Legal but Lethal : The Comic

Teaser!

mortifiedpenguin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:54:14 +0000

Wooh I finally started constructive work on my comic and it ain’t easy at all. From taking photographs on the road and avoiding getting killed to getting the right angle of the cars, it’s so time consuming that I probably need to resign from my job and concentrate on this permanently if I want to achieve anything substantial. But then again, I need the money.

Because of the complexity of the project and technical difficulties in drawing human characters at this point of time, the teaser will now be a random race scene instead of the introduction as planned before. It’s still work-in-progress but to prove that I’m not lying to you here are the first three frames which have not been edited to put in the actual comic yet, just the original 1280 X 960 pictures. Enjoy!

By the way I would like to thank Gerrard for sharing with me this uber cool photo-editing software which is like a clone of Photoshop. I’m saying this because it’s free and you should go download it too! Check it out at www.paint.net – no it’s way way better than Microsoft Paint.

Black vs Red

mortifiedpenguin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:45:36 +0000

I got a couple of cars which were reproduced in black and surprisingly these new models looked more detailed than their older red counterparts. Only the Camaro is the opposite as the red model is from the 08 series.

Honda Civic Si:

The HW 08 Honda Civic Si in glorious matt black finish.

Gentlement, start your engines!

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Chervolet Camaro Concept ( the same model as Bumblebee in the Transformers movie ):

Chevy Camaro Concept

American muscle rear

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Aston Martin V8 Vantage:

Aston Martin V8 Vantage

British rear

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Porsche Carrera GT:

Porsche Carrera GT

Look at how detailed this black model is!

Ferrari FXX:

Ferrari FXX

Italian rear

That’s all for now. In the next few weeks I’ll working hard to produce the comic frames so check back to see any progress or teasers.

We’re Back – This Time For Good

mortifiedpenguin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:17:20 +0000

Yes the long wait is finally over! Now that the ‘A’ Levels have finally ended, it’s back to business, this time more serious as we finally attempt to create a good comic page.

We may not be updating this blog everyday, but posts will definitely be more frequent than in the past! Check back to see some photos of awesome cars that I managed to get over the past few months to mark our return!

For Your Interest

mortifiedpenguin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:55:08 +0000

Let’s make this quick, because I gotta go back to mugging.

In case you might not know, there are 2 racing games coming out later this year, both of which have interesting storylines and could help in the development of the comic when our exams are done.

1. Midnight Club: LA

Rockstar Games brings the next instalment of the successful arcade-racing franchise to the city of L.A, featuring a wide selection of licensed cars, police chases and a new day-night cycle system.

2. Need for Speed: Undercover

After the failed showing of ProStreet, EA is taking its popular NFS franchise back to its roots of speed and cops. Not much is known yet other than a released cinematic teaser trailer and accompanying teaser site, but the content available now already looks promising.

We will contact both Rockstar and EA in November to check their interest in a supplementary comic to their games’ release. Actually we’ve already contacted EA Singapore once a few weeks back but we got no reply from them. Never mind, A Levels first. However if you can help us contact them directly instead of sending an email to a universal address which will probably regard our letter as spam, we will be very grateful.

Tuners

mortifiedpenguin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:55:32 +0000

Fast Fish looks like a cross between a Dodge Viper and a Ford Mustang. It looks so futuristic it could be mistaken for a new Batmobile if it were painted black! Since our comic would be focusing on stock cars, I don’t know how we could incorporate Fast Fish inside, but its metallic body and red rims definitely earn it a place somewhere in the story.

Check out the engine of this mean machine.

This Toyota Celica is modified for use in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, an American racing event.

Dead Red

mortifiedpenguin — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:14:09 +0000

I found a pretty rare Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X by Hot Wheels a few weeks back – I was at Takashimaya just when the Hot Wheels rack was being re-stocked. As you can see in the photographs below, it is not as detailed as the Tomica model, but still a beauty to look at.

The Tomica model definitely is the better-looking model, and comes with suspension and working doors!

One of the rarest Matchbox cars to be found is the Porsche 911 GT3.

And finally, my $3000 baby – a Hot Wheels Ferrari FXX. It’s worth so much because I traveled all the way to Tokyo to get it. The funny thing is, the Japanese hang all these awesome HW models on the racks and it seems like they’ve never been touched before. Here in Singapore the good models get snapped up by those idiots who are only interested in selling them away for profit, aka scalpers. You wouldn’t want to introduce a scalper to me.

