Entertainment Review: The Fartist - Brian Posehn (2013)

I was going through Netflix, looking for something light to watch and happened upon "The Fartist."  Brian Posehn takes you on a journey to the next chapter in his life.  Being in his forties, being a new father and letting go of some vices.

These are part of getting older and many of us have a tough time dealing with some of the, shall we say, issues that arise.  Posehn puts it all out there and lets it be known what he is going through.  His delivery is incredible and makes for comedy that definitely made me laugh out loud.

As you can probably tell by the title of the stand-up special, there are some fart stories which always have me laughing.  Brian brings up a story about meeting a particular favorite actor of mine and the "Wall of Hate" that he walked into.  I'll refrain from giving much more away as I don't want to ruin the jokes.

There are also jokes about being a comic nerd and he does follow up on his contempt for the newer Star Wars films.  Those of you who are familiar with Posehn's earlier works know how he feels(I feel the same way).  He also makes a reference to Weird Al Yankovic which will always earn extra points for someone.

In all, this is a remarkable stand-up special.  Brian Posehn is a funny guy who continues to do incredibly well on stage.  "The Fartist" is a great Netflix find for someone who wants to chuckle for about an hour.  

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Original Comic Book: Blasto the Clown - Issue 1 - Blasto Begins

Blasto the Clown is a book from the mind of Kevin Moyers by way of very odd circumstances.

Blasto was a character conceived for another friend, Jeff, to play in real life.  He was to be a clown for a fart fetish video.  Page two was basically shout out to the origin.  The video never happened but the creative, or twisted rather, minds of Abnormal Entertainment had other plans for a face painted hero.

One night, during a recording of Maskerpiece Theatre, Kevin Moyers said to me he had the perfect project to work on with me.  He said it was about a farting clown named Blasto and that was all I needed to hear.  We met up one day and after a few(okay, many) beers and after three quarters of the day wasted, we came up with the first issue of Blasto the Clown.  Kevin already had the origin in mind, we just needed a good way to showcase his newly found "power."

This was a great project for me to immerse myself in.  I have always enjoyed drawing comic books and this gave me an outlet.  I actually left my full time job to work on this, and other projects.  We were able to unveil Blasto at Phoenix ComiCon as a short film, you know, because we added voices and sound effects to it.  The pages were done in pencil and ink with the colors added digitally.  The cover, an homage to Marvel's Amazing Fantasy #15, was all done digitally.

Okay, I'm done yapping, here's Blasto Begins!

Blasto Begins can also be viewed on YouTube here:  https://youtu.be/188Y_vCxF0s

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