- Artist
- Writer
- Cartoonist
- He/Him
Hello,I'm Mike Zhou,He/Him,A Cartoonist,Writer,Illustrator,and a randomly Freelancer,born and Live in China
I.....just received the news....
Seems like a dose of "promises" that made in both closely 100 years ago and 20 years ago has finally come.....
With the announcement of WBD finally determines the final offer that Paramount Skydance send for Superiority and Strength for Hollywood,while comparing and keeping up the Netflix merger transaction in meantimes,With the statements clarify this humidity and stupidity incoming,I do feel somethings,We all Worry,Worry for what? Well,Ask Alfred E. Neuman for that,while in meantime,I just also recieves that Netflix had decline to higher up the offer only to compare with Paramount offer for now,but still in talks with WBD merger while the merger is still open for Voting favor,Looks like if both PSKY/NFLX merger had passed,looks like Hollywood gone worries because of these deals.
Now tell me,Who is responsible for this stupidity and worriness?
Alfred E. Neuman?
No,He's not responsible,but he is worry now...except for MAD's 600th issue (very big deal)
What about David Zaslav? David Ellison? Ted Sarnardos? Yes they are! and they made us worried!!!
and gone nuts!
Now,I want to urge you guys something important.....
In the eternal word and spirits of Joad Cressbeckler,Stan Kelly,David Kaputnik,Phil Fonebone,A Sickos whom in front of the window,Tom Servo,A Honest American Citizen,Sylvester Smythe and even Alfred E Neuman....
What the--?! Furshlugginer Hack are you doing?!
This makes me really really panic!
As a matter,I'm technically A Centurist/Middle-wing,Non-Partisian,Non-Political/Apolitical schmuck whom being doing fun and avoid any unnecessary schmenderick from halpen to my window.....
..I guess it's time to show up your Courage...By Cowardice within!
Creators,you got more times than just standing up and show your confidence to big studios now,now it's time to show you being silly and witty,and equally nonsense,stay at home and do nothing for studios work.....But still,Show up your work to someone else that knows you best! and make it better.
Humorists! Don't just stand up and do something! Do some funny stuff from doing nothing! Don't worry,it's okay to do funny stuff,because one half of the planetary and intergalactic population according to me and our point are totally worries.....
The Usual Gangs of Idiots! Yes! All Of you! That includes the one from MAD (the original idiotic title),National Lampoon,Harvard Lampoon,New Yorker,Cracked (both mazagine and Dot Coms),CollegeHumor/Dropout,Youtube,Saturday Night Live,You now have the rights to make fun of them now....and boy there's no way you can stop from doing it,because it is them can't you from doing these!
Unions! Every union of the world's untie (the idiotic way to say unite)! Don't wasting your time just standing there and pick up the pickets and do nothing like burning a good flags (Which irritate Mr. Kelly for it stated Non-patriotic),do it better,Make fun of them,Both Netflix and Paramounts,wave every flag you can,We Don't care which flag you want,we also care that you shouldn't burn it first before marching on (which better respect Mr. Kelly for being patriotic),but hey! Make a clown out of these fools,Sharp your pen,mighter than any blades,katana or swords,and OK,of course that you can using white flags for good sake too...
Now,Every Politicians,Do your cheapstakes,be a moron to a country,don't just stand there,do nothing but why not kissing your shoes each other,Don't care about us,nor Hollywood,be foolish and show up your cowardice if you want to protect any courage,That's what The Onion said so,so do it....
and every Shareholders,Employee,Coffee-brewers and Interns of both Netflix,Paramount Skydance Corporation and even Warner Bros. Discovery,don't stand there and randomly rebel,do nothing in front of your stupid leader,and do something to against their wills by doing stupidest thing ever possible,We might know that you are pretty confound and confused and complain about this deals,but let's just say you can't imagine that someone make up a deal so they mashup Looney Tunes with Modern Madcap,or SpongeBob meets Daffy Duck,or Colbert sits next to John Oliver,But hey! Can you imagine Stak Trek sits next to Babylon 5? Or Animaniacs fans amok KPOP Demon Hunters or Rush Hour or even Dora the Explorer or Rugrats? or Cartoon Network with Nickelodeon? I know someone could mishmash both of the oldmen of Hollywood into one like a centuries ago.....Or a Streaming website would thought so in 20 years when they ruined a Blockbuster Video shop into nothing just one....
By dear Lord,You gotta do something!
Shareholders! The entire creative Communities of Hollywood and Patriotic spirit need you for Cowardice if you wanna savor your courage!....
But if you asking:"Why,and what am I One Coward do alone like the Onion did?" I guess,it's true,But if you join together alongside all other people who also works at these Tech-driven,Sicko/Nanny-Joint-State-like,Burning Flags Media conglomerate,guess what? Be proud of your embarrassment on work!...Wanna save youreself? Your life? Your Creativity? Your Estate? Your payment? Your Bravery and Valor? and Mostly,your own hide and lining up your pocket? Now it's the time for you to do so,Wanna listen to the schmucks on business practice? then better row yourselves up and go down all four.
but who will save Hollywood? Who will save and stand up the democracy? Who will savor our creativity? This question lingerie to me,Mike Zhou,and I wanna just say,sometimes not everyone is born courage,some courage are comes from cowardice,And we need your cowardice to savor courage,more than ever...But haven't we realize that we may have not descended all our creative geniuses or creative stupidity from one communities or nation or corporate schmucks to another,have we? No? Probably
But remember this,let us know that we currently wasting our times with proud to stand in the spineless giantsthe deals both both PSKY and NFLX onto WBD may concerning the future of the brand they known and love,Brands like Looney Tunes and SpongeBob Squarepants and even Stranger Things,may causing chain reactions of shuffle impending ruining their legacy,You Don't want that,aren't you?....But don't panic,as they say in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,we savor it due to reasons that brands like MST3K and Swat Kats (due to my reasons and infos) have gone much better in a better and cleaner management's and creative controls from both their creators and rightholders handling best.
so old champs,Savior your last moment's before you realize,OMG this might be the end of the world to me,Of course not! You still have infinite amount of enough time to enjoy yourself,and even enjoy shows like Eddsworld,Crash Zoom and DIgital Circus,rather than wasting your time on a deal...that ultimately mashing up Shows like Star Trek and South Park with Rick and Morty and Babylon 5,Let's face it,if I can metaphor the Netflix deal as if it were a lost episode of Stranger Things that nobody wants,and the Ellison/Paramount deal as a episode of Twilight Zone that also nobody wants..rather than just only becoming a annoying person who stare at your neighbours' windows,and said "Yes,HA HA HA YES!",do it whatever you ask for,You Son of a SICKOS! Be a moron,Be a hard-working,lazy-working,And Funny Wascally Wabbit,a annoying seasponge or a gap-toothed moron you ever want for!
NOW let this be a message and a lesson to all ye who foolishly stare yer phones,yer newspaper,yer computer or yer Telly screens,who makes certain amendments like a congress misstepping their bravery and valor to all....
The lesson is:Be stupid,be funny,Be MAD as you like it.
Therefore,we asking,nay,we demanding,ye! That is on coming Emergency Shareholders/Employee/Coffee-brewers' Meeting Of WBD/PSKY/NFLX,Don't show support to any deal you want,instead,show up your white flags instead of panicking red flags.
afterall,You don't want to shutdown your creative because some dumb-minded shareholders and executives like David Zaslav,Ted Sarnardos,David Ellison and even Gunnar Winderfels will enter yer house,did you? Absolutely not!...Do it! so you can be sillier and better than any executives that irritated you,your friends,your creative community and any IRS tax agents with any attempt of Tax-write-off and layoffs,we should not let it come to fruition.
Be Stupid! Be Funny! Be wise!
Idiots of the World Untie!Thank you for your attention and taking times with me and all our schmucks who assembling this one.
Potrzebie yours.
Yours Truly,Sincerely and MADly
Quid,Me Anxious et Vexari Sum? Tu Stultus Es,Pax Idiota.
Ad Astra per Alia Porci.
Mike Zhou (周思辰),
and,possibly....
The Usual Fandoms of Idiots.
So,before I was interview Kiaun of Derideal,I was just so lucky thst I have a chance to chat with Charles Brubaker,creator of The Fuzzy Princess and Lauren Ipsum,now since there are too many questions I got for him,I'm gonna have no choice but to show you to few parts thst I managed to get him answered on bsky.
Here We Go!
Q:What was life be like when you are a cartoonist?
A:"It's pretty chill for me. I would write strips in a library or a coffee shop, sketch them out at home, and then ink them. It's easy-going for me."
Q:what was your influence on your work?
A:"I have a lot. I grew up enjoy 'Calvin and Hobbes', 'Peanuts', 'Piranha Club', and I would enjoy reading old 'Wizard of Id' and 'BC' paperbacks. I also read old manga, mostly Fujio Akatsuka's and Fujiko Fujio."