The most powerful Ferrari yet, the FXX is an experimental model based on the Ferrari Enzo.

Will Be Gone For A While

mortifiedpenguin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:34:23 +0000

The last post was in April. Hoho. I’m really sorry that we have been unable to produce the introduction page of the comic even with the numerous delays. I guess we overestimated the amount of free time we had.

Over the holidays we were able to get some good hauls, thanks to a Robinsons Hot Wheels Fair held at Raffles City in June. Photos would be posted up over the course of this week. Oh and may I add, I have a new camera – a Canon Digital Ixus 860 IS bought at Yodobashi Camera in Shinjuku. The camera store was just two streets away from my hotel. Awesome! And the baby only cost me SGD360 when it costs $599 here in Singapore, although it doesn’t come with international warranty. But who cares?

Anyway Prelims will be in 8 weeks time and then the ‘A’ Levels in another 9 weeks or so. Therefore don’t expect to see any major updates to this site until the exams are over. Sorry about causing the long wait, but once the ‘A’s are done we have all the time to ourselves already. Do continue to support us and we will deliver in the not-so-far future.

All Things Japan

mortifiedpenguin — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:37:35 +0000

I finally found some time this afternoon to hunt for cars and I initially wanted to look for Hot Wheels but seems like whatever Singapore has at the moment has been snapped up by the more enthusiastic collectors, so I got this Tomica Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X instead.

The first time I saw the car on the local roads, I thought it looked ugly. However the more I see them ( seems like it has become popular with Singaporeans ) the more I appreciate its aggressive look. To me it is the perfect design for a Japanese street racer.

Now I can’t wait for Tomica to release the new Nissan GT-R, which has often been compared with the above car in various automotive magazines.

By the way I will be visiting Tokyo for a few days in late May and I’m planning to hunt for some old discontinued Tomica models like the Nissan Skyline undercover police car, and also Hot Wheels models which seem to be more common than rare. I think I will also get a new digital camera – I’ve got my eyes set on the new Canon Ixus 970IS which costs $669 SGD here while at Yodobashi it only costs slightly more than $400, though it does not come with warranty but who cares? I don’t need to pay $200 for my camera to be covered, which again rarely breaks down compared to other electronics. Hopefully I’m allowed to bring my laptop so that I can blog during my time in Japan – I will definitely take some on-location shots. Hint hint?

Update

mortifiedpenguin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:23:47 +0000

It’s been a while since we’ve last updated the site, and we deeply regret the failure to complete our proposed comic by the deadline. We underestimated the requirements of Year 2 students at a reputed junior college and thus have not been able to find time to continue from where we left off since we last posted here.

But we are still passionate about the project which is definitely not dead, just stalled for the moment as we gear ourselves for the upcoming National Schools Tenpin Bowling Championships A Division which begins next week and also the next Common Test which is 2 months away. There is still hope that we could achieve something during the June holidays, so do check back next month to see what surprises we have in store for you. In the meantime, here are some cars which I had found over the last 3 months. Not many, but pretty interesting models.

This Audi R8 is a Matchbox 2007 model which I had been hunting since December last year and I finally lay my hands on it late last month.

A BMW 3 Series sedan by Action City. The company recently had a refurbished look for its new line-up and has released many decent-looking licensed cars in the past months.

The old version of the BMW M3, a performance version of the 3 Series, by Action City. Most likely the E46 model, similar to the M3 GTR used in the Need for Speed: Most Wanted video game.

The BMW 6 Series Coupe ( Action City ) which has often been labelled as a Aston Martin or Jaguar XK wannabe.

That’s all the photos for now. With the new 2008 Hot Wheels and Matchbox series hitting our stores very soon, be sure to see more exciting cars on the site during May-June. Hope to post here again soon!

Intro Comic Delayed

mortifiedpenguin — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:10:58 +0000

Sorry everyone, but due to the unforseen hectic schedule which saw both producers participating in the NTU Invitational bowling competition over this weekend, we will not be able to meet the originally planned release date of end December. We will put work into fifth gear once we are done with the competition and hope to publish the introduction to our comic by the 2nd week of January. Thank you for your understanding.