#schnepp

[tobebuild]

Reciprocal House, London Gianni Botsford Architects 2023 Schnepp Renou

[dethkomic]

On Army of the Doomstar Day - And Remembering Jon Schnepp

Hey Goofballs. I didn't really have anything like this planned until the moment hit me, spontaneously. Today's a very special day, as Dethklok the live band gears up to go on tour, we've been blessed with not only a new Dethalbum, but a conclusion to the whole series. This being a momentous finale, over a decade in the making, I again wanted to take a minute to remember someone, just as I did last year..

Jon Schnepp was a guy you could pick out, even if it weren't for the fact that he was usually the tallest dude in any given crowd. He loved comics, music, good vegetarian food that didn't suck, and loved meeting his sweaty nerd fans. As a comic book artist myself, I had the rare privilege of meeting Jon on several occasions through the years at various comic conventions. We also kept in touch on social media, leaving likes and words of praise on each other's projects. Genuine to a fault, Jon was always the biggest fan of anything his friends were doing. He had impeccable comedic timing too. I'll never forget the message he sent me on Facebook when friends and I attended the first ever 70,000 Tons of Metal Cruise:

"I want to go... :("

For as big a Metalocalypse fan as I've been through the years, Jon absolutely eclipsed me in all ways. He loved the show, loved talking about the show, loved discussing production and animation and the characters, whose likenesses he himself designed. One of my prized possessions is a comic book Jon signed and drew a Murderface on the inside frontispiece of. We all agreed that triangle-hair was the pinnacle of good character art.

When he died in 2018, I remember he was either going to be at, or had recently attended a convention in my former hometown of Columbus, Ohio. I remember letting him know I wasn't going to be able to make it, but promising to catch him on the next one. I never got the chance.

Jon Schnepp left behind a hole in the cartoon and comic industry that has yet to be filled to this day. But he also leaves a hell of a legacy. I've been in comics since the early 2000's and one thing I can guarantee you readers is that the rarest thing in the entertainment industry is this: Getting the ability to see a story through to its conclusion.

As artists, it's a sad fact that we don't always get to see what we create come full-circle. We're extra-super lucky still, to have that circle continue on after we're gone. Regardless of what you believe, I bet it would do Jon proud to know his work lives on, today. I bet he'd love the movie and it's wild animation and incredible art and music and story. I bet he'd be happy to have that closure. I know he'd love hearing how much we all enjoyed it, knowing the wild ride we all took to get here.

Jon, we miss you, man. Brendon, Tommy, writers, artists, animators, and any and all sweaty nerds reading this -- you did it. We the fans love you and we'll see you on the road. Hold your heads high. You carried the torch across that finish line.

We'll take it from here.

[fathercharlesoffdensen]

Kloktober, Day 5: Abigail Appreciation Day!

I wrote an Abigail story in 2012, pre-Doomstar Requiem/the end of season 4, about the dissolution of her relationship with Nathan, such that it was. I'm fascinated by her portrayal in Army of the Doomstar; I can't help but wonder whether her brief arc would have been handled the same way had AotD been able to be made sooner than a decade after the series' heyday. In general, AotD really hammers home the motif hinted at in DR of Dethklok having to step into their respective heroic roles by facing their egos.

I'm sure part of the inspiration for how the Abigail storyline played out was the #MeToo movement, but I also wonder after Brendan Small and company's post-pandemic spiritual inclinations and question whether Dethklok would have been allowed/able to mature enough to step into said prophesied roles (and then some - Nathan essentially sacrifices himself to shut down the generator, and even Murderface chucking a snowball at Vater Orlaag so Charles can finish taking him out are above and beyond what they were 'meant' to do, and both actions took some massive cojones - what a shift from "How can I be a hero when my dick's as big as a shoe?" and such!) if the past decade hadn't ultimately shaken out the way it has.

TL;DR: Army of the Doomstar was surprisingly sentimental (Toki feeling safe enough around his brothers to spend some time age-regressing! Pickles being the Band Mom! Murderface's entire arc! Skwisgaar's annoyance at having to look after Toki falling by the wayside the second Toki was in peril! Father Charles fcuking Offdensen!!!), and I was impressed by Nathan's ability to ultimately part with Abigail amicably, specifically because he seemed to recognize that he was using their alleged romance as a crutch to avoid dealing with bigger issues surrounding him.

[sudden-stops-kill]

underworld...endless war

[missedstations]

"the only colors left were blood and earth and still I dreamed of water" - E.B. Schnepp

memory is what I tell myself I buried in the backyard as a child, but it wasn't. a toy pirate chest filled with stones so smooth I couldn't help but call them treasure. The word river spoken  with twice the reverence of god. I could see the river, it was there and reed-lined and living, a thing I could drown in if I tried hard enough, or didn't. Those were not the banks a person could grow older on, just more tired. When I say I never had the energy to swim to the other side what I mean is I tried, I really did, but I only slipped under it, saw what was beneath and hidden in the silt. drank the water, the soil, and what was in that too. I won't say I drowned, that feels too final, but I haven't stopped glowing since.