Q:Since this year (which means 2025) marks the 90th anniversary of one of your favourite Japanese humorous cartoonist/mangaka Fujio Akatsuka-sensei,what would you praise for him,and what you you cited him as a influence,and how can you do such justice to tribute this humorous Sensei?
A:"I absolutely love how wild Akatsuka's mangas are. They always inspire me to push my own work when it comes to writing gag comics. I love his design sense, too."
Q:Since you cited that MAD magazine is one of your influences on your humor,how can you tribute? How do you do well with Nick Meglin? And how do you get hired for writing a MAD comic strip?
A:"I only met Nick Meglin once, literally one week before his death. Even at his old age he was very sharp with his sense of humor."
Q:Will you expand your Fuzzy-verse*? (* the term that I coined for your Universe that consist of Fuzzy Princess and Lauren Ipsum) if so,what will you do?
A:"I'm already doing that with 'Lauren Ipsum', pretty much"
Q:What was your humor be like?
A:"I like writing character-based humor, where much of the jokes come from the characters' personalities and how they would act".
Q:Any other project's you been working on with?
A:"Currently I'm focused on 'Lauren', although there are comics reprints I'm hoping to work on down the line. That's under wraps for now."
Currently....That's all I got...for now.
There are more I can ask,now I need some time for him and me to wait for it.
also,Remember to follow @bakertoons for funny comics
Thanx:)
From the Sloppy Desk of Michael Zhou (Zhou Si-Chen/周思辰)
A Message to all ye who knows well.....
To all Our Dear Friends,No Matter Far or Wide or Anywhere......
Dear Friends whom have enjoyed well in Holidays as well as New Year's Eve,
I have speaking and writing to you on behalf of all Fandoms,Cartoonists,and any fun lads
who may annoy a persons,cheering a person's or being annoyed,no matter a border,as
you all know,every time of the year,And by all means,UK has a example since 1957 when
The Late Queen Elizabeth the 2nd address her nation to TV first time until 2021,when her
son,The King takes over the mantle,and yes,we all gather here to listen a firmly speech
from Political Head of State to address the Christmas and/or New Year's
Day/Week/Month Speech as a firm recap of what we have done over these past few
luckiness and unlucky thing's in a year,with a holiday additionof course,and by the way,I
wouldn't writing to you this message whether I taking a bath,or take a break,or a trip or
even a toilet or sleeping,We all gather here to share our moments and odd thoughts
about how we spent our year well,How we live,how we thought and How we know about
the year,this year marks a triumpant,traumatic and oddly twisted year,as time floats in the
air and continuously unstoppable.
From what I heard of,Christmas is a year when people celebrated to the joy of
Winter,where Holiday breeds it's air comes,and for those whom have a belief in Religious
trusts,for those whom have Christianity,it is the time when their lord and Savior of
all,Jesus Christ comes to life and to humanity of all,while we all enjoy the holiday that
surely pleased any Christ we can,Unholy thing's happen,and not all of us were asked for
it,Terrorists,Dictators,Extreme
Incompetence
of
Leadership,Criticism,Cultural
and
Religious Difficulties and all that,almost cause the invitation to all that nothing to do with
Jesus Christ or God,nor does it successfully intend to call upon something else that
sinners like Antichrist or Devil,as the devious latter never accept that as also as alongside
the holy former,let us consider that this is more disasterous than last time Religious
people are upset with their disbelief upon Black Comedies like Monty Python's Life of
Brian,But If we can all put together,please rest assured about it,We'll put it back on track
as we can.
