At the start of the summer, my computer took a dump, and it won't start up. All of my files are on there, including all my artwork that I've made over the years, as well as my copies of Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.

I'm borrowing a laptop from my previous employer, so that I'm not entirely cut off from the world, but it isn't MY computer, and since I'm going to have to give it back eventually, I'm not going to go filling it up with a whole bunch of stuff.

So, until further notice, there won't be much activity from me. To those of you whom I'm following, I'll still check your work out every now and then, and leave the occasional comment or two. Otherwise, everybody take care of yourselves and your hardware. You never know when it could be gone...

I just got my copy of the SF Tribute artbook from UDON Entertianment in the mail, today.

Oh. My. God.

This is quite possibly the most incredible artbook I have ever seen. All of the work except for one piece is from non-Capcom employees, so it truly is a tribute to Street Fighter's legacy and legend.

With artists from comic book legends such as Adam Hughes and Jeff Scott Campbell to newer comic artists such as Mark Brooks and Danimation to UDON's own Alvin Lee, Arnold Tsang, Omar Dogan, Joe Ng, and Jeffrey "Chamba" Cruz to Penny Arcade's Gabe to former GamePro Magazine art director Francis Mao to fan works from all over the world - Including the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, and more - There is not a single bad piece in this entire book. You just want to cherish each and every work, from the hyper-photorealistic works to the mega-abstract, to that odd section in the middle of the book that has, like, 17 Blanka pieces in a row.

There is so much amazing artwork and so much depth in this book that you could not possibly memorize the entire thing in a single lifetime.

Presented on glossy stock paper, throw in memories of the first time some of the artists ever played SF, and a sexy, shiny, silver hard cover, a dustjacket adorned with the women of Street Fighter and just the right amount of foil trim, and you've got yourself one amazing masterpiece.

100 percent worth the 80 dollars I spent on the book, plus 20 bucks shipping. And there ain't much that I would claim to be worth 100 dollars.

While the hardcover edition is sold out, you can get the paperback version from Amazon for under 30 dollars: [link]

If you love Street Fighter, or just want a book full of gorgeous artwork, I cannot recommend this highly enough.

Go buy it. Seriously.

Got my new phone on Thursday night. It's working.

I just need to re-collect everybody's telephone numbers. Ugh.

Ah well. Could be worse.

So, I just went for my first swim of the summer.

And I left my cell phone in the pocket of my shorts, the entire time I was in the water.

So, uh, I'm without a cell phone for the next couple of days. If you need to get a hold of me, shoot me an email (andy at psychoandy dot com), or hit me on AIM.

Oops.

tagged me with this, and since I don't want her thinking that I hate her, I figured I may as well fill it out. If I tagged you, and YOU didn't fill it out, then I'ma just assume that you hate me.

...WHY DO YOU HATE ME!?

1.Post these rules.

2.Each tagged person must post 8 things about themselves on their journal.

3.At the end,you have to choose and tag 8 people and post their icons on the same journal.

4.Go to their pages and send a message saying you tagged them.

5.No tag-backs!

1.) "Tacos" is amongst my favorite words.

2.) In high school, my hair was the same color as chocolate pudding.

3.) I have random grey hairs, at age 25.

4.) "Grey" is my preferred way of spelling the word, over "gray."

5.) Earthworm Jim is amongst my favorite franchises. I wish it would've never gone away.

6.) I have well over 2,000 comic books.

7.) The toenail on my left big toe is a mutant. One of my friends described it as "gross."

8.) For a couple of weeks, I was the #1 listener of Power Rangers music on last.fm

I'm taggin' all'a youse guys: