How to Complain about a Science Fiction Franchise and/or a Nostalgic Toy Line
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How to Draw Attention to a Terrible Wrong
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This is maybe one of those comics I did just for me. I hope you enjoyed it too, but really, it is just four panels of me reveling in my own geekery. But come on! Look at the guy’s IMDb page: It’s bonkers!
A few other notable projects he has appeared in:
Game of Thrones
Troy
Willow
The Crown
Blake’s 7
Magnum P.I.
Lovejoy … YES! FRIGGIN’ LOVEJOY!
Lately, I’m sort of liking the idea of giving people like him some appreciation while they’re still here to enjoy it. I would love to see an effort made to get him in to play some sort of antagonist (even if it’s only in one scene or voice work) in Star Trek, the MCU, the DCU, and the Orville.
I’m also not kidding about his awful costume on Space: 1999. When I was a kid, Space: 1999 toys and merch were available, but it didn’t run on any of the Yakima stations, so I never got the chance to actually see the show. I could only imagine it. Lately, I’ve been working my way through the series, and let me tell you, the show itself is not great, but the making fun of it afterward on the phone to Ric is fantastic. Just last night, I watched Martin Landau passionately argue with three trees. Not puppet trees. Not guys in tree costumes. Just trees!
What was I talking about? Oh yeah, Julian Glover’s costume. It was awful, but not the worst on the show. I really do feel like part of the show’s goal was to knock dignified actors down a peg.
Here’s how they treated Peter Cushing, Brian Blessed, Leo McKern, and Christopher Lee.
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How to Discuss Your Recent Bout of COVID-19
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How to Watch History Repeat Itself
The real Ric (and I assure you, he’s frighteningly real) has tapped back into his jazz-trombonist roots and started making music again. It’s a bit on the experimental side, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Ric has decided to release an album on BandCamp. It's a concept album: the soundtrack to a non-existent Rocket Hat movie!
Here are a few of his other recent works. There are more to be found on YouTube. Please go check it out, if that sounds like a good time to you.
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Still Not Sure What to Write Here Now
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How to Deal With Disappointment
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How to Enjoy Your Own Geekiness
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How to Address an Ongoing Argument
Of course, the problem with the stun setting is that whoever you stun falls down, and could easily break a bone, suffer serious neck or back injuries, receive a concussion, or “accidentally” die in any number of ways.
I figure the Starfleet equivalent of Internal Affairs would be bugging Kirk on a weekly basis.
Starfleet Inquisitor: I’m here to talk about that Klingon you killed.
Kirk: I stunned him.
Starfleet Inquisitor: In the back, and then he fell three hundred feet.
Kirk: It’s not my fault he was standing on the edge of a cliff.
Starfleet Inquisitor: We have reason to believe you stunned him, then dragged him to the cliff and rolled him off.
Kirk: (stuns the Starfleet Inquisitor.)
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