the year 2025 was a tremendous year we live along with,and yet,also the turmoil year's to
come,For tremendous point,We managed to celebrate our 80th anniversary of the end of
World War Two,We managed to bring Animation to the new heights as From my
homeland,China got Ne Zha sequel,which the first one you may lesser heard of,has
reached the highest boxing office,So do The Bad Guys sequel and Zootopia sequel,ehich i
do missed,and We managed to keep the First Amendment on guard and secure under the
peacemaking people and peacelovers,however,thst doesn't mean it cannot be Turmoil,as
it also happen onto any artist whom have trouble with it,You See,Earlier this year,a young
British cartoonist named R.E. Burke,was put into detention when crossing to the borders
from US to Canada,Unfortunately,as the Current Administration goes crave by nationalist and Billion-dollars,as well as Tarriffs neediness,Traveling wouldn't be easy when you have
walking on a Icy road with a bunch of guards named ICE,it may seems like it might be
gonna take it forever,but good news,it didn't take it forever,like a Christmas
Miracle,except back then we haven't celebrate this holiday yet until this month,after many
of cartoonist and comic lovers,even those who didn't watch her work yet,like me,spoken
out,all this i did is to fully committed to support and protect the rights to free speech as
well as freedom to press and comedy,However,this isn't the only time when cartoonist
get heavily affected by such influences,Even Earlier this year,we even march around the
USA for a movement called "No Kings",which is not directly to the already existed
Monarchy,but the President whom defy the basic principle of constitutional strcucture
within the full amendment,even Cartoonist were also involved in it,and more Earlier,We
even celebrate the saddest anniversary of all time,aside of mourning our own soldiers
whom were fighting in WW2,We were mourning our own,yes,the Cartoonist whom were
killed ten years ago,by the Raving Terrorists,back then without fully security support,We
thought "OH NO,We are so in trouble",back them i was a kid,havem't knew much because
we Chinese have remain neutral for the whole situation and do give some support to
commit for one thing that this 10-year-old Free Speech movement needs for:Peace and
Love,that is how i imagine about it,As the Legendary George Orwell stated "All Animals
are Equal,But some are more Equal than other.",However this also happens not only to
Four-legged walking Animals,but also to Humanity whom are walking with two legs
instead of four,You see,We have a problem with our countries,Not just a slightly
Technical Difficulties,but also a major problem,Somehow,It may not always the
Goverments to be the one to blame,even the people whom vote it also has to blame for
itself,As the current administration cause a lot of Fusses and Cracks,It may even threaten
those whom support Public Broadcasting,C.P.B were facing a turmoil,and now they are
facing a brink of closing the stop during the current administration,but don't get a fret,at
least at some point,If new Administration came in for 2028,Open back again for
CPB,much suprise than what President's old dead and best Stranger could do when he
faked his own dead on camera and fooled the Countries,and even worser when it comes
to this,His odd stranger makes a suprising when it comes to a little list,which i believe
Koko,the Lord Executioner of the Titipu,Japan didn't like it,and even sillier,We even get a
Ballroom in the White House,by tearing down the East Wing for the space of a
Ballroom,and seemingly turning White Shose to Maralago,which makes it more ridiculous
that somehow the Former Presidents would broke in and tear down his own Maralago
wing for a Replica of East Wing,But sadly that didn't happen,But we were glad that We are
protecting the rights to Free Speech and solving Poverty,Homeless and even those who
work alone or together,Middle-class workers whom are try to back on their feet
perfectly,And we even make it better or Worser,but that is all Depending On You,Our
friends.
This year,We all say hello and goodbye to some lucky,From what i know about thw
History book or Geography book,Jane was a tremendous person,she is the best
representive of Mother Nature when it comes to getting touch with the Chimpanzee and
Apes,She still reminds us how Natures goes and how it shaped our past and pave our
future,we cannot destroy it,but to preserves it,and another way,Peter Chen,whom you may almost heard of,but i do know that he sangs a cover of "Ali Baba",sadly passed away,but
his memories lives on forever as we continue to sang his little song,while we say
goodbye to Luke Lerdwichagul through his end of run to the little world of SMG4,ending
one chapter of his life to open a another one here in Glitch Productions,with fair reasons
of course,however,Like Jesus Christ return to humanity in sudden,Rooster Teeth return
earlier this year,with Burnie back to his holy land of Austin after years of spending
relaxation in the nice little countryard of Scotland field,To me,I also have triumph and
turmoils in this year,I reached my highest point in my school life,while didn't leave behind
all the lowest as well,i faced a lot of worries and shaking during the whole process to
high school,Life ain't easy,it comes with turmoils and shaking,but we will go on as we can
do our best and worst in the same time.....
Facing political,What i can say is to use George Orwell's word "Who controls the past
controls the Future,Who Controls the Future,Controls the Present" that is how i think of
current political situation we faced now,Seemingly neverending war and terrors still lurks
to any Children and Parents,It can happen in Gaza,Ukraine,Russia,Lebanon,and many
more,i know it may sounds really,really scary,not just becuase 2025 is a turmoil year,but
because of all 14 of our humanity parts,Each of Seven contains Sins and Virtues around
us,Facing all that,all we need to do is facing it bravely and calmly,Stand Up for
People,Stand Up against Tyranny Imbeciles,Stand Up for Those who are funny enough to
take stand against those who ruined our life,Despite we cannot stop or start this fire,but
we will stop it at all,I urge all soldiers to be with us,In the Name of Democracy,Fight for
Liberty,not for Tyranny,I know it is hard to be equal when non-equality comes to us,but we
will fight for a better world as the Legendary Charles Chaplin once stated for,None of us
are like them,None of Us likes to be Emperor,Nor do Us want to enslave Both Animals or
Humanity,All we need is to help each other,that is equality,And we will fight for it,for the
good world,A world where Childrens and Elders and all people of all nation can live
happily without starving or oppressing,especially when we trest our society most
carefully with minus the Terrorists and Political Differences,Whatever we Do,We must
stand together for a better one.
