You can pick up a copy here

Anyway, I left it until the start of this year. All I wanted to do was just find out if the book was simply returned, or lost. It was just a minor mystery that needed a sentence for closure. However, someone, or perhaps a couple of people, sent me another copy. And I picked it up before the weekend began.

So this is thanks to the people of CBLDF.

Also I have been in this town for five years now. I meant to post something about it, but I was some kind of slug-like creature and got distracted by watching most of the episodes of Futurama.

Also one of several projects, which I refuse to give any details about, has moved ahead slightly, meaning that I might need to ask for more people to become involved.

I know that by “taking a break” I might not be able to post as much as I like, despite the fact that the “Updated Weekly, Sometime More. Sometimes Less” on the right there, should be more of a rule and less like something I completely ignore.

So I’ll conclude with another paste up from Abyss.

I really like the patterns used. It really give this crystalline meets photoshop layers quality about it. That poster about the lost cat nearby, I’m sure its incidental.

This reminds me of Von Dutch somewhat.

Since taking photo of the street art/graffiti around this town for the last couple of years, Abyss is a little bit of fresh air from the usual, complex, freestyle name tags around the place.

He’s got a few pieces there made from (hopefully) discarded traffic signs. This was one of the best ones in my opinion. Check them out at MU.

Just picked this up from the post office today before it closed for xmas.

Originally, I thought this one was sold out and it surprised me when they were not. And I should say that this picture in particular is an inspiration for something I have been working on.

Check out his other work for sale here.

My whole Christmas thing is nearly over. All my shit got sorted out last weekend, meaning I’m not really expecting or expected to do anything except turn up and not embarrass myself or others. Sounds simple.

I’m just wondering what to do next. Normally, when I consider writing another blog post, it’s midnight and I have a truckload of work to do the next day. One problem is not having enough time and fighting the future for it, and the other problem is when you have too much time and then you get to thinking…and that’s when the really trouble begins.

They have been sourcing funds through IndieGoGo. They recently achieved their initial funding goal, but that does not mean that you miss out on pre-ordering a copy for yourself and/or gaining an additional perk with enough support.

These people have heaps of talent and I’m waiting out to see what they have in store for us. There site is here The books won’t be released until March 2012. So I guess, I’ve got to be patient.

(Art by Sam Cavanagh (twitter))

The Skinny
Infinite Kung Fu by Kagan McLeod is a story about kung fu and zombies. And at one point, robots.

The Look
Kagan McLeod has gone to great lengths to capture the look and feel of just about any Shaw Brothers film and graphic novel that got shipped from the East. The cover is a brush-and-pen action shot with the staple bilingual title. The frames and pages are well-paced for both action and dialogue. The numerous fight scenes look like the storyboards for a high-end choreographed fight, sans the wire-fu.

The Story
As the living dead roam the earth, the Emperor has sent his five generals to recover this armour which has been scattered to the corners of the world for a dark and cruel purpose. It’s up to ex-soldier Yang Lei Kung, with the help of the Eight Immortals, to restore the balance to the world. And this can only be achieved through Infinite Kung Fu!

The Verdict
Infinite Kung Fu does to martial arts movies the same thing that Ghostbusters did for the occult and Carnackian ghost stories. I couldn’t sleep one night and read the whole thing through and the line “Rage of the Screaming Centipede!” has been the best name for a kung fu move that I have heard in years. Definitely worth a buy.