Darn Artists and November...

Greetings readers!

     Optiluiz here once more with the finest of ECB comics for your viewing pleasure! It's great to be back on a regular schedule and I hope you guys enjoy it too. Just so you know, the bag of dicks was strictly for research purposes, I swear on the Necronomicon.
     As we approach the end of the year, a series of new and exciting challenges present themselves to us. I plan to spend Brazilian Summer Vacation (patented) watching many movies and having loads of fun with Metal Gear Solid V and Bloodborne. And, contrary to the comic, I'll be paying for those with actual hard-earned cash!
     I'm also planning to make an appearance at the São Paulo Comic-Con Experience, where I might meet fellow Epic Clubbers (I doubt it) and buy expensive licensed products. I might even get a chance to meet David Tennant, though if that does occur you can expect fewer posts on the blog as I'll be dead and happy.
     I believe this is all for now, I still have to deal with a few things before I can get the weekend in order, but I hope you all liked the comic. We'll be back next week with something new, and I hope you all have a smashing good time. Now here's some random video:

Chainsaw Cheers,

-Optiluiz out...

PS: The entire Killer Bean franchise was written, directed and produced by one man and five home computers. A true legend in the eyes of those who live on the internet.

Spookiest Night of the Year!

EXERPT FROM THE JOURNAL OF DR. OPTILUIZ COOLENSTEIN...

Greetings, Dear Reader,

     Dr. Optiluiz here to wish you the happiest of Halloweens, everyone's favourite holiday! What, you prefer Christmas? HEATHEN! Oh, I'm just kidding, of course. I promised that the blog would be back soon, and here we are with an extra spooky post just in time for your spooky shenanigans, we hope you like it!
     Regarding the comic, I think most people overlook the fact that Pac-Man was the first-ever survival-horror game. What, you don't believe me? It's basically Slender with ghosts and drugs instead of pages. There's a video somewhere on youtube that explains this better than myself, but I'm too lazy to look for it.
     I've never mentioned it before on the blog, but I believe there's a curse that shows up on every October 31st and affects yours truly. The curse has been going on for about six years, and involves me making awesome plans for All Hallow's Eve. Plans that eventually self-combust and leave me with nothing to do on my favourite day of the year. That's why I like to consider the entirety of October as Halloween-Month, making sure that the curse doesn't suck out all the fun.
     As a part of my Spooky October, I've been watching some Halloween classics that I heartily recommend. Today, in fact, I saw the original Fright Night for the first time and the theme song has yet to leave my mind. I fear that it shall never be far from my thoughts. On the other hand, I live-tweeted Jason Goes to Hell: the Final Friday last night, which was a sack of shit that burned away a few years from my life. I hope your Halloween marathons are more successful, dear readers.
     Also, as you probably can already tell, I've been reading Bram Stoker's Dracula, which is honestly much better than all the adaptations. I'm also preparing a post defending found-footage films by comparison to epistolary novels, but that will have to wait.
     I believe that this is all for now, but we'll surely meet again soon. Be it during the full moon or the dark hours of the morning, our paths shall cross again. Do you hear that? The children of the night... What beautiful music they make!

As always, thank you for reading, and enjoy your Halloween!

- Doctor Optiluiz

PS: Why don't you enjoy this most entertaining music video?

   

Pets and Holy Cow, Batman, It's Almost Halloween!

Greetings, Epic Clubbers!

     Optiluiz here again after an astoundingly prolonged absence (I've said that so many times that it now sounds like a cliché). I know you're probably thinking "Why is the artwork different this time?" and "Snake, what took you so long?" but we'll get to those matters soon enough. For now, I hope you enjoyed the comic :D.
      Since I've last posted on our honorable blog, life has gotten pretty hectic. I'm actually juggling college with life as a freelance translator and a reviewer for Bloody Disgusting! It's worth it, however, because money is the source of all happiness and I'm finally doing something I'm proud of.
     All of this has caused the blog to fall behind in my priorities, however, and Max has also had a period of "I'm not willing to draw this horrible comic". I can't blame him, however, since I know I'm not the best humorist in the world. In any case, my lovely girlfriend, Ana, has stepped in to draw comics for us! We'll be featuring more of her work soon and I hope you like it.
     I've been trying hard to keep the spirit of Halloween alive this month, but life hasn't made it easy. I'm not giving up, however, and I imagine that this following week will be filled with slasher movies and themed snacks to keep me entertained. I've also been playing Until Dawn (amazing game!) and reading Salem's Lot.
     I think this is all for now, but I hope you've enjoyed this rather delayed post. We'll be posting again shortly, and I hope our readers will still be here when we return. I leave you now with a spooky music video, to set the mood.

Thank you all so much for reading,

-Optiluiz out...

PS: I've had a life-long dream of flooding my basement and turning it into a swamp for 20 crocodiles.

PPS: Max says it's a fetish, he's wrong.

Spiders and Hiatus

Greetings, dear readers!

     Optiluiz here once more after a prolonged absence, ready to explain. The ECB isn't quite dead, though you'll have to deal with some less than stellar artwork for a while, made by yours truly (common, it's not that bad). In any case, I hope you've enjoyed the comic, and let's get down to business.
     For the past few months, Max and I have refrained from posting for a variety of personal reasons. We figured we just needed a break, and since those were some hard times, we went ahead and just stopped working for a while. The blog was never abandoned, though, it was just given a much-needed rest. Alas, such things are not without cost, and I'm sorry to announce that Max won't be returning to draw for us, at least not for a while. He might still show up every once in a while, however.
     Since our last post here, I've travelled a bit, began reading The Dark Tower, resolved some personal issues and even got another short story published. I've also seen a shitload of movies, which is always good. I'm a bit disappointed that I still haven't got around to fixing up my review-blog, but I'll get to that soon enough.
      I guess that what matters now, is that the blog is back, and though I can't promise a weekly posting schedule, I'll try my best. Writing, drawing, scanning and editing on my own is a laborious process, and one I'm not sure is worth doing considering the small amount of people that will end up seeing the work. I'm not ready to give up, however, so here we are.
     On a final note, the published story I mentioned above can be found HERE. It's called In Vivo, and concerns UFOs and the like, I hope you enjoy the read. My first published story is also available now on Bete Noire HERE, and if you'd like to support me you could buy a copy of the magazine, that would be great! I guess this is it for now, so I'll leave you with some random video like I always do. Thanks for reading, hope you have a great week!

     Chainsaw cheers,

     -Optiluiz out...

PS: During this hiatus I became a really big fan of AVGN, especially his movie-related stuff!

PPS: It feels good to be back.