A Rather Glorious Discovery

As a Star Wars fan, it is important to understand that my passion is based on a fictional story. A fictional universe. I don't take it too seriously. Some fans go so far as to model their way of life based on the characters and ideals they see onscreen. While I don't subscribe to this completely, it is easy to get caught up in the vastness and believability of it all. That being said, I think it is important to be able to sit back and laugh from time to time. Laugh at yourself. Come back to reality every once in a while.

While parusing the Master Replicas weblog this morning, I came across an entry describing what is known as "Incredulous Cross-sections", which is based on "Incredible Cross-sections", a series of books with artwork displaying the design and build of Star Wars based spacecraft. The person who created these "Incredulous Cross-sections" is Al MacDonald. After following the link provided on the Master Replicas website, I realized that this was all part of a comic strip called Diary of a Crazed Mimbanite. I have not stopped laughing since! This guy is amazing, brutally funny, has a great sense of artistic style, whose character designs are very simple, yet exude emotion and caricatured comedy. In short, a laugh RIOT!!

Here's a small sample:


Diary of a Crazed Mimbanite