Mike Luce

There's going to be an online memorial on FurryMuck this friday. Log on to see where and how. I was and am Kamen_Kyote.

My main character has close to 7,000 logins. It's such a ritual that my partner and I log in and role-play every night that we really feel the loss on nights we can't. Might seem silly as we live in the same house. We've never found anything to replace it.

While the Muck isn't where the fandom started, it was central to it and is the reason it grew to what it is now. There was such a thrill getting to meet the player behind the character. The mucks had intimate moments, drama, chat. All of it was done in text.

Was very sorry to hear of the passing of Tugrik, one of the original admins for FurryMuck. That's how I got involved in all this stuff back with my first boyfriend in 1995. Each night, I'd log on and role-play with friends and strangers. Thing is my partner and I still do.

It's podcastin' time! This week's "Summer Blockbusters and Summer Not" entry is "Fantastic Four: First Steps," the 4th (or 5th, if you count the Corman version) attempt at a movie starring Marvel's first family. Has Marvel broken the curse? Find out!
maxmikemovies.com/episode-346-...

The Picnic - 5 decades of the Million Year Picnic (2021,2023) directed by Vincent-louis Apruzzese

THE PICNIC: 5 decades of the Million Year Picnic (2021,2023), a documentary about our shop directed by Vincent-louis Apruzzese, is now available to watch on YouTube!

celluloidslammer.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...

We all feel that way, dood. Doesn't mean it's true. :D

You look pretty suited to drawing planes to me!

Here's all of track 11 of "The City Silent." This track is mostly internal, colors duller as Silas is unsure of himself at the beginning. As he gets more confident, there's a splash of bright color kind of like a bang. At least, I hope it comes off that way.

"The City Silent" page 253, end of the track, "The Painter." Silas is pooped.

Visited the original Alice's, or its doorway anyway last year when back in western Mass. :D

FWIW, Scott, I was just there last week and Tony and the store are alive and well, chock full of comic goodness. :D

"The City Silent" page 252. I think we all need to tell ourselves this kind of thing from time to time.

So am I. :D

You're in Michigan?!

I haven't done as many portraits as I'd like so far this year, and this is another selfie. But I wanted to do one, so here we go. I look tired. I think we all are.

"The City Silent" pages 250-251. For some reason, I've learned to really like drawing hands, even though I make it tough on myself by making them have only three fingers.

See Tom Cruise.
See Tom Cruise run.
Run, Tom Cruise, run.
And that’s “Mission: Impossible: Final Reckoning” in a nutshell! Ok, there may be a teeny bit more to it than that. Give a listen and find out.
maxmikemovies.com/episode-341-...

FWIW, I never do them because drawing the same thing twice or three times just bores me. That being said, I think there's real value in it, I just can't think that way. I compose in the moment. Composition is nearly my last step.

As simple as this is, it is very effective. Well done.

Commission for @dtwgulo.bsky.social
Jabe🐴 and Pina🐺 face off against rival gangsters.
Not a genre and setting I'm used to, but this piece is one of my surprise favorites this year!

That’s my wolf! Such an awesome piece! Thanks for doing it for us!

"The City Silent" page 249. I know it's hard to understand out of context, so thanks for looking.

Thank you!

"The City Silent" page 248. Working my way through act 3.

Just messing about with some of the cast. To be fair, the chunk otter in the lower right got replaced and hasn't appeared in "The City Silent," but he might.

"The City Silent" page 247. Had to redo this one as I realized too late I'd used a visual metaphor before. That's what happens, sometimes, when you don't plan these things out ahead of time.

The latest spread from "The City Silent." Slow going but I think it's coming together well enough.

Thanks! Since graffiti's a big part of the comic, that's really good to know!

And the two most recent pages of "The City Silent." I'm not doing as much work on this as I should. I hope to pick up the pace soon. Still about 200 pages to go...