About Jacob

It would be impossible for me to describe my love of the written word, but I can try. I'm convinced it remains the single greatest human invention ever conceived. How is it that pictograms can come to convey the breadth of human emotions.

Achievements: What the Hell are Those?

Posted on 2013/08/20 by Jacob

Hey Gang,

If you’ve been visiting the site out of curiosity, you may have noticed these ‘achievements’ on the side bar, and wondered what they are all about. Well, a little while back some of ‘The 300’ had teased at the idea of implementing a badge system, so I went ahead and installed one, and filled it up with a ton of fun categories. Many of these are unlocked via secret codes that will be sent you via email, Skype, or messenger, depending on your preferred method of communication. When you enter these codes, you’ll unlock special achievement and ‘karma’ points (not what I wanted to call them, but you work with what you have). Some of these achievements include ‘Devil’s Advocate‘ (for arguing against the prevailing opinion in a forum) , ‘Angry Monkey‘ (for having a tirade against religion), and ‘Pimp my File‘ (for filling out your profile including a funny bio). There will even be some achievements that are time sensitive, or can only be unlocked by listening to the podcast.

As time goes on, more and more of these achievements will show up, evolving as the group does. I hope you find these as fun as I do!

Kirk Cameron Parody

Posted on 2013/08/19 by Jacob

This is the first comic I ever drew for TGA’s extremely short lived comic series, but I didn’t include this one in The Essentials DVD because there was simply way too much text. Brevity really is the soul of wit.

Venture Brothers: “Groovy” and the Gang

Posted on 2013/08/18 by Jacob

Quite possibly my favorite Adult Swim cartoon of all time. The minds behind the Venture Brothers are insanely talented; Doc ( Ed) Hammer is about the closest thing we have to a Renaissance genius in these modern times. He’s a self taught painter, actor, musician, and writer. His partner in crime, ‘Jackson Publick‘, was a comedic protege nursed in the loving arms of Ben Edlund, the creator of the Tick. It was during his time working with Edlund that he met Patrick Warbuton who would eventually provide the voice of the mother-bear of the series, Brock Samson.

Do not be surprised if I post up a great deal of their shit, since many of you are painfully unaware of the brilliance on display here.

Failed Projects: High Meter

Posted on 2013/08/18 by Jacob

In the early days of my weed romance, Ryan and I had the ‘brilliant’ idea of creating a website where we would rank the relative enjoyment of different foods, music, movies, and games while high as shit. The concept art was mine, but the design was actually made with the help of a talented photographer friend.

Fightlinker Comic #1

Posted on 2013/08/16 by Jacob

The Fightlinker comic was ‘mildly’ autobiographical, and this refers to when Ryan left his regular employment to start writing full time for a website about Mixed Martial Arts. I would eventually sell my share of the site when we sold it to Rebellion Media in 2011.

Best Kung-Fu auditions ever, Extended Version

Posted on 2013/08/15 by Jacob

Apparently the Internet found a few more precious moments of what is generally considered to be one of the greatest memes of all time. The notoriety of slamming his face into the ground eventually led to a lighthearted, if somewhat pointless, movie: Afro Ninja

That Mitchell and Webb Look

Posted on 2013/08/14 by Jacob

It took some time for these two to find their rhythm (I recommend you skip their earlier series, That Mitchell and Webb Situation), but by the time this series came out, they were on the top of their form. Their movie, Magicians, is also quite funny and is filled with in-jokes and cameos by famous performers.

Also, whatever you do, don’t watch Peep Show. I know some people seem to think it was the height of comedy, but in my opinion, it’s simply awful.

Fightlinker Comic #17

Posted on 2013/08/13 by Jacob

For a few weeks, I tried to illustrate a comic for Ryan’s site Fightlinker.com. Unfortunately, not only did I lack the discipline to stick with it, the artwork kept on changing so fast I was never able to pick a style that worked. This one works no matter what the subject matter is…

August 13th – International Left Handers Day

Posted on 2013/08/13 by Jacob

As some of you may already know, I’m a Sinistral: that is to say, I prefer the use of my left hand to my right one. The word comes from the Latin ‘sinister’ (meaning ‘left’), and as you might have guessed, it’s come to mean something a little bit different than the preference for which hand we like to flush the toilet with. Hatred for left-handed people hasn’t only been limited to the Romans. In French, the word is also synonymous with clumsy (‘gauche’), so as you can see, we poor left handed people have been demonized for quite some time. So, what better way to celebrate being marginalized by society than by celebrating our own holiday!

In case you might be wondering why there are left handed people in the first place, you might be intrigued with a theory that suggests it’s because we’ve evolved to be mostly co-operative, but with some room for being independent jerks who refuse to play ball. The problem, of course, is that we tend to live fewer years due mostly to the stress of living in a right-handers world, as much as a whole decade! Now you know why we need a day to celebrate our shortened lives!

Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law

Posted on 2013/08/13 by Jacob

I could spend all day describing what’s awesome about this short series: could it be the incredible voice-work of Steven Colbert, Gary Cole, Peter McNichol, John Michael Higgins, and other illustrious alumni? What about the fact that the series pokes fun at all the cheap Hannah-Barbera cartoons you used to watch? Is it perhaps the amazing intro song that sets the tone? Regardless, if you haven’t watched this entire series on repeat, I don’t want to know you.