Hey everyone,

First, The Conduit is out and has been getting some awesome reviews! IGN gave it an 8.6 ([link])! And it's sellin' like hotcakes! If you want to play a game that I worked on, I definitely recommend this one! It is a lot of fun.

In other news, Tim Burton and Walt Disney are apparently teaming up to ruin Alice and Wonderland in a style that smacks of both "Batman and Robin" and also "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." To be clear: I generally don't mind Tim Burton's style- I loved Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Nightmare before Christmas, and on a weird level, Batman (1989). Also to be clear: Disney's live action films are generally crap (see also: "G-Force." Really Walt Disney? REALLY?).

Here's why I'm concerned. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is one of may favorite books, and when the movie came out I was tremendously excited to see it. There were a lot of redeeming aspects to the film, but there were a couple exceptions. Major exceptions, actually. Namely, Willy Wonka was awful and so were the Oompa Loompas and the music to their stupid songs. I do not fault Johnny Depp- he's a totally capable actor. The fault lies with the direction they took his character- which was the most asinine representation of a perfectly cool (in the book) character that I think I have ever seen. For that, I blame the director and the writers.

With that history in mind, now we've got "Alice." I know you can't judge a book by its cover, but movies aren't books. Look at these pictures! WHAT THE HECK!?!?!? WHO ALLOWED THESE CHARACTER DESIGNS TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT TO A MOVIE POSTER!?!?!? [link]

I'm not saying my illustrations are the best or the most definitive version AT ALL, but I am aghast at the character designs for this movie. Someone got paid a substantial amount of money to some up with this crap. This is a red flag, my friends. a BRIGHT RED FLAG.

Anyway, enough ranting. Time to go do some drawing!
-A