As a Old saying goes"Those whom are Never Remember The Past are meant to
Condemned to be Repeated",We know that at some point,some event might live up to this
word,and they truly are live up to the word,mostly due to the behaviour,
If there's anything i can say about what comes next,Well,As for 2026,I do feel that it will
be a another year with Turmoils and Challenges and Triumph and Reward awaits us,But
despite all that,Don't be fret on it,We will try our best and worst,no matter what,To get
through,Despite the world is still in shake as it is neverending,We will get through and be
as we can be,Thank you,We hope 2026 will be a splendid year for us to come to face
anything new we can be,and always behave ourselves well,So this holiday season,No
matter nations or borders,Please do consider yourselves a little help,make sure you and
your loved ones,any one can get a pleasure,that is without any interruptions from Political
or Economical,make sure that in the New Year's eve,You can overcomes this turmoil and
get ready for the Firecracks to shoot on the sky,We hope that in this New Year,Despite all
the Solution and Turmoil,Darkness and Light,Solidarity and Crisis,You must remain true
and gentle to yourself.
Don't Be Fear,Keep going forward,We will come around,If you are in USA,give you three
remaining years for how Democrats and Republicans have gone into,stay away from
Warmongers and Fascisms,Keep yourselves up,I hope you can make yourself very
greater than what the goverment expected for,Your voice and Opinon is important,and it
isn't restrictive at all,Raise your voice,give yourselves a little savior of opinion and
hopefully,a Wonderful Life will happen,Let's all Unite,We will go through this year,Good or
Bad,that is all up to you and I can do.
Merry Christmas,Happy Holidays,Happy all Festivals and Happy New Year,To All Ye who
can desire a very good night.
Yours Truly,MADly,
Mike Zhou
December 2025 to January 2026
From the Sloppy Desk of Michael Zhou (Zhou Si-Chen/周思辰)
A Message to all ye who knows well.....
To all Our Dear Friends,No Matter Far or Wide or Anywhere......
Dear Friends whom have enjoyed well in Holidays as well as New Year's Eve,
I have speaking and writing to you on behalf of all Fandoms,Cartoonists,and any fun lads
who may annoy a persons,cheering a person's or being annoyed,no matter a border,as
you all know,every time of the year,And by all means,UK has a example since 1957 when
The Late Queen Elizabeth the 2nd address her nation to TV first time until 2021,when her
son,The King takes over the mantle,and yes,we all gather here to listen a firmly speech
from Political Head of State to address the Christmas and/or New Year's
Day/Week/Month Speech as a firm recap of what we have done over these past few
luckiness and unlucky thing's in a year,with a holiday additionof course,and by the way,I
wouldn't writing to you this message whether I taking a bath,or take a break,or a trip or
even a toilet or sleeping,We all gather here to share our moments and odd thoughts
about how we spent our year well,How we live,how we thought and How we know about
the year,this year marks a triumpant,traumatic and oddly twisted year,as time floats in the
air and continuously unstoppable.
From what I heard of,Christmas is a year when people celebrated to the joy of
Winter,where Holiday breeds it's air comes,and for those whom have a belief in Religious
trusts,for those whom have Christianity,it is the time when their lord and Savior of
all,Jesus Christ comes to life and to humanity of all,while we all enjoy the holiday that
surely pleased any Christ we can,Unholy thing's happen,and not all of us were asked for
it,Terrorists,Dictators,Extreme
Incompetence
of
Leadership,Criticism,Cultural
and
Religious Difficulties and all that,almost cause the invitation to all that nothing to do with
Jesus Christ or God,nor does it successfully intend to call upon something else that
sinners like Antichrist or Devil,as the devious latter never accept that as also as alongside
the holy former,let us consider that this is more disasterous than last time Religious
people are upset with their disbelief upon Black Comedies like Monty Python's Life of
Brian,But If we can all put together,please rest assured about it,We'll put it back on track
as we can.
the year 2025 was a tremendous year we live along with,and yet,also the turmoil year's to
come,For tremendous point,We managed to celebrate our 80th anniversary of the end of
World War Two,We managed to bring Animation to the new heights as From my
homeland,China got Ne Zha sequel,which the first one you may lesser heard of,has
reached the highest boxing office,So do The Bad Guys sequel and Zootopia sequel,ehich i
do missed,and We managed to keep the First Amendment on guard and secure under the
peacemaking people and peacelovers,however,thst doesn't mean it cannot be Turmoil,as
it also happen onto any artist whom have trouble with it,You See,Earlier this year,a young
British cartoonist named R.E. Burke,was put into detention when crossing to the borders
from US to Canada,Unfortunately,as the Current Administration goes crave by nationalist and Billion-dollars,as well as Tarriffs neediness,Traveling wouldn't be easy when you have
walking on a Icy road with a bunch of guards named ICE,it may seems like it might be
gonna take it forever,but good news,it didn't take it forever,like a Christmas
Miracle,except back then we haven't celebrate this holiday yet until this month,after many
of cartoonist and comic lovers,even those who didn't watch her work yet,like me,spoken
out,all this i did is to fully committed to support and protect the rights to free speech as
well as freedom to press and comedy,However,this isn't the only time when cartoonist
get heavily affected by such influences,Even Earlier this year,we even march around the
USA for a movement called "No Kings",which is not directly to the already existed
Monarchy,but the President whom defy the basic principle of constitutional strcucture
within the full amendment,even Cartoonist were also involved in it,and more Earlier,We
even celebrate the saddest anniversary of all time,aside of mourning our own soldiers
whom were fighting in WW2,We were mourning our own,yes,the Cartoonist whom were
killed ten years ago,by the Raving Terrorists,back then without fully security support,We
thought "OH NO,We are so in trouble",back them i was a kid,havem't knew much because
we Chinese have remain neutral for the whole situation and do give some support to
commit for one thing that this 10-year-old Free Speech movement needs for:Peace and
Love,that is how i imagine about it,As the Legendary George Orwell stated "All Animals
are Equal,But some are more Equal than other.",However this also happens not only to
Four-legged walking Animals,but also to Humanity whom are walking with two legs
instead of four,You see,We have a problem with our countries,Not just a slightly
Technical Difficulties,but also a major problem,Somehow,It may not always the
Goverments to be the one to blame,even the people whom vote it also has to blame for
itself,As the current administration cause a lot of Fusses and Cracks,It may even threaten
those whom support Public Broadcasting,C.P.B were facing a turmoil,and now they are
facing a brink of closing the stop during the current administration,but don't get a fret,at
least at some point,If new Administration came in for 2028,Open back again for
CPB,much suprise than what President's old dead and best Stranger could do when he
faked his own dead on camera and fooled the Countries,and even worser when it comes
to this,His odd stranger makes a suprising when it comes to a little list,which i believe
Koko,the Lord Executioner of the Titipu,Japan didn't like it,and even sillier,We even get a
Ballroom in the White House,by tearing down the East Wing for the space of a
Ballroom,and seemingly turning White Shose to Maralago,which makes it more ridiculous
that somehow the Former Presidents would broke in and tear down his own Maralago
wing for a Replica of East Wing,But sadly that didn't happen,But we were glad that We are
protecting the rights to Free Speech and solving Poverty,Homeless and even those who
work alone or together,Middle-class workers whom are try to back on their feet
perfectly,And we even make it better or Worser,but that is all Depending On You,Our
friends.
This year,We all say hello and goodbye to some lucky,From what i know about thw
History book or Geography book,Jane was a tremendous person,she is the best
representive of Mother Nature when it comes to getting touch with the Chimpanzee and
Apes,She still reminds us how Natures goes and how it shaped our past and pave our
future,we cannot destroy it,but to preserves it,and another way,Peter Chen,whom you may almost heard of,but i do know that he sangs a cover of "Ali Baba",sadly passed away,but
his memories lives on forever as we continue to sang his little song,while we say
goodbye to Luke Lerdwichagul through his end of run to the little world of SMG4,ending
one chapter of his life to open a another one here in Glitch Productions,with fair reasons
of course,however,Like Jesus Christ return to humanity in sudden,Rooster Teeth return
earlier this year,with Burnie back to his holy land of Austin after years of spending
relaxation in the nice little countryard of Scotland field,To me,I also have triumph and
turmoils in this year,I reached my highest point in my school life,while didn't leave behind
all the lowest as well,i faced a lot of worries and shaking during the whole process to
high school,Life ain't easy,it comes with turmoils and shaking,but we will go on as we can
do our best and worst in the same time.....
