Guten Tag.44--Finals

How is it possible to make it through the day on 3 hours of sleep? I'm just glad this semester is almost over. No more all-nighters for me.

-rh

Guten Tag.43--Unbiased Journalism

Just presenting the facts. You decide. 

-ryan

Guten Tag.42--Car Trouble (Edited 4.19)

So I've been listening to a number of composers lately: Holst, Mussorgsky, Debussy, Stravinsky, Belioz, Sibelius, etc. Thank you, Pandora radio. My oldest brother tells me that most of these guys' music falls under the genre of tone poems, not necessarily formal classical music, even though I wouldn't be able to make that distinction. (at least not yet, since I haven't studied or listened to enough classical music)

Anyway, tone poems stray from the formal structures and traditional scales found in classical music, and try to evoke a certain mood or match the persona or feel of a certain subject. It was a modern movement of the late 19th-early 20th century that was most likely inspired by the aftermath of WWI (acc. to my brother). I'm really digging it, as opposed to older classical stuff, because a lot of it seems more dynamic and chaotic. I like to think of it as classical music's counterpart to post-rock/post-metal music (Explosions in the Sky, Pelican, etc.)

Anyway, I'm glad that the sun's getting out more everyday. I like to be warm, not on the brink of hypothermia.

-ryan

Wow, just realized I didn't upload the strip before this one.

Here it is anyway:

alright. later

-ryan

Guten Tag.41 (I think this is a bad post naming convention. I mean, the number refers to the number of the post, not the number of the strip, so why..

...am I even numbering them at all? Shouldn't I just give them titles? I guess numbers give you a bearing of which post is more recent, but that's what the navigation bar is for. For now I'll keep the numbers, since I'm not clever enough to come up with a catchy title for each post.)

alright. comic strips. 

-ryan

Guten Tag.40--Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

So here's the second of my graphic-novel movie related Guten Tag strips.

I really want to see Watchmen. Even if there's not a giant squid bomb...

Gah. busy busy busy. I wish I could draw all day. 

Alright, take it easy everyone.

ryan

Guten Tag.39--'Catchup'

Alright, hopefully you've noticed the redesign of the blog. It's all thanks to the awesome skills I've been honing in my web design class so far. Oh yeah, scroll all the way down the page to get the full effect. I'll probably have to change it soon for spring, but knowing Michigan, that might not come for a while.

Anyway, I have been doing strips, so here they are. Suggestions?

later

-ryan

Guten Tag.38

hello hello. I'm all excited that it's going to be 45 or 46 degrees tomorrow. But I'll probably stay inside all day and squander this heat wave by doing 'homework'.

enough jibber jabber.

look, I made this:




-ryan

Guten Tag.37

Not much to talk about since last time, except for the fact that I've finally played Left 4 Dead. My lust for zombie genocide is momentarily quenched. 

Oh also, it's still one hundred degrees below zero here in Michigan.

Alright, later.

-ryan

Guten Tag.36

Long time, no see. Sorry. I apologize by presenting you with these original Guten Tag strips, free of charge:

Well, it's a new year, and already for me it's off to a good start.

My brother and his wife had their baby recently and she's beautiful. 

Madelyn Marsaili Hoffman. 

I can't wait until when they move back to the states.

Alright, have a good week. 

-ryan

Guten Tag.35 --A Merry Guten Christmas

Well, it's been a while, but I made it through finals. I think I did alright. 

Christmas sure snuck up fast didn't it?

Well, I hope everyone has a nice Christmas with their family and friends. I'll probably see you next year.

Have a great rest of the year.

-ryan