16 February 2020

Tagging Your RMMV (nope, not the vehicle)

Rather surprisingly, the posts with material for RPG Maker MV have actually gotten repeated views. Or, perhaps not so surprising since there's a dearth of Modern Tilesets for RMMV, and most are not of the Free Community Assets variety.

Pleasantly surprisingly, there is a KOOBA Cola Facebook group/account/whatever them things are. Nice to see KOOBA is not forgotten.

Today we've got a Modern Tileset with no buildings or structures. It's all purely decorative. Half of the set is simply graffiti and wall art for decorating your city. 

Why half a set?

Because i cleaned out all the game specific graffiti, the taunts to the PC, and the all with foul language beyond tits and ass. Well, i did keep one, but i changed it to read "For A Good Time, Go Love Yourself!"

For the other half, some will be a repeat from earlier sets. We've got an assortment of Business Names, Menu Boards, Drink Machines, Campus Posters, Velvet Ropes, Plaques, and a few odd bits.


(This image, of course, links to a Transparent PNG file for RMMV)

Some of the graffiti images are taken from actual graffiti and contains the work of other artists. For your reference, those are keyed here in red: 



Things Of Which To Be Aware:

Remember that you can stack two tiles on top of the base tile, so graffiti can be layered. You can also add a third layer by making the top layer an event. This can also be used to make the graffiti more dynamic. For example, one gang might mark it's turf with a skull symbol. Using conditional triggers, graffiti can appear or disappear as gangs gain or lose control of an area.
I also use that process to post graffiti with threats or taunts targeted to the Player Character.

Also note that in the lower right corner are 12 pin-up calendar pages. Set these as the images for 12 pages of an event that tracks time, and you've got a calendar that changes every month.

To properly use the Velvet Ropes, use the Passage (4 Dir) button on the Database/Tilesets screen and uncheck left or right on the left and right vertical rope tiles. That makes the ropes un-passable while leaving the tile space open.

And, finally - Note that beneath the KOOBA machines are 3 KOOBA posters (repeated for placement in one or two tiles, as needed). If you're like me, you like to let people be able to look at posters on the wall. These are sized at 720p, since that's the native resolution for my game -




Also note that my world uses Credits as the base currency, so the symbol has been changed. If anyone needs it at a different currency for their game, let me know.

For you KOOBA fans who don't give a dren about any of the rest of it, here's just the KOOBA tiles -



tileset by -3- (2020)

15 February 2020

Show Me, Joe!

Earlier this week we took a gander at Judo Joe, and i said we'd get back to see his 'gimmick' - well, here we are. Joe's gimmick was proclaimed on every cover (all 3 of 'em): A Complete Judo Lesson In Each Issue! -




Inside each issue we got a two-page lesson in self-defense (Only Self-Defense!) -




Of course, while Joe made it a prominent feature, he wasn't the only Judo instructor in the comics...
 

But, really - the Black Hood preferred to teach Karate...
 





I'm pretty sure this all eventually led to How To Defend Yourself The Marvel Way. But i couldn't swear to it...

page art by Paul W. Stoddard, John Rosenberger, and John Giunta for Judo Joe #s 1-3, Adventures Of The Fly #s 25, 27, & 29, and Adventures Of The Jaguar #s 12-14 (1953, 1959, 1963)

14 February 2020

They Don't Make 'Em Like That Any More - Valentine's Day Edition

Me and Brain still not getting along, so just a quick cover collection today. I did manage to figure out it was Valentine's Day, even if i didn't realize it was Friday again already. 

So our covers today are from one of the more odd Romance comics (unless there was an actual Odd Romance comic. I should look...)

Hang on, wokesters, here we go...








Don't you love how they decided this was the right place to find girls to write to soldiers? As noted in the title of this post, they don't make 'em like that any more.

But then, how could they?
We don't have Matt Baker any more.

Hmm...
Does that tie this into Black History Month?
Not the best way to do that. Might have to use that as a cheap excuse to come back to Matt once again, eh?

covers by Matt Baker for Teen-Age Temptations #s 1-3, 5, & 7-9 (1953, 1954)

13 February 2020

More Kelly, Sans Kelly

My best frenemy, my brain, hasn't much been speaking to me. Much zoning and flitting without alighting. Hence the lack of postings. But we don't want to let that become a pattern, so i'll grab some more prep art from the game i've been noodling when noodle i can. 

Let's go with some of the Public Service Announcement posters that are scattered throughout the game world.

You may recall that we've seen one of these before - a PSA encouraging citizens to Be A Hero that featured Kelly's mother, The Golden Lady.


The game takes place on a colony world, though world is overstating it. It's a large planetoid; a mining colony quite isolated from main interstellar society. They've already faced alien threats from outer and inner space. 


But it's wealthy colony (even if the citizenry isn't) and the Registry wants to keep things peaceful. So, besides crime prevention and colony defense, the superheroes are also required to do Public Service work to help maintain the calm.
 

Some might rebel against that notion a bit, but who wants to lost that insurance and medical coverage?
 

Others are willing and eager to comply (and increase their fan base).
 

Some see it as an extension of their Duty To Protect.
 

Some are genuinely eager to help.
 

And some are just having fun on the company credit chit.
 

Wow. 
I think that might even have been semi-coherent.

Tomorrow i'll try to be back, either with more comics and things, or one of those memoir/commentary pieces that i'm supposed to be doing now and then but keep shying away from. Shying so hard that i'll dangle a preposition to escape it!

art & stuff by -3- (2020)

11 February 2020

That Time Hitler & Stalin Started A Kidnapping Ring...

Back in the 1950s, Identity Theft was a very different thing...


Judo Joe had three real issues in 1953 with Dr. Barney Cosneck writing and Paul W. Stoddard supplying the artwork. It also had another single issue - one of those Revival comics - almost 35 years later. I've only seen the cover of the '80s revival, so i won't judge it. But the original Judo Joe was light and amusing. It's hard to picture an '80s reboot keeping this sort of tone...


Next time, we'll take a look at Joe's special gimmick...

page art by Paul W. Stoddard from Judo Joe #s 1 & 2 (1953)

10 February 2020

2020 Calendars - Week 07

For this week's calendars, let's double up. I don't know - in honor of February and Two-Face or whatever silly excuse we need.

For our Pin-up Calendars, Mike Ludlow returns with a bit of cold weather beauty -



For our second classic Pin-Up Calendar, please welcome Joe De Mers to this year's gathering of artists -



For our Covers Calendars this week, we've got a Spicy pair from Hugh Joseph Ward



If the name H.J. Ward sounds familiar, perhaps it's from the 'original' Batman cover from the February 1936 issue of Spicy Mystery Stories



Finally, for our Blue Monday calendars, a pair of returning artists. Archie Dickens provides our only Valantine's Day calendar and Zoë Mozert returns for a portrait of pure lovliness. 

Since our Blue calendars feature nudity, you'll have to step on through to our adult content 'back room' for the uncut version of this post to see them.
 
As always, the calendars are sized to print 8"x10" at 150dpi, with 1" square spaces for notations.

art by labeled artists, of course (20thC)