Facing political,What i can say is to use George Orwell's word "Who controls the past
controls the Future,Who Controls the Future,Controls the Present" that is how i think of
current political situation we faced now,Seemingly neverending war and terrors still lurks
to any Children and Parents,It can happen in Gaza,Ukraine,Russia,Lebanon,and many
more,i know it may sounds really,really scary,not just becuase 2025 is a turmoil year,but
because of all 14 of our humanity parts,Each of Seven contains Sins and Virtues around
us,Facing all that,all we need to do is facing it bravely and calmly,Stand Up for
People,Stand Up against Tyranny Imbeciles,Stand Up for Those who are funny enough to
take stand against those who ruined our life,Despite we cannot stop or start this fire,but
we will stop it at all,I urge all soldiers to be with us,In the Name of Democracy,Fight for
Liberty,not for Tyranny,I know it is hard to be equal when non-equality comes to us,but we
will fight for a better world as the Legendary Charles Chaplin once stated for,None of us
are like them,None of Us likes to be Emperor,Nor do Us want to enslave Both Animals or
Humanity,All we need is to help each other,that is equality,And we will fight for it,for the
good world,A world where Childrens and Elders and all people of all nation can live
happily without starving or oppressing,especially when we trest our society most
carefully with minus the Terrorists and Political Differences,Whatever we Do,We must
stand together for a better one.
As a Old saying goes"Those whom are Never Remember The Past are meant to
Condemned to be Repeated",We know that at some point,some event might live up to this
word,and they truly are live up to the word,mostly due to the behaviour,
If there's anything i can say about what comes next,Well,As for 2026,I do feel that it will
be a another year with Turmoils and Challenges and Triumph and Reward awaits us,But
despite all that,Don't be fret on it,We will try our best and worst,no matter what,To get
through,Despite the world is still in shake as it is neverending,We will get through and be
as we can be,Thank you,We hope 2026 will be a splendid year for us to come to face
anything new we can be,and always behave ourselves well,So this holiday season,No
matter nations or borders,Please do consider yourselves a little help,make sure you and
your loved ones,any one can get a pleasure,that is without any interruptions from Political
or Economical,make sure that in the New Year's eve,You can overcomes this turmoil and
get ready for the Firecracks to shoot on the sky,We hope that in this New Year,Despite all
the Solution and Turmoil,Darkness and Light,Solidarity and Crisis,You must remain true
and gentle to yourself.
Don't Be Fear,Keep going forward,We will come around,If you are in USA,give you three
remaining years for how Democrats and Republicans have gone into,stay away from
Warmongers and Fascisms,Keep yourselves up,I hope you can make yourself very
greater than what the goverment expected for,Your voice and Opinon is important,and it
isn't restrictive at all,Raise your voice,give yourselves a little savior of opinion and
hopefully,a Wonderful Life will happen,Let's all Unite,We will go through this year,Good or
Bad,that is all up to you and I can do.
Merry Christmas,Happy Holidays,Happy all Festivals and Happy New Year,To All Ye who
can desire a very good night.
Yours Truly,MADly,
Mike Zhou
December 2025 to January 2026
Hey folks! Remember the last time when I posted a journal about my essays of Derideal? Well,Good News! I got a chance to interview with some Comic talents,One of them is Chilean Comic Book Artist Andres "Kiaun" Barra,and I'm using DM on Bluesky to make a interview out of it.....So let's begin!
When was the date and time for you when it created Derideal?
I'm not sure exactly the day and time, but it was during 2006 when I first created the original 12 page Prelude story. It was one weekend and I made the pages in a notepad at morning before starting the day, so it was probably during summer vacations.
I wanted to make a comic back then and tried many times with planning, but Derideal was made just quickly made after some dream I had that morning, I didn't originally planned to make such a long story or continue that prelude.
What is your biggest inspiration for the story and yourself,if you can list some artist and creator and cartoonists and comic book artist no matter in yours and others.
my biggest inspiration for the Derideal story I guess it's the Silent Hill 2 game, robocop and a Dune. The story blend all I liked about those, mystery psychological dread and failure, a dystopian society and biological aspects in sci-fi.
I think I got no singular author names to mention, as I mostly remember "works" that I like and I consider big influence, comics I love like the Long Halloween and DC JLA comics from the 2000s and mostly movies like Blade Runner, Robocop and sci-fi books as Dune.
I guess that my comic style is strongly influenced by edgiest time of American super hero comics.
Mix and Pixi is so cute and fancy,about them stepping out of the shadows and step up to their incoming spotlight,what would you say so?