[remash]

reciprocal house ~ gianni botsford architects | photo credit: schnepp renou

[bottlecap-press]

From E.B. Schnepp's chapbook, Blueberries Stain Like Blood, available from Bottlecap Press!

[supersimetria]

(vía Hardel Le Bihan, Alun Be, Schnepp Renou · UNIVERSITY OF DAKAR CHEIKH ANTA DIOP HOUSING CAMPUS · Divisare)

[schoonheid-1229]

Aaron Schnepp

[tobebuild]

Elements, Berlin J.MAYER.H 2024 Schnepp Renou

[thegreatimpersonator]

It’s actually crazy cause Noah schnepp or however you spell it went from the most beloved actor from stranger things to one of the most hated celebrities in Hollywood as he should. Like bud you play the most under used character on the show and unlike your cast mates you haven’t really done anything outside or st so how are you so brave enough to be so fuckinf hateful??

no exactly like.... when did he get so confident in his stupidity and ignorance....

[adultswim2021]

Aqua Teen Hunger Force #83: "The Creature From the Plaque Lagoon" | April 26, 2009 - 11:45PM | S07E05

Shake is trying to smash Meatwad’s one tooth out with a golf club. After various mishaps and some on-purpose gratuitous hitting, he finally gets the dang thing out of there. They want to make a “nice buck” from the Tooth Fairy. Shake intends to ambush her, thinking it’ll lead to riches and bitches. But “we got the fry man over here” indeed, Frylock simply walks in and conks out Shake with a dart, for there is no tooth fairy, only Frylock. 

A TWIST! A shadowy figure clobbers Frylock and makes off with not just Meatwad’s tooth, but also his mom and dad’s teeth. They search for the culprit fruitlessly, only determining that he’s the Creature from the Plaque Lagoon. They find his website, which has a scary flash intro Meatwad demands they skip. Eventually they run into Gary the Dairy Fairy, who shows up to promote the calcium content of your favorite dairy products. He knows where to find the Creature, but when they do he reveals that he didn’t actually do it, and that his identity was being stolen. Uh, I’ll spare you the flowery prose: it turns out it’s the guy from Dickesode but now he’s a tooth and the episode ends with Shake eating hotwings out of a blender.

It always seemed a little odd to me that they made a sequel to DIckesode and changed dicks to teeth. It seems like a less-extreme version of the previous episode would result in diminishing returns. I guess it did, but this episode was much funnier than I remembered. Meatwad asking Shake to tell him a story over the walkie talkie! The Newhart references! Shake talking about gripping on Days of Thunder, which I am accepting as canon. I believe him, this time. There’s also some good new guys in this. Gary the Dairy Fairy is voiced by Jon Schnepp, an artist who worked on Aqua Teen and Metalocalypse. He was also the voice of C. Ling Tile on Space Ghost and one of them Wisdom Cubes. He also died in 2018. RIP to a proper legend. 

The episode sorta peters out, but that’s okay. It was a fun time hanging out with my friends (Milkshake cup, French Fries, and Meatwd).

MAIL BAG

A tidbit I just remembered about the last Xavier: there's a joke in that about a room of mental patients who think they're Mohammed and they're all blurred out. When that aired on TV, the word Mohammed got bleeped. I think I accurately guessed what the joke was before I actually saw it uncensored on DVD. Why don't you use me for your next event?

I somehow don't remember this joke even though I try very hard to commit Xavier episodes to memory, completely. Damn. It really do be like that, though. It's a shame about the whole Mohammed thing back around this time, bombing stuff for disrespecting your religion is just too funny

According to a 2017 bumper they mention that "S&P unintentionally punched up the show by censoring lines like “Jesus, save me” which became “Jesus, BLEEEP me.”" That's probably what it was. They also mention that the lead who plays Jesus was super allergic to the hay on the set.

Now this I did not know. If you are trolling me right now, just know that you are loathsome and will never see heaven. But I like that you read my blog, so that's all water under my bridge. I assumed he was saying "Jesus Save Me", but I recalled both "save" and "me" being bleeped, so idk what to think. They shouldn't bleep Bill Tush. There should be a rule that he can say whatever he wants on TV and it's uncensored always. Even slurs

[voicedwords]

Deer Lord / Dear Lord, E.B. Schnepp

[beestungmag]

"And I’m still in love with Billy Idol, though Billy Idol isn’t Billy Idol literally speaking. I mean I love Billy Idol meaning every boy/girl/gender binary rejecting person in split kneed jeans and too many piercings" —E.B. Schnepp https://beestungmag.com/issue23/one-poem-by-e-b-schnepp-2/