy :)]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<link>http://www.drunkduck.com/Vice_and_Virtue/?p=636518</link>
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<title>WHAT THE???</title>
<description><![CDATA[I randomly had a sudden outburst of what you might call "creativity" with a bit of imagination, and decided to share that on dA because it has been so long since I've actually done something I was even remotely proud of (which is part of why I had been gone for so long). 
Totally unrelated to that, Hainted left me a comment over there, I quote: "Come back to drunk duck we miss you(and you won an award while gone)". To be honest, at first I thought this was a joke. Nevertheless, I guess I saw this as an invite to catch up. Only to see that the pile of shards I had expect to see... didn't exist. 

I really don't know what to say. Can't blame the "I'm not a native speaker" thing. I'm honestly overwhelmed. To see that what I did made an impact, that it would even be enjoyed long after I was gone, that's something you wouldn't expect. Sure, you would daydream about it. At least I do. But I never would've dreamed to actually witness it. Especially not with my ridiculous comic strip.
The "winning" per se, I don't care about. What astonishes me is that I had been suggested in the first place. I mean, that doesn't really say "screw you, we don't need you anyway!" - which is more along the lines of what I had expected. All the more sorry do I feel for having gone. 
Bottom line: thank you. Thank you for not having forgotten about me, thank you for still having faith in me, thank you for having been around and having supported me over all the time since I've put the first strip on DD.

Emotional outbursts put aside (because I'll eventually have to cry if I don't stop, and I'm tired out as well, so if I start crying now, I won't stop for the next 7 hours ;)), on to the stuff you're probably interested mostly:

New strips? Eventually, yes. I finally have a week off, so I'll use the following days to get back into a state of mind that doesn't involve setting my office on fire (also, I can sleep as long as I want to. I sure did miss that!). In three weeks, hell yeah, another week off. That should theoretically suffice to get back on track.
HOWEVER! I've gotten a new PC and it doesn't really like my monitor. My colors are off. Tried to fix it, failed horribly, and am rather afraid of doing something in color, because I have no idea what it will look like to everybody else (that's also why this strip is in b/w). I also haven't had the time to copy my old color palettes and fonts and what not so far, so I need to take care of that as well. If all hell breaks loose, I'll upload in b/w.

Anyway, I guess that's about it for now. Marks already in bed, and I really need to catch some sleep as well :)
Have a nice start in the new week, I wish you all the best!

P.S.: sorry for the lameness of the above written. also sorry for the lameness of the strip. The future ones will be better, I promise.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<link>http://www.drunkduck.com/Vice_and_Virtue/?p=628192</link>
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