Mix and Pixi "personal" story was on my mind since a while, because Mix originally wasn't part of the Derideal universe, and her inclusion in my imagination was later on and for some reason, both characters have been shipped together in individual arts since years, and I thought they deserved their own story.
Pixi is been part of the Derideal expanded stories in "the void" comic since many years(way before Mix was created), and she was often mentioned as part of the favorite characters in it by readers (and she's often considered clumsy).
Lost Memories comic is also an experiment making a more "fun" story and see how readers like it. I also have more fun drawing in a more simple and spontaneous way.
I hope people enjoy the story and canon version of Mix, and also learn more about Pixi's past and hopefully like her some more.
In 2019,you started to refresh the story from scratch (at least in notebook),with reboot/remake/refreshed storytelling and even continued from what is left from it,How do you came up with?
Derideal was remade because of the old art was upsetting to me. I learned to draw by making a comic every day for years and the art and storytelling was very inconsistent. I also thought it was boring to redraw the same story, so I remade it, that way I felt it was more interesting.
It's been 20 years since you started Derideal on a sunny Sunday (I persume),How can you say something to all of us? (But that ain't the last question I can ask)
making anything you dream of to make will take lots of time and hard work. Begin now and Just never stop until you're done. We're never ready to "begin ' and nothing we do for that first time is gonna be perfect. Making anything to me feels like carving it out from stone, so it slow and tedious process.
Contrast to Derideal,Which is dark and edgy I guess,Lost Memories will be as light and warming story,Will it release to all on I dunno in month or day's before Christmas I guess,and will it be fitting for a mitten?
in a way, Lost Memories is an experiment to tell a story in a more fun and light way, but it will have a mystery and nostalgic feeling lurking underneath. it's still a Derideal story, setup in the same universe, so that is important to keep in mind.
(which means Lost Memories isn't exactly a warming story only, it might have some fun moments, but still deeply a Derideal tale)
If you draw a funny comic,what would it do for Derideal?
probably something with Mix and Pixi. But only short stuff.
If anyone would love to see your character and your story being animated in a inide animated way like Lackadaisy and Murder Drones,or making a cameo,How can you do to suggest them?
I'm not sure if I understand the question. You mean if anyone wants to animate the story? I doubt it will happen and I don't have the resources and "fan" power to make it happen either.
Which favorite character you like to draw?
Mix is my comfort character, I like to draw her a lot and I do draw her often for myself. She wasn't originally part of any of the comics.
Can Mix finally get her socks? (maybe yours)
She already has all socks she want. And when you lose a sock it was probably her fault. Sock business is always growing.
Your creator sona "Kiaun" is a rabbit,and how do you talk with NOVA (your another rabbit)?
Nova is the clan defender of the Exi-clan and its future leader. She must be addressed with respect. Still, I know her favorite topics so it should be easy have a fun conversation.
How do you came up with a rabbit as your sona?
it's nothing too fancy, my Chinese zodiac is rabbit, and I thought it fit more or less.
Anything to say for the future of Derideal universe,any new concepts you been cooking on,and what can you say for all folks down here for those who enjoy all 20 year's of Derideal? (I looking forward for a celebration on these 20 year's of Derideal,excpet get a smaller than bigger)
the future for the Derideal comics is the Nova continuation. Nova will be the full series and main comic after this.
But there will be a bonus Derideal episode after the ending, an "extended ending" episode. First in Patreon, but then it will be public too.I also hope to make a little voice chat in the Derideal discord, as celebration of Derideal ending.
What is your favorite Anime/Cartoons,and maybe Video Game's or movies?
(other than Silent Hill and robocop)
Battlestar Galactica, the reimagined series is my most favorite show in the universe (and it's the inspiration that got me decide to begin working in Nova in the first place)
I also love X-Files I love a lot.
My favorite book series is Dune by frank Herbert (at least until book 5)
I also love the original Mass effect trilogy.
I also love the Baldurs gate rpg game series.
What is your favorite song during the making of this comic? (can you list some song that fits these Derideal characters?)
www.patreon.com/posts/810338...
You can see a list of the songs that inspired me during Derideal
Oh,and one more stuff,Introduce Yourself to everybody! (Mostly New here.)
I'm Kiaun, an artist from Chile. I love making comics, science fiction, cats and ferrets.
You can find my webcomic and all of my art galleries here
linktr.ee/derideal
Thanks,Kiaun for taking a time with it.
Remember to go to derideal.com to support Kiaun and his creations,Oh! and of course,Don't forget to see more Derideal/Xeno Experiments with new episodes of NOVA,as well as New Series "LOST MEMORIES".......See ya.